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Sudan: Weekly Press Columns Digest

[SudaNow] Khartoum -- The recent revelations of Egypt's President Abdelfattah Alsisi in which he uttered a veiled threat to Ethiopia over the Renaissance Dam issue, the spectacular triumph of Sudan's soccer national team over its South African counterpart that propelled the Sudanese side to the African Cup of Nation's finals in Cameroon in early 2022 after ten years of absence from the big African event and Sudan's comeback to transactions with the World Bank, were the most important issues that received due consideration from

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GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands (CMC) —The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF SPC) says its member governments in the Caribbean have all renewed their parametric insurance coverage for tropical cyclone, excess rainfall, earthquake and fisheries in light of the 2020 Atlantic Hurricane

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US bickers with China over Africa Covid-19 loans relief

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Nigeria: World Bank Urges Nigeria to Develop Mining Sector

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