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Tripoli, Libya (PANA)    -   Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Monday welcomed the prospects of a peace deal in Libya, official sources told PANA here. The two leaders expressed optimism of signing in Moscow, Russia, a ceasefire agreement between the main actors in the conflict, the [...]

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Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA)  -  The Abidjan-based stock market (BRVM) closed Monday trading down, with the BRVM dropping from 137.29 points to 137.07 points or a 0.16 percent decrease while the BRVM Composite index lost 0.10 percent to 148.14 points as against 148.29 points previously. The volume of transactions stood at [...]

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Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA)   -  Zimbabwean female police officers are allegedly engaging in prostitution to supplement their meagre incomes, according to an internal police memo obtained by PANA here Monday. Police officers are also said to be participating in illegal activities, including gold panning while others are running private enterprises like hawking. These [...]

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Cotonou, Benin(PANA)   -  The Episcopal Conference of Benin (CEB) at the end of its second ordinary plenary session of the pastoral year 2019-2020 here Monday expressed deep concern about excessive alcohol consumption by young people, a statement reaching PANA here said. "At the social level, the Bishops' Conference of Benin is [...]

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 Tripoli, Libya (PANA)  - The first day of talks between Libyan belligerents led by Russian and Turkish mediators ended here Monday without a ceasefire deal, with the chief of the Libyan army calling for an extra deadline on Tuesday to sign the document. The Russian foreign affairs minister, Sergueï Lavrov, said [...]

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Brazzaville, Congo (PANA)  -  The leader of the Congolese opposition, Pascal Tsaty Mabiala, Monday clarified his proposal to postpone the presidential election from 2021 to 2023 which was strongly criticized by political actors of all persuasions. According to him, the proposal was considered by the leadership of the majority, including some [...]

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Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - A young protester in his twenties was fatally shot late Monday in Cosa, the stronghold of the main opposition party, the Union of Democratic Forces of Guinea (UFDG). In Cosa, a popular district of the capital, and in other places, police are on red alert to prevent [...]

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Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Nigerien President, Issoufou Mahamadou, on Monday signed a decree to reorganize the top Niger's military hierarchy. According to reports, the reorganization makes Major General Salifou Modi head of the General Staff of the Armed Forces in replacement of Lieutenant General Ahmed Mohamed. In addition, Brigadier General Seidou Bagué [...]

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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Nouakchott is hosting, Monday and Tuesday, a Mauritanian-Moroccan meeting on regionalization, under the theme "Governance of regions in Mauritania and Morocco". PANA was told that several regional presidents, mayors of municipalities, senior officials and experts on decentralization are attending the meeting. This convention is organized by the Moroccan [...]

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Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The tax and customs administrations of the countries of Central Africa are meeting from January 13 to 17 in Brazzaville with a view to setting up a stable system to improve the relationship between administrations and users, to mobilize revenues, Congolese public radio announced on Monday. The [...]

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Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Elements of the Presidential Election Security Force (FOSEP) completed a refresher training course on 11 January to secure the presidential election to be held in Togo on 22 February, PANA learned from official sources in Lomé on Sunday. The training which took place in Lomé, the capital, [...]

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Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Thirty-four clubs from National Leagues A and B, those affiliated to provincial and municipal associations, as well as legally-constituted corporate clubs, will compete in the 2020 edition of the President of the Republic's Football Cup starting from January 21. The club winning the President’s Cup will represent [...]

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Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - More than 1,500 participants and exhibitors and thousands of visitors are expected in Ouagadougou from April 2 to 4, 2020, at the fourth edition of Africa's Renewable Energies and Energies Week (SEERA), PANA reported on Monday, quoting the organizing committee. This edition which will be held [...]

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Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Thousands of students from several public schools in Bamako on Monday demonstrated in the Malian capital, including the Administrative City, where the offices of members of government, including that of the Prime Minister, Dr Boubou Cissé, are located, to demand the resumption of classes in schools [...]

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Bamako, Mali (PANA) - In 2019, the Malian customs authorities realized more than CFAF 623 billion for the benefit of the state budget, some 90.42 pc of the annual objective that the government had set for it, which was 689 billion CFA francs, PANA learned from the Directorate General of [...]

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Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Senior mediator from South Sudan, Dhio Matok, on Monday announced that the coming two weeks are decisive for the peace negotiation between the Sudanese parties to the process. The South Sudanese official, a senior security advisor to president Salva Kiir who supervises the talks, has explained that [...]

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Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - US Assistant Secretary for African Affairs, Tibor Nagy, is visiting the Sudan as part of an African tour that takes him to a number of countries, the US state department announced on Monday. The statement said Assistant Secretary Nagy will visit each of Sudan, South Sudan, Central [...]

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Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Senate President in Congo, Pierre Ngolo, on Monday urged the Congolese government to extend its humanitarian actions to victims of natural disasters. He was speaking in Brazzaville during the exchange of New Year pleasantries with his collaborators. The torrential rains which have hit the country in recent [...]

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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday signed the 2020 Finance Bill, which, among others, effectively increases the Value-Added Tax (VAT) from 5% to 7.5%. President Buhari, in first announcing the signing on his verified Twitter account Monday, said: “I am pleased to announce that this morning I [...]

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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Sunday evening spoke by telephone with the Nigerien President, Mahamadou Issoufou, to commiserate with him, the government and people of Niger Republic, over the Boko Haram terrorist attack in Chinagodrar military base in which 89 soldiers were killed. In a statement by [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian security authorities on Sunday arrested a Takfiri element classified as "dangerous" who is wanted by the Tunis court of first instance for his involvement in a "terrorist" case, a press release from the Tunisian Interior Ministry indicated on Monday. The arrested person lived in the "Intlaqa" [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Ethiopian international referee Bamlak Tessema, has been chosen to head the late Classico between Esperance Sportive de Tunis and Etoile sportive du Sahel, scheduled for Wednesday at Rades stadium in the Tunisian capital, the Tunisian Football Federation (TFF) announced. The choice of Tessema falls within the framework of [...]

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Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegalese Head of State, Macky Sall, on Monday in Dakar called for an enlargement of the United Nations Security Council, saying there is the need for "more inclusive in its composition and more democratic in its functioning for better global governance". He reiterated the need to grant [...]

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Tunis Tunisia (PANA) - Tunis will from 20-26 January host the festival on resistance and liberation films, sources close to the event organisers told PANA on Monday. The programme of the cinematographic meeting provides for projection of several films on actions of resistance against the war, the displacement of populations and [...]

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