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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya recorded three new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) infection out of 126 samples tested during the last 24 hours, the National Centre for Disease Control announced on Friday.
According to a statement from the Centre on the epidemiological situation, three recoveries were recorded in the country.
Confirmed coronavirus [...]Full text...
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya raked in a total of 79,356,220,000 dinars (about 15.7 billion U.S. dollars) in revenue during the period 1 January to 30 September, this year, as against an expenditure of 70,087,356,131 dinars (about 13.8 billion U.S. dollars) for the same period, a surplus of 9.2 billion [...]Full text...
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Fresh heavy gunfire has been heard around the Burkina faso Presidency in the capital, Ouagadougou, even as the junta leader announced that talks to resotore serenity were underway with soldiers who started firing early on Friday monrning.
Local media reports said plumes of smoke could be [...]Full text...
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian Navy units rescued 25 sub-Saharan migrants, including six women, on Thursday, a gendarmerie spokesman said.
The units intervened off the coast of Monastir, about 160 km south of Tunis, after receiving a call for help from a group of people facing difficulties at sea.
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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The deputy chairmen of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mr. Moussa al-Kouni and Mr. Abdallah al-Lafi, have affirmed the continuation of efforts to unify the military institution.
This is being done through the 5+5 Joint Military Commission and the meetings of the Chiefs of Staff of the army [...]Full text...
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The new Special Representative of the UN Secretary General and head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Abdoulaye Bathily, says he looks forward to working from Libya soon to find a way out of the country's crisis.
Speaking at a meeting in New York with [...]Full text...
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African comedy legend Trevor Noah is departing "The Daily Show" after seven years.
The popular presenter made the announcement during a taping of his show in New York on Thursday.
"I remember when we first started... so many people didn't believe in us. It was [...]Full text...
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The military junta leader has called on the population to "observe the greatest caution and remain calm" as confusion reigns in the West African country where heavy gunfire started in the main military barracks on Friday morning.
A communique said to emanate from the Communications Department [...]Full text...
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The US Embassy in the Burkina Faso has asked American citizens to "limit their movement" in the capital, Ouagadougou and "stay informed of local media reports" as the situation in the city remains unclear following sounds of gunfire on Friday morning in the main military barracks.
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Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The following are Friday’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
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Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Sounds of gunfire were heard on Friday morning in the main barracks in the Burkina Faso capital, Ouagadougou, local and international media report.
The cause of the heavy gunfire is not clear but the state television station is off air.
The reports said soldiers are on the [...]Full text...
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Unemployment rate in Mauritius decreased by 2.4 percent from 10.5% in second quarter 2021 to 8.1% in second quarter of 2022.
Statistics Mauritius in its latest bulletin, said the total unemployment rate decreased by 0.6% from 8.7% in the first quarter of 2022 to 8.1% in the second [...]Full text...
Washington, US (PANA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday outlined his country's support for economic growth in Malawi when he met with President Lazarus Chakwera in Washington, D.C.
This included a $350 million Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) compact signed on Thursday, a statement by the US State Department said [...]Full text...
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - People in 42 different countries across the world faced reprisals and intimidation on the basis of their cooperation with the United Nations to defend human rights, according to the annual UN report on the issue, which also highlights other disturbing trends.
For a third of the countries [...]Full text...
New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations and United States of America have congratulated the Government and people of the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe on its elections.
A statement by Mr. Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesman for the UN Secretary-General, on Thursday said that the peaceful conduct of the legislative, regional [...]Full text...