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Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The World Bank  has approved additional funding of $150 million from the International Development Association (IDA) for the Water Resources Development Programme and for the sustainable management of ecosystems in the Niger river basin, it said in a press release. According to the statement, the additional funding [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Units of the Tunisian Navy thwarted on Sunday night thwarted nine illegal attempts to migrate to Europe and arrested 200 Tunisians, aged between 16 and 53, including 8 people wanted by the justice system for their involvement in common law cases and violence, a Tunisian security [...]

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Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Council on Tuesday adopted a recommendation on the gradual lifting of the temporary restrictions on non-essential travel into the European Union (EU), and listed three African countries whose residents it has recommended for removal of restrictions at the external borders.   In a press statement it [...]

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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) -  Mauritanian capital Nouakchott is hosting a G5 Sahel heads of state summit on Tuesday, attended by French President Emmanuel Macron, official sources told PANA. The G5 Sahel is a sub-regional organization dedicated to combating terrorism, insecurity and coordinating development efforts. Its member countries are Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, [...]

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Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Financial Services and Good Governance minister Mahen Seeruttun, on Tuesday, told Parliament that the government is determined to strengthen the effectiveness of its Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) regime.   Addressing parliament at the second reading of the Anti-Money Laundering and Combating [...]

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Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's COVID-19 positive cases have gone up by 390 to 17,741 by the close of Monday, the Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr. Patrick Kuma-Aboagye has announced. He said at a press briefing on Tuesday that the death toll stands at 112 with the total number of [...]

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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The following are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank. Currency                                         Buying           Selling 1 Euro                                               42.27             42.7 1 US Dollar                                       37.45             37.82 1 Pound Sterling                              [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The volume of trade between Libya and Germany increased by 16 percent in the year 2019, reaching 4.4 billion euros, according to a statement from the German Embassy in Libya. Trade between the two countries is mainly in hydrocarbons and manufactured products imported into Libya, such as [...]

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Washington, DC, US (PANA) – The COVID-19 pandemic continues to represent an unprecedented health and economic crisis, with costs that will be felt most keenly by the poorest segments of the world’s population, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in its latest Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa. “This is a [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya has recorded 40 new coronavirus infections, 10 recoveries and two deaths, Libya's National Centre for Disease Control has announced. As a result, the total number of confirmed infections has increased to 802, while recoveries are 206 and deaths stand at 23, the Centre said in a [...]

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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                                   50.40                        52.00 Pound Sterling                         64.20                       66.00 Euro                                             56 .90                       58.70 CFA Franc (5000)                     400.00                      425.00 Swedish Kroner (100)             480.00                     520.00 Australian Dollar                       34.50                       37.50 South African Rand                  12.00                       14.00 Canadian Dollar                          [...]

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Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Tuesday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee as published by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius. Currency                                    Buying               Selling Australian Dollar                        26.74                 28.14 Canadian Dollar                          28.35           [...]

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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria on Monday recorded 566 new cases of COVID-19 bringing the total number of infections to 25,133. Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said via its official Twitter handle that 15,256 were active cases while 9,402 patients were treated and discharged. In addition, 573 deaths have been recorded [...]

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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The planned hike in electricity tariffs slated to take off on 1 July, 2020 have been deferred to the first quarter of 2021, the National Assembly announced on Monday night. This was the outcome of a meeting between the leadership of the National Assembly and Chief Executives [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - The Blue Nile is “critical for the livelihoods and development” of Egyptians, Ethiopians and Sudanese, the top UN official for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs told the Security Council on Monday, as she urged those States to reach a construction agreement on the controversial Grand Ethiopian [...]

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Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases across Rwanda Monday hit 1,001 after 101 individuals were confirmed positive, an official source said here. An update from the ministry of Health indicated that out of 2,498 tests conducted across the country, 72 inmates in a detention facility in Ngoma, [...]

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