Egypt: Rice production to meet local demand until end of current financial budget
Egypt is expected to produce 4 million tons of the T rice, enough to cover national needs over current financial budget that ends June 30 […]
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US Offers $5 Million Bounty for Arrest of Polisario’s ex-Member Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahraoui
American authorities announced on Friday a $5 million reward for information leading to the location, the identification, the arrest or conviction of Adnan Abou Walid […]
Nigeria fines 12 banks for failing to meet loan deadline
The Central Bank of Nigeria has fined 12 commercial banks, including the local subsidiary of US Citigroup, a total of 500 billion Naira ($1.4 billion), […]
Cameroon’s opposition leader walks free from jail
Cameroon’s main opposition leader, Maurice Kamto has walked free from prison last weekend, nine months after his arrest. A military court in the country’s capital, […]
Sudan: Women football league kicks off first time ever after 30 years of dictatorship
Sudan’s women football league made its debut Monday for the first ever, less tan year after a revolution ended 30 years of dictatorship of former […]
Sudan: UN agencies in campaign to protect 1.6 million from cholera
UN agencies, mainly WHO and UNICEF, are working with the authorities in Sudan to protect more than one million people from cholera, an infectious disease, […]
Mali: 25 soldiers killed in attacks by suspected jihadists
Suspected jihadists have killed about twenty-five Malian soldiers after they attacked two army camps in central Mali on Monday, the government said in a statement. […]
Somalia: US special forces base, Italian army convoy attacked
Somali militants on Monday staged twin attacks on a base where US special forces train Somali commandos, while an Italian military convoy was hit in […]
Tanzania starts mass repatriation of Burundian refugees
Burundi has announced a return of its refugees from Tanzania this week as part as a mass repatriation planned by the two governments. According to […]
Zimbabwe must act quicker on democratic reform, urges UN-appointed independent expert
Zimbabwe should do more to embrace and safeguard democracy, the UN-appointed independent expert on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association said on […]