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Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's Black Satellites reached the semi-finals of the Total U-20 AFCON qualification match when they beat their Cameroonian counterparts 4-2 on penalties Thursday in Nouakchott, Mauritania, local media reported here Thursday. Cameroon started the game creating some chances but failed to find the net. The Black Satellites had [...]

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London, Britain (PANA) - Liquid Telecommunications Financing, part of the African telecoms group, Liquid Telecom, has arranged a bond and term loan totaling US$840 million to support its growth, the firm said Thursday. Liquid Telecoms which is majority owned by Strive Masiyiwa’s Econet Global, supported by its Joint Global Bookrunners, arranged [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Prime Minister designate,  Abdelhamid Al-Dbaiba, met with the French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, who expressed his "support for the implementation of the new roadmap "agreed by the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum. In a tweet, Mr. Al-Dbaiba wrote on Thursday that Mr. Le Drian had expressed [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Since the beginning of the year, the number of illegal migrants arriving on Italian shores from Tunisia has increased remarkably, reaching at least 558, compared to 94 immigrants in the same period of 2020 and 31 in the same period of 2019, the Tunisian Forum for [...]

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Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's senior national football team will play three friendly matches ahead of the upcoming final rounds of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers. Football Kenya Federation (FKF) said on Wednesday that Harambee Stars will play South Sudan on March 13 in Nairobi, and host Tanzania in [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A unit of the Tunisian Navy rescued 24 sub-Saharan illegal migrants, including three found in a critical state of health, the Tunisian Defence Ministry said Wednesday in a statement. The rescued people were on board a boat that capsized 23 km off the coast of the south-east [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya recorded five deaths related to coronavirus infection and 571 new cases out of 2,946 samples tested in the last 24 hours, the National Centre for Disease Control announced on Thursday. In a statement, the Centre also announced 800 recoveries recorded in the country. The total number [...]

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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The following are Thursday’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                                  2,757.00                    2,887.00 Japanese Yen                  [...]

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Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - A suspected case of Ebola haemorrhagic fever died of the disease on Monday, bringing to six the number of deaths since the recent diagnosis of the first patients in the country's southern region, official sources said. The sixth case of death has been recorded, the National Health [...]

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Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Behavioral change and working with communities to create awareness of Ebola symptoms are some of the best methods in curbing the spread of the disease, a civil society body said on Thursday. Concern Worlwide, an Irish humanitarian agency, said the world should join hands in fighting the [...]

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Tunis Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia will in June host the multinational "African Lion" military manoeuvres, sponsored annually by the United States. The announcement was made on Wednesday in a statement by the commander-in-chief of the U.S. military in Europe and Africa, Christopher G. Cavoli. He said that these exercises are an opportunity [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 23 cases of infection with the British variant of the coronavirus have been recorded in Libya, the National Centre for Disease Control announced Thursday, as the country, plagued by security chaos and collapse of its health infrastructure, is experiencing a strong spread of [...]

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Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Uber, a ride hailing company, is facing a lawsuit in South Africa after drivers have begun demanding employee benefits which are provided in some foreign countries. Local law firm Mbuyisa Moleele attorneys is negotiating with European firm Leigh Day, which has secured employee rights for [...]

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Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkinabe army announced on Thursday that it had killed at least 11 suspected terrorists and captured another in combined operations from Tuesday to Wednesday in the Sahel province of Oudalan. According to a statement by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Burkina Faso, [...]

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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Thursday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank: Currency                      Buying    Selling Australian Dollar        30.73       32.34 Canadian Dollar          30.75      [...]

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Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – The following are Thursday’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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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian health authorities on Wednesday launched a Maternal and Child Health Handbook, aiming at empowering women to make informed decisions about their own health and pregnancy. The Handbook, which will be distributed among parents and aspiring parents, is said to be an effective tool in promoting and [...]

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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Government of Ethiopia has slammed "unsubstantiated and politically motivated misinformation" about the situation in Tigray being "extensively shared by several actors". The state-run Ethiopian News Agency (ENA) quoted a statement from the Office of the Prime Minister on Wednesday as saying a call for much [...]

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Bangui, Central African Republic (PANA) - Many civilians have been killed and others injured during the election period in the Central African Republic (CAR), Amnesty International said on Thursday. In a statement, it called on the CAR authorities to protect civilians and launch independent judicial investigations into abuses and human rights [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - Despite a successful presidential election and other noteworthy progress, the Central African Republic (CAR) continues to be plagued by violence and volatility, the UN peacekeeping chief has told the Security Council.  A UN statement said Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, praised the peacekeeping mission in [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A Tunisian security unit Wednesday in Sousse, 140 km south of the capital, arrested a 39-year-old man wanted for belonging to a 'terrorist' organization, a statement issued by the Tunisian ministry of Interior said. Security units operating in the same city also arrested a 35-year-oldTakfiri fighter wanted [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA)  - The Tunisian forum for economic and social rights (FTDES) said here Wednesday in its last report it had recorded a rise in the number of protest movements during January 2021, with 1,492 demonstrations, as against 1,136 the same period last year. The number of protests recorded as [...]

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