Africa
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S. Korea holds military talks with Ethiopia, Uganda
Date: 2017-07-24 07:27:07 GMT - south korea - Africa - SN:10 - ID:6912315
SEOUL, July 24 (MENA) - South Korea plans to hold working-level talks with Ethiopia and Uganda this week on promoting bilateral military partnerships, Yonhap news agency quoted the South Korean Ministry of National Defense as saying Monday. A ....
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Scores killed, wounded in suicide attack on Nigerian mosque
Date: 2017-07-17 12:09:23 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:44 - ID:6902048
ABUJA, July 17 (MENA) - A Nigerian official has said a female suicide bomber killed eight people and wounded 18 others on Monday. The attack happened at a mosque in northeastern Nigeria, an area regularly attacked by Boko Haram Islamists, police ....
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Gambia investigate ex-president accused of stealing $50m
Date: 2017-07-15 07:51:26 GMT - The Gambia - Africa - SN:10 - ID:6898341
BANJUL, July 15 (MENA) - The Gambian President Adama Barrow has set up a commission to look into the assets of the former leader Yahya Jammeh, the BBC reported. He is accused of stealing more than $50m (£38m) from the state before he fled into ....
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42 killed, wounded by Boko Haram suicide bombers in Nigeria
Date: 2017-07-12 13:49:06 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:40 - ID:6894316
ABUJA, July 12 (MENA) - Four Boko Haram suicide bombers killed 19 people in a series of attacks that targeted a civilian self-defence force and the people who gathered to mourn their deaths, ABC News quoted Nigerian police as saying Wednesday. It ....
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Large exhibition of Egyptian products to open in Nouakchott in October
Date: 2017-07-11 10:53:33 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:24 - ID:6891914
NOUAKCHOTT, July 11 (MENA) - Egyptian Ambassador to Mauritania Maged Nafee Mosleh said that a large exhibition displaying Egyptian products will open in Mauritania in October. The exhibition is a start of a new stage of economic cooperation ....
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Global(2):MetLife Foundation & Verb Launch Competition To Accelerate Financial Innovation In Egypt & Lebanon
Date: 2017-07-02 08:42:23 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:14 - ID:6876767
MetLife employees will serve as judges and mentors, donating hundreds of hours of volunteer time to advance financial inclusion CAIRO, July 2, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, MetLife Foundation and Verb announced a global competition to identify ....
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Congolese FM asserts firm stance towards framework agreement of Nile Basin states
Date: 2017-07-01 13:42:40 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:40 - ID:6875700
CAIRO, June 1 (MENA) – Congolese Foreign Minister Leonardo Okitundu asserted his country’s firm stance towards the framework agreement of Nile Basin states which support concord in stances among Nile Basin countries and not inking Entebbe ....
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four killed, 10 injured in double suicide attack in Niger
Date: 2017-06-30 13:26:51 GMT - Niger - Africa - SN:30 - ID:6874476
Niamey, June 30 (MENA) - Niger police said in a statement on Friday, four people were killed, including two suicide bombers, and 10 others were wounded in a double suicide attacks in a refugee camp near the city of Diffa in southeastern Niger. The ....
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2 killed as women bombers blow themselves up at Niger refugee camp
Date: 2017-06-30 10:59:34 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:22 - ID:6874236
ABUJA, June 30 (MENA) - Two women bombers blew themselves up in a refugee camp in southeastern Niger, killing two people in a suspected attack by Boko Haram militants, Nigeria's Vanguard paper reported Friday. The attack took place in Kabalewa, ....
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Bomb blast kills eight on Kenya-Somalia border
Date: 2017-06-27 18:20:31 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:51 - ID:6871275
NAIROBI, June 27 (MENA) - Eight people, including four children returning to school after Eid celebrations, were killed Tuesday by a roadside bomb in eastern Kenya near the border with Somalia, police was cited as saying by the Daily Mail. "We have ....