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Paris, France (PANA) – Subsidiaries of the French Development Agency (AFD) and the World, as well as the European Investment Bank (EIB) have granted a loan of 38 million Euros for the building of two solar power stations in Senegal, official sources told PANA here Monday. The subsidiaries are Promotion and [...]

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Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA)   -  Burkinabe President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré has said he is satisfied with the conclusions from the political dialogue engaged with the political opposition over the recurrence of terrorist attacks and social revolt just one year before the presidential election. “It is actually with satisfaction that we [...]

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Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA)   -   The Seventh Annual East African International Arbitration Conference (EAIAC) will be held here on 29-30 August on the theme "Government Contracts and Investment Disputes: Lessons Learned for States and Investors". According to a communiqué sent to PANA, EAIAC will thoroughly examine all aspects of government contracts [...]

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Bamako, Mali (PANA)    -   Malian Prime Minister Boubou Cissé last Sunday launched ‘Operation 100,000 social connections’ for drinking water for the poorest, an official source told PANA here. This operation, which is part of the presidential programme of social emergencies for access to water, will provide several families with drinking water [...]

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Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA)   -   Zimbabwe Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga has left South Africa for China where he is to undergo further medical tests, presidential spokesperson George Charamba said here Monday. Charamba, in a statement, also revealed that the team to attend to the indisposed Chiwenga comprises experts from China, Zimbabwe, South Africa, [...]

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Bamako, Mali (PANA)   -  The draw for the Malian football league was held here Monday at the seat of the Malian football federation (FEMAFOOT) to resume the national championship suspended for several months because of the crisis shaking Malian football, official source told PANA. According to the same sources, the beginning [...]

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Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA)   -   Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi on Monday pledged to make immunization a major pillar of the Universal Health Coverage in the country, an official source told PANA here. Addressing the opening session of the National Forum on Immunization and Polio Eradication in the Democratic Republic of Congo [...]

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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA)   -   Senegalese President Macky Sall will attend the inauguration of Mauritanian president-elect Mohamed Cheikh Ahmed Mohamed Ghazouani due for 2 August, an official statement said here Monday. This was contained in a statement issued by Senegalese minister of Foreign Affairs Amadou Ba, reaching PANA here, after he was [...]

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Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA)  -  The DR Congolese minister of Health Dr Oly Ilunga Kalenga Monday tendered in his registration to Prime Minister Bruno Tshibala, official sources told PANA here. In his letter of resignation, Kalenga cited as his reason the decision by the president of the republic on 20 July [...]

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Nairobi, Kenya (PANA)   -   A foreign prosecutor will handle the $63 million scandal case involving Treasurer Henry Rotich, Principal Secretary Kamau Thugge and 26 civil servants, Director of Public Prosecution Noordin Haji said  here Monday. Haji ordered the arrest and prosecution of the treasury official and other public servants cited in [...]

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London, UK (PANA) - The United Kingdom is to send a contingent of 250 troops to Mali next year, to support the UN’s peacekeeping operation in the country, MINUSMA. A statement, released via the UK Ministry of Defence website on Monday, said that the soldiers were being deployed in recognition of [...]

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Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) – A bomb explosion near the international airport of Mogadishu on Monday claimed 17 lives and wounded 28 others, medical sources said.   Reports, quoting the director of the Mogadishu hospital, Mohamed Youcef, said that the health center received 17 bodies and 28 injured, including 12 in a very [...]

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Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) – DR Congo’s president, Felix Tshisekedi, has restated his commitment to make vaccination a major force for the universal health coverage in his county.   He was speaking on Monday in Kinshasa when he opened the national forum on vaccination and eradication of poliomyelitis in DR Congo.   President Tshisekedi [...]

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Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) – The 6th edition of the Africa early stage investor summit (AESIS), co-organised by Venture Capital for Africa (VC4A) and African Business Angel Network (ABAN), will be held from 13 to 15 November, 2019, in the South African city of Cape Town, according to a statement [...]

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Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The Botswana Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Board (PPADB) staff are engaged in a five-day training in life cycle cost analysis (LCCA) for best value procurement.   The course which is said to start with an overview  of life cycle cost analysis (LCCA) and then progress to the more [...]

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Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Representatives of several African countries have met in the capital city of Gaborone in Botswana to discuss better ways of improving cyberspace security in their countries and Africa as a whole.   The three-day 7th Africa Domain Name System (DNS) Forum, with the theme ‘Building Trust in the [...]

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Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) –  The Stellenbosch Magistrate's Court on Monday ruled against controversial South African musician, Steve Hofmeyr, after it found he had harassed anti-Apartheid activist, Johan Pienaar.   PANA reports that Pienaar last year wrote the names of prominent South Africans who supported Apartheid on the old national flag and [...]

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Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's finance Ministry Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich surrendered to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) headquarters on Monday shortly after the Prosecutor issued an arrest warrant over a financial scandal involving the construction of two dams. "I have directed the DCI to effect the immediate arrest and [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian national volleyball team defeated its Chadian counterpart 3-0 on Sunday in a Day 1 match at the Volleyball African Cup of Nations, which is being held in Tunisia until July 29.   Here are the results of Sunday's matches: DR Congo beat Botswana 3 sets to 0 Cameroon [...]

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Paris, France (PANA) - Comoran President Azali Assoumani, on an official visit to France, will be received on Monday by Emmanuel Macron at the Elysée Palace where the two men will discuss the outline of a new partnership between the two countries, PANA learned from official sources.   Presidents Assoumani and Macron [...]

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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Reunion is at the top of the overall medals table with 11 gold, 9 silver and 1 bronze (total 22), at the end of the third day of the 10th edition of the Indian Ocean Islands Games (IOIG), currently taking place in Mauritius, PANA reported from here.   Mauritius [...]

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Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Twelve people, including a nurse, were killed on Sunday night in north-central Burkina Faso, PANA learned on Monday from security sources.   "Armed individuals broke into North Central villages, killing a health worker and 11 villagers," the sources said.   The authorities have not yet commented on the attacks.   Burkina [...]

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Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togolese newspapers on Monday devoted most of the front pages to reports and comments on the final results of the local government polls, announced by the Supreme Court.   "Local elections: the loop",  writes La Nouvelle Tribune. For Togo Matin, "the final results are in line with the [...]

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Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's national basketball squad have qualified for the 2019 FIBA-Afrocan basketball quarter-finals after winning two straight matches (Saturday 70-68 against Algeria) and on Sunday 86-63 against Côte d'Ivoire, PANA learned from sports sources.   Mali, with 4 points, finished first in group A and qualifies directly for the [...]

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