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Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso Thursday recorded 19 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) and one death, the Government Information Service (SIG) said here. The brings the total number of infections to 2,241 and 60 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic in the country on 9 March. In addition, 28 [...]

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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has narrowed the search for its next Director-General to two female candidates, Nigeria’s former Finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Korea’s Yoo Myung-hee, official sources said here Thursday. WTO's General Council Chair David Walker of New Zealand and his co-facilitators in the selection [...]

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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian President Mohamed Cheikh El Ghazouani called here Thursday for the suspension of debt servicing for G5 Sahel countries. He was addressing a videoconferencing at the annual assemblies of the World Bank (WB) and International Monetary Fund (IMF) Spring on the theme “The economic challenges resulting from [...]

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Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - President Felix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo Thursday promised to settle shortly in Goma, North-Kivu, to personally look into security issues in this part of the country. The president said this while addressing a news conference at the end of his visit to Goma where he held talks [...]

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Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian opposition leader Soumaila Cissé, abducted by Jihadists since 25 March while campaigning near Niafunke, in the region of Timbuktu, for parliamentary election, was released Thursday, the presidency announced here. French hostage Sophie Pétrona detained by terrorists four years ago was also released. Since Monday, information confirmed by [...]

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Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali Thursday recorded 26 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) infections from 793 tests, four recoveries and zero death, the Malian ministry of Health said here in its daily report. The new cases were recorded in the Bamako district (14 cases), regions of Kayes and Koulikoro (5 cases [...]

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Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - President Adama Barrow reiterated his government’s commitment to enthrone institutional reforms in line with global standards and best practices as he swore in Supreme Court Judges, President of the Court of Appeal, Judicial Secretary, the Ombudsman and Minister of Youth and Sports. The appointees; Supreme Court Judges, [...]

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Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana’s domestic and external economic activities have provided scope for the country’s central bank to ease monetary policy to support domestic economic activities. The Bank of Botswana (BoB) on Thursday announced a bank rate cut by 50 basis points from 4.25 percent to 3.75 percent, on recommendations [...]

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Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Nigerien President Issoufou Mahamadou, met with the Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ms. Maria Aranzazu Gonzalez Laya, on Thursday, who is on a working visit to Niger. “This is my first official visit as Minister of Foreign Affairs to Niger, to the Sahel. I'm starting with Niger, [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Presidential Council of the Government of National Accord (GNA) has stressed the importance of resuming the political, security and economic process in Libya in accordance with the outcome of the Berlin Conference. The GNA underlined this importance during a meeting on Thursday, chaired by President of [...]

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Niamey, Niger (PANA - Nigerien President Issoufou Mahamadou, on Thursday received the Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP), Mr. David Beasley. As he left the meeting, Mr. Beasley said he had a "very important discussion" with President Issoufou on many subjects. "The international community must support and help Niger which [...]

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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday presented the 2021 budget proposal of N13.08trillion to the National Assembly for consideration and passage into law. (N379=US$1) The President, who was accompanied by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, some cabinet members and presidential aides, explained that the total aggregate revenue projected for [...]

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Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) has raised alarm over the increase in the arbitrary arrests in Zimbabwe as well as the detention of journalists and women human rights defenders. The ACHPR is an African Union quasi-judicial body tasked with promoting and protecting human rights [...]

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Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The coach of the Burundi national football team, the "Intamba" (Swallows), Jimmy Ndizeye, unveiled a list of 20 from the 36 he invited to camp to prepare for a friendly match against Tanzania,  PANA learned on Thursday from a sports source in Bujumbura. The match is scheduled [...]

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Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Russian oil company, Lukoil Up Stream, and Italy's Eni are planning to execute a new oil exploration project in Congo soon, PANA learned from the Congolese finance and budget ministry on Wednesday. The projects were discussed in March in Brazzaville by the Congolese Minister of Finance, Calixte [...]

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New York, US (PANA) -  A stillborn baby is delivered every 16 seconds, which translates into nearly two million infants over the course of a year that never took their first breath, according to a new UN report published on Thursday.  ‘A Neglected Tragedy: The Global Burden of Stllbirths’ report released [...]

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Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) has strongly condemned an attack, on the night of 4 October, targeting a convoy carrying internally displaced persons in Burkina Faso, in which 25 people were killed. The victims – all men – were part of a group of 46 people, [...]

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Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) -  Rwanda's value-added industrial output, an important economic indicator, continues to decrease following the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, official data showed on Thursday Industrial output decreased 2.4 percent year-on-year in August, according to data from the National Institute of Statistics (NISR). On a month-on-month basis, industrial output  went down 4.3 [...]

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Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana and China have signed a protocol on the exemption from payment of an interest-free loan. Botswana's Permanent Secretary in the Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Grace Muzila, on Thursday said the Interest-free loan exempted from payment had an outstanding amount of RMB¥ 15,570,380, which is approximately [...]

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Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The cumulative number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Rwanda has reached 3,408 in the last 24 hours compared to a total 4,883 confirmed cases since the outbreak of the pandemic in this East African country, a report from the Ministry of Health in Kigali on Thursday [...]

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Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - After 11 months of being barred from going out because of the Covid-19 pandemic, African soccer teams are back in action this week with a series of friendly matches, most of which will be held behind closed stadiums. Some have chosen to compete with African sparring partners, [...]

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Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The spread of coronavirus in Senegal has markedly slowed, according to figures released on Thursday by the Ministry of Health and Social Action. The ministry announced 16 new cases of Covid-19 out of 987 tests performed, compared to 33 out of 1,042 tests recorded the day before. Three [...]

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Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The following are Thursday's foreign exchange rates for the Rwandan Franc as issued by the National Bank of Rwanda. Currency                      Buying      Selling US Dollar              947.92           966.88 Euro  [...]

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