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Violent protests in Kenya as opposition alleges vote fraud
Date: 2017-08-09 15:30:02 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:66 - ID:6937417
NAIROBI, Aug 9 (MENA) - Kenya's election took an ominous turn as violent protests erupted in the capital and elsewhere after opposition leader Raila Odinga alleged fraud, saying hackers used the identity of a murdered official to infiltrate the ....
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South Africa's president Zuma survives no-confidence vote
Date: 2017-08-08 19:12:04 GMT - South Africa - Africa - SN:75 - ID:6936057
PRETORIA, Aug 8 (MENA) - South Africa's President Jacob Zuma has survived his latest vote of no confidence - despite the ballot being held in secret, BBC reported Tuesday. Opposition parties had hoped the secret ballot would mean some MPs from ....
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IOM responds as rainy season threatens further spread of cholera in S. Sudan
Date: 2017-08-08 15:30:07 GMT - Switzerland - Africa - SN:62 - ID:6935824
GENEVA, Aug 8 (MENA) - As the rainy season progresses in South Sudan, rapid responses are critical to stemming the cholera outbreak that has affected the country for over a year. The outbreak has compounded already dire humanitarian needs. ....
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14 killed in DRC capital gunfire
Date: 2017-08-07 20:27:09 GMT - Democratic Republic of Congo - Africa - SN:77 - ID:6934736
KINSHASA, Aug 7 (MENA) - Twelve people were killed by stray gunfire in Kinshasa Monday in violence surrounding the city's central prison, police in the Democratic Republic of Congo said. Police spokesman Col. Pierrot Mwanamputu said four of the ....
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President of Congo offers hosting a preparatory meeting of the Libyan National Reconciliation Conference in Brazzaville
Date: 2017-08-07 14:28:52 GMT - Libya - Africa - SN:48 - ID:6934100
TRIPOLI, Aug 7 (MENA) - The Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU) welcomed on Monday a suggestion presented by President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Denis Sassou Nguesso to host a preparatory meeting of the Libyan ....
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7 killed in suicide attack north of Cameroon
Date: 2017-08-06 13:47:55 GMT - Cameroon - Africa - SN:44 - ID:6932679
Yaoundé, Aug 6 (MENA)- At least seven persons were killed in a suicide attack in a small town north of Cameroon near the Nigerian border, a local official reported Sunday. Russia Today news channel cited the source as saying that the attack took ....
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At least 10 killed in armed attack on church in Nigeria
Date: 2017-08-06 12:25:23 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:34 - ID:6932561
ABUJA, Aug 6 (MENA) - At least ten people were killed on Sunday in an armed attack on a church in southeast Nigeria. Witnesses told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that dozens of worshipers were killed in the early morning after unidentified ....
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Mauritanians vote on controversial constitutional changes
Date: 2017-08-05 09:16:49 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:12 - ID:6930933
NOUAKCHOTT, Aug 5 (MENA) - Mauritanians went to the polls Saturday to vote in the constitutional referendum changes in the country. A high voting turnout was witnessed in the election commissions in the capital, according to MENA correspondent ....
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President Paul Kagame wins by landslide
Date: 2017-08-05 08:12:44 GMT - Rwanda - Africa - SN:9 - ID:6930800
KIGALI, Aug 5 (MENA) - President Paul Kagame of Rwanda has won a third term in office with a landslide, the country's electoral commission has announced, according to the BBC. Partial results of Friday's election gave him 98% of the votes, it ....
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163,000 South Sudanese refugees arrived Sudan in 2017: UNHCR
Date: 2017-08-03 21:54:15 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:79 - ID:6929523
KHARTOUM, Aug 3 (MENA) - Sudan's White Nile State hosts the largest number of new South Sudanese refugee arrivals (about 40 per cent) in the country, with over 163,000 refuges registered as of 15 July, according to UNHCR’s Population and Operational ....
