Africa

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  • UN chief arrives in Somalia

    Date: 2014-10-29 10:06:38 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:37 - ID:1222521

    MOGADISHU, Oct 29 (MENA) - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon arrived here on Wednesday, Sky news reported. No further details on the visit were available. (MENA) SR/RE ....

  • Zambia president Michael Sata dies in London

    Date: 2014-10-29 06:44:29 GMT - Zambia - Africa - SN:14 - ID:1221185

    LUSAKA, Oct 29 (MENA) - Zambian President Michael Sata has died in London, where he had been receiving treatment for an undisclosed illness, the BBC reported. The reports said mr Sata had died on Tuesday evening at London's King Edward VII ....

  • Egyptian cultural delegation arrives in Khartoum

    Date: 2014-10-27 22:42:45 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:160 - ID:1213705

    KHARTOUM, Oct 27 (MENA) – An Egyptian cultural delegation arrived in Khartoum on Monday on a weeklong visit, media adviser at the Egyptian embassy here Abdel Rahman Abdel Fattah said. He added that the delegation is visiting Sudan upon an ....

  • 6 scholarships from Alex. Uni. to S.Sudanese - minister

    Date: 2014-10-27 14:12:05 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:70 - ID:1210329

    CAIRO, Oct 27 (MENA) - Water Resources and Irrigation Minister Hossam Moghazi announced that scholarships at Alexandria University will be provided to technicians in South Sudan. The minister's remark came during a joint press conference with his ....

  • Resuming talks with Khartoum gov. on Nov. 12: (SPLM)

    Date: 2014-10-27 12:09:41 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:52 - ID:1208817

    KHARTOUM, Oct 27 (MENA) - The Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) announced that it had received a call to resume negotiations with the Sudanese government in Addis Ababa on the provinces of Kurdufan and Blue Nile on November 12. The call ....

  • Boko Haram kidnaps 30 in northeast Nigeria

    Date: 2014-10-27 08:41:31 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:19 - ID:1207069

    ABUJA, Oct 27 (MENA) - Boko Haram gunmen kidnapped at least 30 boys and girls from a village in northeast Nigeria during the weekend, CNN reported. The abductions are the latest in a string of recent kidnappings by Boko Haram that dims hope for ....

  • Sudanese army denies defections in North Darfur

    Date: 2014-10-27 08:13:44 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:16 - ID:1206865

    KHARTOUM, Oct 27 (MENA) - The Sudanese army has denied news of defections among its troops in North Darfur State. Reports of defections in North Darfur are baseless, said military spokesman Col. al-Sawarmy Khaled Saad in statements to Sudan's "Al ....

  • Egypt, S. Sudan discuss water cooperation

    Date: 2014-10-26 15:20:53 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:95 - ID:1203497

    CAIRO, Oct 26 (MENA) - Egyptian Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Hossam Moghazy is due to give a press conference on Monday with his South Sudanese counterpart Jemma Nunu, currently visiting Egypt, regarding the results of their bilateral ....

  • Egypt industry min. to visit Ethiopia next week

    Date: 2014-10-26 13:28:23 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:75 - ID:1203025

    CAIRO, Oct 26 (MENA) – Industry and Trade Minister Mounir Fakhri Abdel-Nour will lead a business delegation to Ethiopia next week to participate in the Egyptian-Ethiopian business forum. The delegation will comprise 50 Egyptian companies and a ....

  • AU rules out military solution to current crisis in Libya

    Date: 2014-10-26 12:48:21 GMT - Libya - Africa - SN:70 - ID:1202657

    TRIPOLI, Oct 26 (MENA) – African Union Commission Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma emphasized that there can be no military solution to the current crisis in Libya. The official rejected any external military interference in the ....

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