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Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The following are Tuesday's exchange rates for the Gambian Dalasi as announced by the Trust Bank of Gambia Ltd. Currency                                 Buying                        Selling US Dollar                                   48.50                        50.30 Pound Sterling                          57.50                       54.50 Euro                                            54.50                       58.50 CFA Franc (5000)                     400.00                      425.00 Swedish Kroner (100)                 500.00                     550.00 Australian Dollar                         34.50                       37.50 South African Rand                    12.00                       14.00 Canadian Dollar                          35.00                     [...]

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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Following are Tuesday’s exchange rates for the Ouguiya as issued by the Central Bank of Mauritania.   Currency                               Buying                                [...]

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Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA)  -  Community activists in mining areas in South Africa face harassment, intimidation, and violence, the Centre for Environmental Rights, groundWork, Earthjustice, and Human Rights Watch said in a joint report released on Tuesday. According to the report, the attacks and harassment have created an atmosphere of fear [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) -  has been attending since Monday in Moscow    The fifth session of the Arab-Russian Forum which opened in Moscow on Monday is featuring top politicians like the Tunisian Foreign Affairs minister, Khemaies Jhinaoui, the Russian Foreign Affairs minister, Sergueï Lavrov, and the secretary general of the League of Arab [...]

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Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sissi on Monday received a telephone call from German Chancellor Angela Merkel during which they exchanged views on issues of the region, including the situation in Libya, a spokesperson of the Egyptian presidency, Bassam Radhi said. Mrs. Merkel stated her desire to listen [...]

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Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Congo's National Defence minister, Charles Richard Mondjo and the French Ambassador to Congo, Bertrand Cochery, on Monday in Brazzaville, signed three agreements showing the vitality of bilateral relations in military and defence cooperation. According to the public radio in Brazzaville, the three pacts will enable the Congolese [...]

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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – Two UN agency heads have declared that a global measles crisis is well underway, noting a 300 percent surge in the number of measles cases during the first three months of this year, compared to the same period last year.  “Cases have soared across the world, including [...]

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Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Following are Tuesday’s exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius. Currency                                                   Buying        [...]

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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Here are results from the opening Group B matches on Monday at the ongoing finals of the Under-17 AFCON in Tanzania. Guinea 0-2 Cameroon Morocco 1-1 Senegal -0- PANA VAO/AR 16April2019 [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Government of National Accord Mohamed Siala has said that Tripoli's aggressors and the defenders of the city's 3 million residents who have been attacked by warplanes and heavy weapons in violation of international conventions cannot be put on an [...]

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