Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Brazilian Cooperation Agency will make available more than CFAF 1.3 billion to the Malian Company for Textile Development (CMDT), which manages the cotton sector in Mali, PANA learned on Monday from a reliable source. This contribution from the Brazilian Cooperation Agency will help maintain the soil [...] Full text...
Curepipe, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius on Monday qualified for the semi-finals of the football tournament at the ongoing 10th Indian Ocean Islands Games (IOIG), after drawing 1-1 against Madagascar at the George Stadium V, Curepipe, PANA reported from here. Madagascar opened scoring in the 43rd minute through Michel Randriamanjaka, but Mauritius [...] Full text...
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Mohamed Gnounou, spokesperson for the Libyan Army under the Government of National Accord (GNA) led by Fayez Sarraj, has denied that a plane that made an emergency landing on Monday near the Tunisian town of Medenine belonged to Tripoli-led government, Mosaïque radio reports. The spokesperson, quoted by the Ain [...] Full text...
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Ugandan club of Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) won the CECAFA Kagame Cup 2019 on Sunday after beating Azam FC of Tanzania 1-0 at Kigali Stadium. Mustafa Kizza’s strike in the 63rd minute made the all-important difference as the Ugandan champions dethroned the Tanzanian side to lift [...] Full text...
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Three civilians were killed and more than 700 herds of livestock taken away by unidentified gunmen on Saturday in the towns of Kindé and Kassanwanda in the commune of Diankabou, Koro Circle, in the Mopti region, the Malian Press Agency (AMAP) reported on Monday, citing corroborative [...] Full text...
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A Libyan military training plane made an emergency landing on Monday in Médenine, in southern Tunisia, near the Libyan border, corroborative sources said. Tunisian Defence Ministry spokesperson Mohamed Ben Zekri told PANA that the L-39 plane was spotted by radar at 7.30 am local time (08.30 GMT) [...] Full text...
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Sunday extended the state of emergency in the country for three months, starting from 01:00 local time (23:00 GMT) on Thursday, 25 July. The decision, issued in the official gazette, notes that the armed forces and police are responsible for taking [...] Full text...
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The following are Monday’s foreign exchange rates for the Tanzania Shilling as published by the Bank of Tanzania (BoT): Currency Buying Selling US Dollar 2,277.62 2,300.40 Pound Sterling 2,850.44 2,879.87 Euro 2,555.26 2,581.73 Canadian Dollar 1,739.04 1,755.86 Kenya Shilling 22.10 22.27 Uganda Shilling [...] Full text...
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - France has convened a new conference in Paris on Monday on Libya and immigration, with interior ministers, to take stock of the situation in the North African country, which is in the throes of a bloody military escalation and political crisis. The conference is to assess the [...] Full text...
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The following are Monday's foreign exchange rates for the Rwandan Franc as issued by the National Bank of Rwanda. Currency Buying Selling US Dollar 891.98 900.90 Euro 1,000.49 1,010.50 Pound Sterling 1,115.29 1,126.44 Swiss Franc 906.83 924.97 Canadian Dollar 682.86 696.51 Kenya Shilling 8.65 8.82 UAE Dirham 235.75 240.47 Australian Dollar 634.41 647.10 Burundi Franc 0.48 0.48 Yuan 129.66 132.25 Egyptian Pound 43.44 [...] Full text...
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Saudi King Salman is hosting 1,000 Sudanese pilgrims at his own expense, including 500 from the families of troops who have died on Saudi and Yemeni soil fighting in the Arab Coalition in the Yemeni conflict. This was announced on Sunday when the Saudi Ambassador to Sudan, [...] Full text...
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guinean President Alpha Condé has condemned "in the strongest terms" the physical assault that resulted in the death, in Rouen, France, of a Guinean academic, Mamoudou Barry, by an Algerian supporter of the national team, shortly before last Friday's Senegal-Algeria final of the 32nd Africa Cup [...] Full text...
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan National Oil Corporation (NOC) says it has resumed the pumping of crude oil from the country's biggest oilfield, al-Charara in the southwest, to the Zaouia refinery in the west. The follows the opening of a valve closed by unknown persons and which led the NOC [...] Full text...
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Monday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank. Currency Buying [...] Full text...
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – The following are Monday’s foreign exchange rates for the Gambian Dalasi (D) as published by Trust Bank Gambia Ltd: Currency Buying Selling US Dollar 49.50 50.40 Pound Sterling 62.50 66.00 Euro 54.50 57.50 CFA Franc (5000) 400.00 425.00 Swedish Kroner (100) 500.00 550.00 Australian Dollar 34.50 37.50 Canadian Dollar 35.00 37.00 Swiss Franc 47.00 49.00 Norwegian [...] Full text...
Amsterdam, Netherlands (PANA) - Medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) says it is resuming lifesaving search and rescue operations in the Central Mediterranean amid deteriorating conditions in Libya. In a statement in Sunday, it also condemned "the criminal inaction" of European governments. MSF said the return to sea comes after a sustained [...] Full text...
