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AU Commission chief hails free African trade market deal
Date: 2015-06-12 10:08:15 GMT - South Africa - Africa - SN:37 - ID:2781757
JOHANNESBURG, June 12 (MENA) - Chairperson of the African Union Commission Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma hailed the free trade market agreement reached between Africa’s three largest economic blocs that was signed during a summit meeting in Egypt on ....
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Shoukry holds meetings on sidelines of AU summit
Date: 2015-06-12 08:15:46 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:19 - ID:2780901
CAIRO, June 12 (MENA) – Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry held meetings with his African counterparts who are participating in the African Union summit in the South African capital of Johannesburg. Shoukry met with Kenyan Foreign Minister Amina ....
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Shoukry meets Ethiopian FM in Johannesburg
Date: 2015-06-12 07:52:31 GMT - South Africa - Africa - SN:16 - ID:2780897
JOHANNESBURG, June 12 (MENA) – Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry met with his Ethiopian counterpart Tedros Adhanom on the sidelines of the African Union Executive Council meetings held here in the South African capital. Shoukry was keen to ....
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Libyan FM heads for S. Africa for contact group meeting
Date: 2015-06-12 07:33:03 GMT - Libya - Africa - SN:14 - ID:2780693
TRIPOLI, June 12 (MENA) - Libyan Foreign Minister Mohammad al Dairi headed for South Africa to attend a meeting of the International Contact Group for Libya, which convenes on the sidelines of the African Union summit. The contact group will ....
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Sudan's Darfur offensive forces 78,000 to flee: UN
Date: 2015-06-11 07:00:36 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:13 - ID:2773929
NEW YORK, June 11 (MENA) – At least 78,000 people and possibly as many as 130,000 have been driven from their homes during the Sudanese army's offensive in Darfur this year, the United Nations said on Thursday. UN peacekeeping official Edmond ....
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Three female suicide bombers die in NE Nigeria: police
Date: 2015-06-10 22:09:59 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:145 - ID:2773309
ABUJA, June 10 (MENA) - Nigerian police said Wednesday that three female suicide bombers died in the flashpoint Nigerian state of Borno when the explosives strapped to their bodies detonated, Daily Mail reported. No one else was killed, the ....
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Lavrov says Russia ready to develop ties with Sudan
Date: 2015-06-10 22:05:20 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:142 - ID:2773117
KHARTOUM, June 10 (MENA) - Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has voiced his country's readiness to develop relations with Sudan at both regional and international levels. In a cable sent to his Sudanese counterpart Ibrahim Ghandour, Lavrov ....
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Leaders of 26 African states attend Sharm summit
Date: 2015-06-10 18:41:44 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:129 - ID:2772137
SHSRM EL SHEIKH, Egypt, June 10 (MENA) - The leaders of 26 states of three African economic blocs the COMESA, SADC and EAC attended a summit in Sharm El Sheikh on Wednesday. President Abdel Fattah El Sisi led the gathering which witnessed the ....
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Eritrean President to visit Sudan on Thursday
Date: 2015-06-10 18:22:20 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:126 - ID:2772537
KHARTOUM, June 10 (MENA) - Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki will start a several-day official visit to Sudan on Thursday. Afwerki is planned to hold talks with Sudanese President Omar al Bashir during the visit. The talks will take up ....
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Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia leaders agree on new panel
Date: 2015-06-10 17:18:30 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:115 - ID:2772133
SHARM ELSHEIKH, Egypt, June 10 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has agreed with his Sudanese counterpart and the prime minister of Ethiopia to form a higher committee to follow up joint issues. Their summit in Sharm El Sheikh on Wednesday ....
