Africa

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  • AU Council decides restoring Egyptian participation in all AU activities 3 last Addis Ababa

    Date: 2014-06-17 15:30:17 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:118 - ID:783301

    Egyptian Ambassador in Addis Ababa Mohamed Iddris said that the move by the AU Council was based on the report that was outlined by the senior African Elders Committee on Egypt. He added that the Council has adopted a recommendation by the ....

  • AU Council decides restoring Egyptian participation in all AU activities 2 Addis Ababa

    Date: 2014-06-17 15:21:48 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:113 - ID:783266

    The AU Council's decision has been adopted unanimously at a meeting held this evening in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa at the level of representatives. The 15 AU member states decided resuming Egyptian activities inside the Union, Egyptian ....

  • AU Council decides restoring Egyptian participation in all AU activities

    Date: 2014-06-17 15:04:42 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:109 - ID:783253

    ADDIS ABABA, June 17 (MENA) - The African Peace and Security Council decided restoring the Egyptian participation in all African Union activities that had been suspended since last July. (MORE) AS/RE ....

  • Sisi receives message from Gambian president on boosting bilateral relations

    Date: 2014-06-17 14:25:58 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:103 - ID:783136

    CAIRO, June 17 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Tuesday received a message from Gambian President Yahya Jammeh on means of boosting bilateral relations. President Sisi received the message at a meeting in the presidential palace with ....

  • Kenya attacks: Al-Shabab raid village near Mpeketoni

    Date: 2014-06-17 08:36:12 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:29 - ID:782160

    NAIROBI, June 17 (MENA) - At least 10 people have been killed in a new attack by Islamist militants near Kenya's coastal town of Mpeketoni, local police say, BBC reported. They say the gunmen raided at least one village overnight. Somalia's ....

  • Curfew imposed on Nigeria town for secterian violence

    Date: 2014-06-16 21:32:07 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:160 - ID:781838

    ABUJA, June 16 (MENA) - Governor of Nigeria’s Taraba state Garba Umar imposed a 24-hour curfew on Wukari town due to sectarian violence that left 30 people dead, StarAfrica reported. Several houses and properties were destroyed in the violence, ....

  • Somalia's Shabab group claims responsibility for Kenya attacks

    Date: 2014-06-16 21:07:36 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:156 - ID:781811

    NAIROBI, June 16 (MENA) - Somalia's al-Shabab group has calimed the responsibility for attacks in Kenya that left 48 people dead, the BBC reported Monday. At least 48 people have died after al-Qaeda-linked militants attacked hotels and a police ....

  • Sudan to host Nile Basin water resources ministers meeting

    Date: 2014-06-16 18:53:36 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:138 - ID:781694

    KHARTOUM, June 16 (MENA) – Sudan will host Thursday meetings of the water resources ministers of the Nile Basin countries: Sudan, Egypt, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, DR Congo, Tanzania and Kenya. The 22nd ministerial meeting will ....

  • 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 ....

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