Africa

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  • 8 killed, wounded in attack on Mosque southern Somalia

    Date: 2020-09-11 13:50:22 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:44 - ID:8583590

    MOGADISHU, Sep 11 (MENA) - A suicide bomber attacked a mosque in the southern port city of Kismayo as Friday prayers ended, killing two people, said local police officer. According to ABC news, Sahal Nur said that the bomber detonated his ....

  • Mandela's lawyer, anti-apartheid activist George Bizos dies

    Date: 2020-09-09 21:44:24 GMT - South Africa - Africa - SN:89 - ID:8581432

    PRETORIA, Sept 9 (MENA) - Anti-apartheid campaigner and Nelson Mandela's personal lawyer George Bizos has died at 92, his family said Wednesday. He died peacefully at his home of natural causes, the family said as quoted by ABC news. Bizos, ....

  • Sudan government, People’s Movement (Third Front) to sign final deal on Oct. 2 in Juba, 2 last Khartoum

    Date: 2020-09-06 13:43:54 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:48 - ID:8576360

    The committee convened today to discuss the files of Darfur and East Sudan, a statement by Sudan’s Sovereign Council quoted Dhio as having said. The agreement made after a year of talks hosted by South Sudan raises hopes of ending more than 17 ....

  • Sudan government, People’s Movement (Third Front) to sign final deal on Oct. 2 in Juba

    Date: 2020-09-06 13:31:48 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:45 - ID:8576305

    KHARTOUM, Sept 6 (MENA) – Rapporteur of the Sudanese Peace Negotiations Mediation Committee Dhio Mattuk announced on Sunday that the final signing of a deal on the security arrangements between the Sudanese government and the Sudanese People’s ....

  • Six soldiers killed in Boko Haram attack in Chad

    Date: 2020-09-06 10:16:00 GMT - Chad - Africa - SN:23 - ID:8575993

    N'DJAMENA Sept, 6 (MENA) - Six Chadian soldiers were killed in two separate attacks in northern Chad and in the Lake Chad region in the west of the country, where the Boko Haram group intensified their attacks, said Africa 1 Radio on ....

  • Senegal confirms 88 new coronavirus infections

    Date: 2020-09-02 16:49:31 GMT - Senegal - Africa - SN:54 - ID:8571869

    DAKAR, Sept 2 (MENA) - The Senegalese Ministry of Health and Social Action announced on Wednesday that 88 new coronavirus cases have been registered in the country, bringing the tally to 13,743. In a statement broadcast by the local Senegalese ....

  • China-Africa trade takes big hit from coronavirus in first half of 2020

    Date: 2020-08-31 07:01:31 GMT - China - Africa - SN:11 - ID:8567870

    BEIJING, Aug 31 (MENA) - Two-way trade between China and Africa fell 19.3 percent in the first half of the year to dlrs 82.37 billion as coronavirus ravaged economies and cut demand for commodities, according to a report published in South China ....

  • Three-month state of emergency declared in Kassala

    Date: 2020-08-29 22:52:28 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:61 - ID:8566612

    KHARTOUM, Aug 29 (MENA) - A state of emergency was declared in Kassala state in eastern Sudan as of August 30. The three-month state of emergency can be renewed. A high-level government delegation visited Kassala on Friday under directives of ....

  • Algerian FM holds talks in Bamako with Head of MINUSMA

    Date: 2020-08-28 20:06:29 GMT - Algeria - Africa - SN:62 - ID:8565362

    ALGIERS, Aug 28 (MENA) – Algerian Foreign Minister Sabri Boukadoum met on Friday in Bamako, with Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Integrated Multidimensional Stabilization Mission in Mali ....

  • More security forces deployed in Sudan's Kassala after tribal clashes

    Date: 2020-08-28 18:03:35 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:56 - ID:8565283

    KHARTOUM, Aug 28 (MENA) – More security forces have been deployed in Kassala state in eastern Sudan, in the aftermath of the tribal clashes that took place during the past two days. The clashes resulted in civilian casualties and property ....

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