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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 ....
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Japan to voice concern over African nations' debt issues at TICAD meet
Date: 2019-08-12 08:20:59 GMT - Japan - Africa - SN:12 - ID:8061198
TOKYO, Aug 12 (MENA) - Japan plans to include “concern” over excessive debt in the declaration for the Tokyo International Conference on African Development later this month, government sources said Sunday, a move aimed at calling out China’s ....
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Small freshwater fish around Africa could boost food and nutrition security
Date: 2019-08-05 12:00:06 GMT - Italy - Africa - SN:44 - ID:8052610
ROME, Aug 5 (MENA) - The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) released a working paper on the production of small freshwater fish and its importance in boosting food and nutrition security in the African continent. Small freshwater fish around ....
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Sudan TMC, opposition coalition ink deal on constitutional declaration, 3 last Khartoum
Date: 2019-08-04 13:13:41 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:56 - ID:8051524
For his part, the head of the TMC reiterated commitment to implementing the agreement. "In this historic moment, we confirm our commitment to the implementation of this declaration," Daglo said. "Today national will is the winner ... because ....
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DR Congo: Half of Ebola cases going undetected
Date: 2019-08-03 09:27:02 GMT - Democratic Republic of Congo - Africa - SN:18 - ID:8049942
KINSHASA, Aug 3 (MENA) - An estimated half of Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo are going unidentified, the country's new Ebola response coordinator, Jean-Jacques Muyembe, has told reporters. "If we continue on that basis, this ....
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US assistant secretary travels to Cote d’Ivoire, Senegal
Date: 2019-08-03 09:25:05 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:17 - ID:8049866
WASHINGTON, Aug 3 (MENA) - US Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Tibor Nagy travels to Cote d'Ivoire and Senegal August 2-9, 2019, according to the website of the US Department of State. In Cote d'Ivoire, he will participate in the 2019 ....
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Rwanda reopens border with DR Congo after closing it for several hours following Ebola deaths
Date: 2019-08-02 10:02:08 GMT - Democratic Republic of Congo - Africa - SN:23 - ID:8048969
KINSHASA, Aug 2 (MENA) - Rwanda has reopened its border with the Democratic Republic of Congo after closing it for several hours, a reaction to three Ebola cases, two of them fatal, in a border city in the past month, Fox News reported ....
