Africa

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  • Egypt, South Sudan sign agreement for management of water resources

    Date: 2014-11-22 12:52:22 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:45 - ID:1384773

    CAIRO, Nov 22 (MENA) - Egypt and Sudan signed on Saturday an agreement on cooperation in the technical field and development of water resources. Minister of Water Resources Dr Hossam Mohammad Al-Moghazi signed the agreement for the Egyptian side, ....

  • Egypt amb. meets DRC peace coordinator

    Date: 2014-11-22 11:09:51 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:33 - ID:1383477

    CAIRO, Nov 22 (MENA) - Egypt's Ambassador in Kinshasa Hani Salah met on Saturday with François Mwamba, the National Coordinator of the National Monitoring Mechanism of the Framework Agreement for Peace, Security and Cooperation in the Democratic ....

  • Kenya mulls approving a set of incentives to bolster economic cooperation with Egypt

    Date: 2014-11-22 10:27:41 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:27 - ID:1383541

    CAIRO, Nov 22 (MENA) - Kenya government announced that 2015 will be a year of the Egyptian industry and will witness more economic cooperation with Egypt. This came at the first investment conference held in Nairobi and wrapped up on ....

  • Culture min, S. Sudanese opposite number ink cultural cooperation document

    Date: 2014-11-22 09:40:50 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:20 - ID:1383261

    CAIRO, Nov 22 (MENA) - Culture Minister Gaber Asfour and his South Sudanese counterpart Nadia Arop Dudi inked a cultural cooperation document. The memorandum of understanding included several aspects of cooperation topped by delegating specialized ....

  • Kenya bus attack near Somali border leaves 28 dead

    Date: 2014-11-22 08:01:55 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:12 - ID:1382289

    NAIROBI, Nov 22 (MENA) - Suspected members of the Somali militant group al-Shabab have killed at least 28 people in an attack on a bus in northern Kenya, the BBC quoted officials as saying. Gunmen took the bus off the road and separated out those ....

  • UN chief: Ebola cases in Mali 'deep concern'

    Date: 2014-11-22 07:23:25 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:8 - ID:1382301

    THE UNITED NATIONS, Nov 22 (MENA) - The United Nations chief warned that Ebola may be easing in part of West Africa but is still hitting hard in other areas and outpacing the international response, the BBC reported. “If we continue to accelerate ....

  • Madagascar plague outbreak kills 40, says WHO

    Date: 2014-11-22 06:49:41 GMT - Madagascar - Africa - SN:3 - ID:1382161

    ANTANANARIVO, Nov 22 (MENA) - An outbreak of plague in Madagascar has killed 40 people and infected almost 80 others, the BBC quoted the World Health Organization as saying. The WHO warned of the danger of a "rapid spread" of the disease in the ....

  • Togo security forces use rubber bullets during large-scale protests seeking term limits

    Date: 2014-11-21 21:47:40 GMT - Togo - Africa - SN:103 - ID:1381721

    LOME, Nov 21 (MENA) - Security forces in Togo used rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse thousands of demonstrators calling for term limits that would bar President Faure Gnassingbe from running for a third term next year, Fox News reported on ....

  • 11 people killed in stampede during religious service in Zimbabwe

    Date: 2014-11-21 16:39:47 GMT - Zimbabwe - Africa - SN:75 - ID:1380869

    HARARE, Nov 21 (MENA) - A police commander in Zimbabwe says 11 people died in a stampede during a religious service held at a sports stadium, Fox News reported Friday. Police commander Shadreck Mubaiwa said Friday that four people died at the ....

  • Democratic Republic of Congo Ebola-free, WHO says

    Date: 2014-11-21 14:10:24 GMT - Switzerland - Africa - SN:59 - ID:1380121

    GENEVA, Nov 21 (MENA) - Ebola has officially been eradicated from another African country, the Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared Friday. The United Nations health agency cleared the DRC for Ebola because ....

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