Africa

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  • WML condemns oppression of Muslims in CAR

    Date: 2014-04-14 11:21:29 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Africa - SN:46 - ID:667166

    MACCA AL-MUKARAMA, April 14 (MENA) - The World Muslim League (MWL) general seretariat has condemned the continuation of aggressive assaults against Muslims in view of the security uncertainty and forced migration of hundreds of Muslims in the ....

  • Sudanese minister leaves Cairo

    Date: 2014-04-14 09:55:17 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:35 - ID:667030

    CAIRO, April 14 (MENA) - Sudanese Animal Wealth Minister Faysal Hassan Ibrahim left Cairo back home on Monday after a four-day visit to Egypt. During his visit, the Sudanese minister held talks with Egyptian Agriculture Minister Ayman Farid Abu ....

  • Sudan denies any special UNSC session on Darfur

    Date: 2014-04-14 08:26:39 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:24 - ID:666807

    KHARTOUM, April 14 (MENA) - Sudan's permanent representative to the UN denied any plans to hold a special Security Council session on the situation in Darfur region. Rahmatallah Mohammed Osman told Sudani newspaper that the previous UNSC session ....

  • 20 people killed in bus stop blast in Abuja

    Date: 2014-04-14 08:11:40 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:22 - ID:666757

    ABUJA, April 14 (MENA) - At least 20 people were killed in two blasts which rocked a crowded bus station on the outskirts of Nigeria's capital Abuja, the BBC reported. The blast happened as commuters were about to board buses and taxis to go ....

  • Blast rocks bus stop in Abuja

    Date: 2014-04-14 07:27:12 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:15 - ID:666703

    ABUJA, April 14 (MENA) - A blast rocked a crowded bus station on the outskirts of Nigeria's capital, Abuja, and there are said to be many casualties, the BBC reported. The blast happened as commuters were about to board buses and taxis to go to ....

  • Rwanda genocide was the world swiftest - paper

    Date: 2014-04-13 18:27:09 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:114 - ID:666262

    WASHINGTON, April 13 (MENA) - On April 6, 1994, a massacre began in Rwanda that ended 100 days later with as many as 1 in 5 of the country's entire population murdered, Christian Science Monitor reported Sunday. "The world's swiftest genocide was ....

  • Libya interim PM quits, saying victim of attack

    Date: 2014-04-13 15:10:36 GMT - Libya - Africa - SN:88 - ID:665956

    TRIPOLI, April 13 (MENA) - Libyan interim prime minister Abdullah al Thinni stepped down on Sunday, saying he and his family had been the victims of a “traitorous” armed attack the previous day, according to the BBC. Al-Thinni quit less than a ....

  • 6 countries to buy power from us: Ethiopia official

    Date: 2014-04-12 22:31:51 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:138 - ID:664782

    ADDIS ABABA, April 12 (MENA) – Sudan, Djibouti, Kenya, Yemen, Tanzania, Uganda, Burundi and Rwanda have requested to buy power from Ethiopia, Fana Broadcasting Corporate reported. It is known that when the construction of the Renaissance dam, the ....

  • Ethiopia slams anti-dam group’s ‘proxy campaign’ on GERD

    Date: 2014-04-12 21:19:41 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:131 - ID:664719

    ADDIS ABABA, April 12 (MENA) - Ethiopia has slammed a recent statement by International Rivers Network (IRN), a US based anti-dam group, as a proxy campaign against Ethiopia, Walta Information Center reported on Saturday. IRN, in a statement ....

  • National dialogue is positive for talks with SPLM-N: official

    Date: 2014-04-12 17:51:36 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:102 - ID:664560

    KHARTOUM, April 12 (MENA) – The Sudanese government announced Saturday that the current national dialogue would be positive for the coming round of talks with Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) about conflicts in the Blue Nile and ....

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