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Athens-Greece(PANA)  -  Greece expects the Berlin conference to achieve a ceasefire in Libya and the abolition of the memorandums signed by Turkey and the Tripoli government on maritime zones, Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias said here Friday in an interview with the official television, ERT 1. Dendias, who met the chief [...]

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Dakar, Senegal (PANA)  - The 12th edition of the rally - Africa Eco Race - which left Monaco on 5 January and arrived in Africa through the Moroccan city of Tanger two days later, enters Senegal on Saturday. This ends the 11th and last but not least stage of 473.66 km [...]

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Tunis Tunisia (PANA)  -  The Tunisian handball team on Friday recorded its second win at the expense of their Ivorian counterparts 48-24 during Day 2 matches of the Africa Cup of Nations (2020 AFCON) played in the Rades room in Tunis.   Following are full results of Day 2 matches: Group A: - Egypt [...]

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Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA)  -  The Abidjan-based stock market (BRVM) closed Friday trading up, with the BRVM rising from 136.92 points to 139,12 points or a 1.61 percent increase while the BRVM Composite index gained 1.19 percent to 150.89 points as against 149.12 points previously. The volume of transactions stood at [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA)  -  Fifteen European and western countries, in addition to the European Union and the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) Friday called for the release of Siham Serguiwa, member of the Libyan house of representatives (Parliament) for the eastern city of Benghazi, abducted from her house in [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan National Oil Company (NOC) Friday warned against the closure of its oil installations and ports due to serious consequences it may have on the Libyan economy, an official statement issued here and reaching PANA said. It also announced its condemnation of that move which precedes [...]

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Libreville, Gabon (PANA)  -  The Gabonese Ministry of Chemistry for Industry, Agriculture and Livestock Farming (GCIAE) Friday hosted a training workshop on good agricultural practices under the theme “Association of Cultures”, an official source told PANA here. The practical workshop meant for farmers or agricultural technicians was attended by subsistence crop [...]

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Dakar, Senegal (PANA)  -  The famous Demba Diop Stadium, established in the heart of the Senegalese capital, Dakar, will be renovated soon by the country’s football federation (FSF), thanks to support from the world football governing body, FIFA. After renovation, FSF will be in charge of the management of the infrastructure. An [...]

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Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The mediator of the Republic of Benin received a record number of 792 complaints and claims from citizens in 2019, PANA learned this Friday from sources. From 557 in 2018 and 473 in 2017, the number of complaints and claims before the mediator reached an unprecedented record [...]

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Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Victims of ex-Gambian President's draconian rule have said that the exiled former president of The Gambia, Yahya Jammeh, should not be exempted from efforts to ensure accountability for alleged grave crimes committed during his rule. The victims made this demand in messages to the United Nations, the [...]

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Lome, Togo (PANA) - Only one percent of drugs in Niger are produced in that country, leaving it highly vulnerable to the sale of fake drugs as it imports the rest, PANA has learnt. The revelation comes as the President of Niger, Mahamadou Issoufou, along with seven other African heads of [...]

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Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The European Union (EU) Delegation to The Gambia, has urged political parties in The Gambia to express their views through public manifestations or rallies. In a statement, obtained by PANA here on Friday, the EU called on all political parties to do so in a calm, peaceful, [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has awarded the continental prize for scientific excellence, the "Kwame Nkrumah" prize, the most prestigious of the awards issued by the AU, to the Director General of the Tunisian National Agency for promoting scientific research, Chedly Abdelly. Specializing in biological sciences and more [...]

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Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Nine people died on Friday in a road accident in the village of Diarrabakôkô, western Burkina Faso, on the border with Côte d'Ivoire. According to the Fire Brigade, it was around 6 a.m. that a public transport coach overturned, leaving nine dead and 13 injured, three [...]

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Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The mobile money market is growing, after a timid start in 2010 in Congo, generating a total income of 983.1 million CFA francs in November 2019, compared to 365.6 million CFA francs in November 2018, according to a report from the Agency for the Regulation of [...]

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 Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese government plans to set up a recovery plan for disaster victims living in the localities affected by the floods, along the Congo river and its tributaries, PANA learned on Friday from the Congolese Ministry of Social Affairs and Humanitarian Action. According to the ministry, the [...]

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Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Beninese government plans to build a database of health professionals as part of the reforms undertaken in the sector, PANA learned on Friday from official sources in Cotonou. The sources said the database will unveil, on a provisional basis, pre-qualified health personnel available for the practice [...]

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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, left Abuja Friday to lead the Nigerian delegation to the inaugural UK-Africa Investment Summit in London. Opening on Monday, the Summit is expected to bring together British and African businesses to harness the huge potential of the continent in trade, including through infrastructure, [...]

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Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation on Friday endorsed a hard-hitting statement by a group of liberation heroes backing the South African Public Enterprises Minister, Pravin Gordhan, who is facing growing calls to step down over the country’s power crisis which has seen rolling blackouts for [...]

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Bamako, Mali (PANA) - More than 1,000 Malian and foreign exhibitors are participating in the Bamako International Fair (FEBAK 2020), which opened Thursday in Bamako, an increase in the number of participants (800) in the 2018 event, PANA reported. It said that the opening session of the 2020 event was attended [...]

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Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - Belgium has started negotiations with Angola, Senegal, Algeria and Niger for the repatriation of their nationals found in irregular situation in Belgium, Belgian Minister in charge of Asylum and Migration, Mrs Maggy de Block, announced on Thursday. She said that negotiations have already been concluded with Rwanda. Belgium [...]

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Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - The secretary general of the International Organization of La Francophonie (OIF), Louise Mushikiwabo, met with President Ali Bongo Ondimba of Gabon at the presidential palace, the press service of the Presidency of the Republic reported on Friday Ms. Mushikiwabo and President Ali Bongo Ondimba discussed the ways [...]

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Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - At least five Burkinabè soldiers were killed this Friday in Arbinda, in the Sahel, when their vehicle passed over an improvised explosive device, PANA learned from local sources. "A military vehicle jumped on an improvised device, killing five soldiers," said a local official. A security source who [...]

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