Africa

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  • Ethiopian PM says ICC has 'double standards'

    Date: 2013-10-11 08:17:32 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:19 - ID:333339

    Ethiopia/Politics Ethiopian PM says ICC has 'double standards' ADDIS ABAB, Oct 11 (MENA) - The International Criminal Court has shown "double standards" by pursuing only Africans so far, Ethiopia's prime minister has said. In ....

  • AU relieved by release of Libyan PM

    Date: 2013-10-11 07:43:21 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:8 - ID:333224

    Ethiopia/Libya AU relieved by release of Libyan PM ADDIS ABABA, Oct 11 (MENA) - The Commission of the African Union (AU) expressed relief over the release of Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan, who had been kidnapped in Tripoli. AU ....

  • Security Council tackles collapsing Central African Republic

    Date: 2013-10-10 20:27:56 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:120 - ID:332828

    UN/Security Council Security Council tackles collapsing Central African Republic NEW YORK, Oct 10 (MENA) - The UN Security Council unanimously approved a resolution Thursday to help end violence in the Central African Republic, which it said ....

  • Bashir heads for Addis Ababa tomorrow to attend AU summit on ICC

    Date: 2013-10-10 19:46:45 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:114 - ID:332335

    Sudan/Ethiopia/AU Bashir heads for Addis Ababa tomorrow to attend AU summit on ICC KHARTOUM, Oct 10 (MENA) - President Omar al-Bashri will head of Addis Ababa on Friday to attend an African Union summit on the International Criminal Court. His ....

  • Meeting of coordination committee for Africa-Arab summit in Kuwait wraps up

    Date: 2013-10-10 19:31:16 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:112 - ID:332659

    Egypt/AL/Meeting Meeting of coordination committee for Africa-Arab summit in Kuwait wraps up CAIRO, Oct 10 (MENA) – The coordination committee for e Africa-Arab Partnership Summit scheduled to be held in Kuwait met on Thursday at the Arab ....

  • Cameroon kills 180 Boko Haram militants

    Date: 2013-10-10 09:22:39 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:18 - ID:331546

    Nigeria/SEcurity Cameroon kills 180 Boko Haram militants ABUJA, Oct 10 (MENA) - As many as 180 militants of the Nigerian militant group, Boko Haram, were killed by Cameroonian soldiers during a fierce gun battle along the borders, the Punch ....

  • Kenya seizes ivory bound for Turkey in seed shipment

    Date: 2013-10-09 22:19:58 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:175 - ID:331267

    Keny/Ivory/Smuggling Kenya seizes ivory bound for Turkey in seed shipment NAIROBI, Oct 9 (MENA) - Kenyan customs officers have seized about four tonnes of ivory hidden inside sacks of sesame seeds, the BBC reported. The Kenya ....

  • Nigerian government condemns Attack on Nigerians in Guinea Bissau

    Date: 2013-10-09 21:11:26 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:165 - ID:331160

    Nigeria/Guinea-Bissau Nigerian government condemns Attack on Nigerians in Guinea Bissau ABUJA, Oct 9 (MENA) - The Federal Government condemned Wednesday the recent attack on Nigeria's Embassy in Guinea Bissau which left a Nigerian dead and several ....

  • International observers cite Guinea vote flaws

    Date: 2013-10-09 20:28:42 GMT - Guinea - Africa - SN:152 - ID:331072

    Guinea/Polls International observers cite Guinea vote flaws CONAKRY, Oct9 (MENA) - International observers say irregularities in Guinea's legislative elections may call into question results from eight districts, potentially bolstering ....

  • Assistant FM meets African media trainees

    Date: 2013-10-09 18:44:37 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:118 - ID:330828

    Egypt/Africa Assistant FM meets African media trainees CAIRO, Oct 9 (MENA) – Assistant Foreign Minister for African Affairs Hamdi Sanad Loza met on Wednesday with a host of media trainees who are currently in Cairo to attend a course ....

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