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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan government officials Monday held an expanded meeting with representatives of Allianz Care, a German company specializing in the development and management of health services, to discuss ways to improve the performance of the health sector, in line with the guidelines of the Libyan prime minister.This [...]

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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The 51st Ordinary Session of the Permanent Representatives’ Committee (PRC) of the African Union (AU) started on Monday, ahead of the 48th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council and the 39th Summit, scheduled to take place on 14 -15 February 2026, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, [...]

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Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The Confederation of African Football (CAF) says it has collected match reports and video evidence indicating potentially unacceptable behaviour from some players and officials during the ongoing TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Morocco.A press release by the Communcations Department of CAF on Monday [...]

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Benghazi, Libya (PANA) - Libya's eastern-based House of Representatives began a plenary session on Monday in Benghazi, which will discuss financial matters, among other things, according to the official spokesperson of the House, Abdallah Blihak.The session is chaired by the Speaker of the Chamber, Aguila Saleh. Also present are the [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Deputy Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) for Political Affairs, Stephanie Khoury, on Sunday stressed the importance of preserving the unity of the National Electoral Commission (NEC), calling on all parties to refrain from any [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's Deputy Foreign Minister for Expatriate Affairs, Mohamed Saied Zeidan, on Sunday met with the Regional Representative of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) for the Middle East and North Africa, Cristina Albertin, on strengthening cooperation in the fight against organised crime and [...]

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Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US has ramped up diplomatic efforts to end the suffering of the people of Sudan and the devastating war, which clocked 1,000 days last week, with meetings with senior officials in Abu Dhabi and Riyadh.Mr. Massad Boulos, US Senior Adviser for Arab and African [...]

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

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Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved the Beninese authorities’ request for an extension of the country’s Extended Fund Facility (EFF), Extended Credit Facility (ECF), and Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF) arrangements until 28 February, 2026. This extension will allow sufficient time [...]

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Washington, DC, US (PANA) - Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), has announced that Mr. Abebe Aemro Selassie intends to retire as Director of the African Department (AFR) on 1 May, 2026.Ms. Georgieva, according to a press release by the Communications Department of the IMF, said [...]

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Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan’s Prime Minister Kamil Idris said on Sunday the government had returned to Khartoum, ending a nearly three-year relocation to Port Sudan prompted by the 2023 outbreak of war.Federal ministries relocated to the Red Sea city of Port Sudan in April 2023 after fighting between the [...]

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Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s International Relations Minister Ronald Lamola has defended the military exercises with China, Russia and Iran, rejecting suggestions that such activities represent hostile gestures towards Western nations. Warships from some members of the BRICS group (Brazil, Rusia, India, China and South Africa) are based [...]

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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN Child Rights Committee (CRC) will sessions from 12 – 30 January, during which it will review the files of seven countries.A press release by the UN Human Rights Office named the countries as Maldives, Ghana, Pakistan, Ethiopia, Colombia, Spain, and Malaysia.The seven countries are [...]

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