Africa
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Unidentified fighter jets target Al-Shabaab camp in Central Somalia
Date: 2018-10-31 16:07:55 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:67 - ID:7648395
MOGADISHU, Oct 31 (MENA) - Unknown warplanes have carried out an airstrike in central Somalia, targeting Al-Shabaab base on Tuesday, authorities told Shabelle Media Network (SMN). The fighter jets bombed Al-Shabaab target in Wabho area located in ....
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PM says Egypt spares no effort to achieve S. Sudan peace
Date: 2018-10-31 15:41:30 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:64 - ID:7648172
JUBA, Oct 31 (MENA) - Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli stressed on Wednesday that Egypt would spare no effort to help South Sudanese people achieve peace. Addressing a Juba-hosted ceremony on behalf of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi to ....
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African leaders arrive in Juba to attend peace agreement celebration
Date: 2018-10-31 10:26:49 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:22 - ID:7647784
JUBA, Oct 31 (MENA) - A number of African heads of state arrived here on Wednesday to take part in a celebration held for signing a peace agreement between the government of South Sudan and the opposition which was reached on December 12 to end ....
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South Sudan rebel leader Machar to return home from exile
Date: 2018-10-30 07:27:59 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:16 - ID:7645583
JUBA, Oct 30 (MENA) - South Sudan opposition leader Riek Machar is coming home under the country's latest peace deal, more than two years after he fled on foot into exile, ABC News reported Tuesday. Machar's spokesman Lam Paul Gabriel said ....
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Egypt keen on boosting cooperation with Africa, says former diplomat
Date: 2018-10-29 13:32:34 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:70 - ID:7644523
CAIRO, Oct 29 (MENA) - Member of the National Council for Women Mona Omar opened on Monday the training for trainers program on organizing conferences. The program is being organized by the council for a delegation from Burkina Faso in ....
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Egyptian Hospital in Somalia receives orthopedic surgery experts
Date: 2018-10-29 13:28:45 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:68 - ID:7644442
CAIRO, Oct 29 (MENA) - The Egyptian Hospital in Somalia, an affiliate to the Arab Medical Union, is receiving a number of experts and pioneering orthopaedic and orthopedic disorders surgeons including Dr Mohamed Fadel, Orthopedic Surgery Consultant ....
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Sudan's health min. hails agreements signed with Egypt
Date: 2018-10-28 15:30:06 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:64 - ID:7642987
KHARTOUM, Oct 28 (MENA) – Sudanese Health Minister Mohammed Abu Zaid Mustafa on Sunday lauded agreements that his country signed with Egypt in the health sector. Speaking to the Sudanese News Agency, Abu Zaid shed light on the executive program ....
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Two UN peacekeepers killed in Mali attacks
Date: 2018-10-28 05:53:03 GMT - Mali - Africa - SN:1 - ID:7642021
BAMAKO, Oct 28 (MENA) - Two U.N. peacekeepers were killed and “several others” were wounded in two attacks in central and northern Mali on Saturday, Sky News reported quoting the United Nations mission in the country as saying. In a statement, ....
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Somalia says al-Shabab official killed
Date: 2018-10-27 08:08:34 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:10 - ID:7640912
MOGADISHU, Oct 27 (MENA) - Somalia's national security agency says a senior official with the al-Shabab extremist group has been killed, a day after the US military announced an airstrike against al-Shabab in the same area. Saturday's statement ....
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Ethiopia's House approves new cabinet with 50 percent women
Date: 2018-10-16 12:49:00 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:60 - ID:7624088
ADDIS ABABA, Oct 16 (MENA) - Ethiopia's new Cabinet is now a record 50 percent female, including the country's first woman defense minister, after lawmakers on Tuesday unanimously approved the nominations put forward by reformist Prime Minister Abiy ....