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Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Tributes are flooding in for popular Lesotho rapper Bokang Moleli who died in a car crash in South Africa on Wednesday. His former record label, Ambitiouz Entertainment, saluted the  “passing of a shining beacon". “The Lion of Lesotho's sun has set. Our deepest condolences go out to [...]

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Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkina Faso army has announced that it is searching for soldiers suspected of mutilating dead bodies in theatres of operation.For several days now, unbearable images of rare cruelty have been circulating on social networks, the army announced in a press release on Wednesday evening. In [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A delegation from the Algerian Civil Aviation Authority has visited Maitigua International Airport, in the eastern suburbs of Tripoli, to audit the security and operational procedures to ensure that they comply with international standards for the resumption of flights between Libya and Algeria.The delegation's itinerary programme [...]

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

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Bamako, Mai (PANA) - The Central Narcotics Office (OCS) at Bamako's Modibo Keita Sénou International Airport seized 12 kg of cocaine last Monday, PANA has learnt from the OCS, the body responsible for combating drug trafficking in Mali.The seizure was made from two Franco-Malians who were on their way to [...]

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Mbabane; Eswatini (PANA) – Eswatini’s economic growth is poised to remain in the 4.5 to 5.0 percent range in 2024 after estimation put it at 4.9 percent in 2023, driven by exports of sugar and soft drink concentrates, tourism, and the communication sector.The external current account strengthened, posting a surplus [...]

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Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - Management of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Wednesday approved a 12-month non-financing Staff Monitored Programme (SMP) for Equatorial Guinea.SMPs are informal agreements between national authorities and IMF staff to monitor the authorities’ economic programme. As such, they do not entail endorsement by the [...]

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Bangui, CAR (PANA) – Despite the particularly difficult socioeconomic context and significant financing needs, Central African Republic (CAR) continues to implement public finance management and governance reforms, according to International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff who visited Bangui from 10 to 17 July, 2024.In the very short term, the main challenges [...]

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Lilongwe, Malawi (PANA) - Malawi’s current economic difficulties require a combination of immediate response measures and urgent reforms to address longstanding macroeconomic imbalances.These imbalances include persistent and large fiscal deficits, balance-of-payments challenges, unsustainable debt, and price instability, which have weighed on the country’s economy in recent years, according to the [...]

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Paris, France (PANA) - Mali’s never-say-die attitude saw the West Africans salvage a point in what could have easily been a victory over Israel in their opening match of the Paris 2024 Men’s Football Competition on Wednesday evening.Making their second Olympics appearance since their quarter-final finish on debut two decades [...]

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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (PANA) - The World Bank Group has unveiled a comprehensive package of initiatives to address urgent poverty and hunger, and enable vulnerable people to increase earnings, enhance resilience against climate shocks, and promote empowerment for women and girls.The World Bank Group announced an ambitious plan to [...]

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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The following are the exchange rates for the Tanzania Shilling on Thursday as issued by the Bank of Tanzania.Currency              Buying        SellingBurundi Franc     0.9105         0.919Euro                      2,862.0509         2,891.7361British Pound      3,407.3163  [...]

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Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The military authorities in Niger have cracked down on the opposition, media, and peaceful dissent since taking power in a coup one year ago, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) said on Thursday.They have arbitrarily detained former President Mohamed Bazoum, [...]

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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Soaring summer temperatures in Europe and Central Asia are killing nearly 400 children a year according to new analysis of the latest available data by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) released on Wednesday.UNICEF revealed that 477 children died in 2021 based on data from 23 countries [...]

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N'Djamena, Chad (PANA) - Following disturbing reports of conflict-related sexual violence in the Eastern provinces of Chad, the UN Special Representative who monitors the scourge Pramila Patten visited the Ouaddaï region to assess the situation and meet survivors.Of the 620,000 refugees who have fled there due to the ongoing hostilities [...]

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