Africa

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  • Kenya says university students hot targets for terror groups

    Date: 2016-09-04 14:29:46 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:58 - ID:5545705

    NAIROBI, Sept 4 (MENA) - A surge in the number of students being arrested on suspicion of joining Daesh terrorist group has triggered alarm on the group’s recruitment efforts in the country, according to Radio Shabelle. The Commission of ....

  • Address rape victims of South Sudan hotel rampage, US says

    Date: 2016-09-03 20:56:35 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:75 - ID:5541693

    JUBA, Aug 3 (MENA) - The US ambassador to the United Nations is calling for an independent commission to take testimony from rape victims of a rampage by South Sudanese soldiers at a hotel compound popular with foreigners in July, abc News ....

  • Sudan urges SPLM to agree on quantitative aiming to deliver humanitarian aid to affected people

    Date: 2016-09-03 20:44:21 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:73 - ID:5541689

    KHARTOUM, Sept 3 (MENA) – The Sudanese government called anew on the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) to agree on the initiative presented by the United Nations, the African Union and the Arab League that aims to deliver humanitarian aid ....

  • Nigerian gunmen kidnap 14 local oil workers and driver in southern Rivers state

    Date: 2016-09-03 18:04:48 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:61 - ID:5540249

    ABUJA, Sept 3 (MENA) - Gunmen in Nigeria's restive southern Niger Delta region, which has been hit by a series of militant attacks on energy facilities since the start of the year, have kidnapped 14 local oil workers and their driver, police said on ....

  • UNSC team in Juba not to visit Khartoum - Foreign Ministry

    Date: 2016-09-01 08:52:22 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:17 - ID:5526917

    KHARTOUM, Sept 1 (MENA) - The Sudanese Foreign Ministry denied preparations for a visit by the United Nations Security Council team, currently in South Sudan, to Khartoum. Foreign Ministry Spokesman Gareebullah Khidr denied reports purported about ....

  • Bongo re-elected president of Gabon

    Date: 2016-08-31 16:21:32 GMT - Gabon - Africa - SN:76 - ID:5524061

    LIBREVILLE, Aug 31 (MENA) - Gabon's incumbent President Ali Bongo was re-elected as President of Gabon, France 24 channel quoted the election commission here as saying on Wednesday. Bongo got more than 49 percent of the total votes, while his ....

  • Egypt water resources min. attends AMCOW session

    Date: 2016-08-31 12:37:15 GMT - Sweden - Africa - SN:49 - ID:5521697

    STOCKHOM, Aug 31 (MENA) – Egypt’s recent election as deputy chair of the African Ministers' Council on Water (AMCOW) will give the country a role in following up and supporting water causes in the continent, Egyptian Water Resources Minister Mohamed ....

  • 15 killed, injured as car bomb explodes outside Somali presidential palace

    Date: 2016-08-30 13:29:29 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:50 - ID:5516525

    MOGADISHU, Aug 30 (MENA) - A suicide bomber detonated an explosive-laden truck near the presidential palace in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, killing at least five people and injuring 10 others, in an attack claimed by al-Qaeda-linked Al Shabab ....

  • Al Shabaab claims responsibility for Mogadishu palace attack

    Date: 2016-08-30 13:04:26 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:46 - ID:5515893

    MOGADISHU, Aug 30 (MENA) - Al Shabaab terrorist movement claimed responsibility for the explosion that took place at a hotel near the Somali presidential palace in Mogadishu on Tuesday and left three people injured. The explosion, which was ....

  • Global(1):Belt and Road Forum to Give Further Support to Chinese Energy Enterprises

    Date: 2016-08-29 07:57:55 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:15 - ID:5507425

    YANTAI, China, Aug. 29, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Chinese energy enterprises need repositioning themselves for going out and conducting international cooperation on production capacity, Ian He, CEO of Jereh Group said Thursday at the International Energy ....

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