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Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The following are the results of TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations, Morocco 2025, first round qualifying matches played on Thursday.Group ATunisia 1-0 MadagascarGroup BCentral African Republic 3-1 LesothoGroup EAlgeria 2-0 Equatorial GuineaGroup FGhana 0-1 AngolaGroup IGuinea-Bissau 1-0 EswatiniGroup KCongo 1-0 South SudanGroup LMalawi 2-3 Burundi-0- PANA [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations has mourned the loss of Ugandan Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei, who died at a Kenyan hospital on Thursday just days after reportedly being set on fire by a boyfriend. The 33-year-old marathon runner, who lived and trained in northwest Kenya, competed in the [...]

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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Unprecedented floods and winds have displaced thousands of families, destroyed homes, and severely damaged critical infrastructure, impacting over half a million people in Yemen, the UN migration agency (IOM) said on Thursday.  “Yemen is facing yet another devastating chapter in its relentless crisis, exacerbated by the [...]

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Beijing, China (PANA) - Joint efforts by China and Africa can spark new momentum for development on the continent, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has said at a high-level meeting in Beijing. The UN chief underlined the global body's support for this partnership in remarks to the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation Summit.Leaders [...]

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Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - From celebrities to civil society, a growing number of people around the world are providing unprecedented support for UNRWA, the UN agency supplying a lifeline to two million Palestinians trapped in war-torn Gaza.Since last October, the UN agency has raised nearly US$150 million from UNRWA Spain, UNRWA [...]

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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Unchecked climate change, wildfires and air pollution continue to have “a spiralling, negative impact on health, ecosystems and agriculture”, with millions of deaths attributed to dirty air, the UN World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) said on Thursday.“Almost everybody on Earth, basically nine out of 10 people breathe [...]

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Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - While South Africa needs product-market reforms and improving business environment by removing obstacles to trade, complemented by labour-market reforms to boost investment and employment, strengthening governance and reducing corruption are essential to reap reform gains, which should be broadly distributed.These are among recommendations made by [...]

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Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Dr Dion George, is participating in the 10th Special Session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment taking place in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, under the theme, “Raising Africa’s Ambition to Reduce Land Degradation, Desertification, [...]

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

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Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Post Financing Assessment (PFA) discussions with South Africa and endorsed the Staff Appraisal that the country’s capacity to repay the Fund is assessed as adequate.The new government of national unity that took office [...]

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Washington DC, United States (PANA) -  A staggering 400 million students globally experienced school closures from extreme weather since 2022, according to a new World Bank report. The report examines the detrimental impacts of climate change on education in low- and middle-income countries and offers solutions to harness education to spur [...]

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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     0.9247       0.9281Euro                     2,956.7408     2,986.5785British Pound      3,511.6316     3,547.0182Japanese Yen      18.4362     [...]

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Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - South Africa’s number one goalkeeper, Ronwen Williams has added to his growing list of achievements after it was announced on Wednesday that the acrobatic shot-stopper has historically made the list of “Goalkeeper of the Year” nominees for world football’s most prestigious individual trophy, the Ballon d’Or [...]

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Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - In Gaza, despite the success of the mass polio vaccination campaign so far, UN humanitarians warned on Wednesday that the very children they are trying to protect have been blighted by disease and heavily traumatised by ongoing fighting.It’s been nearly 11 months since war erupted in [...]

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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Wednesday described antisemitism as an ongoing plague and “scourge on our collective humanity” which has resulted in damaging consequences for communities worldwide.This comes just a day after the UN human rights office (OHCHR) issued a statement expressing horror over [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - Top UN political and humanitarian officials on Wednesday renewed urgent appeals for the unconditional release of all hostages in Gaza, while emphasising the need to ensure aid and protection for desperate civilians being continually displaced inside the war-battered enclave.Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, and [...]

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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Global public debt has nearly doubled since 2010, reaching a historic $97 trillion in 2023, according to new data from UN trade and development body, UNCTAD.Rising interest rates are further straining government budgets, especially in developing countries, UN News reported.Today, over 3.3 billion people live in countries [...]

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Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - At least 30 Palestinians have been killed in the occupied West Bank in the week ending 2 September, including seven children – the highest number of deaths in a single week since November last year, UN humanitarian wing OCHA said on Wednesday.Israel’s large-scale operation in the north is [...]

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Rome, Italy (PANA) - A migrant shipwreck in the Mediterranean left another 21 missing off the island of Lampedusa, between the African coast and Malta, an Italian coast guard said on Wednesday. The boat “capsised repeatedly, leaving people clinging to the side of the boat as their family members drowned around [...]

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Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The following are the fixtures of the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations, Morocco 2025, first round qualifying matches to be played on Thursday.Group ATunisia vs MadagascarGroup BCentral African Republic vs LesothoGroup EAlgeria vs Equatorial GuineaGroup FGhana vs AngolaGroup IGuinea-Bissau vs EswatiniGroup KCongo vs South SudanGroup LMalawi [...]

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