Africa

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  • Egypt strongly condemns Mogadishu terrorist attack

    Date: 2016-01-23 12:05:58 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:36 - ID:4171453

    CAIRO, Jan 23 (MENA) - Egypt on Friday condemned the terrorist attack that hit a restaurant in the Somali capital of Mogadishu. In a statement, Spokesman for the Foreign Ministry Ahmed Abu Zeid deplored the attacks that killed at least 19 ....

  • UK condemns attack on Somali civilians

    Date: 2016-01-22 19:38:44 GMT - United Kingdom - Africa - SN:95 - ID:4168817

    LONDON, Jan 22 (MENA) - The UK government on Friday branded an attack by Al Shabaab terrorist group against Somali civilians as "barbaric". "I condemn this barbaric and indiscriminate attack on Somalis who were simply meeting with family and ....

  • More than 20 dead as Somali forces end restaurant siege

    Date: 2016-01-22 08:25:10 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:18 - ID:4165189

    MOGADISHU, Jan 22 (MENA) - Somalia's security forces ended a deadly siege of a beachfront restaurant in the capital, with more than 20 people killed in the attack, USA Today quoted a police official as saying on Friday. The security forces took ....

  • US issues travel warning to Americans in Sudan over high terror threat

    Date: 2016-01-22 06:36:54 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:6 - ID:4164737

    WASHINGTON, Jan 22 (MENA) - Americans should avoid traveling to three areas in Sudan and to exercise caution in the rest of the country, according to an advisory issued by the US Department of State on Thursday. ِِِِِِAccording to Sputnik News, the ....

  • Sudan, Egypt probe trade ties

    Date: 2016-01-21 15:19:43 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:86 - ID:4161021

    KHARTOUM, Jan 21 (MENA) – Sudanese Trade Minister Salah Mohamed Hasan probed with Egyptian Ambassador to Sudan Osama Shaltout means of promoting trade and investment cooperation. The meeting took up means of removing trade obstacles between the ....

  • Egypt/Press/Headlines 4 last Cairo

    Date: 2016-01-21 06:35:48 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:13 - ID:4157425

    THE EGYPTIAN GAZETTE: - President Xi starts milestone visit to Cairo - President Sisi: Egypt will work with China to achieve common interests, future development - Cairo for closer ties with IPU, AIPU - Mufti condemns terrorist attacks against ....

  • Kenyan police kill 4 terror suspects

    Date: 2016-01-20 12:39:16 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:49 - ID:4152429

    NAIROBI, Jan 20 (MENA) - Four wanted terror suspects were shot dead in the Kenyan city Malindi early on Wednesday morning after months of evading arrest. police went to the suspects' hideout after reports from locals, BBC reported. Security ....

  • 3 policemen killed in Mali attack

    Date: 2016-01-20 07:58:28 GMT - Mali - Africa - SN:10 - ID:4150265

    BAMAKO, Jan 20 (MENA) - Three policemen were killed by militants in an overnight attack in central Mali, according The Economic Times. The three policemen were shot dead in an overnight attack near the town of Mopti while on duty, a military ....

  • Kenya's president vows to defeat al-Shabab

    Date: 2016-01-19 15:31:46 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:67 - ID:4147217

    NAIROBI, Jan 19 (MENA) - Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta said the country remains “unbowed and undeterred” in the fight against al-Shabab militants in Somalia. He asserted that Kenyans must stand with the families of the soldiers killed in a ....

  • UN food agency says 14 million face hunger in southern Africa

    Date: 2016-01-18 14:48:01 GMT - Switzerland - Africa - SN:70 - ID:4139645

    GENEVA, Jan 18 (MENA) - About 14 million people face hunger in Southern Africa because of a drought that has been exacerbated by an El Niño weather pattern, the United Nations (UN) World Food Programme (WFP) said. The worst-affected country is ....

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