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Tunis Tunisia (PANA) - Ahmed Ben Salah, Tunisian politician and trade unionist, died on Wednesday aged 94 on at a military hospital in Tunis after a long illness, PANA learnt from an official source. One of the symbolic figures of the struggle for Tunisian independence, Ben Salah held five ministerial portfolios [...]

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Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – President Uhuru Kenyatta has congratulated Mr Yoshihide Suga following his election as the new Prime Minister of Japan, according to an official statement from his office. Mr Suga replaces Mr Shinzo Abe who is stepping down on health grounds. President Kenyatta conveyed his best wishes and assured the [...]

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Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegalese women's national handball team, reigning vice champion of Africa and second in the Olympic Qualification Tournament (OQT) in Dakar a year ago, is due to assemble from September 28 to October 3, 2020, in Cherbourg in Cotentin, France, PANA learned Thursday from sports sources. National coach [...]

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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - COVID-19 has reminded the world of the vital role health workers play in relieving suffering and saving lives, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said, underlining the need to ensure their safety and protection.  “No country, hospital or clinic can keep its patients safe unless it keeps [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Twelve medical and paramedical staff working at al-Jalaa Gynecological-Obstetrical Hospital in Tripoli have been declared cured of coronavirus contracted in the course of their work, following the publication of PCR test results. The Ministry of Health of the Government of National Accord said in a statement on [...]

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Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré left Ouagadougou on Thursday for a working visit to Abuja, Nigeria, official sources said. According to the Communication Directorate of the Presidency, President Kaboré and PresidentMuhammadu Buhari will review  bilateral cooperation between Burkina Faso and Nigeria.     The two Heads [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA)- Fayez al-Sarraj, Chairman of the Presidential Council of Libya's internationally recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) announced late Wednesday his intention to hand over the baton to a new executive by the end of October at the latest.  In a short televised address to Libyans during commemoration of [...]

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Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal has reached the bar of 300 patients who died from coronavirus with a new death announced on Thursday by the Ministry of Health and Social Action. The ministry also said that 50 out of 1,312 tests were positive to the coronavirus, representing 27 contact cases being [...]

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Ebene, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius launched on Thursday the Financial Services (Peer to Peer Lending) Rules 2020 (P2P Lending Rules) with the objective of fostering innovation and furthering access to finance in Mauritius, PANA learnt from official sources here. At the launch in Ebène, Financial Services and Good Governance minister Mahen [...]

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Luanda, Angola (PANA) – Pursuing structural reforms is critical to diversify Angola’s economy and lay the foundations for private sector-led growth, according to Ms. Antoinette Sayeh, Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Speaking in Washington after the IMF Executive Board completed the third review of Angola’s economic programme, [...]

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Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Coastguards of the Moroccan Navy last Tuesday intercepted 186 illegal migrants, mostly from sub-Saharan countries, on board makeshift boats in the Mediterranean and Atlantic Ocean, the official agency MAP news agency reported on Wednesday, citing a military source.  The migrants have all been transported to various ports [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's oil revenues fell by 41 per cent representing 1.66 billion dinars (about US$1.20 billion), between January and August 2020. In eight months, oil revenues amounted to 2.34 billion dinars (US$1.69 billion), compared to 4 billion dinars (US$2.89 billion), during the same period in 2019. Forces affiliated to [...]

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Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Crédit Agricole du Maroc Group (GCAM) on Wednesday signed a financing agreement of 200 million euros to support Moroccan companies in the agricultural sector, a joint statement announced. The agreement aims at strengthening more particularly the bio-economy and agriculture with [...]

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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria recorded 126 new coronavirus (COVID-19) infections on Wednesday, just as 3,442 patients were discharged on the same day. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said via its official Twitter handle that the total number of confirmed cases is now 56,604 while 47,872 patients have recovered. The NCDC [...]

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Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali will from midnight on Thursday observe three days of national mourning for former President Moussa Traore who passed away last Tuesday, the president of the National Committee for the Salvation of the People (CNPS) junta, Colonel Assimi Goita has directed. During this period, flags will fly [...]

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

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Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – The following are Thursday’s foreign exchange rates for the Gambian Dalasi (D) as published by Trust Bank Gambia Ltd: Currency                                 Buying                        Selling US Dollar                                   51.50                        52.30 Pound Sterling                         64.50                       66.65 Euro                                             58.50                        60.90 CFA Franc (5000)                     400.00                      425.00 Swedish Kroner (100)             500.00                     550.00 Australian Dollar                       34.50                       37.50 South African Rand                  12.00                       14.00 Canadian Dollar                          35.00                     [...]

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Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese Minister of State in charge of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Henri Djombo, on Wednesday announced the setting up the National Committee for the Management of Pesticides (CNGP) and the launch of pesticide registrations in Congo, public radio announced on Thursday. Organized by the Inter-State Committee [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – Bilateral cooperation and looted state money were at the centre of a telephone conversation on Wednesday between Tunisian president Kais Saeid and the President of the Swiss Confederation, Mrs Simonetta Sommaruga, a communiqué issued by the Tunisian presidency said. The two presidents reaffirmed their desire to strengthen [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - The continuing COVID-19 pandemic continues to top a long list of global concerns, the UN chief told journalists on Wednesday, noting that “the grimmest of milestones” is upon us.  “The outbreak remains out of control,” Secretary-General António Guterres declared in his press conference ahead of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) High Level Week, noting that soon one million lives will be “lost to the virus”.    Recognising that many pin their hopes on [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chairman of the presidential council of the Libyan Government of National Accord, Fayez al-Sarraj, Wednesday called on the committee of dialogue to accelerate a peaceful power transfer to a new authority. This followed al-Sarraj’s announcement that he would hand over his duties latest by October.oThis announcement [...]

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