Africa

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  • Egypt 'notified' about trilateral meeting for Nile Basin nations

    Date: 2013-09-22 18:13:37 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:138 - ID:302232

    Egypt/Sudan Egypt 'notified' about trilateral meeting for Nile Basin nations CAIRO, Sept 22 (MENA) – Egypt has received a Sudanese proposal for holding a trilateral meeting of the Nile water committee - comprised of Egypt, Sudan and ....

  • Three Britons among Kenya shopping mall attack dead

    Date: 2013-09-22 17:47:27 GMT - United Kingdom - Africa - SN:125 - ID:302162

    Britain/ Kenya Three Britons among Kenya shopping mall attack dead LONDON, Sept 22 (MENA) – Three British nationals were killed in Saturday's attack on a shopping centre in the Kenyan capital Nairobi - and that number is likely to rise, the ....

  • Kenyan president says mall attack personal tragedy

    Date: 2013-09-22 17:42:06 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:122 - ID:302163

    Kenya/Attack Kenyan president says mall attack personal tragedy NAIROBI, Sept 22 (MENA) - Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta said Sunday afternoon the tragedy of storming an upscale Nairobi mall, was personal; one of his nephews and his ....

  • LANA editor-in-chief to MENA: Libyan parlt won't sack premier

    Date: 2013-09-22 15:24:23 GMT - Libya - Africa - SN:96 - ID:301798

    Libya/Politics LANA editor-in-chief to MENA: Libyan parlt won't sack premier TRIPOLI, Sept 22 (MENA) - Editor-in-chief and board chairman of the Libyan news agency (LANA) Abdel-Basset Abou Daya refuted on Sunday the sacking of Libyan Prime ....

  • Sudan about to receive US entry visas for participating Sudanese delegation in UNGA

    Date: 2013-09-22 15:22:54 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:95 - ID:301378

    Sudan/US Sudan about to receive US entry visas for participating Sudanese delegation in UNGA KHARTOUM, Sept 22 (MENA) - The Sudanese presidency is to receive on Sunday some US entry visas issued for the members of the delegation to accompany ....

  • Kenya Terror Attack: Hostages held In Mall

    Date: 2013-09-22 14:12:01 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:74 - ID:301628

    NAIROBI, Sept 22 (MENA) - Up to 15 gunmen remain inside a Kenyan shopping center after a terrorist attack left dozens of people dead, Sky News reported Sunday. Interior Minister Joseph Ole Lenku said at least 59 people were killed when attackers ....

  • Renowned Ghanaian poet killed in Kenya mall attack, says president

    Date: 2013-09-22 14:07:53 GMT - Ghana - Africa - SN:68 - ID:301733

    ACCRA, Sept 22 (MENA) - Renowned Ghanaian poet and statesman Kofi Awoonor was among the 59 people confirmed dead so far in an attack by Somali Islamist militants on a Nairobi shopping mall, Foxnews quoted Ghana's president as saying Sunday. John ....

  • Hostages still held as Kenya mall death toll mounts

    Date: 2013-09-22 13:06:45 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:51 - ID:301536

    NAIROBI, Sept 22 (MENA) - Gunfire was heard coming from inside a mall in the Kenyan capital Nairobi Sunday, where al Shabaab Islamic militants are holding an unknown number of people hostage a day after carrying out an attack that officials say ....

  • What happened in Egypt was people’s coup — Envoy

    Date: 2013-09-22 12:10:03 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:32 - ID:301377

    ABUJA, Sept 22 (MENA) - Egyptian Ambassador here Ashraf Abdel Kader stressed that the Egyptian army responded to the will of millions of Egyptians who took to streets demanding a change, denying that what happened on June 30 was a coup. "The army ....

  • Israelis were not target of Nairobi attack - Israeli diplomat

    Date: 2013-09-22 11:03:48 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:28 - ID:301333

    NAIROBI, Sept 22 (MENA) - Deputy Israeli Ambassador to Kenya Yaki Lopez confirmed Sunday that Saturday's terror attack on an Israeli-owned shopping mall in Nairobi did not target Israelis. He said the attack was meant to harm Kenya's interests ....

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