Africa

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  • No Telecoms services in Borno yet – Nigerian Army

    Date: 2013-11-25 21:22:15 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:190 - ID:406897

    ABUJA, Nov 25 (MENA) – Major General Obidah Ethan, the GOC of Seven Division of Nigerian Army, Maiduguri, Borno State capital, said the army has no immediate plan to re-store the blocked mobile telephone networks in the state, the Nigerian Current ....

  • Rights group urges Zimbabwe to end abuses

    Date: 2013-11-25 15:34:38 GMT - Zimbabwe - Africa - SN:129 - ID:406383

    HARARE, Nov 25 (MENA) - Global rights watchdog Amnesty International says Zimbabwe has failed to end human rights abuses despite adopting a new constitution that enshrines democratic rights ABC News reported. The group said Monday that ....

  • June 30 in Egypt is revolution against Brotherhood not coup - Libyan FM

    Date: 2013-11-25 11:46:13 GMT - Kuwait - Africa - SN:76 - ID:405411

    KUWAIT CITY, Nov 25 (MENA) – Libyan Foreign Minister Mohamed Abdel-Aziz said on Monday that what happened in Egypt on June 30 wasn't a coup but a popular revolution against the rule of the Muslim Brotherhood that failed to achieve aspirations of ....

  • AU Appoints AFISM-CAR leadership team

    Date: 2013-11-25 11:39:20 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:70 - ID:405634

    ADDIS ABABA, Nov 25 (MENA) - The Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union (AU), Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, appointed a leadership team of the African-led International Support Mission in the Central African Republic (AFISM-CAR), according ....

  • 1.5mn Nigerians living with HIV need urgent attention-DG NACA

    Date: 2013-11-25 10:20:04 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:52 - ID:405582

    ABUJA, Nov 25 (MENA) - Director General of the National Agency for the Control of Aids (NACA) Professor John Idoko has appealed to Nigerians to know their HIV/Aids status as a means of curbing the scourge of aids. Professor Idoko made the appeal ....

  • 'Hundreds' of gunmen storm central Nigeria town, kill 5: Police

    Date: 2013-11-25 06:49:23 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:18 - ID:405144

    ABUJA, Nov 25 (MENA) - Some 300 gunmen have stormed a village in central Nigeria killing five people and burning scores of homes, police said. The early morning attack targeted the village of Kuka in Plateau state, which roughly falls on the ....

  • Chinese delegation arrives in Addis Ababa

    Date: 2013-11-24 21:12:03 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:167 - ID:404997

    ADDIS ABABA, Nov 24 (MENA) - A Chinese delegation led by Vice Premier of State Council Liu Yandog arrived in Addis Ababa on Sunday for a three-day official visit, the Ethiopian News Agency reported. The delegation will meet high level officials ....

  • Passengers, goods movement between Aswan, Sudan to boost as Cairo-Aswan train movement resumes

    Date: 2013-11-24 09:54:18 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:38 - ID:403656

    ASWAN, Upper Egypt, Nov 24 (MENA) – Passengers and goods crossing between Aswan's High Dam port and Sudan's Wadi Halfa harbor will further boost as Cairo-Aswan train movement resumes this week, Aswan Governor Moustafa Youseri said. Since the ....

  • US envoy not to visit Sudan within framework of regional tour

    Date: 2013-11-24 09:43:36 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:37 - ID:403589

    KHARTOUM, Nov 24 (MENA) – US special envoy to Sudan Donald Booth, currently visiting Egypt, will not visit Sudan within the framework of a regional tour. In brief statements to the Sudanese newspaper al-Taghier out Sunday, Spokesman of the US ....

  • Sudanese, Eritrean presidents launch 7th Tourism & Shopping Festival

    Date: 2013-11-24 08:45:54 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:23 - ID:403516

    KHARTOUM, Nov 24 (MENA) - Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir received on Sunday his Eritrean counterpart Isaias Afewerki, who arrived at Port Sudan city on a several days' visit to take part in the launching ceremony of the 7th Tourism and Shopping ....

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