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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi Tuesday reaffirmed the refusal of his country to host a centre for migrants for Europe. During his participation in the works of the Euro-African meeting on migration held in Portugal, Mr. Mechichi reaffirmed Tunisia’s rejection of any operation endangering its sovereignty, noting [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian minister of foreign affairs, Migration and Tunisians living abroad, Othman Jerandi, held talks with his Turkish counterpart, Mevlut Cavusoglu, on phone on several issues of common interest. The two discussed particularly developments in the Palestinian territories, according to a statement issued by the Tunisian ministry [...]

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Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The office of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) in Sudan, has welcomed an International Humanitarian Partnerships’ basecamp donation in remote locations of Sudan. In a press release, the UN Refugee Agency expressed its appreciation to the International Humanitarian Partnership (IHP) for building and handing [...]

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Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) – Editors in Botswana have implored authorities to consider the establishment of community radio stations. Speaking at the commemoration of World Press Freedom day on Tuesday, Editors Forum Chairperson, Spencer Mogapi, said government should allow for the establishment of community radio stations. He said the community radio stations will [...]

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Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The City of Cape Town has given the all-clear for a US$750 million development on its  outskirts which will be used  as the new African headquarters of retail giant Amazon. PANA reports that the news comes a month after Twitter announced that it is opening [...]

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Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - An African regional organisation said about 60 percent of South Sudan people are facing  “one of the worst food security” and nutrition crisis  since the country became independent a decade ago. The IGAD Climatic Prediction and Applications Center (ICPAC) has issued a press release warning that South [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 143 new illegal migrants, including five women, were rescued at sea by a Libyan coastal security boat and brought back to Tripoli, the Libyan Interior Ministry announced in a statement on Tuesday. The rescued migrants are of different nationalities and were disembarked at the [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations Security Council has strongly condemned Monday’s attack on the UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), in which one Malawian blue helmet was killed. The attack, which took place near Beni town in the restive North Kivu province, was carried [...]

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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says it registered 49 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, bringing the total number of infections to 165,468. The NCDC also said via its official Twitter handle that Nigeria has conducted 1,977,479 tests since the first index case was announced [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The President of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed al-Manfi, has reaffirmed Libya's unwavering position and unlimited support for the Palestinian cause until the establishment of its independent state, with the holy city of Al-Quds (Jerusalem) as its capital. He stated this position during a telephone call with [...]

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Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – The following are Tuesday’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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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Federal Government has re-introduced a nationwide 12am to 4am curfew from Tuesday to curtail further spread of COVID-19 in the country. National Incident Manager, Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19, Mukhtar Muhammad, said that the restrictions also involve a ban on mass gatherings in public spaces, [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel has  encouraged Libyan Prime Minister Abdelhamid al-Dbaiba to prepare for national elections scheduled for December 2021. During the video call on Monday, Mrs. Merkel and Mr. al-Dbaiba discussed the next steps in the political process in Libya, Germany's ambassador to Libya, Olivier Owcza, [...]

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Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria’s sugar industry is facing serious challenges despite efforts by the government to create self-sufficiency in sugar production and reduce raw sugar imports, according to a new report on the industry. “Entrenched interests in the sugar value chain are largely responsible for Nigeria’s sugar production crisis,” says [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia recorded 39 new deaths linked to the coronavirus (COVID-19) and 1,024 new confirmed infections in 24 hours, the Tunisian Ministry of Health announced on Monday. This brings the death toll to 11,468 while the number of infections is now 321,837, the ministry said. A total of 2,498 patients [...]

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Washington, DC, US (PANA) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Executive Board on Monday approved a financing plan that will help mobilise the resources needed for the fund to cover its share of debt relief to Sudan. Announcing the approval, IMF Managing Director, Ms. Kristalina Georgieva, said that the financing package [...]

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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank: Currency                     Buying     Selling Australian Dollar       30.69        32.30 Canadian Dollar        32.29        34.09 Euro  [...]

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Rome, Italy (PANA) - The UN agriculture chief warned on Monday that severe underfunding of Africa’s agri-food sector has boosted food insecurity and was hampering the future development of countries across the continent.  “Let's unblock the bottlenecks that are holding back potential by increasing coordination and upskilling human capacity in African nations,” [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The US State Department on Monday announced that the Ambassador to Libya, Richard Norland, will now also serve in the capacity of US Special Envoy for Libya in addition to Chief of Mission for Libya.  In his role as US Special Envoy, Ambassador Norland will lead US diplomatic efforts to promote international support for a [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Libyan coast guards on Sunday arrested more than 700 illegal migrants in the Mediterranean and sent back to Libya. The coast guards also announced that five other migrants, including a child, died in the shipwreck of their boat, according to fishermen who rescued survivors. In a tweet on [...]

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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Amidst an “unacceptably high plateau” in COVID-19 cases and deaths globally, the UN health agency chief on Monday shone a light on last week’s death toll that totalled almost 90,000 people and 5.4 million reported cases.  Despite decreased instances in most regions, including the two worst-affected – the [...]

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