Africa
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Almost half of South Africans likely to go hungry in 2025, study finds
Date: 2023-10-18 09:58:38 GMT - Austria - Africa - SN:46 - ID:10398003
VIENNA, Oct 18 (MENA) - The number of people unable to meet their minimum food consumption needs in South Africa is expected to marginally decline to just under one in two by 2025, according to the World Data Lab. The firm, which conducted ....
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AL, AU: Any ground operation may lead to unprecedented genocide
Date: 2023-10-15 17:26:37 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:73 - ID:10393459
CAIRO, Oct 15 (MENA) - The Arab League (AL) and the African Union (AU) called for an immediate cessation of military operations in Gaza, and a concerted international effort to provide urgent humanitarian aid to some 2.2 million ....
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Board meeting of AfCFTA adjustment fund takes place in Rwanda
Date: 2023-10-07 15:29:27 GMT - Rwanda - Africa - SN:66 - ID:10379824
KIGALI, Oct 7 (MENA) - The inaugural Board Meeting of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Adjustment Fund Corporation took place in the Republic of Rwanda. Following the mandate by the African Union (AU) Summit of Heads of State and ....
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EU condemns terrorist attack in Somalia
Date: 2023-10-01 09:38:08 GMT - Belgium - Africa - SN:27 - ID:10369907
BRUSSELS, Oct 1 (MENA) - The European Union has condemned the recent attacks by terrorist group al-Shabaab against civilian targets in Somalia. The attacks only reinforce longstanding commitment of the European Union to stand by the Federal ....
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UK says concerned by fragile situation in eastern DRC
Date: 2023-09-28 21:55:21 GMT - United Kingdom - Africa - SN:68 - ID:10366734
LONDON, Sept 28 (MENA) - UK Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations James Kariuki said the UK remains extremely concerned by the fragile situation in eastern the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Regional peace processes ....
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Afreximbank vice-president: Inter-African Trade Fair is platform for explore investment opportunities in Africa
Date: 2023-09-28 16:34:33 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:54 - ID:10366503
CAIRO, Sept 28 (MENA) - Vice President of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) Kanayo Awani asserted the importance of economic independence of African states as well as the efficient management of their economic and political affairs ....
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French amb. expelled from Niger arrives in Paris as Macron reiterates support for ousted Bazzom
Date: 2023-09-27 18:53:24 GMT - France - Africa - SN:68 - ID:10365241
PARIS, Sept 27 (MENA) - France's ambassador to Niger, Sylvain Itte, has left the capital, Niamey, early Wednesday morning and has returned to Paris, the French Foreign Ministry said. "The ambassador and six colleagues left Niamey around 4 a.m. ....
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Niger bans French aircraft from its airspace
Date: 2023-09-24 17:57:43 GMT - France - Africa - SN:60 - ID:10360187
PARIS, Sept 24 (MENA) - Niger's airspace is "open to all national and international commercial flights except for French aircraft or aircraft chartered by France including those of the airline Air France," France 24 quoted the country's authorities ....
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AFDB dedicates $4.52 bn to back ECOWAS economic integration plan
Date: 2023-09-24 14:49:57 GMT - Cote d'Ivoire - Africa - SN:47 - ID:10359907
ABIDJAN, Sept 24 (MENA) - The African Development Bank has approved to allocated 4.52 billion dollars to support economic integration plan of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The bank, in a statement, said it had concluded ....
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Somali army kills over 30 Al Shabaab terrorists in southern Mudug
Date: 2023-09-23 18:25:54 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:57 - ID:10358836
MOGADISHU, Sept 23 (MENA) - The Somali National Army killed more than 30 Al-Shabaab terrorists in an operation they conducted in Shabellow area in the southern Mudug region, SONNA news agency reported. The operation resulted in the destruction of a ....