Africa

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  • Police: 15 die after blasts hit Somalia restaurant

    Date: 2013-09-07 12:01:50 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:18 - ID:277432

    Somalia/Attack Police: 15 die after blasts hit Somalia restaurant MOGADISHU, Sept 7 (MENA) - Somali militants attacked a restaurant near Mogadishu's seat of government for the second time in less than a year on Saturday, detonating two ....

  • Construction work at Sudan's Marowe Dam finished

    Date: 2013-09-06 19:23:46 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:86 - ID:276791

    Sudan/Dam Construction work at Sudan's Marowe Dam finished KHARTOUM, Sept 6 (MENA) – Sudan announced Friday that construction work at the Marowe Dam in the River Nile State has been completed and that the dam will be inaugurated early ....

  • Kenya MPs vote to withdraw from ICC

    Date: 2013-09-05 19:48:50 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:133 - ID:275592

    Kenya/ICC Kenya MPs vote to withdraw from ICC NAIROBI, Sept 5 (MENA) - Kenyan parliament have approved a motion to leave the International Criminal Court (ICC) following an emergency debate, the BBC News reported on Thursday. A ....

  • Sudanese official: AU pledges not to unilaterally hold Abyei referendum

    Date: 2013-09-05 10:11:39 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:26 - ID:274274

    Sudan/AU Sudanese official: AU pledges not to unilaterally hold Abyei referendum KHARTOUM, Sept 5 (MENA) - Chairman of Abyei Joint Oversight Committee (AJOC) Al-Khair al-Fahim al-Makki said that the African Union pledged not to unilaterally ....

  • 91,000 families displaced by Sudan floods

    Date: 2013-09-05 09:42:42 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:19 - ID:274302

    Sudan/Floods 91,000 families displaced by Sudan floods KHARTOUM, Sept 5 (MENA) - The number of families who were displaced by the wave of floods and heavy raids that hit the Sudanese provinces lately rose to 91,000, the Sudanese Health ....

  • AU panel invites all parties to unite behind road map, renounce violence

    Date: 2013-09-04 13:09:56 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:67 - ID:273023

    Egypt/Africa AU panel invites all parties to unite behind road map, renounce violence CAIRO, Sept 4 (MENA) - Head of the African Union (AU) delegation to Egypt Alpha Oumar Konare has invited all parties in Egypt to unite behind the agreed ....

  • News on declaration of vacancy of parliament speaker post

    Date: 2013-09-04 11:34:05 GMT - Algeria - Africa - SN:42 - ID:272741

    Algeria/Parliament News on declaration of vacancy of parliament speaker post ALGIERS, Sept 4 (MENA) - Well-placed sources said that the post of the speaker of the Algerian People's National Assembly (lower house of parliament) will be ....

  • Aswan Governor: Qustul land crossing to be inaugurated in coordination with Sudan

    Date: 2013-09-03 18:56:12 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:109 - ID:272081

    Egypt/Aswan Aswan Governor: Qustul land crossing to be inaugurated in coordination with Sudan ASWAN, Sept 3 (MENA) - Aswan Governor Moustafa Youssri affirmed preparations are underway with the Sudanese side to open and operate Qustul land ....

  • Salva Kiir wraps up visit to Sudan

    Date: 2013-09-03 18:00:19 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:104 - ID:271968

    Sudan/South Sudan Salva Kiir wraps up visit to Sudan KHARTOUM, Sept 3 (MENA) - South Sudan's President, Salva Kiir Mayardit and his accompanying delegation wrapped up their visit to Sudan. During the one-day visit, Salva Kiir held ....

  • Talks between Kiir, Bashir kicks off

    Date: 2013-09-03 12:02:17 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:45 - ID:271211

    Sudan/ South Sudan Talks between Kiir, Bashir kicks off KHARTOUM, Sept 3 (MENA) – Sudanese Foreign Minister Ali Karti and South Sudan's President Salva Kiir kicked off their bilateral talks just hours after Kiir landed in Khartoum for a ....

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