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Zimbabwe secures $1 billion in loans for business sector
Date: 2021-03-21 18:02:35 GMT - Zimbabwe - Africa - SN:93 - ID:8863798
HARARE, March 21 (MENA) - The Zimbabwean government has agreed to be the guarantor of bonds and loans worth about $1 billion secured by some banks and parastatals from the local market in 2020, the Zimbabwean Herald reported. The funds were ....
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Food rations to Somalia to be cut by 50%, WFP warns
Date: 2021-03-19 15:58:34 GMT - Switzerland - Africa - SN:79 - ID:8860293
GENEVA, March 19 (MENA) - Spokesperson for the World Food Programme (WFP) Tomson Phiri said Friday that funding shortages have forced the UN body to reduce food rations in Somalia by 50% since February. Addressing a press conference in Geneva, ....
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Tanzania's Samia Suluhu Hassan sworn in as first female president
Date: 2021-03-19 09:47:12 GMT - Tanzania - Africa - SN:21 - ID:8859568
DAR ES SALAAM, March 19 (MENA) - Samia Suluhu Hassan was sworn in on Friday as Tanzania's first female president after the sudden death of John Magufuli from an illness shrouded in mystery. The 61-year-old, dressed in black suit and red ....
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Sudan says unilateral decision to fill Ethiopia's dam to complicate matters
Date: 2021-03-18 20:20:52 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:106 - ID:8859133
KHARTOUM, March 18 (MENA) - Sudan’s Foreign Minister Mariam Al-Sadik Al-Mahdi said that a unilateral measure to fill Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam will complicate matters and threaten the lives of 20 million Sudanese. Al-Mahdi received on ....
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UNECA urges Africa to work for green, resilient recovery from COVID-19 2 last Addis Ababa
Date: 2021-03-18 12:45:46 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:51 - ID:8858278
“There is need for support from the international community to address liquidity constraints and promote recovery,” said Chavula. This can be done through new issuance and reallocation of Special Drawing Rights (SDRs), lower cost of credit, orderly ....
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UNECA urges Africa to work for green, resilient recovery from COVID-19
Date: 2021-03-18 12:43:40 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:50 - ID:8858209
ADDIS ABABA, March 18 (MENA) - The UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has urged African countries to adopt policy measures that encourage green investments aimed at increasing productivity to facilitate a durable recovery from the coronavirus ....
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Tanzania's President John Magufuli dies at 61
Date: 2021-03-18 06:39:32 GMT - Tanzania - Africa - SN:3 - ID:8857269
DODOMA, March 18 (MENA) - Tanzania's President John Magufuli, one of Africa's most prominent coronavirus sceptics, has died aged 61, Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan said after a more than two-week absence from public life that led to speculation ....
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AU Commission chairperson denounces terror attack in Niger
Date: 2021-03-17 22:18:22 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:153 - ID:8857129
ADDIS ABABA, March 17 (MENA) - Chairperson of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat strongly condemned a terrorist attack that claimed the lives of 58 people returning home from a market near the Malian border. In a statement issued ....
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Mauritania registers 34 new coronavirus cases
Date: 2021-03-17 21:26:46 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:144 - ID:8857132
NOUAKCHOTT, March 17 (MENA) - Mauritania reported 34 new coronavirus cases in a span of 24 hours, bringing the caseload to 17,521, the Ministry of Health said in a statement Wednesday. One patient died, as the total death toll hit 445, according ....
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Somalia registers 109 new coronavirus cases
Date: 2021-03-17 20:21:51 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:132 - ID:8857049
MOGADISHU, March 17 (MENA) - Somalia registered 109 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the country's tally of infections to 9,437. Somali National News Agency quoted Minister of Health Fawziya Abikar Nur as saying that the ....
