Africa

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  • 30 killed in twin blasts in Somalia, al-Shabaab claims responsibility

    Date: 2016-02-29 07:18:47 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:22 - ID:4410049

    MOGADISHU, Feb 29 (MENA) - Somalia's al-Shabaab Islamist militant group bombed a busy junction and a nearby restaurant in the town of Baidoa on Sunday, killing at least 30 people, CBC News quoted police and the group as saying on ....

  • African military school to be built for fighting terror

    Date: 2016-02-28 18:53:28 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:96 - ID:4408425

    NOUAKCHOTT, Feb 28 (MENA) - Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Chad and Burkina Faso will build a Nouakchott-based military school to fight extremism and terrorism spreading in the Africa's Sahel region, an official source said on Sunday. The school will be ....

  • Twin suicide attacks kill at least 8 in Somali town

    Date: 2016-02-28 18:43:02 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:94 - ID:4408629

    MOGADISHU, Feb 28 (MENA) - Deadly twin suicide explosions targeting a popular restaurant, killed on Sunday at least eight persons and wounded several others in Baidoa town, 256 Km northwest of Mogadishu, the Somali Shabelle Radio reported. A ....

  • Egyptian-Sudanese consular committee starts meetings in Khartoum

    Date: 2016-02-28 08:32:53 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:17 - ID:4403517

    KHARTOUM, Feb 28 (MENA) - The Egyptian-Sudanese consular committee held its first meeting here on Sunday to discuss issues related to protecting the rights of each country's nationals. The committee, under Egypt's Deputy Foreign Minister Hamdy ....

  • Cameroon frees several hundred hostages from Boko Haram

    Date: 2016-02-27 21:35:02 GMT - Cameroon - Africa - SN:79 - ID:4402729

    YAOUNDE, Feb 27 (MENA) - Cameroon said on Saturday it joined Nigerian troops fighting Boko Haram extremists to free a Nigerian border town, liberating several hundred hostages in the process, Fox News reported. Gen. Jacob Kodji, commander of ....

  • Turkey's Erdogan to embark on major trip to Africa

    Date: 2016-02-27 14:37:29 GMT - Turkey - Africa - SN:48 - ID:4400373

    ANKARA, Feb 27 (MENA) - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will visit four west African countries next week, including Nigeria, The Daily Mail reported Saturday, quoting his office. Erdogan will begin his visit to Cote d'Ivoire on Sunday, ....

  • Sudanese army vows to eradicate rebels in Jebel Marra

    Date: 2016-02-27 12:15:25 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:32 - ID:4398545

    KHARTOUM, Feb 27 (MENA) – The Sudanese army said it is in full control of the Darfur mountainous area of Jebel Marra and works on combing the area to ensure that there are no insurgent hideouts. In statements to the Sudanese satellite channel ....

  • Angola asks UN to impose arms embargo on South Sudan

    Date: 2016-02-27 09:26:28 GMT - Angola - Africa - SN:17 - ID:4398285

    LUANDA, Feb 27 (MENA) - Angola has asked the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to impose an arms embargo on South Sudan. The United Kingdom (UK) supports Angola, saying South Sudanese are suffering and need humanitarian aid. The move ....

  • 14 dead as Al Shabab gunmen attack hotel in Somalia

    Date: 2016-02-26 21:38:57 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:87 - ID:4397113

    MOGADISHU, Feb 26 (MENA) – Militants forced their way into a hotel and a nearby public garden in the Somali capital on Friday night, exchanging fire with hotel guards in attacks that left at least 14 dead and many others wounded, ABC News reported ....

  • NCP says new government to be formed under Bashir

    Date: 2016-02-26 14:32:54 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:49 - ID:4394625

    KHARTOUM, Feb 26 (MENA) - The Sudanese National Congress Party (NCP) said on Friday that the National Dialogue Conference approved forming a national reconciliation government under President Omar Bashir to run the country in the coming ....

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