Africa

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  • Sisi underlines importance of establishing African peace and security

    Date: 2016-10-26 13:23:07 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:48 - ID:5842965

    SHARM EL SHEIKH, Oct 26 (MENA) – President Abdel Fattah El Sisi said on Wednesday that progress in establishing the basic foundations of African peace and security should be capitalized for empowering Africa to stand up to unconventional challenges ....

  • Bahrain slams Kenya terrorist attack

    Date: 2016-10-26 11:08:18 GMT - Bahrain - Africa - SN:30 - ID:5841737

    MANAMA, Oct 26 (MENA) - Bahrain condemned Wednesday the terrorist attack that targeted a hotel in Kenya's Mandera city which left some persons dead and injured. In a statement, Bahrain's Foreign Ministry renewed its rejection to terrorism with ....

  • Somalia's Al Shabab Claims responsibility for bombing AMISOM base

    Date: 2016-10-25 13:29:24 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:71 - ID:5836397

    MOGADISHU, Oct 25 (MENA) - Extremist group al Shabab claimed on Tuesday responsibility for the attack on African Union Mission In Somalia (AMISOM). The group spokesperson Abdel Aziz Abo Mosaab said the attack targeted the base where soldiers from ....

  • Suicide car bombing targets AMISOM base in Somalia

    Date: 2016-10-25 13:28:14 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:70 - ID:5835961

    MOGADISHU, Oct 25 (MENA) - A huge explosion was reported at a military army base belonging to the Djiboutian forces serving with the African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia (AMISOM) in Beledweyne, according to the BBC. The blast occurred ....

  • 55 dead, hundreds injured in Cameroon train crash

    Date: 2016-10-22 14:32:04 GMT - Cameroon - Africa - SN:57 - ID:5817729

    YAOUNDE, Oct 22 (MENA) - At least 55 people were killed while more than 550 others injured when an overloaded passenger train derailed and overturned in Cameron. According to the state television of the central African country, the train was en ....

  • Cameroon train derailment kills at least 53

    Date: 2016-10-22 07:43:23 GMT - Cameroon - Africa - SN:11 - ID:5815073

    YAOUNDE, Oct 22 (MENA) - At least 53 people died when a packed passenger train derailed and overturned in Cameroon, the country's transport minister says. Transport minister Edgard Alain Mebe Ngo'o said some 300 people were also injured in the ....

  • Pan-African Parl't president says Africa derives strength from Egypt

    Date: 2016-10-20 20:56:09 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:102 - ID:5809081

    CAIRO, Oct 20 (MENA) - Pan-African Parliament President Roger Nkodo Dang on Thursday underscored the importance of Egypt's role in Africa as a main source of the African countries' strength. Dang made the remarks during a visit to the Egyptian ....

  • 13 Nigerian soldiers wounded in Boko Haram attack

    Date: 2016-10-19 11:24:16 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:34 - ID:5798465

    ABUJA, Oct 19 (MENA) - Nigerian army spokesman Col. Sani Kukasheka said Boko Haram terrorists stormed a military camp in the northeast, leaving 13 soldiers wounded and an unknown number missing. The attack on the border with Niger, is the third ....

  • UN official calls UNSC to impose arms embargo on South Sudan

    Date: 2016-10-19 09:16:58 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:17 - ID:5796937

    NEW YORK, Oct 19 (MENA) - UN Undersecretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Hervé Ladsous called on the UN Security Council to impose an arms embargo on South Sudan. Al Arabiya news channel quoted the UN official as saying in statements ....

  • Global (3):Syncron Helps Middle East Brands Improve Aftersales Operations with Launch of Spare Parts Business Summit

    Date: 2016-10-19 07:06:19 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:11 - ID:5796513

    Full-day event provides insight into improving financial performance and customer service via the optimization of service parts inventories STOCKHOLM, Oct. 19, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Syncron, the only aftermarket service provider that exclusively ....

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