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Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The race for Africa’s remaining places at the 2026 FIFA World Cup reaches its decisive phase this week, with three continental heavyweights — Egypt, Algeria, and Ghana — among those looking to seal qualification before next Tuesday.With only nine group winners guaranteed a ticket to next year’s [...]

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Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - In the context of Sudan's war, sports and games have shown that they are not only entertainment and business, or even public relations. They have also proved to be happy means for healing and recovery, restoring normal life to hundreds of thousands of war-impacted civilians, [...]

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Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Nearly 1.17 million people are in a situation of acute food insecurity in Burundi, or 10% of the total population of this East African country located in the Great Lakes region.According to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), the situation is most worrying in the [...]

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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As the Gaza-Israel war enters its third year, sparked by Hamas-led attacks on Israel, the UN is appealing for the release of all hostages, an immediate ceasefire and an aid surge to alleviate Palestinians’ suffering – all as talks on a US-driven peace plan continue in [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A delegation from the Libyan Ministry of Youth of the Tripoli-based Government of National Unity (GNU) is participating in the Arab-African Youth Conference under way in Kampala, Uganda.The conference is being atended by a wide range of representatives from Arab and African countries, as well as [...]

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Benghazi, Libya (PANA) - Libya's Omar Mokhtar University, based in Benghazi in the east, has signed three Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with Malaysian academic institutions for joint academic and training programmes and strengthening academic and training cooperation.This is part of its ongoing efforts to strengthen the University's academic and research [...]

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Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Guinea-Bissau have reached a staff-level agreement on economic policies that could support the Ninth review of the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) arrangement.Upon completion of the review, Guinea-Bissau will have access to approximately US$3.2 million.A statement by the IMF Communications [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Six Libyans, who were members of a Libyan ship, Omar Mokhtar, that was part of the Soumoud Global Flotilla that planned to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza, have been handed over to the government authorities, the Libyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of National [...]

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Washington, DC, US (PANA) - Ms. Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), has said the Senegalese authorities have made important progress in addressing the West African country's misreporting case. In a statement issued in Washington following an informal briefing of the Executive Board on Senegal last weekend, the [...]

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

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Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Prime Minister of Burkina Faso, Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouédraogo, arrived on Monday in Dakar, where he will take part in the two-day Forum Invest In Senegal which opens on Tuesday at the Abdou Diouf International Conference Cent.reMr. Ouédraogo was welcomed on arrival at Blaise [...]

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Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - Emerging market economies have held up remarkably well in recent years, even after periods of global financial turbulence. While favourable external conditions (in other words, good luck) often helped, it’s clear that good policies matter.In the past, “risk-off” episodes—when global investors indiscriminately sold riskier assets—often [...]

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Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - Sub-Saharan Africa’s economy remains resilient, with growth projected to reach 3.8 percent in 2025, up from 3.5 percent in 2024. This acceleration reflects easing inflationary pressures and a modest recovery of investment despite persistent global economic uncertainty.The number of countries experiencing double-digit inflation has fallen [...]

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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      SellingBurundi Franc           0.8212      0.8294Euro                            2,840.7621     2,869.1697British Pound  [...]

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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria on Monday launched the largest integrated vaccination campaign in its history.This is part of its wider efforts to support its “Primary Health Care Under One Roof” strategy, which seeks to integrate all primary health care services under a unified management structure to enhance coordination, efficiency, [...]

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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More people are being forced to flee their homes as fighting continues in El Fasher, Sudan, the UN said on Monday, expressing grave concern over worsening conditions in and around the besieged city. Roughly 770 people were displaced from the North Darfur state capital between 2 and [...]

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The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - The International Court of Justice (ICJ) opened hearings on Monday to determine whether the right to strike is protected under international law – the first time the world’s top court has been asked to weigh in on the balance between workers’ rights and employers’ interests.The [...]

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Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) –  In the lead up to the Session of the Meeting of the Parties (MOP9) to the African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbird Agreement (AEWA) in November, South Africa's Environment Minister Dion George on Monday reaffirmed government's commitment to ensuring that vulture conservation remains a national priority. He called [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General António Guterres marked two years since the Hamas-led attacks on southern Israel, on 7 October 2023, by reiterating his long-standing call for the unconditional and immediate release of the hostages still being held there.“The attackers brutally killed more than 1,250 Israelis and foreign [...]

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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Although there are fewer smokers now than 15 years ago, one in five adults worldwide is still hooked on tobacco.That’s according to the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) latest report on tobacco use published on Monday which analyses smoking trends from 2010 to 2024 and concludes the [...]

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