Africa
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Sudan's authorities deport 26 Nigerians over Ebola fears
Date: 2014-12-12 12:33:49 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:47 - ID:1522889
KHARTOUM, Dec 12 (MENA) - Sudan's Khartoum Airport authorities have deported 26 Nigerian passengers over Ebola fears, said a well-placed source at the airport. The Nigerian deportees had no health records on them, the source said. Sudan has ....
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Irrigation min. to visit S. Sudan on Monday
Date: 2014-12-12 09:51:01 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:28 - ID:1522121
CAIRO, Dec 12 (MENA) - Irrigation Minister Hossam Moghazi is due in South Sudan on Monday. The two-day visit aims at activating a cooperation deal on water resources. Moghazi said that he would open during the visit to South Sudan a number of ....
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Policeman killed, two wounded in attack on Kenya camp
Date: 2014-12-12 06:46:28 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:6 - ID:1521005
NAIROBI, Dec 12 (MENA) - Suspected separatists killed a Kenyan policeman and critically wounded two more when they attacked their camp in the coastal county of Kilifi, a senior regional official said on Friday. Albert Kobia, the county ....
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Egypt, Morocco sign coop. protocol on printing
Date: 2014-12-11 22:31:09 GMT - Morocco - Africa - SN:144 - ID:1520589
RABAT, Dec 11 (MENA) – The chamber of print at the Federation of Egyptian Industries on Thursday signed a cooperation protocol with its Moroccan counterpart. The deal represents a step for establishing the first African union for printing and ....
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31 dead after double bombing rocks Nigeria
Date: 2014-12-11 20:37:31 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:135 - ID:1520489
ABUJA, Dec 11 (MENA) - At least 31 people have been killed in a double bombing in the Nigerian city of Jos, while a 13-year-old girl in an explosives vest has been arrested in the northern city of Kano, Sky News news channel reported on ....
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Sudan, Egypt in culture coop. talks
Date: 2014-12-11 14:03:27 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:88 - ID:1517445
KHARTOUM, Dec 11 (MENA) - Sudanese Culture Minister Al-Tayeb Hassan Badawi discussed Thursday with Egypt's Ambassador to Sudan Osama Shaltout ways of boosting cultural ties. During the meeting, Badawi underlined the close cultural ties binding ....
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Egypt offers grants to Nile basin countries for water projects
Date: 2014-12-11 12:10:49 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:61 - ID:1516817
CAIRO, Dec 11 (MENA) – Egypt had offered grants for development projects at Nile basin countries over the past two decades at a total value of EGP 500 million or $66 million, Water Resources Minister Hossam Moghazi said. The Egyptian assistance ....
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Nigeria's ruling party picks Jonathan as presidential candidate
Date: 2014-12-11 07:03:48 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:13 - ID:1514061
ABUJA, Dec 11 (MENA) - Nigeria's ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) nominated incumbent Goodluck Jonathan as their candidate for the February 2015 presidential elections in the early hours on Thursday, Business Insider reported. The PDP ....
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Zimbabwe's justice minister, Emmerson Mnangagwa, named new VP
Date: 2014-12-10 19:30:58 GMT - Zimbabwe - Africa - SN:139 - ID:1512817
HARARE, Dec 10 (MENA) - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, 90, said the justice minister will become vice president, a move that makes him a possible successor to the longtime leader, Fox News reported. Mugabe on Wednesday told a ruling party ....
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Female suicide bombers kill, wound scores in north Nigeria
Date: 2014-12-10 18:11:14 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:121 - ID:1512621
ABUJA, Dec 10 (MENA) - Four people were killed when two female suicide bombers detonated their explosives Wednesday in the northern city of Kano, the ABC news network reported. State Police commissioner Aderenle Shinaba said the explosions ....