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7 killed in rebel attack amid Congo's latest Ebola outbreak
Date: 2018-08-11 16:58:49 GMT - Democratic Republic of Congo - Africa - SN:45 - ID:7529001
KINSHASA, Aug 11 (MENA) - Suspected rebels killed seven civilians in an overnight attack in northeastern Congo, a local official said Saturday, highlighting the threat to efforts to contain the latest Ebola virus outbreak nearby, ABC News ....
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IOM voluntary return plan continues in Libya as more migrants detained
Date: 2018-08-10 17:12:51 GMT - Switzerland - Africa - SN:56 - ID:7527769
GENEVA, Aug 10 (MENA) - The UN Migration Agency (IOM) said on Friday that it has safely returned 10,950 stranded migrants from Libya during the period between January and July 2018 through its Voluntary Humanitarian Return (VHR) Program as the ....
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China sends medical aid to Uganda
Date: 2018-08-10 07:34:11 GMT - China - Africa - SN:7 - ID:7526934
BEIJING/KAMPALA, Aug 10 (MENA) - China delivered medical aid to the Chinese-Ugandan friendship hospital in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, Chinese media reported on Friday. Chinese Ambassador to Uganda Zheng Zhu Qiang gave the aid worth of $70,000 ....
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Boko Haram militants kill 17 Nigerian soldiers
Date: 2018-08-09 21:06:39 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:96 - ID:7526837
ABUJA, Aug 9 (MENA) - At least 17 Nigerian soldiers were killed in a fresh Boko Haram attack on a military base in the country's northeast, military sources said Thursday, the third assault on three different bases in less than a month, France 24 ....
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President Kiir pardons SPLM-IO leader Riek Machar
Date: 2018-08-09 08:48:26 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:15 - ID:7525557
JUBA, Aug 9 (MENA) - South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has pardoned the leader of the main armed opposition group, SPLM-IO, Riek Machar after nearly five years of fighting, said a presidential decree. In accordance with the Republican Order ....
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IGAD foreign ministers to meet in Khartoum Thursday ahead of new S.Sudanese peace talks
Date: 2018-08-08 18:57:54 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:76 - ID:7525029
KHARTOUM, Aug 8 (MENA) - Foreign ministers of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) member states are set to convene on Thursday in Khartoum in preparation for the new round of peace talks between rivals in South Sudan. The new ....
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21 African countries suffer huge debts compared to GDP - UN
Date: 2018-08-08 16:09:25 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:64 - ID:7524866
SHARM EL SHEIKH, Aug 8 (MENA) - The Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Vera Songwe underlined that there are about 21 African countries suffer from huge debts compared to the Gross domestic product ....
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Meeting of Sudan, Libya, Chad and Niger border committee kicked off in Khartoum
Date: 2018-08-08 16:07:03 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:63 - ID:7524925
KHARTOUM, Aug 8 (MENA) - The 3rd ministerial meeting to strengthen the security of the joint border among Sudan, Libya, Chad and Niger kicked off was kicked off on Wednesday in Khartoum, said Sudan Tribune. The two-day meeting would be held with ....
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Pan-African Parliament's meetings kick off in Cairo 3 last Cairo
Date: 2018-08-07 11:56:52 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:34 - ID:7522558
Undersecretary of the parliament's committee for African affairs Maged Abul Kheir said Egypt is keen on effective communication with African states. He voiced hope that African parliaments would set up a committee similar to the Egyptian ....
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Pan-African Parliament's meetings kick off in Cairo 2 Cairo
Date: 2018-08-07 11:54:44 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:33 - ID:7522559
The grandson of South African leader Nelson Mandela said rural development is the locomotive of the African march of development. Secretary of the Egyptian parliamentary committee for African affairs Mai Mahmoud urged furthering Egypt-African ....
