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10 killed in militants attack on restaurant, beach in Mogadishu
Date: 2016-08-26 08:22:35 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:18 - ID:5492797
MOGADISHU, Aug 26 (MENA) - Ten people were killed in a car bomb and gun attack on a seaside restaurant in the Somali capital Mogadishu. Police said a car bomb exploded outside the Banadir Beach Club in the Lido area and gunmen then stormed the ....
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Half million Nigerian children may die, warns UNICEF
Date: 2016-08-25 12:06:17 GMT - Switzerland - Africa - SN:41 - ID:5488917
GENEVA, AUG 25 (MENA) - The United Nations Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has once again warned that half a million children estimated to be at risk, 49,000 in the north-eastern Borno state alone may be left to die if they do not receive timely ....
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Without aid, 49,000 children will die this year in northeast Nigeria - UN
Date: 2016-08-25 11:05:43 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:28 - ID:5487937
NEW YORK, Aug 25 (MENA) - Nearly half a million children around Lake Chad face "severe acute malnutrition" due to drought and a seven-year insurgency by militant group Boko Haram in northeastern Nigeria, UNICEF said on Thursday. Of the 475,000 ....
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Floods in Sudan's Gezira leave 62 people dead, injured
Date: 2016-08-24 16:03:09 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:82 - ID:5484241
KHARTOUM, Aug 24 (MENA) - At least 26 people died and 36 others injured when the Sudanese state of Gezira was hit by heavy rains and floods, the state's government announced on Wednesday. Some 4,947 houses have collapsed as a result of the ....
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Ex-Dutch general to lead probe into South Sudan attacks
Date: 2016-08-23 19:56:35 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:106 - ID:5479681
NEW YORK, Aug 23 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appointed a retired Dutch general on Tuesday to lead an independent investigation into allegations that UN peacekeepers did not take action to prevent multiple cases of abuse and sexual ....
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Kerry: Nigeria 'must build trust'
Date: 2016-08-23 12:42:24 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:50 - ID:5476333
ABUJA, Aug 23 (MENA) - US Secretary of State John Kerry urged the Nigerian government to build trust with the people as a means of tackling extremism and corruption. Kerry, who is visiting northern Nigeria, also warned the security forces that ....
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Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau 'fatally wounded in army air strike’
Date: 2016-08-23 09:47:13 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:24 - ID:5474725
ABUJA, Aug 23 (MENA) - The Nigerian army claims to have "fatally wounded" the leader of Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, in an air strike targeting a meeting of the Islamist group's commanders, according to The Independent. Shekau and other senior ....
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Sudan seeks Morocco's support for its candidate to top WHO post
Date: 2016-08-23 09:45:01 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:23 - ID:5474501
KHARTOUM, Aug 23 (MENA) - Sudanese President Omar Bashir seeks Morocco's support for Sudan's candidate to the World Health Organization (WHO) top post. Sudanese International Cooperation Minister Kamal Hassan Ali forwarded a message from Bashir ....
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S. Sudan affirms commitment to implementing peace agreement with opposition factions
Date: 2016-08-22 19:46:27 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:96 - ID:5472041
KHARTOUM, Aug 22 (MENA) - South Sudan First Vice-President Taban Deng on Monday affirmed his government's commitment to implementing a peace agreement signed with the opposition factions. Deng concluded a visit to Sudan's Khartoum, where he ....
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US announces $138 mln in aid to South Sudan
Date: 2016-08-22 18:03:13 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:82 - ID:5472029
WASHINGTON, Aug 22 (MENA) - US Secretary of State John Kerry has announced nearly $138 million in additional humanitarian assistance to help the South Sudanese people who have suffered through almost three years of brutal fighting, the USAID said in ....
