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Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Mrs Vera Songwé, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA),Tuesday invited Africa to seize opportunities presented by the global digital economy, an official source said here. Mrs. Songwé made the call while launching the Network Report Index (NRI 2020) on the theme “Accelerating Digital Transformation [...]

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Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Generals and senior officers of the DR Congolese armed forces (FARCD) and the Congolese national police (PNC) Tuesday reaffirmed their loyalty and allegiance to President Felix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo, the communication service of the presidential press said here. “Grateful to the Congolese population which it is [...]

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Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Women show a prevalence rate higher than 3.7 per cent in Congo, the Congolese government declared here Tuesday on the occasion of the International AIDS Day celebrated 1 December every year. According to a statement issued here, youths aged between 15 and 19 years present a prevalence [...]

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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Senate Tuesday finally summoned courage to ask President Muhammadu Buhari to sack the country’s service chiefs. Six months ago, following another round of violence and killings by Boko Haram/Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists, the Senate had meekly requested the service chiefs to resign [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Economic Working Group (EWG) co-chairs of the International Follow Up Committee for Libya met on Tuesday to discuss the deepening economic crisis. The Group includes Ambassadors of Egypt and the United States, the European Union, and the Acting Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General Stephanie Williams, as [...]

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Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso  Prime Minister Christophe Marie Joseph Dabiré on Tuesday called on the public to refrain from stigmatisation of people living with AIDS. Observing the World AIDS Day, Dabire said: "This day is the framework for demonstrations in support of people living with the virus. It [...]

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Paris, France (PANA) - Four civil society organisations on Monday called on the Guinean government to "immediately release" Oumar Sylla, also known as Foniké Menguè, a member of the National Front for the Defence of the Constitution (FNDC) and deputy coordinator of Tournons La Page (TLP-Guinea), who has been in [...]

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Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The coronavirus health crisis has accelerated digital transformation in the world, according to the Network Readiness Report (NRI 2020) launched Wednesday by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and the Portulans Institute, a Washington D.C.-based research and teaching institute. According to the report, which focuses [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Components of the National Federation of Labour Unions of Libya and civil society groupings on Tuesday called on the acting head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Stephanie Williams, to impose specific criteria and conditions for candidates seeking positions of Chairman of the [...]

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Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - At least nine people were killed during the tropical cyclone Gati which made landfall in Puntland’s Bari region on 22 November, the UN Office for Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Monday. The cyclone has lost momentum, after leaving behind a trail of destruction, the UN relief officials [...]

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Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Police drug squad in Mauritius on Monday arrested a 46-year-old Frenchman with 39 cannabis seeds in his luggage at the island’s international airport. Disc-jockey by profession, the Frenchman arrived in Mauritius on a flight from the near-by La Reunion island. Police said the suspect was arrested and [...]

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Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Health authorities in Mauritius on Tuesday detected one new imported case of Covid-19 on a 33-year-old woman who came from Dubai, and was in quarantine, bringing the total number of active cases in the country to 32. In a communiqué, the Health and Wellness ministry said [...]

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Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Conflict, insecurity, COVID-19 and deteriorating economic conditions are leading to a rise in trafficking of children, forced labour and forced recruitment by armed groups in Mali, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) warned on Tuesday. More cases of child recruitment were documented in the first half of this [...]

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Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa on Tuesday assumed the rotating monthly presidency of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). It marks the second time the country has served in this capacity during its two-year elected term on the Council (2019-2020). Pretoria will use its role to focus on strengthening [...]

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Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togo on Monday recorded 12 new cases of COVID-19 cases and 14 recoveries. According to the Ministry of Health, Public Hygiene and Access to Universal Health Care, the number of people affected by disease stands at 2,974. The total number of recoveries is 2,478 while the number of [...]

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Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guinea's Prime Minister, Dr Ibrahima Kassory Fofana, on Monday hailed the courage and faith of people living with HIV. In a radio and television message ahead of the 32nd World AIDS Day on Tuesday, he said one pandemic should not hide or make us forget another, stressing [...]

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Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal has recorded 18 new cases of coronavirus confirmed by tests carried out on 680 samples, the Ministry of Health and Social Action announced on Tuesday during its daily press briefing. The ministry also said that 20 patients tested negative and were declared cured. However, 146 cases [...]

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Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - European Council (EC) President Charles Michel and Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El-Ghazouani, current Chair of the G5 Sahel on Monday co-chaired a high-level video conference on the current situation in the Sahel sub-region. According to a statement issued by the EC, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres [...]

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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The following are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the ouguiya as published by the Central Bank of Mauritania. Currency                       Buying             Selling 1 Euro                      [...]

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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The following are Tuesday’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                                  2,715.00                   2,845.00 Japanese Yen                      19.78                         [...]

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Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Council on Tuesday approved a set of conclusions in response to a call made in October 2020 to prepare a common approach in respect of debt relief for African countries According to a press statement made available to PANA, the conclusions highlight the increasing debt [...]

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