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 2,684.00 2,814.00 Japanese YEN 19.61 24.61 Pound Sterling 2,979.02 3,109.02 Swiss Franc 2,540.15 2,590.15 Canadian [...]Full text...
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The delegation of the Coordination of the International Mission of Observers of African Civil Society (COMISCA) on Wednesday condemned the post-election violence in Guinea. In a statement issued in Conakry, COMISCA condemned "with firmness and rigour, the incivility of candidate Cellou Dalein Diallo" who, it deplored, "rushed [...]Full text...
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The Guinean government on Wednesday announced that a dozen people have been killed in post-election violence in the West African country blaming it on the leader of the opposition Union of Democratic Forces of Guinea (UFDG), Mamadou Cellou Dalein Diallo, declaring himself winner of last Sunday's [...]Full text...
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 [...]Full text...
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Thursday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian commercial bank: Currency Buying Selling Australian Dollar 27.44 28.88 Canadian Dollar [...]Full text...
Yaounde, Cameroon (PANA) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a disbursement of US$ 156 million to Cameroon, the second under the Rapid Credit Facility (RCF), to help the country address urgent balance of payment needs stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic. The disbursement brings total IMF emergency support to Cameroon [...]Full text...
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian economy would witness a significant downturn in 2020 in the wake of the nationwide lockdown because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the significant difficulties confronting economic sectors amidst little visibility on the operating landscape, according to the Mauritius Commercial Bank (MCB), the main [...]Full text...
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC) Moussa Faki Mahamat has strongly condemned the violence that erupted on Tuesday during protests in Nigeria's biggest city, Lagos, against a now disbanded notorious police unit that has resulted in multiple deaths and injuries. A statement issued on [...]Full text...
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Niger's President Mahamadou Issoufou on Wednesday laid the foundation stone for the construction of a 280-million-euro cement plant with a capacity of one million tons per year in Kao, 750 km north of Niamey. According to Niger's Minister of Industry, during the first five years, 314 permanent [...]Full text...
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The death toll in the collapse of a three-storey uncompleted church building at Akyem Batabi in Ghana's Eastern Region has risen to 14. The local media quoted the Eastern Regional Minister, Eric Kwakye Darko, as saying “fourteen have been confirmed dead" when the uncompleted structure of the [...]Full text...
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - At least 12 peaceful protesters were killed on Tuesday at two locations in Nigeria's commercial capital, Lagos, by the army and police, Amnesty International has reported. It said in a statement on Wednesday that the killings took place in Lekki and Alausa, where thousands were protesting against police [...]Full text...
