0118 GMT August 09, 2022
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The U.N. is warning that 18 million people in Africa’s Sahel region face severe hunger in the next three months, citing the impacts of Russia’s war in Ukraine, the coronavirus pandemic, climate-induced shocks and rising costs.
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The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Friday suspended Burkina Faso following a coup, but will not impose other sanctions for the time being, a participant at a virtual summit said.
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Intercommunal violence and persistent attacks by terrorists, continue to undermine peace and security across West Africa, the UN’s top official in the region warned the Security Council, calling for sustained engagement with all partners to urgently advance a holistic approach to peace.
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Eight West African countries agreed to change the name of their common currency to Eco and severed the CFA franc's links to former colonial ruler France.
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The West African Economic and Monetary Union has agreed with France to a number of changes to the CFA franc currency, including a new name, Ivory Coast’s President Alassane Ouattara said , as the West African bloc inches closer to a split from the French-backed currency.
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At least 58 refugees trying to reach Europe from West Africa die as their makeshift boat capsized off the coast of Mauritania, but dozens of survivors managed to swim to shore.
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Epidemiological researchers in West Africa discovered a new strain of the Ebola virus among bats in Sierra Leone.
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When Senegalese president Macky Sall opened the 30MW Santhiou Mékhé solar plant last June, the country gained the title of having West Africa’s largest such plant. But the distinction was short lived.
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Director General of the Strategic Economic Affairs Department at Foreign Ministry Fereyedoun Haghbin said on Fridady that the report on the visit of Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif to West Africa will be presented to the First Vice-President Eshaq Jahangiri.
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Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif returned to Tehran on Friday morning after a six-day tour of West Africa, which took him to Nigeria, Ghana, Guinea Conakry, Mali.
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Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says his current visit to West Africa will open a new chapter in cooperation between the Islamic Republic and the African nations.
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Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif leading a politico-economic delegation leaves for West Africa for a six-day official visit today.
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An experimental Ebola vaccine tested on thousands of people in Guinea seems to work and might help shut down the waning epidemic in West Africa, according to interim results from a study.
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A highly contagious strain of avian flu is spreading across West Africa, decimating poultry farms and stoking fears the virus will jump from birds to humans, the UN's food agency warned on Monday.
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The death toll from West Africa's Ebola outbreak has crossed 10,000, according to the latest tally released by the World Health Organization.
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