Africa

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  • Mauritania records 24 new coronavirus infections

    Date: 2020-07-29 21:31:52 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:75 - ID:8527507

    NOUAKCHOTT, July 29 (MENA) - The Mauritanian Health Ministry announced on Wednesday 24 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the caseload to 6,273. The ministry said 93 recoveries were reported, upping the total recovered cases ....

  • More than 10,000 African health workers have covid-19, WHO says

    Date: 2020-07-23 17:55:47 GMT - Switzerland - Africa - SN:52 - ID:8519841

    GENEVA, July 23 (MENA) - At least 10,000 health workers have been infected with the coronavirus in the 40 countries across Africa that have reported cases, Bloomberg cited the World Health Organization as saying on Thursday. “The growth we are ....

  • Mauritania records 42 new coronavirus infections

    Date: 2020-07-22 19:56:46 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:74 - ID:8518739

    NOUAKCHOTT, July 22 (MENA) – The Mauritanian Health Ministry announced on Wednesday 42 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the caseload to 6,027. Director General of Public Health Sidi Ould Zahaf said 151 recoveries were ....

  • Gulf of Guinea pirates reportedly take 13 Russians, Ukrainians hostage in tanker attack

    Date: 2020-07-18 17:38:04 GMT - Russia - Africa - SN:38 - ID:8512942

    MOSCOW, July 18 (MENA) - Pirates attacked a petrochemical tanker in the Gulf of Guinea Saturday and took 13 Russian and Ukrainian crew members, hostage, Maritime Bulletin reported citing ship owners, Sputnik reported. The Liberia-flagged Curacao ....

  • Mauritania records 46 new coronavirus infections

    Date: 2020-07-15 20:53:02 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:73 - ID:8509710

    NOUAKCHOTT, July 15 (MENA) - The Mauritanian Health Ministry announced on Wednesday 46 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the caseload to 5,564. Director General of Public Health Sidi Ould Zahaf said 166 recoveries were ....

  • Sudanese team heads for Juba for security preparations

    Date: 2020-07-15 15:23:22 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:36 - ID:8509083

    KHARTOUM, July 15 (MENA) - Dhieu Matouk, a member of the South Sudan mediation team in the Sudanese peace negotiations, left Khartoum Wednesday for Juba to review security preparations to gear for inking a peace deal with the Sudanese government and ....

  • UNAMID concerned over violent acts in northern Darfur

    Date: 2020-07-14 22:09:10 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:65 - ID:8508431

    KHARTOUM, July 14 (MENA) - The African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) expressed grave concern over recent acts of violence in northern Darfur, which left many people dead and injured. In a statement released on Tuesday, ....

  • Government of N. Darfur’s state declares a state of emergency

    Date: 2020-07-13 21:39:55 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:70 - ID:8507117

    KHARTOUM, July 13 (MENA) -The security committee of North Darfur, representing the state’s government, headed by the governor, caretaker, Maj. Gen. Malik al-Tayeb Khojali, has declared state of emergency throughout the state from today until ....

  • Eritrea says treaty with Ethiopia didn't meet expectations

    Date: 2020-07-11 20:42:57 GMT - Eritrea - Africa - SN:52 - ID:8504421

    ASMARA, July 11 (MENA) - Eritrea's Information Ministry said a treaty that helped Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed earn the Nobel Peace Prize in 2019 did not meet Eritrea's expectations. "Two years after the signing of the Peace Agreement, ....

  • Russian, African FMs reiterate importance of joint cooperation

    Date: 2020-07-09 14:21:40 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:44 - ID:8501893

    CAIRO, July 9 (MENA) - The foreign ministers of Egypt, Russia, South Africa and Democratic Republic of the Congo reiterated on Thursday the importance of enhancing cooperation between Russia and African partners. In a final communique issued ....

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