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Zambia Defence Minister Lungu wins presidential election
Date: 2015-01-25 10:02:44 GMT - Zambia - Africa - SN:38 - ID:1818057
LUASKA, Jan 25 (MENA) - Zambia's presidential election has been won by Defence and Justice Minister Edgar Lungu of the Patriotic Front, according to the BBC. Lungu won by a 48.3% majority, the election commission said, after an election race ....
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Sudan seeks Interpol warrant to arrest opposition leader
Date: 2015-01-25 08:49:47 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:28 - ID:1816981
KHARTOUM, Jan 25 (MENA) - Sudanese authorities are seeking warrants of arrest by the International Police (Interpol) against the leader of the National Umma Party (NUP) Al Sadiq al Mahdi and head of the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) faction Minni ....
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Unidentified gunmen take Libyan foreign ministry undersecretary to unknown destination
Date: 2015-01-25 08:29:14 GMT - Libya - Africa - SN:26 - ID:1816881
TRIPOLI, Jan 25 (MENA) - Unidentified gunmen raided the room of the Libyan foreign ministry undersecretary Hassan el Soghaiyar at Marhaba Hotel in al Bayda city and took him to an unknown destination. A number of gunmen entered the hotel and ....
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Palestinian president in Ethiopia Thursday for African summit
Date: 2015-01-25 07:03:28 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:9 - ID:1816705
ADDIS ABABA, Jan 25 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will arrive here on Thursday to attend the African summit due Friday and Saturday. Abbas will deliver a speech at the summit's opening session and hold talks with African leaders on ....
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AU representatives resume meetings ahead of summit
Date: 2015-01-24 08:25:46 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:29 - ID:1810029
ADDIS ABABA, Jan 24 (MENA) - Resentatives of member states of the African Union resumed their meetings here Saturday to prepare for the 24th AU Summit to take place in Ethiopia on January 30-31. Representing Egypt in the preparatory meetings is ....
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More than 3,000 villages destroyed in Darfur fighting in 2014
Date: 2015-01-23 20:40:52 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:220 - ID:1808741
NEW YORK, Jan 23 (MENA) – A new UN report says more than 3,000 villages were destroyed in Darfur during targeted attacks on civilians early last year as hundreds of thousands of people fled the escalating violence, Fox News reported on ....
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Mali's Tuareg separatists freeze cooperation with UN mission
Date: 2015-01-23 20:26:00 GMT - Mali - Africa - SN:218 - ID:1808749
BAMAKO, Jan 23 (MENA) - The spokesman for a Tuareg separatist movement in Mali says relations with UN peacekeepers have been suspended after a deadly clash, Fox News reported. Mossa Ag Attaher on Friday accused UN peacekeepers of siding with the ....
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Sierra Leone to ease restrictions as Ebola wanes
Date: 2015-01-23 18:36:09 GMT - Sierra Leone - Africa - SN:203 - ID:1808269
FREETOWN, Jan 23 (MENA) - Sierra Leone President Ernest Bai Koroma on Friday ordered a lifting of travel and trade restrictions across his country following a marked decrease in Ebola infections, Sky News reported. In a televised address, the ....
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Bashir leaves for Saudi king’s funeral
Date: 2015-01-23 11:03:31 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:96 - ID:1804961
KHARTOUM, Jan 23 (MENA) – Sudanese President Omar Bashir left here Friday for Riyadh to attend the funeral of Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdel Aziz. The Sudanese president is accompanied by a delegation comprising Minister of Presidential Affairs ....
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Egypt welcomes agreement by leaders of SPLM in South Sudan
Date: 2015-01-23 09:44:35 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:68 - ID:1804341
CAIRO, Jan 23 (MENA) - Egypt on Friday welcomed an agreement by leaders of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement in South Sudan in the Tanzanian city Arusha on Wednesday. A released statement by the Egyptian Foreign Ministry indicated that Egypt ....
