Africa

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  • global(1):The 119th Canton Fair Draws to a Close with Business Deals Totalling USD28 Billion

    Date: 2016-05-11 09:25:45 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:33 - ID:4885401

    GUANGZHOU, China, May 11, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- The 119th China Import and Export Fair (Canton Fair) drew to a successful close on May 5. Total accumulated deals at the show amounted to RMB182.288 billion (USD28.084 billion). The number of overseas ....

  • Booby-trapped car found before going off in Mogadishu

    Date: 2016-05-10 15:08:26 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:87 - ID:4881557

    MOGADISHU, May 10 (MENA) - Somali security forces found a booby-trapped car near parliament building before going off in Mogadishu. The forces cordoned off the street where the car was found, a Somali radio said. (MENA) M H K/A S E ....

  • 36 suspected al Shabaab suspects arrested in Kenya

    Date: 2016-05-10 14:33:47 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:80 - ID:4881457

    NAIROBI, May 10 (MENA) - Thirty six suspected al Shabaab militants have been arrested in Operation Linda Boni which began nine months ago. The suspects were referred to agencies concerned, said head of security operations James ole Serian. He ....

  • Senegal, Gambia thank Cairo univ. for exempting African students from residency, food fees

    Date: 2016-05-10 13:36:18 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:57 - ID:4880565

    CAIRO, May 10 (MENA) – Senegal and Gambia thanked President of Cairo University Gaber Nassar for exempting students from all African states from paying fees of residency and food in the university. The Foreign Ministry informed the Supreme ....

  • Health minister leaves Cairo for Addis Ababa

    Date: 2016-05-08 22:48:27 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:132 - ID:4869165

    CAIRO, May 8 (MENA) - Health Minister Ahmed Emad Eddin Rady left here late on Sunday heading for Addis Ababa to take part in the first meeting of the Center for Diseases Control and Prevention in Africa. The meeting will be held form May 9 until ....

  • Mali forces arrest man accused of links to attacks

    Date: 2016-05-08 18:30:31 GMT - Mali - Africa - SN:112 - ID:4868201

    BAMAKO, May 8 (MENA) - Malian authorities said forces have arrested an al-Qaeda-linked extremist who was living in a neighborhood near the country's international airport, the ABC News reported. Commandant Modibo Naman Traore announced Sunday in a ....

  • 98 Yemeni fishermen return home after being held in Eritria for several months

    Date: 2016-05-08 07:25:32 GMT - Yemen - Africa - SN:12 - ID:4862693

    SANAA, May 8 (MENA) - As many as 98 Yemeni fishermen arrived to Salif port of Hodeidah, after being held for months in an Eritrean port, the Yemeni Khabar news agency reported. The released fishermen came on a boat from the “Massawa” port in ....

  • Understandings reached with rejectionists to Sudanese national dialogue

    Date: 2016-05-07 09:37:18 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:22 - ID:4857405

    KHARTOUM, May 7 (MENA) – Sudan’s presidential assistant Ibrahim Mahmoud Hamed said understandings were reached with political powers reluctant to join the country’s national dialogue. Hamed, also vice president of the ruling National Congress ....

  • Kenyan gov't critic killed

    Date: 2016-05-07 07:18:31 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:11 - ID:4857069

    NAIROBI, May 7 (MENA) - An opposition leader said a businessman who was critical of Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta's government was shot dead as he drove home, the ABC News reported. Former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga suggested the ....

  • global(1):Reports of Corrupt Practices in Cross-Border Aid to Syria

    Date: 2016-05-07 06:24:17 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:6 - ID:4856929

    WASHINGTON, May 7, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Office of Inspector General (OIG) is conducting a complex investigation into cross-border aid programs providing humanitarian relief in Syria. These ....

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