Africa

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  • WB official: WB committed to achieving prosperity in Africa

    Date: 2021-11-23 18:36:49 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:76 - ID:9284572

    CAIRO, Nov 23 (MENA) - Director of Digital Development (DD) Department of the Infrastructure Practice Group of the World Bank Boutheina Guermazi said on Tuesday the bank is committed to achieving prosperity in Africa. Addressing the 21st COMESA ....

  • COMESA council chief calls on member states to join FTA

    Date: 2021-11-23 17:41:49 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:70 - ID:9284464

    CAIRO, Nov 23 (MENA) - Chairman of the COMESA ministerial council urged on Tuesday all the member states for joining the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA). During the 21st COMESA Heads of State ....

  • France urges its citizens to leave Ethiopia without delay

    Date: 2021-11-23 16:03:08 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:63 - ID:9284437

    ADDIS ABABA, Nov 23 (MENA) - France on Tuesday advised its citizens to leave Ethiopia without delay. "All French nationals are formally urged to leave the country without delay," the French embassy in Addis Ababa said in an email sent to French ....

  • AfDB president says $235 mln pumped to meet electronic needs of COMESA countries

    Date: 2021-11-23 14:49:08 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:53 - ID:9284258

    CAIRO, Nov 23 (MENA) - President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Akinwumi A. Adesina said on Tuesday that the bank spent $235 million to strengthen infrastructure and enable data collection to meet the electronic needs of COMESA ....

  • UN allocates $13mln for South Sudan's relief

    Date: 2021-11-23 09:11:05 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:24 - ID:9283352

    NEW YORK, Nov 23 (MENA) - UN Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths has decided to allocate 13 million US dollars from the UN Central Emergency Response Fund for an urgent response to ....

  • Algeria, Nigeria establish gas pipeline project linking Africa with Europe

    Date: 2021-11-22 15:35:11 GMT - Algeria - Africa - SN:70 - ID:9282384

    ALGIERS, Nov 22 (MENA) - Nigerian media outlets paid great attention to the gas pipeline project that links Nigeria and Algeria with Europe. In this regard, Nigerian Ambassador to Algeria Mohammed Mabdul told the Punch Newspaper of Nigeria that ....

  • Abuja begins mass Covid-19 vaccination

    Date: 2021-11-22 14:02:09 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:60 - ID:9282325

    ABUJA, Nov 22 (MENA) - Nigeria has launched a mass COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Abuja, in an attempt to prevent a rise in cases of coronavirus. After several months since the introduction of the vaccines, some patrons say they are now ....

  • UNITAMS welcomes Sudan agreement

    Date: 2021-11-22 08:05:28 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:14 - ID:9281479

    NEW YORK, Nov 22 (MENA) - The United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS) welcomed the agreement reached between the Sudanese army and Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok with an aim to solve the political and constitutional ....

  • US hails new Sudan agreement

    Date: 2021-11-22 07:28:19 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:7 - ID:9281447

    WASHINGTON, Nov 22 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken hailed an agreement reached between the Sudanese army and Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok to return to the democratic track. “I urge all sides to further talks and redouble efforts to ....

  • AU Commission chief hails political agreement reached in Sudan

    Date: 2021-11-21 20:15:26 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:76 - ID:9281163

    ADDIS ABABA, Nov 21 (MENA) - Chairperson of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki hailed on Sunday the signing of the agreement reached between the President of the Sudanese Supreme Council Abdel Fatah Al Burhan and Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, ....

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