Africa

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  • Environment min. of Equatorial Guinea asserts support to Egyptian efforts for interest of African countries

    Date: 2022-06-30 20:49:56 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:75 - ID:9649914

    CAIRO, June 30 (MENA) - Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Forests and Environment of Equatorial Guinea Francisca Eneme Efua asserted Guinea support to all the Egyptian efforts exerted for the best interest of the African continent related to the ....

  • UNICEF warns child marriage on rise in Horn of Africa

    Date: 2022-06-30 06:38:32 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:4 - ID:9648487

    NAIROBI, June 30 (MENA) - Girls as young as twelve are being forced into child marriage and Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) at “alarming rates” in the Horn of Africa, as the most severe drought in forty years pushes families to the edge, UNICEF ....

  • Mauritania reports 108 new Covid cases in 24 hours

    Date: 2022-06-29 22:55:31 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:123 - ID:9648409

    NOUAKCHOTT, June 29 (MENA) - The Mauritanian Health Ministry said Wednesday that 108 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 59,685, the ....

  • NBE to open in Juba Tuesday

    Date: 2022-06-26 10:50:58 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:24 - ID:9641557

    CAIRO, June 26 (MENA) - Deputy Chairman of National Bank of Egypt (NBE) Yehia Abou el Fettouh said the bank will open a new branch in Juba in South Sudan on Tuesday. In statements to MENA, Abou el Fettouh said that the new branch is established ....

  • AL chief warns of risks of famine in Somalia, calls for international, regional action

    Date: 2022-06-23 20:27:24 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:87 - ID:9638404

    CAIRO, June 23 (MENA) - Arab League (AL) cheif Ahmed Abul Gheit on Thursday voiced his deep concerns of the World Food Program's warns on the unprecedented levels of malnutrition in Somalia, due to the food price hikes, lack of finances, and the ....

  • UN official: Ongoing efforts to reinvigorate Central Africa's political process

    Date: 2022-06-23 08:26:20 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:22 - ID:9636993

    NEW YORK, June 23 (MENA) - Efforts are underway to reinvigorate the Central African Republic’s political process, which has lapsed into a state of “de facto lethargy” even as horrific attacks against civilians have risen, a senior UN official in the ....

  • Sisi underlines importance of joint efforts among African states to confront current challenges 2 last Aswan

    Date: 2022-06-21 12:49:51 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:35 - ID:9633578

    President Sisi welcomed the participants in the event, considered an African platform that has proven day by day, since its launch during Egypt’s presidency of the African Union in 2019, that it is an effective and inclusive African forum that ....

  • Sisi underlines importance of joint efforts among African states to confront current challenges

    Date: 2022-06-21 10:37:09 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:19 - ID:9633444

    ASWAN, Upper Egypt, June 21 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi stressed Tuesday that the current challenges facing Africa requires enhancing joint efforts among the African countries through a number of initiatives that aim to reach active and ....

  • UN condemns latest attack on peacekeepers in Mali

    Date: 2022-06-20 09:20:11 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:25 - ID:9631268

    NEW YORK, June 20 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned an attack in Kidal, a city in northern Mali, against a convoy of UN peacekeepers that claimed the life of a blue helmet, the UN News Center reported. The Guinean ....

  • Armed men kill at least 20 civilians in Mali

    Date: 2022-06-20 08:02:13 GMT - Mali - Africa - SN:18 - ID:9631148

    BAMAKO, June 20 (MENA) - Raiders in Mali killed at least 20 civilians in attacks on villages near the northern town of Gao over the weekend, while a landmine killed a UN peacekeeper in the troubled region, the Voice of America (VOA) ....

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