Africa

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  • Egypt supports UN efforts on Libya - FM

    Date: 2015-11-02 12:30:32 GMT - Algeria - Africa - SN:40 - ID:3649989

    ALGIERS, Nov 2 (MENA) – Egypt supports efforts exerted by the United Nations in Libya through its envoy Bernardino Leon to form a national unity government, visiting Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said. During the opening of the ....

  • Egypt's ties with Nile basin states Sisi's top priority – min.

    Date: 2015-11-02 11:25:26 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:33 - ID:3649361

    ZAGAZIG, Egypt, Nov 2 (MENA) – President Abdel Fattah El Sisi puts Egypt's relationship with Nile basin countries on top of his priorities, Water Resources Minister Hossam Moghazi said. Egypt's water share of the Nile is undebatable and ....

  • UN Security Council strongly condemns terrorist attack against Somali hotel

    Date: 2015-11-02 11:07:00 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:27 - ID:3649517

    NEW YORK, Nov 2 (MENA) - The United Nations Security Council today condemned “in the strongest terms” the attacks carried out today against the Sahafi hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia by Al-Shabaab, resulting in a number of deaths and injuries, the UN ....

  • Lake Chad clashes leave 14 Boko Haram members dead: government

    Date: 2015-11-01 13:27:00 GMT - Chad - Africa - SN:60 - ID:3644397

    N'DJAMENA, Nov 1 (MENA) - The Chadian government said Sunday that soldiers repelled two attacks by Boko Haram on army posts around Lake Chad, leaving 14 militants dead, according to Daily Mail. "Two members of Boko Haram were neutralised and a ....

  • Sudan, Ethiopia discuss security conditions in neighboring countries

    Date: 2015-10-30 16:23:13 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:58 - ID:3633521

    KHARTOUM, Oct 30 (MENA) – Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir discussed with Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn the security conditions in the neighboring countries. The two leaders met at the Sudanese embassy in New Delhi. Sudan said ....

  • US ready to cooperate with Sudan in anti-terror fight

    Date: 2015-10-30 13:05:43 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:39 - ID:3632237

    KHARTOUM, Oct 30 (MENA) - The US government said on Friday that it is ready to cooperate with Sudan in the field of combating terrorism and stemming the flow of extremist groups into the Arab country. In a press statement, the US Embassy in ....

  • Higher education min. heads for Addis Ababa

    Date: 2015-10-30 06:58:27 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:10 - ID:3630793

    CAIRO, Oct 30 (MENA) – Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Ashraf el Sheihi left Cairo on Thursday evening heading for Addis Ababa on a two-day visit to Ethiopia. During the visit, Sheihi will attend the meeting of African Union ....

  • India announces $10 billion concessional credit to Africa

    Date: 2015-10-29 19:13:25 GMT - India - Africa - SN:97 - ID:3629941

    NEW DELHI, Oct 29 (MENA) - India announced Thursday a concessional credit of dlrs 10 billion to Africa in the next five years and a grant assistance of dlrs 600 million. The announcement came as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi strongly asked ....

  • Cargo airplane crashes in Somalia’s Shabaab-controlled area

    Date: 2015-10-29 08:49:37 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:23 - ID:3625617

    MOGADISHU, Oct 29 (MENA) - A cargo airplane with around 10 crew members has crash landed in Somalia in territory controlled by the Islamist Shabaab insurgents outside the capital Mogadishu, a government official said on Thursday, according to News ....

  • Rape, cannibalism in South Sudan, African Union says

    Date: 2015-10-28 16:13:36 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:104 - ID:3622785

    JUBA, Oct 28 (MENA) - The African Union (AU) has accused government and rebel forces in South Sudan of extreme violence since the conflict erupted at the end of 2013, according to the BBC. A commission of inquiry found evidence of killings, ....

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