Africa

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  • Mali's neighbors express satisfaction over peace, reconciliation agreement

    Date: 2015-03-01 21:40:15 GMT - Algeria - Africa - SN:154 - ID:2069233

    ALGIERS, March 1 (MENA) - Mali's neighboring countries on Sunday praised a peace and reconciliation agreement, signed in Algeria. The Neighboring countries stressed that the agreement was a victory for the Malian nation, calling on the ....

  • UNHCR: South Sudanese refugees hit121,400

    Date: 2015-03-01 20:32:31 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:144 - ID:2069133

    KHARTOUM, March 1 (MENA) - According to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), by 19 February 121,395 South Sudanese refugees had arrived in Sudan following the outbreak of violence in South Sudan in mid-December 2013. The majority of the refugees are in ....

  • Algerian FM praises Mali peace deal

    Date: 2015-03-01 16:26:52 GMT - Algeria - Africa - SN:96 - ID:2066305

    ALGIERS, March 1 (MENA) - The signing of a peace deal by Malian parties will open promising prospects for a better future in this African country, Algerian Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra said on Sunday. In his speech during the signing ....

  • Sudanese official meets S. Sudanese envoy

    Date: 2015-03-01 16:19:07 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:94 - ID:2067613

    KHARTOUM, March 1 (MENA) - State minister at Sudan's Foreign Ministry Obaid Allah Mohamed Obaid Allah held a meeting with South Sudanese Ambassador here Mayan Dut Waal on Sunday. The meeting took up means of boosting bilateral relations and ....

  • Blasts from women suicide bombers kill 4 in North Nigeria

    Date: 2015-03-01 07:42:53 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:9 - ID:2063529

    ABUJA, March 1 (MENA) - A witness and a security officer say four people died when two women blew themselves up at a bus stop in a village in northeast Nigeria, the latest in a series of suicide bombings carried out by females and blamed on the Boko ....

  • Egypt regains vital role in Africa -- official

    Date: 2015-02-28 14:36:33 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:66 - ID:2059913

    CAIRO, Feb 28 (MENA) – Assistant Foreign Minister for Environmental Affairs Mahmoud Samy said Saturday that Egypt has strongly resumed its vital role in Africa by hosting the African conference on Environment and the world economic summit in Sharm ....

  • African participation in environment gathering message of safety to world – min.

    Date: 2015-02-28 10:57:42 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:50 - ID:2058833

    CAIRO, Feb 28 (MENA) – The wide participation of African countries in the upcoming African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN) in Cairo affirms Egypt's safety, Environment Minister Khaled Fahmy said. The African participation is ....

  • Environment minister inaugurates preparatory meetings for ministerial conference

    Date: 2015-02-28 08:41:18 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:22 - ID:2057541

    CAIRO, Feb 28 (MENA) - Environment Minister Khaled Fahmy Saturday inaugurated preparatory meetings for a ministerial conference on managing Africa's natural capital for sustainable development, slated for March 2-6. Egypt will take over ....

  • min. to open preparatory meetings of African environment ministers conf.

    Date: 2015-02-27 11:21:34 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:46 - ID:2053001

    CAIRO, Feb 27 (MENA) – Environment Minister Khaled Fahmy will inaugurate on Saturday preparatory meetings of the African environment ministers conference slated to be held in Egypt from March 2-6. The 15th session of the African conference would ....

  • Delegation of senior African journalists wraps up visit to Egypt

    Date: 2015-02-26 20:32:34 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:175 - ID:2050989

    CAIRO, Feb 26 (MENA) – A delegation of African chief editors on Thursday wrapped up a 10-day visit to Egypt, during which they met with President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry. The delegation grouped 25 journalists from ....

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