Africa

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  • Deputy FM partakes in Dakar Forum on Peace, Security

    Date: 2014-12-15 20:05:21 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:157 - ID:1545141

    CAIRO, Dec 15 (MENA) - Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Hamdy Sanad Loza is partaking in Dakar Forum on Peace and Security in Africa. The two-day forum aims at exchanging experiences on strategic issues related to defense and security in ....

  • 9 Nigerian deportees killed during deportation from Algeria

    Date: 2014-12-14 19:42:50 GMT - Algeria - Africa - SN:138 - ID:1537717

    ALGIERS, Dec 14 (MENA) - Eleven persons, including nine from Nigeria, were killed and 16 others injured in a traffic accident in Algeria. A bus carrying the deportees and a truck collided Sunday, 90 km south of Ghardaia state. The bus driver ....

  • Sisi welcomes Chadian president - 2 last Cairo

    Date: 2014-12-14 15:54:54 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:97 - ID:1535893

    Visiting Chadian President Idriss Deby hailed development efforts in Egypt and President Sisi's leadership of the country. As for the situation in Libya, Deby said it has been getting more complicated. Chad, a neighbor of Libya, is keen on ....

  • Sisi welcomes Chadian president

    Date: 2014-12-14 13:54:59 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:80 - ID:1535529

    CAIRO, Dec 14 (MENA) – President Abdel Fattah El Sisi welcomed visiting Chadian President Idris Deby on Sunday. Following their talks, Sisi said Egypt appreciates Chad's supportive stances of Egypt inside the African Union. Egypt is adamant to ....

  • Border demarcation committee between Khartoum, Juba to convene in February

    Date: 2014-12-14 09:21:19 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:33 - ID:1532481

    KHARTOUM, Dec 14 (MENA) - The technical committee for border demarcation between Sudan and South Sudan will hold its second meeting in Juba in February. In press statements, head of the committee Abdullah Sadek said the first meeting discussed ....

  • Zimbabwe: New VPs sworn In

    Date: 2014-12-12 15:44:58 GMT - Zimbabwe - Africa - SN:69 - ID:1523985

    HARARE, Dec 12 (MENA) - Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has sworn in two new vice presidents, ABC News reported Friday. Justice Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa, was appointed Friday as the senior of the two during a televised ceremony. They ....

  • French hostage freed in swap deal with 4 jihadists

    Date: 2014-12-12 12:45:31 GMT - Mali - Africa - SN:50 - ID:1523021

    BAMAKO, Dec 12 (MENA) The Malian justice minister has confirmed news about releasing four jihadists in a swap operation to set free a French hostage kidnapped more than three years ago. France 24 carried the new, giving no further details. ....

  • Sudan's authorities deport 26 Nigerians over Ebola fears

    Date: 2014-12-12 12:33:49 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:47 - ID:1522889

    KHARTOUM, Dec 12 (MENA) - Sudan's Khartoum Airport authorities have deported 26 Nigerian passengers over Ebola fears, said a well-placed source at the airport. The Nigerian deportees had no health records on them, the source said. Sudan has ....

  • Irrigation min. to visit S. Sudan on Monday

    Date: 2014-12-12 09:51:01 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:28 - ID:1522121

    CAIRO, Dec 12 (MENA) - Irrigation Minister Hossam Moghazi is due in South Sudan on Monday. The two-day visit aims at activating a cooperation deal on water resources. Moghazi said that he would open during the visit to South Sudan a number of ....

  • Policeman killed, two wounded in attack on Kenya camp

    Date: 2014-12-12 06:46:28 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:6 - ID:1521005

    NAIROBI, Dec 12 (MENA) - Suspected separatists killed a Kenyan policeman and critically wounded two more when they attacked their camp in the coastal county of Kilifi, a senior regional official said on Friday. Albert Kobia, the county ....

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