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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 119 refugees and asylum seekers have been evacuated from Libya to Italy, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) announced here Tuesday. In a publication on its account on the "X" platform, the UNHCR stated that it had "succeeded in [...]

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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A new UN report published on Wednesday into alleged abuses carried out against thousands of Palestinians detained by the Israeli authorities since war erupted in Gaza last October has documented a range of serious violations that may amount to torture.“The staggering number of men, women, children, doctors, [...]

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Paris, France (PANA) - Here are the latest medals table on Wednesday at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France.Tabulated under Gold, Silver, Bronze, Total1    China    7    6    2    152    Japan    7    2    4    133    France    6    9    5    204    Britain    6    5    5    165    Australia    6    4    1    116    South Korea    5    3    3    117    USA 4    11    11    268    Italy    3    5    4    129    Canada    2    2    2    610    Germany    2    0    1    3Hong Kong     2    0    1    312    Netherlands    1    1    0    2New Zealand    1    1    0    214    Kazakhstan    1    0    2    3South Africa    1    0    2    316    Belgium    1    0    1    2Ireland    1    0    1    218    Azerbaijan    1    0    0    1Romania    1    0    0    1Serbia    1    0    0    1Slovenia    1    0    0    1Uzbekistan    1    0    0    123    North Korea    0    2    0    224    Brazil    0    1    3    425    Poland    0    1    2    3Sweden    0    1    2    327    Kosovo    0    1    1    2Mexico    0    1    1    2Switzerland    0    1    1    2Turkey    0    1    1    231    Fiji    0    1    0    1Georgia    0    1    0    1Mongolia    0    1    0    1Tunisia    0    1    0    135    India    0    0    2    2Moldova    0    0    2    237    Croatia    0    0    1    1Egypt    0    0    1    1Guatemala    0    0    1    1Hungary    0    0    1    1Slovakia    0    0    1    1Spain    0    0    1    1Tajikistan    0    0    1    1Ukraine    0    0    1    1-0- PANA VAO/MA 31July2024 [...]

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Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The following are Wednesday's foreign 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) - The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors on Tuesday approved the Ethiopia First Sustainable and Inclusive Growth Development Policy Operation. This policy operation supports home-grown reforms that will ultimately help the country transition to a more inclusive economy that allows the private sector to contribute [...]

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Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - World Bank Group President Ajay Banga has announced the appointment of Sangbu Kim as the World Bank’s first Vice President for Digital Transformation. “Digital technologies, including AI and data, present a unique opportunity to accelerate development,” said Ajay Banga. “The new Digital Transformation vice presidency [...]

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Luanda, Angola (PANA) - On the day we celebrate African Women, Natália Yange guides us in an in-depth reflection on the achievements and challenges faced by women in Angola, a country where culture and tradition are intertwined with modern progress, and where women are increasingly occupying spaces of leadership and [...]

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Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - World Bank Group President Ajay Banga has announced the appointment of Radoslava “Radi” Anguelova as World Bank Group Vice President for Human Resources.“Radi is a critical piece of the puzzle in our drive toward impact and scale. She will help the World Bank Group [...]

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Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved Development Policy Financing (DPF) that introduces for the first-time drought index insurance to 180,000 of Somalia’s pastoralists of which 90,000 are women.The $125 million IDA grant is the first of two operations in a programmatic series that [...]

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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The following are the exchange rates for the Tanzania Shilling on Wednesday as issued by the Bank of Tanzania.Currency             Buying        SellingBurundi Franc     0.921         0.9265Euro                     2,876.3361     2,905.3682British Pound      3,415.1004     3,449.5201Japanese Yen      17.1782     [...]

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Paris, France (PANA) - Morocco and Egypt on Tuesday qualified for the quarter finals of the men's football at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France.In Group B, Morocco went through with a commanding victory, delivering a masterclass performance to secure their place with a resounding 3-0 victory over Iraq [...]

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Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Several thousand people, mostly internally displaced persons (IDPs), have been affected as heavy rains and floods inundated parts of Kassala province in eastern Sudan, inflicting further misery on communities already vulnerable due to ongoing conflict, UN agencies have reported.According to the Office of the UN [...]

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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN Member States must immediately comply with the recent “landmark ruling” by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Israel’s presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, a group of 38 UN independent human rights experts said on Tuesday. The UN’s highest court issued an advisory opinion on [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - A $5.3 million allocation from the UN’s Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) will support some 195,000 vulnerable Sudanese refugees in Libya, and communities hosting them.UN Acting Emergency Relief Coordinator Joyce Msuya announced the contribution in a post on Monday on the social media platform X, [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - The UN Security Council on Tuesday lifted the arms embargo on the Central African Republic (CAR) government forces, while calling on all nations to take all necessary measures to prevent the direct or indirect supply of all types of weapons and related materiel to armed [...]

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