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Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambian Agriculture Minister, Michael Katambo, has confirmed the invasion of red locusts in the country and disclosed that government will this week conduct ground and aerial spraying to control the outbreak of African Migratory Locusts in some parts of Central, Southern and Western Provinces of Zambia. Katambo [...]

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Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Celebrations marking the 60th anniversary of Mali's independence was marked on Tuesday by a parade at the Place d'Armes du génie militaire in Bamako, under the chairmanship of the president of the National Committee for the Salvation of the People (CNSP), the junta that seized power [...]

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Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - President of Malawi, Lazarus Chakwera, accompanied by First Lady, Monica Chakwera, arrived in the Zambian capital, Lusaka, on Tuesday for an official visit. The visit is the Malawian leader’s first official engagement outside his country since his election in June 2020. The Malawian leader is in Zambia to [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) are expanding their support for food insecure refugees and asylum seekers in Libya with emergency food assistance in response to the severe socio-economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country as well [...]

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Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - Gabonese health authorities on Tuesday reported a sharp decline in new cases of coronavirus in the last 72 hours, as the number of new infections dropped from 24 to 18. The total number of confirmed cases is currently 8,696 out of 147,676 tests carried out over the [...]

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Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) -Worsening conflict, combined with a precarious humanitarian situation, has forced more than 300,000 people to flee their homes and villages in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province, leaving them completely reliant on humanitarian assistance, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) has said.  “We are deeply concerned about the unfolding humanitarian situation [...]

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Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guinea recorded on Monday 19 new positive cases of coronavirus, following tests carried out on a sample of 336 people, a positivity index of 5.2 pc, the National Health Security Agency (ANSS) said in its daily bulletin on Tuesday. According to the bulletin, 65 patients recovered, while [...]

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Dakar, Senegal (PANA) -The Ministry of Health and Social Action mentioned no  coronavirus-related death during its daily press briefing on Tuesday on the evolution of the pandemic in Senegal, where 302 patients have already died from the virus since it appeared in the country on March 2. The ministry, however, reported [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - More than 300,000 job seekers from various Libyan regions have enrolled in the National Youth Employment Programme approved by the Presidential Council of the Government of National Accord, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Labour and Rehabilitation, Rabia Ammar, announced Tuesday. In a statement posted on the [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan coast guards on Tuesday rescued 89 illegal migrants from the Mediterranean Sea as they tried to reach Europe, the Libyan Body for Combating Illegal Immigration announced. Migrants of various Arab, African and Asian nationalities were handed over to the Tarik al-Sikka accommodation centre for illegal Migrants [...]

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Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – The following are Tuesday’s foreign exchange rates for the Gambian Dalasi 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                      37.00 Swiss [...]

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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The following are Tuesday’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                               2,666.00                  2,796.00 Japanese YEN                    19.78                       24.78 Pound Sterling             2,910.00                  3,040.00 Swiss Franc                  [...]

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Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian commercial bank: Currency Buying Selling Australian Dollar 27.95 29.42 Canadian Dollar 28.99 30.61 Euro 45.63 47.46 100 Japanese Yen 36.34 38.76 100 Malagasy Ariary 1.03 1.10 Malawian Kwacha 0.05 0.06 100 Kenyan Shilling 36.09 37.62 South African Rand [...]

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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The international community “should not be neutral” on enforced disappearance, independent UN human rights experts said on Monday, calling for countries to strengthen cooperation in investigating and prosecuting perpetrators.    “Impunity is a distinctive trait of most enforced disappearances, and it has a multiplying effect, generating additional suffering and anguish for the victims [...]

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Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)- The United Nations in Sudan has said relief organisations and humanitarians are “now in a race against time” to mobilise more funds and supplies for humanitarian assistance to hundreds of thousands hit by the worst flooding the country has seen in years   Humanitarian organisations in Sudan have already [...]

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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – As Nigeria records 195 new Coronavirus (COVID-19) infections, Enugu State in the southeast of the country for the first time tops with 51 new infections. This is just as the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said total fatalities in the country have reached 1,100, with the [...]

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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigerian Army’s Operation Lafiya Dole has confirmed “the death of one of its war heroes,” Col. Dahiru Chiroma Bako. A statement released on Monday by Col. Ado Isa, Deputy Director for Army Public Relations, 7 Division of the Nigerian Army under Operation Lafiya Dole, said “the professional, gallant senior officer, who always [...]

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Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal's economy is expected to contract this year as a result of disruptions in economic activity due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) which has also observed an ongoing recovery but expressed uncertainty regarding its speed . An IMF staff team that [...]

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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - COVID-19 is an “unprecedented global crisis that demands an unprecedented global response”, the chief of the UN health agency said on Monday, unveiling a plan to have two billion doses of coronavirus vaccine available by the end of 2021.  Roughly 64 per cent of the global population [...]

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Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda registered one death from coronavirus (COVID-19) in the past 24 hours, raising the death toll to 27, the ministry of Health announced here Monday. Meanwhile, 11 new cases were reported in the same period, bringing the total number of infections to 4,722. The Rwandan capital, Kigali, continues [...]

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