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Electricity min. to attend Johannesburg forum on renewable energy investments in Africa
Date: 2018-11-07 10:59:43 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:28 - ID:7658532
CAIRO, Nov 7 (MENA) - Minister of Electricity Mohamed Shaker headed for Johannesburg to attend a forum organized by the African Development Bank in South Africa from November 7 to 9 to encourage private sector investments in the field of renewable ....
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79 kidnapped children released in Cameroon
Date: 2018-11-07 08:24:57 GMT - Cameroon - Africa - SN:14 - ID:7658372
YAOUNDE, Nov 7 (MENA) - A Cameroonian government spokesman announced the release on Wednesday of 79 children who were kidnapped in southwest Cameroon two days ago. The official was quoted by Radio France Internationale as saying that the ....
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OIC condemns kidnapping of students in Cameroon
Date: 2018-11-06 15:06:55 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Africa - SN:71 - ID:7657698
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia Nov 6 (MENA) - The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Dr. Yousef Al Othaimeen, has vigorously condemned the recent kidnapping of dozens of students including their principal from a boarding ....
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78 school students kidnapped in Cameroon; gov't launches search
Date: 2018-11-06 07:15:12 GMT - Cameroon - Africa - SN:10 - ID:7656744
YAOUNDE, Nov 6 (MENA) - Seventy-nine school students were kidnapped on Tuesday in an English-speaking region of Cameroon where separatists are fighting an armed campaign for independence, a government source said. The students were abducted along ....
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Ethiopian parl't approves appointment of woman as head of country's top court
Date: 2018-11-01 12:02:30 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:43 - ID:7649584
ADDIS ABABA, Nov 1 (MENA) - The Ethiopian parliament unanimously approved the appointment of prominent human rights lawyer Meaza Ashenafi as the head the country's federal supreme court. Her name was put forward by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and ....
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Prosecutor general wins APA presidency
Date: 2018-11-01 09:57:50 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:25 - ID:7649283
CAIRO, Nov 1 (MENA) - Prosecutor General Nabil Ahmed Sadeq won the presidency of the Association of African Prosecutors General (APA) garnering 80% of votes in elections which were held in Mauritius at the close of the association's annual general ....
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UN urges North Africa countries to benefit from data revolution
Date: 2018-11-01 08:27:56 GMT - Tunisia - Africa - SN:17 - ID:7649067
TUNIS, Nov 1 (MENA) - The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) office for North Africa urged for working on benefiting from the data revolution and statistics to evaluate and follow up the implementation of Sustainable Development ....
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Unidentified fighter jets target Al-Shabaab camp in Central Somalia
Date: 2018-10-31 16:07:55 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:67 - ID:7648395
MOGADISHU, Oct 31 (MENA) - Unknown warplanes have carried out an airstrike in central Somalia, targeting Al-Shabaab base on Tuesday, authorities told Shabelle Media Network (SMN). The fighter jets bombed Al-Shabaab target in Wabho area located in ....
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PM says Egypt spares no effort to achieve S. Sudan peace
Date: 2018-10-31 15:41:30 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:64 - ID:7648172
JUBA, Oct 31 (MENA) - Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli stressed on Wednesday that Egypt would spare no effort to help South Sudanese people achieve peace. Addressing a Juba-hosted ceremony on behalf of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi to ....
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African leaders arrive in Juba to attend peace agreement celebration
Date: 2018-10-31 10:26:49 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:22 - ID:7647784
JUBA, Oct 31 (MENA) - A number of African heads of state arrived here on Wednesday to take part in a celebration held for signing a peace agreement between the government of South Sudan and the opposition which was reached on December 12 to end ....
