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New York, US (PANA) - As Israel and Lebanon prepare for talks in Washington, the UN Secretary-General has urged both sides to use all available diplomatic avenues to end hostilities. At the same time, blockading of the Strait of Hormuz continues to impact global trade and food security. Meanwhile, a regional humanitarian [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Members of the Security and Governance working groups of the structured dialogue facilitated by the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) met here Monday for the third round of in-person discussions on priority reforms in the country.Continuing the dialogue process, participants will, over the next [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Governor of the Central Bank of Libya (CBL), Naji Mohamed Issa, and his delegation, in a move reflecting the acceleration of economic reforms in the country, Monday held an in-depth meeting with the Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kenji Okamura, and [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA)  - The President of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed Al-Menfi, has received an official invitation from the Prime Minister of the Republic of India, Narendra Modi, to participate in the fourth India-Africa Forum Summit to be held in New Delhi at the end of May.The invitation was [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Senior officials from the United States, Libya, and Italy announced, in a joint statement, the launch of Flintlock 2026 in Libya, a military exercise that will officially begin this week following an opening ceremony in Sirte (about 450 km east of Tripoli).Flintlock, the flagship annual multinational [...]

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Juba, South Sudan (PANA) – South Sudan's military and opposition forces are blocking humanitarian access and unjustifiably ordering civilians to evacuate populated areas, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said. In a press release, the human rights watchdog said since late 2025, the military has issued multiple evacuation orders, at least three of [...]

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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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Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has not been accredited to attend the upcoming meeting of the Group of 20 finance chiefs in Washington, DC, US. Godongwana, who is travelling to the USA to take part in meetings with the International Monetary Fund and World [...]

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Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The candidate of Benin's ruling party, Romuald Wadagni, won in the first round of Sunday's presidential election by a landslide, according to provisional results released by the National Autonomous Electoral Commission (CENA).Wadagni, the Minister of State in charge of Economy and Finance, garnered 94.05%, or 4,252,347 [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - The war that has been raging in the Middle East since late February could plunge 32 million people into poverty in 162 countries, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) warned on Monday.The impact is obviously stronger in countries located at the heart of or near [...]

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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Twenty-five years after the adoption of the Durban Programme of Action, the UN notes the persistent gap between international commitments and the reality of victims of racism, while the amplification of the phenomenon by algorithms and political discourse fuels an injustice that is still present.Racial discrimination [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - The United States and Iran must continue talks aimed at ending their weeks-long war, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Monday, underscoring that there is no military solution to the conflict. Marathon discussions hosted by Pakistan ended in stalemate this weekend in the capital,  Islamabad.  While no agreement was reached, “the discussions themselves underscored [...]

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Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - As Sudan’s war moves into a fourth year, civilians are still being killed, displaced and subjected to widespread sexual violence, the UN’s top humanitarian official in the country warned on Monday, calling for urgent action to stop the fighting and protect civilians.Denise Brown, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator [...]

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