Africa

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  • 28 bodies found In Burkina Faso's northwest over weekend: Govt

    Date: 2023-01-03 08:35:57 GMT - Burkina Faso - Africa - SN:19 - ID:9950918

    OUAGADOUGOU, Jan 3 (MENA) - Twenty-eight bodies were found in northwest Burkina Faso in the town of Nouna over the weekend, the government said. "The government was informed of an incident at Nouna... during the night of December 30-31," a ....

  • UN chief ‘deeply saddened’ at deaths from South Africa gas tanker explosion

    Date: 2023-01-03 07:45:49 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:13 - ID:9950819

    NEW YORK, Jan 3 (MENA) - The UN Secretary-General António Guterres has expressed his deep sadness over the reported death of at least 34 people in South Africa, due to a fuel tanker explosion in a suburb of the capital, Johannesburg, on Christmas ....

  • First vessel with Russian fertilizers for Africa arrives in Africa

    Date: 2022-12-31 20:36:36 GMT - Russia - Africa - SN:81 - ID:9947867

    MOSCOW, Dec 31 (MENA) - The MV Greenwich vessel with the first batch of Russian fertilizers for Africa entered the waters of Mozambique’s port of Beira on Saturday, a source in the port’s monitoring service told TASS. "The Greenwich cargo vessel ....

  • AfDB: 27 mn, €10 mn loans for Tunisia's Kairouan solar plant 3 last Tunis

    Date: 2022-12-23 13:19:30 GMT - Tunisia - Africa - SN:39 - ID:9936273

    Dr. Daniel Schroth, the Bank’s Director of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency in charge of SEFA, noted that SEFA’s concessional terms under the program will likely absorb the Covid-19-related project cost increase and maintain the project ....

  • AfDB: 27 mn, €10 mn loans for Tunisia's Kairouan solar plant 2 Tunis

    Date: 2022-12-23 13:19:13 GMT - Tunisia - Africa - SN:38 - ID:9936268

    Dr. Kevin Kariuki, Vice President of Power, Energy, Climate and Green Growth at the African Development Bank said “The 100 megawatts Kairouan Solar PV Project will not only be a pioneer for other grid-based solar and wind independent power projects ....

  • AfDB: 27 mn, €10 mn loans for Tunisia's Kairouan solar plant

    Date: 2022-12-23 13:18:49 GMT - Tunisia - Africa - SN:37 - ID:9936160

    TUNIS, Dec 23 (MENA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has approved a $27 million and €10 million loan package to co-finance the construction of a 100-megawatt Solar power plant in Kairouan, Tunisia, said the AfDB ....

  • Somai gov. calls for local parties to start serious dialogue

    Date: 2022-12-23 13:18:17 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:36 - ID:9936206

    MOGADISHU, Dec 23 (MENA) – The Somali government urged on Friday all local parties to de-escalate situation and start dialogue to reach a political solution to disputes, Somali Ministry of Information said in a statement. It expressed deep regret ....

  • Suspected extremists attack police in northern Kenya; 3 dead

    Date: 2022-12-21 14:25:41 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:66 - ID:9933201

    NAIROBI, Dec 21 (MENA) – Three people, including two police officers, were killed Wednesday morning in an attack by al-Shabab extremists in northern Kenya, Kenyan police have announced. The victims were in a police vehicle when they were attacked ....

  • FAO urges world to offer full support for sustainable living in Somalia

    Date: 2022-12-21 09:46:56 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:30 - ID:9932734

    MOGADISHU, Dec 21 (MENA) - The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) urged fully funded and sustained life-saving and livelihood support in Somalia on Tuesday to pull residents from the brink of famine. The UN agency said ....

  • Egypt's counter-terrorism policy proven effective for risk neutralization: AU

    Date: 2022-12-18 20:03:39 GMT - Algeria - Africa - SN:71 - ID:9928508

    ALGIERS, Dec 18 (MENA) - The Egyptian counter-terrorism experience has demonstrated the effectiveness of Egypt's counter-terrorism policy, which was based on the protection, safeguarding, and proactive work, Director of the African Center for the ....

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