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Chad troops kill 19 insurgents after Boko Haram raid on army
Date: 2015-07-18 11:22:41 GMT - Chad - Africa - SN:30 - ID:3003893
N'DJAMENA, July 18 (MENA) - Chadian troops killed 19 insurgents after Boko Haram attacked an army post on the fringe of Lake Chad, a Chadian security source said, adding a Chadian soldier was also killed in the shootout. Boko Haram attacked the ....
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Multiple suicide bombs blamed on Boko Haram kill 64 during Muslim holiday in northeast Nigeria
Date: 2015-07-17 16:36:56 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:57 - ID:3001853
ABUJA, July 17 (MENA) - Suicide bombs have killed at least 64 people in multiple blasts in the northeastern towns of Gombe and Damaturu, officials said Friday, scaring people into staying home during the Muslim Eid al-Fitr celebration. Police say ....
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Boko Haram kills 12 people in northeastern Nigeria
Date: 2015-07-15 16:21:35 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:84 - ID:2991341
ABUJA, July 15 (MENA) – At least 12 people were killed in an attack launched by Boko Haram insurgents in northeastern Nigeria. The attack comes after Boko Haram militants have raided the town of Damasak located in Nigeria's Borno state. The ....
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Sudan summons S. Sudan ambassador
Date: 2015-07-15 14:20:13 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:68 - ID:2990445
KHARTOUM, July 15 (MENA) - The Sudanese Foreign Ministry summoned on Wednesday South Sudan's Ambassador in Khartoum Mayan Dut to protest against his country's support for Sudanese rebels and hostile campaigns. Director of the South Sudanese ....
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Nigeria military leaders, faulted in fighting militants, are fired
Date: 2015-07-14 09:36:25 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:23 - ID:2977921
NEW YORK, July 14 (MENA) - Nigeria’s new president, Muhammadu Buhari, dismissed all of his country’s top military officials on Monday, his spokesman announced, after weeks of mounting violence in which Boko Haram fighters have killed hundreds of ....
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Egypt, Sudan sign minutes of joint agricultural company meetings
Date: 2015-07-12 19:58:44 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:80 - ID:2969709
CAIRO, July 12 (MENA) – Egyptian and Sudanese agriculture ministers Salah Helal and Ibrahim Adam, respectively, signed the minutes of the general assembly meetings of the Egyptian-Sudanese Agricultural Integration Company. The two-day meetings, ....
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Suicide attack targets market in Chad
Date: 2015-07-11 09:29:41 GMT - Chad - Africa - SN:35 - ID:2960429
N'DJAMENA, July 11 (MENA) – A suicide attack hit the central market in the Chadian capital this morning, a police official said. The attack was carried out by a female suicide bomber and left many victims behind, the official said, according to ....
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Burundian army battles gunmen near Rwanda border
Date: 2015-07-11 07:55:09 GMT - Burundi - Africa - SN:24 - ID:2959817
BUJUMBURA, July 11 (MENA) - Burundian soldiers clashed with unknown militants who had entered Kayanza province from neighboring Rwanda, according to the BBC. One militant was captured, two others were injured and have been taken to a local health ....
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Malian president to attend new Suez Canal project inauguration – envoy
Date: 2015-07-11 06:58:42 GMT - Mali - Africa - SN:11 - ID:2959357
BAMAKO, July 11 (MENA) – The Malian president was invited to the inauguration ceremony of Egypt's new Suez Canal project on August 6 and promised to attend, Egypt's Ambassador here Nasser Hamzawy said. The Malian president had attended the ....
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AL denounces Mogadishu hotel bombings
Date: 2015-07-11 06:39:07 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:7 - ID:2959361
CAIRO, July 11 (MENA) – Arab League Secretary General Nabil el Araby condemned a double explosion staged by terrorist Al Shabaab group against two hotels in Mogadishu, leaving several killed and injured. The recent terror escalation in Somalia ....
