Africa

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  • Egypt FM arrives in Uganda - 1st leg of African tour

    Date: 2013-10-20 11:35:01 GMT - Uganda - Africa - SN:52 - ID:345375

    Uganda/Egypt Egypt FM arrives in Uganda - 1st leg of African tour KAMPALA, Oct 20 (MENA) – Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy arrived here Sunday, leading a ministerial delegation, on the first leg of an African tour that will take him ....

  • Ajdabia security directors, civil society organizations meet over Egyptian drivers crisis

    Date: 2013-10-20 10:59:15 GMT - Libya - Africa - SN:47 - ID:345205

    Libya/Egypt Ajdabia security directors, civil society organizations meet over Egyptian drivers crisis TRIPOLI, Oct 20 (MENA) - Officials from the national security directorate in Ajdabia, the municipal council and a number of civil society ....

  • Assassination pushes Libya towards civil war two years after Gaddafi death - paper

    Date: 2013-10-20 09:30:33 GMT - United Kingdom - Africa - SN:27 - ID:345081

    UK/Libya Assassination pushes Libya towards civil war two years after Gaddafi death - paper LONDON, Oct 20 (MENA) - Libya marks the second anniversary of the death of Muammar Gaddafi with the country on the brink of a new civil war and ....

  • Nigerian president inaugurates 500 mw power plant

    Date: 2013-10-20 08:02:22 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:14 - ID:344938

    Nigeria/Electricity Nigerian president inaugurates 500 mw power plant ABUJA, Oct 20 (MENA) - Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has promised reasonably stable power supply in the country by the middle of 2014. He made this promise while ....

  • Somali suicide bombing kills AU soldiers in Beledweyne

    Date: 2013-10-19 14:12:48 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:49 - ID:344251

    Somalia/Victims/Accidents Somali suicide bombing kills AU soldiers in Beledweyne MOGADISHU, Oct 19 (MENA) - At least 16 people have been killed and more than 30 injured after a suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowded restaurant in the ....

  • Islamist Al-Shabaab rebels claim responsibility for suicide bombing in central Somalia

    Date: 2013-10-19 12:27:25 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:41 - ID:344006

    Somalia/Casualties Islamist Al-Shabaab rebels claim responsibility for suicide bombing in central Somalia MOGADISHU, Oct 19 (MENA) – The Islamist Al-Shabaab rebels movement claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing that took place in ....

  • Suicide bomber kills troops in Somalia

    Date: 2013-10-19 10:39:42 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:26 - ID:343795

    Somalia/Attack Suicide bomber kills troops in Somalia MOGADISHU, Oct 19 (MENA) - A suicide bomber strapped with explosives around his chest has killed at least 13 people outside a restaurant popular with Ethiopian and Somali troops in the ....

  • AU to take measures against rebels in Darfur

    Date: 2013-10-18 17:52:05 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:84 - ID:343174

    Sudan/AU AU to take measures against rebels in Darfur KHARTOUM, Oct 18 (MENA) - The African Union Peace and Security Council (PSC) announced that it plans to take measures against rebel movements that have refused to join the peace process in ....

  • Nigeria says Jonathan’s Israel trip is spiritual not state visit

    Date: 2013-10-18 16:59:53 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:79 - ID:343171

    Nigeria/Israel/Statement Nigeria says Jonathan’s Israel trip is spiritual not state visit ABUJA, Oct 18 (MENA) – Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan pilgrimage to Israel is spiritual and not a state visit, The Nation Newspaper quoted the ....

  • North Darfur urges rebels to put down weapons

    Date: 2013-10-17 09:48:03 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:37 - ID:341386

    Sudan/Darfur North Darfur urges rebels to put down weapons KHARTOUM, Oct 17 (MENA) – North Darfur state called on armed rebel groups to join the peaceful march and halt any escalations that would increase the suffering of Darfur ....

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