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  • Renaissance dam committee to contact consultancy offices after Christmas holidays

    Date: 2014-12-30 13:33:10 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:64 - ID:1642577

    CAIRO, Dec 30 (MENA) - The trilateral technical committee of the Ethiopian renaissance dam will resume contacts with international consultancy offices after Christmas holidays, a source with the irrigation sector said on Tuesday. The committee is ....

  • Egypt offers condolences over death of Congolese Pauline Lumumba

    Date: 2014-12-30 12:50:57 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:50 - ID:1642325

    CAIRO, Dec 30 (MENA) - Egypt's ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday extended condolences over the death of Pauline Lumumba, the widow of late Congolese Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba. The ambassador took part in the official ....

  • Sudan interior min. urges S. Sudan not to back rebels

    Date: 2014-12-30 11:55:17 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:37 - ID:1641721

    KHARTOUM, Dec 30 (MENA) - Sudanese Interior Minister Esmat Abdel-Rahman has said his country has firm evidence about the involvement of the South Sudanese government in supporting rebel groups. He called on South Sudan to stop backing the rebels ....

  • Liberia reports dozens of new Ebola cases on border

    Date: 2014-12-29 15:50:58 GMT - Liberia - Africa - SN:69 - ID:1636933

    MONROVIA, Dec 29 (MENA) - Dozens of new Ebola cases have erupted in Liberia, near the border with Sierra Leone, Liberian health officials warned Monday, marking a setback amid recent improvements. The flare-up is due to a number of factors ....

  • Boko Haram militants slaughter nearly 30 – Cameroon official

    Date: 2014-12-28 21:13:05 GMT - Cameroon - Africa - SN:148 - ID:1631601

    YAOUNDE, Dec 28 (MENA) - Boko Haram militants have attacked Mbaljuel, a village in the north of the African country, killing around 30 civilians, regional governor Mijiyawa Bakary said, Russia Today channel reported. "We do not yet have all the ....

  • Egypt aware of Ethiopia dam risks - FM

    Date: 2014-12-28 14:24:49 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:96 - ID:1629233

    CAIRO, Dec 28 (MENA) – Egypt is fully aware of the risks of Ethiopia's Grand Renaissance Dam, its construction stages and means of managing negotiations at the technical and political levels, Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said. Speaking to ....

  • Sudan bans travel of former diplomat

    Date: 2014-12-28 09:59:06 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:47 - ID:1627153

    KHARTOUM, Dec 28 (MENA) - The Foreign Ministry banned the travel of the former Sudanese consul to Egypt over financial violations. Upon a request by the Sudanese Foreign Ministry, the Anti-Corruption Department started expanded investigations ....

  • Egypt envoy visits Kinshasa hospital

    Date: 2014-12-27 11:52:26 GMT - Democratic Republic of Congo - Africa - SN:38 - ID:1621973

    KINSHASA, Dec 27 (MENA) – Egypt's Ambassador here Hani Salah visited Kinshasa General Hospital on Saturday. The envoy was received by the hospital's director, a Health Ministry representative and hospital staff. Salah inspected the neonatal, and ....

  • Ugandan president arrives in Ethiopia

    Date: 2014-12-26 17:22:13 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:84 - ID:1618785

    ADDIS ABABA, Dec 26 (MENA) - Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni arrived in Addis Ababa on Friday for a three-day official visit to Ethiopia, local media reported. Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn and senior officials welcomed Museveni ....

  • Irrigation min. to inaugurate development projects in S. Sudan in January

    Date: 2014-12-26 09:21:57 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:28 - ID:1616253

    CAIRO, Dec 26 (MENA) - Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Hossam Moghazi will inaugurate a number of development projects in South Sudan late in January. The projects come as part of the grants and aid offered by Egypt to support the main ....

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