Africa
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Azhar Imam visits fatwa council in Mauritania
Date: 2018-03-17 22:28:11 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:89 - ID:7301002
NOUAKCHOTT, March 17 (MENA) - Al-Azhar Grand Imam Dr. Ahmed El Tayyeb ushered his current first trip to Mauritania with a visit to the supreme council of fatwas. Tayyeb was welcomed upon arrival by Islamic Affairs Minister Ahmed Ould Daoud and ....
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15 killed in Kenya floods
Date: 2018-03-16 21:42:23 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:106 - ID:7299365
NAIROBI, March 16 (MENA) - Kenyan officials has said that at least 15 people have died and scores of families have been displaced across Kenya due to two days of heavy rainfall, Fox News reported. The deluge of water submerged vehicles in ....
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Cassation court sheds light on cooperation with African judicial institutions
Date: 2018-03-15 14:09:44 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:63 - ID:7296801
CAIRO, March 15 (MENA) - President of the Court of Cassation and head of the Supreme Judiciary Council Magdy Abul Ela has asserted the court's keenness on deepening cooperation with judicial institutions in African countries. Abul Ela's ....
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Egypt hosts 27th Annual African Aviation MRO Africa 2018
Date: 2018-03-15 11:30:58 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:40 - ID:7296291
CAIRO, March 15 (MENA) - EgyptAir, the national airlines company, will host the 27th Annual African Aviation Conference and Exhibition, MRO Africa 2018, slated for March 18-20, under the patronage of Civil Aviation Minister Sherif Fathy and global ....
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Tillerson cancels day's events in Africa due to illness
Date: 2018-03-10 09:07:24 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:14 - ID:7287160
NAIROBI, March 10 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has canceled a day of events in Kenya due to illness. Undersecretary of State Steve Goldstein said "the Secretary is not feeling well after a long couple days working on major issues ....
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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 ....