Africa
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Planning minister: Egypt keen to take part in various African activities
Date: 2019-03-24 13:35:52 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:48 - ID:7863284
CAIRO, March 24 (MENA) - Minister of Planning Dr Hala el Saeed Sunday asserted Egypt's keenness to take part in various activities related to Africa. In statements before flying to Marrakech to take part in the 52nd meeting of the United Nations ....
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OIC chief deplores terrorist attacks in Niger, Chad
Date: 2019-03-24 09:18:00 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Africa - SN:16 - ID:7862710
CAIRO, March 24 (MENA) - Secretary General of the Organization of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Yousef bin Ahmed Al-Othaimeen has strongly condemned heinous attacks by Boko Haram in Niger and Chad on Thursday. In an OIC statement, Othaimeen ....
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11 killed in Al-Shabab attack in Mogadishu
Date: 2019-03-23 20:37:45 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:57 - ID:7862380
MOGADISHU, March 23 (MENA) - Al-Shabab militants in Somalia attacked on Saturday a government building in the capital, Mogadishu, killing at least 11 people, according to the BBC news. Deputy labor minister Saqar Ibrahim Abdala and several ....
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Ethiopian Airlines to sue US newspapers for publishing fake news
Date: 2019-03-23 20:35:11 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:55 - ID:7862376
ADDIS ABABA, March 23 (MENA) - Ethiopian Airlines said on Saturday that it will sue two US-based newspapers, The New York Times and Washington Post, for publishing baseless defamatory stories, The Ethiopian News Agency (ENA) reported on ....
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115 reported killed in armed attack in central Mali
Date: 2019-03-23 20:22:41 GMT - Mali - Africa - SN:54 - ID:7862377
BAMAKO, March 23 (MENA) - Militia fighters descended on a village in central Mali before dawn Saturday, killing at least 115 people in the latest deadly attack blamed on an ethnic militia, local authorities were quoted by ABC news as saying. The ....
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At least 293 people dead in Mozambique after Cyclone: UN
Date: 2019-03-23 10:06:34 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:15 - ID:7861385
NEW YORK, March 23 (MENA) - At least 293 people have died in Mozambique after a cyclone that led to catastrophic flooding, The New York Times reported, citing a statement by the United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) ....
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UN Economic Commission for Africa: EU devours 31% of African exports from 2010 to 2017
Date: 2019-03-21 10:14:19 GMT - Morocco - Africa - SN:23 - ID:7858673
MARRAKESH, March 21 (MENA) - The UN Economic Commission for Africa said the European Union devoured about 31 percent of African exports from 2010 to 2017. The commission, in a report Thursday, said that the volume of foreign trade of African ....
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5 Burkina troops killed in separate blasts, security official
Date: 2019-03-18 20:31:57 GMT - Burkina Faso - Africa - SN:102 - ID:7854756
OUAGADOUGOU, March 18 (MENA) - Five members of the security forces were killed in roadside bomb attacks in eastern Burkina Faso at the weekend, Voice of America (VOA) reported on Monday. A policeman and a soldier were killed on Saturday when ....
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23 soldiers killed in Mali attack
Date: 2019-03-18 20:01:44 GMT - Mali - Africa - SN:99 - ID:7854778
BAMAKO, March 18 (MENA) - Heavily armed men have attacked a military camp in central Mali, killing at least 23 soldiers, ABC News reported. The army said Monday the attack on Sunday, which is the most deadly against the army this year, took place ....
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Deputy Agriculture min. opens animal resources workshop
Date: 2019-03-18 16:00:35 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:80 - ID:7854155
CAIRO, March 18 (MENA) – Deputy Agriculture Minister for Animal Resources, Fisheries and Poultry Mona Mehrez on Monday inaugurated a workshop on animal resources. The workshop is organized by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization ....