East Africa
Kenyan police seize $20 mln of counterfeit banknotes from deposit box
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- Published on Wednesday, 20 March 2019 11:10
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Kenyan police have seized $20 million of counterfeit banknotes that had been stored in a personal safety deposit box at a branch of Barclays Bank Kenya, the directorate of criminal investigations said.
U.S. to send teams to assist in Ethiopian Airlines crash
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- Published on Monday, 11 March 2019 08:54
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The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board will send four people to assist in the fatal Ethiopian Airlines crash, an NTSB spokesman said on Sunday.
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration is also monitoring developments concerning the crash, a statement said. “We are in contact with the State Department and plan to join the NTSB in its…
Ethiopian crash black boxes sent to Paris as 737 MAX jets grounded globally
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- Published on Thursday, 14 March 2019 11:09
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Two black boxes from the Boeing 737 MAX airplane that crashed in Ethiopia were being taken to Paris for investigation, Ethiopian Airlines said, as regulators around the world awaited word on whether it was safe to resume flying the jets.
South Sudan ceasefire largely holding but 'situation remains fragile' - UN chief
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- Published on Thursday, 07 March 2019 09:25
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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is encouraged that a ceasefire in South Sudan is largely holding and violence among signatories to September's peace agreement has decreased – but he says sporadic clashes continue indicating "the situation remains fragile".
And the UN chief warns that key benchmarks haven't been achieved five months into an…