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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization warned here Monday the heavily-mutated Omicron coronavirus variant was likely to spread internationally and posed a very high risk of infection surges that could have “severe consequences” in some places. No Omicron-linked deaths has yet been reported, though further research is needed to [...]

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  Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Africa and China want to go further in their cooperation to achieve shared prosperity and well-being of their peoples, Senegalese President Macky Sall said here Monday. He was addressing the opening session of the 8th Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Diamniadio in [...]

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Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegalese President Macky Sall on Monday hailed China's "considerable support" to Africa for the development of sectors essential to any effort at emergence, despite the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. President Sall, who presided over the opening ceremony of the 8th ministerial conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation [...]

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Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegalese President Macky Sall on Monday called on all states to work together to maintain mechanisms for financing gas as a transitional energy. President Sall made the call while opening the 8th Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Diamniadio, a distant suburb of [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 2,321,757 LibTTTyan citizens had collected their voter cards by Sunday, the High National Electoral Commission announced here Monday. The number represents 81 per ent of the 2.8 million voters registered on the electoral roll, confirming the enthusiasm of Libyans to participate in this decisive [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Deputy-Chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Moussa Al-Kouni, met on Monday with the Special Envoy of the UN Secretary General and the Head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Jan Kubis, to discuss many issues of concern in Libya. Top of the agenda is [...]

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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Zambia’s state-owned Industrial Development Corporation and the Ethiopian Airlines (ET) have entered a partnership to launch Zambia Airways through a joint venture arrangement, the Ethiopian carrier said on Monday. The Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) and ET announced they had finalized preparations for the launch of Zambia’s [...]

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Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) will support Kenya to raise funds for climate change action to combat drought, which has hit 2.5 million people in 23 of its 47 counties, the Bank said on Monday. Kenya, currently spending eight percent of its total economic output every five [...]

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AThens, Greece (PANA) - The Greek Foreign Ministry on Monday urged Greek nationals planning to visit Ethiopia to cancel their trip, and for those already there to leave immediately, as fighting has escalated in the eastern African country. According to a statement by the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Greeks who [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian Foreign Minister, Othman Jerandi, will take part in the Africa-China Summit in Dakar, Senegal, on Monday, according to a Tunisian Foreign Ministry statement. In Dakar, Jerandi will participate in the 8th Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), scheduled for Monday and Tuesday. The Forum will focus on [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Cyber security, cross-border organised crime, the opening of border crossings for the movement of goods between Algeria and Libya and the creation of a joint committee were the main topics discussed on Sunday during a meeting between the Libyan Interior Minister, Kamal Beldjoud, and his Algerian [...]

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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopia on Monday slammed as "false and baseless" claims that its forces have attacked and killed several Sudanese soldiers. The Ethiopian Government Communication Service State Minister Selamawit Kassa dismissed the claims at a press briefing in Addis Ababa. She said Ethiopian forces have, however, taken measures against [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Ten new patients have died of coronavirus infection in Libya, bringing the death toll to 5,448, the National Centre for Disease Control announced on Monday. According to a statement from the centre, 638 new infections were detected out of 4,254 samples tested in the last 24 hours, [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The International Investment Forum in Libya and the 19th Conference of Arab Business Leaders and Investors began on Sunday in Tripoli. It is organised by the General Authority for Investment Promotion and Privatisation Affairs and the General Federation of Chambers of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture and attended [...]

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Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday night slammed travel restrictions imposed on Southern African countries following the detection of a new variant of COVID-19, Omicron, by South African scientists. In a broadcast, he described them as “unjustified and unfairly discriminate against our country and our [...]

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Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The following are Monday’s foreign exchange rates for the Gambian Dalasi (D) as published by Central Bank of Gambia. Currency                                 Buying           Selling US Dollar                                   51.50          52.30 Pound Sterling                         67.00            69.50 Euro                                             59.00       62.50 CFA Franc (5000)                     [...]

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Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – A human rights group is asking the govermenment of the Central African Republic (CAR) to coordinate with United Nations peacekeepers to ensure that war crimes suspect Hassan Bouba, who was released from detention in defiance of court orders and escorted home by national gendarmes last Friday, [...]

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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The central banks of Mauritius and Ghana at the weekend signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to pave the way for exchange of information, staff secondment, staff exchange and sharing of experience. The MOU signed by the Bank of Mauritius and Bank of Ghana will not be [...]

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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Statistics Mauritius said on Monday that tourist arrivals slumped by 96.9 per cent in the first nine months of this year compared with the same period last year. It said there were only 9,460 arrivals during the period this year compared with 296,152 last year. Those arriving by [...]

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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - COVID-19 killed 122 people in Mauritius in one week up to last Friday, compared to 85 a week earlier. The Ministry of Health said 455 deaths have been registered since 5 March, 2021, the date of the second wave in the country. On Sunday, the island recorded 134 [...]

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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization  (WHO) published on Sunday an update on the science regarding the new coronavirus variant, Omicron, which is causing global concern and sparking increasing flight bans on Southern African countries. The experts of the UN health agency said researchers in South Africa and around [...]

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