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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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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Egypt's population hit 97.1m by mid-2018 - CAPMAS
Date: 2018-11-22 15:53:10 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:67 - ID:7681090
CAIRO, Nov 22 (MENA) - The number of Egyptians living inside the country reached 97.1 million by the middle of 2018 constituting 1.3% of the world population, the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) announced on ....
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US airstrike in Somalia against Al-Shabab kills 7 extremists
Date: 2018-11-21 18:14:06 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:82 - ID:7680296
MOGADISHU, Nov 21 (MENA) - The US military said it has carried out an airstrike in central Somalia targeting al-Shabab that killed seven extremists, The New York Times reported. The US Africa Command statement said Tuesday's airstrike occurred in ....
