Africa

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  • UNSC cuts 1,000 troops from peacekeeping mission in Somalia

    Date: 2019-05-31 19:41:18 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:47 - ID:7963735

    NEW YORK, May 31 (MENA) - The United Nations Security Council decided Friday to cut 1,000 troops from a regional peacekeeping force in Somalia, despite a rise in attacks by the Al-Shabaab militia in Mogadishu, France 24 reported. The council ....

  • Egypt elected member of UN-Habitat Executive Board

    Date: 2019-05-29 17:00:58 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:62 - ID:7960918

    CAIRO, May 29 (MENA) - Egypt was elected Wednesday as member of the Executive Board of the UN-Habitat for four years (2019-2023). The announcement was made after the UN-Habitat Assembly approved the list of nominating countries, including Egypt, ....

  • Egypt, Gabon discuss bilateral cooperation

    Date: 2019-05-29 15:05:16 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:50 - ID:7960733

    CAIRO, May 29 (MENA) - Minister of State for Military Production Mohamed el Assar held on Wednesday a meeting with President of Gabon's Olam International Ltd Gagan Gupta. During the meeting, they discussed projects that could be established in ....

  • Nigerian president Buhari sworn in for 2nd term

    Date: 2019-05-29 11:41:54 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:30 - ID:7960385

    ABUJA, May 29 (MENA) - Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari began his second term as head of Africa's most populous nation on Wednesday, facing heightened pressure to defeat Islamic extremism and boost the oil-dependent economy amid concerns over ....

  • Kemet Foundation to organize int'l seminar on Africa July 3

    Date: 2019-05-26 11:31:38 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:27 - ID:7956295

    CAIRO, May 26 (MENA) - The Kemet Boutros Ghali Foundation for Peace and Knowledge will be organizing an international seminar on inter-African cooperation titled “Peace in Africa…The Food Basket of the World” on July 3. The event will be held at ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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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