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Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - The following are Friday's exchange rates of the CFA franc as published by the Bank of Central African States. Currency                                          Buying                Selling Euro  [...]

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Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Friday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank. Currency                                            Buying            Selling Australian Dollar                                 24.40              25.69  Canadian Dollar                                   [...]

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Lome, Togo (PANA) - Brazzaville Foundation (BF) chief executive officer David Richmond says seven African leaders will sign an agreement for stronger legislation to criminalise the sale of fake drugs at a two-day summit on counterfeit medicines. President Denis Sassou Nguesso of Congo-Brazzaville, President Mahamadou Issoufou (Niger), President Nana Akufo-Addo (Ghana), President [...]

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

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Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana's president Dr. Mokgweetsi Masisi on Thursday left for Davos, Switzerland, to attend the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting which marks the 50th Anniversary of the Forum slated for 21-24th January. An official communique said the President will engage in panel discussions, bilateral meetings, media events, [...]

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Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana has called for women and children to be key stakeholders in peace negotiations and reconciliation talks. Speaking on Thursday at the validation workshop of African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) study on "Governance, Gender and Peace Building: Strengthening The Nexus," the Minister of Nationality, Immigration And Gender Affairs, [...]

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Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian government is seeking to mobilise 19 billion CFA francs for its population census this year, the Malian ministry in charge of Population said on Thursday. (US$1=CFAF 600) The government plans to invest more than five billion CFA francs while its partners will contribute more than [...]

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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Health and Wellness Minister, Dr Kailesh Jagutpal, on Thursday said that an inter-sectoral collaboration is key to control and prevent the outbreak of vector-borne diseases such as malaria, dengue and chikungunya, in particular during the currently current cyclonic and rainy season. He was speaking in Port-Louis [...]

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Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A delegation from Saudi Arabia is in Mali to strengthen economic and commercial cooperation between the two countries. During a courtesy call on Thursday on the Malian Prime Minister, who is also the Minister of Economy and Finance, Boubou Cissé, the Saudi Fund expressed its wish to strengthen [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunis will host the second international conference on "Financing Investment and Trade in Africa" ​​on 4-5 February,  the president of the Tunisian-African Affairs Council, Bessam Loukil, announced on Thursday. He said it will be an opportunity to address several topics including the structure of African economies and [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian Parliament on Thursday approved a US$100 million loan agreement by the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development to finance the construction of two dams in the Kef and Beja regions.   The loan is repayable over 30 years including six years grace period with an interest [...]

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Niamey, Niger (PANA)  -  The United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs and Peacebuilding, Ms. Rosemary A. Di Carlo, met here Thursday with the Nigerien head of state, Issoufou Mahamadou, on security, development and peace issues. At the end of a meeting with President Issoufou, Mrs. Di Carlo told the press that [...]

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Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)  -  Sudan on Thursday commended the role of the UN-African Union hybrid forces (UNAMID) in helping to maintain peace and security in Darfur and the professional handling of its mandate, the state-run news agency SUNA reported here. Sudanese Minister of Defense Lieutenant General Jamal Omar commended the various [...]

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Dakar, Senegal (PANA)  -  The Senegalese minister of economy, plan and cooperation, Amadou Hott, and the director of the French Development Agency (AFD), Alexandre Pointier, Thursday signed a financing convention for 50 million Euros to strengthen financial governance in Senegal. The ceremony was held at the Senegalese ministry of finances and [...]

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