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Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Department of Health has called for continued public vigilance as the country records one more laboratory-confirmed case of mpox. The patient is a 38-year-old man who sought medical intervention at a private clinic in Cape Town after he experienced typical mpox lesions.Investigations indicate that [...]

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Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin’s authorities have started crafting the 2025 budget, targeting compliance with the West African Monetary Union (WAEMU) overall fiscal deficit norm of 3 percent of GDP, a fundamental anchor of their fiscal strategy at EFF/ECF inception, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in a brief on [...]

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Maseru, Lesotho (PANA) - Lesotho’s GDP growth has improved modestly, picking up to 2.2 percent in the fiscal year ending in March 2024 while inflation increased in the second half of 2023, peaking at 8.2 percent in January 2024, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF)).It said that upward pressures [...]

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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) - In the European Union, income per person, one of the main gauges of living standards, is on average one-third less than in the United States, mostly because of lower productivity—as emphasised by Mario Draghi’s Sept. 9 competitiveness report for the European Commission. But what is [...]

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Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - While all development projects call for care and deftness during the implementation phase, these requirements become an absolute necessity in environments characterised by insecurity, fragility, conflict, and violence (FCV). The $750 million World Bank-financed Horn of Africa Gateway Development Project (HoAGDP) is a case in point; spanning [...]

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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     0.9224         0.9286Euro                     2,951.7438     2,981.532British Pound      3,499.6836    [...]

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Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The delegations at the inaugural U.S.-Nigeria Strategic Energy Dialogue taking place in Washington, DC, on 11-12  September have highlighted recent advances in U.S.-Nigerian bilateral energy cooperation. A press release by the USDepartment of State said these include the Department, through its Energy and Mineral Governance Programme [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - Negotiations continue ahead of the Summit of the Future at UN Headquarters this month, where world leaders will enhance cooperation to tackle critical challenges facing the international community and address gaps in global governance. Among the issues under discussion are accelerating sustainable development and reforming decades-old [...]

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Bogota, Colombia (PANA) - Hosts Colombia, Spain, United States of America (USA) and Brazil have qualified for the quarter-finals of the ongoing 2024 FIFA under-20 women's world cup in Colombia In the round of 16 matches played on Eednesday, Colombia defeated South Korea 1-0, Spain beat Canada 3-1, USA beat Mexico [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - The UN says that health workers continue efforts to vaccinate young children in northern Gaza against polio, part of a wider campaign to defeat the disease, which can cause paralysis.More than 81,600 boys and girls were vaccinated as of Tuesday, according to preliminary data from [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, Rosemary DiCarlo, ended her visit to Libya on Wednesday, underlining the world body's commitment to assisting the Libyan people in their efforts to achieve unity and durable peace, the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) announced.It said in [...]

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