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African nations achieved progress regarding regional inclusion - report
Date: 2023-03-19 09:31:05 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:23 - ID:10073579
ADDIS ABABA, March 19 (MENA) - The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa said African nations achieved a tangible progress as regards regional inclusion and enhancing infrastructure but still there are many steps to be taken to accelerate ....
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UNICEF says 10 million children in Central Sahel threatened by insecurity
Date: 2023-03-17 18:40:01 GMT - Switzerland - Africa - SN:52 - ID:10071663
GENEVA, March 17 (MENA) - Ten million children living in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger are in urgent need of humanitarian aid, twice as many as in 2020, in the face of intensifying conflict, UNICEF said in a report released on Friday. "Nearly 4 ....
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WHO: Burundi detects poliovirus type 2
Date: 2023-03-17 17:58:22 GMT - Switzerland - Africa - SN:46 - ID:10071757
GENEVA, March 17 (MENA) - Health officials in Burundi have detected cases of vaccine-derived poliovirus, the World Health Organization and Global Polio Eradication Initiative said. The WHO said the Burundian government had declared the detection ....
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Mauritania ready to host OIC's FMs meeting
Date: 2023-03-13 18:21:56 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:64 - ID:10064803
NOUAKCHOTT, March 13 (MENA) - Mauritania stands fully ready to host the 49th session of the Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), which will kick off on Thursday, said Mauritanian Minister of Equipment ....
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Rwanda inked host country of AfCFTA Adjustment Fund
Date: 2023-03-11 18:19:08 GMT - Rwanda - Africa - SN:64 - ID:10061529
KIGALI, March 11 (MENA) - The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)'s Secretariat and African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) signed Saturday in Kigali the Host Country Agreement for the AfCFTA Adjustment Fund with the Republic of Rwanda, ....
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Nearly 130,000 facing starvation in Horn of Africa - WHO
Date: 2023-03-10 22:22:06 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:77 - ID:10060266
NEW YORK, March 10 (MENA) - Life-threatening hunger caused by climate shocks, violent insecurity and disease in the Horn of Africa, has left nearly 130,000 people "looking death in the eyes" and nearly 50 million facing crisis levels of food ....
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US secretary of state to visit Ethiopia, Niger
Date: 2023-03-10 20:58:09 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:71 - ID:10060212
WASHINGTON, March 10 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Ethiopia and Niger on March 14-17, the US State Department said in a statement on Friday. On March 15, Blinken will visit Addis Ababa, Ethiopia where he will ....
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DR Congo says death toll from armed attack now at 46
Date: 2023-03-09 17:05:53 GMT - Democratic Republic of Congo - Africa - SN:65 - ID:10058411
KINSHASHA, March 9 (MENA) - The death toll from the armed attack in eastern DR Congo has climbed to 46, according to France24. Suspected Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) militants have killed over 40 people in twin attacks in eastern DR Congo. ....
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UK to host African Investment Summit in April 2024
Date: 2023-03-09 15:32:21 GMT - United Kingdom - Africa - SN:53 - ID:10058326
LONDON, March 9 (MENA) - British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will host a UK-African Investment Summit (UK-AIS) in London on 23 to 24 April 2024, according to a press release by the British government. The Summit will bring together Heads of State ....
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Somalia’s Puntland-state military court executes 13 Al Shabaab, Daesh members
Date: 2023-03-08 10:40:02 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:30 - ID:10055749
MOGADISHU, March 8 (MENA) - A military court this morning executed 13 men by firing squad today after they were convicted of terrorism and murder by a military court. They were members of terrorist groups al Shabab and Daesh, Somali News Agency ....
