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India offers $100 mn financial aid to Benin during President Kovind's stat
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Porto-Novo [Benin], July 30 (ANI): India on Monday offered concessional financial assistance of USD 100 million to Benin with an aim to help the West African country meet its Sustainable Development Goals.
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Kovind arrives in Benin, first visit by an Indian President
Updated : 6 years, 7 months 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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President Kovind to visit 3 West African nations from July 28
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 26 (ANI): President Ram Nath Kovind will embark on a week-long visit to three West African nations-- Benin, The Gambia and Guinea-- from July 28 to August 3, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Thursday.
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War veteran blames Pakistan for its duplicity causing US to lose in Afghan
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], May 23 (ANI): A retired US Army Reserve colonel, who served in Afghanistan, Iraq and a humanitarian mission to West Africa, accused Pakistan of its duplicity that has "caused the United States to lose in Afghanistan."
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Burkina Faso: 6 killed in church shooting
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Silgadji [Burkina Faso], May 13 (ANI): At least six people, including a priest, were killed after gunmen opened fire at congregants outside a Catholic church in Burkina Faso on Sunday.
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Congo: Over 600 dead in Ebola outbreak, second deadliest since 2014
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Kinshasa [DR Congo], Apr 6 (ANI): In the second deadliest Ebola outbreak since 2014, that killed 11,000 in West Africa, 629 people have lost their lives in the Democratic Republic of Congo. According to UN Secretary General spokesman, Stephane Dujarric, about 1,041 new cases of Ebola have
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Kidnapped Canadian national found dead in Burkina Faso
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], Jan 18 (ANI): A Canadian citizen, who was abducted in the landlocked West African country of Burkina Faso two days ago, has been found dead.
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Mohamed Salah wins 2018 African Player of the Year award
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Dakar (Senegal) [West Africa], Jan 8 (ANI): Liverpool and Egypt forward Mohamed Salah won the 2018 Confederation of African Football(CAF) Player of the Year award for the second consecutive year.
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China-Pakistan alliance a threat, says veteran US Army Colonel
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [USA], Dec 29 (ANI): Veteran U.S. Army Colonel, Lawrence Sellin, has expressed concerns over growing economic and military alliance between Pakistan and China.
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India hopes to boost bilateral trade through India-West Africa Regional Co
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], Oct 5 (ANI/NAN): Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Nagabhushana Reddy, said on Friday that the bilateral trade between India and Nigeria would be strengthened through the India-West Africa Regional Conclave.
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Explosion hits Army HQ in Burkina Faso
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Ouagadougou [Burkina Faso], March 2 (ANI): An explosion reportedly hit the Army headquarters, near French Embassy in Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou on Friday.
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Oil tanker with 22 Indians goes missing off West African coast: MEA
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 4 (ANI): The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Sunday informed that an oil tanker with 22 Indian nationals onboard is presumably missing off the coast of Benin in the Gulf of Guinea.
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