ECOWAS leaders warned terrorists also targeting coastal states
03 july 2022 - 13:28:50Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The 61st ordinary session of the Economic Comminity of West African States (ECOWAS) opened in Accra [...] Full text...
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Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The 61st ordinary session of the Economic Comminity of West African States (ECOWAS) opened in Accra [...] Full text...
Angry demonstrators set fire to Libyan parliament building in Tobruk in eastern Libya
02 july 2022 - 08:08:17Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Angry young Libyan demonstrators Friday stormed the House of Representatives (Parliament) building in the eastern city [...] Full text...
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Morocco's humanist approach to migration issue clears it of accusations after Nador assault
01 july 2022 - 17:58:27Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The Kingdom of Morocco's approach to the migration issue is based on a cardinal paradigm centred [...] Full text...
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US Secretary of State Blinken speaks to Kenya President Kenyatta on DRC violence
01 july 2022 - 06:58:58Washington, US (PANA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday called Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta to discuss the [...] Full text...
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Sea cucumber smuggling in East Africa threatens livelihoods and ecosystems
01 july 2022 - 05:40:24Zanzibar, Tanzania (PANA) - The high demand for sea cucumbers in China is leading to their over-exploitation along the East [...] Full text...
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Ethiopia still in grip of spreading violence, hate speech and aid - Rights experts
01 july 2022 - 05:23:13Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN-appointed rights investigators announced on Thursday that they’ve launched a probe into an alleged massacre of [...] Full text...
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World Bank grants a US$130 million loan to Tunisia
30 june 2022 - 16:21:43Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Board of Executive Governors of the World Bank Thursday approved a new financing of US$130 [...] Full text...
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WHO intensifies response to looming health crisis in the greater Horn of Africa as food insecurity worsens
30 june 2022 - 14:39:06Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) says it is scaling up its operations in eastern Africa as [...] Full text...
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Record fisheries, aquaculture production contributing to global food security - FAO
30 june 2022 - 05:57:44Lisbon, Portugal (PANA) - Record levels of fisheries and aquaculture production are making a critical contribution to global food security, [...] Full text...
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About 20 migrants die of thirst in southern Libya
29 june 2022 - 22:33:57Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The bodies of 20 illegal migrants who died of thirst in the desert in southern Libya [...] Full text...
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WFP welcomes G7's fresh commitment to food security amid unprecedented global food crisis
29 june 2022 - 05:09:47Rome, Italy (PANA) - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on Tuesday welcomed the announcement by G7 leaders meeting [...] Full text...
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Sustainable blue economy vital for small countries and coastal populations
28 june 2022 - 19:54:24Lisbon, Spain (PANA) - With the livelihoods of about 40 per cent of the world’s population living at or near [...] Full text...
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Mali lanches nine Climate Fund projects
28 june 2022 - 16:43:15Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The UNESCO Office in Bamako, in partnership with the government of Mali, launched last week in [...] Full text...
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UNHCR appeals for life-saving aid for millions affected by catastrophic Horn of Africa drought
28 june 2022 - 12:05:42Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN Refugee Agency is appealing for urgent support to help displaced people and local host [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Ramaphosa attends G7 Summit
27 june 2022 - 19:42:07Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - President Cyril Ramaphosa is attending the G7 Summit in Germany where he is expected [...] Full text...
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Cabo Verde faces record-breaking levels of food insecurity as a result of drought, COVID-19, Ukraine crisis
27 june 2022 - 13:03:14(Eds: FAO/WFP re-issue the 23 June 2022 statement to correct number of people facing acute levels of food insecurity in [...] Full text...
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Russia-Ukraine war compounds pandemic challenges, inflationary pressures in Rwanda
24 june 2022 - 08:03:15Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) – Rwanda’s real GDP growth rebounded strongly to 10.9 percent in 2021, but spillovers from the war [...] Full text...
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Sub-Saharan Africa reveals lessons for governance - IMF Country Focus
24 june 2022 - 07:21:39Washington, DC, US (PANA) - Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa have made important strides in tackling corruption, with some outperforming emerging [...] Full text...
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Global hunger crisis pushing one child per minute, into severe malnutrition: UNICEF
24 june 2022 - 05:24:54New York, US (PANA) - Because of the global hunger crisis, every single minute, one child is pushed into life-threatening, [...] Full text...
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Conflict, drought, dwindling food support, threaten lives of 20 million in Ethiopia
23 june 2022 - 18:54:23Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Hunger is tightening its grip on more than 20 million Ethiopians who are facing conflict [...] Full text...
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Cabo Verde faces record-breaking levels of food insecurity as a result of drought, COVID-19, Ukraine crisis
23 june 2022 - 11:42:44Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The number of people affected by a food and nutrition crisis in Cabo Verde has reached [...] Full text...
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IMF releases US$215.78 million to prop up Senegal’s growth
23 june 2022 - 09:00:32Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved the immediate release of US$215.78 million to Senegal [...] Full text...
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IMF staff mission discusses reform plans, economic developments in Ethiopia
22 june 2022 - 10:24:20Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Multiple shocks hitting the Ethiopian economy have dampened growth, further increased inflation and created fiscal [...] Full text...
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Japan hands over 120 tonnes of fish and food to Mali to combat food insecurity
21 june 2022 - 22:44:36Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Japan has handed over to Mali, through the World Food Programme (WFP), a large quantity of [...] Full text...
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More support needed for refugees, displaced people in Burkina Faso - UNHCR
21 june 2022 - 22:37:17Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - On the occasion of World Refugee Day, UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, has called for [...] Full text...
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Crisis in northeast Nigeria will worsen without urgent help, says UN agency
21 june 2022 - 18:01:26Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - UN humanitarians issued an alert on Tuesday over the deteriorating situation for millions of mainly women and [...] Full text...
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IMF appreciates Somalia’s progress on macroeconomic stability
21 june 2022 - 10:46:50Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved immediate disbursement of US$18.8 million [...] Full text...
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'Window of opportunity closing for South Sudan, on road to lasting peace'
21 june 2022 - 05:27:35New York, US (PANA) - With eight months remaining, the window of opportunity is closing for South Sudan to meet [...] Full text...
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Mohamed Al-Manfi participates in Ukrainian President's briefing to AU Chair
20 june 2022 - 18:50:42Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed Al-Manfi, in his capacity as deputy chairman of [...] Full text...
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UN food agency announces further refugee ration cuts, in quest for #ZeroHunger
20 june 2022 - 18:47:35Rome, Italy (PANA) - The UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Monday that it will have no choice but to [...] Full text...
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'IFAD’s projects in Gambia to help increase food production'
20 june 2022 - 10:21:04Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Mr. Donald Brown, Associate Vice President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), has said [...] Full text...
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IMF mission discuses economic developments in Djibouti with authorities
19 june 2022 - 10:44:46Washington DC, US (PANA) - An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team led by Brett Rayner visited Djibouti from 12–16 June with [...] Full text...
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Benin's harmonised consumer price index rises in May
17 june 2022 - 16:01:02Cotonou, Benin(PANA) - The Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices rose in May in Benin, according to a survey published by [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Ramaphosa holds further talks with Putin
17 june 2022 - 15:15:39Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The Office of the Presidency on Friday confirmed that President Cyril Ramaphosa had a [...] Full text...
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One-third of Sudan's population faces acute food insecurity - UN
17 june 2022 - 05:12:14Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - One-third of Sudan’s population, or 15 million people, are facing acute food insecurity, according to a [...] Full text...
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Public sector workers embark on strike in Tunisia
16 june 2022 - 14:35:05Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Public sector workers on Thursday embarked on a general strike which paralyzed vital activities of the [...] Full text...
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Africa must separate the wheat from Russia’s geopolitical chaff
16 june 2022 - 12:29:50Pretoria, 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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Madagascar offers 80 hectares of land to Mauritius for textile centre
16 june 2022 - 10:29:48Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Madagascar has made available to Mauritius some 80 hectares of land in Moramanga to set up [...] Full text...
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IMF approves package to mitigate impact of COVID-19 pandemic in Cabo Verde
16 june 2022 - 08:02:23Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Wednesday approved a 36-month arrangement of US$ 60 million [...] Full text...
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IMF mission reports rising inflation in Nigeria despite broadening GDP growth
16 june 2022 - 06:23:40Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s real GDP growth is broadening to all sectors except oil, but inflation remains elevated, according [...] Full text...
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Rights group urges Tanzania to halt 'brutal security operation' in Loliondo against Maasai
16 june 2022 - 06:16:13Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Amnesty International has asked the Tanzanian authorities to immediately halt the violent forced eviction [...] Full text...
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Global displacement hits another record, capping decade-long rising trend: UNHCR
16 june 2022 - 05:32:17Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The number of people forced to flee their homes has increased every year over the past [...] Full text...
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Workshop in Bamako on elimination of child labour
15 june 2022 - 17:12:31Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The international civil society organisation, "Solidaridad West Africa" (SWA), organised on Tuesday a workshop on the [...] Full text...
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With peace and accountability, oil and agriculture can support early recovery in South Sudan – WB report
15 june 2022 - 12:04:11Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Economic recovery has stalled in South Sudan amid a multitude of crises, including the COVID-19 [...] Full text...
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US donates US$29.5 million to WFP in Mozambique
15 june 2022 - 05:46:54Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) – The US Government on Tuesday announced a US$29.5 million donation to support the UN World Food [...] Full text...
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Funding cuts could affect vital humanitarian flights to hard-to-reach areas in Guinea, Niger: WFP
15 june 2022 - 05:29:32Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Tuesday that its UN Humanitarian Air Service [...] Full text...
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WFP forced to suspend food assistance in South Sudan as funds dry up
14 june 2022 - 10:01:39Juba, South Sudan (PANA) – Almost one-third of the acutely food insecure South Sudanese the United Nations World Food Programme [...] Full text...
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US pledges support for new Somali President
14 june 2022 - 05:44:09Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - The US has pledged support for the security, reconciliation and reform agenda of Somalia's new President, Hassan Sheikh [...] Full text...
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Communities in Horn of Africa struggle with cumulative shocks in face of starvation
13 june 2022 - 14:49:11Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Communities in the Horn of Africa are facing the threat of starvation following four [...] Full text...
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Algerian, Libyan and Tunisian FMs discuss stability, security in Libya
11 june 2022 - 13:51:36Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - At a consultative meeting on Friday in Tunis, the Tunisian Foreign Minister, Othman Jrandi, Libyan Foreign [...] Full text...
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IMF helps Gambia meet Ukraine-Russian war repercussions
11 june 2022 - 11:05:57Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Friday completed the fourth review under [...] Full text...
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IMF staff team notes resilience in Guinea's mining sector
11 june 2022 - 08:18:19Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - An International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff team has completed a week-long visit to Guinea, observing that [...] Full text...
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Senior US diplomat to visit Djibouti, Mozambique, Nigeria
11 june 2022 - 06:18:28Washington, DC, US (PANA) - US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, Victoria Nuland, will visit Djibouti, Mozambique and [...] Full text...
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Libyan FM reaffirms importance of relations, unity of destiny between Libya, Tunisia and Algeria
10 june 2022 - 16:15:45Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Najla Al-Mangouch Friday reiterated "the importance of fraternal [...] Full text...
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Algerian, Libyan Foreign Ministers visit Tunisia
10 june 2022 - 12:55:16Tunis Tunisia (PANA) - The Algerian and Libyan Foreign Ministers are visiting Tunisia on Friday to discuss matters of common [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian migrants head home from Yemen
10 june 2022 - 05:10:35Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - For the first time ever, 150 Ethiopian migrants are flying to Addis Ababa on a [...] Full text...
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World’s most vulnerable now paying even more, for less food: FAO
10 june 2022 - 04:50:23Rome, Italy (PANA) - Countries are expected to spend a staggering $1.8 trillion importing food they need this year. This would be a [...] Full text...
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Mauritius launches a free mass sterilisation campaign for dogs
09 june 2022 - 08:01:02Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritius Society for Animal Welfare (MSAW) on Wednesday launched a free mass sterilisation campaign in [...] Full text...
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Food exports must keep flowing worldwide, FAO chief urges
09 june 2022 - 06:04:14Rome, Italy (PANA) - As part of ongoing international efforts to address growing concerns over global food security linked to the [...] Full text...
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Act now to end food, energy, finance crisis, Guterres urges world leaders
09 june 2022 - 05:06:31New York, US (PANA) - Ripple effects from the war in Ukraine have generated a severe cost of living crisis [...] Full text...
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Mali, Russia sign MoU on relations between the two countries
08 june 2022 - 21:01:36Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali and the Russian Federation on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation between [...] Full text...
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Ghana's rate of inflation for May jumps to 27.6 pct
08 june 2022 - 15:49:57Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The rate of inflation for May, 2022 in Ghana has jumped up to 27.6 per cent, [...] Full text...
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AfDB grants Malawi of $9.25 million for rollout of Climate Disaster Risk Financing
08 june 2022 - 12:55:23Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved two grants of $9.25 million to implement the [...] Full text...
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IMF team checks on Sierra Leone’s economic recovery from COVID-19 pandemic
08 june 2022 - 07:05:12Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) – Sierra Leone is set to secure US$20.8 million financial support from the International Monetary Fund [...] Full text...
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US Secretary of State, AUC chairman discuss effects of Russian invasion on global food security
08 june 2022 - 06:35:38Washington, US (PANA) - US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, on Tuesday spoke with African Union Commission Chairperson (AUC) Moussa Faki [...] Full text...
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US welcomes progress in securing regular access for humanitarian assistance to 3 Ethiopian regions
08 june 2022 - 06:11:19Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States has welcomed the progress in securing more regular access for humanitarian assistance [...] Full text...
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Horn of Africa braces for ‘explosion of child deaths’ as hunger crisis deepens
08 june 2022 - 05:16:34Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - An “explosion of child deaths” is likely and imminent in the Horn of Africa unless the [...] Full text...
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UN food agencies warn of looming widespread food crisss as hunger threatens stability in dozens of countries
07 june 2022 - 12:54:26Rome, Italy (PANA) - UN food agencies -- the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the United Nations World Food [...] Full text...
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Djibouti aspires to become global ICT cente
07 june 2022 - 12:19:14Djibouti, Djibouti (PANA) – African Development Bank Group (AfDB) President Akinwumi Adesina has received Djibouti’s highest honour of ‘Commandeur dans [...] Full text...
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Stagflation risk rises amid sharp slowdown in growth – WB report
07 june 2022 - 11:47:32(EMBARGOED: NOT FOR PUBLICATION, BROADCAST OR TRANSMISSION UNTIL TUESDAY, 7 JUNE, 2022 AT 1:30 PM UTC) Washington, DC, US (PANA) - [...] Full text...
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Burundi's inflation goes up to 10.7%
07 june 2022 - 11:34:58Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi's year-ol-year inflation for April has risen to 10.7%, compared with 9.9% for the previous month. This [...] Full text...
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Gambia came through pandemic less impacted than many of its regional peers - World Bank
07 june 2022 - 10:28:53Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – The World Bank has said that The Gambia came through the pandemic less impacted than many [...] Full text...
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Uganda slammed for activists arrests
07 june 2022 - 00:17:25Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Ugandan authorities must release the six politicians and activists arrested solely for protesting the high cost [...] Full text...
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Libyan Finance Minister at IDB Governors' Annual Meetings in Egypt
06 june 2022 - 17:25:17Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Minister of Finance in the Government of National Unity, Khaled Al-Mabrouk Abdallah, chaired the [...] Full text...
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Earth ‘cannot keep up with our demands’, warns UN chief on World Environment Day
04 june 2022 - 04:50:27New York, US (PANA) - “This planet is our only home,” Secretary-General António Guterres said in his message for World [...] Full text...
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Two Burkinabe soldiers killed in two attacks
02 june 2022 - 18:46:21Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Two Burkinabe soldiers and four volunteer fighters (VDP) were killed in two attacks on Wednesday [...] Full text...
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Mauritius, FAO sign Country Programme Framework for food security
02 june 2022 - 10:02:19Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius and the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) on Wednesday signed the Country Programme Framework [...] Full text...
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Libya's govt says 600 mw of electricity to be generated by end of June
02 june 2022 - 06:50:07Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Nearly 600 megawatts of electricity will be connected to the Libyan national grid by the end [...] Full text...
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Monkeypox transmission may have gone undetected ‘for some time’ - WHO chief
02 june 2022 - 06:30:03Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Thirty non-endemic countries have reported more than 550 confirmed cases of monkeypox, the head of the [...] Full text...
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Pandemic has hampered progress to achieve universal energy access by 2030, says UN report
02 june 2022 - 06:12:56New York, US (PANA) - The COVID-19 pandemic has slowed progress towards universal access to electricity and clean cooking fuels [...] Full text...
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Dire and grim’ drought, impacting more than 7 million in Somalia
02 june 2022 - 05:22:54Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - Accompanying Somalia’s newly-appointed drought envoy on his first field visit, the United Nations’ top humanitarian official [...] Full text...
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Deadly Mali convoy attack ‘tragic reminder’ of threats to peacekeepers - Guterres
02 june 2022 - 05:09:42New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has strongly condemned a deadly attack on Wednesday against a UN [...] Full text...
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High demand, prices for diamond raise prospects for Botswana’s recovery
01 june 2022 - 06:38:41Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Prolonged sanctions against Russia, the largest rough diamond producer, could increase demand for and prices of [...] Full text...
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FAO ramps up support to Sudan farmers as starvation threat grows in East Africa
01 june 2022 - 05:24:23Rome, Italy (PANA) - The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) is scaling up operations in Sudan, where 10.9 million [...] Full text...
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Do more for environment or risk planet becoming ‘human sacrifice zone’: UN experts
31 may 2022 - 06:40:38New York, US (PANA) - It’s been five decades since Sweden hosted the world’s first conference to make the environment [...] Full text...
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Make tobacco industry accountable for environmental damage: WHO
31 may 2022 - 06:00:42Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The tobacco industry damages both the environment and human health, and needs to be more accountable [...] Full text...
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EU funding helps provide sustained, life-saving food assistance in Burkina Faso - WFP
31 may 2022 - 05:49:36Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has received an additional EUR 5 million in [...] Full text...
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Gambian leader welcomes AU's collective undertaking to examine continental initiatives
30 may 2022 - 10:44:29Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian leader Adama Barrow has welcomed the African Union's humanitarian collective undertaking to examine and re-define [...] Full text...
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NGO advocates support for victims of sexual abuse in DRC
30 may 2022 - 05:21:29Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - There is an “urgent need” to support the victims of sexual exploitation and abuse in the [...] Full text...
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US$ 678 million mobilized by IFAD in 42 years of presence in Burundi
28 may 2022 - 14:05:16Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), which has been present in Burundi since 1980, has [...] Full text...
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Libya's UN Chief expresses disappointment with UN Security Council's inaction
27 may 2022 - 21:39:53Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Representative at the United Nations, Taher al-Sonni, said Libyans are tired of UN Security [...] Full text...
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UNHCR 'deeply concerned' by renewed violence displacing thousands in DRC's North Kivu
27 may 2022 - 13:14:21Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) -UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, says it is deeply concerned about the urgent and large-scale needs of [...] Full text...
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African nations leading the way on ‘food systems transformation’: Guterres
27 may 2022 - 05:23:34New York, US (PANA) - African countries are at the vanguard of a vital transformation of food systems to simultaneously [...] Full text...
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Greece wants closer ties with Africa, says Greek FM
26 may 2022 - 23:43:00Athens, Greece (PANA) - Greece is determined to establish closer relations with African countries, Greek Foreign Minister, Nikos Dendias, said [...] Full text...
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UN Security Council meets on the situation in Libya on Thursday
26 may 2022 - 23:37:01Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN Security Council will meet this Thursday to discuss developments in Libya, which will be [...] Full text...
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225 migrants disappeared off Tunisian coast in 2022 - IOM
26 may 2022 - 17:43:07Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Two days after the sinking of a migrant boat from Libya, the International Organisation for Migration [...] Full text...
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‘Grim reality’ of war’s deadly toll on civilians laid bare in Security Council
26 may 2022 - 05:22:14New York, US (PANA) - Conflict continues to inflict “widespread civilian death and injury”, a senior UN official told the [...] Full text...
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AfDB President outlines Bank's plan to feed the continent
25 may 2022 - 06:59:30Accra, Ghana (PANA) - African Development Bank (AfDB) Group President. Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, has outlined the Bank's plans to address [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwean peacekeeper wins UN gender advocate award
25 may 2022 - 05:30:13New York, US (PANA) - For the first time, a Zimbabwean peacekeeper has been chosen to receive the prestigious 2021 Military Gender [...] Full text...
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Africa provides a ‘home for hope’, despite new challenges: UN chief
25 may 2022 - 05:08:55New York, US (PANA) - On Africa Day, the world celebrates the diverse and dynamic continent’s “enormous promise and potential”, [...] Full text...
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Global jobs market recovery ‘has gone into reverse’, warns UN labour agency
24 may 2022 - 04:25:23Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The recovery of the global jobs market is going into reverse, the UN labour agency, ILO, said [...] Full text...
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International community urged to support new administration in Somalia
24 may 2022 - 04:04:00New York, US (PANA) - The recent conclusion of the electoral process in Somalia offers a long-awaited opportunity to make [...] Full text...
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Libya attending the 75th session of the WHO General Assembly in Geneva
23 may 2022 - 19:34:23Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A Libyan delegation is in Geneva, Switzerland, for the 75th session of the World Health Organisation [...] Full text...
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UN chief calls to ‘build a shared future for all life’ on Biodiversity Day
22 may 2022 - 08:04:16New York, US (PANA) - As the world marks International Day for Biological Diversity on Sunday, the UN Secretary-General has [...] Full text...
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Some 18 million in Africa’s Sahel on ‘the brink of starvation’: UN
21 may 2022 - 05:11:18Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As 18 million people in Africa’s Sahel region teeter on the edge of severe hunger over [...] Full text...
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AfDB Board approves US$1.5 billion facility to avert food crisis in Africa
20 may 2022 - 21:08:37Abidjan, 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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At least 70 suspected terrorists neutralised in one month in Burkina Faso, says Army
20 may 2022 - 11:22:17Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkinabe army announced on Thursday that it neutralised at least 70 suspected terrorists from [...] Full text...
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South African President says AU chair Sall to meet Russian president Putin
20 may 2022 - 08:08:12Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African President Cyril Rampahosa on Thursday said African Union chairperson, Senegalese President Macky [...] Full text...
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IMF team, Senegal agree economic, financial policies
20 may 2022 - 06:51:32Washington, DC, US (PANA) - A team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has reached a staff-level agreement with the Senegalese [...] Full text...
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IMF calls for 'timely support' from Somalia's partners to implement reform strategy
20 may 2022 - 06:10:04Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has stressed that timely support from development partners of Somalia, [...] Full text...
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Food insecurity threatens societies, exacerbates conflicts
20 may 2022 - 05:40:41New York, US (PANA) - “When war is waged, people go hungry,” Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council on [...] Full text...
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Demand for lifesaving aid up 10 per cent this year: UN relief chief
20 may 2022 - 05:29:02Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The number of people in need has risen by around 10 per cent this year so [...] Full text...
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WFP, Japan to provide lifesaving assistance to crisis-affected families in Chad
19 may 2022 - 15:08:43N’djamena, Chad (PANA) - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has received US$5 million from the Government of Japan [...] Full text...
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Ukraine conflict highlights urgent need to build resilient food systems with people at their heart - WFP
19 may 2022 - 12:08:46Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is on Thursday calling for a massive expansion [...] Full text...
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Global economic growth downgraded due to 'spillover from Ukraine war'
19 may 2022 - 05:45:10New York, US (PANA) - The global economy is expected to grow by only 3.1 per cent this year, down [...] Full text...
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US Secretary of State discusses issues of 'mutual concern' with African leaders
19 may 2022 - 05:29:55New York, US (PANA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday hosted a conversation with visiting African leaders [...] Full text...
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Nations must ‘act together urgently' to end crisis of food insecurity: UN chief
19 may 2022 - 05:17:24New York, US (PANA) - Hunger levels around the world are at “a new high”, the UN chief warned on [...] Full text...
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‘Lifeline’ of renewable energy can steer world out of climate crisis: UN chief
18 may 2022 - 15:56:34Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Greenhouse gas concentrations, sea level rises, ocean heat levels and acidification, all set new records during [...] Full text...
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First polio outbreak in 30 years declared in Mozambique
18 may 2022 - 15:52:19Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Health authorities in Mozambique declared an outbreak of wild poliovirus on Wednesday after confirming that a [...] Full text...
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IMF team, Niger reach staff level agreement
18 may 2022 - 07:02:25Washington, DC, US (PANA) - An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team and the Niger government have reached a staff-level agreement which would [...] Full text...
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Humanitarian charities warn 'one person is likely dying of hunger every 48 seconds' in East Africa
18 may 2022 - 06:00:38Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - One person is likely dying of hunger every 48 seconds in drought-ravaged Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia, [...] Full text...
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EU gives Mali 50 million Euro for development programme
18 may 2022 - 05:33:30Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The European Union (EU) and Mali have signed an agreement under which the West African country [...] Full text...
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EU gives Burundi 9.3 million euro to strengthen resilience of rural communities
17 may 2022 - 12:23:50Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The European Union (EU) has given Burundi 9.3 million euro to strengthen the resilience of rural [...] Full text...
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World a ‘virtual tinderbox’ for catastrophic levels of severe malnutrition in children: UNICEF
17 may 2022 - 07:16:32New York, US (PANA) — The number of children with severe wasting was rising even before the war in Ukraine threatened to [...] Full text...
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Informal workers most at risk of poverty - says report
14 may 2022 - 17:56:52Dakar Senegal (PANA) - The COVID-19 pandemic has affected informal workers and people in vulnerable jobs most, according to the [...] Full text...
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Mauritius to control its dog population
14 may 2022 - 07:55:25Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Ministry of Agro-Industry and Food Security will embark on a sustainable project for the [...] Full text...
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Mauritius to conduct Nutrition Survey
14 may 2022 - 06:31:58Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Ministry of Health and Wellness will conduct the fourth Mauritius Nutrition Survey this year. It [...] Full text...
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Sustainable Development Goals in peril due to overseas aid cuts: Guterres
14 may 2022 - 05:28:20New York, US (PANA) - Recent deep cuts to overseas aid budgets by governments will have “direct, negative impacts” on [...] Full text...
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Relief chief underlines need for urgent support as millions face drought in Horn of Africa
14 may 2022 - 05:20:08Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Humanitarians continue to call for scaling up assistance in the Horn of Africa, where the worst [...] Full text...
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UN focus on plant health, crucial for boosting food security worldwide
13 may 2022 - 05:25:41Rome, Italy (PANA) - On the very first International Day of Plant Health, marked on Thursday, the UN Food and [...] Full text...
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World ‘at a crossroads’ as droughts increase nearly a third in a generation - UN
13 may 2022 - 05:16:36Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Humanity is “at a crossroads” when it comes to managing drought and accelerating ways of [...] Full text...
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Sahel: food crisis exacerbated by conflict to worsen during hunger season
12 may 2022 - 20:49:41Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - More than 10.5 million people in Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger and Mauritania are at risk [...] Full text...
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Libyan minister calls for food security strategy
12 may 2022 - 10:47:59Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Minister of Economy and Trade of the Government of National Unity (GNU), Mohamed al-Haweij, [...] Full text...
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High transport, food prices push Ghana's inflation for April to 23.6%
11 may 2022 - 15:52:24Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's year-on-year rate of inflation for April has hit 23.6%, the highest since January 2002, pushed [...] Full text...
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IOM, Gambia Red Cross distribute items to communities affected by Casamance conflict
11 may 2022 - 12:00:48Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and The Gambia Red Cross Society (GRCS) have distributed non-food [...] Full text...
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Libyan Presidential Council Chairman calls for new Pan-African Parliament election
11 may 2022 - 10:51:59Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed al-Manfi, has stressed the need for elections for [...] Full text...
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Libyan government's role in national reconciliation at centre of meeting
10 may 2022 - 17:41:49Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed Al-Manfi and the deputy prime minister of the [...] Full text...
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High-level UN conference debates precious commodity: Land
10 may 2022 - 10:05:44Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The 15th session of the Conference of Parties (COP15) to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification [...] Full text...
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Mauritius gradually recovering from COVID-19 pandemic, but inflation 'substantially' up, says IMF
10 may 2022 - 09:38:43Washington, DC, US (PANA) - Mauritius is gradually recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic but while most sectors have returned to pre-pandemic [...] Full text...
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IMF Executive Board approves US$456 million Extended Credit Facility Arrangement for Mozambique
10 may 2022 - 09:13:27Washington, DC, US (PANA) – The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday approved a new three-year arrangement under [...] Full text...
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Libya reiterates support for efforts to resolve Ukrainian crisis
10 may 2022 - 05:50:06Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Najla Al-Mangouch, on Monday spoke on phone with [...] Full text...
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Libyan gov't drafts plan to diversify economy
09 may 2022 - 11:48:06Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Minister of Economy and Trade of the Government of National Unity (GNU), Mohamed al-Haweij, has [...] Full text...
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Seychelles' macroeconomic outlook 'favourable', but challenges remain - IMF
09 may 2022 - 10:08:24Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Monday that the macroeconomic outlook of Seychelles is [...] Full text...
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COVID has ‘pushed back’ democracy in Africa - UN
08 may 2022 - 06:12:23Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Already reeling from COVID-19, the fighting in Ukraine has introduced significant and worrying new risks likely [...] Full text...
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Tunisia, Germany sign two financial cooperation agreements
07 may 2022 - 15:48:32Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian Foreign Minister, Othman Jerandi, and the German ambassador in Tunis, Peter Prügel, on Friday [...] Full text...
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Violence in Ethiopia's Benishangul Gumuz region hits humanitarian response
06 may 2022 - 16:19:37Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The humanitarian situation in Metekel zone in Benishangul Gumuz regional state remains complex requiring an [...] Full text...
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IMF warns debt vulnerabilities remain elevated in Sub-Saharan Africa
06 may 2022 - 14:06:26Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned here Friday that debt vulnerabilities remained elevated in Sub-Saharan Africa, [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: Essential aid reaches Tigray region, but more still needed
06 may 2022 - 05:10:48New York, US (PANA) - A convoy carrying desperately needed humanitarian aid arrived in the capital of the restive Tigray [...] Full text...
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UN Security Council to discuss developments in Libya in late May
05 may 2022 - 13:01:36Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN Security Council will hold a session on 26 May on developments in several countries, [...] Full text...
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Niger faces refugee influx as violence increases in neighbouring states: UNHCR
05 may 2022 - 11:06:23Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Tens of thousands of new refugees have arrived in Niger in the last four months to [...] Full text...
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Amnesty International calls out leaders of Libyan state-funded militia for rights abuses
05 may 2022 - 10:38:08Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Amnesty International is calling out the state-funded Stability Support Authority (SSA) militia for a series of [...] Full text...
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Mauritius to develop sustainable system for plant propagation at Prison Service
05 may 2022 - 07:48:33Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Ministry of Agro-Industry and Food Security and the Mauritius Prisons Service (MPS) have agreed [...] Full text...
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UN chief urges Nigeria to address root causes of terrorism in the country
05 may 2022 - 07:42:54Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, has counselled Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari not to only [...] Full text...
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New Plan to accelerate clean energy access to millions globally
05 may 2022 - 06:42:05New York, US (PANA) - Amid the global energy crisis and worsening climate emergency, the United Nations and partners on [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Record profits, while COVID treatment often ‘out of reach’ for the poor
05 may 2022 - 06:04:03Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - While reported COVID-19 cases and deaths continue to decline, Omicron sub-variants are driving an increase in [...] Full text...
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Recognise ‘enormous challenges’ facing northern Nigeria to forge new hope, Guterres urges
04 may 2022 - 15:06:02Maiduguri, Nigeria (PANA) - The “enormous challenges” faced by the northeastern Nigerian state of Borno, which include a continuing terrorist [...] Full text...
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Natural resources must be ‘part of the solution’ in fight against deforestation: FAO
04 may 2022 - 05:57:20Rome, Italy (PANA) - Between 2010 and 2018, the rate of deforestation worldwide slowed by nearly 30 per cent compared [...] Full text...
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UN chief calls for more resources to fight terror attacks in Sahel
03 may 2022 - 05:30:03Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The number of terrorist attacks in the Sahel region of Africa “continues to increase”, according to [...] Full text...
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‘Triple crisis’ in Africa aggravated by war in Ukraine,says UN chief
02 may 2022 - 05:27:37Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The war in Ukraine is aggravating a “triple food, energy and financial crisis,” across Africa, according [...] Full text...
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WHO releases more than US$8 million for Sahel’s humanitarian response
30 april 2022 - 16:04:32Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – The World Health Organization (WHO) has released US$8.3 million from its Contingency Funding for Emergencies to assist [...] Full text...
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UNHCR, partners in Uganda seek US$47.8 million to support 60,000 refugees fleeing violence in South Sudan and eastern DRC
30 april 2022 - 10:57:40Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and 44 humanitarian partners on Friday launched a coordinated [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: US calls for unimpeded humanitarian access to Ethiopians
30 april 2022 - 05:44:26Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US says it is encouraged that the government of Ethiopia and regional authorities in [...] Full text...
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Baby formula industry must end 'misleading and aggressive’ online marketing: WHO
29 april 2022 - 15:45:38Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The $55 billion baby formula industry must end exploitative online marketing targeting parents, particularly mothers, the [...] Full text...
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Mauritius launches first African accelerator focusing on Regenerative Food and Agri-Tech
29 april 2022 - 08:25:13Ferney, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth on Thursday launched the first-ever African accelerator focusing on Regenerative Food and [...] Full text...
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Festive Eid El Fitr atmosphere prevails in Libya despite price hike
28 april 2022 - 17:18:29Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The rhythm of life in Tripoli and other Libyan cities has increased in the last few [...] Full text...
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IMF says economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa disrupted by Ukraine invasion
28 april 2022 - 15:10:22Washington, DC, US (PANA) - A promising sub-Saharan economic recovery, which saw estimated growth in 2021 being revised upward from 3.7 [...] Full text...
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WFP provides emergency food assistance to displaced people in Gambia affected by Casamance conflict
28 april 2022 - 06:14:18Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on Wednesday launched cash transfers to assist internally displaced [...] Full text...
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US gives $200 million for humanitarian assistance in Horn of Africa
28 april 2022 - 05:23:14Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The United States has announced more than $200 million in additional humanitarian assistance for the Horn of [...] Full text...
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35 asylum seekers released by UNHCR from a detention centre south of Tripoli
27 april 2022 - 16:35:39Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 35 asylum-seekers, including eight women and 20 children, were released on Monday from [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: African Development Bank Mobilize $540 Million For Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones In Nigeria
27 april 2022 - 14:50:06Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has mobilized a total of $540 million for the establishment of [...] Full text...
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NGOs call for increased humanitarian assistance to prevent tragedy in Horn of Africa
27 april 2022 - 06:57:38Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - As the drought crisis in Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya worsens, the humanitarian charity, Norwegian Refugee Council [...] Full text...
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'This is the worst drought in forty years’: Millions of Ethiopians at risk from failed rains
26 april 2022 - 09:39:50Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopia’s eastern Somali Region has been hit by three consecutive below-average rainy seasons, worsening the [...] Full text...
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UN condemns ‘horrific’ surge of violence in South Sudan
26 april 2022 - 09:30:12Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Additional peacekeepers have been deployed to Leer county, South Sudan, following a surge of violence, [...] Full text...
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Joint Burkina Faso, Niger military operation 'neutralises 100 terrorists'
26 april 2022 - 05:57:55Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - About 100 terrorists were "neutralised" in an operation conducted from 2 to 25 April by [...] Full text...
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Humanitarian charity deplores Darfur massacre
26 april 2022 - 05:42:19Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A humanitarian charity on Monday deplored the recent armed attacks on displaced civilians that left at [...] Full text...
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Tripoli-based government holds meeting on plans to set up grains board
25 april 2022 - 12:20:53Tripoli, 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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Mauritius calm after weekend riots to protest rising costs of living
25 april 2022 - 08:05:21Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius is calm on Monday morning after the country experienced a violent and traumatic weekend as [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian conflict: New convoy with humanitarian items on the way to Tigray
24 april 2022 - 04:59:53Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Ethiopian government says 74 trucks carrying humanitarian items are on the way to Mekelle, [...] Full text...
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Oil held hostage to Libya's political conflict, says Libyan newspaper
23 april 2022 - 18:48:45Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A wave of blockades of oil production and export sites in Libya's central, southern and eastern [...] Full text...
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1st Lead: South African, Ukrainian presidents call for 'negotiated end' to war
21 april 2022 - 12:58:47Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa says he and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky have agreed on [...] Full text...
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South African and Ukrainian presidents discuss Russian invasion
21 april 2022 - 10:46:56Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Ukrainian ambassador to South Africa Liubov Abravitova on Thursday confirmed that President Cyril Ramaphosa [...] Full text...
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WFP assistance relieved thousands as hunger levels rose in Sierra Leone in 2021
21 april 2022 - 05:23:13Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) reached 540,000 people in Sierra Leone with lifesaving [...] Full text...
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Benin has better sales in ECOWAS by end of 2021
20 april 2022 - 17:01:24Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin sold more goods to countries of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) during [...] Full text...
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IMF staff completes Article IV Consultation 2022 Mission in Guinea-Bissau
20 april 2022 - 06:48:48Washington, DC, US (PANA) - An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team has reached a staff-level agreement with the authorities of Guinea [...] Full text...
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IMF team, Congo each agreement on completion of first review of ECF
20 april 2022 - 05:48:45Washington, DC, US (PANA) – A team of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has reached a staff-level agreement with the authorities [...] Full text...
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WFP Goodwill Ambassador Hend Sabry visits climate change adaptation projects in Egypt
20 april 2022 - 05:33:26Cairo, Egypt (PANA) – Arab film star, Hend Sabry, has visited a climate change adaptation programme run by the Government [...] Full text...
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WFP welcomes US$ 5.5 million from US to support refugees in Rwanda
20 april 2022 - 05:25:22Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a contribution of US$5.5 million from the [...] Full text...
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Worsening drought in Horn of Africa puts up to 20 million at risk: WFP
19 april 2022 - 19:38:54Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Up to 20 million people could go hungry this year as delayed rains worsen extreme drought [...] Full text...
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State of Disaster declared after South African floods
19 april 2022 - 09:44:43Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Following an emergency meeting on Sunday, the South African Cabinet has announced that a [...] Full text...
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Côte d’Ivoire’s economy remains resilient in face of COVID-19 pandemic: IMF
18 april 2022 - 11:51:11Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Côte d’Ivoire’s economy has remained resilient in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic due to the [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: US welcomes delivery of humanitarian aid to Tigray
16 april 2022 - 05:47:49Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States has welcomed the arrival on Friday of a convoy of trucks carrying [...] Full text...
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IFAD supports Senegal's agriculture sector
15 april 2022 - 13:15:40Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has granted Senegal funding for the productivity and market [...] Full text...
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IFAD supports seven Sahelian countries with US$5.14 million
15 april 2022 - 13:05:19Cotonou, Benin PANA) - The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) will allocate US$5.14 million to finance the Integrated Climate [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: Dozens of trucks with humanitarian aid sent to Tigray region
15 april 2022 - 11:32:30Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Dozens of trucks have, over the past two days, left for Tigray region as the [...] Full text...
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UN releases $100 million to fight hunger in 6 African countries and Yemen
15 april 2022 - 06:37:47Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN has allocated $100 million to fight hunger in Africa and the Middle East as [...] Full text...
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WFP working to feed millions in West Africa amid record hunger, rising costs
15 april 2022 - 06:11:23Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The conflict in Ukraine is driving up global food and fuel prices which is affecting efforts [...] Full text...
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German Foreign Minister meets Mali's Transitional President
14 april 2022 - 18:52:49Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The President of the Transition of Mali, Colonel Assimi Goita, Wednesday received a German delegation led [...] Full text...
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IMF completes first review of staff monitored programme of Central African Republic
14 april 2022 - 11:21:10Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The Management of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) says it approved on 31 March, 2022, the [...] Full text...
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US Secretary of State, Egyptian Foreign Minister discuss regional stability, security cooperation
14 april 2022 - 05:14:02Washington, DC, US (PANA) - US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, and the Egyptian Foreign Minister, Sameh Shoukry, on Wednesday [...] Full text...
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International agencies seek urgent measures to arrest global food crisis
13 april 2022 - 22:41:08Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Urgent steps are required, including addressing the supply of fertilizers, financial support to countries and investment [...] Full text...
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