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Tanzania's President John Magufuli dies at 61
Date: 2021-03-18 06:39:32 GMT - Tanzania - Africa - SN:3 - ID:8857269
DODOMA, March 18 (MENA) - Tanzania's President John Magufuli, one of Africa's most prominent coronavirus sceptics, has died aged 61, Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan said after a more than two-week absence from public life that led to speculation ....
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AU Commission chairperson denounces terror attack in Niger
Date: 2021-03-17 22:18:22 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:153 - ID:8857129
ADDIS ABABA, March 17 (MENA) - Chairperson of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat strongly condemned a terrorist attack that claimed the lives of 58 people returning home from a market near the Malian border. In a statement issued ....
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Mauritania registers 34 new coronavirus cases
Date: 2021-03-17 21:26:46 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:144 - ID:8857132
NOUAKCHOTT, March 17 (MENA) - Mauritania reported 34 new coronavirus cases in a span of 24 hours, bringing the caseload to 17,521, the Ministry of Health said in a statement Wednesday. One patient died, as the total death toll hit 445, according ....
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Somalia registers 109 new coronavirus cases
Date: 2021-03-17 20:21:51 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:132 - ID:8857049
MOGADISHU, March 17 (MENA) - Somalia registered 109 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the country's tally of infections to 9,437. Somali National News Agency quoted Minister of Health Fawziya Abikar Nur as saying that the ....
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African ministers conf. to convene Monday in Addis Ababa
Date: 2021-03-17 17:53:47 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:93 - ID:8856682
CAIRO, March 17 (MENA) - The 53rd conference of the African ministers of finance, planning and economic development will convene in Addis Ababa on Monday and Tuesday via "video conferencing." The UN Economic Committee for Africa said the ....
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Militants kill 11 Malian soldiers in ambush, 11 others missing
Date: 2021-03-17 08:22:06 GMT - Mali - Africa - SN:18 - ID:8855345
BAMAKO, March 17 (MENA) - Eleven Malian soldiers were killed and 11 more are missing after militants ambushed a patrol in the desert north, Radio France Internationale reported. Fourteen soldiers were also wounded, eight of them seriously, in the ....
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Egypt, Sudan probe means to cement bilateral ties
Date: 2021-03-15 21:08:58 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:88 - ID:8852714
CAIRO, March 15 (MENA) – Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Mohamed Abdel Ati discussed with his South Sudanese counterpart Manawa Peter, who is on a visit to Cairo, means on strengthen bilateral relations in the coming period. Abdel Ati ....
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Botswana president starts visit to DRC
Date: 2021-03-15 15:29:49 GMT - Democratic Republic of Congo - Africa - SN:67 - ID:8852039
KINSHASA, March 15 (MENA) - President of Botswana Mokgweetsi Eric Keabetswe Masisi started on Monday a working visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo. He was received at the airport by Congolese Minister of Foreign Affairs Marie Tumba ....
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Nigeria steps up hunt for 39 kidnapped students
Date: 2021-03-14 10:49:36 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:35 - ID:8849308
KADUNA, March 14 (MENA) - Nigerian security forces have stepped up efforts to rescue dozens of abducted college students, police and officials said, as the media ran videos they said showed hostages pleading for help, according to Africa ....
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South Africa registers 1,541 new coronavirus cases, 82 deaths
Date: 2021-03-13 21:59:39 GMT - South Africa - Africa - SN:86 - ID:8848715
CAPE TOWN, March 13 (MENA) - There were 82 more deaths and 1,541 new cases of Covid-19 recorded in South Africa, according to the statistics released by the health department on Saturday. The total number of confirmed cases is 1,528,414, while ....
