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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              953.54    972.61 Euro        [...]

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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                        [...]

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Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guinea’s overall growth is expected to exceed 5% this year, although non-mining sectors in the West African country have been severely impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). “Headline inflation is expected to return to single digits by the end of the [...]

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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         27.40           28.84 Canadian Dollar        [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - Top UN officials have highlighted the “extraordinary” contributions of grassroots communities in towns and cities across the world in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, and urged that their unique efforts be built on, during recovery. In a message marking the World Cities Day, commemorated annually on [...]

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Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – The following are Thursday’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                     [...]

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Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The US has expressed concern about questions raised by election observers and civil society on the lack of transparency in vote tabulation and inconsistencies between the announced results and tally sheet (PV) results from polling stations in Guinea's 18 October presidential election.  In a statement issued by [...]

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Rome, Italy (PANA) - The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is leading a push for the world to scale up efforts to restore landscapes and forests over the next decade. It has its with eyes on a target to salvage 350 million hectares of degraded and deforested lands, an area bigger than India in total, a [...]

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