Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Otto Addo, head coach of Ghana's national football team, on Friday released the names of his 25-member squad in their double header Group F TotalEnergies 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers against Sudan.The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has rescheduled the matches for Thursday, 10 [...] Full text...
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - IMF staff and the Ghanaian authorities have reached staff-level agreement on economic policies and reforms to conclude the third review of the 36-month ECF-supported programme for the West African country. Once the review is approved by IMF Management and completed by the IMF Executive Board, Ghana will [...] Full text...
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan National Oil Company (NOC) has announced that the state of force majeure on all Libyan crude oil fields and terminals was lifted effective Thursday.This follows the resolution of the crisis surrounding the Central Bank of Libya (CBL), a brief statement published by the NOC [...] Full text...
Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) – With the support of the World Health Organization (WHO) and international and national partners, Sierra Leone has successfully transported remaining Ebola samples from remote storage sites to a secure central biobank. This operation was important to reduce the risk of accidental exposure, release or misuse of [...] Full text...
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Imports of wheat, rice, and maize marketing in year 2024/25 are estimated to increase as the Nigerian economy stabilises, inflation decreases, and the government implements a temporary zero-duty import policy for these commodities until December 31. According to a new report on the Global Agricultural Information Network [...] Full text...
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African government on Friday said it is gravely concerned about the continuing escalation of military action by Israel on the State of Palestine and the Lebanese Republic, as well as the subsequent response by the Islamic Republic of Iran.It has called on [...] Full text...
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States of America and Gabon have expressed their commitment to enhance cooperation as they commemorated 64 years of diplomatic relations.A joint statement published on Thursday by the US Department of State said Gabon’s commitment to a democratic transition provides an opportunity to expand and [...] Full text...
Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - The World Bank on Thursday launched the Sierra Leone Country Gender Action Plan (C-GAP), a comprehensive roadmap aimed at reducing gender inequalities and promoting gender equality across various sectors in the country. This initiative aligns with the World Bank Group’s Sierra Leone Country Partnership Framework (CPF [...] Full text...
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The following are the exchange rates for the Tanzania Shilling on Friday as issued by the Bank of Tanzania.Currency Buying SellingBurundi Franc 0.9317 0.9352Euro 2,987.6294 3,017.7793British Pound 3,552.0076 3,587.8012Japanese [...] Full text...
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States and Ghana on Thursday held a joint security dialogue in Washington, DC, at which they discussed international peace and security and explored areas for further security collaboration, including how to advance the Strategy to Prevent Conflict and Promote Stability in Coastal West [...] Full text...
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - Representatives of the Quint on Somalia have affirmed their support for the Federal Republic of Somalia’s sovereignty, territorial integrity, and unity and reiterated the need to reduce regional tensions through dialogue, including Turkish-sponsored mediation efforts. They discussed the imperative of focusing on shared economic and security [...] Full text...
New York, US (PANA) - Armed conflict puts children at an increased risk of grave violations while their risk of being trafficked similarly increases, including in transitional periods, a new UN study has revealed. The report – the first of its kind – analyses the links between child trafficking and the [...] Full text...
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN-designated human rights expert on Sudan has called for the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), along with their allied militias, to take immediate steps to protect civilians in greater Khartoum amid escalating violence and alarming reports of summary executions.The [...] Full text...
London, UK (PANA) - The United Kingdom announced on Thursday that agreement has been reached to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, ending decades of dispute and negotiation over Britain’s last African colony.The agreement follows 13 rounds of talks that began in 2022 after Mauritian calls for sovereignty were [...] Full text...
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN independent experts are calling on the powerful body that governs world football, FIFA, to demand respect for international law from Israeli football clubs and their conduct regarding Occupied Palestinian Territory.This call comes as many teams in the Israeli Football Association (IFA) have shown racist behaviour [...] Full text...
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN’s human rights chief has stressed how important it is for the families of people of African descent who have died in police custody to see justice served.Volker Türk made the appeal at the Human Rights Council in Geneva during a debate about changes countries [...] Full text...
New York, US (PANA) - Authorities in Somalia remain focused on national priorities, and the battle against Al-Shabaab terrorists is their chief security concern, senior officials from the UN and the African Union (AU) said on Thursday. James Swan, acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the UN Assistance [...] Full text...
