Africa

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  • Somali Deputy Defence Minister, SNA Commander meet officers from US

    Date: 2024-04-24 11:47:14 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:26 - ID:10675862

    MOGADISHU, NAIROBI, April 24 (MENA) - The Deputy Minister of Defense of the Federal Government of Somalia, Abdifatah Kasim, together with the Commander of the Somali National Army, Maj. Gen. Ibrahim Sheikh Muhyadin met with officers from the US ....

  • Cameroon, FAO sign $2.7mln deal to support smallholder farmers

    Date: 2024-04-24 11:35:11 GMT - Cameroon - Africa - SN:24 - ID:10675858

    YAOUNDE, April 24 (MMENA) - Cameroon and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) signed a framework agreement worth over CFA1.617 billion (about $2,731,076) to support Cameroonian smallholder farmers, according to Cameroon In Business. The ....

  • Pace of progress on SDGs 'insufficient' to achieve set targets by 2030: Int'l report

    Date: 2024-04-23 19:02:07 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:75 - ID:10675066

    ADDIS ABABA, April 23 (MENA) - Africa is making progress in 12 of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), but the current pace of progress is insufficient to achieve the goals by 2030, according to an experts report on the progress on Africa ....

  • Irrigation min.: Projects implemented in Nile basin countries aimed at improving living standards of societies

    Date: 2024-04-23 09:41:03 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:16 - ID:10673720

    CAIRO, April 23 (MENA) - Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Hani Sewilam Tuesday said the projects carried out by the ministry in the Nile basin countries aim to improve the living standards of societies there, in light of fraternity ....

  • FAO chief warns of pushing more people into hunger in Sudan

    Date: 2024-04-21 08:19:03 GMT - Italy - Africa - SN:8 - ID:10670639

    ROME, April 21 (MENA) - Cereal production in the Sudan has been severely affected by the conflict, which erupted in April 2023, likely pushing more people into hunger - the situation requires urgent and at-scale agricultural support ahead of the ....

  • SCMR head opens 58th round of training for African journalists

    Date: 2024-04-18 13:09:40 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:39 - ID:10667104

    CAIRO, April 18 (MENA) - Chairman of the Supreme Council for Media Regulation (SCMR) Karam Gaber will inaugurate the 58th round of the training program for African journalists on Saturday. The training program lasts for three weeks and is ....

  • New Senegalese president visits Mauritania on Thursday

    Date: 2024-04-18 06:13:49 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:1 - ID:10666337

    NOUAKCHOTT, April 18 (MENA) - New Senegalese president Bassirou Diomaye Faye is making his first visit outside the country to Mauritania on Thursday, according to the West Africa Democracy Radio (WADR). Once he arrives in Nouakchott, Diomaye Faye ....

  • IOM: dlrs 112 m needed to save migrant lives in Horn of Africa, Yemen

    Date: 2024-04-16 13:53:55 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:38 - ID:10664203

    CAIRO, April 16 (MENA) - The International Organization for Migration (IOM), along with 48 other humanitarian and development organizations and governments, is urgently appealing for dlrs 112 million to support over 2.1 million migrants and host ....

  • EU commits €896 mn in total humanitarian, development funding for Sudan

    Date: 2024-04-16 08:31:37 GMT - Belgium - Africa - SN:15 - ID:10663411

    BRUSSELS, April 16 (MENA) - The European Commission has committed 355 million in both humanitarian and development funding for Sudan and its neighbors, according to a statement issued by the website of the European Commission. Together with the ....

  • African countries urge restraint after Iran's attack on Israel

    Date: 2024-04-15 13:30:51 GMT - African capitals - Africa - SN:35 - ID:10662487

    AFRICAN CAPITALS, April 15 (MENA) - Several African countries have expressed concern after Iran’s attack on Israel. South Africa emphasized that all parties must "avoid any act that would escalate tensions in a particularly fragile region" and ....

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