Africa

  • Service : English General
  • Category : Africa
  • IGAD makes progress in peace talks with S. Sudan's conflicting parties

    Date: 2014-04-15 19:22:36 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:141 - ID:670209

    ADDIS ABABA, April 15 (MENA) – The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)-mediated peace talks between South Sudan's warring parties is still progressing, the Walta cited Ethiopian Foreign Affairs Ministry's Spokesperson ambassador Dina ....

  • Head of Congo rebel group dies in shootout

    Date: 2014-04-15 10:21:21 GMT - Democratic Republic of Congo - Africa - SN:38 - ID:668918

    KINSHASA, April 15 (MENA) - The Congolese government said a rebel leader in the custody of soldiers has died in a shootout after trying to escape, Radio Africa 1 reported. The military spokesman said Paula Salada was killed in an exchange of fire ....

  • Arab Contractors chief visits Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea

    Date: 2014-04-14 13:56:52 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:85 - ID:667444

    CAIRO, April 14 (MENA) - Arab Contractors chairman Mohamed Salah visited three African countries for talks and to inspect projects implemented by his company there, said a statement released on Monday by the Ministry of Housing. In Equatorial ....

  • Egypt's ambassador meets presidential official in Burundi

    Date: 2014-04-14 13:00:55 GMT - Burundi - Africa - SN:69 - ID:667445

    BUJUMBURA, April 14 (MENA) - Egypt's Ambassador to Burundi Attiya Abul-Naga met on Monday with the head of the presidential cabinet of the African country. The meeting took on bilateral relations and developments seen since 2013 at the political, ....

  • Blast kills 35 people at bus station in Nigeria

    Date: 2014-04-14 11:56:07 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:55 - ID:667291

    ABUJA, April 14 (MENA) - At least 35 people were killed in a blast at a bus station in Nigeria on Monday, a local emergency management official said. The explosion took place on the outskirts of Abuja on Monday morning. The Nyanya Motor Park bus ....

  • 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 ....

Middle East News Agency © - designed and developed : GCSSD