Africa

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  • Sudan, Ethiopia agree to remove obstacles facing trade exchange

    Date: 2015-01-10 17:26:23 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:89 - ID:1712625

    KHARTOUM, Jan 10 (MENA) - Sudan and Ethiopia on Saturday agreed to remove all obstacles hindering trade between the two countries. Chairman of the Sudanese Exporters Chamber Wagdy Mirghani said a meeting was held with an Ethiopian high-level ....

  • Sierra Leone now has means to control Ebola epidemic: UN

    Date: 2015-01-10 15:28:54 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:73 - ID:1711845

    NOUAKCHOTT, Jan 10 (MENA) - Sierra Leone now has the means to curb the Ebola epidemic, the new head of the UN mission for the fight against the disease and a senior World Health Organization official said Friday (Jan 9), according to media ....

  • Boko Haram crisis: Nigeria's Baga town hit by new assault

    Date: 2015-01-08 13:57:04 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:95 - ID:1700041

    ABUJA, Jan 8 (MENA) - Nigeria's militants have carried out a second attack on the key north-eastern town of Baga, the BBC reported. Boko Haram fighters burnt down almost the entire town on Wednesday, after over-running a military base on ....

  • Senior commander of LRA arrested in Uganda.

    Date: 2015-01-08 11:11:54 GMT - Uganda - Africa - SN:48 - ID:1697969

    KAMPALA, Jan 8 (MENA) - Uganda's military has confirmed that a senior commander in the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) movement has been taken into custody by US forces. The International Criminal Court (ICC) wants to put Mr Ongwen on trial ....

  • 300 Egyptian fishermen flee violence in Libya

    Date: 2015-01-07 19:27:32 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:108 - ID:1695489

    KAFR EL SHEIKH, Egypt, Jan 7 (MENA) - About 300 fishermen from Kafr el Sheikh managed to flee the war-ravaged western Libyan city of Misrata. The Egyptian fishermen flee Misrata on board 10 boats. In statements Wednesday, chief of fishermen ....

  • Sudan still awaits Libyan clarification on banning nationals' entry

    Date: 2015-01-07 09:17:40 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:23 - ID:1690749

    KHARTOUM, Jan 7 (MENA) - The Sudanese Foreign Ministry said it is still waiting for any clarification from the Libyan side on their decision to ban nationals from Sudan to enter the restive North African country. "We did not receive till now any ....

  • Al-Qaida branch claims Mali attack

    Date: 2015-01-06 14:08:25 GMT - Mali - Africa - SN:89 - ID:1686133

    BAMAKO, Jan 6 (MENA) - Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb has claimed responsibility for an attack in central Mali, Fox News reported on Tuesday. Al-Qaida said its militants occupied Nampala without great fight, and that they are holding captured ....

  • Patriarch of Ethiopia to start 6-day visit to Egypt Saturday

    Date: 2015-01-05 18:56:17 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:117 - ID:1680985

    CAIRO, Jan 5 (MENA) - Patriarch of Ethiopian Orthodox Church Abune Mathias I is scheduled Saturday to start a six-day visit to Egypt, accompanied by a high-level delegation from the Ethiopian Church. This visit that comes at an invitation of Pope ....

  • Ethiopia, Sudan agree to boost cooperation in water resources

    Date: 2015-01-05 17:38:41 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:94 - ID:1680181

    KHARTOUM, Jan 5 (MENA) – A technical Ethiopian-Sudanese committee stressed here Monday the need to promote cooperation between the two countries in the field of water resources. In a joint press statement issued at the close of a committee ....

  • Suspected gambian coup plotter arrested in Senegal

    Date: 2015-01-04 21:35:56 GMT - Senegal - Africa - SN:128 - ID:1674297

    DAKAR, Jan 4 (MENA) - Gambian Sheikh Sidia Bayo, accused of taking part in a foiled coup against the country's President Yahya Jammeh last week, was arrested in Senegal's Dakar on Sunday. Bayo had settled in Senegal three years ago and Gambian ....

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