Africa

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  • Mohamed Abdullahi inaugurated as Somalia’s 9th President

    Date: 2017-02-22 19:25:47 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:63 - ID:6571065

    MOGADISHU, Feb 22 (MENA) - Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has been inaugurated as Somalia’s 9th President, the Ethiopian News Agency reported Wednesday. The presidential inauguration was held with the presence of leaders of African countries including ....

  • Nigerian authorities impose 24-hour curfew on Kaduna communities

    Date: 2017-02-22 13:43:27 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:31 - ID:6568749

    ABJUA, Feb 22 (MENA) - Kaduna State Government has imposed a 24-hour curfew on troubled southern communities following the escalation of violence as a result of alleged attacks and killings by armed Fulani herdsmen, The Guardian ....

  • Irrigation min. highlights Egypt’s cooperation with Nile basin countries

    Date: 2017-02-22 12:37:00 GMT - Tanzania - Africa - SN:26 - ID:6567953

    DAR ES SALAAM, Feb 22 (MENA) - Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Mohamed Abdel Aati underlined Egypt's keenness on boosting cooperation with all Nile Basin countries, noting that such cooperation would maintain promising future for people ....

  • Global(2):LONGi-LERRI Solar Named Tier One by Bloomberg

    Date: 2017-02-22 07:11:17 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:6 - ID:6566109

    Based on LERRI Solar's success in projects that have received non-recourse financing, Bloomberg New Energy Finance has named LERRI Solar a Tier One supplier SHANGHAI, Feb. 22, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- LERRI Solar, a world leading monocrystalline ....

  • High-level Egyptian delegation to attend Nile Day in Tanzaia Wednesday

    Date: 2017-02-21 10:42:35 GMT - Tanzania - Africa - SN:34 - ID:6561297

    DAR ES SALAAM, Feb 21 (MENA) - Proceedings of the Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) will be held here on Wednesday under the rubric ''Our Shared Nile - Source of Energy, Food and Water for All'' amid the participation of a high-level Egyptian delegation ....

  • S.Sudan spokesman denies Salva Kiir regime responsibility for famine

    Date: 2017-02-21 07:43:27 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:13 - ID:6560149

    JUBA, Feb 21 (MENA) - South Sudan Presidential Spokesman Ateny Wek Ateny denied that the regime of Salva Kiir Mayardit was responsible for the famine threatening some parts of the country. In statements to the BBC Radio on Tuesday, Ateny held the ....

  • Global(1):New Guide Helps Countries Assess Immunization Financing Options

    Date: 2017-02-21 06:09:54 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:2 - ID:6559861

    WASHINGTON, Feb. 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, a new resource guide, Immunization Financing: A Resource Guide for Advocates, Policymakers, and Program Managers, was released to provide practical advice to low- and middle-income countries seeking ....

  • Al Azhar condemns Mogadishu terror attack

    Date: 2017-02-20 19:29:01 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:100 - ID:6559009

    CAIRO, Feb 20 (MENA) - Al Azhar has strongly condemned a terrorist attack on a local market in the Somali capital of Mogadishu that killed at least 30 people and injured over 40 others. Such heinous crimes have nothing to do with religions, Al ....

  • OIC condemns Mogadishu terrorist attack

    Date: 2017-02-20 17:09:01 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Africa - SN:82 - ID:6557909

    JEDDAH, Feb 20 (MENA) - The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) strongly condemned Monday the terrorist car bomb attack, claimed by the terrorist group al Shabaab, which struck at Madina district of Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, killing a score ....

  • Famine hits parts of South Sudan: UN warns

    Date: 2017-02-20 16:50:39 GMT - Switzerland - Africa - SN:78 - ID:6557453

    GENEVA, Feb 20 (MENA) - Famine has been formally declared in parts of South Sudan, the United Nations warned today, noting that war and a collapsing economy have left some 100,000 people facing starvation there and a further one million people are ....

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