Africa

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  • 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 ....

  • Egyptian consul in Ghana holds contacts to facilitate process of obtaining entry visas for national football team

    Date: 2013-09-22 09:47:59 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:16 - ID:301170

    ABUJA, Sept 22 (MENA) - Egyptian consul in Ghana Wael el-Sisi held intensive contacts over the past hours with the Ghanian embassy in Cairo to facilitate obtaining entry visas for the coach and goalkeeping coach of Egypt's national football team ....

  • Libyan security officer killed in Tipoli

    Date: 2013-09-22 09:18:51 GMT - Libya - Africa - SN:11 - ID:301137

    TRIPOLI, Sept 22 (MENA) - A Libyan security officer was killed when unidentified gunmen opened fire at him near his house here, a security source said. Adnan el-Shebyani was gunmen down while getting out from a barber's shop near his house, the ....

  • Ban Ki-moon condemns Nairobi mall attack

    Date: 2013-09-22 08:52:13 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:9 - ID:301096

    NEW YORK, Sept. 21 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday condemned the deadly terrorist attack at a shopping mall in Nairobi that left 39 persons dead and more than 150 others injured. Ban spoke with Kenyan President Uhuru ....

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