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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA) based in the east, Marshal Khalifa Haftar, on Wednesday stepped down as he prepares to contest the presidential election scheduled for 24 December. He has delegated his leadership as Commander-in-Chief of the LNA to his Chief of General Staff, [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - A meeting was held at the German mission at the United Nations in New York on Wednesday on the Libya Peace Process. The Chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed Al-Manfi, attended the meeting. Others present were US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken and the foreign minsters [...]

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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, says the Federal Government will leave no stone unturned in the prosecution of Boko Haram financiers as part of the fight against terrorism. Already, he said, over 1,000 Boko Haram Case files of sponsors of terrorism have been [...]

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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria recorded 513 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday bringing the total number of infections to 202,704, according to figures released on Wednesday by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). According to the NCDC, 190,370 patients have recovered while the death toll is 2,664. There are [...]

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Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana has applauded China for her unflinching support of multilateralism and strong bilateral relations. “It is our belief that our two countries should work closely together in this regard (multilateralism), to ensure that the multilateral system continues to serve all members, big or small,” Kabo Morwaeng, Acting [...]

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Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana’s counterintelligence and internal security, Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS), has dismissed claims that the agency seeks to harass and harm former President Ian Khama. Edward Robert, DIS Public Relations Director, on Wednesday dismissed the former President's claims circulating on social media. “While the Directorate is reluctant [...]

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Washington, DC, US (PANA) – Gambia’s economic activity is showing early signs of recovery, but the third wave of the pandemic is weighing on a vigorous rebound, and International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff team observed on Wednesday at the conclusion of a virtual mission to the West African country. “Inflation increased [...]

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Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday urged the United Nations to place reparations for slave trade victims on its agenda. In a delivery at the opening plenary of the High-Level Meeting on the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - There has been little sign of improvement in the diets of the world’s youngest children over the last 10 years, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Wednesday.  According to their new report, ‘Fed to Fail? The crisis of children’s diets in early life’ released ahead [...]

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Rome, Italy (PANA) - COVID-19 has set back progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), undermining decades of development efforts, according to a new report by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).   "It's an alarming picture, in which progress on many SDG targets has been reversed, with a significant impact on all aspects [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has received, with concerns, reports that the House of Representatives (HoR) has passed a no-confidence motion against the Government of National Unity (GNU). In a statement on its website, the Mission has confirmed that the current GNU remains the legitimate Government up [...]

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Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Provisional figures from the Ghana Statistical Service put Ghana’s population at 30.8 million after the 2021 Population and Housing Census, which started in June. The local media quote Government Statistician, Prof. Samuel Kobina Annim, as saying on Wednesday that this represents a 6.1 million increase from the [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Mayors of 66 cities out of 116 across Libya on have rejected Tuesday's vote of no confidence in the Government of National Unity (GNU), describing it as "ridiculous" and of no legal or constitutional basis. This is part of a joint statement signed and published by the [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Prime Minister Abdelhamid al-Dbaiba has stressed that it is the people who decide the legitimacy of a government and not people who stand in their way and want only war and destruction for the country. He was speaking to demonstrators who thronged the Martyrs' Square in [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - MPs opposed to the no-confidence vote against the Libyan Government of National Unity (GNU) said on Tuesday that what happened during the session did not reflect the will of Parliament. They said this would lead to a constitutional crisis adding that "a deception" occurred in the calculation [...]

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Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States has condemned Tuesday's failed attempt by rogue military and civilian actors to seize power from Sudan’s Civilian Led Transitional Government (CLTG).  A press release by Ned Price, Spokesperson of the US Department of State said his country continues to support the CLTG in [...]

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Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States on Wednesday congratulated the people of Mali on the 61st anniversary of their independence and pledged that it will continue to support them in their efforts to achieve democracy, peace, and stability.  The US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, said in a statement [...]

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

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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Wednesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank: Currency                Buying    Selling Australian Dollar     29.85     31.42 Canadian Dollar       32.13     33.92 Euro                  [...]

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Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – Residents of Zimbabwe's  capital, Harare, face a potable water crisis three years after a deadly cholera outbreak, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Wednesday. Zimbabwe’s central government and the Harare City Council should urgently act to ensure clean water for millions of people affected, the human [...]

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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Acting General Officer Commanding (GOC), 7 Division of Nigerian Army, Brigadier General Abdulwahab Eyitayo, says more than 8,000 Boko Haram terrorists have so far surrendered. He said the terrorists surrendered to troops from their enclaves in Sambisa Forest, as well as other hideouts. General Eyitayo was speaking [...]

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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius has received a donation of 50,000 doses of Johnson & Johnson vaccine from  South Africa through the African Vaccine Acquisition Task Team (AVATT), the Government Information Services (GIS) said  on Wednesday. The Mauritius Foreign Minister Alan Ganoo said this is a significant demonstration of African solidarity [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyans from all walks of life have been condemning Tuesday's vote of no confidence by Parliament in the Government of National Unity (GNU), with some describing it as "a leap into the void" and "an attempt to obstruct the upcoming elections". The vote during a closed-door sitting [...]

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