Africa

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  • Board meeting of AfCFTA adjustment fund takes place in Rwanda

    Date: 2023-10-07 15:29:27 GMT - Rwanda - Africa - SN:66 - ID:10379824

    KIGALI, Oct 7 (MENA) - The inaugural Board Meeting of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Adjustment Fund Corporation took place in the Republic of Rwanda. Following the mandate by the African Union (AU) Summit of Heads of State and ....

  • EU condemns terrorist attack in Somalia

    Date: 2023-10-01 09:38:08 GMT - Belgium - Africa - SN:27 - ID:10369907

    BRUSSELS, Oct 1 (MENA) - The European Union has condemned the recent attacks by terrorist group al-Shabaab against civilian targets in Somalia. The attacks only reinforce longstanding commitment of the European Union to stand by the Federal ....

  • UK says concerned by fragile situation in eastern DRC

    Date: 2023-09-28 21:55:21 GMT - United Kingdom - Africa - SN:68 - ID:10366734

    LONDON, Sept 28 (MENA) - UK Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations James Kariuki said the UK remains extremely concerned by the fragile situation in eastern the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Regional peace processes ....

  • Afreximbank vice-president: Inter-African Trade Fair is platform for explore investment opportunities in Africa

    Date: 2023-09-28 16:34:33 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:54 - ID:10366503

    CAIRO, Sept 28 (MENA) - Vice President of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) Kanayo Awani asserted the importance of economic independence of African states as well as the efficient management of their economic and political affairs ....

  • French amb. expelled from Niger arrives in Paris as Macron reiterates support for ousted Bazzom

    Date: 2023-09-27 18:53:24 GMT - France - Africa - SN:68 - ID:10365241

    PARIS, Sept 27 (MENA) - France's ambassador to Niger, Sylvain Itte, has left the capital, Niamey, early Wednesday morning and has returned to Paris, the French Foreign Ministry said. "The ambassador and six colleagues left Niamey around 4 a.m. ....

  • Niger bans French aircraft from its airspace

    Date: 2023-09-24 17:57:43 GMT - France - Africa - SN:60 - ID:10360187

    PARIS, Sept 24 (MENA) - Niger's airspace is "open to all national and international commercial flights except for French aircraft or aircraft chartered by France including those of the airline Air France," France 24 quoted the country's authorities ....

  • AFDB dedicates $4.52 bn to back ECOWAS economic integration plan

    Date: 2023-09-24 14:49:57 GMT - Cote d'Ivoire - Africa - SN:47 - ID:10359907

    ABIDJAN, Sept 24 (MENA) - The African Development Bank has approved to allocated 4.52 billion dollars to support economic integration plan of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The bank, in a statement, said it had concluded ....

  • Somali army kills over 30 Al Shabaab terrorists in southern Mudug

    Date: 2023-09-23 18:25:54 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:57 - ID:10358836

    MOGADISHU, Sept 23 (MENA) - The Somali National Army killed more than 30 Al-Shabaab terrorists in an operation they conducted in Shabellow area in the southern Mudug region, SONNA news agency reported. The operation resulted in the destruction of a ....

  • AfDB increases climate finance to dlrs 3.6 bn

    Date: 2023-09-23 15:17:17 GMT - Tunisia - Africa - SN:42 - ID:10358671

    TUNIS, Sept 23 (MENA) - The Africa Development Bank (AfDB) said the Group’s climate finance investments increased from $2.1 billion in 2020 to $2.4 billion in 2021 and $3.6 billion in 2022. Prioritizing finance for climate adaptation, the Bank ....

  • South Africa, US businesses establish bilateral forum to boost trade, investment

    Date: 2023-09-21 17:44:06 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:75 - ID:10356021

    NEW YORK, Sept 21 (MENA) - South Africa’s Minister of Trade, Industry, and Competition Ebrahim Patel has commended the business communities of South Africa and the United States for taking steps to cooperate to boost trade and investment between the ....

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