Africa

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  • Chad to host AU Executive Council meeting in July

    Date: 2020-02-08 13:00:24 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:28 - ID:8302966

    ADDIS ABABA, Feb 8 (MENA) – The 36th Ordinary Session of the African Union (AU) Executive Council has chosen Chad to host its next session, slated for July 2-3. Legal Counsel of the AU Namira Negm said Saturday that the decision was taken on ....

  • President Sisi arrives in Addis Ababa to participate in AU Summit

    Date: 2020-02-08 09:07:57 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:16 - ID:8302638

    ADDIS ABABA, Feb 8 (MENA) - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi arrived on Saturday in Addis Ababa to participate in the 33rd African Union (AU) Summit, due to be held on February 9 -10. The two-day summit will be held under the theme ....

  • Sisi to take part in AU summit in Addis Ababa

    Date: 2020-02-07 15:56:35 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:28 - ID:8302032

    ADDIS ABABA, Feb 7 (MENA) - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi will take part in the 33rd African Union (AU) Summit to be held here from February 9 to 10, in the presence of 35 African heads of state and government. UN Secretary General ....

  • Sudan's sovereign council president receives message from Eritrean president

    Date: 2020-02-06 16:46:14 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:72 - ID:8301031

    KHARTOUM, Feb 6 (MENA) - President of the Sovereignty Council Lieutenant General Abdul-Fattah Al-Burhan on Thursday received a message from the Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki dealing with enhancement of relations between the two countries and ....

  • Sisi's AU chairmanship signals new stage of stability, development in Africa - report

    Date: 2020-02-06 12:20:42 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:36 - ID:8300172

    ADDIS ABAB, Feb 6 (MENA) - Egypt has effectively contributed to upholding peace, openness and African integration with the world economy during the chairmanship of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi of the African Union (AU) since February 2019, a ....

  • Libyan file, terrorism top agenda of AU Executive Council session : official

    Date: 2020-02-06 10:14:35 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:22 - ID:8300221

    CAIRO, Feb 6 (MENA) - The agenda of the ministerial meeting of the Executive Council of the African Union includes several issues topped by the Libyan file and terrorism, Legal Counsel of the African Union Namira Negm said. The two-day meeting ....

  • EGYCOPP to have 12 branches in Africa: director

    Date: 2020-02-05 20:27:39 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:71 - ID:8299722

    CAIRO, Feb 5 (MENA) – Chairman of the Export Council of Medical Industries (ECMI) Maged George opened Wednesday the first branch of Egypt’s EGYCOPP pharmaceutical company in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. Egypt’s ambassador and commercial attache ....

  • Former Kenyan President Daniel arap Moi dies aged 95

    Date: 2020-02-04 06:31:55 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:4 - ID:8297108

    NAIROBI, Feb 4 (MENA) - The former president of Kenya, Daniel arap Moi, has died aged 95. He had been hospitalized for over a month, ABC News reported. The news was announced Tuesday by the current president, Uhuru Kenyatta, on the East African ....

  • 53 pupils dead, injured in western Kenya after stampede incident

    Date: 2020-02-03 22:09:04 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:77 - ID:8296998

    NAIROBI, Feb 3 (MENA) - At least 13 pupils at Kakamega Primary School in Kenya died following a stampede that is believed to have occurred as they were running away from their classes on Monday evening. At least 39 more pupils were seriously ....

  • African Development Bank says 2020 theme focuses on developing African workforce for the future

    Date: 2020-02-03 22:06:22 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:76 - ID:8297032

    CAIRO, Feb 3 (MENA) - Africa’s economic growth has stabilized at 3.4 percent in 2019 and is expected to pick up to 3.9 percent in 2020 and 4.1 percent in 2021 but to remain below historical highs, according to a report posted in the website of the ....

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