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Ugandan President Museveni wins sixth term as vote rigging alleged
Date: 2021-01-16 15:29:02 GMT - Uganda - Africa - SN:27 - ID:8754813
KAMPALA, Jan 16 (MENA) - Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni won a decisive re-election victory on Saturday, elections officials said, but his main rival Bobi Wine alleged widespread fraud and said citizens should reject the result, France 24 ....
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3 peacekeepers killed, 6 wounded by attack in northern Mali
Date: 2021-01-14 05:54:24 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:2 - ID:8751404
New YORK, Jan 14 (MENA) - Three United Nations peacekeepers died and six more were wounded Wednesday in northern Mali hours before the UN’s top official in the country expressed cautious optimism that a new roadmap would lead the turbulent West ....
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Mauritania reports 87 coronavirus cases
Date: 2021-01-13 19:05:12 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:78 - ID:8751231
NOUAKCHOTT, Jan 13 (MENA) – Mauritania reported 87 new coronavirus cases in a span of 24 hours, bringing the caseload to 15,794, said the Mauritanian Ministry of Health on Wednesday. The ministry said in a statement that 173 patients have ....
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Sudan: Ethiopia's joint border committee ignored facts on demarcation agreement
Date: 2021-01-10 17:29:49 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:50 - ID:8746369
KHARTOUM, Jan 10 (MENA) - Ethiopia's foreign ministry's joint border committee has missed the point in its recent statement on Ethiopian-Sudanese borders, a Sudanese official said Sunday. In an article posted on the Sudanese Armed Forces' ....
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Deputy head of Sudan's transitional sovereign council heads to Eritrea
Date: 2021-01-08 10:46:05 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:14 - ID:8743417
KHARTOUM, Jan 8 (MENA) - Deputy head of Sudan's transitional sovereign council Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo left Khartoum on Friday morning, heading to Eretria on a one-day visit to the northeast African country. Dagalo is accompanied by acting Foreign ....
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Niger's C130 military aircraft return to service after $30 mln. renovation in US
Date: 2021-01-06 16:05:12 GMT - Niger - Africa - SN:44 - ID:8741541
NIAMEY, Jan 6 (MENA) - The Niger Armed Forces held Wednesday an official ceremony for the arrival of its C130 military transport aircraft after it had undergone a 30 million-dollar renovation in the US. The renovation was carried out as part of a ....
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Chinese firm invests dlrs 6 mn in citrus venture
Date: 2021-01-06 12:07:11 GMT - Zimbabwe - Africa - SN:27 - ID:8741090
HARARE, Jan 6 (MENA) - A Chinese organization, China Industrial International Group (CIIG) is investing dlrs six million towards the production of citrus seedlings, The Herald reported quoting CIIG chief executive Nie Haiyang as having said. The ....
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5 killed, 14 wounded in suicide attack in Somali capital
Date: 2021-01-02 16:46:05 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:37 - ID:8736469
MOGADISHU, Jan 2 (MENA) - A suicide bombing near the Somali capital, Mogadishu, on Saturday killed five people including two Turks, Turkish and Somali, ABC News reported. Al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab extremist group claimed responsibility for the ....
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Mauritania: Confirmed Covid-19 cases rise to 14,581
Date: 2021-01-02 08:13:29 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:12 - ID:8735736
NOUAKCHOTT, Jan 2 (MENA) - Mauritania's Ministry of Health on Saturday registered 217 new coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 14,581. The total number of recovered cases in the African country hit 11,652, while ....
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At least 25 killed by rebels in eastern Congo; some beheaded
Date: 2021-01-01 15:03:23 GMT - Democratic Republic of Congo - Africa - SN:32 - ID:8735276
KINSHASA, Jan 1 (MENA) - At least 25 people were killed in an attack on New Year’s Eve by rebels in Congo’s eastern Beni territory, ABC News quoted local officials as saying on Friday. Farmers had gone to the fields in the village of Tingwe when ....
