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Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) -  The Speakers of both Rwandan and Ugandan Parliaments met earlier this week in Kigali where they discussed how the legislative levels of the two countries could intervene and find lasting solutions to the  "border conflict" between the two countries, an official source confirmed Friday in Kigali. A [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – The 24th edition of the handball Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) has been scheduled to take place from 16 to 26 January 2020 in Tunisia, with 16 teams divided into four groups. The groups are - Group A: Egypt, DR Congo, Guinea and Kenya Group B: Angola, Gabon, Nigeria [...]

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Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The long awaited first-ever, locally-made solar-powered prototype car was Friday launched at the University of Botswana. The event was graced by the Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry, Peggy Serame, Minister of Tertiary Education, Dr. Douglas Letsholathebe, Assistant Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry, Karabo Socraat Gare, [...]

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Bamako, Mali (PANA) – The Malian government will recruit 884 workers of different categories, through direct competition in the public sector, under this year’s budget exercise, the Malian ministry of Civil Service told PANA on Friday. In accordance with the 2019 finance bill, the amount of 2.3 billion CFAF has been [...]

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Bamako, Mali (PANA) – A burglar who specializes in the theft of gold and money, Nafou Traoré, has been arrested by the Malian police following several complaints against him, security sources told PANA on Friday, saying the thief carries out his operation in rich families in the Bamako district. According to [...]

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Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Hosts Egypt defeated Cote d'Ivoire 2-1 on Friday to win the 2019 Under-23 AFCON Cup, its second since the tournament was founded in 2011. In the final match played at the Cairo International Stadium, Karim El Eraky's goal in the 37th minute and Ramadan Sobhi Ahmed's in [...]

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Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – The vehicle of a team of four people, including an expatriate, reported missing on Friday was found without its passengers, the Burkinabè ministry of Digital economy announced. That team of service providers operating in the deployment of the National Backbone telecommunications project (PBNT) was reported missing [...]

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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Amid multiple deadly attacks on civilians by armed groups in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), an Ebola death “unlinked to any chain of transmission” risks reversing major gains against the epidemic, which is now down to just a handful of cases, a top [...]

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Paris, France (PANA) - France and DR Congo have strengthened their joint actions against the Ebola epidemic by developing a roadmap committing to work together to eradicate the virus that has persisted on Congolese soil since its appearance in August 2018. The roadmap, which was developed jointly by Professor Yves Lévy, [...]

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Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - A male passenger  was arrested on board an Ethiopian Airlines flight on suspicion of making a hoax bomb threat as the plane approached Bujumbura airport on Thursday, the airline said in a statement obtained by PANA in Kigali, Rwanda on Friday.   According to the statement, a passenger [...]

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Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - On the sidelines of the 3rd edition of the exhibition of Algerian specific products in Libreville, an Algerian delegation led by its Minister of Commerce, Said Djelab, plans to invest in the economic zone with privileged regime of Nkok (ZERP), the Gabonese Ministry of Commerce announced [...]

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Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Chief of General Staff of Burkina Faso's armed forces, Brig.-Gen. Moïse Miningou, has suspended the issuance of exit permits for its soldiers in order to strengthen the fight against terrorism, according to an official document obtained Friday by PANA. "In view of the requirements of [...]

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Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - In a statement read on Friday at RTNB (radio télévision national du Burundi), seven local civil society organizations (CSOs) "strongly" condemn an ​​attack of the night from November 16 to 17, against an advanced position of Burundian military by suspected elements of the Rwandan army. The statement [...]

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Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Following are partial results of Day 9 of Rwanda's football championship league played on Thursday and Friday. Thursday: Gasogi United 1-1 Musanze FC Friday: Sunrise FC 4-1 Heroes FC  APR FC 3-1 Espoir FC Saturday's fixtures: Marines FC vs AS Muhanga  AS Kigali vs Kiyovu Sports  Sunday's fixtures: Gicumbi FC vs Rayon Sports FC  Bugesera FC vs [...]

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Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - The Senegalese government on Thursday launched the second phase of the Program to Support Agricultural Development and Rural Entrepreneurship (PADAER) in Kolda, southern Senegal, to boost and develop agricultural activities in rural areas. According to the PADAER coordinator, Babou Dramé, the program, which will cost 48 billion [...]

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Tripoli Libya (PANA) - A total of 60 asylum seekers, released from a detention center in Libya, will be evacuated from the country, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said in a statement posted on its Facebook page. "Sixty asylum seekers from the Suuk Khamis detention center were released," UNHCR [...]

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Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - A two-day workshop on peace-promotion revolving around “silencing the guns in Africa" will run in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from November 28 – 29, organizers told PANA in Banjul on Friday. In a statement, organizers said the joint workshop will be held in preparation for the launch of [...]

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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigerian President  Muhammadu Buhari stopped speculations that he was nursing a third term agenda, saying that he would not make the mistake of seeking a third term in office at the end of his second term in 2023.   In recent days, there have been insinuations by some [...]

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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) President Tijjani Muhammad-Bande on Friday said that the UN remained committed to eradicating poverty and hunger across the world.   Muhammad-Bande also said that the global body was committed to ensuring peace, security, and quality education worldwide.   The UNGA President stated in Abuja during [...]

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Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - Guinea-Bissau's presidential election set for Sunday  is currently the main topic of discussion  among the country's students in Ziguinchor, southern Senegal. A strong community from the adjacent country lives here, including students who have come to attend vocational training in private institutes in the region. Unanimously, these young [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia will play their first match against Algeria for the U-20 North Africa Football Union (UNAF) tournament, which kicks off on Saturday at the Kram Stadium in Tunis. The tournament brings together Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria and Egypt, in addition to Burkina Faso as a guest outside the [...]

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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General for West Africa and Sahel, Dr. Mohammed Ibn Chambas, says that the international community and other partners are to support the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) in the fight against terrorism. According to a statement on the visit [...]

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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday in Abuja pledged that his administration would ensure that all Nigerians have access to affordable, efficient and equitable healthcare services without the risk of impoverishment. Receiving the report on ‘Funding Universal Healthcare Delivery in Nigeria’ by the Senior Executive Course 41 of [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The fourth edition of the Tripoli Half Marathon will begin Saturday in the Libyan capital, with the participation of 3,000 runners, the event organisers said on Friday. The committee responsible for overseeing the race said that it is important to publicize the activities of this sports structure, [...]

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Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - A delegation from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), led by its resident representative in Gabon, Marcos Poplawski-Ribeiro, has met with Gabonese Prime Minister Julien Nkoghe Bekale in Libreville to decide on the progress of the budget support programme concluded between the country and the Fundm an [...]

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