Africa
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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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Summit meetings of NEPAD Steering Committee start in Malabo
Date: 2014-06-25 11:42:27 GMT - Equatorial Guinea - Africa - SN:69 - ID:797184
MALABO, June 25 (MENA) - Summit meetings of the Steering Committee of the NEPAD group kicked off here on Wednesday. Egypt's representative to the committee Ambassador Ibrahim Hassan told MENA that the meetings have special importance in light of ....
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Boutros Ghali welcomes Egypt's new Africa approach
Date: 2014-06-25 09:24:33 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:43 - ID:796817
CAIRO, June 25 (MENA) - Former UN secretary general Boutros Boutros Ghali has welcomed Egypt's new approach toward Africa. Leaving to Algeria on his first overseas visit as president, Abdel-Fattah El Sisi is sending important messages about Egypt ....
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Egypt FM asserts importance of supporting Libya
Date: 2014-06-25 09:15:41 GMT - Equatorial Guinea - Africa - SN:42 - ID:796695
MALABO, June 25 (MENA) - Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shokry asserted Wednesday the importance of having a mechanism to support the national dialogue of Libya by its neighboring countries. Shokry attended a consultative meeting of Libya's ....
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Sisi's visit to Algeria well-timed: Algeria FM
Date: 2014-06-24 20:55:23 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:176 - ID:796160
MALABO, June 24 (MENA) - Algeria's Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra said Tuesday Egypt's President Abdel Fattah El Sisi's visit to Algeria on Wednesday was well-timed and reflected the deeply-rooted ties. Lamamra said that Algeria welcomed ....
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Libya's neighboring countries FMs meet in Equatorial Guinea
Date: 2014-06-24 19:19:21 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:167 - ID:796102
MALABO, June 24 (MENA) – Foreign ministers of Libya's neighboring countries held a meeting on the sidelines of the AU foreign ministers meeting in Equatorial Guinea. Algeria Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra told MENA that the meeting was the ....