Africa

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  • John Hopkins: Nearly 35 million vaccinated in Africa

    Date: 2021-07-05 17:13:32 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:84 - ID:9045512

    WASHINTON, July 5 (MENA) - The number of vaccinated people against the coronavirus in Africa reached 34,845,605, according to John Hopkins University on Monday. The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in 55 countries in Africa recorded ....

  • France to resume military operations with Malian Armed Forces

    Date: 2021-07-05 09:52:17 GMT - Mali - Africa - SN:24 - ID:9044774

    BAMAKO, July 5 (MENA) - France, which has more than 5,000 troops deployed in the Sahel, will resume joint operations with the Malian Armed Forces, after suspending bilateral cooperation following Mali’s second coup in May, The Africa Report said ....

  • Somali army kills 15 al-Shabab terrorists in central region

    Date: 2021-07-04 15:17:23 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:58 - ID:9043689

    MOGADISHU, July 4 (MENA) – Somali National Army (SNA) said its forces killed 15 al-Shabab militants in a fierce fighting early Sunday in the central part of the country. SNA spokesman, Ali Hashi Abdi said that the army also injured several ....

  • UN chief worried over situation in Tigray province

    Date: 2021-07-04 09:04:39 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:25 - ID:9042976

    NEW YORK, July 4 (MENA) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed his deep concern over the situation in Ethiopia's Tigray. "It is essential to have a real ceasefire paving the way for a dialogue able to bring a political ....

  • South Africa reports over 26,000 Covid-19 cases

    Date: 2021-07-03 19:22:53 GMT - South Africa - Africa - SN:81 - ID:9042547

    JOHANNESBURG, July 3 (MENA) – The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases on Saturday surged to 26,485, an increase representing a positivity rate of 27.3%, Times Live reported. Another 175 deaths were reported, bringing SA's overall death toll to ....

  • Somali PM condemns Mogadishu’s terrorist attack

    Date: 2021-07-03 09:04:16 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:19 - ID:9041418

    MOGADISHU, July 3 (MENA) - Somali Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble has condemned Friday's explosion that targeted a coffee shop in Mogadishu’s Shibis district, leaving many people dead and wounded, the Somali National News Agency reported ....

  • Mauritania reports 86 new coronavirus cases in 24 hours

    Date: 2021-07-02 07:20:02 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:6 - ID:9040009

    NOUAKCHOTT, July 2 (MENA) – Mauritania reported on Friday 86 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of infections to 20,894, the Ministry of Health said in a statement. No death cases were reported on Friday keeping ....

  • Delta variant of Covid-19 surges across Africa

    Date: 2021-06-29 10:09:17 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:22 - ID:9035058

    WASHINGTON, June 29 (MENA) - The more-transmissible Delta variant of the coronavirus is surging across Africa, the continent with the least vaccines and weakest healthcare systems, feeding fears among epidemiologists and political leaders of a ....

  • Ethiopian forces retreat in Tigray, rebels enter the capital

    Date: 2021-06-28 23:01:55 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:118 - ID:9034541

    NEW YORK, June 8 (MENA) - In a major turn in Ethiopia’s eight-month civil war in the northern Tigray region, Tigrayan fighters began entering the regional capital Monday night after Ethiopian government troops retreated from the city, the New York ....

  • Arab Parliament decries al-Shabaab suicide bombing in Somalia

    Date: 2021-06-28 20:27:38 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:108 - ID:9034370

    CAIRO, June 28 (MENA) - The Arab Parliament (AP) condemned Monday a suicide car bomb attack in a town in Galmudug, a regional state in central Somalia. In a statement, the Arab Parliament reaffirmed its full support for Somalia's continued ....

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