Lebanon airstrike casualties ‘still under the rubble’ as ambulances, hospitals face new threats

10 april 2026 - 17:04:03
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - With Lebanon still reeling from Israel’s devastating airstrikes on 8 April, UN humanitarians reported new fears [...] Full text...

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The image from Gaza that still haunts me: Palestine relief agency chief (By Daniel Johnson, UN News)

31 march 2026 - 07:16:37
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Asking the softly spoken, veteran humanitarian worker Philippe Lazzarini how he feels as he comes to [...] Full text...

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Aid operations strained across Middle East: WFP seeks $200 million to sustain food assistance

13 march 2026 - 15:15:50
Beirut, Lebanon (PANA) - Rising food prices, growing displacement and disruptions to global supply routes are placing millions of people [...] Full text...

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Chad, a haven of peace for Sudanese refugees, is facing its own challenges (By Edouard de Bray, UN News)

11 february 2026 - 08:15:42
N'Djamena, Chad (PANA) - In the context of the war in Sudan, Chad, the country hosting the most refugees in [...] Full text...

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Chad: Africa’s refugee haven struggles with its own stark challenges

08 february 2026 - 20:56:49
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Amid the ongoing war in Sudan, Chad, the country receiving the most refugees in Central Africa, [...] Full text...

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‘We children saw things that no one should ever have to see’ - Holocaust survivor tells UN

29 january 2026 - 17:35:55
New York, US (PANA) - Holocaust survivor Marion Blumenthal Lazan, gave a harrowing and heart-rendering account of her childhood under [...] Full text...

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UN says Gaza crisis remains dire, children hardest hit

28 january 2026 - 14:29:13
New York, US (PANA) - Despite a modest increase in humanitarian assistance, the situation in Gaza remains “dire”, with children [...] Full text...

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UN agency rolls out three-year plan to safeguard Ukraine’s bread basket

06 january 2026 - 18:42:50
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Ukraine’s agricultural sector remains under intense pressure as the war continues to disrupt food production and [...] Full text...

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Gaza: 100 per cent of basic food needs met for first time since 2023

06 january 2026 - 07:54:09
New York, US (PANA) - For the first time since 2023, humanitarian assistance will provide Gazans with enough food to [...] Full text...

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‘All we want for Sudan is peace’ say children fleeing violence

09 december 2025 - 20:02:19
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Nahed was visiting Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, with her family to celebrate Eid, a major Islamic holiday, [...] Full text...

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UN chief condemns Gaza killings, urges full respect for ceasefire

30 october 2025 - 07:20:56
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General has strongly condemned the killing of civilians, including children, in Israeli airstrikes [...] Full text...

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Desperate need for water and food continues as Gaza families head north

28 october 2025 - 05:26:58
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - More than 470,000 movements by civilians heading north inside the Gaza Strip have been recorded [...] Full text...

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UN warns Gaza’s displaced face freezing nights and food shortages

25 october 2025 - 05:57:27
New York, US (PANA) - The UN and its partners are accelerating deliveries of life-saving aid across Gaza, but relief [...] Full text...

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UN urges opening of all Gaza crossings to deliver three-month food supply

18 october 2025 - 07:56:15
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has warned food aid cannot reach everyone in Gaza unless [...] Full text...

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Gaza: UN pushes to fire scale up aid delivery

16 october 2025 - 20:54:37
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - As a fragile ceasefire holds in the Gaza Strip, UN aid teams are intensifying efforts [...] Full text...

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Gaza: $70 billion needed to rebuild shattered enclave, says UN

14 october 2025 - 19:40:36
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Around $70 billion will be needed to reconstruct Gaza and make it safe after two years [...] Full text...

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Gaza: Major UN aid operation ‘ready to go’ if agreement is reached on US peace plan

07 october 2025 - 08:15:39
New York, US (PANA) - UN aid teams in Gaza are “ready to go” with thousands of tonnes of supplies [...] Full text...

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Breathless in Gaza: Health crisis deepens as families burn plastic for fuel

01 october 2025 - 07:34:23
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Doctors in Gaza are warning of a surge in respiratory illnesses as families – cut [...] Full text...

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Gaza City lifelines collapsing, UN aid agency warns

18 september 2025 - 20:48:30
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - The last remaining lifelines for civilians in Gaza City are collapsing as Israel ramps up [...] Full text...

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Fragile progress in Syria, at risk from exclusion and foreign interference, UN warns

18 september 2025 - 20:05:07
New York, US (PANA) - Syria’s tentative steps towards recovery could quickly unravel without inclusive politics, sustained aid and respect [...] Full text...

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Gaza: International community must ‘match words with action’ now

13 september 2025 - 10:35:20
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - In the Gaza Strip, hope may be all that is left but it is not [...] Full text...

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Just 1.5 percent of Gaza’s agricultural land remains accessible and undamaged

06 august 2025 - 20:57:51
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - UN data published on Wednesday underscores the tiny amount of cultivable land that remains in [...] Full text...

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Syria: Ceasefire under strain as violence and aid access issues persist in Sweida

06 august 2025 - 20:40:43
Damascus, Syria (PANA) - Hostilities have continued in Sweida, Syria, despite a ceasefire agreement, the UN Office for the Coordination [...] Full text...

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Children are ‘skin and bones’ as Sudan marks a grim milestone

06 august 2025 - 06:03:50
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Famine was declared in the Zamzam camp in North Darfur one year ago. And since [...] Full text...

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Hunger lines in Gaza: ‘Food is not enough’ (By UN News)

03 august 2025 - 08:08:47
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - In western Gaza City, displaced people live crammed into cramped tents, and a human tragedy [...] Full text...

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Hunger lines in Gaza: ‘Food is not enough’ (By UN News)

03 august 2025 - 07:32:10
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - In western Gaza City, displaced people live crammed into cramped tents, and a human tragedy [...] Full text...

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On brink of famine, Gazans forced to scour dirt for food

01 august 2025 - 05:13:32
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - In Gaza, UN aid teams continued their efforts on Thursday to help people of the [...] Full text...

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Dreams amid the rubble: Gaza’s women speak of homes, loss and hungry children

21 july 2025 - 21:26:12
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Hadriya collapses from hunger, Khadija dreams of her kitchen and Hiyam longs for her daughters’ [...] Full text...

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A different type of mistreatment of a journalist held by militias in Sudan’s war By Mohamed Osman Adam

08 july 2025 - 17:52:27
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - For almost eleven months, I fought to restore self-esteem so that I could resume writing and [...] Full text...

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‘A spirit of oneness’: Cooperatives cultivating peace in South Sudan

04 july 2025 - 09:42:00
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Within one year, a maize and sorghum cooperative of 20 members in the Central Equatorial [...] Full text...

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How the IMF finances itself and why it matters for the global economy: IMF Blog By Julie Kozack, Bernard Lauwers

26 june 2025 - 12:00:55
Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - The IMF may be best known for lending to crisis-hit countries. But what about [...] Full text...

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Without urgent funding, global hunger hotspots are set to grow, UN warns

16 june 2025 - 19:43:52
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Since conflict erupted in Sudan, more than a million people have fled to neighbouring South Sudan, [...] Full text...

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Rising hunger in Gaza highlights urgent need for ‘unfettered’ aid supplies

12 june 2025 - 08:06:18
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - People in the Gaza Strip are getting hungrier because of the “very limited” volume of [...] Full text...

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Gaza: Strikes on houses and tents responsible for over half of deaths this week

23 may 2025 - 05:25:59
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - More than half the people killed in Gaza over the past week were in shelters [...] Full text...

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Aid officials call for greater protection as drone attacks continue in Sudan's Port Sudan

08 may 2025 - 06:02:09
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The UN has renewed its call to end the brutal conflict in Sudan after a [...] Full text...

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Gazans face hunger crisis as aid blockade nears two months

29 april 2025 - 08:12:27
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Surviving on one meal a day and stretching out rapidly dwindling food rations have become [...] Full text...

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Gaza: UN humanitarians flag impact on children of return to war

28 march 2025 - 07:29:02
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) issued a warning on Thursday over the terrible impact on [...] Full text...

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Improved quality control kick-starts Kenya’s avocado output in 2025

15 february 2025 - 13:16:50
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya’s avocado production is expected to rebound by four percent in 2025, reaching 585,000 metric tons, [...] Full text...

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UN rights office condemns continuing Israeli military operation in West Bank

15 february 2025 - 05:41:31
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - The UN human rights office, OHCHR, on Friday condemned the intensifying Israeli military operation in [...] Full text...

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Humanitarian charity to suspend US-funded work in some 20 countries

11 february 2025 - 09:38:40
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) says it will, for the first time in its history, have [...] Full text...

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Gaza: More than a million receive food aid since the start of the ceasefire

05 february 2025 - 18:05:52
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Over one million people in the Gaza Strip have received food assistance since the ceasefire between [...] Full text...

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Gaza is now a graveyard and there’s no escape, say UN aid teams

21 december 2024 - 07:48:19
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Hunger, dire living conditions made worse by heavy winter rains and ongoing hostilities continue to [...] Full text...

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Gaza: ‘Sickening normalization’ of suffering, amid attacks on people and aid convoys

14 december 2024 - 07:20:46
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Ongoing military operations by Israeli forces in Gaza continue to cause devastation for civilians trying to [...] Full text...

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Takias: Community kitchens or the second half of the glass (Feature by Mohamed Osman Adam, PANA correspondent)

06 december 2024 - 15:00:41
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - There is a filled half, to be considered, in the current Sudanese war, now over [...] Full text...

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The nightmare in Gaza must stop, urges UN deputy chief

03 december 2024 - 04:41:53
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Describing the situation in Gaza as “appalling and apocalyptic” the UN Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed on [...] Full text...

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Gaza food aid levels at ‘breaking point’

12 october 2024 - 06:59:02
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Aid entering the Gaza Strip is at its lowest level in months, and both the north [...] Full text...

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Kenya authorities considering internet shutdowns over youth protest - CSOs

24 june 2024 - 18:24:23
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan authorities plan to implement an internet shutdown and media disruptions to deal with a youth [...] Full text...

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New UNICEF report reveals severe child food poverty amid world crises

06 june 2024 - 06:17:04
New York, United States (PANA) – A new report released on Thursday by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) highlights alarming [...] Full text...

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Amid ongoing Israeli incursions into Gaza, aid facilities shut ‘one after another’

31 may 2024 - 06:38:11
New York, US (PANA) - With no let-up in reported street battles and Israeli bombardment across Gaza on Thursday, UN [...] Full text...

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UN envoy concerned about increased West Bank violence

23 april 2024 - 05:38:24
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Middle East envoy has expressed concern about increased levels of violence in the [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: Rights experts condemn AI role in destruction by Israeli military

15 april 2024 - 16:37:11
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As UN chief António Guterres on Monday reiterated his appeal for “maximum restraint” in the Middle [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: Children of Gaza spread joy for Ramadan, despite the war (Feature by UN News)

20 march 2024 - 05:29:43
Deir Al-Balah camp, Gaza (PANA) - Clusters of tents are cobbled together with any available fabric, plastic and wood, as [...] Full text...

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World Bank projects boost food security, economic opportunities in Tunisia

15 march 2024 - 14:44:08
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The World Bank’s Board of Directors has approved two new loans worth US$520 million, providing additional [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Nigeria’s inflation rate hits 29.90% in January amid rising food prices

15 february 2024 - 15:22:19
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria’s inflation increased to 29.90 per cent in January 2024 from 28.92 per cent recorded in [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: 25,000 killed as humanitarian needs rise

22 january 2024 - 12:54:36
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - “Intense” Israeli bombardment in Gaza continued on Monday along with rocket fire into Israel by Palestinian [...] Full text...

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Mali records lower prices for bread and flour

12 january 2024 - 14:19:19
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The price of bread will fall in Mali as the price of a 50kg bag of [...] Full text...

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Gaza crisis: another hospital facing dire shortages, warns WHO

08 january 2024 - 12:57:24
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - On day 93 of the war in Gaza, amid reports of relentless and heavy Israeli bombardment, [...] Full text...

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Nexus of food, water & energy: A Key element to Egypt’s climate efforts: World Bank report

19 december 2023 - 07:16:06
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Egypt’s nexus of water, food and energy (NWFE) programme, launched a year ago to leverage partnerships [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza: Vital aid reaches shattered north as halt to fighting enters fourth day

27 november 2023 - 14:53:46
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Desperate Gazans in the north of the enclave had their first sip of clean water in [...] Full text...

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With Gaza truce on horizon, UN relief teams stand ready to ramp up aid

23 november 2023 - 13:15:17
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Humanitarian agencies preparing to go into Gaza continued to build up stocks of desperately needed aid [...] Full text...

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Irsael-Gaza crisis: ‘This must stop,’ UN chief says as deaths, displacement ripple across Gaza

19 november 2023 - 18:07:54
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Spikes in casualties, attacks on schools and shelters, including the death of a UN worker, and [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Nigeria’s inflation rate hits 27.33% as food, beverages, other prices rise

15 november 2023 - 14:48:45
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s headline inflation rate for October 2023 has increased to 27.33 per cent, from 26.72 per [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: 'Genuine prospect of Palestinian statehood is critical,’ UNRWA chief tells emergency summit in Saudi Arabia

11 november 2023 - 18:17:09
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (PANA) - A political solution to end the cycle of conflict in Israel and Palestine has become [...] Full text...

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Gazans struggle for survival; north sealed off

08 november 2023 - 15:22:27
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians still in northern Gaza face unprecedented hardship after being isolated by [...] Full text...

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Israel-Palestine crisis: UN humanitarians plead for ‘access, access, access’

07 november 2023 - 14:40:28
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A month since the crisis in Gaza started UN humanitarians on Tuesday issued a heartfelt appeal [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: ‘Enough is enough’, say UN humanitarians

06 november 2023 - 15:08:14
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - With the deepening Israel-Palestine crisis about to enter its second month, a dozen UN agencies have [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: WFP appeals for urgent expanded access to Gaza as food supplies ‘dangerously low’

05 november 2023 - 18:05:51
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The head of UN’s emergency food relief agency on Sunday issued an urgent appeal from the [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: Humanitarian ceasefires critical to meet immense needs in Gaza

03 november 2023 - 19:49:53
New York, US (PANA) - Political negotiations to get aid into Gaza have yielded results but much more is needed, [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crsis: ‘History is judging us all,’ Guterres says in fresh appeal for Gaza aid access

28 october 2023 - 07:45:20
New York, US (PANA) - With the humanitarian system in Gaza on the verge of "total collapse", UN Secretary-General António [...] Full text...

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Current El Niño likely to affect food security in several African countries

17 october 2023 - 07:30:02
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) –  Heads of international organisations have urged countries to balance short-term urgent interventions with longer-term [...] Full text...

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Nigeria’s inflation rises to 26.72% in September

16 october 2023 - 19:12:08
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s inflation rate rose to 26.72% in September 2023 amid soaring food prices and harsh economic [...] Full text...

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Middle East crisis: Humanitarians call for urgent aid access to Gaza   

13 october 2023 - 06:16:00
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Gaza is on the brink of running out of food, water, electricity and critical supplies, UN [...] Full text...

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Sudan conflict: The bloody power struggle of the Sudanese generals hits 100 days (By Mohamed Osman Adam, PANA correspondent)

24 july 2023 - 08:50:28
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) -  To avoid repeating my food menu in this war situation, I sometimes had to come up [...] Full text...

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Top UN official in Mauritius highlights transformative power of food production

23 july 2023 - 11:40:53
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Transforming the way food is produced on the Indian Ocean archipelago of Mauritius could help to [...] Full text...

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World Bank responds to rising global food insecurity

18 july 2023 - 07:19:05
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - Domestic food price inflation remains high around the world, says the latest update of the [...] Full text...

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Nigeria’s Inflation rate hits 22.8% in June 2023

17 july 2023 - 15:46:39
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says Nigeria’s headline inflation rate increased to 22.79 per cent [...] Full text...

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Sudan conflict: Hundreds missing in Sudan fighting (Feature by Mohamed Osman Adam, PANA correspondent)

17 may 2023 - 12:15:41
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A knock at the door and men dressed in plain clothes, with weapons quite visible in [...] Full text...

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Burundi: Year-on-year inflation in March 2023 stands at +32.6 pct

18 april 2023 - 13:16:36
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Year-on-year inflation in March 2023 stood at +32.6%, against 28.0% in the previous month, the Burundi [...] Full text...

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Libyan newspaper urges authorities to use international experts for better use of oil resources

14 april 2023 - 16:47:30
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan economy has been based for decades on a single source of income, oil, whose [...] Full text...

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Libyan newspaper urges Libyan authorities to ask AU to appoint Commissioner to deal with migration issue

07 april 2023 - 16:44:09
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A cross-border phenomenon, illegal migration, has become a pressing issue in Libya and on the African [...] Full text...

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Libya again accused of violations against migrants, despite heavy toll as transit country

06 april 2023 - 20:16:09
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The latest report of the Independent Fact-Finding Mission on Libya to the Human Rights Council on [...] Full text...

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Africa experiencing surging food price inflation: WB

28 march 2023 - 06:33:57
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Domestic food price inflation remains high around the world, according to the latest Food [...] Full text...

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Gambia's economy to grow by 6.0 percent in 2023: Governor of central bank

01 march 2023 - 11:36:05
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia expects to see an economic growth of 6.0 percent in 2023, higher than the 5.2 [...] Full text...

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Israel's expansion in Africa seen through the prism of Libyan newspaper

10 february 2023 - 16:02:31
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Israel is undoubtedly progressing more and more in the African continent, succeeding in its infiltration through [...] Full text...

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Libyan newspaper slams misinformation war against migrants

27 january 2023 - 18:55:13
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A natural and complex phenomenon that affects all human populations, migration, is intimately linked to the [...] Full text...

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Burundi reccords average inflation of +1.9 pc for the year 2022

24 january 2023 - 18:38:49
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies of Burundi (ISTEEBU) has published the Household Consumer Price [...] Full text...

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African free trade zone critical to reducing dependence on foreign imports

20 january 2023 - 08:58:21
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) would help build Africa’s economic [...] Full text...

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World Bank approves $20 million grant to Ghana to help bridge unexpected financing gap

08 december 2022 - 11:53:03
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors on Wednesday approved $20 million in supplementary funds for [...] Full text...

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French baguettes, Chinese tea ceremony, join protected heritage list by UNESCO

01 december 2022 - 05:57:10
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Holy Week in Guatemala, traditional tea preparation in China, and the artisanal knowledge surrounding France’s iconic [...] Full text...

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Laboratory analysis confirms the presence of potassium bromate in bread at 27 locations in Libya

29 november 2022 - 19:23:01
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Prosecutor General Seddik Al-Sour said here Monday that the results of potassium bromate analyses conducted [...] Full text...

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Sudan's rate of inflation drops, but average remains high, government report

17 november 2022 - 13:49:34
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Inflation in Sudan has dropped for the first time in six months, measured at 107.29 % in [...] Full text...

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Sudan: Human rights must ‘be at the core’ of democratic transition, urges UN rights chief

17 november 2022 - 05:22:57
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The new UN human rights chief ended his first country visit on Wednesday explaining that he [...] Full text...

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Sudan military coup: Nice western grin converted into menacing grim

25 october 2022 - 17:21:00
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - In yet a new warning to the  rulers in the Sudan, the United States administration has [...] Full text...

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UNHCR warns of surging needs in Sudan amid skyrocketing prices and gaps in humanitarian funding

23 september 2022 - 11:54:18
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), on Friday warned of "spiralling humanitarian needs" for refugees [...] Full text...

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More than 63,000 false registration numbers found in Libya, says Prosecutor General

17 august 2022 - 19:56:36
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 63,986 fake national registration numbers were discovered in Libya by commissions of the [...] Full text...

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Nigeria’s Inflation rate at 18-year high, driven by prices of food

15 august 2022 - 15:41:00
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria’s headline inflation has increased to 19.64 per cent in July, bringing the country’s inflation figure [...] Full text...

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Libyan newspaper highlights controversy surrounding suspected presence of potassium bromate in bread in Libya

07 august 2022 - 16:00:30
Tricpoli, Libya (PANA) - There is growing controversy in recent days in Libya among several Libyan state institutions over the [...] Full text...

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South African inflation races to 13-year high

20 july 2022 - 12:19:25
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African consumer inflation surged to a 13-year high in June mainly due to [...] Full text...

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Liberia UN peacekeepers honoured in South Sudan

13 july 2022 - 06:16:18
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - “I recall the civil war in Liberia vividly,” says Elfreda Dennice Stewart, a United Nations [...] Full text...

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Algeria encourages less consumption of wheat to decrease demand

06 july 2022 - 08:00:30
Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - The Algerian government is encouraging consumers in the country to decrease consumption of bread to avoid [...] Full text...

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Libyan Parliament denounces acts of vandalism after burning of its headquarters

02 july 2022 - 13:37:23
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The presidency of the Libyan House of Representatives (Parliament) on Saturday condemned the acts of vandalism [...] Full text...

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Angry demonstrators set fire to Libyan parliament building in Tobruk in eastern Libya

02 july 2022 - 08:08:17
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Angry young Libyan demonstrators Friday stormed the House of Representatives (Parliament) building in the eastern city [...] Full text...

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Drought reduces Morocco’s grain, feed production by over 60 percent

01 july 2022 - 07:12:23
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) – The government of Morocco is taking measures to develop a strategic wheat stock as the North [...] Full text...

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Africa must separate the wheat from Russia’s geopolitical chaff

16 june 2022 - 12:29:50
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - Russia’s war against Ukraine is intensifying and, as a result, African countries are increasingly being [...] Full text...

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Sahel should be seen as region of ‘opportunity’ despite ‘multiple crises’: UN official

30 may 2022 - 05:36:41
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Sahel region of Africa should be considered a region of opportunity, despite the “multiple crises” [...] Full text...

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NGO advocates support for victims of sexual abuse in DRC

30 may 2022 - 05:21:29
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - There is an “urgent need” to support the victims of sexual exploitation and abuse in the [...] Full text...

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AfDB Board approves US$1.5 billion facility to avert food crisis in Africa

20 may 2022 - 21:08:37
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank Group's Board of Directors on Friday approved a US$1.5 billion facility [...] Full text...

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Malian Foreign Minister meets in Moscow with group of African ambassadors to Russia

20 may 2022 - 14:32:37
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali remains in the dynamic of negotiations with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), [...] Full text...

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UN focus on plant health, crucial for boosting food security worldwide

13 may 2022 - 05:25:41
Rome, Italy (PANA) - On the very first International Day of Plant Health, marked on Thursday, the UN Food and [...] Full text...

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Tripoli-based government holds meeting on plans to set up grains board

25 april 2022 - 12:20:53
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Minister of Economy and Trade Mohamed al-Haweij of the Government of National Unity (GNU) has [...] Full text...

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The crisis in Libya: Hopes for way out of impasse amid unforeseen complications

10 april 2022 - 18:42:53
  Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Hopes for an end to the impasse in the political process in Libya have begun to [...] Full text...

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UN chief calls for unity to ‘build a peaceful world’, ahead of Ramadan

02 april 2022 - 07:48:48
New York, US (PANA) - Highlighting it as a period of compassion and empathy, Secretary-General António Guterres said on Friday [...] Full text...

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Libyan leaders discuss how to bring down prices

27 march 2022 - 16:20:15
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed Al-Manfi, on Sunday discussed with the Minister of [...] Full text...

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Tunisians demonstrate to demand return to democratic process

20 march 2022 - 16:48:02
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Thousands of Tunisians on Sunday turned up for a demonstration in Tunis to denounce the seizure [...] Full text...

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Libyan PM insists calls for adequate supply of commodities during Ramadan

16 march 2022 - 11:35:52
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity (GNU), Abdelhamid al-Dbaiba, on Tuesday stressed [...] Full text...

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Africa at heart of military clash in Ukraine (Analysis)

15 march 2022 - 15:07:46
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Russian-Ukrainian war, which has entered its third week, actually began ten years ago when former [...] Full text...

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Pro-islamist demonstrations: a new turn in Sudanese political scene? (News analysis by Mohamed Osman, PANA correspondent)

27 january 2022 - 16:35:39
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – Dozens of thousands of persons in opposition with the left leaning revolution in the Sudan, came [...] Full text...

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Will the stand-off in Sudan lead to history repeating itself - a military coup?

24 october 2021 - 16:20:18
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A tense standoff is prevailing in the Sudanese national capital, Khartoum, with major roads leading to [...] Full text...

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LEAD: Sudan authorities abort coup, authors arrested

21 september 2021 - 10:07:37
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – The crisis-plagued government in Sudan on Tuesday said it thwarted a coup d’état in the early [...] Full text...

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More children than ever before live as migrants or refugees, outside their birth countries – UNICEF

28 august 2021 - 05:48:05
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More girls and boys than ever are on the move, with 35.5 million having lived outside [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's inflation rate drops 0.37% in JUly from 17.75% in June

18 august 2021 - 19:14:56
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said inflation dropped by 0.37 per cent to 17.38% in [...] Full text...

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Young man beheaded by unknown assailants in the Malian town of Fana

06 august 2021 - 19:44:15
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A young man, named Aguibou Bagayoko, was beheaded by unknown assailants on Sunday night in the [...] Full text...

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Civil unrest turns South Africa’s food and agricultural sector upside down

21 july 2021 - 13:51:32
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - While specific costs and implications of the recent South African civil unrest to the food [...] Full text...

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Domestic violence, forced marriage, have risen in Sudan: UN-backed study

20 july 2021 - 05:41:24
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Deteriorating economic conditions  since 2020 and the COVID-19 pandemic have fuelled an increase in domestic violence and forced marriage in Sudan, a UN-backed study [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia-Sudan border tensions must be de-escalated

13 may 2021 - 13:17:13
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - A potential border war brewing between Sudan and Ethiopia threatens to destabilise the two nations [...] Full text...

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Nigeria struggles to attain self-sufficiency in sugar production

11 may 2021 - 10:41:32
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria’s sugar industry is facing serious challenges despite efforts by the government to create self-sufficiency in [...] Full text...

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Bakeries and pastry shops in Bamako go on strike over hiked flour price

02 february 2021 - 12:26:24
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Some bakeries and pastry shops in Bamako, the Malian capital, on Monday began unilaterally a 48-hour [...] Full text...

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Government moves to curb soaring prices of basic necessities in Mali

26 january 2021 - 13:28:35
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Faced with rising prices of staple foods, due in part to the health crisis caused by [...] Full text...

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IFC meets on effects of unification of exchange rate for Libyan dinar

22 january 2021 - 23:44:52
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The co-chairmen of the economic working group of the International Follow-up Committee on Libya (IFG) Thursday [...] Full text...

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Economic Working Group on Libya meets to address urgent issues

22 january 2021 - 15:38:02
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) -  Co-chairs of the International Follow-Up Committee on Libya’s Economic Working Group (EWG), including Acting Special Representative [...] Full text...

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Nigeria’s inflation rate jumps to 15.75 per cent

15 january 2021 - 13:58:14
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria’s inflation rate jumped to 15.75 per cent in December, the highest level in more than [...] Full text...

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Nigeria’s registers 0.52 pc inflation rise to 14.23 pc in October 2020

16 november 2020 - 14:14:57
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s Consumer Price Index (CPI), which measures inflation, increased by 14.23 per cent (year-on-year) in October [...] Full text...

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U.S. grants $20 million to buy wheat to help Sudanese people

07 november 2020 - 10:13:24
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has announced the intention of the United States government, [...] Full text...

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Significant food price hikes push currency weakening in Africa

03 november 2020 - 23:52:03
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - A significant rise in the cost of food during the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has ignited [...] Full text...

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Buhari to Nigerians: 'Desist from divisive statements'

28 october 2020 - 18:41:07
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday urged Nigerians to desist from making divisive statements that can threaten [...] Full text...

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Sudan’s record wheat harvest proves success of AfDB’s agricultural transformation programme

20 october 2020 - 16:06:55
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Despite coronavirus-related lockdowns, travel and transport restrictions, Sudan has just recorded its largest wheat harvest, according [...] Full text...

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EU and World Bank sign agreement to assist families hit by economic reform programme

27 september 2020 - 19:57:06
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The European Union (EU) and the World Bank have signed an agreement to work in partnership [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: UNHCR, WFP jointly tackle food rising needs in Libya

22 september 2020 - 12:58:16
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) are expanding their [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's inflation rate rises to 13.22 per cent in August 2020

16 september 2020 - 12:30:33
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria's inflation rate increased by 13.22 per cent in August, up from 12.82 per cent recorded [...] Full text...

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Botswana bans importation of baked goods

24 august 2020 - 13:44:22
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana has restricted the importation of baked goods, to stimulate the establishment and development of micro, [...] Full text...

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US food security arm predicts Zimbabwe households will ration meals as macroeconomic situation worsens

05 august 2020 - 17:31:16
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The United States Agency for International Development’s food security arm, FEWS NET, says Zimbabwe households are [...] Full text...

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More than 1.5 tonnes of cannabis seized by Togolese customs near border with Ghana

19 june 2020 - 18:54:11
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togolese customs seized 1.5 tonnes of cannabis at the border post of Hihéatro, Plateaux region, near [...] Full text...

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Nigeria’s inflation rate rose to 12.40 per cent in May- NBS

17 june 2020 - 16:25:48
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Wednesday that the nation’s inflation rate continued its [...] Full text...

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The Gambia's domestic debt remains high - Cetral Bank

28 may 2020 - 21:37:52
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambia’s stock of domestic debt remains high, increasing to D33.6 billion or 33.2 per cent [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Eritrean detainees live in crowded, filthy prison cells

21 may 2020 - 20:50:31
Asmara, Eritrea (PANA) – Amnesty International has decried the overcrowding and the filthy conditions in which detainees in Eritrea are [...] Full text...

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Japan funds UNDP programme on assistance for hundreds of vulnerable groups in Sudan

11 may 2020 - 12:53:37
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)- The Japanese Government today announced an additional US$2.4 million of funding for UNDP’s ongoing work to support [...] Full text...

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Covid-19: Stranded Gambians-Diaspora raise concern over ban on flights

04 may 2020 - 22:07:41
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Dozens of stranded Gambians-Diasporas in the country Monday raised concerns over the government ban on international [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: New investigation suggests Zimbabwe’s police, municipal officers enforcing COVID-19 lockdown are stealing grocery items

26 april 2020 - 16:22:39
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Local accountability trust, Tutuma Zimbabwe, has completed an investigation showing some of Zimbabwe’s police and municipal [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Zimbabwe VP orders retailers to slash prices amid COVID-19 lockdown

22 april 2020 - 16:19:14
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe Vice President Kembo Mohadi has issued a price moratorium ordering retailers to revert to the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions calls for US$100 each for vulnerable employees

12 april 2020 - 12:30:17
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has called on government to pay US$100 to vulnerable [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Catholic Church in Rwanda asks worshippers to stop receiving Communion on the tongue

13 march 2020 - 14:02:15
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda's Catholic Archbishop Antoine Kambanda has urged worshippers to stop some worship practices due to the [...] Full text...

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Tunisia refuses to reveal identiies of perpetrators of the Friday attack

07 march 2020 - 18:17:05
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - More than 24 hours after the bombing on Friday by two suicide bombers in front of [...] Full text...

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Sudanese Govt agrees 'emergency mechanism' to deal with economic hardships

06 march 2020 - 12:51:54
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese government on Thursday decided to set up an "emergency mechanism" to deal with persistent [...] Full text...

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Exiled former cabinet minister alleges growing discontent in Zimbabwe's army

01 march 2020 - 15:01:09
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Exiled former cabinet minister, Jonathan Moyo, has alleged growing discontent in the Zimbabwe army amid heightened [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's inflation rate hits 12.13 per cent

18 february 2020 - 16:53:44
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Tuesday said that the nation’s Consumer Price Index (CPI), [...] Full text...

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Amnesty International says Lesotho dam construction to displace nearly 8,000 people

06 february 2020 - 10:43:52
Maseru, Lesotho (PANA) - Nearly 8,000 people are facing the loss of their homes or livelihoods as construction begins around [...] Full text...

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Opinion divided over outcomes of Berlin conference on Libya (A news analysis by BA Youssef, PANA correspondent)

23 january 2020 - 23:45:58
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Past the first effects of the Declaration of the international Berlin conference on Libya held on [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's inflation rises by 0.13 points to 11.98 per cent in December 2019

17 january 2020 - 13:07:33
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Friday said that the country’s Consumer Price Index (CPI), [...] Full text...

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South Sudan moves to curb environmental pollution in oilfields

10 january 2020 - 16:54:17
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) – South Sudan has commenced a process to inspect the environmental impact of oil production with [...] Full text...

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WFP calls for increased support as eight million in Zimbabwe face hunger

31 december 2019 - 06:05:05
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The World Food Programme (WFP) is calling on countries to step up support to Zimbabwe, where millions of [...] Full text...

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December 2019, acrimonious anniversary for Sudanese revolutionaries

24 december 2019 - 19:57:49
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan’s Minister of Defense Lt Gen. Awad Bin Aouf on 11 April 2019 announced the ouster [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe enacts the 'Consumer Protection Act (A PANA News Analysis)

22 december 2019 - 16:40:42
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) – As the Zimbabwe economy continues to regress, the Zimbabwe government has made history by enacting the [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe Govt urges local authorities to establish workspaces for SMEs

20 december 2019 - 18:04:11
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe’s Ministry of Women’s Affairs, Community, Small and Medium Enterprises Development has urged local authorities to [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's inflation inches up 0.24% to 11.85% in November

17 december 2019 - 11:59:25
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Tuesday said that the nation’s inflation rate inched up [...] Full text...

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Zimbabweans pushed to the brink in the face of drought and economic meltdown

27 november 2019 - 13:00:53
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Catholic Agency For Overseas Development (CAFOD) says millions of Zimbabweans are on the brink of [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe Govt suspends customs duty on imported wheat flour, maize

25 november 2019 - 20:11:15
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Zimbabwean government has suspended duty on wheat flour and maize to allow for the direct [...] Full text...

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Apex bank Governor says Nigeria's rising inflation will go down soon

20 november 2019 - 12:39:54
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The rise in Nigeria's inflation rate is temporary and “will go down aggressively in another three [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's inflation rate jumps to 11.61 per cent in October

18 november 2019 - 14:39:08
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s inflation rate jumped to a 17-month high at 11.61 per cent in October, from 11.24 [...] Full text...

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Cabinet: Government vehicles transport people free of charge to overcome shortage

10 november 2019 - 19:41:50
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)   -   The Sudanese government directed here Sunday that all cars and vehicles affiliated to public institutions must [...] Full text...

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Cost of living jumps nearly 73 percent by end of October in Zimbabwe

04 november 2019 - 23:56:48
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA)   -   Zimbabwe’s cost of living has ballooned by 72.48 percent to ZWL (Zimbabwe dollar) $3,943.88 by end-October [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe Govt declares October 25 'Anti-Sanctions Day'

23 october 2019 - 05:41:45
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Zimbabwe government has declared 25 October, Anti-Sanctions Day, as it seeks to have international sanctions [...] Full text...

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Botswana fails to implement ban on plastics

01 october 2019 - 23:42:25
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA)  -  The Botswana ministry of Environment, Natural Resources Conservation and Tourism has failed to implement its ban [...] Full text...

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Sudan closes borders with CAR and Libya

28 september 2019 - 18:28:47
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan has closed its borders with Libya and Central African Republic with immediate effect, citing economic [...] Full text...

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AI gives damning report on Zimbabwean President Mnangagwa's first year in office

27 august 2019 - 07:19:06
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - As President of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa, marked his first year in office on Monday, human rights [...] Full text...

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UN boosts humanitarian appeal to help tackle Zimbabwe’s ‘worst-ever’ hunger crisis

07 august 2019 - 20:56:11
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA)   -   The United Nations  food relief agency said here Wednesday it had revised its humanitarian appeal to [...] Full text...

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Consumers decry increased taxes in Zimbabwe's mid-term 2019 fiscal review

04 august 2019 - 12:23:13
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The National Consumer Rights Association (Nacora) has strongly condemned last week’s mid-term 2019 fiscal review, describing [...] Full text...

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Sudanese soldiers who killed demonstrators to go on trial

01 august 2019 - 15:03:01
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan's military administration on Thursday officially recognised the death of six people in the western El [...] Full text...

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Sudan government orders closure of all schools

30 july 2019 - 20:19:01
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese government on Tuesday decided to close schools at all stages as from Wednesday until [...] Full text...

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Fresh details emerge from Zimbabwe’s FM being accosted by protesters in UK

13 july 2019 - 15:30:55
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe’s main opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), United Kingdom (UK) branch, blames members [...] Full text...

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AfDB Board approves recommendations of the first monitoring report on Modern Mills of Mali

13 july 2019 - 07:53:25
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has approved recommendations of the [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe's Rural Teachers Union demands higher wages than "paltry" gov't offers

11 july 2019 - 15:57:35
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) has implored “genuine Trade Unions” to join them in demanding [...] Full text...

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‘Marco-economic environment remains highly volatile in Zimbabwe’

09 july 2019 - 14:34:45
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Zimbabwe macro-economy remains highly volatile and continues to deteriorate, an updated outlook report from FEWS [...] Full text...

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Bread shortages loom in Zimbabwe on the back of monopolies

14 june 2019 - 15:33:29
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Bread shortages may loom in Zimbabwe after scarcity of the basic commodity started to emerge last [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's inflation rate inches up at 11.37 per cent in April

16 may 2019 - 07:19:08
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigeria National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says that the Consumer Price Index (CPI), which measures [...] Full text...

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Poor macroeconomic conditions leaving more Zimbabweans hungry - Report

01 may 2019 - 17:31:57
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA)- Poor macroeconomic conditions are leaving Zimbabweans hungry with most surviving on humanitarian aid, a new United States [...] Full text...

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Mobile medic team rescues 12 families from fighting areas in southern Tripoli

26 april 2019 - 12:22:33
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Twelve families  caught up in the fighting areas of southern Tripoli since early April have been [...] Full text...

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Abdel Fattah al-Sissi hosts mini-summit on Libyan crisis

22 april 2019 - 17:03:32
Tripoli, Libya (PANA)   -   Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi, Chairmanship of the African Union (AU), will Tuesday host in Cairo [...] Full text...

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Bread prices in Zimbabwe nearly double as local currency continues to weaken

16 april 2019 - 23:08:35
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA)  -  Bread prices nearly doubled on Tuesday to RTGS$3.50 (US$0.76) per loaf as prices of basic commodities [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe presidential spokesperson describes 1980s 'Gukurahundi genocide' a result of conflict

14 april 2019 - 19:08:35
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe’s presidential spokesperson George Charamba has described the Gukurahundi atrocities in the 1980s as “conflict” as [...] Full text...

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UN rights chief urges Sudan to protect human rights and rule of law

12 april 2019 - 14:31:19
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Friday reminded the authorities in Sudan of [...] Full text...

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Organised protestors strike down Bashir regime in Sudan

12 april 2019 - 09:47:29
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – The elite protestors from professional associations, owners of companies and selfless Sudanese citizens pulled forces together [...] Full text...

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‘Democratic aspirations of the Sudanese people’ must be met urges Guterres

12 april 2019 - 05:16:58
New York, US (PANA) - The democratic aspirations of the Sudanese people must be realised through “an appropriate and inclusive transition [...] Full text...

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UN Chief calls on all Sudanese to show restraint

09 april 2019 - 15:00:07
New-York, United States (PANA) - The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, has called on the Sudanese to exercise maximum restraint [...] Full text...

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Spokesman commends spirit with which regular forces dealt with demonstrators

06 april 2019 - 21:05:25
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)- The Sudan government spokesman Saturday commended the police and security for the way they dealt with thousands [...] Full text...

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Arab Monetary Fund approves US$ 300 million loan to Sudan

17 march 2019 - 12:40:10
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Arab Monetary Fund has granted Sudan two financing loans, totalling US$ 300 million, the Sudanese [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's inflation ease by 0.09 per cent to 11.31 per cent in February

16 march 2019 - 10:26:32
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria'rs National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Friday said that the Consumer Price Index (CPI), which [...] Full text...

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Small-scale jobs: the sidewalk hires and feeds in Niamey

12 march 2019 - 18:33:09
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Unemployed youths, including school drop-outs, have taken street corners or sidewalks of Niamey, providing jobs for [...] Full text...

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79 journalists arrested in Sudan, says RSF

14 february 2019 - 21:11:59
Paris, France (PANA) – At least 79 journalists, including those covering the protest by demonstrators over hike in the price [...] Full text...

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Global Funds provides $29 million for fight against tuberculosis in Nigeria

30 january 2019 - 21:47:54
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Institute of Human Virology Nigeria (IHVN) on Wednesday said that the Global Funds has provided [...] Full text...

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UNICEF stresses children’s protection ‘at all times’ amidst deaths, injuries in Sudan

24 january 2019 - 05:43:09
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Children are likely among the dead during a month of nationwide protests in Sudan with “scores” [...] Full text...

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