Africa

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  • UNECA calls on African countries to coordinate efforts to obtain financing for renewable energy projects

    Date: 2022-07-11 11:02:15 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:19 - ID:9665685

    NEW YORK, July 11 (MENA) - Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) Vera Songwe called on African countries to coordinate efforts to obtain greater financing for renewable energy projects. In a statement issued by the ....

  • US assistant secretary of state for migration heads to Uganda, Geneva

    Date: 2022-07-10 18:37:00 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:43 - ID:9665184

    WASHINGTON, July 10 (MENA) - US Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) Julieta Valls Noyes on Saturday headed to Uganda on a visit that will last till July 15. While in Uganda, Assistant Secretary Noyes will ....

  • EgyptAir highlights sustainable development efforts in Africa

    Date: 2022-07-09 11:29:43 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:17 - ID:9663830

    CAIRO, July 9 (MENA) – Board Chairman of EgyptAir Holding Company Amr Abul Enein said the participation of the national carrier at a forum on aviation safety in Kenya this week aimed to transfer experience to African countries. Such participation ....

  • AfDP: Africa needs dlrs 424 bn to recover from pandemic devastation

    Date: 2022-07-07 15:19:13 GMT - Zimbabwe - Africa - SN:58 - ID:9661486

    HARARE, July 7 (MENA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group said African nations need dlrs 424 billion this year to help them cope with the devastation caused by the coronavirus pandemic, according to AfDB President Akinwumi Adesina. In an ....

  • AfDB urges Ireland to increase investments in Africa

    Date: 2022-07-06 07:28:21 GMT - Cote d'Ivoire - Africa - SN:10 - ID:9658344

    ABIDJAN, July 6 (MENA) - President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group Akinwumi Adesina urged Ireland to beef up its investments in Africa, as part of keenness to promote ties with the African Continent. In a statement Wednesday, the ....

  • Sudan's sovereign council chief heads to Nairobi to attend IGAD summit

    Date: 2022-07-05 09:24:17 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:18 - ID:9656648

    KHARTOUM, July 5 (MENA) - Sudanese Chairman of the Sovereign Council Abdel Fattah Al Burhan headed Tuesday to Nairobi to attend the emergency summit meeting of the eight-member countries of the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development ....

  • Environment min. of Equatorial Guinea asserts support to Egyptian efforts for interest of African countries

    Date: 2022-06-30 20:49:56 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:75 - ID:9649914

    CAIRO, June 30 (MENA) - Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Forests and Environment of Equatorial Guinea Francisca Eneme Efua asserted Guinea support to all the Egyptian efforts exerted for the best interest of the African continent related to the ....

  • UNICEF warns child marriage on rise in Horn of Africa

    Date: 2022-06-30 06:38:32 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:4 - ID:9648487

    NAIROBI, June 30 (MENA) - Girls as young as twelve are being forced into child marriage and Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) at “alarming rates” in the Horn of Africa, as the most severe drought in forty years pushes families to the edge, UNICEF ....

  • Mauritania reports 108 new Covid cases in 24 hours

    Date: 2022-06-29 22:55:31 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:123 - ID:9648409

    NOUAKCHOTT, June 29 (MENA) - The Mauritanian Health Ministry said Wednesday that 108 new coronavirus cases were confirmed in the country over the past 24 hours. This takes the total number of infections in the North African country to 59,685, the ....

  • NBE to open in Juba Tuesday

    Date: 2022-06-26 10:50:58 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:24 - ID:9641557

    CAIRO, June 26 (MENA) - Deputy Chairman of National Bank of Egypt (NBE) Yehia Abou el Fettouh said the bank will open a new branch in Juba in South Sudan on Tuesday. In statements to MENA, Abou el Fettouh said that the new branch is established ....

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