Africa
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Sudan gets 135-million-dollar grant from Qatar for archaeology rehabilitation
Date: 2014-03-24 06:53:41 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:12 - ID:626695
KHARTOUM, March 24 (MENA) - Qatar granted the Sudanese government 135 million dollars to develop archaeological sites, The Sudan Tribune newspaper reported on Monday. "Sudan received a huge funding from the oil-rich Qatar to protect and ....
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Ethiopia says dam project ensures water flow to downstream states
Date: 2014-03-23 21:22:45 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:164 - ID:626490
ADDIS ABABA, March 23 (MENA) - Ethiopia said on Sunday the project of a controversial dam, being built on the Nile, is designed to ensure water flow to the downstream states. The project's manager Simegnew Bekele said it was based on a study data ....
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Four shot dead in Kenya church attack
Date: 2014-03-23 20:00:12 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:152 - ID:626455
NِِِِِِِِِAIROBI, March 23 (MENA) - Four people were killed after gunmen opened fire in a church near the Kenyan city of Mombasa, the BBC News reported on Sunday. A number of people were injured after at least two gunmen walked into the church in ....
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Zimbabwe delegation hails Egypt civilization
Date: 2014-03-23 18:29:09 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:138 - ID:626226
LUXOR, March 23 (MENA) – A delegation from Zimbabwe hailed on Sunday Egypt’s historical status. The team, participating in the Luxor African cinema festival, said Egypt was the basis of civilization in Africa. They expressed pleasure for ....
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Ethiopia wants to harm no one by Renaissance Dam: official
Date: 2014-03-23 17:21:16 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:124 - ID:626168
ADDIS ABABA, March 23 (MENA) - Director of the Grand Renaissance Dam Semegnew Bekele has affirmed that his country has friends in Egypt and brothers in Sudan and it will not seek to harm them by any means. In statements to MENA, Bekele said the ....
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Interim president receives message from S. Sudan
Date: 2014-03-23 14:39:32 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:83 - ID:625897
CAIRO, March 23 (MENA) – Interim President Adly Mansour met Sunday with visiting South Sudanese Defense Minister Kuol Manyang Juuk. Manyang handed over a message from South Sudanese President Salva Kiir Mayardit on Juba's support to Egypt to ....
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Sisi meets S. Sudanese defense minister
Date: 2014-03-23 10:54:23 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:39 - ID:625311
CAIRO, March 23 (MENA) – Deputy Prime Minister, Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief and Defense Minister General Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi met Sunday with visiting South Sudanese Defense Minister Kuol Manyang Juuk. The meeting took up local and regional ....
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Sudan arrests Mossad spy
Date: 2014-03-23 06:56:18 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:9 - ID:624858
KHARTOUM, March 23 (MENA) - Security forces arrested a member of a Sudanese network spying for Israel, "Al-Intibaha" newspaper reported Sunday. Security forces were closely eyeing the Sudanese nationals who sneaked into Israel via Egypt then were ....
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Ethiopia says dam construction going as scheduled
Date: 2014-03-21 17:35:38 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:126 - ID:622827
ADDIS ABABA, March 21 (MENA) – Ethiopia's National Council for the Coordination of Public Participation on the construction of the Grand Renaissance Dam (GRD) on Friday said the construction of the dam is going as per schedule. Office Deputy ....
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Sudan yet to decide about Ethiopian renaissance dam: diplomat
Date: 2014-03-21 14:31:39 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:93 - ID:622471
KHARTOUM, March 21 (MENA) – Wael Barakat, the Egyptian Charge d'affaires in Khartoum, stressed Friday that Sudan has not yet made any decisions about the construction of Ethiopia's Renaissance Dam. "Sudan is carrying out studies to determine ....