Africa

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  • Bashir makes proposals on dam meetings – Ethiopian FM

    Date: 2015-12-27 20:36:09 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:113 - ID:4004701

    KHARTOUM, Dec 27 (MENA) – Sudanese President Omar al Bashir had offered some advice and recommendations for the meetings of the foreign and water resources ministers of Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia ongoing in Khartoum, said Ethiopian Foreign Minister ....

  • Sudan FM says 1st day of six-way ministerial meeting on Ethiopian dam "positive"

    Date: 2015-12-27 17:43:10 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:100 - ID:4004277

    KHARTOUM, Dec 27 (MENA) - Sudanese Foreign Minister Ibrahim Ghandour said on Sunday that the first day of the six-way ministerial meeting on the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam was positive. Egyptian, Sudanese and Ethiopian ministers have shown ....

  • Boko Haram kill at least 14 in Christmas Day attack in Nigeria

    Date: 2015-12-27 08:07:06 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:11 - ID:3999753

    ABUJA, Dec 27 (MENA) - At least 14 people have been killed and several others injured by Boko Haram gunmen in a Christmas Day attack on a village in northeastern Nigeria, vigilantes said on Saturday. Mounted on bicycles, the jihadists invaded ....

  • 2 al Shabaab members killed, injured while planting explosive in Kenya

    Date: 2015-12-26 20:23:13 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:85 - ID:3999041

    NAIROBI, Dec 26 (MENA) – An al Shabaab terrorist died and another injured after an IED they were planting in Mandera in Kenya exploded, the Star reported on Saturday. "The al Shabaab militants wanted to attack area residents after the incident ....

  • Egypt lobbying for support for efforts to attain PSC seat

    Date: 2015-12-26 10:05:46 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:18 - ID:3995545

    CAIRO, Dec 26 (MENA) - Assistant Foreign Minister Amgad Abdel Ghaffar has met with ambassadors of members of the AU Peace and Security Council in Cairo in an effort to lobby for support for Egypt's bid to attain a three-year membership at the ....

  • Party in Sudan urges establishing bloc between Egypt, Sudan to avoid dangers of renaissance dam

    Date: 2015-12-25 11:22:37 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:29 - ID:3992089

    KHARTOUM, Dec 25 (MENA) - Deputy President of Umma National Party Mariam al Sadiq al Mahdi urged establishing a bloc between Egypt and Sudan to avoid the dangers of the renaissance Dam of Ethiopia. In statements to Al Jarida newspaprr, Mahdi ....

  • More than 100 killed in Nigeria gas explosion

    Date: 2015-12-25 08:06:01 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:8 - ID:3991277

    ABUJA, Dec 25 (MENA) - More than 100 people have been killed after a gas tanker truck exploded at a crowded gas plant in Nigeria, Sky News reported. It happened as people lined up to refill gas cylinders in time for cooking Christmas meals in ....

  • Central African Republic delays national election to Dec. 30

    Date: 2015-12-24 20:17:02 GMT - Central African Republic - Africa - SN:105 - ID:3990641

    BANGUI, Dec 24 (MENA) - A national election in Central African Republic, designed to replace its transitional government and bring stability to a nation wracked by years of sectarian violence, has been postponed to December 30, according to ABC ....

  • Egypt, Sudan to cooperate in exchanging program materials, media training

    Date: 2015-12-24 16:28:12 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:78 - ID:3989621

    CAIRO, Dec 24 (MENA) - Head of the Egyptian Radio and Television Union (ERTU) Essam el Amir met here Thursday with undersecretary of Sudanese information ministry Abdel Maguid Haron and Sudanese media adviser Mohamed Gabara to discuss cooperation ....

  • 200 extremist al Shabab fighters pledge allegiance to Daesh group - Kenyan police

    Date: 2015-12-24 16:26:30 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:77 - ID:3989721

    NAIROBI, Dec 24 (MENA) - Kenya's police chief said about 200 extremist fighters have split from Somalia's al Shabab rebels, who are allied to al Qaeda, and have instead pledged allegiance to Daesh terrorist group, according to Fox News. Joseph ....

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