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30 killed in Shabab attack on AU military base in Somalia
Date: 2015-06-26 12:17:50 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:42 - ID:2868121
MOGADISHU, June 26 (MENA) - At least 30 people have been killed after gunmen attacked an African Union military base in southern Somalia, the BBC reported Friday. A suicide car bomber drove into the main gates of the base in Leego, along the main ....
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Kenya in plans to set up prisons for terrorists
Date: 2015-06-26 10:19:45 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:26 - ID:2867169
NAIROBI, June 26 (MENA) - The Kenyan government is working on a plan to separate detainees and prisoners of terror related activities from those serving sentences of other crimes in a move aimed at curbing radicalization in prisons and police ....
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AU extends UNAMID mandate in Darfur, calls to resume talks on exit strategy
Date: 2015-06-25 18:07:58 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:97 - ID:2864825
KHARTOUM, June 25 (MENA) - The African Union Peace and Security Council (AUPSC) has extended for an additional period of 12 months the mandate of the African Union United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) and called for the resumption of talks on ....
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Security condition in Mauritania 'stable' - interior minister
Date: 2015-06-24 20:32:28 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:111 - ID:2859465
NOUAKCHOTT, June 24 (MENA) - Mauritanian Interior Minister Mohammed Ould Ahmed Salem affirmed that the security situation in his country is stable. Responding to the Mauritanian MPs Wednesday, the minister said that the government drew up a ....
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Children at risk from cholera outbreak in South Sudan
Date: 2015-06-24 06:58:34 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:11 - ID:2853493
NEW YORK, June 24 (MENA) - Eighteen people, including two children under 5 years of age, have died from cholera in the most recent outbreak to hit South Sudan, the BBC reported. The first cholera case was reported on 27 May in the Protection of ....
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Girl suicide bomber kills 10
Date: 2015-06-24 06:04:30 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:1 - ID:2853369
ABUJA, June 24 (MENA) - A young female suicide bomber is reported to have killed at least 10 people in north-eastern Nigeria, the BBC reported. A witness said the girl, who detonated explosives in the town of Gujba in Yobe state, was about 12 ....
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Former SG of SPLM's reinstated
Date: 2015-06-23 20:08:15 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:108 - ID:2852645
JUBA, June 23 (MENA) - South Sudan's Politician Pagan Amum was reinstated as Secretary General of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) after being sacked from the party. Speaking on Tuesday at the State House in Juba after a lengthy ....
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Cholera kills 18 in South Sudan
Date: 2015-06-23 11:17:57 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:44 - ID:2848633
JUBA, June 23 (MENA) - At least 18 persons have died of cholera in South Sudan, the Health Ministry here said Tuesday. The cholera outbreak is most evident at overcrowded UN bases in Juba to which tens of thousands of displaced nationals fled due ....
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Rwandan spy chief Karenzi Karake arrested in London
Date: 2015-06-23 11:07:43 GMT - United Kingdom - Africa - SN:34 - ID:2848497
LONDON, June 23 (MENA) - Rwanda's intelligence chief Karenzi Karake, who is wanted in Spain for war crimes, has been arrested in London, the BBC reported. Gen Karake, 54, was arrested at Heathrow Airport on Saturday, and remanded in custody ahead ....
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Bomb at fish market kills at least 20 in Nigeria
Date: 2015-06-22 20:00:45 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:95 - ID:2846073
ABUJA, June 22 (MENA) – At least 20 people have been killed after female suicide bombers attacked a fish market in Nigeria's north-eastern city of Maiduguri, the BBC reported on Monday. The attackers disguised themselves as beggars to try to ....
