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Nigerian militants kidnap 200 villagers
Date: 2014-12-19 09:17:09 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:27 - ID:1569137
MAIDUGURI, Dec 19 (MENA) - Militants have stormed a remote village in north-eastern Nigeria, killing at least 33 people and kidnapping about 200, a survivor has told the BBC. He said that suspected Boko Haram militants had seized young men, women ....
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Party hails Sisi' call on Ethiopian MPs to recognize Egypt's Nile water rights
Date: 2014-12-19 09:13:21 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:25 - ID:1568769
CAIRO, Dec 19 (MENA) - Egypt's Democratic Generation Party hailed a call made by President Abdel Fattah El Sisi to the Ethiopian parliament to recognize the Ethiopian rights to development and the Egyptian rights to the Nile water. "What ....
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Egypt keen on stability of South Sudan - envoy
Date: 2014-12-19 08:41:53 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:20 - ID:1568757
JUBA, Dec 19 (MENA) – Egypt is keen on restoring peace and stability in all South Sudanese states, Egypt’s Ambassador here Ayman el-Gamal said. Speaking to MENA correspondent here, Gamal said Egypt is following up with the Intergovernmental ....
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Kenya cop shoots 5 dead before turning gun on himself
Date: 2014-12-17 20:44:34 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:148 - ID:1560493
NAIROBI, Dec 17 (MENA) – A Kenyan official said a policeman in western Kenya has shot dead a civilian and four of his colleagues before turning the gun on himself, the Fox News reported. Western Kenya Regional Commissioner James ole Serian said ....
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Sudan VP meets IMF delegation
Date: 2014-12-17 14:29:40 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:89 - ID:1557469
KHARTOUM, Dec 17 (MENA) - Sudan's Vice President Hasabu Mohamed Abdel Rahim met on Wednesday with a delegation of the International Monetary Fund to review an economic reform program in the African country. Finance Minister Badr al Din Mahmoud ....
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Egypt, S. Sudan sign 2 agreements on cooperation in housing, water resources
Date: 2014-12-17 12:01:04 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:62 - ID:1556517
JUBA Dec 17 (MENA) – Egypt and South Sudan on Wednesday signed two agreements on cooperation in the housing and water resources domains. The move came during a visit by an Egyptian delegation led by Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation ....
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Azhar Grand Imam receives Ethiopian delegation
Date: 2014-12-17 10:37:08 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:40 - ID:1555085
CAIRO, Dec 17 (MENA) - Grand Imam of Al Azhar Dr Ahmed el Tayyeb received here on Wednesday a delegation of Ethiopian popular diplomacy, currently visiting Egypt. During the meeting, Dr Tayyeb discussed with the delegation, led by Ethiopian ....
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Egyptian water project opened in S. Sudan
Date: 2014-12-16 14:50:32 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:103 - ID:1550693
JUBA, Dec 16 (MENA) - Egypt's Irrigation Minister Hosam Moghazi has opened the first phase of the Egyptian-funded water projects in South Sudan at a total cost of EGP1.5 million. The projects include digging 30 drinking water wells. Moghazi ....
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Kenya shuts 510 NGOs, some for 'terrorism financing'
Date: 2014-12-16 14:16:55 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:99 - ID:1550361
NAIROBI, Dec 16 (MENA) - Kenya on Tuesday closed over 500 non-governmental organizations, including 15 for alleged fundraising for terrorism, The Daily Mail reported. The government's non-governmental organization (NGO) coordination board said in ....
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Irrigation min.: Egypt-South Sudan water projects show real integration
Date: 2014-12-16 12:00:22 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:54 - ID:1548693
JUBA, Dec 16 (MENA) – Water Resources and Irrigation Minister Hossam Moghazi said on Tuesday that the water projects between Egypt and South Sudan show the real integration between the two countries. This integration would help in achieving the ....
