Africa

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  • WB considers granting Cameroon CFA 230 bn to implement two projects to improve infrastructure

    Date: 2025-04-22 15:06:38 GMT - Cameroon - Africa - SN:31 - ID:11148916

    YAOUNDE, April 22 (MENA) - The World Bank (WB) is set to review two new projects for Cameroon during a board meeting scheduled for May 2025, the WB said Tuesday. Cheick Fantamady Kanté, the WB Country Director for Cameroon said - during the ....

  • 47 civilians killed, dozens injured in Sudan's el Fasher region

    Date: 2025-04-22 10:58:23 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:17 - ID:11148801

    KHARTOUM, April 22 (MENA) - At least 47 civilians were killed and others injured in attacks by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in El Fasher, the capital city of North Darfur State in Western Sudan, the Sudanese news agency (SUNA) ....

  • OPEN// Nigeria's NAN: Foundation plans charity fundraising for Africa’s out-of-school children

    Date: 2025-04-21 19:45:16 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:42 - ID:11148252

    ABUJA, April 21 (MENA) - A UK-registered non-governmental organisation (NGO), IA-Foundation, will hold a charity fundraising gala in London on Saturday. This is aimed at tackling the growing crisis of out-of-school children in Africa, the News ....

  • Russian amb. in Cairo: Africa accelerating participation in space exploration

    Date: 2025-04-20 19:09:28 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:30 - ID:11146794

    CAIRO, April 20 (MENA) - Russian Ambassador to Egypt Georgy Borisenko Sunday said that Africa seeks to boost its share in space exploration operations in a fast-paced manner along with successfully implementing the African Outer Space Program that ....

  • OPEN// Egypt takes over chairmanship of AfCFTA council of trade ministers

    Date: 2025-04-19 19:13:41 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:50 - ID:11145825

    CAIRO, April 19 (MENA) - Egypt's Ambassador in Congo Hisham Hisham El-Makoud has participated in a ceremony to hand over the chairmanship of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Council of Ministers of Trade to Egypt from ....

  • OPEN// Nigeria's NMA advocates end to casualization of work of doctors

    Date: 2025-04-16 22:45:40 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:60 - ID:11142094

    ABUJA, April 16 (MENA) - The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has appealed to the federal and state governments to immediately stop the casualization of doctors working in public hospitals across the country. NMA’s first Vice-President Benjamin ....

  • OPEN// Nigeria's NITDA, French company sign MoU on cybersecurity resilience

    Date: 2025-04-15 23:29:07 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:75 - ID:11140507

    ABUJA, April 15 (MENA) - Nigeria's National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with SecDojo, a France-based cybersecurity training and upskilling firm to build cybersecurity ....

  • Dozens killed in Nigeria attack in Plateau state

    Date: 2025-04-15 11:12:02 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:15 - ID:11139457

    ABUJA, April 15 (MENA) - Unidentified attackers have killed 52 people in Nigeria's Plateau state, a Red Cross source said, April 14, in the latest bout of violence in a religiously mixed region known for intercommunal conflict and deadly land ....

  • UN: 12 million people fled their homes in Sudan

    Date: 2025-04-15 08:46:04 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:7 - ID:11139104

    NEW YORK, April 15 (MENA) - United Nations Secretary General António Guterres said almost 12 million people have fled their homes in Sudan, in what has become the world’s largest displacement crisis. More than 3.8 million of these have crossed into ....

  • OPEN// Nigeria's Federal Government says pledges support for addressing post-harvest losses

    Date: 2025-04-14 22:58:22 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:64 - ID:11138915

    ABUJA, April 14 (MENA) - Nigeria's Federal Government said it is determined to provide all the needed support for initiating modern innovation to address post-harvest losses among farmers across the country, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported ....

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