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Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana has recorded four more coronavirus (COVID-19)deaths to bring the total fatality toll to 783, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) announced in its latest coronavirus (COVID-19) update here Wednesday.  The GHS also announced 40 new cases to bring the total active cases to 1,519 from 93,085 confirmed [...]

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Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Domestic and foreign pressure is now mounting against the Sudanese army to expediently hand over the soldiers who fired at peaceful demonstrators, killing at least two and injuring dozens of others on Tuesday. The European Union, Canada and the United states are among the first countries to [...]

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Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Tanzania Football Federation (TFF) hosted the “Refereeing Educational & Learning Platform”, a project adopted by Refereeing Department of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Tanzania became the first country to install this initiative as 15 participants from the Tanzanian Football Federation (TFF) took part in the workshop [...]

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Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The CAF Executive Committee will meet in Kigali, Rwanda, on Saturday, 15 May, 2021. According to the CAF media channel, the meeting will be chaired by the CAF President, Dr. Patrice Motsepe. The last Executive Committee meeting was held on 30 March, 2021, by video conference. -0- PANA VAO [...]

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Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – For the second successive day, pro-Palestine protestors converged on Parliament on Wednesday to condemn the wave of attacks by Israeli armed forces. At least 23 Palestinians have been killed and hundreds more injured after Israeli forces stormed worshippers in Jerusalem. The Cape Town protestors who were [...]

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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A prestigious World Health Organization (WHO) appointed panel on Wednesday urged bold action to end the COVID-19 crisis, while also calling for the UN agency to be given greater authority to respond more quickly to future threats.  “Our message is simple and clear: the current system failed to [...]

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Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – Ugandan President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni was on Wednesday sworn in for his sixth term, setting the record as the  longest-serving head of the East African nation. In the last 35 years of his rule, Uganda has made progress in different areas but economic analysts and policy experts [...]

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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The following are Wednesday’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                       18.86                        23.86 Pound Sterling                 3,215.00                    3,345.00 Swiss Franc                     2,447.81                     2,597.81 Canadian Dollar              1,900.79                     1,930.79 Australian [...]

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Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Niger's defence minister Alkassoum Indatoun arrived in Khartoum on Wednesday and called on the First Vice President of Sudan's Sovereign Council, Maj.  Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Daglo. According to Sudan's  official news agency, SUNA,  said the Niger official handed Vice President Daglo a written message from Niger  President [...]

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Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA) - A global coalition of public development banks on Tuesday emphasized the urgency of immediate resources for Africa’s post-Covid 19 recovery and committed to deepen cooperation in boosting investment opportunities across the continent. Participants in the meeting, hosted by the African Development Bank, brainstormed on joint actions [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Najla al-Mangouch has met with Maltese Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Finance, Evarist Bartolo and Clyde Corona respectively, in the Maltese capital, Valletta, on cooperation in the fight against illegal migration and border security. "The fight against irregular migration, [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The co-chairs of the Economic Working Group of the International Monitoring Committee on Libya (IMC) have stressed that the provision of basic services to Libyans should be prioitised. They also stressed the strengthening of economic institutions, revitalising the private sector and improving the budgetary process, while underlining [...]

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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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Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – The United States on Wednesday condemned the use of live ammunition against peaceful protesters in Khartoum and called for a probe into the incident and prosecution of the perpetrators. In a statement posted on its Facebook account, the UN Embassy in Khartoum expressed "shock and dismay" at [...]

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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      30.55      32.16 Canadian Dollar       32.24       34.04 Euro          [...]

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Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese Army has set up a Committee to investigate Tuesday's shooting by soldiers of demonstrators commemorating the death two years ago of youth camping outside the Army Headquarters in Khartoum. “The army has formed a committee to probe the cause behind those incidents. The Armed Forces [...]

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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Moussa Faki Mahamat, has "strongly condemned" the bombardments in the Gaza Strip that have killed more than 21 Palestinians. He has also condemned the violent attacks in the Al-Aqsa mosque committed by Israeli security forces against Palestinian worshippers [...]

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Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – At least two civilian protesters were shot dead and dozens others injured when soldiers fired on demonstrators commemorating the death two years ago of youth camping outside the army headquarters in Khartoum to spur the ouster of President Omar Bashir. Thousands of protesting young men, who are [...]

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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Health authorities in Mauritius on Wednesday reported that they have recorded nine cases of COVID-19 at the local level. The cases were detected on Tuesday during contact tracing exercises and in a quarantine facility during 1,036 PCR tests. This brings the total number of imported and local cases [...]

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Cairo, Egypt (PANA) – Marking the Holy month of Ramadan and Eid Al-Fitr, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) has launched a campaign providing Muslims around the world with the opportunity to give their Zakat to support WFP’s critical work in combatting malnutrition. WFP’s partnership with the Islamic Development Bank and [...]

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Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) - With each day that passes, more lives are at stake as hunger tightens its grip in southern Madagascar. This is the stark warning from two United Nations agencies, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP), as they seek to draw international attention [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - Although the outlook for global growth has improved, the ongoing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as inadequate progress on vaccination in poorer countries, are putting recovery at risk, according to the latest UN economic forecast, published on Tuesday.  The World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP) mid-year report warned widening inequality is threatening global [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General said he was "gravely concerned" at escalating violence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory on Tuesday, while the UN rights office,  OHCHR, appealed for “a redoubling of efforts to restore calm”, after airstrikes and days of clashes between protesters and Israeli police. The ongoing violence [...]

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