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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Eritrea has banned Ethiopian Airlines flights with effect from 30 September 2024, six years since the Airline resumed flights to Asmara, the airline said on Wednesday.Ethiopian Airlines resumed flights to Eritrea in July 2018, after 20 years of frosty relations with Eritrea. The two countries relationship [...]

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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - About 150,000 people fled Khan Younis in a single day on Monday following evacuation orders issued by the Israeli military there, UN humanitarians have said, intensifying pressure on meagre food, water and places to seek shelter.According to the UN aid coordination office, OCHA, some 1.9 million [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - The head of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) appealed on Wednesday for an immediate improvement in the security situation in Gaza, where dangerous operating conditions and attacks against humanitarian workers continue to hamper aid delivery to communities in need. “Simply put - we do not have the [...]

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Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenya is at risk of failing to build adequate numbers of trained geologists to support the exploration and mining of copper and manganese, key minerals required to produce portable lithium batteries and power systems necessary to support climate change resilience.Professor Daniel Olago, Chairman of the Department [...]

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Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan President William Ruto named four key opposition leaders to his new Cabinet in an effort to stall anti-government protests now running into the sixth week.Kenyan opposition leader, John Mbadi, the Chair of the opposition Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), was nominated to the post of Cabinet [...]

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Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A total of 22 civilians were killed in a terrorist attack on Sunday by unidentified gunmen in the village of Dembo Songo, in the Bankass cercle, in central Mali.According to a press release issued by the Mouvement Patriotique pour l'Unité et la Sauvegarde du Cercle de [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Supreme Committee of the United Nations Framework for Sustainable Development on Tuesday hleld a meeting devoted to the achievements made in 2023 and the evaluation of the percentage of completion of the projects of the United Nations Agencies in Libya. The meeting took place at the [...]

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Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The President of Senegal, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, left Dakar on Wednesday for Paris in France, where he will take part in the international summit on "Sport for Sustainable Development" scheduled for 25 July 2024, the Senegalese presidency announced.At the invitation of his French counterpart, Emmanuel [...]

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

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Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A high-level South African delegation is attending the 21st African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) Forum in Washington, DC, from Wednesday to Friday. The delegation, which is led by Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau, comprises of government, private sector, civil society and organised [...]

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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - At least 157 people have reportedly died and more than 14,000 affected by landslides on 21 and 22 July 2024 in Gofa Zone, South Ethiopia Region, according to local authorities.The UN Office for Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Tuesday search and rescue operations are ongoing, [...]

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Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Higher education and career aspirations among the youth are usually associated with socioeconomic achievements under the right conditions: access to good-quality education, labour market growth, flexible working conditions and personal effort. In Uganda, most young people aspire to complete upper secondary or tertiary education and get professional [...]

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Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - As the world turns its attention to Paris for the 2024 Olympic Games that starts this week, African football fans have reason to look back with pride on the continent's rich history in Olympic men's football.From humble beginnings to gold medal triumphs, African teams have left [...]

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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The following are the exchange rates for the Tanzania Shilling on Wednesday as issued by the Bank of Tanzania.Currency       Buying     SellingBurundi Franc     0.9105       0.9189Euro                     2,859.3137    2,888.9714British Pound      3,402.138      3,437.2239Japanese Yen      16.8817     17.0473Kenya Shi;;ing     19.9626     [...]

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Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ahead of Ghana’s General Elections scheduled for 7 December 2024, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has deployed a pre-election fact-finding mission to assess the country’s state of preparedness for the polls.The 21-27 July mission is under the leadership of Ambassador Abdel-Fatau Musah, ECOWAS [...]

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Lilongwe, Malawi (PANA) - UN agencies alongside humanitarian partners in Malawi have launched a Flash Appeal to help millions in the country stricken by drought that has decimated harvests and sent hunger levels soaring.In March, the Government declared a state of emergency in 23 of the southeast African nation’s 28 [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General has welcomed a new agreement signed on Tuesday in Beijing by Hamas and Fatah, together with smaller Palestinian factions, aimed at ending years of political rivalry as the war in Gaza grinds on.In response to questions at the regular daily briefing in [...]

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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) has thrown its full support behind Cindy Ngamba and Yahya Al Ghotany, the athletes chosen as flag bearers for the Olympic Games which start on Friday in Paris, who will proudly bear the banner of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).On Tuesday, [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - Nearly 26 million people in war-torn Sudan are not getting enough to eat, the UN reported on Tuesday, citing its humanitarian affairs office, OCHA. “To give you an example, that is equivalent to the entire population of Australia,” UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told journalists attending his daily [...]

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