Africa

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  • Assiut governor meets with Uganda's acting ِambassador

    Date: 2016-05-05 20:01:21 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:133 - ID:4851617

    ASSIUT, Egypt, May 5 (MENA) - Assiut Governor Yasser el Desouki on Thursday met with Uganda's acting ِambassador in Cairo. During the meeting, the two officials discussed ways of boosting cooperation and investment. A number of top officials ....

  • PACCI says new portal to develop imports in 43 African states

    Date: 2016-05-05 17:26:18 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:117 - ID:4849725

    CAIRO, May 5 (MENA) – Gamal Khaled Abdel Nasser, the Secretary-General of the Pan African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PACCI) said a new portal will be established gathering 43 member states. Addressing a joint meeting of Egyptian and ....

  • Somali government forces overrun Daesh base, killing at least 12

    Date: 2016-05-04 15:32:30 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:65 - ID:4843969

    MOGADISHU, May 4 (MENA) - At least 12 were killed after Somali government forces stormed a Daesh base training in Janale area at Shabelle region. Somali national army said in statement that Somali Commandos have on Tuesday fully overrun a Daesh ....

  • Saudi Arabia, Sudan review joint Atlantis project

    Date: 2016-05-04 11:23:27 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:34 - ID:4841513

    KHARTOUM, May 4 (MENA) - Sudanese and Saudi Ministers of Minerals; Ahmed Mohamed Sadiq al Kurari and Ali Ibrahim al Naimi, respectively, reviewed on Wednesday the executive steps of the 20 billion dollar mining project Atlantis II. The two ....

  • Baby pulled out alive three days after collapse of Kenya building

    Date: 2016-05-03 12:30:42 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:44 - ID:4835745

    NAIROBI, May 3 (MENA) - Rescue workers pulled a six-month-old baby girl out of the rubble of a building in Kenya's capital on Tuesday and reunited her with her father, more than three days after it collapsed following days of heavy rain, Euro News ....

  • British Army team in Somalia on UN peacekeeping duties

    Date: 2016-05-02 09:28:00 GMT - United Kingdom - Africa - SN:15 - ID:4829909

    LONDON, May 2 (MENA) - A British Army team has arrived in Somalia as part of a United Nations mission to counter Islamist militants, the BBC reported. An advance party of about 10 soldiers from Force Troop Command, 1 Div and Field Army training ....

  • Kenya burns huge pile of ivory tusks to protest poaching

    Date: 2016-05-01 20:35:32 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:64 - ID:4828609

    NAIROBI, May 1 (MENA) - Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta set fire to 105 tons of elephant ivory and more than 1 ton of rhino horn, believed to be the largest stockpile ever destroyed, in a dramatic statement by the East African country against the ....

  • EAPD concludes training on kidney dialysis for African physicians

    Date: 2016-05-01 12:23:44 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:37 - ID:4826021

    CAIRO, May 1 (MENA) - The Egyptian Agency of Partnership for Development (EAPD) concluded on Sunday a medical program that trained 20 physicians from African countries on hemodialysis and the latest techniques used in dialysis. According to the ....

  • Global(2):Chinese Tech Giant Kuang-Chi to Launch $300-Million Global Fund and Incubator in Israel

    Date: 2016-05-01 08:13:06 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:15 - ID:4824845

    TEL AVIV, Israel, May 1, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Kuang-Chi, a Shenzhen-based technology conglomerate, is launching an international innovation fund based in Israel to invest in companies worldwide. The "Kuang-Chi GCI Fund & Incubator" will be the first ....

  • Somalia mosque collapses kills 15 in Mogadishu

    Date: 2016-04-30 18:58:25 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:73 - ID:4822833

    MOGADISHU, April 30 (MENA) - A mosque under refurbishment has collapsed in Somalia, killing at least 15 people and injuring 40. It happened during Friday prayers in the mosque in the capital Mogadishu. Details emerged on Saturday, the BBC News ....

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