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Late UN chief Annan to be buried in Ghana on Sept 13: President
Date: 2018-08-24 19:48:06 GMT - Ghana - Africa - SN:63 - ID:7546112
ACCRA, Aug 24 (MENA) – Former United Nations chief and Noble prize laureate Kofi Annan will be buried in his home country Ghana on Sept 13, the New York Times quoted the West African nation's president as saying on Friday. Nana Akufo-Addo told a ....
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US military airstrike in Somalia against al-Shabab kills 2
Date: 2018-08-22 13:16:56 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:30 - ID:7543749
MOGADISHU, Aug 22 (MENA) - The US military said it has carried out an airstrike in Somalia against al-Shabab extremists, killing two fighters, ABC news reported on Wednesday. The US Africa Command statement said the strike was carried out on ....
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Mali court confirms Keita as winner of presidential election
Date: 2018-08-20 16:09:39 GMT - Mali - Africa - SN:49 - ID:7541870
BAMAKO, Aug 20 (MENA) - Mali's constitutional court confirmed President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita's re-election in this month's run-off election, rejecting fraud accusations by the opposition candidate. Challenger Soumaila Cisse had contested the ....
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Ghana's president mourns death of Kofi Annan
Date: 2018-08-18 12:40:10 GMT - Ghana - Africa - SN:29 - ID:7538914
ACCRA, Aug 18 (MENA) - Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo said that the death of former U.N. secretary-general and Nobel Peace Prize winner Kofi Annan at age 80 has shaken people in the West African nation of Ghana, where he was born. In a tweet, ....
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3 Somali soldiers killed in blasts, gunfight in south of country
Date: 2018-08-18 11:28:30 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:25 - ID:7538810
MOGADISHU, Aug 18 (MENA) - A Somali official says at least three soldiers have been killed and several others wounded in blasts and gunfight in Lower Shabelle region of southern Somalia. Speaking to Radio Shabelle, Abdulkadir Shoodhe said one of ....
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Ethiopia deploys additional troops to protect oil fields
Date: 2018-08-16 21:53:28 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:103 - ID:7536919
ADDIS ABABA, Aug 16 (MENA) – The Ethiopian Ministry of Defense has deployed additional troops in Shelabo area in an attempt to defend the recently discovered crude oil fields in Somali regional state of Ethiopia, Ezega quoted eyewitnesses as saying ....
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Ebola death toll in DRC at 41
Date: 2018-08-14 20:43:31 GMT - Democratic Republic of Congo - Africa - SN:91 - ID:7533846
KINSHASA, Aug 14 (MENA) - Forty-one people have died in the latest outbreak of Ebola in DRC, Voice of America quoted health authorities as saying on Tuesday. Out of 57 recorded cases as of Monday, 41 were fatal, the Congolese Health Ministry and ....
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10 killed, 576 homes damaged by floods in Sudan’s River Nile state
Date: 2018-08-14 15:35:37 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:73 - ID:7533485
KHARTOUM, Aug 14 (MENA) – Ten people were killed and 576 homes damaged by floods that hit Sudan’s River Nile state, the province’s emergency and civil defense unit said on Tuesday. According to Mohamed Abdel Wahed, the state’s planning minister ....
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Respect for human rights vital for future elections in Somalia - UN report
Date: 2018-08-13 12:41:58 GMT - Switzerland - Africa - SN:45 - ID:7531287
GENEVA, Aug 13 (MENA) - A United Nations report has urged Somalia to build on the significant gains made in its peace process in the last five years and take steps to ensure future elections are not marred by the human rights violations and abuses ....
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S. Sudan accuses EU, Troika of hindering peace process
Date: 2018-08-13 10:49:47 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:21 - ID:7530909
JUBA, Aug 13 (MENA) - The government of South Sudan has accused the European Union and Troika states of hindering efforts to achieve peace in the African country. Spokesman for the Sudanese government Michael Makuei told Radio Sawa Monday that ....
