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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Special Envoy for Libya, Ján Kubiš, on Saturday met the Prime Minister-designate Mr Abdulhamid Aldabaiba, as he continued his meetings with Libyan officials and stakeholders in Tripoli. Mr. Kubiš, who is also Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), was accompanied by UN Deputy [...]

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Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Three cities in southern Benin - Cotonou, Abomey-Calavi and Ouidah - will from April 29 to May 12, host the third edition of the International Workers' Festival (FIT). It will be under the theme, "The Digital: a new universe of development in full growth" the organisers said [...]

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Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Niger's 7.4 million registered voters return to the polls in a presidential run-off on Sunday to elect a president between the two frontrunners from the 27 December first round vote. Former foreign minister Mohamed Bazoum, 61, received about 40% of the votes in the first round against [...]

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Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Nearly 5,000 people, who have been displaced by Nigeria's communal violence, have arrived at Beninese villages in Pobè, a border commune located about 100 km from Cotonou, PANA learned on Saturday from sources close to the authorities of the commune. They said 4,477 people made up of [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The director of the Pasteur Institute of Tunis and chairman of the committee in charge of steering the COVID-19 vaccination campaign, Dr. Hechem Louzir, announced on Saturday that two people have been diagnosed positive to a new variant of the virus in Tunisia.  The first data do [...]

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Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Sri Lankan diplomat, Kana Vulippillai Kananathan, who is leading a delegation of businessmen to Togo this week, has said his country is keen to invest in the country's agriculture and energy, PANA learnt on Saturday from official sources. The Sri Lankan diplomat, who delivered a message from [...]

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Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togo on Friday recorded 97 new confirmed cases of coronavirus, bringing the total to 6,182 with fears increasing about a resurgence of the pandemic, a statement by the Minister of Health issued on Saturday said. This upsurge in cases is a worry to the government, which is [...]

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Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guinea on Friday recorded 87 new coronavirus infections out of 790 samples tested. The National Health Security Agency said 11 patients recovered in treatment centres bringing that total to 14,659, adding that there are 421 active cases. It said Guinea has recorded 15,303 confirmed cases since 13 March [...]

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Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal has recorded eight new coronavirus-related deaths, bringing the death toll to 795, the Ministry of Health and Social Action announced on Saturday, during its daily press briefing. The ministry also indicated that 252 out of 2,586 samples tested were positive to the coronavirus, comprising 87 contact [...]

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Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The seventh edition of the African Regional Forum for Sustainable Development (FRADD) will be held in Brazzaville, Congo, from 1 to 4 March. It will be on the theme, "Building the Future: Towards a Resilient and Green Africa to ensure the achievement of the 2030 Programme and [...]

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Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian Prime Minister Moctar Ouane on Friday presented his government's Action Plan to the National Transition Council (CNT), in accordance with the roadmap of the Transition, an official source said. This action plan comprises six axes divided into 23 objectives based on 275 actions to be evaluated [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 278,177 Libyans have been internally displaced by violence and conflict, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said in a report released on Friday as the country celebrates the 10th anniversary of the 17 February revolution. In statistics published on tweeter, the IOM said that [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has recorded 35 new deaths linked to the coronavirus (COVID-19) and 725 new contaminations, following laboratory tests carried out on 3631 samples, the Tunisian Ministry of Health announced on Friday. This brings to 7,719 the total number of deaths and 226,740 the number of infections recorded [...]

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Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Five people were killed and 13 others wounded in two attacks on Thursday by unidentified gunmen against a public transport bus in central Mali. The attack took place near the village of Tillé, in the Koro circle, and at the Parou bridge between Bankass and Bandiagara, the [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan coast guard has intercepted some 340 illegal migrants were rescued by off the coast of Libya and brought back to the port of Tripoli, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has announced. "IOM staff are at the landing point in Tripoli to assist 340 men, [...]

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Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - A four-day national immunization campaign against polio in Guinea was launched on Friday in Upper Guinea, Middle Guinea and Forest Guinea regions, according to a statement from the Ministry of Health. The prefectures of Labé, Kankan, Faranah and Nzérékoré have started receiving teams of vaccinators who are [...]

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Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Beninese government plans to establish a partnership for the establishment of a centre of excellence for the surgical management of cardiovascular diseases at the Centre national hospitalier universitaire Hubert Koutoukou Maga (CNHU-HKM), the Ministry of Health told PANA on Saturday. The establishment of a centre of [...]

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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Health and Wellness Minister Kailesh Jagutpal on Friday announced that all frontline workers will get their first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19 in the five regional hospitals across the island from Monday. Speaking to the media in Port-Louis, Mr Jagutpal urged the medical staff, [...]

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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius and India will boost  their economic cooperation next week with the signing of a  Comprehensive Economic Cooperation and Partnership Agreement (CECPA) during the official visit of Dr S. Jaishankar, External Affairs Minister of India, to Mauritius. In a communiqué issued on Friday following the weekly meeting [...]

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Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – With efforts gathering pace to promptly tackle the new Ebola outbreaks in Guinea and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the World Health Organization (WHO) is deploying teams of experts to support the national authorities ramp up the response and avert widespread infections. Health authorities in Guinea [...]

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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopia and South Sudan on Friday signed a military cooperation agreement in Addis Ababa under which they will exchange information on military and security matters. The agreement which was signed at the end of the 11th Joint Chiefs of Staff Meeting of the two countries also [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - The UN chief expressed grave concern on Friday over an outbreak of violence in the Somali capital, Mogadishu.  In a statement issued by his spokesperson, Farhan Haq,  Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on all parties to “exercise restraint and calm”.   Gunfire erupted between Somali Government troops and opposition supporters during a protest march against delayed elections that turned violent.   Demonstrators said that the Government forces had attacked  them first and residents reported sporadic shooting [...]

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