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Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Senegalese opposition leader Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye was on Wednesday declared winner of last Sunday's presidential election in the first round with 54.28% of the votes. The Senegalese Press Agency (APS) said the National Votes Census Commission, which announced the provisional results at the Dakar Court of Appeal, [...]

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Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Ugandan President Yoweri K. Museveni on Wednesday officiated the launch of  Salaam Bank, Uganda's first-ever licensed Islamic banking institution. Addressing the Muslim community after prayers at Kololo in the country’s commercial capital, Kampala, he urged them to engage in income generating activities to fight poverty and improve [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The head of the Libyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Al-Taher Al-Baour, Wednesday received the new chargé d'affaires at the Egyptian embassy in Libya, Tamer Al-Hafni. The two officials reaffirmed the aspiration of both Libya and Egypt to develop the prospects for cooperation in various [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A select members of the Libyan House of Representatives (Parliament) and the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) took part in the sixth session of the African Parliament, held at the African Parliament's headquarters in Midrand, South Africa. It was devoted to filling the vacancies in the presidency of the [...]

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Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The head of the European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM), Malin Björk, has welcomed the attitude of the other candidates in congratulating the winner of last Sunday's presidential election in Senegal, which has contributed greatly to a "peaceful post-election climate". Ms Björk was speaking in Dakar [...]

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Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Two police officers were killed and another wounded this Monday in a terrorist attack on a checkpoint at the entrance to the town of Mopti, in central Mali, a security source told PANA. According to the same source, the two assailants on motorbikes stopped at the checkpoint [...]

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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian authorities Tuesday announced that a body had been fished out and rescued 41 other sub-Saharan illegal migrants rescued off the coast of the Tunisian city of Sfax in south-eastern Tunisia. In a statement published on its Facebook page, the Tunisian national gendarmerie said that units under [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - The intense Israeli bombardment of Gaza in response to Hamas-led terror attacks in Israel has included “direct hits” on 212 schools in the enclave, UN-partnered analysis indicated on Wednesday. Satellite imagery pointed to at least 53 schools “totally destroyed” since the conflict erupted on 7 October 2023 and a near [...]

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Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The dredging of Port of Kalundu, along the shores of Lake Tanganyika, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has been completed, giving a new opportunity for enhanced trade in Eastern Africa, a trade support body said on Tuesday. The dredging of the Port was done in [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - While one-third of humanity faces food insecurity, an equivalent of one billion meals go to waste every day, a new report by the UN environment agency (UNEP) revealed on Wednesday. One-fifth of food is thrown away. The UN Environment Programme’s Food Waste Index Report 2024 highlights [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Officials from the Libyan Ministry of the Interior and the Algerian Consul General in Tripoli have discussed consular issues between their countries. They also discussed ways of overcoming obstacles to the movement of citizens between the two countries. According to a statement issued on Tuesday by the Ministry, [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Chairman of the Libyan Administrative Control Authority, Abdallah Gaderbouh, is taking part in the Global Forum on Fighting Corruption and Promoting Integrity, which is being held in the French capital, Paris, with the aim of strengthening integrity and combating corruption. Organised by the Organisation for Economic [...]

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Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegalese newspapers are highlighting the major issues that will confront the country's new administration to be led by president-elect Bassirou Diomaye Faye, who swept to power in a historic first round victory over the ruling coalition's candidate, Amadou Ba in last Sunday's election.  The newspapers, the Senegalese Press [...]

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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Older women and women with disabilities face particular risk of abuse, yet their situation is largely hidden in most global and national violence-related data, according to two new publications released on Wednesday by the World Health Organisation (WHO). The health agency is calling for better research across [...]

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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Human Rights Committee of the United Nations on Wednesday adopted its annual report covering its 138th, 139th and 140th sessions. A press announcement by the Office of the High Commissioner of UN Human Rights said that Tijana Šurlan, Committee Rapporteur, presented the draft annual report for [...]

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Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Wednesday'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               85.50 Euro      [...]

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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The following are the exchange rates for the Tanzania Shilling on Wednesday as issued by the Bank of Tanzania. Currency              Buying          Selling Burundi Franc      0.8838          0.8861 Euro                   2,754.5049  [...]

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Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has congratulated Bassirou Diomaye Faye on his election as President of Senegal. In a letter to the president-elect quoted by the Senegalese Press Agency (APS) on Tuesday, Dr. Omar Alieu Touray, President of the ECOWAS Commission, wrote: "On behalf [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - The UN received 758 allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse committed by staff last year, together with related personnel and partners, according to its latest report on the issue.  The UN received 758 allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse committed by staff last year, together with [...]

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Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Clashes in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have now uprooted 5.7 million people across North Kivu, South Kivu and Ituri provinces.    In an alert on Tuesday, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said that the violence has reached a devastating new level, with [...]

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