Africa

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  • Italian FM calls for urgent political agreement in Libya

    Date: 2015-08-17 13:12:36 GMT - Libya - Africa - SN:50 - ID:3173541

    TRIPOLI, Aug 17 (MENA) - Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni said Monday Libya will be getting closer to the scenario of Somalia if the conflicting parties did not reach a political agreement swiftly. In statements here, the Italian foreign ....

  • Arab League chief meets Sudan aid commissioner

    Date: 2015-08-17 12:07:59 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:43 - ID:3172961

    CAIRO, Aug 17 (MENA) – Arab League Secretary General Nabil el Araby met with visiting Sudan Humanitarian Aid Commissioner Ahmed Mohamed Adam on Monday. The pair probed means to provide financial funding for a number of development and ....

  • SIS chairman meets with African media representatives

    Date: 2015-08-17 11:42:42 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:37 - ID:3172773

    CAIRO, Aug 17 (MENA) – Chairman of the State Information Service (SIS) Salah Abdel Sadeq met with 25 African media representatives hosted by the Egyptian Agency for Development Partnerships in the Foreign Ministry. This comes within the framework ....

  • Supply minister inaugurates African consumer protection conference

    Date: 2015-08-17 11:29:32 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:34 - ID:3171797

    CAIRO, Aug 17 (MENA) - Supply Minister Khaled Hanafy Monday inaugurated the seventh annual African Consumer Protection Dialogue conference, which lasts until Thursday. Fifteen African countries are taking part in the conference meant to protect ....

  • Arabi meets Somali education minister

    Date: 2015-08-16 15:10:56 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:61 - ID:3168201

    CAIRO, Aug 16 (MENA) - Arab League Secretary General Nabil el Araby received Sunday visiting Somali Education Minister Khadra Bashir Ali in the presence of Somali Ambassador to Egypt Abdullah Hassan. The Somali official said she discussed with ....

  • Suicide bomber kills 3 in Nigeria's Borno

    Date: 2015-08-16 14:21:15 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:54 - ID:3168301

    ABUJA, Aug 16 (MENA) - A suicide bomber detonated an explosive device strapped on her body near a market in the northeastern Nigerian State of Borno, killing at least three people, according to the BBC. No one claimed responsibility for the ....

  • Joint Arab League-Sudan mechanism convenes in Cairo

    Date: 2015-08-16 13:45:18 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:46 - ID:3167281

    CAIRO, Aug 16 (MENA) - The joint Arab League and Sudanese government mechanism held its 29th meeting on Sunday in Cairo to follow up the pledges made during an Arab conference addressing the humanitarian issues of Sudan. Sudanese Permanent ....

  • Egypt supports Somali efforts to carry out political process - FM

    Date: 2015-08-16 13:17:40 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:43 - ID:3167105

    CAIRO, Aug 16 (MENA) - Egypt fully supports the Somali government and its efforts to carry out the political and constitutional outcome of the "2016 Vision," Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said. The Egyptian government is keen to offer support to ....

  • Boko Haram crisis: Nigerian military chiefs given deadline

    Date: 2015-08-13 17:32:33 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:80 - ID:3154977

    ABUJA, Aug 13 (MENA) - Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has given his new military chiefs a three-month deadline to defeat the Islamist militant Boko Haram group, according to the BBC. He gave the order at a swearing-in ceremony for the new ....

  • At least 40 killed in Sudan's heatwave

    Date: 2015-08-13 09:20:51 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:23 - ID:3150925

    KHARTOUM, Aug 13 (MENA) – At least 40 persons, including 15 in Wadi Helfa, were killed due to heatwave that hit several areas in Sudan, Al Arabiya reported on Thursday. Most of the killed persons were old people, kids and patients, Sudanese medical ....

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