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EU voices great concern over situation in South Sudan
Date: 2020-06-11 12:25:42 GMT - Belgium - Africa - SN:24 - ID:8465312
BRUSSELS, June 11 (MENA) – The European Union Thursday expressed great concern over political and inter-communal violence occurring in South Sudan and called for the implementation of the peace agreement. "The perpetuation of violence leading to ....
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US donates military trucks to Niger’s military to fight terrorism in Sahel
Date: 2020-06-10 14:44:25 GMT - Niger - Africa - SN:32 - ID:8463852
NIAMEY, June 10 (MENA) - Niger's defence minister Issoufou Katambe said that his country received 10 US military trucks and a logistics warehouse to fight terrorism in the African Sahel region. The trucks were donated by the United States to the ....
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Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza dies: government
Date: 2020-06-09 16:14:56 GMT - Burundi - Africa - SN:31 - ID:8463062
BUJUMBURA, June 9 (MENA) - Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza has died of heart failure, the government said Tuesday. "The Government of the Republic of Burundi announces with great sadness the unexpected death of His Excellency Pierre ....
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Sudan warns of filling GERD reservoir without agreement
Date: 2020-06-08 22:51:19 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:60 - ID:8462009
KHARTOUM, June 8 (MENA) - The Sudanese government has warned against filling the reservoir of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) before reaching an agreement between the three countries involved in the dam issue. Filling the dam's ....
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Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia to hold virtual meeting on Tuesday
Date: 2020-06-08 22:05:19 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:56 - ID:8462008
KHARTOUM, June 8 (MENA) - Sudanese Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Yasser Abbas invited on Monday his Egyptian and Ethiopian counterparts; Mohamed Abdel Ati and Seleshi Bekele respectively, to continue talks on the Grand Ethiopian ....
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UN says eastern Congo fighting has killed 1,300 civilians
Date: 2020-06-05 14:14:33 GMT - Switzerland - Africa - SN:38 - ID:8457925
GENEVA, June 5 (MENA) - Various conflicts involving armed groups and government forces in Congo have killed more than 1,300 civilians in the past eight months and violence has surged in recent weeks in eastern provinces, the United Nations High ....
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Mali reports 35 new coronavirus cases
Date: 2020-06-03 20:30:58 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:72 - ID:8455764
BAMAKO, June 3 (MENA) - The Health Ministry reported on Wednesday 35 new coronavirus cases, taking the country's caseload to 1,386. So far, 79 citizens have died of the virus while 788 have recovered. (MENA) M G E/S R E ....
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Malian army repels terror attack in central the country
Date: 2020-06-01 05:11:42 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:1 - ID:8451784
BAMAKO, June 1 (MENA) - Malian army announced on Monday that it has repelled a terrorist attack on central the country. In a statement released by the Malian Radio, the Army said it has been attacked by terrorist groups in Mopti province in ....
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15 people killed in attack in northern Burkina Faso
Date: 2020-05-30 19:40:08 GMT - Burkina Faso - Africa - SN:49 - ID:8450419
OUAGADOUGOU, May 30 (MENA)- Extremists killed at least 15 people, including children, in an attack on a group of traders traveling between towns in northern Burkina Faso, the government said Saturday. The victims of Friday's attack in Loroum ....
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Mauritania reports 24 new coronavirus infections
Date: 2020-05-27 22:31:56 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:67 - ID:8447519
NOUAKCHOTT, May 27 (MENA) - The Health Ministry recorded on Wednesday 24 new coronavirus infections and three new deaths. The new figure brings to 292 the caseload in the country, the ministry said. So far, 15 cases have recovered. Death ....
