Africa
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Mauritania hosts upcoming African summit in July
Date: 2018-06-24 11:05:06 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:31 - ID:7457032
NOUAKCHOTT, June 24 (MENA) - The 31st summit of the African Union will take place in July in the Mauritanian capital Nouakchott for the first time, reported Mauritania Radio. The summit will adopt an African media strategy to face terrorism and ....
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2nd person dies after blast at Ethiopia rally, minister says
Date: 2018-06-24 09:00:59 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:14 - ID:7456881
ADDIS ABABA, June 24 (MENA) - Ethiopia's health minister said a second person has died after Saturday's explosion at a massive rally in the capital for the new prime minister, ABC news reported. Health Minister Amir Aman said on Twitter that the ....
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African parl't calls for forming joint African military force
Date: 2018-06-23 21:04:00 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:66 - ID:7456568
CAIRO, June 23 (MENA) - Chairman of the North African Parliamentary Committee MP Mostafa El Gendy strongly condemned Saturday the explosion that rocked a stadium where Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa was addressing a campaign rally. Gendy, ....
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Six detained in Ethiopia after PM rally blast
Date: 2018-06-23 19:35:22 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:60 - ID:7456530
ADDIS ABABA, June 23 (MENA) - The Ethiopian police said six people have been arrested and are under investigation after a deadly explosion at a huge rally for the new prime minister, ABC News reported on Saturday. At least one person died after ....
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Pan-African Parliament condemns assassination attempt on Ethiopia's PM
Date: 2018-06-23 18:25:46 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:53 - ID:7456395
CAIRO, June 23 (MENA) - Head of Parliamentary Assembly of North African States and Political Adviser to President of Pan-African Parliament Mustapha El Gendy condemned the assassination attempt on Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on ....
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There have been "multiple attempts" on Mnangagwa's life - spokesman
Date: 2018-06-23 15:03:40 GMT - Zimbabwe - Africa - SN:38 - ID:7456205
HARARE, June 23 (MENA) - Zimbabwe state media said an explosion has rocked a stadium where President Emmerson Mnangagwa was addressing a campaign rally. The president is not hurt and has been evacuated from the scene, ABC News reported on ....
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1 dead after attack at huge rally for Ethiopia's new PM
Date: 2018-06-23 14:14:32 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:34 - ID:7456035
ADDIS ABABA, June 23 (MENA) - Ethiopia's health minister says one person has died after an explosion at a huge rally for the country's new prime minister on Saturday. Health Minister Amir Aman confirmed that the person died in a hospital after ....
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Blast hits rally in support of Ethiopia's new prime minister
Date: 2018-06-23 09:30:39 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:16 - ID:7455472
ADDIS ABABA, June 23 (MENA) - An explosion struck a huge rally for Ethiopia's reformist new prime minister on Saturday shortly after he spoke and was waving to the crowd that had turned out in numbers unseen in recent years in the East African ....
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Ethiopians rally in support of new, reformist prime minister
Date: 2018-06-23 09:00:59 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:15 - ID:7455460
ADDIS ABABA, June 23 (MENA) - Ethiopians, heartened by a wave of reforms under a new prime minister, have packed a square in the capital in a show of support with numbers unseen in recent years in the East African nation, ABC News reported ....
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31 killed in suicide bombing, grenade attacks in Nigeria town
Date: 2018-06-17 13:51:25 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:35 - ID:7447773
ABUJA, June 17 (MENA) - Suspected Boko Haram militants killed at least 31 people in a twin suicide bomb attack in a town in northeast Nigeria, ABC News reported quoting a local official as saying on Sunday. Two blasts ripped through the town of ....