ar
en
fr
Africa
- Service : English General
- Category : Africa
-
Mali president and prime minister "arrested," mutiny leader says
Date: 2020-08-18 20:49:05 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:83 - ID:8552851
BAMAKO, Aug 18 (MENA) – Mutineering soldiers in Mali on Tuesday detained the country's president and prime minister, CBS News reported. The claim was made after mutinous soldiers surrounded the private residence of President Ibrahim Boubacar ....
-
Ethiopia’s defense minister, 9 senior officials dismissed
Date: 2020-08-18 18:29:25 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:66 - ID:8552724
ADDIS ABABA, Aug 18 (MENA) – Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has announced the removal of defense minister Lemma Megersa, who was replaced by Kene’a Yadeta. The Ethiopian news agency reported on Tuesday that nine senior officials, including ....
-
Somalia forces end rebel siege of Mogadishu hotel; 15 killed
Date: 2020-08-17 07:32:01 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:13 - ID:8549941
MOGADISHU, Aug 17 (MENA) - Somalia’s security forces have ended a nearly five-hour siege by extremists at a beachside hotel in Somalia’s capital, euronews reported quoting police and a government spokesman as saying. At least 15 people were ....
-
Impact of COVID-19 on African aviation and economies is worsening
Date: 2020-08-15 14:19:41 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:35 - ID:8547915
MONTREAL, Aug 15 (MENA) - The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released new data indicating that the impact of COVID-19 on Africa’s aviation industry and economies has worsened sharply since the previous assessment in April. Job ....
-
WHO: COVID-19 evolution on Africa different than other regions
Date: 2020-08-13 15:12:06 GMT - Switzerland - Africa - SN:35 - ID:8545740
GENEVA, Aug 13 (MENA) – The World Health Organization (WHO) said while COVID-19 has raced through many other regions of the world, the pandemic's evolution on the African continent has been different. Africa marked six months on 14 August since ....
-
Mauritania records 24 new coronavirus infections
Date: 2020-08-12 20:25:44 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:85 - ID:8544778
NOUAKCHOTT, Aug 12 (MENA) - The Mauritanian Health Ministry announced on Wednesday 24 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, to bring total infections to 6,622. The ministry said 37 recoveries were reported, upping the total recovered ....
-
Health min., GIS chief open new medical center in Juba
Date: 2020-08-12 18:52:12 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:80 - ID:8544707
CAIRO, Aug 12 (MENA) - Director of Egypt’s General Intelligence Service (GIS) Abbas Kamel and Health Minister Hala Zayed opened Wednesday an new Egyptian medical center in Juba. They were accompanied by a host of South Sudanese ....
-
Six French tourists among 8 killed by gunmen in Niger
Date: 2020-08-09 19:11:04 GMT - Niger - Africa - SN:64 - ID:8539876
NIAMEY, Aug 9 (MENA) - Gunmen on motorcycles attacked a group of wild tourists, killing six French citizens, their local guide and driver in Niger on Sunday morning, France 24 reported. A source on the ground said that the armed men carried out ....
-
Africa surpasses 1 million cases of Covid-19
Date: 2020-08-07 11:00:04 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:28 - ID:8537035
WASHINGTON, Aug 7 (MENA) - Africa has recorded more than 1 million Covid-19 cases, according to a CNN tally based on data from Johns Hopkins University. As of early Friday morning, the continent has seen a total of 1,008,154 confirmed coronavirus ....
-
Mauritania's Mohamed Ould Bilal named new PM after predecessor, govt step down
Date: 2020-08-06 17:36:03 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:71 - ID:8536027
NOUAKCHOTT, Aug 6 (MENA) – Mauritania’s President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani appointed Mohamed Ould Bilal, the former head of several state agencies, as the new prime minister, France 24 reported Thursday. Mauritania's prime minister and his entire ....
