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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Minister of Interior, Khaled Mazen, on Sunday discussed Libya's 24 December polls with the European Union (EU) Mission to the north African country. The EU delegation to the meeting included the coordinator and deputy head of EU mission, Ray Zneka, and other officials. A statement issued [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan International E-Commerce Fair started on Sunday at the Tripoli International Fair complex, under the supervision of the Minister of Economy and Trade, Mohamed Al-Haweij. It is aimed at promoting e-commerce in Libya and fostering the exchange of experiences between local and foreign operators in this [...]

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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria on Saturday recorded 497 new COVID-19 cases as new infections continue to increase amid fears that the third wave of the pandemic has already hit the country. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said via its Twitter handle that the new infections figure of 497, [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan newspapers this week gave wide coverage to the reopening of the coastal road linking eastern and western Libya after nearly two years of closure, asking what effect this might have on the departure of mercenaries and fighters under the ceasefire signed last October in Geneva. The [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian President, Kais Saeid, has reassured his Algerian counterpart, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, during a telephone conversation that Tunisia "is in the right direction to consecrate democracy and multiparty system," the Algerian presidency announced on Sunday. President Saeid also informed Mr. Tebboune that important decisions will be unveiled very [...]

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Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The King of Morocco, Mohammed VI, on Saturday renewed his call on Algeria to work together with Morocco to establish bilateral relations based on trust, dialogue and good neighbourliness. Mohammed VI, on a nation-wide broadcast to mark the 22nd anniversary of the Throne Day, added that "the [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 2,689,094 Libyans have been registered on the electoral register from 4-31 July, the Higher National Electoral Commission (HNEC) announced on Sunday. The number of new voters registered during revision of the voters' list is 348,998. General elections are scheduled for 24 December, under the supervision [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – Tunisia has recorded 172 new deaths linked to the coronavirus and 3,316 new infections, the Tunisian ministry of Health said on Sunday. The overall number of infections recorded in the country since the beginning of the pandemic is 592,881 as against 513,629 recoveries. The death toll is [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya earned US$2.14 billion in revenues in June from sale of crude oil, gas, condensates, derivative oil products and petrochemicals, according to data from the Libyan National Oil Company (NOC). A statement issued by the NOC said crude oil revenues amounted to US$2.69 million, while sale of [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya has recorded 39 new coronavirus-related deaths sending the death toll to 3,548. It has also recorded 4,322 new cases out of 15,388 samples tested in the last 24 hours, a 28% positive rate, bringing the number of confirmed cases to 253,436, the National Centre for Disease [...]

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Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Federation of Uganda Football (FUFA) has announced the appointment of Milutin ‘Micho’ Sredojević as Ugandan Cranes head coach, his second stint in charge The media outlet of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), quoted FUFA as saying that Micho has been handed a three-year contract in the [...]

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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Tanzania defeated Burundi 6-5 in penalty shootout in the final of the CECAFA Under-23 Challenge Cup played on Friday in Ethiopia After a goalless draw at the Bahir Dar Stadium, the two teams went straight into penalty shootout with Coach Kim Poulsen’s team coming out winners. All [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF) Proposals Consensus Committee held its third virtual meeting on Saturday to discuss four proposals submitted by its members for the constitutional basis of the upcoming 24 December elections, the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) announced. The members, during their [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Prime Minister, Abdelhamid al-Dbaiba, on Saturday evening held a meeting with representatives of civil society organisations (CSOs) from all Libyan cities on the importance of their roles for the country. During the meeting, which was also attended by the ministers of Social Affairs, Youth, Culture and [...]

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