Africa

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  • UNICEF slams killing of students in northeastern Nigeria

    Date: 2014-02-27 17:08:22 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:137 - ID:580877

    ABUJA, Feb 27 (MENA) - UNICEF expressed its outrage at the brutal killing of some 45 children, between 13 and 17 years old, by unidentified gunmen at the Federal Government College of Buni Yadi, Yobe State, Nigeria. “We condemn in the strongest ....

  • Efforts to develop kidney center in Addis Ababa

    Date: 2014-02-27 16:12:21 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:127 - ID:580170

    ADDIS ABABA, Feb 27 (MENA) – Efforts are exerted to develop the Egyptian-Ethiopian Center for Kidney and Urinary Tract at the Saint Paul Hospital here, said center supervisor Galal Abdel-Salam. Speaking to MENA correspondent here, Abdel-Salam ....

  • FM leads Egypt’s delegation to Abuja summit

    Date: 2014-02-27 15:58:01 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:121 - ID:580624

    CAIRO, Feb 27 (MENA) – Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy led Egypt’s delegation to the Humanitarian Security, Peace and Development Summit in Abuja, held on the occasion of the centenary anniversary of the unification of Nigeria, on ....

  • Egypt, Cameroon discuss bilateral ties

    Date: 2014-02-27 15:55:53 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:120 - ID:580593

    CAIRO, Feb 27 (MENA) - Cameroonian Senate President Marcel Niat Njifendji has met with Egypt's Ambassador to Cameroon Sherif el-Leithy. During the meeting, the Cameroonian official hailed the long-standing ties binding his country and ....

  • Fahmi participates in preparatory ministerial meeting of Abuja international human security summit

    Date: 2014-02-27 15:25:11 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:109 - ID:580616

    CAIRO, Feb 27 (MENA) - Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmi took part on Thursday in the ministerial meeting to prepare for Abuja international summit on human security, peace and development which is to be held to mark the centennial anniversary ....

  • FM discusses with Nigerian president lifting of Egypt's AU suspension

    Date: 2014-02-27 13:30:05 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:76 - ID:580325

    ABUJA, Feb 27 (MENA) - Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy met here Thursday with Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on the sidelines of an international summit on human security, peace and development, which kicked off earlier in the day. During the ....

  • FM inspects new Egyptian embassy in Abuja

    Date: 2014-02-27 12:54:33 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:68 - ID:580137

    ABUJA, Feb 27 (MENA) - Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmi carried out an inspection tour of the new embassy in Abuja. The minister was accompanied by Foreign Ministry spokesman Badr Abdel Atti, Egyptian Ambassador Ashraf Abdel Qader Salama and ....

  • Suicide car bomb kills eight in Somali capital

    Date: 2014-02-27 09:53:30 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:42 - ID:579621

    MOGADISHU, Feb 27 (MENA) - At least eight people were killed when a car bomb exploded near the national security headquarters in Somalia's capital, Euronews reported Thursday. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the blast. (MENA) MS/SR ....

  • Nigeria backs Egypt's return to AU activities

    Date: 2014-02-27 09:38:51 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:38 - ID:579684

    CAIRO, Feb 27 (MENA) - Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan stressed on Thursday that his country backs Egypt's return of the African Union (AU) activities as being a key country in the African continent. The president, in a meeting with ....

  • $71-million World Bank aid for Mauritania water projects

    Date: 2014-02-27 06:24:33 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:10 - ID:579312

    NOUAKCHOTT, Feb 27 (MENA) - Mauritania and the World Bank signed a 71-million- dollar loan agreement to finance a project for developing water resources and the uses of the river basin, an official source said on Thursday. The deal was inked by ....

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