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New York, US (PANA) - Libya's neighbours met on Friday in New York to discuss the current situation and ways of restoring security and stability in the country. The meeting presided over by the Chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed al-Manfi, on the sidelines of the 76th General Assembly meetings [...]

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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The separatist Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has declared that from Saturday, 15 September, “all Nigerian flags mounted anywhere in ‘Biafra land’ must be brought down". It also announced solidarity and alliance with the Cameroonian secessionist group, Ambazonia. A statement issued by IPOB Spokesperson, Emma Powerful, declared “total [...]

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Santa Maria, Cape Verde (PANA) - A senior official of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has expressed optimism about Africa's post-COVID-19 recovery, despite some of the countries experiencing a new wave of infections. The ECA's Director of the Technology, Climate Change and Natural Resources Management Division, Dr. Jean Paul [...]

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Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The former Malian Minister of Communication, Mahamadou Camara, was again incarcerated on Thursday at the Central Prison of Bamako, a judicial source confirmed. Mahamadou Camara, also a former director of cabinet of former President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, is involved in the case of the purchase of the [...]

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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says three deaths linked to COVID-19 and 477 new infections were recorded on Friday. These bring the death toll to 2,671 while the number of infections nationwide stands at 203,991. There have been 2,997,060 tests. The health agency noted that 192,139 [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has recorded 15 new deaths linked to the coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the death toll to 24,705 since the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020, the Tunisian Ministry of Health announced. The country has also recorded 673 new confirmed infections, bringing the total number of contaminations [...]

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Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A soldier of the French Barkhane force was killed on Friday during an operation in northern Mali against terrorist groups, the the national daily L'Essor reported on its website, citing a statement from the French Army. Master Corporal Maxime Blasco was shot by a sniper at Gourma, [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian Islamist movement, Ennahdha, which has the majority of seats in Parliament, has suffered a severe setback with the resignation of 113 leaders and members. In a statement issued on Saturday, they said their collective resignation from the party is in protest at the current leadership's [...]

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Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guinea on Friday received 336,000 doses of Johnson and Johnson vaccine donated by the US. The donation from the American government, which was donated through the COVAX initiative, is intended primarily for people with high mobility, particularly travellers. In its fight against Covid-19, whose first case was discovered [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya says 1,539,014 people have received at least one dose of a vaccine against COVID-19 since the launch of the national vaccination campaign last April, the National Centre for Disease Control announced on Friday. In a statement on the daily epidemiological situation in the country, the Centre [...]

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Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal has recorded a new death linked to the coronavirus, bringing the death toll to 1,855 since the outbreak of the pandemic in the country on 2 March 2020, the Ministry of Health and Social Action announced on Saturday during its daily press briefing on the [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed al-Manfi, has welcomed China's support to the Libyan authorities in efforts to unify state institutions, especially the army. During a telephone conversation on Friday with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on bilateral relations, Mr. al-Manfi said: "The stability of [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed El-Manfi, has commended UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for the UN's support to the Libyan political dialogue to restore stability and build the democratic state which the citizens aspire. During a meeting on Friday in New York, on the sidelines [...]

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Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The following are Saturday’s foreign exchange rates for the Gambian Dalasi as published by Central Bank of The Gambia. Currency                                 Buying          Selling US Dollar                                   51.50         52.30 Pound Sterling                           67.00    [...]

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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Health Minister Kailash Jagutpal announced on Friday that 108 positive cases of COVID-19 were detected in the country in the last 24 hours with nine patients in serious conditions. Speaking at a media briefing in Port-Louis, the Minister said that the death toll since March 2020 [...]

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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius is to donate US$25,000 to Haiti as solidarity towards its population suffering the effects of two natural disasters in the middle of August — an earthquake and a severe storm. The decision was taken on Friday at the weekly meeting of the Mauritian cabinet in Port-Louis, [...]

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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Regeneron antibody drug cocktail – casirivimab and imdevimab – has been added to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) list of treatments for COVID-19 patients, the UN agency said on Friday, before underscoring the need for lower prices and equitable distribution.  “This is a major breakthrough in the care of COVID-19  patients,” said Dr. Janet [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - South Sudan is “ready to turn a new page” towards greater peace, development and prosperity, Vice-President Rebecca Nyandeng de Mabior said in her speech in the UN General Assembly on Friday.  A decade after gaining independence from Sudan, the country remains “on a path of nation-building” and is working to implement a 2018 revitalised peace [...]

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