Africa

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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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • Sudan's Burhan appoints head of joint chiefs of staff

    Date: 2019-04-15 14:47:58 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:51 - ID:7898479

    KHARTOUM, April 15 (MENA) - Head of the transitional military council in Sudan Abdel Fattah Burhan issued on Monday a decree on the reformation of Sudan's joint chiefs of staff. Sudanese army spokesman Major General Ahmed Khalifa al-Shami said ....

  • WB officials laud achievements of Egypt's education system: MP

    Date: 2019-04-15 12:03:50 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:34 - ID:7898534

    CAIRO, April 15 (MENA) - World Bank (WB) officials hailed progress achieved so far in overhauling Egypt's education system, MP Moustafa el Gendy, the head of the parliamentary grouping of North African states, said on Monday. The bank is due to ....

  • EgyptAir seeks flights to all African capitals --- official

    Date: 2019-04-14 12:39:59 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:42 - ID:7897008

    CAIRO, April 14 (MENA) - EgyptAir seeks expanding its destinations to reach all African capitals, said the civil aviation minister's adviser, Amged Aref, on Sunday. He was replying to requests for briefing presented by lawmakers to the ....

  • US embassy warns citizens of travelling to Kenya

    Date: 2019-04-13 14:27:38 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:41 - ID:7895883

    NAIROBI, April 13 (MENA) - The US Embassy in Nairobi issued a travel advisory warning American citizens to exercise caution due to risks of crime, terrorism and kidnapping. It urged citizens to avoid areas near the Kenya-Somalia border and the ....

  • At least four people wounded in grenade blast in Somali Kismayo city

    Date: 2019-04-13 10:29:41 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:24 - ID:7895425

    MOGADISHU, April 13 (MENA) - At least four people were reported to have been injured in Kismayo after unknown assailants hurled a grenade at a tea shop at Golol junction on Friday evening, Shabelle Media Network reported on Saturday. Jubbaland ....

  • Sudan security service frees all political detainees

    Date: 2019-04-11 11:36:37 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:29 - ID:7892639

    KHARTOUM, April 11 (MENA) - The Sudanese National Security and Intelligence Service (NSS) has released all the country's political detainees, the official SUNA news agency reported on Thursday. The agency gave no further details on this ....

  • Sudanese radio: Armed Forces to deliver important statement

    Date: 2019-04-11 06:03:07 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:2 - ID:7892134

    KHARTOUM, April 11 (MENA) - The Sudanese radio cut its usual program and is playing military marches and patriotic songs as the Sudanese Armed Forces are to deliver important statement. The Sudanese TV also said Thursday morning that the Sudanese ....

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