Africa

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  • Egypt starts preparations for feasibility studies of Nile River navigation project

    Date: 2015-10-24 11:38:32 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:33 - ID:3592509

    ASWAN, Egypt, Oct 24 (MENA) - Egypt has started preparations for a feasibility study on a project of a navigation line linking the Nile basin countries from Alexandria in the North till Victoria Lake in the South after the countries signatory to the ....

  • 120 parties, 23 armed groups participate in dialogue -- Sudan's official

    Date: 2015-10-23 09:24:01 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:26 - ID:3586601

    KHARTOUM, Oct 23 (MENA) – Secretary General of Sudan's National Dialogue has confirmed the participation of 120 political parties and 23 armed groups in the Sudanese national dialogue, kicked off on October 10. In press statements on Friday, Ali ....

  • FM meets Burundi Senate speaker

    Date: 2015-10-22 14:35:49 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:52 - ID:3582949

    CAIRO, Oct 22 (MENA) – Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry met visiting Speaker of the Burundi Senate Gabriel Ntisezerana on Thursday. The meeting took up means to promote relations between the two countries, Foreign Ministry spokesman Ahmed Abu Zeid ....

  • Sudanese official: Successful operation of Qastal-Ashket terminal contributed to growth of trade with Egypt

    Date: 2015-10-21 15:09:04 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:83 - ID:3576317

    KHARTOUM, Oct 21 (MENA) - Undersecretary of the Sudanese Foreign Ministry Ambassador Abdel-Ghani Naim said the successful operation of the Qastal-Ashket crossing on the Sudanese-Egypt border contributed to the growth of trade with Egypt. In ....

  • Ugandan president wraps up visit to Algeria

    Date: 2015-10-21 14:39:07 GMT - Algeria - Africa - SN:77 - ID:3576557

    ALGIERS, Oct 21 (MENA) - Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni wound up Wednesday a four-day official visit to Algeria upon an invitation by his Algerian counterpart Abdelaziz Bouteflika. Museveni was seen off in Houari Boumediene Airport by Algerian ....

  • Spanish vessel rescues 625 illegal migrants off Libyan coast

    Date: 2015-10-21 11:54:35 GMT - Libya - Africa - SN:47 - ID:3575061

    TRIPOLI, Oct 21 (MENA) - The Spanish ship Rio Segura rescued as many as 625 illegal migrants from the various African nationalities off the Libyan coast. Rio Segura is participating in Operation Triton, which is a border security operation ....

  • Sudanese FM: We are willing to participate in meeting with armed movements

    Date: 2015-10-20 11:52:44 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:53 - ID:3568605

    KHARTOUM, Oct 20 (MENA) - Sudanese Foreign Minister Ibrahim Ghandour on Tuesday said that his country is willing to participate in a meeting with armed movements that will be held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia at any time that is set by the African ....

  • Official: Egypt to submit African issues at Paris environment conf.

    Date: 2015-10-20 11:15:36 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:29 - ID:3567557

    CAIRO, Oct 20 (MENA) – An Environment Ministry official underlined the importance of the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference, which will take place in late November in Paris. Speaking to MENA, head of the risk and adaption department at ....

  • 8 killed, injured in shell fire in Benghazi

    Date: 2015-10-20 10:08:30 GMT - Libya - Africa - SN:30 - ID:3567033

    TRIPOLI, Oct 20 (MENA) - Five people, including four children were killed and three others injured when a shell landed on Allithy district in central Benghazi Monday night. The hospital received the bodies of five people including four children ....

  • Sudan willing to allow humanitarian access to displaced persons

    Date: 2015-10-19 11:45:50 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:48 - ID:3560705

    KHARTOUM, Oct 19 (MENA) – The Sudanese government said it is willing to issue permits to donor countries to allow humanitarian aid reach displaced persons. The government will issue the permits to flights carrying humanitarian assistance but will ....

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