Africa

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  • Egypt participates in Indaba 2014 exhibition in South Africa

    Date: 2014-05-14 10:04:08 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:48 - ID:720543

    CAIRO, May 14 (MENA) – Egyptian Ambassador to South Africa Sherif Nageeb participated Wednesday in the launch of tourist "INDABA 2014" travel show and held meetings with South African tourism officials. The meetings mainly tackled ways of ....

  • Egypt keen to deepen relations with Africa

    Date: 2014-05-14 09:52:06 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:44 - ID:720540

    CAIRO, May 14 (MENA) - Tourism Minister Hisham Zazou asserted Wednesday that Egypt is keen to deepen relations with African countriers in all fields. Zazou's statements came on the sidelines of a festival organized by the Ministry of Tourism, ....

  • Villagers kill 200 Boko Haram elements in northern Nigeria

    Date: 2014-05-14 07:35:57 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:20 - ID:720299

    ABUJA, May 14 (MENA) - Almost 200 suspected members of the Boko Haram radical movement were killed today by residents of Rann, the headquarters of Kala-Balge local government area in north eastern Nigerian Borno State, Daily Trust paper reported. ....

  • Ex-Botswana president to present report on mediation efforts between Egypt, AU

    Date: 2014-05-14 06:07:54 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:5 - ID:720204

    ADDIS ABABA, May 14 (MENA) - Former Botswana president Festus Mogae will next month submit to the African Union Commission a report of his mediation efforts on the Egyptian crisis, Gabz Fm radio station reported. Mogae, together with former Mali ....

  • Media should play constructive role in Egypt, Ethiopia - SIS chief

    Date: 2014-05-13 21:27:14 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:182 - ID:720043

    ADDIS ABABA, May 13 (MENA) - Chairman of Egypt's State Information Service Ambassador Salah Abdel-Sadek urged Tuesday media outlets in Egypt and Ethiopia to play a constructive role in media covering to help alleviate the conflict between the two ....

  • Egypt on positive track back to AU

    Date: 2014-05-13 15:53:28 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:121 - ID:719531

    ADDIS ABABA, May 13 (MENA) - The Egyptian diplomacy intensified efforts during the previous period to put Egypt back on a positive track to re-join the African Union, Egypt's Ambassador to Ethiopia Mohamed Idriss said. There is a strong link ....

  • Egypt receives invitation to participate in US-African conference on energy in Addis Ababa

    Date: 2014-05-13 15:35:05 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:114 - ID:719479

    ADDIS ABABA, May 13 (MENA) - Egypt received an invitation to take part in the US-African conference on energy due here on June 2-4, Egypt's Ambassador in Ethiopia Mohamed Idriss said. The event will take up means to boost sustainable development ....

  • Nigerian president urges extending northeast state of emergency

    Date: 2014-05-13 15:18:46 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:113 - ID:719308

    ABUJA, May 13 (MENA) - Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has formally asked parliament to extend the current state of emergency in three restive northeastern states by an additional six months, Nigeria's local media quoted an MP as ....

  • UN says Joseph Kony's whereabouts known

    Date: 2014-05-13 12:15:22 GMT - Central African Republic - Africa - SN:65 - ID:718719

    BANGUI, May 13 (MENA) - The UN Security Council has released a new report, saying fugitive rebel leader Joseph Kony is hiding in Sudanese-controlled areas of a disputed enclave in South Sudan bordering both Sudan and the Central African ....

  • Nigeria to become top 10 economy in 20 years: Jonathan

    Date: 2014-05-13 12:03:56 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:58 - ID:718394

    ABUJA, May 13 (MENA) – Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan said Nigeria will be among the top ten economes in the next 20 years. “We have a half trillion dollar economy, by far the largest in Africa; we have the 9th largest workforce in the ....

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