Africa

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  • 1st Inter-Regional Smart Agriculture Forum opens in Khartoum with Egypt participating

    Date: 2018-09-24 10:15:24 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:30 - ID:7590068

    KHARTOUM, Sept 24 (MENA) - The 1st Inter-Regional Smart Agriculture Forum kicked off in Khartoum on Monday with the participation of Egypt. The three-day event is organized in tandem with the Arab Organization for Agricultural Development ....

  • South Sudan president winds up Khartoum visit

    Date: 2018-09-23 13:28:07 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:53 - ID:7588784

    KHARTOUM, Sept 23 (MENA- South Sudan President Salva Kiir wrapped up a visit to Khartoum on Sunday after taking part in a ceremony marking the signing of a peace deal in his country. According to SUNA News agency, Sudan and South Sudan agreed to ....

  • Death toll from Tanzanian ferry disaster rises to 224

    Date: 2018-09-23 12:42:59 GMT - Tanzania - Africa - SN:47 - ID:7588820

    DAR ES SALAAM, Sept 23 (MENA) -Tanzania's State broadcaster said burials have started of those who died when a ferry capsized on Lake Victoria as the death toll rose to 224, ABC news reported Sunday. According to Tanzania Broadcasting ....

  • Cholera outbreak kills around 100 in Nigeria

    Date: 2018-09-22 19:29:36 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:56 - ID:7587956

    ABUJA, Sept 22 (MENA) - A cholera outbreak in Nigeria's northeast has killed dozens of people and led to hundreds of new infections, the United Nations said Saturday. The disease first broke out in volatile Borno state two weeks ago. Cases were ....

  • Death toll of Tanzania ferry disaster rises to 209

    Date: 2018-09-22 18:13:28 GMT - Tanzania - Africa - SN:50 - ID:7587798

    DAR ES SALAAM, Sept 22 (MENA) - The death toll soared past 200 while a survivor was found inside a capsized Tanzania ferry two days after the Lake Victoria disaster, officials said Saturday, while search efforts were ending to focus on identifying ....

  • NEPAD honors environment min. in recognition of Egypt's efforts to serve Africa environment

    Date: 2018-09-21 13:22:00 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:29 - ID:7586109

    CAIRO, Sept 21 (MENA) - The New Partnership for Africa's Development organization (NEPAD) honored Friday Environment Minister Yasmeen Fouad on the sidelines of the Seventh Special Session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment ....

  • African, European prosecutors urge more judicial cooperation to fight organized crime, human trafficking

    Date: 2018-09-20 15:09:54 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:57 - ID:7584862

    SHARM EL SHEIKH, Sept 20 (MENA) - The first conference of the general attorneys of Europe and Africa wound up three-day meetings in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el Sheikh on Thursday with the participation of 24 African and three European ....

  • Egypt ready to help ACHPR with women rights' file - NCW

    Date: 2018-09-20 11:39:15 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:34 - ID:7584648

    CAIRO, Sept 20 (MENA) - The Head of the National Council for Women (NCW) Maya Morsi stressed that Egypt is ready to help the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights ACHPR with the women rights' file. She was speaking at a meeting with ....

  • Saudi Arabia hosts 1st Eritrean-Djibouti meeting in 10 years

    Date: 2018-09-17 21:21:40 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Africa - SN:87 - ID:7580671

    RIYADH, Sept 17 (MENA) - Saudi Arabia hosted on Monday a historic meeting between President of Djibouti Ismail Omar Guelleh and President of Eritrea Isaias Afwerki in Jeddah, the Saudi Press Agency reported. The meeting ended a 10-year break in ....

  • OIC condemns Burkina Faso terrorist attacks

    Date: 2018-09-17 17:13:51 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Africa - SN:68 - ID:7580148

    RIYADH, Sept 17 (MENA) - The Organization of Islamic Cooperation condemned on Monday the recent terrorist attacks on a mosque in Burkina Faso which left a number of worshippers dead and wounded. OIC Secretary General Yousef bin Ahmad Al-Othaimeen ....

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