Africa

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  • Egypt PM urges AU to better organize summit agenda

    Date: 2015-06-14 15:32:19 GMT - South Africa - Africa - SN:71 - ID:2795517

    JOHANNESBURG, June 14 (MENA) - Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab called on Sunday for better organizing the agenda of the African summits. Having a heavy agenda together with opening speeches of leaders, guests and observers certainly affect time ....

  • AU summit opening session delayed till evening

    Date: 2015-06-14 15:12:52 GMT - South Africa - Africa - SN:69 - ID:2795217

    JOHANNESBURG, June 14 (MENA) – The opening session of the African Union (AU) summit will be held at 4 p.m. instead of 11 a.m. due to the long duration of the closed consultative session held in the early morning. During the consultative session ....

  • Mahlab meets Liberian president in Johannesburg

    Date: 2015-06-14 15:10:11 GMT - South Africa - Africa - SN:68 - ID:2795213

    JOHANNESBURG, June 14 (MENA) – Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab met Sunday with Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf on the sidelines of the 25th African Union summit in the South African capital. Mahlab invited the Liberian leader to attend the ....

  • Sudan denies S. African court issued arrest warrant for Bashir

    Date: 2015-06-14 14:14:49 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:60 - ID:2794889

    KHARTOUM, June 14 (MENA) – The Sudanese Foreign Ministry denied Sunday news reports that a South African court had issued an arrest order against President Omar al Bashir, who is in Johannesburg for an ordinary African Union summit. In a ....

  • African states agree on suspending Sudan's file in ICC

    Date: 2015-06-14 13:57:36 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:57 - ID:2794609

    KHARTOUM, June 14 (MENA) - African states agreed on Sudan's suggestion to suspend its file in the International Criminal Court (ICC), said Sudanese Ambassador to South Africa Omar Sedik. The African countries also tasked during the summit kicked ....

  • Mahlab meets Djibouti counterpart in Johannesburg

    Date: 2015-06-14 12:37:48 GMT - South Africa - Africa - SN:40 - ID:2793877

    JOHANNESBURG, June 14 (MENA) – Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab met Sunday with his Djiboutian counterpart Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed on the sidelines of the African Union summit in the South African capital. Mahlab conveyed President Abdel Fattah El ....

  • Libyan, Ugandan FMs confer on means to boost bilateral ties

    Date: 2015-06-14 09:04:23 GMT - Libya - Africa - SN:17 - ID:2792001

    TRIPOLI, June 14 (MENA) - Libyan Foreign Minister Mohamed el Dairy has met with his Ugandan counterpart on the sidelines of the 25th round of the African Union in Johannesburg. Both ministers took up means to boost bilateral cooperation in the ....

  • Palestinian president takes part in AU Summit

    Date: 2015-06-14 06:48:01 GMT - palestine - Africa - SN:3 - ID:2791229

    RAMALLAH, June 14 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will take part in the African Union Summit, due to kick off later in the day in the South African City of Johannesburg. Abbas arrived in Johannesburg late Saturday accompanied by a ....

  • Kenya police issues Al Shabaab alert ahead of Ramadan

    Date: 2015-06-13 20:22:40 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:106 - ID:2790405

    NAIROBI, June 13 (MENA) - The Kenyan National Police Service is on high alert following intelligence reports that Al-Qaeda linked Al-Shabaab militia plans to launch deadly terror attacks in the country, Capital FM reported. Inspector General of ....

  • Consultancy firms on Ethiopia's dam delay submittal of technical report

    Date: 2015-06-13 16:22:17 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:71 - ID:2788449

    CAIRO, June 13 (MENA) - The French and Dutch consultancy firms tasked with technical studies on the impacts of Ethiopia's Grand Renaissance Dam (GERD) requested a three-day delay of reports for amendments, adviser to irrigation minister Alaa Yassin ....

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