Africa

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  • 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 ....

  • AfDB approves dlrs 5.4 mln to boost food security in Somalia

    Date: 2022-07-22 14:28:45 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:62 - ID:9682824

    MOGADISHU, July 22 (MENA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) through its concessional arm, the African Development Fund, has approved a 5.4-million-dollar grant to support the building of urgently needed food security in Somalia, Somali News ....

  • Russia ready to strenghten comprehensive partnership with African countries — Lavrov

    Date: 2022-07-22 07:07:43 GMT - Russia - Africa - SN:7 - ID:9682168

    MOSCOW, July 22 (MENA) - The development of a comprehensive partnership with African countries remains among top priorities of Russia's foreign policy, Moscow is open to its further build-up, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an article ....

  • Mauritania reports 76 new Covid cases in 24 hours

    Date: 2022-07-20 23:05:06 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:120 - ID:9680136

    NOUAKCHOTT, July 20 (MENA) – The Mauritanian Health Ministry said Wednesday that 76 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 62,108, the ....

  • US-Africa summit to reaffirm Washington's commitment towards Africa, says Biden

    Date: 2022-07-20 12:30:46 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:56 - ID:9679113

    WASHINGTON, July 20 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden has said his country would host the second US-Africa summit in December to reaffirm Washington's commitment to cooperate with the African continent. "I look forward to hosting leaders from ....

  • Africa has 930 mln hectares of arable land : Agriculture ministry official

    Date: 2022-07-19 22:36:01 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:98 - ID:9677576

    CAIRO, July 19 (MENA) - African countries have massive agricultural resources, Supervisor of Foreign Agricultural Relations at the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation Saad Moussa said Tuesday. There is about 930 million hectares of ....

  • Mauritania reports 56 new Covid cases in 24 hours

    Date: 2022-07-17 22:52:43 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:74 - ID:9674344

    NOUAKCHOTT, July 17 (MENA) – The Mauritanian Health Ministry said Sunday that 56 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 61,921, the ....

  • Several people killed, injured in Somalia's Jowhar hotel attack

    Date: 2022-07-17 11:14:48 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:29 - ID:9673346

    MOGADISHU, July 17 (MENA) - A number of people were killed and injured on Sunday in a car bomb attack on a hotel in Jowhar town, the administrative capital of Hirshabelle State. The injured were rushed to hospital, the Somali news agency said, ....

  • Washington Post: Attack on military base in Somalia shows al-Shabab’s power

    Date: 2022-07-17 09:47:32 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:22 - ID:9673207

    MOGADISHU, July 17 (MENA) - The militants of al-Shabab attacked in the predawn hours the peacekeepers’ base from every direction with lethal precision, The Washington Post reported. Suicide bombers detonated three cars filled with explosives. The ....

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