Africa

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  • Nigerian striker Uche likely to be summoned during the World Cup 2014

    Date: 2014-02-06 17:44:26 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:141 - ID:541237

    ABUJA, Feb 6 (MENA) - Nigerian striker Ike Uche, super star of the Spanish team of villareal, is more likely to play the World Cup with the Super Eagles. Nigerian coach Stephen Keshi said that he had been monitoring his performance and would ....

  • Tens of thousands suffer from armed conflict in Nigeria - ICRC

    Date: 2014-02-06 15:53:07 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:119 - ID:540834

    ABUJA, Feb 6 (MENA) – Conflict-affected people in Nigeria are struggling to meet basic needs. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), in cooperation with the Nigerian Red Cross Society, has brought aid to around 40,000 displaced and ....

  • Egyptian nation moving toward real democracy - ambassador

    Date: 2014-02-06 15:17:06 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:106 - ID:541002

    ABUJA, Feb 6 (MENA) - The Egyptian nation is moving toward the road of real democracy, affirmed Egypt's Ambassador to Nigeria Ashraf Abdel-Qader Salama. The previous elections that brought the Muslim Brotherhood and the ousted president did not ....

  • Eritrean FM to visit Russia February 16 for talks on situation in Africa’s trouble spots

    Date: 2014-02-06 14:15:19 GMT - Russia - Africa - SN:91 - ID:540870

    MOSCOW, Feb 6 (MENA) - Eritrean Foreign Minister Osman Saleh will pay a working visit to Moscow on February 16-18 for talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said. “During the visit, the ....

  • Egyptian Chargé d'affaires in Khartoum denies statements attributed to him regarding Halayeb area

    Date: 2014-02-06 10:49:25 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:45 - ID:540339

    KHARTOUM, Feb 6 (MENA) - Egyptian Chargé d'affaires in Khartoum Wael Barakat denied statements attributed to him regarding the Halayeb-Shalateen Triangle. Barakat conducted an interview with Sudan's Al-Tagheer newspaper on Wednesday regarding the ....

  • Sudan briefs Security Council on reasons beyond suspension of ICRC activities

    Date: 2014-02-06 09:10:21 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:31 - ID:540116

    KHARTOUM, Feb 6 (MENA) - Deputy charge d'affaires of Sudan's permanent delegation to the United Nations Hassan Hamed handed over a message to the chairman of the Security Council. The message tackled reasons beyond the suspension of the activities ....

  • Bashir refuses to grant the US special envoy a visa to Sudan: Carter

    Date: 2014-02-06 08:21:47 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:23 - ID:540054

    KHARTOUM, Feb 6 (MENA) - The former United States president Jimmy Carter has revealed that Sudanese president Omar Hassan Al-Bashir rejected his personal appeal to grant US special envoy for the Sudans Donald Booth a visa to meet with officials in ....

  • Saudi Arabia to establish Islamic center in Abuja

    Date: 2014-02-06 08:00:52 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:18 - ID:540002

    ABUJA, Feb 6 (MENA) - Saudi Arabia will establish an Islamic center in the Nigerian capital Abuja to offer services to Muslims in Nigeria. Saudi Ambassador in Abuja Fouad Rajah said in statements after talks with Nigerian President Goodluck ....

  • South Africa gold mine fire: Eight bodies found

    Date: 2014-02-06 06:32:21 GMT - South Africa - Africa - SN:7 - ID:539932

    PRETORIA, Feb 6 (MENA) - Rescue workers at a South African gold mine say they have recovered eight bodies after a fire and rock fall, the BBC reported. One other miner remains missing at the Doornkop mine west of Johannesburg, the government ....

  • Large numbers of South Sudanese flee conflict at home to White Nile State

    Date: 2014-02-05 14:55:58 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:85 - ID:539187

    KHARTOUM, Feb 5 (MENA) - Yousif Al-Shambali, the Governor of White Nile state, said Wednesday that large numbers of refugees are fleeing the conflict in neighboring South Sudan to Sudan. Most of the refugees are women and children, Shambali said as ....

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