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UK suspends flights to six African countries as new COVID variant emerges
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
London [UK], November 26 (ANI): UK Health Secretary Sajid Javid on Thursday announced a temporary suspension of flights from six countries after reports emerged that a new COVID variant with more than 30 mutations is spreading in South Africa.
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Infrastructure projects in African nations halted as Chinese investments d
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Beijing [China], November 25 (ANI): As China's desire for large foreign investments have waned, infrastructure projects in a number of African countries have stalled giving a big blow to the governments.
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India helping African countries bridge digital divide: MoS External Affair
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 22 (ANI): Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan has highlighted Prime Minister Narendra Modi's guiding principle to share India's experience with the digital revolution to support Africa's development and spread digital literacy in Africa.
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Beijing finds itself cornered by African countries as they cancel China-le
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], September 21 (ANI): China is increasingly finding itself being cornered by African countries on investment-related matters with several of them cancelling their contracts with Chinese companies, according to a media report.
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China deepens security ties with Africa to gain strong foothold over conti
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], September 14 (ANI): China has been strengthening security relations with African countries for a long time as part of its bigger strategy to secure a stronger foothold on the African continent, a media report said.
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One Electric® becomes first Indian EV (2W) Company to launch its Made
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 9 (ANI/NewsVoir): After launching India's fastest electric motorcycle, One Electric today announced that deliveries and registrations of their flagship electric motorcycle, KRIDN®, have started in Kenya, with 4 more African countries to open soon.
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China eyes more military bases in Africa
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 18 (ANI): China's growing military and security partnerships with African countries pose new challenges to the United States, a long-time security partner in the continent. The Chinese naval base in Djibouti is not the only sign of Chinese military engagement in Africa b
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China's ambitious BRI project hindered by COVID-19, failure to pay debts
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], April 15 (ANI): China's ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has been greatly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, with Beijing quietly scaling back the project, particularly in the emerging markets of Africa, due to banks being over-extended and loans not being repaid on
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UN warns famine will soar in Syria, Yemen, Venezuela, 17 more countries in
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New York [US], March 23 (ANI/Sputnik): Acute food insecurity will likely deteriorate over the next couple of months in 20 countries, including Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen, Venezuela, and African countries, the World Food Program (WFP) said in a new report on Tuesday.
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Pakistan bans flights from 12 African countries
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 21 (ANI): Amid the rising number of coronavirus cases, Pakistan has placed a travel ban on 12 African countries under the COVID-19 standard operating procedures (SOPs) and eased the restrictions on flights coming from the United Kingdom, The Express Tribune report
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Consignment of Made in India COVID-19 vaccines airlifted for African count
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 4 (ANI): India on Thursday airlifted consignment of Made in India COVID-19 vaccines for Ghana, Rwanda, Senegal, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Cote d'Ivoire under the Vaccine Maitri initiative.
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Africa's COVID-19 cases near 3.8 million
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Addis Ababa [Africa], February 20 (ANI/Xinhua): African countries have reported 3,799,029 COVID-19 cases as of Friday evening, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said.
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