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Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - Algeria on Tuesday recorded 238 new confirmed cases of coronavirus (Covid-19), 12 deaths and 154 recoveries, according to the spokesman of the Scientific Committee monitoring the pandemic, Dr Djamel Fourar. The total number of confirmed cases has reached 48,734, including 1,632 deaths, while the number of cured [...]

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Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - Algiers Court of Appeal on Tuesday sentenced local  journalist Khaled Drareni to two years in prison, the Algerian National Committee for the Release of Detainees (CNLD) has announced. It said that the journalist's two co-defendants, namely Samir Benlarbi and Slimane Hamitouche, figures of the anti-regime protest movement [...]

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Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Unidentified armed people set fire to the town hall and a prefecture of Tansarga in eastern Burkina Faso on Tuesday night, PANA learned from local sources. "Unidentified armed individuals ransacked and set fire to the town hall and prefecture of Tansarga, Tapoa province, eastern Burkina Faso," [...]

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Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's ruling military junta has sent its "deepest condolences to the bereaved family and to the entire Malian people", following the death on Tuesday of former president, General Moussa Traore, said a statement read on national television. Traore was 84 years old. The National Committee for the Salvation [...]

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Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The following are Wednesday's foreign exchange rates for the Rwandan Franc as issued by the National Bank of Rwanda. Currency                      Buying      Selling US Dollar                943.11          [...]

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Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal on Wednesday  reported one death related to coronavirus which raised to 299 the number of patients who have died from the virus since the first case appeared in the country on March 2. According to the Ministry of Health and Social Action, out of 1,169 tests [...]

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Rabat , Morocco (PANA) - Morocco's Supreme Council of the Judiciary (CSPJ) has rejected Amnesty International's accusations, deploring the organisation's willingness to "distort data relating to current trials before the courts and the launch of media campaigns aimed at conveying incorrect or truncated data to public opinion". The Council expressed this [...]

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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria's inflation rate increased by 13.22 per cent in August, up from 12.82 per cent recorded in July 2020, being the highest in two years. The Consumer Price Index, which measures inflation, released on Tuesday by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), indicated a headline index increase [...]

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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Federal Government has predicted that the Nigerian economy will rebound to positive territory in the first quarter (Q1) of 2021. Finance Minister Zainab Ahmed, who spoke when board members of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) paid her a courtesy call in Abuja, hinged her optimism [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya has lost US$9.888 billion due to the closure of oil facilities and the halt of production and export operations, the Libyan National Oil Company (NOC) announced Wednesday. According to a statement from the NOC, the cumulative losses from missed opportunities to sell oil reached US$9.888 billion [...]

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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The following are Wednesday’s foreign exchange rates for the Tanzania Shilling as published by CRDB Bank: Currency                          Buying                     Selling                    US Dollar                       2,309.00                   2,339.00 Euro                               2,692.00                   2,822.00 Japanese YEN                    19.50                        24.50 Pound Sterling               2,919.00                  3,049.00 Swiss Franc                    2,536.95          [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Five European countries urged UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday to appoint a Special Envoy to Libya "as soon as possible" after the adoption of a Security Council resolution extending the mandate of the United Nations Mission of Support in Libya (UNSMIL) until 15 September 2021. This [...]

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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday justified government borrowing to finance infrastructure, asserting that his government took loans in the interest of the country to solve the dire shortfall in infrastructure. Speaking at a virtual meeting with members of the Presidential Economic Advisory Council (PEAC) at the State House, [...]

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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria recorded 90 new coronavirus (COVID-19) infections on Tuesday, bringing the number of confirmed cases to 56,478. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said via its Twitter handle that as of Tuesday, 44,430 patients have been treated and discharged while 10,960 are active cases under treatment. [...]

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Nouakchott, Mauritania(PANA) - Following are Wednesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian central bank: Currency                        Buying          Selling 1 Euro                          [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday that it recorded 241 new confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing to 7,623 the total number of infections recorded in the country since the beginning of the pandemic. There were also six new deaths, the ministry said, while the [...]

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Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Morocco has recorded 2,121 new confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the last 24 hours bringing the total number to 90,324. The Moroccan Ministry of Health said on Tuesday there were 2,077 recoveries and 34 deaths during the same period. According to the ministry, the number of patients who have [...]

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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Wednesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian commercial bank: Currency                       Buying        Selling Australian Dollar          28.28          29.76 Canadian Dollar      [...]

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Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - Human rights advocate, Amnesty International, has denounced as "a mockery of justice" the appeal court in Algiers' two year sentence in prison of journalist Khaled Drareni on Tuesday over his coverage of the Hirak protest movement. It noted that two activists, Samir Benlarbi and Slimane Hamitouche, were [...]

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Ebene, Mauritius (PANA) - Tourism and construction are the two most affected sectors in Mauritius because of the COVID-19 pandemic and as per latest estimates, the economic downturn in the island is forecast at 13%, according to Mauritian Finance and economic planning Minister, Renganaden Padayachy. Speaking on Tuesday at the launch [...]

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Lomé, Togo (PANA) – The Togolese parliament on Tuesday again gave the government the green light to extend the state of health emergency in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic by another six months. Parliament, through the vote, gives the green light to the executive to take decisions in the fight [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - The continued degradation of the environment is increasing the likelihood of diseases spreading from animals to humans, warns a UN report on biodiversity, released on Tuesday. The fifth edition of the UN’s Global Biodiversity Outlook report, published by the Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD), provides an [...]

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Accra, Ghana (PANA) - West African leaders on Tuesday accepted the proposal of the Mali military junta for an 18-month transition period. A communique issued at the end of their one-day mini-summit on Mali at the Presidential Lodge at Peduase, just outside the Ghanaian capital, Accra, said "the Heads of State [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN Security Council Tuesday extended the mandate of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) until 15 September 2021, an official source said here. This followed changes at the top management level of the mission for the first time since its establishment in 2011. The Resolution 2542 [...]

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