Africa

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  • Global (3): The World Innovation Summit for Education to Host WISE@Accra Conference on May 9th in Accra, Ghana

    Date: 2018-04-25 08:13:35 GMT - Qatar - Africa - SN:14 - ID:7368567

    DOHA, Qatar, April 25, 2018/PRNewswire/ --500 participants gathering to foster regional collaboration, explore practical solutions to empower African youth and address development challenges. After successful regional gatherings in Tunis, ....

  • 21 killed in separate attacks by Boko Haram in northeastern Nigeria

    Date: 2018-04-24 07:18:19 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:10 - ID:7366583

    ABUJA, April 24 (MENA) - Security officials and a witness said that Boko Haram militants killed 21 people in separate attacks in a remote northeastern region of Nigeria, Sky News reported. The militants also shot dead 18 forest workers who had ....

  • Two killed in military plane crash in Tunisia's Sfax

    Date: 2018-04-24 06:37:55 GMT - Tunisia - Africa - SN:8 - ID:7366559

    SFAX, April 24 (MENA) - Two military men killed on Monday when their military plane crashed in an area near a military air base in Tunisia’s Sfax, TAP news agency reported. Sfax's state governor Adel Khabthani, who was present at the scene of the ....

  • US builds drone base in Niger

    Date: 2018-04-23 22:54:08 GMT - Niger - Africa - SN:111 - ID:7366489

    NIAMEY, April 23 (MENA) - The US Air Force is building a base for armed drones, the newest front in America's battle against the growing extremist threat in Africa's vast Sahel region, Voice of America reported Monday. Niger Air Base 201 is ....

  • Suicide attack in Nigeria;s mosque kills several people

    Date: 2018-04-22 15:45:36 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:66 - ID:7364118

    ABUJA, April 22 (MENA) - At least four persons were killed and eight others injured as two suicide bombers attacked a mosque in Bama town of Borno State in the early hours of Sunday, officials, quoted by Nigeria's Premium Times, said Sunday. The ....

  • Al Azhar medical mission in Chad conducts 375 surgeries

    Date: 2018-04-22 09:39:22 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:16 - ID:7363051

    CAIRO, April 22 (MENA) - Al Azhar's medical convoy conducted 375 surgeries in Chad and checked more than 24,000 patients for free. Fifteen cases that need complicated surgeries were referred to Al Azhar University hospitals in line with ....

  • Malian army kills 15 terrorists

    Date: 2018-04-21 18:51:25 GMT - Mali - Africa - SN:57 - ID:7362568

    BAMAKO, April 21 (MENA) - Fifteen militants have been killed in an anti-terror operation in central Mali, local media quoted a statement by the Malian army as saying Saturday. A soldier was killed and two others injured in the attack, the ....

  • Egypt seeks to achieve unity of African continent -- SCM chief

    Date: 2018-04-21 13:07:22 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:21 - ID:7361828

    CAIRO, April 21 (MENA) - Egypt mainly seeks to achieve unity of the African continent and unify its stances at the international level, Chairman of the Supreme Council for Media Regulation (SCM) Makram Mohamed Ahmed stressed Saturday. The SCM ....

  • Al-Qaeda claims deadly attack on French, UN forces in Mali

    Date: 2018-04-20 17:57:32 GMT - Mali - Africa - SN:56 - ID:7361014

    BAMAKO, April 20 (MENA) - Al-Qaeda extremists have claimed responsibility for an attack in northern Mali that killed a UN peacekeeper and wounded seven French soldiers, ABC News reported. SITE Intelligence Group reported Friday that the al-Qaeda ....

  • Botswana president urges Congo's Kabila not to stand again

    Date: 2018-04-20 17:56:55 GMT - Botswana - Africa - SN:55 - ID:7361008

    GABORONE, April 20 (MENA) - Botswana’s new leader has urged President Joseph Kabila not to stand for re-election in Congo’s long delayed presidential poll, saying he had already been in power longer than expected, Euro News reported. "The ....

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