Africa

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  • Sahel countries transfer joint forces HQ from Mali to Niger

    Date: 2023-01-12 10:46:12 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:37 - ID:9964684

    NOUACKCHOTT/N'DJAMENA, Jan 12 (MENA) - The African Sahel group decided to transfer the headquarters of its joint forces from Mali to Niger's capital Niamey. The defense ministers of Mauritania, Chad, Niger and Burkina Faso stressed their interest ....

  • Burhan heads for Juba

    Date: 2023-01-12 09:33:57 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:29 - ID:9964596

    KHARTOUM, Jan 12 (MENA) - Abdul-Fattah Abdul-Rahman Al-Burhan, President of the Transitional Sovereign Council of Sudan, headed on Thursday to Juba on a one-day official visit. In a statement, the council said Burhan will holds talks with South ....

  • WHO: Uganda’s worst Ebola outbreak is over

    Date: 2023-01-11 14:26:25 GMT - Switzerland - Africa - SN:50 - ID:9963475

    GENEVA, Jan 11 (MENA) - The World Health Organization on Wednesday declared the latest Ebola epidemic in Uganda over, closing the chapter on a deadly outbreak that lasted nearly four months and killed dozens of people, said The New York ....

  • Africa to reduce effects of Russia-Ukraine war by end of H1 of 2023 - AU official

    Date: 2023-01-10 12:17:53 GMT - Angola - Africa - SN:37 - ID:9961813

    LUANDA, Jan 10 (MENA) - The negative effects of war between Russia and Ukraine on the African continent will be reduced by the end of the first semester of 2023, the Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture of the African Union (AU), Josefa ....

  • Tunisian authorities abort 4 attempts of illegal migrants, rescue 123

    Date: 2023-01-09 19:11:27 GMT - Tunisia - Africa - SN:77 - ID:9960867

    TUNIS, Jan 9 (MENA) – Tunisian authorities have aborted four attempts of illegal migrants off the Tunisian maritime borders and rescued 123 migrants. The general department of the Tunisian coastguard said in a statement on Monday that 43 ....

  • Uganda is set to declare an end to its latest deadly Ebola outbreak

    Date: 2023-01-09 17:22:28 GMT - Uganda - Africa - SN:72 - ID:9960764

    KAMPALA, Jan 9 (MENA) – Uganda said on Monday it was expecting to declare an end to an Ebola virus outbreak that emerged late last year and has claimed the lives of at least 56 people, CBS News reported. If no new case is reported by Tuesday, the ....

  • Chinese FM starts African tour of 5 countries including Egypt

    Date: 2023-01-09 10:38:11 GMT - China - Africa - SN:30 - ID:9959885

    BEIJING, Jan 9 (MENA) - Foreign Minister Qin Gang will start on Monday and eight-day tour of Ethiopia, Gabon, Angola, Benin, Egypt, the African Union Headquarters and the League of Arab States Headquarters, Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin in ....

  • Vice-president of Sudan's Sovereignty Council heads to Kenya

    Date: 2023-01-09 10:22:05 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:28 - ID:9959733

    KHARTOUM, Jan 9 (MENA) - Vice-President of Transitional Sovereignty Council (TSC) Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Daglo left today to Nairobi, Kenya on official visit at an invitation from the Kenyan Vice-President Rigathi Gachagua. According to SUNA news ....

  • 40 killed, dozens injured in bus crash in Senegal

    Date: 2023-01-08 20:20:24 GMT - Senegal - Africa - SN:54 - ID:9959160

    DAKAR, Jan 8 (MENA) - At least 40 people were killed and dozens injured in a bus crash in central Senegal, the country's president said Sunday. President Macky Sall tweeted that the collision happened in Gnivy village, in the Kaffrine region, at ....

  • OIC condemns terrorist attack in Somalia

    Date: 2023-01-04 20:00:03 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Africa - SN:87 - ID:9953867

    JEDDAH, Jan 4 (MENA) - The General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has strongly condemned the terrorist attack with two car bombs in the city of Mahas in Hiran Province, Somalia, which resulted in several victims. The ....

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