Africa

  • Service : English General
  • Category : Africa
  • Egyptian-Sudanese panel to inspect joint border crossing Monday

    Date: 2014-03-13 15:34:32 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:103 - ID:607564

    KHARTOUM, March 13 (MENA) - A joint Egyptian-Sudanese panel will pay a visit next Monday to the border crossing between the two countries before it is inaugurated. Earlier, the foreign ministers of Egypt and Sudan agreed to dispatch a joint panel ....

  • Egypt, Sudan FMs meet on sidelines of Cen-Sad session

    Date: 2014-03-13 14:24:24 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:86 - ID:607354

    CAIRO, March 13 (MENA) – Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy had a meeting with his Sudanese counterpart Ahmed Karti on the sidelines of the 20th session of the executive council of the Sahel-Sahara Community (Cen-Sad) in Khartoum. The two top diplomats ....

  • Talawi meets African group representatives

    Date: 2014-03-13 11:56:32 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:71 - ID:607028

    NEW YORK, March 13 (MENA) - The Head of the Egyptian National Council for Women Mervat el-Talawi met with representatives of the UN African group on the sidelines of her participation in the 58th session of the United Nations Commission on the ....

  • Egypt determined to restore its role in Africa - FM

    Date: 2014-03-13 11:50:39 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:69 - ID:607010

    KHARTOUM, March 13 (MENA) - Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy stressed that post-revolution Egypt is determined to regain its major role in the African continent regardless of the African Union's decision to suspend Egypt's activities at the ....

  • 2014 is a crucial year for Somalia marked by security and political challenges, UN Envoy says

    Date: 2014-03-13 06:42:22 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:11 - ID:606341

    MOGADISHU, March 13 (MENA) - The UN envoy to Somalia warned that after a series of attacks against high-profile targets in Mogadishu, insecurity in the capital city poses challenges for Somalis and their international partners. “2014 is a crucial ....

  • US rebukes Sudan over Darfur attacks

    Date: 2014-03-13 06:17:26 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:4 - ID:606304

    NEW YORK, March 12 (MENA) - The United States has accused Sudan's government and armed groups there of attacking civilians in Darfur and called on Khartoum to stop obstructing UNAMID. "The Government of Sudan's proxies and other armed groups ....

  • Bashir arrives in Addis Ababa for IGAD meet

    Date: 2014-03-12 18:56:40 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:138 - ID:605737

    KHARTOUM, March 12 (MENA) – Sudan's President Omar Al-Bashir arrived Wednesday in Addis Ababa to take part in the emergency meeting for the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), Sudanese presidential spokesman said. Al-Bashir chairs ....

  • CEN-SAD meeting approves draft agenda

    Date: 2014-03-12 15:28:22 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:108 - ID:605537

    KHARTOUM, March 12 (MENA) - The 20th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council of the Community of Sahel-Sahara States (CEN-SAD), held in Khartoum on Wednesday with the participation of foreign ministers and ambassadors of the CEN-SAD, adopted the ....

  • Luxor African film festival "crucial" to support ties with all African countries - minister

    Date: 2014-03-12 13:47:32 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:88 - ID:605281

    CAIRO, March 12 (MENA) - The Luxor African Film Festival (LAFF) is one of the most important mechanisms to promote and develop ties between Egypt and all African countries, affirmed Trade, Industry and Investment Minister Mounir Fakhri Abdel-Nour. ....

  • FM tells Cen-Sad Egypt keen on implementing road map

    Date: 2014-03-12 12:10:10 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:71 - ID:604961

    KHARTOUM, March 12 (MENA) - Egypt is taking steady steps toward implementing its future road map despite grave challenges it is facing, the foreign minister has said. The endorsement of the 2014 constitution after a majority yes vote in mid ....

Middle East News Agency © - designed and developed : GCSSD