Africa
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Six-party meeting on Ethiopia dam delayed to Dec 11 at Ethiopia request - spokesman
Date: 2015-12-05 12:32:04 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:44 - ID:3865274
CAIRO, Dec 5 (MENA) – The six-party meeting on the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam was deferred from December 6-7 to December 11-12 at Ethiopia's request, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry spokesman said. Ethiopian Foreign Minister Tewodoros Adhanom ....
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Egyptian PM meets with Niger president on sidelines of FOCAC
Date: 2015-12-05 11:10:59 GMT - South Africa - Africa - SN:34 - ID:3864970
JOHANNESBURG, Dec 5 (MENA) – Egyptian Prime Minister Sherif Ismail conferred with Niger President Mahamadou Issoufou on means to boost African-African cooperation. Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry attended the meeting which is held on the ....
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African scientists probe peaceful use of space in Sharm
Date: 2015-12-03 15:11:11 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:67 - ID:3855730
SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt, Dec 3 (MENA) – The sixth African Leadership Conference on Space Science and Technology (ALC) dedicated two sessions to discuss the future of space science in Africa and the peaceful use of space in achieving sustainable ....
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Sudanese, Ethiopian, Egyptian water & foreign ministers to meet in Khartoum on Sunday
Date: 2015-12-02 14:34:34 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:75 - ID:3849866
ASSIUT, Upper Egypt, Dec 2 (MENA) - The water and foreign ministers of Sudan, Ethiopia and Egypt agreed to hold a meeting on Sunday and Monday on the Ethiopian renaissance dam in Khartoum, said Water Resources and Irrigation Minister Hossam Moghazi ....
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Cameroon army kills 100 Boko Haram militants, frees 900 hostages
Date: 2015-12-02 13:56:20 GMT - Cameroon - Africa - SN:70 - ID:3849318
YAOUNDÉ, Dec 2 (MENA) - Cameroon’s army has killed at least 100 Boko Haram militants and freed 900 hostages in a Nigeria border operation, according to the army and defence ministry. "In the course of this operation, at least 100 members of Boko ....
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Sudanese minister: We won't stand against Egypt in Ethiopian dam file
Date: 2015-12-02 13:08:13 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:59 - ID:3848802
CAIRO, Dec 2 (MENA) - Sudanese Minister of International Cooperation Kamal Hassan Ali has said that his country will not stand against Egypt in the file of the Ethiopian renaissance dam. In statements following a meeting with Arab League ....
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Sudan's 1st presidential aide says he received no tasks till now
Date: 2015-12-02 09:08:00 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:20 - ID:3846621
KHARTOUM, Dec 2 (MENA) - Sudan's first presidential assistant Mohamed al Hassan al Merghani has said that he has not been assigned with any tasks ever since he assumed the top post. A 180-day deadline set by Merghani to be assumed duties will end ....
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UN says famine risk still exists in South Sudan
Date: 2015-12-02 07:10:39 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:10 - ID:3846109
NEW YORK, Dec 2 (MENA) - Aid workers in war-torn South Sudan have reached one of the worst hit areas where thousands are feared dying of starvation, the United Nations said but warned conditions may yet worsen. Two teams of aid workers reached ....
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Hollande urges backing African renewable energy projects
Date: 2015-12-01 12:08:43 GMT - France - Africa - SN:39 - ID:3840177
LE BOUGET, France, Dec 1 (MENA) - French President Francois Hollande underlined his country's keenness on supporting renewable energy projects. Addressing the African summit held Tuesday on the fringe of the Paris climate change meeting (COP 21), ....
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Foreign Ministry organizes program on combating human trafficking, illegal immigration
Date: 2015-11-30 16:10:34 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:83 - ID:3834862
CAIRO, Nov 30 (MENA) - A training program on human trafficking and illegal immigration opened here on Monday, organized by the Foreign Ministry's Egyptian agency for partnership for development in cooperation with the regional Cairo Center for ....