Africa

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  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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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