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ANC gathers to choose leader to replace Jacob Zuma
Date: 2017-12-16 09:01:19 GMT - South Africa - Africa - SN:14 - ID:7142730
JOHANNESBURG, Dec 16 (MENA) - South Africa's governing African National Congress (ANC) is preparing to choose a new party leader to succeed President Jacob Zuma, concluding a bruising leadership battle that threatens to tear it apart before a 2019 ....
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Zimbabwe's Mnangagwa endorsed as ZANU-PF presidential runner
Date: 2017-12-15 17:42:24 GMT - Zimbabwe - Africa - SN:69 - ID:7142338
HARARE, Dec 15 (MENA) - Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been endorsed by ZANU-PF delegates as party leader and presidential candidate for the 2018 elections, Deutsche Welle reported on Friday. It was the first ZANU-PF party conference ....
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10 killed as police clash with illegal miners in Nigeria
Date: 2017-12-15 15:04:31 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:59 - ID:7142146
ABUJA, Dec 15 (MENA) – Nigerian residents said more than 10 illegal miners have been killed in northeast Nigeria's Mambilla region after clashing with police, ABC News reported. Hammadu Bello said Friday that police tried to dislodge the miners ....
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UNSC warns on S.Sudan peace efforts
Date: 2017-12-15 06:37:07 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:6 - ID:7141316
NEW YORK, Dec 15 (MENA) - The UN Security Council (UNSC) warned of "costs or consequences" for South Sudan's government and opposition if they undermine upcoming efforts to achieve a cease-fire and implement a 2015 peace agreement. In a ....
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Suicide bomber kills at least 13 in Somalia's capital
Date: 2017-12-14 07:23:00 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:13 - ID:7139664
MOGADISHU, Dec 14 (MENA) - A suicide bomber in police uniform blew himself up inside a police training camp in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Thursday, killing at least 13 police officers, Bangkik post quoted officials as saying. Police spokesman ....
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3 policemen killed in suicide attack in Somalia
Date: 2017-12-14 06:39:32 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:8 - ID:7139613
MOGADISHU, Dec 14 (MENA) - Three Somali policemen were killed on Thursday in a suicide attack inside a police training camp here. Disguised as a policeman, a man wearing an explosive vest entered the camp and blew himself up. The number of ....
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Sudan, US discuss latest developments of Darfur’s peace process
Date: 2017-12-13 20:23:06 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:89 - ID:7139326
KHARTOUM, Dec 13 (MENA) – Sudanese President Assistant Ibrahim Mahmoud discussed in a meeting on Wednesday with the US Charge d'Affaires in Khartoum Stephen Coates the latest developments of peace process in the states of Darfur, South Kordofan and ....
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Police: At least 13 dead in multi-vehicle accident in Kenya
Date: 2017-12-12 21:58:48 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:103 - ID:7137768
NAIROBI, Dec 12 (MENA) - Kenyan police say at least 13 people have been killed in a multi-vehicle accident on a highway outside the capital, Nairobi, ABC News reported on Tuesday. Nakuru County Police Commander Hassan Barua says a speeding truck ....
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2 teenage girl suicide bombers kill 4 in Nigeria
Date: 2017-12-12 17:58:49 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:88 - ID:7137567
ABUJA, Dec 12 (MENA) - A Nigerian official said two teenage girl suicide bombers attacked the town of Gwoza, north of Nigeria, killing at least four people, Voice of America reported on Tuesday. Col. Onyema Nwachukwu, spokesman for the Military ....
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Car bomb kills journalist in Somalia capital, says witness
Date: 2017-12-11 20:26:35 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:86 - ID:7135943
MOGADISHU, Dec 11 (MENA) - A Somali journalist has been killed by a car bomb in the capital late Monday, a fellow journalist was quoted by Fox News as saying. Mohamed Ibrahim, a news presenter for Kalsan TV, died at a hospital after being injured ....
