Africa
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Tripartite meeting over Renaissance Dam successful -- Sudanese official
Date: 2013-12-09 21:34:09 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:159 - ID:431696
KHARTOUM, Dec 9 (MENA) – The newly-appointed Sudanese Water Resources Minister Moataz Moussa said on Monday that the second meeting of the irrigation ministers of Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia was successful. The meeting managed to treat a very ....
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Experts from eastern Nile Basin states resume talks
Date: 2013-12-09 09:02:54 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:28 - ID:430158
KHARTOUM, Dec 9 (MENA) - Experts from Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia resumed talks on Monday to discuss disputes about the lineup of an international committee that should be studying effects of the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the two downstream ....
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ICRC chief visits AU premises next week
Date: 2013-12-09 08:11:58 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:24 - ID:430066
ADDIS ABABA, Dec 9 (MENA) - International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) President Peter Maurer is expected to pay a visit to the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa on December 13 for talks with top AU officials, the AU Commission said ....
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Agip oil facility set ablaze
Date: 2013-12-09 08:08:58 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:22 - ID:430085
ABUJA, Dec 9 (MENA) - An oil facility belonging to the Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC), located in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Igbomotoru in Bayelsa State was allegedly set ablaze by suspected oil vandals, killing one person, Nigerian ....
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New Climate Innovation Center to open in Ethiopia
Date: 2013-12-09 07:46:40 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:19 - ID:430084
ADDIS ABABA, Dec 9 (MENA) - The World Bank and the Addis Ababa University agreed to set up a new Climate Innovation Center (CIC), the Ethiopian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Monday. The WB will contribute five million dollars to the ....
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Ethiopian PM says Mandela devotes his life for better future of African continent
Date: 2013-12-09 07:12:46 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:10 - ID:430044
ADDIS ABABA, Dec 9 (MENA) - African Union leaders gathered to mourn the death of Nelson Mandela, honouring the former anti-apartheid leader's fight for pan-Africanism and liberation on the continent, France 24 reported. "Madiba's life was the ....
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Representative of Muslims in Ethiopia pays tribute to Mandela
Date: 2013-12-09 06:45:54 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:5 - ID:429976
ADDIS ABABA, Dec 9 (MENA) - Paying tribute to late South African leader Nelson Mandela, the representative of the Muslim community in Ethiopia, Dr Mohamed Ali, called him a man who lived for others. Mandela struggled for peace, freedom, security ....
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Mandela's jailer praises the anti-apartheid icon
Date: 2013-12-08 09:57:59 GMT - South Africa - Africa - SN:36 - ID:428506
PRETORIA, Dec 8 (MENA) - Christo Brand, the jailer of the anti-apartheid icon, said he was very sad upon listening the news of Nelson Mandela's death, ABC News reported on Sunday. He was with Nelson Mandela during all those years the ....
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Nile tripartite technical committee starts meetings in Khartoum
Date: 2013-12-08 09:16:13 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:28 - ID:428503
KHARTOUM, Dec 8 (MENA) - The Nile Tripartite Technical Committee, involving experts from Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia, started meetings in the Sudanese capital on Sunday in a bid to reach a reconciliatory agreement on the controversial Renaissance Dam ....
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ECOWAS pays tribute to Mandela
Date: 2013-12-08 06:15:34 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:5 - ID:428278
ABUJA, Dec 8 (MENA) - The Economic Community of West African States Commission (ECOWAS) on Saturday paid tribute to Nelson Mandela, who died on Thursday, at age 95. The ECOWAS Commission, in a statement, said it learnt about Mandela’s death, with ....