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Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - UNICEF and the American Toms shoes have granted young high school and college girls in three Beninese departments more than 45,000 pairs of shoes, as part of actions by UN institution to back girl’s education in the country. Altogether, 45,030 pairs of shoes from TOMS SHOES will [...]

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Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The skeletal remains of 13,584 victims of the civil war in 1972 were Sunday excavated from 241 mass graves in different parts of Burundi, a report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) for the year 2020 said. Some 377 witnesses, including perpetrators and victims, contributed to [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Several bodies of people reported missing and discovered in a mass grave in the city of Tarhouna, South of Tripoli, have been identified by their relatives, the Libyan Justice ministry of the Government of National Accord said here Sunday. "The families of a certain number of persons [...]

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Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Zambian President Edgar Lungu has fired minister of Health Chitalu Chilufya, an official source said here Sunday. A statement released by the State House said President Lungu had terminated the appointment of Chilufya and appointed minister of Water Affairs Jonas Chanda as the new minister of Health. Nominated [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The expectations of Libyans regarding the impact of the recent reconciliation among Arab Gulf countries and the change in the White House on the crisis in Libya received wide media coverage this week. The Libyan press also focused on the prospects of the national economy in 2021, [...]

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Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - As at 31 December, 2020, Burkina Faso had registered a total of 1,074,993 people displaced by terrorism, official sources said here Sunday. The National Council for Emergency Relief and Rehabilitation (CONASUR) said in its latest report that among these displaced persons, 53 per cent were women, [...]

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Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso recorded Saturday 91 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing to 7,957 the total number of people infected since March 9, 2020, the Government Information Service (SIG) announced here Sunday. In addition, 80 new recoveries were recorded, bringing the total number of recoveries to 5,790 [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Thirteen patients have died from coronavirus (COVID-19) infection in Libya, bringing the total number of deaths since the outbreak of the pandemic last March to 1,581, the National Center for Disease Control announced here Sunday. In a statement, the Center said 743 new cases of coronavirus were [...]

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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria has so far conducted 1,018,061 Coronavirus (COVID-19) sample tests, with confirmed cases set to hit the 100,000 mark. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said via its verified Twitter handle that, with the new infections of 1,585 recorded in Nigeria Saturday, total confirmed cases since the [...]

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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Armed Forces of Nigeria Sunday morning said four soldiers were injured and over 50 bandits killed in Operation Hadarin Daji in Katsina, Zamfara States, northwest Nigeria. The Coordinator, defence media operations, Major General John Enenche, said in a statement that “in continuation of aggressive clearance operation to [...]

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