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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The signing by the 5+5 Joint Military Commission of an Action Plan for the "gradual and simultaneous" withdrawal of mercenary fighters and foreign forces from Libya has brought new hope to the political scene.
This comes at a time blockages in the process due to disagreements over [...]Full text...
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The tenth meeting of the Chiefs of Staff of the Air Force Commanders of the 5 + 5 Defence Initiative countries started on Thursday in Tripoli to discuss the contribution of the air force in the relief efforts and to exchange experiences between the member countries [...]Full text...
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu pleaded on Thursday for the need to hold Libyan elections scheduled for 24 December.
This comes against the backdrop of disagreements that still persist over the constitutional basis despite the international community's efforts to hold the elections on the scheduled date.
Cavusoglu's position [...]Full text...
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian President Kaïs Saïed announced on Wednesday he had decided to withdraw the diplomatic passport of any personality who had solicited foreign intervention in the country's internal affairs.
"Some people have gone abroad to harm Tunisia's interests," he said.
Saied was referring in particular to the former president, [...]Full text...
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana has received the first doses of Moderna vaccine as part of the500,000 doses secured by government through a bilateral arrangement with the company.
Christopher Nyanga, spokesperson for the Ministry of Health and Wellness, said here Thursday other consignments were expected the following months until all the [...]Full text...
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The WHO Thursday called on decision-makers across the health, sport, education and transport sectors to urgently scale up provision of more inclusive programmes, services and safer environments that promote physical activity in all communities.
This was contained in the World Health Organization's new advocacy brief titled [...]Full text...
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A large crowd of people loyal to former President Jacob Zuma on Thursday gathered near the Durban city centre to celebrate his recent release from prison.
Zuma, who was serving a 15-month jail term for defying the Constitutional Court, was released on medical parole from [...]Full text...
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) – The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina, on Thursday announced the appointment of Ms. Bajabulile ‘Swazi’ Tshabalala as Senior Vice President of the Bank effective from 1 November 2021.
Ms. Tshabalala, a citizen of South Africa, has been Vice President [...]Full text...
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Chief of General Staff of the Malian Army, General Oumar Diarra, has denied allegations incriminating the Malian Armed Forces (FAMAs) in the summary executions following images that have flooded the media.
The images showed scenes of torture and decomposing bodies from alleged summary executions committed by [...]Full text...
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal on Wednesday recorded five new cases of coronavirus, all resulting from community transmission and confirmed by tests carried out on 1,453 samples, the Ministry of Health and Social Action announced on Thursday.
The ministry also announced that nine patients were tested negative and declared recovered.
It said [...]Full text...
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The proprietress of a salon in the Senegalese capital, Dakar, which got caught up in the alleged rape charge against embattled opposition leader, Ousmane Sonko, on Wednesday disclosed that she had received death threats and so fears for her life.
"I am really worried and concerned over the [...]Full text...
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya will next month host an international conference on the effects of drugs and psychotropic substances on the family and human societies, a statement from the Libyan Ministry of the Interior said on Thursday.
The conference is organised by the Ministry of the Interior under the theme: [...]Full text...
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Seventeen new deaths linked to COVID-19 infection and 559 new infections have been recorded in Libya out of 4,201 samples tested, a positive rate of 13.3%, the National Centre for Disease Control announced on Thursday.
According to a statement from the Centre, 1,720 recoveries were also recorded.
The [...]Full text...
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed al-Manfi, on Wednesday called for a law to fight fake news and hate speech.
Speaking during discussions in Tripoli with members of the Print Law Amendment Committee, formed by the Libyan Independent Media Organisation, he raised the importance of [...]Full text...
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Thursday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank:
Currency Buying Selling
Australian Dollar 30.62 32.23
Canadian Dollar 33.23 35.09
Euro [...]Full text...
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - An ambitious project to raise awareness about rising insecurity and mass displacement in the Sahel has resulted in an original musical score from Mali songwriter Vieux Farka Touré.
In partnership with the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Mr. Toure’s A Song for the [...]Full text...
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The following are Thursday’s foreign exchange rates for the Gambian Dalasi (D) as published by Central Bank of The Gambia.
Currency Buying Selling
US Dollar 51.50 52.30
Pound Sterling [...]Full text...
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has provided the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) with tablets to digitise the monitoring of the school feeding programme.
The initiative aims to reinforce programme efficiency and implementation by enabling real-time tracking of daily attendance and feeding in 260 pilot schools [...]Full text...
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) – Ebola vaccination began on Wednesday in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s North Kivu Province where a case was confirmed on 8 October.
The Africa Regional Office of the World Health Organisation (WHO) said in a statement that people at high risk, including contacts of the confirmed [...]Full text...
Washington, DC, US (PANA) The United States is providing more than $26 million in additional assistance to respond to the humanitarian crisis in northern Ethiopia bringing its funding since the crisis began to nearly $663 million, the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced on Wednesday.
He said in a statement that [...]Full text...
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday launched an expert group that will examine the origins of new pathogens, including SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19.
The proposed members of the WHO Scientific Advisory Group for the Origins of Novel Pathogens (SAGO) were selected for their expertise in areas such as epidemiology, animal health, clinical medicine, virology [...]Full text...