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IOM appeals for USD 50 mln to help needy people in Ethiopia
Date: 2019-06-09 08:27:41 GMT - Switzerland - Africa - SN:15 - ID:7972507
GENEVA, June 9 (MENA) - The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is appealing to the international community for USD 50 million to continue offering lifesaving assistance to 1.5 million people in need in Ethiopia. Mass internal ....
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Sudan releases 78 Ethiopian prisoners
Date: 2019-06-08 11:03:44 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:15 - ID:7971667
ADDIS ABABA, June 8 (MENA) - The Transitional Military Council of Sudan has released 78 Ethiopian prisoners, who have been jailed in Sudanese prisons for many years, New Business Ethiopia reported on Saturday. The released Ethiopian prisoners ....
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CYFY Africa 2019 kicks off in Morocco
Date: 2019-06-07 21:47:10 GMT - Morocco - Africa - SN:52 - ID:7971334
TANGIER, Morocco, June 7 (MENA) - The Conference on Technology, Innovation, and Society (CYFY Africa 2019) kicked off on Friday in Tangiers, Morocco. Participants discussed during the first day of the event the importance of technology in the ....
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Ethiopian PM arrives in Khartoum for mediation efforts
Date: 2019-06-07 07:01:54 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:7 - ID:7970538
KHARTOUM, June 7 (MENA) - Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed arrived on Friday morning to the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, for mediation efforts aimed at resuming talks between the ruling Transitional Military Council (TMC) and the main opposition ....
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UN aid chief warns of looming ‘horror’ as Somalia again faces famine
Date: 2019-06-05 16:55:25 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:44 - ID:7969405
NEW YORK, June 5 (MENA) – The top humanitarian official at the United Nations sounded the alarm on Wednesday about the looming risk of famine in the Horn of Africa because of drought, warning that more than five million people are threatened, mostly ....
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Rebels kill 13 civilians in east Congo's Ebola zone
Date: 2019-06-04 19:37:28 GMT - Democratic Republic of Congo - Africa - SN:57 - ID:7968559
KINSHASA, June 4 (MENA) - Thirteen Congolese civilians were killed in the country’s eastern Ebola zone in an attack by a group thought to be linked to Daesh, Euronews quoted a local official as saying on Tuesday. Insurgents from Allied Democratic ....
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53 African countries to partake in China-Africa Economic, Trade Expo
Date: 2019-06-04 14:10:58 GMT - China - Africa - SN:37 - ID:7968215
BEIJING, June 4 (MENA) - A total of 53 African countries confirmed plans to attend the first China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo scheduled for June 27-29 in central China's Hunan Province, a local official was quoted by Xinhua as saying on Tuesday. ....
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AU legal counsel discusses rules of procedure for coming AU summit in Niger
Date: 2019-06-03 08:51:46 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:13 - ID:7966559
ADDIS ABABA, June 3 (MENA) - Ambassador Namira Negm, the Legal Counsel of the African Union, had talks on Monday with experts of the sub-regional organizations on the rules of procedure for the coming African summit, set for Niger in July. This ....
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Muslims in Mali celebrate Eidul Fitr today
Date: 2019-06-03 08:35:10 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:10 - ID:7966577
BAMAKO, June 3 (MENA) - The Muslim community of Mali celebrates Eidul Fitr on Monday, June 3, after the Lunar Crescent Observation Commission confirmed seeing the crescent of Shawwal month in several parts of the country, Bamako newspaper ....
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Donors pledge to grant $1.2 bln for reconstruction in Mozambique
Date: 2019-06-01 21:37:16 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:61 - ID:7965000
NEW YORK, June 1 (MENA) - President of Mozambique Filipe Nyusi said on Saturday that the global donors pledged to raise $1.2 billion for post-cyclone reconstruction. Nyusi's remarks came on the sidelines of the conclusion of the International ....
