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Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA)- Statistics Mauritius has on Thursday said that, compared to the period January to September 2019, tourist arrivals in Mauritius decreased by 67.6% - from 1,330,211 to 431,543 for the same period in 2020. In its latest bulletin, this government institution said that those arriving by air decreased [...]

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Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The coordinator of the NGO "Femmes debout", Jacquie Mboyo, on Wednesday called on the government of DR Congo to take coercive measures against perpetrators of gender-based sexual violence in order to discourage these despicable acts tarnishing the image of women. Ms. Mboyo was speaking at a [...]

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Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Liquid Telecom on Thursday revealed that it is activating 82 km of fibre in a cross-border network into Botswana.    This expansion connects the Lobatse Border to Gaborone with intent to create efficient mobility and connectivity in Botswana, said the company, a leading communications solutions provider across 13 [...]

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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Thursday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian central bank: Currency                          Buying     Selling 1 Euro                            [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The second virtual meeting of the second round of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF) was held on Wednesday with the most senior UN official in the country promising a "transparent and confidential" solution for the choice of executive authority. The Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General, [...]

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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                                2,691.00                     2,821.00 Japanese Yen                    [...]

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Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The following are Thursday’s foreign exchange rates for the Gambian Dalasi (D) as published by Central Bank of The Gambia. Currency                  Buying               Selling US Dollar                  50.40                        52.00 Pound Sterling         64.20                       66.00 Euro              [...]

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Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Congo's National Coordination for the Management of the Coronavirus Pandemic on Wednesday extended the state of emergency for a period of 20 days from 27 November. This was announced by its spokesperson, Thiery Moungalla, at the end of a meeting presided over by the Congolese head of [...]

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Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - For the first time in years, Sudan has announced a three-day national mourning and ordered its flag to fly at half-mast in the country and in all its diplomatic missions following the death on Thursday veteran politician Sadiq al Mahdi, aged 85. Mahdi passed away in the [...]

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Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - DR Congo has recorded 55 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 out of 278 tests performed, according to the daily bulletin of the Technical Secretariat of the National Multisectoral Committee released on Thursday. Since the declaration of the epidemic, DR Congo has recorded a total of 12,365 [...]

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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on Thursday that the "final phase" of the military operation against the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF)  has begun, hours after an ultimatum for the regional Tigray forces to surrender expired. The state-owned Ethiopian News Agency (ENA) quoted the Prime [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has recorded 1,156 new coronavirus contaminations in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number to 91,307 since last March, the Tunisian Health Ministry announced on Thursday. There were also 48 deaths during the period, bringing the death toll to 2,983. The number of patients affected by [...]

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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          28.52            30.02 Canadian Dollar  [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - Commemorating the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on Wednesday, the United Nations has called on governments worldwide to redouble efforts and eradicate gender-based violence forever.  In his message for the day, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres underlined the need to prioritise women’s leadership in finding [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - Approximately once every minute and 40 seconds, a child or young person under the age of 20 was infected with HIV last year, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has reported, calling on governments to “protect, sustain and accelerate” efforts to combat childhood HIV.  Prevention efforts and [...]

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