Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Four more people injured in the explosion of a fuel tanker in Bint Baya, southern Libya, were evacuated on Saturday to Italy for treatment, the Health Ministry of the Government of National Unity (GNU) has announced. The death toll from the accident has risen to 15 after [...]Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan presidential candidates held final political rallies in the capital, Nairobi, on Saturday to make their final appeals for votes ahead of Tuesday's poll with each promising to concede peacefully. But the campaign talk was accompanied by the bitter rivalry between the Deputy President William Ruto and [...]Full text...

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The transitional government of Burkina Faso on Saturday denied that it has signed a two-year truce with armed terrorist groups that have been wreaking havoc in the country. It is said it was amazed to read a publication in the "Aujourd'hui au Faso" newspaper that quoted [...]Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - There is an uneasy calm in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, on Saturday after armed clashes on Friday night between rival groups in the southwestern part of the city. The armed clashes broke out near the headquarters of the Islamic Call Society and nearby military camps in the [...]Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Over 2.2 million people have been vaccinated against COVID-19 in Libya since the launch of the national vaccination campaign in March 2021, the National Centre for Disease Control has announced. In a statement issued on Friday, it said that 2,295,434 have received the first dose, 1,219,637 have taken [...]Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Secretary-General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Hissein Brahim Taha, on Friday called on the President of the Transition of Mali, Colonel Assimi Goita, to discuss issues of common interest. On leaving the meeting, the OIC Secretary General said the organisation wants to express its solidarity with [...]Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya has condemned Friday's Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip, which has resulted in deaths and injuries to several people. In a statement issued on Friday by the Foreign Ministry of the Government of National Unity, Libya called on the international community to take "urgent and effective [...]Full text...

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian Navy units foiled three illegal migration attempts to the Italian coast on Friday night, a Tunisian security source has said. The first attempt was foiled three kilometres east of the region of Mahdia, in which 15 people were intercepted. The second attempt was 20 km off the [...]Full text...

Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia's telecommunication watchdog, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA), has launched guidelines for the telecommunications sector to restrict unsolicited messages on telephones. A statement made available to PANA on Saturday said a fine of 50,000 dalasis (about US$919.257) would be imposed on a telecom company that sends unsolicited [...]Full text...

Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – Gambia's Central Bank Governor, Mr. Buah Saidy, has been unanimously elected as the new president of the Association of African Central Banks (AACB). The election was at the end of AACB's 44th Ordinary Session that was held in  Banjul, The Gambia, from 31 July – 5 August. As president, [...]Full text...

Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The following are Saturay’s foreign exchange rates for the Gambian Dalasi (D) as published by the Central Bank of Gambia. Currency                                 Buying           Selling US Dollar                                   53.00          54.50 Pound Sterling                          [...]Full text...

Ebene, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian President Prithvirajsing Roopun on Friday reiterated the vision to consolidate the country’s position as an International Financial Centre to further liberalise and diversify the current capital market and to strengthen its position in Africa. He said the country developed its own identity as a Sovereign State and [...]Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian health authorities on Saturday reported two deaths that were attributed to COVID-19 over the period 28 July to 3 August. The Government Information Service (GIS) quoted a communique issued following the Cabinet meeting in Port-Louis that there were 352 active cases out of which 39 [...]Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the US ambassador to the United Nations, on Friday announced in Ghana more than $127 million in humanitarian assistance for Africa through the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration.  This assistance will provide lifesaving support to refugees, asylum seekers, internally displaced persons, stateless persons, [...]Full text...

Bangui, CAR (PANA) - Armed groups in the Central African Republic (CAR) must lay down their arms and engage in political dialogue, a UN-appointed independent human rights expert said on Friday, urging the international community to strengthen efforts to restore State authority and end impunity there. “I vehemently condemn the obstinacy [...]Full text...

Rome, Italy (PANA) - Rising acute food insecurity in Somalia has caused more than 900,000 people to flee their homes in search of humanitarian assistance since January last year, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has warned. Due to drought and lack of livelihood support, people living in eight areas [...]Full text...