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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian president received here Thursday the vice-president of the Libyan Presidential Council, Abdellah Al-Lafi, a statement of the Tunisian presidency announced. The Tunisian head of state affirmed Tunisia's constant desire to further strengthen the fraternal relations that bind it to Libya and its deep determination to [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The approaches of the two assemblies in Libya, the House of Representatives (Parliament) and the High State Council, an advisory body, towards various decisive political issues, particularly the adoption of legislation for the upcoming elections on 24 December, have turned into a tug of war. This development [...]

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London, Britain (PANA) – Kenya and the United Kingdom (UK) on Thursday signed two key agreements in the health sector, on the third day of President Kenyatta's official visit to the European nation. The agreement on health workforce collaboration provides a framework for capacity building and exchange of health workers between [...]

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Buckinghamshire, UK (PANA) – President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday met British Prime Minister Boris Johnson for bilateral talks on the second day of the Kenyan leader's official visit to the United Kingdom. The leaders meeting at Chequers, the Prime Minister's official country residence in Buckinghamshire, discussed the deepening of the Kenya-UK [...]

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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA) has forecast more devastating floods from the end of August to early October in some states of the federation including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Already, the agency said in line with its earlier predictions, Lagos, Nasarawa, Anambra, Abia, Kwara, Kaduna, Rivers, [...]

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Brazzaville, Congo (PANA)  – Around 7.7 million children in Africa missed out on vital first doses of Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis, Measles and Polio vaccines in 2020 due to disruptions to health services driven by the COVID-19 pandemic, new data by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and World health Organization (WHO) show. Three [...]

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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s Coronavirus (COVID-19) infections surged on Wednesday to 535, the biggest daily increase in the country since March 4, 2021, when 708 cases was registered. Nigeria also recorded five additional COVID-19 related deaths on Wednesday bringing the death toll to 2,139. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) [...]

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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The UN  World Food Programme (WFP) on Thursday welcomed a contribution of 36 metric tons of nutritious dates worth US$ 88,437 from Saudi Arabia and King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSRelief) to support refugees living in northwest Tanzania. The consignment of dates will [...]

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Rome, Italy (PANA) - As the COVID-19 pandemic raged around the world pushing millions more people into hunger and poverty, the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) increased its support for the most vulnerable and marginalized people, according to the agency’s annual report released on Thursday. IFAD Annual Report 2020 [...]

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Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities said on Thursday that they have detected 94 new positive cases of Covid-19 in the island. According to the Ministry of Health and Welfare, 93 of these patients are asymptomatic. The new cases bring the total number of local Covid-19 infections to 4,093 since [...]

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Libreville, Gabon (PANA) – The COVID-19 pandemic and the fall in oil prices have severely hit the Gabonese economy, deteriorating fiscal and external balances, and increasing unemployment and poverty, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). On Wednesday the IMF Board approved a 36-month arrangement under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian Navy units on Wednesday fished out five bodies, probably of drowned illegal migrants, off the coast of the Tunisian town of Mehdia (200 km south of Tunis). The bodies were taken to the city's university hospital for autopsy and to determine their identity. This summer has [...]

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Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal has recorded 11 new coronavirus-related deaths, bringing the death toll to 1,318, the Ministry of Health and Social Action announced on Thursday in a statement on the epidemiological situation. The ministry also announced 884 new cases, confirmed by tests carried out on 3,164 samples. The new [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya has recorded 16 new coronavirus-related deaths in the past 24 hours bringing the death toll to 3,469. The National Centre for Disease Control announced on Thursday that 2,730 new cases were recorded out of 11,513 samples tested during the period, representing a positivity rate of 23.7%. In [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Five days after he suspended Parliament, dismissed the Prime Minister and took the head of the prosecutor's office, the Tunisian President, Kaïs Saied, has decided to tackle the scourge of corruption and tax evasion that have plagued the country for many years. At the same time, he [...]

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Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa will send 1,495 soldiers to Mozambique, as part of a regional force aimed at quelling an insurgency in the country's troubled Cabo Delgado region. President Cyril Ramaphosa authorised the deployment in letter to the Parliamentary Speaker of Parliament Thandi Modise. The deployment will last [...]

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Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Greek security services  on Tuesday arrested a 28-year-old Moroccan man who was one of the leaders of the terrorist organisation Daech operating in Syria, Moroccan security sources said. This arrest was made thanks to accurate information provided by the Moroccan security services -- the General Directorate of [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The sixth meeting of the 5+5 Joint Military Commission scheduled for Thursday in the central city of Sirte will be devoted to following up on the decisions of previous meetings on the implementation of the ceasefire agreement, particularly the opening of the coastal road linking Sirte [...]

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Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Director-General of Senegalese Customs, Abdourahman Dieye, on Wednesday crossed into neighbouring Gambia at  the Jiboroh border post while on a working tour of Senegal's southern province of Cassamance. Jiboroh is the last Gambian town bordering southern Senegal and lies less than 3 km from Selety border [...]

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Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The following are Thursday’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                          [...]

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Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Thursday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank: Currency                     Buying    Selling Australian Dollar      30.50       32.10 Canadian Dollar       33.00        34.84 Euro  [...]

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Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Statistics Mauritius said on Wednesday that in 2020, some 13.3% of energy used in the country, amounting to 177 kiloton of oil equivalent (ktoe) was met from locally renewable energy sources. These are hydro, wind, landfill gas, bagasse, fuelwood and photovoltaic. It said in its latest report on [...]

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Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Minister of Health and Wellness, Kailesh Jagutpal, on Wednesday, announced that the micro-elimination approach to eliminate hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in haemodialysis patients would be introduced by the end of 2021 in Mauritius. Speaking at the Abdool Gafoor Jeetoo Hospital in Port Louis, [...]

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Rome, Italy (PANA) - A sustainable and prosperous planet can only be achieved through working together and in solidarity, the UN Deputy Secretary-General said on Wednesday at the end of a major global food security meeting. Amina Mohammed was speaking during her closing press conference at the Food Systems Pre-Summit in Rome, [...]

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