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Ethiopia recalls dozens of diplomats, closes consulates in various countries - newspaper
Date: 2021-07-09 03:22:54 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:12 - ID:9052248
ADDIS ABABA, July 8 (MENA) - Ethiopia is closing down a number of its diplomatic posts and recalling a number of diplomats from missions that will remain operational in a move that comes three days after Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said Monday that ....
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UN envoy for Horn of Arica asserts necessity of reaching deal on dam filling, operation 2 last New York
Date: 2021-07-08 21:55:53 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:133 - ID:9051990
UN Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Parfait Onanga-Anyanga said no agreement has been reached on the issue despite holding a virtual meeting grouping the foreign and irrigation ministers of the three countries in October, 2020, under the ....
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Planning Ministry takes part in regional workshop on Africa Agenda 2063
Date: 2021-07-08 18:33:25 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:101 - ID:9051552
CAIRO, July 8 (MENA) – The Planning and Economic Development Ministry took part Thursday in a virtual workshop, organized by the African Union, in cooperation with the AU Development Agency on the expert level to make a 2nd continental report on the ....
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Egyptian cultural center in Nouakchott launches "Study in Egypt" campaign
Date: 2021-07-07 13:18:34 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:47 - ID:9049078
NOUAKCHOTT, July 7 (MENA) - A campaign has been launched by the Egyptian cultural center in Nouakchott for Mauritanian youth who are looking forward to studying at Egyptian universities and institutes. Themed "Study in Egypt", the campaign ....
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Sudan rejects Ethiopia's second filling of GERD without agreement
Date: 2021-07-06 13:41:16 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:64 - ID:9047172
KHARTOUM, July 7 (MENA) - Sudan has rejected anew the unilateral filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam for the second year in a row without an agreement, which is a clear violation of the international law, the agreement of principles, and ....
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Egypt seeks to tap Benin pharmaceutical market
Date: 2021-07-06 11:56:07 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:48 - ID:9046812
CAIRO, July 6 (MENA) – Egypt’s Ambassador in Cotonou Amal Afifi met Tuesday with Benin’s Health Minister Benjamin Hounkpatin to discuss ways for the Egyptian drugs to tap the market there. This is part of efforts to tap new pharmaceutical ....
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John Hopkins: Nearly 35 million vaccinated in Africa
Date: 2021-07-05 17:13:32 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:84 - ID:9045512
WASHINTON, July 5 (MENA) - The number of vaccinated people against the coronavirus in Africa reached 34,845,605, according to John Hopkins University on Monday. The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in 55 countries in Africa recorded ....
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France to resume military operations with Malian Armed Forces
Date: 2021-07-05 09:52:17 GMT - Mali - Africa - SN:24 - ID:9044774
BAMAKO, July 5 (MENA) - France, which has more than 5,000 troops deployed in the Sahel, will resume joint operations with the Malian Armed Forces, after suspending bilateral cooperation following Mali’s second coup in May, The Africa Report said ....
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Somali army kills 15 al-Shabab terrorists in central region
Date: 2021-07-04 15:17:23 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:58 - ID:9043689
MOGADISHU, July 4 (MENA) – Somali National Army (SNA) said its forces killed 15 al-Shabab militants in a fierce fighting early Sunday in the central part of the country. SNA spokesman, Ali Hashi Abdi said that the army also injured several ....
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UN chief worried over situation in Tigray province
Date: 2021-07-04 09:04:39 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:25 - ID:9042976
NEW YORK, July 4 (MENA) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed his deep concern over the situation in Ethiopia's Tigray. "It is essential to have a real ceasefire paving the way for a dialogue able to bring a political ....