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Lomé, Togo (PANA)    -    A digital innovation and action project on maternal and infantile health was launched here Tuesday, sources from the initiators told PANA here. The project, dubbed “Innovation for Togolese mothers and children’s health”, and which benefits from the support of the French embassy in Togo and the ministry [...]

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Niamey, Niger (PANA)    -   The authorities in Niger this week launched activities of laboratories to accelerate the objectives of sustainable development, reports the Nigerien Press Agency (ANP). The ceremony, launched at the International Institute of Crops of the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) of Sadoré,50 km south of Niamey, was attended by the [...]

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Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA)   -   The results of the first cycle of studies (BEPC) of the 2019 session in Côte d'Ivoire proclaimed on Tuesday showed a success rate of 57.31 percent, compared with 60.14 percent for the 2018 session, a decrease of 2.83 percent, official sources revealed here. Commenting on results, [...]

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Bamako, Mali (PANA)   -   Mali will on 19-29 July host the first edition of the men’s senior basketball Afro-CAN (African nations’ championship), sources at the Malian basketball federation (FMB) told PANA here Monday. The competition is reserved for local players performing on the African continent, like the football CHAN (African football [...]

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Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA)   -  The proceedings for the 45th session of the Francophone parliamentary assembly (APF) ended here Tuesday with the election by acclamation of Amadou Soumahoro, Speaker of the Ivorian National assembly, as head of the organization, an official source told PANA. The new president, elected for a two-year [...]

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Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)   -   The leader of Sudan’s Transitional Military Council (TMC), Lt. Gen. Abdul-Fatah Burhan, Tuesday paid an unannounced visit to workers and women selling tea along the river Nile in the sit-in area, an official source told PANA here. It is common practice to see laborers, street vendors and [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA)   -  The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) Tuesday called on all parties to the conflict in the south-western city of Morzouk in Libya to immediately stop fighting and exercise restraint. In a series of tweets, UNSMIL said it was "deeply concerned about the ongoing hostilities in [...]

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Cairo, Egypt (PANA)    -  The Confederation of African Football (CAF) had in September 2018 announced that the video assistance to refereeing (VAR) would come into force in the 2019 AFCON from the quarter finals. So, it’s now official from this Wednesday, date of the beginning of the quarter finals. The Senegal-Benin match [...]

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Bamako, Mali (PANA)   -  The special representative of the UN Secretary-General for children and armed conflicts, Virginia Gamba, will visit Mali from 9 - 13 July, an official statement said here Tuesday. Mrs Gamba’s first mission in Mali "will mainly consist in evaluating the impact of conflicts on children, strengthening the [...]

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Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe’s Health and Child care minister, Obidiah Moyo, says they have bought equipment for five central hospitals as they look to alleviate challenges being faced by doctors.   In March, doctors went on strike to complain that hospital patients were dying due to a lack of medicines, basic [...]

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Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Government of the Gambia has refuted the allegations that the officials of Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC) party of exiled former President Yahya Jammeh are in serious negotiations with the President Adama Barrow government for the Jammeh’s return to Gambia.   In a statement, made [...]

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Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Malaria is "the leading cause of mortality and morbidity in Benin", according to information provided by the Ministry of Health as part of the recent celebration of the 12th World Malaria Day.   "For the three priority diseases, malaria remains the leading cause of consultation (42.8% of cases) [...]

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Rome, Italy (PANA) - The president of the Tuscan region and leader of the Italian Opposition Democrat party, Enrico Rossi, has harshly criticized the Italian interior minister, Matteo Salvini, describing his attitude towards the migration issue as a ''joke''.   Speaking on his Facebook page on Tuesday, Rossi said that ''when Italians [...]

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Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese on Tuesday rejoined the world and can now gossip, #tag, twitter, whattsApp and be part of the social media, after 35 days of interruption of internet service from the country.   The internet and social media were blocked after the June 3 morning raid on the [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Continuing armed clashes for the fourth consecutive month near Tripoli have killed 1,048 and 5,558 wounded, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Tuesday.   The fighting followed the offensive to take control of Libya's capital, Tripoli, the seat of government of national unity, by forces headed by [...]

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Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The bulk  of the over 17 million children, estimated to be living in internal displacement as of the end of 2018, live in Sub-Saharan Africa.   The main cause of the displacement of the 17 million youngsters are conflict and violence, according to two UN agencies.   There situations occur [...]

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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The King of Swatini (formerly Swaziland), His Majesty Mswati III, and his wife arrived in Nouakchott on Tuesday for a three-day visit to Mauritania, official sources told PANA.   Arriving in Nouakchott, a new stage of a tour to West Africa, the royal couple of Swatini received a [...]

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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth on Tuesday told Parliament that the government is firmly committed to bringing the public sector debt to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) ratio down to 60% by the end of June 2021. He was replying to a parliamentary question pertaining to the measures [...]

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Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian international footballer, Cheick Diabaté, has signed a two-year contract with Esteghlal FC, a Tehran football club in the capital of Iran, PANA reported on Tuesday.   Diabaté played in France with the Girondins de Bordeaux and Metz, then in Benevento, Italy. He has also played in clubs [...]

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Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The United States Embassy in Zimbabwe is hosting American Olympian marathoner, Khadevis Robinson, in the southern African nation for the next few days to raise awareness about gender-based violence, sexual harassment and abuse.   An Olympian and author, Robinson has represented his country as a professional athlete on [...]

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Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - A study of the remuneration of Burundi civil servants shows that there are "many disparities" caused by "a multiplicity of bonuses and allowances granted to some categories of workers that are not often in conformity with those envisaged by the Statute of the civil servants," PANA [...]

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Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A workshop to validate the founding texts of the Forum for Internet Governance of Mali (FGI-Mali) opens on Thursday in Bamako, PANA learned from organizers.   It is initiated by the Malian Authority for the Regulation of Telecommunications and Posts (AMRTP), an independent structure that regulates telecommunications in [...]

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