CAIRO, March 9 (Reuters) – Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin spoke on Wednesday, the Egyptian presidency said, to discuss the latest developments in Ukraine. Sisi and Putin also discussed enhancing strategic cooperation frameworks between their countries through joint development projects confirming “historic ties” between …
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OHANNESBURG, March 4 (Reuters) – About 100,000 doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine (PFE.N) are at risk of being destroyed by the end of this month due to slow uptake by citizens, South African health authorities said on Friday. South Africa has recorded the most coronavirus infections and deaths on the African continent, …
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(Reuters) – The United Nations Libya adviser Stephanie Williams said on Friday she had invited the parliament and High State Council to each nominate six members for a joint committee on Libya’s constitutional arrangements. Libya’s political process fell apart in December with the collapse of a scheduled election, with major …
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BAMAKO, March 4 (Reuters) – The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Mali said on Friday it was investigating allegations that dozens of people were massacred in the centre of the country. A video circulating on social media since Thursday shows dozens of badly-burned bodies with their eyes blindfolded and their …
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OUAGADOUGOU, March 5 (Reuters) – Burkina Faso’s interim president Paul-Henri Damiba has approved a new government that includes the same defence minister as served under former president Roch Kabore before his ouster in a military coup, an official decree showed on Saturday. Damiba was inaugurated on Wednesday as transitional president …
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March 3 (Reuters) – A standoff between two rival governments in Libya looked set to worsen on Thursday as the administration newly chosen by parliament accused the incumbent prime minister of using force to try to stop it being sworn in. Fathi Bashagha was due to take the oath of …
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President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi travelled to the Belgian capital, Brussels to participate in the 6th European Union-African Union Summit. The EU-AU Summit is scheduled to be held on 17 and 18 February, with leaders focusing on joint priorities for the two sides’ common future. The summit will be held under …
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France and its allies in the Barkhane anti-jihadist operation in Mali on Thursday announced a “coordinated withdrawal” of their forces because of “multiple obstructions” by its ruling military junta. In a joint statement, Paris as well as other EU nations and Canada vowed to pursue “joint action against terrorism in …
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More than 400,000 people at the Coast are in dire need of food, with four out of the region’s six counties requiring urgent interventions, authorities have said. Kilifi, Kwale, Tana River and Lamu are among 23 counties on the national government’s red list as drought ravages Kenya’s north, east and …
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The Sudanese delegation headed by Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok that visited South Sudan last week, agreed with the South Sudan government to open four border crossings. The first one will be officially opened on October 1. During the three-day visit of the Sudanese high-level government delegation to South Sudan last …
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موقع وجه أفريقيا موقع وجه أفريقيا هو موقع مهتم بمتابعة التطورات في القارة الأفريقية