Africa

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  • Egypt affirms full support to Mali people's aspiration for peace

    Date: 2020-09-19 11:20:44 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:18 - ID:8594146

    ADDIS ABABA, Sept 19 (MENA) - Egypt's Permanent Representative to the African Union (AU) Ambassador Osama Abdel Khalek on Saturday affirmed Egypt's full solidarity and support to the aspirations of Mali people towards achieving peace and ....

  • Kenyan cargo plane crashes at airport in Mogadishu

    Date: 2020-09-19 09:20:07 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:14 - ID:8594005

    MOGADISHU, Sept 19 (MENA) - Witnesses say a cargo plane has crashed at the international airport in Somalia's capital, ABC News reported on Saturday. There was no immediate confirmation of any casualties. Photos posted from the scene show the ....

  • Mauritania confirms 13 new COVID-19 cases, total rises to 7,332

    Date: 2020-09-16 20:33:13 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:82 - ID:8591083

    NOUAKCHOTT, Sept 16 (MENA) - The Mauritanian health ministry announced Wednesday that 13 new cases of COVID-19 had been registered after conducting 233 tests. This brings the total number of confirmed cases to 7,332, the ministry added in a ....

  • Sudan's TSC member commends Egypt's leading role in Africa

    Date: 2020-09-16 17:12:36 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:66 - ID:8590827

    KHARTOUM, Sept 16 (MENA) - Egypt plays a leading role at the African and regional level throughout history, Member of Sudan's Transitional Sovereign Council Siddig Tawer said Wednesday. Siddig, who doubles as Deputy Chairman of the Supreme ....

  • 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 ....

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