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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 ....
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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, ....
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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 ....
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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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Zimbabwe loses $140 million of rough diamonds
Date: 2021-07-25 14:01:13 GMT - Zimbabwe - Africa - SN:66 - ID:9077319
HARARE, July 25 (MENA) – As many as 350,000 carats of rough diamonds worth about $140 million, which were stored at repositories belonging to Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe (MMCZ) and Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC), have ....
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AU: Africa should manufacture Covid-19 vaccine
Date: 2021-07-25 09:31:31 GMT - Zimbabwe - Africa - SN:42 - ID:9076913
HARARE, July 25 (MENA) - African countries should be supported to manufacture Covid-19 vaccines on the continent to boost the fight against the pandemic, The Sunday Mail reported Sunday quoting Africa Union (AU) envoy for the coronavirus, Dr. Strive ....
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SA records 433 new Covid-19 deaths, 14,858 cases in 24 hours
Date: 2021-07-22 22:17:32 GMT - South Africa - Africa - SN:90 - ID:9074062
JOHANSBURG, July 22 (MENA) - South Africa recorded another 433 new Covid-19 related deaths in the past 24 hours, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) said on Thursday. This means that there have been 68,625 fatalities from the ....
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WHO urges African countries to expand COVID-19 vaccination
Date: 2021-07-22 19:18:12 GMT - Switzerland - Africa - SN:82 - ID:9073953
GENEVA, July 22 (MENA) – The World Health Organisation has called on African countries to ramp up COVID-19 vaccination as the squeeze on vaccine shipments eases. WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, made the call on Thursday ....
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Death toll from rioting in South Africa rises to 337
Date: 2021-07-22 18:23:33 GMT - South Africa - Africa - SN:77 - ID:9073925
PRETORIA, July 22 (MENA) – Rioting in South Africa this month has claimed 337 lives, the government said Thursday, marking a further jump in the death toll from the 276 announced the previous day, France 24 reported. "The South African police ....
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Egypt chairs meeting of AFRIMETS' technical committee for quality systems
Date: 2021-07-21 17:05:48 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:59 - ID:9072465
CAIRO, July 21 (MENA) - The National Institute of Standards (NIS) chaired Wednesday the meeting of the Intra-Africa Metrology System's (AFRIMETS) Technical Committee for Quality Systems (TCQS), held earlier in the day via ....
