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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya will celebrate Eid Al-Adha, the Muslim sheep sacrifice festival in perpetuation of the tradition of Father Abraham, on Saturday, 9 July corresponding to 10 Dhou Al-Hijjah, Libyan Dar Al Iftaa announced. On Wednesday evening, the Mufti announced that this Thursday is the first day of the [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Speaker of the House of Representatives (Parliament), Aguila Saleh, and the chairman of the High State Council, Khaled Al-Mechri, failed on Thursday in Geneva, Switzerland, to reach a consensus on a constitutional document to pave the way for parliamentary and presidential elections in Libya. This further [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The deputy chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Abdallah al-Lafi, has stressed the importance of the role of Libyan universities in promoting the national reconciliation project. Speaking during a meeting held at the Council's office in Tripoli on Wednesday with the heads of Libyan universities, Al-Lafi stressed [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A floating unit of the Tunisian Navy Thursday rescued 27 sub-Saharans who were on board a boat about to sink 15 km off the coast of the city of Sfax (southeast), a statement from the Tunisian Ministry of Defence said. The rescued people, aged between five and [...]

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Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The adoption of the Rome Statute has been a major step forward in the evolution of the international legal order and a breakthrough in the global fight against impunity, the European Union (EU) High Representative said in a statement on Thursday, marking the 20th anniversary of [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Board of Executive Governors of the World Bank Thursday approved a new financing of US$130 million for Tunisia to mitigate the consequences of the war between Russia and Ukraine on food prices. This was contained in a statement of the international financial institution published Wednesday in [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Special Adviser to the UN Secretary-General on Libya, Stephanie Williams, announced Thursday the end of meetings between the Speaker of the House of Representatives (Parliament), Aguila Saleh, and the chairman of the High State Council, Khaled el-Mechri, in Geneva, without signing the constitutional document. Despite a [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia is currently resorting to its strategic security stock of petroleum products to meet demand and supply the country, said the Director General of Hydrocarbons at the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy, Rachid Ben Daly. "This critical situation is a weekly battle, especially since the scarcity [...]

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Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Prime Minister of Burkina Faso, Albert Ouédraogo, and members of his government, on Wednesday met representatives of political parties and the private sector, on the evolution of talks with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), within the framework of the political transition [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Minister of Oil and Gas, Mohamed Aoun,  has participated, via zoom, in the 184th meeting of the Council of Ministers of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) devoted to the fine-tuning of the organisation's long-term vision. The meeting addressed many topics according to the [...]

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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Expressing great concern that Libya is gripped by political and security uncertainty after the failure to hold national elections in December 2021 and expiration of the timeline for the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF) roadmap, the African Union has once again called the country’s two [...]

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Washington DC, US (PANA) – Seychelles has secured US$8.7 million from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) after the Executive Board  completed today the second review of country's the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) to restore macroeconomic balances. The Fund’s Executive Board has approved the disbursement noting that Seychelles’ economic recovery in 2021 vastly [...]

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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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New York, US (PANA) - Every 24 seconds someone is killed in traffic, making safety on the world’s roads a global development challenge for all societies, especially for the most vulnerable, a senior UN official has said, ahead of the first ever High-level General Assembly Meeting on Improving Road Safety.   Nneka [...]

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Lisbon, Portugal (PANA) - Record levels of fisheries and aquaculture production are making a critical contribution to global food security, the UN Ocean Conference under way in Lisbon, Portugal, heard on Wednesday. The Conference’s third day, spotlighting the state of the global fishing industry and the sustainability of aquaculture, featured the launch [...]

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