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16 dead in nightclub fire in Cameroon's capital
Date: 2022-01-23 14:31:16 GMT - Cameroon - Africa - SN:55 - ID:9381270
YAOUNDE - WASHINGTON, Jan 23 (MENA) - A fire erupted at a popular nightclub in Yaounde, Cameroon’s capital, setting off explosions and killing at least 16 people, The Washington Post reported Sunday. The tragedy comes as the country hosts thousands ....
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Boko Haram abducts 17 girls in northeast Nigeria
Date: 2022-01-22 20:35:22 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:69 - ID:9380190
ABUJA, Jan 22 (MENA) – More than a dozen girls were abducted in Boko Haram’s latest attack in a community in Chibok local government area of Borno State, Daily Trust reported. The insurgents broke into the town after shooting in different ....
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Africa's Covid-19 cases hit 10 mln: Africa CDC
Date: 2022-01-21 09:38:36 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:21 - ID:9377879
ADDIS ABABA, Jan 21 (MENA) - The total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Africa hit 10,485,879, while the death toll from the disease stood at 235,225, Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said on Friday. More than ....
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Houthi attacks undermine security in region - Bahrain
Date: 2022-01-20 11:55:00 GMT - Bahrain - Africa - SN:36 - ID:9376389
MANAMA, Jan 20 (MENA) - Bahrain has strongly condemned the continued Houthi attacks which target civilians, infrastructure and vital establishments. These attacks, which target Saudi Arabia, undermine security and stability in the region and ....
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Africa's Covid-19 cases hit 10.3mln: Africa CDC
Date: 2022-01-18 20:41:32 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:103 - ID:9373910
ADDIS ABABA, Jan 18 (MENA) – The total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Africa hit 10,355,000, according to the latest data released by Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) on Tuesday. The death toll from the ....
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Africa CDC chief urges int'l community to ensure vaccine equity
Date: 2022-01-18 17:33:13 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:90 - ID:9373676
ADDIS ABABA, Jan 18 (MENA) - Director of the Africa Centres for Disease Control (CDC) John Nkengasong underlined the need to ensure equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines worldwide. Speaking about the vaccination gap at the World Economic Forum's ....
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Somalia PM condemns terrorist attack against govt spox
Date: 2022-01-16 14:49:57 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:55 - ID:9369794
MOGADISHU, Jan 16 (MENA) - Somali Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble has condemned the terrorist attack that targeted his government's spokesman earlier Sunday. The Prime Minister "strongly condemns the odious terrorist attack targeting ....
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Somali gov't spokesman injured in suicide bomb attack in Mogadishu
Date: 2022-01-16 09:36:35 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:27 - ID:9369163
MOGADISHU, Jan 16 (MENA) - Spokesman of the Federal Government of Somalia, Mohamed Ibrahim Moalimu was on Sunday injured in suicide bomb attack in the capital Mogadishu, the Somali National News Agency (SONNA) reported. Abdiftah Aden, Police ....
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Decade of Sahel conflict leaves 2.5 million people displaced, UNHCR says
Date: 2022-01-15 20:22:10 GMT - Switzerland - Africa - SN:64 - ID:9368717
GENEVA, Jan 15 (MENA) – The UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has called for concerted international action to end armed conflict in Africa’s Central Sahel region, which has forced more than 2.5 million people to flee their homes in the last ....
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UN concerned over Ethiopian gov't's killing of 108 civilians in Tigray
Date: 2022-01-14 15:59:11 GMT - Switzerland - Africa - SN:62 - ID:9367160
GENEVA, Jan 14 (MENA) - At least 108 civilians have been killed this month in a series of airstrikes in the war-torn northern Tigray region of Ethiopia, the United Nations said Friday. "We are alarmed by the multiple, deeply disturbing reports we ....
