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APA – Lagos (Nigeria) — South Africa’s U-20 football team, the Amajita on Saturday defeated the Flying Eagles of Nigeria 5-3 on penalties to finish third in the ongoing U-20 African Cup of Nations tournam...
APA-Monrovia (Liberia) — Latest report released by the Liberia Office of the UNHCR shows that Ivorians constitute 98 percent of the 9,206 refugees currently living in the country.
APA-Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) — Ethiopia and Djibouti on Friday signed an agreement to construct a 767km pipeline project linking the two countries.
23-Nov-2018 to 16:41
eSwatini ranger survives lioness attack
APA-Mbabane (eSwatini) — A middle-aged ranger at Hlane Royal National Park in eSwatini was mauled by a lioness on Wednesday afternoon, but miraculously survived, local media reported on Friday.
Read more22-Nov-2018 to 15:52
Africities: Morocco launches climate finance expertise scheme
APA-Marrakech (Morocco) — Morocco has launched a so-called Sub-national Climate Finance Expertise Program (PEFCLI) aimed at building and implementing a national strategy to fund projects for environmental resilience.
Read more22-Nov-2018 to 06:45
S/Africa: Ministers urge developed states to fulfil $100b climate change pledge
APA-Pretoria (South Africa) — The 27th BASIC Ministerial Meeting on Climate Change has urged developed countries to fulfil their climate finance commitments of mobilising US$100 billion per annum by 2020 for developing countries, the main victims of climate change in the world.
Read more20-Nov-2018 to 15:56
Africities 2018: Dakar mayor pleads 'eco-friendly' Africa cause
APA-Marrakesh (By special correspondent Abdourahmane Diallo in Morocco) — African local and regional governments want the continent to turn its back on ecologically irresponsible and socially unjust behaviour in favour of a concept that respects the balance of nature, Dakar's new mayor told the eighth Africities summit which began in the Moroccan city of Marrakesh on Tuesday.
Read more19-Nov-2018 to 14:29
S/Africa observes World Toilet Day
APA-Pretoria (South Africa) — South Africans joined the rest of the world on Monday to observe World Toilet Day, a day set aside to highlight the importance of access to proper ways of disposing human waste.
Read more15-Nov-2018 to 15:32
The East African staple threatened by drought
APA-Nairobi (Kenya) — Ugali as a popular food in Kenya is being threatened by regular and prolonged drought which afflicts countries in the Horn of Africa region.
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Kenya welcomes China’s decision to uphold ban on trade in rhino, tiger parts
APA-Nairobi (Kenya) — Kenya on Wednesday welcomed China’s decision to rescind its earlier decision to lift its 25-year ban on trade in tiger and rhino parts.
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