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Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Here are results from all the first-leg, preliminary-round matches of the 2020/21 CAF Confederation Cup, played this weekend. First-named teams hosted the first leg. AS Kaloum Star, Guinea 1-1 Tevragh-Zeina, Mauritania CI Kamsar, Guinea 0-0 Renaissance, Chad Yeelen Olympique, Mali     0-1 USGN, Niger       GAMTEL, The Gambia 0-1 TAS [...]

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Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The following are results of all the first-leg, preliminary-round matches of the 2020/21 CAF Champions league, played at the weekend. First-named teams hosted the first leg. Ashanti de Siguiri, Guinea 1-2 Stade Malien, Mali Gambia Armed Forces, The Gambia 1-1 Teungueth, Senegal RC Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire 1-0 ASKO Kara, Togo AS [...]

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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The horrific killing of at least 43 rice farmers at Zabarmari in the Jere Local Government Area of Borno State has sparked outrage and fresh calls for more sustained military action and the sacking of the Service Chiefs by President Muhammadu Buhari. Boko Haram had on Saturday [...]

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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Armed Forces of Nigeria on Sunday said troops of Operation FIRE BALL, a subsidiary operation under Operation LAFIYA DOLE, killed five Boko Haram/Islamic State in West Africa Province (BHT/ISWAP) terrorists in their “identified enclaves in the North East region.” Acting Director, Defence Media Operations, Brigadier General [...]

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Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The former Senegalese football international, Pape Bouba Diop, died on Sunday in Arras, northern France, where he was hit by an unamed disease for several years. He was aged 42 years. Famous for scoring the winning goal for Senegal in the opening match of the World Cup jointly hosted [...]

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Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) – DR Congo has since the first case of the coronavirus was diagnosed in the country on 10 March recorded 12,702 cases, the daily bulletin of the technical secretariat of the national committee of fight against the Covid-19 pandemic said on Sunday. The death toll stands at [...]

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Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana holds presidential and parliamentary elections on 7 December with 17.029 million voters expected to cast their ballots.  There is high expectations about the vote, especially as it is the first time a sitting president is being challenged by a former president. Voters will also elect 275 [...]

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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Ethiopian National Defence Force (NDF) says it is engaged in "stabilization efforts" following the capture of Mekelle, the Tigray regional capital, from the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF). A senior military officer, Lieutenant-General Bacha Debele, told a news briefing on Sunday that the continuing activities [...]

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Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambian minister of justice, Dawda Jallow, has said the Myanmar-Rohingya case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) represents the voice of the 'Islamic Ummah’, and called for more Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) support. He made the remarks while updating the 47th Session of the [...]

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Plaisance, Mauritius (PANA) – Seychelles President, Wavel Ramkalawan, on Sunday afternoon arrived in Mauritius for a three-day official visit, PANA reported from here. Mr Ramkalawan and his delegation were received at the airport by Mauritian Prime Minister, Pravind Jugnauth, and Foreign Affairs Minister, Nando Bodha. According to his programme of visit, the [...]

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Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Here are all the results of matches played in the 2020/21 CAF Confederation Cup at the weekend. Saturday, 28 Nov. Gamtel (Gambia) 0 - 1 TAS Casablanca (Morocco) Jaraaf (Senegal)  3 - 1  Kano Pillars (Nigeria) Kaloum Star (Guinea) 1 - 1 Tevragh-Zeina (Mauritania) Al-Ittihad (Libya) 4 - 1 Horseed (Somalia) Namungo [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Members of the Libyan House of Representatives (Parliament), who met in Tangier, Morocco, have agreed that the constitutional seat of the unified House of Representatives is the city of Benghazi (East). This is contained in the Final Declaration after their consultative meeting in Tangier, Morocco. According to the declaration, [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Thirteen deaths and 1,157 new cases of the coronavirus infection have been recorded in Libya, the National Center for Disease Control announced on Sunday, adding that 967 cures have been recorded in the country. In a statement, the Center said it received 6,533 samples for analysis, of [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Seven terrorists, affiliated with Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) in Oubari, southwestern Libya, were arrested on Saturday, a source close to the pro-Haftar army has said. In a statement issued on Saturday, the Military Information Division of Marshal Haftar's forces said that "the terrorists were [...]

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Tangier, Morocco (PANA) - Morocco's Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Residing Abroad, Nasser Bourita, said the results of the consultative meeting of the Libyan House of Representatives will be an important change agent that will have a great impact on the country's political process. In a speech delivered [...]

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