Africa

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  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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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