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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – UN human rights experts have called for an end to society's addiction to fossil fuels ahead of the Climate Action Summit in New York on 23 September 2019. "Burning coal, oil, and gas produce the vast majority of human-caused greenhouse gas emissions, resulting in the global climate [...]

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Rabat, Morocco (PANA) – Moroccan Secretary of State for foreign trade, Rkiya Eddarhem, and the Ecuadorian vice minister of foreign relations, regional integration and international cooperation, Andres Teran, on Monday in Rabat examined the means likely to strengthen trade and political relations between Morocco and Ecuador.   The two parties showed their [...]

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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s inflation slowed for the third consecutive month in August 2019, the National Bureau of Statistics has announced.   The NBS said in its latest report released on Tuesday that the inflation rate reduced from 11.08 percent in July to 11.02 percent in August.   The inflation figure fell to [...]

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Vienna, Austria (PANA) – Morocco was on Monday elected vice president of the 63rd general assembly of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) holding in the Austrian capital, Vienna. Morocco assumed the position as representative of the African continent. The assembly is the highest body in charge of formulating and implementing the [...]

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Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Senegal’s national football team, finalist at the last Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Egypt, will play their Brazilian counterparts, five-time World Cup winner, in a friendly game on 10 October in Singapore. The information was released late on Monday by the Brazilian Confederation of football (CBF). Three days [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – Independent candidate Kais Saied remains on top of the first round of Sunday’s early presidential election in Tunisia with 18.8% of votes, ahead of businessman Nabil Karou,i who obtained 15.7% after counting 89% of the ballot, the National Independent Electoral Commission (ISIE) announced on Tuesday.   Abdelfattah Mouro, [...]

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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The G5 Sahel countries and partners are hold the first meeting on Tuesday in Nouakchott, Mauritania to take stock of the mobilisation of resources for their Priority Investment Plan (PIP). The plan was unveiled at the Group's conference held in December 2018 when financial commitments were made. At [...]

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Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The following are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the Rwandan Franc as issued by the National Bank of Rwanda. Currency                         Buying             Selling US Dollar                  899.21    917.19 Euro                       990.21   1,010.01 Pound Sterling    1,116.64 1,138.97 Swiss Franc          906.54  924.67 Canadian Dollar  678.62  692.19 Kenya Shilling             8.3       8.3 UAE Dirham                   235.75             240.47 Australian Dollar           634.41               647.10 Burundi Franc            0.48                        [...]

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Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – An urgent application by the Nelson Mandela Foundation over South Africa’s apartheid-era flag was dismissed in the Equality Court on Tuesday.  The foundation last month filed its application to declare that Ernst Roets, a senior official with the AfriForum organisation, is in contempt of court. This [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A boat carrying illegal migrants sank on Tuesday off Sfax a port of southern Tunisia, killing two people whose bodies have been recovered by the Tunisian National Coast Guard. In a statement made available to PANA, a spokesperson of the Guard, Houssameddine Jbabli said nine survivors were [...]

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Dakar, Senegal  (PANA) – A canoe capsized on Monday off the coast of Dakar, killing four people out of about 40 people on board. The accident, caused by heavy rain accompanied by strong winds, occurred while the group was returning from an excursion on the island of Madeleine, located some four [...]

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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Following are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya, as issued by the Central Bank of Mauritania. Currency                                            Buying            Selling 1-Euro                                                 40.43            [...]

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Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – Sudan and Eritrea have agreed to resume close cooperation in the defence and economic domains and to respect the national sovereignty of each other. At the end of a two-day visit to Khartoum by Eritrean President Asias Afwerki, a joint communiqué published in Khartoum and Asmara said [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Participants at the first Forum on Local Governance on Monday called for the development of a strategic roadmap to support decentralization in Libya in the short and medium term. In their recommendations, the participants, according to a statement from the Libyan Ministry of Local Government issued on [...]

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Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - General Stephen Townsend, Commander of the U.S. Africa Command (Africom), is in Ouagadougou to meet with senior Burkina Faso officials to discuss common security issues in the region, the Embassy of the United States in Burkina Faso announced on Tuesday. "This trip is part of a [...]

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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The following are Tuesday’s foreign exchange rates for the Tanzania Shilling as published by the Bank of Tanzania (BoT): Currency                          Buying                    Selling US Dollar                        2,278.00                  2,300.79 Pound Sterling               2,835.43                 2,864.48 Euro                                2,510.59                  2,535.26 Canadian Dollar             1,718.60                  1,735.26 Kenya Shilling                     21.97                        22.15 Uganda [...]

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Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The second national dialogue between the Burkinabe government and private sector, dubbed the State/Private Sector Dialogue Framework for Consultation and Guidance ( CODESP), will be held on 14-15 October. The Burkina Faso's Prime Minister Christophe Joseph Marie Dabiré, said on Tuesday that the government attached great [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A group of 56 Tunisian illegal migrants arrived on the coast of the Italian island of Lampedusa on Tuesday in two small boats, Italian security sources said. The first boat with 10 migrants on board arrived at 02:00 am on Tuesday and a second boat carrying 46 [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - About 2.174 million students on Tuesday began the 2019/20 academic year in Tunisia in 6,104 schools. The number of students in secondary cycle schools is about 933,000, up 6% compared to last year, while those in first cycle schools are estimated at 1.177 million. Some 63,000 are [...]

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Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - Ivorian tax workers have given notice of a 72-hour strike from Wednesday after the collapse of talks with the government on their grievances. The strike was announced at an extraordinary general meeting held on Monday by the four unions that are members of the Federation of Trade [...]

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Libreville, Gabon (PANA) – Following are Tuesday’s foreign exchange rates for the CFAF, as issued by the Bank of Central African States. Currency                                      Buying              Selling Euro        [...]

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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Tuesday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank. Currency                                                          Buying            Selling Australian Dollar      [...]

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Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - The UN children's fund (UNICEF) has painted a bleak picture of the the extent of devastation caused by two back-to-back cyclones in Mozambique earlier this year, stating that nearly one million people, including 160,000 children under five, are still facing food shortages and a nutrition crisis. It [...]

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Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – The following are Tuesday’s foreign exchange rates for the Gambian Dalasi (D) as published by Trust Bank Gambia Ltd: Currency                                 Buying                        Selling US Dollar                                  49.00                        50.15 Pound Sterling                         62.50                       66.00 Euro                                            54.50                      57.50 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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Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Amnesty International on Tuesday called on the Eritrean government to release the 11 politicians and 17 journalists who were arrested in 2001 after criticising President Isaias Afwerki’s rule, and have never been seen or heard from since, as it launched an 18-day social media campaign marking [...]

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