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UN seeks $234 million in aid for Zimbabwe
Date: 2019-02-28 13:46:52 GMT - Zimbabwe - Africa - SN:47 - ID:7826694
HARARE, Feb 28 (MENA) - The United Nations on Thursday launched an international appeal for aid for Zimbabwe following a drought that it expects to affect around a third of the population as crop yields plummet, media reports said. Seasonal rains ....
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Al Shabaab attacks AU military base in southern Somalia; casualties reported
Date: 2019-02-28 11:06:55 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:23 - ID:7826314
MOGADISHU, Feb 28 (MENA) - A heavy gun battle erupted in the southern town of Qoryoley in Lower Shabelle region after Al Shabaab militants launched an assault on an African Union military base on Wednesday night, Radio Shabelle reported on ....
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Chinese envoy asks to address root causes of conflicts in Africa by providing development aid
Date: 2019-02-28 06:58:27 GMT - China - Africa - SN:9 - ID:7826019
NEW YORK, Feb 28 (MENA) - A Chinese envoy asked for international efforts to address the root causes of conflicts in Africa by scaling up assistance for Africa's socio-economic development, the Chinese news agency Xinhua reported. International ....
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Al Azhar decries terrorist bombing in funeral in central Mali
Date: 2019-02-27 23:19:22 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:119 - ID:7825942
CAIRO, Feb 27 (MENA) - Al Azhar deplored Wednesday a terrorist bombing that killed 17 civilians and injured another 15 in a funeral in central Mali. The incident, caused by the explosion of a booby-trapped corpse, occurred on Tuesday in the small ....
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ITIDA, Sisco ink cooperation deal to implement AAL initiative
Date: 2019-02-27 21:48:53 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:113 - ID:7825779
CAIRO, Feb 27 (MENA) - The Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA) signed on Wednesday a cooperation agreement with the worldwide IT leader Sisco Systems. The agreement aims at cooperating in the implementation the African App ....
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Senegal votes in first round of presidential election
Date: 2019-02-24 09:43:08 GMT - Senegal - Africa - SN:22 - ID:7818683
DAKAR, Feb 24 (MENA) - Senegal votes Sunday in an election that incumbent President Macky Sall looks confident to win in the first round after his main challengers were banned from running in the West African country's ballot, France 24 ....
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African prosecutors call for int'l cooperation to dry up terrorist funding
Date: 2019-02-23 18:56:51 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:57 - ID:7818177
CAIRO, Feb 23 (MENA) - Participators in the first Middle Eastern and North African Regional conference unanimously agreed on the need to boost international cooperation to provide highly-efficient techniques helping monitor and dry up terrorist ....
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Egypt allocates $10 mn to establish African Space Agency
Date: 2019-02-23 16:31:08 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:44 - ID:7818060
CAIRO, Feb 23 (MENA) - Egypt has allocated $10 million to establish the African Space Agency and cover its running expenses for the next five years, the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research’s advisor for African affairs said on ....
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Environment min. mulls cooperation with Burundi
Date: 2019-02-23 15:24:05 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:41 - ID:7817808
CAIRO, Feb 23 (MENA) - Environment Minster Yasmin Fouad on Saturday discussed with her Burundian counterpart Deo-Guide Rurema means of promoting mutual cooperation at the environmental level. The two officials discussed how to increase ....
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Nigeria's presidential election kicks off
Date: 2019-02-23 09:41:16 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:11 - ID:7817236
ABUJA, Feb 23 (MENA) - Nigerians are finally going to the polls for the country's general election following a last-minute postponement of the vote a week ago, the BBC reported Saturday. The main challenger to President Muhammadu Buhari, 76, is ....
