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Ethiopians rally in support of new, reformist prime minister
Date: 2018-06-23 09:00:59 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:15 - ID:7455460
ADDIS ABABA, June 23 (MENA) - Ethiopians, heartened by a wave of reforms under a new prime minister, have packed a square in the capital in a show of support with numbers unseen in recent years in the East African nation, ABC News reported ....
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31 killed in suicide bombing, grenade attacks in Nigeria town
Date: 2018-06-17 13:51:25 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:35 - ID:7447773
ABUJA, June 17 (MENA) - Suspected Boko Haram militants killed at least 31 people in a twin suicide bomb attack in a town in northeast Nigeria, ABC News reported quoting a local official as saying on Sunday. Two blasts ripped through the town of ....
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Somalia, Ethiopia mull bilateral relations
Date: 2018-06-16 20:24:36 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:51 - ID:7447096
MOGADISHU, June 16 (MENA) - New Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi "Farmajo" Mohamed agreed Saturday to "strengthen their brotherly bilateral relations" and to collaborate with the African Union in seeking ....
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2 stabbed to death in mosque attack in South Africa
Date: 2018-06-14 08:18:32 GMT - South Africa - Africa - SN:11 - ID:7443586
JOHANNESBURG, June 14 (MENA) – South African police said two worshippers have been stabbed to death in an attack on a mosque in Malmesbury, Western Cape, the Independent reported Thursday. The suspect, who was armed with a knife, was shot dead by ....
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Somali forces launch extensive military operation in southeast country
Date: 2018-06-09 12:49:51 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:23 - ID:7436733
MOGADISHU, June 9 (MENA) - Security forces of Somalia’s southern Federal State of Southwest have launched a massive military operation in the rural areas around Hudur, the regional capital of Bakool, Somali Shabelle Radio reported on ....
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Saudi Arabia condemns suicide blast in Niger's Diffa city
Date: 2018-06-07 09:55:30 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Africa - SN:18 - ID:7434045
RIYADH, June 7 (MENA) - Saudi Arabia condemned the suicide blast targeting a mosque in Diffa city in south-east Niger. The attack left many dead and wounded, including children. An official source at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed ....
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FEDCOC highlights necessity of three-way cooperation among Egypt, Europe, Africa
Date: 2018-06-06 13:58:03 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:50 - ID:7432921
CAIRO, June 6 (MENA) - The Federation of Egyptian Chambers of Commerce (FEDCOC) secretary general underlined the importance of consolidating the three-way cooperation among Africa, the European Union and Egypt especially after Cairo has signed a ....
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Qabil: African Development Bank to pump new investments in Egypt
Date: 2018-06-06 12:38:51 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:39 - ID:7432838
CAIRO, June 6 (MENA) - Tarek Qabil, the Minister of Trade and Industry in the caretaker government, Wednesday asserted the key role played by the African Development Bank in supporting measures to facilitate business and enhance the role played by ....
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Plane carrying 10 reported missing in western Kenya
Date: 2018-06-05 21:37:45 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:84 - ID:7432233
NAIROBI, June 5 (MENA) - Kenya's aviation regulator says an airplane carrying 10 passengers that was scheduled to arrive in Nairobi has been missing for seven hours, Fox News reported. The Kenya Civil Aviation Authority said in a statement ....
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US airstrikes kill 26 Shabab leaders in Somalia - Pentagon
Date: 2018-06-04 18:48:52 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:88 - ID:7430575
WASHINGTON, June 4 (MENA) - US airstrikes targeted al-Shabab extremists in Somalia on Monday, Al-Hurra reported. The Pentagon said 26 al-Shabab leaders were killed in the raids. (MENA) M S H/A H E ....
