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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The National rally for Reform and Development (RNRD/TAWASSOUL/Islamist trend), main opposition party in Mauritania, has expressed solidarity with persons affected by heavy rains all over the country. The party offered its condolences to the families of the victims and demanded “immediate treatment of the consequences of the [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The German ambassador in Libya, Oliver Owcza, Tuesday reaffirmed the full support of his country for the Geneva results and the action taken in accordance with the outcome of the Berlin Conference and the UN-backed peace process. Ambassador Owcza also underlined Berlin’s support for the lifting of [...]

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 Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The German ambassador in Libya, Oliver Owcza, Tuesday presented to the managing committee of the Libyan national general electricity company a series of proposals to resolve the country’s electricity crisis, an official source said here. The Libyan general electricity company, in a statement, said the proposal followed [...]

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Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Monday airlifted urgently needed relief supplies to assist approximately 15,000 families affected by floods in Sudan. A press release by the US embassy here said the  supplies arrived 19 and 20 September and were airlifted from USAID’s relief supply [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian ministry of Health Tuesday recorded 528 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) infections and 164 deaths during the past 24 hours. A member of the scientific committee of fight against the coronavirus, Habib Ghdira, said the rise in the number of deaths at this rate was [...]

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Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - The numerous land disputes tearing apart several localities in Casamance, the southern region of Senegal, risk causing serious conflict in this part of the country already struggling with separatism. For some time now, the southwestern part of Ziguinchor, the main town in the region, has been agitated [...]

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Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian President, Adama Barrow, has said “no single country, big or small, can unilaterally tackle the countless challenges confronting the world today.”   He said: “In spite of the bottlenecks, the last 75 years were marked by dramatic advances in Science and Technology, particularly in Information Technology, [...]

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Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The reopening of schools, scheduled for October 1, 2020, has been shifted to October 15 following severe flooding across Niger. According to the government, institutions affected are pre-primary, primary and secondary schools, vocational and technical training institutions. According to a government press release, floods have caused a large [...]

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Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Freed Zengeza West Member of Parliament, Job Sikhala, who was granted bail of ZWL50,000 (US$610) by the High Court of Zimbabwe will spend Tuesday night in jail despite being set free two hours earlier. Sikhala had earlier been granted stringent bail conditions after being incarcerated since August [...]

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Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe’s Harare Mayor councilor, Jacob Mafume, has been recalled by his party, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), barely a month after being elected into office. Mafume's recall was after his predecessor, Herbet Gomba, who himself was recalled by the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Alliance, formerly MDC-Tsvangirai, [...]

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Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zengeza West Member of Parliament, Job Sikhala, has been granted ZWL50,000 (US$610) bail by the High Court of Zimbabwe on Tuesday evening following his arrest on August 21, accused of inciting public violence. High Court Judge, Justice Erica Ndewere, presided over the case and ruled that the [...]

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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Colonel Dahiru Chiroma Bako, Commander of 25 Task Force Brigade, Operation LAFIYA DOLE, who was killed during a Boko Haram terrorists’ ambush on Sunday, was buried at the Military Cemetery, Maiduguri, Borno State, on Tuesday as officers and soldiers of the Nigerian Army as well as [...]

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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian government on Tuesday presented its Extended Priority Programmes to Technical and Financial Partners (TFPs), indicating that the programme will be implemented over a period of 30 months. PANA reported that the presentation ceremony in Nouakchott was attended by several ministers, ambassadors, representatives of international organizations [...]

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Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian parliamentarians on Tuesday took turns to express their views and reactions to the “Promulgation Bill 2020” on the country’s draft constitution, tabled before the National Assembly before a vote is taken for the draft supreme law to go to referendum by January 2021. Before the constitutional [...]

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Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - The Gabonese Prime Minister, Rose Christiane Ossouka Raponda, has inaugurated a second cement production line belonging to Ciments d'Afrique Centrale (CIMAF-Gabon), PANA learned on Tuesday from official sources. The plant is located in the commune of Owendo, near Libreville, the Gabonese capital and analysts say Cement production [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya has recorded 650 new confirmed cases of coronavirus after testing 2,640 samples, bringing to 29,446 the number of COVID-19 infections in the country, the National Center for Disease Control announced on Tuesday. In a statement, the Center said that 529 recoveries and 10 deaths have been [...]

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Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The African Athletic Confederation (AAC) has postponed its 2000 sports calendar, following the COVID-19 pandemic, to 2021, its director-general, Senegalese Lamine Faty, indicated during a videoconference held on Monday. The AAC said the decision was taken at its September 9 board meeting. As agreed, Togo will host the [...]

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Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Constitutional Court on Tuesday heard arguments in the hate speech case against prominent South African journalist, Jon Qwelane, who sparked an outcry with homophobic columns in a newspaper column 12 years ago. Under the headline “Call me names - but gay is NOT okay”, [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Interior Minister of the government of national accord (GNA), Fathi Bachagha, on Tuesday discussed the latest developments in Libya with the Italian Ambassador to Libya, Giuseppe Buccino. This follows the positive acceleration of events towards the resolution of the Libyan crisis. The meeting between Mr Bachagha and [...]

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Douala, Cameroon (PANA) - Former Cameroon defender, Ephrem M’Bom, died on Sunday (20 September 2020) in Douala after a long illness. He was 66. M’Bom was a member of The Indomitable Lions squad (the Cameroonian national team) that played in the 1982 Africa Cup of Nations in Libya, and later in [...]

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Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - The Leone Stars of Sierra Leone will face Mauritania in a friendly on Friday, 9 October, 2020, as part of their build up to the 2021 Total Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers, scheduled next November, as confirmed by Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA). The match that [...]

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Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - Mozambique national team coach, Luís Gonçalves, has unveiled a list of 34 players that will play two friendlies - against Guinea-Bissau and Angola - in Portugal next month. Both matches come as "The Mambas" are preparing for the resumption of the Total Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers, [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian Giants, Esperance sportive de Tunis, won their fifth Tunisian Super Cup title on Sunday (20 September, 2020), beating rivals CS Sfaxien 5-4 on penalties after a goalless draw at Rades. Mohamed Ali Yaacoubi, Abelraouf Benguit, Yassine Khenissi, Farouk Mimouni and Abdelkader Bedrane scored from the spot [...]

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