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US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson: Ethiopia needs 'greater freedom'
Date: 2018-03-08 16:00:56 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:57 - ID:7284955
ADDIS ABABA, March 8 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, during a visit to Ethiopia, has said the answer to violence in the East African country was greater freedom, and that the country should lift its state of emergency as quickly as ....
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Suicide bomber kills three in Nigeria
Date: 2018-03-06 07:42:15 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:10 - ID:7280115
ABUJA, March 6 (MENA) - A suicide bomber on a bicycle killed three people ,when he detonated his explosives on the outskirts of the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri, The Express Tribune quoted civilian militia as saying. Eighteen people were ....
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Lavrov notes Africa should be represented fairly in UN Security Council
Date: 2018-03-05 10:57:29 GMT - Russia - Africa - SN:26 - ID:7278466
MOSCOW, March 5 (MENA) - Russia is in favor of fair representation of African countries in the UN Security Council, especially since African issues make up a sizable portion of the international organization’s agenda, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey ....
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Al Qaeda affiliate claims responsibility for Burkina Faso attacks
Date: 2018-03-03 22:48:39 GMT - Burkina Faso - Africa - SN:92 - ID:7276236
OUAGADOUGOU, March 3 (MENA) - A Mali-based al-Qaeda affiliate claimed responsibility on Saturday for attacks in neighboring Burkina Faso that left 16 people dead, including eight gunmen, at the army headquarters and French embassy, Al Arabiya ....
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49 killed in ethnic clashes in DRC
Date: 2018-03-03 20:26:38 GMT - Democratic Republic of Congo - Africa - SN:74 - ID:7276092
KINSHASA, March 3 (MENA) - At least 49 people were killed in a fresh outbreak of ethnic violence overnight in the Democratic Republic of Congo's troubled Ituri province, a senior charity official said was quoted by France 24 as saying ....
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Lavrov calls for strengthening Somalia's army
Date: 2018-03-03 12:52:38 GMT - Russia - Africa - SN:32 - ID:7275291
MOSCOW, March 3 (MENA) - Russia is calling on the international community to undertake measures to strengthen Somalia’s army and the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), TASS quoted Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as having said ....
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At least 34 dead after massacres in northeast Congo
Date: 2018-03-02 18:15:35 GMT - Democratic Republic of Congo - Africa - SN:62 - ID:7274438
KINSHASA, March 2 (MENA) - Nearly three dozen people have been killed in the latest round of intercommunal fighting in northeastern Congo, ABC Mews reported Friday, citing authorities. Interior Minister Henri Mova Sakanyi said 34 bodies had been ....
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Death toll of army headquarters attack in Burkina Faso reaches 28
Date: 2018-03-02 17:42:06 GMT - Burkina Faso - Africa - SN:59 - ID:7274326
OUAGADOUGOU, March 2 (MENA) - The death toll of a terrorist attack on army headquarters in Burkina Faso's capital, Ouagadougou reached 28 people, Russia Today reported on Friday. Police had previously confirmed that four shooters were neutralized ....
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26 soldiers killed in Burkina Faso's army headquarters
Date: 2018-03-02 15:30:41 GMT - Burkina Faso - Africa - SN:47 - ID:7274057
OUAGADOUGOU, March 2 (MENA) - Twenty-six soldiers were killed in Burkina Faso's army headquarters in Ouagadougou in an attack by extremists, Al Arabiya channel reported Friday. Gunfire and explosions rocked Burkina Faso’s capital in what the ....
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Nigeria expands search for abducted schoolgirls
Date: 2018-03-02 14:01:33 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:38 - ID:7273896
ABUJA, March 2 (MENA) - Nigeria’s information ministry said Friday that the government started expanding the search for 110 schoolgirls abducted in February to neighbouring countries, Euro news reported. The girls were abducted from their school ....
