Africa

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  • African elders panel delegation due in Cairo Sunday

    Date: 2014-04-02 16:11:34 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:131 - ID:645900

    CAIRO, April 2 (MENA) - A delegation of the African Elders panel, led by former Malian president Alpha Oumar Konare, is due to arrive here on Sunday on a three-day visit to Egypt, a well-placed source at the African Union Commission's diplomatic ....

  • AL calls for urgent relief aid to Somalia

    Date: 2014-04-02 10:59:36 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:52 - ID:644942

    CAIRO, April 2 (MENA) - Arab League Secretary General Nabil el-Arabi called on Arab and international relief aid organizations, the Red Crescent and civil society organizations to swiftly interfere and offer urgent humanitarian aid to Somalia in ....

  • 4th EU-Africa summit discusses ending fighting in CAR

    Date: 2014-04-02 09:53:18 GMT - Belgium - Africa - SN:40 - ID:644734

    BRUSSELS, April 2 (MENA) - The 4th European Union-Africa Summit, that takes place in Brussels on 2-3 April 2014, will discuss means of halting ongoing fighting in the Central African Republic (CAR) as 50 people were killed in clashes over the past ....

  • Radical Muslim leader shot dead in Kenya

    Date: 2014-04-01 22:49:53 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:186 - ID:644263

    NAIROBI, April 1 (MENA) - A radical Islamic leader who had been sanctioned by the United States and the United Nations for supporting an al-Qaeda-linked Somali militant group was assassinated late Tuesday, his lawyer and officials said. Attorney ....

  • MISCA deplores use of civilians as human shields in CAR

    Date: 2014-04-01 22:15:38 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:178 - ID:644244

    ADDIS ABABA, April 1 (MENA) - The Commander of the African-led International Support Mission in the Central African Republic (MISCA) has deplored the use of civilians as human shields in the most recent eruption of violence in the Central African ....

  • Sudan supports nomination of Egypt for ICU deputy chief post

    Date: 2014-03-31 22:27:35 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:187 - ID:642185

    KHARTOUM, March 31 (MENA) - Sudan has announced support to the nomination of Egypt's Amr Badawi for the post of the deputy chairman of the International Communications Union (ICU), SUNA News Agency reported. This came during a meeting between ....

  • AIDS infection rate drops in Ethiopia

    Date: 2014-03-31 21:37:16 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:180 - ID:642159

    ADDIS ABABA, March 31 (MENA) - An Ethiopian official said that the HIV/AIDS prevalence rate has drastically dropped in Ethiopia in 2013, Walta Information Center reported Monday. "Currently, 734,000 people are living with HIV in the country," ....

  • Talks between Khartoum, SPLM-North to resume April 10

    Date: 2014-03-31 08:41:15 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:28 - ID:640285

    KHARTOUM, March 31 (MENA) - A new round of negotiations between the Sudanese government and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North is set to start on April 10. Well-placed sources said Monday that South African politician Thabo Mbeki, who ....

  • Chadian troops killed eight, injured 38 others in CAR

    Date: 2014-03-31 07:23:35 GMT - Central African Republic - Africa - SN:16 - ID:640258

    BANGUI, March 31 (MENA) - Chadian troops have killed eight people and injured 38 others in the Central African Republic capital, Bangui, the BBC reported quoting African Union force there as having said Monday. The soldiers reportedly opened fire ....

  • Amnesty International: 1,500 Nigerians Killed in Boko Haram Violence in 2014

    Date: 2014-03-31 07:22:05 GMT - United Kingdom - Africa - SN:15 - ID:640259

    LONDON, March 31 (MENA) - Amnesty International said 1,500 people have been killed this year in an escalating armed conflict between Boko Haram insurgents and Nigerian security forces, VOA reported Monday. Amnesty said more than half the victims ....

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