Africa
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four killed, 10 injured in double suicide attack in Niger
Date: 2017-06-30 13:26:51 GMT - Niger - Africa - SN:30 - ID:6874476
Niamey, June 30 (MENA) - Niger police said in a statement on Friday, four people were killed, including two suicide bombers, and 10 others were wounded in a double suicide attacks in a refugee camp near the city of Diffa in southeastern Niger. The ....
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2 killed as women bombers blow themselves up at Niger refugee camp
Date: 2017-06-30 10:59:34 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:22 - ID:6874236
ABUJA, June 30 (MENA) - Two women bombers blew themselves up in a refugee camp in southeastern Niger, killing two people in a suspected attack by Boko Haram militants, Nigeria's Vanguard paper reported Friday. The attack took place in Kabalewa, ....
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Bomb blast kills eight on Kenya-Somalia border
Date: 2017-06-27 18:20:31 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:51 - ID:6871275
NAIROBI, June 27 (MENA) - Eight people, including four children returning to school after Eid celebrations, were killed Tuesday by a roadside bomb in eastern Kenya near the border with Somalia, police was cited as saying by the Daily Mail. "We have ....
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10 More mass graves uncovered in restive Central Congo
Date: 2017-06-27 14:43:03 GMT - Democratic Republic of Congo - Africa - SN:40 - ID:6871084
KINSHASA, June 27 (MENA) - Authorities say 10 more mass graves have been uncovered in the restive region of central Congo where the Catholic church has estimated more than 3,300 people have died. Maj. Gen. Joseph Ponde told journalists that ....
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8 Chad soldiers killed in clashes with Boko Haram
Date: 2017-06-26 17:57:35 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:44 - ID:6870455
ABUJA, June 26 (MENA) - Eight Chadian soldiers were killed in fierce fighting with Boko Haram insurgents at the weekend on islands on Lake Chad, the army said Monday, the Vanguard reported. “Our forces attacked Boko Haram elements on five ....
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Global (2):Global Debut of Art of Conquest on HiGame gives international players first access to experience the game.
Date: 2017-06-24 06:58:06 GMT - China - Africa - SN:7 - ID:6867672
BEIJING , June 24, 2017/PRNewswire/ -- June 23rd, 2017, Lilith Games introduced Art of Conquest alongside Huawei HiGame in its global release. With this release, Middle Eastern and Southeast Asian players will be able to experience the game and ....
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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 ....