Africa

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  • 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 ....

  • Mauritania reports 140 new Covid cases in 24 hours

    Date: 2022-07-13 20:59:54 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:89 - ID:9668733

    NOUAKCHOTT, July 13 (MENA) - The Mauritanian Health Ministry said Wednesday that 140 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 61,543, the ....

  • US special envoy to Libya meets AU chief

    Date: 2022-07-13 10:29:26 GMT - Libya - Africa - SN:24 - ID:9667840

    TRIPOLI, July 13 (MENA) - US Special Envoy and Ambassador to Libya Richard Norland discussed with Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission Moussa Faki ways of supporting the AU's role in attaining reconciliation in Libya. On his Twitter ....

  • UNECA calls on African countries to coordinate efforts to obtain financing for renewable energy projects

    Date: 2022-07-11 11:02:15 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:19 - ID:9665685

    NEW YORK, July 11 (MENA) - Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) Vera Songwe called on African countries to coordinate efforts to obtain greater financing for renewable energy projects. In a statement issued by the ....

  • US assistant secretary of state for migration heads to Uganda, Geneva

    Date: 2022-07-10 18:37:00 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:43 - ID:9665184

    WASHINGTON, July 10 (MENA) - US Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) Julieta Valls Noyes on Saturday headed to Uganda on a visit that will last till July 15. While in Uganda, Assistant Secretary Noyes will ....

  • EgyptAir highlights sustainable development efforts in Africa

    Date: 2022-07-09 11:29:43 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:17 - ID:9663830

    CAIRO, July 9 (MENA) – Board Chairman of EgyptAir Holding Company Amr Abul Enein said the participation of the national carrier at a forum on aviation safety in Kenya this week aimed to transfer experience to African countries. Such participation ....

  • AfDP: Africa needs dlrs 424 bn to recover from pandemic devastation

    Date: 2022-07-07 15:19:13 GMT - Zimbabwe - Africa - SN:58 - ID:9661486

    HARARE, July 7 (MENA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group said African nations need dlrs 424 billion this year to help them cope with the devastation caused by the coronavirus pandemic, according to AfDB President Akinwumi Adesina. In an ....

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