Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan national team faces must-win games in their remaining AFCON 2025 qualifiers campaign. They have one point and have the slimmest chance of qualifying for the tourney in Morocco.Their hopes were dented after a fresh crisis hit the national team camp before the Rwanda game.Libya holds [...] Full text...

Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - As African Union forces fighting al-Shabab plan to withdraw this year, Somalis seek accountability for civilian deaths, reports Al-Jazeera.Omar Hassan Warsame was a larger-than-life figure in the Somali town of Golweyn, where his sizeable farm provided maize, bananas and jobs that helped sustain the community.The 65-year-old [...] Full text...

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA)  – Worldwide, there were an estimated 10.3 million cases of measles in 2023, a 20% increase from 2022, according to new estimates from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).A press release issued by the WHO said inadequate immunization [...] Full text...

Banjul, Gambia (PANA) — The following are Friday's exchange rates for the Gambian Dalasi as published by the Central Bank of Gambia.Currency                   Buying                SellingUS Dollar                      [...] Full text...

Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - Human rights watchdog, Amnesty International, has called on the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to take a strong stand against the spiralling police killings and assault on peaceful assembly in Mozambique.Amnesty International's Deputy Regional Director for East and Southern Africa, Khanyo Farisè, made the call [...] Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Stagnating incomes in the region's resource-intensive economies necessitate more effective fiscal management and broad-based reforms.Sub-Saharan Africa is home to nine of the world’s top twenty fastest-growing economies this year. Such startling statistics, however, rarely feature in discussions of the region’s outlook. Instead, headline figures typically [...] 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      SellingEuro                     2,774.9813   2,803.263British Pound      3,333.9798   3,369.4471Japanese Yen      16.8808     17.0485Kenya Shilling     20.4509     20.4963Rwanda [...] Full text...

Washington, DC, US (PANA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday called Botswana's new President Duma Gideon Boko to congratulate him on the country’s historic 2024 elections.  A press release issued by the Office of the Spokesperson of the State Department said Mr. Blinken applauded the people of Botswana [...] Full text...

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - A late equaliser from Victor Osimhen stamped Nigeria's ticket for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations on Thursday night.Nigeria were trailing against Benin in Group D before Osimhen, the reigning African Footballer of the Year, equalised nine minutes from time to secure a 1-1 draw [...] Full text...

Vienna, Austria (PANA) - Marking the inaugural International Day for the Prevention of and Fight against All Forms of Transnational Organised Crime on Friday, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has called for unified global efforts to counter these pervasive threats.Proclaimed by the General Assembly in March 2024, [...] Full text...

Baku, Azerbaijan (PANA) - As negotiations over how to tackle climate change head into their fifth day in Baku, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has expressed solidarity with young climate advocates at COP29, who told him they are frustrated by the lack of political action on the crisis.“You have every right [...] Full text...

Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The following are the fixtures for Day 5 qualifying matches for the 2025 TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), Morocco 2025, to be played on Friday.Group AGambia vs ComorosGroup BGabon vs MoroccoGroup CBotswana vs MauritaniaCape Verde vs EgyptGroup FAngola vs GhanaGroup GZambia vs Cote d'IvoireGroup IEswatini [...] Full text...

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Global diabetes cases have quadrupled since 1990, affecting over 800 million adults worldwide, according to a World Health Organisation (WHO) study released to coincide with World Diabetes Day on Thursday. The published findings highlight the need for immediate global action to address this epidemic, said the UN [...] Full text...

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - It’s been 40 years since countries adopted the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, but the fundamental principle that nothing ever justifies torture is under threat.That’s the message from UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk who expressed alarm [...] Full text...

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A surge in measles cases has reached 10.3 million worldwide in 2023, marking a 20 percent increase from the previous year, according to new estimates from the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the US Government’s Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).The spike in cases has [...] Full text...

Baku, Azerbaijan (PANA) - UN refugee agency, UNHCR, on Thursday launched the Refugees for Climate Action initiative in a bid to mobilise the world’s forcibly displaced to join the fight against global warming. Actor and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Theo James kicked the campaign off at the COP29 Climate Conference in Baku, alongside [...] Full text...

Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The following are the results of Day 5 qualifying matches for the 2025 TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), Morocco 2025, played on Thursday.Group AMadagascar 2-3 TunisiaTeam                            P   GD  PtsTunisia     [...] Full text...