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Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA)   -   Minister in charge of education Stanislas Ouaro announced here Thursday that 9,514 students, comprising 591 of primary, 6,860 of post-primary and 2063 of secondary, were among the people who fled terrorism in some parts of Burkina Faso. According to Ouaro, who was speaking at a press [...]

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Niamey, Niger (PANA)   -   An international forum on labour health and safety (FISST) here Thursday recommended governments to strengthen their laws on cybersecurity and the protection of personal data in companies, official sources told PANA. Initiated by Afrik PrEvent, Niger’s labour medicine center (CMT-Niger), and the association of the Nigerien labour [...]

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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA)  -  The Mauritanian government hursday examined and adopted a draft law on Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture Code at its weekly meeting here, an official statement reaching PANA here said. The new tool "aims to fill a legal void felt to be an urgent need for the organization and [...]

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Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA)  - The missing president of the Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association (ZHDA), Dr Peter Magombeyi, whose disappearance caused medical professionals in the country to down their tools, has been found alive, official sources told PANA here Thursday. The news was broken by Dewa Mavhinga, the Southern Africa Director with [...]

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Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA)   -   The Mo Ibrahim Foundation will release its first report on governance in Africa on 15 October, an official statement issued here Thursday and reaching PANA said. The Foundation will present the implementation of the African Union's (AU) Agenda 2063 and the United Nations' Agenda 2030 on [...]

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Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA)   -   Farms of the National Agency for Integration and Agricultural Development of Senegal (ANIDA) are changing the lives of many people in Casamance in the south of the country. Many young people in the villages are beginning to earn quite substantial incomes from these farms, which are spread [...]

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Cotonou, Benin (PANA)   -   Professor Sylvain Boko of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Thursday called on African countries to adopt inclusive development planning in their decision-making processes. "It is difficult to integrate accountability into decision-making processes if the planning behind these decision-makings is not inclusive and participatory," the expert said [...]

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Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's national football team will meet their Mauritanian counterparts on Saturday at the Nouakchott Olympic Stadium in the first leg of the African Nations Championship qualifiers (CHAN 2020). The winner of the two legs will qualify for the finals of the competition reserved for players who ply [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The Libyan National Oil Company (NOC) has condemned "attempts to partition" its Brega oil trading subsidiary, describing as "false and erroneous" information claiming there is insufficient provision of fuel in the eastern region. The NOC management committee has also rejected the appointment by the parallel Libyan government [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA)   -   The Tunisian government says it will allow the burial of former President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in Tunisia should his family ever request it, the state-run TAP reported here Thursday. It said the authorities had assured the family that they would ensure that the burial protocol [...]

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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN Human Rights Office said on Thursday that it was receiving more information on intimidation and reprisals against victims, members of civil society and activists involving more and more States, reflecting a rise in cases globally. In a new report of the UN Secretary-General, to be [...]

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Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Chemotherapy treatment for women's cancers will be free in all public health facilities in Senegal from 1 October, according to a statement from the Council of Ministers on Thursday. This measure particularly concerns cervical and breast cancers, which constitute the second and the third cause of death [...]

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Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The governments of South Sudan and Kenya are now politically agreed to scrap visa and allow free passage for travel of citizens of the two countries. The Juba-based Radio Tamazuj on Thursday reported that South Sudan and Kenya have agreed on visa-free travel between the two countries, [...]

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Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Elected on August 29 in China at the head of FIBA-World, the governing body of world basketball, the former president of the Malian Federation of Basketball (FMBB), former Minister of Youth and Sports and former boss of FIBA-Africa, Hamane Niang, was greeted with all the honors [...]

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Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Niger "strongly condemns" the "terrorist attacks" perpetrated on September 14 on Saudi Arabia's civilian infrastructure and oil sites.   In a message of support and solidarity addressed to His Majesty, the King of Saudi Arabia, Salman Bin Abdelaziz al-Saud, the Nigerien President writes: "On September 14, 2019, the [...]

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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, will on Sunday depart Abuja for New York, United States, to participate in the 74th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA74) which opened on Tuesday, September 17. The theme for UNGA74 is, “Galvanizing Multilateral Efforts for Poverty Eradication, Quality Education, Climate [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - In a post he just published on his Facebook page, former Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali's lawyer announced that the dead president will be buried on Friday in Mecca, according to his last wishes. Ben Ali died on Thursday in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, where he [...]

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Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), in collaboration with the Government of Niger, is organizing a regional meeting in Niamey (attended by representatives from Niger, Cameroon, Nigeria and Chad) on the implementation of the program on Evidence and knowledge sharing for scaling up high-impact interventions in [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tourism receipts in Tunisia reached over 4 billion dinars, an increase of 46.3% compared to the same period of 2018.   In US dollar, tourism receipts rose from 25% to reach 1.376 billion dollars and in euro, the increase is 33.1%, or 1.221 billion euros.   Statistics from the Ministry [...]

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Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The confirmation hearing of the two former Central African anti-Balaka military leaders, Alfred Yekatom and Patrice-Edouard Ngaissona, prosecuted for crimes against humanity and alleged war crimes committed in the Central African Republic (CAR), opened on Thursday before Pre-Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court [...]

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Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The organizing committee of the 4th Youth Olympic Games (YOG), scheduled for 2022 in Senegal, has this week signed a partnership convention with its counterpart of the Paris 2026 Olympic Ga This follows the visit to Dakar of the French minister of Sports, Mrs Roxana Maracineanu, who in [...]

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Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Gauteng High Court in South Africa has dismissed former Apartheid-era policeman, Joao Rodrigues' leave to appeal his prosecution for the murder of liberation hero, Ahmed Timol.  Timol was an anti-apartheid activist representing the South African Communist Party (SACP) when he was arrested in 1971. He [...]

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