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Kenya's presidential elections marred by serious human rights violations
Date: 2017-08-28 12:58:50 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:40 - ID:6965879
NAIROBI, Aug 28 (MENA) – Kenya’s presidential election on August 8, 2017 was marred by serious human rights violations, including unlawful killings and beatings by police during protests and house-to-house operations in western Kenya, Human Rights ....
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Quake hits South African gold mine; 1 killed, 4 missing
Date: 2017-08-26 19:57:02 GMT - South Africa - Africa - SN:72 - ID:6963350
JOHANNESBURG, Aug 26 (MENA) – A South African gold mining company says one miner has died and another four are missing after an earth tremor struck one of its sites, ABC News reported on Saturday. The Harmony company said Saturday that rescue ....
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Chadian FM: Qatar supports armed groups hostile to N'djamena
Date: 2017-08-23 19:08:01 GMT - Chad - Africa - SN:75 - ID:6958741
N'DJAMENA, Aug 23 (MENA) - Chadian Foreign Minister Hussein Taha Ibrahim said on Wednesday that his country severed ties with Doha as it undermined its security through its support for armed groups in Libya. In a phone call with Sky News ....
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UNICEF: Boko Haram use of kids as 'human bombs' soars in 2017
Date: 2017-08-22 12:57:38 GMT - Switzerland - Africa - SN:47 - ID:6956591
GENEVA, Aug 22 (MENA) - The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) reported that fourfold increase in the use of children as "human bombs" by Boko Haram group in northeastern Nigeria this year compared to all of 2016. UNICEF spokeswoman Marixie ....
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MENA Agenda for Monday, Aug 21
Date: 2017-08-21 05:59:27 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:1 - ID:6954090
CAIRO, EgyptAir operates 19 flights to transport 4,640 pilgrims to Jeddah and Madina. CAIRO, Egypt, in its capacity as the current chairman of the executive office of the Arab social affairs ministers council, presides over the first meeting of ....
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Nearly 500 dead in Sierra Leone mudslides
Date: 2017-08-20 17:41:01 GMT - Sierra Leone - Africa - SN:78 - ID:6953783
FREETOWN, Aug 20 (MENA) - Churches across Sierra Leone held special services Sunday in memory of those killed in mudslides and flooding earlier this week, as hospital officials announced the toll had risen to nearly 500 bodies collected, ABC News ....
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Somali president arrives in Cairo
Date: 2017-08-20 11:53:32 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:39 - ID:6953078
CAIRO, Aug 20 (MENA) - Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed arrived at Cairo International Airport on Sunday. He is expected to hold talks with President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on promoting bilateral ties as well as regional and African ....
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China pledges to support NDB's Africa Regional Center
Date: 2017-08-18 14:02:31 GMT - China - Africa - SN:48 - ID:6950776
BEIJING, Aug 18 (MENA) - China congratulated on the launch of the New Development Bank's (NDB's) Africa Regional Center and pledged to support it in promoting Africa's development, Xinhua news agency quoted a foreign ministry spokesperson as saying ....
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1 killed, 29 injured in Burundi grenade attacks: police
Date: 2017-08-18 11:01:52 GMT - Burundi - Africa - SN:27 - ID:6950424
BUJUMBURA, Aug 18 (MENA) - Burundian police say one person has been killed and 29 others were injured in two overnight grenade attacks in the capital, ABC News reported on Friday. Police spokesman Pierre Nkurikiye said the two attacks on Thursday ....
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Darul Iftaa slams terrorist attack on refugee camp in Nigeria
Date: 2017-08-17 13:38:24 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:53 - ID:6949258
CAIRO, Aug 17 (MENA) - Darul Iftaa's Fatwa Monitoring Observatory strongly condemned on Thursday the terrorist attack on a refugee camp in Maiduguri city in Nigeria. This attack contravenes the principles of heavenly religions and the ....
