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Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Ahead of World Environment Day on 5 June, a US$23.6 million initiative to improve protection for three national parks in Sudan has been announced by the Higher Council for Environment and Natural Resources (HCENR), the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, and the United Nations Development [...]

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Accra, Ghana (PANA) - A one-day extraordinary summit by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to discuss the political crisis in Mali began in Accra on Sunday afternoon with heads of state being urged to remain resolute in supporting the country to restore democracy. The current chairman of ECOWAS, [...]

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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Thousands of Ethiopians held a demonstration in Addis Ababa on Sunday against foreign interference in the internal affairs of the country. The demonstration, organised by Addis Ababayouth, was also to support the filling of the controversial Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Blue Nile, whose [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - The UN Security Council bas welcomed the agreement reached on Thursday by the Somali federal government and the federal member states leaders on the implementation of the 17 September Electoral Model. In a press statement released Friday night, the 15 members of the council commended the [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has said that if governments embrace together the goals of phasing out coal, enhancing climate commitments, and investing in the Global Goals, there is an opportunity to rise to 'the biggest challenge of our lives'. The world needs a global partnership to [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - UN humanitarians have expressed deep concern about serious and ongoing abuses carried out against displaced civilians who are also facing dire food insecurity in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, after months of conflict.  In an alert, the UN sexual and reproductive health agency,  UNFPA, said that it was aware of “gross violations”, including gender-based violence in the war-torn north.  “The situation [...]

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Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will hold an extraordinary summit in Accra  on Sunday to address the unfolding events in Mali where the interim president and prime minister were sacked by the military last week. The summit will be held in Ghana, which is [...]

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