Africa

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  • Sudan: 6 security men killed in clashes with demonstrators

    Date: 2019-04-30 16:17:25 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:59 - ID:7922875

    KHARTOUM, April 30 (MENA) - Sudan's Transitional Military Council announced on Tuesday that six security men were killed and 16 others injured in clashes with demonstrators in various parts of the country on Monday. "The military council is keen ....

  • PAP lauds Sisi's initiative to treat Hepatitis C patients in African countries

    Date: 2019-04-30 13:55:09 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:50 - ID:7922475

    CAIRO, April 30 (MENA) - President of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) Roger Nkodo Dang lauded the success of the initiative of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi "100 Million Healthier Lives" to fight Hepatitis C Virus and chronic diseases in ....

  • 3 new scheduled freight air routes to link Chongqing, Addis Ababa

    Date: 2019-04-30 08:17:32 GMT - China - Africa - SN:12 - ID:7922206

    BEIJING, April 30 (MENA) - Three new scheduled freight air routes will link southwest China's Chongqing Municipality and the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, Xinhua reported Tuesday. The routes are Chongqing-Addis Ababa, Chongqing-Dubai-Addis Ababa ....

  • Five Nigerian soldiers killed, 30 missing in Boko Haram battle

    Date: 2019-04-29 13:36:51 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:33 - ID:7921544

    ABUJA, April 29 (MENA) - At least five Nigerian soldiers were killed and some 30 are missing three days after Boko Haram elements overran an army base, security sources said on Monday. Gunmen from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), ....

  • Benin pushes on with legislative vote

    Date: 2019-04-28 10:30:09 GMT - Benin - Africa - SN:29 - ID:7919949

    PORTO NOVO, April 28 (MENA) - Benin will hold legislative elections on Sunday in which not a single opposition party is allowed to run, Bloomberg reported. The small West African nation faces its worst political crisis in almost two decades ....

  • AU discusses submitting proposal to UN on immunities of heads of states

    Date: 2019-04-27 22:27:04 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:66 - ID:7919494

    GENEVA, April 27 (MENA) - African Union Legal Counsel Ambassador Namira Negm on Saturday hosted a second meeting at the level of experts to mull a proposal, planned to be submitted to the UN General Assembly. The proposal requests an advisory ....

  • Egypt to set up 4 medical centers in Africa

    Date: 2019-04-24 11:52:32 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:33 - ID:7914545

    CAIRO, April 24 (MENA) - Minister of Health and Population Hala Zayed on Wednesday said that her ministry started setting up four medical care centers in Africa starting with Chad. She added that the project comes in implementation of an ....

  • Stadia to be ready to host AFCON by May 15 – Organizing committee

    Date: 2019-04-22 15:59:44 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:70 - ID:7911367

    CAIRO, April 22 (MENA) – Ahmed Abdullah, head of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) organizing committee’s stadia sub-committee, said on Monday the six stadiums that are set to host AFCON will be ready by May 15. Abdullah said he will pay a ....

  • Sisi invited to US-Africa Business Summit in Mozambique

    Date: 2019-04-21 14:35:07 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:78 - ID:7909417

    CAIRO, April 21 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has received an invitation from his Mozambican counterpart Filipe Nyusi to attend the US-Africa Business Summit to be held in Maputo in June. Foreign Minister of Mozambique José Pacheco ....

  • Rwanda discovers 15 bodies from DR Congo boat accident

    Date: 2019-04-21 08:26:41 GMT - Rwanda - Africa - SN:18 - ID:7908376

    KIGALI, April 21 (MENA) - Rwanda discovered 15 bodies that were washed down into its side of Lake Kivu from a recent boat accident on the side of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo), Xinhua quoted a local official as saying. DR Congo ....

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