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Official Egyptian delegation visits Libya
Date: 2014-08-11 10:37:30 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:62 - ID:868300
CAIRO, Aug 11 (MENA) - An official Egyptian delegation under Assistant Foreign Minister Mohamed Badr El-Din Zayed visited Libya on Monday. During the visit, the delegation met with newly-elected speaker of the Libyan House of Representatives ....
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10,000 displaced Nigerian persons flee for safety
Date: 2014-08-11 08:23:37 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:25 - ID:868017
ABUJA, Aug 11 (MENA) - About 10,000 residents of Gwoza town and villages in Borno State have fled to neighboring Adamawa state and the Republic of Cameroon as a result of the ongoing military operations in an effort to recapture the affected ....
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New PM named in Central African Republic
Date: 2014-08-11 08:14:46 GMT - Central African Republic - Africa - SN:24 - ID:867925
BANGUI, Aug 11 (MENA) - Central African Republic’s President Catherine Samba Panza appointed Mahamat Kamoun as her prime minister as part of an effort to create a more unified government after more than a year of heavy sectarian violence, Radio ....
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Air France aircraft makes emergency landing in Lagos
Date: 2014-08-11 07:19:17 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:16 - ID:867902
ABUJA, Aug 11 (MENA) - An Air France aircraft, with 178 people aboard, made an emergency landing at Lagos's international airport Sunday after a faulty indicator showed a nose tyre pressure fault, an official statement said. "The aircraft, which ....
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Ebola: Nigeria bans transfer of dead bodies
Date: 2014-08-10 14:26:50 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:87 - ID:867066
ABUJA, Aug 10 (MENA) - Minister of State for Health Dr. Khaliru Al-Hassan on Sunday declared in Kano that the Federal Government has banned movement of dead bodies from within and outside the country as part of measures to avoid the spread of the ....
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No more cases infections of coronavirus- Saudi Health Ministry
Date: 2014-08-09 18:26:37 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Africa - SN:95 - ID:866145
RIYADH, Aug 9 (MENA) - The Saudi Health Ministry said that there were no cases infected by the coronavirus reported on Saturday. "There were no deaths reported too," the ministry said in a statement. Of 721 cases infected with the virus since ....
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Living conditions in UN camp in S. Sudan 'an affront to human dignity,' aid group says
Date: 2014-08-09 06:24:36 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:8 - ID:865050
JUBA, Aug 9 (MENA) - The aid group Doctors Without Borders says that residents in South Sudan living in a UN camp because of the fear of violence are enduring conditions that "are an affront to human dignity," Fox News reported. The aid group ....
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Nigeria declares emergency on Ebola
Date: 2014-08-08 20:57:31 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:110 - ID:864927
ABUJA, Aug 8 (MENA) - Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan declared a national state of emergency on Friday over the Ebola outbreak in Africa’s most populous country as the World Health Organization said West Africa's crisis is likely to get worse ....
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US to spend $110 mn yearly on African peacekeeping efforts
Date: 2014-08-07 14:44:43 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:107 - ID:863143
WASHINGTON, Aug 7 (MENA) - The US has promised to spend $110 mn yearly on African peacekeeping efforts. The plan is to help fund African rapid-response forces that will deal with armed Islamist groups During the US-Africa Leaders Summit in ....
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ICRC calls for respect for humanitarian workers in South Sudan
Date: 2014-08-07 13:36:51 GMT - Switzerland - Africa - SN:94 - ID:862865
GENEVA, Aug 7 (MENA) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is shocked and dismayed by reports of the killing of at least six humanitarian workers from various non-governmental organizations in Maban County, South Sudan, since 4 ....
