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More than 50 abducted in attack on northwest Nigerian village - residents
Date: 2019-08-29 07:48:16 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:10 - ID:8081523
ABUJA, Aug 29 (MENA) - More than 50 people, including pregnant women and children, were abducted in a raid on a village in northwest Nigeria, euronews reported Thursday. The attack on Wurma village in Katsina, northwest Nigeria, began around ....
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Japan vows to boost investment in Africa as leaders from continent gather
Date: 2019-08-28 08:48:08 GMT - Japan - Africa - SN:17 - ID:8080040
YOKOHAMA, Aug 28 (MENA) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday renewed Tokyo's pledge to boost investment in Africa through the country's private sector in the hope of helping the continent's development, Kyodo reported. "The Japanese ....
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Former assistant FM highlights importance of TICAD 7
Date: 2019-08-26 14:09:01 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:64 - ID:8077398
CAIRO, Aug 26 (MENA) – Ambassador Mona Omar, former assistant foreign minister for African affairs, underscored the great importance of the 2019 Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD), due to kick off on Wednesday. The ....
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Bibliotheca Alexandrina hosts African Union Simulation Model
Date: 2019-08-26 11:29:10 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:41 - ID:8077230
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, Aug 26 (MENA) - The Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA) on Monday hosted a second session of "African Union Simulation Model". The session is organized by the BA's Public Relations and International Communications Department. It ....
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UN: Thousands of DR Congo refugees head home from Angola
Date: 2019-08-23 11:24:32 GMT - Switzerland - Africa - SN:32 - ID:8073885
GENEVA, Aug 23 (MENA) - Some 8,500 refugees have spontaneously left the Lóvua settlement in Angola’s Lunda Norte province since August 18 with the intention of returning home to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) ....
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Angola praises signing of Uganda-Rwanda pact
Date: 2019-08-22 22:42:44 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:68 - ID:8073486
CAIRO, Aug 22 (MENA) – Angola’s Embassy in Cairo lauded on Thursday the agreement signed by Rwanda and Uganda to lower tensions between the two countries. The embassy said in a statement that the deal was inked thanks to great diplomatic efforts ....
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2 killed, wounded in military attack on Somali military base
Date: 2019-08-21 10:37:10 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:21 - ID:8071109
MOGADISHU, Aug 21 (MENA) - At least one civilian was killed and a Somali soldier injured in an attack by Al Shabab militants on a military base in Lower Shabelle region. Government troops, meanwhile, killed four of the militants in a shootout, ....
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At least 10 Burkina Faso soldiers killed in militant attack
Date: 2019-08-19 19:54:58 GMT - Burkina Faso - Africa - SN:66 - ID:8069267
OUAGADOUGOU, Aug 19 (MENA) - Unidentified militants killed at least 10 soldiers and wounded many others in an attack on a military unit in northern Burkina Faso on Monday, Euronews reported. Monday’s attack occurred in the early hours of the ....
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S. Korea welcomes Sudan's power-sharing deal
Date: 2019-08-19 06:51:09 GMT - south korea - Africa - SN:4 - ID:8068090
SEOUL, Aug 19 (MENA) - South Korea on Monday welcomed the signing last week of a power-sharing deal between Sudan's ruling military council and its main opposition group and expressed hopes for stability and prosperity in the African country, Yonhap ....
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Facebook adds 10 African languages to its 3rd-party Fact-Checking Program
Date: 2019-08-15 08:02:04 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:9 - ID:8063855
NAIROBI, Aug 15 (MENA) - Facebook is partnering with Africa Check and will now include 10 African languages to its 3rd-party Fact-Checking Program, Technology Zimbabwe reported Thursday. The Third-Party-Fact-Checking program helps to assess the ....
