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Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghanaian President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Tuesday expressed worry over the recent increase in coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, particularly with the recent registration of 343 new cases to send the total to 3,124.
The president, who was speaking at the Eid-Al-Adha celebration here Tuesday, said the increasing number [...]Full text...
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - CAF President, Patrice Motsepe, and his executive committee have revealed their stance on FIFA’s idea of organizing the World Cup every two years.
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) said in a press release that Motsepe, along with his Exco, have pledged their support to the idea [...]Full text...
Maseru, Lesotho (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has approved a loan of US$4.25 million to the Lesotho Revenue Authority to provide digital tax services, including e-taxation and e-payment, that will broaden the country’s tax base and boost government revenue.
The funds, to be [...]Full text...
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, South African retail food sales totalled US$ 39.8 billion in 2020, a 6 percent decrease from 2019, according to the latest report on the business released by the Global Agricultural Information Network.
The report said that a nationwide [...]Full text...
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Special Envoy of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) Ján Kubiš has extended “his warmest wishes to the Libyan people and all Libyan authorities as they celebrate the blessed Eid al-Adha,” said a message released by the Mission.
“On behalf [...]Full text...
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Amnesty International has called for an urgent fair retrial of Moroccan journalist and government critic, Omar Radi, who was jailed on Monday for six years on charges of espionage and rape, charges that he denied.
Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa, Amna Guellali, [...]Full text...
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Fewer women will regain jobs lost to the COVID-19 pandemic during the recovery period, than men, according to a new study released on Monday by the UN’s labour agency.
In Building Forward Fairer: Women's rights to work and at work at the core of the COVID-19 recovery, the International Labour Organization (ILO) highlights that between 2019 [...]Full text...
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Deteriorating economic conditions since 2020 and the COVID-19 pandemic have fuelled an increase in domestic violence and forced marriage in Sudan, a UN-backed study has revealed.
Voiced from Sudan 2020, published this week, is the first-ever nationwide qualitative assessment of gender-based violence (GBV) in the country, where a transitional government is now in its second year, a [...]Full text...
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - Morocco has repatriated its citizen who had been held at the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility, the US State Department announced on Monday.
A press statement by Ned Price, Spokesperson of the State Department, said Abdul Nasir is the first detainee to be repatriated to his country [...]Full text...