Africa

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  • Riek Machar says his forces marching towards Juba

    Date: 2014-01-04 20:34:41 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:147 - ID:479624

    JUBA, Jan 4 (MENA) - Riek Machar, the former Vice-President of South Sudan, said on Saturday that his forces are marching towards the capital Juba. Other forces are also stationed west of Juba as they took over several areas near the capital, ....

  • Nigeria evacuates citizens from CAR

    Date: 2014-01-04 18:43:45 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:127 - ID:479511

    ABUJA, Jan 4 (MENA) - The Nigerian Government has evacuated 365 Nigerians who were stranded in Central African Republic since the anti Malaka crisis began, Voice of Nigeria reported on Saturday. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign ....

  • Nigerian police wives widowed by Boko Haram beg for jobs

    Date: 2014-01-04 18:00:21 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:114 - ID:479411

    ABUJA, Jan 4 (MENA) - Some wives and children of policemen killed by Boko Haram insurgents, on Saturday appealed to the government and the Nigerian Police to provide them with vocational training and jobs, Nigerian local media reported. The ....

  • Ethiopia aims to finish dam in 3 years - says project manager

    Date: 2014-01-04 16:01:20 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:94 - ID:478929

    ADDIS ABABA, Jan 4 (MENA) - Project manager Semegnew Bekele described the mega-dam as a "flagship" project for Ethiopia, ultimately aimed at improving citizens' lives. Ethiopia hopes to finalize construction of its $4.7 billion hydroelectric dam ....

  • Sudanese official denies Sudan associated with fighting in S.Sudan

    Date: 2014-01-04 14:35:36 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:70 - ID:478710

    KHARTOUM, Jan 4 (MENA) - Sudanese Defense Minister Abdel-Rahim Mohamed Hussein reiterated his country's commitment to agreements and treaties, which were signed with South Sudan on boosting bilateral cooperation between the two countries. The ....

  • South Sudan ceasefire talks fruitful: Ethiopia

    Date: 2014-01-04 10:53:11 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:29 - ID:478511

    ADDIS ABABA, Jan 4 (MENA) – Ethiopian Foreign Minister Tewodros Adhanom described the preliminary meetings held in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa between mediators and the warring parties in South Sudan have been "fruitful". Direct talks ....

  • Khartoum talks aim to carry out expert opinions on dam - Ethiopia

    Date: 2014-01-04 09:44:12 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:18 - ID:478279

    KHARTOUM, Jan 4 (MENA) – The negotiations between water resources ministers and experts from Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt aim to carry out recommendations on Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam, said Ethiopian Water and Energy Minister Alemayehu ....

  • Sudanese minister says eastern Nile Basin states keen on achieving aspirations of peoples

    Date: 2014-01-04 09:24:33 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:16 - ID:478272

    KHARTOUM, Jan 4 (MENA) - Sudanese Water Resources and Electricity Muattaz Musa said Saturday eastern Nile Basin countries are honestly seeking to achieve aspirations of their peoples. Negotiations between Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia on the ....

  • Irrigation min. hopes Renaissance Dam talks achieve aspirations of Nile Basin states

    Date: 2014-01-04 08:28:35 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:10 - ID:478185

    KHARTOUM, Jan 4 (MENA) - Egypt's Water Resources and Irrigation Minister Mohamed Abdel-Moteleb voiced hope that the third round of negotiations, between experts and ministers in the eastern Nile Basin countries regarding the Ethiopian Renaissance ....

  • Fresh cholera outbreak in Nigeria kills 25

    Date: 2014-01-03 19:38:47 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:138 - ID:477818

    ABUJA, Jan 3 (MENA) - At least 22 adults and three children have been confirmed dead while some 600 others are infected following a fresh cholera outbreak in Kano State in north western Nigeria, local media reports said. An epidemiologist with ....

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