ar
en
fr
Africa
- Service : English General
- Category : Africa
-
Dozens killed in fierce clashes between Boko Haram, Nigerian troops
Date: 2015-01-25 14:40:07 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:88 - ID:1820321
ABUJA, Jan 25 (MENA) - Nigerian troops clashed with Islamic extremists who attacked Maiduguri, the biggest city in northeast Nigeria, Fox News reported on Sunday. Dozens of combatants have been killed and wounded in the attack. "Coordinated ....
-
AU summit to kick off in Ethiopia Friday
Date: 2015-01-25 14:11:22 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:82 - ID:1819917
ADDIS ABABA, Jan 25 (MENA) - The 24th African Union Summit will kick off in Ethiopia on Friday. The two day-summit will see the participation of more than 40 heads of state, topped by Egypt's President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, as Egypt's ....
-
Zambia Defence Minister Lungu wins presidential election
Date: 2015-01-25 10:02:44 GMT - Zambia - Africa - SN:38 - ID:1818057
LUASKA, Jan 25 (MENA) - Zambia's presidential election has been won by Defence and Justice Minister Edgar Lungu of the Patriotic Front, according to the BBC. Lungu won by a 48.3% majority, the election commission said, after an election race ....
-
Sudan seeks Interpol warrant to arrest opposition leader
Date: 2015-01-25 08:49:47 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:28 - ID:1816981
KHARTOUM, Jan 25 (MENA) - Sudanese authorities are seeking warrants of arrest by the International Police (Interpol) against the leader of the National Umma Party (NUP) Al Sadiq al Mahdi and head of the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) faction Minni ....
-
Unidentified gunmen take Libyan foreign ministry undersecretary to unknown destination
Date: 2015-01-25 08:29:14 GMT - Libya - Africa - SN:26 - ID:1816881
TRIPOLI, Jan 25 (MENA) - Unidentified gunmen raided the room of the Libyan foreign ministry undersecretary Hassan el Soghaiyar at Marhaba Hotel in al Bayda city and took him to an unknown destination. A number of gunmen entered the hotel and ....
-
Palestinian president in Ethiopia Thursday for African summit
Date: 2015-01-25 07:03:28 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:9 - ID:1816705
ADDIS ABABA, Jan 25 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will arrive here on Thursday to attend the African summit due Friday and Saturday. Abbas will deliver a speech at the summit's opening session and hold talks with African leaders on ....
-
AU representatives resume meetings ahead of summit
Date: 2015-01-24 08:25:46 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:29 - ID:1810029
ADDIS ABABA, Jan 24 (MENA) - Resentatives of member states of the African Union resumed their meetings here Saturday to prepare for the 24th AU Summit to take place in Ethiopia on January 30-31. Representing Egypt in the preparatory meetings is ....
-
More than 3,000 villages destroyed in Darfur fighting in 2014
Date: 2015-01-23 20:40:52 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:220 - ID:1808741
NEW YORK, Jan 23 (MENA) – A new UN report says more than 3,000 villages were destroyed in Darfur during targeted attacks on civilians early last year as hundreds of thousands of people fled the escalating violence, Fox News reported on ....
-
Mali's Tuareg separatists freeze cooperation with UN mission
Date: 2015-01-23 20:26:00 GMT - Mali - Africa - SN:218 - ID:1808749
BAMAKO, Jan 23 (MENA) - The spokesman for a Tuareg separatist movement in Mali says relations with UN peacekeepers have been suspended after a deadly clash, Fox News reported. Mossa Ag Attaher on Friday accused UN peacekeepers of siding with the ....
-
Sierra Leone to ease restrictions as Ebola wanes
Date: 2015-01-23 18:36:09 GMT - Sierra Leone - Africa - SN:203 - ID:1808269
FREETOWN, Jan 23 (MENA) - Sierra Leone President Ernest Bai Koroma on Friday ordered a lifting of travel and trade restrictions across his country following a marked decrease in Ebola infections, Sky News reported. In a televised address, the ....
