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Egypt, 43 African states ink agreement on launching free trade area
Date: 2018-03-21 14:57:11 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:49 - ID:7307421
CAIRO, March 21 (MENA) – Minister of Trade and Industry Tariq Qabil said Egypt, along with 43 other African states, signed on Wednesday an agreement on launching the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). The inking came at the conclusion ....
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Nigeria: 105 Dapchi schoolgirls released
Date: 2018-03-21 14:41:46 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:48 - ID:7307585
ABUJA, March 21 (MENA) - One hundred and five of the 110 abducted schoolgirls in Dapchi have been released. The girls are being transported to their homes, Presidential Aide Shebu Garba quoted by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), said on ....
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Trade min. heads to Rwanda tomorrow to partake in AU summit
Date: 2018-03-20 13:52:47 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:72 - ID:7305480
CAIRO, March 20 (MENA) - Trade and Industry Minister Tarek Qabil will head for Rwanda on Wednesday to represent President Abdel Fattah El Sisi at the African Union Extraordinary Summit hosted by the Rwandan capital, Kigali, to launch the African ....
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World's last male northern white rhino passes away as species face extinction
Date: 2018-03-20 10:18:40 GMT - United Kingdom - Africa - SN:29 - ID:7304965
NAIROBI, March 20 (MENA) - The world's last male northern white rhino, Sudan, has died after “age-related complications” in Kenya, conservationists looking after his care have announced. A statement from the Ol Pejeta Conservancy where Sudan ....
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Zimbabwe's opposition party nominates presidential candidate
Date: 2018-03-19 20:26:16 GMT - Zimbabwe - Africa - SN:96 - ID:7304471
HARARE, March 19 (MENA) - The biggest opposition party in Zimbabwe, the Movement for Democratic Change, has selected charismatic lawyer Nelson Chamisa to face President Emmerson Mnangagwa in the upcoming presidential elections, Voice of America ....
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Egypt-Sudan talks establish new stage of cooperation, politician says
Date: 2018-03-19 16:52:55 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:78 - ID:7304110
CAIRO, March 19 (MENA)- Mostafa Al Gendy, an Egyptian candidate to chair the African Parliament, said Monday the Egyptian-Sudanese talks establish a new stage of mutual cooperation between both countries. He stressed that the statements of ....
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Sisi: Bashir's visit reflects positive consultation, coordination 2 last Cairo
Date: 2018-03-19 15:43:00 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:65 - ID:7303830
"Mr President Omar Al Bashir, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to welcome the Sudanese leader and his delegation in Egypt and highlight the eternal cordial and close ties between the two peoples of Egypt and Sudan," President Sisi said. Sisi ....
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Egypt provides medical aid to Somalia
Date: 2018-03-18 09:06:54 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:20 - ID:7301144
CAIRO, March 18 (MENA) - Egypt's Ambassador to Somalia Waled Ismail said on Sunday that the Egyptian embassy has handed a medical shipment of around two tons to authorities in the African country. The aid, granted by the Egyptian Agency of ....
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Azhar Imam visits fatwa council in Mauritania
Date: 2018-03-17 22:28:11 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:89 - ID:7301002
NOUAKCHOTT, March 17 (MENA) - Al-Azhar Grand Imam Dr. Ahmed El Tayyeb ushered his current first trip to Mauritania with a visit to the supreme council of fatwas. Tayyeb was welcomed upon arrival by Islamic Affairs Minister Ahmed Ould Daoud and ....
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15 killed in Kenya floods
Date: 2018-03-16 21:42:23 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:106 - ID:7299365
NAIROBI, March 16 (MENA) - Kenyan officials has said that at least 15 people have died and scores of families have been displaced across Kenya due to two days of heavy rainfall, Fox News reported. The deluge of water submerged vehicles in ....
