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Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Residing Abroad, Nasser Bourita, said here Friday there was no solution to the Western Sahara issue except the autonomy initiative. He said the national question was at an "important turning point" with parameters and clear objectives, stressing that [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi announced here Saturday a reshuffle of his government, an official source said here. The new ministers comprise the following: minister of Justice, Youssef Zouaghi; Interior, Walid Dhahbi; State Property, Abellatif Missaoui; Environment and Sustainable Development, Chiheb ben Ahmed; and Health, Hedi Khairi. The [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan National Under-17 Football Team has arrived in Algeria Saturday for the North African Football Union (UNAF) U-17 Tournament, scheduled to start next Monday, 18 January, a Libyan sports source announced here. The Libyan U-17 team has completed a preparatory camp in Tunisia under the supervision [...]

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Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - DR Congo has recorded 630 coronavirus (COVID-19)-related deaths since the declaration of the pandemic on 10 March, 2020, in the country, an official source said here Saturday. This was contained in the daily bulletin of the technical secretariat of the Multisectoral National Committee for the Response [...]

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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria registered 1,867 new infections of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Friday, the highest single day rise since the index case was confirmed on 27 February, 2020, the Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said here Saturday. Thus, the number of COVID-19 confirmed cases in Nigeria is now 107,345. Last week, [...]

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Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Cotonou and Kinshasa Saturday strengthened their bilateral cooperation with the opening of the consulate of Benin here, a statement from the presidential press service delivered to PANA said. According to the same source, the news was confirmed Friday on the sidelines of the meeting granted by [...]

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Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian prime minister, Moctar Ouane, accompanied by several members of his government, inaugurated Friday the hydro-agricultural dam of the Kourouba threshold in Selingué, near Bamako, an official source here told PANA Saturday. "The Kourouba threshold aims to free agricultural production from climatic hazards to achieve food [...]

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Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal has recorded three new deaths related to coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing to 509 the number of patients who have died from the pandemic since its emergence in the country on March 2, announced Saturday the Ministry of Health and Social Action during its daily press briefing. The [...]

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Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Ugandan President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has been re-elected for another term that will extend his stay in office to 40 years, the Daily Monitor newspaper reported here Saturday. It said Electoral Commission (EC) chairman Simon Byabakama, announcing the results of the election, said incumbent President Museveni, candidate of [...]

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Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A peacekeeper from the Multidimensional Integrated Mission for Stabilization in Mali (UNMISMA) was killed and another wounded Friday in Tessalit, in the Kidal region of Mali's far north, after their truck hit a mine, the UN mission said here Saturday. One soldier has "died of his injuries" [...]

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Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin's head of state, Patrice Talon, whose first term ends next April, announced Friday evening in Adjohoun (Southeast), his intention to run for his own succession. "I will be a candidate to defend democracy, our freedoms and good governance. Just to make good governance sustainable until it [...]

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Cotonou, Benin(PANA) - The leader of the opposition party (Les Démocrates), Eric Houndété, criticized the announcement Friday by the Beninese president, Patrice Talon, to run for a second term. "Finally the masks fell at dusk this Friday, January 15, 2021, in Adjohoun. A man who found himself in conflict with himself [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Members of the UN Security Council Friday approved the proposal of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to appoint Slovak Jan Kubis as special envoy for Libya, official sources said. The UN Secretary-General forwarded Thursday to members of the Security Council the name of Slovak Jan Kubis, UN coordinator [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The president of the Libyan Football Federation (FLF), Abdelhakim al-Chalmani, announced Saturday the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has agreed to send a stadium inspection mission to Libya, with a view to lifting the ban on hosting African competitions. The Libyan request, submitted to the CAF and [...]

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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius and South Africa will sign an Implementation Framework on cooperation in the fields of arts, culture and heritage, PANA learnt from official sources here Saturday. In a statement following the weekly meeting of the Cabinet Friday, the Mauritius government said the proposed framework would cover the  [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - With more than two million lives now lost worldwide to coronavirus (COVID-19), the UN Secretary-General Friday appealed to countries to work together and help each other to end the pandemic. In a video statement, Secretary-General António Guterres noted that the absence of a global coordinated effort [...]

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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritius government Saturday announced the extension of the quarantine period for coronaviirus (COVID-19) in Mauritius from 15 February to 31 March 2021. In a statement following the weekly meeting of the Cabinet, Friday, the government extended the prohibition of entry of aircraft and ships in Mauritius [...]

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Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Friday completed the first review of The Gambia’s performance under a programme supported by a 39-month Extended Credit Facility (ECF) arrangement and approved an immediate disbursement of  US$28.8 million to the country. The funds will help The Gambia [...]

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Montreal, Canada (PANA) - A new report from the UN’s air transportation agency confirms there was a “dramatic” fall in international air travel due to coronavirus (COVID-19) of around 60 per cent over the course of last year to levels last seen in 2003. The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) said on [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has urged authorities in Cameroon to take steps to prosecute perpetrators behind two recent deadly attacks in the Anglophone provinces of the country, his spokesperson said here Friday.  In a note responding to questions from journalists, Stéphane Dujarric said the UN chief [...]

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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As coronavirus (COVID-19) cases spike in parts of Europe, Africa and the Americas, and new variants of the virus emerge in some countries, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) Friday called for greater global collaboration in ending the pandemic.   WHO chief Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus [...]

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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Although child labour has decreased significantly over the last decade, one in 10 children are still caught up in harmful work, the UN’s labour agency said on Friday, kicking off a year-long bid to eradicate the practice.   “There is no place for child labour in society,” said Guy Ryder, Director-General [...]

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