Africa

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  • Egypt to cling to its historical right to Nile water - minister

    Date: 2015-11-07 11:37:56 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:39 - ID:3682845

    CAIRO, Nov 7 (MENA) - Egypt will cling to its historical right to the Nile water, underlined Irrigation and Water Resources Minister Hossam Moghazy. Addressing the 9th session of the National Tripartite Committee on the Ethiopia renaissance dam, ....

  • Egypt rejects allowing one firm to carry out Ethiopia dam studies

    Date: 2015-11-07 11:27:19 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:37 - ID:3682429

    CAIRO, Nov 7 (MENA) - Egypt rejects that one consultancy firm would be in charge of studies on the Ethiopian renaissance dam, Irrigation and Water Resources Minister Hossam Moghazy said. Moghazy said this violates what was agreed upon during the ....

  • Egypt stresses keenness on developing food security initiative with Sudan

    Date: 2015-11-07 10:59:11 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:31 - ID:3682389

    KHARTOUM, Nov 7 (MENA) - Egyptian Ambassador here Osama Shaltout underlined keenness on developing ties with Sudan in the economic and commercial fields and pushing forward the food security initiative. Egypt looks forward also to achieving ....

  • Irrigation minister: Renaissance dam implementation rates faster than process of talks

    Date: 2015-11-07 10:50:18 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:28 - ID:3682377

    CAIRO, Nov 7 (MENA) - Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Hossam Moghazi said the implementation of Ethiopia's renaissance dam is going on with rates much faster than the process of talks among the three countries concerned namely Egypt, ....

  • ICRC calls for respect for human life, dignity in CAR

    Date: 2015-11-06 15:01:47 GMT - Switzerland - Africa - SN:62 - ID:3678973

    GENEVA, Nov 6 (MENA) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) expressed on Friday deep concern over ongoing violence in the Central African Republic. The organization called upon all rival parties, leaders of armed groups and ....

  • Egypt chairs 9th round of talks over Ethiopia dam

    Date: 2015-11-06 11:08:47 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:32 - ID:3677057

    CAIRO, Nov 6 (MENA) - Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Hossam Moghazi will chair on Saturday the 9th round of talks over Ethiopia's renaissance dam. The meeting will be attended by Sudanese Water Minister Moataz Moussa and Ethiopian ....

  • Irrigation minister meets with new Ethiopian counterpart

    Date: 2015-11-06 09:20:00 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:22 - ID:3676689

    CAIRO, Nov 6 (MENA) - Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Hossam Moghazi met on Friday with new Ethiopian Minister of Water Resources and Energy Mutua Badasa, who arrived here leading his country's delegation to the 9th round of renaissance ....

  • 18 killed, injured by al Shabab terrorist group in Somalia

    Date: 2015-11-05 11:22:59 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:62 - ID:3671309

    MOGADISHU, Nov 5 (MENA) - About six persons were killed and 12 others were wounded when elements belonging to al Shabab extremist organization opened fire on a city located along the borders between Kenya and Ethiopia. Eyewitnesses said that the ....

  • Washington, Khartoum in talks over return of US aid program

    Date: 2015-11-05 07:54:25 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:18 - ID:3669765

    KHARTOUM, Nov 5 (MENA) - Sudanese International Cooperation Minister Kamal Hassan Ali unveiled consultations with US Charge d'Affaires Jerry Lanier to return the US aid program fully. The Sudanese minister, speaking at the parliament, said the ....

  • Sudan regrets over renewal of US santions for another year

    Date: 2015-11-04 16:30:47 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:120 - ID:3666869

    KHARTOUM, Nov 4 (MENA) – The Sudanese Foreign Ministry has expressed 'deep regret' over the decision taken by the US government to renew the unilateral sanctions that have been imposed on Sudan since 1997 for another year starting on Nov. 3, 2015, ....

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