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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken reaffirmed here Monday the importance of holding elections in Libya this year, assuring that this democratic agenda "is the only way to achieve a viable solution" to the crisis the country is facing. During a joint press conference with his Egyptian [...]

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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The president of the Community Court of Justice, ECOWAS, Justice Edward Amoako Asante, has lamented the non-implementation of decisions of the court by member-states. While speaking at the official opening ceremony of the new office building of the Community Court of Justice, in Abuja, on Monday, Justice [...]

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Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Prime Minister of Burkina Faso Apollinaire Joachimson Kyelem de Tambela, who received on Monday the Canadian ambassador to Burkina Faso, Lee-Anne Hermann, asked for weapons to support the fight against terrorism in Burkina Faso. "This was an opportunity for the head of government to plead [...]

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Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The "outcome of the crisis in Libya is the organisation of elections", said Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, affirming that "without these elections, it is impossible to establish legality in Libya. Speaking at a joint press conference with the UN Special Representative in Libya, Abdoulaye Bathily, in [...]

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Khartoum (Soudan) - The president of Sudan's Sovereign Transitional Council, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the president of Chad's Transitional Military Council, Mahamat Idriss Déby, agreed on Sunday to work together for the establishment of peace in Libya and stability in the Central African Republic. This willingness of the two statesmen was [...]

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Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan has recently been sending reassuring messages to its western neighbor, Chad, with the President of the Sovereign Council,  Lt General Abdul Fatah Burhan, and his First Deputy, Major General Mohamed Hamdan Daglo,  paying visits to Chad, the former on Sunday followed by the latter on [...]

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Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The U.S. Administration has once more renewed its support for a UN sponsored Political Framework Agreement seeking to end the current political standout between the military and civilians in the Sudan. In a statement it issued on Monday, the US state Department said a joint meeting between [...]

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Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)- In one of the rarest events of its type, representatives of the United Nations, the African Union and the East African Development Authority IGAD, Monday urged Sudanese stakeholders to close their ranks and reach an agreement ending their current widening rift. Mohamed Belaiche, Ambassador for the African Union [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - No new death linked to the coronavirus (COVID-19)  infection has been recorded in Libya, which has detected three cases out of 17 samples tested, representing a positivity rate of 17.6%, the National Centre for Disease Control announced on Monday. In a statement, the Centre said that four [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the National Unity Government, Najla al-Mangouch, Sunday held talks with the Tunisian Ambassador to Libya, Lassaad Lajili, on the prospects of promoting relations between the two countries. The meeting between Mrs. al-Mangouch and Mr. Lajili enabled them [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Prime Minister of has Government of National Unity, Abdelhamid al-Dbaiba, has stressed the need to start the construction of a passenger terminal at Tripoli airport after resolving the difficulties encountered in starting the project, while pursuing the contractual procedures and coordinating with the Audit Office. During [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN Independent Fact-Finding Mission to Libya has called on the Libyan authorities to take decisive action to bring justice to the large number of victims affected by persistent and longstanding violation of international human and humanitarian rights. In a statement issued on Sunday, the UN mission [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Economic and Investment Committee of the Libyan House of Representatives (Parliament) has rejected the public auction of property belonging to the Libyan African Investment Company (LAICO) in Bangui, the Central African capital, pledging to initiate criminal proceedings if the auction is carried out. A statement issued [...]

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Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Judge Piet Koen on Monday recused himself from the high-profile corruption case against former President Jacob Zuma because of Zuma’s looming application for the removal of lead prosecutor, State Advocate Billy Downer. Koen said the administration of justice, the requirements of the constitution and his [...]

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Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - As Nigeria braces for another critical general election this year, it is pertinent to recall the country’s history of unsavoury post-election violence, which dates back to the post-Republic 1964 elections in the Western region. This was on the heels of the 1962 census dispute, all of which [...]

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Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The following are Monday's foreign exchange rates for the Gambian Dalasi as published by the Central Bank of Gambia. Currency                                 Buying           Selling US Dollar                                  59.75        [...]

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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The following are Monday's exchange rates of the Tanzania Shilling as issued by the Bank of Tanzania. Currency                         Buying        Selling  Burundi Franc                 2.2001      [...]

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Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The United Nations has condemned the recent killing of one of its workers and injury of another in the Blue Nile region, near the borders with Ethiopia, while discharging a peace and reconciliation work. On 27 January 2023, a contractor for Addition Organisation for Disaster and Development [...]

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Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) will in 2023 implement a progressive shift to needs-based targeting of general food assistance for refugees in Uganda. This follows an endorsement of the approach at the Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework (CRRF) Steering Group meeting held on 13 December 2022, Marcus [...]

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