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Boko Haram: Abu Musab al-Barnawi named as new leader
Date: 2016-08-03 12:40:05 GMT - United Kingdom - Africa - SN:53 - ID:5367405
LONDON, Aug 3 (MENA) - The terrorist Daesh group has announced that its West African affiliate Boko Haram has a new leader, the BBC reported on Wednesday. Abu Musab al-Barnawi, who was previously spokesman for the Nigerian-based group, is ....
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Al Shabaab recruiting youths by force - Kenya army chief
Date: 2016-08-03 12:34:35 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:49 - ID:5367117
NAIROBI, Aug 3 (MENA) - The Somali Al Shabaab terrorist movement is now forcibly recruiting youths at the Coast, Kenya Defense Forces (KDF) has said. Chief of Defense Forces General Samson Mwathethe said the Somalia-based Islamist group has lost its ....
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Libyan gov't condemns suicide bombing in Benghazi
Date: 2016-08-03 11:36:57 GMT - Libya - Africa - SN:40 - ID:5366265
TRIPOLI, Aug 3 (MENA) – The Libyan interim government Wednesday condemned the terror attack in Benghazi in which 22 soldiers were killed and 15 others injured. The terrorist groups are trying to hinder the victories achieved by the Libyan army by ....
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Zambia lauds Egypt participation in agri-trade fair -- diplomat
Date: 2016-08-02 13:32:44 GMT - Zambia - Africa - SN:51 - ID:5360925
LUSAKA, Aug 2 (MENA) - Zambian officials have welcomed Egypt's participation in an international agri-trade exhibition that was recently held here, Egyptian Ambassador Ragaie Nasr said Tuesday. Several Egyptian-Zambian agricultural products had ....
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Senegal exempts UAE nationals from entry visa
Date: 2016-08-02 11:53:19 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:38 - ID:5360185
ABU DHABI, Aug 2 (MENA) – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has announced that the UAE citizens can travel to Senegal without an entry visa and they can stay for a period not exceeding 90 days. The ministry received an ....
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Envoy: Egypt keen on promoting relations with all African countries
Date: 2016-08-02 11:02:17 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:28 - ID:5360069
ADDIS ABABA, Aug 2 (MENA) - Egyptian Ambassador here Abu Bakr Mahmoud on Tuesday asserted Egypt's keenness on promoting relations with all African countries. In his speech on the occasion marking the inauguration of an Egyptian ward in the ....
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Mali extends emergency state for 8 months
Date: 2016-07-31 05:54:30 GMT - Mali - Africa - SN:5 - ID:5348169
BAMAKO, July 31 (MENA) - Lawmakers in Mali agreed to extend a 10-day state of emergency in the violence-wracked country by another eight months, ABC news reported. In an extraordinary session of the National Assembly in Bamako, the 99 MPs present ....
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Fighting between rival Tuareg groups kills 6 in Mali
Date: 2016-07-30 19:34:57 GMT - Mali - Africa - SN:70 - ID:5347589
BAMAKO, July 30 (MENA) - Fighting has broken out in northeastern Mali between a coalition of Tuareg rebels and a Tuareg group allied with the government of this West African country, Fox News reported. The fighting happened Saturday in Edjerer, ....
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US urges UN to back African force for South Sudan
Date: 2016-07-30 10:41:06 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:26 - ID:5344717
WASHINGTON, July 30 (MENA) - The United States has urged the UN Security Council to back a regional force for South Sudan to shore up UN peacekeepers unable to cope with the violence, France 24 reported on Saturday. The council adopted a ....
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UNSC agrees to send police to Burundi
Date: 2016-07-30 08:35:34 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:14 - ID:5344185
NEW YORK, July 30 (MENA) - The UN Security Council has authorized the deployment of a UN police force to Burundi to try to quell violence and human rights abuses in the country, the BBC reported Saturday. The council backed a French-drafted ....
