Africa

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  • Muslim exodus in CAR revives ethnic cleansing fears

    Date: 2014-02-13 18:09:06 GMT - United Kingdom - Africa - SN:146 - ID:554099

    LONDON, Feb 13 (MENA) - Human rights groups are warning that there will be no Muslims left in the Central African Republic (CAR) unless international peacekeepers take immediate action to stop Christian militias from "ethnically cleansing" entire ....

  • Minister affirms importance of Egypt's role in achieving development in Nile Basin countries

    Date: 2014-02-13 15:45:33 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:124 - ID:553773

    CAIRO, Feb 13 (MENA) - Water Resources and Irrigation Minister Mohamed Abdel-Moteleb stressed the importance of promoting Egypt's role in attaining development in Africa in general and the Nile Basin countries in particular. Speaking at the end of ....

  • UN deplores attack close to convoy of UN vehicles in Somalia

    Date: 2014-02-13 14:32:37 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:111 - ID:553633

    NEW YORK, Feb 13 (MENA) - Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Somalia Nicholas Kay strongly condemned on Thursday the attack which occurred close to a convoy of UN vehicles. He also expressed deep sorrow at the ....

  • Car bomb explodes at Mogadishu airport

    Date: 2014-02-13 11:47:10 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:70 - ID:553286

    MOGADISHU, Feb 13 (MENA) - A large car bomb has exploded close to the gate of Mogadishu's international airport, causing casualties, Euronews reported Thursday. The exact number of casualties are not known yet. The Mogadishu airport complex ....

  • AU chief condoles with Burundi over flood tragedy

    Date: 2014-02-12 22:22:28 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:180 - ID:552491

    ADDIS ABABA, Feb 12 (MENA) - African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma has condoled with Burundi a flood disaster that left 60 dead and over 80 wounded, in addition to destroying houses and rendering 10,000 homeless, the ....

  • Nigeria’s Boko Haram kill 51 in northeast attack

    Date: 2014-02-12 19:20:16 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:147 - ID:552283

    ABUJA, Feb 12 (MENA) - Gunmen from Boko Haram killed 51 people in an attack on a town in northeast Nigeria, witnesses said on Wednesday. The attack came in a region where President Goodluck Jonathan’s troops are struggling to contain its ....

  • Egypt mufti condemns Muslim genocide in Central Africa

    Date: 2014-02-12 16:02:46 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:124 - ID:551941

    CAIRO, Feb 12 (MENA) - Egypt's Grand Mufti Shawki Allam has strongly condemned the Muslim genocide by extremist militias in Central Africa. In a statement Wednesday, Allam urged the government and officials in Central Africa to swiftly intervene ....

  • Cabinet reviews report on talks in Addis Ababa regarding Ethiopian dam

    Date: 2014-02-12 14:46:53 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:106 - ID:551769

    CAIRO, Feb 12 (MENA) – The Cabinet on Wednesday reviewed at a meeting under Prime Minister Hazem el-Biblawy a report by Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Mohamed Abdel Motaleb about the outcome of his recent talks in Addis Ababa regarding ....

  • RWB condemns mounting violence against media personnel in Libya

    Date: 2014-02-12 13:51:00 GMT - Libya - Africa - SN:100 - ID:551459

    TRIPOLI, Feb 12 (MENA) - The international press freedom body, Reporters Without Borders, condemned the steadily mounting violence against media personnel in Libya, including the abduction of four journalists in two separate incidents in the ....

  • New govt formed in Mauritania

    Date: 2014-02-12 12:40:05 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:79 - ID:551461

    NOUAKCHOTT, Feb 12 (MENA) - A presidential decree, published by the state-owned Mauritanian TV, announced the names of the new cabinet ministers, under Prime Minister Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf. The Mauritanian government routinely resigns ....

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