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Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Ugandan opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi, better known as Bobi Wine, Friday rejected the presidential election results showing him trailing incumbent President Yoweri Museveni. The Electoral Commission of Uganda released figures showing Museveni leading with at least 3 million votes against 1.4 million for Kyagulanyi. "I am confident we [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Significant progress was made Friday in the ongoing talks in Geneva on the mechanisms for selecting candidates for the management positions of the unified executive authority in Libya, the spokesperson for the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Jean Alam, said here Friday.  "We hope we could [...]

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Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian authorities has put a temporal embargo on the importation on live poultry birds of all ages and all poultry products, including chicken meat and eggs from Senegal and all other countries currently experiencing HPAI H5A1 outbreak. A statement, made available to PANA here on Friday, stated [...]

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Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - A total of 20,556 confirmed cases of coronavirus have been recorded in DR Congo since the declaration of the first case on March 10, 2020, indicates the daily bulletin of the technical secretariat of the National Multisectoral Committee for the Response to the pandemic, obtained [...]

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Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Morocco and the United States of America on Thursday in Rabat signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to protect Moroccan cultural property from illicit trafficking. The memorandum, signed by Morocco's Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports, Othman El Ferdaous, and U.S. Ambassador to Morocco, David Fisher, provides [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Member countries of the United Nations Security Council are expected to respond late Friday to Secretary-General Antonio Guterres' proposal to appoint Slovak Jan Kubis as Special Envoy to Libya, UN diplomatic sources said. The Secretary-General sent an official letter to members of the Security Council, informing them [...]

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Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambian President Edgar Lungu has announced that the reopening of schools, slated for 18 January 2021, will be delayed for two weeks to allow all education institutions to put in place COVID-19 health guidelines, aimed at protecting learners and teachers. President Lungu’s announcement comes amidst the increasing [...]

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Bangui, Central African Republic (PANA) - Humanitarian operations in several parts of Central African Republic are at a standstill due to ongoing election unrest and heightened insecurity, leaving many of the 2.8 million people in need of essential humanitarian aid without access to life-saving assistance, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) [...]

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Banjul, Gambia (PANA)- Gambian Minister of Health, Dr. Ahamadou L. Samateh has said two people tested positive for the new variant of coronavirus as the West African  nation recorded the United Kingdom variant cases – the fastest transmissible coronavirus infection.   He made the disclosure to the national assembly select committee on [...]

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Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Canadian miner Lucara Diamond has discovered the 54th diamond weighing than 200 carats since its operations in 2015 at Karowe Mine in Botswana. According to the company, the 341 carat diamond was recovered over the festive holiday period from milling of ore.  “Lucara is extremely pleased to be [...]

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Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria’s inflation rate jumped to 15.75 per cent in December, the highest level in more than three years. In November 2017, the nation’s consumer inflation rate stood at 15.90 per cent. Data released on Friday by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) show that inflation stood at 15.75 [...]

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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria on Thursday recorded its highest single day death toll of 23, with the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announcing 1,479 new Coronavirus infections in the country. The new death toll has raised the nation's total fatality from 1,383 on Wednesday to 1,405 on Thursday. The health [...]

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Athens, Greece (PANA) - Greece on Thursday requested assistance from the European Union (EU) for the "immediate return" to neighbouring countries of nearly 1,500 migrants who it cannot grant asylum. According to a statement by the Greek Ministry of Migration, the request was submitted to the European Commission and the EU's [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - There has been a remarkable increase in  coronavirus infections in Libya over the past two weeks, according to the Director-General of the National Centre for Disease Control, Badreddine al-Najjar. In a press statement late Thursday, al-Najjar attributed the deterioration of the current situation in the country to [...]

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Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal has crossed the 500 coronavirus-related deaths mark with 10 new patients passing away, bringing the total to 506, the Ministry of Health and Social Action announced on Friday at its daily press briefing. The Ministry also reported that out of 2,286 tests, 218 were positive, comprising [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia on Thursday recorded 63 new deaths related to coronavirus, bringing the death toll to 5,478 since the start of the pandemic on 2 March. The Tunisian Ministry of Health also announced 2,327 new infections, bringing the total number to 170,895. Reacting to this epidemiological situation, a member [...]

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Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegalese FIFA Secretary General Ms Fatma Samoura on Thursday lauded the facilities of the academy of local first division football club, Generation Foot, located in Déni Biram Ndaw, in the greater suburbs of Dakar. Speaking during a visit to the Academy, she said she was "amazed" at [...]

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Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guinea has extended the state of health emergency in the country for one month effective Friday, according to a decree read out on national television on Thursday evening. Since the declaration of the first case of coronavirus in the country last March, the country has recorded 13,942 [...]

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Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Union has appointed Ms. Natalina Cea as Head of Mission of the EU Border Assistance Mission (EUBAM) in Libya. According to a statement issued by the European Council, she will take up her duties on 1 February 2021 succeeding Vincenzo Tagliaferri, who has been Head [...]

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Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudan Civil Aviation Authority announced on Thursday that it has banned flights over the Al-Fashaga border area, east of the city of Gadarif, on the border with Ethiopia. The official Sudan News Agency (SUNA) quoted a statement by the Sudan Civil Aviation Authority as saying that [...]

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Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The US Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security has removed restrictions on the export of American products to Sudan that were imposed under its designation of Sudan as State Sponsor of Terrorism (SST). The official Sudan News Agency (SUNA) reported on Thursday that the products [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - The COVID-19 pandemic was not the only long-term crisis the world will remember from 2020. In terms of climate change, the year was also one of the three warmest on record, and rivalled 2016 for the top spot, the UN weather agency said on Wednesday.  “The confirmation [...]

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