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Lomé, Togo (PANA)  -  Five hundred Togolese have given up their nationality to acquire new ones, according to a decree issued at the end of the weekly council of ministers on Wednesday, official sources told PANA here Thursday. According to a statement issued by the government and reaching PANA here Thursday, [...]

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Lomé,Togo (PANA)  -  Dangote Industries Limited of Nigeria, owned by rich businessman Aliko Dangote, Thursday signed two mining contracts in Togo at a ceremony attended by President Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé, official sources told PANA here.  The first contract of two billion CFAF concerns the valorization and transformation of Togolese phosphate into [...]

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Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA)  -  The Abidjan-based stock market (BRVM) closed Thursday trading up, compared with the previous session, as the BRVM 10 index rose from 135.09 points to 135.44 points or a 0.26 percent increase, while the BRVM Composite index gained 0.18 percent to 142.19 points against 141.94 points [...]

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Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) is gaining ground and making strides in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) energy and regional infrastructure developments and across the continent. President of the Bank, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, says through the support of the African leaders to the African Development Bank [...]

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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA)  - The Mauritanian president, Mohamed ould Cheikh El Ghazouani, left here Thursday for a private visit to Germany, the state-run news agency (AMI) reported. This private visit to Germany with “the travel fees specially taken by the president of the Republic” responds to the need to provide medical [...]

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Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA)  -  The Burkinabè president, Rock Marc Christian Kaboré, Thursday ordered a three-day national mourning following the attack on a mining convoy that killed 38 people on Wednesday in eastern Burkina Faso. "I declare, from 8 November 2019 at midnight, a seventy- two hour national mourning. During the [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Libya recorded a total of 25.841 billion dinars (about 18.59 billion dollars) in oil receipts from January 2019 to 31 October, as against the target of 22 billion dinars or 3.8 billion dinars excess, the Libyan Central Bank (LCB) said here Thursday in its monthly bulletin. Revenue [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The new Tunisian President, Kais Saied, will visit Algeria in the coming weeks, the Tunisian Prime Minister, Youssef Chahed, announced on Thursday. During a televised debate in September as part of the election campaign in Tunisia, Saied said that if elected, he would make his first official [...]

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Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's Dismas Indiza followed up his round one showing with a 2-under par score in the second round to maintain the lead at the Lake Victoria Serena Golf Resort Open on Thursday. The Kenya Golf Union (KGU) says the day saw Kenyans dominate the top ten slots [...]

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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Office of the Electoral Commission in Mauritius has reported a voter turnout of 75.8 % or 708.282 voters out of the registered 941,187 voters in the country, PANA learnt from official sources in Port-Louis. Polling in Mauritius ended at 1800 hours (1400GMT). All the ballot boxes [...]

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Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Two companies working together in implementing a strategy to deliver affordable, clean energy solutions to millions across sub-Saharan Africa, are top runners for a top British business award. The two firms are UK-based Azuri Technologies and Japan's Marubeni. They are the front runners for the annual British Business [...]

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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – In an unprecedented move, the Nigeria Customs Service has announced the cutting of supply of petroleum products to Nigerians living within 20 kilometres of its land border with neigbouring countries. On August 21, 2019, the Nigerian government shut all of its 57 main land border posts, claiming [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Ministry of Interior of the Government of National Unity on Thursday announced the reopening of the Ras Jedir border crossing between Libya and Tunisia after an agreement was signed between the Libyan Interior Minister, Fathi Bachagha, and his Tunisian counterpart, Hichem Fourati. In a statement, [...]

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Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - WAFU Zone A Under-20 champions, the Young Scorpions of The Gambia, will start their title defense against Mali on 25 November after which they will play familiar opponents, Liberia two days later on 27 November and cap their group campaign against Guinea Bissau on 1 December. The [...]

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Niamey, Niger (PANA) - An extraordinary summit of heads of state of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) opens on Friday in Niamey to discuss the political situation in Guinea Bissau, according to official sources. The Niamey summit will try to find a solution to the political situation in [...]

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Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Zambia’s women national team to Friday's Tokyo 2020 Olympic qualifier against Kenya, landed in Nairobi and had a feel of the match venue, the Moi International Sports Centre (MISC), on Thursday evening. The match will be crucial in determining who gains an advantage ahead of the second [...]

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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian justice has acquitted about ten individuals, cadres and activists of the Coalition Living Together (CVE-negro African nationalist movement) who supported the candidacy of Kane Hamidou Baba during the presidential election of June 22, 2019, In a verdict given on Wednesday evening by a court of [...]

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Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - The Cape Verdean government, in line with popular position of the international community, has recognized the executive led by Prime Minister Aristides Gomes as the legitimate representative of Guinea-Bissau. The Cape Verdean Minister of Foreign Affairs and Defence Department, Luís Filipes Tavares, expressed this position to [...]

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Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - American golfing star, Cheyenne Woods, the niece of golfing legend, Tiger Woods, is among the 107 professionals entered to play the Magical Kenya Ladies Open in iKenya in December. The Magical Ladies Open, set for December 5-8 in Vipingo, Mombasa, is a Ladies European Tour 2019 season [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Economic growth in Tunisia will reach 2.6 percent in 2020, compared with the 1.5 percent in 2019, according to a new report by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development on "the regional economic outlook for areas covered by the bank" for the month of November. According [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A Tunisian delegation, led by the Minister of Commerce, Omar Behi, will take part in the China International Import Exhibition which runs until November 10. The event, holding in Shanghai, is one of the largest international events in the field of imports and exports. Tunisia intends, through this [...]

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Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The West African Development Bank's (BOAD) financial commitment to Niger stands at CFAF 568 billion, CFAF 38 billion of the figure in 2019 alone, Christian Adovelande, president of the financial institution, told reporters on Thursday. "The level of cooperation is very satisfactory. The bank's commitment to Niger [...]

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Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – The leaders of Sudan, Uganda and South Sudan are meeting in Entebbe, Uganda, on Thursday to discuss the most recent developments in South Sudan, the implementation of the agreement Southern Sudanese reached in Khartoum recently and the formation of the government of national unity in Juba. Sudan Sovereign [...]

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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian government, bowing under intense pressure from high school graduates, on Wednesday announced the provisional abolition of the 25-year age limit under which students cannot seek admission into public higher education institutions. The decision was taken on the recommendation of the Inter-ministerial Committee which examined in [...]

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