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Senegal president orders stop to begging street children
Date: 2016-07-02 14:04:24 GMT - Senegal - Africa - SN:48 - ID:5197609
DAKAR, July 2 (MENA) - Senegal's president has ordered the emergency removal of street children who are forced to beg, threatening fines and prison sentences against people who put them on the streets, ABC News reported. President Macky Sall late ....
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Sierra Leonean diplomat kidnapped in Nigeria
Date: 2016-07-02 06:11:14 GMT - Sierra Leone - Africa - SN:8 - ID:5195145
FREETOWN, July 2 (MENA) - The former head of Sierra Leone's army, Major-General Nelson Williams, has been kidnapped in Nigeria, reportedly in the northern Kaduna state, the BBC said. Maj-Gen Williams, Sierra Leone's Deputy High Commissioner to ....
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6 killed in extremist attack on 2 buses in Kenya
Date: 2016-07-01 11:46:36 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:46 - ID:5192349
NAIROBI, July 1 (MENA) - Suspected al-Shabab gunmen killed at least six people when they shot at two buses traveling in Mandera County in northern Kenya, ABC News quoted a Kenyan official as saying Friday. North Eastern Regional Security ....
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At least 18 killed by a roadside bomb in Somalia
Date: 2016-06-30 08:36:29 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:16 - ID:5185677
MOGADISHU, June 30 (MENA) – At least 18 civilians were killed when a roadside bomb went off on Thursday in Somalia’s Lafole town, southwest of the capital, blowing up a packed mini-bus that was passing by, Euronews quoted the police as saying on ....
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Kenya military: 4 extremists killed averting an attack
Date: 2016-06-29 21:25:58 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:126 - ID:5184653
NAIROBI, June 29 (MENA) - A Kenyan military official says soldiers killed four Islamic extremists from Somalia's al-Shabab rebels suspected to have been planning an attack on the coastal county of Lamu, the Daily Mail reported on ....
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Irrigation minister follows up conditions of Egyptian irrigation minister in South Sudan
Date: 2016-06-29 14:27:46 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:87 - ID:5182573
CAIRO, June 29 (MENA) - Coordination was held with the Egyptian ambassador in South Sudan to follow up the conditions of the Egyptian irrigation mission in South Sudan’s town of Wau, said Water Resources and Irrigation Minister Mohamed Abdel Aati. ....
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Outgoing AL chief meets successor
Date: 2016-06-29 11:32:25 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:52 - ID:5180437
CAIRO, June 29 (MENA) - Outgoing Arab League Secretary General Nabil el Araby met Wednesday with Ahmed Abul Gheit, the new AL chief who will assume office as of July 1. The meeting took up duties of the AL chief to facilitate joint Arab ....
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S. Sudan appeals to int'l community to work on improving its economic conditions
Date: 2016-06-28 14:06:30 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:58 - ID:5174385
JUBA, June 28 (MENA) - South Sudan's government appealed to the international community to intervene to improve the economic conditions in the country. In statements to the US-run Radio Sawa, Government spokesman Michael Makuei said the ....
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Mauritania president invites Somalia counterpart to attend Arab summit
Date: 2016-06-27 20:11:19 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:79 - ID:5171261
NOUAKCHOTT, June 27 (MENA) – Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz has invited his Somali counterpart Hassan Sheikh Mohamud to attend the 27th session of the Arab Summit due to kick off on July 25. This came in a message delivered by ....
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Madagascar stadium blast kills two
Date: 2016-06-26 21:52:40 GMT - Madagascar - Africa - SN:110 - ID:5165137
ANTANANARIVO, June 26 (MENA) - A grenade explosion has killed at least two people during Madagascar's national day celebrations in the capital Antananarivo, officials in Madagascar said. About 70 people were wounded in the blast at a stadium, the ....
