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Muslims in Mali celebrate Eidul Fitr today
Date: 2019-06-03 08:35:10 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:10 - ID:7966577
BAMAKO, June 3 (MENA) - The Muslim community of Mali celebrates Eidul Fitr on Monday, June 3, after the Lunar Crescent Observation Commission confirmed seeing the crescent of Shawwal month in several parts of the country, Bamako newspaper ....
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Donors pledge to grant $1.2 bln for reconstruction in Mozambique
Date: 2019-06-01 21:37:16 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:61 - ID:7965000
NEW YORK, June 1 (MENA) - President of Mozambique Filipe Nyusi said on Saturday that the global donors pledged to raise $1.2 billion for post-cyclone reconstruction. Nyusi's remarks came on the sidelines of the conclusion of the International ....
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UNSC cuts 1,000 troops from peacekeeping mission in Somalia
Date: 2019-05-31 19:41:18 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:47 - ID:7963735
NEW YORK, May 31 (MENA) - The United Nations Security Council decided Friday to cut 1,000 troops from a regional peacekeeping force in Somalia, despite a rise in attacks by the Al-Shabaab militia in Mogadishu, France 24 reported. The council ....
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Egypt elected member of UN-Habitat Executive Board
Date: 2019-05-29 17:00:58 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:62 - ID:7960918
CAIRO, May 29 (MENA) - Egypt was elected Wednesday as member of the Executive Board of the UN-Habitat for four years (2019-2023). The announcement was made after the UN-Habitat Assembly approved the list of nominating countries, including Egypt, ....
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Egypt, Gabon discuss bilateral cooperation
Date: 2019-05-29 15:05:16 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:50 - ID:7960733
CAIRO, May 29 (MENA) - Minister of State for Military Production Mohamed el Assar held on Wednesday a meeting with President of Gabon's Olam International Ltd Gagan Gupta. During the meeting, they discussed projects that could be established in ....
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Nigerian president Buhari sworn in for 2nd term
Date: 2019-05-29 11:41:54 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:30 - ID:7960385
ABUJA, May 29 (MENA) - Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari began his second term as head of Africa's most populous nation on Wednesday, facing heightened pressure to defeat Islamic extremism and boost the oil-dependent economy amid concerns over ....
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Kemet Foundation to organize int'l seminar on Africa July 3
Date: 2019-05-26 11:31:38 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:27 - ID:7956295
CAIRO, May 26 (MENA) - The Kemet Boutros Ghali Foundation for Peace and Knowledge will be organizing an international seminar on inter-African cooperation titled “Peace in Africa…The Food Basket of the World” on July 3. The event will be held at ....
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AU marks 56th anniversary in Cairo
Date: 2019-05-26 07:34:08 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:9 - ID:7956076
CAIRO, May 26 (MENA) - The African Union-affiliated delegation at the Arab League held here on Saturday night a celebration to mark the 56th anniversary of the Organisation of African Unity, the African Union (AU) now. The national anthems of ....
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Azhar supports Africa's 'Silencing the Guns by 2020' initiative
Date: 2019-05-25 21:54:25 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:59 - ID:7955946
CAIRO, May 25 (MENA) - Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed El Tayyeb on Saturday expressed the top Islamic institution's full support to the "Silencing the Guns by 2020" initiative, launched by President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, the 2019 chairman of the African ....
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25 Nigerian soldiers killed in northeast country
Date: 2019-05-25 20:38:13 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:54 - ID:7955910
ABUJA, May 25 (MENA) - As many as 25 Nigerian soldiers were killed in an ambush in northeast Nigeria on Saturday morning, security sources were quoted by Voice of America as saying. Militants opened fire as the soldiers were escorting a groups ....
