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Cotonou, Benin PANA) - The Beninese Constitutional Court Monday validated the bids of three pairs of candidates to take part in the 11 April presidential election, an official source told PANA here. They are Alassane Soumanou and Paul Hounkpe; Patrice Talon and Mariam Chabi Talata; and Corentin Kohoue and Irenee Agossa. Initially [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for Libya and chief of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Ján Kubiš, has reaffirmed "the strong determination of UNSMIL to back the efforts aiming to reunify Libya, its authorities and institutions and to restore its full sovereignty, [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Confederation of African Football decided on Monday to play the match between Etoile sportive du Sahel (Tunisia) and Young Buffaloes (Eswatini), Tuesday, February 23 at 16:00 (Tunisian time) at the Sfax stadium. The delegation of the visiting club arrived Monday at the international airport of Carthage [...]

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Thiès, Senegal (PANA) - Ivorian Jacques Anouma, candidate for the presidency of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), whose election will be held on March 12 in Rabat, Morocco, attended Sunday at the Lat Dior stadium in Thiès, 70 km east of Dakar, the second leg of the round of [...]

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Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The 5 June Movement - Rally of Patriotic Forces (M5-RFP), whose demonstrations are at the root of the coup d'état perpetrated by a military junta on 18 August against the Malian president, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, has called for the dissolution of the National Transitional Council (CNT), [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A Tunisian fishing boat assisted and rescued from drowning 103 illegal migrants who had left the western Libyan city of Zaouara, near the border with Tunisia, a Tunisian security source said here Monday. The migrants, including six women and five minors, came from Syria, Egypt, Somalia, Sudan, [...]

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Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togo has since last Thursday established three new marine meteorological stations to boost its data collection system on the state of the marine environment, official sources told PANA here Monday. These works and equipment acquired through the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) cost 348 million CFA francs. In [...]

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Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Following are the results and standings of the Burundi League A men's football championship at the end of the 22nd day, played on Saturday and Sunday: Bummamuru FC 1 Messenger 1 Rukinzo FC 2 Musongati FC 0 Flambeau du Centre 1 Bujumbura City 0 Kayanza United 1 Olympic Star 0 Muzinga [...]

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Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The Confederation of African Football (CAF) on Monday held the group stage draw of the 2020-21 Total CAF Confederation Cup at CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. The following are the groups: Group A: Enyimba (Nigeria), E.S. Setifienne (Algeria), Al Orlando Pirates (South Africa), Ahly Benghazi (Libya) Group B: RS Berkane [...]

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Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Commission of Inquiry into State Capture on Monday asked the Constitutional Court to sentence former South Africa President Jacob Zuma to two years behind bars for contempt. This is after he defied its ruling that he appear before the commission and answer non-incriminating questions. In [...]

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Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The Italian ambassador to the Democratic Republic of  Congo (DR Congo), a World Food Programme (WFP) staff member, together with an Italian embassy official and one other person, were killed on Monday in an attack on a UN convoy in the east of the country, [...]

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Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya on Monday registered 152 new coronavirus infections after testing 3,734 samples in the last 24 hours. The total of confirmed cases in the country has now hit 103,993 while the number of cases tested so far has hit 1,262,358. Four deaths were also recorded bringing the fatality [...]

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Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyans abroad sent home $278.4 million in January 2021  marking a continued flow in remittances at the start of the year. The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) on Monday said the sum represented a 7.3 per cent rise in the dollar flows which stood at $259.4 million [...]

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Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Following are the results of day 8 matches of the Senegalese League 1 Football Championship played at the weekend: Diambars - US Gorée 2-0 Niarry Tally -AS Pikine 1-3 AS Douanes - Ndiambour 2-0 Mbour PC - Génération Foot 0-1 Teungueth FC - Dakar Sacré-Coeur, postponed Jaraaf [...]

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Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's Judicial Service Commission has sacked 174 court staff since 2018 over gross misconduct, a top official of the judiciary said on Monday. Chief Registrar Anne Amadi told a judicial forum for station heads in Kisumu, western Kenya, that 30 judicial staff were dismissed three years ago, [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has recorded 36 new deaths linked to the coronavirus (Covid-19) and 719 new contaminations, following laboratory tests carried out on 3,684 samples, the Ministry of Health announced on Sunday. This brings to 7,793 the total number of deaths and 228,362 the number of infections recorded since [...]

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Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal has recorded six new deaths linked to the coronavirus, bringing the death toll to 814. The Ministry of Health and Social Action announced on Monday, during its daily press briefing that 172 out of 1,931 samples tested were positive to the coronavirus. This comprised 45 contact cases [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 132,212 confirmed COVID-19 infections have been detected in Libya after the registration of 415 new cases out of 2,108 samples tested in the last 24 hours, the National Centre for Disease Control announced on Monday. In a statement, the Centre said two deaths and [...]

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