Africa

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  • Parliamentarian invites Malawi to benefit from Egyptian expertise

    Date: 2018-09-03 11:50:08 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:45 - ID:7559565

    CAIRO, Sept 3 (MENA) - Head of the parliament's committee of African affairs ElSayed Ali Ahmed Fulaifel on Monday welcomed a Malawian parliamentary delegation currently visiting Cairo to attend a training program held between September 3-5 at the ....

  • Xi: China supports Africa building Belt and Road

    Date: 2018-09-03 07:24:18 GMT - China - Africa - SN:14 - ID:7559230

    BEIJING, Sept 3 (MENA) - China supports African countries in jointly building the Belt and Road to share the win-win outcomes, President Xi Jinping said Monday when addressing the High-Level Dialogue Between Chinese and African Leaders and Business ....

  • Chinese president to inaugurate FOCAC later Monday

    Date: 2018-09-03 06:38:59 GMT - China - Africa - SN:7 - ID:7559214

    BEIJING, Sept 3 (MENA) - Chinese President Xi Jinping will inaugurate the Forum on China–Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) Monday at 4.45 p.m. Beijing time. Leaders of African countries, including Egypt's Abdel Fattah El Sisi, are taking part in the ....

  • AU opens office in Beijing

    Date: 2018-09-03 06:23:54 GMT - China - Africa - SN:6 - ID:7559208

    BEIJING, Sept 3 (MENA) - The African Union has opened a representative office in Beijing, China, as part of the ongoing Forum for China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) summit. Attending the official launch of the AU office in Beijing were the ....

  • Pentagon weighs withdrawing almost all commandos from African countries

    Date: 2018-09-02 20:42:53 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:88 - ID:7559081

    NEW YORK, Sept 2 (MENA) - The Pentagon is considering withdrawing nearly all American commandos from Niger in the wake of a deadly October ambush against a Green Beret team that killed four United States soldiers, The New York Times reported ....

  • Future of world food depends on Africa - AFDB

    Date: 2018-09-02 20:19:47 GMT - Cote d'Ivoire - Africa - SN:87 - ID:7559022

    ABIDJAN, Sept 2 (MENA) - Could the future of food in the world depend on what Africa does with agriculture? the answer is resounding yes, 2017 World Food Prize Laureate and President of the African Development Bank Akinwumi Adesina addressed crowd ....

  • Algerian PM leaves for China to attend FOCAC

    Date: 2018-09-02 12:32:09 GMT - Algeria - Africa - SN:42 - ID:7558134

    ALGERIA, Sept 2 (MENA) - Algerian Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia left for Beijing, China, earlier Sunday to attend the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC). Slated for Monday and Tuesday, Ouyahia will attend the event on behalf of Algerian ....

  • Huge explosion hits Mogadishu

    Date: 2018-09-02 09:47:49 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:21 - ID:7557786

    MOGADISHU, Sept 2 (MENA) - A huge explosion has hit Mogadishu, Sky News reported in breaking news on Sunday. No more details were given. The militant group al Shabab has been waging an insurgency to overthrow the government. It was driven ....

  • 30 Nigerian soldiers killed in Boko Haram raid: military sources

    Date: 2018-09-01 15:34:23 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:40 - ID:7557054

    ABUJA, Sept 1 (MENA) - At least 30 Nigerian soldiers died in combat with Boko Haram jihadists who overran a military base in the northeast near the border with Niger, two military sources said Saturday. They said scores of jihadists in trucks ....

  • Court orders South Africa to recognize Muslim marriages

    Date: 2018-08-31 19:30:32 GMT - South Africa - Africa - SN:68 - ID:7556084

    PRETORIA, Aug 31 (MENA) – A court in South Africa ordered the government to change the law to formally recognize Muslim marriage for the first time to avoid being in breach of the constitution, Al Arabiya reported on Friday. The Western Cape High ....

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