Africa

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  • Ethiopia: Preparations underway to host 28th African summit

    Date: 2016-12-30 22:15:03 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:70 - ID:6246025

    ADDIS ABABA, Dec 30 (MENA) - The Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Friday that preparations are underway to host the 28th African Heads of State and Government Summit which is scheduled to take place in Addis Ababa on January 22-31, ....

  • Nigerian police foil attempt to blow up key Lagos bridge

    Date: 2016-12-29 12:26:12 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:36 - ID:6238645

    ABUJA, Dec 29 (MENA) - Nigerian police said they have thwarted a plot to bomb a key bridge in the commercial hub of Lagos, arresting the alleged mastermind and seizing a cache of arms and ammunition, ABC news reported. Police arrested Abiodun ....

  • Somalia: Al Shabaab recaptures town after SNA, AU troops pull out

    Date: 2016-12-28 22:07:58 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:79 - ID:6235409

    MOGADISHU, Dec 28 (MENA) - Al Shabaab militants retook control of a key town in central Somalia hours after it was abandoned by Somali soldiers and allied forces serving with African Union mission in Somalia (AMISOM), Garowe Online ....

  • Kiir: National dialogue will end civil war in S. Sudan

    Date: 2016-12-27 14:17:41 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:63 - ID:6227317

    KHARTOUM, Dec 27 (MENA) - South Sudanese President Salva Kiir on Tuesday said that the national dialogue he announced two weeks ago will put an end to the civil war in his country. According to Sudan Tribune website, Kiir asserted that anybody ....

  • Ugandan president, Sudanese rebels discuss peace in Sudan

    Date: 2016-12-26 14:27:54 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:43 - ID:6221229

    KHARTOUM, Dec 26 (MENA) - Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni discussed ways to re-energize peace process in Sudan and Darfur particularly with two Sudanese leaders of armed groups, Sudan Tribune reported. Museveni has facilitated informal ....

  • Ethiopia FM arrives in Khartoum

    Date: 2016-12-25 16:03:50 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:47 - ID:6216237

    KHARTOUM, Dec 25 (MENA) – Ethiopian Foreign Minister Workenh Gebeyehu arrived here on Sunday leading a high-profile delegation on an official visit to Sudan. Upon his arrival at Khartoum airport, the Ethiopian foreign minister was received by his ....

  • Suicide bomber in Cameroon kills two in attack on market

    Date: 2016-12-25 14:30:02 GMT - Cameroon - Africa - SN:37 - ID:6215297

    YAOUNDE, Dec 25 (MENA) – A suicide bomber in the northern Cameroon town of Mora killed a young student and a woman in an attack on a market, euronews reported quoting an aide to the governor of Far North region Sunday. The bomb also killed the ....

  • EgyptAir to maintain close ties between Egypt, Sudan - official

    Date: 2016-12-22 18:17:50 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:77 - ID:6201857

    KHARTOUM, Dec 22 (MENA) - National carrier EgyptAir will maintain the close ties binding the nations of Egypt and Sudan, said the new regional director of EgyptAir in Khartoum Mahmoud Sakr. The company will continue to develop its fleet between ....

  • Egypt amb. condoles Christians in Sundan over Boutrosiya church bombing

    Date: 2016-12-19 13:02:58 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:35 - ID:6177989

    KHARTOUM, Dec 19 (MENA) - Egypt's Ambassador to Sudan Osama Shaltout extended condolences to the Christians in Sudan over the victims of bombing which occurred last week inside the Boutrosiya Church next to St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in ....

  • Global (2):Mindtree Named as a Leader for Application Outsourcing Capabilities Among Midsize Offshore Vendors by Independent Research Firm

    Date: 2016-12-19 12:29:48 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:30 - ID:6177953

    BANGALORE and WARREN, New Jersey, December 19, 2016/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Combination of Digital Customer Experience, Digital Operational Excellence and Application Management is Noted Mindtree, a global technology services and digital ....

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