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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 ....
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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. ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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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Luxor African Film Festival kicks off with Nile cruise
Date: 2015-03-16 17:45:47 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:124 - ID:2178597
LUXOR, Upper Egypt, March 16 (MENA) – The fourth edition of the Luxor African Film Festival (LAFF) started with a Nile cruise organized for African and Egyptian actors with folkloric music beating in the background. LAFF Board of Trustees ....
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Egypt, Swiss officials discuss bilateral ties
Date: 2015-03-16 15:21:31 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:96 - ID:2176533
CAIRO, March 16 (MENA) - Minister of Industry and Trade Munir Fakhry Abdel Nour met the Swiss economic representative on Monday. They discussed ways to boost bilateral ties especially the economic ones. The two officials asserted both ....
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Algerian president receives Ethiopian PM
Date: 2015-03-15 22:49:28 GMT - Algeria - Africa - SN:216 - ID:2172665
ALGIERS, March 15 (MENA) - Algerian President AbdelAziz Bouteflika met on Sunday with Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn. They discussed means of promoting joint cooperation. Following the meeting, the Ethiopian premier hailed ties with ....
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Arab Contractors Company to open new project in Côte d'Ivoire
Date: 2015-03-15 16:01:39 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:139 - ID:2170321
CAIRO, March 15 (MENA) – The Arab Contractors Company will open a new bridge in Côte d'Ivoire on March 21 at an investment cost of $50 million, company chairman Mohsen Salah said. Speaking to MENA, Salah said the bridge links together two of the ....
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Arab League delegation checks on Sudan elections preparations
Date: 2015-03-15 10:52:50 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:52 - ID:2166505
KHARTOUM, March 15 (MENA) - An Arab League delegation discussed with the National Commission for Human Rights preparations for the general elections to take place on April 13. Talks covered the way the pan-Arab body will take part in monitoring ....
