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AU holds workshop on new UNCLOS marine biodiversity deal
Date: 2019-11-11 14:01:42 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:44 - ID:8183117
NEW YORK, Nov 11 (MENA) - The office of the legal counsel (OLC) of the African Union (AU), under its head Namira Negm, held on Monday a workshop for the legal counselors of the African group in New York on a new global agreement set to be signed ....
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Egypt, S. Africa ink agreement to support technological innovation
Date: 2019-11-07 12:30:36 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:42 - ID:8178402
CAIRO, Nov 7 (MENA) - The Academy of Scientific Research and Technology (ASRT) inked an agreement with the Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) in South Africa to boost cooperation in the field of making partnerships for technological ....
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EU: €42 bln allocated to support Africa until 2020
Date: 2019-11-05 16:56:14 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:74 - ID:8175790
CAIRO, Nov 5 (MENA) - The European Union (EU) has allocated €42 billion to support the African continent until 2020, EU officials said on Tuesday. The officials added that negotiations are underway to specify the new financial support for ....
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Ethiopian FM heads for Washington for dam talks
Date: 2019-11-05 12:24:36 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:42 - ID:8175296
ADDIS ABABA, Nov 5 (MENA) - Ethiopian Foreign Minister Gedu Andargachew headed on Tuesday to Washington to attend a trilateral meeting with his Egyptian and Sudanese counterparts on the Ethiopian dam. The meeting will kick off on Wednesday, ....
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Sudan's PM: Peace is Sudan's top priority
Date: 2019-11-04 15:43:48 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:59 - ID:8173821
KHARTOUM, Nov 4 (MENA) - Sudan's Transitional Government is keen on achieving peace and meeting the displaced people's needs, Sudan's Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok affirmed on Monday. During Hamdok's inspection tour of "Abu Shouk" and "Al-Salam" ....
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5.5 million Zimbabweans face starvation - FAO
Date: 2019-11-03 09:59:20 GMT - Italy - Africa - SN:16 - ID:8172025
ROME, Nov 3 (MENA) - The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned that by January‑March 2020 period, the number of food insecure people is projected to increase to about 5.5 million, the highest number on record. In its country briefing, ....
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Flash floods displace thousands in Somalia- IOM
Date: 2019-11-02 13:38:00 GMT - Switzerland - Africa - SN:20 - ID:8171239
GENEVA, Nov 2 (MENA) – An estimated 182,000 people have so far been displaced in Somalia after flash floods engulfed the African country, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said in a report posted on its website. The International ....
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Attack on Mali military post kills 53 soldiers
Date: 2019-11-02 06:50:51 GMT - Mali - Africa - SN:8 - ID:8170737
BAMAKO, Nov 2 (MENA) - Fifty-three soldiers were killed Friday in a "terrorist attack" on a Mali military post in the northeast of the country, France 24 reported, quoting the government as saying. A civilian was also killed at the outpost in ....
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AfDB shareholders approve landmark $115 billion capital increase
Date: 2019-11-01 17:04:00 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:36 - ID:8170413
CAIRO, Nov 1 (MENA) - Governors of the African Development Bank (AfDB), representing shareholders from 80 countries, approved a landmark $115 billion increase in capital for the continent’s foremost financial institution during an extraordinary ....
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Lebanese president: New gov't to be chosen by expertise rather than political affiliation
Date: 2019-10-31 19:38:32 GMT - Lebanon - Africa - SN:68 - ID:8169554
BEIRUT, Oct 31 (MENA) - Lebanese President Michel Aoun pledged on Thursday to form a new government in which ministers would be chosen by expertise rather than political affiliation, after the resignation of Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri following ....
