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Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Government of Ghana on Wednesday took delivery of 600,000 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19  vaccines made by the Serum Institute of India. The local media said the Covishield vaccines were received at the Kotoka International Airport in Accra by a delegation led by the Minister-designate for Health, [...]

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Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - President Uhuru Kenyatta has reiterated Kenya's strong commitment to advancing Africa's agenda at UN Security Council especially on matters of climate change and security on the continent. The President rallied the Security Council to support more mitigation and adaptation measures in Africa saying effects of climate change [...]

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Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenya’s state-owned electricity distribution firm is carrying out tests before the commissioning of a mega electricity converter station, the biggest such facility in Africa, which would enable electricity grids in Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania, to connect for power trade. The Kenya Electricity Transmission Company (KETRACO) Managing Director [...]

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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has warned against the rising income inequalities caused by digital labour platforms which enable workers from poor countries to undertake professional jobs outsourced from rich countries in exchange for poor pay. The ILO said that while the growth of digital labour platforms [...]

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Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Two women were killed on Tuesday evening when an improvised explosive device exploded as their cart passed by, in the commune of Mansila, Yagha province, in the Sahel region, security sources said. The two women were killed instantly, the sources said. Last Thursday, at least eight passengers [...]

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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Wednesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank: Currency                      Buying   Selling Australian Dollar        30.54      32.15 Canadian Dollar         30.58      32.29 Euro    [...]

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Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – The following are Wednesday’s foreign exchange rates for the Gambian Dalasi (D) as published by Trust Bank Gambia Ltd: Currency                                 Buying                        Selling US Dollar                                   51.50                        52.30 Pound Sterling                         67.00                        69.50 Euro                                             59.00                        62.50 CFA Franc (5000)                     400.00                      425.00 Swedish Kroner (100)             480.00                     520.00 Australian Dollar                       34.50                       37.50 South African Rand                  12.00                       14.00 Canadian Dollar                          37.00                     [...]

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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Several thousand people fleeing escalating violence in Ethiopia’s Benishangul Gumuz region have sought safety in Sudan’s Blue Nile State over the last month, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Tuesday. Tensions have been high in the Metekel Zone since 2019 with several reports of inter-communal attacks [...]

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Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The World Food Programme (WFP) has provided further information on the deadly convoy attack in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Monday in which Italy’s Ambassador to the country, his bodyguard, and a WFP driver were killed.  The UN’s Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS) [...]

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Conakry, Guinea (PANA) – Ebola vaccination of people at high risk kicked off on Tuesday in Guinea as the emergency response was escalated to counter the spread of the virus that re-emerged in the country a little more than a week ago for the first time since 2016. The vaccination was launched [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – The Algerian authorities on Tuesday unexpectedly closed all border crossing points with Tunisia, Tunisian security and customs sources said. It is probable that the action is linked to the announcement made by the Tunisian Scientific Committee in the Fight Against the Coronavirus on the discovery of two [...]

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Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Former Niger foreign minister Mohamed Bazoum, 61, has won Niger's presidential run-off election with 55.75% of the vote, the Electoral Commission announced on Tuesday. He was the frontrunner in the first round balloting on 27 December with 40% of vote among 30 candidates. In Sunday's run-off, overshadowed by [...]

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Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The National Network of DRC Rights NGOs (RENADHOC) Tuesday called on the international community to back the Congolese government in its fight against armed groups, a statement issued and sent to PANA here said. "Let the international community at least get out of its indifference to [...]

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