Africa
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OPEN// Nigeria gets £250,000 worth of afforestation technology products from British bio-technology company
Date: 2025-03-13 20:02:57 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:49 - ID:11101912
ABUJA, March 13 (MENA) - Nigerian Vice-President Kashim Shettima said the country's Federal Government has partnered with the UK's Zander Corporation Ltd. to restore degraded lands in the African nation’s most vulnerable ecological ....
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OPEN// 74,452 schoolgirls benefit from financial assistance under AGILE project in Nigeria’s Kano State
Date: 2025-03-12 21:11:11 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:65 - ID:11100679
ABUJA, March 12 (MENA) - No fewer than 74,452 schoolgirls have benefited from financial assistance under the Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) project in Kano State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that ....
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Violence, displacements overwhelm healthcare system in Sudan's El-Fasher: UN
Date: 2025-03-12 07:05:28 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:4 - ID:11099494
NEW YORK, March 12 (MENA) - Violence and waves of displacements have overwhelmed the fragile healthcare system in El-Fasher, the capital of Sudan's North Darfur state, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday. "More than 200 health facilities in El ....
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OPEN// Nigerian VP says country on new growth trajectory
Date: 2025-03-11 23:17:41 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:72 - ID:11099425
ABUJA, March 11 (MENA) - Vice-President Kashim Shettima says Nigeria is on a new growth trajectory, welcoming investments across different sectors, the Nigerian News Agency reported. Shettima said this on Tuesday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, ....
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OPEN// Nigeria: Federal gov't unveils economic plan for the country
Date: 2025-03-11 14:12:24 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:32 - ID:11098985
ABUJA, March 11 (MENA) - The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, said the Federal Government has unveiled a comprehensive economic plan for sustainable development, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) ....
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OPEN// Nigerian professionals will return as economy improves, president says
Date: 2025-03-10 22:32:28 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:68 - ID:11098163
ABUJA, March 10 (MENA) - President Bola Tinubu on Monday said human capital flight could be reversed by improving the economy, developing bottom-up policies that addressed needs, and deepening citizens’ collective sense of ownership. President ....
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Startup investor Endeavor Catalyst to expand Africa portfolio
Date: 2025-03-10 08:37:25 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:5 - ID:11097026
ABUJA, March 10 (MENA) - US investor Endeavor Catalyst plans to increase its investments in Africa over the next half decade, potentially doubling the share of African startups in its portfolio. The New York-based venture capital firm with over ....
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OPEN// Nigeria: Group urges women to report rights violations to ECOWAS court
Date: 2025-03-09 22:13:18 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:51 - ID:11096874
ABUJA, March 9 (MENA) - The ECOWAS Court Women’s Forum has called on West African women to always seek redress at the ECOWAS Court of Justice for gender-based violence and discrimination. The forum’s President, Frances Ibanga, gave the advice in ....
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AU Commission Chairperson calls for immediate end to hostilities in South Sudan
Date: 2025-03-08 18:10:02 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:55 - ID:11095514
ADDIS ABABA, March 8 (MENA) – The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, expressed deep concern over the escalating tensions and clashes in Nasir County in Upper Nile State that included a lethal attack on a UN helicopter, ....
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OPEN// Nigeria to host West Africa Chess Championships as of March 31
Date: 2025-03-08 14:00:35 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:39 - ID:11095310
ABIDJAN, March 8 (MENA) - Chess players and lovers have been promised thrilling moments as Nigeria hosts the Zone 4.2 West Africa Chess Championships from March 31 to April 9. Speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan on Saturday, ....