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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan National Oil Company (NOC) says that the sector recorded a US$3.808 billion shortfall, due to the closure of oil sites, stating that it could have been spent on medical equipment and devices that would have helped Libyans fight the emerging COVID-19 (coronavirus).
Libya has so [...]Full text...
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – Pursuant to the 19 January 2020 Berlin Conference on Libya, the European Union (EU) on Tuesday launched a new operation in the Mediterranean, aimed at implementing the UN arms embargo on Libya by using its aerial, satellite and maritime assets.
“The European Union is stepping up its [...]Full text...
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Tanzania on Tuesday recorded the first death of Covid-19 (coronavirus), after a 49-year-old national who recently tested positive, died in the commercial capital, Dar es Salaam.
Health Minister Ummy Mwalimu said in a statement that the man passed away at the Mloganzila hospital on the [...]Full text...
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) is calling for stepped-up production of medical equipment and supplies as health facilities and health workers in many countries struggle with increasing and urgent demands brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told journalists in Geneva on [...]Full text...
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has ordered any corporate entity receiving foreign currency following the central bank redollarization last week, to deposit these monies into their nostro domestic bank accounts.
Last week, the RBZ brought back the use of the greenback after it had been banned [...]Full text...
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal has recorded 13 new confirmed cases of coronavirus and 12 patients declared cured, Health and Social Action minister Abdoulaye Diouf Sarr announced on Tuesday at his daily briefing.
These bring Senegal's total confirmed cases to 175, 40 cured and 135 still under treatment.
According to the minister, [...]Full text...
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Zimbabwe government has announced a new confirmed case of COVID-19 (coronavirus) bringing the total number to eight.
In an update on Tuesday, the Ministry of Health and Child Care announced the new case along with the testing of 241 suspected cases to date from which 233 [...]Full text...
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - As part of the fight against COVID-19 (coronavirus), the Malian government has created a special fund at the Malian Solidarity Bank (BMS), Prime Minister Boubou Cissé announced in a statement.
The account is also open to all who wish to support the fight against coronavirus in Mali.
In [...]Full text...
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togo has 34 confirmed cases of coronavirus, the COVID-19 Patient Treatment Unit told PANA on Tuesday.
From 28 cases on Saturday, the number increased to 34 on Monday, with six more confirmed cases.
The Patient Treatment Unit reports 10 recoveries, one death and 23 cases still under treatment.
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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The following are Tuesday’s foreign exchange rates for the Tanzania Shilling as published by the Bank of Tanzania (BoT):
Currency Buying Selling
US Dollar 2,278.50 2,301.29
Pound Sterling 2,828.76 2,857.97
Euro 2,513.64 2,539.24
Canadian Dollar 1,610.36 1,625.89
Kenya [...]Full text...
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank.
Currency Buying Selling
1 Euro 40.99 41.4
1 US Dollar 37.03 37.4
1 Pound Sterling 45.96 46.43
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Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Five political parties have been cleared to contest Benin's local government elections on 17 May, the Autonomous National Electoral Commission announced in a statement on Monday.
The president of the Commission, Mr. Emmanuel Tiando, said that five of the nine parties that have submitted their applications to [...]Full text...
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The archbishop of Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, Philippe Ouedraogo, has tested positive for COVID-19 (coronavirus), the archdiocese announced in a statement on Monday evening.
"We have received the results of the test of the Archbishop Father. The test is positive and it has been [...]Full text...
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The number of patients COVID-19 (coronavirus) in Tunisia continues to increase by the day with 10 deaths and 50 new confirmed cases.
A statement issued on Monday evening by the ministry of health said the total number of people affected by COVID-19 are now 362.
The highest numbers [...]Full text...
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana has declared a state of public emergency, after the country recorded three COVID-19 (coronavirus) cases on Monday.
Addressing the nation on Tuesday President Mokgweetsi Masisi said under the state of emergency there shall be extreme social distancing commencing on for a period of 28 days.
“During this [...]Full text...
Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - The following are Tuesday'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 595.740 [...]Full text...
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Tuesday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank.
Currency Buying Selling
Australian Dollar [...]Full text...
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has warmly welcomed the election of the executive body of the Libyan Bar Association held on 17 March, describing the process as a "success".
On 18 March, the main commission charged with supervising the election of the Libyan Bar Association [...]Full text...
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Mauritania on Monday recorded its first death linked to COVID-19 (coronavirus), the health authorities said.
The patient is a French-Mauritanian who arrived in Nouakchott on an Air France flight on 16 March and passengers placed in confinement.
To date, Mauritania has five cases of coronavirus one death and [...]Full text...
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – The following are Tuesday’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 [...]Full text...
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni announced a total lockdown for 14 days on Monday to combat the spread of coronavirus, with 33 confirmed cases in the East African nation.
The Ugandan President announced the two-weeklong lockdown, with a requirement that all manufacturing companies must immediately set up camps [...]Full text...
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The Managing Committee of the Libyan National Oil Company (NOC) has welcomed the release of two of the company’s staff abducted for a period of one year and seven months.
The abducted staff members are Achraf Muslim and Valentin Lorentino Yuskasu.
In the statement issued on Monday, NOC [...]Full text...