Africa

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  • 160 persons die in Nigeria boat capsize

    Date: 2013-03-20 10:04:13 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:14 - ID:25188

    Nigeria-Boat-Sinking 160 persons die in Nigeria boat capsize    ABUJA, March 20 (MENA) - Some 160 persons have died when a wooden boat capsized off the coast of Nigeria.    The boat conveying 166 passengers capsized some 40 ....

  • Egypt takes part in ICG meetings in Ethiopia

    Date: 2013-03-19 18:38:41 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:114 - ID:24424

    Ehiopia-Egypt-Somalia   Egypt takes part in ICG meetings in Ethiopia        ADDIS ABABA, March 19 (MENA) – Egypt has taken part in the meetings of two working groups under the International Contact Group (ICG) ....

  • Shura MP: Egyptian-African relations will see marked progress soon

    Date: 2013-03-19 14:09:34 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:54 - ID:23943

    Shura-MP-Statements   Shura MP: Egyptian-African relations will see marked progress soon    CAIRO, March 19 (MENA) - Member of the Shura Council and head of the African Affairs Committe Ali Fath Elbab said on Tuesday ....

  • Nigerian FM summons US amb. over Boko Haram statements

    Date: 2013-03-18 14:59:18 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:69 - ID:21470

    Nigeria-US-AmbassadorNigerian FM summons US amb. over Boko Haram statements   ABUJA, March 18 (MENA) - Nigerian Foreign Minister Olugbenga Ashiru summoned Sunday evening US Ambassador here  Terence P. McCulley  over the ....

  • Boko Haram destroy 50 of the 52 Catholic churches in Maiduguri

    Date: 2013-03-18 13:57:10 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:64 - ID:21885

    Nigeria-Churches-Attack Boko Haram destroys 50 of the 52 Catholic churches in Maiduguri      ABUJA, March 18 (MENA) - Boko Haram has destroyed 50 of 52 Catholic churches in Maiduguri, the parish priest of Christ the King Catholic ....

  • Sudan completed troops' withdrawal from buffer zone - defense minister

    Date: 2013-03-17 18:43:24 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:88 - ID:20712

    Ethiopia-Sudan-Negotiations Sudan completed troops' withdrawal from buffer zone - defense minister      ADDIS ABABA, March 17 (MENA) - Sudanese Defense Minister Abdel-Rahim Mohamed Hussein affirmed his forces' withdrawal from a ....

  • Nigeria "will not pay ransom" to secure release of French hostages

    Date: 2013-03-17 16:36:10 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:66 - ID:20595

    Nigeria-France-Hostages Nigeria "will not pay ransom" to secure release of French hostages      ABUJA, March 17 (MENA)  - Nigeria has assured it will work for the safe release of a French family of seven who were abducted in ....

  • Spraying campaigns eliminate 5 types of locusts in Sudan

    Date: 2013-03-17 16:09:51 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:54 - ID:20523

    Sudan-Locusts-Combat Spraying campaigns eliminate 5 types of locusts in Sudan      KHARTOUM, March 17 (MENA) - Sudan said it was able to control agricultural pests through spraying tens of thousands of hectares aerially and on ....

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