Africa

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  • Iranian Azim Aghajani convicted over Nigeria arms

    Date: 2013-05-13 19:44:52 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:120 - ID:107086

    Nigeria-Iran-Court Iranian Azim Aghajani convicted over Nigeria arms      ABUJA, May 13 (MENA) - An Iranian man convicted of smuggling arms into Nigeria has been sentenced to five years in prison by a Lagos court, BBC News reported ....

  • OIC urges Islamic world to be generous with Mali

    Date: 2013-05-13 16:26:45 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Africa - SN:86 - ID:106569

    OIC-Mali  OIC urges Islamic world to be generous with Mali     JEDDAH, May 13 (MENA) – Secretary General of the Organization of the Islamic Conference Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu urged member states to "generously ....

  • Kenyan patients escape from Nairobi's Mathari hospital

    Date: 2013-05-13 11:49:46 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:34 - ID:106128

    Kenya-EscapeKenyan patients escape from Nairobi's Mathari hospital   NAIROBI, May 13 (MENA) - Forty mentally ill patients have escaped from the Mathari Mental Hospital in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, after overpowering guards, the BBC ....

  • Egyptian embassy wraps up media training session of 70 Mauritanians

    Date: 2013-05-13 11:09:21 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:27 - ID:106027

    Mauritania-Egypt-TrainingEgyptian embassy wraps up media training session of 70 Mauritanians   NOUAKCHOTT, May 13 (MENA) - The Egyptian embassy here wrapped up on Monday a week-long media training session of 70 Mauritanian ....

  • Nigeria to set up 10 oil refineries at dlrs 51.8 bln - minister

    Date: 2013-05-13 10:22:00 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:17 - ID:105911

    Nigeria-PetroleumNigeria to set up 10 oil refineries at dlrs 51.8 bln - minister   ABUJA, May 13 (MENA) - Nigeria signed several memorandums of understanding with several national and foreign agencies to establish 10 new oil refineries at ....

  • Opposition leader Buhari warns of anarchy if 2015 elections rigged

    Date: 2013-05-12 12:40:06 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:34 - ID:104513

    Nigeria-Elections-WarningOpposition leader Buhari warns of anarchy if 2015 elections rigged   ABUJA, May 12 (MENA) - Opposition leader General Muhammadu Buhari warned of anarchy in Nigeria if the 2015 presidential elections were ....

  • Egyptian medical convoy arrives in Addis Ababa

    Date: 2013-05-11 11:03:07 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:23 - ID:103105

    Ethiopia-EgyptEgyptian medical convoy arrives in Addis Ababa   ADDIS ABABA, May 11 (MENA) - A medical convoy dispatched by the Coptic church in Egypt in coordination with the Egyptian Embassy to Ethiopia and the Orthodox church here ....

  • AU calls for urgent summit between Sudan, South Sudan leaders on Abyei

    Date: 2013-05-10 12:53:26 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:28 - ID:101976

    Ethiopia-Sudan-South SudanAU calls for urgent summit between Sudan, South Sudan leaders on Abyei    ADDIS ABABA, May 10 (MENA) - The African Union (AU) called for an urgent summit between Sudan and South Sudan to resolve the issue of the ....

  • Sudanese Cabinet confirms confidence in the Armed Forces

    Date: 2013-05-09 18:16:36 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:83 - ID:101091

    Sudan-Cabinet-MeetingSudanese Cabinet confirms confidence in the Armed Forces   KHARTOUM, May 9 (MENA) - The Sudanese Cabinet, in a meeting chaired by President Omer Al-Bashir on Thursday, confirmed its confidence in Sudan's Armed Forces ....

  • Direct flight return to Harare strengthen bilateral relations - Ambassador

    Date: 2013-05-09 15:17:45 GMT - Zimbabwe - Africa - SN:58 - ID:100678

    Zimbabwe-Egypt-Aviation Direct flight return to Harare strengthen bilateral relations - Ambassador    HARARE, May 9 (MENA) – The return of EgyptAir direct flight to Harare, which stopped since 2004, strengthens relations between ....

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