Africa
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Egyptian, Sudanese ministers to probe agricultural integration
Date: 2015-07-24 09:38:37 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:25 - ID:3033437
KHARTOUM, July 24 (MENA) – The Egyptian and Sudanese agriculture and irrigation ministers will convene on Saturday here to probe agricultural and water integration projects. Egyptian Agriculture Minister Salah Eddin Hilal will arrive here ....
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Barack Obama leaves US for trip to Kenya, Ethiopia
Date: 2015-07-24 07:59:12 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:13 - ID:3032813
NAIROBI, July 24 (MENA) – US President Barack Obama left Washington for Kenya on Thursday in a trip that will also include a stop in the Ethiopian capital and a visit to the home of the African Union, according to Daily Nation paper. The landmark ....
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U.S launch airstrikes against Shabab militants in Somalia
Date: 2015-07-24 07:05:45 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:8 - ID:3032673
WASHINGTON, July 24 (MENA) - The U.S. is shifting to a more direct role in the near decade-old fight against Al Qaeda-affiliated Shabab militants, launching as many as six drone strikes in southern Somalia over the last week to support African ....
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Ethiopian dam meetings to resume after Friday prayers
Date: 2015-07-24 06:50:49 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:6 - ID:3032661
KHARTOUM, July 24 (MENA) – The national technical committee on the grand renaissance dam will resume its meetings after the Friday prayers to discuss the scope and mechanism of work of the two international consultancy firms chosen to carry out the ....
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Sources: 7th round of Renaissance Dam talks in Sudan going on smoothly
Date: 2015-07-23 10:46:56 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:30 - ID:3028581
KHARTOUM, July 23 (MENA) – The seventh round of Ethiopia's Renaissance Dam talks, currently on session in Sudan, are going on smoothly, well-informed sources said on Thursday. The second-day meetings of the Tripartite Technical Committee on the ....
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7th round of Ethiopia dam talks continues for second day
Date: 2015-07-23 08:41:10 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:21 - ID:3028061
KHARTOUM, July 23 (MENA) - The Tripartite Technical Committee on the Renaissance Dam continued its meetings in the Sudanese capital on Thursday for the second consecutive day with the participation of the water ministers of Egypt, Ethiopia and ....
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Blasts kill at least 29 in Nigerian city of Gombe
Date: 2015-07-23 07:12:53 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:14 - ID:3027417
ABUJA, July 23 (MENA) - At least 29 people died and 60 were wounded in multiple bomb blasts at two bus stations in the northern Nigerian city of Gombe on Wednesday evening, a Red Cross official said, according to Business Insider. There was no ....
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Ethiopian min. praises recent coop. between Ethiopia, Egypt, Sudan over renaissance dam
Date: 2015-07-22 13:35:39 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:51 - ID:3023965
KHARTOUM, July 22 (MENA) - Ethiopian Minister of Water and Energy Alemayehu Tegenu praised on Wednesday recent cooperation between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan. In his address at the seventh round of talks on Ethiopia's renaissance dam, Tegenu said ....
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Mali forces arrest 15 militants, destroy camps-- Sources
Date: 2015-07-22 12:42:00 GMT - Mali - Africa - SN:46 - ID:3023157
BAMAKO, July 22 (MENA) - Army forces in Mali have arrested over a dozen militants and demolished two camps belonging to militant groups in operations near the southern border with Ivory Coast, sources say. Some 15 militants were apprehended and ....
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Sudanese minister hopes Renaissance dam meetings reach comprises
Date: 2015-07-22 10:34:32 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:34 - ID:3022661
KHARTOUM, July 22 (MENA) - Sudanese Minister of Water Resources, Irrigation and Electricity Mutaz Musa is looking forward that the current meeting of the Tripartite Technical Committee on Ethiopia's Renaissance Dam would come up with compromises on ....