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Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso Thursday recorded 19 new confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), taking to 1,767 the total number of persons infected since 9 March, the Government information service (SIG) announced here. In another development, four recoveries were recorded, taking to 1,166 the total number of recoveries but [...]

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Washington (PANA) - The United States International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) Thursday announced the launching of its Africa Investment Advisor Programme, an official source said here. The regional team based in Africa will equip DFC to more proactively advance investments and expand its portfolio in this priority region. This, as Africa continues [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia PANA) - The World Bank operations director in Tunisia, Antonius Verheijen, Thursday expressed "the availability of the Bank to continue its support for Tunisia and help the country execute its reform and development projects". This was disclosed during a meeting with Ali Kooli, the Tunisian minister of Economy, Finances [...]

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Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin’s ministry of Health said here Thursday it had recorded 13 new coronavirus (COVID-19) infections. The ministry, in a statement issued here, said the country on 14 September recorded 2,280 cases of coronavirus infections, including 1,950 recoveries and 40 deaths. Benin, which declared its first case of Covid-19 [...]

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Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The presidential election campaign in Cote d’Ivoire slated for 31 October will open from 15 October to 29 October, the independent electoral commission (CEI) announced Thursday. The CEI warned in a statement signed by its chairman, Kuibiert Ibrahime Coulibaly, that while waiting for the date of [...]

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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - A South African scientist, studying the genetic charectaristics of the new coronavirus disease, has warned that a vaccine to manage it risks lacking potency because of its rapidly changing character. Prof. Tulio de Oliveira, Director of the Nelson  Mandela School of Medicine at the University of [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The acting special representative of the UN Secretary-General for Libya, Stephanie Williams, Thursday lauded the decision by the chairman of the presidential council of the Libyan Government of National Accord, Fayez al-Sarraj, to hand over power to a new executive authority by the end of October [...]

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Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Beninese minister of Industry and Trade Mrs Shadiya Alimatou Assouman Thursday invited researchers to find solutions against the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic as they celebrate the African Technology and Intellectual Property Day. The Day is being celebrated under the theme “Role of Intellectual Property offices in Africa in [...]

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Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) -  Rwandan prosecutors on Thursday sought a sentence of 7 years in jail for ex state minister in charge of Primary and Secondary Education, Isaac Munyakazi, on trial on charges of corruption-related offences. Munyakazi had been in charge of Primary and Secondary Education since 2016 before he resigned [...]

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Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - A Rwandan court ruled on Thursday to remand the controversial hero of the famous 'Hotel Rwanda' movie, Paul Rusesabagina, saying that there is serious incriminating evidence pinning him. Rusesabagina is facing 13 charges, including in particular terrorism, formation and financing of militant groups, murder and arson. During the [...]

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Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – At the expiration of the State of Public Emergency by midnight tonight (Thursday 17 Sept.), President Adama Barrow has decided to relax the night curfew throughout The Gambia, government spokesperson, Ebrima G. Sankareh, has revealed. “Equally, all markets throughout The Gambia, regardless of the category of goods [...]

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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, says that the air assets acquired under the Deep Blue Project and domiciled with the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) are set for deployment in support of the Federal Government’s maritime security effort. The Deep Blue [...]

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Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian President, Adama Barrow, on Thursday addressed the West African country’s parliament, spelling out his government’s successes and plans for the future. In his fourth “State of the Nation Address”, (a traditional ceremony provided under Gambian constitution), since assuming power in 2017, Barrow spoke of the achievements [...]

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Banjul, Gambia (PANA)- “Over the past three years, my government has systematically addressed the unfavourable state of affairs we found in the country when we came into office. We have productively reconnected The Gambia with the global community,” President Adama Barrow told Gambians in his State of the Nation address [...]

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Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The government of Niger on Thursday announced a draft general state budget of 2,644.54 billion CFA francs for 2021, an increase of 222.21 billion CFA francs against the figure 2,422.33 billion CFA francs adopted in 2020. In a press release made public, the government emphasizes that budget [...]

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Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana has recorded 59 new cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19), pushing the cumulative total to 45,714, the Ghana Health Service  (GHS) announced on Thursday. The active cases, however, continued to decline with the number standing at 524. The total number of recoveries/discharged is now 44,896, while the death [...]

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Niamey, Niger (PANA) - After several years of subsidizing the price of fertilizer, the Nigerien government has withdrawn subsidies on the purchase and sale of fertilizers, following a reform of the sector with a view to implementing a major MCA-Niger (Millennium Challenge Account) programme. The government, which took the decision at [...]

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Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Nigeriens will vote on Sunday, December 27, 2020, to elect new parliamentarians. who will sit in the National Assembly during the 3rd Legislature of the 7th Republic by decree of the President of the Republic. According to a decree, published by the Nigerien president, the electoral campaign will [...]

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Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegalese Physical and Sports Education (PSE) teachers now have a union, called SEEPSS. Set up on Tuesday, September 15, SEEPSS is to defend their material and moral interests. Relegated to the background by the tutelage and the classical teachers' unions, the initiators of the SEEPSS say they have [...]

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Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Two flights from Casablanca's Mohamed V International Airport in Morocco have flown home members of the two Libyan delegations that took part in talks in Bouznika, Morocco, aimed at settling Libya's political crisis. Also flown home are Libyans who were stranded in Morocco since last March following [...]

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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The World Bank Group has approved a US$80 million grant to support Ethiopia to bolster agricultural productivity and enhance market access for smallholder farmers. According to the World Bank’s 2019 Poverty Assessment for Ethiopia, agricultural growth was a key driver of poverty reduction over the past [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Confirmed coronavirus infections in Libya have reached 25,822 cases after the detection of 886 new cases from 3,971 samples tested in the last 24 hours, the National Center for Disease Control announced Thursday. In a statement, the Center said that 410 recoveries and 11 deaths have been [...]

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Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Around 65 political parties and formations joined forces on Thursday in Ouagadougou to support the candidacy of Roch Marc Christian Kaboré for a second term at the  November 22 presidential election in Burkina Faso, PANA learnt from an official source. "The alliance of the parties of [...]

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