Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The following are the exchange rates for the Tanzania Shilling on Saturday as issued by the Bank of Tanzania.Currency Buying SellingBurundi Franc 0.9055 0.9139Euro 2,801.4276 2,830.4992British Pound [...] Full text...
New York, US (PANA) - Hundreds of thousands of people are still struggling with the severe impacts of devastating floods that swept through East Africa and the Great Lakes region between April and May this year, the UN refugee agency said on Friday.In the hardest-hit countries – Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, [...] Full text...
New York, US (PANA) - Resources are desperately needed to ramp up aid supplies for Burkina Faso, a landlocked country in West Africa, which is staring at an “unprecedented humanitarian crisis”, according to the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).More than six million people across the country – [...] Full text...
New York, US (PANA) - With just six years remaining to reach the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), global progress is alarmingly insufficient, with a mere 17 per cent of the targets currently on track, according to a new UN report released on Friday.The 2024 Sustainable Development Goals Report highlighted that [...] Full text...
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN human rights chief, Volker Türk, on Friday declared that it’s time to eliminate laws and practices that contribute to “economic violence” against women and girls.He was speaking on Friday in Geneva at the UN Human Rights Council's (OHCHR) first panel for the annual full-day [...] Full text...
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Friday completed the second review of Ghana’s US$3 billion, 36-month Extended Credit Facility (ECF) Arrangement, which was approved by the Board in May 2023. Completion of the second ECF review allows for an immediate disbursement of [...] Full text...
