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“Sudan at breaking point” warns IOM as famine, floods add to massive displacement
Date: 2024-08-13 12:42:04 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:24 - ID:10827370
CAIRO, Aug 13 (MENA) - The humanitarian situation in Sudan is at “a catastrophic breaking point” according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM). The stark warning comes as famine and floods add to the catalogue of challenges ....
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Permanent African representation on UN Security Council 'a matter of urgency': UK diplomat
Date: 2024-08-12 21:58:44 GMT - United Kingdom - Africa - SN:67 - ID:10826793
LONDON, Aug 12 (MENA) - British Minister for Africa and the UN Lord Collins of Highbury said permanent African representation on the UN Security Council is a matter of urgency, given the challenges the world is witnessing. "The challenges we face ....
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African Development Bank grants dlrs 135 million to Comoros to upgrade port infrastructure
Date: 2024-08-07 06:36:01 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:12 - ID:10818805
ABIDJAN, Aug 7 (MENA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a dlrs 135 million funding package for the Union of the Comoros, marking its largest-ever investment in the Indian Ocean archipelago. This funding ....
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South Africa hosts IAU's 32nd General Assembly
Date: 2024-08-07 05:48:48 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:7 - ID:10818762
CAPE TOWN, Aug 7 (MENA) - The XXXII General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) began on Wednesday in Cape Town, South Africa. This landmark event, the first General Assembly in the IAU’s 105-year history to take place in ....
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African Development Bank Group, Italy to invest euros 400 mn in Africa’s private sector growth
Date: 2024-07-30 10:12:42 GMT - Cote d'Ivoire - Africa - SN:26 - ID:10807691
ABIDJAN, July 30 (MENA) - Italy’s National Promotional Institution Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP) and the African Development Bank Group plan to jointly invest up to €400 million over five years, to boost the continent’s private sector growth ....
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Nigeria spends $1.5bn to protect oil installations in four years
Date: 2024-07-30 09:37:56 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:20 - ID:10807609
ABUJA, July 30 (MENA) - The Federal Government has spent over $1.5 billion to protect Nigeria’s oil installations and curb crude oil theft, according to Nigerian media reports. George Akume, the Secretary of the Government of the Federation, ....
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African Development Bank reaffirms support for Guinea’s economic strides
Date: 2024-07-28 08:59:55 GMT - Cote d'Ivoire - Africa - SN:13 - ID:10804505
ABIDJAN, July 28 (MENA) - The African Development Bank Group has reaffirmed its commitment to supporting Guinea’s efforts to diversify its economy and mobilize domestic resources for crucial development projects. Guinea, a founding member of the ....
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Business Insider: Egypt tops list of safest countries in North Africa
Date: 2024-07-27 10:44:39 GMT - South Africa - Africa - SN:23 - ID:10803325
PRETORIA, JULY 27 (MENA) - Egypt has topped the list of the safest cities in Africa in mid-2024, scoring 49.3 at the crime index, according to a report issued by the Business Insider Africa newspaper. Africa, like any other continent, has cities ....
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Death toll in southern Ethiopia mudslides rises to 157
Date: 2024-07-23 10:51:51 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:31 - ID:10798316
ADDIS BABA, July 23 (MENA) - At least 157 people were killed in mudslides in a remote part of Ethiopia that has been hit with heavy rainfall, many of them as they tried to rescue survivors of an earlier mudslide, CBS quoted local authorities as ....
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Irrigation min. : Promoting work on various bilateral cooperation projects between Egypt, Congo
Date: 2024-07-19 10:11:39 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:25 - ID:10792396
CAIRO, July 19 (MENA) - Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Hani Sweilem said Friday the meetings of the Joint Steering Committee for the Integrated Water Resources Management Project in the Democratic Republic of the Congo reached with a ....
