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Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - This May, the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group is launching a call for proposals for projects enhancing the viability and sustainability of women entrepreneurship enablers. Women’s business associations, incubators, accelerators, and cooperatives that advance women’s entrepreneurship, can apply for funding for innovative projects or programmes to [...]

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Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - President Mokgweetsi Masisi is optimistic that the Kazungula Bridge joint developed by Botswana and Zambia will be the gateway to more strategic developments for the two countries. “We have improved the development and competitiveness of our economies to attract more private sector investment, thereby supporting our efforts [...]

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Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The headquarters of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) in Cairo, Egypt, on Monday hosted the draw for the African qualifiers for the FIFA Under-17 Women World Cup, known as India 2022. CAF Head of Competitions, Khaled Nassar, conducted the draw, assisted by Egyptian footballer, Nadine Ghazy, [...]

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Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Following draws conducted by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) at its headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, on Monday, the following matches have been lined up as the African qualifiers to the FIFA Under-20 Women World Cup, Costa Rica 2022. CAF will have two representatives in Costa Rica. However, [...]

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Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The headquarters of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) in Cairo, Egypt, ON Monday hosted the draw for the qualification series that saw a record of 45 member associations taking part. According to the CAF media channel, Morocco, the host country of the final tournament will qualify [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Four bodies of illegal migrants, including a woman and a child, were recovered by Libyan Red Crescent teams who also rescued 40 other people, informed sources said Monday in the Libyan capital. With the improvement of weather conditions and as summer approaches, attempts to migrate to Europe [...]

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Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) –  Ace Magashule, the suspended Secretary-General of South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC), has been ordered to apologise for the “letter of suspension” he wrote to President Cyril Ramaphosa last week. Addressing the media following a three-day national executive committee (NEC) meeting on Monday, Ramaphosa [...]

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Maseru, Lesotho (PANA) - London Stock Exchange (LSE)-listed Gem Diamonds on Monday announced it has recovered a high-quality 370 ct Type II white diamond from Letšeng mine in Lesotho. This follows the company's announcement on May 4 of the recovery of a high-quality 254 ct Type II white diamond. Gem noted on [...]

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Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) – Nearly 900,000 people are projected to face severe hunger in Cabo Delgado, Niassa and Nampula provinces of northern Mozambique, compared to 950,000 before the harvest from April to September, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Southern and Eastern Africa reported on [...]

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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The following are Monday’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                                  2,753.00                    2,883.00 Japanese YEN                       18.72                          23.72 Pound Sterling                 3,188.00                    3,318.00 Swiss Franc                   [...]

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Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The Council of the European Union (EU) on Monday approved conclusions affirming the EU's commitment to give new impetus to its partnership with the Horn of Africa, and establishing a new strategy for the region. A geo-strategic priority for the EU in Africa, the Horn of Africa [...]

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Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed €500,000 from the European Union (EU) to provide technical support to Rwanda’s COVID-19 recovery efforts. With this contribution, WFP will support Government efforts to ensure that social protection is expanded to the most vulnerable and food insecure Rwandans [...]

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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Monday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank: Currency                  Buying    Selling Australian Dollar    30.74      32.35 Canadian Dollar      32.22      34.02 Euro            [...]

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Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Hundreds of Ethiopian peacekeepers in Sudan's Darfur state have refused to go back home at the end of the peacekeeping mission and asked for political asylum. Reporting from Fashir, some750 km west of the capital, Khartoum, the official Sudan News agency quoted a refugee commission official as [...]

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Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – The following are Monday’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 say that they detected nine new positive cases of Covid-19 on Sunday, bringing the number of cases since March 2020 to 1,257. In a statement issued on Sunday, the Ministry of Health and Welfare said that eight residents of Camp-Diable, in the south of [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, and senior UN officials have expressed their deep concern over confrontations between Palestinians and Israeli security forces in East Jerusalem, particularly those which began on Friday evening, and continued into Sunday night. Several Palestinian children are among the wounded. A UN [...]

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