Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The following are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the Rwandan Franc as issued by the National Bank of Rwanda. Currency                      Buying      Selling US Dollar              953.22     972.28 Euro        [...]Full text...

Niamey, Niger (PANA) – Niger has secured a US$19.9 million from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to support the national plan for economic development, aiming to enhance macroeconomic stability and foster high and equitable growth, boost incomes and create jobs. The IMF executive board on Monday approved the disbursement of the [...]Full text...

Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – The following are Tuesday’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...

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Units of the Tunisian Navy operating in the regions of Sfax and Mahdia on Monday rescued 113 illegal migrants whose boats had taken on water 20 km off the coast of Sidi Mansour, in the region of Sfax. A source close to the coastguard announced that five [...]Full text...

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) – Rwanda’s economic activity has started to show signs of recovery following a sharp contraction in the second quarter of 2020 caused by the coronavirus pandemic and the stringent containment measures, according to an. International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission. “The monetary and financial measures and large fiscal package [...]Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian commercial bank: Currency                   Buying      Selling Australian Dollar      27.62       29.08 Canadian Dollar        29.28      30.92 Euro      [...]Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Health authorities in Mauritius announced on Tuesday the detection of four new imported cases of COVID-19 among the passengers who arrived from Dubai last Saturday. The passengers are two men, aged 35 and 60 years, and two women, aged 26 and 38. All four patients have [...]Full text...

Yaounde, Cameroon (PANA) - Amnesty International has condemned last Saturday's killing of eight schoolchildren inside their classroom in Cameroon saying it is an atrocity that underscores the urgency of protecting ordinary people from the ongoing violence in the Central African country's Anglophone regions. The children were killed when armed men attacked Mother [...]Full text...

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Africa needs to prepare better for climate change by responding to a wide range of potential risks, a multi-agency report led by the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Monday, the first in a series of continent-by-continent assessments. “In recent months we have seen devastating floods, an invasion of desert locusts and now [...]Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - Seventy-five years after world leaders united to promote global peace and progress through cooperation, representatives from the international community stood in the UN General Assembly Hall on Monday to reaffirm their commitment to this promise.  The moment of silence was held during the official ceremony to [...]Full text...