Africa

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  • Cholera outbreak kills 20 in Niger - Doctors Without Borders

    Date: 2014-10-24 19:34:28 GMT - France - Africa - SN:107 - ID:1192469

    PARIS, Oct 24 (MENA) - Doctors Without Borders said Friday a cholera outbreak in the West African country of Niger killed 20 people and has sickened nearly 1,000 people, Fox News reported. The medical aid group said that several districts in the ....

  • WHO reinforces anti-Ebola efforts in Mali

    Date: 2014-10-24 11:05:16 GMT - Switzerland - Africa - SN:43 - ID:1189573

    GENEVA, Oct 24 (MENA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) has confirmed that it is sending experts to Mali to reinforce "Ebola preparedness" after a first case was confirmed in the country. Mali's health minister confirmed that a two-year-old ....

  • Mali confirms first case of Ebola

    Date: 2014-10-24 09:32:07 GMT - Switzerland - Africa - SN:33 - ID:1189065

    GENEVA, Oct 24 (MENA) - Mali’s health minister says the West African country has confirmed its first case of Ebola, according to The Wall Street Journal. The announcement made on Malian state television on Thursday evening by Ousmane Kone said that ....

  • South Sudan's water minister starts 4-day visit to Egypt on Saturday

    Date: 2014-10-24 09:19:20 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:28 - ID:1188889

    CAIRO, Oct 24 (MENA) - Jemma Nunu Kumba, South Sudan's Minister of Electricity, Water, Irrigation and Dams, will start a four-day official visit to Egypt on Saturday. The minister will hold talks with her Egyptian counterpart Hossam el-Moghazi on ....

  • Egypt keen to foster culture cooperation with Mauritania: envoy

    Date: 2014-10-24 07:18:43 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:14 - ID:1187909

    NOUAKCHOTT, Oct 24 (MENA) – Egypt's Ambassador in Nouakchott Ahmed Fadel said Friday that boosting cultural cooperation with Mauritania is important. During the inauguration of the Mauritanian film festival, Fadel hailed the participation of a ....

  • Dialogue only way to settle issues on parties' participation in political life - Bashir

    Date: 2014-10-23 14:08:12 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:76 - ID:1183729

    KHARTOUM, Oct 23 (MENA) - Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir said on Thursday that the national dialogue is the best ways to settle issues related to the Sudanese parties' participation in the political life. The dialogue will help also reach ....

  • Sudan Scholars Corporation backs al-Bashir in coming polls

    Date: 2014-10-23 10:48:28 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:43 - ID:1182777

    KHARTOUM, Oct 23 (MENA) – Sudanese Scholars Corporation said Thursday that it will fully support Omar al-Bashir's bid for another term in office. In a statement, Deputy Secretary-General of the Corporation Othman Mohamed said that al-Bashir has a ....

  • Sudan welcomes international supervision of coming polls

    Date: 2014-10-22 18:02:10 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:115 - ID:1179265

    KHARTOUM, Oct 22 (MENA) - The National Elections Commission in Sudan has welcomed international supervision of the forthcoming parliamentary polls, slated for April 2015. In press statements following a meeting with a delegation from the UN ....

  • Seychelles envoy leaves Cairo

    Date: 2014-10-22 12:39:45 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:46 - ID:1177009

    CAIRO, Oct 22 (MENA) - A special envoy of President James Michel of Seychelles left Cairo Wednesday ending a three-day visit during which he delivered a message from the African country's leader to President Abdel Fattah El Sisi which covered ....

  • Togolese PM says his country free from Ebola

    Date: 2014-10-22 10:22:17 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:11 - ID:1174237

    CAIRO, Oct 22 (MENA) - Togolese Kwesi Ahoomey-Zunu asserted that his country is free from Ebola epidemic disease, asserting that all preventive measures have been taken on borders, airports and harbors to detect the virus. During a meeting with ....

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