Africa
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Jonathan congratulates Buhari over winning presidential elections
Date: 2015-03-31 20:37:53 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:119 - ID:2287773
ABUJA, March 31 (MENA) - Nigeria's incumbent president Goodluck Jonathan had admitted defeat and congratulated Muhammadu Buhari in presidential elections, the BBC reported on Tuesday. "President Jonathan called General Muhammadu Buhari, the ....
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Egypt delivers medical aid to DRC hospital
Date: 2015-03-31 13:10:19 GMT - Democratic Republic of Congo - Africa - SN:50 - ID:2283961
KINSHASA, March 31 (MENA) - The Egyptian Agency for Development Partnerships has delivered a shipment of medical aid to Goma General Hospital in the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The agency, affiliated with the ....
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Mahlab meets Djibouti president on fringe of COMESA Summit
Date: 2015-03-31 11:43:51 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:34 - ID:2282697
ADDIS ABABA, March 31 (MENA) - Egyptian Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab met on Tuesday with Dijoubti Presdent Ismail Omar Guelleh in the presence of Minister of Electricity Mohammad Shaker and Egypt's Ambassador in Ethiopia Mohammad Edriss. The ....
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PM leaves Addis Ababa after COMESA summit
Date: 2015-03-31 11:39:42 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:32 - ID:2283361
ADDIS ABABA, March 31 (MENA) - Egyptian Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab left Ethiopia Tuesday after having taken part in the 18th COMESA summit. Mahlab delivered Egypt's speech at the summit, stressing that political, security and economic ....
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Africans should make education more creative, says minister
Date: 2015-03-31 11:20:49 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:30 - ID:2281817
ADDIS ABABA, March 31 (MENA) - Trade and Industry Minister Monier Fakhri Abdel Nour on Tuesday called on African nations to make the technical education more creative. "The biggest challenges Africa is facing is to lure new investments that will ....
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Egypt, Ethiopia discuss energy cooperation
Date: 2015-03-31 09:49:53 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:19 - ID:2281821
ADDIS ABABA, March 31 (MENA) - Minister of Electricity Mohamed Shaker met on Tuesday with Alemayehu Tegenu, Ethiopia's Minister of Water, Irrigation and Energy. The meeting was held on the sidelines of his participation in a COMESA meeting held ....
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Mahlab meets Rwandan president on sidelines of COMESA meeting
Date: 2015-03-31 08:26:51 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:11 - ID:2281141
ADDIS ABABA, March 31 (MENA) - Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab met on Tuesday with Rwandan President Paul Kagame on the sidelines of his participation in a COMESA meeting held in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa. The meeting was attended by ....
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Red Cross worker killed in attack on aid truck in Mali
Date: 2015-03-30 22:23:09 GMT - Mali - Africa - SN:182 - ID:2280301
BAMAKO, March 30 (MENA) - An international Red Cross worker was killed and a local colleague injured when the aid truck they were driving was attacked in northern Mali on Monday, the organization was cited by the ABC News as saying. The truck was ....
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Amnesty calls for release of arrested Congolese activists
Date: 2015-03-30 18:17:02 GMT - Democratic Republic of Congo - Africa - SN:137 - ID:2279157
KINSHASA, March 30 (MENA) - A rights group is calling on Congo's government to release youth activists who were arrested more than two weeks ago in a raid that also briefly swept up an American diplomat, Fox news reported Monday. Security forces ....
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Independence current to visit Ethiopia next month
Date: 2015-03-30 15:47:50 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:99 - ID:2277693
CAIRO, March 30 (MENA) - A high-level delegation of the Independence Current Party will visit Ethiopia in April. This comes after a successful visit paid by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi so as to sign the Declaration of Principles on ....