Africa
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Egypt offers 2,317 scholarships for African students in 2022: Higher education min.
Date: 2022-12-18 18:59:17 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:67 - ID:9928442
CAIRO, Dec 18 (MENA) - As many as 2,317 Egyptian scholarships have been provided to African students in 2022, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Ayman Ashour said. In a statement on Sunday, Ashour stressed that Egypt spares no ....
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US secretary of state hails relations with Niger
Date: 2022-12-18 16:22:32 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:59 - ID:9928300
WASHINGTON, Dec 18 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken lauded his country's relations with Niger. "On behalf of the Government of the United States and the American people, I send my best wishes to the Nigerien people as they celebrate ....
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African Development Bank Group approves $10million Trade Finance Transaction Guarantee to Banco Fomento de Angola S.A. (BFA)
Date: 2022-12-18 13:33:01 GMT - Cote d'Ivoire - Africa - SN:47 - ID:9928149
ABIDJAN, Dec 18 (MENA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a $10 million Trade Finance Transaction Guarantee (TG) to Banco Fomento de Angola S.A. (BFA). Leveraging BFA’s strategic footprint in Angola, this ....
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UN warns of famine in Somalia
Date: 2022-12-18 09:45:58 GMT - Switzerland - Africa - SN:26 - ID:9927606
GENEVA, Dec 18 (MENA) - The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) cautioned that approximately 6.7 million people across Somalia will likely endure high levels of acute food insecurity between October and December this year (IPC ....
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African Development Bank commits grants of $20.56 million to upgrade Gambia’s Banjul port
Date: 2022-12-16 20:35:43 GMT - Cote d'Ivoire - Africa - SN:79 - ID:9925956
ABIDJAN, Dec 16 (MENA) – The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional window of the African Development Bank Group, on Thursday approved grants worth $20.56 million to finance the fourth expansion of Banjul Port in ....
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Biden affirms support to Somalia
Date: 2022-12-16 12:17:24 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:31 - ID:9925406
MOGADISHU/WASHINGTON, Dec 16 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden affirmed his country's support to Somalia in the various military and development spheres. Biden also praised the operations to liberate the Middle Shabelle and Hiraan areas, which ....
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Somalia: 88 terrorists killed by army forces in Middle Shabelle region
Date: 2022-12-16 11:47:20 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:27 - ID:9925124
MOGADISHU, Dec 16 (MENA) - As many as 88 terrorists were killed in Somalia in a planned operation by the army in the Juhay area in the Middle Shabelle region, Somali Deputy Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism Abdirahman Yusuf Sheikh ....
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Global changes require intensifying joint action: AU president
Date: 2022-12-15 19:57:00 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:90 - ID:9924644
WASHINGTON, Dec 15 (MENA) - The world is witnessing changes that require the need of intensifying joint action and focusing on improving the "unequal" levels of development and respecting the common values of countries, affirmed Senegalese President ....
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Bloomberg: US, Africa firms seal dlrs 15 bn of deals at Washington summit
Date: 2022-12-15 19:11:46 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:88 - ID:9924627
WASHINGTON, Dec 15 (MENA) - American and African firms reached more than dlrs 15 billion in new commitments and deals at a summit hosted by President Joe Biden as the US moves to increase its commercial ties with the continent through investments ....
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White House: US-African partnership critical in promoting peace, security and democratic governance
Date: 2022-12-15 19:07:29 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:87 - ID:9924640
WASHINGTON, Dec 15 (MENA) - The White House issued a statement on Thursday reaffirming that that African leadership is critical to confronting today’s defining global peace, security, and democratic governance challenges. In the Peace, Security, ....