Africa

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  • Global(3):Global CCS Institute Welcomes World's First Commercial Steel CCS Project in Abu Dhabi

    Date: 2016-11-07 07:13:58 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:8 - ID:5914145

    MELBOURNE, Australia, Nov. 7, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- The Global CCS Institute has welcomed the launch of the world's first commercial carbon capture facility on a steel production plant. As the twenty second conference of the parties (COP 22) to ....

  • Morocco starts operating 1st phase of world’s biggest solar power plant

    Date: 2016-11-06 11:03:12 GMT - Morocco - Africa - SN:16 - ID:5908953

    OUARZAZATE, Morocco, Nov 6 (MENA) - Morocco has started operating the world's biggest solar power plants, which include four separate stations, in the southeastern city of Ouarzazate. Noor plant 1 is fully operative and work is underway to ....

  • Canadian Minister of National Defence to visit Mali and Senegal

    Date: 2016-11-04 09:45:44 GMT - Canada - Africa - SN:16 - ID:5898885

    OTTAWA, Nov 4 (MENA) - Canadian defence Minister Harjit S. Sajjan will visit Mali and Senegal from November 5-8, as Canada considers where to send troops as part of a commitment to boost UN peacekeeping efforts. During this visit, Sajjan will ....

  • AU Agriculture Commissioner urges businessmen to invest in Africa

    Date: 2016-11-02 13:47:07 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:59 - ID:5887613

    KHARTOUM, Nov 2 (MENA) – The African Union (AU) Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Economy Tumusiime Rhoda Peace Wednesday called on Arab and African investors to pump more investments and establish agriculture projects in the African ....

  • French PM urges fostering European-African partnership

    Date: 2016-10-29 22:31:59 GMT - France - Africa - SN:79 - ID:5863481

    PARIS/ACCRA, Oct 29 (MENA) - French Prime Minister Manuel Valls urged fostering African-European partnership in view of growing competition with countries like China. "I am moved by a conviction that is growing ... Africa is for us the continent ....

  • 2 suicide bombers kill 9 in Nigeria's Maiduguri

    Date: 2016-10-29 10:11:44 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:29 - ID:5859817

    ABUJA, Oct 29 (MENA) - Two suicide bombings rocked Nigeria’s northeast city of Maiduguri on Saturday, killing at least nine people and injuring scores others, emergency services said. One explosion happened outside a gas station, while the other ....

  • OIC calls for calm, restraint in CAR

    Date: 2016-10-28 14:27:59 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Africa - SN:42 - ID:5855993

    JEDDAH, Oct 28 (MENA) - The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has urged calm, restraint and patience in the Central African Republic (CAR) following the resurgence of violence in parts of the country, including Bangui, said OIC on its ....

  • Kenyan president starts official visit to Sudan on Saturday

    Date: 2016-10-28 09:48:47 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:11 - ID:5853637

    KHARTOUM, Oct 28 (MENA) - Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta will start a two-day official visit to Sudan on Saturday at an invitation from his Sudanese counterpart Omar al Bashir. Sudanese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ambassador Ghareeballa Khidr, in ....

  • Sisi underlines importance of establishing African peace and security

    Date: 2016-10-26 13:23:07 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:48 - ID:5842965

    SHARM EL SHEIKH, Oct 26 (MENA) – President Abdel Fattah El Sisi said on Wednesday that progress in establishing the basic foundations of African peace and security should be capitalized for empowering Africa to stand up to unconventional challenges ....

  • Bahrain slams Kenya terrorist attack

    Date: 2016-10-26 11:08:18 GMT - Bahrain - Africa - SN:30 - ID:5841737

    MANAMA, Oct 26 (MENA) - Bahrain condemned Wednesday the terrorist attack that targeted a hotel in Kenya's Mandera city which left some persons dead and injured. In a statement, Bahrain's Foreign Ministry renewed its rejection to terrorism with ....

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