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Kenyan plane crashes in Somalia killing all onboard
TEHRAN, Mar. 23 (MNA) – Five people on board a Kenya-registered cargo aircraft have perished following a tragic crash near Mogadishu, Somalia.
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44 civilians killed in attack on mosque in southwestern Niger
TEHRAN, Mar. 22 (MNA) – At least 44 people were killed and 13 injured in a “deliberate strike against civilians” on Friday in southwestern Niger, Interior Minister Mohamed Toumba said on state television.
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Somali forces kill 82 al-Shabaab terrorists in airstrikes
TEHRAN, Mar. 21 (MNA) – The Somali Air Force in coordination with the National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) killed 82 al-Shabaab terrorists in airstrikes in the country’s Lower Shabelle region.
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Sudan army takes full control of Khartoum
TEHRAN, Mar. 21 (MNA) – The Sudanese army took control of the capital Khartoum after retaking control of the presidential palace from the RSF forces.
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Gunmen storm hotel in central Somalia, 4 killed
TEHRAN, Mar. 11 (MNA) – At least four were killed when Gunmen stormed a hotel in the town of Baladweyne in central Somalia on Tuesday.
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France begins withdrawal process from Senegal
TEHRAN, Mar. 08 (MNA) – France has begun its formal withdrawal procedure from Senegal. On Friday, Paris announced that it had handed back control of two military facilities to the West African country.
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Zimbabwe doing everything possible to join BRICS
TEHRAN, Mar. 08 (MNA) – Zimbabwe is doing everything within its means to join BRICS, the African country’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Amon Murwira said following a visit to Moscow.
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Scores killed as UN chopper hit in South Sudan
TEHRAN, Mar. 07 (MNA) – A South Sudan People’s Defense Forces general and several soldiers were killed Friday in an attack by the White Army militia as the United Nations Mission in South Sudan tried to air lift them out of Nasir.
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40 Al-Shabaab terrorists killed in Somalia
TEHRAN, Mar. 03 (MNA) – The Somali military has announced the killing of 40 militants from the Al-Shabab terrorist group during an operation in the Hirshabelle state.
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At least 11 killed in blasts at M23 rally in eastern DR Congo
TEHRAN, Feb. 28 (MNA) – At least 11 people were killed and 65 wounded when explosions rocked the city of Bukavu in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo during a rally for the M23 rebel group and their supporters.
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Death toll in Sudan military plane crash rises
TEHRAN, Feb. 26 (MNA) – At least 19 people were killed in the crash of a Sudanese military plane in the country’s second largest city of Omdurman in the Khartoum state.
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Several killed in Sudan military plane crash (+VIDEO)
TEHRAN, Feb. 26 (MNA) – A Sudanese military plane crashed on Tuesday on the outskirts of the capital Khartoum, killing a number of officers and civilians, the army said.
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Heartbreaking fire explosion kills 5 children near Rabat
TEHRAN, Feb. 24 (MNA) – Moroccans are mourning the death of five children in a horrific fire that broke out in a home in Temara, near Rabat.
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Sudanese FM to travel to Iran
TEHRAN, Feb. 16 (MNA) – The foreign minister of Sudan will travel to Tehran at the invitation of his Iranian counterpart.
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48 killed in gold mine collapse in western Mali
TEHRAN, Feb. 16 (MNA) – At least 48 people, most of them women, were killed on Saturday when an "illegally operated gold mining site" collapsed in western Mali, according to consistent eyewitness accounts from the area.
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Namibia’s ‘founding father’, first president dies aged 95
TEHRAN, Feb. 09 (MNA) – Sam Nujoma, the revolutionary leader who guided Namibia to independence from apartheid South Africa in 1990 and served as its first president for 15 years, has died at 95.
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African leaders call for ceasefire in DR Congo
TEHRAN, Feb. 09 (MNA) – The leaders of the East African Community (EAC) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) have called for an immediate ceasefire in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Terrorist attack in Mali leaves dozens killed, injured
TEHRAN, Feb. 09 (MNA) – The Malian military has confirmed a deadly terrorist attack targeting a convoy under military protection, resulting in 25 fatalities and 14 injuries.
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Fuel tanker explodes in northeastern Nigeria
TEHRAN, Feb. 05 (MNA) – A fuel tanker exploded late Tuesday at a filling station near Yola International Airport in northeastern Nigeria's Adamawa State, with several people feared dead.
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54 killed in Sudan market attack by paramilitary group
TEHRAN, Feb. 02 (MNA) – An attack on an open market in the Sudanese city of Omdurman by a paramilitary group killed 54 people and wounded at least 158, health authorities said Saturday.
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Trump issues first airstrike order in second administration
TEHRAN, Feb. 02 (MNA) – Donald Trump says he ordered military air strikes on a senior attack planner and others from the ISIL terrorist group in Somalia.
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Huge fire breaks out at shipbuilding area in Egypt (+VIDEO)
TEHRAN, Jan. 31 (MNA) – The local media in Egypt on Friday announced that a massive fire broke out in a shipyard area in Egypt.
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Over 1,000 wounded in east DR Congo hostilities
TEHRAN, Jan. 31 (MNA) – More than a thousand people were admitted to hospitals in the city of Goma in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo amid hostilities.
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Aircraft crash kills 18 in South Sudan
TEHRAN, Jan. 29 (MNA) – At least 18 people died after an aircraft carrying 21 people crashed in South Sudan on Wednesday, a radio run by the UN said.
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Boeing 737 with 59 passengers crashes in Nigeria
TEHRAN, Jan. 29 (MNA) – A commercial plane in Nigeria with 59 passengers on board from a Lagos crash has landed at an airport in the Kano state.
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Over 100 killed in DR Congo’s Goma
TEHRAN, Jan. 29 (MNA) – More than a hundred people have been killed and over a thousand wounded in the city of Goma in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
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ISIL kill at least 20 Nigerian soldiers
TEHRAN, Jan. 26 (MNA) – At least 20 Nigerian soldiers have been reportedly killed in a suspected attack by fighters from the ISIL affiliate in West Africa Province (ISWAP).
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Several killed in Nigeria fuel tank explosion
TEHRAN, Jan. 26 (MNA) – Several victims have been confirmed dead as tragedy struck Saturday in Nigeria when a petrol tanker exploded.
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Some 70 people killed in attack on hospital in Sudan
TEHRAN, Jan. 26 (MNA) – Some 70 people were killed in an attack on the only functional hospital in the besieged city of El Fasher in Sudan, the chief of the World Health Organization said Sunday.
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Nigerian gasoline tanker explosion kills at least 70 people
TEHRAN, Jan. 18 (MNA) – At least 70 people have died in north-central Nigeria after a gasoline tanker exploded, the country’s emergency response agency said.