Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The First Deputy Prime Minister and Acting Minister of Agriculture and Livestock in the Government of National Unity, Hussein al-Gatrani, has discussed the proposed project for the digital transformation of the agriculture and livestock sector (2030). At Tuesday's meeting in Tripoli with officials from the ministry's departments, [...]Full text...
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Ministry of Education has signed a memorandum of understanding and cooperation with the Islamic World Organization for Education, Science and Culture (ISESCO). The MOU was initialled on Tuesday evening in Tripoli under the patronage of the Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity, Abdulhamid [...]Full text...
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's Minister of State for Communications and Political Affairs in the government of national unity, Walid Ellafi, has discussed with the head of North Africa US State Department, Tom Kelsey, ways of strengthening cooperation between the two countries. They also discussed ways of developing relations on a [...]Full text...
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Mine Action Centre (LibMAC) chaired the Arab Discussion Group of the "National Directors' Day" session organized by the United Nations during the twenty-seventh meeting of national mine action programme directors and United Nations advisors. Participants from Algeria, Yemen, Iraq, Jordan, Syria and Sudan stressed the [...]Full text...
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity, Abdulhamid al Dbaiba, monitored the development plan of the Libyan National Oil Company (NOC) and its subsidiaries in Tripoli on Wednesday. This occurred during a meeting with the Chairman of the NOC's Management Committee, Farhat Ben Gdara. Mr. [...]Full text...
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - “Unprecedented and devastating” flooding in east Africa has triggered widespread displacement with hundreds of thousands forced from their homes in Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, Ethiopia and Tanzania, UN humanitarians warned on Wednesday. In an alert, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) noted that torrential rains have unleashed catastrophic flooding and [...]Full text...
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The following are 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 [...]Full text...
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African Cabinet Minister Zizi Kodwa has instructed government’s legal department to investigate legal steps to be taken against the official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) for its controversial “burning flag” television commercial. The DA released the commercial on Sunday as part of its campaign for [...]Full text...
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Members of the CAF Department of Safety and Security met on 7 May 2024, with the National Safety and Security Officers from the 54 CAF Member Associations to discuss Safe Stadium initiative during African football events. The aim of the meeting was to standardise match safety and [...]Full text...
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Winners of the 2019 TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup, Egyptian football powerhouse, Zamalek SC, are eager to end what could be a five-year wait to lifting a continental title. The Egyptians are preparing for the final once the appeal of Algeria to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) [...]Full text...
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana Captain Andre Ayew has thrown his weight behind Ghana's emerging crop of players, insisting that the Black Stars will bounce back from their recent struggles to reclaim their status as an African powerhouse. The former African champions are preparing to face Mali in their 2026 World [...]Full text...
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - A number of young and aspiring football coaches have greatly benefited from CAF’s innovative youth football competition, the CAF African Football Schools Championship (ASFC). Now in its second successive season following the successful rollout of the inaugural pilot edition, the benefits of the programme have extended beyond [...]Full text...
New York, US (PANA) - The UN’s second Trailblazer award for Women Justice and Corrections Officers has gone to Major Ahlem Bouzi, an officer with the UN’s peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO). First awarded in 2022, it acknowledges the exceptional contributions made by women justice and [...]Full text...
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) has taken “crucial steps” in the event of a large-scale Israeli military operation in Rafah, Dr. Ahmed Dahir, team lead of its office in Gaza, told UN News on Tuesday. The current situation has reached an "unprecedented emergency level", he said, and the most [...]Full text...
New York, US (PANA) - The ongoing conflict between rival militaries in Sudan has stalled progress towards the determination of the final status of the disputed oil-rich Abyei region which straddles the Sudan-South Sudan border, the head of UN peacekeeping operations said on Tuesday. Despite these challenges, the UN remains prepared [...]Full text...
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 0.892 0.9002 Euro 2,769.5591 2,798.2931 British Pound 3,226.0544 [...]Full text...
