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AP: Mass kidnappings of Nigerian students leave parents in shock and despair
Date: 2024-03-10 13:23:25 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:38 - ID:10618700
WASHINGTON, March 10 (MENA) - The Associated Press released a report on Sunday on the rise of kidnapping operations among Nigerian students, leaving parents in a state of shock and despair. Rashidat Hamza is in despair. All but one of her six ....
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AU president welcomes resolution of Senegal's political dispute
Date: 2024-03-09 17:02:06 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:55 - ID:10617777
NOUAKCHOTT, March 9 (MENA) - Mauritanian President and current Chairperson of the African Union Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani on Saturday welcomed the peaceful resolution of political disputes in Senegal. Senegalese President Macky Sall ....
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UN condemns abduction of 200 displaced persons in Nigeria
Date: 2024-03-08 14:23:15 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:27 - ID:10616321
NEW YORK, March 8 (MENA) - The United Nations is condemning the reported mass abduction of over 200 internally displaced persons in Nigeria’s Borno state last week, the UN said in a statement. The UN Office for the Coordinator of Humanitarian ....
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UN: 200 people mostly women, children abducted in Nigeria
Date: 2024-03-07 14:08:17 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:49 - ID:10614962
ABUJA, March 7 (MENA) - At least 200 people, mostly women and children displaced by violence in northeastern Nigeria were abducted by Islamic extremists while they were searching for firewood near the border with Chad, the United Nations (UN) ....
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US, S.Africa review supporting Palestinians in Gaza
Date: 2024-03-07 08:36:36 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:13 - ID:10614317
WASHINGTON, March 7 (MENA) - National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan had a phone call with South African National Security Advisor Dr. Sydney Mufamadi on a wide range of topics, including a shared commitment to providing humanitarian aid to ....
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Somali National Army conducts operations in Lower Shabelle region
Date: 2024-03-03 08:57:51 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:15 - ID:10607595
MOGADISHU, March 3 (MENA) – The Somali National Army conducted offensive operations against the Al-Shabaab terrorists in areas in the Lower Shabelle region, according to the Somali news agency SONNA. The operations were carried out by Danab ....
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EU provides initial €171 mn in humanitarian aid for Greater Horn of Africa
Date: 2024-02-28 10:31:42 GMT - Belgium - Africa - SN:26 - ID:10601895
BRUSSELS, Feb 28 (MENA) - The EU announced an initial allocation of €171 million in humanitarian aid to the Horn of Africa region, according to the website of the European Commission. This funding is in addition to €72 million already announced ....
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Only 48% of Africa’s population having access to essential healthcare services: Afreximbank chief
Date: 2024-02-23 14:42:04 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:36 - ID:10594650
ABUJA, Feb 23 (MENA) - The African Medical Center of Excellence in Abuja (AMCE Abuja), a quaternary-level multi-speciality medical institution developed by the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and King’s College Hospital, London, has ....
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Deputy Chairman of Sudan's TSC heads to Uganda
Date: 2024-02-21 07:08:11 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:7 - ID:10590577
PORT SUDAN, Feb 21 (MENA) - Deputy chairman of Sudan's Transitional Sovereignty Council (TSC) Malik Agar started a several days visit to Uganda on Wednesday. Agar is scheduled to discuss with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni the current ....
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African leaders renew confidence in secretary general of AfCFTA
Date: 2024-02-19 17:27:49 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:64 - ID:10588248
ADDIS ABABA, Feb 19 (MENA) - Heads of state and government of the African Union (AU) renewed their confidence in the Secretary General of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), Wamkele Mene, by reappointing him to serve for four years to ....
