Africa

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  • Egyptian-Sudanese ties 'booming' - minister

    Date: 2015-11-25 12:05:07 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:49 - ID:3802282

    CAIRO, Nov 25 (MENA) - The Egyptian-Sudanese ties are witnessing a boom not only in water resources but also in several areas that are in the interest of the Nile Valley peoples, said Water Resources and Irrigation Minister Hossam Moghazi. In ....

  • NARSS to organize conference Wednesday

    Date: 2015-11-24 12:56:08 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:47 - ID:3795822

    CAIRO, Nov 24 (MENA) - A press conference will be held on Wednesday at the headquarters of the National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences (NARSS) to announce details of the sixth African Leadership Conference on Space Science and ....

  • Paris condemns Cameroon terror attacks

    Date: 2015-11-23 17:03:59 GMT - France - Africa - SN:95 - ID:3789729

    PARIS, Nov 23 (MENA) - France condemned the November 9th attack in Fotokol, northern Cameroon, which killed four persons and left a number of others injured. "We offer our condolences to the victims' families," a statement by French Foreign ....

  • Rights expert urges Nigeria to halt evictions

    Date: 2015-11-23 11:16:24 GMT - Switzerland - Africa - SN:39 - ID:3787073

    GENEVA, Nov 23 (MENA) - The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, Leilani Farha, has urged Nigeria to immediately end the ongoing trend of evictions. The human rights expert raised concerns with the government about ....

  • Sudan says Egypt requested postponement of tripartite meeting on Ethiopian dam

    Date: 2015-11-23 05:28:37 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:4 - ID:3784769

    KHARTOUM, Nov 23 (MENA) - Sudanese minister of Water Resources and Electricity Moatez Moussa has said that the tripartite meeting with his counterparts in Egypt and Ethiopia on the Grand Renaissance Dam (GERD) which was scheduled for late November ....

  • Mugabe to rule Zimbabwe from 'special' wheelchair, says wife

    Date: 2015-11-22 21:50:17 GMT - Zimbabwe - Africa - SN:131 - ID:3784417

    HARARE, Nov 22 (MENA) - Zimbabwe's first lady says she plans to get a "special" wheelchair for her 91-year-old husband so that he can continue to rule, The Guardian reported Sunday. Speaking at a political rally, Grace Mugabe told supporters that ....

  • Guinea to mourn victims of attack on luxury hotel in Mali

    Date: 2015-11-22 20:26:21 GMT - Guinea - Africa - SN:123 - ID:3784009

    CONAKRY, Nov 22 (MENA) - Guinea President Alpha Conde said he will announce a three-day mourning period for victims of Friday's attack on a luxury hotel in neighboring Mali's capital that killed 19 people, Fox News reported on Sunday. Speaking at ....

  • 10th session of Renaissance Dam meetings to be held Sunday in Khartoum

    Date: 2015-11-21 15:48:47 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:77 - ID:3775094

    CAIRO, Nov 21 (MENA) - The Water Resources and Irrigation Ministry announced that it was agreed to hold the tenth session of the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam negotiations between Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia on Sunday and Monday. There are coordination ....

  • Jordanian king condemns Mali hotel attack

    Date: 2015-11-21 11:08:04 GMT - Jordan - Africa - SN:49 - ID:3773490

    AMMAN, Nov 21 (MENA) – Jordanian King Abdullah II condemned Saturday the terrorist attack that targeted a hotel in Bamako in Mali on Friday claiming the lives of many innocent people, according to a statement of the Jordanian royal diwan. In a ....

  • Moscow confirms Russians killed in Mali hostage crisis

    Date: 2015-11-21 10:25:32 GMT - Russia - Africa - SN:39 - ID:3773041

    MOSCOW, Nov 21 (MENA) - The Russian Foreign Ministry confirmed Saturday that Russians were among the victims of Friday's hostage crisis at a hotel in the Malian capital city of Bamako, the Sputnik news agency cited the ministry's spokeswoman as ....

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