ar
en
fr
Africa
- Service : English General
- Category : Africa
-
Kenya's Kenyatta urges peace ahead of presidential elections
Date: 2017-10-22 21:45:52 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:63 - ID:7053085
NAIROBI, Oct 22 (MENA) – Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta urged Kenyans to maintain peace ahead of fresh presidential elections next week as at least one person was shot and wounded by police amid a rise in ethnic tensions in the capital, Fox News ....
-
Death toll from Somalia bombings rises to 358
Date: 2017-10-21 18:23:30 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:83 - ID:7051437
MOGADISHU, Oct 21 (MENA) - The number killed in twin bombings in the Somali capital Mogadishu last weekend has risen to 358, the Somali Internal Ministry was quoted by Russia Today on Saturday. As well as the confirmed death toll, 228 people ....
-
US announces drone strikes against al Shabab movement after Mogadishu attack
Date: 2017-10-20 10:44:10 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:27 - ID:7048962
WASHINGTON, Oct 20 (MENA) - The US military revealed on Friday that it has conducted a drone strike against the Somali al Shabab extremist movement after Mogadishu terror attack, that left 700 people dead and wounded. The air raid was carried ....
-
Nigerian police arrest 4 after Britons kidnapped
Date: 2017-10-19 16:51:06 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:67 - ID:7048301
ABUJA, Oct 19 (MENA) – Four people have been arrested in connection with the kidnapping of four British nationals in southern Nigeria, the Daily Mail quoted the police as saying on Thursday. The Britons, including a husband and wife from a ....
-
Thousands in Somali capital march in defiance after attack
Date: 2017-10-18 12:27:59 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:32 - ID:7045848
MOGADISHU, Oct 18 (MENA) - Thousands of people took to the streets of Somalia's capital Wednesday in a show of defiance after the country's deadliest attack, as officials shared a detailed account of how Saturday's truck bombing that killed more ....
-
Pope Francis deplores Mogadishu terror attack
Date: 2017-10-18 12:03:43 GMT - Vatican - Africa - SN:30 - ID:7045916
VATICAN CITY, Oct 18 (MENA) - Vatican Pope Francis has condemned the terrorist attack that killed over 300 people, including children, in the Somali capital Mogadishu, Vatican Radio website reported Wednesday. “This terrorist act , he said ....
-
Kenyan President is ready to proceed with presidential elections
Date: 2017-10-18 11:48:29 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:28 - ID:7045804
NAIROBI, Oct 18 (MENA) - Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta expressed his readiness to proceed with the new presidential elections, slated for October 26, BBC reported Wednesday. "We have no problem going back to elections. We are sure we will ....
-
US says ready to back Somalia in terror fight
Date: 2017-10-16 21:23:38 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:78 - ID:7043167
MOGADISHU, Oct 16 (MENA) - The US mission to Somalia has stressed Washington's readiness to assist Mogadishu in the terror fight. The mission, in a statement, condemned as cowardly a deadly attack that left a round 280 people dead in the Somali ....
-
Egypt takes part in African FMs meeting on immigration
Date: 2017-10-15 14:09:50 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:43 - ID:7040585
CAIRO, Oct 15 (MENA) - Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry entrusted Egypt's Ambassador to Rwanda Namera Nejm to lead Egypt's delegation to the African Foreign Ministers meeting on immigration issues, slated for October 20-21 in Kigali. Organized by the ....
-
Huge blast rocks Somalia's capital; police say 20 killed
Date: 2017-10-14 14:39:12 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:46 - ID:7039206
MOGADISHU, Oct 14 (MENA) - A huge explosion from a truck bomb killed 20 people in Somalia's capital, police said, as shaken residents called it the most powerful blast they'd heard in years. The explosion appeared to target a hotel on a busy road ....
