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Pretoria - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed India formally joining the Paris climate change agreement.

Pretoria - Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa will depart the country on Sunday to undertake a two-nation diplomatic working visit to Vietnam and Singapore.

Pretoria – The Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Nomaindiya Mfeketo, hosted her Iranian counterpart, Dr Jaberi Ansari, the Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iran in Pretoria on Thursday.

Baku - Football's world governing body, FIFA, has become the first international sports organisation to commit to a UN campaign to combat climate change.

Pretoria - South Africa on Wednesday joined the world community in mourning the passing of former Israeli President Shimon Peres.

Rio de Janeiro - Brazil regards Asia as a continent with high growth potential and a large consumer market, Agriculture Minister Blairo Maggi said Tuesday after his Asian trip.

Khartoum - Sudan has received a grant of US$5 million from the World Bank for the improvement of public finance management at the state level in four states -- Red Sea, River Nile, Sennar and North Kordofan.

New York – Speaking at the General Debate of the 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Somalia underscored that no one nation, no matter how big or powerful, can address global climate change, terrorism, poverty or mass population displacement on its own.

Moscow - Russia and Cuba strengthened scientific and technological cooperation with the signing of an agreement between the Skolkovo Innovation Fund and Biocubafarma State Corporation.