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Global(2):Duetto to Provide Revenue Strategy Solutions for First Central Hotel Suites, Dubai

Date: 2017-04-24 10:04:31 GMT - United Kingdom - Africa - SN:25 - ID:6782135

Agreement for Cloud-Based Price Optimization and Revenue Intelligence Solutions at 500-Room Property in the Heart of Dubai, Marks Duetto's Entrance in the Middle East LONDON, April 24, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Duetto, the market leader in hotel ....

South Africa bus crash kills 20 children

Date: 2017-04-21 15:24:26 GMT - South Africa - Africa - SN:48 - ID:6778472

PRETORIA, April 21 (MENA) - Twenty children have been killed in a minibus crash near the South African capital Pretoria, emergency services have said. The children died after the vehicle burst into flames following a collision with a truck just ....

UN: 82 relief workers killed in South Sudan

Date: 2017-04-20 06:01:28 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:2 - ID:6776089

JUBA, April 20 (MENA) - The United Nations said on Wednesday that 82 aid workers had been killed in South Sudan's civil war while the number of those displaced by the fighting now stands at 3.5 million. Sky News Arabic quoted Eugene Owusu, the ....

Latvian food producers take part in Food Africa 2017

Date: 2017-04-19 07:32:36 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:11 - ID:6774495

CAIRO, April 19 (MENA) - A delegation of Latvian food producers will take part in Food Africa 2017, that will kick off on Saturday and run for three days. A statement released on Wednesday by the Latvian Embassy in Cairo said the delegation will ....

South Sudan refugees take 13 UN mission staff hostage

Date: 2017-04-18 20:30:46 GMT - Democratic Republic of Congo - Africa - SN:74 - ID:6774273

KINSHASA, April 18 (MENA) - A hundred unarmed South Sudanese refugees in eastern Congo took 13 United Nations mission staff hostage on Tuesday, demanding that they be moved to a third country, Swiss Info reported. The refugees were among 530 ....

Paraguay president says he won't run in 2018 election

Date: 2017-04-18 07:39:11 GMT - Paraguay - Africa - SN:9 - ID:6773035

ASUNCION, April 18 (MENA) - Paraguay's President Horacio Cartes says he will not be a candidate in the 2018 election even if Congress approves a constitutional amendment to allow a second term, Fox News reported. Cartes made the announcement ....

14 killed, injured in blast in Sudan's Kurdufan

Date: 2017-04-15 16:32:06 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:64 - ID:6770090

KHARTOUM, April 15 (MENA) - One person was killed and 13 others were wounded in a blast in Al-Ubayyid city of North Kurdufan of Sudan on Saturday, said police. The explosion was caused by an unidentified object when residents tried to check it, ....

Mauritanian president concerned over insecurity in Mali

Date: 2017-04-14 16:48:15 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:59 - ID:6769124

NOUAKCHOTT, April 14 (MENA) – Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz on Friday expressed his worry over the state of insecurity sweeping Mali. In press statements, Abdel Aziz attributed the dangerous security situation in Mali to foreign ....

Congo: Suspect arrested in deaths of 2 UN investigators

Date: 2017-04-14 16:36:45 GMT - Democratic Republic of Congo - Africa - SN:58 - ID:6769125

KINSHASA, April 14 (MENA) - A suspect has been arrested in connection with the deaths of an American and a Swedish investigators for the United Nations and their interpreter, but another suspect has escaped, a Congolese military official said ....

Eight police officers killed by unknown gunmen in Tanzania

Date: 2017-04-14 11:41:39 GMT - Tanzania - Africa - SN:35 - ID:6768725

DAR ES SALAAM, April 14 (MENA) - Eight Tanzanian police officers have been ambushed and killed while returning from patrol outside the commercial hub of Dar es Salaam, ABC News quoted officials as saying Friday. The attack happened Thursday night ....