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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Italy Thursday released 25 million Euros to back the decentralization process in Tunisia and 6 million Euros to train executives in municipalities, the Italian ambassador in Tunis, Lorenzo Fanara said here. The Italian envoy reaffirmed the commitment of his country to accelerate the mobilization of the necessary [...]

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Accra, Ghana (PANA) - IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has announced a $5.2 million loan to Accra's  Nyaho Medical Centre, a private healthcare centre. The International Finance Corporation (IFC) said the loan “will be used to support the Ghanaian health care provider’s expansion outside Accra and the upgrade [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - At least 200 kilometers of the Tunisian coastline are threatened with disappearance by the sea due to climate change, Tunisian minister of Environment Chocri Ben Hassan said here Thursday. He indicated that Tunisia took actions to protect 30 km of its coastline at an overall cost of [...]

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Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta said Thursday it was time for an African to hold the top position at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in a bid to bolster support for Amina Mohamed, a candidate for the top post at the global trade body. "We also believe that [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - Inter-communal violence and persistent attacks by extremists continue to undermine peace and security across West Africa, the UN’s top official in the region warned here Thursday. Dr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the UN Office for West Africa and the [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian minister of Agriculture, Fishing and Sea Resources and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Wednesday signed deals for two technical cooperation projects, an official source said here Thursday. The first project aims to strengthen and promote investments for young operators in the agricultural [...]

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Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso Thursday recorded 16 new confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), taking to 1,020 the total number of infections since March 9, the government’s information services (SIG) said. The same source said two patients recovered, taking to 864 the total number of recoveries but said no [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - Millions of refugees across Africa face even greater food insecurity because of aid disruption and rising food prices linked to the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis, UN humanitarians warned here Thursday. The alert from the World Food Programme (WFP) and the UN refugee agency (UNHCR), coincides with ongoing [...]

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Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Niger experienced a general increase in the prices of cereals over the past week, the news bulletin on the information system on agricultural markets (SIMA) said here Thursday. The average price for a 100 kg bag of millet recorded a moderate rise of 2 per cent compared [...]

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Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The World Bank’s board of governors Wednesday approved an amount of 100 million US dollars or about 60 billion CFAF for Niger’s digital transformation project, an official statement said here Thursday.   The financial support comprises “an equal share of a loan and a donation from the International [...]

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Paris, France (PANA) - Killing of civilians by armed groups in central Mali risk triggering a humanitarian disaster by undermining the right to work and the right to life of many farmers, Amnesty International said on Thursday. "The livelihoods of a significant number of the population in central Mali depend on [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Taher Al-Sunni, said that the continuation of military operations to "purge all putschists on Libyan soil, militias and mercenaries" is a "sovereign issue" that will be dealt with by the Libyan government of national accord (GNA). In a speech on [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the government of national accord (GNA) has denied statements credited to the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, that it was not prepared to sign the ceasefire agreement on Libya. The Russian minister was said to have made the allegation during [...]

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Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese Prime Minister, Dr Adallah Hamdouk, on Thursday accepted the resignation of six ministers and fired one in what appeared to be a minor cabinet reshuffle, although he said the move followed a thorough assessment of their performances. To the six ministers who resigned, he gave them [...]

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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Newly-crowned champions of Tanzania’s Vodacom Premier League (VPL), Simba SC, are set to meet their traditional soccer arch-rivals, Young Africans (Yanga), on Sunday in one of the semi-final matches of the country’s federation cup at the National Stadium in Dar es Salaam. Another semi-final match [...]

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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – As the tourism sector in Tanzania has been hit by the Covid-19 pandemic, gold has now officially taken over as the east African country’s leading foreign exchange earner. According to a new report by the Bank of Tanzania (BoT), gold exports increased by 46.8 percent, [...]

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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Court of Justice says the government of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire is liable for the violation of the right of a daughter who was excluded from benefitting from the estate of the late father and ordered the government to pay 250 million CFA [...]

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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, on Thursday announced the initiation of the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response (IPPR) to evaluate the world’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In remarks to WHO Member States, he said the Panel will be co-chaired by former [...]

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Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Hundreds of health workers in Ghana have tested positive to COVID-19 (coronavirus), as cases in the West African country continue to surge. In a joint statement, read out at a press conference in Accra on Thursday by the President of the Ghana Medical Association, Dr Frank Ankobea, [...]

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Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) has called on the Defence Ministry to urgently engage with the Southern African Development Community (SADC) regarding the increasing Islamist military threat in the region. The DA statement followed ISIS's warning to South Africa that it would “open the [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The National Unit for Research into Terrorist Crimes in Tunisia has foiled a planned terrorist attacks targeting the tourist sector and the headquarters of government institutions during a preventive operation. It arrested the brain behind the planned attacks in one of the regions of Tunis, without, however, [...]

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Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso, which is experiencing a drop in the number of cases arising from community-transmitted coronavirus, will focus on how to prevent imported cases, Health Minister, Claudine Lougué, announced Wednesday at the end of the Council of Ministers. Taking stock of the government's management of the [...]

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Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togo on Wednesday recorded 6 new confirmed cases of coronavirus, bringing to 695 the number of people who have tested positive in the country since the beginning of the pandemic, PANA learned on Thursday from an official source in Lomé.  "The six new positive persons are between [...]

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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian Opposition Rally of Democratic Forces (RFD) has called for an audit of the Central Bank of Mauritania, following alleged "embezzlement of large sums of foreign currency and the use of counterfeit banknotes". According to an official statement, sent to PANA on Thursday, the RFD alleged that [...]

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Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Mass graves containing at least 180 bodies have been discovered in a town in northern Burkina Faso in recent months, and available evidence suggests the involvement of government security forces in mass extra-judicial executions, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Thursday. "The government should seek help from [...]

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