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Five Nigerian soldiers killed, 30 missing in Boko Haram battle
Date: 2019-04-29 13:36:51 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:33 - ID:7921544
ABUJA, April 29 (MENA) - At least five Nigerian soldiers were killed and some 30 are missing three days after Boko Haram elements overran an army base, security sources said on Monday. Gunmen from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), ....
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Benin pushes on with legislative vote
Date: 2019-04-28 10:30:09 GMT - Benin - Africa - SN:29 - ID:7919949
PORTO NOVO, April 28 (MENA) - Benin will hold legislative elections on Sunday in which not a single opposition party is allowed to run, Bloomberg reported. The small West African nation faces its worst political crisis in almost two decades ....
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AU discusses submitting proposal to UN on immunities of heads of states
Date: 2019-04-27 22:27:04 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:66 - ID:7919494
GENEVA, April 27 (MENA) - African Union Legal Counsel Ambassador Namira Negm on Saturday hosted a second meeting at the level of experts to mull a proposal, planned to be submitted to the UN General Assembly. The proposal requests an advisory ....
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Egypt to set up 4 medical centers in Africa
Date: 2019-04-24 11:52:32 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:33 - ID:7914545
CAIRO, April 24 (MENA) - Minister of Health and Population Hala Zayed on Wednesday said that her ministry started setting up four medical care centers in Africa starting with Chad. She added that the project comes in implementation of an ....
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Stadia to be ready to host AFCON by May 15 – Organizing committee
Date: 2019-04-22 15:59:44 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:70 - ID:7911367
CAIRO, April 22 (MENA) – Ahmed Abdullah, head of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) organizing committee’s stadia sub-committee, said on Monday the six stadiums that are set to host AFCON will be ready by May 15. Abdullah said he will pay a ....
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Sisi invited to US-Africa Business Summit in Mozambique
Date: 2019-04-21 14:35:07 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:78 - ID:7909417
CAIRO, April 21 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has received an invitation from his Mozambican counterpart Filipe Nyusi to attend the US-Africa Business Summit to be held in Maputo in June. Foreign Minister of Mozambique José Pacheco ....
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Rwanda discovers 15 bodies from DR Congo boat accident
Date: 2019-04-21 08:26:41 GMT - Rwanda - Africa - SN:18 - ID:7908376
KIGALI, April 21 (MENA) - Rwanda discovered 15 bodies that were washed down into its side of Lake Kivu from a recent boat accident on the side of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo), Xinhua quoted a local official as saying. DR Congo ....
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4 killed, 5 injured in Mogadishu car bombing -- police
Date: 2019-04-17 21:25:54 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:92 - ID:7903133
MOGADISHU, April 17 (MENA) - At least four people were killed and five others injured when a vehicle, parked at Dabka junction in Mogadishu, exploded on Wednesday, Shabelle radio reported. Deputy police commander Zakia Hussein said that the ....
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Shaker says African integration top priority to achieve AU 2063 agenda
Date: 2019-04-17 12:03:07 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:44 - ID:7902062
CAIRO, April 17 (MENA) - Electricity Minister Mohamed Shaker has stressed the importance of exchanging expertise and knowledge about common challenges facing African countries. African integration is a top priority for countries seeking to ....
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Huge blast hits Somali capital
Date: 2019-04-17 08:38:46 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:20 - ID:7901771
MOGADISHU, April 17 (MENA) - A huge blast hit downtown the Somali capital, Mogadishu, on Wednesday, Shabelle radio reported. No further details were immediately available. (MENA) S R E/A S E ....
