Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - North African giants Espérance Sportive de Tunis and Al Ahly SC of Egypt reached the final of the 2023/24 TotalEnergies CAF Champions League on Friday when they beat Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa and TP Mazembe of DR Congo respectively in their second-leg semi-final matches. Espérance, who beat Mamelodi Sundowns 1-0 in [...]Full text...
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Moussa Faki Mahamat, has expressed deep concern at the escalating tensions between local communities in the contested areas of northern Ethiopia, including Raya Alamata, Zata and Ofla. An official statement said the Chairperson has called on both sides [...]Full text...
New York, US (PANA) - Making Gaza safe again from unexploded bombs could take 14 years, UN demining experts said on Friday. Pehr Lodhammar, a senior officer from the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS), said that the war has left an estimated 37 million tonnes of debris. He said it was [...]Full text...
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa has informed Parliament that the deployment of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) in various international obligations has been extended. The extension applies to duties in Mozambique, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Maritime [...]Full text...
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Antibiotics saw “extensive overuse” globally among hospitalized COVID-19 patients during the pandemic without improving clinical outcomes, while also potentially exacerbating the already serious and growing threat of antimicrobial resistance, the UN World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday. In an alert, WHO noted that although just eight per cent [...]Full text...
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The following are Friday's foreign exchange rates for the Gambian Dalasi as published by the Central Bank of Gambia. Currency Buying Selling US Dollar 65.057 67.50 Pound Sterling 82.62 [...]Full text...
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Unexpected blistering temperatures across Gaza have added to the daily misery faced by the enclave’s people and sparked new fears of disease outbreaks amid a lack of sufficient clean water and waste disposal, UN humanitarians said on Thursday. The warning from the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, [...]Full text...
New York, US (PANA) - The international community must take immediate action to end the wave of sexual violence being carried out against women and girls in Sudan, two senior UN officials said on Thursday. Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict Pramila Patten together with Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator Joyce Msuya, [...]Full text...
Paris, France (PANA) - Digital technologies and algorithm-driven software - especially social media - present high risks of privacy invasion, cyberbullying and distraction from learning to young girls, according to the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation’s (UNESCO) latest Global Education Monitor (GEM) report released on Thursday. In an interview with UN [...]Full text...
