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Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The following are the results of the final matches in Group F in the 2025 TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament in Morocco on Wednesday.Gabon 2-3 Cote d'IvoireMozambique 1-2 Cameroon Table Cote d'Ivoire  7 pts QCameroo.        7 pts Q Mozambique  3 ptsGabon.     [...]

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Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The following are the results of the final matches in Group E in the 2025 TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament in Morocco on Wednesday.Equatorial Guinea 1-3 AlgeriaSudan 0-2 Burkina FasoTableAlgeria                        9 pts [...]

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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Afghanistan is expected to remain one of the world’s largest humanitarian crises in 2026, UN agencies and humanitarian partners warned on Tuesday, launching a $1.7 billion appeal to assist nearly 18 million people in urgent need.Years of conflict, compounded by worsening food insecurity, recurrent natural disasters, [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has expressed concern over the escalating dispute over the constitutional court, saying the development is a risk undermining the unity, independence, and integrity of the judiciary.The mission said in a press statement on Tuesdaythat the judiciary is a [...]

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

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Conakry, Guinea (PANA) – Mamadi Doumbouya, Guinea's junta leader and candidate of the Generation for Modernity and Development (GMD), won presidential election in the first round with 86.72% of the vote, according to provisional results released by the General Directorate of Elections (DGE).The vote follows a four-year political transition that [...]

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Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Government of Ghana has settled a US$709 million Eurobond obligation, completing the payment on 30 December, 2025, ahead of the scheduled due date.In press statement by the Ministry of Finance said the latest payment brings Ghana’s total Eurobond repayments in 2025 to US$1.4 billion under [...]

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Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso announced on Tuesday the restriction of entry into its territory to American nationals, in application of a similar decision by the American government.According to a statement signed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Karamoko Jean Marie Traoré, the government of Burkina Faso has [...]

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Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has welcomed a peace initiative presented by the Sudanese civilian Prime, Minister Kamil Idriss, at the United Nations Security Council special session devoted for the Sudan last week.A press statement by the African Union Commission said the Chairperson of the African [...]

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Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States on Tuesday signed a five-year, $937 million bilateral health cooperation Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire on health.A press release by the US Department of State said the MoU “locks in a path to full country ownership, recipient [...]

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Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The following are the fixtures for the final matches in Groups E and F in the 2025 TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament in Morocco on Wednesday.Group EEquatorial Guinea vs Algeria (Venue: Stade Prince Moulay Al Hassan, Rabat)Sudan vs Burkina Faso  (Venue: Stade Mohammed V, [...]

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Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - In response to the worsening food crisis in West and Central Africa, the World Food Programme (WFP) provided food and nutrition assistance to more than 3.3 million of the region's most vulnerable people between June and September 2025, thanks to funding from the European Union (EU).The [...]

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Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - Sexual violence against children has become entrenched, systemic and increasingly widespread across the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), with new data showing a sharp rise in cases since 2022, according to the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF).The surge is unfolding against the backdrop of escalating conflict [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - The General Assembly has approved a $3.45 billion regular budget for the United Nations for 2026, following weeks of intensive negotiations and one of the Organisation’s most important reform initiatives, UN80.The budget – approved by the 193-member General Assembly on Tuesday – authorises $3.45 billion [...]

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