Africa

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  • All Boko Haram camps to be 'taken out' in 6 weeks: Nigeria

    Date: 2015-02-09 17:11:10 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:155 - ID:1930077

    ABUJA, Feb 9 (MENA) - Nigeria on Monday vowed to crush Boko Haram within six weeks. Leaders in the country warned a new regional fighting force "will not achieve anything" and the rebels launched a fresh cross-border attack, according to Sky ....

  • UK pledges $50m to help countries fighting Ebola

    Date: 2015-02-09 16:34:44 GMT - United Kingdom - Africa - SN:145 - ID:1929737

    LONDON, Feb 9 (MENA) - The UK on Monday announced that it would contribute $50m to a new International Monetary Fund (IMF) fund to relieve the burden of debt caused by the Ebola epidemic in West Africa, the UK Government's official website ....

  • 36,000 people displaced from Darfur since start of 2015: UN

    Date: 2015-02-09 10:11:50 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:48 - ID:1925605

    KHARTOUM, Feb 9 (MENA) - The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that aid agencies have confirmed that 36,000 people have been displaced by fighting between government forces and armed movements in Darfur since ....

  • Sudan to host IPU-IGAD on Feb. 23-24

    Date: 2015-02-08 12:12:37 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:59 - ID:1917861

    KHARTOUM, Feb 8 (MENA) - Sudan will host the round of the Inter -Parliamentary Union (IPU) of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) on February 23-24. The conference will include Sudan, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Somalia, Uganda and ....

  • Boko Haram stages new assault on Niger border town

    Date: 2015-02-08 11:04:40 GMT - Niger - Africa - SN:42 - ID:1918429

    NIAMEY, Feb 8 (MENA) - Boko Haram staged an overnight assault on a border town in Niger, residents said as quoted by the NBC Sunday, the second time the West African nation has come under attack by the Nigeria-based extremists since Friday. The ....

  • 5 African countries are sending 8,700 troops after Boko Haram

    Date: 2015-02-08 10:48:04 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:37 - ID:1918425

    ABUJA, Feb 8 (MENA) - Nigeria and its four neighboring nations on Saturday pledged to deploy 8,700 troops, police and civilians as part of a regional effort to fight Boko Haram militants, Sky news reported. "The representatives of Benin, ....

  • 109 Boko Haram fighters killed in Niger - defense minister

    Date: 2015-02-07 20:06:23 GMT - Niger - Africa - SN:86 - ID:1915825

    NIAMEY, Feb 7 (MENA) – A total of 109 Boko Haram fighters were killed by soldiers responding to attacks on two towns in Niger near the border with Nigeria on Friday, Fox News quoted Niger's defense minister as saying on Saturday. In a statement ....

  • Egypt's ambassador meets presidential official in Burundi

    Date: 2015-02-07 16:57:02 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:67 - ID:1915101

    CAIRO, Feb 7 (MENA) - Egypt's Ambassador to Burundi Yassir Ragab met on Saturday with Second Vice President of Burundi Gervais Rufyikiri. The meeting took on bilateral relations and developments seen at the political, economic and technical ....

  • Kenyan lawmaker shot dead in Nairobi

    Date: 2015-02-07 11:39:53 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:37 - ID:1912753

    NAIROBI, Feb7 (MENA) - A Kenyan lawmaker was shot dead in the capital early on Saturday. Nicholas Kamwende, head of the Nairobi Criminal Investigation Department, said legislator George Muchai, his two bodyguards and a driver were sprayed with ....

  • US condemns terrorist activities by Boko Haram in Cameroon, Niger

    Date: 2015-02-07 07:10:48 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:9 - ID:1910905

    WASHINGTON, Feb 7 (MENA) - The United States condemns "in the strongest terms" the recent terrorist acts by Boko Haram militants in Cameroon and Niger, the State Department has said, ABC News reported. "Boko Haram has perpetrated countless ....

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