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Nigeria to execute 40 soldiers over mutiny
Date: 2014-08-20 12:45:24 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:72 - ID:882545
ABUJA, Aug 20 (MENA) – Nigeria's Chief of Army Staff Lieutenant-General Kenneth Minimah said some 40 soldiers in north-eastern Nigeria who refused to fight Islamist Boko Haram would be court marshaled and sentenced to death if convicted of ....
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UN says 7 million Sudanese in need of support
Date: 2014-08-20 10:02:14 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:43 - ID:882392
KHARTOUM, Aug 20 (MENA) - The number of Sudanese who are in need of humanitarian assistance rose in a year to reach seven million, said UN Resident Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan Ali Zaatari. "Those people are in an urgent need of shelter, ....
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Displaced people from S.Sudan to Sudan increased to 90,000- UNHCR
Date: 2014-08-19 20:58:12 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:160 - ID:881906
KHARTOUM, Aug 19 (MENA) - The number of displaced people from South Sudan to neighboring country Sudan has increased to 90,000 people, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Sudan Angela Li Rosi said. In a press conference held ....
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WHO records 2,240 Ebola cases in four W. Africa countries
Date: 2014-08-19 18:43:10 GMT - Switzerland - Africa - SN:138 - ID:881689
GENEVA, Aug 19 (MENA) - The World Health Organisation Tuesday put the number of cases in Ebola outbreak within four West African countries at 2,240, including 1,229 deaths, Business Day reported. The WHO said it was working with the U.N.’s World ....
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Wafd Party, Sudan's National Umma Party leaders meet in Cairo
Date: 2014-08-19 14:47:22 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:96 - ID:881336
CAIRO, Aug 19 (MENA) - Head of the al-Wafd Party al-Sayyed al-Badawi met on Tuesday with Chairman of the Sudanese National Umma Party al-Sadiq al-Mahdi and his accompanying delegation. The meeting took up the current situation in Sudan and the ....
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Sisi inquires after Sudan president's health
Date: 2014-08-18 21:16:32 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:160 - ID:880379
KHARTOUM, Aug 18 (MENA) – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi inquired after the health of his Sudanese counterpart Omar al-Bashir on Monday over the phone as the latter had undergone a surgery recently. The Egyptian president renewed an ....
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Somali pirate leader arrested in Mogadishu
Date: 2014-08-18 20:30:34 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:155 - ID:880358
MOGADISHU, Aug 18 (MENA) - A Somali police official says security forces arrested a senior pirate commander in Mogadishu, ABC News reported on Monday. Capt. Mohamed Hussein said Monday that Mohamed Garfanji, considered to be the second-ranking ....
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47 killed in fierce tribal fight in East Darfur
Date: 2014-08-18 16:38:09 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:116 - ID:880139
KHARTOUM, Aug 18 (MENA) - The East Darfur State government announced that 47 tribesmen were killed in fierce fighting that erupted between Ma’aliya and Rizeigat in the area of Um Rakuba, Abu Karinka locality on Saturday. Multiple sources told ....
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126.000 Sudanese affected by torrential rain
Date: 2014-08-18 12:46:40 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:76 - ID:879324
KHARTOUM, Aug 18 (MENA) - United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) asserted that over 126,000 Sudanese were affected by the torrential rain that ravaged Sudanese states over the past days. The Sudanese Red ....
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5 killed, others injured in shelling of Fajr Libya sites
Date: 2014-08-18 11:33:33 GMT - Libya - Africa - SN:57 - ID:879411
TRIPOLI, Aug 18 (MENA) - Five elements from Fajr Libya forces were killed and others were injured Monday when a Libyan military plane shelled their sites in Wadi el-Rabie area. In press statements Thursday, spokesman of the Libya shield Alaa ....
