Africa

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  • Egypt partakes in donors conf.of G5 Sahel in Nouakchott

    Date: 2018-12-06 13:29:10 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:47 - ID:7702273

    NOUAKCHOTT, Dec 6 (MENA) - An Egyptian delegation under Deputy Foreign Minister for African Affairs Hamdi Loza took part in a donors conference for development that opened Thursday for the leaders of the Sahel five member-states in ....

  • Arab Contractors honored as best contracting company in Uganda in 2018

    Date: 2018-12-05 09:59:54 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:23 - ID:7700216

    CAIRO, Dec 5 (MENA) - Ugandan Vice President Edward Ssekandi honored Egypt's Arab Contractors Company as the best contracting company in Uganda in 2018. The move came in appreciation of the company's commitment to international standards while ....

  • COMESA organizes workshop for investment promotion agencies ahead of Africa 2018

    Date: 2018-12-05 09:36:58 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:18 - ID:7700212

    SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt, Dec 5 (MENA) - The Regional Investment Agency (RIA) of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) organized a workshop on Wednesday for the investment promotion agencies in Africa in the run-up to the Africa ....

  • Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari denies dying and being replaced by Sudanese clone

    Date: 2018-12-03 07:17:41 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:9 - ID:7696634

    ABUJA, Dec 3 (MENA) - Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has denied claims he died and was replaced by a Sudanese impostor, breaking his silence on a rumour that has circulated on social media for months, ABC News reported. Buhari, who is ....

  • 9 al-Shabab militants killed in US airstrike in southern Somalia

    Date: 2018-12-01 18:54:54 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:41 - ID:7695032

    MOGADISHU, Dec 1 (MENA) - The US military said it has killed nine members of the al-Shabab extremist group with a new airstrike in southern Somalia, ABC news reported on Saturday. The airstrike occurred on Friday near Lebede, a community in the ....

  • 21 killed, injured in car bomb blast in Mogadishu

    Date: 2018-11-26 11:52:34 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:50 - ID:7687082

    MOGADISHU, Nov 26 (MENA) - At least six people were killed and 15 others injured in a car bomb blast in the capital, Mogadishu, police said. The car bomb was detonated Monday at a busy junction in Mogadishu's Wadajir district, said Capt. Mohamed ....

  • 12 killed in suspected terrorist attack in Mozambique

    Date: 2018-11-25 08:36:54 GMT - Mozambique - Africa - SN:13 - ID:7684893

    MAPUTO, Nov 25 (MENA) - Twelve people have been killed in a suspected terrorist attack in northern Mozambique, with thousands of villagers fleeing the area into neighbouring Tanzania, Radio France Internationale reported on Sunday. "There was an ....

  • Nigeria Metele attack: President Buhari speaks of deep shock

    Date: 2018-11-25 07:01:23 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:7 - ID:7684837

    ABUJA, Nov 25 (MENA) - Nigeria's leader has vowed to close the "loopholes" which allowed militants to reportedly kill dozens of soldiers at a base in north-eastern Borno state, the BBC reported on Sunday. President Muhammadu Buhari addressed last ....

  • Daesh claims responsibility for attacks left 118 dead, injured in Nigeria

    Date: 2018-11-23 08:46:04 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:20 - ID:7682488

    ABUJA, Nov 23 (MENA) - Daesh terrorist group claimed responsibility for five attacks that were conducted in what it called “State of West Africa”, referring to Nigeria, that left 118 people dead and injured. Daesh terrorist group released an ....

  • African UN Security Council members push for AU-Led peacekeepers

    Date: 2018-11-22 17:50:53 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:75 - ID:7682097

    NEW YORK, Nov 22 (MENA) - A draft resolution introduced this week by the three African countries on the United Nations’ Security Council could shift peacekeeping responsibilities across the continent to the African Union, Voice of America Radio ....

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