Africa

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  • 3rd AU-HoAI meeting on human trafficking wraps up activities in Sharm el Sheikh

    Date: 2016-06-03 17:09:37 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:72 - ID:5036761

    SHARM EL SHEIKH, June 3 (MENA) - The 3rd meeting of the AU-Horn of Africa Initiative (AU-HoAI) on human trafficking and immigrants wrapped up its activities on Friday in the Red Sea resort city of Sharm el Sheikh. Assistant Foreign Minister for ....

  • 3rd AU-HoAI meeting on human trafficking resumed

    Date: 2016-06-03 09:45:12 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:33 - ID:5033941

    SHARM EL SHEIKH, June 3 (MENA) - Senior officials resumed on Friday the 3rd meeting of the AU-Horn of Africa Initiative (AU-HoAI) on human trafficking and immigrants which is held in Sharm el Sheikh for the 2nd day. The meeting is held under ....

  • EAPD Vice President: Agency organized 90 training programs this year in African countries

    Date: 2016-06-02 13:02:40 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:45 - ID:5029189

    FAYYOUM, Egypt, June 2 (MENA) – Vice President of the Egyptian Agency for Partnership for Development (EAPD) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ambassador Ahmed Ansari said the agency organized 90 training courses this year in various African ....

  • 16 killed, 55 injured in suicide bombing at Somalia hotel

    Date: 2016-06-02 09:00:49 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:19 - ID:5027137

    MOGADISHU, June 2 (MENA) - Somali authorities announced that 16 people were killed and 55 others injured in a suicide bombing at a hotel in Mogadishu on Wednesday. Euronews reported that government forces have blocked off all the main roads near ....

  • Suspected U.S. troops attack Al Shabaab in Somalia

    Date: 2016-06-01 13:47:10 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:60 - ID:5023065

    MOGADISHU, June 1 (MENA) - Suspected U.S. military soldiers have conducted an operation in southern Somalia, targeting Al shabaab bases in the outskirts of Kismayo city, 500Km south Somalia, according to Shabelle News. The special forces riding ....

  • Azhar aid convoy starts activities in Nigeria

    Date: 2016-06-01 13:01:28 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:53 - ID:5022725

    ABUJA, June 1 (MENA) - Al Azhar aid convoy started on Wednesday its activities in the Nigerian capital in the presence of Egyptian Ambassador in Abuja Ashraf Salama. Azhar Grand Imam ordered earlier dispatching an aid convoy to deliver food and ....

  • Global(3):Dunkin' Donuts Celebrates Global Donut Day on Friday, June 3rd by Offering Guests a Free Donut with any Beverage Purchase

    Date: 2016-05-31 06:40:34 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:3 - ID:5012745

    Special offer available at participating Dunkin' Donuts restaurants across the Middle East CANTON, Massachusetts, May 31, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Dunkin' Donuts, one of the world's leading baked goods and coffee chains, today announced a delicious ....

  • 2 men sentenced to life terms for bombing Somali airliner

    Date: 2016-05-30 17:07:54 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:77 - ID:5010641

    MOGADISHU, May 30 (MENA) - A military court in the Somali capital on Monday gave a life sentence to two men convicted of masterminding the bombing in February of an airliner which made an emergency landing with a gaping hole in the fuselage, said ....

  • Chad's ex-ruler Hissene Habre convicted of crimes against humanity

    Date: 2016-05-30 14:56:23 GMT - Senegal - Africa - SN:58 - ID:5009713

    DAKAR, May 30 (MENA) - Chad's ex-ruler Hissene Habre has been convicted of crimes against humanity and sentenced to life in prison at a landmark trial in Senegal, said the BBC. The judge convicted him of rape, sexual slavery and ordering killings ....

  • Mauritanian president will not run for another presidential term

    Date: 2016-05-30 06:56:37 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:11 - ID:5005633

    NOUACHOTT, May 30 (MENA) - Mauritania's President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz said he will not run for another presidential term, noting that opposition was raising the issue without any occasion. An interviewed broadcast by the Spanish radio late ....

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