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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Customs officials from around Africa have supported the adoption of continental guidelines to facilitate free flow of cross-border trade amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the UN Economic Commission for Africa said Saturday. The decision was taken ahead of the start of trading under the African Continental Free [...]

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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Ethiopian army has seized control over the northern provincial capital of Makelle in Tigray region and freed some of its officers held hostage during the three-weeklong military assault, Prime Minister Ahmed Abiy said here Saturday. "The Federal Government is fully in control of Makelle with [...]

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Paris, France (PANA) - Chadian career diplomat Hissein Brahim Taha was Saturday appointed by consensus as the secretary general of the Organization for the Islamic Conference (OIC) at the 47th session of the Committee of Foreign Ministers that opened Friday in Niamey, Niger. Taha, who succeeds the Saudi, Yousef bin Ahmed [...]

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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The press this week devoted most of their comments to activities related to the celebration of the 60th anniversary of Mauritania’s independence celebrated Saturday. Under the headline "Independence Day", the newspaper "Al Akhbar" writes that "President Mohamed Cheikh El Ghazouani announces reductions in prison sentences for the [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan minister of Foreign Affairs of the Government of National Accord, Mohamed Taher Siala, Saturday met with his counterparts from Kuwait, Niger, Bosnia and Herzegovina on promoting bilateral cooperation and coordinating their positions. This came on the sidelines of the meeting of the Council of Foreign [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan newspapers this week covered the war with statements between the Central Bank of Libya (BCL) and the Libyan National Petroleum Company (NOC) on oil revenue statistics. They traded reciprocal accusations to the chagrin of Libyans who observed in perplexity a new episode of the absence of [...]

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Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Musongati FC from Burundi and Green Eagles FC from Zambia drew 2-2 Saturday at the Intwari stadium in Bujumbura in the first leg encounter of the preliminary round of the 2020-2021 CAF Cup, sports officials told PANA here. As a precaution against the spread of the coronavirus [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian national basketball team beat the DR Congo on Saturday by a score of 60-51 in a match on the second day of the Afrobasket 2021 qualifying tournament played at the Kigali Arena in the Rwandan capital,Kigali. Tunisia, which has just recorded its second consecutive victory, [...]

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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius is discussing with the government of India to acquire one million additional doses of anti-coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines as soon as they are available for administration to the about 1,3 million population, official sources said here Saturday. Dr. Zouberr Joomaye, spokesperson for the National Communication Committee (NCC) [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - United States Ambassador to Libya Richard Norland said here Saturday his country would take "concrete steps in response to gross human rights violations and corruption and against those who undermine peace or security and stability in Libya". The envoy made this known while commenting on his country's [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has recorded 12 new coronavirus (COVID-19)-related deaths, bringing to 3,106 the total number of patients who have succumbed to the virus in the country, the Tunisian ministry of Health said here Friday. The new infections recorded on 26 November brings to 1,295 confirmed by tests carried [...]

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Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togo recorded Friday 22 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) and 26 cured patients, PANA learned from official sources here Saturday. The new cases detected followed a test carried out on 1,023 people, bringing the total number of people infected in the country to 2,926. The 56 new recoveries [...]

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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian President Mohamed Cheikh El Ghazouani Saturday announced 10 measures for the most vulnerable segments of the population in a message to mark the celebration of the 60th independence anniversary of the country. They include a 100 per cent increase in the basic pension for all pensioners, [...]

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Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Gerard Djossou, in charge of human rights of the Dynamic Monsignor Kpodzro (DMK), a group of parties and associations that supported the candidacy of Gabriel Messan Agbéyomé Kodjo, was abducted Friday evening in the capital here, reliable sources told PANA Saturday. According to sources close to the [...]

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Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal has recorded 46 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), 15 contact cases and 31 cases from community transmission from tests on 1,050 samples, the Ministry of Health and Social Action announced here Saturday during its daily press briefing. The ministry also said 13 patients who tested negative [...]

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Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali recorded Friday one new death related to the coronavirus (COVID-19), 62 new confirmed cases and 15 patients cured, the health services said here Saturday. The new cases were discovered in the district of Bamako (40), in the region of Kayes (18), in the region of Koulikoro [...]

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Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guinea recorded Friday 33 new confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) after tests on 2,125 samples, a positivity rate of 1.6 7 per cent, the National Health Security Agency (ANSS) announced in its bulletin received by PANA here Saturday. The same source said 39 patients were declared cured [...]

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Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Al Ahly of Cairo won Friday its 9th title in the African Champions League, beating its great Egyptian rival, Zamalek, by 2 goals to 0. Al Soleya (5th mn) and Afsha Magdy (86th mn) for Al Ahly and the veteran Shikabala (31st min), 34-year-old for Zamalek, were [...]

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Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - At least six passengers on board a 70-seater bus were killed and 14 others injured in a road accident here Friday, the government said in a statement. The accident, which occurred at the western exit of Ouagadougou on National Road Nº1 linking Ouagadougou to Bobo-Dioulasso, involved [...]

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Thies, Senegal (PANA) - The finals of the Union of West African Football Associations (WAFU A) U 20 tournament between Gambia and Senegal will be played Sunday at 5 p.m. at the Lat Dior stadium in Thies, 70 km from Dakar. The two teams in Group A will meet for the [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - US Monastir of Tunisia Friday at the Ben Jannet Stadium in Monastir beat Fasil Ketema of Ethiopia 2-0 in the first preliminary round of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Cup. The first goal for the locals was scored in the third minute by Mohamed Ali Amri [...]

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Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal Friday topped Group B of the 2021 Men's Afrobasket 2021 qualifiers in Kigali after Rwanda beat Angola (66-51) in the final group match. The Lions defeated their three opponents, Kenya (83-66), Mozambique (60-53), and Angola, winning this first leg of the qualifying tournament to the final [...]

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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Seychelles President Wavel Ramkalawan will pay a state visit to Mauritius from Sunday, 29 November to Tuesday, 1 December 2020, official sources told PANA here Saturday. A statement issued by the government following the weekly meeting of Cabinet said that, during his visit, President Ramkalawan would call [...]

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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The government announced here Saturday that, with effect from 1 December, it will be an offence in Mauritius to waste water as drought persists in the island, an official source said here. In a statement after the weekly meeting of Cabinet, the government said the minister of [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan minister of foreign affairs, Mohamed Taher Siala, Friday reaffirmed his strong condemnation of the satirical caricatures of Holy Prophet Mohamed, rejecting the justification for their publication as a sort of freedom of expression, an official source said here. French President Emmanuel Macron caused a wave [...]

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