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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Ministerial Commission for Elections Support chaired by the Minister of State for Communication and Political Affairs, Walid Al-Lafi Monday discussed proposals, programmes and activities to be implemented in the coming days by the ministries in charge of Foreign Affairs, Youth, Education, the Information Authority and [...]

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Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Volker Perthes, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General to the Sudan, has commended signatories of the political framework agreement seeking to overcome the political impasse in the country. He said signing the Political Framework Agreement between a broad range of political actors and the military [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Council of Ministers of the National Unity Government announced here Monday the lifting of the state of force majeure on oil and gas exploration operations. It, therefore, called on international oil companies that have contracts with the Libyan National Oil Company (NOC) to resume their work [...]

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Doha, Watar (PANA) - Croatia reached the quarter-finals of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar on Monday when they beat Japan 3-1 on penalties, their goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic being the hero of the night after saving three Japanese penalty kicks. The Round of 16 match at the Al Janoub Stadium [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - First Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives (Parliament), Fawzi Al-Nouwairi, met on Monday in Tripoli with Attorney General Seddik Al-Sour on efforts to fight corruption. They discussed issues affecting public money, supporting laws and legislations serving the public interest and the need to put them into [...]

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Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The United Nations, African Union and IGAD, known as the trilateral mechanism operating to end the Sudanese political crisis, on Monday welcomed the agreement signed between the military establishment and a grouping of political parties and former rebel movements. A statement issued by the Trilateral Mechanism- United [...]

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Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A group of Sudanese political parties, civil society organizations and former rebel movements on Monday signed a Political Agreement Framework with the military to prepare the ground for a civilian- led transitional government. The ceremony for the much publicized framework was carried out inside the Sudanese Republican [...]

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Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan's military rulers and pro-democracy groups on Monday signed a political framework agreement to end military rule, following a coup in October last year, and to prepare for the formation of a government to complete the transitional period, the state-owned Sudan News Agency (SUNA) reported. The agreement was signed [...]

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Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Six people, including four teachers, were on Sunday killed in a terrorist attack on a sports club in Bittou in central-eastern Burkina Faso.  The Federation of National Unions of Education and Research Workers (F-SYNTER) of Burkina, which Faso announced this on Monday, is calling for a work [...]

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Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's interim Prime Minister, Colonel Abdoulaye Maiga, on Saturday inaugurated the Gouina hydroelectric dam, 70 km from Kayes, in the west of Mali. The Malian Ministry of Energy says that the 140-megawatt dam will be divided equally between the energy companies of Mali, Guinea, Mauritania and Senegal. The [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya detected 16 new infections out of 152 samples tested, representing a positive rate of 4%, in the week from 28 November to 4 December, the National Centre for Disease Control announced on Monday. A statement issued by the Centre on the weekly epidemiological situation indicated that [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Taher el-Sonni, has reaffirmed the North African country's continued support for UN resolutions on the Palestinian cause. He said Libya is also in full solidarity with the Palestinian people in recovering their usurped rights and establishing their independent state with [...]

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Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The following are Monday's foreign exchange rates for the Gambian Dalasi (D) as published by the Central Bank of Gambia. Currency                                 Buying           Selling US Dollar                                   56.00          59.00 Pound Sterling                          [...]

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Khartoum, Sudsan (PANA) - The Sudanese authorities on Sunday released a prominent member of the suspended Empowerment Removal Committee (ERC), Wagdi Salih, and retired police officer Abdallah Suleiman, after two months of arrest, Sudan Tribune news outlet reported. Salih turned himself in to the police on 12 October when the Public [...]

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The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) – Member countries of the International Criminal Court (ICC) should make a commitment at their annual meeting to provide consistent financial, political, and practical support for justice, Human Rights Watch said on Monday as the 21st session of the ICC’s Assembly of States Parties gets under way. Twenty [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A visit to Libya by the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor has reignited hope for long-delayed justice for the victims of a militia that controlled a town during the 2019-2020 battle for Tripoli, the capital, Human Rights Watch has said. Members of the militia, known as al-Kaniyat, and [...]

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Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, says the government will launch a domestic debt swap on Monday under  which measures have been put in place to ensure that investments are safe. These include some exemptions and external debt restructuring parameters that will be implemented, he said on Sunday.  Ghana's debts are [...]

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Doha, Qatar (PANA) - The following are the fixtures for the Round of 16 matches in the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar to be played on Monday. Japan v Croatia at the Al Janoub Stadium in Al Wakrah (15:00 GMT) Brazil v South Korea Stadium 974 in Doha (19:00 GMT) -0- PANA [...]

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