Africa

Saudi Arabia will host a donor conference for displaced people in the Sahel region of Africa on Oct. 26, the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center announced on Friday. The conference, supported by the Organization of Islamic…
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Ahmed Elgendy of Egypt became the first athlete from Africa to win the Olympic gold medal in modern pentathlon on Saturday at the Paris Games. Elgendy, the silver medalist in Tokyo three years ago, had a 17-second head start for the…
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Enhanced cooperation between Arab and African countries is set to flourish after officials met for the fourth meeting of the Board of Governors of the Arab-African Trade Bridges Program and the Tunisian-African Business meetings in Tunis.…
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Saudi humanitarian center KSRelief carried out a number of aid initiatives across the Middle East and Africa during Eid, the Saudi Press Agency reported. In Baidoa, a city in southwestern Somalia, the center distributed 786 sacrificial…
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Africa’s rising energy demand requires substantial investments in clean power projects, which is crucial for the continent’s sustainable economic growth, an analysis revealed. In its latest report, the International Energy Agency said…
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Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Waleed Elkhereiji on Monday received UK Minister of State for Development and Africa Andrew Mitchell in Riyadh. The two sides discussed topics of common interest and ways to strengthen relations…
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Hundreds of Tunisians rallied Saturday in the town of El Amra to protest makeshift camps for migrants primarily from sub-Saharan African countries, an AFP correspondent said. The demonstration in the small town in central Tunisia follows…
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The advent of agriculture roughly 11,500 years ago in the Middle East was a milestone for humankind — a revolution in diet and lifestyle that moved beyond the way hunter-gatherers had existed since Homo sapiens arose more than 300,000 years…
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Maritime connectivity between Saudi and African ports is set to improve with the introduction of a new shipping service by German container transportation firm Hapag-Lloyd. The new route, called JDX, will connect the Jeddah Islamic Port…
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Saudi Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Waleed Elkhereiji on Wednesday received Secretary-General of the Organization of African, Caribbean, and Pacific States Georges Chikoti, in Riyadh. During the meeting, they discussed issues of…
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