Africa

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  • 4 more killed in Benghazi clashes

    Date: 2014-05-10 11:27:28 GMT - Libya - Africa - SN:40 - ID:713288

    TRIPOLI, May 10 (MENA) – The death toll has risen to four in the clashes between the protesters and “17 February Brigade” in Benghazi. Benghazi City has witnessed a tense security situation since Friday after protesters marched towards the ....

  • PM: Gov't works to help low-income segments

    Date: 2014-05-10 11:06:40 GMT - Equatorial Guinea - Africa - SN:37 - ID:713270

    MALABO, May 10 (MENA) - Visiting Egyptian Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab said his government is working seriously to carry out a package of measures targeting mainly limited-income brackets. Speaking to the media delegation accompanying him on his ....

  • Mahlab: Ethiopia dam issue not a war, but handled in line with Egyptian interests

    Date: 2014-05-10 11:02:40 GMT - Equatorial Guinea - Africa - SN:35 - ID:713196

    MALABO, May 10 (MENA) - Egyptian Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab asserted that the issue of Ethiopia's Renaissance Dam was not a war, but it is being handled in line with the Egyptian interests and in order to find a consensus formula for all ....

  • Egypt PM says his Malabo visit achieved aspired goals

    Date: 2014-05-10 10:36:58 GMT - Equatorial Guinea - Africa - SN:32 - ID:713189

    MALABO, May 10 (MENA) - Egypt's Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab affrimed that his visit to Equatorial Guinea achieved its aspired goals. Equatorial Guinea affirmed that it will support Egypt in the upcoming African Summit, which will be held here ....

  • No Iranian military experts in Sudan - spokesman

    Date: 2014-05-10 10:00:11 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:28 - ID:713099

    KHARTOUM, May 10 (MENA) - There are no Iranian military experts in Sudan, said Sudanese Army Spokesman Sawarmi Khaled Saad. Reports about military ties binding Sudan and Iran are baseless, he added according to the Khartoum Newspaper on ....

  • Egypt not to be lenient while dealing with Nile Basin file - FM

    Date: 2014-05-10 08:30:29 GMT - Equatorial Guinea - Africa - SN:14 - ID:712910

    MALABO, May 10 (MENA) - Egypt will not be lenient while dealing with the Nile Basin file, affirmed Egypt's Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy. Egypt benefits from all diplomatic chances to explain stances and cooperate with friends to push parties ....

  • US hails South Sudan peace agreement

    Date: 2014-05-10 07:59:46 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:12 - ID:712838

    WASHINGTON, May 10 (MENA) - US National Security Adviser Susan Rice welcomed a cease-fire agreement reached between South Sudan's President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar . In a statement, Rice said the agreement “holds the promise of ....

  • 2 main master-minders of Abuja explosions arrested - Nigerian president

    Date: 2014-05-10 07:55:34 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:11 - ID:712862

    ABUJA, May 10 (MENA) - Two main suspected master-minders of the explosions which hit Nyanya area in Abuja and claimed the lives of 100 people and injured dozens were arrested, announced Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathanan. In statements on the ....

  • US hails South Sudan peace agreement

    Date: 2014-05-10 07:31:13 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:7 - ID:712824

    WASHINGTON, May 10 (MENA) - The US has hailed the peace deal between South Sudan’s president and rebel chief, noting that the agreement could bring an end to the nearly five-month-old civil war that has claimed thousands of lives and forced over 1.2 ....

  • 4 dead, 1 missing after Ghana helicopter crash

    Date: 2014-05-09 12:30:24 GMT - Ghana - Africa - SN:57 - ID:711938

    ACCRA, May 9 (MENA) - An aviation official in the West African nation of Ghana said at least four people were dead after a helicopter crash, Fox News reported on Friday. Albert Taylor with the Civil Aviation Authority told journalists that the ....

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