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Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's topmost ranking officer, the Chief of Defense Forces General Francis Ogolla, and eight others were killed on Thursday, shortly after their helicopter took-off from Cheptulel, Elgeyo Marakwet, West Pokot County, in the western region of Kenya, government officials said. President William Ruto announced the death of [...]

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Washington, USA (PANA) - The World Bank Group on Thursday announced an ambitious plan to support countries in delivering quality, affordable health services to 1.5 billion people by 2030. This is part of a larger global effort to provide a basic standard of care through every stage of a person’s life [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Minister for Youth in the Government of National Unity, Fathallah Al-Zeni, Thursday held talks with the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Youth Affairs, Felipe Paullier, and the Deputy Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Diéné Keita, on the Libyan government's efforts to ensure [...]

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Mbabane, Eswatini (PANA) – Eswatini’s sugar production in marketing year (MY) 2024/25 is forecast to rise on improved cane deliveries and lead to an increase in exports. The southern Africa nation’s production in the last marketing season of 2023/24 was affected by unfavourable climatic conditions and proliferation of the yellow aphid [...]

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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The ongoing global spread of “bird flu” infections to mammals, including humans, is a significant public health concern, senior UN medics said on Thursday, as they announced new measures to tackle airborne diseases. Dr Jeremy Farrar, Chief Scientist at the World Health Organisation (WHO), said that the [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A meeting of Libyan officials from the Ministry of the Interior with international officials has agreed to prepare a recommendation to the United Nations Security Council to lift certain sanctions in order to enable the Ministry to carry out its functions effectively and efficiently in the [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The resignation of the representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations and head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Abdoulaye Bathily of Senegal, came as no surprise given the deepening political division in the country, according to the Libyan News Agency (LANA). Mr Bathily's [...]

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Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The following are Thursday's foreign exchange rates for the Gambian Dalasi as published by the Central Bank of Gambia. Currency               Buying            Selling US Dollar               65.057               67.50 Pound Sterling       82.62              [...]

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Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The 2023/24 TotalEnergies CAF Champions League and CAF Confederation Cup semi-finals will kick off this weekend. In the Champions League, Esperance Sportive de Tunis (Tunisia) will host Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa), while Al Ahly SC (Egypt) will travel to Lubumbashi to face TP Mazembe (DR Congo). In the [...]

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Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - CAFOnline.com looks at four players who have been most impressive in the 2023/24 TotalEnergies CAF Champions League ahead of the semi-finals matches. The first-leg of the semi-finals will be played this weekend with the second leg scheduled to be played a week later. Several players have impressed for [...]

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Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US has sanctioned four former senior Malawi officials due to their involvement in "significant corruption". A statement issued by the Department of State announced on Wednesday that former Solicitor General and Principal Secretary of Justice, Reyneck Matemba, former Public Procurement and Disposal of Assets Agency Director, John Suzi-Banda, former Malawi Police Service Attorney, Mwabi Kaluba, and former Inspector [...]

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Washington, DC, USA (PANA) – The World Bank Group (WBG) and African Development Bank (AfDB) Group are partnering on an ambitious effort to provide at least 300 million people in Africa with electricity access by 2030. The World Bank Group will work to connect 250 million people to electricity through distributed [...]

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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The following are the exchange rates for the Tanzania Shilling on Thursday as issued by the Bank of Tanzania. Currency             Buying        Selling Burundi Franc     0.8898          0.8975 Euro                   2,721.3637     2,749.6113 British Pound      3,185.8869      [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - Despite important achievements over the past decade to improve the well-being of Indigenous Peoples, safeguard their cultures, and expand their participation at the UN, “deep chasms” endure between commitments made and reality on the ground, the President of the General Assembly said on Wednesday.  “In these [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - Reducing the transport sector’s impact on the environment while improving access to service, especially in developing countries, topped the agenda of the UN General Assembly on Wednesday.  Opening its High-Level Meeting on Sustainable Transport, Assembly President Dennis Francis urged countries to seize the opportunity to shape [...]

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