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Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe declares drought disaster
Date: 2016-02-05 20:24:39 GMT - Zimbabwe - Africa - SN:94 - ID:4257429
HARARE, Feb 5 (MENA) - Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has declared a state of disaster in rural parts of the country hit by a drought, the BBC reported. An estimated 2.4 million people are now in need of food aid, more than a quarter of the ....
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Dozens trapped in South Africa mine collapse
Date: 2016-02-05 12:53:25 GMT - South Africa - Africa - SN:47 - ID:4255101
JOHANNESBURG, Feb 5 (MENA) - Dozens of miners were trapped underground for several hours following the collapse of a gold mine in northeastern South Africa, the Sky News reported. A spokesman for the Association of Mineworkers and Construction ....
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Tunisia, Mali sign 4 economic deals
Date: 2016-02-05 11:31:25 GMT - Tunisia - Africa - SN:39 - ID:4254261
TUNIS, Feb 5 (MENA) – Tunisia and Mali concluded four economic agreements in the fields of higher education, health, trade and agriculture, Head of the Tunisian-African Business Council Bassam Al Wakel said on Friday. The aim behind inking the ....
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Gunmen attack UN base, army checkpoint in Mali's Timbuktu
Date: 2016-02-05 09:33:32 GMT - Mali - Africa - SN:23 - ID:4254005
BAMAKO, Feb 5 (MENA) - Unknown assailants attacked a UN peacekeeping base and a Malian army checkpoint on the outskirts of Mali's northern city of Timbuktu early Friday, according to Sky News channel. Bodies lay on the ground near the UN ....
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OIC slams Boko Haram attack on Nigerian village
Date: 2016-02-03 12:13:48 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Africa - SN:50 - ID:4242021
JEDDAH, Feb 3 (MENA) - The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has condemned an attack carried out by suspected Boko Haram militants near Nigeria's northeastern city of Maidugur. A statement issued by OIC Secretary General Iyad Madani ....
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Sudan, Ethiopia discuss economic coop.
Date: 2016-02-02 15:12:43 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:91 - ID:4236473
KHARTOUM, Feb 2 (MENA) - Sudanese Vice President Hassabo Abdurrahman said on Tuesday that Sudan is keen on bolstering economic cooperation with Ethiopia in a manner that achieves the aspirations of the two countries. Abdurrahman made the ....
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Egypt played leading role in drafting African space strategy - NARSS
Date: 2016-02-02 08:38:59 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:19 - ID:4233337
CAIRO, Feb 2 (MENA) – Egypt had a leading role in coordinating between working groups to lay down an African space policy and strategy, which was ratified Monday by African leaders during the 26th African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Chairman of the ....
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African leaders ratify space policy, strategy documents
Date: 2016-02-01 14:40:01 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:75 - ID:4229553
CAIRO, Feb 1 (MENA) – African leaders ratified two documents on African space policy and strategy at the conclusion of the 26th African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Chairman of the National Authority for Remote Sensing & Space Sciences (NARSS) ....
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Boko Haram burns kids alive in Nigeria, 86 dead: officials
Date: 2016-01-31 21:53:23 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:129 - ID:4225217
ABUJA, Jan 31 (MENA) - A survivor hidden in a tree says he watched Boko Haram extremists firebomb huts and heard the screams of children burning to death, among 86 people officials say died in the latest attack by Nigeria's homegrown Islamic ....
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Attack on Nigeria village 'kills 50'
Date: 2016-01-31 20:30:08 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:120 - ID:4224777
ABUJA, Jan 31 (MENA) - At least 50 people are reported to have been killed in north-eastern Nigeria in a gun and bomb attack by suspected Boko Haram militants, the BBC News reported. Pictures from the village of Dalori show burned-out buildings ....
