Africa

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  • Mahlab conveys Sisi invitation to Togolese leader to attend New Suez Canal inauguration

    Date: 2015-07-21 13:36:15 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:48 - ID:3018033

    MALABO, July 21 (MENA) - Egyptian Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab met on Tuesday with President of Togo Faure Gnassingbe on the sidelines of a conference on combating the Ebola Virus here. They discussed boosting cooperation between the two ....

  • Int'l conference on Ebola kicks off in Equatorial Guinea

    Date: 2015-07-21 12:35:56 GMT - Equatorial Guinea - Africa - SN:41 - ID:3017277

    MALABO, July 21 (MENA) - Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe and Obiang Ngeuma Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea inaugurated an international conference on Africa's fight against Ebola on Tuesday. Delegations from 54 African countries are attending the ....

  • Egypt minister takes part in Int'l Conf. on Africa's Fight Against Ebola in Malabo

    Date: 2015-07-21 10:07:29 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:19 - ID:3016197

    CAIRO, July 21 (MENA) – Health Minister Adel Adawy on Tuesday took part in the International Conference on Africa's Fight Against Ebola in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, the ministry said in a statement. The statement said a ministerial decision was ....

  • Egypt seeks upping growth rate to 4.2 % - Mahlab

    Date: 2015-07-21 08:04:50 GMT - Equatorial Guinea - Africa - SN:10 - ID:3015329

    MALABO, July 21 (MENA) - As economic reform is the major challenge facing Egypt, the government seeks to reduce budget deficit and up growth rate to 4.2 percent, the Egyptian premier said. During a meeting late Monday with the Egyptian community ....

  • Bomb blast in Nigeria checkpoint kills 6 people

    Date: 2015-07-20 19:07:30 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:65 - ID:3014697

    ABUJA, July 20 (MENA) - Six people were killed in a bomb blast as police searched vehicles at a checkpoint outside the northeast Nigerian city of Damaturu on Monday, Russia Today reported. "Eight people including two bombers were killed in the ....

  • Obama, Nigerian president to discuss Boko Haram fight

    Date: 2015-07-20 17:24:53 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:60 - ID:3014337

    WASHINGTON, June 20 (MENA) - US President Barack Obama on Monday met with his Nigerian counterpart Muhammadu Buhari, who started a four-day visit to Washington. The meeting dealt with efforts to bolster the fight against militant group Boko Haram ....

  • AU launches military offensive against al Shabaab in Somalia

    Date: 2015-07-19 16:56:02 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:57 - ID:3009165

    MOGADISHU, July 19 (MENA) - The African Union troops and Somali army launched a military offensive on an al-Qaeda-linked militant group in southern Somalia, the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) said in a statement on Sunday. In late ....

  • 16 Niger villagers killed in Boko Haram attack: official

    Date: 2015-07-19 14:02:52 GMT - Niger - Africa - SN:44 - ID:3008321

    NIAMEY, July 18 (MENA) - Boko Haram militants killed 16 civilians in an attack on a southeast Niger village, near the Nigerian border, a local official said Sunday. "On July 15, Boko Haram elements fired on locals who were praying in a village ....

  • Sudan to host new round of Renaissance Dam talks Wednesday

    Date: 2015-07-18 17:34:26 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:69 - ID:3005229

    CAIRO, July 18 (MENA) - Water Resources and Irrigation Minister Hossam Moghazi said on Saturday that Sudan will host on Wednesday a new round of the national experts committee talks on Renaissance Dam. The talks will be attended by Egyptian, ....

  • Egyptian, Sudanese agriculture, irrigation ministers to convene in Khartoum

    Date: 2015-07-18 17:14:23 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:67 - ID:3005245

    CAIRO, July 18 (MENA) - Water Resources and Irrigation Minister Hossam Moghazy said Saturday that the Egyptian and Sudanese ministers of irrigation and agriculture will participate in the meetings of the Egyptian-Sudanese Agricultural Integration ....

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