Africa

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  • AL delegation heads for Mauritania to observe elections

    Date: 2013-11-20 15:10:26 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:126 - ID:397925

    CAIRO, Nov 20 (MENA) - A delegation from the Arab League headed for Morocco en route to Nouakchott to observe the parliamentary and municipal elections which will held there on Saturday. In press statements, well-placed sources at the AL said ....

  • Egypt, Uganda discuss bolstering cooperation in agricultural, animal production domains

    Date: 2013-11-20 15:03:38 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:122 - ID:397526

    CAIRO, Nov 20 (MENA) - Egypt and Uganda discussed on Wednesday ways of furthering cooperation in the agricultural and animal production domains. This came at a meeting between Agriculture and Land Reclamation Minister Ayman Farid Abu Hadid and ....

  • Fahmy meets Gambian counterpart in Kuwait

    Date: 2013-11-20 14:59:34 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:118 - ID:397445

    CAIRO, Nov 20 (MENA) - Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy has met with his Gambian counterpart Aboubacar Senghore on the sidelines of the third Afro-Arab summit in Kuwait. Fahmy congratulated Senghore on his new post and said he is looking forward to ....

  • Ugandan amb. urges Egypt to sign Nile framework deal

    Date: 2013-11-20 14:16:51 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:105 - ID:397450

    CAIRO, Nov 20 (MENA) – Uganda's Ambassador to Egypt Richard Laus Angualia hoped that Egypt would sign the prolonged Nile framework agreement because what hampers it is just a controversy in standpoints. Egypt rejects this deal because it does not ....

  • Trade agreement to be signed soon between Egypt and Kenya: amb

    Date: 2013-11-20 13:59:46 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:99 - ID:397558

    CAIRO, Nov 20 (MENA) – A trade agreement will be signed soon between Egypt and Kenya with a view to increasing trade movement between both countries, said Egyptian Ambassador to Kenya Kadry Abdel Motaleb Wednesday. In statements on the sidelines ....

  • Ethiopia keen on preserving Egyptians' interests - minister

    Date: 2013-11-20 13:31:58 GMT - Kuwait - Africa - SN:81 - ID:397655

    KUWAIT CITY, Nov 20 (MENA) - The Ethiopian information minister said that a meeting which was held yesterday between Egypt's President Adly Mansour and Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn dealt with ways of boosting ties between Egypt ....

  • Gunmen Kill Police Officer in Northern Nigeria

    Date: 2013-11-20 07:41:34 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:21 - ID:396744

    ABUJA, Nov 20 (MENA) - Nigerian police say one officer was killed when gunmen attacked a police station in Gombe state in northern Nigeria, Time reported. Police spokesman Fwaji Attajiri said three of the attackers were killed in the shootout ....

  • NATO to help Libya in developing security sector - Rasmussen

    Date: 2013-11-19 22:09:12 GMT - Libya - Africa - SN:222 - ID:396523

    TRIPOLI, Nov 19 (MENA) - The NATO Secretary General has announced the alliance's readiness to provide security advice and support to Libya as part of the country's rehabilitation. Anders Fogh Rasmussen discussed the matter on the sidelines of a ....

  • 3 persons wounded by bomb as voters go to the polls to elect Constituent Assembly

    Date: 2013-11-19 08:48:51 GMT - Nepal - Africa - SN:24 - ID:394740

    KATHMANDU, Nov 19 (MENA) - Three people were injured in a second explosion in Kathmandu outside a polling station just hours after voting began in Nepal on Tuesday, the BBC reported. "A bomb exploded at 10:00 today in Bhote Bahal neighbourhood in ....

  • UNAMID facilitates mediation between Misseriya and Salamat in Central Darfur

    Date: 2013-11-18 20:48:24 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:181 - ID:394418

    KHARTOUM, Nov 18 (MENA) – The African Union-United Nation Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) stressed Monday it spared no efforts to end clashes and hostilities between warring Salamat and Misseriya tribes, UNAMID reported on its website. It said the move ....

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