N’Djamena, Chad (PANA) – Chad should accelerate its social spending, particularly in health and education, besides continued efforts to strengthen domestic revenue mobilization, in order to meet the end-year targets, according to an International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission that on Tuesday completed a 10-day visit to N’Djamena. In a statement issued [...]Full text...
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The following are Wednesday's foreign exchange rates for the Rwandan Franc as issued by the National Bank of Rwanda. Currency Buying Selling US Dollar 905.80 [...]Full text...
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Department of Correctional Services of South Africa has confirmed that convicted racist Vicki Momberg has been on the run from the authorities since August after failing in her bid to appeal her sentence. The Johannesburg estate agent was last year convicted on four charges [...]Full text...
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Wednesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank. Currency Buying Selling 1 Euro 41.14 41.55 1 US Dollar [...]Full text...
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) – Slumber Tsogwane has been maintained as the Vice President of Botswana after being endorsed into the position on Tuesday. The Vice President has been in that position since being chosen by President Dr. Mokgweetsi Masisi on 1 April 2019. The 57 elected members of parliament together with six special [...]Full text...
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The following are Wednesday’s foreign exchange rates for the Tanzania Shilling as published by the Bank of Tanzania (BoT): Currency Buying Selling US Dollar 2,277.76 2,300.54 Pound Sterling 2,937.40 2,967.92 Euro 2,529.68 2,555.89 Canadian Dollar 1,735.04 1,751.72 Kenya Shilling 22.09 [...]Full text...
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The owner of the private television channel "El Hiwar Ettounsi", Sami Fehri, and two associates have been arrested for financial embezzlement, the Tunisian prosecutor's office announced on Tuesday evening. According to the spokesperson of the judicial and financial division, Sofiane Selliti, these arrests come after a complaint [...]Full text...
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Wednesday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank. Currency Buying Selling Australian Dollar [...]Full text...
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Army says that 10 Boko Haram terrorists were killed on Tuesday and several others fled with bullet wounds when the soldiers repelled an ambush by the terrorists in Borno State, the epicentre of Boko Haram violence. General Officer Commanding (GOC), 7 Division, Nigerian Army, Major [...]Full text...
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - Approximately 200,000 children in Somalia have been affected by heavy flooding, making them more vulnerable to malnutrition and disease through displacement, lack of water and sanitation services, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday. Thousands of families living near the country’s centre, namely in Belet Weyne, Berdale, Baidoa, Jowhar and Mahadaiin cities, have been forced to leave their homes and locate [...]Full text...
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Ongoing violence in Cameroon’s northwest and southwest has created a fast-growing humanitarian emergency now affecting some 1.9 million people, a “15-fold increase since 2017”, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday. In Geneva, UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) spokesperson, Marixie Mercado, explained that almost a million children were affected in [...]Full text...
Goiânia, Brazil (PANA) - Angola and Nigeria, two African hopefuls for places in the quarter-finals of the 2019 FIFA Under-17 World Cup in Brazil, disappointed when it mattered most on Tuesday, exiting the competition in the Round of 16. Angola, making their debut at this tournament, were edged 1-0 by South [...]Full text...
