Africa

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  • 26 people killed after 2 buses collide on Nigerian highway

    Date: 2017-05-06 20:42:16 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:65 - ID:6799856

    ABUJA, May 6 (MENA) - Authorities say at least 26 people have died after two buses collided and caught fire on a busy highway in western Nigeria, ABC News reported. Oyo state police spokesman Adekunle Ajisebutu said Saturday that 11 others were ....

  • WHO: Somalia launches cholera vaccination campaign

    Date: 2017-05-04 12:42:45 GMT - Switzerland - Africa - SN:46 - ID:6796662

    GENEVA, May 4 (MENA) – WHO and the Federal Ministry of Health of Somalia launched the first round of a preventative oral cholera vaccination campaign (OCV) on Thursday in Baidoa at the Baidoa Regional Hospital, targeting 224,000 persons aged 1 year ....

  • Malian gov't condemns vicious attack on military convoy

    Date: 2017-05-03 08:01:33 GMT - Mali - Africa - SN:12 - ID:6794512

    BAMAKO, May 3 (MENA) - The Malian government condemned on Wednesday a brutal attack on a military convoy in the country's central region. Nine soldiers were killed and five injured in an ambush of the military convoy. Armed assailants attacked ....

  • Acute malnutrition surges in Somalia children: UNICEF

    Date: 2017-05-02 12:53:30 GMT - Switzerland - Africa - SN:38 - ID:6793438

    GENEVA, May 2 (MENA) - Some 1.4 million children in drought-hit Somalia are projected to suffer acute malnutrition this year, 50 percent more than estimated in January, the U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) was quoted by Business Insider as saying on ....

  • Mali extends state of emergency by 6 months

    Date: 2017-04-30 06:28:31 GMT - Mali - Africa - SN:3 - ID:6790367

    BAMAKO, April 30 (MENA) - Mali has extended a state of emergency by six months until October 31, News 24 quoted a source in the parliament as saying as the west African nation battles a jihadist insurgency. MPs meeting "voted unanimously" to ....

  • New national accord government to be announced in Sudan

    Date: 2017-04-28 14:21:34 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:54 - ID:6788451

    KHARTOUM, April 28 (MENA) – A new national accord government will be announced in Sudan next week, Sudanese President Omar Hassan Bashir said on Friday. Delivering a speech before the inaugural session of the fourth general conference of Sudan's ....

  • Soldiers kill 15 Boko Haram gunmen as terrorist group attacks troops’ base in Sambisa

    Date: 2017-04-28 10:45:14 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:28 - ID:6788302

    ABUJA, April 28 (MENA) - At least 15 gunmen believed to be Boko Haram fighters were shot dead during a fierce battle with soldiers inside Sambisa forest on Thursday morning, officials said. The gunmen, according to a release by the 7 Division ....

  • Tripartite committee on Renaissance Dam to continue discussions after 2 weeks in Addis Ababa

    Date: 2017-04-27 16:33:33 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:72 - ID:6787589

    CAIRO, April 27 (MENA) - Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan agreed to continue discussions on the possible impacts of the Ethiopian Grand Renaissance Dam (GERD) on downstream countries. The discussions will be held after two weeks in Addis Ababa. ....

  • Ties between Sudan, Arab, African countries 'at their best' - Bashir

    Date: 2017-04-27 14:03:43 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:49 - ID:6787240

    KHARTOUM, April 27 (MENA) - Ties between Sudan and Arab and African countries are at their best, said Sudanese President Omar al Bashir, who is the head of the ruling National Congress Party (NCP). Sudan is moving toward a new phase of openness, ....

  • US official hails security, stability in Sudan

    Date: 2017-04-26 12:48:53 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:48 - ID:6785451

    KHARTOUM, April 26 (MENA) – Representative of the U.S. Special Envoy for Sudan and South Sudan Paul Stephen hailed on Wednesday the state of stability and security witnessed by Sudan and the improvement in delivering humanitarian aid to the affected ....

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