Africa

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  • 4 killed in central Mali after vehicle hit land mine

    Date: 2018-02-10 19:39:09 GMT - Mali - Africa - SN:65 - ID:7238626

    BAMAKO, Feb 10 (MENA) - At least four people have been killed and several others wounded after their vehicle hit an explosive device in the central Mopti region of Mali, ABC News reported on Saturday. The country's army said the civilians were ....

  • Egyptian transport min. meets with Sudanese vice president in Khartoum

    Date: 2018-02-08 15:51:03 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:83 - ID:7235018

    KHARTOUM, Feb 8 (MENA) - Egyptian Transport Minister Hisham Arafat met on Thursday with Sudanese Vice President Bakri Hassan Saleh. Sundanese Transport Minister Makkawi Mohamed Awad attended the meeting. In statements to MENA, Arafat said that ....

  • Egyptian, Sudanese ministers of transport attend meeting of NVARN in Khartoum

    Date: 2018-02-08 14:57:43 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:72 - ID:7234735

    KHARTOUM, Feb 8 (MENA) - Egyptian Minister of Transport Hisham Arafat and his Sudanese counterpart Makkawi Mohamed Awad witnessed on Thursday the final session of the meeting of the Nile Valley Authority for River Navigation (NVARN). Both ....

  • 1st passenger train launched between Ethiopia, Djibouti

    Date: 2018-02-07 11:35:48 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:35 - ID:7232218

    ADDIS ABABA, Feb 7 (MENA) - The first Ethiopia-Djibouti fully electrified cross-border passenger train was launched, Radio France International reported on Wednesday. It links Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, to the Red Sea port of Djibouti - a ....

  • Kenya allows 2 TV stations to resume broadcasting

    Date: 2018-02-05 18:56:46 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:88 - ID:7229653

    NAIROBI, Feb 5 (MENA) - Kenya's government restored transmission to two major TV stations of the four it shut down seven days ago, ABC news reported Monday Also the police fired tear gas at a peaceful demonstration of about 100 protesters ....

  • Peace talks between Sudanese gov't, SPLM northern sector to be resumed

    Date: 2018-02-04 08:18:21 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:13 - ID:7226225

    KHARTOUM, Feb 4 (MENA) - Peace talks between the Sudanese government and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM)/northern sector will be resumed later on as both sides would mull means of settling remaining issues. The four-day talks ....

  • Mauritania's president sends message to Senegalese counterpart

    Date: 2018-02-03 10:59:39 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:21 - ID:7224749

    NOUAKCHOTT, Feb 3 (MENA) - Mauritanian Minister of Oil, Energy and Minerals Mohamed Ould Abdel Fatah left Nouakchott on Saturday, heading for the Republic of Senegal, to hand over a message from President of Mauritania Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz to his ....

  • US bans export of weapons, defense services to South Sudan

    Date: 2018-02-02 15:56:45 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:51 - ID:7224183

    WASHINGTON, Feb 2 (MENA) - The United States on Friday banned the export of weapons and defense services to South Sudan, stepping up pressure against President Salva Kiir to end the country’s four-year conflict, Al Arabiya reported. "The ....

  • Roadside bomb blast kills 3 civilians outside Mogadishu

    Date: 2018-02-01 17:14:17 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:82 - ID:7222747

    MOGADISHU, Feb 1 (MENA) - A roadside bomb blast has killed at least three civilians on the outskirts of Mogadishu, the Somali capital on Thursday, Shabelle News reported. Eyewitnesses said the incident took place a remote-controlled landmine ....

  • Cameroon receives 47 separatists extradited from Nigeria

    Date: 2018-01-29 21:39:35 GMT - Cameroon - Africa - SN:84 - ID:7217538

    YAOUNDE, Jan 29 (MENA) - Cameroon's minister of communications has said 47 suspected separatists and leaders of a group that declared the independence of English-speaking regions have been extradited from Nigeria. Those extradited arrived in ....

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