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French.china.org.cn| Updated on 28-06-2020-
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Here is our section “Africa on the move”:
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Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia agree to form committee to finalize Nile dam agreement
CAIRO – Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia agreed on Friday evening to form a tripartite committee of legal and technical experts to finalize a binding agreement on the filling and operating rules of the Great Renaissance Dam Ethiopian (GERD) on the Nile. Agreement reached at mini video summit of the Office of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union to discuss GERD, Egyptian presidential spokesman Bassam Rady said in a statement .
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Nigerian government wants to end ostentatious spending on social events
NIAMEY – Faced with ostentatious expenses incurred during certain social events in Niger, the government took measures in the Council of Ministers on Friday to put an end to these practices, and to promote “the promotion of a culture of sobriety “, we learned on Saturday from an official source. In Niger, the government explained in a press release, “certain social events such as marriage, baptism and death give rise to expenses which tend to experience inflation in complete contradiction to purchasing power and real incomes Household”. However, one of the credos of the government’s policy “aims to put an end to this ambient irrationality in order to create the conditions favoring the promotion of a culture of sobriety, a sine qua non condition for the fight against waste and this, by to strengthen the foundations of an investment-friendly mentality, “said the same source.
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Malawi opposition leader wins presidential election
LILONGWE – Lazarus Chakwera, leader of the opposition in Malawi, emerged victorious in Tuesday’s new presidential election, defeating outgoing president Peter Mutharika with 58% of the vote. The chairman of the Electoral Commission of Malawi (CEM), Chifundo Kachale, announced the official results on Saturday evening, after the examination of all the votes counted in 28 districts comprising 193 constituencies and 5,002 polling stations.
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