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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan newspapers this week focused on the recent military escalation in fighting on the outskirts of Tripoli, with statements from the opposing sides, to stir up tension as preparations for holding the Berlin International Conference to find a political solution to the crisis under the auspices [...]

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Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré on Friday met with his Senegalese counterpart, Macky Sall, who made a brief stopover in Ouagadougou, the Burkina Faso Presidency said in a statement on Saturday. Coming from Niamey in Niger, where he took part in the extraordinary summit of ECOWAS [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian Navy units have rescued 74 Tunisian illegal migrants between the ages of 13 and 50, according to a statement from the Tunisian Ministry of Defence. The rescue operation was carried out following information obtained on the presence of a broken boat, 66 km off the northeast [...]

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Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's national football team coach Mohamed Magassouba on Friday released a list of players selected for the qualifiers of the African Cup of Nations (AFCON 2021), Mali-Guinea on 14 November and Chad-Mali on 17 November 2019.   Following are the selected players: Goalkeepers 1. Djigui Diarra Stade malien de Bamako 2. [...]

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Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The Moroccan capital, Rabat, is hosting the first Libyan International Forum on Economy and Investment on November 11-12, under the theme Towards a Strong Economic Partnership, the event organizers said on Saturday. Organized in collaboration with the Ministry of Industry, Trade, the Green and Digital Economy and [...]

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Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Malagasy Axian Group and Emerging Capital Partners (ECP, shareholder of Oragroup), have been given the green light by the Togolese government to hold 51% of the capital of Togocom, the holding company of Togo Telecom and Togocellulaire, official sources told PANA on Saturday in Lomé. According to [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Fifteen persons burnt by firecrackers and fireworks during celebration of the birth of Prophet Mohammed (PSL) were on Friday admitted to the Burn and Cosmetic Surgery Hospital on Al-Zawiya Street in Tripoli. A hospital source said on Saturday that the patients suffered varying degrees of burns and that [...]

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Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Legal Experts on Media Regulation and Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) of the Platform of Audiovisual Regulators of the Member States of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) and Guinea ended their second meeting on Friday in Bamako with a series of recommendations necessary [...]

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Sao Tome, Sao Tome and Principe (PANA) - Multinational oil company Shell has acquired joint exploration rights in Sao Tome and Principe's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) on two oil blocks, in an agreement signed on Thursday in South Africa, it was officially announced in Sao Tome and Principe.   The agreement was [...]

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Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The extraordinary summit of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on the Guinea-Bissau crisis has decided to send a mission of heads of state to Bissau to transmit the conclusions of the Niamey Conference to President José Mário Vaz.   According to the final communiqué issued [...]

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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Ethiopia’s former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Workneh Gebeyehu, has officially assumed duty as Executive Secretary of the Djibouti-based Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), the Ethiopian News Agency (ENA) reported quoting the country’s embassy in Djibouti.   It said that Mr. Workneh, 51,  has expressed his eagerness [...]

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Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – The following are Saturday’s foreign exchange rates for the Gambian Dalasi 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                      37.00 Swiss [...]

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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Flood-hit populations across Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean Region face increased risk of illness or death from water-borne diseases and other diseases that spread easily in overcrowded, temporary shelters, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned.   Together with governments, other UN agencies and partners, WHO is working [...]

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Bangui, Central African Republic (PANA) –  The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has welcomed the progress made in implementing the Political Agreement for Peace and Reconciliation (APPR) signed on February 6, which has contributed to a steady reduction in violence in the Central African Republic (CAR).   “Although this progress remains fragile, it [...]

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Rome, Italy (PANA) - United Nations agencies on Friday highlighted the dire needs of thousands of unaccompanied and separated children who have arrived in Italy as refugees, lacking the proper support to transition through to adulthood.   Between 2014 and 2018, around 60,000 of them arrived in Italy by sea, 90 per [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - A group of independent UN human rights experts said on Friday that there was “credible evidence” that inadequate prison conditions in which former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi was held may have led “directly” to his death in June, and thousands of other detainees may be [...]

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Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Below are results from Friday's opening games at the 2019 CAF Under-23 AFCON in Egypt. Group A Egypt 1-0 Mali Cameroon 1-1 Ghana Playing on Saturday - 9 November 2019 Group B Nigeria     v     Cote d'Ivoire South Africa     v     Zambia -0- PANA VAO/AR 9Nov2019   [...]

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