Africa

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  • Egypt to participate in Africa Energy Sector conference in July

    Date: 2024-05-26 16:54:48 GMT - South Africa - Africa - SN:42 - ID:10721804

    PRETORIA, South Africa, May 26 (MENA) - Egypt will participate in the Africa Energy Sector Inward Buying and Investment Mission in July 15-19 in Johannesburg and Cape Town, South Africa. An Egyptian delegation will represent the country in the ....

  • Chad's PM tenders resignation to President-elect Mahamat Idriss Deby

    Date: 2024-05-22 11:33:00 GMT - Chad - Africa - SN:36 - ID:10716245

    N'DJAMENA, May 22 (MENA) - Chad’s Prime Minister and opposition leader Succes Masra on Wednesday resigned from his post after president-elect Mahamat Idriss Deby was confirmed as winner of the May 6 elections. "I've just submitted my resignation ....

  • PAPSS hosts its first bank CEOs consultative forum

    Date: 2024-05-13 17:16:59 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:56 - ID:10703770

    CAIRO, May 13 (MENA) - Promoters of the Pan-African Payment & Settlement System (PAPSS), namely African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), African Union Commission (AUC) and African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat, successfully ....

  • Barrie Freeman appointed as Deputy Special Representative of Guterres for West Africa and Sahel

    Date: 2024-05-13 16:42:10 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:51 - ID:10703768

    NEW YORK, May 13 (MENA) - United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres appointed Barrie Freeman of the United States as his new Deputy Special Representative for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS). Freeman succeeds Giovanie Biha of Burundi, ....

  • Prince Harry, Meghan arrive in Nigeria for three-day visit

    Date: 2024-05-10 11:29:13 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:20 - ID:10698837

    ABUJA, May 10 (MENA) - Prince Harry and Meghan have landed for their three-day trip to Nigeria, according to the BBC. The couple are set to attend a training session for Nigeria: Unconquered - a charity which collaborates with the Invictus Games - ....

  • South Sudan's president meets Sudan's TSC member Kabashi in Juba

    Date: 2024-05-06 12:33:29 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:32 - ID:10693038

    JUBA, Porto Sudan, May 6 - (MENA) - South Sudan's President Salva Kiir Mayardit met at the Presidential Palace in Juba on Monday, a member of the Transitional Sovereignty Council (TSC) and Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, General ....

  • Sudan urges AU to reconsider membership freeze

    Date: 2024-05-05 18:21:59 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:53 - ID:10692443

    BANJUL/ PORT SUDAN, May 5 (MENA) - Foreign Minister of Sudan Hassan Awad urged the African Union Commission (AUC) to reconsider its decision to freeze Sudan's membership in the African Union, to ensure Sudan is engaged in all issues that concern the ....

  • Nigeria accedes to Establishment Agreement for Afreximbank’s FEDA

    Date: 2024-05-03 14:55:48 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:36 - ID:10689776

    KIGALI, May 3 (MENA) - The Federal Republic of Nigeria has acceded the Establishment Agreement for the Fund for Export Development in Africa (FEDA), the development impact investment platform of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank). ....

  • Kenya floods death toll tops 200 as cyclone approaches

    Date: 2024-05-03 11:45:26 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:25 - ID:10689456

    NAIROBI, May 3 (MENA) - Torrential rains have lashed much of East Africa, triggering flooding and landslides that has destroyed crops, swallowed homes, and displaced hundreds of thousands of people, France 24 reported. Some 210 people have died ....

  • African leaders call for increased concessional funding from World Bank's IDA

    Date: 2024-04-29 19:21:11 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:74 - ID:10683726

    NAIROBI, April 29 (MENA) – African leaders on Monday began a two-day summit in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, by calling for increased concessional funding from the World Bank's International Development Association (IDA), Xinhua reported. The ....

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