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Hargeisa, Somaliland (PANA) - Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar says his visit on Tuesday to the Somalia's breakaway state of Somaliland was to advance relations between the two sides. The Somaliland Standard quoted him as writing on X, following his visit, that: “It was a great honour to undertake the first [...]

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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Responding to the seizure of Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro by the United States, UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Tuesday reiterated deep concerns that the military operation undermined fundamental protections for sovereign countries.The US action made “all States less safe around the world”, said Ravina [...]

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Hargeisa, Somaliland (PANA) - A high–level delegation headed by Israeli’s Foreign Minister, Gideon Sa’ar, on Tuesday arrived in Hargeisa, capital of Somalia's breakaway state of Somaliland’s, amid heightened security in the capital, the Somaliland Standard reported.Members of Somaliland cabinet ministers and other government officials greeted the delegation upon arrival at [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The public prosecutor of Libya's Tripoli-based government has ordered the detention of three officials from the National Committee for Combating the Desert Locust for accepting 2,000 liters of pesticide that expired in 2007.In a statement published on Monday, the Attorney General's Office explained on its Facebook [...]

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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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Benghazi, Libya (PANA) - Libya's eastern-based government deported more than 37,000 illegal migrants to their countries of origin under the voluntary return program for migrants for 2025, the Agency for Combating Illegal Immigration of the Ministry of the Interior of the government appointed by the Libyan House of Representatives has [...]

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Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Ugandan security forces have unlawfully targeted opposition rallies with unnecessary and excessive force and arbitrary arrests, and subjected some attendees to torture or other ill-treatment, Amnesty International has said.The organisation said in a press release on Monday that it has documented incidents in which security officers [...]

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New York, US (PANA) – South Africa’s International Relations Minister Ronald Lamola says the US invasion of Venezuela undermined international law and the principles of state sovereignty enshrined in the UN Charter. Jonathan Passmoor, South Africa’s acting deputy permanent representative to the United Nations said “the unlawful, unilateral actions” of the [...]

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Bangui, Central African Republic (PANA) - The president of the Central African Republic (CAR), Faustin-Archange Touadera, has been re-elected for the third term with an outright majority, the electoral commission announced on Monday.Mr. Mathias Morouba, the head of the National Elections Authority (NEA), said Touadera, 68, polled 76.15% of the [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - For the first time since 2023, humanitarian assistance will provide Gazans with enough food to fulfil minimum nutritional needs.“The January round is the first since October 2023, in which partners had sufficient stock to meet 100 per cent of the minimum caloric standard,” UN Spokesperson [...]

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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The global crisis in funding for humanitarian work is taking a major toll in Ethiopia, with aid teams warning that the refugee response there is at breaking point.The UN World Food Programme (WFP) alerted that more than 1.1 million people risk losing “food, water and healthcare within [...]

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Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The following are the fixtures for the final Round of 16 matches in the 2025 TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament in Morocco to be played on Tuesday.Algeria vs DR Congo (Venue: Stade Prince Heritier Moulay El Hassan, Rabat)Cote d’Ivoire vs Burkina Faso (Venue: Grand Stade de Marrakech)-0- [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - Civilians continue to bear the brunt of escalating violence in Sudan, particularly in the Darfur and Kordofan regions. In North Darfur, drone strikes on 3 January reportedly caused civilian casualties in the villages of Al-Zurq and Ghurair, including strikes on a market and a medical clinic, [...]

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