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Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The following are the results of the last qualifying group matches for the 2025 TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), Morocco 2025, played on Monday. The top two teams automatically qualify for the tournament.Group AComoros 1-0 MadagascarTunisia vs GambiaTeam               [...]

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Washington, DC, US (PANA) - U.S. Special Envoy for Sudan Tom Perriello travelled to Port Sudan on Monday for a day of meetings with Sudanese officials.He met Sovereign Council President Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, members of Sudanese civil society, and officials from the Office of the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator, [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - Tom Fletcher, UN’s new chief of humanitarian affairs, took office on Monday, pledging to defend humanitarian values while navigating operations amid growing global crises.Mr. Fletcher, a former UK Ambassador and policy adviser to three British Prime Ministers, was appointed UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and [...]

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Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)- An international health charity organization has revealed that the majority of people wounded in the war in the Sudan are children, under 15’Medicins Sans Frontières (MSF) said 16% of war-wounded patients at south Khartoum hospital are children, which means that approximately one in six war-wounded patients treated [...]

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Baku, Azerbaijan (PANA) - As COP29 climate talks in Baku enter their final week, the UN climate chief told negotiators on Monday to “cut the theatrics,” get down to business and hammer out a new finance deal to compensate countries for climate-driven damages and pay for a clean-energy transition.“We can't [...]

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Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Council on Monday appointed João Cravinho as European Union (EU) Special Representative (EUSR) for the Sahel region.The new EUSR will actively contribute to regional and international efforts to achieve lasting peace, security, stability and sustainable development in the region, which comprises Burkina Faso, Chad, [...]

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Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Council adopted on Monday a €20 million top-up to an existing assistance measure under the European Peace Facility to continue supporting the deployment of the Rwanda Defence Force in the Cabo Delgado province of Mozambique.This support will enable the acquisition of personal equipment, and cover [...]

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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                      [...]

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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (PANA) – South Africa's President, Cyril Ramaphosa, on Sunday night arrived in Brazil where he will lead his country's participation at the Group of Twenty (G20) Leaders’ Summit taking place in Rio de Janeiro.The Rio G20 Leaders’ Summit will be held under the theme “Building a [...]

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Luanda, Angola (PANA) -  Climate change is an urgent human crisis.  Since 2022, 400 million students worldwide have faced school closures due to extreme weather, with low-income countries losing an average of 18 school days each year. By 2050, the health costs of climate inaction may well surpass $21 trillion [...]

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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The following are the exchange rates for the Tanzania Shilling on Monday as issued by the Bank of Tanzania.Currency             Buying        SellingEuro                     2,784.3682    2,812.478British Pound      3,338.3442    3,373.058Japanese Yen      16.9414     17.1097Kenya Shilling     20.4203     [...]

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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (PANA) - The G20 group of developed economies must be at the forefront of global efforts to bring about peace, climate action, fairer international financial institutions and equitable access to emerging technologies, the UN Secretary-General said on Sunday in Rio de Janeiro.António Guterres was speaking to reporters [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and Acting Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Stephanie Koury, has described municipal council elections that were held in 58 municipalities on Saturday as a "significant milestone in Libya's journey toward democracy”. “Transparent, inclusive, and [...]

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Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The following are the results of the last Group E qualifying matches for the 2025 TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), Morocco 2025, played on Sunday. The top two teams qualify for the tournament.Group EAlgeria 5-1 LiberiaTogo 3-0 Equatorial GuineaTeam             [...]

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Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The following are the fixtures for the last qualifying group matches for the 2025 TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), Morocco 2025, to be played on Monday.Group AComoros vs MadagascarTunisia vs GambiaGroup BCentral African Republic vs GabonMorocco vs LesothoGroup DLibya vs BeninNigeria vs RwandaGroup FGhana vs [...]

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