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14 killed in DRC capital gunfire
Date: 2017-08-07 20:27:09 GMT - Democratic Republic of Congo - Africa - SN:77 - ID:6934736
KINSHASA, Aug 7 (MENA) - Twelve people were killed by stray gunfire in Kinshasa Monday in violence surrounding the city's central prison, police in the Democratic Republic of Congo said. Police spokesman Col. Pierrot Mwanamputu said four of the ....
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President of Congo offers hosting a preparatory meeting of the Libyan National Reconciliation Conference in Brazzaville
Date: 2017-08-07 14:28:52 GMT - Libya - Africa - SN:48 - ID:6934100
TRIPOLI, Aug 7 (MENA) - The Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU) welcomed on Monday a suggestion presented by President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Denis Sassou Nguesso to host a preparatory meeting of the Libyan ....
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7 killed in suicide attack north of Cameroon
Date: 2017-08-06 13:47:55 GMT - Cameroon - Africa - SN:44 - ID:6932679
Yaoundé, Aug 6 (MENA)- At least seven persons were killed in a suicide attack in a small town north of Cameroon near the Nigerian border, a local official reported Sunday. Russia Today news channel cited the source as saying that the attack took ....
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At least 10 killed in armed attack on church in Nigeria
Date: 2017-08-06 12:25:23 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:34 - ID:6932561
ABUJA, Aug 6 (MENA) - At least ten people were killed on Sunday in an armed attack on a church in southeast Nigeria. Witnesses told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that dozens of worshipers were killed in the early morning after unidentified ....
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Mauritanians vote on controversial constitutional changes
Date: 2017-08-05 09:16:49 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:12 - ID:6930933
NOUAKCHOTT, Aug 5 (MENA) - Mauritanians went to the polls Saturday to vote in the constitutional referendum changes in the country. A high voting turnout was witnessed in the election commissions in the capital, according to MENA correspondent ....
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President Paul Kagame wins by landslide
Date: 2017-08-05 08:12:44 GMT - Rwanda - Africa - SN:9 - ID:6930800
KIGALI, Aug 5 (MENA) - President Paul Kagame of Rwanda has won a third term in office with a landslide, the country's electoral commission has announced, according to the BBC. Partial results of Friday's election gave him 98% of the votes, it ....
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163,000 South Sudanese refugees arrived Sudan in 2017: UNHCR
Date: 2017-08-03 21:54:15 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:79 - ID:6929523
KHARTOUM, Aug 3 (MENA) - Sudan's White Nile State hosts the largest number of new South Sudanese refugee arrivals (about 40 per cent) in the country, with over 163,000 refuges registered as of 15 July, according to UNHCR’s Population and Operational ....
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Pilot, 2 trainees dead in military plane crash in Djibouti
Date: 2017-08-03 18:32:52 GMT - Djibouti - Africa - SN:65 - ID:6929297
DJIBOUTI, Aug 3 (MENA) - An official in Djibouti says a pilot and two female military trainees died when their small aircraft crashed on Wednesday, according to ABC News. Immigration official Mohamed Muhummed says the crash of the single-engine ....
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3 headless bodies found north east of Nigeria
Date: 2017-08-02 15:50:17 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:58 - ID:6927324
KANO, Aug 2 (MENA) - Nigerian local militias said Wednesday that they found decapitated bodies of three villagers in Borno state north east of Nigeria, where Boko Haram movement is active. Local vigilante fighting Boko Haram Ibrahim Liman said ....
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Arab-African joint coordination meeting kicks off
Date: 2017-08-02 15:38:17 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:53 - ID:6927118
CAIRO, Aug 2 (MENA) – A joint coordination meeting between Arab League and African Union Commission kicked off on Wednesday at the level of senior officials and specialized organizations’ heads at the General Secretariat headquarters. Addressing ....
