Africa

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  • New Senegalese president visits Mauritania on Thursday

    Date: 2024-04-18 06:13:49 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:1 - ID:10666337

    NOUAKCHOTT, April 18 (MENA) - New Senegalese president Bassirou Diomaye Faye is making his first visit outside the country to Mauritania on Thursday, according to the West Africa Democracy Radio (WADR). Once he arrives in Nouakchott, Diomaye Faye ....

  • IOM: dlrs 112 m needed to save migrant lives in Horn of Africa, Yemen

    Date: 2024-04-16 13:53:55 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:38 - ID:10664203

    CAIRO, April 16 (MENA) - The International Organization for Migration (IOM), along with 48 other humanitarian and development organizations and governments, is urgently appealing for dlrs 112 million to support over 2.1 million migrants and host ....

  • EU commits €896 mn in total humanitarian, development funding for Sudan

    Date: 2024-04-16 08:31:37 GMT - Belgium - Africa - SN:15 - ID:10663411

    BRUSSELS, April 16 (MENA) - The European Commission has committed 355 million in both humanitarian and development funding for Sudan and its neighbors, according to a statement issued by the website of the European Commission. Together with the ....

  • African countries urge restraint after Iran's attack on Israel

    Date: 2024-04-15 13:30:51 GMT - African capitals - Africa - SN:35 - ID:10662487

    AFRICAN CAPITALS, April 15 (MENA) - Several African countries have expressed concern after Iran’s attack on Israel. South Africa emphasized that all parties must "avoid any act that would escalate tensions in a particularly fragile region" and ....

  • Thousands protest in Niger demanding immediate withdrawal of US troops

    Date: 2024-04-13 19:00:29 GMT - Niger - Africa - SN:51 - ID:10660416

    NIAMEY, April 13 (MENA) - Thousands of people in Niger's capital on Saturday protested for the immediate departure of US soldiers from the north, after the military junta in Niamey said it was withdrawing from a military agreement with Washington, ....

  • Bahamas to host 2024 Afreximbank Annual Meetings, AfriCaribbean TradeForum

    Date: 2024-04-12 17:53:52 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:53 - ID:10659348

    NASSAU, April 12 (MENA) - The Government of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas and African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) have signed an agreement for The Bahamas to host the 31st Afreximbank Annual Meetings (AAM) and the third edition of the ....

  • Report: Worsening hunger grips West, Central Africa

    Date: 2024-04-12 11:19:46 GMT - Switzerland - Africa - SN:28 - ID:10658889

    GENEVA, April 12 (MENA) - Nearly 55 million people in West and Central Africa will struggle to feed themselves in the June-August 2024 lean season, according to the March 2024 Cadre Harmonisé food security analysis released Friday by the Permanent ....

  • Mauritanian, Rwandan presidents discuss ways to enhance bilateral cooperation

    Date: 2024-04-07 07:11:07 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:7 - ID:10653068

    NOUAKCHOTT, April 7 (MENA) - Mauritanian President and Chairman of the African Union (AU) Mohamed Ould Cheikh Ghazouani and Rwandan President Paul Kagame discussed ways to strengthen and develop bilateral cooperation ties. The Mauritanian ....

  • AU Commission, Kenya hold 14th meeting of African Task Force on Food, Nutrition Development

    Date: 2024-04-03 10:42:21 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:22 - ID:10648835

    ADDIS ABABA, April 3 (MENA) - The African Union Commission (AUC), in collaboration with the Government of the Republic of Kenya, organized the 14th Meeting of the African Task Force on Food and Nutrition Development (ATFFND) and the Regional ....

  • Gambia chairs AU Peace, Security Council in April

    Date: 2024-03-31 15:01:37 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:48 - ID:10645341

    ADDIS ABABA, March 31 (MENA) - The African Union (AU) has announced Gambia will assume the rotating presidency of the AU Peace and Security Coucncil (PSC) during April. A statement issued by the PSC said Gambia’s efforts would focus on managing ....

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