Africa
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Egypt denounces Nigeria attack
Date: 2014-11-21 10:57:53 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:31 - ID:1378841
CAIRO, Nov 21 (MENA) - Egypt strongly denounced an attack by suspected Boko Haram militants in north-eastern Nigeria, the Foreign Ministry said. Gunmen rampaged through the village of Azaya Kura in the Mafa area in Nigeria's Borno state, killing ....
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Egypt, South Sudan to sign deal in water resources
Date: 2014-11-21 10:34:57 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:29 - ID:1377961
CAIRO, Nov 21 (MENA) - Egypt and South Sudan will sign on Saturday an agreement for boosting cooperation the field of water resources and investments. Under the deal, a joint authority will be formed for establishing projects. It will pave the ....
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African countries eye cooperation to fight terrorism
Date: 2014-11-21 06:40:53 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:8 - ID:1377089
NOUAKCHOTT, Nov 21 (MENA) – Countries from North and West Africa said they were willing to promote cooperation to combat drugs and terrorism. During a symposium here, representatives of 11 African countries said they want to benefit from ....
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Egypt amb. to DR Congo meets head of national broadcasting corporation
Date: 2014-11-20 11:15:50 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:49 - ID:1372049
CAIRO, Nov 20 (MENA) - Egypt's Ambassador to Democratic Republic of Congo Hani Salah met on Thursday with head of the national broadcasting corporation of DR Congo. The meeting took up ways of boosting cooperation, and prospects of signing ....
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Sudan's govt, opposition resume talks on Nov 26
Date: 2014-11-20 08:18:31 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:22 - ID:1370433
KHARTOUM, Nov 2 (MENA) –The Sudanese government and Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North received an official invitation from the African Union High-Level Implementation Panel on Sudan (AUHIP), led by Thabo Mbeki, to attend the eighth round of ....
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UN: More than 1.5 million flee Nigeria violence
Date: 2014-11-20 06:16:56 GMT - Switzerland - Africa - SN:11 - ID:1369813
GENEVA, Nov 20 (MENA) - Growing violence by Islamist extremists has forced more than 1.5 million Nigerians to flee their homes and is deepening an already dire humanitarian situation in Nigeria, the U.N. warned Wednesday. "Nigeria is without ....
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Sudanese Information Minister's visit to Egypt seeks boosting cooperation -- Ambassador
Date: 2014-11-19 11:30:59 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:43 - ID:1364245
KHARTOUM, Nov 19 (MENA) – Egyptian Ambassador here Ussama Shaltout said on Wednesday that a visit that is currently paid by Sudanese Minister of Information Yasser Youssef to Egypt is aimed at boosting joint cooperation in the media domain. In ....
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Qatari awqaf minister arrives in Khartoum
Date: 2014-11-18 15:04:32 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:111 - ID:1359377
KHARTOUM, Nov 18 (MENA) - Qatar's Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs Ghaith bin Mubarak Al Kuwari on Tuesday arrived in Sudan's Khartoum for a two-day visit. The minister is scheduled to launch a new printing press for "Africa's Dar Almushaf", ....
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Rwanda resolved to bolster bilateral relations with Egypt
Date: 2014-11-18 07:38:29 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:12 - ID:1354985
CAIRO, Nov 18 (MENA) - Egypt's new Ambassador to Rwanda Dr Namera Negm has presented a copy of her credentials to Rwandan Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Jenin Kambada who asserted her country's resolve to bolster relations with Egypt, especially in ....
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Negotiations between Khartoum, SPLM-N rebels suspended: Mbeki
Date: 2014-11-17 19:36:19 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:169 - ID:1354005
KHARTOUM, Nov 17 (MENA) - Thabo Mbeki, chairman of the AU High-Level Implementation Panel (AUHIP), announced on Monday the suspension of negotiations between the Sudanese government and Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) on the South ....