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Gunmen kill 3 in suspected extremist attack in Kenya's north
Date: 2017-06-23 13:27:44 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:34 - ID:6867128
NAIROBI, June 23 (MENA) - Officials said three people have been killed and three others wounded in a suspected Islamist extremist attack in Kenya's Mandera County, which borders Somalia, ABC News reported. Northeastern Regional Security ....
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Sisi leaves for Uganda to take part in summit of Nile-basin countries
Date: 2017-06-22 06:15:42 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:1 - ID:6865140
CAIRO, June 22 (MENA) - President Abdel Fatah El Sisi left Cairo for Uganda Thursday morning to take part in the first summit grouping Nile-basin countries. Presidential spokesman Alaa Youssef said on Wednesday that Sisi's participation reflects ....
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Car bomb in Somalia capital kills at least 15
Date: 2017-06-20 14:26:13 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:46 - ID:6862950
MOGADISHU, June 20 (MENA) - At least 15 people are dead after a suicide car bomber posing as a milk delivery van detonated at a district headquarters in Somalia's capital, FOX News reported Tuesday. The death toll may rise, as some of the at ....
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Central African armed groups sign cease-fire deal in Rome
Date: 2017-06-19 21:14:01 GMT - Italy - Africa - SN:81 - ID:6862119
ROME, June 19 (MENA) - Representatives of most of the armed groups in Central African Republic on Monday signed an agreement to honor an immediate cease-fire, after more than three years of sectarian conflict that have left thousands dead, ABC News ....
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Terrorist attack at luxury resort in Mali - Security Ministry
Date: 2017-06-18 19:56:51 GMT - Mali - Africa - SN:66 - ID:6860416
BAMAKO, June 18 (MENA) - Gunmen attacked the Campement Kangaba luxury resort in Dougourakoro, near Mali's capital, Bamako, on Sunday afternoon, though the security operation is still under way, according to the Malian Security Ministry. The ....
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African Union urges restraint in Djibouti-Eritrea border spat
Date: 2017-06-17 12:26:17 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:33 - ID:6858486
ADDIS ABABA, June 17 (MENA) - The African Union urged Djibouti and Eritrea to remain calm and exercise restraint on Saturday after Djibouti accused its neighbour of occupying disputed territory along their border following the withdrawal of Qatari ....
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Kenya official: Roadside bomb kills 4 people; 11 wounded
Date: 2017-06-16 15:45:59 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:37 - ID:6857575
NAIROBI, June 16 (MENA) - An improvised explosive device exploded and killed four people in a passenger vehicle in northern Kenya in a suspected extremist attack, an official said Friday, as fears grew that the al Shabab extremist group in ....
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AL chief condemns Somalia restaurant attack
Date: 2017-06-16 14:22:06 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:35 - ID:6857466
CAIRO, June 16 (MENA) – Arab League chief Ahmed Abul Gheit condemned on Friday in the strongest terms a terrorist attack on a restaurant and a hotel in the Somali capital of Mogadishu. At least 31 people were killed and dozens others injured in ....
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Egypt keen on supporting Gabon in chairing conf. of African environment ministers
Date: 2017-06-15 13:41:00 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:45 - ID:6856096
CAIRO, June 15 (MENA) - Egypt's Environment Minister Khaled Fahmy met with Gabonese Minister of Forestry Economy, Fisheries and the Environment in Charge of the Protection and Sustainable Management of Ecosystems Estelle Ondo. The meeting was ....
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19 killed in suicide attack on hotel in Somalia
Date: 2017-06-15 07:53:14 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:10 - ID:6855537
MOGADISHU, June 15 (MENA) - At least 19 people were killed as a suicide bomber drove an explosive-laden car into a hotel in Mogadishu, and gunmen stormed into a restaurant adjacent to the hotel, taking hostages. Russia Today said that police ....
