Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has regained access to two refugee camps in Tigray and found Eritrean refugees in desperate need of supplies and services two months after conflict forced humanitarian workers to withdraw from the region. UNHCR led the first humanitarian mission to Mai [...]Full text...
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The following are Tuesday’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 2,731.00 2,861.00 Japanese Yen [...]Full text...
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese authorities say security reinforcements sent to West Darfur following violence in which at least 83 people, including women and children, were killed have taken control of the situation. The reinforcements were sent to protect citizens and property after the inter-communal clashes also saw more than [...]Full text...
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Some 1,400 illegal health centres have been closed in Benin as part of the health sector sanitation undertaken by the government, sources close to the ministry in charge of the sector said on Tuesday. "As of November 30, 2020, 1,400 illegal health centres throughout the national territory [...]Full text...
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian President Kaïs Saïed on Monday warned young Tunisians against those who want to "take advantage of their misery in order to sow disorder and anarchy" in the country. Mr. Saeid made the statement during a visit to the El Mnihla district on the outskirts of Tunis, [...]Full text...
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopia's state-run Human Rights Commission has warned the security situation in the troubled regions of Tigray and Amhara risks turning into a disastrous humanitarian crisis. The security situation in the war affected areas in the Tigray Region and surrounding areas could turn into a humanitarian crisis. Citing [...]Full text...
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Three new coronavirus-related deaths were recorded on Monday in Burkina Faso, bringing the total number of deaths since 9 March 2020 to 105, the Government Information Service (SIG) announced. In addition, 164 new cases have been recorded, bringing the total to 9,352. There were 57 recoveries, [...]Full text...
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 29.60 31.16 Canadian Dollar [...]Full text...
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Health authorities in Mauritius over the weekend registered nine new imported positive cases of Covid -19 on eight men and one woman who have travelled to the island from various countries. They arrived from Italy, Philippines, Tunisia, Egypt, United States, Ireland, Indonesia and United Kingdom. In a communiqué [...]Full text...
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General has praised the breakthrough made by a key committee of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum at the weekend, over an interim political leadership deal, ahead of nationwide elections at the end of the year. Announcing the development on Saturday, Acting UN Libya envoy Stephanie [...]Full text...
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - A new weather system has formed in the south-west Indian Ocean and intensified into a moderate tropical storm, named Eloise, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has alerted in its flash update. Tropical Storm Eloise formed over the Indian Ocean on [...]Full text...
