Africa

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  • South Sudan President Salva Kiir signs peace deal

    Date: 2015-08-26 14:50:48 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:82 - ID:3230889

    JUBA, Aug 26 (MENA) - South Sudan's President Salva Kiir has signed a peace deal with rebels after a threat of sanctions from the UN, according to the BBC. He told those gathered for the signing ceremony in the capital, Juba, that he had ....

  • EU envoys in Khartoum to visit East Sudan and Blue Nile states

    Date: 2015-08-26 13:07:20 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:62 - ID:3228917

    KHARTOUM, Aug 26 (MENA) - European Union (EU) envoy to Sudan Tomas Ulicny, said that ambassadors of the EU countries in Khartoum will visit East Sudan soon to follow up on development efforts in the region, according to Sudan Tribune. Ulicny on ....

  • Nigerian officer killed in suspected Boko Haram suicide attack

    Date: 2015-08-26 13:03:58 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:61 - ID:3229669

    ABUJA, Aug 26 (MENA) - The Borno State Police Command on Wednesday confirmed the killing of an air force officer and two others when two male suicide bombers detonated explosives strapped on their body at a military check point around Gomari Airport ....

  • Report: Israeli weapons being use in South Sudan conflict

    Date: 2015-08-26 09:51:36 GMT - Israel - Africa - SN:28 - ID:3227457

    GAZA CITY, Aug 26 (MENA) - Israeli-made rifles are being used in the South Sudan civil war, The Jerusalem Post quoted a UN report as saying. The report was issued by a group of experts appointed by the UN Security Council to analyze the ongoing ....

  • UN council warns South Sudan over peace deal

    Date: 2015-08-26 06:56:20 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:6 - ID:3226409

    NEW YORK, Aug 26 (MENA) - The UN Security Council has warned that it is ready to 'act immediately' if South Sudan's president does not sign a peace deal, the BBC reported. President Salva Kiir is scheduled to sign the power-sharing agreement in ....

  • Army destroys arms cache, vehicle, motorcycle in Sinai

    Date: 2015-08-25 11:10:26 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:35 - ID:3221425

    CAIRO, Aug 25 (MENA) - Egyptian Armed Forces have destroyed an explosives cache, a vehicle and a motorcycle used by terrorists in Hamadeen area in Sheikh Zwueid, North Sinai. According to Army spokesman, Brigadier Mohamed Samir on Tuesday, ....

  • Sudan says states have no right to ban UNAMID’s flights

    Date: 2015-08-25 11:01:01 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:32 - ID:3220957

    KHARTOUM, Aug 25 (MENA) – The Sudanese government asserted on Tuesday that states have no right to impose air ban on flights of the hybrid peacekeeping mission in Darfur (UNAMID). The Sudanese Foreign Ministry is the only authorized body in this ....

  • Sierra Leone discharges last Ebola patient

    Date: 2015-08-24 20:35:34 GMT - Sierra Leone - Africa - SN:125 - ID:3219033

    FREETOWN, Aug 24 (MENA) - Sierra Leone has released its last known Ebola patient, the BBC news reported. 35-year-old Adama Sankoh was discharged from a treatment centre in the northern Bombali district on Monday morning. The country has not ....

  • Land terminals contribute to trade movement - official

    Date: 2015-08-24 10:02:21 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:30 - ID:3213785

    KHARTOUM, Aug 24 (MENA) – The trade and investment movement between Egypt and Sudan will witness a boost in the coming period thanks to land terminals between the two countries, head of Egypt’s General Authority for Ports and Dry Land Gamal Hegazy ....

  • Mali: Two UN peacekeepers seriously injured in an explosion

    Date: 2015-08-23 15:01:02 GMT - Mali - Africa - SN:76 - ID:3209593

    BAMAKO, Aug 23 (MENA) - The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) condemned the use of landmines or explosive ordnance, which gravely injured two of its peacekeepers. “The MINUSMA strongly condemns ....

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