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Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on Thursday donated rolling stock and technical equipment to the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) for the upcoming general elections in Niger. The donation of 10 all-terrain vehicles, 198 desktop computers, two laptops, as well as eight complete VSAT equipment, was [...]

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Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A massive explosion at Cape Town’s biggest oil refinery in South Africa on Thursday left at least two people dead and several others injured. It is unclear what caused the explosion at the Astron Energy refinery but one of the enormous units was completely mangled. "The [...]

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Ambo, Ethiopia (PANA) - Hundreds of mourners gathered Thursday for the funeral of a popular Ethiopian singer whose assassination this week sparked violence that has left some 90 people dead while highlighted ethnic tensions threatening the country's democratic transition. Hachalu Hundessa, a member of the Oromo ethnic group, Ethiopia's largest, was [...]

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Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Egypt on Wednesday reopened its airports for international flights for the first time in more than three months since suspension over the coronavirus. Local news reports quoted the aviation ministry as saying that two flights carrying more than 350 Ukrainian tourists arrived in the Red Sea resort [...]

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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Moussa Faki Mahamat, says he is monitoring the recent developments in Ethiopia closely, following the killing of the Ethiopian Artist and musician, Hachalu Hundesa. The media channel of the African Union (AU) says the violence has claimed many [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) -  Member states have decided to extend the mandate of the European Union Assistance Mission for Integrated Border Management in Libya (EUBAM Libya) until July 2021, the Mission announced on Thursday. In a tweet, the Mission said it was "committed to supporting the stability of the security and [...]

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Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The following are Thursday's foreign exchange rates for the Rwandan Franc as issued by the National Bank of Rwanda. Currency Buying Selling US Dollar 927.23 945.77 Euro 1,042.58 1,063.43 Pound Sterling 1,146.82 1,169.75 Swiss Franc 978.13 997.69 Canadian Dollar 684.14 697.82 Kenya Shilling 8.71 8.89 UAE Dirham 249.08 254.06 Australian Dollar 632.86 645.51 Burundi Franc 0.48 [...]

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Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Belgian-born member of the Kinshasa Bar Association, Bestine Kazadi Di Tabala, has been elected president of AS Vita Club of Kinshasa, DR Congo. Local media reports say the 57-year-old Madam Bestine, a legal practitioner and daughter of former president of Vita Club Sage Council, late Kazadi [...]

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Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - Somalia’s Mogadishu Stadium staged a football game for the first time on 30 June 2020 after a 16-year closure. The country’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed inaugurated the stadium (home of the Ocean Stars), with a match between local sides, Horseed SC and Mogadishu City Club. The national stadium [...]

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Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Benin Football Federation (FBF) has cancelled the 2019-20 football season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Leagues have been on hold since March 19 when the government announced measures to curb the spread of the virus. The FBF announced the decision this week after an extensive consultation with [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya has recorded 50 new cases of coronavirus, one death and 14 recoveries, according to a statement released on Thursday by the National Centre for Disease Control The total number of confirmed infections in Libya has risen to 874, including 626 active cases and 25 deaths, while [...]

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Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Thursday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee as published by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius. Currency                                    Buying               Selling Australian Dollar                        26.83                 28.25 Canadian Dollar                          28.46          [...]

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Dakar, Senegal  (PANA) - Senegal on Thursday recorded five coronavirus-related deaths, 129 new infections and 54 recoveries, the Ministry of Health and Social Action announced at its daily briefing. The latest deaths bring to 121 the number of people who have died of Covid-19 since it first appeared in Senegal on [...]

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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Court of Justice on Wednesday dismissed a suit filed by seven Nigerians alleging that Section 221 of the country’s constitution, barring independent candidates from contesting for elective offices, violated their right to participate in governance. Delivering judgment in the suit, filed by Obinna Umeh and [...]

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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The following are Thursday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank. Currency                                         Buying           Selling 1 Euro                                               41.95            42.38 1 US Dollar                                        37.45           37.82 1 Pound Sterling                               46.44          46.91 100 Swiss Franc                   [...]

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Bamako, Mali (PANA) -  The 5 June movement-Rally of Patriotic Forces (M5-RFP) published on Wednesday a crisis recovery document that will be submitted to Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar, whose regime is challenged. Among proposals in the document, the M5-RFP calls for dissolution of the National Assembly, establishment of a legislative body, [...]

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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria on Wednesday recorded its highest daily figure of 790 COVID-19 cases bringing the total infections to 26, 484. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) also announced that it recorded 13 deaths on Wednesday, bringing the total number of deaths in the 35 States and the Federal [...]

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Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) -  Burkina Faso's army announced an investigation on Thursday after seven  bullet-riddled bodies were found in the eastern town of Tanwalbougou on Tuesday. Following a military operation on 29 June 2020 in Boumoana town, near Tanwalbougou, seven bodies of people who were gunned down were reportedly discovered [...]

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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Over 70,000 people, many of whom are internally displaced, were forcibly evicted from their homes in urban areas across East Africa even during the most prevalent months of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a new report by the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC).   “Evictions expose vulnerable [...]

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Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – The following are Thursday’s foreign exchange rates for the Gambian Dalasi 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                          37.00                     [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - Unless the world acts now, the COVID-19 pandemic and accompanying global recession, will trigger “years of depressed and disrupted economic growth”, the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Wednesday.    During the first in a series of roundtable discussions on responding and recovering better from the global [...]

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Paris, France (PANA) -  The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has revealed the existence of an illicit trafficking scam in African cultural artefacts, which are sold to unsuspecting buyers, thanks to the entirely fake UNESCO stamp they come with.   The UN agency on Wednesday warned art lovers who maybe [...]

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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Environmental harm severely affects “the youngest children, indigenous children and those from low-income and marginalized communities,” UN High Commissioner for Human Rights  Michelle Bachelet warned on Wednesday during the child rights debate at the UN Human Rights Council.   At the same debate, Member States heard a teenager [...]

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