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Iranpress: Nigeria, Libya blacklisted by EU over terrorism financing

Nigeria, Libya blacklisted by EU over terrorism financing

Thursday, 14 February 2019 18:24

The European Commission has included Nigeria and Libya in its blacklist of countries which are involved in money laundering and financing of terrorism.

Iranpress: Sierra Leone, as the gateway to Africa, is important for Iran: President Rouhani

Sierra Leone, as the gateway to Africa, is important for Iran: President Rouhani

Saturday, 02 February 2019 17:32

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in a meeting with new ambassador of Sierra Leone in Tehran, has said developing close and friendly relations with African countries, especially Sierra Leone, as the gateway to Africa is important for Iran.

Iranpress: Mass graves of ethnic clashes

Mass graves of ethnic clashes' victims discovered in western Congo

Thursday, 31 January 2019 15:27

An investigation by UN in the western part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has unearthed mass graves of latest ethnic clashes between two tribes which killed hundreds of people.

Iranpress: 30,000 Nigerians flee to neighbouring borders in weekend: UN

30,000 Nigerians flee to neighbouring borders in weekend: UN

Wednesday, 30 January 2019 17:20

30,000 People living in northeast Nigeria fled their homes last weekend when escalating attacks by Boko Haram terrorists became intolerable, and a grave danger to their lives.

Iranpress: Iranian official: US withdrawal from JCPOA harms int

Iranian official: US withdrawal from JCPOA harms int'l community

Sunday, 27 January 2019 09:24

Iranian Vice President for Parliamentary Affairs said on Saturday that the US unilateral withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) will hurt the international community.

Iranpress: Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso's Prime Minister, government resigns

Sunday, 20 January 2019 09:17

Burkina Faso’s president announced in a statement that the country's government and Prime Minister have resigned.

Iranpress: 5-star hotel attacked in Kenya’s capital Nairobi

5-star hotel attacked in Kenya’s capital Nairobi

Tuesday, 15 January 2019 17:04

A hotel and office complex in an upscale area of the Kenyan capital Nairobi were hit by two explosions.

Iranpress: Fuel price crisis pours people to the streets across Zimbabwe

Fuel price crisis pours people to the streets across Zimbabwe

Monday, 14 January 2019 15:18

Protesters have taken to the streets in Zimbabwe to voice their outrage over a sharp hike in fuel prices recently announced by President Emmerson Mnangagwe as a measure to tackle the country’s worst fuel shortage in a decade.

Iranpress: 39 ISIS escapee terrorists sentences to death in Tunisia

39 ISIS escapee terrorists sentences to death in Tunisia

Sunday, 13 January 2019 13:18

A Tunisian court in the capital Tunis on Friday sentenced 41 ISIS terrorists to death, with only two of them in custody and 39 others currently at large.

Iranpress: Gabon

Gabon's Military stages coup to oust ailing president

Monday, 07 January 2019 10:42

Gabon's military announced army has seized power in oil-rich Gabon, located along the Atlantic coast of Central Africa where the ailing president Ali Bongo has been in Morocco for treatment more than two months.

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