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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya Tuesday set aside an amount of 481 million dinars (about 346.046 million dollars) to fight the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Libyan central bank (BCL) said here. To date, Libya has recorded 1,117 cases of infection, including 269 recoveries and 34 deaths. A statement issued by the central [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chairman of the presidential council of the government of national accord (GNA), Fayez al-Sarraj, Tuesday held discussions with a number of governmental officials over the return of Turkish companies and investments in Libya. The meeting brought together the minister of Planning, Taher Jeheimi, and the chiefs [...]

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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Former President Mohamed ould Abdel Aziz (2008/2019) Tuesday refused to appear before a parliamentary investigation commission (PIC) to respond to several issues relating to his administration over the past decade. He has thus refused to answer the summons served on him, expressing his determination not to appear [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The military escalation in Libya resumed with the air strike Sunday on the air base of Al-Wattia controlled by forces of the government of national accord (GNA). The attack comes at a time diplomatic contacts have intensified over the past few weeks to find a solution to [...]

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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian Armed Forces said here Tuesday that troops of its Operation SAHEL SANITY Monday killed 46 armed bandits in Yar Gamji town in Batsari local government area of Katsina State, northwest region of the country. Katsina is the home state of President Muhammadu Buhari. Major General John [...]

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Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa has fired the Health and Childcare Minister, Obadiah Moyo, for awarding contracts, worth over US$60 million for the supply of COVID-19 materials without going to tender. Bizarrely, these contracts went to two shelf companies called Drax International LLC and  Jaji Investments that are linked [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Some 596 Tunisian illegal migrants, all of them minors, reached the European coast in 2019, reveals a report on migration published by the Tunisian Forum for Economic and Social Rights (FTDES). The report said 472 of the minors were accompanied by people while 97 were not accompanied, Minors [...]

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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Seventy-three countries have warned that they are at risk of running of stock of antiretroviral (ARV) medicines as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new WHO survey conducted ahead of the International AIDS Society’s biannual conference The UN health agency said in a statement [...]

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Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo-Maafo, has tested positive for COVID-19 as the Ghana Health Service (GHS) on Tuesday announced another 891 new infections to bring the total count to 21,968. Addressing a press conference in Accra, Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, said the Senior Minister had given [...]

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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria has suspended the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, on the second day of grilling before the Presidential Panel investigating his tenure as head of the agency. After the first session with the Presidential panel, [...]

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Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - As Botswana grapples with fuel shortages, nurses in the country have challenged government to consider providing fuel exclusively for frontline workers. Obonolo Rahube, President of Botswana Nurses Union (BONU), bemoaned that with the current fuel situation, it takes frontline workers such as Nurses, doctors and other staff [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Presidential Council of the Government of National Accord (GNA) on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland for the implementation of the project to boost levels of governance and decentralized management. Member of the Presidential Council and chairman of [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The International Criminal Court (ICC) has accepted a request from the President of the Presidential Council of the Government of National Accord (GNA), Fayez Al-Sarraj, to send a team to investigate the crimes that had occurred in Tarhouna and southern Tripoli, a spokesman for the Ministry [...]

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Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambia Armed Forces has warned against the unauthorized importation and sale of military items such as uniforms, jackets, boots and caps by some individuals and businessmen. A statement made available to PANA by the office of the Chief of Defence Staff here Tuesday said some people [...]

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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth, on Tuesday told Parliament that the mastery of the Kreol language at all levels is a prerequisite for its introduction into Parliament. “This process will take time," he stated, in reply to a parliamentary question. The Kreol language developed in Mauritius from some [...]

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Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambia has registered it third and documented death of Covid-19 following the death of a senior healthcare worker at the Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital, the ministry of health announced here on Tuesday. The West African nation registered its first Covid 19 death in March, following [...]

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Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The following are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the Rwandan Franc as issued by the National Bank of Rwanda. Currency                      Buying      Selling US Dollar                    928.60      [...]

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Dakar, Senegal (PANA) -  Senegal recorded another coronavirus-related death and 69 new cases on Tuesday, the Ministry of Health and Social Action announced at its daily briefing on the epidemiological situation. The new infections are 43 contact cases being treated, 3 imported cases and 23 cases from community transmission, according to [...]

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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                                               42.39            42.82 1 US Dollar                                      37.54             7.91 1 Pound Sterling           [...]

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Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) -  Burkina Faso's President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré on Monday condemned the killing of Pensa Mayor Souleymane Zabré and several others, including in the military, in an attack in the country's north-central region, calling on his countrymen to unite to confront terrorism. "It is with dismay that [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) -  The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) is concerned about the risks posed by mines laid in the southern outskirts of Tripoli by  Khalifa Haftar's forces following the death on Sunday of two humanitarian deminers from a Libyan NGO and the 81 victims (dead and [...]

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