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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN human rights experts on Thursday expressed concern about reports of trafficking of women and girls for sexual exploitation and sexual slavery and children for recruitment and use as fighters in the escalating violence in El Fasher.Since the siege of El Fasher and surrounding areas by [...]

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Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – The European Union and the Government of The Gambia on Thursday signed a Financing Agreement for a new programme aimed at improving completion rates in senior secondary schools and reducing gender and socio-economic inequalities in education.The initiative, known as EU Support to Improve Secondary Education for [...]

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Bissau, Guinea Bissau (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, has unequivocally condemned the military coup d’État in Guinea-Bissau on Wednesday while the military leaders named Gen Horta N'Tam as the new head of state.The soldiers said Gen Horta N'Tam, who would be the transitional [...]

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Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya’s sugar sector continues to face structural deficits, with domestic production covering only about 72 percent of consumption in 2024, according to industry sources.Output is projected to fall sharply in 2025, down nearly 20 percent to below 815,485 metric tons (MT) due to lower extraction rates, [...]

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Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - African countries have reached consensus on the priority actions, commitments and milestones that will shape the Africa Health Workforce Agenda 2026–2035 in a major step towards transforming how the continent plans, trains and retains its health workforce. Member States, professional councils, universities, development partners and technical [...]

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Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The Democratic Republic of the Congo on Thursday launched a nationwide vaccination campaign aiming to protect around 62 million children aged 6 months to 14 years against measles and rubella, ahead of introducing the combined vaccine into the national immunization schedule. The single measles vaccine will be [...]

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Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) in the African region, Member States and partners have agreed on a roadmap to protect communities during public health emergencies, becoming the first region to formally establish systems that hold both governments and WHO jointly accountable for preventing and addressing [...]

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

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New York, US (PANA) - Aid deliveries into Gaza continue to face difficulties as fighting continues across the territory, with the UN warning that most hospitals are only partially functioning and more than 16,500 patients still require urgent medical evacuation.Briefing reporters in New York on Wednesday, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric [...]

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Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana has strongly condemned Wednesday's military coup in Guinea-Bissau, describing it as “an unconstitutional act” that threatens democratic governance in the West African nation.In a press release issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday, Ghana expressed “profound concern” over the coup carried out by [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations Peacebuilding Fund on Wednesday announced a major milestone, with the approval of more than $1 billion in support to global peacebuilding and conflict-prevention initiatives since 2020.The multi-donor trust fund is the UN’s primary instrument for supporting countries worldwide who are emerging from [...]

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Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A top Sudanese General has spelled out conditions to end the devastating war in the East African country that has killed tens of thousands of people, destroyed infrastructure, brought the economy on its knees and caused the world's worst humanitarian crises and famine in many areas.Lieutenant [...]

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Washington, DC, US (PANA) - Ten countries have issued a joint statement reaffirming their  commitment to supporting the Libyan people’s pursuit of unity, stability, and prosperity – and their aspirations to achieve  lasting peace.Egypt, France, Germany, Italy, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America issued the statement released by the [...]

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Bissau, Guinea-Bissau (PANA) - African-led International Observation Missions to Guinea-Bissau’s 23 November legislative and presidential elections have condemned the “blatant attempt to disrupt the democratic process…” and called on “ECOWAS and the African Union to take the necessary steps to restore constitutional order”, in the country following the announcement on [...]

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Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has expressed grave concern over US President Donald Trump announcement that South Africa will not be invited to the next G20 Leaders’ Summit in Miami.Trump’s Wednesday night announcement came just days after South Africa hosted a successful G20 event [...]

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Washington, DC, USA (PANA) – Subject to approval by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Management and Executive Board, completion of the first and second reviews of two fund- supported programmes would unlock US$78.8 million in financing for Sierra Leone.An IMF mission, led by Mr. Christian Saborowski, visited Sierra Leone from [...]

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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The following are the exchange rates for the Tanzania Shilling on Thursday as issued by the Bank of Tanzania,Currency                         Buying             SellingBurundi Franc                0.8144             0.8225Euro  [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General , Antonio Guterres is calling for restraint in Guinea Bissau as a coup announced on Wednesday by the military threatens to plunge the West African country back into uncertainty.President Umaro Sissoco Embaló was the first to announce the coup when he told journalists [...]

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