Africa

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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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

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