Africa

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  • France suspends all development aid to Niger following coup

    Date: 2023-07-29 20:47:38 GMT - France - Africa - SN:67 - ID:10278676

    PARIS, July 29 (MENA) - France has suspended all development aid to Niger with immediate effect, the French Foreign Ministry said in a statement, after a defence council meeting with President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday that followed a military ....

  • Russia earmarks $2 mln for new batch of food products for Mali

    Date: 2023-07-29 16:41:47 GMT - Russia - Africa - SN:54 - ID:10278532

    MOSCOW, July 29 (MENA) - The Russian cabinet has allocated $2 million for purchasing a new batch of food products for Mali through UN structures, TASS quoted Russian President Vladimir Putin as saying. "As necessary, we are also trying to support ....

  • Russia ready to switch to national currencies in trade with Africa – deputy PM

    Date: 2023-07-29 14:14:35 GMT - Russia - Africa - SN:44 - ID:10278387

    ST. PETERSBURG, July 29 (MENA) - Moscow is ready to switch to national currencies in trade with African countries, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexey Overchuk said in an interview with TASS on the sidelines of the second Russia-Africa ....

  • Russia to help South Africa successfully host BRICS summit — Putin

    Date: 2023-07-29 11:36:55 GMT - Russia - Africa - SN:27 - ID:10278187

    ST. PETERSBURG, July 29 (MENA) - Moscow will help South Africa host a BRICS summit in August in the best possible way, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with his South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa, according to Tass. Putin ....

  • Over 100 Al-Shabaab terrorist militants killed in military operation

    Date: 2023-07-29 08:59:01 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:18 - ID:10277946

    MOGADISHU, July 29 (MENA) - Somali National Army backed by International Partners killed over 100 terrorist members of Al-Shabaab including senior militants after fighting between the two sides in Galgadud area on Friday, SONNA reported. The ....

  • Sisi participates in meeting with Putin, African leaders in Russian-Ukrainian crisis settlement initiative

    Date: 2023-07-29 06:19:09 GMT - Russia - Africa - SN:3 - ID:10277722

    SAINT PETERSBURG, July 28 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi participated in a meeting in the Russian city of Saint Petersburg with Russian President Vladimir Putin and African countries leaders taking part in the African mediation initiative ....

  • Lavrov, 31 top African diplomats discuss cooperation issues - Russian Foreign Ministry

    Date: 2023-07-28 18:40:16 GMT - Russia - Africa - SN:52 - ID:10277471

    MOSCOW, July 28 (MENA) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his counterparts from 31 African countries participating in the second Russia-Africa summit and economic-and-humanitarian forum discussed ways of strengthening mutually beneficial ....

  • Congo Republic president calls for end to conflict in Ukraine

    Date: 2023-07-28 18:17:00 GMT - Russia - Africa - SN:50 - ID:10277508

    MOSCOW, July 28 (MENA) - President of the Republic of the Congo Denis Sassou Nguesso has called for an end to the conflict in Ukraine, TASS news agency reported Friday. "I once again call for an end to the Russia-Ukraine conflict," he said at a ....

  • AU chair: Putin’s grain offer not enough, need Ukraine ceasefire

    Date: 2023-07-28 18:12:07 GMT - Russia - Africa - SN:49 - ID:10277504

    SAINT PETERSBURG, July 28 (MENA) - The chair of the African Union, Azali Assoumani, said on Friday that proposals by Russian President Vladimir Putin to provide grain to Africa were not sufficient, and that a ceasefire in Ukraine was needed, ....

  • Any breakdown of constitutional order in Niger 'to have consequences' - EU

    Date: 2023-07-28 17:33:06 GMT - Belgium - Africa - SN:48 - ID:10277432

    BRUSSELS, July 28 (MENA) - The EU's top diplomat on Friday warned of "consequences" for the cooperation between the EU and Niger, including the suspension of budget support, after General Abdourahmane Tchiani, the head of the Presidential Guard, ....

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