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Boat carrying 86 migrants capsizes off Tunisian coasts: IOM
Date: 2019-07-04 14:16:48 GMT - Switzerland - Africa - SN:56 - ID:8009761
GENEVA, July 4 (MENA) - The International Organization for Migration (IOM) announced on Thursday that a boat carrying 86 migrants capsized off the Tunisian coasts. Three of the migrants were rescued, Alarabiya Alhadath reported. Illegal ....
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Cyprus condemns attack on refugee, migrant detention center in Tripoli
Date: 2019-07-04 10:53:27 GMT - Cyprus - Africa - SN:34 - ID:8009304
NICOSIA, July 4 (MENA) - Cyprus has condemned the attack that took place in the early hours of Wednesday on the refugee and migrant detention center in Tripoli, Cyprus News Agency (CNA) reported on Thursday. "We strongly condemn the attack in ....
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Nigeria agrees to join Africa's vast free trade area
Date: 2019-07-03 13:18:49 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:59 - ID:8008161
ABUJA, July 3 (MENA) - Africa's biggest economy has belatedly agreed to join a huge free trade agreement aimed at boosting manufacturing across the continent. Nigeria will sign the Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) at a summit of ....
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Huawei, AU boost relationship with deal
Date: 2019-07-03 12:35:18 GMT - China - Africa - SN:50 - ID:8008020
BEIJING, July 3 (MENA) - Huawei, a leading global provider of information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices, announced that it signed a cooperation protocol with the African Union on Wednesday to strengthen ....
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Ministerial conf. of UN Economic Commission for Africa to be held in Addis Abab in 2020
Date: 2019-07-03 11:42:51 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:41 - ID:8007815
ADDIS ABABA, July 3 (MENA) - The 53rd session of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development will be held in Addis Ababa on March 18 through 24, 2020. In a ....
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Ugandan MP upbeat about Egypt's presidency of AU
Date: 2019-07-02 13:52:09 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:52 - ID:8006344
CAIRO, July 2 (MENA) - Ugandan parliamentarian Odonga Otto said he is upbeat about Egypt's presidency of the African Union. In statements to MENA on Tuesday, Otto said he pins hope that Egypt under President Abdel Fattah El Sisi will help ....
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50 killed, 70 injured in oil tanker explosion in Nigeria
Date: 2019-07-02 13:45:54 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:50 - ID:8006567
ABUJA, July 2 (MENA) - About 50 people were killed and 70 others wounded in an explosion from a fuel tanker which flipped near a village in north-central Nigeria, according to local officials and witnesses on Tuesday. The incident occurred in ....
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Kemet Boutros Ghali Foundation gives special attention to Africa - chairman
Date: 2019-07-02 13:30:21 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:46 - ID:8006557
CAIRO, July 2 (MENA) - Kemet Boutros Ghali Foundation for Peace and Knowledge Chairman Mamdouh Abbas said seasoned late diplomat Dr Boutros Ghali had given great attention to Africa and considered it the future of the world for its human energies ....
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IAEA helps Mozambique tackle animal diseases after floods
Date: 2019-07-02 11:07:02 GMT - Austria - Africa - SN:30 - ID:8006297
VIENNA, July 2 (MENA) - The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has delivered emergency supplies to help Mozambique fight outbreaks of animal diseases such as African swine fever, foot and mouth disease or Rift Valley fever that could threaten ....
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AfCFTA to top agenda of AU Extraordinary Summit – official
Date: 2019-06-30 17:09:25 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:36 - ID:8003816
ADDIS ABABA, June 30 (MENA) - Legal Counsel at the African Union Namira Negm said the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) will top the agenda of the session of the Executive Council of the African Union, to be held on July 4-5 in ....
