Africa

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  • Ugandan water min. to visit Egypt late Dec

    Date: 2014-12-07 14:54:10 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:89 - ID:1488205

    CAIRO, Dec 7 (MENA) – Ugandan Water and Environment Minister Ephraim Kamuntu will visit Egypt at the end of this month upon an invitation from Water Resources Minister Hossam Moghazi. During the visit, the two ministers will discuss means to ....

  • Sudan, S.Sudan committee demarcating border holds 1st meeting in Khartoum Sunday

    Date: 2014-12-06 20:51:02 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:123 - ID:1484425

    KHARTOUM, Dec 6 (MENA) – The joint committee tasked with demarcating the borders between Sudan and South Sudan will hold its first meeting in Khartoum on Sunday. In a press release on Saturday, Sudanese presidency said the three-day meetings ....

  • More UK health volunteers to tackle Ebola in Sierra Leone

    Date: 2014-12-06 12:12:31 GMT - United Kingdom - Africa - SN:53 - ID:1481405

    LONDON, Dec 6 (MENA) - Healthcare workers from across the UK will join volunteers who flew to Sierra Leone in November. A further 25 NHS staff from across the UK are deploying to Sierra Leone to join Britain’s fight against Ebola, International ....

  • Bashir to visit Ethiopia Mon. to participate in 20th anniversary of constitution approval

    Date: 2014-12-06 10:33:17 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:41 - ID:1480717

    KHARTOUM, Dec 6 (MENA) - Sudanese Ambassador to Ethiopia Abdel Rahman Sir-el-khatim announced that Sudanese President Omar el-Bashir will visit Ethiopia on Monday at an invitation from Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn to attend ....

  • Egyptian photographers join Ethiopia's photography festival

    Date: 2014-12-06 07:39:58 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:8 - ID:1479297

    ADISS ABABA, Dec 6 (MENA)- Two Egyptian photographers are taking part in Addis Ababa’s international photography festival (Adis Foto Fest 2014). The festival features over 90 photographers from 36 countries. Egypt's Ambassador to Ethiopia Mohamed ....

  • Somalia suicide bombs kill seven in Baidoa

    Date: 2014-12-05 19:50:52 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:98 - ID:1478569

    MOGADISHU, Dec 5 (MENA) - At least seven people have been killed in a twin suicide bomb attack in the town of Baidoa in southern Somalia, the BBC reported on Friday. The attack, which also wounded more than 20 people, happened outside a ....

  • Kenya arrests 77 Chinese nationals in cybercrime raids

    Date: 2014-12-05 15:01:36 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:67 - ID:1477401

    LONDON, Dec 5 (MENA) - Kenyan police have arrested 77 Chinese nationals on suspicion of running a cyber crime center from homes in an upmarket area of the capital, Nairobi, reported The Guardian. Officers believe the gang had been preparing to hack ....

  • Egyptian envoy meets former DRC FM on cooperation

    Date: 2014-12-05 11:18:15 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:40 - ID:1475773

    CAIRO, Dec 5 (MENA) – Egypt's Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Hani Salah met on Friday with former Congolese foreign minister Alexis Mwamba on boosting cooperation. The meeting tackled enhancing bilateral ties, as Mwamba ....

  • Egypt sends anti-Ebola medical aid to Sierra Leone

    Date: 2014-12-05 10:40:41 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:33 - ID:1475653

    CAIRO, Dec 5 (MENA) - The Egyptian Partnership Agency for Development sent on Friday a batch of medical aid to Sierra Leone. The move comes as part of Egypt's efforts to protect Sierra Leone from the deadly Ebola virus, Egypt's Ambassador to ....

  • Egypt keen on supporting cooperation with Sudan in different domains

    Date: 2014-12-05 09:20:22 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:24 - ID:1475349

    KHARTOUM, Dec 5 (MENA) - Independence Current chairman Ahmed al-Fadali Egypt's keenness on supporting cooperation with Sudan in the different domains for the interest of both states. In statements after arriving Friday on top of a public ....

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