Africa

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  • Juba's FM arrives in Khartoum

    Date: 2014-01-09 10:52:27 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:57 - ID:488077

    KHARTOUM, Jan 9 (MENA) - South Sudan's Foreign Minister Barnaba Benjamin arrived here on Thursday leading a high-level delegation. Benjamin will hand over a message from South Sudan's President Salva Kiir to his Sudanese counterpart Omar ....

  • Coptic priest in Ethiopia: Feasts reflect real Egyptian character

    Date: 2014-01-09 09:02:58 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:34 - ID:487687

    ADDIS ABABA, Jan 9 (MENA) - Father Siderak, the representative of the Egyptian Coptic Church in Ethiopia urged Egyptians to join hands for peace which is a bedrock of Islam and Christianity. During a ceremony at the Egyptian embassy in Ethiopia ....

  • UN warns of "humanitarian disaster" in Central African Republic

    Date: 2014-01-09 07:22:44 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:13 - ID:487592

    NEW YORK, Jan 9 (MENA) - The UN has warned that the Central African Republic is heading toward a humanitarian disaster, as people fleeing conflict pack into overcrowded camps with poor sanitation, BBC reported Thursday. It says measles has broken ....

  • 15 killed in tank truck blast in Lagos

    Date: 2014-01-09 06:01:19 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:4 - ID:487512

    ABUJA, Jan 9 (MENA) - Fifteen people were killed in the explosion of an oil tanker carrying 33,000 liters of gasoline in the Kirikiri area of Lagos State late on Tuesday, according to a statement by the National Emergency Management Agency ....

  • South Sudan FM in Khartoum Thursday

    Date: 2014-01-08 15:24:07 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:130 - ID:486691

    KHARTOUM, Jan 8 (MENA) - South Sudanese Foreign Minister Barnaba Benjamin will arrive in Khartoum on Thursday as a special envoy for the South Sudan leader. Benjamin will hold talks with Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and his Sudanese ....

  • Shortage of petroleum products in Sudan forces cancellation of number of flights

    Date: 2014-01-08 11:53:50 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:68 - ID:486079

    KHARTOUM, Jan 8 (MENA) - The administration of Khartoum airport issued a bulletin, which was distributed to all aviation companies, acknowledging shortage of fuel for airplanes. The Sudanese capital, Khartoum, was hit by a sudden crisis in fuel, ....

  • EgyptAir, Nigerian charity agree to offer more help to cancer-infected children

    Date: 2014-01-08 08:34:50 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:32 - ID:485625

    ABUJA, Jan 8 (MENA) - EgyptAir, Egypt's national carrier, agreed with Nigeria's Help to Heal Cancer Foundation to offer better medical treatment to children suffering from cancer, the head of the foundation said. Children have now a better chance ....

  • Sudan Armed Forces say they defeated rebels on all fronts

    Date: 2014-01-07 16:55:44 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:103 - ID:484822

    KHARTOUM, Jan 7 (MENA) – The Sudanese Armed Forces said they had defeated South Kordofan rebels in different areas of the border state. In statements on Tuesday, Colonel Sawarmi Khaled Saad, the spokesman for the Sudanese Armed Forces, said the ....

  • African negotiation team on S.Sudan arrives in Juba

    Date: 2014-01-07 16:54:00 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:102 - ID:484850

    KHARTOUM, Jan 7 (MENA) – The African negotiation team on South Sudan crisis arrived Tuesday in Juba coming from Addis Ababa to hold talks with South Sudanese President Salva Kiir. Niyal Deng, chief negotiator of South Sudan, and other negotiators ....

  • Sudan denies reports on deployment of joint forces to secure oil fields in South Sudan

    Date: 2014-01-07 15:04:20 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:85 - ID:484669

    KHARTOUM, Jan. 7 (MENA) – Sudanese Foreign Minister Ali Karti denied reports that Sudan's President Omar Bashir discussed during his visit to Juba the formation of joint forces to protect oil fields in South Sudan. A statement from the foreign ....

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