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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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. ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

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