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Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The following are the results of Day 4 qualifying matches for the 2025 TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), Morocco 2025, played on Tuesday.Group AComoros 1-1 TunisiaTeam                                   P   [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - A UN Women report reveals that policies ranging from cash benefits to healthcare and pensions are not being extended to enough women and girls, leaving them more vulnerable to poverty worldwide.As the world prepares to mark the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty on [...]

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Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin and six new countries have just agreed on the reciprocal abolition of visas for their citizens, the Beninese Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced in Cotonou on Tuesday.According to the ministry, "the Republic of Benin and six other countries, namely Belize, the Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, [...]

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Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudan on Tuesday welcomed a statement by the African Union on developments in the country, saying it fully agrees with the AU approach for handling the crisis.“The Government of Sudan welcomes the statement of the African Union Peace and Security Council, issued on 9 [...]

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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius' Minister for Health and Quality of Life, Kailash Jagutpal, said on Tuesday that cardiovascular diseases, particularly heart attacks, and strokes, accounted for 33 percent of deaths in Mauritius in 2023. According to the Minister, there were 3,814 such deaths during the period, the Government Information Service [...]

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EMBARGOED: NOT FOR PUBLICATION, BROADCAST, OR TRANSMISSION UNTIL TUESDAY, OCT. 15, 2024 AT 9:30 AM EDT WHICH IS 1:30 PM UTC. Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - At today’s feeble pace, it could take more than a century to eliminate poverty as it is defined for nearly half the world – [...]

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Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The African Union seems to be moving to assert its expected role in finding a settlement to the Sudanese crisis, coinciding with the government's moves to restore its position within the African institutions, though on its own terms.The AU has for almost a year kept [...]

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Rubavu, Western Rwanda (PANA) – Human Rights Watch on Tuesday urged the authorities in Rwanda to stop subjecting people to torture in detention. “They have done it in official prisons and jails, as well as in unofficial facilities. Using beatings, submersion in water, mock executions, electric shocks, and other brutalities, Rwandan [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - Nearly two million children suffering from severe wasting, also known as severe acute malnutrition, are at risk of death due to funding shortages for life-saving Ready-to-use-Therapeutic-Food (RUTF) to treat wasting, UNICEF warned on Tuesday. Levels of severe wasting in children under five years remain gravely high [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The President of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed al-Manfi, on Monday discussed political, economic, and security issues with the British Permanent Under Secretary in the Foreign Office, Philip Barton, underlining their close and complementary relations.The meeting, which took place at the Council's headquarters in Tripoli in [...]

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Cotonou, Benin (PANA) — Ms Hannan Sulieman, the Deputy Executive Director of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), is expected to arrive in Cotonou on Tuesday to attend the UNICEF Regional Management Forum.Ms. Sulieman, who is the guest of honour, will also pay courtesy and working visits to senior Beninese [...]

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Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA)-  The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) on Monday said it has received a contribution of US$2.5 million from Republic of Korea to help provide assistance to thousands of Sudanese affected by the ongoing conflict in the country since April last year.In a press statement, IOM said thanks [...]

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Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The following are Tuesday's 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) – South African Police on Tuesday confirmed that a female South African drug trafficker was arrested in Addis Ababa following a joint operation between authorities in the two countries. A team from Gauteng counter narcotics covert intelligence flagged a 29-year-old South African woman through Interpol on suspicion [...]

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Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Today’s political chief executive is expected to play a significant role in driving economic policy. Heads of state have always been expected to set the vision for the work of government through leading Cabinet and managing the political expectations of a wide range of stakeholders.As such, [...]

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Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Council on Monday approved conclusions that will serve as the EU’s general negotiating position for COP29, which will take place in Baku, Azerbaijan, from 11 to 22 November 2024.Underlining the European Union’s position, the Council stated that at the 29th United Nations Climate Change [...]

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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The following are the exchange rates for the Tanzania Shilling on Tuesday as issued by the Bank of Tanzania.Currency              Buying        SellingEuro                     2,952.995     2,983.071British Pound      3,528.7277    3,565.38Japanese Yen      18.1201     18.3Kenya Shilling     [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - The head of UN Peace Operations on Monday said ambassadors in the Security Council had given a “unanimous expression of support” to peacekeepers in Lebanon remaining in position along the Blue Line that separates south Lebanon from Israel, despite coming under fire, with five “Blue [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General on Monday condemned the large number of civilian casualties inflicted by Israeli forces amidst their intensifying military campaign in northern Gaza.Israeli forces struck tents sheltering displaced civilians near al Aqsa hospital, in an area where people from northern Gaza were told to [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - To meet the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the UN General Assembly President on Monday emphasised Africa’s potential and the urgent need for both international support and systemic reforms across the continent.  In a speech delivered during a debate on African development, Assembly  President Philémon Yang [...]

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Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The following are the fixtures for the last Day 4 qualifying matches for the 2025 TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), Morocco 2025, to be played on Tuesday.13:00: South Sudan vs Uganda, Juba Stadium, Juba13:00: Chad vs Zambia, Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé13:00: Malawi vs Senegal, Bingu [...]

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