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Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The Security Council, at a meeting here Tuesday presided by President Felix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo, made a strong commitment to tighten security in high risk zones, particularly the eastern part of the country following the assassination Monday in the North-Kivu province of the Italian ambassador [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chairman of the Libyan High Council of State, Khaled al-Mechri, Tuesday held discussions with the president of the High Council of judicial authorities, Mohamed al-Hafi, and the president of the management council of the High National Electoral Commission (HNEC), Imad al-Sayeh, on preparations for the [...]

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Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The following are results from Day 2 matches in the Group stage of the 2020/21 CAF Champions league played Tuesday across the continent. Group A Simba, Tanzania 1 Al Ahly, Egypt 0 Al Merrikh, Sudan 1 AS Vita Club, DR Congo 4 Group C  Kaizer Chiefs, South Africa 0 Horoya, Guinea [...]

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Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana is to receive a no-fault compensation claim of serious side effects for people vaccinated with a coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine acquired from the COVAX facility, official sources said here Tuesday. This followed an agreement by the World Health Organisation (WHO) that "a no-fault-lump sum would be provided [...]

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Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - An estimated 1.3 million people are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance and protection in the three northern provinces of Mozambique due to the armed conflict in Cabo Delgado, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Tuesday. In its  humanitarian snapshot for [...]

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Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The President of Burkina Faso, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, on Tuesday received the public report 2020 from the Economic and Social Council (CES) on money laundering in the financing of terrorism. According to the president of the institution, Moïse Napon, quoted in a press release from [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Prime Minister of the designated Government of National Accord, Abdelhamid Al-Dbaiba, has promised to implement "advanced plans and programmes to manage illegal immigration in a way that achieves the national interest, preserves human rights and reduces the burden on the Libyan state, a major transit [...]

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Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana’s financial sector has remained stable despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the central bank governor has revealed. Announcing the monetary policy on Tuesday, Bank of Botswana Governor, Moses Pelalelo, said notwithstanding the challenges caused by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the domestic financial system remains resilient, characterised [...]

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Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The President of Burkina Faso, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, on Tuesday met with the Commander of the European Union (EU) training missions during which they discussed the capacity of the Burkinabè armed forces in order to fight terrorism, the Presidency announced in a press release. Kabore's meeting [...]

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Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi has described as "despicable", the assassination on Monday of the Italian Ambassador to DR Congo, Luca Attanasio, in circumstances not yet clarified. In a short message on Twitter, the Burundian Head of State, Evariste Ndayishimiye, called on the international community to join efforts to eradicate armed [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian Foreign Ministry on Monday strongly condemned the armed attack on a United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) convoy in DR Congo, killing the Italian ambassador to the country and three other people. The ministry called it "a cowardly criminal act that targeted the United Nations [...]

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Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Here are the results of Mali's national football championship in the first division, after seven matches on the first day played on Saturday and Sunday: Djoliba - Onze Créateurs 2-0 AS Niana - COB 1-2 AS Real - US Kita 0-0 LCBA - AS Police 4-2 USFAS - AS Black Star [...]

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Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Clinical officers in Kenya have called off a 70-day strike, following a court order issued on Monday. The order was issued by Justice Maureen Onyango of the Employment and Labour Court. Kenya Union of Clinical Officers chairman Peterson Wachira on Tuesday urged members to report to work following [...]

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Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya recorded 10 coronavirus-related deaths which raised the country's fatalities to 1,837 on Tuesday. In its daily media update, the Ministry of Health said the deaths saw the fatalities raised after weeks of low new infections. Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe said 132 new infections were detected from [...]

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Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal has recorded 18 new deaths related to the coronavirus, bringing to 832 the number of patients who have died from the pandemic since 2 March 2020 when it emerged in the country, the Ministry of Health and Social Action announced on Tuesday at daily press [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has recorded 18 new deaths related to coronavirus, bringing the death toll to 7,811, the Ministry of Health announced on Monday.  The ministry also announced 575 new confirmed infections  following laboratory tests carried out on 3,186 samples. This brings to 228,937 the total number of infections recorded [...]

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Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) -  Seven Kenyan managers of teams that qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics have completed training on the Games Playbook in Nairobi. The training focused on 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games health and safety protocols as the world battles the coronavirus pandemic. The managers were drawn from rugby  (men and [...]

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Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya Airways (KQ) freight division has announced the resumption of its cargo services to New Delhi, India. It said on Tuesday the first flight to resume from New Delhi landed at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in Nairobi on 21 February 2021. It was carrying pharmaceuticals, machinery [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Foreign Minister of the Government of National Accord, Mohamed Siala, offered his condolences to his Italian counterpart, Luigi Di Maio, following the assassination  of the Italian ambassador to Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Monday. The envoy was killed in an attack on a World Food [...]

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Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Dozo traditional hunters and the Fulani community sealed on Sunday in Niono, Segou region, central Mali, a cessation of hostilities agreement during a ceremony presided over by the Malian Minister of National Reconciliation, Col.-Maj. Ismael Wagué, the Malian News Agency (AMAP) reported Tuesday. Thanks to the initiative [...]

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Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Senegalese Me Augustin Senghor and Mauritanian Ahmed Yahya, both candidates for presidential election of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) on 12 March in Rabat, Morocco, are due in the Guinean capital this week, the Guinean Football Federation (FEGUIFOOT) said Tuesday. The Senegalese Football Federation official is [...]

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Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo has blamed Rwandan militia based in the country's east for the attack on a UN convoy on Monday, in which an Italian Ambassador was killed, a leading daily in Kigali reported on Tuesday. Italian ambassador Luca Attanasio and a [...]

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Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The members of the National Transition Council (CNT), which plays the role of Parliament in Mali, on Monday approved by 100 votes, with four against and three abstentions, the Government Action Plan (GAP) that Prime Minister Moctar Ouane presented on Friday to advisers, official sources told [...]

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Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Urgent action is needed to tackle the triple threat of conflict, flooding and hunger in South Sudan, humanitarian charity, Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), said on Tuesday. The rising levels of armed violence, and almost 500,000 people displaced by floods and looming famine in five states has [...]

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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                                  2,756.00                    2,886.00 Japanese YEN                        19.47                         24.47 Pound Sterling                 3,199.00                    3,329.00 Swiss Franc                     2,558.13                     2,608.13 Canadian [...]

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