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Turkey sends humanitarian aid to Muslims in Cameroon
Date: 2014-07-25 16:00:49 GMT - Turkey - Africa - SN:61 - ID:845121
ANKARA, July 25 (MENA) - The Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management Department has sent 25 tons of humanitarian aid for Muslim refugees in Cameroon. They have been displaced from their homes to Cameron, Chad and Congo due to domestic ....
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US, Nigeria sign MoU for $2.5b power plant
Date: 2014-07-25 12:55:25 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:44 - ID:844815
ABUJA, July 25 (MENA) – Nigeria signed an agreement with the Global Edison Corporation for the construction of a $2.5billion power plant in Anambra State, the Daily Independent reported. The plant when completed is expected to generate about 1500 ....
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Egyptian national among passengers of ill-fated Algerian flight
Date: 2014-07-24 18:23:21 GMT - Algeria - Africa - SN:80 - ID:843601
ALGIERS, July 24 (MENA) - An Egyptian national was among the passengers of an Air Algerie flight that went missing over northern Mali early Thursday. The plane, that flying from Burkina Faso to Algeria, was carrying 116 people, including 110 ....
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Explosion rocks Nigeria's Kano State
Date: 2014-07-24 16:35:50 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:90 - ID:843837
ABUJA, July 24 (MENA) - A bomb has torn through Kano's central motor park, just a day after the twin blasts that wreaked havoc in the neighboring Kaduna state. The details of the Kano attack and the number of casualties are unclear. (MENA) NA/ ....
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Algerian FM forms operation room to follow missed plane
Date: 2014-07-24 15:55:56 GMT - Algeria - Africa - SN:81 - ID:843599
ALGIERS, July 24 (MENA) - Algerian Foreign Minister Ramtan Lamamra ordered on Thursday the formation of an operation room to follow up the missed Algerian plane. The ministry is coordinating with the authorities in Mali, Nigeria and Burkina Faso, ....
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Nigeria's abducted girls not forgotten: UN chief
Date: 2014-07-24 07:36:05 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:17 - ID:842670
ABUJA, July 24 (MENA) - UN Secretary General Ban Ki- moon Wednesday voiced his full support for the worldwide vigils to mark 100 days since the abduction of schoolgirls in Nigeria by Boko Haram terrorists, noting the girls are not forgotten. "I ....
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US condemns bomb attacks in Nigeria
Date: 2014-07-24 07:08:10 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:13 - ID:842653
ABUJA, July 24 (MENA) - The United States on Wednesday condemns the twin bombings in Nigeria, which have killed more than 70 people. The United States deplores the attack targeting Shaykh Dahiru Usman Bauchi, one of the Nigeria's most respected ....
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Mauritanians protest in support of Gaza
Date: 2014-07-24 06:41:42 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:9 - ID:842626
NOU, July 24 (MENA) - A number of Mauritanians staged a massive protest on Wednesday in support of the Gazans, currently under an Israeli offensive. Thousands of citizens together with representatives of the opposition and the majority and ....
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Mali annouces national mourning over Gaza victims
Date: 2014-07-24 06:11:18 GMT - Mali - Africa - SN:6 - ID:842593
BAMAKO, July 24 (MENA) - The Malian government decided to observe a national mourning on Friday over the Palestinians who were killed in Israeli offensive on Gaza, an official source said. The decision was taken during the cabinet's weekly ....
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CAR armed factions sign ceasefire pact
Date: 2014-07-23 21:12:21 GMT - Republic of the Congo - Africa - SN:143 - ID:842453
BRAZZAVILLE, July 23 (MENA) - Representatives of the majority-Muslim Seleka have signed a ceasefire agreement with Christian factions to end fighting in the Central African Republic. The signing of the pact on Wednesday in Brazzaville, the ....
