Africa

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  • High-level Egyptian delegation to attend Nile Day in Tanzaia Wednesday

    Date: 2017-02-21 10:42:35 GMT - Tanzania - Africa - SN:34 - ID:6561297

    DAR ES SALAAM, Feb 21 (MENA) - Proceedings of the Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) will be held here on Wednesday under the rubric ''Our Shared Nile - Source of Energy, Food and Water for All'' amid the participation of a high-level Egyptian delegation ....

  • S.Sudan spokesman denies Salva Kiir regime responsibility for famine

    Date: 2017-02-21 07:43:27 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:13 - ID:6560149

    JUBA, Feb 21 (MENA) - South Sudan Presidential Spokesman Ateny Wek Ateny denied that the regime of Salva Kiir Mayardit was responsible for the famine threatening some parts of the country. In statements to the BBC Radio on Tuesday, Ateny held the ....

  • Global(1):New Guide Helps Countries Assess Immunization Financing Options

    Date: 2017-02-21 06:09:54 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:2 - ID:6559861

    WASHINGTON, Feb. 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, a new resource guide, Immunization Financing: A Resource Guide for Advocates, Policymakers, and Program Managers, was released to provide practical advice to low- and middle-income countries seeking ....

  • Al Azhar condemns Mogadishu terror attack

    Date: 2017-02-20 19:29:01 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:100 - ID:6559009

    CAIRO, Feb 20 (MENA) - Al Azhar has strongly condemned a terrorist attack on a local market in the Somali capital of Mogadishu that killed at least 30 people and injured over 40 others. Such heinous crimes have nothing to do with religions, Al ....

  • OIC condemns Mogadishu terrorist attack

    Date: 2017-02-20 17:09:01 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Africa - SN:82 - ID:6557909

    JEDDAH, Feb 20 (MENA) - The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) strongly condemned Monday the terrorist car bomb attack, claimed by the terrorist group al Shabaab, which struck at Madina district of Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, killing a score ....

  • Famine hits parts of South Sudan: UN warns

    Date: 2017-02-20 16:50:39 GMT - Switzerland - Africa - SN:78 - ID:6557453

    GENEVA, Feb 20 (MENA) - Famine has been formally declared in parts of South Sudan, the United Nations warned today, noting that war and a collapsing economy have left some 100,000 people facing starvation there and a further one million people are ....

  • Conf. of chief justices of African constitutional courts starts in Cairo, 5 last Cairo

    Date: 2017-02-20 11:19:42 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:37 - ID:6554989

    High constitutional courts play an important role in establishing constitutional values in democratic systems, said Egyptian House speaker Aly Abdel Aal. He added that constitutional courts guarantee the legal system is applied and rights are ....

  • Conf. of chief justices of African constitutional courts starts in Cairo, 4 Cairo

    Date: 2017-02-20 10:54:39 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:35 - ID:6554905

    Prime Minister Sherif Ismail said the SCC has entrenched personal rights as part of protecting human rights. The SCC has also set the stage for democracy in nascent countries, Ismail said in his speech. He conveyed President Abdel Fattah El ....

  • Conf. of chief justices of African constitutional courts starts in Cairo, 3 Cairo

    Date: 2017-02-20 10:40:36 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:32 - ID:6554909

    The conference is meant to achieve justice and equality through the judicial authority, said Chief Justice of the Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC) of Egypt Abdel Wahab Abdel Razeq. It will be a chance to exchange expertise with the aim to boost ....

  • Conf. of chief justices of African constitutional courts starts in Cairo, 2 Cairo

    Date: 2017-02-20 10:40:10 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:31 - ID:6554713

    The conference, the first, will review challenges facing the judicial authority in Africa in the current stage, said Hazem Fahmy, the Secretary General of the Egyptian Partnership Agency for Development (EPAD). Participants will also probe the ....

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