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Official: Boko Haram retakes Nigerian border town
Date: 2015-05-15 20:17:20 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:80 - ID:2595653
ABUJA, May 15 (MENA) - Boko Haram militants seized back the border town of Marte in northeastern Nigeria and attacked outlying villages Friday, weeks after the military said it had contained the Islamic extremists in a forest stronghold, ABC News ....
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Nigerian children die after stream poisoned
Date: 2015-05-15 20:01:21 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:76 - ID:2595457
ABUJA, May 15 (MENA) - At least 28 children, all under the age of five, have died after drinking water from a stream contaminated with lead, Sky News reported. The children are from the Rafi area in the west of the country, where villagers have ....
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British minister calls for end to violence in Burundi
Date: 2015-05-15 13:39:06 GMT - United Kingdom - Africa - SN:49 - ID:2593345
LONDON, May 15 (MENA) - UK's minister for African affairs, James Duddridge has called for all sides in Burundi to show restraint and find a peaceful way forward in the country. In a statement on Friday, Duddridge called on all parties to bring an ....
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Mauritanian president heads for Bamako for Malian reconciliation agreement
Date: 2015-05-15 13:32:13 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:48 - ID:2593489
NOUAKCHOTT, May 15 (MENA) - President of Mauritania Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz headed Friday for the Malian Capital of Bamako to take part in signing the peace and reconciliation agreement in Mali. Accompanying Ould Abdel Aziz are a group of the ....
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Egypt's official praises cooperation with South Sudan in irrigation
Date: 2015-05-15 11:18:42 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:37 - ID:2592533
CAIRO, May 15 (MENA) – Head of the Nile water sector Ahmed Bahaa Eddin has praised cooperation with South Sudan in various fields, mainly irrigation. The technical cooperation projects with South Sudan have achieved several successes in various ....
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Egypt, S. Sudan to raise funds for Wau dam
Date: 2015-05-15 11:02:17 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:36 - ID:2592513
CAIRO, May 15 (MENA) – Egypt and South Sudan are preparing for an international conference to be held in Cairo soon to raise funds for the establishment of the multi-purpose Wau dam in South Sudan. Several donor sides and international funding ....
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EU launches health projects in eastern Sudan
Date: 2015-05-15 09:59:27 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:32 - ID:2592405
KHARTOUM, May 15 (MENA) – The European Union mission in Sudan launched the second phase of a health project in eastern states at a value of 4.5 million euros. The project is being carried out in the eastern states of the Red Sea, Kassala and Al ....
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Burundi coup leaders arrested and president back in charge, say reports
Date: 2015-05-15 08:23:28 GMT - Burundi - Africa - SN:15 - ID:2591677
BUJUMBURA, May 15 (MENA) - Leaders of the attempted coup in Burundi were being arrested on Friday, reports said, after Armed Forces loyal to President Pierre Nkurunziza overpowered an attempt by generals to seize power while he was out of the ....
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Global-PRNewswire 1
Date: 2015-05-15 07:06:44 GMT - South Africa - Africa - SN:9 - ID:2591333
YALI Mandela Washington Fellows to Convene in Johannesburg JOHANNESBURG, May 15, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- President Barack Obama's Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) is hosting the 1st Annual Southern Africa Regional Conference for Mandela ....
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Pyramids to rival Egypt in Sudan, but no visitors
Date: 2015-05-14 22:15:58 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:119 - ID:2590905
LONDON, May 14 (MENA) - A lost city of Meroë in Sudan, with beautifully maintained pyramids as impressive as their more famous counterparts in Egypt, but unlike the famed pyramids of Giza, the Sudanese site is largely deserted, The Daily Mail ....
