Africa

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  • Mahlab visits Egyptian army engineers in Côte d'Ivoire

    Date: 2015-03-21 20:32:58 GMT - Cote d'Ivoire - Africa - SN:126 - ID:2214281

    ABIDJAN, March 21 (MENA) – Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab visited on Saturday the brigade of the Egyptian military engineers working with the UN peace-keeping forces in Côte d'Ivoire's capital Yamoussoukro. Mahlab was accompanied by Côte ....

  • Khartoum tripartite summit on Ethiopia dam 'regional event' -- Sudanese official

    Date: 2015-03-21 19:28:27 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:115 - ID:2213969

    KHARTOUM, March 21 (MENA) - A summit that will bring together the leaders of Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia in Khartoum on Monday is "a regional event and a positive indicator" of joint cooperation, said a senior official at the Sudanese water resources ....

  • Mali president in Algeria Sunday

    Date: 2015-03-21 18:41:56 GMT - Algeria - Africa - SN:103 - ID:2213985

    ALGEIRS, March 21 (MENA) – Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta will visit Algeria Sunday at an invitation from his Algerian counterpart Abdelaziz Bouteflika. The visit comes as part of the brotherly relations between Mali and Algeria, according ....

  • Egypt Olympic national team puts two past Burundi

    Date: 2015-03-21 17:14:18 GMT - Burundi - Africa - SN:86 - ID:2213485

    BUJUMBURA, March 21 (MENA) - Egypt's under-23 team on Saturday defeated their Burundian counterparts 2-0 in the game played in Bujumbura. The game was played as the first leg of the second round of 2015 All-Africa Games qualifier. Egyptian ....

  • Ivorian president, Mahlab witness inauguration ceremony of Jack Phil Bridge

    Date: 2015-03-21 14:27:38 GMT - Cote d'Ivoire - Africa - SN:61 - ID:2212385

    ABIDJAN, March 21 (MENA) - Côte d'Ivoire's President Alassane Ouattara and Egyptian Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab co-inaugurated one of the prominent projects carried out by the Egyptian Arab Contractors Company in Jack Phil city. This comes on ....

  • Tunisia, US discuss promoting cooperation, fighting terrorism

    Date: 2015-03-20 16:43:48 GMT - Tunisia - Africa - SN:79 - ID:2207357

    TUNIS, March 20 (MENA) - Tunisia's President Beji Caid Essebsi received a phone call from US President Barack Obama to discuss promoting cooperation, said a statement by the Tunisian presidency on Friday. The United States is committed to ....

  • British forces to stay in Sierra Leone until country is ebola free

    Date: 2015-03-20 16:33:36 GMT - United Kingdom - Africa - SN:77 - ID:2207301

    LONDON, March 20 (MENA) - British forces helping in the fight against ebola will remain in Sierra Leone until no one else falls sick, even as a key hospital ship prepares to head home, defence secretary Michael Fallon has said, The Times reported. ....

  • Sudan minister hails primary deal on Renaissance Dam

    Date: 2015-03-18 21:43:14 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:161 - ID:2195497

    KHARTOUM, March 18 (MENA) - Sudanese Water Resources and Electricity Minister Mutaz Musa hailed an agreement reached by Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia on the controversial Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. He said the document, which will be submitted to the ....

  • Sierra Leone VP Samuel Sam-Sumana sacked

    Date: 2015-03-18 12:55:45 GMT - Sierra Leone - Africa - SN:59 - ID:2191493

    FREETOWN, March 18 (MENA) - Sierra Leone's Vice-President Samuel Sam-Sumana has been sacked for seeking political asylum in a foreign embassy, the president's office has said. President Ernest Bai Koroma had dismissed him because he had ....

  • Sudan hails tripartite deal over Ethiopian dam

    Date: 2015-03-17 12:16:07 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:57 - ID:2183201

    KHARTOUM, March 17 (MENA) - Sudanese Foreign Minister Ali Karti on Tuesday hailed an agreement reached by Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia on the controversial Ethiopian renaissance dam. "It's an important achievement," Karti said. He said the ....

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