Africa

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  • Kenyans start voting in presidential election

    Date: 2022-08-09 07:17:57 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:10 - ID:9711095

    NAIROBI, Aug 9 (MENA) - Kenyans started voting for lawmakers and a new president early Tuesday after a campaign in which the key issues were rising food costs and corruption, The Independent Uganda reported. Long lines of eager voters were ....

  • AU, France review means of settling Libyan crisis

    Date: 2022-08-08 08:45:17 GMT - Libya - Africa - SN:20 - ID:9709535

    TRIPOLI, Aug 8 (MENA) - Chairperson of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat reviewed with French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna the international efforts for settling the Libyan crisis. During a phone call on Monday, the two sides ....

  • AfDB to host policy dialogue on sustainable debt management

    Date: 2022-08-05 17:47:56 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:60 - ID:9706157

    ABIDJAN, Aug 5 (MENA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) will host a virtual policy dialogue on sustainable debt management in Africa on August 23. This will be a side event to the Eighth Tokyo International Conference on African Development ....

  • COP27 offers great opportunity to think more about Africa: Bezos Earth Fund

    Date: 2022-07-31 19:24:30 GMT - Cote d'Ivoire - Africa - SN:62 - ID:9697602

    ABIDJAN, July 31 (MENA) - President and CEO of the Bezos Earth Fund Andrew Steer has urged African and international leaders to adopt a bolder and more innovative approach to their preparations for the upcoming global climate summit (COP27) in which ....

  • Environmantal literacy in Africa begins at home -- Chief of AU Migration Observatory

    Date: 2022-07-30 17:05:47 GMT - Uganda - Africa - SN:63 - ID:9696096

    KAMPALA/CAIRO, July 30 (MENA) - Director of the Migration Observatory of the African Union (AU), and former Ambassador of Egypt to Rwanda, Namira Negm said "environmental literacy solutions in Africa begin at home." Addressing the closing session ....

  • US, Botswana discuss cooperation in food security, health sector

    Date: 2022-07-29 09:49:00 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:25 - ID:9694260

    WASHINGTON, July 29 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke over the phone Saturday night with Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi to emphasize the importance of continued U.S.-Botswana collaboration and our shared commitment to ....

  • Public business sector min. asserts necessity to develop inter-African trade to face global economic crisis

    Date: 2022-07-27 21:25:53 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:88 - ID:9691921

    CAIRO, July 27 (MENA) – Minister of Public Business Sector Hisham Tawfiq asserted on Wednesday the strong ties binding Egypt and the African brethren and the necessity to continue efforts to develop trade and investment opportunities among African ....

  • Egypt's AU mission holds symposium on authorizing PSOs in Africa

    Date: 2022-07-27 19:19:26 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:81 - ID:9691628

    CAIRO, July 27 (MENA) - The Egyptian Embassy in Addis Ababa and its Permanent Mission to the African Union (AU) has organized a symposium on the authorization of Peace Support Operations (PSOs) in Africa during transitional periods. The event was ....

  • Egypt, UN to hold African forum on climate finance, sustainable development early August

    Date: 2022-07-27 18:23:49 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:76 - ID:9691626

    ADDIS ABABA, July 27 (MENA) - Egypt, as the host of the upcoming global climate summit (COP27), will organize a regional forum on climate initiatives for financing climate projects in Africa, in cooperation with the UN Economic Commission for Africa ....

  • Mauritanian FM lauds good bilateral ties with Egypt

    Date: 2022-07-23 10:38:32 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:22 - ID:9683459

    NOUAKCHOTT, July 23 (MENA) – Mauritanian Foreign Minister Mohamed Salem Ould Merzoug has praised deep bilateral relations between his country and Egypt in different domains. The minister made his remarks on Saturday during his talks with Egypt’s ....

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