Africa

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  • 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 ....

  • Egypt, Morocco sign coop. protocol on printing

    Date: 2014-12-11 22:31:09 GMT - Morocco - Africa - SN:144 - ID:1520589

    RABAT, Dec 11 (MENA) – The chamber of print at the Federation of Egyptian Industries on Thursday signed a cooperation protocol with its Moroccan counterpart. The deal represents a step for establishing the first African union for printing and ....

  • 31 dead after double bombing rocks Nigeria

    Date: 2014-12-11 20:37:31 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:135 - ID:1520489

    ABUJA, Dec 11 (MENA) - At least 31 people have been killed in a double bombing in the Nigerian city of Jos, while a 13-year-old girl in an explosives vest has been arrested in the northern city of Kano, Sky News news channel reported on ....

  • Sudan, Egypt in culture coop. talks

    Date: 2014-12-11 14:03:27 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:88 - ID:1517445

    KHARTOUM, Dec 11 (MENA) - Sudanese Culture Minister Al-Tayeb Hassan Badawi discussed Thursday with Egypt's Ambassador to Sudan Osama Shaltout ways of boosting cultural ties. During the meeting, Badawi underlined the close cultural ties binding ....

  • Egypt offers grants to Nile basin countries for water projects

    Date: 2014-12-11 12:10:49 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:61 - ID:1516817

    CAIRO, Dec 11 (MENA) – Egypt had offered grants for development projects at Nile basin countries over the past two decades at a total value of EGP 500 million or $66 million, Water Resources Minister Hossam Moghazi said. The Egyptian assistance ....

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