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Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The Ebola outbreak in Kasai province, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), is seeing signs of a notable decline in transmission, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Wednesday.WHO justifies this optimism by the fact that transmission is now "more localised and less explosive than during the [...]

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Washington DC, USA (PANA) - Our unique data on the currency composition of global foreign exchange reserves, COFER, track how much of the world’s reserves are held at central banks in different currencies—such as the US dollar, the euro, Japanese yen, Chinese renminbi, British pound, and others. The data are [...]

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Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - As Israeli forces continued their push to take full control of Gaza City on Wednesday, reports emerged that another skeletal child whose plight was highlighted by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has now died. Her name was Jana Ayed and she was nine years old.A [...]

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Benghazi, Libya (PANA) - The member of the House of Representatives in Libya, who is also and a member of the Inter-Parliamentary Union’s (IPU) High-Level Working Group on Countering Terrorism and Violent Extremism, has participated in an international symposium organised by the IPU entitled: “Regulation of military artificial intelligence: a [...]

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Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa's Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF)  leader Julius Malema was on Wednesday found guilty of contravening the Firearms Control Act by firing a gun at his party’s fifth anniversary celebration rally in 2018, South African media reported.The Mail and Guardian said that he is waiting [...]

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Benghazi, Libya (PANA) - The commander-in-chief of the eastern-based Libyan Arab Army Forces, Marshal Khalifa Haftar, has inaugurated several basic projects in Ajdabiya, including the city centre bridge.These projects in Ajdabiya, implemented by the Libyan Fund for Development and Reconstruction, are part of the eastern-based government's plan to strengthen infrastructure [...]

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Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - Ivorian authorities and staff of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have reached a staff-level agreement on the fifth review under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) and Extended Credit Facility (ECF) arrangements, as well as the fourth review under the Resilience and Sustainability Fund (RSF).According to [...]

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Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation has said that the rise in the level of the River Nile in the country is due to climate change and not recently inaugurated Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).In statement following rise in the levels of the various [...]

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Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Doctors in Gaza are warning of a surge in respiratory illnesses as families – cut off from basic supplies – burn plastic and cardboard to cook and keep warm. They say the outbreak will worsen unless life-saving medicines, fuel and food are allowed into the [...]

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Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - As fighting intensifies for control of El Fasher, one of the main cities in western Sudan, residents are faced with an impossible choice: remain under bombardment or risk their lives on escape routes marked by violence and looting.According to the UN Office for Humanitarian Affairs, [...]

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Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - More than 20,000 people, including 10,000 children, have been displaced by escalating conflict and violence in northern Mozambique, a United Nations agency said on Tuesday, noting that the number affected could be much higher.According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), many [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - A total of 30 actions were undertaken by States during the Treaty Event, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly's High-Level Week, reaffirming their support for the multilateral treaty regime.The UN Treaty Event is an annual event to encourage member states to participate in [...]

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Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa has expressed his grief following Tuesday’s suicide of South Africa’s Ambassador to France, Nathi Mthethwa. His death was confirmed by International Relations and Co-operation Minister Ronald Lamola following reports that he may have plunged to his death from the Hyatt Regency hotel, [...]

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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              SellingBurundi Franc           0.821                 0.8292Euro                  [...]

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