Africa

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  • Kenyan president leaves for The Hague

    Date: 2014-10-07 11:30:00 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:39 - ID:1077885

    NAIROBI, Oct 7 (MENA) - Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta traveled to The Hague Tuesday for his status conference at the International Criminal Court. On Monday, he temporarily handed presidential powers to his deputy William Ruto until he returns ....

  • Kenya president to step down during court hearing

    Date: 2014-10-06 17:19:27 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:68 - ID:1075073

    NAIROBI, Oct 6 (MENA) - Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Monday told the nation in an address before parliament that he would temporarily step down as president while attending a hearing at the International Criminal Court this week, the ABC news ....

  • Sudan's opposition party backs national dialogue

    Date: 2014-10-05 18:53:21 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:89 - ID:1071533

    KHARTOUM, Oct 5 (MENA) - Sudan's opposition Popular Congress Party has voiced support for comprehensive national dialogue called for by Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir. The party will work during the coming period with all political parties and ....

  • Sudan takes part in 4th Nile Basin development meeting in Nairobi

    Date: 2014-10-05 13:39:56 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:50 - ID:1070577

    KHARTOUM, Oct 5 (MENA) - Sudan will take part in the 4th Nile Basin development meeting, to be held in the Kenyan capital Nairobi on Monday. Sudan's delegation to the two-day meeting will be led by Minister of Water Resources and Electricity ....

  • Algeria says five militants killed in border clashes with army

    Date: 2014-10-03 14:04:03 GMT - Algeria - Africa - SN:60 - ID:1062753

    ALGIERS, Oct 3 (MENA) - Five militants were killed and four others were injured on Thursday night in clashes with the Algerian army near the Algeria-Niger border, the Algeria Press Agency reported. The militants were attempting to sneak into ....

  • S. Sudanese refugees in Sudan reach 96,600 - UN office

    Date: 2014-10-03 13:34:31 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:58 - ID:1062385

    KHARTOUM, Oct 3 (MENA) - The United Nations Office for coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said that the number of South Sudanese refugees in Sudan has reached 96,600, according to humanitarian organizations and the Sudanese government. In a ....

  • Ebola crisis: Aid workers risking all to combat virus

    Date: 2014-10-02 22:25:59 GMT - Sierra Leone - Africa - SN:117 - ID:1059961

    FREETOWN, Oct 2 (MENA) – Five new cases of Ebola virus are reported each hour in Sierra Leone alone. Yet despite the risks, UK aid workers and volunteers are heading in increasing numbers to west Africa to battle the epidemic, the BBC News cited the ....

  • Sudan summons Libyan diplomat over offensive statements

    Date: 2014-10-02 16:46:46 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:86 - ID:1058521

    KHARTOUM, Oct 2 (MENA) – The Sudanese Foreign Ministry on Thursday summoned the Libyan charge d’affaires in Khartoum to inform him of Sudan's dismay over statements by a Libyan army official that Sudan backs extremists in Libya. Sudan’s Foreign ....

  • South Sudanese FM arrives in Cairo

    Date: 2014-10-02 05:19:52 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:3 - ID:1053897

    CAIRO, Oct 2 (MENA) - South Sudanese Foreign Minister Barnaba Marial Benjamin arrived here on Thursday for talks with Egyptian officials on the latest developments in South Sudan. He will meet with Arab League Secretary General Nabil el-Arabi ....

  • GAFI head discusses ways of increasing Japan investments in Africa

    Date: 2014-10-01 15:19:04 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:98 - ID:1051553

    CAIRO, Oct 1 (MENA) - Head of the Egyptian General Authority For Investment (GAFI) Hassan Fahmy met on Wednesday with Japanese economic and trade officials as part of his current participation in a forum on Africa. The African investment forum, now ....

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