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Egypt’s Coptic Christians Flee Sinai After Deadly Attacks

Dozens of Coptic Christian families in Egypt have fled North Sinai province after a number of killings in recent weeks...

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FIFA Chief Infantino Meets Zimbabwe’s Mugabe

FIFA president Gianni Infantino met Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe on Friday a day after he attended a birthday party...

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Egyptian Copts Flee Sinai After Suspected Islamic State Attacks

Dozens of Coptic Christians have left Egypt's Sinai Peninsula after a string of jihadist attacks killed three...

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UN Syria Talks Open As Blast Reflects Fragility of Truce

The first full day of a fresh round of Syria peace talks began in Geneva Friday as a suicide bombing killed 42,...

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John Mahama’s Keynote Address At 2016 African Leadership Magazine Person of the Year Awards

Thank you and good evening. It is an honour to be in the company of such distinguished fellow Africans gathered here...

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Blind Sheikh Buried In Egypt After Dying In US Jail

Hundreds of mourners gathered Wednesday in Cairo for the funeral of Omar Abdel Rahman, the blind sheikh linked to the...

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Sunni Islam’s Al-Azhar In Cairo Dialogue With Vatican

Representatives of Sunni Islam's prestigious Al-Azhar institution and from the Vatican held talks in Cairo on Wednesday...

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Leo Messi Visits Egypt To Campaign Against Hepatitis C

Barcelona superstar Leo Messi has jetted to Egypt on Tuesday as part of a domestic health campaign to fight Hepatitis...

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Messi Visits Cairo To Promote Hepatitis C Treatment

Lionel Messi has made a trip to Egypt to promote hepatitis C Five-time World Footballer of the Year Lionel Messi has...

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Morocco Tops New Survey On Quality of African Urban Life

Four Moroccan cities, led by Marrakesh, ranked among the top 10 African cities for quality of life in a new survey...

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Egypt, Jordan Say No Concessions On A Palestinian State

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and King Abdullah II of Jordan agreed Tuesday there could be no concessions on...

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Atuguba Is ‘Chief Justice’

Supreme Court judge Justice William Atuguba acted in the stead of Chief Justice Georgina Theodora Wood on Tuesday at...

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Zuma Not Backing Hayatou

South Africa sports minister Fikile Mbalula Monday denied a Confederation of African Football statement that President...

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FIFA Head Infantino To To Meet African Football Bosses

FIFA president Gianni Infantino will be in South Africa and Zimbabwe this week to meet African football bosses and...

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Egypt Court Uphold Death Sentences Over Football Riot

An Egyptian court upheld Monday death sentences against 10 people convicted over rioting that claimed 74 lives at a...

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New York Bomb Plot Mastermind Omar Abdel Rahman Dies In Prison

The mastermind of numerous bomb plots in New York in the early 1990s has died in prison in the US, his family says....

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Tourism Shows Signs of Recovery In Egypt

Tourists are slowly returning to Egypt, easing pressure on a key sector battered by years of turmoil and the 2015...

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Libya Rival Factions Agree To Hold General Elections In 2018

Libya will hold elections in 2018. Conflicting factions in the country agreed to hold presidential and parliamentary...

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Arab League Chief Says Mideast Peace Requires Two-State Solution

Arab League chief Ahmed Abul Gheit said on Thursday resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict would require a...