Africa

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  • Nile basin initiative countries agree to hold extraordinary meeting in Tanzania next June

    Date: 2015-02-21 14:13:08 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:75 - ID:2013137

    KHARTOUM, Feb 21 (MENA) - The water ministers in the Nile basin countries agreed on holding an extraordinary meeting in Tanzania in June. During the meeting, the consultations held in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum will be resumed. The Ethiopian ....

  • Irrigation minister says tripartite committee receives 4 offers on renaissance dam

    Date: 2015-02-21 12:46:29 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:41 - ID:2011449

    KHARTOUM, Feb 21 (MENA) - Irrigation Minister Hossam Moghazi said on Saturday that a three-way committee on the Ethiopian renaissance dam has received four offers from international consultancy offices to complete hydraulic and environmental ....

  • Egypt urges Nile states to understand its water concerns

    Date: 2015-02-21 11:28:55 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:46 - ID:2011613

    KHARTOUM, Feb 21 (MENA) – Egyptian Water Resources Minister Hossam Moghazi urged Nile basin countries to understand Egypt's position as it depends on the Nile water to fulfill 97% of its needs. Speaking during a meeting with his Nile basin ....

  • Irrigation minister: Egypt reassessing NBI to solve pending issues

    Date: 2015-02-21 10:20:20 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:38 - ID:2011013

    KHARTOUM, Feb 21 (MENA) - Egypt is reassessing the Nile Basin Initiative and pending issues with NBI members with the aim to reach a solution, Irrigation Minister Hossam Moghazi said on Saturday. Moghazi, who leads Egypt's delegation to an NBI ....

  • Death toll from attack on Somali hotel rises to 25

    Date: 2015-02-21 09:51:15 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:34 - ID:2010977

    MOGADISHU, Feb 21 (MENA) - The death toll in Friday's bombing of a hotel in the Somali capital has risen to 25, including two lawmakers and workers from the prime minister's office, according to ABC News. One Islamic extremist rammed an ....

  • NBI extra-ordinary meeting kicks off in Khartoum

    Date: 2015-02-21 08:08:38 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:17 - ID:2010201

    KHARTOUM, Feb 21 (MENA) - An extra-ordinary meeting of members of the Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) started here Saturday. Irrigation Minister Hossam Moghazi is leading Egypt's delegation to the conference for the first time in five years. ....

  • Egypt takes part in ceremony marking anniversary of Nile Basin Initiative

    Date: 2015-02-21 07:42:01 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:13 - ID:2009997

    KHARTOUM, Feb 21 (MENA) - Egypt will be taking part in a ceremony to mark the 16th anniversary of the Nile Basin Initiative (NBA). It is the first time in five years Egypt attends the ceremony that will be held under the auspices of Sudan and ....

  • Shabab groups claims responsibility for hotel blast in Somalia

    Date: 2015-02-20 13:38:51 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:61 - ID:2006929

    MOGADISHU, Feb 20 (MENA) - Islamist militant group al-Shabab has said it was behind the attack on a hotel in the Somali capital, the BBC reported Friday. The al-Qaeda linked group has been driven out of the country's major towns but still ....

  • Somali capital Mogadishu hit by double explosions at hotel

    Date: 2015-02-20 13:21:10 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:58 - ID:2006713

    MOGADISHU, Feb 20 (MENA) - At least 20 people, including senior officials, have been killed in an attack on a hotel in the Somali capital, the BBC reported Friday. The Central Hotel, often frequented by politicians, was hit by a car bomb and a ....

  • Somali deputy PM, transport minister wounded in bomb attack outside Mogadishu hotel

    Date: 2015-02-20 11:40:42 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:45 - ID:2006297

    MOGADISHU, Feb 20 (MENA) - The Somali deputy prime minister and transport minister were wounded in a suicide attack outside a hotel in Mogadishu earlier Friday. Sky news said at least six suicide bombers were killed in the attack that targeted ....

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