Africa

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  • OCHA: Dlrs 20.3 million needed to fight cholera in Sudan

    Date: 2019-10-04 16:04:17 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:38 - ID:8131168

    KHARTOUM, Oct 4 (MENA) - The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported that humanitarian partners have developed a cholera readiness and response plan and are seeking dlrs 20.3 million for the next three ....

  • New EU amb. arrives in Sudan

    Date: 2019-10-03 10:07:55 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:19 - ID:8129195

    KHARTOUM, Oct 3 (MENA) - Ambassador Robert van den Dool, arrived in Sudan on Thursday to assume his post as the new European Union Ambassador and head of Delegation of the European Union to Sudan. Robert van den Dool is a 54 years old diplomat ....

  • Sudan's Burhan affirms necessity to enhance security, stability in North Darfur

    Date: 2019-10-02 16:30:35 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:71 - ID:8128241

    KHARTOUM, Oct 2 (MENA) - Head of the Sudanese Sovereignty Council Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan stressed on Wednesday the necessity of fostering security and stability in North Darfur, western Sudan. The sovereignty council will continue to support all ....

  • 25 Malian soldiers killed in attacks on army camps

    Date: 2019-10-02 05:41:02 GMT - Mali - Africa - SN:6 - ID:8127400

    BAMAKO, Oct 2 (MENA) - Twenty-five Malian soldiers have been killed and 60 are missing after attacks on two army camps in central Mali, the government said in a statement. The toll is among the highest suffered by Malian forces this year, ....

  • Kenya police kill 3 suspected fighters after attack warning

    Date: 2019-10-01 18:45:15 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:63 - ID:8127182

    NAIROBI, Oct 1 (MENA) - Police in Kenya say a counterterrorism task force has foiled an extremist attack by killing three suspected fighters and recovering bomb-making material and military uniforms, ABC News reported. A police report dated ....

  • US airstrikes kill 10 Somali militants after troops thwart Al-Shabaab attack on airfield

    Date: 2019-10-01 09:12:45 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:11 - ID:8126072

    WASHINGTON, Oct 1 (MENA) - The US military partnered by Somali forces have killed 10 militants and destroyed a vehicle following an attack on a base where US special forces trained Somali commandos, Sputnik news agency quoted a statement by the US ....

  • Extremists launch 2 attacks on military targets in Somalia

    Date: 2019-09-30 10:33:16 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:23 - ID:8124725

    MOGADISHU, Sept 30 (MENA) - Somalia’s Islamic extremist rebels on Monday launched two attacks on US and European military targets, The Washington Post quoted officials as saying. The first attack was on a military airstrip which is a base for US ....

  • Zimbabwe's Mugabe buried in a steel coffin encased in concrete

    Date: 2019-09-30 08:20:41 GMT - United Kingdom - Africa - SN:11 - ID:8124467

    LONDON, Sept 30 (MENA) - The bizarre burial of Robert Mugabe saw the former Zimbabwean leader interred in a steel-lined coffin under a layer of concrete on Saturday, following a bitter dispute over his resting place between government officials, ....

  • Senegal president pardons Khalifa Sall, ex-mayor of Dakar

    Date: 2019-09-30 06:14:42 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:8 - ID:8124422

    DAKAR, Sept 30 (MENA) - Senegal’s President Macky Sall has pardoned former Dakar mayor and political rival Khalifa Sall, who had been sentenced to prison for fraudulent use of public funds, Al Arabiya News Channel reported Monday. Khalifa Sall, ....

  • Sudan's PM arrives in Paris

    Date: 2019-09-29 15:46:12 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:49 - ID:8123990

    KHARTOUM, Sept 29 (MENA) - Sudan's Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok arrived in Paris on Sunday, at the invitation of French President Emmanuel Macron. Hamdok is leading a delegation that includes Foreign Minister Asmaa Abdalla and Finance Minister ....

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