Africa
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Black boxes in South Sudan air crash recovered -- Reports
Date: 2015-11-10 15:20:49 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:89 - ID:3704069
JUBA, Nov 10 (MENA) - Investigators in South Sudan have found the two black boxes from a Soviet-era Antonov plane which crashed last week in the African country, killing at least 36 people, South Sudan's radio said on Tuesday. Minster of ....
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Youth, sports ministry organizes youth forum
Date: 2015-11-10 15:00:21 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:84 - ID:3703893
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, Nov 10 (MENA) – The Ministry of Youth and Sports on Tuesday organized the 3rd Youth Forum for the Nile Basin countries, which lasts until November 16. The event is held under the rubric "The Nile…the Lifeline". Attending the ....
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Egypt stresses historical right to Nile water quota during tripartite meeting -- official
Date: 2015-11-10 12:50:58 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:57 - ID:3702805
CAIRO, Nov 10 (MENA) - The tripartite committee of Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia convened important meetings on Sunday and Monday, an adviser to the irrigation minister said Tuesday. Alaa Yassin, who is also the official spokesman for the renaissance ....
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Rwandan envoy arrives in Alex. for youth forum
Date: 2015-11-10 11:58:19 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:46 - ID:3702117
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, Nov 10 (MENA) – Rwandan Ambassador in Cairo Saleh Habimana arrived here Tuesday for the third youth forum of Nile basin countries. The event is organized by the Youths and Sports Ministry and will run until November 16. It ....
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Bashir leaves for Riyadh summit
Date: 2015-11-10 08:27:56 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:19 - ID:3700477
KHARTOUM, Nov 10 (MENA) – Sudanese President Omar al Bashir left here Tuesday for Riyadh to attend the fourth Summit of Arab-South American Countries, which kicks off later today. The summit aims to promote political, economic, social and ....
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Paris deplores Chad terror attack
Date: 2015-11-09 21:24:33 GMT - France - Africa - SN:112 - ID:3699521
PARIS, Nov 9 (MENA) - France condemned an attack that occurred on Sunday in Ngouboua, Chad. "We offer our condolences to the victims’ families and to the authorities of Chad," said the French Foreign Ministry's official website said on Monday. The ....
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Defense minister meets peacekeeping mission to CAR
Date: 2015-11-09 14:22:59 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:60 - ID:3696481
CAIRO, Nov 9 (MENA) – Minister of Defense Sedqi Sobhi met Monday with the Egyptian military contingent as part of the peacekeeping mission in Central African Republic (CAR). The minister said the Egyptian role aims at bolstering peace and ....
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UK refuses to compensate Sudanese soldiers during WWII
Date: 2015-11-09 10:53:43 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:28 - ID:3694717
KHARTOUM, Nov 9 (MENA) – The UK government said that Sudanese nationals who fought in World War II for the UK do not qualify for compensation. In a statement issued by the UK embassy here, the government said that the Sudanese nationals who ....
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Sudanese president to participate in inking ceremony of security agreement between S. Sudan parties
Date: 2015-11-09 10:33:34 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:26 - ID:3694249
KHARTOUM, Nov 9 (MENA) - Sudanese President Omar el Bashir will participate next Sunday in a ceremony organized by IGAD organization to ink security agreement between the parties in South Sudan to pave the way for the transitional period stipulated ....
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Egypt min. says Ethiopia Dam talks successful
Date: 2015-11-08 22:42:06 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:135 - ID:3692781
CAIRO, Nov 8 (MENA) – Water Resources Minister Hossam Moghazi confirmed that the ninth round of negotiations on Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam, which wrapped here Sunday, was successful. A meeting grouping the foreign and water resources ....