Tag: #Africa
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Africa’s COVID-19 cases top 3.78 mln
ADDIS ABABA, Feb. 18 (Xinhua/APP):A total of 3,783,214 COVID-19 cases have been reported on the African continent as of Thursday morning, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said. Meanwhile, the death toll related to the pandemic in Africa rose to 99,840, the Africa CDC said, adding that a total of 3,332,632…
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Nigeria creates $2.6 bn infrastructure company
Abuja, Feb 12 (AFP/APP):Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari’s government has approved the creation of a company to fast-track development of critical infrastructure, with around $2.6 billion in initial financing. Africa’s most populous country slipped into recession in its third quarter for the second time in four years, hit by the coronavirus pandemic and a fall in…
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African leaders tackle Covid, conflict at virtual summit
African leaders opened a two-day virtual summit to discuss the continent’s Covid-19 response
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Pak Navy ship visits Djibouti & Sudan as part of humanitarian assistance mission
Islamabad February 02 (Online): Pakistan Navy Ship NASR visited Djibouti and Sudan ports as part of Overseas Deployment to African region. Upon arrival at respective country’s port, the visiting PN Ship was extended warm welcome by Ambassadors of Pakistan, HE Mr Shozab Abbas at Djibouti and HE Sarfraz Ahmed Khan Sipra at Sudan along with…
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Mozambique: Cyclone Elois followed by heavy flooding affects thousands in its wake
Maputo, Jan 29 (AFP/APP): More than 21 people have been killed and hundreds of thousands affected by a super-storm that made landfall in Mozambique last week, causing heavy flooding across swathes of southern Africa, the United Nations said. Tropical Cyclone Eloise hit central Mozambique on Saturday, packing winds of up to 150 kilometres (93 miles)…
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3rd Round of Pak-Kenya Bilateral Political Consultations (BPC)
Islamabad, Jan. 29, 2021: Press Release: 3rd Round of Pak-Kenya Bilateral Political Consultations (BPC) Foreign Secretary Sohail Mahmood and Principal Secretary of Kenyan Foreign Ministry Ambassador Kamau Macharia held the 3rd Round of Bilateral Political Consultations (BPC) through video-conference. The consultations covered entire spectrum of bilateral relations, mutual cooperation in the multilateral fora, and issues…
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Pakistan Women’s African Safari Extended
Pakistan Women’s cricket team’s African Safari has been extended.
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Economic Growth Forecast in Sub-Saharan Africa
Nairobi, Jan 5 (AFP/APP): Sub-Saharan Africa is forecast to experience economic growth of 2.7 percent in 2021 as it rebounds from its first recession in 25 years, the World Bank said Tuesday. Regional output dropped by 3.7 percent in 2020 as a result of the coronavirus pandemic and strict lockdowns enacted to stem its spread.…
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Rebel Fighters Captured Bangassou
Bangui, Central African Republic, Jan 3 (AFP/APP): Rebel fighters captured the southern Central African city of Bangassou on Sunday, weeks after they were accused of an attempted coup and ahead of partial results from a tense presidential election. “The rebels control the town,” Roosevelt Pierre Louis, head of the UN peacekeeping force MINUSCA’s regional office…
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Children Killed in Congo While Playing with a Bomb
Bunia, DR Congo, Dec 30 (AFP/APP): Four Congolese children were killed when a grenade they were playing with exploded, a local official said Wednesday in Ituri, a province in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The accident occurred Tuesday in the village of Tsoro, in Ituri’s Djugu territory, said local administrator Adel Alingi.…