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Senior UN Human Rights official to visit Mali from Nov 1-6
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], October 29 (ANI/Sputnik): UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Ilze Brands Kehris will pay a six-day working visit to Mali starting November 1 to address the human rights situation in the Western African nation and the whole Sahel region, dogged by insecurity, the O
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56 arrested in South Africa for holding officials hostage
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Johannesburg [South Africa], October 15 (ANI/Xinhua): A total of 56 veterans were arrested on Thursday night after South African police rescued three officials who were held hostage.
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Madagascar fights for sovereignty amid Chinese debt-trap diplomacy
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Antananarivo [Madagascar], October 15 (ANI): China has been striving to trap African nations in its debt diplomacy but Madagascar is now leading the fight for sovereignty in the African continent.
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India committed to support Africa's energy transition through deployment o
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 13 (ANI): Emphasising that African nations have shown "great interest" in the India-led International Solar Alliance, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday said New Delhi is committed to supporting Africa's energy transition through rapid deployment of
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Chinese funding in Africa raises concerns of ability of nations to 'pay ba
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 24 (ANI): As China is funding and building a growing number of government and parliament buildings, police headquarters and more in Africa to cement its relations across the continent, concerns have been raised over the potential of African nations to 'pay back' Beijing.
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Zambia's debt: Future of Chinese loan
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Lusaka [Zambia], March 30 (ANI): Zambia became the first coronavirus-era debt default African nation that has borrowed heavy loans from China in recent years to fund major infrastructure projects.
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Police arrest six African nationals in Pune with drugs worth Rs 67 lakhs
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], March 11 (ANI): The Pune city police on Thursday arrested six African nationals from Tanzania and Uganda, and recovered drugs worth Rs 67 lakhs from their possession.
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Ivory Coast PM dies of cancer in Germany
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Berlin [Germany], March 11 (ANI/Sputnik): Hamed Bakayoko, the prime minister of Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), died in Germany on Wednesday after a battle with cancer, the president of the western African nation said.
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China's debt-trap diplomacy: Kenya offered 'debt repayment holiday' for 6
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], February 16 (ANI): In yet another example of China's debt-trap diplomacy, Kenya has been roped in a deal with a six-month debt repayment holiday worth USD 245 million.
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Ivory Coast national held with heroin worth Rs 30 cr from Delhi
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], February 5 (ANI): Kullu district police in a joint operation with Delhi Police arrested a citizen of Ivory Coast allegedly with heroin worth Rs 30 crores from the national capital on Wednesday.
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Mali's interim government forms new 121-seat Legislative Council
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Bamako [Mali], December 4 (ANI/Sputnik): Malian transition authorities have announced the names of 121 members of a new legislative body, the National Transitional Council (CNT), two and a half months after a military coup in the Western African nation.
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Zambia in talks with Russia on accessing Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Lusaka [Zambia], November 9 (ANI/Sputnik): Zambia is eager to get Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine as soon as it hits the market, the African nation's ambassador told Sputnik, adding that health ministers of the two countries were already in talks on the matter.
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