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Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A weeklong conference seeking to act as impetus for the implementation of the Juba Peace Agreement reached three years ago between the Sudanese government and armed opposition groups has concluded in Khartoum, with an emphatic call for stronger political will and securing of resources for implementation. In [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's Mellitah Oil and Gas Company has announced that it has successfully completed the drilling and development of the FC-24 well in the southwestern al-Fil oil field which is producing between 6,500 and 7,100 barrels per day. A brief statement issued on Friday by the National Oil [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Members of the National Consensus Bloc in Libya's High State Council on Friday discussed with the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Abdoulaye Bathily, an initiative to resolve the political crisis in the country. In a series [...]

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Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian Football Federation (FEMAFOOT) has sacked the coach of the local national team, Nouhoun Diané, and his entire staff, following the premature elimination of the team at the African Nations Championship (CHAN) which ends this weekend in Algeria. "In his contract, it is written that if [...]

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Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has strongly denounced the recent release of a Sudanese national, who in 2008, was convicted of killing a US diplomat and a Sudanese worker. USAID Administrator Samantha Power issued a statement saying she was “outraged by the January 30 release [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Speaker of the Libyan House of Representatives (Parliament), Aguila Saleh, has summoned members of the House to attend a plenary session at its headquarters in Benghazi on Monday. A statement issued by the parliament and signed by Aguila expressed his hope that members will respect the [...]

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Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is expected in Bamako on Monday for a 48-hour visit to Mali. Lavrov a few weeks undertook an African tour which took him to South Africa, Angola and Eritrea. According to sources, the second stage of his African tour will take him to [...]

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Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - We need courageous, generous souls ready to suffer and die for Africa, Pope Francis said on Saturday. Vatican News said he was speaking to bishops, priests, deacons, consecrated persons, seminarians and lay pastoral workers of South Sudan in the Cathedral of Saint Therese in Juba on [...]

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Washington, DC, US (PANA) - Growth remains weak by historical standards, but the global economy may be at a turning point, according to the latest update to the International Monetary Fund (IMF)’s World Economic Outlook. The IMF’s chief economist, Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, said in a blog that economic growth proved surprisingly resilient [...]

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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A UN-led global initiative to tackle breast cancer could save 2.5 million lives by 2040, the World Health Organization (WHO) saif on Friday, just ahead of World Cancer Day. Each year, more than 2.3 million women are diagnosed with breast cancer, making it the most common cancer [...]

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Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The nature of the next government in Sudan seems to be of great interest, not only to neighbouring states but also to regional and international quarters. No wonder Khartoum is nowadays witnessing countless visitations from high-ranking regional and international personalities. Intensive diplomatic shuttles are nowadays pouring into the [...]

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Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The UN Human Rights expert in the Sudan, Radhouane Nouicer, says a new phase of the transition is urgently needed to continue the process towards democracy that was interrupted by the October 2021 military takeover and meet the population’s demands for freedom, peace, and justice. The UN [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A forum to support the oil and gas sector in Libya, which aims to present the tripartite plan and vision of the National Oil Company (NOC) to increase production, as well as to support the banking sector and various financial institutions for the NOC's programmes and [...]

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Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Pope Francis, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby and the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, the Reverend Dr. Iain Greenshields, on Friday told South Sudanese leaders to accept peace now. The three Ecumenica leaders, who are in South Sudan on a long-planned "Pilgrimage of [...]

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