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Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Statistics Botswana announced here Thursday the country’s annual inflation rate remained unchanged over the past three months. The authority said the December 2020 inflation remained unchanged at 2.2 per cent, the same as recorded in October and November, thus falling within the short to medium-term target of [...]

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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) on Thursday cautioned those threatening the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, Dr Matthew Hassan Kukah, to stop their unlawful action, describing it as a “global threat to Christianity". The umbrella Christian group also tasked the nation’s security agencies to ensure the safety [...]

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Brazzaville, Congo (PANA)  – As COVID-19 cumulative cases in Africa top 3 million and daily case numbers exceed the first wave peak, the continent is now confronted with emerging variants of the virus, according to the Africa Regional Office of the World Health Organization (WHO). Revamped public health measures are ever [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Foreign Minister of the Government of National Accord, Mohamed Taher Siala, on Thursday highlighted the historical relations between Libya and Africa and Libya's political and economic role on the continent. Speaking at the Libyan-African Forum organised by the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Libyan House of [...]

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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius police on Thursday arrested 31 foreign workers, mostly Bangladeshis, who were illegally staying in the island. The head of the Immigration Bureau, Assistant Superintendent of Police Narendrakumar Boodhram, said six of them were arrested in New Grove, in the south of the island, and the other [...]

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Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - A French woman was sentenced Tuesday in Benin to a ten-month suspended sentence for presenting a false Covid-19 test certificate, judicial sources said Thursday. Arriving at Cardinal Bernardin Gantin Airport in Cotonou on December 14, she  presented to the Beninese authorities a certificate declaring her negative to [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has recorded 72 new deaths related to the coronavirus (Covid-19), bringing to 5,415 the number of victims of the disease since the start of the pandemic on 2 March 2020, the Ministry of Health announced on Wednesday. Tunisia has also recorded 3,632 new confirmed Covid-19 infections [...]

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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The following are Thursday’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                                  2,756.00                    2,886.00 Japanese Yen                       19.81                          24.81 Pound [...]

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Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – The following are Thursday’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 MPs have passed a law on the organization of pharmaceutical activities, parliamentary sources said on Thursday. Composed of 100 articles, divided into several chapters and titles, the law on the organization of pharmaceutical activities in the Benin deals with, among other things, activities related to medicines [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Sixteen patients have died from coronavirus infection in Libya, bringing the death toll to 1,645. In a statement released on Thursday, the National Centre for Disease Control announced that there were also 764 new infections out of 3,820 samples tested in the last 24 hours, while 934 [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Interior Minister of the Government of National Accord (GNA), Fathi Bachagha, on Wednesday welcomed the Dutch Ambassador to Libya, Lars Tomers, back to the Embassy in Tripoli. Most diplomatic missions left Tripoli by 2014 due to the deteriorating security situation, but in recent years, many [...]

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Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal has recorded seven new coronavirus-related deaths, bringing to 496 the number of patients who have died from the pandemic since its emergence in the country on 2 March, the Ministry of Health and Social Action announced on Thursday during its daily press briefing. The ministry also [...]

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Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African president snf African Union (AU) Chairperson Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday confirmed that the African Vaccine Acquisition Task Team (AVATT), which he established, has secured a provisional 270 million vaccine doses for the continent. At least 50 million COVID-19 doses supplied by Pfizer, Johnson [...]

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Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Three United Nations peacekeepers in Mali were killed and six others wounded in an attack on Wednesday, by unidentified armed elements, the UN mission in the country has said.  The peacekeepers’ convoy was struck by an improvised explosive device (IED), and the troops then came under attack [...]

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Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana has dismissed possible shortage of fuel due to closure of three fuel refineries in South Africa. The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Mineral Resources Green Technology and Energy Security, Mmetla Masire, on Wednesday said government and stakeholders in the petroleum industry have started to increase [...]

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Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan has condemned the violation of its airspace and borders by an Ethiopian military plane as tension between the two neigbours escalates. The state-run Sudan News Agency (SUNA) reported on Wednesday that the Sudan Ministry of Foreign Affairs described the incident as a "dangerous escalation that could have [...]

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Rome, Italy (PANA) - The world is moving closer to stamping out a highly contagious disease that affects sheep and goats, but also the livelihoods of millions of families who depend on these animals for food and income, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Wednesday.  Outbreaks of Peste des petits ruminants (PPR), also known as [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General has called for action to ensure accountability for “heinous attacks” in the Central African Republic (CAR) on Wednesday that left a Rwandan peacekeeper dead and another wounded.  A UN statement said Antonio Guterres strongly condemned the coordinated assaults near the capital, Bangui, which [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - The current political transition period in Mali offers an opportunity to “break out of the vicious circle of political crises followed by coups d'état”, the UN envoy in the country told the Security Council on Wednesday.   Following the 18 August mutiny that ousted President Ibrahim Boubacar [...]

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Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - As polls open in Uganda's presidential and parliamentary elections on Thursday, the UN chief Antonio Guterres has issued a call for an “inclusive, transparent and peaceful” process across the East African country. The UN Secretary-General raised concern over reports of violence and tensions in parts of the country [...]

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