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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian President Mohamed Cheikh El Ghazouanih left here Wednesday for Bissau to attend the country’s independence anniversary, the Mauritanian pro-governmental news agency (AMI) reported. The Mauritanian president’s visit is at an invitation to take part in the celebration of the 47th anniversary of Guinea Bissau’s independence due [...]

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Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, mediator of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on the Malian crisis, arrived here Wednesday witness the inauguration ceremony of the transitional president to be held Friday at the international conference center of Bamako (CICB), official sources told PANA. Jonathan, [...]

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Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Three Malian soldiers were killed and four others wounded Wednesday in an attack in southern Boulkessy, the Malian ministry of Defence said here in a statement. “On 23 September 2020 around 12H 45 minutes, a patrol mission of the Malian armed forces (Fama) of the G5 [...]

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Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The "2020 presidential leadership prize" was awarded Tuesday to Nigerien President Mahamadou Issoufou on the occasion of the 36th Annual Gala of Africa America Institute (AAI), held through videoconferencing from New York, an official source told PANA here Wednesday. The prize, established since 1984 and which highlights [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chairman of the presidential council of the Government of National Accord(GNA), Fayez al-Sarraj, Wednesday agreed with the chairman of the High State Council, Khaled al-Mechri, that the Sirte and al-Joufra regions would be demilitarized with the resumption of oil production and export, under the supervision [...]

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Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) announced Wednesday it was boosting trade in Morocco with a US$ 20 million trade finance limit to Crédit Agricole du Maroc, a leading local bank. The uncommitted, multi-currency trade finance limit will be used to issue guarantees in favour [...]

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Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) – Botswana Telecommunications (BTC) Foundation has collaborated with Thapong Visual Arts Centre, an establishment based in the country’s capital, to develop artists. According to Golekanye Molapisi, Corporate Communications and Public Relations Manager at BTC, the partnership will facilitate and equip visual artists with an array of skills to [...]

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Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - The maritime link between the Senegalese capital, Dakar, and Ziguinchor, in the south of the country, resumed Tuesday, after several months of interruption due to the coronavirus pandemic. According to officials of the Senegalese Consortium of Maritime Activities (COSAMA), all measures have been taken to ensure that [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has recorded 1,219 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) infections out of 5,581 tests carried out on 21-22 September, bringing the total number of infections to 12,479 since the beginning of the pandemic, the Tunisian ministry of Health announced here Wednesday. According to a statement from the [...]

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Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The former Senegalese Foreign Minister, Cheikh Tidiane Gadio, was Wednesday appointed by the Secretary-General of La Francophonie, Louise Mushikiwabo, special envoy to monitor the situation in Mali, a statement issued by the International Organization of the Francophonie (OIF) obtained by PANA here said. "This designation is part [...]

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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The president of the National Commission for Human Rights (CNDH), Ahmed Salem ould Bouhoubeini, Wednesday received a delegation of the Framework for Concertation of Victims of the 1989/1992 Events (CC/VE) in Mauritania led by its president, Sylla Samba Demba, an official statement said here Wednesday. These events, [...]

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Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The president of the High Authority for Communication (HAC), Fodié Touré, Wednesday opened a workshop on the "Misahel" project to promote the socio-political inclusion of young women and men facing crisis in the Sahel, PANA reported here. The four-year project, which covers Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, [...]

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Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Some 287 Burundian refugees were repatriated Wednesday from neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where they had fled the 2015 election violence in their home country, the state-run radio reported. The group was escorted by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to Gatumba, a Burundian [...]

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Mombasa, Kenya (PANA) - The Kenyan government is finalising the construction of a new fishing port and has ordered all fishing vessels to land their catches at the new facility. Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday met Cabinet Secretaries in charge of agriculture, transport and the Treasury to discuss the improvement [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya has a total of 30,097 coronavirus (COVID-19) infections after 651 new cases were recorded from 2,876 tests in the last 24 hours, the National Center for Disease Control announced here Wednesday. In a statement, the center said that 517 recoveries and nine deaths had been recorded [...]

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Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The prime minister of Burkina Faso, Christophe Joseph Marie Dabiré, inaugurated here Tuesday the country's first assembly plant for solar panels, official sources told PANA here Wednesday. The ‘Faso Energy’ is the first solar panel manufacturing plant in West Africa built by El Hadji Moussa Koanda, [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya earned some USD128 million in revenue from oil, gas and condensate exports during July and August, the Libyan National Oil Company (NOC) announced here Wednesday. Marshal Khalifa Haftar announced last Friday the resumption of oil production after an agreement with the vice-president of the presidential council, [...]

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Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The United Nations independent expert on the situation of human rights in Mali, Alioune Tine, Wednesday condemned the arrest and detention of former President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta in a military coup on August 18. He called on the junta to release the former Malian head of [...]

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Mombasa, Kenya (PAN) - President Uhuru Kenyatta has called for the rebuilding of the United Nations (UN) system to better address global crises including the COVID-19 pandemic that has unevenly affected poor countries. The Kenyan President also called on the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund to improve its working [...]

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Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal recorded here Wednesday one new coronavirus (COVID-19)-related death to bring to 303 the number of patients who have died from the pandemic since March 2. The ministry of Health and Social Action, which announced this during its daily press briefing here, also indicated that 36 out [...]

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Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zengeza West Member of Parliament Job Sikhala finally left prison Wednesday after his bail of ZWL50,000 (US$610) was paid by his party, an official source said here. Sikhala, who is also the Deputy National Chairman of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Alliance led by Nelson [...]

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