Africa

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  • Fahmy starts visit to Khartoum

    Date: 2014-03-12 10:41:50 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:43 - ID:604694

    CAIRO, March 12 (MENA) - Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy started on Wednesday a visit to Khartoum during which he will lead Egypt's delegation to meetings of the Sahel and Sahara Grouping that will be held on March 12-13. Attending the meetings will ....

  • UN urges Nigeria to protect civilians from continued violence

    Date: 2014-03-12 09:13:38 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:20 - ID:604304

    ABUJA, March 12 (MENA) - The United Nations refugee agency said it is increasingly alarmed at the humanitarian impact of continuing violence in north-eastern Nigeria and stressed the importance of protecting civilians, the UN New Center reported in ....

  • FM heads for Khartoum to attend Community of Sahel-Saharan States meetings

    Date: 2014-03-12 07:36:13 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:11 - ID:604262

    CAIRO, March 12 (MENA) - Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmi left here for Khartoum on Wednesday on a visit to Sudan during which he will take part in the meetings of the executive council of the Community of the Sahel-Saharan States along with foreign ....

  • Somalia’s efforts to build cohesive State require international support -- Security Council

    Date: 2014-03-11 20:13:23 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:164 - ID:603989

    NEW YORK, March 11 (MENA) - The best hope for peace and stability in Somalia, the Horn of Africa and beyond remains a united, secure and federal Somalia, the top United Nations official in the country told the Security Council today, warning that ....

  • Ethiopian forces seize 3 Somali Shabab strongholds

    Date: 2014-03-11 18:47:54 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:152 - ID:603847

    ADDIS ABABA, March 11 (MENA) – Ethiopian forces seized three strongholds of the Somali Al Shabab group, the Ethiopian radio reported on Tuesday. The strongholds included the strategic cities of Hudur, Wajid and Buurdhubow, from which Al Shabab ....

  • Sudanese investment minister confer with Ethiopian amb. on bolstering bilateral cooperation

    Date: 2014-03-11 15:43:42 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:115 - ID:603514

    KHARTOUM, March 11 (MENA) - Sudanese Investment Minister Mostafa Osman Ismail conferred with Ethiopian ambassador here on Tuesday on means to boost bilateral cooperation in the different domains. The meeting also took up efforts exerted by the ....

  • Nigeria: Yobe emir dies in auto crash

    Date: 2014-03-11 15:28:57 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:109 - ID:603513

    ABUJA, March 11 (MENA) - The Emir of Ngelzarma in Fune Local Government of Yobe State, Alhaji Mahammadu Mai Yeri Ibn Isa II, is dead, Vanguard News reported. The first class Emir was reported to have died in a ghastly car crash in Gerei, in ....

  • Irrigation Ministry reviews studies on Congo river

    Date: 2014-03-11 14:17:25 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:95 - ID:603192

    CAIRO, March 11 (MENA) - Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Mohamed Abdel Motaleb on Tuesday said that his ministry is studying thoroughly all research papers presented by a working team on making use of the Congo river. He said that the ....

  • Fahmi takes part in CEN-SAD executive council meetings in Khartoum

    Date: 2014-03-11 13:22:58 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:83 - ID:602857

    KHARTOUM, March 11 (MENA) - Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmi is to take part in the meetings of the executive council of the Community of Sahel-Saharan States which begins here on Wednesday with the participation of the grouping's foreign ....

  • River navigation between Egypt, Sudan normal despite bad weather

    Date: 2014-03-10 21:37:47 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:220 - ID:602124

    ASWAN, Upper Egypt, March 10 (MENA) – River navigation between the Egyptian High Dam port and Sudanese Halfa port is going normally despite the bad weather and heavy rain that rocked Aswan on Sunday, head of High and Aswan Dam Authority (HADA) Assad ....

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