Africa

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  • Egypt receives warm welcome at AU summit after restoring activities

    Date: 2014-06-26 10:49:39 GMT - Guinea-Bissau - Africa - SN:48 - ID:798875

    MALABO, June 26 (MENA) – The African Union on Thursday welcomed the resumption of Egypt's activities in the Union. In her speech at the inaugural session of the 23rd African Union Summit here, Head of the African Union Commission Nkosazana ....

  • Sisi greets Djibouti on national day

    Date: 2014-06-26 09:44:11 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:43 - ID:798715

    CAIRO, June 26 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Thursday dispatched presidential secretary Abdel-Aziz El-Shrif to the Djibouti Embassy in Cairo to offer greetings on the country's National Day. June 26 marks a national public holiday in ....

  • Al Shabaab insurgents attack Somalia hotel

    Date: 2014-06-26 08:04:25 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:26 - ID:798545

    MOGADISHU, June 26 (MENA) - Explosions and gunfire were heard on Thursday at a hotel in central Somalia used by Somali soldiers and Djiboutian peacekeepers working for the African Union (AMISOM), the BBC reported. Militant group Al Shabaab said ....

  • Nigeria's Jonathan cuts short Equatorial Guinea trip over Abuja blast

    Date: 2014-06-26 06:23:49 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:16 - ID:798374

    ABUJA, June 26 (MENA) - Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has immediately suspended his plan to attend an African Union, A.U., summit in Equatorial Guinea, and will return to Nigeria Thursday after a car bomb killed at least 21 people in Abuja ....

  • AU summit preparatory meeting wrapped up

    Date: 2014-06-25 20:45:41 GMT - Guinea - Africa - SN:170 - ID:798163

    MALABO, June 25 (MENA) – The African Foreign Ministers Executive Council Meeting wrapped up its activities on Wednesday ahead of the 23rd Ordinary Summit of the African Union. President Abdel Fattah El Sisi will head the Egyptian delegation to ....

  • Blast kills 21 at plaza in Nigeria capital

    Date: 2014-06-25 19:35:55 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:166 - ID:798109

    ABUJA, June 25 (MENA) – An explosion rocked a parking lot at a crowded plaza in Nigeria's capital Wednesday afternoon, killing 21 people and injuring 17 others, a spokesman for Nigeria's relief agency said, the CNN reported. The blast at Emab ....

  • Abuja blast in Wuse district kills 21

    Date: 2014-06-25 18:35:28 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:154 - ID:798024

    ABUJA, June 25 (MENA) - An explosion has struck a busy shopping district in Nigeria's capital, Abuja, killing at least 21 people, the BBC News reported on Wednesday. The explosion was in the capital's Wuse district, near the popular Banex plaza ....

  • FM maintains meetings on sidelines of African Foreign Ministers Executive Council session

    Date: 2014-06-25 15:39:23 GMT - Guinea - Africa - SN:123 - ID:797692

    MALABO, June 25 (MENA) – Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry maintained his meetings on Wednesday on the sidelines of the African Foreign Ministers Executive Council session ahead of the African Summit, slated for June 26-27. Within this ....

  • Upon Sisi's directions, Egypt research centers to train African cadres in developing fisheries

    Date: 2014-06-25 14:10:57 GMT - Equatorial Guinea - Africa - SN:106 - ID:797469

    MALABO, June 25 (MENA) - Upon President Abdel Fattah El Sisi's directions, Egyptian research centers will be training African cadres in developing fisheries, on which 90 percent of the continent's production of fish depends. Remarks to these ....

  • Sisi to deliver speech at African Summit tomorrow

    Date: 2014-06-25 12:21:13 GMT - Equatorial Guinea - Africa - SN:83 - ID:797251

    MALABO, June 25 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi is set to deliver an important speech at the African Summit which kicks off here Thursday. It is Sisi's first participation at the African Summit since he took office on June 8. It is ....

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