Africa

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  • UNSC team in Juba not to visit Khartoum - Foreign Ministry

    Date: 2016-09-01 08:52:22 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:17 - ID:5526917

    KHARTOUM, Sept 1 (MENA) - The Sudanese Foreign Ministry denied preparations for a visit by the United Nations Security Council team, currently in South Sudan, to Khartoum. Foreign Ministry Spokesman Gareebullah Khidr denied reports purported about ....

  • Bongo re-elected president of Gabon

    Date: 2016-08-31 16:21:32 GMT - Gabon - Africa - SN:76 - ID:5524061

    LIBREVILLE, Aug 31 (MENA) - Gabon's incumbent President Ali Bongo was re-elected as President of Gabon, France 24 channel quoted the election commission here as saying on Wednesday. Bongo got more than 49 percent of the total votes, while his ....

  • Egypt water resources min. attends AMCOW session

    Date: 2016-08-31 12:37:15 GMT - Sweden - Africa - SN:49 - ID:5521697

    STOCKHOM, Aug 31 (MENA) – Egypt’s recent election as deputy chair of the African Ministers' Council on Water (AMCOW) will give the country a role in following up and supporting water causes in the continent, Egyptian Water Resources Minister Mohamed ....

  • 15 killed, injured as car bomb explodes outside Somali presidential palace

    Date: 2016-08-30 13:29:29 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:50 - ID:5516525

    MOGADISHU, Aug 30 (MENA) - A suicide bomber detonated an explosive-laden truck near the presidential palace in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, killing at least five people and injuring 10 others, in an attack claimed by al-Qaeda-linked Al Shabab ....

  • Al Shabaab claims responsibility for Mogadishu palace attack

    Date: 2016-08-30 13:04:26 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:46 - ID:5515893

    MOGADISHU, Aug 30 (MENA) - Al Shabaab terrorist movement claimed responsibility for the explosion that took place at a hotel near the Somali presidential palace in Mogadishu on Tuesday and left three people injured. The explosion, which was ....

  • Global(1):Belt and Road Forum to Give Further Support to Chinese Energy Enterprises

    Date: 2016-08-29 07:57:55 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:15 - ID:5507425

    YANTAI, China, Aug. 29, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Chinese energy enterprises need repositioning themselves for going out and conducting international cooperation on production capacity, Ian He, CEO of Jereh Group said Thursday at the International Energy ....

  • Nigeria asks Boko Haram to pick NGO intermediary to free Chibok girls

    Date: 2016-08-28 16:03:09 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:67 - ID:5505149

    NAIROBI, Aug 28 (MENA) - Nigeria would let Boko Haram choose a non-profit organisation as an intermediary in any talks on the release of about 200 schoolgirls kidnapped from the northeastern village of Chibok in 2014, President Muhammadu Buhari was ....

  • Mahlab meets with Sudanese Vice President in Nairobi

    Date: 2016-08-27 22:35:12 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:86 - ID:5500849

    KHARTOUM, Aug 27 (MENA) - Presidential Aide Ibrahim Mahlab on Saturday met with Sudanese Vice President Bakri Hassan Saleh in Nairobi. The meeting was held on the sidelines of Tokyo International Conference on African Development, which kicked ....

  • Zimbabwe police arrest 67 over anti-government protest

    Date: 2016-08-27 20:06:37 GMT - Zimbabwe - Africa - SN:75 - ID:5500333

    HARARE, Aug 27 (MENA) - Zimbabwe police said they arrested 67 people following a violent protest that rocked the capital, Harare, ABC News reported on Saturday. The police recovered some property looted during the protests, police spokesman Paul ....

  • No 'Arab Spring' in Zimbabwe -- Mugabe warns protesters

    Date: 2016-08-27 07:21:03 GMT - Zimbabwe - Africa - SN:11 - ID:5496977

    HARARE, Aug 27 (MENA) - President Robert Mugabe has warned there will be no ‘Arab Spring’ in Zimbabwe after protests against his decades-long rule descended into violence on Friday, Euronews reported on Saturday. A so-called ‘mega demonstration’ ....

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