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19 dead in suicide attack in north Cameroon
Date: 2016-02-19 12:51:06 GMT - Cameroon - Africa - SN:44 - ID:4346753
YAOUNDE, Feb 19 (MENA) - Two suicide bombers killed at least 19 people and injured 50 others in a market in Meme, northern Cameroon, on Friday, military sources said. Two men walked into the market and blew themselves up, one of the officials ....
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At Least 18 Killed in South Sudan clashes
Date: 2016-02-19 10:18:52 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:31 - ID:4345989
JUBA, Feb 19 (MENA) - At least 18 people were killed in armed conflict that erupted last night in the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) civilian protection site in Malakal, South Sudan, the organization said in a statement on Friday. The victims ....
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Sisi opens Africa Forum 2016 Saturday
Date: 2016-02-18 17:54:24 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:108 - ID:4343461
CAIRO, Feb 18 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Saturday will open Africa Forum 2016 in Sharm El Sheikh on Saturday. The forum runs on February 20-21 with 1,500 figures from various countries attending. Presidents of Sudan, Nigeria, ....
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Egypt, Gabon discuss investment opportunities
Date: 2016-02-18 14:38:14 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:78 - ID:4342165
CAIRO, Feb 18 (MENA) – Chairman of the General Authority for Investment and Free Zones (GAFI) Alaa Omar met with head of Gabon's Investment and Export Promotion Agency (APIEX) Nina Alida Abouna on Thursday to probe means of promoting economic and ....
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Kenya 'kills' al-Shabab intelligence chief in Somalia
Date: 2016-02-18 11:47:59 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:38 - ID:4340301
NAIROBI, Feb 18 (MENA) - A Kenyan air strike has killed the intelligence chief of Somalia's militant Islamist group al-Shabab, an army statement has said. Mohammed Karatey and 10 other al-Shabab commanders were killed in the strike in southern ....
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Khartoum Green Yard to be biggest in Africa - Official
Date: 2016-02-16 10:53:02 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:33 - ID:4324085
KHARTOUM, Feb 16 (MENA) - The state-owned Khartoum Green Yard is being developed this year to be the biggest in Africa. The 184,000 square meter yard will be fit out by digital and books libraries, the yard's general director Mohamed Adam Arabi ....
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Ugandan police clash with opposition as presidential poll nears
Date: 2016-02-16 08:11:18 GMT - Uganda - Africa - SN:12 - ID:4323405
KAMPALA, Feb 16 (MENA) - Ugandan police fought running battles with supporters of opposition leader Kizza Besigye in Kampala, in the worst outbreak of violence yet during campaigning for Thursday’s presidential election. Several people were ....
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Sisi to Jeune Afrique magazine: Egypt's ties with Africa bilateral, historical 4 last Paris
Date: 2016-02-15 18:29:50 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:105 - ID:4321353
President Sisi said the strategy of political Islam aimed at striking Egypt's economy and the tourism sector in which millions of people are working in. He said the stances of some western countries are somewhat unclear with regards to fighting ....
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Car Bomb Kills Somalia's Former Defense Minister
Date: 2016-02-15 14:50:44 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:71 - ID:4319661
MOGADISHU, Feb 15 (MENA) - A car bomb explosion in the Somali capital has killed the country's former defense minister, Voice of America quoted witnesses as saying. A police officer at the scene said the bomb was planted underneath the car of ....
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Egypt to continue supporting development efforts in Eritrea - Sisi
Date: 2016-02-15 14:46:31 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:66 - ID:4319401
CAIRO, Feb 15 (MENA) – Egypt will continue to support development efforts in Eritrea in a number of sectors, President Abdel Fattah El Sisi said. The president made the remark during a meeting Monday with visiting Eritrean Foreign Minister Osman ....
