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  • 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 ....

  • Irrigation minister denies failure of negotiations of Khartoum tripartite talks

    Date: 2014-01-06 16:02:33 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:128 - ID:482354

    CAIRO, Jan 6 (MENA) - News claiming the failure of negotiations of the tripartite meeting of the eastern Nile Basin countries, which were held between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan in Khartoum, are bare of truth, affirmed Water Resources and Irrigation ....

  • Bashir, Salva Kiir meet in Juba

    Date: 2014-01-06 14:55:27 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:109 - ID:482565

    KHARTOUM, Jan 6 (MENA) – A meeting grouping Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and South Sudanese President Salva Kiir started on Monday in Juba. The talks started immediately after Bashir arrived in the presidential palace in the South Sudanese ....

  • Sudanese president heads for Juba

    Date: 2014-01-06 08:09:05 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:22 - ID:481681

    KHARTOUM, Jan 6 (MENA) - Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir and his accompanying delegation left here on Monday embarking on one-day visit to South Sudan where he will have talks with his South Sudan counterpart Salva Kiir and his government members ....

  • More than 1,600 Nigerians evacuated from CAR

    Date: 2014-01-06 07:30:00 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:15 - ID:481566

    ABUJA, Jan 6 (MENA) - The Defense Headquarters has said it commenced the evacuation of Nigerians trapped in the conflict of the Central African Republic, All Africa reported on its website. A statement by the Director Defense Information, Major ....

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