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Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama has touted the benefits of his 24-Hour economy initiative saying it promises to transform the country's economy.Delivering his address on Thursday at the 80th United Nations General Assembly in New York, he also hailed the improved sovereign credit rating saying it [...]

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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, on Thursday called on the transitional authorities in Guinea to ensure that all voters, candidates, and political parties can participate meaningfully in the presidential and legislative elections scheduled for December.The High Commissioner was speaking following the [...]

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Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama on Thursday joined African leaders who have, in their addresses to the UN General Assembly in New York, renewed the continent's demands for permanent representation on the UN Security Council.He told the session that the UN’s founding charter was “outdated when [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Court of Auditors in Libya on Wednesday signed two memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ), aimed at strengthening the role of the Court in developing, monitoring and control methods and tools.The ceremony, [...]

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Benghazi, Libya (PANA) - The Committee on Defence and National Security of the Libyan Parliament reviewed in a meeting with officials the Division of Security Institutions of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), the conclusions of the previous meetings and examined the security situation in Tripoli and in [...]

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Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Two French Navy vessels on Monday seized 9.6 tons of cocaine off the coast of West Africa.The operation was under the direction of the Maritime Prefect of the Atlantic and the Public Prosecutor at the Brest Judicial Court, a press release on the website of France's [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) -  The Libyan National Oil Company (NOC) on Wednesday presented its strategic vision aimed at increasing production, developing renewable energy and petrochemical projects, reduce emissions and support sustainable development programmes and national capacity building.This was at the the Franco-Libyan Energy Forum in Paris organised by Business France, [...]

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Washington, DC, US (PANA) - A staff team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), led by Mr. Nicolas Blancher, which visited Tanzania from 17-24, September 2025, says the East African country's economic activity has been robust.It said in a statement issued on Wednesday that the economy grew at 5.4 percent [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - For the first time, mental health care will be a focus of an official meeting of the General Assembly on Thursday 25 September.World leaders are expected to agree on a set of principles designed to drive global action to help sufferers, UN News reported.Although the [...]

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Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Taiwan has confirmed that it is restricting trade to South Africa after Pretoria said it will downgrade its mission in the country amid ongoing diplomatic tensions. Taiwan’s International Trade Administration said pre-approval would now be required for semiconductor computer chips destined for South Africa. “The SA [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, Chairperson of the African Union Commission, has said that by modernising the African Peace and Security Architecture and fostering collective leadership, the continent can “chart a path toward a more peaceful and prosperous Africa”.He was addressing the AU Peace and Security Council [...]

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Washington, DC, US (PANA) - Parties to peace agreement between Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda have held the second meeting of their Joint Security Coordination Mechanism (JSCM) in Washington, D.C. to advance the implementation of the agreement signed on 27 June, 2025.A statement issued by the US [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - Senegalese president Bassírou Diomaye Diakhar Faye, says the world is facing challenges, uncertainties, as multilateralism risks collapse“Eighty years following the creation of the United Nations, the world is teetering again, as if we are caught in the same currents that dragged humanity into two major [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - Nigeria's Vice President Kashim Shettima has said the UN’s 80th anniversary must be “moment of truth”, not “sentimental retreat into nostalgia”.“The chaos that shadows our world is a reminder that we cannot afford the luxury of inaction,” he said in his address at the UN [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - The President of Madagascar, Andry Nirina Rajoelina, has stressed the importance of climate justice, saying polluting countries must provide promised financing for adaptation. Addressing the UN General Assembly in New York on Wednesday, he noted that although Madagascar is a “sanctuary of nature”, it is facing [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - The words inclusivity, resilience, reforms – and many more coloured in green and blue – provided a bold, digital backdrop from artist Marsha Dunn for the first ever Biennial Summit for a Sustainable, Inclusive and Resilient Global Economy.“This Biennial Summit is not just another meeting,” [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - Artificial intelligence holds vast potential but poses grave risks if left unregulated, UN Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council on Wednesday.“AI is no longer a distant horizon – it is here, transforming daily life, the information space, and the global economy at breathtaking speed,” [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - From accelerating the move to clean energy to planting acres of trees, leaders from more than 100 countries announced or reiterated new national climate action plans during a meeting on Wednesday as part of the high-level week of the UN General Assembly. The game-changing summit was [...]

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