Africa

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  • Egyptian medical convoy starts work at Togolese hospital

    Date: 2016-12-14 10:30:43 GMT - Togo - Africa - SN:30 - ID:6145525

    LOME, Dec 14 (MENA) - Egyptian Ambassador to Togo Karim Sherif said a medical convoy, the second by the Coptic Church, started work at a government hospital here. They are providing medical services and medicines for free for Togolese citizens, ....

  • Global (3):Empire State Realty Trust And iHeartMedia Premiere New Holiday Music-To-Light Show Featuring Mariah Carey

    Date: 2016-12-13 07:36:25 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:8 - ID:6137401

    Empire State Building to Sync Tower Lights to "All I Want for Christmas Is You" NEW YORK, Dec. 13, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: ESRT) and iHeartMedia have announced that the annual Empire State Building (ESB) ....

  • Mauritanian minister leaves Nouakchott for Cairo

    Date: 2016-12-11 18:00:04 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:129 - ID:6128613

    NOUAKCHOTT, Dec 11 (MENA) - Mauritanian Minister of Social Affairs, Children and Family Fatima Habib on Sunday left Nouakchott heading for Cairo. She will take part in the sixth conference of Arab Women Organization (AWO), to be held on Tuesday ....

  • Shabbab claims responsibility for Mogadishu terror blast

    Date: 2016-12-11 08:20:32 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:17 - ID:6123717

    MOGADISHU, Dec 11 (MENA) – The terror group Al-Shabbab has claimed responsibility for the blast that rocked Somalia's biggest seaport – in capital Mogadishu – in the early hours of Sunday morning, the Daily Star reported. At least 29 people – ....

  • Huge blast rocks Mogadishu port area

    Date: 2016-12-11 06:32:50 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:8 - ID:6123445

    MOGADISHU, Dec 11 (MENA) - A powerful explosion has killed at least three people near the port of the Somali capital, Mogadishu, the BBC quoted police as saying Sunday. At least another seven people were injured, police added. The blast was ....

  • Takfiri observatory deplores Boko Haram attack

    Date: 2016-12-10 10:09:23 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:32 - ID:6118673

    CAIRO, Dec 10 (MENA) - The Observatory for Anomalous and Takfiri Fatwas of Dar al Iftaa condemned the terror suicide attack carried out by two women from the terrorist Boko Haram group in Nigeria. At least 45 people were killed in the attack and ....

  • Ghana president, facing possible upset, says respects result

    Date: 2016-12-09 14:54:51 GMT - Ghana - Africa - SN:73 - ID:6115389

    ACCRA, Dec 9 (MENA) - Ghana's president says he will respect the election results as local media predict his challenger, opposition leader Nana Akufo-Addo, has won on his third run for the office, ABC news reported. President John Dramani Mahama ....

  • 2 blasts kill at least 10 in northeast Nigeria

    Date: 2016-12-09 14:10:21 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:60 - ID:6115341

    ABUJA, Dec 9 (MENA) - Two explosions ripped through a bustling market in northeast Nigeria's Madagali town Friday morning, and a survivor says they killed at least 10 people, ABC News reported The latest attack comes as Nigeria's government claims ....

  • Uganda announces support for Egypt's UNESCO candidate

    Date: 2016-12-09 14:08:06 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:59 - ID:6114809

    KAMPALA, Dec 9 (MENA) - Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has affirmed his country's commitment to the African Union's decision to support Egypt's candidate Moushira Khattab for the post of director-general of the UN Educational, Scientific and ....

  • Somali political leaders approve presidential polls for Dec. 28

    Date: 2016-12-09 09:09:37 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:16 - ID:6113165

    MOGADISHU, Dec 9 (MENA) - Somalia's political leaders have agreed to hold presidential polls on Dec. 28 after three delays and amid allegations of bribery, fraud and voter intimidation, Abc news reported. In a statement issued after political ....

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