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Nigeria's Buhari nominates Bawa as EFCC chairman
Date: 2021-02-16 16:16:39 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:71 - ID:8802736
ABUJA, Feb 16 (MENA) - Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has nominated AbdulRasheed Bawa as new substantive head of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). This came in Buhari’s letter of nomination sent to the Nigerian Senate for ....
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Chad to send 1,200 soldiers to help fight terrorism in Sahel triangle
Date: 2021-02-16 14:21:16 GMT - Chad - Africa - SN:58 - ID:8802643
N'DJAMENA, Feb 16 (MENA) - President of Chad Idriss Deby said his country sent 1,200 troops to help tackle militants who occupied parts of territory in the West African Sahel region. Heads of state of Niger, Mali, Chad, Burkina Faso and ....
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Afreximbank congratulates Nigeria's Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as WTO's first African leader
Date: 2021-02-15 21:06:35 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:78 - ID:8801496
CAIRO, Feb 15 (MENA) - The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) congratulated Nigeria's Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on her appointment as director-general of the World Trade Organization (WTO). In a cable to Okonjo-Iweala, the bank said that she is ....
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AU pledges support for Guinea in fight against new Ebola outbreak
Date: 2021-02-15 16:55:28 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:57 - ID:8801085
ADDIS ABABA, Feb 15 (MENA) - Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) affirmed its support for the government of Guinea in the fight against the new Ebola virus disease outbreak in N’Zerekore Prefecture. In a statement ....
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Nigeria's Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala appointed as WTO director-general
Date: 2021-02-15 16:11:48 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:56 - ID:8801041
GENEVA, Feb 15 (MENA) - Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was confirmed as director-general of the World Trade Organization on Monday, becoming the first woman and the first African to lead the global trade body, CNN reported. Okonjo-Iweala was appointed by ....
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Nigeria's president calls for calm after clashes
Date: 2021-02-15 16:07:37 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:53 - ID:8800895
ABUJA, Feb 15 (MENA) - Nigeria's president appealed for calm on Sunday following reports of intercommunal violence between ethnic groups at a market in the southwestern state of Oyo, according to US News. President Muhammadu Buhari appealed on ....
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AfCFTA chief criticizes Africa’s over-reliance on exporting primary commodities
Date: 2021-02-14 16:57:02 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:75 - ID:8799315
ADDIS ABABA, Deb 14 (MENA) - Secretary General of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Wamkele Mene said on Sunday that Africa’s over-reliance on exporting primary commodities is detrimental to its economic development and undermines its ....
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AfDB, WHO reaffirm commitment to supporting S. Sudan's healthcare system
Date: 2021-02-13 16:20:02 GMT - Cote d'Ivoire - Africa - SN:40 - ID:8797502
JUBA, Feb 13 (MENA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the World Health Organization (WHO) asserted the need for cooperation with South Sudan to support its healthcare system. In a joint statement on the occasion of laying the foundation ....
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Explosive device goes off near Somali parliament
Date: 2021-02-13 09:00:08 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:9 - ID:8796977
MOGADISHU, Feb 13 (MENA) - An explosive device went off on Saturday near the Somali parliament followed by a fire shooting, reported Radio Shabelle. No further details were available. (MENA) A S E/ ....
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UNICEF: Children in Tigray in acute need of protection and assistance
Date: 2021-02-12 13:09:10 GMT - Switzerland - Africa - SN:33 - ID:8796139
GENEVA, Feb 12 (MENA) - As more supplies and emergency personnel reach crisis-affected people in Tigray, an incomplete but troubling picture is emerging of severe and ongoing harm to children, the United Nations children's agency (UNICEF) said in a ....
