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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - As a result of the continuing deterioration of the health situation in the country, Tunisia Tuesday began negotiations with several laboratories to accelerate the acquisition of anti-COVID-19 vaccines “before February”, the minister of Health, Faouzi Madhi, said here. Previously, the managing director of the Tunis Pasteur Institute, [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - With the health situation described as ’very critical’, Tunisian authorities Tuesday decided to take strong ’emergency’ measures to stop the spread of the coronavirus (COVVID-19) which has been beating records for weeks. The representative of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Tunis, Yves Souteyrand, who called on [...]

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Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Students in Botswana have been implored to exceptionally observe COVID-19 preventive measures, following the opening of the country’s 2021 school calendar on Tuesday. “The year 2021 should be no different, we need to keep the basics in place and reinforce from last year; Washing hands with clean [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Foreign Minister of the government of national accord, Mohamed Taher Siala, on Tuesday stressed the importance of the role of economic reforms in achieving political reform by unifying economic visions, public spending and providing services to all citizens throughout Libya. This assertion was made during the [...]

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Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambia’s Ministry of Health Director of Infectious Diseases,  Lloyd Mulenga, has disclosed that the country will next month receive the first set of Covid-19 vaccines. Public broadcaster, Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation, reported on Tuesday that Mulenga said the vaccines will be given to 20 percent of the [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - African champions of economic growth in 2021 are Djibouti, Kenya, Tunisia, Rwanda and Botswana respectively, according to World Bank projections published in its January 2021 World Economic Outlook report. After the difficult year 2020, marked by a decline in growth and recession in many African countries due [...]

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Dakar, Senegal (PANA) -The coronavirus pandemic continues its ravages in Senegal with eleven new deaths announced on Tuesday by the Ministry of Health and Social Action, bringing to 480 the number of patients who have died in eleven months in the country. Besides these deaths, the ministry also announced 152 new [...]

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Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA) – UN Secretary-General António Guterres has said the year ahead would be critical “not only in beating the COVID-19 pandemic but in meeting the climate challenge”. Taking part in the virtual COP26 Roundtable on Clean Power Transition on Monday, Guterres said African countries in particular were vulnerable [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Thirty-three new coronavirus-related deaths have been recorded in Libya, bringing the total number of fatalities to 1,622 since the pandemic broke out in the country last March, the National Centre for Disease Control announced on Tuesday. In a statement, the Centre said that 652 new cases of [...]

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Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The situation in central Mali remains very worrying, marked by a series of serious violence recorded in the region of Segou. This is the region where, since early October, Farabougou and neighbouring villages in the commune of Dogofri, in the Niono circle, have been the target of [...]

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Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - British super model, Naomi Campbell, has agreed to become the top model to promote destination Kenya as the country's tourism ambassador, the Kenyan tourism ministry said on Tuesday. The Magical Kenya International Tourism Ambassador will help promote the marketing of Kenya as an ideal tourism and travel [...]

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Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - The Ugandan army has raided the home of presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, arresting everyone on site including the private guards, the candidate said on Tuesday. "The army has arrested all my security guards and everyone they could see around my premises. No reason was given for the [...]

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Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - A Burkinabe soldier was killed and 11 assailants shot dead on 9 January in Koumbri, in the Yatenga province in northern Burkina Faso, in a clash with an unidentified armed group, the Burkinabe army said on Tuesday in a statement. It said the attack also left [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Speaker of the Libyan House of Representatives, Aguila Saleh, has held discussions with the President of the French Senate, Gérard Larcher, on bilateral relations. The meeting took place at the beginning of a visit to Paris by Mr. Saleh during which he is also scheduled to [...]

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Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The funeral of Ghana's former President Jerry John Rawlings has been rescheduled for 27 January, according to information from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the international community and diplomatic missions. Media reports on Tuesday said Rawlings, who died on 12 November, 2020, will lie in state [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Italian Defence Minister, Lorenzo Guerini, has welcomes the success of a military technical agreement signed between the Libyan and Italian Defence Ministries. Mr Guerini was speaking at a meeting held at the headquarters of the Italian Ministry of Defence with the Vice-President of the Libyan Presidential [...]

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Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – The following are Tuesday’s foreign exchange rates for the Gambian Dalasi (D) as published by Trust Bank Gambia Ltd: Currency                                 Buying                        Selling US Dollar                                   51.50                        52.30 Pound Sterling                         67.00                        69.50 Euro                                             59.00                        62.50 CFA Franc (5000)                     400.00                      425.00 Swedish Kroner (100)             480.00                     520.00 Australian Dollar                       34.50                       37.50 South African Rand                  12.00                       14.00 Canadian Dollar                          37.00                     [...]

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Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin recorded 59 new infections of coronavirus and two deaths between 4 and 10 January, according to statistics available from the Ministry of Health. The figures bring the total number of people infected to 3,363 while the death toll is 46. Benin currently has 95 active cases while 3,222 [...]

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Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of Benin on Monday published the electoral calendar of the presidential election to be held next April. Seventeen main activities make up this calendar whose implementation starts on Tuesday with the distribution of the sponsorship form and the publication of documents [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Security units of the Tunisian Navy rescued 22 migrants from sub-Saharan African countries who were abandoned off the coast of the city of Sfax, in south-east Tunisia, by a smuggler. The seven men, eight women, two children and five infants are from Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Congo, Ghana [...]

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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank: Currency                                 Buying     Selling Australian Dollar                   29.36    [...]

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Luanda, Angola (PANA) – As the COVID-19 shock continues to negatively impact Angola’s economy and population, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday allowed an immediate disbursement of about $487.5 million to support the country’s efforts to mitigate the impact of the pandemic and sustain structural reform implementation. Completing the fourth [...]

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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In a major milestone in the fight against deadly diseases, United Nations agencies and humanitarian partners announced on Tuesday, the establishment of a global Ebola vaccine stockpile, to help control future epidemics by ensuring timely access to vaccines for populations at risk, during outbreaks.  Ebola virus disease is a [...]

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