Libya and IDB sign agreement to support SMEs
30 april 2024 - 13:57:42Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya has signed an agreement with the Islamic Development Bank Group (IDB) to create a development [...] Full text...
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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya has signed an agreement with the Islamic Development Bank Group (IDB) to create a development [...] Full text...
Antibiotics 'overused' among hospitalised COVID-19 patients - WHO
26 april 2024 - 11:11:27Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Antibiotics saw “extensive overuse” globally among hospitalized COVID-19 patients during the pandemic without improving clinical outcomes, [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: Planning the post-war reconstruction and recovery of Gaza
06 april 2024 - 07:02:50Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The destruction wrought across the Gaza Strip by Israel in the six months since the beginning [...] Full text...
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AfDB empowering vulnerable women in Togo (A feature by AfDB)
13 march 2024 - 08:36:39Lome, Togo (PANA) - Some 45 kilometres from Lomé, Togo, in the village of Aného, a transformative initiative is reshaping [...] Full text...
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AfDB President urges Nigeria to pursue people-centred state policies to prosper
08 march 2024 - 21:53:12Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - President of the African Development Bank Group Dr. Akinwumi Adesina has appealed to leaders in Nigeria [...] Full text...
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5 ways to accelerate women’s economic empowerment (A UN feature)
08 march 2024 - 07:40:44New York, US (PANA) - At the current rate of investment, more than 340 million women and girls will still [...] Full text...
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New report documents increase in HIV drug resistance to dolutegravir
05 march 2024 - 18:41:34Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization’s (WHO) latest HIV Drug Resistance (HIVDR) Report tells us where drug resistance [...] Full text...
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EU legislators strike deal to ban products made with forced labour
05 march 2024 - 11:10:04Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Council and the European Parliament have reached a provisional deal on the regulation prohibiting [...] Full text...
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WTO Ministerial Conference ends with decisions on dispute reform, development
02 march 2024 - 11:41:31Abu Dhabi, UAE (PANA) – World Trade Organisation (WTO) members concluded the 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13) in Abu Dhabi, United [...] Full text...
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Lighting up Africa: Nigeria can show the way: World Bank Blog By Anna Bjerde
29 february 2024 - 18:59:59Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Over the past 20 years, considerable progress has been made in electrifying the world, with the [...] Full text...
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Benin -Inaugurates semi-industrial pineapple juice production unit
17 february 2024 - 13:54:29Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - A semi-industrial pineapple juice production unit was inaugurated on Friday in the commune of Zè, in [...] Full text...
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AU, EU expand Mutual Cooperation for Global Health
13 february 2024 - 16:55:45Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union Commission (AUC) and the European Union convened a High-level dialogue on strengthening [...] Full text...
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How data can inform policy to address challenges faced by internally displaced people in CAR: World Bank Blog (By Harriet Kasidi Mugera, Gervais Chamberlin Yama and Jonathan Lain)
07 february 2024 - 14:00:19Bangui, CAR (PANA) - Decades of division and conflict have left the Central African Republic (CAR) with severe development challenges [...] Full text...
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World's tech giants sign pledge for more ethical AI systems
06 february 2024 - 05:47:21Paris, France (PANA) - Some of the world’s leading tech companies have signed a ground-breaking agreement with the UN to [...] Full text...
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What artificial Intelligence means for economics: Opinion By Daniel Björkegren and Joshua E. Blumenstock
27 january 2024 - 07:59:36Lomé, Togo (PANA) - AI must be carefully adapted to benefit the poor, shows research in Kenya, Togo, and Sierra [...] Full text...
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World Economic Forum portrays initiatives to balance drivers of growth, productivity
19 january 2024 - 16:49:05Davos-Klosters, Switzerland (PANA) – Participants of the World Economic Forum 2024 made the case that a new growth model is [...] Full text...
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UN Assembly President outlines vision for 2024
17 january 2024 - 05:40:42New York, US (PANA) - The President of the UN General Assembly on Tuesday laid out his priorities for the [...] Full text...
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World Economic Forum: Schwab Foundation announces social innovators of 2024
16 january 2024 - 17:20:16Davos-Klosters, Switzerland (PANA) – From India to Morocco, the United States to Ecuador, the 16 organizations awarded by the Schwab [...] Full text...
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COVID infections rising fast and under-reported, warns WHO
06 january 2024 - 05:12:25Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN health agency confirmed on Friday that coronavirus numbers are spiking globally and that we “should [...] Full text...
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Burundi lifts restrictions on holding foreign currency accounts
04 january 2024 - 13:42:22Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Local and foreign non-governmental organisations (NGOs), as well as private entities receiving external support, are once [...] Full text...
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COVID-19: WHO designates JN.1 ‘variant of interest’ amid sharp rise in global spread
21 december 2023 - 06:46:19Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) has said it is continuously monitoring the global spread of [...] Full text...
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New South-South health cooperation initiative launched linking Africa and the Caribbean
19 december 2023 - 17:45:54Kigali, Bridgetown, Geneva (PANA) - The Health Development Partnership for Africa and the Caribbean (HeDPAC), a new initiative to strengthen [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: ‘Ten weeks of hell’ for children in Gaza: UNICEF
19 december 2023 - 14:57:21Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Gaza is by far the most dangerous place in the world to be a child and [...] Full text...
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Kenya can build on past success to make growth more inclusive, accelerate poverty reduction
14 december 2023 - 14:34:53Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya has in the past been successful in translating economic growth into improved living standards of [...] Full text...
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Kenya taps World Bank support to create up to 45,000 jobs, enhance access to markets for small businesses
13 december 2023 - 08:19:26Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The World Bank has approved the Kenya Jobs and Economic Transformation Project (KJET) to benefit at [...] Full text...
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A woman has to earn everything in life - Unveiling the challenges faced by Luanda's young women: World Bank Blog By Ana Luiza Machado, Miriam Muller and Liliana Sousa
11 december 2023 - 06:44:18Luanda, Angola (PANA) - A statement by a young woman in Luanda, Angola echoes an experience faced by countless others: [...] Full text...
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Fostering skills development to improve job prospects in Sub-Saharan Africa: World Bank Blog By Nathan Belete
02 december 2023 - 15:22:31Arusha, Tanzania (PANA) - When it comes to skills development and innovation, youth from Africa have something to say. Based [...] Full text...
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Global food standards body marks 60 years of consumer protection
27 november 2023 - 17:39:34Rome, Italy (PANA) - The world global food standards body marked its 60th anniversary on Monday at the headquarters of the [...] Full text...
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'Hacking' the cybersecurity skills gap in developing countries: World Bank Blog By Ghislain de Salins and Anat Lewin
24 november 2023 - 07:33:38Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The shortage of skilled cybersecurity professionals has reached a record high in 2023, with about 4 [...] Full text...
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World Toilet Day: Flush with innovations for safer sanitation
19 november 2023 - 07:07:08New York, US (PANA) - Innovation abounds in the race to broaden access to clean water and sanitation around the [...] Full text...
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Boosting agriculture and food system resilience is critical for reducing poverty in CAR: World Bank Report
16 november 2023 - 17:48:26Bangui, Central African Republic (PANA) - Reviving agriculture is critical to fostering economic growth and tackling widespread extreme poverty in [...] Full text...
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Building resilient communities together in Burundi: World Bank Blog By Åsa Giertz and Dario Zanardi
10 november 2023 - 18:10:28Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Sometimes people have to go through periods of hardship in their lives, like natural disasters, unemployment, [...] Full text...
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AfDB approves US$300 million to South Africa for energy governance, climate resilience
01 november 2023 - 07:31:39Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has approved a US$300 [...] Full text...
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To reduce South Africa’s unemployment, make work more attractive: World Bank Blog( By Jacques Morisset)
23 october 2023 - 19:01:35Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – At over 30%, unemployment is South Africa’s biggest contemporary challenge. Of course, there are [...] Full text...
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Benin adopts five-year micro-finance development policy
18 october 2023 - 16:29:31Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Beninese government has adopted a five-year National Microfinance Development Policy for the period 2023-2027, official [...] Full text...
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‘Africa still can’: A call to create more and better jobs to end poverty: World Bank Blog By Andrew Dabalen, Chief Economist, Africa, World Bank
18 october 2023 - 07:55:45Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - On this International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, or #EndPoverty Day, I want to [...] Full text...
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Kenyan schools welcome artificial intelligence, robotics to enrich learning (By Kennedy Abwao, PANA correspondent)
27 september 2023 - 10:14:35Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The Kenyan education system is rapidly welcoming new educational technologies to enrich learning. These technologies are also [...] Full text...
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Gambian President Barrow lauds SOS as 'genuinely philanthropic' group
26 september 2023 - 10:38:33Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian President Adama Barrow has described humanitarian charity, SOS, as a "genuinely philanthropic" group that has [...] Full text...
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ADF approves US$20 million to improve business environment, drive investments to climate-smart agriculture in Mozambique
19 september 2023 - 06:58:26Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF), the African Development Bank Group’s [...] Full text...
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The World Bank hails Benin's growth efforts
18 september 2023 - 13:37:29Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Nestor Coffi, head of the World Bank's operations in Benin, has hailed Benin's growth efforts on [...] Full text...
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World Bank approves $230 million to Benin for growth, social, climate resilience programmes
18 september 2023 - 12:37:28Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The World Bank has approved $230 million for Benin to support growth, social and climate resilience [...] Full text...
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Angola: Unlocking the potential of creative industries (UNCTAD Feature)
15 september 2023 - 18:30:22Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Angola's nascent creative industries hold vast potential to help diversify its oil-dependent economy. To do so, [...] Full text...
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Libya storm: Medicines, food, household items, body bags to be distributed to residents
14 september 2023 - 14:36:10Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Medicines, food, body bags, first aid kits and household items from the International Committee of the [...] Full text...
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‘Act together’ for clean air, Guterres urges
07 september 2023 - 06:30:28New York, US (PANA) - Marking the International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies on Thursday, UN Secretary-General António [...] Full text...
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AfDB announces $1 billion to boost access to climate finance for Africa’s youths
06 september 2023 - 16:43:37Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - African Development Bank (AfDB) President Akinwumi Adesina has announced a new $1 billion fund to accelerate [...] Full text...
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'Climate breakdown' alert as air quality dips during heatwaves: UN chief
06 september 2023 - 11:34:40New York, US (PANA) - Amplified by wildfires and desert dust fanned by climate change, more frequent heatwaves are leading [...] Full text...
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World must ‘work as one’ to end plastic pollution: Guterres
05 june 2023 - 06:06:13New York, US (PANA) - As international negotiators committed to hammering out a draft treaty by November on ending plastic [...] Full text...
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Demonstrations in Senegal claim another victim
03 june 2023 - 15:26:56Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – A boy was killed during demonstrations in Guinaw Rail, a district commune in the department of [...] Full text...
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Angola to accelerate job creation and growth in private enterprise
03 june 2023 - 07:54:09Luanda, Angola (PANA) - Angola aims to accelerate economic diversification, private investment, and jobs by creating more favourable business conditions [...] Full text...
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Libyan newspaper examines lessons learned from Turkish elections
02 june 2023 - 17:27:04Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The victory of the Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who "snatched" a new presidential term in [...] Full text...
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‘Toxic tidal wave’ of plastic pollution putting human rights at risk
02 june 2023 - 05:57:55Geneva, Switzerland (PAMA) - The world must combat the “toxic tidal wave” of plastic pollution that threatens human rights, two [...] Full text...
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Stop tobacco farming, grow food instead, says WHO
26 may 2023 - 16:20:52Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - With hunger spreading worldwide and tobacco responsible for eight million deaths each year, countries should stop [...] Full text...
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Biodiversity Day: Protecting humanity’s ‘life-support system’
22 may 2023 - 16:18:40New York, US (PANA) - The world is on Monday marking International Day for Biological Diversity on a theme, "Moving from [...] Full text...
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Lesotho: New World Bank strategy focuses on job creation, human capital, climate resilience
17 may 2023 - 07:48:58Washington, DC, US (PANA) — The World Bank Group Board of Executive Directors has endorsed a new Country Partnership Framework [...] Full text...
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New UN ‘roadmap’ shows how to drastically slash plastic pollution
17 may 2023 - 06:09:00New York, US (PANA) - Plastic pollution could be slashed by 80 per cent by 2040 if countries and companies [...] Full text...
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Second CAFL Forum to put women at heart of reforms for emergence of Mali ends
12 may 2023 - 14:45:42Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The work of the second edition of the Forum of the framework of dialogue and action [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: No need for more severe health restrictions -(Mauritius Health Minister
02 may 2023 - 13:59:21Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Minister of Health and Wellness, Kailesh Jagutpal, said here Tuesday that there was no need [...] Full text...
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COVID-19: Gambia receives 149,760 vaccines from Italy
24 april 2023 - 11:39:36Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambia has received 149,760 doses of Pfizer vaccines from the Italian government. The vaccines were delivered [...] Full text...
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Beninese government reshuffles cabinet
18 april 2023 - 14:42:24Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Beninese President Patrice Talon on Monday reshuffled his cabinet, according to a decree published in the [...] Full text...
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WHO makes key leadership appointments to drive its strategic direction, initiatives
18 april 2023 - 08:38:40Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has appointed five new senior figures to its headquarters leadership team [...] Full text...
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World Bank, Benin conclude deal on CFAF 60 billion for Benin's social programme
15 april 2023 - 16:39:27Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin and the World Bank have just concluded an agreement of 60 billion CFA francs to [...] Full text...
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WHO enhances preparedness to tackle rising zoonotic diseases in Africa
05 april 2023 - 11:41:50Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The ongoing Marburg virus disease outbreaks in Equatorial Guinea and Tanzania are the latest of several [...] Full text...
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World Bank steps up support to Morocco's financial, digital inclusion reforms
03 april 2023 - 18:51:10Rabat, Morocco (PANA) – Adding to two previous financings, the Board of Directors of the World Bank has approved a [...] Full text...
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COVID-19 : The Gambia receives 500,000 COVID-19 vaccines from Spain
03 april 2023 - 11:33:09Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – The Gambian Ministry of Health has received 500,000 doses of Pfizer vaccines from Spain, representing one [...] Full text...
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Indonesian businesses affected by U-20 World Cup Host repeal
31 march 2023 - 08:54:16Jakarta, Indonesia (PANA) - Economist Eko Listiyanto of the Indonesian Institute for Development of Economics and Finance (INDEF) on Thursday [...] Full text...
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Libyan newspaper takes issue with calls by some Libyan politicians to reduce Libya's diplomatic presence in Africa
17 march 2023 - 17:21:00Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan newspaper "Alsabaah" (Le Matin) has taken exception to "statements and insinuations" of some Libyan [...] Full text...
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UN deputy chief warns of faltering progress towards SDGs
15 march 2023 - 06:17:07Beirut, Lebanon (PANA) - Multiple interconnected global crises are putting achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at risk - [...] Full text...
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President of Libyan Council signs Final Declaration of 16th session of CBLT
13 march 2023 - 19:31:53Washington, US (PANA) - With Africa's share of the global workforce set to become the largest in the world by [...] Full text...
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Accelerating use of digital technologies key to creating productive jobs in Africa: Report
13 march 2023 - 15:33:20Washington, US (PANA) - With Africa’s share of the global workforce projected to become the largest in the world by [...] Full text...
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Libyan PM calls for more support to private sector to promote national economy
12 march 2023 - 16:26:53Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity, Abdelhamid al-Dbaiba, has stressed the need to [...] Full text...
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Disease outbreaks underline critical need to ramp up health systems: WHO chief
16 february 2023 - 05:20:14Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Current disease outbreaks highlight the urgent need for every country to ramp up its care systems, [...] Full text...
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BCEAO governor hails resilience of Burkina Faso economy
13 february 2023 - 20:09:29Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Governor of the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO), Jean-Claude Kassi Brou, on [...] Full text...
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Digital economy to boost Eswatini’s development, enhance service delivery: WB report
09 february 2023 - 07:46:20Mbabane, Eswatini (PANA) - The digital economy offers Eswatini a range of opportunities to improve economic development and enhance public [...] Full text...
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More investment in school health, nutrition, will realize childhood potential
09 february 2023 - 05:28:45New York, US (PANA) - Although investing in school health and nutrition has a positive effect on children’s academic outcomes, [...] Full text...
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COVID-19 remains an international health threat, says WHO chief
31 january 2023 - 05:28:09Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The head of the UN health agency, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said on Monday that COVID-19 is [...] Full text...
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Kenya to end US$300 million bailouto Kenya Airways in 2023
20 january 2023 - 18:07:04Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya will end the US$300 million annual bailout of its national airline, Kenya Airways (KQ) in [...] Full text...
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Burundi central bank imposes ceiling on daily, monthly cash withdrawal
14 january 2023 - 13:37:27Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The Central Bank of the Burundi (BRB) has imposed daily and monthly withdrawals from banks to [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Global Fund provides Mali with batch of materials and medicines for the fight against epidemic
13 january 2023 - 15:47:06Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Global Fund handed over last week a batch of equipment and drugs to the Malian [...] Full text...
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World Bank backs project to expand access to affordable housing in Djibouti
12 january 2023 - 12:56:09Djibouti City, Djibouti (PANA) - The World Bank has approved a US$15 million in credit from the International Development Association [...] Full text...
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COVID-19: WHO highlights critical importance of sharing virus sequences
12 january 2023 - 05:21:22Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Although virus sequencing is vital to detect and track new variants in the COVID-19 pandemic, sharing [...] Full text...
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Libya meets on proactive plan to deal with new COVID-19 XBB variant
09 january 2023 - 19:35:08Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A meeting between Libya's acting Minister of Health in the government of national unity, Ramadan Abu [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO continues to urge China to share more data amid COVID-19 surge
05 january 2023 - 05:18:01Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) is concerned about the COVID-19 surge in China, Director-General, Dr. Tedros [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Libyan health official warns of virulent variant worldwide
03 january 2023 - 13:10:02Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The director of the Libyan National Centre for Disease Control, Haider el-Saeh, has warned of the [...] Full text...
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Burundi records outbreak of cholera in Bujumbura
02 january 2023 - 13:47:15Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi's health authorities on Monday reported an outbreak of cholera in Bujumbura, the economic capital and main [...] Full text...
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2022 Year In health: New Ebola and cholera outbreaks, mpox emergency, COVID-19 ‘not over’
27 december 2022 - 06:03:09Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In 2022 the UN warned that the COVID-19 pandemic is still a cause for global concern, [...] Full text...
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Libyan Economy Minister welcomes EU support for Libya's economic development
10 december 2022 - 14:15:51Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Minister of Economy and Trade in the Libyan Government of National Unity, Mohamed al-Haweij, [...] Full text...
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Report signals increasing resistance to antibiotics in bacterial infections in humans and need for better data
09 december 2022 - 16:02:17Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A new World Health Organization (WHO) report reveals high levels of resistance in bacteria, causing life-threatening [...] Full text...
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Libyan Health Minister attends Third Global Ministerial Conference on Antimicrobial Resistance in Oman
24 november 2022 - 19:01:59Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Deputy Prime Minister of the National Unity Government and Acting Minister of Health, Ramadan Abu [...] Full text...
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EBRD and EU support micro, small and medium-sized enterprises in Egypt
24 november 2022 - 13:22:36Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) announced on Thursday a financial package of up [...] Full text...
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COP27: As Conference deadline slips, UN chief urges negotiators to aim for ‘maximum ambition’ on loss and damage
18 november 2022 - 15:40:57Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt (PANA) - The 27th UN Climate Change Conference will close at least one day later than expected, the [...] Full text...
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Tackling emerging antimalarial drug resistance in Africa
17 november 2022 - 17:56:39Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - WHO is launching Thursday a new strategy to respond to the urgent problem of antimalarial drug [...] Full text...
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EBRD supports youth entrepreneurship in Egypt
14 november 2022 - 09:35:41Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt (PANA) - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) announced on Monday it is providing a [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Vaccination rollout stalls in Africa, says WHO
21 october 2022 - 14:42:56Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) -- The coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination coverage has stagnated in half of African countries, while the monthly [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Vaccination roll-out stagnates in Africa
21 october 2022 - 10:48:05Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - COVID-19 vaccination coverage has stagnated in half of African countries, while the number of doses administered [...] Full text...
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Plastics are piling up in soil across the world warns UN environment agency
18 october 2022 - 05:37:17New York, US (PANA) - Plastics used in farming activities are accumulating in agricultural soil worldwide at an alarming rate, [...] Full text...
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‘Worrying upsurge’ in deadly cholera, warns WHO chief, in wide-ranging global health update
05 october 2022 - 19:23:51Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN health agency is working diligently in Uganda to support the government in responding to [...] Full text...
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Mauritius on path of strong economic recovery - Finance Minister
04 october 2022 - 08:55:28Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Finance, Economic Planning and Development Minister, Renganaden Padayachy, on Monday said that the government [...] Full text...
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African data scientists to play more significant role in development
22 september 2022 - 16:22:55Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A new platform to promote the use of data science in finding solutions to some of [...] Full text...
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Kenyan energy prices rise sharply after new President drops subsidies
15 september 2022 - 12:21:16Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Prices of petroleum products have increased sharply by 15% in Kenya a day after new President [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: End of the COVID-19 pandemic is in sight: WHO
14 september 2022 - 17:29:30Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As the number of weekly reported deaths from COVID-19 plunged to its lowest since March 2020, [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Onset of northern winter could see spike in hospitalisations, deaths, sarns WHO
01 september 2022 - 05:11:59Geneva, Switzerland (PAMA) - Although COVID-19 deaths have decreased across the world, numbers could rise as northern countries head into [...] Full text...
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Darfur: Trial of Janjaweed leader must not be ‘a false dawn’ for justice, Security Council hears
24 august 2022 - 05:16:59Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The trial of senior Janjaweed leader Ali Kushayb – the first prosecution to get underway at [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO expert group recommends second booster for vulnerable groups
19 august 2022 - 05:19:12Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Countries should consider giving a second COVID-19 vaccine booster to older persons, pregnant women, health workers, [...] Full text...
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Monkeypox cases top 35,000: WHO
18 august 2022 - 05:35:32Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Monkeypox infections continue to rise globally, with more than 35,000 cases across 92 countries and territories, [...] Full text...
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UN, Ethiopian agencies appeal for funding to continue feeding over 750,000 refugees
09 august 2022 - 13:27:17Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the Ethiopian [...] Full text...
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Kenyans prepare to vote new President (News Analysis by Kennedy Abwao, PANA correspondent)
04 august 2022 - 13:15:56Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyans are preparing to vote on 9 August 2022 to elect President Uhuru Kenyatta's successor and [...] Full text...
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US fintech firm buys Kenyan microfinance bank
29 july 2022 - 13:41:06Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - US-registered financial technology firm, UMBA, has taken a controlling stake in the Daraja Micro-Finance Bank, licensed [...] Full text...
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Africa sees 63% jump in diseases spread from animals to people in last decade
14 july 2022 - 14:29:23Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Africa is facing a growing risk of outbreaks caused by zoonotic pathogens, such as the monkeypox virus [...] Full text...
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Develop more vaccines to combat ‘silent pandemic’ of antimicrobial resistance: WHO
13 july 2022 - 05:27:15Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More vaccines must be developed to tackle antimicrobial-resistant (AMR) bacterial pathogens, and countries must make better [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO chief reiterates that pandemic 'nowhere near over' as virus spreads ‘freely’
13 july 2022 - 05:18:05Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Rising COVID-19 cases are not only putting further pressure on already stretched health systems and workers [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: South Africa recovers to pre-pandemic levels, but food inflation rises
08 july 2022 - 07:25:01Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - The COVID-19 crisis in South Africa seems to be subsiding but its effects hit household [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: ADF approves $27.19 million grant to boost post-pandemid recovery in Ghana
01 july 2022 - 07:16:58Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Fund (ADF) Board of Directors has approved a US$27.19 million grant to [...] Full text...
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Greenhouse emissions rise to record, erasing drop during pandemic - IMF
01 july 2022 - 07:08:06Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases plunged 4.6 percent in 2020, as [...] Full text...
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WHO supports leadership role of strong Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention
17 june 2022 - 07:54:20Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – The World Health Organization (WHO) welcomes the continental drive to strengthen the architecture of pandemic preparedness and [...] Full text...
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World Bank approves $68 million to support tourism in Gambia
14 june 2022 - 14:28:02Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved a $68 million grant from the International [...] 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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Coronavirus: Libya's cases continue to slide, says WHO
30 may 2022 - 16:21:38Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN health agency says Libya is now classified as a low incidence country for community-acquired [...] Full text...
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2021-22 CAF Champions league: Official Umbro match ball for the Final revealed
25 may 2022 - 23:09:12Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - On Monday evening, 30 May, 2022, the world attention will move to Casablanca when two of [...] 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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Coronavirus: Infections up slightly in Libya
16 may 2022 - 12:00:03Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The rate of COVID-19 infection in Libya last week averaged six cases per day, seen as [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus pandemic has left 55 million people in extreme poverty in Africa, says report
14 may 2022 - 17:30:46Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The COVID-19 pandemic pushed 55 million Africans into extreme poverty in 2020, according to the 2021 [...] 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 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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Clean hands may make the difference between life and death – WHO report
06 may 2022 - 16:13:31Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - When good hand hygiene and other infection prevention and control (IPC) measures are followed, 70 per [...] 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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Coronavirus: Centre calls for continued preventive measures against pandemic in Libya despite decline in infections
03 may 2022 - 17:03:15Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's National Centre for Disease Control has recommended extending the implementation of prevention measures against the [...] 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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Coronavirus: Africa experiencing longest-running decline in infections: WHO
15 april 2022 - 06:05:15Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - COVID-19 cases in Africa have fallen for the past 16 weeks, and deaths have dropped during [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 variants, not more severe or transmissible, so far: WHO
14 april 2022 - 05:40:48Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As the coronavirus which causes COVID-19 continues to evolve, we cannot afford to ‘lose sight’ of [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: New wave a reminder pandemic is ‘far from over’: Guterres
09 april 2022 - 05:22:10New York, US (PAA) - Governments and pharmaceutical companies need to work together in a better way, to deliver vaccines [...] Full text...
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UN health agency launches bid to stop new global pandemic
01 april 2022 - 06:13:36Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - "Arboviruses” might not be something most of us are familiar with, but for almost four billion [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Over 2.2m people vaccinated against pandemicin Libya
26 march 2022 - 12:23:20Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 2,201,314 people have been vaccinated against the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Libya since the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO calls for caution as African governments open up their countries
25 march 2022 - 06:13:09Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) is cautioning African countries as they curtail COVID-19 surveillance and quarantine [...] Full text...
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Africa Investment Forum Virtual boardrooms attract $32.8 billion in investment interest
21 march 2022 - 04:45:34Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Africa Investment Forum boardrooms have drawn $32.8 billion in investment interest in bankable projects, [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: More than 2.1 million people vaccinated in Libya
19 march 2022 - 14:03:27Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 2,190,556 people have been vaccinated against COVID-19 in Libya since the launch of [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: 'The pandemic is not over', warns WHO chief as uptick of cases emerge
17 march 2022 - 04:40:38Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A combination of factors, including misinformation that the pandemic is over, the lifting of mask mandates, [...] Full text...
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WHO updates its treatment guidelines to include molnupiravir
04 march 2022 - 16:11:37Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has updated its living guidelines on COVID-19 therapeutics to include a [...] Full text...
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Burundi president launches women only bank
03 march 2022 - 21:28:17Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The Head of State, Evariste Ndayishimiye, on Thursday launched an investment and development bank dedicated to [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Fourth wave of pandemic declines in Libya
25 february 2022 - 20:45:56Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The fourth wave of the coronavirus pandemic in Libya, dominated by the "Omicron" variant, is said [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Omicron sublineage BA.2 remains a variant of concern: WHO
23 february 2022 - 05:57:03Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The BA.2 virus, a sublineage of the Omicron COVID-19 mutation, should continue to be considered a [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: COVID-19 Immunization campaign targets mobile communities along Gambia-Senegal border
18 february 2022 - 21:05:38Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - COVID-19 Immunization campaign, targeting mobile communities along Gambia-Senegal border, has vaccinated over 1,500 persons, according to [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Tunisia records 15 new deaths
15 february 2022 - 16:25:23Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian Ministry of Health has announced 15 new deaths linked to the coronavirus, bringing the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO lauds ‘historic initiative’ on vaccine equity underway in South Africa
15 february 2022 - 05:02:47Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - During a COVID-19 global action meeting on Monday, the UN health chief lauded the progress underway [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Over two million people vaccinated against pandemic in Libya
12 february 2022 - 11:16:08Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 2,090,065 people have been vaccinated against coronavirus (COVID-19) in Libya since the start [...] Full text...
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WHO’s new International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) comes into effect
11 february 2022 - 20:13:59Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) Eleventh Revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) has now [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Africa needs to ramp up COVID-19 vaccination rate six-fold
04 february 2022 - 05:29:57Brazzaville, CONGO (PANA) - The COVID-19 vaccination rate in Africa needs to increase six-fold for the continent to meet the [...] Full text...
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UN partnership to combat microplastics in cigarettes
03 february 2022 - 05:22:28Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A new UN partnership announced on Wednesday aims to raise awareness about the environmental and health [...] Full text...
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Libya to impose health pass for access to public places from mid-February
31 january 2022 - 19:04:25Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan government of national unity announced here Monday the introduction of a health pass proving [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Libya records 14 new deaths, 5,694 new cases
30 january 2022 - 15:09:55Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Fourteen new deaths linked to COVID-19 infection and 5,694 new cases were recorded in Libya out [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Libyan officials hold follow-up meeting on worsening epidemiological situation
29 january 2022 - 19:36:29Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Prime Minister Abdelhamid al-Dbaiba on Saturday followed up on the epidemiological situation of the coronavirus [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Over three million people vaccinated with at least one dose in Libya
29 january 2022 - 11:48:46Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 3,026,421 people have had at least dose of vaccine against COVID-19 in Libya [...] Full text...
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Kenya, Emirates agree to end flights standoff
27 january 2022 - 23:38:28Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya and the United Arab Emirates have both lifted the ban on passenger flights between the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: It's here ‘for the foreseeable future’, warns WHO chief Tedros
25 january 2022 - 05:43:14Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The world must accept that COVID-19 is with us “for the foreseeable future”, even if it [...] Full text...
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Guterres says ‘Global learning crisis’ continues
24 january 2022 - 17:51:34New York, US (PANA) - Almost two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, school closures continue to disrupt the lives of [...] Full text...
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Bringing dry land in the Sahel back to life (Feature by FAO)
23 january 2022 - 10:17:05Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Millions of hectares of farmland are lost to the desert each year in Africa’s Sahel region, [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Tunisia records 10 new deaths
22 january 2022 - 18:17:46Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has recorded 10 new deaths linked to the Coronavirus (COVID-19), the Tun Ministry of Health [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Over 1.9 million people vaccinated in Libya
22 january 2022 - 14:30:45Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 1,986,577 people have been vaccinated against the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Libya since the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Cases drop for first time as Africa’s fourth wave ebbs: WHO
21 january 2022 - 05:37:45Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - For the first time in Africa since the peak of the Omicron wave, weekly COVID-19 cases [...] Full text...
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Libyan officials discuss plan to finance micro handicraft projects for 25,000 youth
20 january 2022 - 11:45:02Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The High Committee of the Libyan Credit Guarantee Fund has examined a proposal for a micro-projects [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO expresses hope worst of Omicron wave is over
19 january 2022 - 05:24:33Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Omicron continues to sweep the world, but cases seem to have peaked in some countries, which [...] Full text...
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Labour market recovery still ‘slow and uncertain’: ILO
17 january 2022 - 12:51:51Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As the COVID-19 pandemic grinds on and global labour markets continue to struggle, the latest International [...] Full text...
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COVID-19 pandemic stalls global economic recovery: UN report
14 january 2022 - 07:31:07New York, US (PANA) - The UN’s key report on the global economy released on Thursday shows that the rapid [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Africa’s fourth wave flattens out after six-week surge
14 january 2022 - 05:52:37Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - After a six-week surge, Africa’s fourth pandemic wave, which has been mainly driven by the Omicron [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO recommends two new drugs to treat patients with COVID-19
14 january 2022 - 05:41:07Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday recommended two new drugs to treat patients with COVID-19, one for [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Tunisia imposes new lockdown due to spread of the Omicron variant
12 january 2022 - 22:00:43Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Due to the resurgence of the coronavirus pandemic, the Tunisian government on Wednesday re-imposed a night [...] Full text...
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COVID-19 variants, rising debt, threaten global economic growth: World Bank
12 january 2022 - 06:03:48Washington, DC, US (PANA) - Global growth will slow down over the next two years in the face of “fresh [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Current vaccines may need to be updated, experts warn
12 january 2022 - 05:54:36Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Current COVID-19 vaccines may need to be updated to ensure their continued effectiveness against Omicron and [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Fully vaccinated passengers arriving in Gambia do not need PCR test, Health ministry
10 january 2022 - 11:30:11Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia's health authorities say passengers coming into the country who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 [...] Full text...
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41 child care and protection centres authorised in Benin
09 january 2022 - 18:43:06Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Beninese government has granted approval to 41 reception and child protection centres throughout the country, [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Some 2.77 million people vaccinated in Libya
08 january 2022 - 12:29:58Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya says more than 2.77 million people have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: New Year brings renewed WHO appeal for vaccine equity
07 january 2022 - 04:54:43Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The highest number of COVID-19 cases so far in the pandemic were reported last week across [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Guinea to launch child vaccination campaign
06 january 2022 - 13:24:21Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The Guinean government announced on Wednesday the start in the communes of Conakry, the capital, and [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Guinea records 7 deaths, 384 new cases
05 january 2022 - 12:28:52Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Seven deaths linked to the coronavirus, two in hospital and five in the community, were recorded [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: 70 per cent vaccination target must be met to ward off Omicron, says WHO
05 january 2022 - 06:00:35Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As the Omicron variant of COVID-19 continues to surge across the world, the UN health agency [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Tunisia records one new death
04 january 2022 - 13:14:18Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has recorded one new death linked to the Coronavirus and 542 confirmed infections, the Tunisian [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Vaccination pass required to access public, private services in Guinea
04 january 2022 - 12:55:27Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The Guinean government on Monday announced that the presentation of a vaccination pass against the coronavirus [...] Full text...
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Japan donates medical equipment to Mali to combat spread of coronavirus
03 january 2022 - 19:40:48Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Japan, through its embassy in Mali, has donated medical equipment to the Malian Ministry of Health, [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Tunisia records 6 new deaths
03 january 2022 - 19:27:33Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has recorded six new deaths linked to the Coronavirus and 417 new confirmed infections, the [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Emirates extends South African travel ban
03 january 2022 - 13:35:45Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Emirates Airlines on Monday announced it was extending its South African travel ban until [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Pandemic continues to spread in Ghana
02 january 2022 - 11:13:56Accra, Ghana (PANA) - COVID-19 continues to spread rapidly in Ghana with figures posted on Sunday by the Ghana Health [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Tunisia records two new deaths
01 january 2022 - 13:18:39Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has recorded two new deaths linked to the coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the death toll to [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Over 2.7 million doses of vaccines administered in Libya
01 january 2022 - 12:00:11Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's National Centre for Disease Control has announced that over 2.710 million doses of COVID-19 [...] Full text...
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Ghanaians welcome New Year
01 january 2022 - 04:53:03Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghanaians on Saturday welcomed the New Year with church services and festivities, as government and health [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: South Africa' lifts curfew on pandemic
31 december 2021 - 09:28:59Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The South African government has announced sweeping changes to the coronavirus (COVID-19) regulations with [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Amnesty slams wealthy states, pharma companies for vaccines inequality
31 december 2021 - 07:23:26London, UN (PANA) - Human rights group, Amnesty International, on Friday slammed wealthy states and pharmaceutical companies for coronavirus (COVID-19) [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Tunisia records 3 new deaths
30 december 2021 - 19:42:38Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian Ministry of Health on Thursday announced three new deaths linked to the coronavirus (Covid-19), [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Three cases of Omicron mutant infection detected in Libyans who have not travelled abroad, says NCDC
30 december 2021 - 19:02:36Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The director of the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Haider Al-Sayeh, has confirmed the registration [...] Full text...
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14 cases of Omicron variant detected in Guinea
30 december 2021 - 12:14:04Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Fourteen cases of the Omicron variant have been detected in Guinea, the National Health Security Agency [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO chief hopes 2022 can mark end of acute stage of pandemic
30 december 2021 - 07:02:10Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN health agency chief expressed optimism during a press briefing on Wednesday that 2022 may be the year the world ends the acute stage of [...] Full text...
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Omicron: First cases of the "Omicron" variant detected in Libya
29 december 2021 - 19:49:58Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Cases of the new Omicron variant were detected this Wednesday, via laboratory analysis in Libya, the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Tunisia records 3 new deaths
29 december 2021 - 19:44:34Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has recorded three new deaths linked to the Coronavirus and 670 new confirmed infections, according [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Ghana sees sharp rise in cases
29 december 2021 - 07:46:07Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana is seeing a sharp increase in infections of coronavirus (COVID-19) as fears grow this could [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: 2021 Year in Review: ‘We underestimate this virus at our peril’-WHO
28 december 2021 - 08:22:18Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Despite the almost miraculous development of effective vaccines in 2020, the coronavirus (COVID-19) continued to spread [...] Full text...
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Infectious diseases present ‘clear and present danger’ everywhere: Guterres
27 december 2021 - 14:23:01New York, US (PANA) - COVID-19 continues to demonstrate how quickly “an infectious disease can sweep across the world”, pushing [...] Full text...
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President Barrow calls on Gambians to build on strengths, work on shortfalls
25 december 2021 - 18:57:45Banjul, Gambia (PANA)- Gambian President elect-Adama Barrow has urged Gambians to build on their strengths, work on their shortfalls and [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria: Nigeria registers 1,356 COVID-19 infections on Friday
25 december 2021 - 17:34:24Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) Nigeria recorded 1,356 new coronavirus (COVID-19) infections in 11 of its 36 States and the Federal Capital [...] Full text...
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Ghanaians celebrate Christmas with calls for strict observance of COVID-19 protocols
25 december 2021 - 08:03:25Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Christians in Ghana are on Saturday celebrating Christmas to mark the birth of Jesus Christ with [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Authorities close all beaches in Greater Accra region
24 december 2021 - 17:19:32Accra, Ghana (PANA) - All beaches in the Greater Accra region in Ghana are to be closed down during the [...] Full text...
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2021 AFCON: CAF, Cameroon hold 'constructive' meeting on tournament
24 december 2021 - 16:42:05Yaoundé, Cameroon (PANA) - The Confederation of African Football (CAF) says its President, Dr. Patrice Motsepe, has held "a very [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Greece announces new measures to curb spread
23 december 2021 - 18:33:46Athens, Greece (PANA) - Greece on Thursday introduced a new set of measures to contain the spread of COVID-19's new [...] Full text...
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