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Pria, Cabo Verde (PANA) - African Ministers of finance have called for measures to deal with the bad publicity afflicting most countries in the wake of the global coronavirus pandemic, saying this had affected the financial stability and economic outlook of most countries. The finance Ministers also said governments also need [...]

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Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambians will Saturday, December 4, 2021, go to the polls to elect a President who will steer the affairs of the country for the next five years. A total of 962,157 registered voters are expected to cast their ballot at about 1,554 polling stations across the country. According [...]

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Accra, Ghana (PANA) - World football governing body, FIFA, has dismissed South Africa’s protest against Ghana's 1-0 victory in their last group stage World Cup qualifier played in Cape Coast, Ghana. The local media in Ghana quoted the verdict of FIFA's Disciplinary Committee as saying the protest has been deemed "inadmissible". FIFA [...]

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Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The spokesperson of the Beninese Army, Colonel Didier Ahouanvoédo, on Thursday issued a statement reassuring the population of adequate defence of the national territory despite two terrorist attacks in the north of the country. "The staff of the Beninese Armed Forces wishes to reassure the population that [...]

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Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A hundred terrorists were neutralised in November by the Malian Armed Forces (FAMAs), with the support of their partners, following several air strikes carried out by the Malian Air Force, in coordination with the ground forces. These successes were achieved particularly in the Eastern, Central and Southern [...]

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Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Morocco has again drawn the attention of the international community, including the Global Coalition against Daech, to the need to address the "growing" threat of terrorist groups in Africa, Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Living Abroad, Nasser Bourita, said. Speaking at the meeting [...]

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Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The National Transitional Council (CNT), a legislative body, on Thursday adopted several bills, including a text amending the legislation on the organisation of research, exploitation and transport of hydrocarbons, PANA learned from a parliamentary source. Meeting in plenary at the Bamako International Conference Centre (CICB), the members [...]

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Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegalese President Macky Sall, paying tribute to the former president of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), Lamine Diack, who died Friday in Dakar at the age of 88, said "Diack is one of the most illustrious sons of the country.  "With the death of Diack, [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Many aspects of Libya's elections are of concern, UN Secretary-General Spokesperson, Stephane Dujarric, said, expressing the UN's concern about security issues in the North African country's electoral process. Since the launch of the electoral process on 8 November, with the filing of candidacies for the presidential election [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Multinational oil company, Shell, has announced its return to the oil and gas sector in Libya through a five-pronged plan, including exploration in some Libyan basins, field development and infrastructure development, the Libyan Oil and Gas Ministry has said. In a statement issued on Thursday, the oil [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Multinational oil company, Shell, has announced its return to the oil and gas sector in Libya through a five-pronged plan, including exploration in some Libyan basins, field development and infrastructure development, the Libyan Oil and Gas Ministry said. In a statement issued on Thursday, the oil ministry [...]

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Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The former High Representative of the deposed Guinean president, Alpha Condé, and leader of the Union of Republican Forces (UFR), Sidya Touré, on Friday welcomed the creation of the Court of Repression of Economic and Financial Offences (CRIEF) by the President of the Transition, Colonel Mamady [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Five electoral centres in the western region of Libya were robbed at gunpoint, following which a number of voters' cards were taken away, the head of the main operations room of the High National Electoral Commission (HNEC), Said al-Qasbi, announced, also confirming the kidnapping of an [...]

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Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Human Rights Advancement, Development and Advocacy Centre (HURIDAC) in Nigeria and the Network of Human Rights Journalists- The Gambia (NHRJ) Friday called on all political parties contesting the 4 December poll in the Gambia to ensure that their members and supporters abide by the rule [...]

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Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Three former heads of state have arrived in the Gambia to observe Saturday's presidential election in which President Adama Barrow is being challenged by four political parties, an independent candidate, and a former prosecutor at the country's Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC). PANA reports from Banjul that [...]

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Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - A major national highway in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province was blockaded Friday in protest against the employment of foreign truck drivers. The N3 highway, which connects the industrial hub to Johannesburg and the port city of Durban, was gridlocked in both directions as drivers parked [...]

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

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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian health authorities reported here Thursday evening the detection of 105 new coronavirus (COVID-19) infections in 24 hours, official sources said here Friday. Three people showing severe symptoms of the infection were admitted to the main hospital and 38 others to the island's five regional hospitals. In [...]

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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Satyajit Boolell, says maritime crimes in the region are on the rise due to, among others, globalization and digitalization. Speaking at the launching Thursday of the 2021 edition of the Mauritius Criminal Law Review, the DPP said “those who were [...]

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Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigerian authorities are failing children as at least 61 children in northern Nigeria remain in captivity, months after their abduction during mass attacks on schools, Amnesty International Nigeria said on Thursday.  These attacks have also terminated the education of thousands of children while putting children in captivity [...]

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Yaounde, Cameroon (PANA) - Over 700,000 children have been impacted by school closures due to often brutal violence in  Cameroon, according to an analysis released by the UN  humanitarian arm, OCHA, on Thursday.  Two out of three schools are closed in the North-West and South-West regions of the country. On 24 November, four children and one teacher were killed in an attack [...]

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