Africa

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  • Explosive detonates, apparently by accident, in Mali's capital, killing 2

    Date: 2015-04-03 21:37:49 GMT - Mali - Africa - SN:130 - ID:2307585

    BAMAKO, April 3 (MENA) - An army spokesman says an explosive went off, apparently by accident, in a house on the outskirts of Mali's capital, killing two people, Fox News reported on Friday. Commander Modibo Nama Traore said the explosive detonated ....

  • Malaysia condemns militant attack in Kenya

    Date: 2015-04-03 20:59:22 GMT - Malaysia - Africa - SN:122 - ID:2307453

    KUALA LUMPUR, April 3 (MENA) - Malaysia on Friday condemned a militant attack on a university in north-eastern Kenya that resulted in the deaths of 147 people, Bernama News Agency reported. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said Malaysia ....

  • Sudan's NCP won't partake in Addis Ababa meetings

    Date: 2015-04-03 14:32:37 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:81 - ID:2305517

    KHARTOUM, April 3 (MENA) – Sudan's ruling National Congress Party (NCP) rejected Friday taking part in meetings that should be held in Addis Ababa to prepare for national dialogue. The party said the African mechanism and the Sudan People's ....

  • Bomb explosion kills 10 in northeast Nigeria

    Date: 2015-04-03 13:09:09 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:67 - ID:2305373

    ABUJA, April 3 (MENA) - At least ten people have been killed and 15 others wounded in an explosion in the northeastern Nigerian city of Gombe, witnesses say. Muhammad Garkuwa, a drivers’ union official, said that the bomb went off near a bus ....

  • Kenya will 'not be intimidated' by terrorists: Interior minister

    Date: 2015-04-03 11:01:23 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:41 - ID:2304201

    NAIROBI, April 3 (MENA) - Kenya's interior minister vowed that the country will not bow to terrorist threats, a day after the massacre of 147 students by Somalia's Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab fighters. "Kenya's government will not be intimidated by the ....

  • Kenyatta: Kenya badly needs additional officers

    Date: 2015-04-03 10:11:02 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:40 - ID:2304057

    NAIROBI, April 3 (MENA) - Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta admitted on Friday that Kenya is in dire need of additional officers, the Kenyan broadcasting corporation reported. President Kenyatta through a statement said, “I take full responsibility ....

  • Curfew imposed in north-eastern Kenya after Garissa Univ. assault

    Date: 2015-04-03 10:09:29 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:39 - ID:2303745

    NAIROBI, April 3 (MENA) – Kenyan authorities imposed on Friday a curfew in north-eastern Kenya after the murder of 147 people, mostly students, in an assault by the Somali Al Shabab militants on Garissa university. Kenyan Member of Parliament ....

  • UN: Police used ‘excessive force’ in killing Mali protesters

    Date: 2015-04-03 08:19:17 GMT - Mali - Africa - SN:19 - ID:2303245

    BAMAKO, April 3 (MENA) - Members of a U.N. police unit in the West African country of Mali used “unauthorized and excessive force” in fatally shooting three civilians and wounding four others during a protest in January, the U.N. announced on ....

  • Egypt/Press/Headlines

    Date: 2015-04-03 06:23:48 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:6 - ID:2302781

    CAIRO, April 3 (MENA) - Following are the major headlines in Cairo local press on Friday: AL-AHRAM: - Sisi, Zuma discuss Mideast, African crises, bilateral ties - Five conscripts killed in Sinai terror attacks * 20 terrorists killed, 15 ....

  • Egypt greets Senegal on Independence Day

    Date: 2015-04-02 17:37:46 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:104 - ID:2301185

    CAIRO, April 2 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi greeted Senegal on its Independence Day. Presidential Secretary Karim el Diwani was dispatched to the Senegalese embassy in Cairo to offer Sisi's greetings. (MENA) A F E/A R E ....

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