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Society continues to suffer from inequality - S. Africa president
Date: 2018-02-16 21:07:18 GMT - South Africa - Africa - SN:65 - ID:7249519
PRETORIA, Feb 16 (MENA) - New South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Friday pledged to tackle inequality in his country in the first major speech of his presidency. Delivering the State of the Nation Address in Cape Town, Ramaphosa invoked ....
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Ethiopian authorities declare state of emergency
Date: 2018-02-16 18:39:55 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:57 - ID:7249499
ADDIS ABABA, Feb 16 (MENA) - Ethiopian officials have declared a state of emergency amid widespread anti-government protests that have persisted for more than two years and in which hundreds have been killed and several thousand detained, the ....
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Three teachers killed in extremist attack in Kenya
Date: 2018-02-16 11:42:00 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:25 - ID:7248786
NAIROBI, Feb 16 (MENA) - A Kenyan official said that suspected extremists of the Somali al-Shabab movement have killed three teachers in an overnight attack in the northeastern county of Wajir. North Eastern Regional Coordinator Mohamud Saleh ....
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Kenyan forces kill 3 Al Shabaab militants
Date: 2018-02-15 18:19:32 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:82 - ID:7248021
NAIROBI, Feb 15 (MENA) - Kenyan army said on Thursday that three Al Shabaab terrorists were killed during a security operation in the vast Boni forest in the coastal Lamu region, Somali Shabelle network reported. Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) ....
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Cyril Ramaphosa sworn in as South Africa's new president
Date: 2018-02-15 17:55:13 GMT - South Africa - Africa - SN:78 - ID:7247900
PRETORIA, Feb 15 (MENA) - Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday was sworn in as South Africa's new president after the resignation of Jacob Zuma, whose scandals brought the storied African National Congress to its weakest point since taking power at the end ....
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Car bomb blast heard in Mogadishu
Date: 2018-02-15 16:38:22 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:71 - ID:7247852
MOGADISHU, Feb 15 (MENA) - A loud explosion was heard on Thursday afternoon in the heart of Mogadishu amid tight security, Somalia's Radio Shabelle reported. A witness told Radio Shabelle by phone that one person has been injured after a an ....
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Ethiopian PM announces his resignation
Date: 2018-02-15 13:06:37 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:43 - ID:7247370
ADDIS ABABA, Feb 15 (MENA) - Prime Minister of Ethiopia Hailemariam Desalegn has resigned, the country's state TV reported. No reason has yet been given for the decision. Hailemariam also stepped down as chairman of the country's ruling ....
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Cyril Ramaphosa elected new South African leader
Date: 2018-02-15 13:05:39 GMT - South Africa - Africa - SN:42 - ID:7247389
PRETORIA, Feb 15 (MENA) - Cyril Ramaphosa has been elected as South Africa's new president by ruling party legislators after the resignation of Jacob Zuma. Ramaphosa was the only candidate nominated for election in the parliament on Thursday ....
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Jacob Zuma resigns as South Africa's President
Date: 2018-02-14 21:53:24 GMT - South Africa - Africa - SN:92 - ID:7246353
PRETORIA, Feb 14 (MENA) - South Africa's embattled President Jacob Zuma has resigned from his office with immediate effect, the BBC reported. He made the announcement in a televised address to the nation on Wednesday evening. "No life should ....
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Zimbabwe's Morgan Tsvangirai, longtime Mugabe foe, dies aged 65
Date: 2018-02-14 21:39:11 GMT - South Africa - Africa - SN:90 - ID:7246307
JOHANNESBURG, Feb 14 (MENA) - Morgan Tsvangirai, Zimbabwe's longtime opposition leader and former Prime Minister, has died in a South African hospital at the age of 65, according to MDC party spokesman Nelson Chamisa, the CNN reported on ....
