Africa

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  • Sisi leaves for Ethiopia to partake in African summit

    Date: 2015-01-29 08:52:40 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:29 - ID:1848121

    CAIRO, Jan 29 (MENA) – President Abdel Fattah El Sisi left here on Thursday on a three-day visit to Ethiopia, where he will participate in the 24th African Union Summit. The summit will be held on Friday and Saturday. During his visit, Sisi ....

  • Egypt hosts 1st African-Arab trade forum in May

    Date: 2015-01-29 08:35:00 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:26 - ID:1847849

    KHARTOUM, Jan 29 (MENA) – Egypt will host on May 5 the first African-Arab trade forum for companies and businessmen in which a number of major African and Arab companies are expected to participate, Arab Exporters & Importers Union secretary-general ....

  • Sudan, Chad president discuss number of regional, African issues

    Date: 2015-01-29 07:44:48 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:17 - ID:1847733

    KHARTOUM, Jan 29 (MENA) – Sudan's President Omar el Bashir and Chad's President Idriss Deby said on Thursday they discussed a number of regional and African issues ahead of the 24th African Union Summit in Addis Ababa on Fridayk. In a joint press ....

  • Egypt takes part in regional meetings ahead of AU summit

    Date: 2015-01-28 21:31:59 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:163 - ID:1846905

    ADDIS ABABA, Jan 28 (MENA) – Egypt will take part Thursday in the 32nd Summit of the NEPAD Heads of State and Government Orientation Committee (HSGOC). The Arab country would also join the 22nd Summit of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) ....

  • AU draft resolution calls on UNSC not to refer Sudan case to ICC

    Date: 2015-01-28 21:13:42 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:159 - ID:1846481

    KHARTOUM, Jan 28 (MENA) - The Executive Council of the African Union on Wednesday adopted a draft resolution calling on the UN Security Council to cancel a decision referring the Sudanese case to the International Criminal Court (ICC). The draft ....

  • Sudanese rebels capture 6 Bulgarians working for UN World Food Program

    Date: 2015-01-28 19:32:15 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:147 - ID:1846453

    JUBA, Jan 28 (MENA) - A Sudanese rebel group has taken six Bulgarians working with the UN’s World Food Program captive, Russia Today reported. Their helicopter was forced to land in war-torn South Kordofan province in southern Sudan, the Bulgarian ....

  • AU, China ink big infrastructure deal

    Date: 2015-01-28 14:58:04 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:97 - ID:1844049

    ADDIS ABABA, Jan 28 (MENA) – The African Union and China have agreed on a memorandum of cooperation to develop infrastructure in the African continent, AU Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy Elham Ibrahim said on Wednesday. The ambitious ....

  • China pledges stronger ties with Sudan

    Date: 2015-01-28 14:55:58 GMT - China - Africa - SN:96 - ID:1844601

    BEIJING, Jan 28 (MENA) - China's top political adviser Yu Zhengsheng vowed to cement political trust and party-to-party exchanges with Sudan, according to Xinhua news agency. Yu made the remarks while meeting with a delegation from Sudan's ruling ....

  • Liaison Group: Libyan crisis will be settled only through dialogue

    Date: 2015-01-28 14:08:07 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:76 - ID:1843993

    ADDIS ABABA, Jan 28 (MENA) – The International Liaison Group on Libya issued a final statement on the outcome of the second meeting that was held here on the sidelines of preparatory meetings of the African Summit, that will kick off on ....

  • Only solution to Libyan crisis to be attained through political settlement-- Libyan FM

    Date: 2015-01-28 13:31:10 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:63 - ID:1842977

    ADDIS ABABA, Jan 28 (MENA) – Libyan Foreign Minister Mohamed el Dairi on Wednesday thanked the African Union for convening a meeting on Libya on the sidelines of the African Summit. At a press conference, the Libyan top diplomat said that this ....

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