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Former Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe dies
Date: 2019-09-06 06:14:06 GMT - Zimbabwe - Africa - SN:8 - ID:8092296
HARARE, Sept 6 (MENA) - Zimbabwe’s former president Robert Mugabe has died at age 95, the country’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on his official Twitter account. Mugabe died in Singapore, where he has often received medical treatment in ....
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WFP, FAO warn three African states to suffer drop in crop yield
Date: 2019-09-05 10:07:59 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:3 - ID:8091185
NOUAKCHOTT, Sept 5 (MENA) - According to the latest World Food Program (WFP), Food and Agriculture Agency (FAO) and NGO assessments, a much lower cereal crop yield is expected in Gambia compared to last year, Reliefweb reported. Rainfall has been ....
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Xi's special envoy, Kenyan president meet on bilateral ties
Date: 2019-09-05 07:10:12 GMT - China - Africa - SN:9 - ID:8090983
NAIROBI, Sept 5 (MENA) - Chinese President Xi Jinping's special envoy Yang Jiechi and Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta met here Wednesday to discuss bilateral ties, the Chinese news agency Xinhua reported. Yang, a member of the Political Bureau of ....
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Japan's JICA announces initiatives to help African peoples
Date: 2019-09-04 13:25:30 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:37 - ID:8090097
CAIRO, Sept 4 (MENA) - Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), which is responsible for implementing the official development projects of the Japanese government, announced Wednesday its contribution to the Yokohama Declaration issued by the ....
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Lavrov: Trade exchange with African countries exceeds $20 bln
Date: 2019-09-02 13:57:11 GMT - Russia - Africa - SN:49 - ID:8087065
MOSCOW, Sept 2 (MENA) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said trade exchange between Russian and the African countries jumped over 17 percent in 2018, exceeding $20 billion." Lavrov was delivering a speech on Monday at the Moscow State ....
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Ebola outbreak: Death toll tops 2,000 in DRC
Date: 2019-08-30 11:00:30 GMT - Democratic Republic of Congo - Africa - SN:39 - ID:8083252
KINSHASA, Aug 30 (MENA) -The death toll in the Democratic Republic of Congo's largest ever Ebola outbreak has now surpassed 2,000 people, with few signs that it will soon be contained. The country has been fighting the highly contagious ....
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Japan to hold debt management workshops in 30 African countries: Abe
Date: 2019-08-29 08:10:42 GMT - Japan - Africa - SN:12 - ID:8081558
YOKOHAMA, Aug 29 (MENA) - Japan will hold workshops about public debt management in 30 African countries as a part of Japan's efforts to support development in the continent, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Thursday. "Partner nations ....
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JETRO seeks restoring Africa's untapped investments via TICAD: head
Date: 2019-08-29 07:51:04 GMT - Japan - Africa - SN:11 - ID:8081513
YOKOHAMA, Aug 29 (MENA) - Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) Chairman Nobuhiko Sasaki said on Thursday said that his organization seeks to restore un-utilized investment opportunities in the African continent through tapping into the Seventh ....
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More than 50 abducted in attack on northwest Nigerian village - residents
Date: 2019-08-29 07:48:16 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:10 - ID:8081523
ABUJA, Aug 29 (MENA) - More than 50 people, including pregnant women and children, were abducted in a raid on a village in northwest Nigeria, euronews reported Thursday. The attack on Wurma village in Katsina, northwest Nigeria, began around ....
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Japan vows to boost investment in Africa as leaders from continent gather
Date: 2019-08-28 08:48:08 GMT - Japan - Africa - SN:17 - ID:8080040
YOKOHAMA, Aug 28 (MENA) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday renewed Tokyo's pledge to boost investment in Africa through the country's private sector in the hope of helping the continent's development, Kyodo reported. "The Japanese ....
