Africa

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  • AL chief warns of risks of famine in Somalia, calls for international, regional action

    Date: 2022-06-23 20:27:24 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:87 - ID:9638404

    CAIRO, June 23 (MENA) - Arab League (AL) cheif Ahmed Abul Gheit on Thursday voiced his deep concerns of the World Food Program's warns on the unprecedented levels of malnutrition in Somalia, due to the food price hikes, lack of finances, and the ....

  • UN official: Ongoing efforts to reinvigorate Central Africa's political process

    Date: 2022-06-23 08:26:20 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:22 - ID:9636993

    NEW YORK, June 23 (MENA) - Efforts are underway to reinvigorate the Central African Republic’s political process, which has lapsed into a state of “de facto lethargy” even as horrific attacks against civilians have risen, a senior UN official in the ....

  • Sisi underlines importance of joint efforts among African states to confront current challenges 2 last Aswan

    Date: 2022-06-21 12:49:51 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:35 - ID:9633578

    President Sisi welcomed the participants in the event, considered an African platform that has proven day by day, since its launch during Egypt’s presidency of the African Union in 2019, that it is an effective and inclusive African forum that ....

  • Sisi underlines importance of joint efforts among African states to confront current challenges

    Date: 2022-06-21 10:37:09 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:19 - ID:9633444

    ASWAN, Upper Egypt, June 21 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi stressed Tuesday that the current challenges facing Africa requires enhancing joint efforts among the African countries through a number of initiatives that aim to reach active and ....

  • UN condemns latest attack on peacekeepers in Mali

    Date: 2022-06-20 09:20:11 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:25 - ID:9631268

    NEW YORK, June 20 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned an attack in Kidal, a city in northern Mali, against a convoy of UN peacekeepers that claimed the life of a blue helmet, the UN News Center reported. The Guinean ....

  • Armed men kill at least 20 civilians in Mali

    Date: 2022-06-20 08:02:13 GMT - Mali - Africa - SN:18 - ID:9631148

    BAMAKO, June 20 (MENA) - Raiders in Mali killed at least 20 civilians in attacks on villages near the northern town of Gao over the weekend, while a landmine killed a UN peacekeeper in the troubled region, the Voice of America (VOA) ....

  • IEA: 600mn people in Africa lack access to electricity

    Date: 2022-06-20 08:00:12 GMT - France - Africa - SN:17 - ID:9631120

    PARIS, June 20 (MENA) - About 600mn people in Africa, or 43 per cent of the population, lack access to electricity, the International Energy Agency said. Universal energy access could be achieved by 2030 through investment of $25bn a year, ....

  • UN peacekeeper killed in Mali mine blast

    Date: 2022-06-19 15:08:30 GMT - Mali - Africa - SN:49 - ID:9630467

    BAMAKO, June 19 (MENA) - A UN peacekeeper was killed by a mine Sunday in restive northern Mali as he was participating in a patrol, the head of the UN's MINUSMA Mali force El Ghassim Wane tweeted. The latest death comes amid tense negotiations on ....

  • Afreximbank allocates 50 million dollars to develop medical diagnostic utility to serve west Africa

    Date: 2022-06-19 07:08:28 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:10 - ID:9629310

    CAIRO, June 19 (MENA) - African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) announced allocating 50 million dollars to establish Lagos-American Specialty Hospital as the bank will provide a partial funding to develop a medical diagnostic utility at an ....

  • US committed to partnership with Senegal, AU

    Date: 2022-06-18 19:37:24 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:70 - ID:9629105

    WASHINGTON, June 18 (MENA) - US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan met with Foreign Minister Aïssata Tall Sall of Senegal at the White House, according to the White House on Saturday. Sullivan affirmed the US administration's commitment to ....

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