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Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 (coronavirus) in Rwanda increased by 10 to 70 on Sunday, the ministry of Health has said. It said in a statement on Monday that all patients are recovering from an established isolation facility located in Kanyinya, a suburb of Kigali [...]

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Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The following are Monday's foreign exchange rates for the Rwandan Franc as issued by the National Bank of Rwanda. Currency                     Buying                 Selling US Dollar                  [...]

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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The following are Monday’s foreign exchange rates for the Tanzania Shilling as published by the Bank of Tanzania (BoT): Currency                          Buying                     Selling US Dollar                        2,278.38                   2,301.17 Euro                                2,501.21                   2,527.14 Canadian Dollar             1,615.18                  1,630.87 Kenya Shilling                    21.87                        22.05 Uganda Shilling           [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia's ministry of Energy, Mining and Energy Transition announced on Sunday that it is beginning the pumping of gas from the Nawara field in the Tataouine region in the south with an average daily production of about one million cubic metres. Pumping is via the final Ghanouch [...]

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Paris, France (PANA) - The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) says it is launching a global education coalition to support countries in scaling up their best distance learning practices and reaching children and youth who are most at risk.  This is at a time of when 87% of the world’s [...]

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

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Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - The following are Monday's exchange rates of the CFA franc as published by the Bank of Central African States. Currency                        Buying               Selling Euro                                 629.71              655.95 US Dollar                         590.590            590.707 Pound Sterling                732.987 [...]

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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The Mauritanian government has closed all businesses in the country from Sunday until further notice as it rolled out more measures to check the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, a joint declaration made by the ministries of Interior and Trade said. The decision does not, however, [...]

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Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso, Tunisia and Guinea on Sunday announced increases in confirmed cases of COVID-19 (coronavirus).  Burkina Faso announced 15 new cases taking to 222 the overall number of infected people, the government’s information service said. A total of 12 people have died, according to the official [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The Supreme Council of Magistrates in Libya has announced the suspension of work in the courts, prosecutions and other judicial bodies from Monday until late April, as part of measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus) in the country.   Five new positive cases were recorded on [...]

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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday night announced a lockdown of Lagos and Ogun States and the Federal Capital Territory for 14 days to contain the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. In a nationwide broadcast, President Buhari said that all inter-State and inter-city movements are to [...]

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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - A third COVID-19 (coronavirus) patient died in Mauritius on Sunday night, as the number of infected cases rises from 107 to 110. In a statement to the Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation (MBC), Dr Vasantrao Gujadhur, Director of Health Services, said that the patient, who was 76 years old, [...]

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Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – The following are Monday’s foreign exchange rates for the Gambian Dalasi (D) as published by Trust Bank Gambia Ltd: Currency                                 Buying                        Selling US Dollar                                   50.00                        51.50 Pound Sterling                         64.00                       67.60 Euro                                             55.00                      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                          37.00                     [...]

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