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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN-coordinated food convoys are three times more likely to be denied access to north Gaza than other aid convoys, the UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, reported on Tuesday.  Israeli authorities have not given a clear reason why, said OCHA Spokesperson Jens Laerke, speaking during the regular briefing [...]

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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Over 8.5 million Sudanese have been forced to flee their homes in Sudan since the war between rival militaries erupted last April, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Tuesday. At least 1.8 million among them fled across the border into neighbouring, South Sudan, Chad, Central African [...]

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Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - President Cyril Ramaphosa has conveyed his condolences to the government and people of Mozambique after a disaster at sea in which nearly 100 people are believed to have drowned.   The death toll stands at 97. Officials in Nampula province said five of the passengers [...]

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Washington DC, United States (PANA) - The global economy is increasingly influenced by the Group of Twenty’s large emerging markets. Over the past two decades, these economies have become much more integrated with global markets and are generating larger economic “spillovers” to the rest of the world. At a time when growth [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General in Libya, Abdoulaye Bathily, has reaffirmed "the commitment of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) to support the aspirations of all Libyans for the participation and comprehensive development" of their country. During a visit on Monday to [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Liya earned a total of 23.8 billion dinars (around 5.96 billion US dollars) in revenue in the first quarter of this year, compared with 13.5 billion dinars (2.79 billion US dollars) in expenditure over the same period, the Central Bank of Libya (BCL) said. In its monthly [...]

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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The number of lives lost due to viral hepatitis infections is increasing and already accounts for 3,500 deaths daily, according to a report by the World Health Organisation (WHO) released on Tuesday. The disease is the second leading infectious cause of death globally, with 1.3 million deaths [...]

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Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The FIFA Referees Committee has selected 12 African match officials for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games football tournament. They are part of 89 match officials appointment from across the globe for the Paris Olympics. The media outlet of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) described the number of [...]

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Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - An International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff team and the authorities in Côte d’Ivoire have reached a agreement on both the second semi-annual review of the country’s economic reform programme supported by the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) and Extended Credit Facility (ECF) arrangements. Both sides have also [...]

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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The following are the exchange rates for the Tanzania Shilling on Tuesday as issued by the Bank of Tanzania. Currency            Buying             Selling Burundi Franc     0.8877            0.8958 Euro                   2,770.4396    [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - The UN Security Council on Monday referred the application of the observer State of Palestine for full UN membership to the specialised committee set up to vet new members. The proposal for the referral, made by Ambassador Vanessa Frazier of Malta, Security Council President for April, received [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - The President of the UN General Assembly appealed on Monday for “all those with leverage” to use their power to bring an end to the six-month-long war in Gaza.  Dennis Francis convened the UN’s most representative body, comprising all 193 Member States, following the Security Council’s [...]

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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Only one in two countries offer guaranteed healthcare and educational access to all migrants, UN migration experts said on Monday. In a new report into migrants’ rights and opportunities, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) found that only 18 per cent of European countries provided access to [...]

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