Africa

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  • Boko Haram attacks another Borno village, many feared killed

    Date: 2014-03-04 16:49:15 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:138 - ID:589846

    ABUJA, March 4 (MENA) - Boko Haram militants invaded Jakana Village of Konduga Local Government Area killing scores of residents after setting ablaze houses, shops and a police station along the Maiduguri-Damaturu road, local Nigerian media outlet ....

  • Egypt chargé d'affaires attends 1st session of Djibouti National Assembly for 2014

    Date: 2014-03-04 12:56:24 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:83 - ID:589524

    CAIRO, March 4 (MENA) - Egyptian chargé d'affaires in Djibouti Mohamed el-Ghazawi attended Tuesday the inaugural session of the first legislative session of the National Assembly for 2014. A statement by the Foreign Ministry said that Ghazawi met ....

  • Central African Republic: an equal share of wealth equals lasting peace in CAR: report

    Date: 2014-03-03 17:41:16 GMT - Central African Republic - Africa - SN:155 - ID:588093

    BANGUI, March 3 (MENA) - While wrangling over Central African Republic's (CAR) wealth in natural resources played a role in the country's crisis, its future peace and stability still partly depends on a solution that factors in how to equitably ....

  • Egypt's refusing stance on Renaissance Dam unchanged

    Date: 2014-03-03 16:48:50 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:138 - ID:587896

    ISMAILIA, Egypt, March 3 (MENA) - Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Mohamad Abdel-Motaleb affirmed that Egypt still adheres to its stand regarding rejecting the Renaissance Dam. "The Nile River and its water are a red line which should ....

  • Sudanese FM arrives in Cairo

    Date: 2014-03-03 12:05:06 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:72 - ID:587369

    CAIRO, March 3 (MENA) – Sudanese Foreign Minister Ali Kerti arrived here Monday on a several hours' visit to Egypt to discuss means of promoting bilateral relations. Kerti will meet his Egyptian counterpart Nabil Fahmy to probe files of mutual ....

  • UNAMID concerned over violence in South Darfur

    Date: 2014-03-03 11:41:13 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:68 - ID:587125

    KHARTOUM, March 3 (MENA) - The African Union - United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) expressed Monday its deep concern over reports of an escalation of violence in South Darfur over the course of the past several days. "The violence has ....

  • Sudanese official blames SPLM-North for stalemate

    Date: 2014-03-03 08:08:05 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:24 - ID:586682

    KHARTOUM, March 3 (MENA) - The Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North sector (SPLM-North) is to blame for the deadlock in negotiations with Khartoum to rescue those harmed in the Blue Nile and South Kordofan states, an assistant to the Sudanese ....

  • Sudan keen to be removed from countries that use child soldiers' list

    Date: 2014-03-02 20:03:42 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:151 - ID:586317

    KHARTOUM, March 2 (MENA) - Sudanese Defense Minister Abdel-Rehim Hussein stressed that the government is taking all necessary measures to remove Sudan from the list of countries that recruit and use child soldiers in armed conflicts, said the ....

  • Two strong blasts hit Nigeria's Boko Haram stronghold

    Date: 2014-03-01 22:08:33 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:156 - ID:584392

    ABUJA, March 1 (MENA) - Two explosions blasted a crowded marketplace in northeastern Maiduguri city Saturday night, and many are feared killed and wounded in the birthplace of Nigeria's Boko Haram terrorist network, Nigerian local media ....

  • Arab Contractors Company has main role in Africa – Foreign Ministry

    Date: 2014-03-01 12:11:09 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:62 - ID:583461

    CAIRO, March 1 (MENA) – The Arab Contractors Company has a main role in African countries with its large construction projects and offices there, the Foreign Ministry said. Ministry spokesman Badr Abdel-Aati made the remark during a press ....

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