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Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA)    -   The subsidized price of a 50 kg bag of fertilizer has recently risen from 29,000 Burundian francs (US$15.6) to more than 49,000 (US$26.4) following speculative practices by wholesalers of the new organo-mineral fertilizer factory (FOMI), official sources said here Thursday. The fertilizer issue is a sensitive one [...]

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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA)  -  Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Cheikh Ghazouani Thursday granted audience to the Saharawi minister of foreign affairs, Mohamed Salem Ould Saleck, special envoy of President Brahim Ghali, the pro -governmental news agency (AMI) reported here. The Saharawi envoy said he handed to the Mauritanian president “a message related [...]

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Lomé, Togo (PANA)   -  Togo was elected to the executive council of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) during the 40th session of the organization’s general assembly held from 12 to 27 November 2019, official sources told PANA here Thursday. The executive council, which includes 58 members, plays the [...]

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Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA)   -  The Abidjan-based stock market (BRVM) closed Thursday trading down, with the BRVM 10 index dropping from 132.51 points to 132.49 points or a 0.02 percent decrease, while the BRVM Composite index lost 0.04 percent to 139.53 points against 139.59 points previously. The volume of transactions stood [...]

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Bamako, Mali (PANA)  - The European Union will offer Mali armoured vehicles to enable the Malian armed forces (FAMA) to face the challenges related to impoverished explosive engines, the EU ambassador in Mali, Bart Ouvry said on Thursday. At a meeting with local media, Ouvry stressed the security situation in Mali [...]

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Lomé, Togo (PANA)  - A large joint common security operation called Koudanlgou III, within the framework of the fight against terrorism and cross-border criminality led to the arrest of about 170 people at the border between Ghana and Togo, official sources told PANA here Thursday. Security sources said that about a [...]

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Banjul, Gambia (PANA)   -  The Gambia government and partners Thursday organized a “Stakeholder Consultation” on the newly-developed National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) Bill 2019 here. The NHIS, which is supported by the World Bank, aims to provide affordable medical health care for vulnerable families in the Gambia. During the consultation exercise, stakeholders [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA)  -  Tunisia and Germany Thursday signed eight financing agreements here aiming to establish new cooperation programmes in photovoltaic, sanitation, coastline protection and integrated management of water resources, an official source said. The German federal government, through the KfW Bank, will make available to the Tunisian government loans and [...]

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Bamako, Mali (PANA)  -  A delegation from the Burkinabè armed forces arrived here Thursday for a 48-hour visit to Mali, the Malian news agency (AMAP) reported here. The visit is in line with the multilateral cooperation to deal with the recurrence of terrorist attacks along the Sahel strip, particularly at the [...]

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Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Following a Board Meeting held in Gaborone on Thursday, 21 Nov., 2019, African Guarantee Fund for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (AGF) has announced its intent to establish geographical presence in Botswana. This move would see Botswana become AGF’s Southern African hub, from where the pan-African guarantee fund [...]

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Bamako, Mali (PANA)   -  The eighth day of the Malian national football league kicks off Friday here and in other regions of the country. Following is the programme : Friday: At Mamadou Konaté Stadium (Bamako) 16h: As Police vrs ASB 18h: As Black Stars vrs USFAS Saturday: At Mamadou Diarra Stadium of Koulikoro: AS Performance vrs AS Bakaridjan At [...]

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Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)   -  Sudan on Thursday appealed to international organizations to provide urgent assistance to North Darfur state hit by a surge of malaria and other epidemics. The Sudanese Federal Minister of Health, Dr Akram Ali Al tom, who flew to North Darfur region bordering Chad and Libya, said the [...]

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Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - At least 15 terrorists were shot dead on Wednesday in an attack on a military detachment in Arbinda, Soum Province, Burkina Faso, PANA learned from security sources. According to the sources, a Burkinabe soldier was killed in the operation. -0- PANA TNDD/IS/SOC/KND/VAO 21Nov2019 [...]

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Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - At least three Burkinabe soldiers were killed on Thursday in two attacks on military positions in Namissiguima (north-central) and Kelbo (Sahel), PANA learned from security sources. The first attack that targeted the military detachment of Namissiguima resulted in a death on the side of the Burkinabe [...]

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Paris, France (PANA) - A delegation of the Africa Committee of Medef-International, organization of French businessmen, will visit Uganda from November 25 to 26 to discuss with the authorities of the country investment opportunities, PANA learned on Thursday in Paris from an official source. "The Government of Uganda, with its" Vision [...]

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Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - West African Insurance Companies Association (WAICA) forum on Education opened at a local hotel on Thursday, under the theme “Reforms in the insurance landscape in West Africa and their implications for cross border operations and intra-African trade.” Mr. William B. Coker, Chief Executive Officer of WAICA, called [...]

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Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Youthful Kenyan members of parliament have castigated the government for demanding that unemployed HigherEducation Loans Board (HELB) defaulters be compelled to settle their state-sponsored loans. Babu Owino, representing Embakasi in East Constituency in Nairobi, and his Kimilili MP, western Kenya, legislator Didymus Barasa, said Thursday that it [...]

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Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - Rehabilitation work on the Affiniam dam in southern Senegal, located about 20 kilometers northwest of Ziguinchor, was launched on Thursday by Senegal's Minister of Agriculture, Moussa Baldé, and China's ambassador to Senegal, Zhang Xun. The dam, build in the 1980s, with the support of Chinese cooperation, on [...]

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Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - The Cape Verdean government will sell, by public tender, the State's 2.1 per cent stake in the National Fuel Company (ENACOL). The capital of ENACOL, founded in 1979, is currently held 48.3 pc by the Portuguese group Galp, 38.7 pc by Sonangol Cabo Verde, the State [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian naval units on Thursday morning rescued 43 sub-Saharan illegal migrants whose boat was in distress off the island of Jerba in southern Tunisia, according to security sources. According to the Jerba Navy District Commander, Major Majdi Belhaj, the migrants, most of whom were Ethiopian, Somali and [...]

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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Senate on Thursday passed the Finance Bill, which seeks to amend seven Acts of the National Assembly relating to taxes payable in the country, effectively raising the Value Added Tax (VAT) paid on goods by 50 per cent from 5% to 7.5%. The bill also [...]

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Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - A two-day forum on rice fortification, organise by World Food Program in collaboration with National Nutrition Agency, opened here Thursday. The objective of the workshop, according to the experts, is to gain a better understanding of the opportunities and challenges related to rice fortification in the context [...]

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