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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Minister of Education of the Government of National Unity, Moussa Al-Magaryef, affirmed here Tuesday that the ministry had completed all preparations for the start of the new school year 2022/2023 set for October 16. At a press conference here, the minister of Education recalled that [...]

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Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA), an international brewer, has announced plans to rebrand its bottled still water product in Botswana, to align with international best practices. The company’s subsidiary, Coca-Cola Beverages Botswana (CCBB), on Tuesday announced that Source still water had been rebranded to Bonaqua, in line with [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) representative in Libya, Elizabeth  saidHoff, revealed here Friday that the organization's priority is to provide medicines and medical equipment to support emergency health services in the country. During her meeting on Monday with Libyan Deputy Prime Minister and Acting Health Minister Ramadan [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya detected three new cases out of 95 samples tested during the last 24 hours, representing a positivity rate of 3.1 per cent, the National Centre for Disease Control announced on Tuesday. According to a statement from the Centre on the epidemiological situation, two recoveries have also [...]

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Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) - The United States government should stand with victims of civil wars-era crimes in Liberia by signaling its support for a war crimes court to deliver justice and foster durable peace and stability in the country, eight Liberian and international organizations said here Tuesday. The call comes as the US Ambassador-at-Large for Global [...]

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Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Twenty-seven Burkinabe soldiers were killed on 26 September in an ambush that targeted a humanitarian convoy bound for the town of Djibo, in the Burkinabe Sahel, precipitating the fall of Lieutenant Colonel Paul Henri Sandaogo Damiba. An internal army memo consulted by PANA on Tuesday invited [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A total of 11 people died and 372 others were injured in various road accidents during the last 24 hours in Tunisia, the Tunisian Civil Protection announced Tuesday in a statement. The Civil Protection teams carried out 377 interventions, including 39, to fight fires, 100 to provide [...]

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Athens, Greece (PANA) - Greece and Egypt announced on Monday their opposition to the memoranda of understanding signed between the Libyan National Unity Government headed by Abdelhamid al-Dbaiba, and the Turkish government on the extraction of oil and gas in Libyan territory and waters. Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias said on [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Minister of State for Communications and Political Affairs of the Government of National Unity (GNU), Walid Lafi, on Monday received the Director of Communication of the Turkish Presidency, Fahrettin Altun, in Tripoli. The courtesy call on the minister was on the sidelines of the visit of [...]

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Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A massive manhunt is underway after a German tourist was shot dead in South Africa’s Mpumalanga province on Monday afternoon. Germany’s Pretoria Embassy says it has noted the “tragic incident” in which four German nationals came under attack while heading to a lodge near the [...]

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Geneva, Switzerland (PAMA) - This week marks five years since extreme violence erupted in northern Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province, forcing nearly one million people to flee during that time, the UN High Commissioner (UNHCR) said on Tuesday. UNHCR spokesperson Matthew Saltmarsh told a press briefing in Geneva that tragically, conflict has [...]

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Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - US Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice, Beth Van Schaack, on Monday called on the Gambian President, Adama Barrow, at State House in Banjul, to extend the support of the United States Government in bringing justice to the victims of the former regime of Yahya Jammeh. Van Schaack noted [...]

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Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The world’s largest annual gathering of partners on ending female genital mutilation (FGM) opened in The Gambia on Monday with an annual technical consultation that brings together over 100 participants from more than a dozen countries for a weeklong dialogue and consultations on ending harmful practice. According [...]

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Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The following are Tuesday’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                          [...]

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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Finance, Economic Planning and Development Minister, Renganaden Padayachy, on Monday said that the government is anticipating a strong recovery in economic activities for the year 2022 with the growth rate projected at 7%. He was speaking at the Public-Private Sector Joint Committee at the Hennessy [...]

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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - According to the Mauritian National Health Accounts 2021, which will be released soon, Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) are highly prevalent in the country. The Health and Wellness Minister, Kailesh Jagutpal, said Monday at the launching of a Health and Wellness Week that they represent 80% of the total [...]

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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Throughout Ethiopia’s Tigray, Afar and Amhar regions, women and girls are becoming increasingly vulnerable to abduction and sex trafficking as they flee ongoing armed conflict, a group of UN-appointed independent human rights experts warned on Monday. The protracted conflict in the three northern regions have heightened risks of [...]

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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The world is headed towards a global recession and prolonged stagnation unless fiscal and monetary policies holding sway in some advanced economies are quickly changed, according to a new report released on Monday by the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). “There is still time to step [...]

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Washington, DC, US (PANA) - US Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa, Mike Hammer, is travelling to Kenya, South Africa, and Ethiopia from 3-18 October, as part of ongoing diplomatic efforts to achieve an immediate cessation of hostilities in northern Ethiopia and support the launch of African Union-led peace [...]

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New York, US (PAA) - The UN Secretary-General has condemned Monday's attacks in Beletweyne, HirShabelle, perpetrated by Al-Shabaab, which resulted in many casualties, including state officials, his spokesperson, Stéphane Dujarric, said in a statement. He said Mr. Antonio Guterres has extended his condolences to the families of the bereaved as well [...]

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