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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia is hosting the first African Business Partnership Days from 25 to 27 June, under the aegis of the Exports Promotion Centre (CEPEX).The event is being organised in collaboration with the Tunisian Ministries of Trade and Export Promotion and Foreign Affairs, and with the support of [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) -The European Union (EU) ambassador to Libya, Nicola Orlando, has reaffirmed the EU's readiness to support a comprehensive roadmap aimed at restoring legitimacy through national elections in the North African country.In a tweet published on Friday on X, he stated: “I have just arrived in Berlin to [...]

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Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Death and suffering in Gaza are ever-present and the enclave's people now have little choice but to risk their lives to fetch aid supplies, UN agencies said on Friday.“I met a little boy who was wounded by a tank shell at one of these sites [...]

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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) -  The Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) on humanitarian affairs has paid tribute to the dignity and courage of those it serves, to colleagues killed in conflict situation, to the many superb people and programmes lost due to massive and sudden funding cuts, and to all those still [...]

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Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The following are Friday's exchange rates for the Gambian Dalasi as published by the Trust Bank of Gambia.Currency                   Buying                SellingUS Dollar                      [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Tripoli University has been included in the QS World University Rankings, becoming the first Libyan university to achieve this level of international academic recognition.The QS World University Rankings are an annual ranking system for universities worldwide, published by the British company Quacquarelli Symonds. It examines universities [...]

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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The European Union has committed Euros 6 million over a four year period to assist the private sector in Ethiopia to develop policies enabling them to effectively penetrate the African continental market, an EU official said on Friday.The EU Ambassador to Ethiopia, Sofie From-Emmesberger, said [...]

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Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Ten critically endangered black rhinos were successfully translocated from South Africa to Zinave National Park in Mozambique this week. The aim is to secure the first founder population of black rhinos since becoming locally extinct 50 years ago.The rhinos, five male and five female, [...]

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Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Council is calling for targeted efforts to advance gender equality in the digital age, with a focus on the risks and opportunities presented by AI. In conclusions on Thursday, the Council proposed several measures aimed at addressing continued gender inequalities, with specific emphasis on discrimination, [...]

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Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The World Bank's Board of Directors has approved a US$250 million financing package to support Morocco's ambitious social protection reform through the Support to Strengthening of Social Safety Nets for Human Development Project. This initiative is designed to contribute to enhancing the effectiveness of Morocco's social protection [...]

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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The World Bank Group has released the eighth edition of its Mauritania Economic Update, highlighting the Mauritanian government’s continued efforts to preserve macroeconomic stability and strengthen social safety nets, despite a moderate slowdown in economic growth in 2024.According to the report, Mauritania’s economic growth was 5.2% [...]

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Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - More developing economies are turning to off-budget and more complex borrowing arrangements in response to a tighter financing environment, making it harder to fully assess public debt exposures, according to a new World Bank report on debt transparency.To address these issues, the report recommends a [...]

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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The following are the exchange rates for the Tanzania Shilling on Friday as issued by the Bank of Tanzania.Currency            Buying             SellingEuro                     2,991.0105    3,021.1839British Pound      3,501.9379    3,537.2205Japanese Yen      17.927       18.1001Kenya Shilling     [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - Last year, 41,370 grave violations against children were documented and verified by the United Nations, according to the Secretary-General's annual report on children in armed conflict, released on Thursday.  This number represents a 25 per cent increase from 2023, marking the third consecutive year that violations [...]

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Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) raised the alarm on Thursday over rising malnutrition and cholera cases in war-torn South Sudan.An estimated 2.3 million children under five urgently need treatment for acute malnutrition, a 10 per cent increase since last July, UN [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - Global investment fell a full 11 per cent to $1.5 trillion last year – it’s a huge blow for developing nations, the UN trade agency, UNCTAD, said on Thursday.Their latest data shows that the outlook for international investment this year “is negative”, a sharp course [...]

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