Africa

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  • OPEN// Nigeria's university, UNICEF to plant 2,080 trees to mitigate climate change

    Date: 2025-03-02 20:15:01 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:43 - ID:11088425

    ABUJA, March 2 (MENA) - Nigeria's Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria in collaboration with UNICEF would plant 2,080 trees in three months to strengthen environmental sustainability and mitigate the negative impacts of climate change. This was ....

  • African Development Bank, Pandemic Fund sign deal to leverage resources for pandemic preparedness

    Date: 2025-02-28 14:58:41 GMT - Cote d'Ivoire - Africa - SN:26 - ID:11086217

    ABIDJAN, Feb 28 (MENA) - The African Development Bank Group has signed an agreement to become an implementing entity of the Pandemic Fund to coordinate financing of the Fund’s approved projects in Africa, as well as to participate in a call for ....

  • Rwandan president attends 2nd Inclusive FinTech Forum 2025

    Date: 2025-02-25 11:04:43 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:9 - ID:11081592

    KIGALI , Feb 25 (MENA) - Rwanda's President Paul Kagame attended the second edition of the Inclusive Fintech Forum (IFF) that kicked off Monday and wraps up Wednesday in Rwanda's capital, Kigali. The global event, which is taking place at the ....

  • Egypt committed to pursuing new economic partnerships with African partners: Deputy FM

    Date: 2025-02-24 22:29:41 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:55 - ID:11081182

    CAIRO, Feb 24 (MENA) - Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Emigration and Egyptian Expatriates Ambassador Abu Bakr Hafny chaired a meeting of the Permanent Follow-up Committee on Egyptian-African Relations on Monday to discuss a raft of bilateral ....

  • 2nd edition of Inclusive FinTech Forum kicks off in Rwanda

    Date: 2025-02-24 10:27:27 GMT - Rwanda - Africa - SN:10 - ID:11080208

    KIGALI, Feb 24 (MENA) - The second edition of the Inclusive FinTech Forum (IFF) launched Monday in Rwanda's capital Kigali and runs till Wednesday. The event aims to showcase KIFC’s mandate and position Rwanda as the fast-growing hub for FinTech ....

  • Nigerian troops kill 82 terrorists, arrest 198, rescue 93 hostages

    Date: 2025-02-23 11:41:53 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:13 - ID:11078830

    ABUJA, Feb 23 (MENA) - Nigeria military High Command said that 82 terrorists were killed, 198 arrested, 22 perpetrators apprehended of oil theft and 93 hostages were rescued between February 14-21, according to the Nigerian Tribune ....

  • Five candidates vie for post of AfDB's president

    Date: 2025-02-21 17:34:39 GMT - Cote d'Ivoire - Africa - SN:29 - ID:11077153

    ABIDJAN, Feb 21 (MENA) - The Steering Committee of the Board of Governors on the Election of the President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved five candidates for the office of the AfDB's President, the Bank's website said Friday. The ....

  • Egypt, Gabon discuss advancing bilateral coop.

    Date: 2025-02-20 20:03:05 GMT - Gabon - Africa - SN:74 - ID:11076225

    LIBREVILLE/CAIRO, Feb 20 (MENA) - Egypt's Ambassador to Gabon Reham Hussein Ammar discussed with Minister of Foreign Affairs Regis Onanga Ndiaye ways to advance bilateral cooperation mechanisms between the two countries. The meeting touched on the ....

  • 38th Ordinary Summit of Heads of State, Government of AU kicks off in Addis Ababa

    Date: 2025-02-15 08:21:00 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:6 - ID:11067840

    ADDIS ABABA, Feb 15 (MENA) - The 38th Ordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU) kicked off in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa on Saturday. Meetings of the 38th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the AU will ....

  • African Virtual Investment Platform to be officially launched on sidelines of 38th AU Summit

    Date: 2025-02-14 08:45:57 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:7 - ID:11066741

    ADDIS ABABA, Feb 14 (MENA) - The African Union Commission (AUC) and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) will officially launch the Africa Virtual Investment Platform (AVIP) on the margins of the 38th AU Summit. ....

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