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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The various attempts aimed at destroying the information sector in Tunisia have all failed, Néji Bghouri, the president of the National Union of Tunisian Journalists (SNJT) said on Saturday, vowing that no one will be able to bring Tunisia back and get rid of the most important [...]

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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria on Saturday night said he is “saddened and aggrieved” over the motor accident on Akaeze-Ukwu River, along the Akaeze-Ishiagu expressway, Ivo Local Government of Ebonyi State, on Friday night. Already, 14 bodies have been recovered. Following the incident, divers from neighbouring States who [...]

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Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan newspapers highlighted the dilemma facing the ministry of education officials as they plot to reopen schools, issuing guidelines which would technically ban pupils from playing during the learning process. "The new normal: From the gate to the classroom, it will be all learning and no play [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The coast guard of the Tunisian Navy on Saturday rescued nine young people, including a girl, off the coast of the island of Djerba (south-eastern Tunisia). These young people who were trying to get to Italy, claimed to have left the coast of Djerba and lost three [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 27,234 confirmed coronavirus infections have been recorded in Libya after 796 new cases of coronavirus infections emerged from 3,318 samples analyzed in the last 24 hours, the National Center for Disease Control announced on Saturday. In a statement, the Center said that 472 cured [...]

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Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Twenty seven (27) municipalities from the four departments in northern Benin are benefiting from the third phase of the Rural Development Sector Support Programme (Pasder3), funded by Swiss cooperation, PANA learned on Saturday from sources close to the programme. Recently launched in Natitingou (Atacora), the Phase 3 [...]

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Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Discussions between the National Committee for the Salvation of the People (CNSP), the military junta that took power since August 18 in Mali, and the June 5 Movement ''Rassemblement des forces patriotiques'' (M5-RFP), the brain behind the massive protest that sparked the coup against president Ibrahim [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Italy has said the announcement by the President of the Presidential Council of the Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA), Fayez al-Sarraj, that he will resign and hand over power by the end of October at the latest, "reflects a great responsibility at a critical stage". In [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations must create a special fund to support the implementation of sustainable development goals (SDGs) in the African continent, Moroccan Prime Minister Saad Dine El Otmani pleaded on Friday at a high-level meeting in New York on the SDGs. The meeting, entitled "SDG Moment", [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The commander of Libya's western military region, Major General Osama al-Jaweili, has rejected the agreement reached by the vice-president of the Presidential Council of the Government of National Accord, Ahmed Maitig, and the head of the Libyan national army, Marshal Khalifa Haftar, on the resumption of [...]

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Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – The following are Saturday’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                          [...]

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Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana has recorded 97 new cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19), pushing confirmed cases to 45,857, the Ghana Health Service  (GHS) has announced. Active cases inched up to 533 from 524, according to the GHS website on Saturday. The total number of recoveries/discharged went up from 44,896 to 45,029, [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - Ambassadors, senior UN officials, representatives of global sports organizations, and managers of some of the world’s top athletes met virtually on Friday to underline the role that sport can play in combating violent extremism and radicalisation.  Sport is synonymous with values such as tolerance, respect and [...]

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Zurich, Switzerland (PANA) - FIFA President Gianni Infantino on Friday sent a message of encouragement to all 211 FIFA member associations (MAs) via videoconference as the FIFA Congress convened remotely for the first time ever. Meeting online during the global pandemic, with the football landscape looking very different to the backdrop [...]

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Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - There is an urgent need for financing to re-energize Africa’s trade in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the latest trade finance report released jointly by the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the African Export-Import Bank (AFREXIMBANK). According to the report, only 40% of [...]

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Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of the African Development Bank (AfDB) on Wednesday approved a grant of US$2.1 million to boost the country’s resilience against climate-related shocks and food insecurity. The funds, sourced from the African Development Fund (ADF), will be for the provision  of technical and institutional support [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – The former Tunisian minister of Finance, Hakim ben Hamouda, foresees that the economic recession in Tunisia could reach -7% in late 2020, projecting that the figure will render 180,000 more workers jobless because of the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Speaking on Friday on the local [...]

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Tunis Tunisia (PANA) - Several unemployed Tunisians, particularly graduates from higher institutions, Friday continued their sit-in at the seat of government here for the tenth consecutive day, PANA reported. The protesters reaffirmed their decision to hold a big demonstration for next Monday with a large crowd of unemployed to express their [...]

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