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US special forces kill 10 Shabab extremists
Date: 2016-03-10 08:21:49 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:17 - ID:4480605
WASHINGTON, March 10 (MENA) - US special forces hunting for a high-profile target killed more than 10 Islamic extremists during a nighttime firefight near an Al-Shabab-controlled town in Somalia, The Daily Mail reported on Thursday. A Somali ....
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20 Al Shabab militants killed in foreign raids in southern Somalia
Date: 2016-03-09 16:07:28 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:77 - ID:4477509
MOGADISHU, March 9 (MENA) – At least 20 Al Shabab militants were killed in raids launched by foreign forces on its strongholds in Awdhegle city in western Somalia, local sources said on Wednesday. A senior commander of Al Shabab movement was shot ....
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Unknown airstrikes kill 11 Al Shabaab militants in southern Somalia
Date: 2016-03-09 12:54:24 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:46 - ID:4475329
MOGADISHU, March 9 (MENA) – Eleven militants of the Somalian Al Shabab Movement were killed in air strikes staged by unknown Apache helicopters in Lower Shebelle region in southern Somalia. Reports indicate that foreign forces backed by Apache ....
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Sudanese environment min leaves Cairo back home
Date: 2016-03-08 14:22:38 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:68 - ID:4469281
CAIRO, March 8 (MENA) – Sudanese Environment Minister Hassan Abdel Qader Hilal left Cairo Tuesday heading for Khartoum winding up a week-long visit to Egypt. During the visit, Hilal attended the 15th conference for African Environment ....
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Sudan's president back home from Jakarta
Date: 2016-03-08 09:16:43 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:13 - ID:4465917
KHARTOUM, March 8 (MENA) – Sudanese President Omar al Bashir returned home on Tuesday after his participation in the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) 5th Extraordinary Summit on Palestine and Al Quds in Jakarta. He was received at Khartoum ....
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MSF condemns looting of medical center in South Sudan
Date: 2016-03-06 21:10:55 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:80 - ID:4456517
CAIRO, March 6 (MENA) - Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) strongly condemns the looting of its medical center in Pibor, South Sudan, a statement distributed by MSF office in Cairo said. Medical supplies, therapeutic food for malnourished children ....
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Egyptian medical convoy wraps up visit to S. Sudan
Date: 2016-03-04 21:36:47 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:83 - ID:4445085
CAIRO, March 4 (MENA) – An Egyptian medical convoy wrapped up a visit to South Sudan after it provided health services for three weeks in Juba. The convoy - the fourth in two years – grouped five orthopedic physicians and five others for ....
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16 million people face hunger over drought in southern Africa -- WFP
Date: 2016-03-04 20:33:55 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:76 - ID:4444693
NEW YORK, March 4 (MENA) - The UN's World Food Programme (WFP) said Friday about 16 million people in Southern Africa face hunger because of a drought exacerbated by El Nino weather pattern, Sky News reported. The number could climb to almost 50 ....
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Bashir to participate in OIC summit in Jakarta
Date: 2016-03-04 14:17:38 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:46 - ID:4442865
KHARTOUM, March 4 (MENA) - Sudanese President Omar al Bashir will lead on Saturday his country's delegation to the 5th Extraordinary Islamic Summit in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta. The summit, under the theme "United for Just Solution", ....
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Germany earmarks 51 mln euro in aid to Sudan
Date: 2016-03-04 14:02:25 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:45 - ID:4442469
KHARTOUM, March 4 (MENA) - Germany allocated 51 million euros in aid to Sudan to carry out development projects. German State Secretary for Economic Cooperation and Development Thomas Silberhorn, who is leading a visiting German team, said on ....
