Africa

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  • Egyptian economic bloc to be established in Africa - official

    Date: 2014-09-18 18:31:20 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:116 - ID:965605

    CAIRO, Sept 18 (MENA) – Head of the Africa development and Congo river project Ibrahim el-Fayoumi signed a memo of understanding with CEO of the export council of the engineering industries union Laila el-Maghrabi to form a large Egyptian economic ....

  • Egyptian TV to transmit inauguration of African basketball championship for females

    Date: 2014-09-18 13:52:20 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:76 - ID:965065

    CAIRO, Sept 18 (MENA) - The Egyptian television will transmit the inauguration ceremony of the basketball championship for females that will kick off in Cairo on Friday. Channel 3 will air the inauguration ceremony followed by a match between ....

  • Libyan parliament rejects new cabinet

    Date: 2014-09-18 13:03:08 GMT - Libya - Africa - SN:67 - ID:964801

    TRIPOLI, Sept 18 (MENA) - The Libyan Parliament has rejected the new cabinet of Abdullah al-Thinni. Thinni had presented a cabinet with 16 ministers on Wednesday, but members of parliament rejected those names on Thursday. In exclusive ....

  • Irrigation minister to head for Ethiopia Friday

    Date: 2014-09-18 12:23:25 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:58 - ID:963805

    CAIRO, Sept 18 (MENA) - Water Resources and Irrigation Minister Hossam Moghazi along with his accompanying delegation will head for Ethiopia Friday to take part in proceedings of the national committee on Ethiopia's Renaissance Dam. The ....

  • Exports council signs protocol to increase exports to Africa

    Date: 2014-09-17 22:16:58 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:165 - ID:961029

    CAIRO, Sept 17 (MENA) - A protocol was signed between Egypt's engineering industries exports council and the Africa development and Nile-Congo river linkage project. The accord is meant to increase Egyptian exports to African markets, said Ibrahim ....

  • New UNAMID head appointed for Darfur

    Date: 2014-09-17 21:18:44 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:156 - ID:960817

    KHARTOUM, Sept 17 (MENA) - The United Nations on Wednesday announced the appointment of Abiodun Oluremi Bashua of Nigeria as Deputy Joint Special Representative for the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID). Bashua will ....

  • 13 civilians killed, 34 injured in armed clashes in Nigeria

    Date: 2014-09-17 19:36:00 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:137 - ID:960409

    ABUJA, Sept 17 (MENA) - At least 13 people were killed and 34 others wounded when police fought a battle with suspected Boko Haram suicide bombers in Kano, northern Nigeria, local Nigerian media reports cited the state's police chief as saying on ....

  • Arab League envoy for humanitarian relief due to arrive in Sudan Saturday

    Date: 2014-09-17 17:41:32 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:118 - ID:959725

    KHARTOUM, Sept 17 (MENA) - Arab League envoy for humanitarian relief Sheikha Hessa bint Khalifa al-Thani is due to arrive here Saturday on a five-day visit to open several projects that were implemented by the pan-Arab body in Darfur states. In ....

  • Algerian PM meets Kenyan Senate Speaker

    Date: 2014-09-16 14:04:00 GMT - Algeria - Africa - SN:81 - ID:951269

    ALGIERS, Sept 16 (MENA) - Algerian Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal met on Tuesday with visiting Speaker of the Kenyan Senate David Ekwe Ethuro. The two sides reviewed bilateral relations which date back to the years of the liberation struggle. ....

  • Steering committee confers on navigation route between Lake Victoria, Mediterranean

    Date: 2014-09-16 12:46:37 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:70 - ID:950709

    CAIRO, Sept 16 (MENA) - A steering committee met here Tuesday to discuss the navigation route between Lake Victoria and the Mediterranean. Talks will last for three days between states contributing to the project, namely: Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda, ....

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