Africa

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  • Global(1):Young African leaders pitch innovative solutions to businesses to shape the future of Africa

    Date: 2017-05-23 07:07:59 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:6 - ID:6823424

    Youth gather to collaborate and tackle change in their communities across East Africa NAIROBI, Kenya, May 23, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- More than 100 young African leaders met in Nairobi, Kenya from May 19 –20 to collaborate for promoting positive ....

  • S. Sudan president declares unilateral ceasefire, prisoner release

    Date: 2017-05-22 17:13:16 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:90 - ID:6823006

    JUBA, May 22 (MENA) - South Sudanese President Salva Kiir on Monday declared a unilateral ceasefire and promised to release political prisoners, amid absence of any sign of reaching a political deal with rebels. In a speech in the capital Juba, ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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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