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New York, US (PANA) - Assistant Secretary-General for Africa, Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee, briefed the Security Council on the deteriorating security and humanitarian conditions in South Sudan on Monday.Referencing the recent quarterly report from the Secretary-General on challenges facing the world’s youngest nation, Ms. Pobee underscored that since March, previous gains [...]

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Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Algeria booked their spot in the quarter-finals of the 2024 TotalEnergies African Nations Championship (CHAN) after a tense 0-0 draw with Niger in Nairobi — a result that proved just enough to see them through alongside Uganda from Group C on Monday night.The holders of the [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - A group of Indigenous youth from the United States, some as young as seven, visited the United Nations Headquarters in New York this week for the first time, UN News reported. Accompanied by their parents and mentors from the midwestern state of Wisconsin, the group wore [...]

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Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Veteran Ghanaian journalist, Ben Asante, has died, according to media reports on Monday. Asante, died on 12 August in Accra after a prolonged illness, aged 75, the reports said. He was one of the the frontline journalists during the Liberian and Sierra Leonean civil wars. He also reported [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - An earthquake measuring 5.8 has hit the Algerian Wilaya of Tebessa, on the border with Tunisia.Several Algerian media outlets reported that the earthquake hit at 20:11 south-east of Nefrina, in the Algerian wilaya of Tebessa.The earthquake caused panic among the populations of the Wilaya and surrounding [...]

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Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A Sudanese rights group, the Emergency Lawyers group, has accused state-backed security cells in the capital, Khartoum, of committing widespread abuses.A Sudan news outlet, Sudan Tribune, reported on its website on Sunday that these abuses include arbitrary arrests, torture, and forced disappearances.It quoted the Emergency Lawyers [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's House of Representatives on Monday began a plenary session at its headquarters in the eastern city of Benghazi to review the draft finance law for 2025.The session is being chaired by the Speaker, Aguila Saleh. In attendance are the First and Second deputies, Fawzi al-Nuwairi [...]

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Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The following are Monday's exchange rates for the Gambian Dalasi as published by the Trust Bank of Gambia.Currency                   Buying                SellingUS Dollar                      [...]

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Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African Human Rights Commission (HRC) has confirmed that it is investigating Sport Minister Gayton McKenzie over his old social media posts, which included the use of the hated racial slur “kaffir”. McKenzie faced a public backlash after posts he made on X, [...]

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Bamako, Mali (PANA) - In barely a week, the small town of Koro in central Mali has seen an influx of more than 8,000 Burkinabe refugees. Arriving on foot or by motorbike, their faces marked by fatigue, they fled from some 15 villages located along the border between the two West [...]

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Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The following are the fixtures for Monday's matches in the 2024 TotalEnergies African Nations Championship (CHAN). The tournament is being hosted by Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda. Group CAlgeria vs Niger (Kenya)South Africa vs Uganda (Uganda)- 0- PANA MA 18Aug2025 [...]

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