Africa

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  • S. Sudan vice president: Relations with Egypt reached very high levels

    Date: 2021-07-31 21:03:22 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:73 - ID:9087871

    JUBA, July 31 (MENA) - South Sudan's Vice President James Wani Igga said on Saturday relations with Egypt had reached very high levels. In statements to Extra News channel, Igga pointed out that the South Sudanese side agreed with President ....

  • COVID-19 vaccine shipments to Africa ramp up

    Date: 2021-07-29 21:05:53 GMT - Switzerland - Africa - SN:109 - ID:9084952

    GENEVA, July 29 (MENA) - COVID-19 vaccine shipments to Africa are rapidly ramping up from multiple sources after a near-halt to deliveries in recent months. Nearly 4 million doses from COVAX arrived in Africa last week, compared with just 245 ....

  • South Africa records 13,751 new coronavirus cases, 523 deaths

    Date: 2021-07-29 20:44:42 GMT - South Africa - Africa - SN:107 - ID:9084937

    JOHANNESBURG, July 29 (MENA) - South Africa National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), a division of the National Health Laboratory Service, reported 13,751 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified over the past 24 hours, which brings ....

  • Africa CDC: over 6 million coronavirus cases, 167,000 deaths reported in Africa

    Date: 2021-07-29 19:33:48 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:99 - ID:9084783

    ADDIS ABAB, July 29 (MENA) - The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) announced that the total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in member states of the African Union (AU) reached 6.588 million, while the number of ....

  • UN humanitarian chief visits Ethiopia amid armed conflicts in Tigray, Benishangul-Gumuz

    Date: 2021-07-29 13:46:59 GMT - Switzerland - Africa - SN:67 - ID:9083914

    GENEVA, July 29 (MENA) - United Nations (UN) Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths started on Thursday a six-day mission to Ethiopia, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian ....

  • Mauritania reports 313 new Covid-19 cases, 5 deaths in one day

    Date: 2021-07-28 22:54:54 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:125 - ID:9083281

    NOUAKCHOTT, July 28 (MENA) – Mauritania reported Wednesday 313 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the active caseload to 24,662, the Ministry of Health revealed in a statement. In addition, five death cases were reported over ....

  • New wave of Ethiopian refugees crosses into Sudan

    Date: 2021-07-27 21:54:12 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:117 - ID:9081358

    KHARTOUM, July 27 (MENA) – Three thousand Ethiopian refugees crossed the Sudanese borders, arriving at Sudan’s Taya village, Basonda locality in Gedarif State, SUNA reported. A reliable source pointed out that the figure is considered the ....

  • AU expresses sorrow over drowning of 57 peoples off Libyan coast

    Date: 2021-07-27 16:58:26 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:97 - ID:9081069

    ADDIS ABABA, July 27 (MENA) - African Union Commissioner for Health, Humanitarian Affairs and Social Development Amira Elfadil has expressed her deep sorrow over the drowning of 57 people off the Libyan coast on Monday. In a tweet on Tuesday, ....

  • Flood kills 19, destroys homes in Nigeria's Kano

    Date: 2021-07-25 21:26:00 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:98 - ID:9077918

    ABUJA, July 25 (MENA) – At least 19 persons were feared dead in Doguwa local government area of Kano after a vehicle conveying them was eroded by flood at the weekend in Nigeria, The Nation reported. Kano witnessed a torrential downpour that ....

  • South Africa registers about 10,000 new coronavirus cases, 287 deaths

    Date: 2021-07-25 21:25:22 GMT - South Africa - Africa - SN:97 - ID:9077920

    JOHANNESBURG, July 25 (MENA) - The National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) of South Africa said that 9,718 new COVID-19 cases have been identified on Sunday, bringing the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 2,377,823. Since ....

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