Africa
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Somalia car bomb strikes EU convoy
Oct 01, 2018 16:34A suicide car bombing by al Shabaab hit a European Union armored convoy in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Monday, damaging one vehicle but causing no casualties, police said.
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Egyptian court orders retrial of Muslim Brotherhood leader
Oct 01, 2018 09:14An Egyptian court has ordered a retrial of the Muslim Brotherhood's leader Mohamed Badie and other senior figures from the banned group starting on Oct. 7.
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Buhari to stand in 2019 Nigerian presidential elections
Sep 30, 2018 11:50Members of the All Progressive Congress APC have unanimously rallied behind President Muhammadu Buhari as the party’s unique candidate ahead of next year’s presidential elections in Nigeria.
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South Sudan calls for Releasing of 'Prisoners of War and Detainees'
Sep 29, 2018 15:28South Sudan President has ordered the release of all “prisoners of war and detainees” as part of the new peace agreement.
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Nigeria pledges support and funding for ECOWAS
Sep 29, 2018 09:16President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged that Nigeria would always live up to its financial commitments to the Economic Community of West African States in order not to be seen as “big for nothing.”
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Nigerian unions launch general strike
Sep 28, 2018 16:28Prominent workers' unions Nigeria Labor Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) have launched an indefinite nationwide strike after minimum wage negotiations with the government failed.
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Eight dead in the attack in Mali
Sep 28, 2018 10:19Seven soldiers and a civilian driver were killed in central Mali when their vehicle hit explosives in the latest attack in an area riven by jihadist violence, the defence ministry said.
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Sheikh Zakzaky supporters condemn Ahvaz terrorist attack
Sep 24, 2018 21:18Sheikh Zakzaky's supporters came to the streets of Nigerian capital, Abuja on Monday and condemned Ahvaz terrorist attack.
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Iranian official warns about leveraging oil against the will of the OPEC
Sep 24, 2018 15:35The Iranian representative at OPEC Hossein Kazempour Ardabili told reporters that leveraging oil against the political will of the OPEC members cannot be accepted.
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Egyptian court sentences Muslim Brotherhood Badie to life in prison
Sep 24, 2018 14:40An Egyptian criminal court has sentenced the supreme guide of the now-outlawed Muslim Brotherhood and 65 other members of the movement to life in prison over charges of incitement to murder and violence during demonstrations five years ago.
