Africa

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  • CNR signs tramcar contracts with Ethiopia

    Date: 2014-03-21 14:18:35 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:91 - ID:622496

    ADDIS ABABA, March 21 (MENA) - Chinese train manufacturer CNR Corporation (CNR) has signed contracts with Ethiopia to provide 41 modern tramcars, marking the entry of Chinese tramcars into Africa, Walta Information Center reported Friday. The ....

  • UAE, Ethiopia to increase bilateral trade

    Date: 2014-03-21 13:38:22 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:82 - ID:622420

    Addis Ababa, 20 March 2017 (WIC) - Ethiopia and the United Arab Emirates have stressed their quest to establish vigorous joint investment projects in Ethiopia in the sectors of industry, agriculture, food processing, tourism, renewable energy and ....

  • Mauritanian president asserts importance of keeping religion away from politics

    Date: 2014-03-21 06:34:16 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:6 - ID:621602

    NOUAKCHOTT, March 21 (MENA) - Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz asserted the importance of keeping religion away from politics. During a TV show at dawn Friday, the president blamed extremists, adding that what happened here during ....

  • We are winning the war against Al-Shabab: Prime minister

    Date: 2014-03-21 06:28:09 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:2 - ID:621613

    ADDIS ABABA, March 21(MENA) – Prime Minister Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed said that the Somali National Force and AMISOM are winning the war against Al-Shaba so that now is the time for Al-Shabaab to renounce violence, Walta Information Center ....

  • Ethiopian government urges artists to contribute share for realization of GRD

    Date: 2014-03-20 22:25:05 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:148 - ID:621540

    ADDIS ABABA, March 20 (MENA) - A lot is expected from artists in acquainting the international community and riparian countries with the benefit of the Grand Renaissance Dam, Walta Information Center Quoted Ethiopian Communication Affairs Office as ....

  • ANOCA to name African Youth Games host country

    Date: 2014-03-20 14:22:00 GMT - Algeria - Africa - SN:89 - ID:620787

    ALGIERS, March 20 (MENA) - The 44th session of the Executive Committee of the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA) kicked off Thursday to name the country which will organize the African Youth Games (AYG) 2017. Algeria has ....

  • Egypt to host15th AMCEN session

    Date: 2014-03-20 12:57:34 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:70 - ID:620198

    CAIRO, March 20 (MENA) – Executive Director of the Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency (EEAA) Amr Al-Sammak held an expanded meeting to prepare for a new session (2014-2016) of The African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN), due to ....

  • UK urges Sudan to create right environment for national dialogue

    Date: 2014-03-20 07:45:24 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:24 - ID:619908

    KHARTOUM, March 20 (MENA) - British Ambassador in Khartoum Peter Tibber said the success of the comprehensive national dialogue initiative launched by Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir earlier this year is contingent on creating an ....

  • Ethiopia's dam director to MENA: Egyptian-Ethiopian relations deeply-rooted

    Date: 2014-03-20 06:29:52 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:10 - ID:619811

    ADDIS ABABA, March 20 (MENA) - Director of Ethiopia's Renaissance Dam project Semegnew Bekele stressed on Thursday that the under-construction project will not harm Egypt's interests. In an interview with MENA, Bekele described the ....

  • Kenya to approve Nile framework agreement

    Date: 2014-03-20 05:25:07 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:6 - ID:619802

    AADDIS ABABA, March 20 (MENA) - Kenyan parliament plans to ratify the Nile Basin Cooperative Framework Agreement (CFA) within the coming three weeks, Spokesman for the Ethiopian Foreign Ministry Dina Mufti. Kenya will be the third country to ....

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