Africa
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Mauritania reports 11 new Covid cases
Date: 2022-05-18 21:58:08 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:104 - ID:9576896
NOUAKCHOTT, May 18 (MENA) - The Mauritanian Health Ministry said Wednesday that 11 new coronavirus cases were confirmed in the country over the past 24 hours. This brings the total number of infections in the North African country to 58,920, the ....
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Africa needs over $3 trn by 2030 for climate finance: African ministers
Date: 2022-05-17 19:48:50 GMT - Senegal - Africa - SN:62 - ID:9574563
DAKAR, May 17 (MENA) – Africa needs over $3 trillion by 2030 in finance for climate mitigation and adaptation measures, said African ministers of finance, planning, and economic development at the conclusion of the 45th session of the Economic ....
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UNMAS: We work on demining South Sudan
Date: 2022-05-16 06:33:35 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:7 - ID:9570963
NEW YORK, May 16 (MENA) - The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) said while great progress has been made to remove all known landmines and other explosive remnants of war in South Sudan, some of the country’s communities are still endangered ....
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CPYP urges Senate to work for promoting Egypt's leading role in Africa
Date: 2022-05-15 21:46:23 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:102 - ID:9570837
CAIRO, May 15 (MENA) - The Senate's foreign, Arab, and Africa affairs committee reviewed Sunday a proposal submitted by the Coordination Committee of Party's Youth Leaders and Politicians (CPYP) about the role of African youth in promoting ....
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Afreximbank launches platform to support countries from impacts of Ukrainian crisis
Date: 2022-05-14 14:42:01 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:40 - ID:9568371
ABUJA, May 14 (MENA) - The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and African Development Bank (AfDB) have launched a platform aimed at supporting African countries affected by the Russian-Ukrainian crisis. The platform has been developed by ....
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Activities of African Ocean 2022 conference wrap up in Egypt
Date: 2022-05-14 14:22:05 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:38 - ID:9568370
CAIRO, May 14 (MENA) – Activities of the African Conference on Priority Setting & Partnership Development for the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development wrapped up in Egypt Saturday. Themed “African Ocean current status- ....
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Over 11.6m Covid-19 cases confirmed across Africa
Date: 2022-05-12 18:09:03 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:94 - ID:9565490
ADDIS ABABA, May 12 (MENA) – As many as 11,601,683 were confirmed as cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries on Thursday while over 297,921,172 vaccinations have been administered across the continent, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and ....
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ICRC: More than 10.5 mln people in Africa are at risk of hunger
Date: 2022-05-12 13:31:04 GMT - Switzerland - Africa - SN:61 - ID:9565121
GENEVA, May 12 (MENA) - More than 10.5 million people in Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger and Mauritania are at risk of facing hunger during the upcoming agricultural lean period, the time between harvests when food stocks are most depleted, as conflict ....
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Mauritania records 9 new infections
Date: 2022-05-11 22:25:55 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:104 - ID:9564009
NOUAKCHOTT, May 11 (MENA) - The Mauritanian Health Ministry said nine new coronavirus cases were confirmed in the country over the past 24 hours. This brings the total number of infections in the North African country to 58,787, the Ministry said ....
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IMF approves $456mln for Mozambique under ECF arrangement program
Date: 2022-05-10 13:35:49 GMT - Mozambique - Africa - SN:51 - ID:9560964
MAPUTO, May 10 (MENA) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Board approved a $456 million Extended Credit Facility (ECF) arrangement for the Republic of Mozambique, with $91 million available for immediate disbursement, the IMF said in a press ....