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  • Khartoum to host third int'l oilseeds congress

    Date: 2016-11-12 12:27:55 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:38 - ID:5948373

    KHARTOUM, Nov 12 (MENA) - The Sudanese capital Khartoum will host on Sunday the third international oilseeds congress organized by the Exporters Chamber at the Federation of Chambers of Commerce. The Chairman of the Exporters Chamber Wagdi Mirghani ....

  • Sudan seeks to build ties with US on joint interests--Official

    Date: 2016-11-12 09:52:01 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:21 - ID:5947249

    KHARTOUM, Nov 12 (MENA) - Undersecretary of the Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Obeid Allah Mohamed Obeid Allah said his country just asks the US and its new administration under President-elect Donald Trump to appreciate its stance as a ....

  • US diplomat in Sudan optimistic about Washington-Khartoum ties in coming period

    Date: 2016-11-10 13:28:41 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:45 - ID:5937641

    KHARTOUM, Nov 10 (MENA) – US Chargé d'Affaires in Sudan Steven Koutsis said he was optimistic about the advance of ties between Washington and Khartoum in the coming period after announcing Donald Trump as the new US president. The ....

  • Nigeria: Stampede at Lagos airport during counter-terrorism exercise

    Date: 2016-11-09 17:04:33 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:95 - ID:5932341

    ABUJA, Nov 9 (MENA) - Stampede by Air travellers and aviation staff greeted Nigerian Air Force counter terrorist exercise code-named operation Thunder bolt at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport , Lagos, said the Nigerian newspaper The ....

  • Gunmen kill 36 Nigerian miners

    Date: 2016-11-09 16:55:31 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:93 - ID:5930933

    ABUJA, Nov 9 (MENA) - Gunmen have killed 36 gold miners in north-west Nigeria, police, quoted by the BBC, said. The attackers overran a mining camp in the Maru district of Zamfara state, in the latest in a series of similar raids in the ....

  • African parliamentarians welcome Morocco's decision to return to AU

    Date: 2016-11-07 08:09:03 GMT - Morocco - Africa - SN:10 - ID:5914133

    RABAT, Nov 7 (MENA) - The participating African parliamentarians in the 69th Session of the Executive Committee of the African Parliamentary Union (APU) welcomed Morocco's decision to return to the African Union (AU), asserting that the Moroccan ....

  • 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 ....

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