Africa

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  • Nigeria army: 480 soldiers who fled to Cameron return home

    Date: 2014-08-27 07:37:25 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:22 - ID:893213

    ABUJA, Aug 27 (MENA) - Some of the Nigerian soldiers that fled to Cameroon following a fierce battle with Boko Haram militants in locations around Borno and Adamawa states have returned as residents of Mubi town in Adamawa State reported seeing ....

  • Egypt's approval of Ethiopia dam depends on studies: Min.

    Date: 2014-08-26 21:44:06 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:157 - ID:893010

    KHARTOUM, Aug 26 (MENA) - Egypt's approval of the construction of the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam depends on the results of the international studies which are agreed upon Tuesday, Egypt's Irrigation Minister Hossam Moghazi has said. "We did not ....

  • Consultancy office to be chosen to study Ethiopia dam: Min.

    Date: 2014-08-26 19:45:39 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:143 - ID:892906

    KHARTOUM, Aug 26 (MENA) - Egypt's Water Resources and Irrigation Minister Hossam Moghazi said on Tuesday that an international consultancy office would be chosen within two weeks to study the impacts of the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. An ....

  • Irrigation Min. invited to visit Ethiopia Dam

    Date: 2014-08-26 19:35:59 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:141 - ID:892907

    KHARTOUM, Aug 26 (MENA) - Egypt's Irrigation Minister Hossam Moghazi accepted Tuesday an invitation by his Ethiopian counterpart Alemayehu Tegenu to visit Ethiopia's Grand Renaissance Dam. In press statements to reporters after the fourth round ....

  • Sisi to receive irrigation minister report on on Ethiopia dam talks

    Date: 2014-08-26 19:19:00 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:140 - ID:892910

    KHARTOUM, Aug 26 (MENA) - Egypt's President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab will receive reports on the fourth round of the tripartite talks of Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan on the Renaissance Dam, Water Resources and Irrigation ....

  • Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan agree to mandate int'l advisers on dam's studies

    Date: 2014-08-26 18:16:49 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:131 - ID:892837

    KHARTOUM, Aug 26 (MENA) – Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan delegations taking part in Renaissance Dam talks in Khartoum agreed Tuesday to use an international advisory company or several companies to make studies on the Grand Renaissance Dam in Ethiopia. ....

  • Nigeria football federation president arrested

    Date: 2014-08-26 17:38:41 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:124 - ID:892667

    ABUJA, Aug 26(MENA) - Nigeria's State Security Services agents on Tuesday arrested Chairman of the Nigerian Football Federation Aminu Maigari, Premium Times reported . The embattled chairman was first arrested in July as he returned from the World ....

  • UN helicopter shot down in South Sudan

    Date: 2014-08-26 15:26:41 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:113 - ID:892607

    JUBA, Aug 26 (MENA) - The UN mission in South Sudan says one of its helicopters has crashed, and a UN official said that it appears the aircraft was shot down, ABC News reported. The UN mission said on Twitter that an Mi-18 cargo helicopter ....

  • Another round of Ethiopia's dam talks expected: Source

    Date: 2014-08-26 14:24:05 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:106 - ID:892482

    KHARTOUM, Aug 26 (MENA) - Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia are expected to hold a fifth round of talks on Ethiopia's renaissance dam, a well-placed source told MENA. The source stated that the time and place of the upcoming talks were yet to be set, ....

  • Sisi meets Malian PM

    Date: 2014-08-26 13:52:37 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:98 - ID:892397

    CAIRO, Aug 26 (MENA) - President Abdel-Fattah El Sisi met Tuesday with visiting Malian Prime Minister Moussa Mara. Mara conveyed a message from Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta to Sisi on boosting cooperation between the two countries, ....

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