Africa

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  • Ambassador in Kinshasa discusses cultivation of 600 hectares in Congo

    Date: 2014-11-08 16:47:16 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:69 - ID:1290569

    CAIRO, Nov 8 (MENA) - Egyptian Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo Hani Salah held a meeting on Saturday with the presidential commissioner to discuss cooperation and bilateral relations. The meeting also took up a joint project ....

  • Egyptian amb. in Abuja meets Nigerian culture, tourism minister

    Date: 2014-11-08 14:05:32 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:40 - ID:1290789

    CAIRO, Nov 8 (MENA) - Egyptian Ambassador to Nigeria Ashraf Abdel Kader Salama met on Saturday with Nigerian Culture and Tourism Minister Edem Duke. The two sides discussed means of promoting joint cooperation in the fields of culture and ....

  • Congo's official asserts his country's support to Egypt in Nile water file

    Date: 2014-11-08 13:52:09 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:36 - ID:1290565

    CAIRO, Nov 8 (MENA) - Egyptian Ambassador to Congo Hany Salah met on Saturday with director of Congo's environment minister office to discuss means of boosting cooperation between the two countries in the field of water. Congo's official hailed ....

  • Egyptian amb. in Algeria arrives Cairo

    Date: 2014-11-08 13:05:17 GMT - Algeria - Africa - SN:32 - ID:1290125

    ALGIERS, Nov 8 (MENA) - Egyptian Ambassador to Algeria Omar Ali Abu Aish left here for Cairo on Saturday to participate in the meetings of the seventh session of the higher Egyptian-Algerian joint committee under the prime ministers of the two ....

  • Trade, industry minister to attend Ethiopia-hosted conf. in December

    Date: 2014-11-08 10:12:28 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:24 - ID:1288985

    CAIRO, Nov 8 (MENA) - Trade and Industry Minister Mounir Fakhry Abdel-Nour will take part in the Conference of African Union Ministers of Trade, which will be held in Addis Ababa on December 3 until December 5. The Egyptian minister is scheduled ....

  • Burkina Faso's Isaac Zida dismisses African Union intervention

    Date: 2014-11-07 16:56:59 GMT - Burkina Faso - Africa - SN:79 - ID:1286385

    OUAGADOUGOU, Nov 7 (MENA) - Burkina Faso's interim leader has dismissed the African Union's imposition of a two-week deadline to hand power to civilians, the BBC reported on Friday. "We are not afraid of sanctions, we care much more about ....

  • 9 killed in suicide attack in Nigeria

    Date: 2014-11-07 14:29:02 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:65 - ID:1285729

    ABUJA, Nov 7 (MENA) - At least nine people were killed Friday in a suicide attack that targeted a bank in northeastern Nigeria. The blast targeted a branch of the "First Bank of Nigeria" in the town Azare, Bauchi state, said a banking ....

  • Sudan's president backs home

    Date: 2014-11-07 09:18:20 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:23 - ID:1283597

    KHARTOUM, Nov 7 (MENA) – Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and his accompanying delegation returned home after their participation in the urgent Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Summit held in Addis Ababa. In a statement, ....

  • Mauritanian PM to discuss political crisis with opposition leader

    Date: 2014-11-07 08:00:53 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:13 - ID:1282849

    NOUAKCHOTT, Nov 7 (MENA) – Mauritanian Prime Minister Yahya Ould Hademine is expected to meet with Chairman of Mauritanian Union of the Forces of Progress' party Mohamed Ould Mouloud to discuss the current political situation, according to a ....

  • Central African Republic: UN credibility at stake amid rising attacks against civilians

    Date: 2014-11-06 17:01:05 GMT - Central African Republic - Africa - SN:116 - ID:1280793

    BANGUI, Nov 6 (MENA) - The UN peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic must take bold measures to protect civilians amid an escalating wave of sectarian attacks in the central regions of the country, said Amnesty International after ....

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