Africa

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  • Ambassador receives Egyptian citizen acquitted in Tanzania

    Date: 2016-04-06 15:53:31 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:97 - ID:4666417

    CAIRO, April 6 (MENA) - Egypt's Ambassador to Tanzania Yasser El Shawwaf received on Wednesday an Egyptian citizen, who was held in Zanzibar city since July 2014 before being acquitted on March 31. In a press release, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry ....

  • Deadly clashes in Congo after disputed election

    Date: 2016-04-06 15:39:33 GMT - Republic of the Congo - Africa - SN:96 - ID:4667085

    BRAZZAVILLE, April 6 (MENA) - Seventeen people have died in clashes that erupted in the wake of President Denis Sassou Nguesso’s disputed re-election, according to a government statement released on national television and radio. Gun battles ....

  • Egypt's diplomatic delegation arrives in Somaliland

    Date: 2016-04-06 15:15:20 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:89 - ID:4666449

    CAIRO, April 6 (MENA) – An Egyptian diplomatic delegation led by Assistant Foreign Minister for African Affairs Mohamed Idriss arrived in Hargeisa, the capital of Somaliland. In a statement released by the Foreign Ministry, Idriss said the ....

  • Coordination with Sudan contributed to release of detained Egyptian students - Egypt consul general

    Date: 2016-04-06 14:37:22 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:85 - ID:4666293

    KHARTOUM, April 6 (MENA) - Coordination and cooperation between all relevant bodies in Egypt and Sudan contributed to the release of the Egyptian students, who were held in custody in Sudan for leaking exams and cheating, said Egypt's Consul General ....

  • UN envoy to Libya welcomes State Council meeting

    Date: 2016-04-06 14:29:24 GMT - Libya - Africa - SN:83 - ID:4665917

    TRIPOLI, April 6 (MENA) – The UN Special Envoy to Libya Martin Kobler welcomed on Wednesday the Libyan State Council's meeting held in Tripoli yesterday, describing it as a key step towards political transition. I expect all Libyan institutions ....

  • Participants in ACI Africa 2016 fair arrive in Egypt

    Date: 2016-04-05 17:24:03 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:101 - ID:4659761

    CAIRO, April 5 (MENA) - African delegations participating in the Airports Council International (ACI Africa 2016) fair started to arrive in Egypt, Head of the Egyptian Holding Company for Airports and Aviation (EHCAAN) Ismail Abou El Ezz said on ....

  • 7 Al Shabab militants killed over past week

    Date: 2016-04-05 14:06:07 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:74 - ID:4658301

    MOGADISHU, April 5 (MENA) - Forces of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) said that they killed seven leaders of al Qaeda-linked militant group al Shabaab in Somalia over the past week, according to a statement of AMISOM on Tuesday, ....

  • Cameroon: Joint forces arrest 300 Boko Haram fighters

    Date: 2016-04-05 12:45:20 GMT - Cameroon - Africa - SN:60 - ID:4657765

    YAOUNDÉ, April 5 (MENA) - Cameroon says multinational forces fighting Boko Haram have arrested over 300 Islamist extremists and freed at least 2,000 people from their strongholds along Cameroon, Nigeria and Chad borders, ABC News ....

  • Tunisia arrests 19 Africans while sneaking into Libya

    Date: 2016-04-03 15:24:30 GMT - Tunisia - Africa - SN:83 - ID:4645049

    TUNIS, April 3 (MENA) - The Tunisian Border Guards arrested Sunday 19 persons, who attempted to sneak into Libya. The arrestees, from the various African nationalities, were arrested as part of confronting illegal immigration at the ....

  • Sudan summons Jordan amb. over Sudanese certificate exams issue

    Date: 2016-04-03 11:33:42 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:31 - ID:4641681

    KHARTOUM, April 3 (MENA) – The Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Saturday summoned the ambassador of Jordan in Khartoum and regretted the negative tackling of the Jordanian media and the false information and hasty and unsuccessful statements ....

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