Africa

  • Service : English General
  • Category : Africa
  • 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) ....

  • IEA: 600mn people in Africa lack access to electricity

    Date: 2022-06-20 08:00:12 GMT - France - Africa - SN:17 - ID:9631120

    PARIS, June 20 (MENA) - About 600mn people in Africa, or 43 per cent of the population, lack access to electricity, the International Energy Agency said. Universal energy access could be achieved by 2030 through investment of $25bn a year, ....

  • UN peacekeeper killed in Mali mine blast

    Date: 2022-06-19 15:08:30 GMT - Mali - Africa - SN:49 - ID:9630467

    BAMAKO, June 19 (MENA) - A UN peacekeeper was killed by a mine Sunday in restive northern Mali as he was participating in a patrol, the head of the UN's MINUSMA Mali force El Ghassim Wane tweeted. The latest death comes amid tense negotiations on ....

  • Afreximbank allocates 50 million dollars to develop medical diagnostic utility to serve west Africa

    Date: 2022-06-19 07:08:28 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:10 - ID:9629310

    CAIRO, June 19 (MENA) - African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) announced allocating 50 million dollars to establish Lagos-American Specialty Hospital as the bank will provide a partial funding to develop a medical diagnostic utility at an ....

  • US committed to partnership with Senegal, AU

    Date: 2022-06-18 19:37:24 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:70 - ID:9629105

    WASHINGTON, June 18 (MENA) - US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan met with Foreign Minister Aïssata Tall Sall of Senegal at the White House, according to the White House on Saturday. Sullivan affirmed the US administration's commitment to ....

  • Africa’s food exports hit $40 billion a year – Afreximbank official

    Date: 2022-06-18 09:12:21 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:19 - ID:9627987

    CAIRO, June 18 (MENA) – Africa’s food exports amount to $40 billion a year, said Kanayo Awani, Managing Director of African Export-Import Bank’s (Afreximbank) Intra-African Trade Initiative Division. However, price hikes of wheat and oil, which ....

  • President Sisi's proposal on financing infrastructure projects in Africa hailed

    Date: 2022-06-17 16:44:49 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:48 - ID:9627434

    CAIRO, June 17 (MENA) - An African expert partaking in the 29th annual meetings of the Africa Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) that kicked off in the New Administrative Capital Thursday said Africa should mobilize efforts to bring into effect ....

  • African Union Commission Chairperson congratulates Somalia’s new Prime Minister

    Date: 2022-06-16 20:07:20 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:94 - ID:9626446

    ADDIS ABABA, June 16 (MENA) - Chairperson of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat on Thursday congratulated Hamza Abdi Barre on his appointment as the 21st Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Somalia. The Chairperson reaffirms ....

  • Afreximbank head commends glory of Egyptian civilization 3 Cairo

    Date: 2022-06-16 13:25:04 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:56 - ID:9625640

    Chairman of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) Professor Benedict Oramah lauded President Sisi's launching of the Pan African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS) in 2019, which eased the trading of currencies among African countries. ....

  • Afreximbank head commends glory of Egyptian civilization 2 Cairo

    Date: 2022-06-16 10:10:04 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:35 - ID:9625271

    Chairman of African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) Professor Benedict Oramah congratulated President Abdel Fattah El Sisi for successes made by the Egyptian government since assuming his office. President Sisi proved to all that we can ....

Middle East News Agency © - designed and developed : GCSSD