Africa
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Adama Barrow wins second term in Gambia presidential election
Date: 2021-12-06 05:06:06 GMT - The Gambia - Africa - SN:1 - ID:9304374
BANJUL, Dec 6 (MENA) - Incumbent President of Gambia Adama Barrow has won the country’s presidential election held on Saturday December 4, Premium Times newspaper reported. Barrow, who contested the election under the flagship of the National ....
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Egypt's mufti probes religious cooperation with Djibouti
Date: 2021-12-05 20:19:22 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:83 - ID:9304038
CAIRO, Dec 5 (MENA) - Egypt's Grand Mufti and President of the General Secretariat for Fatwa Authorities Worldwide Shawki Allam reviewed Sunday ways to promote religious cooperation with the Republic of Djibouti. During a meeting with Djibouti's ....
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GAFI director inaugurates Egyptian-Tanzanian businessmen forum
Date: 2021-12-05 10:24:34 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:32 - ID:9303054
CAIRO, Dec 5 (MENA) - Executive Director of the General Authority for Investment and Free Zones (GAFI) Mohamed Abdel Wahab opened Sunday the Egyptian-Tanzanian businessmen forum to probe prospects of bilateral investment cooperation. In a ....
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Poverty fuels HIV infections among women in Africa - Paper
Date: 2021-12-04 23:01:23 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:67 - ID:9302697
NAIROBI, Dec 4 (MENA) - The world marked #WorldAidsDay to commemorate significant HIV care milestones, 38 years after the virus’ discovery, and also to refocus efforts on new countermeasures, the Standard Newspaper of Kenya reported on Saturday. ....
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Nigerian troops neutralize scores of terrorists in northeastern country
Date: 2021-12-04 21:33:50 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:64 - ID:9302645
ABUJA, Dec 4 (MENA) - Nigerian military forces neutralized scores of Boko Haram (BH) and Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists mounted on gun trucks and motorcycles, who infiltrated Kala Balge town in Borno State on Friday, Voice ....
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Top AU officials call for taking lessons from Egypt's counterterrorism experience
Date: 2021-12-04 17:47:37 GMT - Algeria - Africa - SN:53 - ID:9302386
ORAN, Dec 4 (MENA) - Participants in the eighth High-Level Ministerial Conference of the African Union (AU) on Peace and Security in Africa, held in Oran in northwestern Algeria on December 2-4, recommended taking lessons from the Egyptian ....
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OIC condemns Mali terrorist attack
Date: 2021-12-04 17:00:04 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Africa - SN:50 - ID:9302304
RIYADH, Dec 4 (MENA) - The General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Saturday had strongly condemned a terrorist attack on a bus in Mali that killed and injured scores of civilians. The OIC reiterated its stance ....
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Somali National Army destroys al Shabab hideouts
Date: 2021-12-04 08:52:49 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:18 - ID:9301561
MOGADISHU, Dec 4 (MENA) - Somali National Army’s Commandos unit on Saturday carried out operations against the dens of al Shabab militants linked to al Qaeda group in the south of the country, the Somali National News Agency reported. The unit ....
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Drying up sources of terrorism financing remains 'top priority' - ACSRT head to MENA
Date: 2021-12-03 19:26:54 GMT - Algeria - Africa - SN:73 - ID:9301118
ORAN, Dec 3 (MENA) – Director of the African Centre for the Study and Research on Terrorism (ACSRT) Idriss Mounir Lallali stressed on Friday the importance of drying up the sources of terrorism financing remains a "top priority" for the African ....
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AU's PSC urges promoting joint African action to counter-terrorism
Date: 2021-12-03 16:24:52 GMT - Algeria - Africa - SN:57 - ID:9301026
WAHRAN, Dec 3 (MENA) - African countries participating in the 8th High-level Symposium on Peace and Security in Africa called for boosting joint African action to counter terrorism. They also underlined the necessity of strengthening coordination ....