Africa
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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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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 ....