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West Asia and North Africa region need to be prudent with Chinese debt-tra
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], October 14 (ANI): West Asia and North African regions need to tread cautiously when lending Chinese contracts as by expanding its regional footprints, China is pursuing its policy of gradually laying down the debt trap and turning these regions into its economic colonies, me
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World Bank to double educational funding for Central, West Africa
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Accra [Ghana], June 28 (ANI/Xinhua): The World Bank Group seeks to double its funding for education in the Western and Central African region by 2025 to accelerate the work of educational reforms, a senior official of the bank said here late Monday.
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Main focus of Vice President's visit to Sengal, Gabon is Francophone count
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 28 (ANI): The main focus of Vice President Venkaiah Naidu's visit to Senegal and Gabon is the Western African region which is Francophone countries (The countries whose official language is French), said Damu Ravi, Secretary (ER) of the Ministry of External Affairs (ME
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17th Edition of Asia-Europe Business and Social Forum 2022
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] April 20 (ANI/PNN): 'Collaboration: The Key to Mutual Prosperity in a Post-pandemic World' was the theme of the 17th Edition of Asia-Europe Business & Social Forum 2022 Awards & Business Summit, which concluded recently at the London Marriott Hotel Grosvenor Squa
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France suspends all flights from Southern Africa due to new COVID-19 varia
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Paris [France], November 26 (ANI): France on Friday suspended flights arriving from the southern African region for 48 hours amid rising concern about a new COVID-19 variant detected in South Africa.
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India expresses concern over terrorism in African region at UN
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], November 13 (ANI): Joint Force of G5 Sahel needs sustainable, predictable and necessary support to deal with terrorist and armed groups in the vast Sahel region, said India at United Nations Security Council (UNSC) briefing on Friday (local time).
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COVID-19 vaccination drive in Africa hampered by shortages, financing issu
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Brazzaville [Congo], May 21 (ANI): Africa's rollout of coronavirus vaccines is being undermined by supply shortages and financial difficulties, the African regional office of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.
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Opening of India Africa Trade Council in India
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], January 22 (ANI/NewsVoir): India Africa Trade Council was inaugurated in Hotel Crowne Plaza, Chennai for building up business relations between both the countries of India and African Region.
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Ethiopia's COVID-19 cases near 129,000
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], January 13 (ANI/Xinhua): The Ethiopian Ministry of Health on Tuesday evening reported 376 new COVID-19 cases over the last 24 hours, taking the national count to 128,992.
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WHO Africa to look into dozens of COVID-19 herbal remedies to be tested in
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], October 2 (ANI/Sputnik): The African Regional Expert Committee on Traditional Medicine for COVID-19 will gather soon to pick the most promising herbal medicine products against the disease, which under the newly adopted protocol put forth by the World Health Organizatio
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President Kovind arrives in Guinea
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Conakry [Guinea], Aug 2 (ANI): President Ram Nath Kovind arrived in Guinea on Thursday on the third leg of his three-nation tour to the West African region.
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Kovind arrives in Benin, first visit by an Indian President
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Cotonou [Benin], July 28 (ANI): President Ram Nath Kovind arrived in Benin on Sunday on the first leg of his three-nation tour of the West African region.
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