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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Minister of Finance of the Government of National Accord, Faraj Boumtari, has welcomed the achievement of financial surpluses in 2018 and 2019, despite the difficulties arising from wrong decisions, the blockade on oilfields and armed clashes. Addressing a press conference late Wednesday, Boumtari said that all [...]

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Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is boosting the resilience of the financial sector in Egypt and supporting equity financing to small and medium-sized businesses by investing up to US$ 50 million in LCP Fund II, an Egypt-focused private equity firm. Equity fundraising is facing [...]

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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The following are Thursday’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                               2,650.00                  2,780.00 Japanese YEN                    19.45                       24.45 Pound Sterling             2,911.00                  3,041.00 Swiss Franc                  2,488.09                  2,538.09 Canadian [...]

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Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - A high-level delegation of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the African Union (AU) and the United Nations (UN) will on Thursday begin a 48-hour visit to Guinea, less than three weeks before the crucial 18 October presidential election. A statement from the United Nations [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The al-Sidra oil port is getting ready to receive an oil tanker to load a cargo of 750,000 barrels of crude oil for export, the Al Waha Oil Operations Company, in charge of the management of the port, announced on Thursday. In a statement, the state-owned Al [...]

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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Thursday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian central bank: Currency                     Buying          Selling 1 Euro                         43.03    [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has recorded 1,008 new confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) after testing 3,940 people, the Tunisian Health Ministry announced on Wednesday. The date of 27 June saw a dangerous turning point in the fight against the virus in Tunisia, when the authorities decided to open the country's [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian Interior Ministry announced on Wednesday that security units foiled five illegal migration attempts to Europe and arrested 188 people, including foreigners. The Tunisian Interior Ministry said in a statement that units in the maritime area of the Mahdia region, 200 km south of Tunis, last [...]

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Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - Following are Thursday's foreign exchange rates for the CFA Franc as issued by the bank of the Central African States. Currency                   Buying          Selling Euro                          [...]

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Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Director for Africa, Matshidiso Moeti, has condemned reports of allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse by aid workers, who identified themselves as working for the WHO Ebola response in the Democratic Republic of the Congo describing them as "deeply horrific [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – Visiting US Defence Secretary Mark Esper on Wednesday held a working session with his Tunisian counterpart, Brahim Bartagi. A communiqué issued by the Tunisian ministry of Defence said that the two parties examined the perspectives of Tunisian-US cooperation in light of the security threats and challenges facing [...]

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Conakry, Guine (PANA) - The crackdown on protests in Guinea, including those against a change in the constitution allowing President Alpha Condé to seek a third term, has resulted in the deaths of at least 50 people in less than a year, Amnesty International said in a new report published [...]

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Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda's ministry of Sports stressed Wednesday that contact sports had been allowed to reopen but gyms and swimming were still prohibited under coronavirus (COVID-19) restrictions in the country. The order, which took effect earlier this week, allows for the reopening of contact sport but the ministry said [...]

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