Africa
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Triple suicide attack kills at least 30 in northeast Nigeria
Date: 2019-06-17 10:25:30 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:24 - ID:7983791
ABUJA, June 30 (MENA) - At least 30 people have been killed in a triple suicide attack in northeast Nigeria, Euronews quoted state emergency services officials as saying on Monday. Three suicide bombers detonated explosives at Konduga village, ....
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Armed gang kills at least 34 in northwest Nigeria, police say
Date: 2019-06-16 16:30:44 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:53 - ID:7983017
ABUJA, June 16 (MENA) - An armed gang killed at least 34 people in attacks on villages in northwest Nigeria, police said on Sunday, part of a wave of violence the government has blamed on bandits, Euronews reported. Hundreds of people have died ....
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8 dead, 16 injured in 2 blasts in Mogadishu
Date: 2019-06-15 16:23:40 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:44 - ID:7981720
MOGADISHU, June 15 (MENA) - Two explosions rocked Somalia's capital and left eight people dead, the director of an ambulance service said Saturday. Another 16 people were wounded, some of them seriously, ABC News quoted Dr. Abdiqadir Aden with ....
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Azhar undersecretary to partake in 1st FGM summit in Africa
Date: 2019-06-15 14:22:41 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:34 - ID:7981499
CAIRO, June 15 (MENA) - Al Azhar Undersecretary Saleh Abbas will attend the first African Summit on Female Genital Mutilations (FGM) and Child Marriage (CM) in Dakar, Senegal. In addition, a delegation from the most prestigious seat of Sunni ....
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Shabaab militants attack northeastern Kenya, abduct policemen
Date: 2019-06-15 10:40:09 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:23 - ID:7981197
MOGADISHU, June 15 (MENA) - Al Shabaab militant group announced on Saturday its fighters waged an attack on a location in northeastern Kenya, along the Somali borders. The group added it held captive a number of Kenyan policemen, Shabeellaha ....
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10 civilians killed in central Somalia attacks
Date: 2019-06-15 10:18:21 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:20 - ID:7981173
MOGADISHU, June 15 (MENA) - At least 10 civilians were killed in two attacks carried out by gunmen in the central Somali city of Galkayo. Nine civilians were killed in Galkayo armed attack, while a security person is believed to be killed in a ....
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Record number of South Sudanese faces critical lack of food
Date: 2019-06-14 14:58:14 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:42 - ID:7980297
JUBA, June 14 (MENA) - A record number of people in South Sudan face a critical lack of food. A new report by the government and the United Nations said almost seven million people, or more than 60% of the population, are at risk, The Washington ....
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Closing session of AACF starts
Date: 2019-06-13 16:43:57 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:74 - ID:7979323
SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt, June 13 (MENA) - The closing session of the African Anti-Corruption Forum (AACF) started on Thursday under the rubric "The role of political administration in rendering anti-corruption efforts successful in Africa". The ....
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Strength of African continent lies in its unity - Memish 2 last Ismailia
Date: 2019-06-13 15:41:38 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:65 - ID:7979012
For his part, representative of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Bernard Dzawanda expressed happiness for visiting Egypt which has all capabilities qualifying it to lead a mega project like the project of linking between ....
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Strength of African continent lies in its unity - Memish
Date: 2019-06-13 14:23:45 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:57 - ID:7978954
ISMAILIA, Egypt, June 13 (MENA) - The Head of the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) and the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone) Mohab Mamish said that the strength of the African continent lies in its unity and achieving needed integration among its ....