Africa

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  • High-level UN and European mission to visit Central Africa

    Date: 2015-02-06 17:36:40 GMT - Switzerland - Africa - SN:86 - ID:1909369

    GENEVA, Feb 6 (MENA) - A group of high-level experts from the United Nations and the European Commission will undertake a mission to the Central African Republic from 10 to 14 February to assess the current humanitarian crisis in the country, which ....

  • Shebab commander killed in US drone strike: Somalia

    Date: 2015-02-06 12:22:06 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:48 - ID:1907561

    WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (MENA) - Somalia on Friday confirmed the death of Shebab commander Yusuf Dheeq in a US drone strike south of Mogadishu last week, France 24 reported. "The killing of terrorist leaders through precision, low risk strikes such as ....

  • UN executive director of economic committee to visit Sudan Saturday

    Date: 2015-02-06 09:46:07 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:28 - ID:1906565

    KHARTOUM, Feb 6 (MENA) – United Nations Executive Director of the Economic committee for Africa Carlos Lopez is due to visit Sudan Saturday, the Sudan News Agency reported on Friday. Lopez will arrive in Khartoum in a three-day visit on February ....

  • Fan trouble halts Ghana, Equatorial Guinea game in AFCON semi-final

    Date: 2015-02-05 21:38:32 GMT - Equatorial Guinea - Africa - SN:142 - ID:1904997

    MALABO, Feb 5 (MENA) – An Africa Cup of Nations game between Ghana and host Equatorial Guinea was suspended Thursday due to crowd troubles. After the net of their national team received three goals, fans of Equatorial Guinea started to throw items ....

  • Egypt, Congo to build model farm

    Date: 2015-02-05 15:10:01 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:93 - ID:1902485

    CAIRO, Feb 5 (MENA) – Egypt and Congo signed an agreement for the establishment of a model farm in Congo's Mangai city, 7 km north of Kinshasa. The agreement was co-signed by supervisor of foreign agricultural relations at the Agriculture ....

  • Joint committee formed to discuss departure of UNAMID mission from Darfur

    Date: 2015-02-05 09:51:46 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:38 - ID:1898989

    KHARTOUM, Feb 5 (MENA) – A joint committee of the African Union United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) and the Sudanese government has been formed to discuss the departure of the UNAMID mission stationed in Darfur, African Union-United Nations ....

  • Ethiopia to deploy extra peace-keeping forces to Somalia, South Sudan, Abyei

    Date: 2015-02-04 18:53:08 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:158 - ID:1896913

    ADDIS ABABA, Feb 4 (MENA) - Ethiopia will deploy 600 additional peace keepers to Somalia, South Sudan and Abyei area in March, the Ethiopian News Agency (ENA) cited a statement by Ethiopian International Peace-keeping Training Center. The peace ....

  • UNICEF: South Sudan on verge of nutrition catastrophe

    Date: 2015-02-04 17:51:04 GMT - Switzerland - Africa - SN:148 - ID:1896637

    GENEVA, Feb 4 (MENA) - UNICEF urged warring groups in South Sudan to follow up fast on the ceasefire deal reached on Monday or face potentially catastrophic food shortages in the conflict areas of the country, the UNICEF said in a statement on ....

  • Mauritanian-US military cooperation

    Date: 2015-02-04 15:37:23 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:117 - ID:1895785

    NOUAKCHOTT, Feb 4 (MENA) – Commander of US forces in Africa David M. Rodriguez said that the Mauritania and the US resume their long-term partnership for improving the Mauritanian army. At the conclusion of his visit to Mauritania, the US ....

  • AU summit agrees to Egypt proposition to implement Yamoussoukro Decision

    Date: 2015-02-03 14:53:37 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:95 - ID:1886469

    CAIRO, Feb 3 (MENA) - Participants in the 24th African Summit that was recently held in Ethiopia have agreed to a proposition by the Egyptian Civil Aviation Ministry to start outlining a framework to implement the Yamoussoukro Decision as soon as ....

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