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Geneva, Switzerland/Measles vaccinations have saved nearly 20 million lives in Africa since the year 2000 and more than 500 million children were protected through routine immunisation, but the continent remains offtrack in the fight against vaccine-preventable diseases.The findings come in the first-ever detailed analysis of immunisation targets in Africa, published [...]

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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - For Pacific Island countries, the Middle East crisis is not a distant geopolitical event. It is already showing up in higher fuel prices, electricity uncertainty and fears that communities sitting at the far end of global supply chains could be pushed into deeper economic insecurity.“We are [...]

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Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – The European Union (EU) Wednesday launched a €19 million programme aimed at strengthening The Gambia’s agriculture and agri-food system.The initiative, known as the “Sustainable Production for Resilient and Inclusive New Generations (SPRING)” programme, is being launches in partnership with the government, private sector, farmers, and civil [...]

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Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) – Former Vice President of The Gambia, Fatoumata Jallow-Tambajang, has joined a high-level mission to Sierra Leone as the international community intensifies efforts to oversee the implementation of recommendations made by the Tripartite Committee following Sierra Leone's disputed 2023 elections.PANA reported on Wednesday that Jallow-Tambajang is [...]

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Washington, DC, US (PANA) - Ministers and Governors from the African Consultative Group on Monday met with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Management to exchange views on the evolving global environment and its implications for African economies. A press statement by the IMF said the discussions took place against the backdrop [...]

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Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - A collapse of traditional gold mining pit has killed at least five people while dozens are missing in eastern Sudan’s Red Sea State.The Sudan Doctors Network medical charity on Wednesday said efforts are underway to rescue some 25 people believed to be trapped under the [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Governor of the Central Bank of Libya (CBL), Naji Mohamed Issa, has held talks with the Deputy Legal Counsel of the International Monetary Fund (MF), Brian Patterson on strengthening legal frameworks for financial governance and combating financial crime.The meeting, held Tuesday in Washington, DC, focused [...]

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Berlin, Germany (PANA) - Leaders meeting in Berlin on 15 April, 2026, the three-year mark of the ongoing conflict in Sudan, should commit to concrete, time-bound measures to protect civilians and to hold those responsible for serious international crimes to account, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Wednesday.Germany, the African [...]

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Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The following are Wednesday's exchange rates for the Gambian Dalasi as published by the Trust Bank of Gambia.Currency                     Buying                SellingUS Dollar                    [...]

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Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese government in Khartoum issued a strongly-worded statement on Wednesday totally rejecting an international conference on the Sudan opening in Berlin, Germany, during the day, claiming that the organisers intentionally dropped an invitation to government.The statement issued by the ministry of Foreign Relations and [...]

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Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed  Roelf Meyer, an Apartheid-era Minister, as Ambassador to the US.Meyer, who served as Constitutional Affairs Minister in the last Apartheid-era Cabinet is widely regarded as one of the architects of South Africa’s democratic transition alongside President Ramaphosa.Meyer [...]

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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has described reparatory justice for colonialism, enslavement and the trade in enslaved Africans as “key to dismantling systemic racism”.Speaking on Tuesday at the fifth session of the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent, he lauded the [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - As the war in the Middle East continues, the United Nations Secretary-General issued a passionate call for “serious negotiations” between the US and Iran to resume, warning that respect for international law “is being trampled” underfoot. Addressing journalists at UN Headquarters in New York outside the [...]

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Berlin, Germany (PANA) - Sudan remains the world’s largest humanitarian and displacement crisis, UN agencies and partners said on Tuesday, calling for an end to the war between rival militaries on the eve of the three-year mark. “This grim and chastening anniversary marks another year when the world has failed to [...]

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