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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed Al-Manfi, arrived on Thursday evening in Malabo, the capital of Equatorial Guinea, to participate in the two extraordinary summits of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU). On his arrival, Mr Al-Manfi was [...]

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Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The qualifiers for the African Nations Championship (CHAN) were Thursday made known after the draw. The 7th edition of this football tournament, reserved for players in their country's leagues, was initially planned for last year but was postponed because of COVID-19. It will be played from January [...]

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Athens, Greece (PANA) - Greece is determined to establish closer relations with African countries, Greek Foreign Minister, Nikos Dendias, said on Thursday. The African Union has undoubtedly acted, since its foundation, as a unifying force for the African continent, Dendias said while addressing an online conference marking the Africa Day Celebration. "Greece [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN Security Council will meet this Thursday to discuss developments in Libya, which will be presented by the UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs and Peacebuilding, Rosemary DiCarlo. The session will also see, according to the agenda issued by the Security Council, a review of the Secretary-General's [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The issue of demobilisation and integration of armed groups in Libya, the subject of a workshop held on Tuesday in the Spanish city of Toledo, brings this thorny question to the forefront of the Libyan scene at a time when the political crisis in the country [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Two days after the sinking of a migrant boat from Libya, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has counted 225 migrants missing off the Tunisian coast since the beginning of 2022. According to an official of the organization, the central Mediterranean route, which starts in Libya and [...]

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Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Eleven newborns died in a fire outbreak last Wednesday evening in the neonatal department of the Mame Abdoul Aziz Sy hospital in Tivaouane, located 123 kilometres from Dakar, the Senegalese capital, several sources reported on Thursday. The tragedy, believed to have been caused by a short circuit, [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Libyan Parliament, Aguila Saleh, has announced an enlarged meeting to be held soon in Sirte (centre), said his spokesperson Abdallah Blihak here Thursday. The invitation is addressed to members of the Presidency of the House of Representatives, the Finance [...]

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Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) - Liberia's most formidable opposition political coalition, dogged by a row over the purported forgery of documents, has vowed to put up a spirited battle against state prosecutors in court. Alexander Cummings, the leader of the Alternative National Congress (ANC), one of Liberia’s main opposition coalitions, is facing a document [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The European Commission on Wednesday disbursed 300 million euros in aid to Tunisia, the European Union announced on its official website. This is the second and final payment as part of the programme to mitigate the economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic and to consolidate the stability [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian Prime Minister, Najla Bouden, presided on Wednesday in Tunis over the opening ceremony of the 5th edition of the International Conference on "Financing Investment and Trade in Africa" (FITA 2022). Ms. Bouden said that this edition was exceptional with the participation of 3,500 economic actors [...]

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Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian army has announced that it neutralised some 15 suspected terrorists and taken prisoners in the Bandiagara region in the centre of the country and Timbuktu in the north-east. According to a statement issued by the General Staff of the Army on Wednesday, a dozen suspected [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan coast guards have in two separate operations rescued 168 illegal migrants of various nationalities who were heading for European shores in two wooden boats. The migrants were disembarked in Zaouia, 45 km west of Tripoli, and will be deported to their countries, according to a statement [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's accounts show a surplus of 30 billion dinars (about US$6.3 billion) during the first four months of 2022. Total revenues were 52.9 billion dinars, while public expenditures came up to 22.9 billion dinars, the Central Bank of Libya (BCL) has announced in a report published on Wednesday [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity (GNU), Abdelhamid al-Dbaiba, has launched a series of consultations with different Libyan components and parties to address the delay in publishing the constitutional rule for the elections. The spokesperson for the GNU, Mohamed Hammouda, said the government [...]

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Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The following are Thursday’s foreign exchange rates for the Gambian Dalasi (D) as published by the Central Bank of The Gambia. Currency                                 Buying            Selling US Dollar                                 50.95   [...]

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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian health authorities announced on Thursday that 14 new positive cases of COVID-19 have been detected in the last 24 hours bringing to 38,012 the number of infections since March 2021, the time of the third wave. According to the latest health bulletin, one patient was [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - The world will experience 1.5 medium to large-scale disasters every day through the end of the decade, unless countries ramp up action on prevention and risk reduction, UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed said on Wednesday. Ms. Mohammed was speaking at the opening of the Seventh Global Platform [...]

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Washington, DC, US (PANA) - Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Somalia's new president, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Wednesday spoke on telephone with their discussions focusing on stability, democracy and economic development in the Horn of Africa country. A statement issued by the Office of the Spokesperson of the US State [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - Conflict continues to inflict “widespread civilian death and injury”, a senior UN official told the Security Council on Wednesday, outlining the “grim reality” for those caught up in the crossfire of war. Updating the ambassadors on the latest UN report on protecting civilians in armed conflict, Ramesh [...]

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