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Mon, 07 Mar 2022 07:50:57 GMT
East Africa: Nile Basin At a Turning Point As Ethiopian Dam Starts Operations
[The Conversation Africa] Egypt and Sudan currently claim absolute control of Nile water resources. The two states - handed the rights in colonial treaties with the British - have resisted subsequent attempts by the Nile basin states to produce new a...

Mon, 07 Mar 2022 09:53:58 GMT
Tunisia: Ukraine - Kraków-Bound Tunisair Airbus Takes Off to Fly Tunisian Nationals Home
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- A Tunisair Airbus 319 with a passenger seating of 112 took off on Sunday evening from Tunis-Carthage International Airport to Bucharest, Romania.

Mon, 07 Mar 2022 09:29:52 GMT
Tunisia: Ukraine - 75 Percent of Tunisian Nationals Flown Home - Aloui
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Tunisia had repatriated so far 75% of its nationals residing in Ukraine in the wake of February 23 Russian invasion, President of the Associations of Tunisians in Ukraine Tarek Aloui told TAP.

Mon, 07 Mar 2022 09:29:31 GMT
Africa: Egypt Aims to Raise Exports to Africa to U.S.$10 Billion By 2025 - Minister
[Egypt Online] President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has ordered the bodies concerned to intensify efforts to enhance cooperation relations with African countries, especially at the economic and commercial levels, Minister of Planning and Economic Developme...

Mon, 07 Mar 2022 09:29:30 GMT
Egypt: Business Community Can Play Vital Role in Addressing Climate Change - FM
[Egypt Online] Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, President-designate for the 27th session of the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 27) said Sunday that addressing climate change is no longer the res...

Mon, 07 Mar 2022 09:29:27 GMT
Egypt: Egyptian Athlete Snatches Two Medals At Spanish Para Badminton International
[Egypt Online] Egypt's Shimaa Samy has collected two medals at 2022 Spanish Para-Badminton International I, concluded Sunday in Vitoria-Gasteiz.

Mon, 07 Mar 2022 09:29:27 GMT
Egypt: Military Production Min. Visits Pavilion At World Defense Show in Riyadh
[Egypt Online] Minister of State for Military Production Mohamed Ahmed Morsi visited on Sunday his ministry's pavilion at the World Defense Show in Riyadh, which runs from March 6 to 9.

Mon, 07 Mar 2022 09:29:13 GMT
Egypt: Closing Ceremony for 2 Training Sessions for Trainees From 18 African States Held
[Egypt Online] The Military Production Ministry held Sunday a closing ceremony for two training session on renewable energy and mechatronics, organized for trainees from 18 African countries.

Mon, 07 Mar 2022 09:29:11 GMT
Egypt: The Ceremony of Launching the New Country Strategy for Cooperation Between Egypt and EBRD
[Egypt Online] On Saturday, 3-5-2022, the Ministry of International Cooperation organized a ceremony to launch the new country strategy for cooperation between Egypt and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) 2022-2027, in the pr...

Mon, 07 Mar 2022 09:29:05 GMT
Egypt: PM Follows Up Govt Plan to Offer Residential Units for Egyptians Abroad
[Egypt Online] Prime Minister Mostafa directed the bodies concerned to speed up plans to offer different types of residential units, whether in the New Administrative Capital, New Alamien City, or Sawari mega residential project in Alexandria, for Eg...

Mon, 07 Mar 2022 09:29:02 GMT
Egypt: Embassies in Vienna, Bucharest Accelerate Efforts to Repatriate Egyptians From Ukraine
[Egypt Online] The Egyptian embassies in Vienna and Bucharest accelerate their efforts to ensure the continued entry of Egyptian nationals from Ukraine into Romania through the various border crossings.

Mon, 07 Mar 2022 09:29:00 GMT
Egypt: Sisi Follows up Preparations for COP27
[Egypt Online] President Abdel Fattah El Sisi followed up on Saturday the activities of the higher ministerial committee preparing for the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) - which is due to be held in Egypt's Red Sea resort city of Sh...

Mon, 07 Mar 2022 09:28:59 GMT
Egypt: 2nd Evacuation Plane to Leave Romania Tonight - Egyptian Embassy
[Egypt Online] The Egyptian Embassy in Bucharest said on Sunday that the second evacuation plane will take off from Romania at 1:00 am en route to Egypt, carrying back home Egyptian nationals who fled the conflict in Ukraine to Romania.

Mon, 07 Mar 2022 09:28:56 GMT
Egypt: Economic Growth Hits All-Time High in 20 Years - -PM
[Egypt Online] The financial performance indicators for the first half of the current fiscal year showed reassuring signs, Prime Minister Mostafa said.

Mon, 07 Mar 2022 09:28:47 GMT
Egypt: Int'l Cooperation Ministry Issues Report On Strategic Ties With EBRD
[Egypt Online] Minister of International Cooperation Rania el Mashat launched Sunday Egypt-European Bank for Reconstruction and Development's (EBRD) common country strategy for the years 2022-2027.

Mon, 07 Mar 2022 08:58:10 GMT
Tunisia: Covid-19 - Tunisia Logs 5 Deaths and 1,912 Infections, March 4
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Five COVID-19 deaths and 1,912 infections were logged on March 4 from 9,509 tests (20.11% positivity rate), taking the caseload to 1,005,167 and death toll to 27,922, the Health Ministry said.

Mon, 07 Mar 2022 08:58:03 GMT
Tunisia: Tunisia Observes Blue March - Raising Awareness About Colorectal Cancer Screening
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Tunisia observes as the other countries in the world the Blue March: A month to raise awareness of the dangers of colorectal cancer, which affects a large number of people, and of the importance of early screen...

Mon, 07 Mar 2022 08:57:54 GMT
Tunisia: STEG's Receivables From Its Customers Up 5 Percent Between January 2021 and 2022
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The receivables of the Tunisian Electricity and Gas Company (STEG) from its customers up 5% between January 2021 and 2022, from 2,377 million dinars (MD) in January 2021 to 2,281 MD in January 2022.

Sun, 06 Mar 2022 10:33:12 GMT
Algeria: Support to Start-Ups Enshrines President's Commitments to New Business Model
[Algerie Presse Service] The Prime Minister Aimene Benabderrahmane said Saturday in Algiers that the achievements on the ground to support and sustain start-ups enshrined the commitments of the President of the Republic, Abdelmadjid Tebboune to a new...

Sun, 06 Mar 2022 09:40:15 GMT
Tunisia: Sanitary Protocol Important to Fight Against Date Palm Mite in Oases
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Minister of Agriculture, Mahmoud Elyes Hamza called for the need to follow the sanitary protocol issued by the agricultural scientific research to fight against the date palm mite in the southern oases, which c...

Sun, 06 Mar 2022 10:33:37 GMT
Algeria: 2nd National Startup Conference Begins Under PM Chairmanship
[Algerie Presse Service] Algiers -- The second National Startup Conference "Algeria Disrupt 2022" opened Saturday in Algiers, under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Aïmene Benabderrahmane, in the presence of the members of the government, the medi...

Sat, 05 Mar 2022 09:51:14 GMT
Tunisia: Unesco Approves Djerba Island's Application for World Heritage Status
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The application for the inscription of the island of Djerba on the UNESCO World Heritage List has finally been accepted by the UNESCO, which will send a delegation of experts to the island in the south-east of ...

Sun, 06 Mar 2022 09:38:47 GMT
Morocco: Police Dismantle International Drug Trafficking Network, Seize Over 4 Tons of Cannabis Resin North of Es-Semara
[MAP] Rabat -- Policemen dismantled Saturday morning, on the basis of precise information provided by the General Directorate of Territorial Surveillance (DGST), an international drug trafficking network and seized 4,345 kg of cannabis resin.

Sun, 06 Mar 2022 09:38:11 GMT
Morocco: Two Killed, 14 Injured in Road Accident in Tarfaya Province
[MAP] Tarfaya -- Two people were killed and 14 others were injured, three of them seriously, in a collision between a truck and a bus that took place Saturday morning on the national road N° 1 in the town of Daoura (province of Tarfaya), according t...

Mon, 07 Mar 2022 08:57:59 GMT
Tunisia: Tunisian Engineers' Association Calls for a Knowledge-Based Development Model
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The Tunisian Order of Engineers, on Saturday, called, for setting up a development model based on knowledge and allowing engineers to contribute to the country's development by helping them overcome obstacles.

Mon, 07 Mar 2022 08:57:51 GMT
Tunisia: New Flight to Repatriate Tunisians Stranded in Ukraine - MFA
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- A new flight to evacuate members of the Tunisian community stranded in Ukraine is scheduled for Sunday afternoon, announced the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians Abroad.

Mon, 07 Mar 2022 07:26:24 GMT
Tunisia: Covid-19 - Beja Logs 1 More Death and 18 Infections
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- COVID-19 claimed the life of one more patient in Béja, taking the death toll to 734 since the outbreak of the pandemic, the local health directorate said.

Mon, 07 Mar 2022 07:26:21 GMT
Tunisia: Covid-19 - Tunisia Logs 2 Deaths and 1,501 Infections On March 3
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- 2 COVID-19 deaths and 1,501 infections were logged on March 3 from 8,236 tests (18.22% positivity rate), taking the caseload to 1,003,255 and death toll to 27,904 and recoveries to 965,629, the Health Ministry ...

Mon, 07 Mar 2022 07:26:19 GMT
Tunisia: Covid-19 - Only 1,154 People Vaccinated On March 4
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Only 1,154 people got COVID-19 jabs on March 4 out of 116,101 text message invites, the Health Ministry said.

Mon, 07 Mar 2022 07:26:07 GMT
Tunisia: BCT Governor Calls for Launch of Satellite Account for Cultural and Creative Industries
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Governor of the Central Bank of Tunisia, Marouane El Abassi, on Friday, proposed the launch of a reflection with stakeholders to build a satellite account for cultural and creative industries.



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