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Eight persons injured in Somalia blast
Date: 2019-05-11 14:24:34 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:33 - ID:7937264
MOGADISHU, May 11 (MENA) - At least 8 people have been wounded in a grenade explosion that took place in Bosaso, a port city in Somalia’s Puntland state. A witness said the blast was heard outside a court compound in the town, wounding eight, ....
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About 900 children taken away from vigilante group in Nigeria
Date: 2019-05-10 20:16:50 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:53 - ID:7936548
ABUJA, May 10 (MENA) - Nearly 900 children who were enlisted in a civilian defense militia in northeastern Nigeria have been officially separated from the group in accordance with a U.N. accord. The children had been part of a group that was ....
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Armed group releases 900 children in Nigeria
Date: 2019-05-10 11:57:01 GMT - Switzerland - Africa - SN:21 - ID:7936040
GENEVA, May 10 (MENA) - A total of 894 children, including 106 girls, have been released from the ranks of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) in Maiduguri, north-east Nigeria, as part of its commitment to end and prevent the recruitment and use ....
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Ethiopia, EU sign agreement to reduce disaster risks
Date: 2019-05-09 17:36:59 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:65 - ID:7935402
ADDIS ABABA, May 9 (MENA) - Ethiopia and the European Union (EU) signed an agreement under which it will finance a disaster risk reduction program, Africa''s Ministry of Finance reported on Thursday. The EU will spend 33 million Euros during the ....
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UN honors 180 Egyptian peacekeepers in DR Congo
Date: 2019-05-08 16:04:26 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:59 - ID:7933907
CAIRO, May 8 (MENA) – The UN honored Wednesday 180 Egyptian peacekeepers for their efforts to maintain security in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The honorees are part of the UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic ....
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Egypt attaches great importance to Africa: Higher education minster
Date: 2019-05-08 12:26:20 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:35 - ID:7933291
CAIRO, May 8 (MENA) - Egypt attaches great importance to Africa due to its strategic significance, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Khaled Abdel Ghaffar said Wednesday. He added the government spares no efforts to provide all ....
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South Africa starts voting in presidential, parliamentary elections
Date: 2019-05-08 08:29:35 GMT - South Africa - Africa - SN:12 - ID:7932991
PRETORIA, May 8 (MENA) - South Africans have started voting in presidential and parliamentary elections amid issues of corruption and unemployment, Fox News reported. Wednesday's vote comes 25 years after the end of apartheid, but despite the ....
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SIS launches website in Portuguese
Date: 2019-05-07 11:12:46 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:36 - ID:7931776
CAIRO, May 7 (MENA) - The State Information Service (SIS) launched a new website in the Portuguese language as part of its portal (Egypt-Africa) which was launched to communicate with the African nations to support Egypt's presidency of the African ....
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93 killed, injured in bush fire in South Sudan
Date: 2019-05-07 10:34:36 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:29 - ID:7931780
JUBA, May 7 (MENA) - At least 33 persons were killed and 60 others injured in bush fire that gutted four villages in South Sudan’s Western Bahr el Ghazal region, Euronews reported. The South Sudan president’s spokesman said the toll was likely to ....
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Sports min. lauds Burundi-Egypt partnership to draw on expertise of youths
Date: 2019-05-06 15:50:08 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:57 - ID:7930996
CAIRO, May 6 (MENA) – Minister of Sports and Youth Ashraf Sobhi expressed his appreciation of Burundi after the African country has selected Egypt as a partner to carry out an exchange program for youth to draw on their expertise for the benefit of ....
