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Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The Confederation of African Football (CAF) Executive Committee (EXCO) will hold a virtual meeting on Friday, 21 June 2024.The EXCO, to be chaired by CAF President, Dr Patrice Motsepe, will deliberate on a number of matters, designed to enhance African Football development.-0- PANA VAO/RA 19June2024 [...]

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Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The President of the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice, Justice Edward Amoako Asante, on Tuesday received the Executive Committee of the West African Law Students Association (WALSA), Ghana Chapter, on the sidelines of the Training of Lawyers and Government Agents on the use of the Electronic Case [...]

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Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Cyril Ramaphosa was sworn in as President of South Africa for the second term at a spectacular inauguration in Pretoria on Wednesday. Ramaphosa, who is the fifth democratically elected leader of the country, begins his second term in office following May’s fiercely contested elections. For [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General's Special Representative for Political Affairs and Acting Head of the United Nations Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Stephanie Khoury, will on Wednesday give her first briefing to the UN Security Council on the latest developments in the situation in the North African country, which [...]

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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Tanzania’s coffee production in the marketing year 2024/25 is forecast at 1.5 million bags of 60kg, up from 1.4 million bags last season due to increased production from recently rehabilitated plantations. According to industry sources, the area to be harvested remains unchanged at 265,000 hectares [...]

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Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The following are Wednesday's foreign exchange rates for the Gambian Dalasi as published by the Central Bank of Gambia.Currency                   Buying                SellingUS Dollar                   65.057  [...]

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Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - A fire in an ammunition depot on Tuesday night in the Chadian capital, N'Djamena, has killed several people, President Mahamat Idriss Déby has announced.“A fire in a munitions depot at the strategic reserve camp has caused human and material damage. Peace to the souls of [...]

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Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - Almost two-thirds of countries in the Middle East and Central Asia are exploring adopting a central bank digital currency as a way to promote financial inclusion and improve the efficiency of cross-border payments.Adopting a CBDC, however, requires careful consideration. Countries across these regions, spanning [...]

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Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkinabè army on Tuesday denied rumours of mutiny following a deadly attack against a military detachment on 11 June in the Sahel.“For some time now, rumours on social networks have been reporting mood swings and mutinies in certain military barracks. This unfounded and misleading [...]

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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The global energy transition to a more equitable, secure and sustainable energy system is still progressing but has lost momentum in the face of increasing uncertainty worldwide, according to a new World Economic Forum report, published on Wednesday.While 107 of the 120 countries benchmarked in the [...]

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Dodoma, Tanzania (PANA) - One key piece of the puzzle in accelerating progress towards gender equality in Tanzania is having the same legal rights for women and men and boys and girls. Earlier this year, the World Bank’s Women, Business and the Law team convened government, private sector, and women’s groups [...]

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Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The Egyptian authorities must immediately cease the mass arbitrary arrests and unlawful deportations of Sudanese refugees who had crossed the border into Egypt seeking refuge from the conflict in Sudan, Amnesty International said today, in a new report published ahead of World Refugee Day which falls [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - The UN Security Council in New York on Tuesday focused on the worsening crisis in Sudan as civilians continue to suffer amidst the brutal fighting between rival militaries, while the Geneva-based Human Rights Council heard independent investigators describe combatants’ “blatant disregard” for fundamental human rights [...]

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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The following are the exchange rates for the Tanzania Shilling on Wednesday as issued by the Bank of Tanzania.Currency             Buying        SellingBurundi Franc     0.8994       0.9077Euro                     2,787.7969     2,816.7244British Pound      3,297.7629     3,331.7901Japanese Yen      16.4559     [...]

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Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The World Food Programme (WFP) will increase its food and nutrition assistance programme this month in West and Central Africa in hopes of reaching 7.3 million people as the June-August lean season is under way at a time when hunger levels are high and food resources [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - The State of Global Air (SoGA) report published in partnership with the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warns on Wednesday that air pollution is increasingly impacting human health - and is now the second leading global risk factor for premature death.The fifth edition of the report, [...]

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