Africa

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  • Sisi to head for Addis Ababa Friday to attend AU summit

    Date: 2016-01-28 12:28:24 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:37 - ID:4204341

    CAIRO, Jan 28 (MENA) - Egypt's President Abdel Fattah El Sisi will head for Addis Ababa Friday to take part in the 26th African Union Summit, which will be held on Saturday and Sunday. The summit will be held under the theme: "2016: African Year ....

  • Egypt wins AU Peace & Security Council membership for 3 years 2 last Cairo

    Date: 2016-01-28 12:24:35 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:33 - ID:4203965

    Egypt's winning of the membership of the African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council (PSC) for three years comes as part of efforts exerted by Egypt's diplomacy. Following the announcement, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ahmed Abu Zeid said move ....

  • Egypt wins AU Peace & Security Council membership for 3 years

    Date: 2016-01-28 11:21:36 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:28 - ID:4203933

    CAIRO, Jan 28 (MENA) - Egypt secured an African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council (PSC) membership for 3 years starting from 2016 until 2019, with 47 votes from the AU countries. This came during the meeting of the Executive Council of ....

  • UN urges more Darfur aid access as fighting displaces 34,000

    Date: 2016-01-28 07:16:52 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:14 - ID:4202301

    NEW YORK, Jan 27 (MENA) - The United Nations (UN) urged Sudan Wednesday to allow more aid into the western region of Darfur where fighting that broke out two weeks ago has displaced about 34,000 people. About 19,000 civilians have fled into North ....

  • Bashir decides to open borders with S. Sudan

    Date: 2016-01-27 22:49:01 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:132 - ID:4201661

    KHARTOUM, Jan 27 (MENA) - Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir decided Wednesday to open his country's closed borders with South Sudan. Al-Bashir ordered concerned bodies to implement the decision on the ground, Sudan News Agency ....

  • Suicide bombers kill 13 in Nigeria

    Date: 2016-01-27 16:25:36 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:95 - ID:4200253

    ABUJA, Jan 27 (MENA) - Four female suicide bombers exploded at a market in the Chibok hometown of Nigeria's kidnapped schoolgirls on Wednesday, killing 13 civilians and wounding 32 people, witnesses were quoted by ABC News as saying. Three ....

  • UN: Attacks on Aid Workers in Somalia Double in 2015

    Date: 2016-01-27 16:12:13 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:94 - ID:4200273

    MOGADISHU, Jan 27 (MENA) - Attacks on aid workers delivering supplies in Somalia almost doubled in 2015 and the number killed jumped to 17 from 10 the year before, the United Nations, quoted by Voice of America, said on Tuesday. Somalia has been ....

  • Deputy FM to leave to Burundi Wednesday

    Date: 2016-01-26 20:46:16 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:121 - ID:4194657

    CAIRO, Jan 26 (MENA) - Egypt's Deputy Foreign Minister for African Affairs Hamdi Loza will head Wednesday for Burundi to probe ways to solve the Burundian crisis. Loza will meet with Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza to get acquainted with ....

  • Egypt gears up for AU Peace, Security Council membership bid

    Date: 2016-01-26 17:36:43 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:108 - ID:4193645

    CAIRO, Jan 26 (MENA) – Egypt is preparing for the membership bid of the African Union Peace and Security Council of the AU during the coming AU Summit. The 26th AU summit will take place in Addis Ababa on January 30 and 31. The summit will be ....

  • Senegal interrogates 900 people in counterterrorism operation

    Date: 2016-01-26 17:08:22 GMT - Senegal - Africa - SN:106 - ID:4193769

    DAKAR, Jan 26 (MENA) - Senegal interrogated about 900 people over a three-day period as part of efforts to prevent attacks by extremist militants following a series of strikes in the region. "Nearly 900 people were called in for questioning in ....

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