Africa

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  • Egypt participates in ministerial conference on energy in Addis Ababa

    Date: 2014-06-03 12:08:04 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:58 - ID:758435

    CAIRO, June 3 (MENA) - Minister of Electricity and Energy Mohamed Shaker on Tuesday attended a ministerial conference on energy currently in session in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The three-day conference, that opened Sunday, groups ministers ....

  • Nigeria bans protests over kidnapped girls

    Date: 2014-06-02 20:44:24 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:155 - ID:757543

    ABUJA, June 2 (MENA) - Nigerian police said Monday they have banned protests demanding that the government rescue more than 200 girls still held captive by Boko Haram militants. The protests were posing a serious security threat, Abuja police ....

  • Next stage to witness new push of Egypt-Sudan economic relations - diplomat

    Date: 2014-06-02 18:24:23 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:130 - ID:756601

    KHARTOUM, June 2 (MENA) - The next phase will witness a push in Egyptian-Sudanese economic relations, Egyptian Ambassador in Khartoum Osama Shaltout said Monday. The ambassador, who met with Sudanese Investment Minister Mustafa Osman Ismail, ....

  • Egypt's amb in Gabon inaugurates exhibition of Egyptian products

    Date: 2014-06-02 15:42:58 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:102 - ID:756938

    CAIRO, June 2 (MENA) - The minister of commerce and small and medium industries in Gabon inaugurated with Egypt's Ambassador in Libreville Hisham Fatehi an exhibition of Egyptian products. Fatehi expressed his hope that the exhibition, which ....

  • Fahmy receives call from S. African minister

    Date: 2014-06-02 14:02:08 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:77 - ID:756697

    CAIRO, June 2 (MENA) - Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy has received a phone call from South African Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Maite Nkoana-Mashabane. During the conversation, the South African minister congratulated the ....

  • Sudan plans to export Nile water to Arab Gulf states: official

    Date: 2014-06-02 10:52:36 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:52 - ID:756087

    KHARTOUM, June 2 (MENA) - The director of the Water Commission in the state of Khartoum Gawdat-alla Osman disclosed that they plan to export fresh water to Arab Gulf states in the future, depending on the available water from the Nile River to ....

  • Israel supports Nigeria in combating terrorism: amb

    Date: 2014-06-02 08:23:31 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:28 - ID:756002

    ABUJA, June 2 (MENA) – Israeli Ambassador to Nigeria Uriel Palti has voiced his country's support for efforts exerted by the Nigerian government to combat terrorism. In press statements following a meeting with Bayelsa State Governor Seriake ....

  • Bombing at Nigerian soccer match kills at least 40

    Date: 2014-06-01 21:17:37 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:167 - ID:755677

    ABUJA, June 1 (MENA) – Forty people were killed and dozens were injured after a bomb explosion hit the town of Mubi, northeast of Nigeria. The attack targeted football match field, said eyewitnesses. But local media reported that the bomb ....

  • Cameroon security forces kill 40 Boko Haram militants

    Date: 2014-06-01 16:58:15 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:120 - ID:755411

    ABUJA, June 1 (MENA) - Troops in Cameroon have killed around 40 Boko Haram Islamist militants in clashes in the far north of the country, the International Business Times reported on Sunday. According to state radio, the bloody skirmish took ....

  • Khartoum denies official's statements on Ibrahim release

    Date: 2014-06-01 11:11:37 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:52 - ID:754675

    KHARTOUM, June 1 (MENA) - The Sudanese Foreign Ministry denied on Sunday statements by deputy foreign minister Abdullah Azraq about the release of Mariam Ibrahim who is being tried for abandoning Islam. The foreign ministry spokesman affirmed ....

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