Africa

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  • 15 killed as Boko Haram attacked local market

    Date: 2014-06-15 19:51:42 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:143 - ID:779806

    ABUJA, June 15 (MENA) – Fifteen people were killed Sunday as suspected members of Boko Haram stormed a local market Borno state, northern east of Nigeria. Eyewitnesses said that 20 elements of Boko Haram group attacked the local market in Daku ....

  • UN contractor released in Darfur after 94 days

    Date: 2014-06-13 13:42:43 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:67 - ID:776023

    PARIS, June 13 (MENA) - An abducted Indian man working for the peacekeeping mission in Darfur (UNAMID), was freed in Kabkabiya (North Darfur) after 94 days in captivity. The contractor, a national of India, was immediately taken to the Mission's ....

  • Arab Contractors Company carrying out projects in Ethiopia

    Date: 2014-06-13 10:59:27 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:42 - ID:775693

    CAIRO, June 13 (MENA) - The Arab Contractors Company is working according to schedule regarding its projects in Ethiopia, including road projects worth $110 million, company chairman Mohsen Salah said. The company started its activities in the ....

  • Egypt FM holds talks with Uganda, Gambia counterparts

    Date: 2014-06-13 05:46:58 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:3 - ID:775315

    CAIRO, June 13 (MENA) - Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy had made phone calls with his Ugandan and Gambian counterparts and Egypt's ambassador to Ethiopia. The phone conversations with the two African foreign ministers took up ways to promote ....

  • Egypt, Mali to establish model farm

    Date: 2014-06-12 15:31:12 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:105 - ID:774521

    CAIRO, June 12 (MENA) – Egypt and Mali have inked an agreement to set up a model farm for food crops, livestock and fish production in Mali. The agreement was signed by Egypt's Agriculture Minister Ayman Farid Abu-Hadid and the director of the ....

  • Humanitarian condition in South Sudan dire - ICRC

    Date: 2014-06-12 12:52:02 GMT - Switzerland - Africa - SN:73 - ID:774366

    GENEVA, June 12 (MENA) - The humanitarian situation in South Sudan is dire and could further deteriorate now that the rainy season has arrived, the International Committee of the Red Cross has warned. The rains disrupt the delivery of aid because ....

  • Five dead as Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo border tensions grow

    Date: 2014-06-12 10:39:38 GMT - Democratic Republic of Congo - Africa - SN:53 - ID:774112

    KINSHASA, June 12 (MENA) - Tensions are rising along the border between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo with each side accusing the other of mounting cross-border raids, Euronews reported on Thursday. The Rwandan government admitted ....

  • Egypt attends 1st Japanese-African business forum in Tokyo

    Date: 2014-06-12 10:13:10 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:45 - ID:774031

    CAIRO, June 12 (MENA) - The Egyptian Embassy in Tokyo took part in the first Japanese-African business forum, which was organized by the Japanese Government and the African Development Bank. Egypt's Ambassador to Japan Hisham el- Zimaity said ....

  • Namibia President congratulates Sisi on presidency

    Date: 2014-06-12 09:38:02 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:39 - ID:773970

    CAIRO, June 12 (MENA) - Namibian President Hifikepunye Pohamba congratulated on Thursday Abdel Fattah El Sisi on his inauguration as Egypt's new president. Pohamba wished Egypt stability, peace and progress at Sisi's helm. He also stresses his ....

  • Egypt turned over a new leaf: Pax Africana foundation

    Date: 2014-06-11 17:03:17 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:113 - ID:773003

    CAIRO, June 11 (MENA) - Through the presidential election of 26, 27 and 28 May 2014, Egypt has turned over a new leaf its sociopolitical history, Pax Africana foundation said in a statement. The foundation's statement tackled the presidential ....

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