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    Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – A group of non-governmental organisations have joined forces with the church in Kenya to fight against the sexual molestation of children, which has become rampant, especially targeting school-going teenagers and girls. Content Development and Intellectual Property Trust (CODE-IP), a local Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) and Kenya Web Rangers [...]

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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) and the United States of America have agreed to forge closer collaboration on women’s economic empowerment and entrepreneurship, the AU and the US announced Monday. AU Commission Deputy Chairperson Kwesi Quartey announced the commitment by the continental body and the US following [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian Prime Minister, Youssef Chahed, on Monday acknowledged that Tunisians are affected by the continuing rise of commodities prices, vowing that his government will take the necessary steps to put an end to price increases of certain commodities. All social classes are affected by rising food prices [...]

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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council met on the situation in Sudan on Monday following the ouster of President Omar El-Bashir and issued a 15-day deadline for the ruling military council to hand over power to a temporary civilian government or face consequences. The [...]

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Tunis Tunisia (PANA) – Tunisia and the International francophonie organisation (OIF) on Monday signed an agreement to cite the OIF headquarters in the north African country. The agreement was signed by the Tunisian minister of foreign affairs, Khemaies Jhinaoui, and the OIF Secretary-General, Rwandan Louise Mushikiwabo, who began a three-day visit [...]

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Cairo, Egypt (PANA) – The fifth meeting on Arab regional consultation on migration began on Monday at the seat of the League of Arab States in the Egyptian capital, Cairo. The meeting will look at the proposal made by member states in terms of priority to the international deal for safe, [...]

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Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - Algeria is preparing to receive the World Health Organization (WHO) certification proving the country's total elimination of malaria, APS said on Monday, quoting the director of health prevention and promotion at the Algerian health, population and hospital reform ministry, Dr. Djamel Fourar. Algeria, which has committed itself [...]

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Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A total of 92 cases, most of them crimes (murders, patricides, infanticides), will be tried during the first session of the Assize Court, which opened on Monday at the Bamako Court of Appeal, a judicial source said PANA. According to the Attorney General of the Court of [...]

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Khartoum, Sudan  (PANA) - Facing a 15-day ultimatum from the African Union (AU) to quit, the Sudanese Transitional Military Council on Monday sent one of its members to Ethiopia, the first trip by any member of the council outside the Sudan. The delegation is headed by General Galaledin Alsheikh, Member of [...]

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Rome, Italy (PANA) – Italy has offered to be involved in a dialogue with all Libyan actors involved in the raging conflict until they reach a political solution, said the Italian minister of Defence, Elisabetta Trenta. ''We need to understand what negotiation means and if it means dialogue, then we have [...]

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Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkina Faso cotton interprofessional Association (AICB) has announced new cotton prices for the 2019-2020 season, taking the cottonseed kilogram from 250 to 265 CFA Francs, media sources told PANA on Monday. According to the government newspaper, "Sidwaya", which ran the story, the Burkina Faso cotton [...]

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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The Federation of Associations of Senegalese living in Mauritania (FAGSM), has deplored the expulsion of foreigners, particularly Senegalese, from the borders. In a declaration made public on Monday, The Associations slammed the Mauritanian government for the action after a their meeting with members on Sunday. FAGSM denounces ‘’the daily [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Taxi drivers in most Tunisian governorates on Monday went on strike in protest against rising fuel prices, effectively closing roads leading to the capital and other cities, including Bizerte and Sousse, as well as the highway linking Tunis to the northern regions of the country, PANA [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – A car bomb exploded on Monday morning, under the bridge located in the zone of Sidi Khalifa, in eastern Benghazi (1,000 kilometers east of the capital, Tripoli), according to the Security Department which did not say whether there were casualties. The head of the press office of [...]

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Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – Congo's  informal economic units are weak in accessing finance from banks, estimated at 1.6%, but employ more people than the civil service, officials of the Ministry of Small and Medium-size Enterprises told PANA on Monday.   According to a recent survey, the informal sector in Congo mobilises more [...]

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Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) -  Rwanda's stock market on Monday remained constant with large outstanding shares but without bids at the end of the formal trading hours. The market report indicated that Monday’s trading session recorded a total of Frw 45,000 from 900 shares traded in 1 deal ($1 USD =  890.41 [...]

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Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - France, Germany, Portugal and Luxembourg have accepted to host 62 African migrants rescued 10 days ago from the Mediterranean Sea, off the Libyan coast, by the humanitarian ship Sea Eye, following the intervention of the European Commission, official sources told PANA on Monday.   The ship was authorised [...]

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Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – A 34-year-old Sierra Leonean was arrested on Thursday last week at Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam international airport in southern Mauritius, with 50 pellets of heroin hidden in his stomach, PANA reported from the Mauritian capital. In a statement issued on Monday, the Mauritius Revenue Authority (MRA) said [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Several Grad-type missiles on Sunday evening fell on residential buildings on the way to the airport in southern Tripoli and caused fires, eyewitnesses said.  The incident showed the increasing risks of targeting civilians in armed clashes that began on 4 April on the outskirts of the Libyan [...]

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Lomé, Togo (PANA) – Kozah drivers’ sports association (ASCK) has taken a serious option, two days to go before the end of the Togolese football league, by beating Semassi de sokodé 1-0 in day 24 matches played at the weekend.   ASCK boasts 43 points, or six points ahead of the second, [...]

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Libreville, Gabon (PANA) – Following are Monday’s exchange rates for the CFAF as issued by the Bank of Central African States.   Currency                 Buying                        Selling Euro                            629.71                       655.95   US Dollar                    580.442                     580.817 Pound Sterling        [...]

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Kigali, Rwanda (Rwanda) -  One of the famous social humanoid robots and the world's first robot citizen, Sophia, will interact with participants at the 5th Transform Africa Summit scheduled to take place in Kigali, Rwanda, from 14-17 May 2019, organisers of the event told PANA in Kigali on Monday. It is [...]

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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The following are Monday’s foreign exchange rates for the Tanzania Shilling as published by the Bank of Tanzania: Currency           Buying                     Selling US Dollar          2,278.12                 2,300.91 Pound Sterling 2,986. 62                3,017.64 Euro                   2,578.38                 2,605.09 Canadian Dollar1,710.05                 1,726.63 Kenya Shilling         22.57                     22.77 Uganda Shilling         0.57 [...]

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