Africa

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  • Sudanese elections on time - Commission

    Date: 2014-11-04 15:03:47 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:78 - ID:1264145

    KHARTOUM, Nov 4 (MENA) - The Sudanese elections will be held in April 2015 as scheduled, the National Election Commission said on Tuesday. It added that 38 parties expressed their readiness to participate in the coming year's elections. About ....

  • Ticket value to travel from Egypt to Sudan via ferries 'reduced'

    Date: 2014-11-04 13:20:17 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:62 - ID:1263185

    ASWAN, Egypt, Nov 4 (MENA) - The value of tickets to travel from Egypt to Sudan via ferries was reduced from 260 to 220 pounds. The decision aims at serving the social ties between Egypt and Sudan, Head of the High Dam Port Authority Assad ....

  • Sudan bans entry of foreigners coming from Ebola-affected countries

    Date: 2014-11-04 11:59:21 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:49 - ID:1262297

    KHARTOUM, Nov 4 (MENA) – The Sudanese Directorate of Nationality, Passports and Immigration (DNPI) prohibited officially on Tuesday the issuance of entry visas to foreigners coming from Ebola-affected west African countries. In a statement, ....

  • Bashir, Salva Kiir hold talks

    Date: 2014-11-04 10:50:51 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:40 - ID:1262077

    KHARTOUM, Nov 4 (MENA) - Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir on Tuesday conferred with his visiting South Sudanese counterpart Salva Kiir who arrived here on official visit to Sudan. The talks covered bilateral relations, regional issues of common ....

  • Riots erupt in Zambia capital

    Date: 2014-11-04 10:26:15 GMT - Zambia - Africa - SN:35 - ID:1262009

    LUSAKA, Nov 4 (MENA) - Police and demonstrators clashed early Tuesday in protests against the acting president, a white Zambian who fired the ruling party's chief following the death last week of President Michael Sata, ABC news reported. The ....

  • Salva Kiir arrives in Khartoum on official visit to Sudan

    Date: 2014-11-04 09:43:28 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:31 - ID:1261489

    KHARTOUM, Nov 4 (MENA) - South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit arrived here on Tuesday, kicking off his one-day visit to Sudan. Kiir is accompanied by a delegation grouping a high-profile officials and ministers in the South Sudan ....

  • S. Sudanese president visits Sudan Tuesday

    Date: 2014-11-03 22:03:10 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:183 - ID:1259621

    KHARTOUM, Nov 3 (MENA) – South Sudanese President Salva Kiir Mayardit is expected to arrive in Sudan Tuesday on a one-day visit accompanied with a high-level delegation including the ministers of foreign affairs, defense and petroleum. In a press ....

  • UN: Mixed picture in Sierra Leone, as victims outpace beds in Port Loko

    Date: 2014-11-03 21:03:36 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:172 - ID:1259421

    NEW YORK, Nov 3 (MENA) – Anthony Banbury, head of the UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER), visited Sierra Leone on Monday, where he reported efforts to halt the virus in former hotspot Kenema are starting to pay off, while some 200 ....

  • Ethiopia Foreign Ministry holds ceremony for Egyptian delegation

    Date: 2014-11-03 20:21:37 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:161 - ID:1259153

    ADDIS ABABA, Nov 3 (MENA) - Ethiopia's Foreign Ministry held on Monday a ceremony in honor of the Egyptian delegation which took part in the fifth session of the Egyptian-Ethiopian committee which was held in the capital Addis Ababa. The Egyptian ....

  • Kenyan ban on export of domestic workers still on

    Date: 2014-11-03 18:44:10 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:152 - ID:1258797

    NAIROBI, Nov 3 (MENA) – Kenyan government will take firm action against any foreign recruitment agency contravening the temporary ban on domestic labor export to Middle East and the Gulf region, the KBC reported on Monday. Kenyan Foreign Affairs ....

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