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Biggest ever cholera vaccine drive underway in Africa: UN
Date: 2018-05-07 17:46:29 GMT - Switzerland - Africa - SN:77 - ID:7388609
GENEVA, May 7 (MENA) - The biggest cholera vaccine drive in history is under way in Africa aimed at reining in a spate of outbreaks across the continent, The Straits Times quoted the UN and charity alliance Gavi as saying Monday. More than two ....
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Egypt mulls greater agricultural cooperation with Uganda
Date: 2018-05-07 12:01:25 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:37 - ID:7387455
CAIRO, May 7 (MENA) - Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation Abdul Moneim el Banna on Monday discussed with his Ugandan counterpart Vincent Ssempijja means of increasing cooperation in agricultural areas. This came during a meeting held at ....
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Death toll from S.African gold mine collapse rises to 7
Date: 2018-05-05 20:50:12 GMT - South Africa - Africa - SN:68 - ID:7385217
JOHANNESBURG, May 5 (MENA) - A mining company in South Africa said seven workers died and six were rescued after an earth tremor caused a rock fall at a gold mine, ABC news reported on Saturday The Sibanye-Stillwater company said that 13 miners ....
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AU delegation to visit Sudan Saturday
Date: 2018-05-04 15:44:18 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:56 - ID:7383524
KHARTOUM, May 4 (MENA) – A delegation from the African Union Peace and Security Council (PSC) will start an official visit to Sudan on Saturday to discuss the latest developments in Darfur. During the visit that will last till Wednesday, May 9, ....
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Six dead in Kenya overnight flooding with 11 others missing
Date: 2018-05-04 10:48:48 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:24 - ID:7383087
NAIROBI, May 4 (MENA) - Six people have drowned in Kenya in overnight flooding and 11 others are missing, local authorities said Friday, the latest of dozens of deaths caused by heavy seasonal rains in recent weeks, ABC News reported. "We are at ....
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UN says 80 killed in weeks of flooding in Kenya
Date: 2018-05-04 09:31:11 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:18 - ID:7382930
NAIROBI, May 4 (MENA) - The UN humanitarian agency says 80 people have been reported dead and hundreds of thousands displaced from their homes since March due to heavy rainfall in Kenya, the Washington Post reported on Friday. The UN statement ....
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Sudan, Ethiopia discuss boosting bilateral ties
Date: 2018-05-03 14:58:24 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:57 - ID:7381970
KHARTOUM, May 3 (MENA) – Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Thursday discussed in two separate meetings with Sudanese First Vice President Bakri Hassan Salih and Vice President Hassabo Mohammed Abdel Rahman ways of boosting bilateral ....
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UN official: UN backs talks, not elections in South Sudan
Date: 2018-05-03 09:06:11 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:18 - ID:7381259
NEW YORK, May 3 (MENA) - The U.N.'s deputy peacekeeping chief says the United Nations opposes the South Sudan government's plan to hold elections if warring parties are unable to reconcile differences at peace talks now scheduled to start on May ....
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Ethiopian PM says keen on optimization of Nile water use
Date: 2018-05-02 22:23:57 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:95 - ID:7381099
KHARTOUM, May 2 (MENA) - Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed asserted on Wednesday night his country’s keenness on optimization of the use of River Nile as resource of water. Ethiopia will set that goal for the relevant talks with Egypt and ....
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Ethiopian PM arrives in Sudan
Date: 2018-05-02 21:10:34 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:89 - ID:7380805
KHARTOUM, May 2 (MENA) - Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed arrived Wednesday in Khartoum on a two-day visit to the country, SUNA news agency reported. Sudanese President Omar al Bashir received Ahmed at the airport along with a number of senior ....
