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Egypt condemns violent actions in Burundi, calls for dialogue
Date: 2015-12-17 20:40:46 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:124 - ID:3949925
CARIO, Dec 17 (MENA) - Egypt's Foreign Ministry on Thursday expressed alarm at the escalating violence in Burundi. According to spokesman Ahmed Abu Zeid, the Foreign Ministry called on all political parties in the country to hold national ....
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Egyptian embassy following up fire at pavilion in Senegal fair
Date: 2015-12-17 20:37:30 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:123 - ID:3949961
CAIRO, Dec 17 (MENA) - The Egyptian Embassy in Senegal is following up latest development of the fire that broke out in the Egyptian pavilion at the Senegalese fair grounds on Sunday, a statement by the Foreign Ministry said Thursday. All Egyptian ....
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West Africa bans full-faced veil
Date: 2015-12-17 19:22:18 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:117 - ID:3949773
ABUJA, Dec 17 (MENA) - The president of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission, Kadre Desire Ouedraogo, said Thursday that leaders of member states agreed to ban full-faced veil. At the end of their two-day meeting in ....
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Sudanese national dialogue settles 75% of controversial issues - Ghandour
Date: 2015-12-17 11:16:45 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:45 - ID:3945661
KHARTOUM, Dec 17 (MENA) – Participants in the Sudanese national dialogue have reached compromises to almost 75 percent of controversial issues, Sudanese Foreign Minister Ibrahim Ghandour said. In statements to MENA on Thursday, he said the ....
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Irrigation minister opens water projects in Uganda
Date: 2015-12-16 17:02:19 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:110 - ID:3941345
KAMPALA, Dec 16 (MENA) - Egypt's Water Resources and Irrigation Minister Hossam Moghazi attended Wednesday several water projects, which are a grant from the Egyptian government to the Ugandan nation. The projects include one of the groundwater ....
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Bomb attack on army convoy wounds 6 Somali soldiers
Date: 2015-12-16 16:14:57 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:100 - ID:3941245
MOGADISHU, Dec 16 (MENA) - A powerful roadside bomb explosion ripped through a military vehicle near Afgoye district in Lower Shabelle region, wounding at least six Somali soldiers, witness said on Wednesday. An eyewitness who requested anonymous, ....
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Sudanese FM praises "good results" in Khartoum meeting on Ethiopian dam
Date: 2015-12-16 14:10:34 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:81 - ID:3940105
KHARTOUM, Dec 16 (MENA) - Sudanese Foreign Minister Ibrahim Ghandour appreciated the progress made during the six-way meeting on the Ethiopian renaissance dam in Khartoum a few days ago. In statements to MENA on Wednesday, the Sudanese minister ....
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Environment min. meets African journalists
Date: 2015-12-16 13:23:48 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:70 - ID:3939853
CAIRO, Dec 16 (MENA) - Environment Minister Khalid Fahmy met on Wednesday with a delegation of African journalists. Attending the meeting were 25 African journalists and 10 Egyptian reporters. The meeting discussed a number of issues, atop of ....
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Qabil: Egyptian-Senegalese coordination to compensate companies suffered from fair fire in Senegale
Date: 2015-12-16 13:22:34 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:69 - ID:3939213
CAIRO, Dec 16 (MENA) - There is coordination between Egypt and Senegal over means to compensate the companies that suffered losses from the fire that broke out in the Egyptian pavilion at the Senegalese fair grounds on Monday, said Minister of Trade ....
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Mauritania hails Egyptian support in higher education field
Date: 2015-12-16 12:23:38 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:52 - ID:3939057
NOUAKCHOTT, Dec 16 (MENA) - The Egyptian Cultural Adviser here Ashraf el Azazy held discussions on Wednesday with the general director of higher education in the Mauritanian Higher Education and Scientific Research Ministry. The two sides ....
