Africa

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  • FM wraps up visit to Burundi, Uganda

    Date: 2013-10-22 19:05:26 GMT - Burundi - Africa - SN:157 - ID:349797

    BUJUMBURA, Oct 22 (MENA) - Egypt's Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmi left here on Tuesday wrapping up a visit to Burundi and Uganda where he had cooperation talks with presidents Pierre Nkurunziza and Yoweri Museveni. During the visit, the minister ....

  • Egypt, Uganda to open joint corn, wheat farm

    Date: 2013-10-22 17:35:23 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:147 - ID:349615

    CAIRO, Oct 22 (MENA) - Agriculture Minister Ayman Farid Abu Hadid announced that an agreement was reached with Uganda to set up a joint farm there for producing wheat and corn as well as seeds of important crops and some kinds of vegetables. Abu ....

  • Egypt, Somalia discuss resuming Azhar's missions

    Date: 2013-10-22 17:24:57 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:143 - ID:349611

    CAIRO, Oct 22 (MENA) – Al-Azhar undersecretary Dr Abbas Shuman discussed Tuesday with Somalia state minister for presidency Farah Sheik Abdulkadir resuming Al-Azhar's missions soon. Shuman pointed out that Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed el-Tayeb has issued ....

  • Bashir meets South Sudan counterpart

    Date: 2013-10-22 12:41:20 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:96 - ID:349086

    JUBA, Oct 22 (MENA) - Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir met Tuesday with his southern counterpart Salva Kiir amid pressure to strike a deal on the disputed Abyei region and other issues left unresolved since South Sudan won independence, eNews ....

  • Fahmy conveys message from Mansour to Burundian president

    Date: 2013-10-22 12:32:12 GMT - Burundi - Africa - SN:90 - ID:349006

    BUJUMBURA, Oct 22 (MENA) - Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza met Tuesday with Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy, currently on a visit to the African country. Fahmy, in statements to MENA after the meeting, said he conveyed a message from ....

  • Mozambique's Renamo attacks police station

    Date: 2013-10-22 11:29:48 GMT - Mozambique - Africa - SN:61 - ID:348905

    MAPUTO, Oct 22 (MENA) - Mozambique's opposition Renamo movement staged a pre-dawn attack on a police station Tuesday, Radio France Internationale reported without giving further details. The attack took place hours after Renamo declared the end ....

  • Media reports on appointing Abdelaziz Belkhadem new Algeria's ambassador in Cairo

    Date: 2013-10-22 09:00:31 GMT - Algeria - Africa - SN:32 - ID:348431

    ALGIERS, Oct 22 (MENA) - Media reports said that former secretary general of the National Liberation Front (FLN) Abdelaziz Belkhadem is likely to be appointed as Algeria's ambassador in Cairo. The Algerian Al-Nahar newspaper said that former ....

  • Egypt, Uganda to produce fertilizers, open joint corn, wheat farm

    Date: 2013-10-22 07:51:30 GMT - Uganda - Africa - SN:21 - ID:348322

    KAMBALA, Oct 22 (MENA) - Egypt and Uganda will cooperate in producing fertilizers for key crops like corn and vegetables and establish a joint corn and wheat farm in Uganda, the Egyptian minister of agriculture said. As both countries are ....

  • Fahmy in Burundi: Nile basin countries' needs of water, energy 'on rise'

    Date: 2013-10-22 07:04:13 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:10 - ID:348245

    BUJUMBURA, Oct 22 (MENA) - Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy said that the future needs of the Nile basin countries of water, development, agriculture lands and energy are on the rise. In statements to MENA on the sidelines of his current ....

  • Let's persuade skeptics of climate change in Africa - ECA chief

    Date: 2013-10-21 21:49:47 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:171 - ID:348158

    ADDIS ABABA, Oct 21 (MENA) – Carlos Lopes, Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), said “We need to persuade the skeptics of climate change in Africa, on just how vulnerable we are to it. We should do this by navigating ....

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