Africa

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  • 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 ....

  • Civil aviation min. honors 34 African students

    Date: 2016-04-28 20:21:20 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:107 - ID:4813213

    CAIRO, April 28 (MENA) - Minister of Civil Aviation Sherif Fathy on Thursday honored 34 African students who finished their studies in the field of air navigation in Egypt. The students who came from 15 African countries hailed the progress of ....

  • $86 million humanitarian assistance from US to S. Sudan

    Date: 2016-04-27 15:58:16 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:88 - ID:4804689

    WASHINGTON, April 27 (MENA) - The US on Wednesday said it provided South Sudan with $86 million humanitarian assistance for the South Sudanese refugees in the region and for those who were badly affected by the conflict in the country. According to ....

  • Sudan summons US diplomat over delay of visas to Sudanese officials

    Date: 2016-04-26 14:48:31 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:68 - ID:4795501

    KHARTOUM, April 26 (MENA) - Sudan's Foreign Ministry summoned on Tuesday acting US Charge d'Affaires in Khartoum Benjamin Mirling to express resentment at the delay of visa issuance to the Sudanese officials who receive invitations from the United ....

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