Africa

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  • Minister alleges complicity of foreigners in oil theft

    Date: 2013-10-28 08:31:29 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:17 - ID:357944

    ABUJA, Oct 28 (MENA) - The Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke has alleged that some syndicates outside Africa were involved in the theft of Nigeria's crude oil. The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said the ....

  • Sudan says project of road with Chad, Central African Republic underway

    Date: 2013-10-27 17:02:29 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:138 - ID:357430

    KHARTOUM, Oct 27 (MENA) - Authorities in South Darfur state said on Sunday that the ongoing work to establish a road linking Sudan with Chad and Central African Republic will be achieved during the first quarter of 2014, noting that 40% of it has ....

  • DNLF claims responsibility for killing of 4 Nigerian Navy soldiers

    Date: 2013-10-27 10:38:42 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:39 - ID:356344

    ABUJA, Oct 27 (MENA) - Delta Niger Liberation Front claimed responsibility for the killing of four Nigerian Navy soldiers in southern the country. Delta Niger Liberation Front spokesperson said on Sunday the organization, which Nigerian media ....

  • Boko Haram member says grup has nothing to do with Islam

    Date: 2013-10-27 07:25:46 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:13 - ID:356291

    ABUJA, Oct 27 (MENA) - Malam Bukar Modu, a detained Boko Haram member, said that the sect had nothing to do with Islam, as it was mainly involved in armed banditry, looting and killing of innocent people. In press statement, Modu, who was ....

  • Tunisian embassy in Tripoli denies grenade attack

    Date: 2013-10-26 19:31:54 GMT - Libya - Africa - SN:99 - ID:355953

    TRIPOLI, Oct 26 (MENA) – The Tunisian embassy in Libya denied Saturday reports that it was attacked by a grenade. In a statement, the diplomatic mission called on media to be accurate in such reports. (MENA) MAA/AH ....

  • Bouteflika chosen to run for Tunisian presidential polls: NLF

    Date: 2013-10-26 17:16:14 GMT - Algeria - Africa - SN:80 - ID:355880

    ALGIERS, Oct 26 (MENA) - Amar Saidani, the Chairman of the Tunisian National Liberation Front party, said that his front officially chose Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to run for the anticipated presidential elections in 2014. "He is ....

  • Accused of conducting terrorist attack on Bourguiba's house arrested

    Date: 2013-10-26 13:16:30 GMT - Tunisia - Africa - SN:46 - ID:355517

    TUNIS, Oct 26 (MENA) - Security forces managed to arrest the main person accused of carrying out the terrorist attack on Bourguiba's house that left a security person killed in Benzert province, said the spokesman of the Tunisian Interior Ministry ....

  • Egypt participates in African energy summit

    Date: 2013-10-25 07:12:46 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:6 - ID:353649

    ADDIS ABABA, Oct 25 (MENA) – Egypt’s Ambassador here Mohamed Edriss underlined the importance of Egypt’s participation in the Second Great Rift Valley Energy Summit on the future of the African continent. Egypt has a lot of expertise to offer ....

  • Egypt mulls importing meat from Uganda

    Date: 2013-10-24 13:27:22 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:100 - ID:352658

    CAIRO, Oct 24 (MENA) - Agriculture and Land Reclamation Minister Ayman Farid Abou-Hadid said that he is looking into the possibility of cooperating with the Ugandan Agriculture Ministry to import Ugandan meat. In statements Thursday, the minister ....

  • Egypt to help Burundi to improve its agriculture sector

    Date: 2013-10-24 13:13:12 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:99 - ID:352656

    CAIRO Oct 24 (MENA) – Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation Ayman Farid said that he suggested to officials in Burundi sending a team of experts in water management, harvesting and irrigation to help improve the agriculture sector and ....

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