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Silence the guns, amplify women’s voices for peace to end rape in wartime
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Friday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee

16 october 2020 - 08:53:57

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Friday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian commercial bank: Currency Buying Selling Australian Dollar 27.41 28.85 Canadian Dollar 29.18 [...]Full text...

Invest in rural women, help them build resilience to future crises, urges UN chief

16 october 2020 - 07:37:32

New York, US (PANA) - Rural women play a critical role in agriculture, food security and managing land and natural resources, yet many suffer from “discrimination, systemic racism and structural poverty”, the UN chief said on Thursday. “The COVID-19 pandemic has now affected more than half the world’s women farmers with restrictions on movement, [...]Full text...

Coronavirus: Mauritius detects 8 new imported cases

16 october 2020 - 07:23:01

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Health authorities in Mauritius on Thursday announced that they have detected eight new imported positive cases of Covid-19 on passengers that arrived from India and are presently quarantined. The five patients – two women aged between 20 and 24 and three men aged between 20 and [...]Full text...

Friday’s forex rates for the Gambian Dalasi

16 october 2020 - 07:17:22

Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – The following are Friday’s foreign exchange rates for the Gambian Dalasi (D) 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 [...]Full text...

Rape is wrong but death penalty, castration, not the answer: UN rights chief

16 october 2020 - 07:16:01

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA - While perpetrators of rape and other forms of sexual violence must be held accountable, capital punishment and torture are not the answer, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Thursday. Michelle Bachelet has issued a statement calling on governments to step up action against these [...]Full text...

120 Libyan police officers in fight against illegal migration trained in use of modern technology

16 october 2020 - 00:00:40

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 120 members of the Anti-Illegal Immigration Body are undergoing training in the use of advanced technology in the management of migrants' affairs in Libya, the ministry of Interior of the Government of National Accord announced here Thursday. The programme, initiated in collaboration with the [...]Full text...