African Delegates

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  After Kuno, Cheetahs To Get A Second Home In India. Location Is...

  A South African delegation, including wildlife experts, will arrive in February to assess the conditions at Madhya Pradesh's Gandhi Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary which is slated to become the second home of cheetahs in India, officials said on Thursday.

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  West African Delegation Leaves Niger Without Meeting Coup Leader

  A team from the West African regional bloc ECOWAS left Niger without meeting the leader of the junta which seized power in a coup, a delegation member said Friday. The delegation was initially due to meet Tiani to present ECOWAS's demands.

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  South Africa's Ramaphosa Tells Putin "War Has To Have An End"

  South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, who is in Russia as part of a peace-seeking delegation, on Saturday told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin that the conflict in Ukraine had to stop.

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  South African President Arrives In Russia As Part Of Peace Mission

  South Africa's president arrived in Saint Petersburg, Russia on Saturday ahead of talks headed by an African delegation pushing for negotiations between Kyiv and Moscow even as doubts grow they will bear fruit.

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  Ukraine President On Why He Won't Hold Peace Talks With Russia

  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday ruled out talks with Russia as he met with a delegation of African leaders.

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  Climate Change Set To "Increase Hunger" In Africa, Warns United Nations

  As COP27 delegates in Egypt debate planet-heating emissions, the climate crisis is exacerbating devastating hunger across several African nations and will worsen further without urgent action, the UN said Wednesday.

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  Ronald Reagan Called Africans "Monkeys" In Taped Conversation With Nixon

  Then-California governor Ronald Reagan made racist remarks about Africans, calling them "monkeys" in a newly-discovered taped conversation with US president Richard Nixon.

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  Delhi Witnesses Massive Traffic Jams Due to India-Africa Summit

  Huge jams brought traffic to a standstill in many parts of Delhi today evening due to the movement of the delegations attending the ongoing India-Africa Forum Summit (IAFS) in New Delhi.

• South Africa to Host 2016 AIDS Conference

  South Africa's port city of Durban will host the 21st International AIDS Conference in 2016, marking the forum's return to Africa after 16 years, organisers said on Friday. Gathering scientists, policymakers and grassroots workers, the biennial conference is the biggest single get-together on the global HIV/AIDS pandemic. The 20th conference in M...

• Another Ugandan woman moves court seeking FIR against Delhi Law Minister Somnath Bharti

  There is more trouble for Delhi Law Minister Somnath Bharti as another African woman today moved court seeking FIR against him for his midnight raid on what he alleged was a drug and sex ring involving Ugandan and Nigerian nationals. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is under intense pressure to sack Mr Bharti; he met Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung t...

• India to send high-level delegation to Nelson Mandela's funeral

  India will be represented by a "high-level" delegation at the funeral of South African anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela who died early morning in Johannesburg.

• South African parliamentary team visits Karnataka legislature

  A South African parliamentary delegation led by its National Assembly Speaker M.V. Sisulu visited the Karnataka legislature and interacted with the chairman and lawmakers of the upper house.