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Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Three persons died while more than 15 others were still believed trapped following the collapse of an illegal mining (galamsey) pit at Bremang in the Upper West Denkyira District in the Central Region Wednesday. Local media reports monitored by PANA indicated that two others rescued from the [...]

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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says Nigeria recorded 37 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 166,098. On Sunday, Nigeria recorded 40 new cases while the figure was 42 on Monday. The NCDC said via its official [...]

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Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The United States on Wednesday condemned the detention of the leaders of the civilian interim government in Mali and called for their immediate and unconditional release. Ned Price, US Department Spokesperson, said his country “strongly condemns the detention of civilian leaders of Mali’s transition government”.  “We support the [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Football Association (LFA) has ended its contract with Montenegrin coach, Zoran Filipovic, as coach of the Libyan national team due to poor results against Tunisia and Tanzania in the Total Africa Cup of Nations, Cameroon 2021 qualifiers. The LFA had earlier signed a one-year contract [...]

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Khartoum, Sudan (PANA ) - Peace talks between the government of the Sudan and the main rebel Sudan People’s liberation movement started in Juba, capital of South Sudan, with the government sending the largest delegation ever to attend the opening session on Wednesday. In March this year, the two sides signed [...]

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Lomé, Togo (PANA) - The football family in Togo is in mourning after Komla Dzoboku Gblokpo passed away on Monday, 24 May, 2021, after a brief illness. Mr. Gblokpo is recognized as the first founder of a women's football club in Togo, “Amis du Monde”. His team, several times champion of Togo [...]

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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has called on the Libyan Government of National Unity and the European Union and its Member States to urgently reform their current search and rescue policies and practices in the central Mediterranean Sea that too often rob migrants [...]

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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday hosted the President of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed Younis Menfi, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Menfi and members of his entourage were received by President Buhari along with ministers and presidential aides. President Buhari had repeatedly blamed the insecurity in [...]

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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Army on Wednesday said its troops under Operation Hadi Kai bust a Boko Haram logistics stockpile in Kurkareta town, Yobe State, northeast of the country. Conducted in conjunction with local vigilantes on Tuesday, the raid led to the recovery of 62 jerrycans filled with petrol. The [...]

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Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – At least 300,000 migrants across the East and Horn of Africa have been affected by COVID-19 in 2020, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM)’s annual flagship report on migration trends and population movements in the region. The report, A Region on the Move, released this week, highlights the dire consequences of the pandemic for vulnerable migrants, including [...]

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Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Almost 20 years after former President Jacob Zuma was linked to a corrupt multi-million dollar arms procurement scandal, he has pleaded not guilty to all the charges against him.  Zuma on Wednesday appeared in the KwaZulu-Natal High Court where he faced multiple charges of corruption, [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mr. Mohamed al-Manfi, has stressed the need to stop violations on Libya's southern borders, arguing that securing them should be a priority after the deterioration of security in neighbouring Chad. Mr. al-Manfi, who was addressing the Extraordinary Summit of Heads [...]

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Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The United Nations University Institute for Natural Resources in Africa (UNU-INRA), based in Accra, Ghana, will on Wednesday begin a series of awareness-raising events on global warming, the Institute's management announced. The events, organised in collaboration with the African Academy of Sciences (AAS), with the participation of [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Vice President of the Libyan Presidential Council, Moussa al-Kouni, met on Tuesday in Tripoli with the Special Envoy of the UN Secretary General to Libya, Jan Kubis, on the elections scheduled for 24 December, and the efforts to find a constitutional basis to organise them [...]

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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              30.59     32.20 Canadian Dollar          [...]

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Cairo, Egypt (PANA) – Strong performance and commitment of the Egyptian authorities over the past 12 months helped the country maintain macroeconomic stability during the COVID-19 pandemic while protecting necessary social and health spending and implementing key structural reforms. “Egypt’s economy has shown resilience, with the impact of the COVID-19 crisis [...]

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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities detected 19 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, bringing to 1,333 the number of infections since the first case in March 2020. According to the Ministry of Health and Welfare, 17 of these cases are relatives of employees of the Wastewater Management Authority (WMA), [...]

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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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Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The unprecedented economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, together with global school closures and inadequate government assistance, is pushing children into exploitative and dangerous child labour, Human Rights Watch and Friends of the Nation said on Wednesday in a report released ahead of the World Day [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - A summit involving leaders of Somalia’s political factions is underway in Mogadishu, a welcome relief after months of escalating tension, the senior UN official in the country told the Security Council on Tuesday, expressing hope that a consensus on electoral plans will be announced imminently. James [...]

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Saly, Senegal (PANA) - The final group matches in the ongoing 2021 Beach Soccer African Nations Cup (AFCON) will take place on Wednesday in Saly, Senegal. In Group A, Senegal will play against Tanzania while Egypt go against Morocco in Group B. Senegal, the title holders, have won the championship five times [...]

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