Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya on Thursday celebrates Martyr's Day, commemorating the 81st anniversary of the execution by the Italian occupiers of the hero of the Libyan resistance, Omar Mokhtar. On this occasion, the Government of National Unity declared the day a public holiday. Sheikh Omar Mokhtar is a hero of the [...] Full text...
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Thursday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank: Currency Buying Selling Australian Dollar 30.13 31.72 Canadian Dollar 32.46 34.27 Euro [...] Full text...
New York, US (PANA) – Eighteen months into the COVID-19 pandemic, schools for nearly 77 million students in six countries continue to be almost completely closed, according to an updated data analysis released on Thursday by the UN Children's Fund said. It said Bangladesh, the Philippines and Panama are among the countries [...] Full text...
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 [...] Full text...
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Eritrean government forces and Tigrayan militias have committed killings, rape, and other grave abuses against Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia's Tigray region, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Thursday. In a report, the human rights group urged all warring parties to cease attacks against refugees, stay out of refugee [...] Full text...
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Health authorities in Mauritius announced on Thursday that they have identified 160 positive cases of COVID-19 during the last 24 hours with four of them being admitted to hospital. They said a patient who was on admitted at a hospital died on Wednesday evening bringing the [...] Full text...
New York, US (PANA) - The domestic consumption of meat from wild animals has significant impacts on most species protected under the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS), says a new report released on Wednesday, including increasing the risk of diseases spreading from animals to humans. According to the study, 70% of mammal [...] Full text...
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The global economy is expected to bounce back this year with growth of 5.3 per cent, the fastest in nearly five decades, according to the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). In its new report released on Wednesday, the agency said that the rebound was highly uneven along regional, sectoral and income lines, however. A UN statement said during 2022, UNCTAD expects global [...] Full text...
New York, US (PANA) - South Sudan has made history with the appointment of two women to senior leadership positions within its Transitional National Legislature, the top United Nations official in the country told the Security Council on Wednesday, as he encouraged parties to build on these gains in efforts [...] Full text...
New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations announced on Wednesday that all Gabonese military units deployed to the peacekeeping force in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA), are to be sent home immediately, following credible reports alleging that unidentified ‘blue helmets’ had abused five girls. The MINUSCA said that an immediate response team [...] Full text...
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The vice-presidents of the Libyan presidential council, Moussa Al-Kouni and Abdallah Al-Lafi, said here Wednesday the council was waiting impatiently for a strategic partnership with the United States starting with assistance for the holding of elections on schedule and Libya's rebuilding. The two vice-presidents said this during [...] Full text...
