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Ethiopia urged to protect opposition leader
Date: 2014-07-07 18:01:38 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:130 - ID:816387
NEW YORK, July 7 (MENA) - Human Rights Watch says an exiled Ethiopian opposition leader who was recently deported from Yemen to Ethiopia is at risk of abuses including torture, ABC News reported. In a statement Monday, the rights group urged ....
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Nigerian Muslim scholar, wife abducted
Date: 2014-07-07 15:08:23 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:87 - ID:816094
ABUJA, July 7 (MENA) - A prominent Muslim scholar and his wife have been reportedly abducted from their home in Ogun State in southwestern Nigeria, local media reported. "Ustadh AbdulGaniy Jumahand his wife Shakirah were reportedly whisked away ....
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Egypt's strategy aims to foster cooperation with all African countries -- Minister
Date: 2014-07-07 13:25:00 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:64 - ID:815798
CAIRO, July 7 (MENA) – Egypt's Petroleum Minister Sherif Ismail asserted that Egypt's strategy aims to foster cooperation with all African countries in all fields especially that of hydrocarbon. His statement was given on his behalf by Head of ....
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Suspected Boko Haram leader killed in gun battle
Date: 2014-07-07 06:47:26 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:10 - ID:815012
ABUJA, July 7 (MENA) - A suspected Boko Haram leader was killed late Sunday by security operatives following a raid on a hideout in Kinkinau, Kaduna state. The suspect and his men were believed to have engaged security operatives in a gun battle ....
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Al-Shabaab claims new deadly attacks on Kenya's coast
Date: 2014-07-06 21:03:50 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:143 - ID:814809
MOGADISHU, July 6 (MENA) - Al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab militants have claimed responsibility for the attacks on two of Kenya's coastal towns, France 24 reported Sunday. At least 29 people were killed in the overnight attacks. The Red Cross ....
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Nigeria town residents flee ahead of Boko Harram attack
Date: 2014-07-06 20:57:52 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:142 - ID:814785
ABUJA, July 6 (MENA) – Residents of Damboa in the Nigerian state of Borno have fled the town out of fear of being caught in an expected reprisal attack on Boko Haram insurgents. The escape came hours after the eruption of deadly clashes between ....
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Russian tourist shot dead in Kenya
Date: 2014-07-06 20:23:31 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:137 - ID:814782
NAIROBI, July 6 (MENA) - A Russian tourist was Saturday shot dead by gunmen who escaped in a waiting car at Mombasa's Old Town, The Standard Digital News reported Sunday. Thirty-year-old Maria Tatyana was murdered about five meters from the Shia ....
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50,000 displaced in Nigeria following sectarian, tribal violence
Date: 2014-07-06 16:45:54 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:97 - ID:814470
ABUJA, July 5 (MENA) - More than 50,000 Nigerian persons have been displaced from their homes in various parts of Taraba following the recent crisis in the area, local media reported. Operations Officer in the Gombe Office of National Emergency ....
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We will do our best to beat Boko Haram - Nigerian FM
Date: 2014-07-06 16:43:13 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:95 - ID:814468
CAIRO, July 6 (MENA) - Nigeria's Foreign Minister Bashir Amin Wali said Sunday his country's authorities are making maximum efforts to confront the terrorist Boko Haram group. "In spite of slight progress, our task is not easy", he added ....
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Mahlab presides over meeting of supreme committee on Nile water
Date: 2014-07-06 16:13:22 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:89 - ID:814509
CAIRO, July 6 (MENA) - Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab presided on Sunday over a meeting of the Supreme Committee on the Nile Water to discuss the latest developments regarding the Nile water file and ways to further foster cooperation between Egypt ....
