Africa

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  • Egypt, Kenya water ministers meet

    Date: 2016-08-18 11:31:01 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:34 - ID:5447929

    CAIRO, Aug 18 (MENA) - Water Resources and Irrigation Minister Mohamed Abdel Aati received his Kenyan counterpart Eugene Wamalwa and his accompanying delegation on Thursday for talks on means of promoting water cooperation. In the period between ....

  • S.Sudan opposition leader Riek Machar flees country

    Date: 2016-08-18 09:38:11 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:17 - ID:5446877

    JUBA, Aug 18 (MENA) - South Sudan's opposition leader Riek Machar has left the country for a neighbouring state, opposition officials said on Thursday, several weeks after he withdrew from the capital Juba during fierce fighting with government ....

  • Arab anti-terror forum kicks off in Khartoum

    Date: 2016-08-18 08:46:29 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:13 - ID:5446689

    KHARTOUM, Aug 18 (MENA) – The Arab anti-terrorism forum kicked off on Thursday in the Sudanese Capital Khartoum under the rubric of Arab media’s role in combating terrorism. The opening session of the two-day forum, organized by Sudanese ....

  • Egyptian embassy in Togo solves problem of fraud victim

    Date: 2016-08-17 14:36:53 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:42 - ID:5443473

    Cairo, Aug 17 (MENA) - The Egyptian embassy in Togo has succeeded in solving the problem of an Egyptian citizen who has been subjected to online fraud by a gang comprising Nigerians and Togolese people. The Egyptian citizen was deceived by ....

  • Nigeria: 23 prison officers dismissed after jailbreaks

    Date: 2016-08-16 12:54:33 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:51 - ID:5437513

    ABUJA, Aug 16 (MENA) - The board of Nigeria's Prisons Service is dismissing 23 officers from two prisons for allegedly colluding in jailbreaks, ABC News reported Tuesday. Prisons Service spokesman Francis Enobore says the board also is suspending ....

  • WFP to distribute food to thousands in Libya

    Date: 2016-08-15 16:35:36 GMT - Libya - Africa - SN:68 - ID:5433141

    TRIPOLI, Aug 15 (MENA) - The World Food Program (WFP) announced that it will distribute foodstuffs to 120,000 people across Libya within this month. However, the WFP, in its Tweet, didn't mention the areas where the food will be distributed. ....

  • Egypt, Uganda discuss energy cooperation

    Date: 2016-08-15 13:07:54 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:38 - ID:5430717

    CAIRO, Aug 15 (MENA) – Arab Organization for Industrialization (AOI) Chairman Abdel Aziz Seif received visiting Ugandan Energy Minister Irene Muloni Monday. The meeting took up a number of files of mutual interest, especially renewable solar and ....

  • 100 trucks cross Salloum terminal to Libya

    Date: 2016-08-15 12:25:40 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:35 - ID:5431305

    MARSA MATROUH, Egypt, Aug 15 (MENA) - Matrouh security director Hisham Lotfi on Monday said procedures had been finalized for the departure of 100 trucks to Libya during the past 24 hours. He also said 151 empty trucks came back from Libya to ....

  • Global (2):PepsiCo Announced As Twitter Launch Partner for Promoted #Stickers

    Date: 2016-08-15 08:01:49 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:12 - ID:5429357

    Partners unleash #PepsiMoji stickers on the world, leveraging Twitter's new ad product to bring the beverage giant's global #PepsiMoji campaign to life in a new and exciting way SAN FRANCISCO and PURCHASE, New York, Aug. 15, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- ....

  • Suspected Ugandan rebels kill at least 30 in eastern DR Congo -- army

    Date: 2016-08-14 13:37:10 GMT - Democratic Republic of Congo - Africa - SN:47 - ID:5425709

    KINSHASA, Aug 14 (MENA) - Suspected rebels killed at least 30 civilians in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo the army said, marking the deadliest massacre in the conflict-ravaged region this year. Rebels from the Allied Democratic Forces ....

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