Africa

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  • Switzerland/Red Cross/Kenya 2 last Geneva

    Date: 2013-10-01 00:30:19 GMT - Switzerland - Africa - SN:210 - ID:316221

    Switzerland/Red Cross/Kenya 2 last Geneva Head of the Kenyan Red Cross Abbas Gullet said the Red Cross number of missing had been dropping over the past week as bodies had been positively identified and as some missing people had been reunited ....

  • Red Cross: 39 still missing after Kenyan mall attack

    Date: 2013-10-01 00:27:30 GMT - Switzerland - Africa - SN:209 - ID:316212

    Switzerland/Red Cross/Kenya Red Cross: 39 still missing after Kenyan mall attack GENEVA, Sept 30 (MENA) - More than three dozen people remain unaccounted for almost a week after the end of the four-day terrorist attack on Nairobi's Westgate ....

  • Kenya's Red Cross: 39 persons reported missing at Westgate attack

    Date: 2013-09-30 10:53:57 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:30 - ID:314677

    Kenya/RedCross Kenya's Red Cross: 39 persons reported missing at Westgate attack NAIROBI, Sept 30 (MENA) - Kenya's Red Cross said on Monday the number of people still believed to be missing is 39, down from an earlier figure of 61, the BBC ....

  • Nigeria arrests 29 oil thieves, destroys 127 illegal refineries

    Date: 2013-09-29 21:09:35 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:188 - ID:314216

    Nigeria/Oil Nigeria arrests 29 oil thieves, destroys 127 illegal refineries ABUJA, Sept 29 (MENA) - Nigerian Joint Military Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta has nabbed 29 oil thieves and destroyed 127 illegal oil refineries in various ....

  • Explosion rocks north Malian town of Kidal

    Date: 2013-09-29 18:08:18 GMT - Mali - Africa - SN:161 - ID:313986

    Mali/Terrorism Explosion rocks north Malian town of Kidal BAMAKO, Sept 29 (MENA) - An official in the northern Malian town of Kidal said an explosion has gone off near a distribution site for the United Nations World Food Program, Fox ....

  • Attempt by 56 African people to sneak into Israel foiled

    Date: 2013-09-29 16:42:55 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:138 - ID:313707

    Egypt/Africa Attempt by 56 African people to sneak into Israel foiled RAFAH, Egypt, Sept 29 (MENA) - Security forces in North Sinai on Sunday foiled an attempt by 56 African people to infiltrate into Israel via the international ....

  • Fire at Khartoum marketplace under control

    Date: 2013-09-29 14:20:51 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:102 - ID:313428

    Sudan/Fire Fire at Khartoum marketplace under control KHARTOUM, Sept 29 (MENA) - Civil defense forces on Sunday managed to contain a fire which broke out at the marketplace in central Khartoum, said the spokesman for Sudanese police, ....

  • New York Times: South Sudan’s army faces accusations of civilian abuse

    Date: 2013-09-29 13:56:53 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:90 - ID:313431

    US/South Sudan New York Times: South Sudan’s army faces accusations of civilian abuse NEW YORK, Sept 29 (MENA) - As the international community pours billions of dollars into South Sudan in an effort to make it a viable nation, Western ....

  • Nigeria attack: Suspected Islamist gunmen target college

    Date: 2013-09-29 13:39:48 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:82 - ID:313401

    Nigeria/Attack Nigeria attack: Suspected Islamist gunmen target college ABUJA, Nigeria, Sept 29 (MENA) – Many students are feared dead after suspected Islamist gunmen struck a college in north-eastern Nigeria, BBC reported on Sunday. ....

  • 12 cars belonging to US embassy in Khartoum torched in riots

    Date: 2013-09-29 13:12:23 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:68 - ID:313169

    Sudan/Protests 12 cars belonging to US embassy in Khartoum torched in riots KHARTOUM, Sept 29 (MENA) - Twelve cars belonging to the US embassy in Khartoum that were stationed in a shopping center were burned in riot acts in Khartoum over ....

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