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EAPD, RIA probe efforts to promote investments in Africa
Date: 2020-11-23 15:51:05 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:68 - ID:8684087
CAIRO, Nov 23 (MENA) - Ambassador Mohamed Khalil, the secretary general of the Egyptian Agency Of Partnership For Development (EAPD), met on Monday with Heba Salama, the director of the COMESA Regional Investment Agency (RIA). They discussed ....
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Egypt's Benya inks $500 mln deal to built telecommunication network in Congo
Date: 2020-11-22 17:11:07 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:52 - ID:8682703
CAIRO, Nov 22 (MENA) - Egypt's Benya company signed Sunday a $500 million agreement with Congo’s Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications, New Information, and Communication Technologies (PTNTIC) tp build a telecommunication network for the African ....
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UN prepares for up to 200,000 Ethiopian refugees in Sudan
Date: 2020-11-22 10:34:22 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:24 - ID:8681979
ADDIS ABABA, Nov 22 (MENA) - The United Nations refugee agency says about 32,000 people have fled Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region into neighboring Sudan, and it is preparing for up to 200,000 in the next six months if necessary, The Guardian ....
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Burkina Faso votes in presidential election in shadow of terror violence
Date: 2020-11-22 10:25:27 GMT - Burkina Faso - Africa - SN:22 - ID:8681963
BURKINA FASO, Nov 22 (MENA) - Around 6.5 million people will vote in Sunday's presidential election that is likely to be dominated by concerns over the terror violence, reported France 24. Nearly 1,500 of the country's 8,000 villages and 22 of ....
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Namibia:Red locust outbreak brought under control
Date: 2020-11-22 10:14:45 GMT - Namibia - Africa - SN:21 - ID:8681964
WINDHOEK, Nov 22 (MENA) - The African migratory red locust outbreak in the Zambezi region has been brought under control after a team of experts fought the plague for several weeks, All Africa news website reported. This breakthrough was realized ....
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Nigeria gets 16 drones, 3 fighters from China
Date: 2020-11-22 09:27:27 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:16 - ID:8681935
ABUJA, Nov 22 (MENA) - In a bid to fight insurgency in the North-east and North-west, the federal government of Nigeria has procured 16 unmanned Aerial Combat Vehicles (UCAVs) known as drones and three fighter jets from China. Seven fighter jets ....
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Ukraine reports 14,580 new coronavirus cases
Date: 2020-11-21 11:56:33 GMT - Ukraine - Africa - SN:27 - ID:8680873
KYIV, Nov 21 (MENA) - Ukraine has reported 612,665 COVID-19 cases, including 14,580 new coronavirus cases recorded in past 24 hours, Ukrinform reported on Saturday. "As many as 14,580 new COVID-19 cases were registered in Ukraine in the past 24 ....
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37 killed in clashes between Uganda's security forces, protests
Date: 2020-11-20 15:28:23 GMT - Uganda - Africa - SN:44 - ID:8680104
KAMPALA, Nov 20 (MENA) - At least 37 people have been killed in two days of violent clashes between Ugandan security forces and supporters of detained opposition leader Bobi Wine, police said Friday, as tensions flared two months before a ....
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UN official calls on North African countries to work together for post-COVID-19 economic recovery
Date: 2020-11-19 09:57:49 GMT - Morocco - Africa - SN:19 - ID:8678284
RABAT, Nov 19 (MENA) - Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, Vera Songwe called on North African countries to work together to achieve a stronger and faster economic recovery following COVID-19. “North Africa is the most ....
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South Africa's president: We attracted $ 6 bn to support coronavirus-hit sectors
Date: 2020-11-19 09:20:31 GMT - South Africa - Africa - SN:17 - ID:8678203
JOHANNESBURG, Nov 19 (MENA) - South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that his country attracted investments worth USD 6 billion to support coronavirus-hit sectors. Those investments were directed into the most-affected sectors, ....
