Africa

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  • India announces $10 billion concessional credit to Africa

    Date: 2015-10-29 19:13:25 GMT - India - Africa - SN:97 - ID:3629941

    NEW DELHI, Oct 29 (MENA) - India announced Thursday a concessional credit of dlrs 10 billion to Africa in the next five years and a grant assistance of dlrs 600 million. The announcement came as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi strongly asked ....

  • Cargo airplane crashes in Somalia’s Shabaab-controlled area

    Date: 2015-10-29 08:49:37 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:23 - ID:3625617

    MOGADISHU, Oct 29 (MENA) - A cargo airplane with around 10 crew members has crash landed in Somalia in territory controlled by the Islamist Shabaab insurgents outside the capital Mogadishu, a government official said on Thursday, according to News ....

  • Rape, cannibalism in South Sudan, African Union says

    Date: 2015-10-28 16:13:36 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:104 - ID:3622785

    JUBA, Oct 28 (MENA) - The African Union (AU) has accused government and rebel forces in South Sudan of extreme violence since the conflict erupted at the end of 2013, according to the BBC. A commission of inquiry found evidence of killings, ....

  • Nigerian troops rescue 338 people held by Boko Haram: Army

    Date: 2015-10-28 12:17:12 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:66 - ID:3620545

    ABUJA, Oct 28 (MENA) - Nigerian troops have rescued 338 people, mainly women and children, held by Boko Haram Islamists around the group's Sambisa forest stronghold in the restive northeast, the army said today, according to NDTV. "The (army) ....

  • Sudan's Bashir leaves for India

    Date: 2015-10-28 12:13:00 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:64 - ID:3620541

    KHARTOUM, Oct 28 (MENA) – Sudanese President Omar al Bashir headed on Wednesday for India to participate in the third India Africa Forum Summit that will kick off on Thursday. The Sudanese leader was seen off at Khartoum International Airport by ....

  • Egypt to train Ugandans on corruption combat

    Date: 2015-10-28 10:35:36 GMT - Uganda - Africa - SN:41 - ID:3619485

    KAMPALA, Oct 28 (MENA) – The Egyptian leadership is keen to train Ugandan cadres in the administrative control and corruption combat domains, a senior official at the Egyptian Administrative Control Authority said. During a visit of Uganda, the ....

  • 28 killed, wounded in Ethiopian border attacks, Sudan says

    Date: 2015-10-28 09:15:26 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:29 - ID:3618729

    KHARTOUM, Oct 28 (MENA) - The latest Ethiopian attacks on the borders of Sudanese State of Al Qadarif left 28 Sudanese dead and wounded, said the Sudanese Interior Ministry on Wednesday. Sixteen Sudanese were killed, 12 wounded and seven abducted ....

  • India-Africa summit issues draft declaration - 2 last New Delhi

    Date: 2015-10-28 09:14:06 GMT - India - Africa - SN:27 - ID:3618565

    Heads of state and government attending the third India-Africa Forum Summit (IAFS) expressed hope that an ambitious draft on climate change be reached during the upcoming climate change conference based on the principles of equality and joint ....

  • India-Africa summit issues draft declaration

    Date: 2015-10-28 08:35:30 GMT - India - Africa - SN:22 - ID:3618413

    NEW DELHI, Oct 28 (MENA) – The draft declaration of the third India-Africa Forum Summit (IAFS), hosted by New Delhi, called for exerting collective efforts to set up a more democratic global governance structure. The summit kicked off on Monday ....

  • Sudan's Bashir urges rebels to resume talks

    Date: 2015-10-27 12:35:42 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:57 - ID:3612949

    KHARTOUM, Oct 27 (MENA) – Sudanese President Omar al Bashir called again on all rebel groups to lay down arms, resume talks and join dialogue. He made the remarks during the celebration organized by Sudanese Higher Military Academy for graduates ....

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