Africa

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  • Japan to voice concern over African nations' debt issues at TICAD meet

    Date: 2019-08-12 08:20:59 GMT - Japan - Africa - SN:12 - ID:8061198

    TOKYO, Aug 12 (MENA) - Japan plans to include “concern” over excessive debt in the declaration for the Tokyo International Conference on African Development later this month, government sources said Sunday, a move aimed at calling out China’s ....

  • Small freshwater fish around Africa could boost food and nutrition security

    Date: 2019-08-05 12:00:06 GMT - Italy - Africa - SN:44 - ID:8052610

    ROME, Aug 5 (MENA) - The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) released a working paper on the production of small freshwater fish and its importance in boosting food and nutrition security in the African continent. Small freshwater fish around ....

  • Sudan TMC, opposition coalition ink deal on constitutional declaration, 3 last Khartoum

    Date: 2019-08-04 13:13:41 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:56 - ID:8051524

    For his part, the head of the TMC reiterated commitment to implementing the agreement. "In this historic moment, we confirm our commitment to the implementation of this declaration," Daglo said. "Today national will is the winner ... because ....

  • DR Congo: Half of Ebola cases going undetected

    Date: 2019-08-03 09:27:02 GMT - Democratic Republic of Congo - Africa - SN:18 - ID:8049942

    KINSHASA, Aug 3 (MENA) - An estimated half of Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo are going unidentified, the country's new Ebola response coordinator, Jean-Jacques Muyembe, has told reporters. "If we continue on that basis, this ....

  • US assistant secretary travels to Cote d’Ivoire, Senegal

    Date: 2019-08-03 09:25:05 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:17 - ID:8049866

    WASHINGTON, Aug 3 (MENA) - US Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Tibor Nagy travels to Cote d'Ivoire and Senegal August 2-9, 2019, according to the website of the US Department of State. In Cote d'Ivoire, he will participate in the 2019 ....

  • Rwanda reopens border with DR Congo after closing it for several hours following Ebola deaths

    Date: 2019-08-02 10:02:08 GMT - Democratic Republic of Congo - Africa - SN:23 - ID:8048969

    KINSHASA, Aug 2 (MENA) - Rwanda has reopened its border with the Democratic Republic of Congo after closing it for several hours, a reaction to three Ebola cases, two of them fatal, in a border city in the past month, Fox News reported ....

  • Egyptian-Chinese consultations on cooperation in Africa

    Date: 2019-08-01 14:06:57 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:59 - ID:8047960

    CAIRO, Aug 1 (MENA) - An Egyptian-Chinese round of consultation was held under Egyptian Assistant Foreign Minister of African Affairs and Director General of the African department in the Chinese Foreign Ministry Dai Bing to discuss cooperation in ....

  • Committee on cooperation with Africa convenes to review African projects

    Date: 2019-07-30 14:31:08 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:56 - ID:8045178

    CAIRO, July 30 (MENA) - The permanent committee on cooperation with Africa convened on Tuesday at the Foreign Ministry headquarters under assistant foreign minister for African affairs Hamdy Loza to probe a number of projects carried out on the ....

  • OIC Secretary General condemns terrorist attack in Burkina Faso

    Date: 2019-07-29 11:29:50 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Africa - SN:36 - ID:8043303

    RIYADH, July 29 (MENA) - The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has condemned a recent terrorist attack on a Burkina Faso village, leaving behind 15 people dead and several injured. OIC Secretary General Dr. Yousef Al-Othaimeen extended ....

  • At least 30 dead in Boko Haram attack in Nigeria

    Date: 2019-07-28 20:36:03 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:70 - ID:8042838

    ABUJA, July 28 (MENA) - Suspected Boko Haram militants have killed at least 30 people in a shooting at a funeral in Nigeria’s northeastern Borno state, a security source said on Sunday. More than 30 people were killed when the militants stormed ....

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