Africa

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  • Global(1):OUE unveils OUE Skyspace LA and first-of-its-kind Skyslide at U.S. Bank Tower

    Date: 2016-06-25 10:04:32 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:22 - ID:5155833

    California's tallest open-air observation deck opens to the public on Saturday, 25 June 2016 SINGAPORE, June 25, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Singapore Exchange Mainboard-listed integrated property developer OUE Limited ("OUE" or the "Group") held a ....

  • Ugandan forces to 'withdraw' from Somalia

    Date: 2016-06-23 16:14:17 GMT - Uganda - Africa - SN:90 - ID:5148345

    KAMPALA, June 23 (MENA) - Uganda has decided to pull its troops out of Somalia by December 2017, the BBC reported. It provides the biggest contingent of soldiers to the African Union force fighting militant Islamist group Al-Shabab. Uganda's ....

  • Nearly 200 die in a month at Boko Haram displaced camp

    Date: 2016-06-23 06:23:03 GMT - Switzerland - Africa - SN:6 - ID:5144033

    GENEVA, June 23 (MENA) - Nearly 200 people have died in the last month at a camp for people made homeless by Boko Haram violence in northeast Nigeria, an aid agency said Wednesday, warning of a growing malnutrition crisis. A Doctors Without ....

  • Bashir receives letter from his Ugandan counterpart over fostering mutual ties

    Date: 2016-06-20 18:23:44 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:72 - ID:5130449

    KHARTOUM, June 20 (MENA) – Sudanese President Omar Bashir received a letter from Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni concerning boosting bilateral relations. The letter was handed over to Bashir by Ugandan Foreign Minister Okello Oryem in ....

  • UN human rights experts call for concrete steps to end crisis in Burundi

    Date: 2016-06-19 14:44:39 GMT - Switzerland - Africa - SN:60 - ID:5123633

    GENEVA, June 19 (MENA) - Concluding their second visit to Burundi, a team of United Nations independent human rights experts welcomed certain improvements in the country, but warned that the recent "calm should not be confused with long term ....

  • Parliament speaker meets APRM panel member

    Date: 2016-06-18 18:23:35 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:67 - ID:5119665

    CAIRO, June 18 (MENA) - Parliament Speaker Ali Abdel Aal met on Saturday with Joseph Tsang Mang Kin, a panel member of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) of the African Union. The meeting took up efforts exerted by the House of ....

  • Sisi meets APRM panel member

    Date: 2016-06-18 16:01:08 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:61 - ID:5119037

    CAIRO, June 18 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi met on Saturday with Joseph Tsang Mang Kin, a panel member of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) of the African Union. The meeting took up means to support democracy, governance and ....

  • Egypt dispatches medical convoy to Eritrea

    Date: 2016-06-18 12:49:08 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:40 - ID:5117945

    CAIRO, June 18 (MENA) – Egypt has dispatched a medical convoy to Eritrea, the Foreign Ministry said on Saturday. The Egyptian medical convoy dispatched from the Egyptian Agency of Partnership for Development (EAPD), added the ministry. The ....

  • Boko Haram kills 18 at funeral in Nigeria

    Date: 2016-06-17 15:29:28 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:50 - ID:5114793

    ABUJA, June 17 (MENA) - Boko Haram militants opened fire at a funeral in northeast Nigeria, killing 18 mourners including many women and children, officials and witnesses were quoted by ABC News as saying Friday. The attack occurred late Thursday ....

  • Five million in Sudan need aid: EU

    Date: 2016-06-16 07:55:19 GMT - Belgium - Africa - SN:23 - ID:5106693

    BRUSSELS, June 16 (MENA) - More than five million people in Sudan need urgent assistance after new displacements in Darfur and a surge of refugees arriving from South Sudan, a top European Commission official said Wednesday. The comments by ....

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