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Zimbabwe: Army tanks seen heading towards capital Harare
Date: 2017-11-14 18:46:24 GMT - Zimbabwe - Africa - SN:69 - ID:7091033
HARARE, Nov 14 (MENA) - Tanks have been spotted heading towards Zimbabwe's capital Harare. Eyewitnesses said military vehicles were also blocking major roads outside the city, The Independent reported Tuesday. Local media also reported that ....
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US says killed 40 Islamists in Somalia strikes
Date: 2017-11-13 22:34:22 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:69 - ID:7089513
WASHINGTON, Nov 13 (MENA) - The Pentagon said Monday that US forces had killed 40 Shabaab and Daesh fighters in a series of strikes on Somalia that began late last week. The US military has launched five strikes since Thursday on jihadist ....
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Dakar to host International Forum on Peace, Security in Africa
Date: 2017-11-11 13:43:27 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:35 - ID:7085729
NOUAKCHOTT, Nov 11 (MENA) - The Senegalese capital Dakar will host on Monday and Tuesday the International Forum on Peace and Security in Africa. The forum will witness the participation of leaders and premiers who will discuss the current ....
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Ministerial meeting of eastern Nile Basin countries kicks off in Cairo
Date: 2017-11-11 09:47:06 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:17 - ID:7085241
CAIRO, Nov 11 (MENA) - A ministerial meeting of the three eastern Nile Basin countries, namely Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan, kicked off here on Saturday. Talks, to run till Sunday, come within the framework of an agreement reached during trilateral ....
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Press authority's Hassan urges reopening MENA in Africa
Date: 2017-11-08 19:45:54 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:81 - ID:7081648
CAIRO, Nov 8 (MENA) - A senior official of the National Journalism Authority has called at a meeting of a parliamentary panel on Wednesday for reopening Middle East News Agency offices in Africa. "Egypt needs an effective media message in the ....
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AU chairman due in Khartoum on Sunday
Date: 2017-11-04 16:56:22 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:56 - ID:7074460
KHARTOUM, Nov 4 (MENA) - African Union Chairman Moussa Faki Mahamat will embark on Sunday on a three-day visit to Khartoum for talks Sudanese President Omar Bashir and a number of top officials. In statements to MENA, the Sudanese Foreign ....
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US targets Daesh in northern Somalia
Date: 2017-11-03 17:40:44 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:64 - ID:7073211
WASHINGTON, Nov 3 (MENA) - A US airstrike had targeted Daesh in northern Somalia, defense officials were quoted by The Voice of America (VOA) on Friday. The strike resulted in at least one casualty, a US defense official said, without elaborating ....
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Thousands of Ethiopia troops enter Somalia to hunt al-Shabab
Date: 2017-11-02 17:42:59 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:84 - ID:7071801
ADDIS ABABA, Nov 2 (MENA) - Thousands of Ethiopian troops have crossed into Somalia to join a large-scale offensive against al-Shabab extremists just weeks after Somalia's worst attack left more than 350 people dead, border residents said ....
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Ethiopian troops enter Somalia, back offensive against Shabab
Date: 2017-11-01 21:25:31 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:71 - ID:7070212
MOGADISHU, Nov 1 (MENA) - Hundreds of heavily-armed Ethiopian troops have crossed into Somalia, reportedly to assist a Somali government offensive against al-Shabab militants, said The Voice of America (VOA). Residents in the border town of ....
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Kiir arrives in Khartoum for talks with Bashir
Date: 2017-11-01 12:50:10 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:27 - ID:7069459
KHARTOUM, Nov 1 (MENA) - South Sudanese President Salva Kiir arrived here on Wednesday on an official visit to Sudan. Kiir will meet during his two-day visit with his Sudanese counterpart Omar Bashir for talks on means of boosting joint ....
