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UN: Ethiopian refugees in Sudan in dire need of support
Date: 2020-11-27 18:13:32 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:40 - ID:8689832
KHARTOUM, Nov 27 (MENA) - UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi has stressed refugees who arrived in Sudan coming from Ethiopia are in dire need of support and assistance of international agencies and the international community. ....
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Sudan's former PM Sadiq Al-Mahdi dies from coronavirus in UAE
Date: 2020-11-26 05:51:58 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:2 - ID:8687522
KHARTOUM, Nov 26 (MENA) - Leading Sudanese politician and former prime minister Sadiq al-Mahdi died from a coronavirus infection three weeks after being hospitalised in the United Arab Emirates, US News reported, quoting family sources and a party ....
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Mauritania registers 53 new coronavirus cases
Date: 2020-11-25 19:50:50 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:82 - ID:8687411
NOUAKCHOTT, Nov 25 (MENA) - The Health Ministry said 53 new coronavirus infections were reported over the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 8,193 cases. Mauritania Radio quoted the Health Minister as ....
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AU announces launch of "Africa Mask Week" campaign
Date: 2020-11-24 07:30:55 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:15 - ID:8684576
ADDIS ABABA, Nov 24 (MENA) - The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has launched a campaign to encourage and increase consistent and proper mask-wearing across Africa. Dubbed Africa Mask Week, the campaign was launched ....
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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 ....
