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Nigeria signs military cooperation agreement with Russia
World

Nigeria signs military cooperation agreement with Russia

ABUJA, Aug 25 (Reuters) – Nigeria and Russia have signed a military cooperation deal providing a legal framework for the…
Tanzania says 5 dead in gun battle near French Embassy
World

Tanzania says 5 dead in gun battle near French Embassy

DODOMA, Tanzania (AP) — Tanzania’s president on Wednesday said five people are dead, including three police officers, after a gun…
EETC signs finance agreement for new transformer station projects
Egypt

EETC signs finance agreement for new transformer station projects

The Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC) has signed an LE4 billion joint financing contract with several Egyptian banks that will…
Desperate Nigerians sell homes and land to free kidnapped children
World

Desperate Nigerians sell homes and land to free kidnapped children

TEGINA, Nigeria, Aug 24 (Reuters) – After armed men snatched seven of Abubakar Adam’s 11 children in northwestern Nigeria, he…
US says food aid runs out this week in Ethiopia’s Tigray
World

US says food aid runs out this week in Ethiopia’s Tigray

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The United States is warning that food aid will run out this week for millions of…
Cameroon ethnic clashes kill at least 32 as villages are torched -UNHCR
World

Cameroon ethnic clashes kill at least 32 as villages are torched -UNHCR

DOUALA, Aug 19 (Reuters) – Clashes between herders and fishermen in northern Cameroon have killed at least 32 people this…
Egypt installs huge hydroelectric turbine at Tanzanian dam
Egypt

Egypt installs huge hydroelectric turbine at Tanzanian dam

An Egyptian alliance including the Arab Contractors and El Sewedy Electric companies has succeeded in installing the first huge dam…
Burkina Faso: Dozens killed in suspected jihadist attack
World

Burkina Faso: Dozens killed in suspected jihadist attack

An assault on a convoy traveling through the north of Burkina Faso killed 47 people on Wednesday, the government of the western…
Sudan leaders visit border area amid tensions with Ethiopia
Middle East

Sudan leaders visit border area amid tensions with Ethiopia

CAIRO (AP) — Sudanese leaders on Monday visited a disputed area along the country’s eastern border with Ethiopia, amid growing…
Amid shortages, Africans scramble to be fully immunized
World

Amid shortages, Africans scramble to be fully immunized

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — At a COVID-19 vaccination site in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, tempers flared among those waiting for…
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