Africa

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  • Chadian president Idriss Deby dies on frontline after clashes

    Date: 2021-04-20 11:55:52 GMT - Chad - Africa - SN:49 - ID:8919060

    N'DJAMENA, April 20 (MENA) - Chad's President Idriss Deby Itno has died on the battlefield after three decades in power, the army announced on state television on Tuesday, according to France24. The stunning announcement came just hours after ....

  • Nine Nigerian troops killed, injured in attack on military base

    Date: 2021-04-18 07:48:06 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:14 - ID:8915045

    ABUJA, April 18 (MENA) - Five Nigerian soldiers were killed, four injured and dozens missing when militants from Daesh organization in West Africa attacked a military base in northeast Nigeria's Borno state, Africa 1 Radio reported quoting two ....

  • Sudan to prepare lists of nationals imprisoned abroad

    Date: 2021-04-17 18:32:57 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:57 - ID:8914628

    KHARTOUM, April 17 (MENA) - Sudan's Foreign Minister Mariam Al-Saddiq Al-Mahdi has given a directive to all Sudan diplomatic missions abroad to prepare lists on the Sudanese nationals who are imprisoned in all countries in the world, SUNA news ....

  • Somalia, Russia probe developments in Horn of Africa

    Date: 2021-04-17 06:05:10 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:6 - ID:8913404

    MOGADISHU, April 17 (MENA) - Somalia's State Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Balal Mohamed Cusman received in the capital Mogadishu, the Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the Federal Republic of Somalia, Mikhail ....

  • US announces more than 95 million dollars in assistance to S. Sudan

    Date: 2021-04-15 19:49:30 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:103 - ID:8911912

    WASHINGTON, April 15 (MENA) - the United States announced Thursday more than $95 million in additional humanitarian assistance for the people of South Sudan, who are affected by ongoing political conflict and are facing extreme food insecurity, ....

  • Africa CDC says over 4.360 million coronavirus cases recorded in Member States

    Date: 2021-04-13 19:36:59 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:80 - ID:8908427

    ADDIS ABABA, April 13 (MENA) - The African Unions (AU)'s Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said Tuesday that its member states have recorded 4.360 confirmed cases of the coronavirus and 116,000 deaths. In a ....

  • Sudan hands over 61 prisoners to Ethiopia

    Date: 2021-04-13 18:10:24 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:70 - ID:8908352

    KHARTOUM, April 13 (MENA) - The Sudanese armed forces handed over on Monday 61 prisoners affiliated to the Ethiopian army at the Gallabat border crossing. Representatives of the two sides attended the handover process, according to the Sudanese ....

  • Sudanese TSC member commends EU's support to transitional govt

    Date: 2021-04-13 16:20:17 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:62 - ID:8907949

    KHARTOUM, April 13 (MENA) - Member of the Sudanese Transitional Sovereignty Council (TSC) Dr. Al-Hadi Idris commended the great support that the European Union (EU) has always extended to the transitional government during the past period, Sudan ....

  • Nigeria's "Train 7 Project" to attract $10 bn in FDIs

    Date: 2021-04-11 18:36:57 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:79 - ID:8904206

    ABUJA, April 11 (MENA) - Chief Executive Officer of Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) Tony Attah Nigeria revealed Sunday that the company's "Train 7 Project" is expected to attract up to $10 billion worth of foreign direct investment (FDI). Attah was ....

  • Sudan to deploy force to keep security in Darfur after violence

    Date: 2021-04-10 18:34:19 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:66 - ID:8902803

    KHARTOUM, April 10 (MENA) - Sudan's Security and Defense Council has decided to prepare and deploy a force to keep security in some areas in Darfur where conflict and tension are possible. The council held a meeting on Saturday, which was chaired ....

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