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Conakry, Guinea (PANA) -The Guinean government has from Tuesday eased health restrictions in the transport, tourism, sports and culture sectors, a statement from the presidency of the Republic announced. The easing of measures in these sectors, it  said, follows a drop in the positivity rate of the coronavirus disease to reduce [...]

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Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – Gambian parliament on Tuesday rejected the “Promulgation Bill 2020” on the country’s draft constitution after it was put to vote ahead of the expected referendum slated in January 2021. When the bill was put to vote following a heated debate, 31 parliamentarians voted in favour with a [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Geneva will on 5 October be the venue for meetings of the political part of the inter-Libyan talks launched by the Berlin Conference process, which is devoted to choosing members of the new Presidential Council. The Council will be composed of a president and two vice presidents, [...]

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Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – The polio response has brought many skilled technicians into Africa’s health systems as the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) paved the way for working closely with traditional healers and community leaders, according to Professor Rose Leke, an infectious disease specialist. Prof. Leke, who has been chairperson of [...]

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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Wednesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank: Currency    Buying   Selling Euro 43.34 43.78 US Dollar 36.85 37.22 Pound Sterling 47.35 47.83 100 Swiss Franc 4029.43 4069.83 Canadian Dollar 27.72 28 100 Swedish Kroner 416.52 420.69 100 Norwegian Kroner 396.1 400.07 100 Danish Kroner 582.41 [...]

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Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - South Africa’s Border Management Authority Act 2 of 2020, enacted on July 21, 2020 could spell trouble for Zimbabwe’s cross border traders as the neighbouring country prepares to open its borders starting October 1. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa last week announced a slew of reductions in restrictions to [...]

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Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda has reported 16 new COVID-19 cases  in the last 24 hours bringing the total infections in the country to 4,738 while the  death toll remains at 27, the Ministry of Health said in an update on Wednesday. The number of recoveries in the East African country [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Information and Documentation Centre will launch in October a system of direct enrolment of job seekers on its website, the Ministry of Labour of the Government of National Accord announced on Wednesday. In a statement, the ministry said the system should be operational in October and [...]

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Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The following are Wednesday's foreign exchange rates for the Rwandan Franc as issued by the National Bank of Rwanda. Currency                      Buying      Selling US Dollar               945.55            [...]

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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Every year, 1.9 million people die from tobacco-induced heart disease, according to a new brief released  by the World Health Organization (WHO), World Heart Federation and the University of Newcastle Australia ahead of World Heart Day, marked on 29 September. This equates to one in five of [...]

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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Navy on Tuesday began a two-day exercise code-named ‘Exercise Sanga Sung,’ deploying troops on board six warships, including 60 gunboats, in a special military exercise to tackle pirates, oil smugglers and other criminalities in the nation’s waters. Sanga Sung means ‘Safe Transit’ in Ibibio dialect. Rear [...]

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Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – The following are Wednesday’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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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria recorded 176 new Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases on Tuesday just as the country's Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) warned that the nation cannot celebrate the decline in national figures until sufficient numbers are tested of the virus in every State of the federation. NCDC said via its [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - This year’s International Day of Sign Languages is being commemorated in the midst of a pandemic that has “disrupted and upended lives everywhere”, including those of the deaf community, the UN chief said on Wednesday. In his message for the day, Secreatary-General António Guterres expressed encouragement [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday appealed for global solidarity to overcome the COVID-19, and again called for a global ceasefire during the pandemic, by the end of the year.  In his centerpiece address to the historic and unprecedented 75th session of the UN General Assembly, [...]

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Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Hospitals in Ghana virtually ground to a halt following an industrial action by the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) on Tuesday. For the second successive day, the nurses failed to show up for duty pending the address of their grievances by the government. This followed [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - Despite the continent-wide approach taken by African countries to combat COVID-19, the pandemic has set back their development aspirations, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa told world leaders at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday. Speaking via video-link, Mr. Ramaphosa noted that, with resources redirected to fighting [...]

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