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Somali special forces conduct operation near Afgoye, kill five
Date: 2018-05-10 16:32:00 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:87 - ID:7394252
MOGADISHU, May 10 (MENA) - Suspected US troops, along with Somali National Army [SNA] forces, carried out a joint military operation on the outskirts of Afgoye in Lower Shabelle region on Wednesday night, leaving five persons dead, Somali Shabelle ....
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3 seriously injured in mosque attack in South Africa
Date: 2018-05-10 16:26:30 GMT - South Africa - Africa - SN:86 - ID:7394249
PRETORIA, May 10 (MENA) – Three persons were injured at a mosque near Durban in South Africa after three people armed with guns and knives attacked worshippers, slitting the throats of three people before fleeing, Euronews quoted an emergency ....
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Kenyan officials: At least 38 killed after Patel Dam bursts
Date: 2018-05-10 10:18:39 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:23 - ID:7393239
NAIROBI, May 10 (MENA) - A dam burst its banks in Kenya's Rift Valley, killing at least 38 people and forcing hundreds from their homes, ABC News quoted officials as saying on Thursday. Water burst through the banks of the Patel Dam in Solai, ....
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132 dead in Kenya since March as seasonal rains cause floods
Date: 2018-05-09 22:35:05 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:80 - ID:7392529
NAIROBI, May 9 (MENA) - Kenya's government says at least 132 people have died since March from floods caused by seasonal rains, ABC News reported. The floods hit as the East African nation was recovering from a severe drought that had affected ....
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Somalia suicide bomber strikes market, kills at least 10
Date: 2018-05-09 20:53:04 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:75 - ID:7392616
MOGADISHU, May 9 (MENA) - A Somali official says a suicide bomber has killed at least 10 people at a crowded market in a southern town, Fox News reported on Wednesday. Security official Ali Mohamed said the bomber, thought to be with the Al ....
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Africa is strategic depth of Egypt -- AOI chief
Date: 2018-05-09 13:22:51 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:37 - ID:7391888
CAIRO, May 9 (MENA) - Chairman of the Arab Organization for Industrialization (AOI) Abdel Aziz Seifeddin said on Wednesday that Africa and especially the Nile Basin countries constitute the strategic depth of Egypt. The remark was made at a ....
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Minister: Egypt adopts plan for African digital market
Date: 2018-05-09 11:32:54 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:28 - ID:7391627
CAIRO, May 9 (MENA) - Minister of Communications and Information Technology Yasser el Qady has expounded the Egyptian plan towards shifting into a unified digital market for Africa. Addressing the fourth summit for Africa's shift into the ....
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Kenya says 9 soldiers killed in attack in Somalia
Date: 2018-05-07 22:00:43 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:96 - ID:7388860
NAIROBI, May 7 (MENA) - Kenya's president said on Monday that nine Kenyan soldiers were killed when extremists attacked their patrol car in neighboring Somalia. President Uhuru Kenyatta mourned the soldiers who were killed Sunday evening in an ....
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Landslides kill 18 in Rwanda
Date: 2018-05-07 19:26:17 GMT - Rwanda - Africa - SN:83 - ID:7388670
KIGALI, May 7 (MENA) - Landslides caused by heavy rains killed at least 18 people in Rwanda's Northern and Western province over the weekend, pushing the death toll since January to more than 200, Euro News quoted government official as saying ....
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Biggest ever cholera vaccine drive underway in Africa: UN
Date: 2018-05-07 17:46:29 GMT - Switzerland - Africa - SN:77 - ID:7388609
GENEVA, May 7 (MENA) - The biggest cholera vaccine drive in history is under way in Africa aimed at reining in a spate of outbreaks across the continent, The Straits Times quoted the UN and charity alliance Gavi as saying Monday. More than two ....
