Africa

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  • Ebola outbreak deaths top 1,000 in Congo

    Date: 2019-05-04 07:58:35 GMT - Democratic Republic of Congo - Africa - SN:13 - ID:7927455

    KINSHASA, May 4 (MENA) - More than 1,000 people have died from Ebola in eastern Congo since August, the country’s health minister said Friday as hostility toward health workers continues to hamper efforts to contain the second-deadliest outbreak of ....

  • AU committee on legal affairs discusses statute, bylaws of AUDA

    Date: 2019-05-03 15:55:55 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:43 - ID:7926844

    CAIRO, May 3 (MENA) - The African Union (AU) Special Technical Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs on Friday discussed in a meeting the statute and the bylaws of the African Union Development Agency (AUDA), as well as the draft statute of the ....

  • Sports minister meets with Ghana amb. to Egypt

    Date: 2019-05-02 19:59:35 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:48 - ID:7926033

    CAIRO, May 2 (MENA) – Youth and Sports Minister Ashraf Sobhi praised historical ties between Egypt and Ghana during a meeting he held Thursday with the African country’s Ambassador to Egypt Winfred Hammond. The minister informed the ambassador ....

  • Cairo presents 2001-2017 report to African commission on human rights .. 2 Cairo

    Date: 2019-05-01 18:55:00 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:56 - ID:7924625

    The report tackled the aggravating risks of illegal migration and helping people who travel abroad illegally in Africa and the procedures adopted by Egypt to face this problem. The report touched upon human trafficking, citing that the Egyptian ....

  • 25 people killed in Boko Haram attack on Nigerian village

    Date: 2019-04-30 16:52:06 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:61 - ID:7923380

    ABUJA, April 30 (MENA) - Victims' relatives said suspected Boko Haram extremists attacked a village in northeastern Nigeria, killing at least 25 people who had just returned home from a wedding, ABC News reported. Rebecca Malgwi said two of her ....

  • Sudan: 6 security men killed in clashes with demonstrators

    Date: 2019-04-30 16:17:25 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:59 - ID:7922875

    KHARTOUM, April 30 (MENA) - Sudan's Transitional Military Council announced on Tuesday that six security men were killed and 16 others injured in clashes with demonstrators in various parts of the country on Monday. "The military council is keen ....

  • PAP lauds Sisi's initiative to treat Hepatitis C patients in African countries

    Date: 2019-04-30 13:55:09 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:50 - ID:7922475

    CAIRO, April 30 (MENA) - President of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) Roger Nkodo Dang lauded the success of the initiative of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi "100 Million Healthier Lives" to fight Hepatitis C Virus and chronic diseases in ....

  • 3 new scheduled freight air routes to link Chongqing, Addis Ababa

    Date: 2019-04-30 08:17:32 GMT - China - Africa - SN:12 - ID:7922206

    BEIJING, April 30 (MENA) - Three new scheduled freight air routes will link southwest China's Chongqing Municipality and the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, Xinhua reported Tuesday. The routes are Chongqing-Addis Ababa, Chongqing-Dubai-Addis Ababa ....

  • 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), ....

  • 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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