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Egypt in Talks with EBRD over Environment Preservation

Environment Minister Khaled Fahmi has recently met with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) mission for talks over preserving the environment and facing climate changes. Fahmi, in his.

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Obama Seeks Funds to Fight Zika

President Barack Obama will ask the U.S. Congress for more than $1.8 billion in emergency funds to fight Zika at home and abroad and pursue a vaccine, the White House.

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Somali Troop Secures Merka from al-Shabaab

Somali government troops backed by African Union peacekeepers has recently recaptured the key port of Merka from al-Shabaab insurgents, just one day after the Islamists swept into the city, the.

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Burundi: A.U. Appoints Team to Negotiate With Factions

The African Union has recently appointed a high-level delegation of five African presidents to negotiate with factions in Burundi over the possible deployment of an African peacekeeping mission to the.

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New Ethiopian Airlines Academy Launch, Forefront of African aviation development

Ethiopian Airlines has recently inaugurated the refurbished aviation academy, rebuilt at a cost of $100 million, with an increased annual intake capacity to 4,000 students. The newly refurbished academy has.

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Kenyans in, EA, Diaspora to vote in 2017

Governor of Machakos, Kenya, Alfred Mutua has recently said that the 2017 general poll should be put off if Kenyans living in East African (EA) countries and other parts of.

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Uganda Rights Groups Set to Monitor Violence against Women during Elections

Ugandan women’s rights groups are setting up a control centre to monitor any violence against women in the East African nation’s elections this month and to act quickly on any.

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African producers to shift sales to domestic markets as EU sugar quota ends

Sub-Saharan African sugar producers have decided to shift sales to growing regional and domestic markets when exports to the European Union become less attractive after production quotas are dismantled in.

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Sudan Seeks Peace Talks with Rebels

As part of efforts to restore peace in Dafur and Blue Nile states, Sudan’s foreign minister Ibrahim Ghandour has recently asked the United States Institute of Peace (USIP), and German.

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Zimbabwe Declares ‘State Of Disaster’ Over Drought

Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe has recently declared a “state of disaster” in many rural areas hit by a severe drought, with 26% of the population facing food shortages. A regional.

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