Africa

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  • Sisi meets African media delegation

    Date: 2014-05-06 18:34:42 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:121 - ID:707069

    CAIRO, May 6 (MENA) - Presidential candidate Field Marshal Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has received an African media delegation. The delegation included representatives of media outlets in Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya and Burundi. During the ....

  • Al-Azhar condemns Boko Haram kidnapping of Nigerian girls from their school

    Date: 2014-05-06 17:39:39 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:111 - ID:706852

    CAIRO, May 6 (MENA) - Al-Azhar condemned Tuesday Boko Haram's kidnapping of Nigerian girls from their school, claiming they would deal with them as slaves to be sold or married by force. In a statement, Al-Azhar said this act has no link with the ....

  • South Sudan Fighting Rages as Kerry Appeals to Rebel Leader

    Date: 2014-05-06 10:37:21 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:37 - ID:706052

    NEW YORK, May 6 (MENA) - Just days after Secretary of State John Kerry sought to broker high-level talks to halt the fighting in South Sudan, his peacemaking efforts have been thrown into question by heavy clashes here in Bentiu, the capital of ....

  • UN chief in South Sudan for talks with Kiir, civilians

    Date: 2014-05-06 10:37:03 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:36 - ID:706035

    JUBA, May 6 (MENA) - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is in South Sudan, where he has called on both officials and rebel leaders to find a political solution to nearly five months of civil war, the VOA reported Tuesday. Ban's one-day ....

  • US condemns new military offensives in South Sudan

    Date: 2014-05-05 23:50:31 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:208 - ID:705474

    WASHINGTON, May 5 (MENA) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has condemned new military offensives in South Sudan. "Three years ago, I was in Juba to witness the birth of the world’s newest nation, and last week as I returned to South Sudan I ....

  • AU commissioner leaves Cairo

    Date: 2014-05-05 22:27:12 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:202 - ID:705436

    CAIRO, May 5 (MENA) - African Union Commissioner for Peace and Security Ismail Chergui left Cairo on Monday wrapping up his visit to Egypt. During the visit, Chergui met with Egypt's Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy on means of confronting terrorism ....

  • China, Ethiopia sign major deals

    Date: 2014-05-05 22:05:11 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:194 - ID:705444

    ADDIS ABABA, May 5 (MENA) - China and Ethiopia have signed more than a dozen agreements aimed at shoring up burgeoning ties between the world's second-largest economy and the African continent that saw their trade top $200bn last year, Al Jazeera ....

  • AU commissioner calls for supporting Egypt in fight against terrorism

    Date: 2014-05-05 20:02:39 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:172 - ID:705300

    CAIRO, May 5 (MENA) - African Union (AU) Commissioner for Peace and Security Ismail Sharqy called for supporting and cooperating with Egypt in its fight against terrorism to "eliminate this phenomenon for ever." Sharqi told reporters on Monday ....

  • 3 Dutch nationals kidnapped in Nigeria

    Date: 2014-05-05 16:40:37 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:134 - ID:704918

    ABUJA, May 5 (MENA) - Gunmen believed to be members of the Niger Delta Liberation rebel front have kidnapped three Dutch nationals in Nigeria's volatile Niger Delta region. The front threatened several times to target oil installations and oil ....

  • Clashes between students at Khartoum University resume

    Date: 2014-05-05 14:56:31 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:112 - ID:704334

    KHARTOUM, May 5 (MENA) – Clashes have re-erupted Monday between students at Khartoum University in Bahri city, burning a number of buildings and wounding a student. This comes in the wake of the recent violent clashes between students in Khartoum ....

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