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Egypt declared malaria-free after 100-year effort 

Jaroslav Lukiv Egypt has been certified malaria-free by the World Health Organization (WHO) – an achievement hailed by the UN public health agency as “truly historic”. “Malaria is as old as Egyptian civilization itself, but the disease that plagued pharaohs now belongs to its history,” said WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Egyptian authorities launched their first efforts to stamp out ...

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AFCON 2023 group stage draw completed on October 12,2023

By Julius Addae ODURO The Confederation of African Football (CAF ) has completed the draw for the group stage of the 2023 TotalEnergies African Cup of Nations on Thursday, October 12,2023 in Abidjan,Ivory Coast.The draw saw 24 teams drawn into 6 groups of four nations.Below are the groups: Group A• Ivory Coast 🇨🇮• Nigeria 🇳🇬• Equatorial Guinea 🇬🇶• Guinea-Bissau 🇬🇼 ...

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Egypt fire: At least 38 injured in blaze at police complex 

Watch: A ‘huge’ fire breaks out at a police facility in Egypt Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-66980482 A huge fire at a police complex in Egypt has injured at least 38 people, according to emergency services and local media. Firefighters managed to contain the blaze at the facility in Ismailia, and local hospitals have been placed on alert.  Videos posted on social media ...

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[Photos] The Largest Stadium In Africa Under Construction In Egypt’s New Capital

Credit: Afrinews247 The Egyptian government is constructing a new stadium in the Egyptian New Administration Capital for future hosting of the World Cup and Olympics.The facility will have a capacity of 94,840 seats is being built with the future in mind in which Egyptians would like to host the Olympics and the World Cup. It is known that it will ...

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Controversial Nile dam talks resume

Government officials from Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan are once again holding talks in a bid to try to resolve a long running dispute triggered by the construction of a huge dam on the River Nile. In July last year the reservoir of the hydro electric dam in the west of Ethiopia started filling with water despite the breakdown of talks ...

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