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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian Navy units in the Nabeul region, 60 km southeast of Tunis, thwarted two attempts of illegal migration to Italy on Sunday,a Tunisian security source said on Monday.   The first attempt was made by 7 people aged between 20 and 34 years, all from southern Tunisia regions, [...]

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Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya health officials on Monday reported 72 coronavirus cases recorded in the last 24 hours as the pandemic tally reached 1,286.   The death tally hit 52, recoveries reached 402, according Health Chief Administrative Secretary, Dr Mercy Mwangi at a daily press update on the pandemic.   Kenyan capital, Nairobi, [...]

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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian government has reaffirmed its commitment to the founding ideals and principles of African unity, and recalled the many challenges facing the continent.   Its affirmation was expressed in a statement released on Monday on the occasion of the 57th anniversary of the creation of the Organization [...]

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Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Civil society in Botswana has condemned the increasing human rights violations in neighbouring Zimbabwe. Olebile Machete, spokesperson for various civil society bodies which include Botswana Centre for Public Integrity (BCPI), Botswana Gender Based Violence Prevention and Support Centre (BGBVC), Botswana Labour Migrants Association (BoLAMA) and Botswana Network for [...]

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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The COVID-19 pandemic has brutally reminded African nations of the imperative need to put a stop to dependency on the exterior, African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat said on Monday.   In his continental message to mark Africa Day, Mr. Mahamat said that this can [...]

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Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Truck drivers stuck along Bungoma-Malaba highway on the Kenya-Uganda border are decrying frustrating coronavirus screening by Ugandan authorities.   The drivers told the Kenyan media on Sunday that they were frustrated by  lengthy waiting period at the border post.   The drivers staged a protest on Sunday citing persecution and increased suspicion.   Some [...]

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Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Nine cases of coronavirus disease were registered on Monday in Burkina Faso, bringing the total number of people infected since 9 March to 841, the government information service (SIG) announced. Out of 185 samples tested, 9 cases with two of them imported cases and seven from [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Eleven members of the House of Representatives (Parliament) in Tobruk (East) have expressed support for the initiative of the Speaker of the Parliament, Aguila Saleh, to resolve the Libyan crisis, by restructuring the executive embodied by the Presidential Council, believing that it "carries, as a single [...]

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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Africa’s scorecard after s half a century of independence and freedom leaves people in doubt, despite the huge economic potential, its rich, young and dynamic human capital, African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat said on Monday.   Most African States have difficulties in ensuring the [...]

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Dakar, Senegal (PANA)  - Senegal on Monday recorded 83 cases of coronavirus and 59 recoveries, the Ministry of Health and Social Action announced at its daily briefing on the epidemiological situation. According to the ministry, 83 of 1,091 tests were positive to coronavirus, representing 79 contact cases being treated and 4 [...]

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Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The Niger government suspended several preventive measures taken in the fight against the spread of the disease, "due to the positive development of certain indicators of the COVID-19 pandemic". These measures include banning workshops and seminars throughout the country, reducing staff to the bare minimum in religious [...]

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Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Technical Coordinator of Congo's COVID-19 Response Committee, Dr. Gilbert Ndziessi, announced on Sunday in Brazzaville that 18 new confirmed cases of coronavirus have been recorded. According to a cumulative assessment compiled by the Committee, the total number of confirmed cases stands at 487 of which 147 [...]

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Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - A Botswana independent market analyst has challenged the government to improve agricultural infrastructure, skills, funding to improve the sector. Mbaakanyi Lenyatso on Monday said the authorities need to review and look into agriculture as an economic empowerment tool. “We must review policies and acts to help young farmers [...]

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Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Two people were killed in an attack on police and gendarmerie posts in Farama, on the border with Mali, on Sunday night, several sources have told PANA. According to the sources, the attackers set fire to the police station before fleeing. The attack left one gendarme [...]

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Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana has recorded 125 new coronavirus infections bringing the total to 6,808, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) announced on Monday. There have been 72 more patients who have recovered taking the number to 2,070 while the death toll remains at 32. Ghana has had more than 194,700 tests. Meanwhile, President [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The results of tests carried out on 413 samples in the last 24 hours in Libya are all negative, the Libyan National Centre for Disease Control has announced. The total number of infections remains at 75, while a total of 40 recoveries have been recorded since the [...]

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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          [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Units of the Tunisian gendarmerie in the Sfax, Nabeul, Bizerte and Tunis regions have foiled four attempts at illegal migration in the past 48 hours and arrested 117 people, Gendarmerie spokesperson Housseddine Jebabli said on Sunday. In the southern region of Sfax, security patrols on Saturday arrested [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Ras Jedir border crossing was opened on Sunday to allow Libyans stranded in Tunisia for more than two months to return home, a Tunisian security source said. These Libyans, whose exact number was not specified, were placed in sanitary quarantine in a hotel in the city [...]

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Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - The following are Monday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee as published by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius. Currency                                    Buying               Selling Australian Dollar                         25.35                26.69 Canadian Dollar                           27.64             [...]

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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Yusuf Buratai, on Sunday said that soldiers have killed over 1,015 Boko Haram/Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists in different encounters in the northeast in the past seven weeks. Speaking when he hosted the troops to [...]

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Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda on Sunday confirmed two new cases of coronavirus bringing the total number of infections to 327. The ministry said the number of recoveries rose by 10 to reach 237. There has been no death. Last week, the government eased some lockdown measures that will run until 1 [...]

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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria on Sunday recorded 313 new cases of COVID-19 (coronavirus), bringing the total number to 7,839. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said on its official Twitter handle that 2,263 patients have been discharged while 226 deaths have been recorded. -0- PANA MON/MA 25 May2020 [...]

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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius recorded two new cases of coronavirus on Sunday among a group of 149 passengers who were quarantined since their arrival from India on 10 May, after almost one month without a positive case. This brings the total number of cases to 334 since the beginning of [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - African countries have “demonstrated commendable leadership” battling the COVID-19 pandemic, but more nations across the continent where conflict prevails, should heed the UN call for a global ceasefire to push back the deadly virus, said the Secretary-General on Monday. Marking Africa Day, António Guterres said in his message [...]

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