Africa

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  • Egypt, Congo sign 3 cooperation protocols

    Date: 2015-08-06 10:02:17 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:35 - ID:3110973

    CAIRO, Aug 6 (MENA) - Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab witnessed Thursday the inking of three cooperation protocols with the Democratic Republic of Congo in the fields of electricity, health and environment. The electricity ministries of both ....

  • Egypt, Congo water ministers meet in Cairo

    Date: 2015-08-05 14:42:10 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:84 - ID:3106561

    CAIRO, Aug 5 (MENA) - Irrigation Minister Hossam Moghazi met on Wednesday with the Congolese minister of water to discuss ways of maximizing benefits from water resources and boosting bilateral relations in all fields. Egypt is currently ....

  • Algeria participates in African parliament speakers conference in South Africa

    Date: 2015-08-04 15:29:16 GMT - Algeria - Africa - SN:78 - ID:3100201

    ALGIERS, Aug 4 (MENA) – Algeria's Speaker of the People's National Assembly Mohamed Larbi Ould Khelifa will take part in the conference of African parliament speakers, to be held at the HQs of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) in Midrand, South ....

  • Algerian FM receives African Union policy chief

    Date: 2015-08-03 15:42:56 GMT - Algeria - Africa - SN:68 - ID:3093665

    ALGIERS, Aug 3 (MENA) – Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Ramtane Lamamra received Monday African Union Commissioner for Political Affairs Aisha Laraba Abdullahi. In statements, Abdullahi said she discussed a number ....

  • Shoukry meets African media delegation

    Date: 2015-08-03 13:40:30 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:52 - ID:3092709

    CAIRO, Aug 3 (MENA) - Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry met on Monday with a 25-strong delegation of chief editors of countries from central and west Africa. The delegation's visit is part of regular visits organized by the Egyptian agency for ....

  • FM meets senior Ugandan official

    Date: 2015-08-03 11:26:58 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:36 - ID:3091245

    CAIRO, Aug 3 (MENA) – Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry met with visiting Ugandan Foreign Affairs Ministry Permanent Secretary James Mugume on Monday. The meeting reflected the two sides’ keenness to promote bilateral relations and cooperation in ....

  • Nigerian troops rescue 178 people from Boko Haram camps

    Date: 2015-08-03 08:09:31 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:13 - ID:3089965

    ABUJA, Aug 3 (MENA) - Nigerian troops rescued 178 people from Boko Haram in attacks that destroyed several camps of the Islamic extremists in the northeast of the country, Fox News reported quoting an army statement as saying Sunday. Spokesman ....

  • Dozens killed in S. Sudan tribal clashes

    Date: 2015-08-02 20:33:36 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:77 - ID:3088905

    JUBA, Aug 2 (MENA) - Dozens of South Sudan's citizens were killed in violent clashes between tribal groups. The violence took place in Yambio, capital of western Equatoria state, on Saturday, local media quoted Information Minister Charles ....

  • Over 100 militants killed in anti-Boko Haram operation - Chad army

    Date: 2015-07-31 13:14:10 GMT - Chad - Africa - SN:56 - ID:3076105

    N'DJAMENA, July 31 (MENA) - At least 100 jihadist fighters have been killed in an operation against Boko Haram Islamists holed up on the islands of Lake Chad, the Chadian army said in a statement. "117 terrorists have been killed, two Chadian ....

  • Sudan's expert: Agricultural integration project to earn EGP 1bn annually

    Date: 2015-07-31 11:44:56 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:42 - ID:3074769

    KHARTOUM, July 31 (MENA) – The new Egyptian-Sudanese agricultural integration project expected to be established on an area of 100,000 feddans in Damazeen area in the Blue Nile state aims to bring in revenues over one billion pounds annually for ....

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