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UNSC extends mandate of peacekeeping mission in South Sudan
Date: 2021-03-13 07:27:29 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:5 - ID:8847148
NEW YORK, March 13 (MENA) - The UN Security Council voted unanimously to extend until March 15, 2022 the almost 20,000-strong UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan, with a mandate “to advance a three-year strategic vision to prevent a return to ....
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Gunmen abduct 30 students from school in northwest Nigeria
Date: 2021-03-12 15:23:33 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:57 - ID:8846426
ABUJA, March 12 (MENA) - Gunmen have attacked a school in northwestern Nigeria and kidnapped at least 30 students just weeks after a similar attack in the region, authorities said Friday. The latest abduction took place late Thursday night at the ....
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South Africa's Patrice Motsepe elected CAF President
Date: 2021-03-12 14:52:32 GMT - Morocco - Africa - SN:51 - ID:8846200
RABAT, March 21 (MENA) - South African mining magnate Patrice Motsepe has been elected president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF ), Africa News reported. Motsepe succeeds disgraced Malagasy Ahmad Ahmad, who is serving a two-year ....
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EU Council voices concerns over running conflict in Ethiopia
Date: 2021-03-11 18:24:01 GMT - Belgium - Africa - SN:98 - ID:8845140
Brussels, March 11 (MENA) – The EU Council adopted Thursday conclusions stressing on the one hand Ethiopia’s important role as a strategic partner and a key multilateral actor, and reiterated the EU’s great concerns regarding the situation in the ....
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At least 20 dead, 600 wounded in Equatorial Guinea blasts
Date: 2021-03-08 07:50:54 GMT - Equatorial Guinea - Africa - SN:27 - ID:8837329
MALABO, March 8 (MENA) - A series of explosions at a military barracks in Equatorial Guinea killed at least 20 people and wounded more than 600 others Sunday, VOA quoted authorities as saying. President Teodoro Obiang Nguema said the explosion at ....
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Nigerian army re-deploys 204 officers to counter Boko Haram
Date: 2021-03-07 16:00:44 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:74 - ID:8836580
ABUJA, March 7 (MENA) - The Nigerian army has redeployed 204 officers to new formations across the country to counter Boko Haram terrorist group, Premium Times reported. The redeployment, which sources said was effected on March 5, came the same ....
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China gives top priority to countering COVID-19 in Africa, says FM
Date: 2021-03-07 12:37:02 GMT - China - Africa - SN:54 - ID:8836011
BEIJING, March 7 (MENA) - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said that his country gives top priority to helping African countries at this time to counter the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and achieve economic recovery. In statements to MENA on ....
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At least 20 killed, 30 wounded by suicide car bomb in Mogadishu
Date: 2021-03-06 09:02:12 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:18 - ID:8833930
MOGADISHU, March 6 (MENA) - At least 20 people were killed and 30 wounded by a suicide car bomb outside a restaurant near the port in Somalia's capital Mogadishu late on Friday, the Somali National News Agency reported. The blast sent plumes of ....
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Kenya starts COVID-19 vaccination campaign
Date: 2021-03-05 14:02:29 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:49 - ID:8832768
NAIROBI, March 5 (MENA) - Kenya has started vaccinating people against COVID-19 with the Oxford vaccine, Sky News reported on Friday. "This may mark the beginning of the end of the pandemic," said Susan Mochache, a senior official at the ....
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Somalia registers 209 new coronavirus cases
Date: 2021-03-05 09:39:00 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:31 - ID:8832388
MOGADISHU, March 5 (MENA) - Somalia registered 209 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the country's tally of infections to 7,727. The Somali National News Agency quoted Minister of Health Fawziya Abikar Nur as saying that the ....
