Africa

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  • Egypt, Gabon discuss investment opportunities

    Date: 2016-02-18 14:38:14 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:78 - ID:4342165

    CAIRO, Feb 18 (MENA) – Chairman of the General Authority for Investment and Free Zones (GAFI) Alaa Omar met with head of Gabon's Investment and Export Promotion Agency (APIEX) Nina Alida Abouna on Thursday to probe means of promoting economic and ....

  • Kenya 'kills' al-Shabab intelligence chief in Somalia

    Date: 2016-02-18 11:47:59 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:38 - ID:4340301

    NAIROBI, Feb 18 (MENA) - A Kenyan air strike has killed the intelligence chief of Somalia's militant Islamist group al-Shabab, an army statement has said. Mohammed Karatey and 10 other al-Shabab commanders were killed in the strike in southern ....

  • Khartoum Green Yard to be biggest in Africa - Official

    Date: 2016-02-16 10:53:02 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:33 - ID:4324085

    KHARTOUM, Feb 16 (MENA) - The state-owned Khartoum Green Yard is being developed this year to be the biggest in Africa. The 184,000 square meter yard will be fit out by digital and books libraries, the yard's general director Mohamed Adam Arabi ....

  • Ugandan police clash with opposition as presidential poll nears

    Date: 2016-02-16 08:11:18 GMT - Uganda - Africa - SN:12 - ID:4323405

    KAMPALA, Feb 16 (MENA) - Ugandan police fought running battles with supporters of opposition leader Kizza Besigye in Kampala, in the worst outbreak of violence yet during campaigning for Thursday’s presidential election. Several people were ....

  • Sisi to Jeune Afrique magazine: Egypt's ties with Africa bilateral, historical 4 last Paris

    Date: 2016-02-15 18:29:50 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:105 - ID:4321353

    President Sisi said the strategy of political Islam aimed at striking Egypt's economy and the tourism sector in which millions of people are working in. He said the stances of some western countries are somewhat unclear with regards to fighting ....

  • Car Bomb Kills Somalia's Former Defense Minister

    Date: 2016-02-15 14:50:44 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:71 - ID:4319661

    MOGADISHU, Feb 15 (MENA) - A car bomb explosion in the Somali capital has killed the country's former defense minister, Voice of America quoted witnesses as saying. A police officer at the scene said the bomb was planted underneath the car of ....

  • Egypt to continue supporting development efforts in Eritrea - Sisi

    Date: 2016-02-15 14:46:31 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:66 - ID:4319401

    CAIRO, Feb 15 (MENA) – Egypt will continue to support development efforts in Eritrea in a number of sectors, President Abdel Fattah El Sisi said. The president made the remark during a meeting Monday with visiting Eritrean Foreign Minister Osman ....

  • Sisi to Jeune Afrique magazine: Egypt's ties with Africa bilateral, historical 2 Paris

    Date: 2016-02-15 14:16:30 GMT - France - Africa - SN:57 - ID:4319537

    President Sisi said that Egypt is restoring ties with its neighbors and possessing capabilities in the fields of infrastructure, education and health, which could benefit the African continent. The president said that Egypt looks forwards to ....

  • Sisi to Jeune Afrique magazine: Egypt's ties with Africa bilateral, historical

    Date: 2016-02-15 12:58:06 GMT - France - Africa - SN:53 - ID:4318641

    PARIS, Feb 15 (MENA) - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi described Egypt's ties with the African continent as bilateral and historical. In an interview with Jeune Afrique magazine, which is specialized in the African affairs, on the ....

  • 316 Egyptians return from Libya

    Date: 2016-02-15 12:21:23 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:43 - ID:4318317

    MATROUH, Egypt, Feb 15 (MENA) – A total of 316 Egyptians have returned from Libya through the border terminal of Salloum in the past 24 hours, Matrouh Security Director Hesham Lotfy said. Also the travel procedures of 262 Egyptians and 415 Libyans ....

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