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Abuja signs $2bn MoU to construct railway line connecting between Nigeria, Niger
Date: 2021-01-26 15:31:57 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:55 - ID:8770363
ABUJA, Jan 26 (MENA) - Nigerian Transportation Ministry signed a memorandum of understanding worth $1.959 billion with the Portuguese Mota-Engil group for engineering and construction to construct a railway line between Nigeria and Niger. The ....
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At least 11 killed after fighting erupts near Somalian borders with Kenya
Date: 2021-01-25 20:28:31 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:71 - ID:8769174
MOGADISHOU, Jan 25 (MENA) - At least 11 people were killed, including three Somalian troops, on Monday after fighting broke out between the Somali federal army and Jubbaland state forces in the Gedo region of southwestern Somalia, an official source ....
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WHO: Africa worst-hit continent by 2nd wave of coronavirus
Date: 2021-01-22 13:58:53 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:34 - ID:8764073
WASHINGTON, Jan 22 (MENA) - Africa has recorded nearly 82,000 deaths due to the coronavirus in its second wave, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Thursday. The figure is higher than when the first wave of the virus hit the continent in ....
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South African minister dies of Covid-19
Date: 2021-01-22 12:33:35 GMT - South Africa - Africa - SN:31 - ID:8764071
CAPE TOWN, Jan 22 (MENA) - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced Thursday that Minister in the Presidency Jackson Mthembu has died of Covid-19, CNN reported. Mthembu was one of the government's key leaders in its response to the ....
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South African government minister Jackson Mthembu dies of Covid-19
Date: 2021-01-21 15:29:11 GMT - South Africa - Africa - SN:70 - ID:8763047
PRETORIA, Jan 21 (MENA) - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced Thursday that Minister in the Presidency Jackson Mthembu has died of Covid-19, CNN reported. "It is with deep sorrow and shock that we announce that Minister in the ....
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Afreximbank allocates USD 2 bln for securing COVID-19 vaccines to 55 African states
Date: 2021-01-19 19:02:52 GMT - South Africa - Africa - SN:68 - ID:8759696
JOHANNESBURG, Jan 19 (MENA) - The Africa Medical Supplies Platform (AMSP), on behalf of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), announced on Tuesday the launch of the COVID-19 vaccines pre-order program for the 55 African ....
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Ugandan President Museveni wins sixth term as vote rigging alleged
Date: 2021-01-16 15:29:02 GMT - Uganda - Africa - SN:27 - ID:8754813
KAMPALA, Jan 16 (MENA) - Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni won a decisive re-election victory on Saturday, elections officials said, but his main rival Bobi Wine alleged widespread fraud and said citizens should reject the result, France 24 ....
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3 peacekeepers killed, 6 wounded by attack in northern Mali
Date: 2021-01-14 05:54:24 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:2 - ID:8751404
New YORK, Jan 14 (MENA) - Three United Nations peacekeepers died and six more were wounded Wednesday in northern Mali hours before the UN’s top official in the country expressed cautious optimism that a new roadmap would lead the turbulent West ....
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Mauritania reports 87 coronavirus cases
Date: 2021-01-13 19:05:12 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:78 - ID:8751231
NOUAKCHOTT, Jan 13 (MENA) – Mauritania reported 87 new coronavirus cases in a span of 24 hours, bringing the caseload to 15,794, said the Mauritanian Ministry of Health on Wednesday. The ministry said in a statement that 173 patients have ....
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Sudan: Ethiopia's joint border committee ignored facts on demarcation agreement
Date: 2021-01-10 17:29:49 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:50 - ID:8746369
KHARTOUM, Jan 10 (MENA) - Ethiopia's foreign ministry's joint border committee has missed the point in its recent statement on Ethiopian-Sudanese borders, a Sudanese official said Sunday. In an article posted on the Sudanese Armed Forces' ....
