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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - War in Sudan has devastated towns and cities across the country and pushed the healthcare system to collapse, just as cases of cholera and dengue fever are surging and hunger levels remain “above the famine threshold”, humanitarians have warned.In an alert from the UN aid coordination [...]

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Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - With millions of people already displaced by climate change disasters in Africa, the richer countries most responsible for global warming must agree at the COP29 climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, this month, to fully pay for the catastrophic loss of homes and damage to livelihoods taking [...]

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Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – UK's Prince William is due to arrive in Cape Town on Monday ahead of the fourth annual Earthshot Prize on Wednesday. The event was launched by Prince William in 2020 to search for and scale the most innovative solutions to the world's greatest environmental challenges. The [...]

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Banjul, Gambia (PANA)—The following are Monday's exchange rates for the Gambian Dalasi as published by the Central Bank of Gambia.Currency                   Buying                SellingUS Dollar                      67.50   [...]

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Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan's military leader has reshuffled his cabinet, dropping the ministers of Foreign Affairs; Culture and Information; Trade and Supply; and Religious Affairs and Endowments.A series of presidential decrees released by the official media on Monday said the Head of the Sudanese Collective Presidency, Gen. Abdel [...]

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Washington, DC, US (PANA) - Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Molly Phee in in Dakar, Senegal, to participate in the Dakar Biennale, one of the largest arts festivals in Africa.  She will be joined by the Director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, Kevin [...]

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Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Attacks on a clinic and UN staff member were reported during a resumed polio vaccine campaign in besieged northern Gaza while Israeli forces continued airstrikes on Lebanon on Sunday.The northern Gaza polio vaccine campaign began on Saturday and is scheduled to continue through Monday, with [...]

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Cali, Colombia (PANA) - The world’s largest biodiversity summit, known as COP16, concluded at the weekend in Colombia, with several landmark decisions, including first ever agreements on nature’s genetic data and on recognising people of Africa descent and Indigenous Peoples as key stewards in conservation efforts.“This is an unprecedented occasion [...]

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