Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal and its next two opponents in the next FIFA matches, Morocco on 9 October in Rabat and Mauritania on 13 October in Thies, 70 km from the capital, Thursday presented their lists of players invited for the preparation matches for the 3rd and 4th days [...]Full text...
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The regional committee of fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19) in the region of Monastir ,160 km south of the capital, Thursday declared a night curfew all over the regional district with immediate effect due to the large spread of coronavirus (COVID-19). The curfew takes effect from 20h [...]Full text...
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congol ese minister of Sports and Physical education, Hugues Ngouelondele, said here Thursday the resumption of sports activities announced on 25 September by the national coordination of the COVID-19 management only related to football. “The decision authorizing the resumption of sports activities concerns only football. The [...]Full text...
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Some 43,829 refugees and asylum seekers were repatriated during the past three months of the new Burundian regime, the spokesperson for the ministry of the Interior, Pierre Nkurikiye, said here Thursday on state radio. He said a new group of 1,500 returnees was expected Thursday at the [...]Full text...
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Representatives of the Libyan ministry of Defence of the Government of National Accord (GNA) Thursday took part in the second meeting of the African Partners’ Alliance of response to epidemics (APORA) devoted to intervention challenges of teams against the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. In a statement issued on [...]Full text...
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin Thursday recorded a new death due to the coronavirus (COVID-19), taking the total number of deaths to 41, a statement issued here by the ministry of Health said. It said Benin, to the date of 28 September, recorded 2,357 cases of coronavirus infections, including 1,973 recoveries [...]Full text...
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Libya currently records 35,208 confirmed cases of coronavirus infections after 683 new cases were recorded, the national disease center said on Thursday, adding that 533 recoveries and eight deaths were recorded over the past 24 hours. In a communiqué, the center said it received 3,988 samples out [...]Full text...
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) was selected in a poll of bond market players as the best issuer in 2020 of a COVID-19 bond for its US$3 billion-denominated Fight COVID-19 social bond issued on March 27, 2020. The winners of the GobalCapital Bond Awards 2020 were [...]Full text...
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has been recognized by the Stevie International Awards, joining the prestigious list of organizations that have received one of the business world's highest honours. The Bank was awarded two prizes for its 2019 Annual Report, taking gold in the publication category, [...]Full text...
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the European Union (EU) are supporting green investments by the private sector to strengthen Morocco’s economic recovery amid the uncertainty of the coronavirus pandemic. According to the Bank, two key programmes, cumulatively worth 253 million euros, are supporting [...]Full text...
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB), the government of Nigeria and Microsoft on Monday launched the Digital Nigeria e-Learning Platform, to provide marketable digital skills to the country’s youth The platform offers courses in web development, content creation, and data science, among others. The platform also uses gamification [...]Full text...
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The coach of the national soccer team of Mauritania, Frenchman Corentin Martins, on Thursday unveiled a list of 24 players invited for two international friendly matches against Sierra Leone (October 9 in Nouakchott) and the Lions of Senegal (October 13 in Thies). The list is as follows [...]Full text...
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian national football team will this weekend begin preparations for the qualifiers for the African Cup of Nations (Cameroon 2021) after a forced break due to the spread of the coronavirus (Covid-19). Tunisia will play two friendly matches against Sudan, on October 9 in Tunis, and [...]Full text...
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian President Kais Saeid traveled to Kuwait on Thursday to offer his condolences to the Kuwaiti authorities following the death of Emir Cheilkh Sabah Ahmad Jaber El-Sabah. The Tunisian head of state is accompanied by a delegation which included the Tunisian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Othman Jarandi, [...]Full text...
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The special envoy of the United States of America for the Sahel region, Dr. J. Peter Pham, arrived in Bamako on Wednesday for a three-day visit to Mali, PANA learned on Thursday from reliable sources. During his stay, which will end on Saturday, Pham will meet with [...]Full text...
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - President Adama Barrow, in exercise of the powers conferred on him under Sections 71(1) and 71(3) of the Constitution of the Republic of The Gambia, on Thursday redeployed Mr. Bakary Jammeh, Governor, Central Bank of The Gambia, to the Ministry of Trade, Industry, Regional Integration, and [...]Full text...
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Government of National Accord, Mohamed Taher Siala, on Thursday spoke with his Algerian counterpart, Sabri Boukadoum, on the latest developments in Libya and efforts by the two countries to achieve a successful political process in resolving the Libyan [...]Full text...
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday led other dignitaries, including former national leaders, to observe special performances commemorating the 60th Independence Day Anniversary. The performances, mostly military parades, and other entertainment show staged at the Eagle Square in Abuja, were also watched by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, former [...]Full text...
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - A consortium of 10 civil society organisations and students’ unions presented a petition to Zambian President Edgar Lungu at State House on Thursday with 40,000 signatures seeking creation of a commission of inquiry into the privatisation of state-owned enterprises. The President received the petition affirming that the [...]Full text...
Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - The government of Senegal, in partnership with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), launched on Wednesday in Ziguinchor, in the south of the country, an ambitious project to bring young people out of unemployment. The project, Agri-Jeunes, will provide 150,000 rural youth including 45,000 young women [...]Full text...
New York, US (PANA) - Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the world is reckoning with the disproportionate and severe impact that the virus has wrought on the “health…rights and well being” of older persons, the UN chief has said, marking the international day highlighting their issues. “Older people must be a priority [...]Full text...
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Resident Representative in Mali of the President of the Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Prof. Hamidou Boly, said Wednesday in Bamako, after an audience with Malian new Prime Minister Moctar Ouane, that sanctions against the country will be lifted as [...]Full text...
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso registered 24 new confirmed cases of coronavirus on Wednesday, bringing the total number of people infected since March 9 to 2,056, the government information service (SIG) said Thursday. In addition, 26 new recoveries have been recorded, bringing the total number to 1,335 while no [...]Full text...
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - No coronavirus-related death was announced on Thursday in Senegal where 311 persons have already died from the pandemic since its emergence in the country on March 2, according to the Ministry of Health and Social Action. The ministry said that out of 1,351 tests carried out, 37 [...]Full text...
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) – Deterioration in the fiscal position from revenue losses and increased spending to address the impact of the coronavirus pandemic have made Rwanda’s fiscal quantitative targets for end-June 2020 unattainable, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). In an interim performance update, IMF staff have confirmed that the [...]Full text...
