Africa

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  • Somalia's al Shabab journalist Hassan Hanafi sentenced to death

    Date: 2016-03-03 12:56:28 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:59 - ID:4436681

    MOGADISHU, March 3 (MENA) A Somali military court has sentenced to death a former journalist who helped al Shabab kill five fellow reporters, the BBC reported on Thursday. Hassan Hanafi assisted the Islamist militant group by identifying possible ....

  • 8 Daesh elements killed in Libya's Sabratha

    Date: 2016-03-03 12:25:55 GMT - Libya - Africa - SN:53 - ID:4435165

    TRIPOLI, March 3 (MENA) – Eight Daesh fighters were killed in armed clashes with Libyan security forces in Sabratha city, a well-informed source said on Thursday. They were killed after Libyan security troops launched a wide-scale clampdown in a ....

  • Somali troops clash with Al Shabaab elements in Marko city

    Date: 2016-03-02 13:24:21 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:52 - ID:4429001

    MOGADISHU, March 2 (MENA) - Somali National Army (SNA) troops engaged in a deadly overnight clashes with Al Shabaab militants in the southern port town of Marko, the capital of Lower Shabelle region, according to All Africa radio. The fighting is ....

  • Somali troops recapture key village from militants

    Date: 2016-03-01 14:20:27 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:80 - ID:4422113

    MOGADISHU, March 1 (MENA) - The Somali army backed by African Union troops have retaken control of Lanta-Buuro in Lower Shabelle region, a day after Al Shabaab terrorist group seized the area, Shabelle radio reported on Tuesday. Al Shabaab ....

  • Al Shabaab jihadists planning to blow up planes in Africa

    Date: 2016-02-29 20:26:21 GMT - United Kingdom - Africa - SN:113 - ID:4416837

    LONDON, Feb 29 (MENA) – Suicide bombers from Al Shabaab are planning several suicide attacks against Kenyan airports, the Independent quoted leaked intelligence reports as saying on Monday. Security has been increased at major airports following ....

  • Nigeria saves millions by firing 'ghost workers'

    Date: 2016-02-29 18:05:42 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:89 - ID:4415285

    ABUJA, Feb 29 (MENA) - Nigeria's finance ministry has said it has saved the cash poor government millions of dollars by removing more than 20,000 "ghost workers" from the payrolls. The ministry said Sunday that 23,846 non-existent workers were ....

  • 30 killed in twin blasts in Somalia, al-Shabaab claims responsibility

    Date: 2016-02-29 07:18:47 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:22 - ID:4410049

    MOGADISHU, Feb 29 (MENA) - Somalia's al-Shabaab Islamist militant group bombed a busy junction and a nearby restaurant in the town of Baidoa on Sunday, killing at least 30 people, CBC News quoted police and the group as saying on ....

  • African military school to be built for fighting terror

    Date: 2016-02-28 18:53:28 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:96 - ID:4408425

    NOUAKCHOTT, Feb 28 (MENA) - Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Chad and Burkina Faso will build a Nouakchott-based military school to fight extremism and terrorism spreading in the Africa's Sahel region, an official source said on Sunday. The school will be ....

  • Twin suicide attacks kill at least 8 in Somali town

    Date: 2016-02-28 18:43:02 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:94 - ID:4408629

    MOGADISHU, Feb 28 (MENA) - Deadly twin suicide explosions targeting a popular restaurant, killed on Sunday at least eight persons and wounded several others in Baidoa town, 256 Km northwest of Mogadishu, the Somali Shabelle Radio reported. A ....

  • Egyptian-Sudanese consular committee starts meetings in Khartoum

    Date: 2016-02-28 08:32:53 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:17 - ID:4403517

    KHARTOUM, Feb 28 (MENA) - The Egyptian-Sudanese consular committee held its first meeting here on Sunday to discuss issues related to protecting the rights of each country's nationals. The committee, under Egypt's Deputy Foreign Minister Hamdy ....

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