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Brazzaville, Congo (PANA - Twenty people were electrocuted on Wednesday in Kintélé, a northern suburb of Brazzaville, when lightning snapped high voltage cables of E2C power company, announced Stella Sassou-Nguesso, mayor of the urban commune, on the public radio. Security forces were quickly deployed to the scene to secure the area [...]

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Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - At least ten suspected terrorists were killed on Tuesday in Toéni locality of Boucle du Mouhoun, the northwestern region of Burkina Faso, PANA learned from a security source on Wednesday.   "During the night of March 31, unidentified heavily armed individuals attacked the military detachment of Toeni, [...]

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Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Malian government has set up a crisis cell for the release of opposition leader Soumaïla Cissé and his companions who were kidnapped last week while campaigning in central Mali, PANA learned  from an official source in Ougadougou. "The government of the Republic of Mali informs [...]

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Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Three new cases of coronavirus disease were detected on Wednesday in Bamako, bringing to 31 the number of cases registered in Mali to date, according to the country's health ministry.   It also announced the of death of a 76-year-old Malian which occurred on Tuesday  in Kayes, western [...]

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Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Despite the suspension of flights from coronavirus affected countries, the Malian government has authorized a special Air-France flight to land in Bamako on Thursday.   This flight will touch down without any passenger from Paris and its crew will be confined to the aircraft.   It is chartered for French [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has registered 32 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 out of 442 people tested, the Tunisian Ministry of Health announced on  Wednesday. These new infections bring to 394 the number of patients registered in the country, while 10 people died, said the ministry. Regarding the control of arrivals [...]

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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritania has adopted new measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus, following a meeting on Tuesday in Nouakchott of the Inter-ministerial Committee responsible for managing the Covid-19 pandemic, chaired by Prime Minister Ismaël Bedde ould Cheikh Sidya. These measures include the opening of a 100-bed hospital [...]

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Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The following are Wednesday'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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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian President Kais Saied has paroled 1,420 prisoners in addition to others pardoned less than two weeks ago, the Tunisian Presidency announced in a statement on Tuesday. The Tunisian head of state stressed the need to disinfect prisons and support special health units to prevent the spread [...]

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Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana is treating its COVID-19 (coronavirus) patients with hydroxychloroquine, Health Minister Kwaku Agyemang-Manu said on Wednesday. He told a press conference in Accra that he has directed the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) to allow the importation of active ingredients for manufacturing  hydroxychloroquine to augment the stock [...]

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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The following are Wednesday’s foreign exchange rates for the Tanzania Shilling as published by the Bank of Tanzania (BoT): Currency                         Buying                       Selling US Dollar                        2,278.59                    2,301.38 Pound Sterling               2,827.50                    2,856.93 Euro                                2,495.06                    2,520.47 Canadian Dollar             1,593.08                   1,608.45 Kenya Shilling                    21.71       [...]

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Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin on Tuesday confirmed three new cases of COVID-19 (coronavirus), including a 10-year-old child, to bring the total to eight, according to the health minister Professor Benjamin Hounkpatin. The first case is a 48-year-old Beninese man who returned from France and was in self-isolation in Lomé, Togo, [...]

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Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi on Tuesday recorded its first cases of COVID-19 (coronavirus), the Ministry of Public Health and the Fight against HIV/AIDS said. In a statement on Wednesday it said that two citizens residing in Bujumbura who returned from trips to neighbouring Rwanda and Dubai, UAE, have tested positive. These [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya has recorded two new confirmed cases of coronavirus infection, bringing the total number to 10, Libya's National Centres for Disease Control (NCDC) announced on Tuesday evening. "After Tuesday's analysis of 11 samples, the results were as follows: 9 negative cases and 2 cases infected with the [...]

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Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The use of lethal force to enforce social distancing against coronavirus in Kenya has become deadlier than the virus itself. Yassin Hussein Moyo, 13, a pupil preparing for his secondary school entrance examination this year, was watching the onset of the dusk-to-dawn curfew on Monday, from the [...]

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Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Congo recorded its first two coronavirus-related deaths on Tuesday, Health and Population Minister Jacqueline Lydia Mikolo, has announced. Congo has so far 22 confirmed cases of COVID-19 (coronavirus), two cured and two deaths, the minister said. Of the 272 people tested nationally, 14 tested positive in Brazzaville and eight [...]

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Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Confirmed cases of COVID-19 (coronavirus) cases in Ghana have risen to 195, up from 161, the Health Minister, Kwaku Agyemang-Manu said on Wednesday. He told a press conference in Accra that 34 four new cases were recorded on Tuesday. Five people have died while 38 have recovered. The [...]

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Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - Like most countries in the world, Somalia is facing the unparalleled challenge of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, the United Nations system in the country noted on Tuesday, calling on its citizens to “unite” in stemming the spread. “The UN family in Somalia stands shoulder-to-shoulder with the people [...]

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Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - The following are Wednesday'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                        600.281       [...]

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

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Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – The following are Wednesday’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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Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The former president of French first division club Olympique de Marseille, Senegalese-born Frenchman, Pape Diouf, died on Tuesday evening in the Senegalese capital, Dakar, of coronavirus. He is the first Senegalese victim of the pandemic in the country were 13 new cases were recorded on Tuesday bringing total [...]

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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Federal Government has announced further reduction in the pump price of petrol from N125 per litre to N123.50 effective from Wednesday, April 1, 2020. (N380=$1) The Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), otherwise known as petrol, was two weeks ago reduced from N145 per litre to N125 as [...]

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