Africa

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  • Malaysia to contribute 20.9 mn medical gloves to five Ebola affected countries

    Date: 2014-09-16 06:42:49 GMT - Malaysia - Africa - SN:12 - ID:947741

    KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 16 (MENA) - Malaysia will be sending some 20.9 million medical gloves to five African nations, which have been affected by the deadly Ebola virus, Bernama news agency reported. The Prime Minister's Office in a statement on ....

  • UNSC welcomes power transition in Central African Republic

    Date: 2014-09-15 21:54:11 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:175 - ID:947093

    NEW YORK, Sept 15 (MENA) - The members of the United Nations Security Council welcomed the seamless transition of authority from the African-led International Support Mission in the Central African Republic (MISCA) to the United Nations ....

  • UN official stresses need for peaceful solution in Libya

    Date: 2014-09-15 21:23:47 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:162 - ID:946949

    NEW YORK, Sept 15 (MENA) – Head of the UN Support Mission in Libya Bernardino Leon has underlined the need of reaching a peaceful solution to the Libyan crisis. Addressing the UN Security Council, Leon said the Libyan crisis cannot be resolved ....

  • Egypt to meet African businesspersons to boost exports

    Date: 2014-09-15 19:25:41 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:143 - ID:945665

    CAIRO, Sept 15 (MENA) – A meeting grouping businesspersons from East Africa and Egyptian export councils will be held after the Greater Bairam to open the first logistic center by private sector investments or a free zone for Egyptian exports to ....

  • Delegation of Dar el-Ifta scholars visits Senegal

    Date: 2014-09-15 12:27:44 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:74 - ID:943365

    CAIRO, Sept 15 (MENA) - A delegation of Dar el-Ifta scholars paid on Monday a four-day visit to Senegal within the framework of a tour carried out by the delegation of west Africa. The visit comes in coordination between the Egyptian Embassies in ....

  • Uganda arrests 19 tied to suspected attack plot

    Date: 2014-09-14 20:29:44 GMT - Uganda - Africa - SN:150 - ID:939389

    KAMPALA, Sept 14 (MENA) - Ugandan police have arrested 19 people in connection with a foiled attack in central Kampala, the BBC reported on Sunday. A spokesman for Ugandan police declined to provide additional details about the individuals. "The ....

  • Egypt not opposed to establishing dams along the Nile as long as this does not affect its water rights - minister

    Date: 2014-09-14 16:51:23 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:122 - ID:938405

    CAIRO, Sept 14 (MENA) - Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Hossam Moghazi said on Sunday that Egypt does not oppose the establishment of any dam in any of the Nile Basin countries, provided that this does not affect its quota in the Nile ....

  • 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 ....

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