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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

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