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Mauritius: PM Anerood Jugnauth to hand over to son
Date: 2017-01-22 22:20:08 GMT - Mauritius - Africa - SN:82 - ID:6384073
PORT LOUIS, MAURITIUS, Jan 22 (MENA)- Mauritian Prime Minister Anerood Jugnauth says he is stepping down to hand power to his son, Pravind. He is due to hand in his resignation on Monday morning, according to the BBC. In a televised address ....
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PM: Ethiopia seeks to benefit from Davos forum
Date: 2017-01-22 20:16:43 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:75 - ID:6383569
ADDIS ABABA, Jan 22 (MENA) - Ethiopia seeks to make good use of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos to improve the investment atmosphere, Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn said on Sunday, according to Ethiopian News Agency. The ....
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UN, ECOWAS, AU hail 'goodwill' of former Gambian president Jammeh
Date: 2017-01-22 18:38:51 GMT - Switzerland - Africa - SN:70 - ID:6383549
GENEVA, Jan 22 (MENA) - The United Nations, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the African Union (AU) have commended the “goodwill and the statesmanship” of the former President of The Gambia, Yahya Jammeh, who decided to ....
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Gambia's defeated leader agrees to cede power, leave
Date: 2017-01-21 09:27:57 GMT - The Gambia - Africa - SN:19 - ID:6374361
BANJUL, Jan 21 (MENA) - The Gambia's long-term leader Yahya Jammeh said he will step down, after refusing to accept defeat in elections, according to the BBC. In an announcement on state TV, he said it was "not necessary that a single drop of ....
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UN alarmed that most of Al Shabab's force in Somalia are kids
Date: 2017-01-20 09:41:04 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:24 - ID:6369369
NEW YORK, Jan 20 (MENA) - UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said he is alarmed at reports that children may constitute a large part of the force recruited and used by al Shabab Islamic extremists in Somalia, ABC news reported. Guterres said ....
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MSF: Death toll rising in Nigeria's Rann attack
Date: 2017-01-20 08:02:37 GMT - Switzerland - Africa - SN:16 - ID:6369049
GENEVA, Jan 20 (MENA) - The death toll continues to rise following the horrific military attack on civilians in Rann, Nigeria, according to latest estimates by Doctors without Borders ( MSF). Around 90 people were killed when a Nigerian airforce ....
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Senegal troops move to Gambia border as Jammeh crisis grows
Date: 2017-01-18 20:42:17 GMT - Senegal - Africa - SN:78 - ID:6360969
DAKAR, Jan 18 (MENA) - Senegalese troops have been seen moving towards the Gambian border in a show of force to pressure Gambian President Yahya Jammeh to stand down, the BBC reported. Senegal gave him a midnight GMT deadline to quit and Nigeria ....
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Nigeria mistakenly bombs camp, kills more than 100
Date: 2017-01-17 22:45:08 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:101 - ID:6353241
ABUJA, Jan 17 (MENA) - A Nigerian air force fighter jet on a mission against Boko Haram extremists mistakenly bombed a refugee camp on Tuesday, killing more than 100 refugees and aid workers, the ABC News cited an official as saying. Military ....
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Gambia leader, pressured to go, declares state of emergency
Date: 2017-01-17 22:23:18 GMT - The Gambia - Africa - SN:97 - ID:6353661
BANJUL, Jan 17 (MENA) - Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh declared a state of emergency on Tuesday, just two days before he is supposed to cede power after losing elections last month, ABC News reported on Tuesday. The longtime leader is refusing ....
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Air strike on displaced camp in Nigeria kills dozens
Date: 2017-01-17 21:11:04 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:91 - ID:6352985
ABUJA, JAN 17 (MENA) - Dozens of people were killed on Tuesday when an air force jet bombarded a camp for those made homeless by Boko Haram in northeast Nigeria, medical charity MSF and a local resident were quoted by Yahoo news as saying. A ....
