Africa

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  • Tanzanian min.: Egypt one of 10 largest economic partners in Africa

    Date: 2021-06-12 10:59:45 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:21 - ID:9005802

    SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt, June 12 (MENA) - Tanzanian Minister of Industry and Trade Geoffrey Mwambe said Egypt is one of Africa's 10 largest economic partners to his country. He made the remarks in statements to MENA on Saturday on the fringe of ....

  • Aviation minister: Establishing companies, cargo villages in cooperation with African countries

    Date: 2021-06-12 09:56:10 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:20 - ID:9005693

    SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt, June 12 (MENA) - Minister of Civil Aviation Mohamed Manar said Saturday that Egypt has been working on establishing companies and cargo villages in African countries to increase trade movement with the African ....

  • Qaeda leader killed in French strike in Mali

    Date: 2021-06-11 18:47:54 GMT - France - Africa - SN:71 - ID:9005206

    PARIS, June 11 (MENA) - A leader of al-Qaeda who was responsible for the 2013 abduction and murder of French journalists Ghislaine Dupont and Claude Verlon was killed in a French army strike in northern Mali, France 24 quoted the country's Defence ....

  • Nigerian army: 6 Daesh terrorists killed in northeast Nigeria

    Date: 2021-06-10 09:18:30 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:26 - ID:9002558

    ABUJA, June 10 (MENA) - Security forces in Nigeria announced on Wednesday that they managed to kill six Daesh terrorists and wounded several dozens in northeast Nigeria. Weapons and motorcycles were found with the terrorists, "The Punch" newspaper ....

  • Aung San Suu Kyi faces fresh corruption charges in Myanmar as trial nears

    Date: 2021-06-10 08:52:38 GMT - Myanmar (Burma) - Africa - SN:22 - ID:9002551

    NAYPYIDAW, June 10 (MENA) - Myanmar’s deposed leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, and other former officials from her government have been hit with fresh corruption charges, according to The Guardian. Citing the country’s anti-corruption commission, the ....

  • Africa: Covid-19 death toll hits over 132,000 across continent

    Date: 2021-06-07 15:04:39 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:63 - ID:8997871

    ADDIS ABABA, June 7 (MENA) - African countries reported 4.925 million confirmed Covid-19 cases and 132,500 fatalities because of coronavirus, announced the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the African Union. The centers ....

  • AU condemns Burkina Faso’s worst attack in years

    Date: 2021-06-06 16:53:54 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:73 - ID:8996108

    ADDIS ABABA, June 6 (MENA) - Chairperson of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki on Sunday condemned a terror attack that killed at least 132 people in Burkina Faso. The attackers struck during the night on Friday, killing residents of the ....

  • Egypt decries Burkina Faso’s terrorist attack

    Date: 2021-06-05 20:27:06 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:75 - ID:8994739

    CAIRO, June 5 (MENA) – Egypt has strongly condemned a terrorist attack in northern Burkina Faso, which left over 100 civilians dead. The Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Saturday that the Egyptian government and people extend their deepest ....

  • Eleven killed in fresh violence in eastern DR Congo

    Date: 2021-06-04 12:37:49 GMT - Democratic Republic of Congo - Africa - SN:27 - ID:8992466

    KINSHASA, June 4 (MENA) - At least 11 people were killed by an armed group in eastern DR Congo, sources said, bringing the troubled region's death toll to at least 70 since the start of the week. Eleven miners in the gold-rich territory of Djugu, ....

  • AGN meetings in Sharm to unify African position ahead of COP26 summit: Environment min.

    Date: 2021-06-02 18:12:34 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:101 - ID:8989606

    CAIRO, June 2 (MENA) - The African Group of Negotiators on Climate Change (AGN) meetings in Sharm El Sheikh will help create a unified African negotiating position, Minister of Environment Yassmin Fouad said Wednesday. Earlier in the day, Fouad ....

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