Africa

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  • Egypt committed to furthering cooperation Kenya: Sisi

    Date: 2019-03-03 15:28:06 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:46 - ID:7830934

    CAIRO, March 3 (MENA) - Egypt is keen on maximizing the benefits of coordination and consultation with Kenya, and its leader in person, under Egypt's chairmanship of the African Union (AU), President Abdel Fattah El Sisi said on Sunday. The ....

  • Alex. university chief mulls academic cooperation with Nigeria

    Date: 2019-03-02 18:45:12 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:44 - ID:7829698

    ALEXANDRIA, March 2 (MENA) - President of Alexandria University Essam El-Kordi reviewed on Saturday aspects of academic cooperation with Nigerian universities at a meeting a senior member of the Nigerian embassy in Cairo. The meeting with the ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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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