The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Thursday issued new provisional measures for Israel as the humanitarian situation in bombarded and besieged Gaza continues to deteriorate. A UN statement said the world court issued the new order in response to a recent request made by South [...]Full text...
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – Egypt, Nigeria, and South Africa have emerged as Africa’s most polluted countries in terms of air pollution disease burden, with profound health consequences for Africa’s people and exacerbated impacts on climate change, a report prepared by Greenpeace Africa and Greenpeace MENA reveals. Titled "Major Air Polluters [...]Full text...
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - The Togolese opposition is united in its opposition to the constitutional change that took place on Monday night, transforming Togo from a presidential to a parliamentary system, without a referendum or dialogue with the population. In addition to the change of regime, this constitutional revision propels Togo [...]Full text...
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The United States on Wednesday sent its congratulations to Senegalese President-elect Bassirou Diomaye Faye, following the publication on the same day of the official provisional results of last Sunday's presidential election by the National Commission for the census of votes. "The United States congratulates President-elect Bassirou Diomaye [...]Full text...
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Prime Minister and Minister of Defence in the government of national unity, Abdulhamid al-Dbaiba, has stressed that the main objective of the joint military force to secure the Ras Jedir border crossing with Tunisia is to secure it "away from political and tribal tensions", [...]Full text...
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Minister of Economy and Trade in the Government of National Unity, Mohamed al-Hawaij, Thursday met with the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Libya, Michael Ohnmacht, to discuss preparations for the Libyan-German Economic Forum. The event, to be held next May in the [...]Full text...
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The French government has declared that it is fully mobilized to work with the new Senegalese authorities on common priorities and in the service of both peoples. "France is fully mobilized to work with the new authorities on all our common priorities and in the service of [...]Full text...
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The French government has declared that it is fully mobilized to work with the new Senegalese authorities on common priorities and in the service of both peoples. "France is fully mobilized to work with the new authorities on all our common priorities and in the service of [...]Full text...
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Thursday'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 [...]Full text...
Victoria, Seychelles (PANA) ‒ In a further move towards pooled procurement of essential medicines and medical products, Ministers of Health from small African islands states have established a secretariat and elected Mauritius as the host, taking critical steps to launch joint operations for increased access to affordable, quality-assured and safe medicines [...]Full text...
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Ireland has announced that it will intervene in South Africa's genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) which has made global headlines. Foreign Minister Micheal Martin on Wednesday said that while it was for the ICJ to decide whether genocide is [...]Full text...
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The following are the exchange rates for the Tanzania Shilling on Thursday as issued by the Bank of Tanzania. Currency Buying Selling Burundi Franc 0.8849 0.893 Euro 2,751.0627 2,779.6012 British Pound 3,209.5308 [...]Full text...
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritius Government on Thursday called on the population to demonstrate solidarity and humanitarian support to the Gaza population, by contributing to the national appeal for the people of Palestine. The Government Information Services (GIS) quoted the Deputy Prime Minister, Steven Obeegadoo, as highlighting the suffering in [...]Full text...
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal's Constitutional Council on Wednesday asked candidates who contested last Sunday's presidential election wishing to contest the results proclaimed on Wednesday by the National Votes Census Commission to file appeals with its registry no later than midnight on Thursday, 28 March. The Senegalese Press Agency (APS) quoted [...]Full text...
New York, US (PANA) - Insecurity in the volatile eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has worsened since the end of recent elections, UN Special Representative Bintou Keita told the Security Council on Wednesday. Ms. Keita, who also heads the UN peacekeeping mission in the country, MONUSCO, sounded the alarm [...]Full text...
Yaounde, Cameroon (PANA) - Vital food assistance to refugees in Cameroon may cease unless funding shortfalls can be filled, UN humanitarians have warned. The alert from the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) and the UN World Food Programme (WFP) affects vulnerable people sheltering in the country’s Far North, Adamawa, East and North. A UN [...]Full text...
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Older women and women with disabilities face particular risk of abuse, yet their situation is largely hidden in most countries’ statistics on victims of violence, according to two new publications released on Wednesday by the World Health Organisation (WHO). The UN agency is calling for governments to carry [...]Full text...
