Africa
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UN chief deeply saddened by death of Chadian president Idriss Déby
Date: 2021-04-21 08:32:15 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:20 - ID:8920371
NEW YORK, April 21 (MENA) - Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has underlined the UN's solidarity with Chad following the death of the country's leader, UN News Service reported. President Idriss Déby died from injuries sustained in clashes with ....
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Saudi Arabia expresses concern over developments in Chad
Date: 2021-04-21 08:30:30 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Africa - SN:19 - ID:8920472
RIYADH, April 21 (MENA) - Saudi Arabia has expressed grave concern over developments in Chad. In a statement on Wednesday, the Saudi Foreign Ministry offered condolences over the death of Chadian President Idriss Deby. The Foreign Ministry ....
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Chad announces 14-day mourning over Deby's death
Date: 2021-04-20 15:06:55 GMT - Chad - Africa - SN:72 - ID:8919493
N'DJAMENA, April 20 (MENA) - The Chadian interim transitional council announced on Tuesday a 14-day national mourning after the death of the President Idriss Deby over clashes between rebels and government soldiers. Deby's son Mahamat Kaka, was ....
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Chadian president's son to take over after his father's death
Date: 2021-04-20 12:46:08 GMT - Chad - Africa - SN:54 - ID:8919133
N'DJAMENA, April 20 (MENA) - Chad's President Idriss Deby's son Mahamat Kaka, was named interim president by a transitional council of military officers, after his father had died while visiting troops on the frontline of a fight against northern ....
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Chadian president Idriss Deby dies on frontline after clashes
Date: 2021-04-20 11:55:52 GMT - Chad - Africa - SN:49 - ID:8919060
N'DJAMENA, April 20 (MENA) - Chad's President Idriss Deby Itno has died on the battlefield after three decades in power, the army announced on state television on Tuesday, according to France24. The stunning announcement came just hours after ....
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Nine Nigerian troops killed, injured in attack on military base
Date: 2021-04-18 07:48:06 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:14 - ID:8915045
ABUJA, April 18 (MENA) - Five Nigerian soldiers were killed, four injured and dozens missing when militants from Daesh organization in West Africa attacked a military base in northeast Nigeria's Borno state, Africa 1 Radio reported quoting two ....
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Sudan to prepare lists of nationals imprisoned abroad
Date: 2021-04-17 18:32:57 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:57 - ID:8914628
KHARTOUM, April 17 (MENA) - Sudan's Foreign Minister Mariam Al-Saddiq Al-Mahdi has given a directive to all Sudan diplomatic missions abroad to prepare lists on the Sudanese nationals who are imprisoned in all countries in the world, SUNA news ....
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Somalia, Russia probe developments in Horn of Africa
Date: 2021-04-17 06:05:10 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:6 - ID:8913404
MOGADISHU, April 17 (MENA) - Somalia's State Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Balal Mohamed Cusman received in the capital Mogadishu, the Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the Federal Republic of Somalia, Mikhail ....
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US announces more than 95 million dollars in assistance to S. Sudan
Date: 2021-04-15 19:49:30 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:103 - ID:8911912
WASHINGTON, April 15 (MENA) - the United States announced Thursday more than $95 million in additional humanitarian assistance for the people of South Sudan, who are affected by ongoing political conflict and are facing extreme food insecurity, ....
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Africa CDC says over 4.360 million coronavirus cases recorded in Member States
Date: 2021-04-13 19:36:59 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:80 - ID:8908427
ADDIS ABABA, April 13 (MENA) - The African Unions (AU)'s Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said Tuesday that its member states have recorded 4.360 confirmed cases of the coronavirus and 116,000 deaths. In a ....