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Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Land Rover Expedition Tour 2019, a biennial event, currently underway in southern Africa, will end in Botswana's Okavango Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (KAZA TFCA), its organisers said on Friday.   According to KAZA Secretariat spokesperson, Netsai Bollmann, the aim of the tour is to give off-road and outdoor [...]

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Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - This year's edition of the Senegalese Cycling Tour will start on Sunday in the southern city of Kolda, the Senegalese Cycling Federation  announced on Friday. This news aroused great joy among the inhabitants of Kolda who consider the choice of their city as a means of promoting [...]

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Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – The following are Friday’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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Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese government on Friday announced that Prime Minister Dr Abdullah Hamdouk has received an official invitation to take part in a meeting of the European Union ministers for foreign affairs set to take place in Brussels next week. The official media on Friday said he will [...]

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Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)- The United States says it is "deeply disappointed" that South Sudanese President Salva Kiir and opposition leader Rick Machar are delaying formation of a unity government. "This inability to meet their own deadline calls into question their suitability to continue to lead the nation’s peace process and respect [...]

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Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has strongly condemned the terrorist attack on a Malian armed forces post in Indelimane, on the Niger border, and reaffirmed its full confidence in the government's efforts to track down terrorists and bring them to justice. In a statement received by PANA on [...]

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Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The following are Friday's foreign exchange rates for the Rwandan Franc as issued by the National Bank of Rwanda. Currency                         Buying             Selling US Dollar                906.25  [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - Authorities in Burkina Faso must “do everything in their power” to bring to justice the perpetrators of an attack on a mining company convoy in the West African nation on Wednesday, which killed dozens and left scores more injured, the UN chief Antonio Guterres said on Thursday.  “The Secretary-General conveys his condolences to the families [...]

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Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita visited Gao, 1,200 km north of Bamako, on Thursday, to visit those injured in the 1 November terrorist attack on the Indelimane military camp in the Ménaka region. Last Friday, at least 53 Malian soldiers and one civilian were killed by heavily [...]

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Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's national men's and women's basketball teams, made up mainly of players in the country, will take part in the 3rd 3-on-3 African Basketball Cup, which kicks off on Friday in Uganda. In the women's category, Mali is housed in Pool B, along with Egypt, Botswana and [...]

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Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) on Friday called on President Ramaphosa to rebuke his deputy David Mabuza for failing to stand up against human rights abusers in Africa. During Thursday’s oral question session in the National Council of Provinces (NCOP), Deputy President Mabuza refused [...]

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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The following are Friday’s foreign exchange rates for the Tanzania Shilling as published by the Bank of Tanzania (BoT): Currency                         Buying                    Selling US Dollar                        2,277.75                 2,300.53 Pound Sterling               2,915.97                 2,945.82 Euro                                2,522.15                  2,548.29 Canadian Dollar             1,729.63                  1,746.39 Kenya Shilling                     22.16       [...]

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Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – Despite security concerns and protracted labour disputes in the public sector, Burkina Faso’s economy has remained resilient and growth is expected to moderate to 6.0 percent in 2019 and over the medium term. This is according to an International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff team that was [...]

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Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) – A Liberian-licensed French tuna fishing vessel ‘Avel Vor’ has gone down some 180 nautical miles off Liberia’s coast, fisheries authorities have disclosed in Monrovia. The National Fisheries and Aquaculture Authority (NaFAA) said in a statement on Thursday that the vessel was on its way to fishing grounds [...]

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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigeria Army on Thursday inaugurated a General Court Martial to prosecute another batch of 70 soldiers found defaulting in the counter-terrorism and counter-insurgency operations against Boko Haram and Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP). Acting General Officer Commanding (GOC) 7 Division, Brigadier General Abdul Khalifa, [...]

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Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Electoral Commission on Friday started counting of votes cast in Thursday's parliamentary election in the 21 constituencies of the island, including Rodrigues. Late on Thursday night, the Electoral Commissioner, Irfan Raman, announced that 723,660 voters out of the 941,719 registered voters had voted at [...]

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Cariacica, Brazil (PANA) - Below are results of the remaining Round of 16 matches played on Thursday at the 2019 FIFA Under-17 World Cup in Brazil. Ecuador 0–1 Italy Paraguay 3–2 Argentina Below are all the qualifiers, with quarter-final pairings to be played on 10 and 11 November, unveiled. Quarter-finals 10 November 2019 Netherlands vs Paraguay South [...]

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Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Hosts Egypt vs Mali, at the Cairo International Stadium, opens the 15-day 2019 Africa Under-23 Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Egypt. The Groups and matches are as follows - Group A 1      Egypt (Hosts)      2      Mali      3      Cameroon      4    [...]

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