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3 dead as Ethiopian helicopter crashes at UN compound
Date: 2019-02-10 08:41:28 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:19 - ID:7797128
JUBA, Feb 10 (MENA) - The United Nations said three crew members are dead after an Ethiopian military helicopter crashed inside the compound of the UN peacekeeping mission for the disputed Abyei region on the Sudan-South Sudan border, the ABC News ....
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MENA: Eswatini to succeed Egypt in AU presidency
Date: 2019-02-10 07:12:34 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:7 - ID:7797019
ADDIS ABABA, Feb 10 (MENA) - The Middle East News Agency (MENA) learnt on Sunday that Eswatini will be elected to chair the African Union in 2020 in succession of Egypt. Eswatini will be elected during a closed session of the African Union Summit ....
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AU to launch workshop on women's role in peace and security
Date: 2019-02-10 06:39:33 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:3 - ID:7796990
ADDIS ABABA, Feb 10 (MENA) - The African Union will launch later Sunday a workshop on women's role in peace and security. In a press release, the AU said AU Special Envoy on Women Peace and Security Mme Bineta Diop will participate in the event ....
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Ethiopia president meets EU High Representative, Bill Gates
Date: 2019-02-09 21:41:39 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:68 - ID:7796850
ADDIS ABABA, Feb 9 (MENA)- Ethiopia President Sahlework Zewdie met with High Representative of European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Moghernia, and the American philanthropist Bill Gates at the National Palace on ....
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15 extremists killed in US airstrikes in Somalia
Date: 2019-02-09 07:48:46 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:8 - ID:7795705
MOGADISHU, Feb 9 (MENA) - The United States military says targeted airstrikes against suspected extremists in Somalia have killed 15 fighters, Shabelle radio reported on Saturday. A US Africa Command statement said the airstrikes occurred in the ....
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AFDB calls for cooperation with S. Korea in tech, agriculture, energy
Date: 2019-02-08 17:41:59 GMT - south korea - Africa - SN:50 - ID:7795344
SEOUL, Feb 8 (MENA) - President of the African Development Bank (AFDB) Akinwumi Adesina on Friday expressed hope that South Korea and Africa can increase personnel exchanges and technology sharing in the fields of agriculture, energy and drones, ....
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Nigeria confirms 275 Lassa fever cases
Date: 2019-02-08 16:46:28 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:47 - ID:7795230
ABUJA, Feb 8 (MENA) - The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Friday confirmed that 275 cases of Lassa fever were recorded since its outbreak in parts of the country, Pulse Nigeria reported. This was made known in a statement by the ....
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Two people dead, others injured in blast that hit passenger bus in Mali
Date: 2019-02-08 05:58:41 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:3 - ID:7794304
BAMAKO, Feb 8 (MENA) - Two people were killed and others injured in a blast that hit a passenger bus between two cities in Mali on Friday. The blast took place as a result of an explosive device that was planted between the cities of Dontza and ....
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Egypt, Tanzania discuss establishing joint model farm
Date: 2019-02-07 15:21:56 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:62 - ID:7793686
CAIRO, Feb 7 (MENA) - Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation Ezz Eddin Abu Steit has discussed with Tanzanian officials means of boosting cooperation in the agricultural field, including a proposal to establish a joint model farm. During ....
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Egypt to launch Africa history encyclopedia Thursday
Date: 2019-02-06 18:15:46 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:80 - ID:7792414
CAIRO, Feb 6 (MENA) - The Cabinet's Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC) will hold a conference on Thursday to celebrate the launch a new encyclopedia dubbed as "General history of Africa". The newly-developed encyclopedia neutrally ....
