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UN calls for funding G5 Sahel Joint Forces to combat terrorism
Date: 2019-09-15 10:54:15 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:19 - ID:8104355
NOUAKCHOTT, Sept 15 (MENA) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has again pushed for the U.N. to help fund a regional counter-insurgency force in the Sahel, warning “we are not winning the war against terrorism” in the region. “I ....
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Civilians killed in two deadly attacks in northern Burkina Faso
Date: 2019-09-09 06:08:41 GMT - Burkina Faso - Africa - SN:9 - ID:8095837
OUAGADOUGOU, Sept 9 (MENA) - At least 29 people were killed in Burkina Faso's troubled north on Sunday after a food convoy and a transport truck were attacked, France 24 reported Monday. A "terrorist" attack on the convoy killed 14 civilians, ....
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Trial of Sudan's Bashir adjourned till September 14
Date: 2019-09-07 14:48:45 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:29 - ID:8093846
KHARTOUM, Sept 7 (MENA) - A Sudanese court on Saturday put off the trial of ex-president Omar Al-Bashir to next Saturday. During the trial's fourth session, which was held at the Judicial and Legal Science Institute in Arkaweet neighborhood in ....
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Mauritania, African parliament review issues of common interest
Date: 2019-09-06 13:54:16 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:35 - ID:8092783
NOUAKCHOTT, Sept 6 (MENA) - Mauritanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed discussed on Friday with members of a high-level delegation from the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) various issues of common interest. The PAP's ....
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Former Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe dies
Date: 2019-09-06 06:14:06 GMT - Zimbabwe - Africa - SN:8 - ID:8092296
HARARE, Sept 6 (MENA) - Zimbabwe’s former president Robert Mugabe has died at age 95, the country’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on his official Twitter account. Mugabe died in Singapore, where he has often received medical treatment in ....
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WFP, FAO warn three African states to suffer drop in crop yield
Date: 2019-09-05 10:07:59 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:3 - ID:8091185
NOUAKCHOTT, Sept 5 (MENA) - According to the latest World Food Program (WFP), Food and Agriculture Agency (FAO) and NGO assessments, a much lower cereal crop yield is expected in Gambia compared to last year, Reliefweb reported. Rainfall has been ....
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Xi's special envoy, Kenyan president meet on bilateral ties
Date: 2019-09-05 07:10:12 GMT - China - Africa - SN:9 - ID:8090983
NAIROBI, Sept 5 (MENA) - Chinese President Xi Jinping's special envoy Yang Jiechi and Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta met here Wednesday to discuss bilateral ties, the Chinese news agency Xinhua reported. Yang, a member of the Political Bureau of ....
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Japan's JICA announces initiatives to help African peoples
Date: 2019-09-04 13:25:30 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:37 - ID:8090097
CAIRO, Sept 4 (MENA) - Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), which is responsible for implementing the official development projects of the Japanese government, announced Wednesday its contribution to the Yokohama Declaration issued by the ....
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Lavrov: Trade exchange with African countries exceeds $20 bln
Date: 2019-09-02 13:57:11 GMT - Russia - Africa - SN:49 - ID:8087065
MOSCOW, Sept 2 (MENA) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said trade exchange between Russian and the African countries jumped over 17 percent in 2018, exceeding $20 billion." Lavrov was delivering a speech on Monday at the Moscow State ....
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Ebola outbreak: Death toll tops 2,000 in DRC
Date: 2019-08-30 11:00:30 GMT - Democratic Republic of Congo - Africa - SN:39 - ID:8083252
KINSHASA, Aug 30 (MENA) -The death toll in the Democratic Republic of Congo's largest ever Ebola outbreak has now surpassed 2,000 people, with few signs that it will soon be contained. The country has been fighting the highly contagious ....
