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Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A women's association, called "Musodev", has launched an awareness campaign for the promotion of women's rights and the fight against violence against women or gender-based violence (GBV). The programme was launched on Sunday in Niamakoro, a neighbourhood of the IV district of Bamako. This series of campaigns will [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The governor of the Central Bank of Libya (CBL), in Tripoli, Seddik Al-Kebir, and the deputy governor and head of the branch in Beidha (East), Ali Al-Hebri, on Monday agreed on a detailed plan to launch the unification process of the Central Bank. The Central Bank of [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Acting Speaker of the House of Representatives in Libya (Parliament), Fawzi Al-Nouairi, has called for an official plenary session on Tuesday in Tobruk to discuss the latest developments in the electoral process. A statement issued on Monday on the parliament's website inviting members of the House [...]

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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria's Minister of Defence, Retired Maj.-Gen. Bashir Magashi, on Monday, warned officers of the Armed Forces to shun all forms of politics and stay committed to their core mandate of protecting the territorial integrity of the country. Magashi, who spoke at the 2021 Chief of Army Staff [...]

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Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The seventh edition of the Dakar International Forum on Peace and Security in Africa, opened on Monday at the Abdou Diouf International Conference Centre in Diamniadio (CICAD), in the suburbs of Dakar, reports the Senegalese News Agency (APS, public). The opening ceremony was chaired by the Head [...]

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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Public power supply has been cut in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and its adjourning States as workers of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) embarked on an indefinite strike. The electricity workers shut down electricity power to homes, offices and business premises early in the morning. [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan interim Prime Minister, Ramadan Abu Jenah, on Monday in Tripoli briefed the French ambassador to Libya, Beatrice Le Fraper du Hellen, on the measures taken by the government to ensure that the Libyan elections, scheduled for December 24, take place without hindrance. During the meeting, Abu [...]

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Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia's incumbent President and winner of the just-concluded election, Adama Barrow, has called for reconciliation and unity in the tiny West African nation. Barrow made the call while addressing his supporters and party militants who flooded Banjul City to celebrate his victory shortly after the declaration of [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The acting Speaker of the Libyan House of Representatives (Parliament), Fawzi al-Nouwairi, announced here Monday ongoing preparations for the holding of an upcoming plenary session of Parliament to discuss the latest developments in the electoral process marred by tensions in the country. According to a statement published [...]

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Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The South African Football Association (SAFA) is seeking legal opinion after FIFA dismissed its appeal over the national team’s 1-0 World Cup qualifying defeat to Ghana last month. The result saw Ghana progress to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar after finishing level on 13 [...]

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Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission, Chadian Moussa Faki Mahama, said here Sunday he was hopeful that things would move in the right direction, two months after the army seized power from former President Alpha Conde on 5 September. He gave the assurance at the [...]

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Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will adopt in the next few days a declaration on climate change in Africa, PANA learnt Monday from an official source. To validate the draft declaration to be adopted by the Heads of State at their 12 December session, [...]

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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Monday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian commercial bank: Currency                          Buying             Selling Australian Dollar                   29.39  [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Six new patients have died from coronavirus (COVID-19) infection, bringing to 5,499 the total number of deaths in Libya since the outbreak of the pandemic in March 2020, the National Centre for Disease Control announced here Monday. According to a statement from the Centre, 479 new infections [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Prosecutor General Seddik al-Sour said here Monday that investigations conducted by the prosecution revealed a high level of activity of organized crime networks in the south of the country due to the absence of state authority and lack of cooperation among its institutions. He made this [...]

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Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Local election observers and monitors of Gambia's just-concluded presidential polls Monday issued a statement describing it as "free and fair". According to the statement, the monitors observed the 2021 electoral process from voter registration, nomination process, campaigns, to casting and counting of votes across the 53 constituencies [...]

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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Africa has little chance of recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic in the coming year due to "extreme vaccine discrimination", said a new report here Monday. The World Health Organization (WHO) has set the goal of fully vaccinating 40 per cent of Africa's population by the end of [...]

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Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia's electoral body has declared sitting President Adama Barrow as winner of the 4 December presidential race, an official source said here Monday. Alieu Moammar Njie, the country's electoral chief, announcing the results following the polls, said Barrow was duly declared winner having finished first. According to the [...]

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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritius Wildlife Foundation (MWF) Sunday launched the Mauritius Kestrel (Falco punctatus) Recovery Project to safeguard the Mauritius Kestrel population and encourage its population growth by using conservation management techniques. These include the provision of artificial nest sites, removal of exotic competitors from nesting sites, closure of [...]

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Athens-Greece(PANA)- Pope Francis on Sunday stressed that fences and walls did not solve migration problems. During his speech in migrant camps on the Greek island, Lesvos, he called on the world not to forget the refugee and migrant crises. “We are talking about human lives,” he said, adding that he did not see [...]

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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian health authorities reported Sunday the detection of 117 new coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in 24 hours, bringing the total number of positive cases since March 2021 to 22,090, official sources said here. A total of 43 people showing severe symptoms of the infection were admitted to [...]

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Washington, US (PANA) - The United States has strongly condemned the attack on civilians on Saturday near Bandiagara, in Mali, which left at least 31 dead and 17 injured.  A statement issued on Sunday by Ned Price, spokesperson of the US Department of State, extended the deepest condolences to the Malian [...]

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