Africa

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  • Death toll from Ethiopia's rubbish landslide rises to 72

    Date: 2017-03-14 13:07:20 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:45 - ID:6694957

    ADDIS ABABA, March 14 (MENA) - Seventy-two people have now been confirmed dead following the weekend landslide at a vast rubbish dump on the outskirts of the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, the BBC reported on Tuesday. The search for more ....

  • Death toll from Ethiopia's landslide rises to 65

    Date: 2017-03-14 11:29:19 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:23 - ID:6694017

    ADDIS ABABA, March 14 (MENA) - Ethiopian officials have confirmed that 65 people died in the weekend's landslide at a rubbish dump in the capital, Addis Ababa, the BBC reported on Tuesday. The search for more victims is continuing and funerals ....

  • Global(1):Aviation Leaders From Over 130 Countries Participate in World ATM Congress 2017

    Date: 2017-03-14 09:38:51 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:13 - ID:6693205

    MADRID, March 14, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- The fifth annual World ATM Congress concluded Thursday, 9 March. As the world's largest air traffic management (ATM) exhibition, the Congress attracted a record-breaking 7,757 registrants and 230 exhibitors ....

  • Nile-COM subcommittee concludes meetings in Khartoum

    Date: 2017-03-13 22:44:10 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:105 - ID:6691625

    KHARTOUM, March 13 (MENA) - A subcommittee formed by the Nile Council of Ministers (Nile-COM) of the Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) concluded its activities here on Monday in the presence of Egypt's Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Mohamed ....

  • Car bomb blast kills 6 near hotel in Somalia's capital

    Date: 2017-03-13 08:44:20 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:15 - ID:6683161

    MOGADISHU, March 13 (MENA) - A suicide car bomber detonated near a hotel in Somalia's capital Monday morning, killing at least six people and injuring four others, local media reports quoted police as saying. The bomber detonated himself near the ....

  • Somali Journalist critically wounded in car bomb blast

    Date: 2017-03-12 22:39:57 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:91 - ID:6680769

    MOGADISHU, March 12 (MENA) - A bomb under a car has seriously wounded a local journalist, working for London-based Somali channel, in Mogadishu, Shabelle News reported Sunday. The wounded journalist was identified as Abdihamid Mohamed Karzay, who ....

  • Landslide at rubbish dump near Addis Ababa kills 35

    Date: 2017-03-12 18:39:10 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:75 - ID:6680445

    ADDIS ABABA, March 12 (MENA) - At least 35 people have been killed and several dozen are missing after a rubbish dump landslide near Addis Ababa. Makeshift homes and concrete buildings were buried by the landslide at the massive landfill site ....

  • Global(1):JPI Announces Close of Financing for Jefferson Stadium Park

    Date: 2017-03-11 06:00:22 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:4 - ID:6671053

    A class A multifamily community breaking ground in Anaheim's Platinum Triangle ANAHEIM, California, March 11, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- JPI, a leader in the development of Class A multifamily housing, has announced the close of construction financing ....

  • Egypt is linked to African Continent - minister

    Date: 2017-03-07 13:18:50 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:51 - ID:6648229

    ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, March 7 (MENA) - Higher Education and Scientific Research Minister Khaled Abdel Ghaffar said that Egypt is linked politically, economically and socially to the African Continent. He, meanwhile, pointed out to the importance of ....

  • Global (1):Souqalmal.com: Majority of UAE Respondents Want Better Banking Standards

    Date: 2017-03-07 06:47:09 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:3 - ID:6646001

    DUBAI, UAE, March 7, 2017/PRNewswire/ -- 25 per cent of UAE respondents would recommend their primary bank Souqalmal.com, the UAE's #1 personal finance and insurance comparison website, surveyed close to 1,500 bank customers in the UAE for the ....

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