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Sudan: 30,000 Ethiopian refugees flee Tigray armed conflict
Date: 2020-11-18 19:14:33 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:86 - ID:8677839
KHARTOUM, Nov 18 (MENA) - Sudan needs more support to meet the growing influx of Ethiopian refugees, who topped 30,000 so far, affirming the aid organization’s readiness to offer support in response to the humanitarian situation at refugee camps, ....
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Electricity, housing ministers to witness Rufiji River's course change in Tanzania
Date: 2020-11-18 10:24:19 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:37 - ID:8676845
CAIRO, Nov 18 (MENA) - Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy Mohamed Shaker and Minister Ministry of Housing, Utilities and Urban Communities Essam el-Gazzar will participate Wednesday in a celebration marking modification of Rufiji River's ....
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Putin instructs military to sign agreement on Russian navy's logistics center in Sudan
Date: 2020-11-16 19:27:16 GMT - Russia - Africa - SN:67 - ID:8674989
MOSCOW, Nov 16 (MENA) – Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed the Russian Defense Ministry to sign an agreement with Sudan on the creation of a logistics center for the Russian Navy there, Sputnik reported on Monday. "To accept the ....
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UNCHR: Number of Ethiopian refugees in Kasala and Gadarif states tops 24,944
Date: 2020-11-15 11:13:56 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:24 - ID:8672789
KHARTOUM, Nov 15 (MENA) - The number of Ethiopian refugees who arrived in the ٍ Sudanese states of Gedaref and Kassala as a result of the ongoing war in the Tigry region has amounted to 24,944 refugees, SUNA reported Sunday. The Refugees ....
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Angolan amb. thanks President Sisi for anti-coronavirus support
Date: 2020-11-14 14:34:08 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:36 - ID:8671708
CAIRO, Nov 14 (MENA) - Ambassador of Angola in Cairo Nelson Cosmi thanked President Abdel Fattah El Sisi for Egypt's biological safety assistance, which supported the Angolan government's anti-COVID-19 efforts. Cosmi extended his thanks during a ....
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UN human rights chief expresses alarm as Ethiopia's Tigray conflict "risks spiralling out of control"
Date: 2020-11-13 12:08:32 GMT - Switzerland - Africa - SN:30 - ID:8670575
JENEVA, Nov 13 (MENA) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Friday expressed increasing alarm at the rapidly deteriorating situation in the Ethiopian region of Tigray, said a statement published by the OHCHR. She warned ....
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People of Ethiopia's Tigray risk displacement, UN says
Date: 2020-11-08 18:15:13 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:57 - ID:8663794
NEW YORK, Nov 8 (MENA) – Nine million people risk displacement from an escalating conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, the United Nations said, warning that the government’s declaration of a state of emergency was blocking food and other aid, ....
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Housing minister inspects Julius Nyerere hydro-power project in Tanzania
Date: 2020-11-07 18:51:51 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:45 - ID:8661857
CAIRO, Nov 7 (MENA) - Minister of Housing, Utilities and Urban Communities Assem El Gazzar inspected Saturday Julius Nyerere hydro-power dam and station under construction on the Rufiji River in Tanzania. Undertaken by a consortium of Egyptian ....
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Austria concerned over deteriorating situation in Ethiopia's Tigray
Date: 2020-11-07 17:45:14 GMT - Austria - Africa - SN:59 - ID:8662316
VIENNA, Nov 7 (MENA) - Austria expressed on Saturday its concern over the deteriorating situation in Ethiopia's Tigray region, the Austrian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. "Austria urges all parties to immediately de-escalate and enter ....
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Sudan's Gedaref State closes border with tensed Ethiopia
Date: 2020-11-07 08:15:58 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:22 - ID:8661319
KHARTOUM, Nov 7 (MENA) - The government of El Gedaref State, eastern Sudan, decided Saturday to close its border with Ethiopia's Tigray and Amhara regions in the wake of security tensions there. The decision to close is meant to prevent any harm ....
