Africa

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  • At least 18 killed by a roadside bomb in Somalia

    Date: 2016-06-30 08:36:29 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:16 - ID:5185677

    MOGADISHU, June 30 (MENA) – At least 18 civilians were killed when a roadside bomb went off on Thursday in Somalia’s Lafole town, southwest of the capital, blowing up a packed mini-bus that was passing by, Euronews quoted the police as saying on ....

  • Kenya military: 4 extremists killed averting an attack

    Date: 2016-06-29 21:25:58 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:126 - ID:5184653

    NAIROBI, June 29 (MENA) - A Kenyan military official says soldiers killed four Islamic extremists from Somalia's al-Shabab rebels suspected to have been planning an attack on the coastal county of Lamu, the Daily Mail reported on ....

  • Irrigation minister follows up conditions of Egyptian irrigation minister in South Sudan

    Date: 2016-06-29 14:27:46 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:87 - ID:5182573

    CAIRO, June 29 (MENA) - Coordination was held with the Egyptian ambassador in South Sudan to follow up the conditions of the Egyptian irrigation mission in South Sudan’s town of Wau, said Water Resources and Irrigation Minister Mohamed Abdel Aati. ....

  • Outgoing AL chief meets successor

    Date: 2016-06-29 11:32:25 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:52 - ID:5180437

    CAIRO, June 29 (MENA) - Outgoing Arab League Secretary General Nabil el Araby met Wednesday with Ahmed Abul Gheit, the new AL chief who will assume office as of July 1. The meeting took up duties of the AL chief to facilitate joint Arab ....

  • S. Sudan appeals to int'l community to work on improving its economic conditions

    Date: 2016-06-28 14:06:30 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:58 - ID:5174385

    JUBA, June 28 (MENA) - South Sudan's government appealed to the international community to intervene to improve the economic conditions in the country. In statements to the US-run Radio Sawa, Government spokesman Michael Makuei said the ....

  • Mauritania president invites Somalia counterpart to attend Arab summit

    Date: 2016-06-27 20:11:19 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:79 - ID:5171261

    NOUAKCHOTT, June 27 (MENA) – Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz has invited his Somali counterpart Hassan Sheikh Mohamud to attend the 27th session of the Arab Summit due to kick off on July 25. This came in a message delivered by ....

  • Madagascar stadium blast kills two

    Date: 2016-06-26 21:52:40 GMT - Madagascar - Africa - SN:110 - ID:5165137

    ANTANANARIVO, June 26 (MENA) - A grenade explosion has killed at least two people during Madagascar's national day celebrations in the capital Antananarivo, officials in Madagascar said. About 70 people were wounded in the blast at a stadium, the ....

  • Nigerian security forces rescue 4 kidnapped including foreigners

    Date: 2016-06-26 21:22:17 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:104 - ID:5164965

    ABUJA, June 26 (MENA) - Security forces on Sunday rescued three foreigners and a Nigerian who were among seven construction workers kidnapped in an ambush on a police convoy in southeastern Nigeria that killed a driver, the ABC News cited police as ....

  • Shoukry greets new S. Sudanese FM on post

    Date: 2016-06-26 17:16:06 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:88 - ID:5164121

    CAIRO, June 26 (MENA) - In a phone call Sunday, Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry congratulated new South Sudanese Foreign Minister Deng Alor on taking office, Spokesman of Foreign Ministry Ahmed Abu Zeid said. During the call, Shoukry asserted the ....

  • Minister among 11 killed in Somalia hotel attack

    Date: 2016-06-26 14:37:22 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:60 - ID:5162549

    MOGADISHU, June 27 (MENA) - A junior minister was among 11 people killed in an attack by Al-Qaeda-affiliated Shabaab militants on a hotel in the Somali capital, the foreign ministry said Sunday. The body of Buri Mohamed Hamza, minister of state ....

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