Africa

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  • 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 ....

  • Suicide bomber kills 4 persons in Somalia's capital

    Date: 2015-01-04 20:09:47 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:112 - ID:1673833

    MOGADISHU, Jan 4 (MENA) - A suicide car bomber blew himself up near a moving convoy of Somalia's US-trained elite forces in Mogadishu, killing at least four people, ABC News quoted a Somali police officer as saying on Sunday. Somali militant ....

  • Nairobi flights halted after plane crash

    Date: 2015-01-04 19:53:03 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:108 - ID:1674113

    NAIROBI, Jan 4 (MENA) – Flights into Kenya's main airport have been suspended after a passenger plane crash-landed on the runway in the capital Nairobi, BBC reported. No deaths or injuries have been reported at Jomo Kenyatta International ....

  • Khartoum, Juba agree act toward debt relief, better attraction of investment

    Date: 2015-01-02 13:45:10 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:55 - ID:1660917

    KHARTOUM, Jan 2 (MENA) – Sudan and South Sudan have agreed on action to relieve the first of its foreign debt and to attract foreign investment to the latter. In a press conference held in Khartoum Friday, South Sudanese Foreign Minister Barnaba ....

  • Kenya court suspends parts of security law

    Date: 2015-01-02 09:16:43 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:26 - ID:1659925

    NAIROBI, Jan 2 (MENA) - Kenya's High Court has suspended some sections of the controversial new security law, which was enacted two weeks ago despite fierce opposition, according to the BBC. The court blocked eight measures until a legal challenge ....

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