Africa

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  • White Nile state ready to receive 250,000 refugees from S. Sudan

    Date: 2014-01-14 17:54:44 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:157 - ID:498527

    KHARTOUM, Jan 14 (MENA) - The White Nile State is ready to host 250,000 citizens of South Sudan who fled the fighting back home. A committee has been formed to offer the refugees all the help they need, said a government official in the state ....

  • Senior Egyptian diplomat to visit Eritrea Wednesday

    Date: 2014-01-14 15:36:57 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:136 - ID:498245

    CAIRO, Jan 14 (MENA) - Assistant Foreign Minister for African Affairs Hamdi Loza will leave for Eritrea Wednesday for talks with President Isaias Afewerki and Foreign Minister Osman Saleh Mohammed. The talks will focus on bilateral relations, as ....

  • South Sudan Nile ferry sinks with more than 200 dead

    Date: 2014-01-14 11:19:54 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:71 - ID:496950

    JUBA, Jan 14 (MENA) - More than 200 civilians in South Sudan have drowned in a Nile ferry accident while fleeing fighting in the town of Malakal, an army spokesman has said as reported by the BBC. He said women and children were among the ....

  • 83% of Egyptians in Cameron voted "yes" to constitution

    Date: 2014-01-14 06:55:23 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:8 - ID:496582

    ABUJA/YAOUNDE, Jan 14 (MENA) - The Egyptian Embassy in Cameron's capital Yaounde announced late Monday the results of the Egyptians' voting on Egypt's new charter. In statements to MENA correspondent in Abuja, Egypt's Ambassador in Yaounde Sherif ....

  • Five people killed in attack by Boko Haram on Nigeria's market

    Date: 2014-01-14 06:15:03 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:4 - ID:496555

    ABUJA, Jan 14 (MENA) - Suspected members of the outlawed Boko Haram sect have again attacked Ladi-Kayamula village in Konduga Local Government Area of Borno State on a market day, killing at least five persons as they shot at traders and customers ....

  • 17 Egyptians in Nigeria, 11 in Sierra Leone vote yes on new constitution

    Date: 2014-01-13 12:27:47 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:66 - ID:495472

    ABUJA, Jan 13 (MENA) - Egyptian Ambassador in Abuja Ashraf Abdel-Qader has said that 17 Egyptians voted yes on a draft constitution within the period from January 8 to 12. The number of eligible voters in Nigeria reached only 223 Egyptians, 19 of ....

  • 8 killed in Borno Boko Haram attacks in Nigeria, reports on churches burnt

    Date: 2014-01-13 08:40:26 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:23 - ID:494838

    ABUJA, Jan 13 (MRNA) - Suspected Boko Haram members killed eight people in an attack on Sabon Gari village in Hambagda Jaji Ward of Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State. Several residents were said to have sustained gunshot injuries in the ....

  • Nigerian jet bombs convoy of senator by mistake

    Date: 2014-01-13 08:24:17 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:21 - ID:494888

    ABUJA, Jan 13 (MENA) - A Nigerian senator survived death late Sunday when a Nigerian military fighter jet bombed his convoy by mistake in Borno state, northeast of Nigeria A Nigerian military fighter jet bombed the cavalcade of a prominent ....

  • UNECA to participate in organizing forum to support Zambia's land reform process

    Date: 2014-01-13 08:03:28 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:19 - ID:494801

    ADDIS ABAB, Jan 13 (MENA) - UN Economic Commission for Africa announced the Government of Zambia would host a stakeholders meeting on 24 January in Lusaka in partnership with the UNECA and the Land Policy Initiative and other partners to come to a ....

  • Juba asks Khartoum for equipment to re-operate Bentiu oil fields

    Date: 2014-01-13 08:02:16 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:18 - ID:494804

    KHARTOUM, Jan 13 (MENA) - Juba has asked Khartoum to supply it with equipment to help re-operate the Bentiu oil fields. The Bentiu oil fields have recently stopped operating in the wake of battles between government troops and forces loyal to ....

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