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Kenya says 9 soldiers killed in attack in Somalia
Date: 2018-05-07 22:00:43 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:96 - ID:7388860
NAIROBI, May 7 (MENA) - Kenya's president said on Monday that nine Kenyan soldiers were killed when extremists attacked their patrol car in neighboring Somalia. President Uhuru Kenyatta mourned the soldiers who were killed Sunday evening in an ....
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Landslides kill 18 in Rwanda
Date: 2018-05-07 19:26:17 GMT - Rwanda - Africa - SN:83 - ID:7388670
KIGALI, May 7 (MENA) - Landslides caused by heavy rains killed at least 18 people in Rwanda's Northern and Western province over the weekend, pushing the death toll since January to more than 200, Euro News quoted government official as saying ....
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Biggest ever cholera vaccine drive underway in Africa: UN
Date: 2018-05-07 17:46:29 GMT - Switzerland - Africa - SN:77 - ID:7388609
GENEVA, May 7 (MENA) - The biggest cholera vaccine drive in history is under way in Africa aimed at reining in a spate of outbreaks across the continent, The Straits Times quoted the UN and charity alliance Gavi as saying Monday. More than two ....
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Egypt mulls greater agricultural cooperation with Uganda
Date: 2018-05-07 12:01:25 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:37 - ID:7387455
CAIRO, May 7 (MENA) - Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation Abdul Moneim el Banna on Monday discussed with his Ugandan counterpart Vincent Ssempijja means of increasing cooperation in agricultural areas. This came during a meeting held at ....
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Death toll from S.African gold mine collapse rises to 7
Date: 2018-05-05 20:50:12 GMT - South Africa - Africa - SN:68 - ID:7385217
JOHANNESBURG, May 5 (MENA) - A mining company in South Africa said seven workers died and six were rescued after an earth tremor caused a rock fall at a gold mine, ABC news reported on Saturday The Sibanye-Stillwater company said that 13 miners ....
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AU delegation to visit Sudan Saturday
Date: 2018-05-04 15:44:18 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:56 - ID:7383524
KHARTOUM, May 4 (MENA) – A delegation from the African Union Peace and Security Council (PSC) will start an official visit to Sudan on Saturday to discuss the latest developments in Darfur. During the visit that will last till Wednesday, May 9, ....
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Six dead in Kenya overnight flooding with 11 others missing
Date: 2018-05-04 10:48:48 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:24 - ID:7383087
NAIROBI, May 4 (MENA) - Six people have drowned in Kenya in overnight flooding and 11 others are missing, local authorities said Friday, the latest of dozens of deaths caused by heavy seasonal rains in recent weeks, ABC News reported. "We are at ....
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UN says 80 killed in weeks of flooding in Kenya
Date: 2018-05-04 09:31:11 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:18 - ID:7382930
NAIROBI, May 4 (MENA) - The UN humanitarian agency says 80 people have been reported dead and hundreds of thousands displaced from their homes since March due to heavy rainfall in Kenya, the Washington Post reported on Friday. The UN statement ....
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Sudan, Ethiopia discuss boosting bilateral ties
Date: 2018-05-03 14:58:24 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:57 - ID:7381970
KHARTOUM, May 3 (MENA) – Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Thursday discussed in two separate meetings with Sudanese First Vice President Bakri Hassan Salih and Vice President Hassabo Mohammed Abdel Rahman ways of boosting bilateral ....
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UN official: UN backs talks, not elections in South Sudan
Date: 2018-05-03 09:06:11 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:18 - ID:7381259
NEW YORK, May 3 (MENA) - The U.N.'s deputy peacekeeping chief says the United Nations opposes the South Sudan government's plan to hold elections if warring parties are unable to reconcile differences at peace talks now scheduled to start on May ....
