Africa

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  • Scores killed in suspected Boko Haram attacks in Nigeria

    Date: 2015-07-28 13:32:50 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:54 - ID:3057985

    ABUJA, July 28 (MENA) - At least 25 people were killed in suspected Boko Haram attacks during the past hours on three communities in Nigeria's northeastern Borno state, military and police sources said. Reports said fighters in pick-up trucks ....

  • Egypt offers $12.5m to develop Sudan water resources

    Date: 2015-07-28 13:30:48 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:53 - ID:3057813

    KHARTOUM, July 28 (MENA) – The Irrigation Ministry has allocated 12.5 million dollars to help Sudan develop its water resources. The money will be used in establishing a number of dams to store rainwater and some wells, Irrigation Minister Hossam ....

  • Obama: Africa’s progress dependent on development, democracy

    Date: 2015-07-28 12:27:20 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:43 - ID:3057253

    ADDIS ABABA, July 28 (MENA) - In his farewell speech capping a historic trip to Kenya and Ethiopia, U.S. President Barack Obama hailed Africa's extraordinary progress, while noting that such progress can only be sustained through continued ....

  • Nigerian president to visit Cameroon on Wednesday

    Date: 2015-07-28 11:58:46 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:39 - ID:3057045

    ABUJA, July 28 (MENA) - A Nigerian official said newly elected President Muhammadu Buhari will make his first official visit to one-time enemy Cameroon on Wednesday to ease tension and bolster support for a regional army to fight the Boko Haram ....

  • Renaissance Dam should do no harm to all parties: Sudan vice-president

    Date: 2015-07-27 17:16:10 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:87 - ID:3052601

    KHARTOUM, July 27 (MENA) – Sudan's first Vice-President Bakri Hassan Saleh said on Monday that his country's stance on the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is based on the rule of "no harm" to any party. Saleh made the remarks during his meeting with ....

  • Egypt decries Mogadishu terror bombing

    Date: 2015-07-27 15:52:25 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:79 - ID:3052517

    CAIRO, July 27 (MENA) – Egypt condemned the terror attack that hit a hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Sunday and left 13 persons killed. In a statement, Foreign Ministry spokesman Badr Abdel Aati extended Egypt’s condolences to Somalia ....

  • Obama meets Ethiopia PM

    Date: 2015-07-27 09:30:19 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:34 - ID:3049205

    ADDIS ABABA, July 27 (MENA) - US President Barack Obama has begun talks with Ethiopia's Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn on the second leg of his African tour, ABC news reported. They discussed trade and security and Obam called for greater ....

  • Obama in Ethiopia for talks on South Sudan sanctions

    Date: 2015-07-27 05:45:40 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:5 - ID:3047801

    WASHINGTON, July 27 (MENA) - US President Barack Obama arrived in Ethiopia late on Sunday as part of an African tour that also took him to Kenya, a senior US administration official said. Obama will hold talks with leaders of Uganda, Kenya and ....

  • President Obama arrives in Ethiopia

    Date: 2015-07-26 20:11:57 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:79 - ID:3046965

    ADDIS ABABA, July 26 (MENA) - US President Barack Obama has landed in Ethiopia, beginning a two-day stay and becoming the first American leader to visit the country, Sky News reported. Air Force One touched down at Addis Ababa's international ....

  • 14 killed after blast at market in northern Nigeria

    Date: 2015-07-26 15:31:31 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:61 - ID:3046005

    ABUJA, July 26 (MENA) - A blast set off by a female suicide bomber tore through a crowded market in the northeastern Nigerian city of Damaturu on Sunday, killing at least 14 people and injuring 47, a police spokesman, quoted by Voice of America, ....

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