Africa

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  • Militant base 'attacked from sea' in Somalia

    Date: 2013-10-05 09:42:02 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:10 - ID:323042

    Somalia/Raid Militant base 'attacked from sea' in Somalia MOGADISHU, Oct 5 (MENA) - Unidentified foreign forces have launched a night-time raid on a militant base in the south Somali town of Barawe from the sea, reports say. A ....

  • Rioters in Mombasa burn church as they protest murder of Muslim cleric

    Date: 2013-10-04 14:49:36 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:45 - ID:322222

    Kenya/Church/Accident Rioters in Mombasa burn church as they protest murder of Muslim cleric NAIROBI, Oct 4 (MENA) - Protestors on Friday in Kenya's city of Mombasa set a church on fire, following killing of a Muslim cleric, and three ....

  • Sudanese court hands out jail, lashes sentences to 14 people over protests: Report

    Date: 2013-10-04 11:07:02 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:13 - ID:321877

    Sudan/Protests/Paper Sudanese court hands out jail, lashes sentences to 14 people over protests: Report KHARTOUM, Oct 4 (MENA) – A Sudanese court has imprisoned 14 people, who have been convicted of riots during protests that hit the ....

  • Nigeria plane crash-landing kills 8

    Date: 2013-10-03 14:13:41 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:87 - ID:320584

    Nigeria/Crash Nigeria plane crash-landing kills 8 ABUJA, Oct 3 (MENA) - Eight people are said to have died after a charter plane crash landed at Lagos airport in Nigeria shortly after take-off Thursday, Sky News reported. The plane ....

  • Amnesty: 200 killed in Sudan protests

    Date: 2013-10-03 11:38:55 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:42 - ID:320150

    Sudan/Victims Amnesty: 200 killed in Sudan protests KHARTOUM, Oct. 3 (MENA) – Amnesty International said on Thursday that the death toll of the Sudanese protests which began ten days ago, had reached 200. Many of the protesters were killed with ....

  • Sudan opposition says ruling party must leave

    Date: 2013-10-03 09:16:47 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:15 - ID:319831

    Sudan/Opposition Sudan opposition says ruling party must leave KHARTOUM, Oct 3 (MENA) - The Sudanese opposition Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) said on Thursday it still insists that the ruling party should leave power ....

  • Nigeria: Doctors strike shuts federal hospitals

    Date: 2013-10-03 08:21:26 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:5 - ID:319794

    Nigeria/Strike Nigeria: Doctors strike shuts federal hospitals ABUJA, Oct 3 (MENA) - The National Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, Wednesday, made good its threat to begin a nationwide strike throwing Federal public hospitals in the ....

  • UN official: Population conf. 'good opportunity' for Egypt to strengthen ties with Ethiopia

    Date: 2013-10-02 09:11:43 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:12 - ID:318016

    Ethiopia/Egypt UN official: Population conf. 'good opportunity' for Egypt to strengthen ties with Ethiopia ADDIS ABABA, Oct 2 (MENA) - Representative of the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) in Cairo Dr. Magdi Khalid said the African Regional Conference ....

  • Egypt takes part in African conference on development, population

    Date: 2013-10-02 08:05:14 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:2 - ID:318014

    Ethiopia/Egypt Egypt takes part in African conference on development, population ADDIS ABABA, Oct 2 (MENA) - Egyptian Ambassador here Mohamed Idris said on Wednesday his country is taking part in the African Conference on Development and ....

  • Sudanese writer criticizes preacher for calling Egypt amb. foreigner

    Date: 2013-10-01 15:09:08 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:84 - ID:317114

    Sudan/Egypt Sudanese writer criticizes preacher for calling Egypt amb. foreigner KHARTOUM, Oct 1 (MENA) - Sudanese writer Othman Merghani has criticized what he called the "negative approach" of Sheikh Kamal Rizq, preacher of the Great ....

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