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Gunmen kill 15 herders in Nigeria's Zamfara
Date: 2018-03-29 21:34:00 GMT - Mali - Africa - SN:137 - ID:7323588
BAMAKO, March 29 (MENA) - Gunmen believed to be cattle thieves killed 15 herders in the latest bout of violence in northern Nigeria’s herding communities, police and a local official said Thursday. “Armed bandits attacked Bawon-Daji village ....
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Ethiopian parliament to appoint new premier Monday
Date: 2018-03-29 17:57:06 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:123 - ID:7323646
ADDIS ABABA, March 29 (MENA) – The Ethiopian House of Peoples' Representatives called for an extraordinary session to endorse the election of the Prime Minister to replace the outgoing Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegen, who resigned from his ....
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Somali lawmaker fatally shot in Mogadishu
Date: 2018-03-28 21:31:38 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:118 - ID:7321279
MOGADISHU, March 28 (MENA) - A Somali regional lawmaker was fatally shot Tuesday in Mogadishu, Voice of America on Wednesday quoted police as having said. Ruqiya Abshir Noor was shot in her home in the city's Shibis district, according to ....
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Sudan to host Horn of Africa economic bloc summit in April
Date: 2018-03-28 16:02:24 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:99 - ID:7320962
KHARTOUM, March 28 (MENA) - Khartoum will host on April 12 a summit of the Horn of Africa economic bloc, Sudanese State Minister at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ambassador Mohamed Abdallah Idris said Wednesday. The Sudanese minister made the ....
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Ex-South African president Zuma to appear in court on corruption charges
Date: 2018-03-26 21:51:07 GMT - South Africa - Africa - SN:187 - ID:7317547
PRETORIA, March 26 (MENA) - Former South African President Jacob Zuma is to appear in court on April 6 to face corruption charges, The Voice of America reported on Monday. Police said Zuma was issued a summon Monday, continuing a dramatic fall ....
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Car bomb near parliament in Somali capital kills at least 4
Date: 2018-03-25 17:17:08 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:57 - ID:7314468
MOGADISOU, March 25 (MENA) - A car bomb exploded near Somalia's parliament headquarters in the capital, Mogadishu, killing at least four people, police said Sunday. The car bomb was detonated at a checkpoint after soldiers intercepted and stopped ....
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OIC denounces Mogadishu terrorist bombing
Date: 2018-03-23 14:02:13 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Africa - SN:34 - ID:7310969
RIYADH, March 23 (MENA) - The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) strongly condemned the terrorist attack that took place near a hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu, leaving 14 persons dead and others wounded. OIC Secretary General ....
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Egypt, 43 African states ink agreement on launching free trade area
Date: 2018-03-21 14:57:11 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:49 - ID:7307421
CAIRO, March 21 (MENA) – Minister of Trade and Industry Tariq Qabil said Egypt, along with 43 other African states, signed on Wednesday an agreement on launching the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). The inking came at the conclusion ....
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Nigeria: 105 Dapchi schoolgirls released
Date: 2018-03-21 14:41:46 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:48 - ID:7307585
ABUJA, March 21 (MENA) - One hundred and five of the 110 abducted schoolgirls in Dapchi have been released. The girls are being transported to their homes, Presidential Aide Shebu Garba quoted by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), said on ....
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Trade min. heads to Rwanda tomorrow to partake in AU summit
Date: 2018-03-20 13:52:47 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:72 - ID:7305480
CAIRO, March 20 (MENA) - Trade and Industry Minister Tarek Qabil will head for Rwanda on Wednesday to represent President Abdel Fattah El Sisi at the African Union Extraordinary Summit hosted by the Rwandan capital, Kigali, to launch the African ....
