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16 killed in Nigeria pipeline fire
Date: 2018-10-12 20:52:30 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:58 - ID:7618873
LAGOS, Oct 12 (MENA) - Sixteen people were killed after a fire broke out on Friday on an oil pipeline in the southeast of Nigeria, a spokesman for the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation said. The fire occurred along the Osisioma axis near ....
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At least 34 people dead after landslide in eastern Uganda
Date: 2018-10-12 09:40:59 GMT - Uganda - Africa - SN:15 - ID:7617938
KAMPALA, Oct 12 (MENA) - A landslide triggered by torrential rains in eastern Uganda has killed at least 34 people, the Ugandan Red Cross has said. Martin Owor, Commissioner for disaster preparedness and management, said the landslides tumbled ....
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Africa's youngest billionaire kidnapped by gunmen from luxury hotel
Date: 2018-10-11 20:15:14 GMT - Tanzania - Africa - SN:103 - ID:7617760
DODOMA, Oct 11 (MENA) - Gunmen have kidnapped an African billionaire from a luxury hotel in Dar es Salaam, the capital of Tanzania, police said. Mohammed Dewji, 43, was taken by the men who waylaid him as he left the hotel gym after his early ....
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Cairo to host Lake Victoria-Mediterranean navigational line meetings
Date: 2018-10-11 13:31:23 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:62 - ID:7616976
CAIRO, Oct 11 (MENA) - Cairo will host on Tuesday the fourth advisory board meetings for the navigational line between Lake Victoria and the Mediterranean Sea project. The navigation line project linking Lake Victoria and the Mediterranean Sea ....
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Italian PM to visit Ethiopia, Eritrea
Date: 2018-10-09 12:53:39 GMT - Italy - Africa - SN:62 - ID:7613491
ROME, Oct 9 (MENA) - Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte is scheduled to visit Ethiopia and Eritrea on Thursday and Friday, the Italian AKI Press reported on Tuesday. This is considered the first tour in years to be made by an Italian prime minister ....
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At least 39 dead, 80 injured in Congo tanker truck fire
Date: 2018-10-07 19:08:05 GMT - Democratic Republic of Congo - Africa - SN:34 - ID:7610799
KINSHASA, Oct 7 (MENA) - At least 39 people are dead and more than 80 people have been hospitalized after a tanker truck collided with another truck in western Congo, ABC News quoted Congo's Health Ministry as saying Sunday. The ministry reduced ....
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President Sisi has serious vision on development in Egypt - ITFC CEO
Date: 2018-10-06 08:30:48 GMT - Burkina Faso - Africa - SN:13 - ID:7608648
OUAGADOUGOU, Oct 6 (MENA) - CEO of the International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) Hani Salem Sonbol stressed that President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has a serious vision for Egypt's future targeting achieving development goals. In a ....
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French army carries out air strikes in Burkina after terror attack
Date: 2018-10-04 20:36:19 GMT - Burkina Faso - Africa - SN:96 - ID:7607266
OUAGADOUGOU, Oct 4 (MENA) – France carried out air strikes in northern Burkina Faso after Islamist militants attacked a police unit at a local gold mine, the latest incident to underscore rising insurgency in the West African region, Euronews ....
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Melania Trump arrives in Malawi
Date: 2018-10-04 18:52:28 GMT - Malawi - Africa - SN:88 - ID:7607158
LILONGWE, Oct 4 (MENA) - US first lady Melania Trump visited Malawi Thursday on the second leg of her four-nation tour of Africa, Voice of America reported. Trump landed in the capital, Lilongwe, and went to a primary school where about 8,000 ....
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Political leadership pays special attention to African file: MP
Date: 2018-10-04 13:59:57 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:59 - ID:7606552
CAIRO, Oct 4 (MENA) - Head of the parliamentary committee of African affairs Tareq Radwan said that the political leadership pays special attention to the African file. The committee will work during the coming period on strengthening ties with ....
