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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 ....
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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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Nile Basin ministers plant saplings in Khartoum school
Date: 2015-02-22 11:49:01 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:55 - ID:2017989
KHARTOUM, Feb 22 (MENA) – Nile Basin water resources ministers planted several saplings, each representing a Nile country, at a school in Khartoum on Sunday as a symbol of the future of the young generation. Egyptian Water Resources Minister ....
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Nile Basin Initiative countries to review report in Tanzania meeting in June
Date: 2015-02-21 21:45:56 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:153 - ID:2015325
KHARTOUM, Feb 21 (MENA) – Head of the Technical Water Resources Organ of the Nile Basin Initiative Seifeldin Hamad Abdalla announced on Saturday that the report issued during the meetings of the technical committee will be raised to the ....
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Mansoura University inks agreement with Mauritanian university of medicine, technology
Date: 2015-02-21 17:53:35 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:119 - ID:2014757
NUACKCHOTT, Feb 21 (MENA) - Mansoura University inked an agreement with Mauritanian university of medicine and technology. The agreement, that was inked in the Egyptian cultural center here, aims at boosting bilateral cooperation in training and ....
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Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia FMs to meet on dam in March
Date: 2015-02-21 17:50:52 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:116 - ID:2014697
KHARTOUM, Feb 21 (MENA) – A tripartite committee on the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, which comprises Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia, will meet at the level of foreign ministers in March to discuss a number of pending issues. "The meeting may be attended ....
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Gunmen abduct 89 children from South Sudan school
Date: 2015-02-21 16:21:08 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:97 - ID:2014013
NEW YORK, Feb 21 (MENA) - Armed groups raided a South Sudanese school and seized 89 children, the United Nations said Saturday. It pointed out that boys were among those taken. The abduction occurred near Malakal, where thousands of people have ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
