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6 injured in blast in center for training Sudanese forces in Khartoum
Date: 2014-07-19 15:48:44 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:100 - ID:835435
KHARTOUM, July 19 (MENA) - Six people were injured when a shell exploded Friday in a center for training Sudanese forces in northern Khartoum, spokesman of the Sudanese army said. No deaths were reported in the blast, he said, adding that the ....
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10 top activists released after being arrested over protests during Holland visit
Date: 2014-07-19 11:50:54 GMT - Niger - Africa - SN:52 - ID:834959
NIAMEY, July 19 (MENA) - Niger police released on Saturday 5ransparency campaigners who have been arrested shortly before the French president's visit to Niamey, Africa 1 reported. François Hollande arrived in the Nigerien capital on Friday to ....
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Al-Shabaab claims responsibility for Kenya bus attack
Date: 2014-07-19 11:32:44 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:44 - ID:834954
NAIROBI, July 19 (MENA) – Somalia's al-Qaida-linked group says it was behind attack that killed seven people near coastal town of Witu, The Guardian newspaper reported. Somalia's al-Qaida-linked al-Shabaab movement has claimed to be behind an ....
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Several feared killed as Boko Haram attacks Damboa, Borno
Date: 2014-07-18 14:12:25 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:71 - ID:833711
ABUJA, July 18 (MENA) - Several people are feared killed as gunmen suspected to be members of the Boko Haram attacked Damboa in Borno State on Friday morning, All Africa reported. Damboa has been reportedly deserted by soldiers since the Boko ....
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Ethiopia charges 9 journalists with terrorism
Date: 2014-07-18 12:36:47 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:58 - ID:833584
ADDIS ABABA, July 18 (MENA) - The Committee to Protect Journalists said Ethiopia's government has charged nine journalists with terrorism and inciting violence, ABC News reported Friday The group urged Ethiopia's government to release all the ....
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Egypt, Ethiopia to resume negotiations on Nile Dam project
Date: 2014-07-18 09:17:03 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:36 - ID:833160
ABUJA, July 18 (MENA) - The Ethiopian Government is to resume the talks with Egypt and Sudan to resolve controversies surrounding Ethiopia’s ongoing 6,000 MW Hydro-electric Dam project on the Nile River, Nigeria's Punch newspaper ....
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FM: Egypt to boost Africa co-op
Date: 2014-07-17 22:47:22 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:142 - ID:832807
CAIRO, July 17 (MENA) – Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry has said that Egypt has neglected Africa for a long time, adding that this bad policy had gone for decades. He pointed out that the upcoming phase would witness a boost in the ....
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Mali and France sign new defence agreement
Date: 2014-07-17 09:20:19 GMT - Mali - Africa - SN:25 - ID:831512
BAMAKO, July 17 (MENA) - France and Mali signed a new defence pact on Wednesday, an agreement that will let Paris maintain its prominent role in a former colony whose desert north was occupied by al Qaeda-linked rebels until they were defeated by ....
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Hollande begins visit to West Africa
Date: 2014-07-17 07:54:43 GMT - France - Africa - SN:17 - ID:831378
PARIS, July 17 (MENA) - President François Hollande will begin a trip on Thursday to three West African nations just as France puts the finishing touches on a military operation in the Sahel region, to combat extremist violence, Radio France ....
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US issues travel warning to Sudan over 'Mariam Ibrahim case'
Date: 2014-07-16 19:35:10 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:116 - ID:830954
KHARTOUM, July 16 (MENA) - The American embassy in Khartoum issued a travel warning Wednesday to American citizens against traveling to Sudan over fears of angry reactions against the US intervention in Meriam Ibrahim case. The embassy also ....
