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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The National Executive Committee (NEC) of Tanzania’s ruling Chama cha Mapinduzi (CCM) party on Friday endorsed President John Pombe Magufuli (61) as the party’s Union (Tanzanian) presidential candidate in the 25 October General Elections. The powerful CCM committee, which met in the capital, Dodoma, also [...]

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Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Emirates airlines plans to restore services to a further six destinations, among them Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The resumption of passenger flights is planned from 15 July to 15 August, bringing the carrier’s network to 58 cities. In a press statement on Friday, the Middle Eastern carrier said [...]

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Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togo's confirmed cases of the coronavirus disease on Thursday reached 700 with 9 new infections reported by officials in charge of the fight against the spread of the virus, PANA reported from the Togolese capital. These nine new cases were diagnosed after tests carried out on 508 [...]

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Paris, France (PANA) - Eulogising the late Ivorian Prime Minister, Amadou Gon Coulibaly, French President Emmanuel Macron, called him "a great servant of Côte d'Ivoire, an architect of its economic recovery and a faithful friend of France". The Elysée Palace, in a statement, quoted said President Macron In this moment of [...]

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Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The following are Friday's foreign exchange rates for the Rwandan Franc as issued by the National Bank of Rwanda. Currency                      Buying      Selling US Dollar                    929.30      [...]

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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Tanzania’s ruling Chama cha Mapinduzi (CCM) on Friday picked Dr Hussein Ali Mwinyi, one of three names proposed to the party's National Executive Committee (NEC), as its Zanzibar presidential candidate for the October General Elections. The three names presented to the NEC meeting in the [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya has recorded 74 new cases of coronavirus disease, two deaths, and one new recovery, the Libyan National Centre for Disease Control announced on Friday. This brings the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 1,342, including 997 active cases, 83 deaths and 307 recoveries, [...]

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Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The coronavirus disease is spreading with an alarming rate in Senegal with 145 deaths since the onset of the pandemic in that country on 2 March, PANA reported. Every day now brings its share of deaths and it is in anguish that Senegalese people are waiting for [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's National Oil Company (NOC) on Friday announced that the state of force majeure will be lifted on all Libya's oil exports, as a prelude to the resumption of crude exports and oil production, which has been shut down at several sites since last January. The state [...]

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Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Cote d'Ivoire will observe an eight-day national mourning in honour of the late Prime Minister, Amadou Gon Coulibaly, who died in Abidjan on Wednesday, a decree signed by Ivorian President, Alassane Ouattara, in Ouagadougou says. The decree, obtained by PANA, stresses that the national mourning period [...]

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      Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - An "education crisis" has plagued students the world over during the first half of 2020, and it continues in many parts of the world, according to the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to education, Koumba Boly Barry. Boly Barry was presenting her report on Friday on [...]

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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday approved the immediate suspension of Ibrahim Magu as Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The Presidential confirmation comes on the fifth day of Magu’s interrogation before the Justice Ayo Salami presidential panel probing graft allegations against him. Dr. Umar [...]

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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – A new report shows Tanzania’s economy is forecast to grow at 5.2 percent in 2020 as economies of six other eastern Africa countries are projected to plunge into recession as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. The African Development Bank’s new projection is lower than [...]

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Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin government has received a donation of medical equipment from Japan to fight the Covid-19, official sources in Cotonou reported on Friday. Valued at 1.5 billion CFA francs, this emergency support comprises an X-ray system, bedside monitors, central monitors, electrocardiograms and ambulances. According to the same sources, the [...]

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Brussels,  Belgium (PANA) -  Members of European Parliament (EMEPs) have raised suspicions of alleged embezzlement of humanitarian aid intended for Sahrawi refugees in the Tindouf camps, demanding an investigation into the case, an informed source in Brussels told PANA. A draft resolution was tabled on Thursday by MEPs of various nationalities, before [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) -  Tunisian President Kais Saeid warned on Thursday of the threat attempts by some persons to destabilize the state and its institutions, a statement from the Tunisian presidency said. Chairing the meeting of the High Council of Armed Forces and Security Leaders, Saeid said that "danger lurks from [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) -  Tunisian Navy and Civil Protection units have recovered six bodies of illegal migrants from the southern coast in one week, southern maritime region spokesperson Rachid Bouzidi said. The bodies were all transferred to the forensics section of the hospital in the southeastern city of Gabés for autopsy [...]

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  Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – The following are Friday’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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Brazzaville, Congo (PANA)  – The Africa Regional Office of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Africa has joined immunization experts in urging the international community and countries in Africa to take concrete actions to ensure equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines, as researchers around the world race to find effective protection against [...]

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Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – African countries and Central Banks should direct funds from inactive financial assets held in local bank accounts to the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) at risk of business failure due to coronavirus pandemic, a United Kingdom-based financial expert told PANA. Global Steering Group for Impact Investment (GSG) [...]

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Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has partnered with Facebook and South Africa-based Praekelt.org to provide data-free information on the COVID-19 pandemic to vulnerable communities across the globe. This is said to add a vital element to the organisation’s work to fight misinformation – and ensure everyone [...]

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Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - By the close of day Thursday, Kenya had recorded 8,975 new coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, following the detection of 447 cases during the last 24 hours, official sources told PANA here. The new cases were detected from 3,803 samples tested on Wednesday. “Today we have the highest number of [...]

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