Geneva-Switzerland (PANA) - Millions of people caught up in an active war zone in north-west Syria remain in need of humanitarian aid to survive, the United Nations (UN) said here Friday. "The UN needs cross-border and cross-line access to reach those most in need," a joint statement by the UN, World Health [...]Full text...
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Prime Minister, Abdelhamid Al-Dbaiba, has announced the setting up of a Press Reform Committee, following the recent dissolution of the Libyan Media Authority, a government institution overseeing 10 media organizations. According to Al-Dbaiba, the decision to set up the Committee was taken by the Council [...]Full text...
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The World Bank has approved a US$450 million loan to support momentum in Morocco for reforms designed to increase public access to financial and digital services. According to the Bank’s announcement, part of a series of three, the Second Financial and Digital Inclusion Development Policy Financing (DPF) [...]Full text...
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A senior member of the Islamic State in the Great Sahara (EIGS), Dadi ould Chouaib, known as Abou Dardar, was arrested in a joint operation undertaken by the Barkhane Force and the Nigerien Army, the Malian national daily L'Essor reported on Friday, citing French authorities. His arrest [...]Full text...
Rome, Italy (PANA) - The impact of conflicts old and new, climate shocks and COVID-19, in addition to a lack of funding, have left millions more on the verge of famine than six months ago, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday. In an appeal for US$5 billion “to avoid famine” [...]Full text...
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal has recorded 53 new cases of coronavirus infection after tests on 1,416 samples, the Ministry of Health and Social Action said on Friday. It said the patients include 22 contact cases being treated and 31 arising from community transmission. Besides there were 60 new recoveries while 333 [...]Full text...
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Three patients have died of coronavirus infection in Libya, bringing the national toll caused by the pandemic to 3,173, the National Centre for Disease Control announced on Friday. In a statement, the Centre also announced 280 new infections with the emerging coronavirus detected in 3,563 samples tested [...]Full text...
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Messages of tribute are been sent in as world leaders mourn Zambia’s founding President Kenneth Kaunda, also popularly known as KK, who passed away on Thursday at the age of 97. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has expressed sadness over the death of first Republican President Kaunda. Johnson [...]Full text...
Cotonou, Benin(PANA)- The World Bank's International Development Association (IDA) has granted Benin US$200 million to help the country improve access to electricity services for households, businesses and basic public services. According to a Bank statement, the Benin Electricity Access Scaling-Up Project will carry out extension works to increase access to the [...]Full text...
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A high-level Algerian team arrived Thursday in Tripoli to support the Libyan electricity network, the Libyan General Electricity Company (GECOL) announced. According to a GECOL statement, a meeting between Algerian technicians and Libyan officials discussed "the necessary arrangements for the installation of towed production units in Tripoli [...]Full text...
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Prime Minister Abdelhamid al-Dbaiba spoke on Thursday on phone with US Congressman and member of the Judiciary Committee, Republican Ted Deutch, about the political process in Libya and preparations for the December 24 elections. "I spoke with Republican Ted Deutch about the hard work Libyans are [...]Full text...
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Ethiopian Heran Gerba, Director General of her country’s Food and Drug Authority (EFDA) on Friday received the '2021 World No Tobacco Day Award' for her efforts in tobacco control through her leadership role at the FDA. World Health Organization (WHO) Representative in Ethiopia, Dr Bouriema Hama [...]Full text...
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The Africa Renewable Energy Fund II (AREF II) has achieved its first close at €125 million, following a joint investment of €17.5 million from the Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa and the Climate Technology Fund through the African Development Bank (AfDB). AREF II, a successor to [...]Full text...
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa on Friday paid tribute to former Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda who died on Thursday. He has declared a national period of mourning for 10 days and ordered flags to be flown at half-mast. Ramaphosa, who described Kaunda as “the father of [...]Full text...
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian economy has started a gradual recovery from the negative effects of the COVID-19 global pandemic, but unemployment and inflation remain elevated, according to an International Monetary Fund (IMF) team that has just concluded a virtual visit to the country. Following sharp output contractions in the [...]Full text...
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The following are Friday’s foreign exchange rates for the Gambian Dalasi (D) as published by Central Bank of The 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 [...]Full text...
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius on Thursday launched the Partnership for Action on Green Recovery Fund project (PAGE) and the National Food System Dialogue. These will help the country, through the combination of many UN agencies, to look through the strategies and plans for a green, fair, inclusive and sustainable recovery. Mauritian [...]Full text...
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - New research published by the UN health agency on Thursday revealed that suicide remains one of the leading causes of death worldwide – taking more lives each year than HIV, malaria, breast cancer, war and homicide. A UN statement said based on its estimates that more than [...]Full text...
New York, US (PANA) - Sexual violence in conflict “reverberates down generations” and threatens both human and international security, the UN chief said on Thursday in his message for the International day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict . Already a “cruel tactic of war, torture, terror and repression”, Secretary-General Antonio [...]Full text...
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Friday urged world leaders to step up their efforts to foster peace, stability and cooperation in order to halt and begin reversing nearly a decade-long trend of surging displacement driven by violence and persecution. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the [...]Full text...
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday spoke with Libyan Foreign Minister Najla Najla Al-Mangouch with their discussions focusing on the upcoming 23 June Second Berlin Conference on Libya. A statement by Ned Price, Spokesperson of the US Department of State, said the top US [...]Full text...
