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Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The African Cup of Nations (AFCON) of football will be held in January 2022 in Cameroon, the secretary-general of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), Veron Mosengo-Omba, confirmed Tuesday in Yaoundé at the end of a 48-hour visit to Cameroon. According to him, "it is clear, the [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The House of Representatives (Parliament) in Libya has decided to convene a plenary hearing of the national unity government on June 29 after its meeting on Tuesday in Tobruk (East) devoted to the examination of the 2021 state budget that was not adopted, announced spokesman Abdallah [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Football Association (LFA) has announced the appointment of the Spaniard, Javier Clemente, as the coach of the Libyan national team, replacing Montenegrin Zoran Filipovic. LFA revealed that Clemente’s contract lasts for one year, subject to renewal. After his appointment, Clemente said, "I am happy to be [...]

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Yaounde, Cameroon (PANA) - The CAF General Secretary, Veron Mosengo-Omba, together with the Cameroonian Minister of Sports, Prof. Narcisse Mouelle Kombi, and President of the Cameroonian Football Federation (FECAFOOT), Seidou Mbombo Njoya, on Tuesday, 15 June, 2021, opened a new CAF office in Yaoundé. Situated in the COCAN building, the office [...]

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Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Sierra Leone became the 24th and final qualifier for the 2022 AFCON in Cameroon, after beating Benin 1-0 in a rescheduled match at the General Lansana Conte Stadium in Conakry, Guinea, on Tuesday. Here is the list of all qualifiers - 1. Cameroon - Hosts and Group F [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Foreign Minister, Najla Al-Mangouch, on Tuesday received an invitation to visit Egypt for further consultations before the Berlin II Conference on Libya, scheduled for 23 June. The invitation was delivered to al-Mangouch during her meeting on Tuesday with the Egyptian Foreign Minister, Sameh Chokry, on the [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Najla al-Mangouch, says Libya's stability will depend greatly on the full implementation of its ceasefire agreement and a clear and practical timetable for the exit of mercenaries and foreign forces from the north African country. Al-Mangouch was speaking [...]

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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - World Bank President David Malpass and senior managers, including Axel van Trotsenburg and Makhtar Diop, met with the African Union’s COVID-19 Vaccine Acquisition Task Team (AVATT) to discuss a partnership to accelerate vaccine deployment to Africa, the UN Economic Commission for Africa said on Tuesday.  In [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Parliament resumed its budget session on Tuesday in the eastern city of Tobruk, chaired by Speaker Aguila Saleh. The House is examining  the draft state budget 2021 and the appointment of sovereign positions, its official spokesperson, Abdallah Belaihak said. "The first and second vice presidents of [...]

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Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – The African Union and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa have wished Zambia’s first  president Kenneth Kaunda well following his hospitalization at the military Maina Soko Medical Centre in Lusaka. The AU and President Ramaphosa on Tuesday joined President Edgar Lungu and the people of Zambia in praying [...]

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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Domestic workers globally have been among the hardest hit by the COVID crisis, losing more jobs and working hours than other sectors, the UN labour agency ILO said on Tuesday. Ten years on from the landmark adoption of the International Labour Organization Convention that confirmed their rights, ILO Director-General [...]

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Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has suspended  campaign by the ruling Patriotic Front (PF) and main opposition, United Party for National Development (UPND) in the capital Lusaka, Mpulungu, Namwala and Nakonde districts due to escalating political violence ahead of the 12 August general election. The Commission [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA )- A total of 338 illegal migrants of various African nationalities, heading for European shores on board five boats, were rescued by a Libyan coast guard patrol, a spokesperson for Libyan naval forces said. The rescue operation was carried out late Sunday by the Ras Jedir boat, which [...]

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Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – Collaborating with  the Gambia Bureau of Statistics (GBoS), the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has launched its Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) in the west African country to facilitate evidence-based decision making on migration governance and response to the needs of vulnerable migrants. DTM is IOM’s information system [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Leaders of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) have urged the Libyan Government and Parliament to respect the 24 December presidential and parliamentary elections and to work to ensure that they are "free, fair and inclusive". "We call on all relevant Libyan authorities and institutions, including the [...]

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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          30.55       32.16 Canadian Dollar          [...]

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Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The following are Tuesday’s foreign exchange rates for the Gambian Dalasi (D) as published by Central Bank of Gambia. 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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