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Up to 70 killed in Nigeria fuel tanker crash
Date: 2015-06-01 17:44:07 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:103 - ID:2709937
ABUJA, June 1 (MENA) - Up to 70 people were killed in Nigeria, many of them burnt alive, when a fuel tanker crashed into a busy bus station in the southeast city of Onitsha in Nigeria and exploded, according to the BBC. Eyewitnesses say the driver ....
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Ruling party representative elected as Sudanese parliament speaker
Date: 2015-06-01 10:03:41 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:26 - ID:2706105
KHARTOUM, June 1 (MENA) - Representative of Sudan's ruling National Congress Party Ibrahim Ahmed Omar was overwhelmingly elected as the Sudanese parliament speaker. Omar Soliman, the ruling party's representative, was also elected as head of the ....
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Bashir pledges to restore security in all Sudanese states
Date: 2015-06-01 09:33:00 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:23 - ID:2705453
KHARTOUM, June 1 (MENA) – Re-elected Sudanese President Omar Bashir vowed to start his new office term, which officially starts Tuesday after his inauguration, to achieve security and stability and impose state order in all Sudanese ....
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Somali president in Khartoum for Bashir's inauguration
Date: 2015-06-01 07:57:58 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:14 - ID:2704853
KHARTOUM, June 1 (MENA) - Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud arrived here Monday to attend the inauguration of Sudanese President Omar Hassan el Bashir. In post-arrival statements, the Somali president said Sudan set a democratic example via ....
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East African leaders call for Burundi to delay elections
Date: 2015-05-31 22:46:12 GMT - Tanzania - Africa - SN:146 - ID:2704097
DAR ES SALAAM, May 31 (MENA) - An emergency meeting for the heads of state from the regional East African Community urged Burundi's government to postpone parliamentary and presidential elections for six weeks because of unrest triggered by ....
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35 persons killed in clashes near Somali border with Ethiopia
Date: 2015-05-31 22:45:46 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:145 - ID:2704105
MOGADISHU, May 31 (MENA) - At least 35 people, most of them civilians, have been killed in a week of clashes in some villages near Somali border with Ethiopia, Sky news reported Sunday. The clashes involved Somali clan militia and members of the ....
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8 killed, 14 injured in Nigeria blast
Date: 2015-05-31 19:06:18 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:122 - ID:2703001
ABUJA, May 31 (MENA) - Eight Nigerians were killed and 14 others were injured when a bomb blast hit a market in Nigeria's northeastern city of Maiduguri on Sunday, a day after the northeast Nigerian city was hit by dozens of rocket-propelled ....
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Egypt to partake in African Postal Union meeting in Khartoum
Date: 2015-05-31 13:05:33 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:60 - ID:2699505
CAIRO, May 31 (MENA) – Egypt Post will participate in the 34th meeting of the administrative council of the African Postal Union (PAPU), which takes place on June 2 and 3 in Sudan. A high-level delegation led by Egypt Post Chairman Essam el Sagheir ....
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Egyptian ambassador delivers credentials to Congolese president
Date: 2015-05-30 14:25:20 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:54 - ID:2694713
CAIRO, May 30 (MENA) – Egyptian Ambassador Hani Salah has delivered his credentials to Congolese President Joseph Kabila as head of Egyptian diplomatic mission in Kinshasa. During a meeting with the president, Salah said Egypt is looking forward ....
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Egypt, DRC irrigation officials meet in Kinshasa for cooperation
Date: 2015-05-30 12:27:29 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:44 - ID:2694001
CAIRO, May 30 (MENA) – A high-level delegation from Egypt's irrigation ministry on Saturday took part in the sixth meeting of the joint consultative technical committee that aims to boost cooperation in water resources and irrigation fields between ....
