Africa

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  • Mugabe to rule Zimbabwe from 'special' wheelchair, says wife

    Date: 2015-11-22 21:50:17 GMT - Zimbabwe - Africa - SN:131 - ID:3784417

    HARARE, Nov 22 (MENA) - Zimbabwe's first lady says she plans to get a "special" wheelchair for her 91-year-old husband so that he can continue to rule, The Guardian reported Sunday. Speaking at a political rally, Grace Mugabe told supporters that ....

  • Guinea to mourn victims of attack on luxury hotel in Mali

    Date: 2015-11-22 20:26:21 GMT - Guinea - Africa - SN:123 - ID:3784009

    CONAKRY, Nov 22 (MENA) - Guinea President Alpha Conde said he will announce a three-day mourning period for victims of Friday's attack on a luxury hotel in neighboring Mali's capital that killed 19 people, Fox News reported on Sunday. Speaking at ....

  • 10th session of Renaissance Dam meetings to be held Sunday in Khartoum

    Date: 2015-11-21 15:48:47 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:77 - ID:3775094

    CAIRO, Nov 21 (MENA) - The Water Resources and Irrigation Ministry announced that it was agreed to hold the tenth session of the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam negotiations between Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia on Sunday and Monday. There are coordination ....

  • Jordanian king condemns Mali hotel attack

    Date: 2015-11-21 11:08:04 GMT - Jordan - Africa - SN:49 - ID:3773490

    AMMAN, Nov 21 (MENA) – Jordanian King Abdullah II condemned Saturday the terrorist attack that targeted a hotel in Bamako in Mali on Friday claiming the lives of many innocent people, according to a statement of the Jordanian royal diwan. In a ....

  • Moscow confirms Russians killed in Mali hostage crisis

    Date: 2015-11-21 10:25:32 GMT - Russia - Africa - SN:39 - ID:3773041

    MOSCOW, Nov 21 (MENA) - The Russian Foreign Ministry confirmed Saturday that Russians were among the victims of Friday's hostage crisis at a hotel in the Malian capital city of Bamako, the Sputnik news agency cited the ministry's spokeswoman as ....

  • Mali atrocity proves terrorism 'knows no borders' - Putin

    Date: 2015-11-21 10:21:10 GMT - Russia - Africa - SN:37 - ID:3773081

    MOSCOW, Nov 21 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said Saturday that the deadly hostage crisis in Mali’s capital Bamako proved that terrorism did not care about national borders, in a message to the nation’s leader, according to Sputnik News ....

  • Mali announces state of emergency in wake of hotel attack

    Date: 2015-11-21 06:56:48 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:7 - ID:3771838

    NOUAKCHOTT, Nov 21 (MENA) - Mali's government has declared a 10-day nationwide state of emergency following an armed attack on a hotel in the capital Bamako that left least 27 people dead. People of 14 different nationalities were held hostage ....

  • Jordan condemns Bamako terrorist attack

    Date: 2015-11-20 22:25:30 GMT - Jordan - Africa - SN:110 - ID:3771470

    AMMAN, Nov 20 (MENA) - Jordan on Friday condemned a terrorist attack that was launched by gunmen on Radisson Blu hotel in the Mali's capital of Bamako. Jordanian government spokesman Mohammad al-Momani deplored the terror act, expressing support ....

  • At least 27 bodies at Mali hostage hotel

    Date: 2015-11-20 17:25:29 GMT - Mali - Africa - SN:85 - ID:3770469

    BAMAKO, Nov 20 (MENA) - At least 27 people are feared dead after extremists with guns and grenades stormed a luxury hotel in Mali, Sky News reported. UN peacekeepers said they saw at least 27 bodies in the Radisson Blu hotel in the capital ....

  • French special forces reach Mali hostage hotel: defence ministry

    Date: 2015-11-20 16:31:35 GMT - France - Africa - SN:77 - ID:3770193

    PARIS, Nov 20 (MENA) - French special forces have deployed at the luxury hotel in the Malian capital Bamako to assist in ending a mass hostage-taking, The Guardian cited the French defense ministry as saying Friday. "In response to the request ....

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