Africa

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  • Car Bomb Kills Somalia's Former Defense Minister

    Date: 2016-02-15 14:50:44 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:71 - ID:4319661

    MOGADISHU, Feb 15 (MENA) - A car bomb explosion in the Somali capital has killed the country's former defense minister, Voice of America quoted witnesses as saying. A police officer at the scene said the bomb was planted underneath the car of ....

  • Egypt to continue supporting development efforts in Eritrea - Sisi

    Date: 2016-02-15 14:46:31 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:66 - ID:4319401

    CAIRO, Feb 15 (MENA) – Egypt will continue to support development efforts in Eritrea in a number of sectors, President Abdel Fattah El Sisi said. The president made the remark during a meeting Monday with visiting Eritrean Foreign Minister Osman ....

  • Sisi to Jeune Afrique magazine: Egypt's ties with Africa bilateral, historical 2 Paris

    Date: 2016-02-15 14:16:30 GMT - France - Africa - SN:57 - ID:4319537

    President Sisi said that Egypt is restoring ties with its neighbors and possessing capabilities in the fields of infrastructure, education and health, which could benefit the African continent. The president said that Egypt looks forwards to ....

  • Sisi to Jeune Afrique magazine: Egypt's ties with Africa bilateral, historical

    Date: 2016-02-15 12:58:06 GMT - France - Africa - SN:53 - ID:4318641

    PARIS, Feb 15 (MENA) - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi described Egypt's ties with the African continent as bilateral and historical. In an interview with Jeune Afrique magazine, which is specialized in the African affairs, on the ....

  • 316 Egyptians return from Libya

    Date: 2016-02-15 12:21:23 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:43 - ID:4318317

    MATROUH, Egypt, Feb 15 (MENA) – A total of 316 Egyptians have returned from Libya through the border terminal of Salloum in the past 24 hours, Matrouh Security Director Hesham Lotfy said. Also the travel procedures of 262 Egyptians and 415 Libyans ....

  • China welcomes progress in South Sudan peace process

    Date: 2016-02-15 11:36:03 GMT - China - Africa - SN:36 - ID:4317925

    BEIJING, Feb 15 (MENA) - China welcomed progress realized in the peace process in South Sudan, hoping a transitional national unity government would be formed as soon as possible, Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said on Monday. The remarks ....

  • Bashir to lead Sudan delegation to COMESA

    Date: 2016-02-15 10:46:28 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:29 - ID:4316857

    KHARTOUM, Feb 15 (MENA) - Sudanese President Omar al Bashir will lead his country's delegation to the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Summit, scheduled to be held Saturday in Sharm el Skeikh. A tripartite summit by Egypt, ....

  • Siege on Sudan obstructs development march - official

    Date: 2016-02-15 10:42:58 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:28 - ID:4316909

    KHARTOUM, Feb 15 (MENA) - Sudan's parliament speaker stressed on Monday that the unjust economic siege imposed on his country obstructs the development march and adversely affects economic and social life of Sudanese people. Ibrahim Ahmed Omar, ....

  • US trains Cameroon military on landmines detection

    Date: 2016-02-14 21:18:21 GMT - Cameroon - Africa - SN:100 - ID:4315237

    YAOUNDE, Feb 14 (MENA) - The United States is training the Cameroon military in techniques of detecting and counteracting landmines and explosive devices, the Voice of America reported Sunday. The training comes due to the increasing use of ....

  • Burundi grenade attack kills child, injures two

    Date: 2016-02-14 18:28:57 GMT - Burundi - Africa - SN:88 - ID:4314357

    BUJUMBURA, Feb 14 (MENA) - A child has been killed and two other people have been injured in a grenade attack on a military base in Burundi's capital. Local sources said Monday the attack targeted a military base in the Ngagara neighborhood in ....

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