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Senior officer shot dead in Mogadishu
Date: 2017-09-17 16:07:22 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:54 - ID:6995726
MOGADISHU, Sept 17 (MENA) - A senior Somali Intelligence officer has been shot dead in a drive-by shooting in Somali capital Mogadishu on Sunday morning, Shabelle News reported. The officer - Mohamud Hassan Moalim (Qooley) - has been seriously ....
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IGAD official calls for joint cooperation, work
Date: 2017-09-17 14:00:35 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:44 - ID:6995449
KHARTOUM, Sept 17 (MENA) - The head of the executive council of Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD)'s parliamentary union Abadula Gemeda has called for cooperation among parliaments of member states. Joint work aims at finding ....
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Angola's opposition challenges election results
Date: 2017-09-09 18:59:19 GMT - Angola - Africa - SN:56 - ID:6982445
LUANDA, Sept 9 (MENA) - Three out of the five Angolan opposition parties that contested in the August 23 elections have filed formal appeals at the Constitutional Court demanding the annulment of the results that secured massive victory for the ....
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AU summit on Libya kicks off in Congolese capital
Date: 2017-09-09 15:19:34 GMT - Libya - Africa - SN:39 - ID:6982070
TRIPOLI, Sept 9 (MENA)- The African Union's summit on Libya kicked off Sunday in Congolese capital Brazzaville. The summit will be attended by head of the Libyan Presidential Council Fayez al Sarraj, representative for Commander in Chief of the ....
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US says drone strike in Somalia kills an extremist
Date: 2017-09-08 09:27:16 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:20 - ID:6980299
MOGADISHU, Sept 8 (MENA) - The US military says it has killed an al Shabab extremist with a drone strike in Somalia, ABC News reported on Friday. A brief statement from the US Africa Command says the airstrike was carried out Thursday near Barawe ....
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WHO: South Sudan’s malaria toll highlights disease burden in war-torn nation
Date: 2017-09-07 12:18:12 GMT - Switzerland - Africa - SN:33 - ID:6979045
GENEVA, Sept 7 (MENA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) warned that South Sudan is totally exposed to be infected by Malaria disease, WHO said in a report Thursday. Malaria season is underway across much of sub-Saharan Africa, but in South ....
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Al Shabaab kills 26 Somali soldiers in attack on base near Kismayu
Date: 2017-09-03 11:59:56 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:33 - ID:6973302
MOGADISHU, Sept 3 (MENA) – Al Shabaab said it killed 26 Somali soldiers early on Sunday when the militants attacked a military base in a village near the port city of Kismayu, the Daily Mail reported. Abdiasis Abu Musab, al Shabaab's military ....
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Somalia seeks US help, says militants plot to supply uranium to Iran
Date: 2017-09-02 20:14:25 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:52 - ID:6972816
MOGADISHU, Sep 2 (MENA) - The Somali government asked the United States to provide "immediate military assistance" because it said Al Shabab militants plot to supply uranium to Iran, Voice of America (VOA) reported Saturday. In a letter to U.S. ....
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Somali officials: US drone attack kills top militant recruiter
Date: 2017-09-02 20:04:05 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:51 - ID:6972809
MOGADISHU, Sep 2 (MENA) - A US drone strike reportedly killed a key Al Shabab commander in southern Somalia, Somali Officials said, Voice of America (VOA) radio reported Saturday. Local sources said the strike targeted a vehicle in which several Al ....
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3 soldiers killed in blasts in Somalia's Puntland region
Date: 2017-09-01 16:58:33 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:46 - ID:6971761
MOGADISHU, Sept 1 (MENA) - A military official in Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region says two bomb blasts have killed at least three soldiers in a remote village, The Daily Mail reported. Col. Abdullahi Ahmed says the simultaneous blasts ....
