Africa

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  • PM meets AfDB mission

    Date: 2015-05-21 10:59:23 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:45 - ID:2634553

    CAIRO, May 21 (MENA) – Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab received Thursday a visiting delegation of the African Development Bank (AfDB) led by bank General Counsel Kalidou Gadio. During the meeting, Mahlab said Egypt intends to promote partnership ....

  • 4 killed as UN compound in S. Sudan bombed

    Date: 2015-05-20 20:39:02 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:150 - ID:2631633

    JUBA, May 20 (MENA) - Four civilians, including a woman and a child, were killed when two mortar bombs exploded inside a UN compound in the town of Melut in South Sudan's Upper Nile state, the UN reported on Wednesday. Eight more people were ....

  • Tripartite meeting between Sudan, Chad, UNHCR

    Date: 2015-05-20 15:04:14 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:102 - ID:2629773

    KHARTOUM, May 20 (MENA) - A tripartite meeting between Sudan, Chad and the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) started Wednesday in Khartoum. Sudanese Minister of State at the Ministry of Interior Babiker Ahmed Digna affirmed his country's ....

  • Foreign ministry continues to follow up case of detained Egyptian fishermen in Port Sudan

    Date: 2015-05-20 12:46:14 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:70 - ID:2628117

    CAIRO, May 20 (MENA) - The Foreign Ministry continues to follow up the case of the Egyptian fishermen, who are detained in Port Sudan. Foreign Ministry Spokesman Badr Abdel Aati met Wednesday with representatives of the fishermen syndicate in el ....

  • Soldier 'shot dead by police' in Burundi protest clashes

    Date: 2015-05-20 12:16:25 GMT - Burundi - Africa - SN:61 - ID:2628193

    BUJUMBURA, May 20 (MENA) - A Burundian soldier has been killed after being shot in the heart by a police officer, says another trooper amid tensions between the two forces, according to Press TV. The killing took place on Wednesday during clashes ....

  • Egypt seeks promoting economic cooperation with COMESA

    Date: 2015-05-20 12:13:16 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:59 - ID:2627897

    CAIRO, May 20 (MENA) - Minister of Investment Ashraf Salman on Wednesday held talks with Heba Salama, the Chairwoman of the Regional Agency for Investment, a COMESA affiliate, on means of promoting economic cooperation and increasing investments ....

  • Quarters recruiting Sudanese university students for Daesh - minister

    Date: 2015-05-20 12:07:59 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:58 - ID:2626697

    KHARTOUM, May 20 (MENA) - Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Sumia Abu-Kashawa said some quarters - which she did not name - seek to recruit university students and members of the Sudanese community in the terrorist Daesh ....

  • Burundi's Pierre Nkurunziza in 'no revenge' pledge

    Date: 2015-05-19 13:25:11 GMT - Burundi - Africa - SN:67 - ID:2620961

    BUJUMBURA, May 19 (MENA) - Burundi's government will not take revenge against those involved in last week's failed coup, the BBC quoted President Pierre Nkurunziza's office as saying on Tuesday. Those implicated would be brought to justice in ....

  • Khartoum army denies backing Juba rebels

    Date: 2015-05-19 10:38:52 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:35 - ID:2618149

    KHARTOUM, May 19 (MENA) - The Khartoum armed forces denied rumors purported by the Juba government on backing rebels under former South Sudan vice president Riek Machar. North Sudan has no interest in backing or harboring Machar's forces, the ....

  • Protests continue in Burundi against Nkurunziza third term

    Date: 2015-05-19 08:43:16 GMT - Burundi - Africa - SN:20 - ID:2618113

    BUJUMBORA, May 19 (MENA) - Hundreds have held a mass protest in Burundi against President Pierre Nkurunziza running for a third term, euronews reported Tuesday. This is the latest demonstration against the move which has received domestic and ....

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