Africa

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  • Ebola crisis: Nigeria declared free of virus

    Date: 2014-10-20 13:55:09 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:67 - ID:1161173

    WASHINGTON, Oct 20 (MENA) - Nigeria has been declared officially free of Ebola after six weeks with no new cases, the BBC quoted the World Health Organization (WHO) as saying. WHO representative Rui Gama Vaz, speaking in the capital Abuja, said ....

  • Seychelles envoy arrives in Egypt

    Date: 2014-10-20 10:56:48 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:32 - ID:1161125

    CAIRO, Oct 20 (MENA) - Presidential Envoy of Seychelles Barry Foure arrived here on Monday. He will have talks with senior officials in Cairo on issues of mutual concern.(MENA) AH/RE ....

  • Sudan-Egypt ties should be example for African ties

    Date: 2014-10-20 10:15:41 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:30 - ID:1160497

    KHARTOUM, Oct 20 (MENA) - Ahmed Saad Omar, Sudanese Minister of the Council of Ministers, hailed the visit of President Omar el-Bashir to Egypt, saying ties binding Egypt and Sudan are deeply-rooted. "Ties between Egypt and Sudan should be an ....

  • Bashir says he felt comfortable during his Egypt visit

    Date: 2014-10-20 10:14:33 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:29 - ID:1160277

    KHARTOUM, Oct 20 (MENA) - Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir said that he felt comfortable during his visit to Egypt. "Within 25 years, I visited Egypt several times, but it was the first time to feel very comfortable during this time," he went on ....

  • Kenya soldiers kill 5 suspected bombers

    Date: 2014-10-19 21:41:59 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:157 - ID:1158569

    NAIROBI, Oct 19 (MENA) - Kenyan and Somali soldiers killed five suspected Islamic extremist bombers attempting to cross into the country from Ethiopia in a car laden with explosives and six suicide vests, ABC quoted a Kenyan military spokesman as ....

  • 3rd training program for infectious diseases opens at Suez University

    Date: 2014-10-19 16:27:07 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:96 - ID:1157089

    CAIRO, Oct 19 (MENA) - The third training program for infectious diseases entitled: Clinical and Laboratory Diagnosis kicked off on Sunday at the Faculty of Medicine, Suez University, in coordination with the Egyptian Agency for Development ....

  • CAO to host 13th meeting of General Assembly of AFROSAI

    Date: 2014-10-19 16:17:42 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:93 - ID:1156277

    CAIRO, Oct 19 (MENA) - The Central Auditing Organization (CAO) will host the 13th meeting of the General Assembly of the African Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions (AFROSAI), scheduled to be held in Sharm EL Sheikh on 24-30 October. The ....

  • Navigation lane project linking Mediterranean Sea with Lake Victoria launched - minister

    Date: 2014-10-19 14:56:30 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:74 - ID:1156417

    CAIRO, Oct 19 (MENA) - The navigation lane project linking the Mediterranean Sea with Lake Victoria has been launched as part of promoting cooperation ties among the Nile Basin countries, said Head of the Nile Water Sector at the Irrigation Ministry ....

  • 11 killed in clashes between Sudan army, rebels in Darfur

    Date: 2014-10-18 19:01:14 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:111 - ID:1151237

    KHARTOUM, Oct 18 (MENA) – Eleven people were killed in clashes between rebels of Sudan Liberation Movement and the Sudanese army in Central Darfur on Saturday. Nine rebels and two Sudanese army soldiers were killed in an attack by the movement on ....

  • Hollande supports talks between Mali, armed groups

    Date: 2014-10-18 18:44:20 GMT - France - Africa - SN:106 - ID:1151121

    PARIS, Oct 18 (MENA) - French President Francois Hollande expressed support for Algeria talks between Mali's government and northern armed groups, in a phone call with his Mali's counterpart Ibrahim Boubacar Keita. The French presidency said ....

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