Africa

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  • 21 killed in CAR violence

    Date: 2014-06-11 16:47:42 GMT - Central African Republic - Africa - SN:108 - ID:773201

    BANGUI, June 11 (MENA) - Eyewitnesses said that violence in Central African Republic has killed 21 people, including two who were publicly executed in front of a courthouse, Fox News reported Wednesday. Nono Azoundja, resident of the central ....

  • Ethiopian President congratulates president Sisi on post

    Date: 2014-06-10 11:37:07 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:49 - ID:770734

    CAIRO, June 10 (MENA) - Ethiopian President Mulatu Teshome on Tuesday sent a cable of congratulation to President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on the occasion marking his assumption of the presidency of Egypt. The Ethiopian president said in his message ....

  • Ethiopian FM: Sisi, Hailemariam will hold summut meeting within two weeks 2 last Cairo

    Date: 2014-06-10 10:54:02 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:41 - ID:770615

    Regarding how far the political will is available by both sides for achieving this new shift in relations, the Ethiopian foreign minister added that actually there is a political will by both sides. He uncovered that an agreement was reached ....

  • Number of abducted women by Boko Haram in Nigeria up to 40e

    Date: 2014-06-10 10:26:03 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:38 - ID:770577

    ABUJA, June 10 (MENA) – The number of kidnapped women by suspected Boko Haram militants in northeastern Nigerian Borno state reached 40, local sources said. Residents of Garkin Fulani village, near Chibok, said that militants came into the ....

  • Ethiopian FM: Sisi, Hailemariam will hold summut meeting within two weeks

    Date: 2014-06-10 10:22:30 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:37 - ID:770572

    CAIRO, June 10 (MENA) - Ethiopian Foreign Minister Tedros Adhanom on Tuesday said that President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn will hold a summit meeting within two weeks in Malabo, the capital of Equatorial ....

  • Sudan vice president meets S. Sudan president in Addis Ababa

    Date: 2014-06-10 10:06:48 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:32 - ID:770283

    KHARTOUM, June 10 (MENA) - First Vice President of Sudan Bakri Hassan Saleh met Tuesday with South Sudan President Salva Kiir on the sidelines of IGAD summit due to kicks off today in Addis Ababa. The meeting tackled the latest developments in ....

  • Kenya cleric Sheikh Mohammed Idris shot dead in Mombasa

    Date: 2014-06-10 09:49:37 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:31 - ID:770337

    NAIROBI, June 10 (MENA) - A leading Muslim cleric has been shot dead in the Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa - the latest such killing, the BBC reported on Tuesday. Sheikh Mohammed Idris, chairman of the Council of Imams and Preachers of Kenya, was ....

  • 50 'terrorists' killed in weekend clashes: Nigeria army

    Date: 2014-06-09 19:32:40 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:138 - ID:769845

    ABUJA, June 9 (MENA) - The Nigerian army announced on Monday that at least 50 Boko Haram fighters had been killed in weekend clashes with government troops in the county's north, The Daily Star reported. "Troops conducting an anti-terrorism ....

  • Guinea opposition quits parliament

    Date: 2014-06-09 18:33:14 GMT - Guinea - Africa - SN:128 - ID:769800

    CONAKRY, June 9 (MENA) – Guinea's opposition announced Monday it is pulling out of parliament and threatening street demonstrations, which will paralyze the institution ahead of key votes, ABC News reported. The impoverished, yet mineral-rich, ....

  • Former Libyan PM hails court ruling to reinstate him

    Date: 2014-06-09 14:47:06 GMT - Libya - Africa - SN:84 - ID:769457

    TRIPOLI, June 9 (MENA) - Former Libyan prime minister Ali Zidan hailed a decision by Libya's supreme court that ruled against the country’s acting prime minister Ahmed Meteeg. The court effectively placed Meteeg's predecessor back in ....

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