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Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's head coach, Randy Waldrum, has named Asisat Oshoala and Ashleigh Plumptre in his provisional squad for the TotalEnergies Women's Africa Cup of Nations, leaving out in-form duo of Gift Monday and Ngozi Okobi-Okeoghene from team for the tournament. The 32-player group was announced by the Nigeria [...]

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Uyo, Nigeria (PANA) - Organisers are putting final touches in some areas in Uyo, ahead of Friday's long-awaited final of Africa’s second-biggest club competition, the TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup. The showdown between South Africa's Orlando Pirates and Morocco's RS Berkane will be played at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium in the Akwa [...]

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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) Thursday issued an emergency use listing (EUL) for "CONVIDECIA", a vaccine manufactured by CanSino Biologics, China, adding to a growing portfolio of vaccines validated by WHO for the prevention of coronavirus (COVID-19) caused by SARS-CoV-2. WHO’s EUL procedure assesses the quality, safety [...]

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N’djamena, Chad (PANA) - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has received US$5 million from the Government of Japan to provide food and nutrition assistance to crisis-affected people in Chad. With this contribution, WFP will reach 38,000 vulnerable new refugees, returnees, and internally displaced persons with much needed emergency assistance, [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - Mali’s decision on 15 May to withdraw from the G5-Sahel group and its Joint Force is “unfortunate” and “regrettable”, a senior United Nations official told the Security Council on Wednesday, as she urged countries in the region to redouble efforts to protect human rights, amid protracted [...]

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Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - A gun attack on Thursday targeted the military detachment of Madjoari in eastern Burkina Faso, killing at least seven people, according to security sources. There is no official report on the death toll at the moment. Several local sources confirmed the attack to PANA, adding that it [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A recent Amnesty International (AI) report on alleged human rights abuses by Libyan security officials was Wednesday described as "unacceptable" by the Libyan Ministry of Justice of the national unity government, saying it lacked "a legal basis and realistic principles". In a statement issued on Thursday, in [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan minister of Oil and Gas, Mohamed Aoun, at the 42nd Extraordinary ministerial meeting with officials of the African Petroleum Producers Organization (APPO), held in Luanda, Angola, on Wednesday discussed the establishment of an African Energy Bank. The aim of establishing this energy bank through the [...]

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Cairo, Egypt (PANA - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) announced on Thursday it is stepping up support for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Egypt with a financing package worth US$ 25 million for the Export Development Bank of Egypt (EBank). The EBRD is partnering with EBank for the [...]

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Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is on Thursday calling for a massive expansion of proven solutions that help fix broken food systems and make communities affected by land degradation more resilient to shocks. Desertification – both a consequence and a major contributor to climate [...]

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Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The following are Thursday’s foreign exchange rates for the Gambian Dalasi (D) as published by the Central Bank of The Gambia. Currency                                 Buying            Selling US Dollar                                 50.95   [...]

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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The rate of unemployment in Mauritius decreased by 33,500 from 9.2% in 2020 to 9.1% in 2021, Statistics Mauritius has said its latest bulletin released on Wednesday. The state statistical agency said that in 2021, unemployed persons numbered 48,400, comprising 25,800 men and 22,600 women.  The population of [...]

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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The pump prices of petrol and diesel are up by 10% on Thursday in Mauritius, selling for 74.10 rupees per litre for petrol at the pump and 54.55 rupees, for diesel. (1 US$ =Rs 43.50) This is the fourth increase of petroleum products since December 2021. The general [...]

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Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - Human rights advocate, Amnesty Internationl, has urged the United Nations Security Council to renew its arms embargo on South Sudan amid the state’s failure to ensure accountability for conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) and to protect survivors, witnesses and judicial actors. This is contained in a new [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - The global economy is expected to grow by only 3.1 per cent this year, down from the 4.0 per cent projected in January, largely derailed by the war in Ukraine, according to the UN’s latest World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP) report, launched on Wednesday.  The [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday hosted a conversation with visiting African leaders in New York prior to their participation in the Global Food Security Call to Action Ministerial.  A statement issued by Mr. Ned Price, Spokesperson for the US State Department, said they [...]

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