Africa

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  • Italy advises its nationals to leave Ethiopia

    Date: 2021-11-24 13:54:15 GMT - Italy - Africa - SN:52 - ID:9285897

    ROME, Nov 24 (MENA) - Italy advised on Wednesday its citizens not to travel to Ethiopia and called on Italians currently in the East African country to leave through available commercial flights due to the expected deterioration of security in the ....

  • Somalia declares state of emergency over deadly drought

    Date: 2021-11-24 09:29:05 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:23 - ID:9285252

    MOGADISHU, Nov 24 (MENA) - Somalia’s prime minister declared a state of emergency over the deadly drought in the Horn of Africa nation, according to media reports. Mohamed Hussein Roble made the declaration following an extraordinary Cabinet ....

  • COMESA praises Egypt, Uganda, Rwanda Covid-19 vaccine production initiatives

    Date: 2021-11-23 22:34:27 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:94 - ID:9284814

    CAIRO, Nov 23 (MENA) - Secretary General of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Chileshe Kapwepwe strongly praised Tuesday Egypt, Uganda and Rwanda, as well as other countries' initiatives to produce coronavirus ....

  • Zimbabwe stresses full commitment to COMESA free trade deal

    Date: 2021-11-23 20:50:40 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:86 - ID:9284759

    CAIRO, Nov 23 (MENA) - Zimbabwe's representative stressed his country's full commitment to the provisions of the COMESA free trade agreement, thanking President Abdel Fattah El Sisi for inviting his country to attend the COMESA summit. ....

  • COMESA chief outlines bloc's achievements at 21st summit in Cairo

    Date: 2021-11-23 19:41:02 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:81 - ID:9284502

    CAIRO, Nov 23 (MENA) - Secretary General of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Chileshe Kapwepwe said that the value of total Intra-COMESA exports rose from US$1.5 billion in 2000 to US$10.9 billion in 2019. In her remarks ....

  • 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 ....

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