Africa

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  • Ugandan water minister arrives in Egypt

    Date: 2016-04-17 13:04:58 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:53 - ID:4735749

    CAIRO, April 17 (MENA) - Ugandan Water and Environment Minister Ephraim Kamuntu arrived here on Sunday to attend the sixth session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN). The conference will discuss a number of ....

  • Somalia: Gunmen kill cleaning lady working for UN office

    Date: 2016-04-17 12:27:50 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:42 - ID:4735421

    MOGADISHU, April 17 (MENA) - Unidentified gunmen have shot and killed a cleaning lady working for UNHCR HQ in Mogadishu, while wounding another woman in Mogadishu attack on Sunday morning. Eyewitnesses said pistol-wielding men in a motorbike have ....

  • Africa on right track of achieving sustainable development - official

    Date: 2016-04-17 12:10:40 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:39 - ID:4734849

    CAIRO, April 17 (MENA) - Adviser to the Environment Minister for African Affairs Mohamed Abdel Moneem underlined that holding the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN) comes at an important timing four months after the signing of ....

  • Ethiopia: Armed group kills more than 140 near South Sudan

    Date: 2016-04-16 19:46:42 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:84 - ID:4732217

    ADDIS ABABA, April 16 (MENA) - An Ethiopian official said that armed groups have killed more than 140 civilians near Ethiopia's border with South Sudan, ABC News reported. The attackers came from South Sudan and killed civilians, including women ....

  • UN Congo head vows action against accused Tanzanians

    Date: 2016-04-16 19:01:17 GMT - Democratic Republic of Congo - Africa - SN:81 - ID:4732097

    KINSHASA, April 16 (MENA) – The head of the United Nations mission in Congo has vowed action against Tanzanian peacekeepers accused of sexual abuses in Congo, ABC News reported on Saturday. Maman Sidikou said that sanctions may be imposed after ....

  • IMF Suspends Lending to Mozambique

    Date: 2016-04-16 12:56:10 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:48 - ID:4729401

    WASHINGTON, April 16 (MENA) - The International Monetary Fund said it has suspended lending to Mozambique after determining that the African country had violated terms of its borrowing arrangement with the IMF by failing to disclose more than $1 ....

  • Egypt keen on boosting cooperation with Somalia: assistant FM

    Date: 2016-04-15 22:21:00 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:100 - ID:4726825

    CAIRO, April 15 (MENA) – Assistant Foreign Minister for African affairs Mohamed Idris stressed Egypt's keenness to further boost cooperation with Somalia. In a statement, Idris said that he held a meeting to follow up the outcome of a recent visit ....

  • Minister says Egyptian-African cooperation base for meeting continent aspirations

    Date: 2016-04-15 20:18:53 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:92 - ID:4726485

    CAIRO, April 15 (MENA) - Environment Minister Khaled Fahmy on Friday said that cooperation between Egypt and African countries is the main element of success to satisfy aspirations of the continent. Fahmy made the remarks during the sixth ....

  • Sudanese president leaves for Ethiopia to participate in Tana Form on Security in Africa

    Date: 2016-04-15 15:10:29 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:62 - ID:4725229

    KHARTOUM, April 15 (SUNA)- Sudan’s President Omer Al-Bashir left on Friday for Ethiopia, chairing a high-level delegation, to participate in the Fifth Tana Forum on Security in Africa in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia on Saturday, Sudan News Agency ....

  • Ghana government memo warns of possible militant attack

    Date: 2016-04-15 07:40:08 GMT - Ghana - Africa - SN:9 - ID:4722769

    ACCRA, April 15 (MENA) - Ghana and Togo are the next targets for Islamist militants following high-profile attacks this year in Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast, according to a memo from Ghana's Immigration Service. The memo calls for better border ....

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