Africa
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Four people killed, scores wounded in Somalia's hotel attack
Date: 2022-11-28 17:27:48 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:64 - ID:9897165
MOGADISHU, Nov 28 (MENA) - At least four people have been killed and dozens more injured in the siege on a hotel which has lasted more than 12 hours. According to Somali's Hiiraan Online, Somali special forces are battling Al-Shabaab militants ....
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Militants attack hotel used by officials in Somalia's capital
Date: 2022-11-27 21:17:21 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:63 - ID:9895975
MOGADISHU, Nov 27 (MENA) - Militants attacked a hotel used by government officials in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Sunday evening, Al Arabiya reported. Al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab, which controls large swathes of the country, claimed ....
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Ukraine to support African countries with 60 grain ships
Date: 2022-11-26 17:20:41 GMT - Ukraine - Africa - SN:43 - ID:9894293
KYIV, Nov 26 (MENA) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky launched the Grain from Ukraine initiative, with up to 60 Ukrainian grain ships expected to be sent by the middle of next year to some of the world's poorest countries in Africa, Ukrinform ....
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AfCFTA announces launching Trade in Services Regulatory Audit Reports
Date: 2022-11-26 15:23:59 GMT - Niger - Africa - SN:33 - ID:9894224
NIAMEY, Nov 26 (MENA) - The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat launched the much-anticipated Trade in Services Regulatory Audit Reports, which have been prepared with the support of the World Bank Group (WBG), the International ....
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Somalia: Over 100 terrorists killed in military operations
Date: 2022-11-26 12:54:21 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:24 - ID:9893962
MOGADISHU, Nov 26 (MENA) - Deputy Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism Abdirahman Al-Adala said that over 100 Khawarij terrorists, including 10 ringleaders, were killed in planned operations, according to the Somali news agency SONNA. In ....
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Somali army kills 15 elements of Al Shabaab militant group
Date: 2022-11-25 14:29:23 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:35 - ID:9892858
MOGADISHU, Nov 25 (MENA) - Fifteen elements of Al-Shabaab militant group are confirmed to have been neutralized in a fresh military operation, the Somali news agency reported Friday. The move came during an infantry operation and airstrike by ....
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CAPMAS: Africa's population represents 17.8% of world's population in 2022
Date: 2022-11-19 17:58:44 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:54 - ID:9883650
CAIRO, Nov 19 (MENA) - The Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) announced on Saturday that Africa's population in 2022 reached 1.421 billion, 17.8% of the world's total population. In a statement issued on the occasion ....
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World’s largest soil carbon project in Kenya receives award during COP27
Date: 2022-11-17 22:08:24 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:99 - ID:9881610
NAOIROBI, Nov 17 (MENA) – The Northern Kenya Rangelands Carbon Project (NKRCP) is the world’s largest soil carbon removal project and proof of concept for rangelands restoration and community run development through the carbon market, the Guardian ....
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African region tops world in undiagnosed diabetes: WHO analysis
Date: 2022-11-14 15:32:52 GMT - Switzerland - Africa - SN:64 - ID:9875229
GENEVA, Nov 14 (MENA) - The World Health Organization said in a report Monday on the occasion of World Diabetes Day that only 46% of people living with diabetes in the African region know their status, raising the risk of severe illness and death, ....
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Guterres probes with Somali president need of int'l support to fight terrorism
Date: 2022-11-02 11:03:39 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:29 - ID:9854122
MOGADISHU/ALGIERS, Nov 2 (MENA) - UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres discussed with Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mahamud on the margins of the Arab Summit in the Algerian capital Algiers Wednesday. Both sides discussed Somalia government’s ....