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Dean of African Diplomatic Corps hails Egypt's anti-illegal migration role
Date: 2020-03-02 14:21:02 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:55 - ID:8335351
CAIRO, March 1 (MENA) - Dean of the African Diplomatic Corps in Egypt Mohamadou Labarang Monday praised Egypt's pioneering role and major efforts in combating the illegal immigration phenomenon in the Mediterranean region. Addressing a symposium ....
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US airstrikes kill 2 Al Qaeda affiliated militants in Somalia
Date: 2020-02-29 10:39:53 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:21 - ID:8332610
MOGADISHU, Feb 29 (MENA) - US forces have killed two terrorists in two airstrikes in Somalia on Friday, Radio Shabelle said on Saturday. US Africa Command (AFRICOM), working in coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia, has carried out ....
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African Union to deploy 3,000 troops to Sahel region
Date: 2020-02-27 20:08:06 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:88 - ID:8330969
ADDIS ABABA, Feb 27 (MENA) - The African Union confirmed Thursday that it expected to send a temporary deployment of 3,000 troops to West Africa's Sahel region, where regional forces are struggling to respond to a nearly eight-year-old onslaught by ....
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Somalia edges closer to first democratic election in half a century
Date: 2020-02-24 10:43:32 GMT - United Kingdom - Africa - SN:33 - ID:8325127
LONDON, Feb 24 (MENA) - The president of Somalia has signed a landmark federal law, paving the way for the country to hold its first popular election in half a century, The Guardian reported. A long awaited “one person, one vote” election could ....
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Africa's senior chief judges urge documenting Cairo meetings
Date: 2020-02-23 14:38:42 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:37 - ID:8323936
CAIRO, Feb 23 (MENA) - Participants of the Cairo's fourth high-level meeting of chief judges of African supreme courts and constitutional councils called for institutionalizing and documenting their annual meetings in Cairo in order to give it the ....
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Irrigation ministry praises strong cooperation with Uganda in water domain
Date: 2020-02-23 14:02:34 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:33 - ID:8323929
CAIRO, Feb 23 (MENA) - The Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation has praised as strong cooperation between Egypt and Uganda in the water domain. A statement issued by the Ministry on Sunday said "In line with the cooperation protocol signed ....
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Nouakchott to host G5 Sahel summit Monday
Date: 2020-02-22 19:52:26 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:45 - ID:8323077
NOUAKCHOTT, Feb 22 (MENA) - The Mauritanian capital, Nouakchott, will host on Monday the Summit of the Group of Five for the Sahel (G5 Sahel). Mauritania will head the summit this year. It is the first summit in which Mauritanian President ....
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Niger military operation 'kills 120 terrorists' after jihadist attacks
Date: 2020-02-22 08:38:56 GMT - Niger - Africa - SN:10 - ID:8322257
NIAMEY, Feb 22 (MENA) - More than 100 “terrorists” have been killed in south-west Niger by local forces in a joint operation with French troops, the country’s defense ministry said in a statement. As of Thursday “120 terrorists have been ....
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AfDB, Burundi sign € 23.4 mln grant agreements for financing transport corridor
Date: 2020-02-21 22:51:49 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:46 - ID:8322113
CAIRO, Feb 21 (MENA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Burundian government signed two grant agreements totaling 23.4 million euros from the resources of the African Development Fund (ADF ) and the Transition Support Facility (FAT) for ....
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Egypt urges enhancing trade, economic cooperation with African states
Date: 2020-02-20 15:44:39 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:64 - ID:8320666
CAIRO, Feb 20 (MENA) - Assistant Foreign Minister for Economic Affairs Omar Abu Aish underlined on Thursday the importance of enhancing frameworks of trade and economic cooperation with African countries. This came in Abu Aish's meeting with the ....
