Qatar minister hopeful for Darfur peace
Doha - Qatar, which hosts talks between the government of Sudan and rebels from its western Darfur region, has expressed hope that a peace deal can be reached soon between the warring sides, media reports said Sunday. Minister of State for Foreign Af...
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Thirty five injured as football fans riot in Cairo - Summary
Cairo - Roughly a thousand people rioted in the streets around the Algerian Embassy in Cairo in the early hours of Friday to vent their anger at attacks against Egyptian fans in Sudan the previous night. Angry crowds converged on the embassy, chantin...
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2009-11-20 ] Category : [
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Bedouins protest in Sinai, alleging police killed man
Cairo - Bedouins in the Sinai desert blocked major trade routes Friday, alleging Egyptian police killed a man and injured others in the early morning, witnesses said. The protesters were blocking a major highway, attacking passing cars and setting ti...
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Three children killed in Mozambique mortar bomb blast
Maputo - Three children were killed and two seriously injured in northern Mozambique after accidently exploding a mortar bomb left over from the country's past wars, a local newspaper reported Friday. Noticias daily reported that the children in Nias...
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2009-11-20 ] Category : [
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'Arctic Sea' finally reaches destination in Algeria
Moscow - The Arctic Sea , the Finnish-owned, Maltese- registered ship believed to have been captured by pirates in early August has reached its destination in Algeria, Interfax news agency reported Thursday. The ship was due to deliver its load of w...
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2009-11-19 ] Category : [
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Football match strains Algerian-Egyptian relations
Cairo - Egypt on Thursday said it would summon the Algerian ambassador in Cairo to protest attacks against Egyptian fans after Wednesday night's World Cup playoff in Sudan. The ambassador will receive a strong message about securing the Egyptian pre...
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2009-11-19 ] Category : [
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Army withdrawing from Zimbabwe diamond field, says investor
Harare - Zimbabwe's military has begun to withdraw from a contentious diamond field as private investors move in, the head of a South African mining company investing in the area was quoted Thursday as saying. The state-controlled daily Herald newspa...
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Almost 50 dead in latest Southern Sudan tribal clash
Nairobi/Juba, Southern Sudan - At least 47 people have died in a clash between the Mundari and Dinka tribes in Southern Sudan - the latest in a series of cattle raids that is threatening a fragile peace. Army spokesman Kuol Deim Kuol said late Wednes...
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2009-11-19 ] Category : [
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African kangas: Colourful wraps with something to say
Stone City, Zanzibar - They shimmer in bright colours, have patterns in multiple hues and they are adorned with messages written in Swahili. They are called kangas and are part of every day life for the women of east Africa, particularly Kenya and Ta...
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2009-11-19 ] Category : [
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