Africa

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  • OPEN// Nigeria eyes increasing annual animal vaccine production to 850 million doses

    Date: 2025-03-31 21:19:13 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:34 - ID:11122146

    ABUJA, March 31 (MENA) - The Livestock Productivity and Resilience Support Project (L-PRES) has announced plans to increase annual vaccine production in the country to 850 million doses, compared to the current capacity of 120 million doses. The ....

  • OPEN// Nigerian boxer collapses, dies in ring during fight

    Date: 2025-03-30 20:56:06 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:38 - ID:11121274

    ABUJA, March 30 (MENA) - A 40-year-old Nigerian boxer, Segun ‘Success’ Olanrewaju, has died after collapsing during a boxing match in Ghana. The former National and West African light-heavyweight champion, was facing Accra-born John Mbanugu, ....

  • AfDB launches $50 mln fund to combat school hunger in Africa

    Date: 2025-03-29 20:46:25 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:53 - ID:11120334

    CAIRO, March 29 (MENA) – The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a $50 million fund to combat hunger and malnutrition among school-age children in Africa. The End School-Age Hunger Fund (ESAH) will support school meal programs in ....

  • OPEN// Nigeria Health Watch, others call for improved maternal health

    Date: 2025-03-29 19:13:11 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:46 - ID:11120346

    ABUJA, March 29 (MENA) - The Managing Director of Nigeria Health Watch, Mrs Vivianne Ihekweazu, has called for improved action to enhance maternal health in Nigeria. Ihekweazu made the call in Abuja during the organisation’s 2025 edition of ....

  • China, Republic of Congo pledge to promote development of China-Africa cooperation

    Date: 2025-03-28 20:24:49 GMT - China - Africa - SN:43 - ID:11119423

    BEIJING, March 28 (MENA) - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Foreign Minister of the Republic of Congo Jean-Claude Gakosso on Friday in Beijing, pledging to jointly promote the high-quality development of China-Africa cooperation, Xinhua ....

  • Niger’s junta leader sworn in as president for 5-year transition period under new law

    Date: 2025-03-26 17:21:00 GMT - Niger - Africa - SN:41 - ID:11116970

    NIAMEY, March 26 (MENA) - Niger’s military junta leader, Abdourahamane Tchiani, was on Wednesday sworn in as the country’s president for a transition period of five years under a new charter that replaces the West African nation’s constitution, The ....

  • OPEN// Nigeria's agency solicits lawmakers’ support for natural medicine roadmap

    Date: 2025-03-25 20:28:34 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:57 - ID:11115791

    ABUJA, March 25 (MENA) - The Nigeria Natural Medicines Development Agency (NNMDA) has urged the country's House of Representatives to have budgetary allocation for the implementation of its 36-month roadmap on prioritizing natural medicines in the ....

  • OPEN// Nigeria’s SEC warns capital market violators they have no place to hide

    Date: 2025-03-23 22:24:23 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:64 - ID:11113238

    ABUJA, March 23 (MENA) - Nigeria’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) says there is no hiding place for violators in the country’s capital market. The Director-General of SEC, Dr Emomotimi Agama, gave the warning in a notice to operators ....

  • OPEN// Nigeria, Estonia pledge to deepen diplomatic ties, advance digital economy

    Date: 2025-03-22 19:18:35 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:50 - ID:11111941

    ABUJA, March 22 (MENA) – Nigeria and Estonia have reaffirmed commitment to strengthening bilateral ties and advancing their digital economic growth, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Yusuf Tuggar and ....

  • FT: Bet on Nigerian recovery draws investors seeking to dodge trade wars

    Date: 2025-03-21 09:24:33 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:15 - ID:11110448

    ABUJA, March 21 (MENA) - Foreign investors have flocked to Nigeria’s markets in recent months, as the threat of a US trade war with larger developing economies has sent portfolio managers looking for cover in former crisis-hit frontier markets now ....

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