Africa

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  • Egypt will not allow harming is water interests -- Consul

    Date: 2015-02-24 12:48:12 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:70 - ID:2033393

    KHARTOUM, Feb 24 (MENA) - Egypt will not allow harming is water interests, said Egyptian Consul General in Sudan Weam Souelam on Tuesday. In statements to reporters, he added that Egypt will not allow the Ethiopian dam, which is now under ....

  • 18 dead in Nigeria suicide bus blast

    Date: 2015-02-24 12:45:10 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:67 - ID:2033965

    ABUJA, Feb 24 (MENA) - At least 18 people have been killed in a suspected suicide bombing on a bus in the northeastern Nigerian city of Potiskum, Sputnik International‎ reported on Tuesday. The commercial capital of Yobe state, Potiskum, has been ....

  • South Sudan hails Egypt's fufifilled pledges

    Date: 2015-02-24 07:54:42 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:9 - ID:2030601

    JUBA, Feb 24 (MENA) - South Sudan's Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Jemma Nunu Kumba said Egypt is the only country that attaches great importance to the people of South Sudan. Egypt met its pledges in supporting development projects ....

  • Kenya court strikes out sections of security law

    Date: 2015-02-23 21:13:45 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:164 - ID:2029761

    NAIROBI, Feb 23 (MENA) - Seven sections of a contentious law the government says will help Kenya curb a wave of extremist attacks are unconstitutional, a Kenyan court said Monday. The five-judge bench said the seven sections contravened the bill ....

  • Egypt, S.Sudan irrigation ministers review joint projects in Juba

    Date: 2015-02-23 17:46:33 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:119 - ID:2028649

    JUBA, Feb 23 (MENA) - Egyptian Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Hossam Moghazy said that several projects were implemented in South Sudan in cooperation with Egypt including establishing of inland ports as well as digging 47 wells. This ....

  • Irrigation minister arrives in Juba for water, development coop. talks

    Date: 2015-02-23 12:50:43 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:72 - ID:2025325

    JUBA, Feb 23 (MENA) – Egyptian Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Hossam Moghazy arrived in Juba Monday on a four day visit to open a number of water and development projects. He is accompanied by 23 experts from the ministries of ....

  • Egypt's irrigation minister heads for Juba

    Date: 2015-02-23 10:03:21 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:32 - ID:2023565

    KHARTOUM, Feb 23 (MENA) - Egypt's Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Hossam Moghazi left here Monday for Juba on a four-day visit to South Sudan. During the visit, Moghazi will inaugurate and visit a number of water and developmental ....

  • Girl suicide bomber kills 5 in northeastern Nigeria market

    Date: 2015-02-23 09:01:41 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:24 - ID:2023421

    ABUJA, Feb 23 (MENA) - A witness and hospital records say a girl suicide bomber blew herself up, killing four others and seriously wounding 46 at a busy market in Potiskum in northeastern Nigeria, the ABC News reported. Survivor Anazumi Saleh ....

  • 486 miners trapped by fire found safe in S. Africa

    Date: 2015-02-22 20:59:04 GMT - South Africa - Africa - SN:143 - ID:2022057

    JOHANNESBURG, Feb 22 (MENA) - All 486 miners trapped underground after a fire broke out at a South African goldmine have been found safe, ABC News quoted the mine's spokeswoman as saying on Sunday. The 18 miners who were still missing shortly ....

  • Young girl suicide bomber kills several in northeastern Nigeria

    Date: 2015-02-22 17:22:41 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:113 - ID:2020873

    ABUJA, Feb 22 (MENA) - A girl witnesses estimated to be no more than eight years old has carried out a suicide bombing in northeastern Nigeria, DW TV reported. Witnesses and hospital sources said a total of six people, including the girl, were ....

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