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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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. ....
