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Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – President Macky Sall on Monday congratulated opposition leader Bassirou Diomaye Faye on his victory in Sunday's presidential election, the Senegalese Press Agency (APS) reported. “I welcome the smooth running of the presidential election on March 24 and congratulate the winner, Mr. Bassirou Diomaye Faye, who the trends [...]

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Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian President Adama Barrow on Monday congratulated Mr. Bassirou Diomaye Faye on his election as president of the Republic of Senegal after the presidential poll held on 24 March 2024. “The peaceful conduct of the election is a clear manifestation of the great affinity of the Senegalese [...]

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Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Senegalese opposition leader, Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye, 44, who has swept to victory over former Prime Minister and candidate of ruling coalition, Amadou Ba, in Sunday's presidential election will become the youngest president of the West African country. This is after Ba conceded defeat even before the publication of the official [...]

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Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The candidate of Senegal's ruling Benno Bokk Yaakaar coalition, Amadou Ba, has congratulated Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye (opposition) "on his victory" in Sunday's presidential election. Mr. Ba wished Fae "much success and success for the well-being of the Senegalese people". "In view of the trends in the results [...]

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Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The government candidate, Amadou Ba, has congratulated the opposition candidate, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, who was declared winner in the first round of Sunday's Senegalese presidential election, according to the partial results published after the polls closed. The announcement was made by Amadou Ba in a statement issued [...]

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Dakar, Senegal (PANA) -The candidate of Senegal's ruling coalition, Benno Bokk Yaakaar, Amadou Ba, 62, on Monday conceded defeat to opposition leader, Bassirou Diomaye Faye. He has congratulated Mr. Faye "for his victory" in Sunday's presidential election "in the first round", wishing him "much success and success for the well-being of the [...]

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Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The candidate of Senegal's ruling coalition, Benno Bokk Yaakaar, Amadou Ba, 62, on Monday conceded defeat. He has congratulated Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye "for his victory" in Sunday's presidential election "in the first round", wishing him "much success and success for the well-being of the Senegalese people", [...]

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Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - A workshop to build the capacity of maritime law enforcement agencies to optimise a governance system for the monitoring, control and surveillance of fisheries products is starting this Monday in Cotonou, according to the organisers in Benin's economic capital. It is being organised by the Regional Office [...]

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Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togo's Constitutional Court has published a list of 2,348 candidates for the legislative elections on 20 April. The candidates will compete for the 113 seats in the National Assembly. There are 353 lists made up of 19 political parties, 60 independent groups and two party groups. The term of [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Minister of Education, Moussa al-Magaryef, on Sunday discussed with the British Ambassador to Libya, Martin Longden, support for the teaching of English to students at different levels of education. The meeting, held in Tripoli, focused on building a Libyan-British partnership to support education, in addition [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Agriculture and Animal Resources, Hussein al-Gatrani, has discussed with the French Ambassador to Libya, Mostafa Mihraj, bilateral cooperation in the fields of agriculture, food safety, animal and veterinary health. The meeting, held in Tripoli on Sunday, also discussed the [...]

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Amman, Jordan (PANA) - With “starvation bearing down” on Gaza, UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday repeated his call for a sustainable end to the conflict and the release of all remaining hostages – amid “unprecedented and ongoing devastation” in the occupied enclave. “The need is urgent,” Mr. Guterres said in [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Foreign Affairs Committee of the Libyan House of Representatives has expressed its deep regrets at the failure of the UN Security Council to adopt a draft ceasefire in Gaza in Palestine, saying that this was one in a series of international disappointments for the inhabitants [...]

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Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The inaugural Biodiversity Economy and Investment Indaba began in Boksburg on Monday. The conference under the theme “Collective Action for Thriving People and Nature”, will bring together a range of stakeholders in the biodiversity sector including government officials, traditional leaders and healers, academia, business, communities [...]

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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               65.057               67.50 Pound Sterling       82.62              [...]

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Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – As Senegalese await official results of Sunday's presidential election from the Autonomous National Electoral Commission (CENA), the local media are unanimous about one thing: opposition leader Bassirou Diomaye Faye is in pole position for a first round victory. Various newspapers quoted by the Senegalese Press Agency (APS) say Faye [...]

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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The following are the exchange rates for the Tanzania Shilling on Monday as issued by the Bank of Tanzania. Currency                  Buying          Selling Burundi Franc               0.884         0.8922 Euro                [...]

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Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US will on Monday launch the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) Nursing Leadership Initiative across seven African contries to sustain gains and accelerate progress toward ending HIV/AIDS as a public health threat by 2030. Ambassador Dr. John Nkengasong – U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator [...]

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Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Early results from Sunday's presidential election in Senegal put opposition leader Mr. Bassirou Diomaye Faye in the lead, triggering wild jubilations in the capital, Dakar. The official Senegalese Press Agency (APS) reported that the "trends" of provisional results at polling stations in Dakar "favour" Mr. Faye, 44, who [...]

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