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AU marks 56th anniversary in Cairo
Date: 2019-05-26 07:34:08 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:9 - ID:7956076
CAIRO, May 26 (MENA) - The African Union-affiliated delegation at the Arab League held here on Saturday night a celebration to mark the 56th anniversary of the Organisation of African Unity, the African Union (AU) now. The national anthems of ....
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Azhar supports Africa's 'Silencing the Guns by 2020' initiative
Date: 2019-05-25 21:54:25 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:59 - ID:7955946
CAIRO, May 25 (MENA) - Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed El Tayyeb on Saturday expressed the top Islamic institution's full support to the "Silencing the Guns by 2020" initiative, launched by President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, the 2019 chairman of the African ....
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25 Nigerian soldiers killed in northeast country
Date: 2019-05-25 20:38:13 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:54 - ID:7955910
ABUJA, May 25 (MENA) - As many as 25 Nigerian soldiers were killed in an ambush in northeast Nigeria on Saturday morning, security sources were quoted by Voice of America as saying. Militants opened fire as the soldiers were escorting a groups ....
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Trade exchange between China, African countries hits $ 204.2 bn in 2018
Date: 2019-05-25 09:10:26 GMT - China - Africa - SN:16 - ID:7954949
BEIJING, May 25 (MENA) - The trade exchange between China and African countries has recorded an annual growth of 20 percent recording 204.2 billion dollars in 2018. China's imports from African countries hit 99.3 billion dollars in 2018, marking ....
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Colonial powers are on the wrong side of hisotry - AU legal counsel
Date: 2019-05-23 12:18:58 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:33 - ID:7953001
CAIRO, May 23 (MENA) – Colonial powers should understand that they are on the wrong side of time and history and that the age of slavery, servitude and keeping people at their beck and call and forcing them to acquiesce to their whims, laws and ....
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UN: Armed group kills more than 30 in Central African Republic
Date: 2019-05-22 21:52:21 GMT - Central African Republic - Africa - SN:52 - ID:7952317
BANGUI, May 22 (MENA) - More than 30 people were killed and many more wounded when an armed group attacked villages in northwestern Central African Republic on Tuesday, the Voice of America quoted the UN's peacekeeping mission (MINUSCA) as ....
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Concerns raised over Ebola outbreak in central Africa
Date: 2019-05-20 12:23:46 GMT - Democratic Republic of Congo - Africa - SN:48 - ID:7948736
KINSHASA, May 20 (MENA) - The Democratic Republic of Congo is facing the second largest (after West Africa) Ebola outbreak ever, killing more than 400 people and infecting hundreds more. Between 2013 and 2016, Ebola claimed the lives of 11,000 ....
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Alexandria University's scholarships for African students reaches 50
Date: 2019-05-19 14:39:18 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:50 - ID:7947794
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, May 19 (MENA)- President of Alexandria University Essam Ahmed Mahmoud El-Kurdi announced on Sunday doubling the number of various scholarships granted for the African undergraduate and post graduate students. Such a step ....
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IATA: Passengers traffic in Africa witnesses boost
Date: 2019-05-19 11:35:30 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:32 - ID:7947360
WASHINGTON, May 19 (MENA) - African airlines witnessed a boost in passengers traffic at 5.1 percent in January, marking a rise of 3.8 percent in comparison with December 2018, according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA). Local ....
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UN, AU condemn attack on UNAMID in Darfur
Date: 2019-05-19 09:26:44 GMT - Switzerland - Africa - SN:15 - ID:7947170
GENEVA, May 19 (MENA) - African Union (AU) Commissioner for Peace and Security Smail Chergui and UN Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix condemned an attack on the United Nations African Union Hybrid Operation In Darfur ....
