Africa

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  • UN chief warns Security Council over CAR violence

    Date: 2014-02-14 19:59:14 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:123 - ID:555720

    NEW YORK, Feb 14 (MENA) - UN chief Ban Ki-moon has called on the Security Council to act immediately to stop ethnic violence in Central African Republic, citing widespread attacks on Muslims there. "We must live up to the promises made around ....

  • US condemns recent murders, abductions in Borno state, Nigeria

    Date: 2014-02-14 19:30:51 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:122 - ID:555721

    ABUJA, Feb 14 (MENA) - The US denounced on Friday an attack launched by a group of gunmen on the town of Konduga, Borno State, on February 11, which resulted in an abduction of a number of girls from their schools and left scores dead and ....

  • Sudan, SPLMN continue negotiations on Blue Nile, South Kordofan areas

    Date: 2014-02-14 15:19:06 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:80 - ID:555425

    KHARTOUM, Feb 14 (MENA) - Representatives of the Sudanese government and Sudan People's Liberation Movement North (SPLMN) continued their negotiations on Friday in Addis Ababa about disputed states of the Blue Nile and South Kordofan, a ....

  • UNHCR issues a non-return advisory for South Sudan

    Date: 2014-02-14 12:24:51 GMT - Switzerland - Africa - SN:49 - ID:555112

    GENEVA, Feb 14 (MENA) - The UNHCR has released a non-return advisory for South Sudanese fleeing the current conflict, which has so far uprooted some 870,000 people. The conflict since mid-December 2013 has displaced 738,000 people within South ....

  • Delegation of Ethiopia water ministry arrives in Egypt to receive training

    Date: 2014-02-14 12:19:25 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:46 - ID:555113

    CAIRO, Feb 14 (MENA) - A delegation of the Ethiopian Ministry of Water and Irrigation arrived in Cairo Friday to attend a course organized by Egypt's Golden Trade Company. Nine employees at the Ethiopian Ministry of Water and Irrigation will ....

  • 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 ....

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