Africa

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  • French amb. expelled from Niger arrives in Paris as Macron reiterates support for ousted Bazzom

    Date: 2023-09-27 18:53:24 GMT - France - Africa - SN:68 - ID:10365241

    PARIS, Sept 27 (MENA) - France's ambassador to Niger, Sylvain Itte, has left the capital, Niamey, early Wednesday morning and has returned to Paris, the French Foreign Ministry said. "The ambassador and six colleagues left Niamey around 4 a.m. ....

  • Niger bans French aircraft from its airspace

    Date: 2023-09-24 17:57:43 GMT - France - Africa - SN:60 - ID:10360187

    PARIS, Sept 24 (MENA) - Niger's airspace is "open to all national and international commercial flights except for French aircraft or aircraft chartered by France including those of the airline Air France," France 24 quoted the country's authorities ....

  • AFDB dedicates $4.52 bn to back ECOWAS economic integration plan

    Date: 2023-09-24 14:49:57 GMT - Cote d'Ivoire - Africa - SN:47 - ID:10359907

    ABIDJAN, Sept 24 (MENA) - The African Development Bank has approved to allocated 4.52 billion dollars to support economic integration plan of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The bank, in a statement, said it had concluded ....

  • Somali army kills over 30 Al Shabaab terrorists in southern Mudug

    Date: 2023-09-23 18:25:54 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:57 - ID:10358836

    MOGADISHU, Sept 23 (MENA) - The Somali National Army killed more than 30 Al-Shabaab terrorists in an operation they conducted in Shabellow area in the southern Mudug region, SONNA news agency reported. The operation resulted in the destruction of a ....

  • AfDB increases climate finance to dlrs 3.6 bn

    Date: 2023-09-23 15:17:17 GMT - Tunisia - Africa - SN:42 - ID:10358671

    TUNIS, Sept 23 (MENA) - The Africa Development Bank (AfDB) said the Group’s climate finance investments increased from $2.1 billion in 2020 to $2.4 billion in 2021 and $3.6 billion in 2022. Prioritizing finance for climate adaptation, the Bank ....

  • South Africa, US businesses establish bilateral forum to boost trade, investment

    Date: 2023-09-21 17:44:06 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:75 - ID:10356021

    NEW YORK, Sept 21 (MENA) - South Africa’s Minister of Trade, Industry, and Competition Ebrahim Patel has commended the business communities of South Africa and the United States for taking steps to cooperate to boost trade and investment between the ....

  • 2nd meeting of FMs of Sudan's neighboring states convenes in New York

    Date: 2023-09-20 06:24:05 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:12 - ID:10353116

    CAIRO, Sept 20 (MENA) - The second meeting of the foreign ministers of Sudan's neighboring countries convened Wednesday at the headquarters of Egypt's permanent mission to UN in New York in coordination between Egypt and Chad. Sudan's neighboring ....

  • Int'l community must convene to resolve finance crisis facing refugee-hosting states: AOHR chief

    Date: 2023-09-18 18:47:30 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:68 - ID:10351066

    CAIRO, Sept 18 (MENA) - Egypt hosts over 10 million refugees, including four million from Sudan, 15 million from Syria, 1.5 million from Yemen, one million from Libya, and nearly 2.5 million from a number of African countries, President of the Arab ....

  • Trade min. says IATF2023 seeks to achieve industrial integration in Africa

    Date: 2023-09-18 15:28:39 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:45 - ID:10350705

    CAIRO, Sept 18 (MENA) - Minister of Trade and Industry Ahmed Samir said the third Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF2023) is an ideal opportunity for making trade and investment deals that could contribute to achieving industrial integration in Africa. ....

  • At least 17 killed after landslide in Congo

    Date: 2023-09-18 05:11:24 GMT - Democratic Republic of Congo - Africa - SN:1 - ID:10349710

    KINSHASA, Sept 18 (MENA) - Torrential rain in northwestern Congo has caused a landslide that killed at least 17 people with authorities warning the toll could rise as rescuers sift through rubble beneath collapsed homes, ABC News reported. The ....

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