Africa
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S. Sudan mediates between Egypt, Ethiopia to solve water issues
Date: 2014-03-10 20:47:29 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:208 - ID:602034
CAIRO, March 10 (MENA) – Visiting South Sudanese Foreign Minister Barnaba Marial Benjamin said on Monday that his country is mediating between Egypt and Ethiopia to solve water-related issues. During a press conference that was held at the ....
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Egypt's president meets South Sudanese FM
Date: 2014-03-10 16:30:04 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:147 - ID:601630
CAIRO, March 10 (MENA) - Interim President Adly Mansour held a meeting on Monday with the South Sudanese Foreign Minister Baranaba Marial Benjamin and Ambassador to Egypt Anthony Louis Kon. Egypt's Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy was present at the ....
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Youths stage pro-Salva Kiir demonstration in Juba
Date: 2014-03-10 15:36:53 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:130 - ID:601207
KHARTOUM, March 10 (MENA) - Hundreds of youths have staged a peaceful demonstration in Juba chanting pro-government slogans, Radio Miraya reported. Carrying banners in support of the government, the youths marched peacefully towards John Garang ....
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AL council welcomes succeed of political process in Somalia
Date: 2014-03-10 15:12:47 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:115 - ID:600943
CAIRO, March 10 (MENA) - The Council of the Arab League (AL) at the ministerial level welcomed the succeed of the political process in the Federal Republic of Somalia as well as the end of the transitional phase there by electing a president, a ....
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Egyptian grant to Uganda to provide clean drinking water
Date: 2014-03-10 13:48:58 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:96 - ID:601034
CAIRO, March 10 (MENA) - Egypt and Uganda signed a protocol for technical cooperation where Egypt will grant Uganda money for digging 75 wells so as to provide clean drinking water for about 250,000 inhabitants in deprived villages. This remark ....
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Report ranks Nigeria with lowest respect for rule of law
Date: 2014-03-10 08:12:38 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:24 - ID:600324
ABUJA, March 10 (MENA) - Nigeria has been ranked as one of the countries with the lowest respect for the rule of law in the world. The World Justice Project (WJP) in its 2014 Rule of Law Index ranked 99 countries out of which Nigeria placed 93 ....
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UN's ICE meets over optimum use of natural resources in southern Africa region
Date: 2014-03-10 06:50:01 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:7 - ID:600160
ADDIS ABABA, March 10 (MENA) - The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) said Monday that its affiliate Intergovernmental Committee of Experts (ICE) will convene on March 13-14 to discuss the optimum use of natural resources in ....
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Executive board of Cen-SAD holds expert-level meeting in Khartoum
Date: 2014-03-09 17:44:37 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:167 - ID:599610
KHARTOUM, March 9 (MENA) – The executive board of the Community of Sahel-Saharan States (Cen-SAD) convened on Sunday at the experts' level in Khartoum. During the opening session, Undersecretary of Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ambassador ....
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Egypt's FM meets Somali, Comorian counterparts
Date: 2014-03-09 16:37:49 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:143 - ID:599554
CAIRO, March 9 (MENA) - Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy met on Sunday with his Somali and Comorian counterparts on the sidelines of the 141st round of the Arab League Council's meeting at the ministerial level. Spokesman at the Foreign Ministry Badr ....
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Kuwaiti Emir receives message from Nigeria president
Date: 2014-03-09 12:39:03 GMT - Kuwait - Africa - SN:84 - ID:598881
KUWAIT CITY, March 9 (MENA) – Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Jaber al-Sabah received Sunday a message from Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan. The message was handed over to Deputy Minister of Emiri Diwan Affairs Ali Jarah al-Sabah by ....