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Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA)   -  The Abidjan-based stock market (BRVM) closed Tuesday trading up, with the BRVM 10 index dropping from 133.17 points to 133.11 points or a 0.05 percent decrease, while the BRVM Composite index lost 0.21 percent to 139.55 points against 139.84 points previously. The volume of transactions stood [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA)  - The presidential council of the Libyan government of national accord Tuesday strongly condemned the “terrorist” air bombardment that targeted the capital, Tripoli, and the city of Misrata. In a communiqué, the presidential council said the air strikes carried out by “the foreign aviation” targeted “the main warehouses [...]

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Brazzaville, Congo (PANA)   -  A three-day forum of Central African parliamentarians on food and nutritional security opened here Tuesday in an effort to seek a common front for fighting hunger, official sources told PANA. The Central African region, like the rest of the continent, is going through food and nutrition crisis. According [...]

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Cairo, Egypt (PANA)   -   Hosts Egypt Tuesday joined Cote d'Ivoire in the finals of the 2019 Under-23 AFCON in Egypt, whipping South Africa 3-0 in the second semi-final. By that win, the Egyptians have also reached the 2020 Olympic soccer event in Japan. The third African qualifier for Japan will be [...]

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Diamniadio, Senegal (PANA) – The sixth edition of the international Dakar Forum on peace and security in Africa ended early on Tuesday evening in Diamniadio, at about 40 kilometers east of the Senegalese capital, Dakar. Debates particularly focused on insecurity in Sahel, particularly in Mali, the fight against Boko Haram and [...]

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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday hosted the Special Envoy of President of Equatorial Guinea, Mr Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, regretting that had Nigeria followed its own programme for exploiting its gas reserves, the country would have been earning more money [...]

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Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Cote d'Ivoire edged Ghana on Tuesday 3-2 on penalties to qualify for the finals of the 2019 Under-23 AFCON in Egypt. The win also means that Cote d'Ivoire are through to the 2020 Olympics soccer event. In their semi-finals match at the Cairo International Stadium, Ghana came from [...]

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Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Less than a month after their first demonstration, about a thousand women, claiming to be from the National Front for the Defence of the Constitution (FNDC) in Guinea, on Tuesday marched in Conakry to express their frustration with the killing of demonstrators during their earlier peaceful [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The European Union (EU) has called for full respect of "international law, including international humanitarian law", ensuring that "Those who violate it are held accountable, and it is urgent that we take all necessary measures to protect civilians." EU made the call in the wake of a [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Nouara gas field, located in the Sahara of Tataouine, in southern Tunisia, will start operating at the end of December 2019 instead of October of the same year as initially planned. The Tunisian government relies heavily on this project to reduce by 30% the energy deficit [...]

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Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambia will host four nations in Zone II beach Volleyball Olympic qualifiers in Banjul from November 21 to 26, Dodou Bai Jallow, president of The Gambia Volleyball Federation, confirmed here on Tuesday. Mali, Sierra Leone, Guinea and host The Gambia will be battling for the top [...]

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Diamniadio, Senegal (PANA) - Niger's Defense Minister, Issoufou Katambe, said on Tuesday in Diamniadio, some 40 km east of Dakar, that the fight against Boko Haram "must first go through the fight against illiteracy and youth unemployment and raising public awareness". "When we met the Boko Haram fighters, we found that [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The acceleration of climate change in the world will result in the loss of more than 60% of agricultural jobs that currently exist, which will pose new challenges and the need to find solutions in Tunisia and other countries," said the Tunisian Minister of Local Affairs [...]

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Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan courts are among the top five most corrupt institutions, according to a new graft perception index released 6n Tuesday. It was by the state anti-graft agency - Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC). Courts were ranked fifth on the graft perception index in the 2018 National Corruption Survey [...]

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Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) – The Embassy of China in Zimbabwe has disputed government's claims that it provided just US$ 3,631,500 in development support, stating that they in fact provided US$ 136.8 million between January and September this year. According to the recently-released 2020 National Budget Statement, the government of Zimbabwe stated [...]

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Rome, Italy (PANA) - Ethiopia and the International Fund for Agriculture have sealed a deal that help most vulnerable people dapt to climate change shocks, In a news dispatch from Rome on Tuesday, the UN agency said half a million vulnerable Ethiopians will benefit from a new US$451 million project. The project [...]

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Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Investment Bank (EIB) has granted Malawi, a landlocked country in southern Africa, 139 million euros in financing, of which 95.5 million euros is in the form of a loan, and 43,1 million in the form of a donation, for the rehabilitation of the 347 [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Negotiations for the formation of the new Tunisian government started on Tuesday in a climate still dominated by tensions between the various parties represented in Parliament following the legislative elections of October 6th. The statement of the Speaker of the Parliament and President of the Islamic-conservative movement, [...]

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Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The official ceremony for the introduction of the cervical cancer vaccine into Côte d'Ivoire's immunization program is scheduled for November 25. From that date, the cervical cancer vaccine will be compulsory in this country for all girls aged 9 years. This is the case for the Ivorian [...]

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Diamniadio, Senegal (PANA) - Congolese Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Minister, Jean-Claude Gakosso, on Tuesday denounced what he called "the marginalization of the African Union (AU) by the Western great powers' in the search for peace in Libya and lamented the attitude of neighboring countries, including Egypt. "We do not understand the [...]

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Rome, Italy (PANA) - Half a million of Ethiopia’s most vulnerable families are set to benefit from a new US$451 million project to increase their resilience to climate shocks in the country’s poorest regions.   For more than two decades, climate change has placed a major stress on the Ethiopian economy and [...]

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Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi's national football team, Intamba (Swallows), was beaten 3-0 on Tuesday at the Intwari Stadium in Bujumbura by Atlas Lions of Morocco, in a match counting for the second day of the qualifying group stage of the African Cup of Nations (CAN), edition 2021 in Cameroon. The [...]

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