Africa

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  • Five Tanzanian miners freed after 41 days trapped underground, says ministry

    Date: 2015-11-17 11:34:42 GMT - Tanzania - Africa - SN:58 - ID:3748273

    DAR ES SALAAM, Nov 17 (MENA) - Five Tanzanian gold miners have been rescued after spending 41 days trapped deep underground eating cockroaches and frogs to survive, media reports quoted the mining ministry and survivors as saying. The miners were ....

  • Boko Haram destroyed 1,000 schools last year -- envoy

    Date: 2015-11-16 18:48:06 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:98 - ID:3744509

    NEW YORK, Nov 16 (MENA) - Boko Haram Islamists have destroyed an estimated 1,100 schools this year in their stronghold region surrounding Lake Chad, United Nations envoy to the region Toby Lanzer said on Monday. Lanzer, who became the UN envoy ....

  • Sisi meets Kenyan lawmakers

    Date: 2015-11-15 16:57:32 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:86 - ID:3736685

    CAIRO, Nov 15 (MENA) – President Abdel Fattah El Sisi underlined the importance of using the Nile water on the basis of mutual benefit that does not harm any side. During a meeting with a delegation of the Kenyan National Assembly’s (lower house) ....

  • Mauritania calls on world to double efforts to face terror

    Date: 2015-11-15 09:18:00 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:26 - ID:3732529

    NOUAKCHOTT, Nov 15 (MENA) - The Mauritanian government called on the countries of the world to double efforts and achieve international solidarity to face terror. In a statement Sunday, the Mauritanian Foreign Ministry necessitated doubling ....

  • Khartoum to host meeting of irrigation, foreign ministers of Sudan, Egypt, Ethiopia

    Date: 2015-11-14 10:04:44 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:36 - ID:3726653

    KHARTOUM, Nov 14 (MENA) - Khartoum will host a six-way meeting of the foreign and irrigation ministers of Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia on November 21. The meeting is meant to reach a consensus about pending issues regarding Ethiopia's renaissance ....

  • Egypt, Chad has 'historic' relations, fight terror -- ambassador

    Date: 2015-11-13 19:25:48 GMT - Chad - Africa - SN:69 - ID:3724329

    N'DJAMENA, Nov 13 (MENA) - Egyptian Ambassador to Chad Adham Mohammed Najib on Friday asserted that Egyptian-Chadian relations are profound and historic. In statements to MENA, Najib said that both Egypt and Chad are currently fighting ....

  • Somalia rejects border wall construction by Kenya

    Date: 2015-11-13 13:18:34 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:38 - ID:3722133

    MOGADISHU, Nov 12 (MENA) – Somali Interior Minister Abdirahman Odawa has restated that his country is unhappy and protesting against Kenya’s plan to construct a security wall along its porous border with Somalia. The interior minister said that ....

  • Kenyan parliamentary delegation arrives in Cairo

    Date: 2015-11-13 13:15:22 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:37 - ID:3722145

    CAIRO, Nov 13 (MENA) - A Kenyan parliamentary delegation arrived here on Friday on a several days visit to Egypt. The delegation consists of eight members of the defense and foreign affairs committees of the Kenyan parliament. Coming from ....

  • Nigeria troops rescue 61, kill four Boko Haram suspects

    Date: 2015-11-13 08:10:33 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:13 - ID:3720429

    ABUJA, Nov 13 (MENA) - Nigerian troops killed four Boko Haram suspects and set free 61 people, mainly women and children, held by the terrorist group in the flashpoint northeastern Borno state, the Daily mail reported. In an operation, troops ....

  • Egypt ready for sharing communications expertise with African states - minister

    Date: 2015-11-11 10:11:05 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:30 - ID:3708297

    CAIRO, Nov 11 (MENA) - Egypt, which has realized a great progress in the telecommunications and IT domains, is ready to share its expertise with its African sisters, Communications Minister Yasser el Qady said. During a meeting with a 16-strong ....

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