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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Nearly a decade of continued armed conflict in Libya has left visible scars on the Libyan society. This revelation was felt during the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum held under the aegis of the United-Nations, which was characterized by obstacles to reach a solution despite the goodwill showed [...]

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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The death toll from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Africa has peaked at 50,000 people since the first outbreak on the continent was declared, head of the African Centre for Disease Control (Africa CDC) John Nkengasong said here Thursday. African countries recorded at least 94,000 new [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Interior Minister of the Government of National Accord Fathi Bachagha Thursday emphasized "the principle of reconciliation among all children of the same nation and the intensification of efforts to work for the unification of the state and its institutions. At a consultative meeting with the deputy [...]

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Thies, Senegal (PANA) - The finalists of the zone A tournament of the Union of West African Football Federations (WAFU-A) U-20 qualification for the AFCON junior soccer "Mauritania 2021" will be known Friday, an official source told PANA here. This is after the semi-finals Guinea-Gambia (16 hours) and Senegal-Guinea Bissau (19:30) [...]

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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday canvassed the need for adequate security in all African countries, an official source said here. In a statement by Presidential Spokesperson Femi Adesina, President Buhari told the special envoy of the Algerian president and the country’s foreign minister, Sabri Boukadoum “we’ll deepen economic [...]

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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Ethiopian government said here Thursday it would "respond expeditiously" to the needs of citizens in the Tigray Region where fighting is raging between the National Defence Forces and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF). The Office of the prime minister said in a statement the [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Club Sportif Sfaxien (CSS), one of the top clubs in Tunisia, Thursday announced the signing of Gabonese international striker Malick Evouna on a two-year contract. Evouna, 28, who plays as an attacker, formerly played for the Portuguese first league club of CD Santa Clara. Regarded as one of [...]

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Rome, Italy (PANA) - More than three billion people live in agricultural areas with high levels of water shortage and scarcity, the UN agriculture agency said in a new report launched here Wednesday. "The State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) 2020," the Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) flagship report noted that [...]

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Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The 2020-21 Total CAF Champions League season kicks off this weekend with the first-leg fixtures of the first preliminary round taking place across the continent. Here is the schedule: Friday 27 November, 2020 Nouadhibou (Mauritania) vs Asante Kotoko (Ghana) Saturday 28 November, 2020 Forest Rangers (Zambia) vs AS Bouenguidi Sports (Gabon) Jwaneng [...]

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Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The Confederation Africaine de Football (CAF) and the Egyptian Football Association (EFA) have said that following the current situation of COVID-19 pandemic, the Total CAF Champions League final between Zamalek SC and Al Ahly SC next Friday will be played behind closed doors. In a joint statement [...]

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Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundian President Evariste Ndayishimiye will attend the 18th Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) on Friday in Libreville, the Gabonese capital, according to an official Burundian press release. The Burundian presidential couple is expected this Thursday in [...]

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Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The Representative of the UN/Women in DR Congo, Ms Awa Ndiaye Seck, on Wednesday launched a 16-day campaign against gender-based violence in the DRC. "This campaign is against all forms of violence on the basis of gender, including beatings, harassment, rape, and denial of inheritance," she [...]

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Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, will face his first motion of no confidence in the National Assembly next Thursday. House Speaker Thandi Modise on Thursday approved the motion by the African Transformation Movement (ATM). "The motion is scheduled in terms of Section 102 of the Constitution, [...]

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Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Unidentified heavily armed men on motorcycles killed 7 villagers and wounding 5 others when they attacked Minima, in central Mali, on Monday, PANA learned from a security source on Thursday. This attack was immediately followed by a response from the traditional "dozo" hunters who killed 12 of [...]

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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria has welcomed the decision of the African Petroleum Producers’ Organisation (APPO) to locate the headquarters of the African Energy Investment Corporation to Abuja, pledging the full support of his administration in ensuring the successful take off of the organisation. At a meeting [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - With 610 new cases announced on Thursday, Libya's total case load since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic in March is now 80,407 confirmed cases. The National Centre for Disease Control announced on Thursday that of the 80,407 confirmed cases, 27,682 are still active, 51,585 cured and [...]

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Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - As a precautionary measure against the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has rejected Burundi's request to allow spectators at inter-club matches, the Burundi Football Federation (FFB) was told on Thursday. The request to open the continental competitions to the public was [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Director of the Libyan National Center for Disease Control, Dr Badreddine al-Najjar, has suggested a  general confinement in Libya due to the worsening daily increase of coronavirus cases. In a televised intervention on Wednesday,  Dr. al-Najjar explained that Tripoli, Misrata and Zliten cities face a critical [...]

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Tripoli Libya (PANA) - Libyan human rights organisations have denounced what they consider as "hate speech" by the General Authority of Waqfs and Religious Affairs of the interim government in the east of the country against "the Libyan Tanarouat Grouping for Artistic Innovation and its members" in  Benghazi city. In a [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia's Ministry of Health announced late Wednesday 48 coronavirus deaths and 1,094 new infections recorded the same day. Cured patients were 66,459 out of a total of 91,307 confirmed cases since the beginning of the pandemic in February, the ministry said. A total of 1,477 patients are currently [...]

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Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal has recorded 33 new cases of coronavirus, 14 of them from traced contacts and 19 from community transmission, after being confirmed by tests on 959 samples, the Ministry of Health and Social Action announced on Thursday. The ministry also said that 18 patients tested negative and [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian journalists are observing Thursday as a day of anger initiated by the National Union of Tunisian Journalists (SNJT). The journalists picked this day to denounce the government's neglect of the sector's demands and to demand publication of the framework and sectoral press conventions in the Official [...]

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Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso's outgoing President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré has been re-lected in the first round with 1,654,982 or 57.87% of the ballot against 442,742 votes, or 15.48% for Eddie Komboïgo, candidate of Congress for Democracy and Progress (CDP). In third place is Zéphirin Diabré, leader of [...]

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