Africa

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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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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, ....

  • Nigeria confirms 275 Lassa fever cases

    Date: 2019-02-08 16:46:28 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:47 - ID:7795230

    ABUJA, Feb 8 (MENA) - The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Friday confirmed that 275 cases of Lassa fever were recorded since its outbreak in parts of the country, Pulse Nigeria reported. This was made known in a statement by the ....

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