Africa

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  • Sudan to increase travel tariff via border crossing with Egypt

    Date: 2014-09-14 11:01:03 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:42 - ID:934993

    KHARTOUM, Sept 14 (MENA) - Sudan is considering an increase to the Ashkiet-Qustul crossing with Egypt due to the rise in bus operation charges, the national chamber of buses and travel in Sudan has said. A request was sent to the ministry of ....

  • Ebola outbreak: Liberian president asks Barack Obama for more help

    Date: 2014-09-14 09:09:28 GMT - Liberia - Africa - SN:24 - ID:934357

    MONROVIA, Sept 14 (MENA) - Liberia has appealed to the United States for urgent aid to tackle the Ebola outbreak, ABC News reported. Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, who won the Nobel Peace Prize for her work on women's rights, has written ....

  • Chambas proposes entrusting Mbeki with Darfur peace file

    Date: 2014-09-14 07:57:35 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:15 - ID:933557

    KHARTOUM, Sept 14 (MENA) - Darfur joint peace mediator Mohamed Ibn Chambas has made a proposed to the African Union Peace and Security Council (AUPSC) that the head of the African Union High Level Implementation Panel (AUHIP) be entrusted with the ....

  • Policeman killed, 4 others injured in attack on pilgrims convoy south Darfour

    Date: 2014-09-13 10:44:38 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:32 - ID:929213

    KHARTOUM, Sept 13 (MENA) - One policeman was killed and four others were injured when an armed group attacked a convoy of pilgrims in Um Zuriqa region while they were en route to El-Fashir city, capital of Northern Darfur, said South Darfur Governor ....

  • Juba urges international intervention to settle disputed areas with Khartoum

    Date: 2014-09-13 10:34:38 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:29 - ID:929185

    KHARTOUM, Sept 13 (MENA) - South Sudan urged the African Union, the UN and the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) to intervene to reach a settlement to the disputed areas with Sudan. South Sudanese Information Minister Michael ....

  • Sudanese investment min. hails ties with Egypt

    Date: 2014-09-13 10:32:58 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:28 - ID:929157

    KHARTOUM, Sept 13 (MENA) – The Egyptian and Sudanese leaderships are completely aware of the size of conspiracies lurking in the region, Sudanese Investment Minister Mustafa Osman Ismail said. Speaking to Sudanese daily "Al-Youm Al-Tali", Ismail ....

  • Egypt's envoy to MENA: Important Egyptian-Ethiopian meetings within days

    Date: 2014-09-13 08:54:47 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:19 - ID:928325

    ADDIS ABABA, Sept 13 (MENA) - Egyptian Ambassador to Addis Ababa Mohammad Idriss said the coming days will witness important meetings between the Egyptian and Ethiopian sides topped by a meeting between President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and the ....

  • UN's Ban Ki-moon welcomes Cuba sending 165 medical personnel to Ebola-hit African nations

    Date: 2014-09-12 21:53:57 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:125 - ID:927309

    NEW YORK, Sept 12 (MENA) - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon welcomed the contribution of Cuba to the fight against the Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa, following the Socialist nation's move to send some 165 medical personnel to Sierra Leone, the ....

  • Egypt, Uganda discuss fostering health ties

    Date: 2014-09-12 16:24:13 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:72 - ID:926441

    CAIRO, Sept 12 (MENA) – Egyptian Health Minister Adel Adawi met with a Ugandan delegation, led by Ugandan livestock and finance ministers to discuss means of boosting bilateral relations. During the meeting, Adawi hailed the deep-rooted relations ....

  • Three injured in Libya in mortar shelling

    Date: 2014-09-10 21:32:20 GMT - Libya - Africa - SN:181 - ID:916452

    TRIPOLI, Sept 10 (MENA) – Three people, including an Egyptian, were injured Wednesday in Libyan city of Benghazi in a mortar shell. The wounded Egyptian is identified as Mohamed Abdel-Qader Mohamed. Benghazi has been embroiled in fierce fighting ....

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