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AfDB president: AfDB works with governments to improve transparency, governance, accountability
Date: 2019-02-11 13:53:29 GMT - south korea - Africa - SN:70 - ID:7799705
BUSAN, South Korea, Feb 11 (MENA) - President of the African Development Bank Akinwumi Adesina described corruption as a killer of the future, the bank said in a statement online on Sunday. Addressing the World Peace Summit of Global Leaders in ....
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2019 Sunhak Peace Prize Laureate Adesina donates $500,000 to fight hunger in Africa
Date: 2019-02-11 11:54:02 GMT - south korea - Africa - SN:43 - ID:7799406
SEOUL, Feb 11 (MENA) - President of African Development Bank and 2019 Sunhak Peace Prize Laureate Akinwumi Adesina has pledged to do more to advance Africa’s fight against hunger, poverty and youth underemployment, according to AfDB website. The ....
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South Africa ready to discuss nuclear energy cooperation with Russia - FM
Date: 2019-02-11 08:35:53 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:14 - ID:7798978
ADDIS ABABA, Feb 11 (MENA) - South Africa will discuss nuclear energy cooperation with Russia during the next high-level bilateral meeting, Lindiwe Sisulu, the South African minister of international relations and cooperation, told the Russian news ....
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Ethiopian PM, EU official discuss boosting bilateral cooperation
Date: 2019-02-10 15:14:58 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:95 - ID:7798230
ADDIS ABABA, Feb 10 (MENA) - Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed met Sunday with EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini to discuss means of boosting cooperation between his country and the pan-European body. The meeting was held on the ....
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3 dead as Ethiopian helicopter crashes at UN compound
Date: 2019-02-10 08:41:28 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:19 - ID:7797128
JUBA, Feb 10 (MENA) - The United Nations said three crew members are dead after an Ethiopian military helicopter crashed inside the compound of the UN peacekeeping mission for the disputed Abyei region on the Sudan-South Sudan border, the ABC News ....
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MENA: Eswatini to succeed Egypt in AU presidency
Date: 2019-02-10 07:12:34 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:7 - ID:7797019
ADDIS ABABA, Feb 10 (MENA) - The Middle East News Agency (MENA) learnt on Sunday that Eswatini will be elected to chair the African Union in 2020 in succession of Egypt. Eswatini will be elected during a closed session of the African Union Summit ....
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AU to launch workshop on women's role in peace and security
Date: 2019-02-10 06:39:33 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:3 - ID:7796990
ADDIS ABABA, Feb 10 (MENA) - The African Union will launch later Sunday a workshop on women's role in peace and security. In a press release, the AU said AU Special Envoy on Women Peace and Security Mme Bineta Diop will participate in the event ....
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Ethiopia president meets EU High Representative, Bill Gates
Date: 2019-02-09 21:41:39 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:68 - ID:7796850
ADDIS ABABA, Feb 9 (MENA)- Ethiopia President Sahlework Zewdie met with High Representative of European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Moghernia, and the American philanthropist Bill Gates at the National Palace on ....
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15 extremists killed in US airstrikes in Somalia
Date: 2019-02-09 07:48:46 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:8 - ID:7795705
MOGADISHU, Feb 9 (MENA) - The United States military says targeted airstrikes against suspected extremists in Somalia have killed 15 fighters, Shabelle radio reported on Saturday. A US Africa Command statement said the airstrikes occurred in the ....
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AFDB calls for cooperation with S. Korea in tech, agriculture, energy
Date: 2019-02-08 17:41:59 GMT - south korea - Africa - SN:50 - ID:7795344
SEOUL, Feb 8 (MENA) - President of the African Development Bank (AFDB) Akinwumi Adesina on Friday expressed hope that South Korea and Africa can increase personnel exchanges and technology sharing in the fields of agriculture, energy and drones, ....
