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New head of SJM appointed
Date: 2017-05-22 07:08:15 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:8 - ID:6821728
NOUAKCHOTT, May 22 (MENA) - Mohamed Salem Ould el Dah was appointed as the new head of the Syndicate of Mauritanian Journalists (SJM) after winning the election of the syndicate. He won by 252 votes. As many as 580 out of eligible 1,200 ....
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African studies conf. to discuss 100 research papers
Date: 2017-05-21 12:21:41 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:43 - ID:6820822
CAIRO, May 21 (MENA) - The African Studies Conference will discuss this year 100 research papers submitted by Egyptian, African and Asian universities, said head of the conference Hassan Sobhi on Sunday. Addressing the opening session, he said ....
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Media delegation from 30 African countries visit Alexandria regional center for women health, development
Date: 2017-05-17 16:10:23 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:59 - ID:6815657
ALEXANDRIA, May 17 (MENA) – A delegation of African media women visited Alexandria regional center for women health and development on Wednesday. This coincides with the activities of the African media day held under the rubric of “present of ....
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Four killed in Kenyan car bomb attack
Date: 2017-05-17 11:48:07 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:39 - ID:6815070
NAIROBI, May 17 (MENA) - At least four people died when their vehicle set off an improvised explosive device in a small Kenyan town near the border with Somalia, police said on Wednesday. The blast was the second in two days to hit border towns ....
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Blast kills 3 bomb disposal experts in Somalia's capital
Date: 2017-05-17 11:41:02 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:38 - ID:6815043
MOGADISHU, May 17 (MENA) - Three bomb disposal experts were killed in a car bomb blast west of Somalia's capital on Wednesday, Fox News quoted police as saying. The bomb was detonated as the experts were trying to dismantle a car laden with ....
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2 Somali soldiers killed while defusing car bomb in Mogadishu
Date: 2017-05-17 11:12:46 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:31 - ID:6814969
MOGADISHU, May 17 (MENA) - Two Somali soldiers were killed on Wednesday when a booby-trapped car went off while they were defusing it. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, but al Shabaab terrorist group recently launched several ....
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Massive explosion rocks Mogadishu
Date: 2017-05-17 10:38:09 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:22 - ID:6814880
MOGADISHU, May 17 (MENA) - A car loaded with explosives blew up at a checkpoint in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Wednesday in the latest attack by suspected Al-Shabaab militants. According to police, the huge explosion occurred at Wadajir ....
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Latest fighting kills 37 people in Central African Republic
Date: 2017-05-11 22:19:20 GMT - Central African Republic - Africa - SN:78 - ID:6807596
BANGUI, May 11 (MENA) - A local Central African Republic branch of the Red Cross says that days of clashes in the central region have left at least 37 people dead and many displaced. The group said violence flared in Alindao, some 100km east of ....
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Three injured as South Sudan VP attacked
Date: 2017-05-09 15:15:31 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:62 - ID:6804082
JUBA, May 9 (MENA) - Gunmen attacked on Tuesday the convoy of South Sudan's First Vice President Taban Deng Gai, wounding three of his bodyguards, a government official had been quoted as saying. The ambush took place on a highway linking the ....
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UN: 2m children displaced by South Sudan conflict
Date: 2017-05-08 06:27:57 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:9 - ID:6801436
NEW YORK, May 8 (MENA) - The United Nations said that the civil war in South Sudan has forced more than two million children to flee their homes, Sky news reported Monday. "No refugee crisis today worries me more than South Sudan, Valentin ....
