‘Humanity remains unacceptably close to nuclear annihilation, warns UN chief
26 september 2021 - 05:13:40New York, US (PANA) - “Now is the time to eliminate nuclear weapons from our world , and usher in [...] Full text...
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New York, US (PANA) - “Now is the time to eliminate nuclear weapons from our world , and usher in [...] Full text...
Sudan striving for ‘common goal’ of peace, prosperity, freedom and justice: PM
26 september 2021 - 05:03:53New York, US (PANA) - Sudan continues the path to democracy, two years after the revolution that “carried the aspirations of our people [...] Full text...
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As crises ‘pile up’ in the Sahel, Malian leader says it's time to consider more robust mandate for UN Mission
26 september 2021 - 04:51:59New York, US (PANA) - The interim Prime Minister of Mali, Choguel Kokalla Maïga, said on Saturday that “rarely, has a country or region been as severely affected [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Senior ECA official optimistic about Africa's post-pandemic recovery
25 september 2021 - 19:12:59Santa Maria, Cape Verde (PANA) - A senior official of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has expressed optimism [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria records three deaths, 477 new infections
25 september 2021 - 18:47:57Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says three deaths linked to COVID-19 and 477 new [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Tunisia records 15 new deaths
25 september 2021 - 18:39:46Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has recorded 15 new deaths linked to the coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the death toll to [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: US donates 336,000 doses of Johnson and Johnson vaccine to Guinea
25 september 2021 - 13:15:16Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guinea on Friday received 336,000 doses of Johnson and Johnson vaccine donated by the US. The donation [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Over 1.5 million people in Libya vaccinated with at least one dose
25 september 2021 - 13:07:47Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya says 1,539,014 people have received at least one dose of a vaccine against COVID-19 since [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Mauritius reports 108 positive cases
25 september 2021 - 05:55:08Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Health Minister Kailash Jagutpal announced on Friday that 108 positive cases of COVID-19 were detected [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO backs Regeneron COVID-19 drug cocktail - with equal access, price cut
25 september 2021 - 05:19:02Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Regeneron antibody drug cocktail – casirivimab and imdevimab – has been added to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) list of [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria records 433 new infections
24 september 2021 - 21:33:13Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria recorded two COVID-19 related deaths on Thursday with additional 433 COVID-19 infections bringing the total [...] Full text...
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Greece to seek investment in Libya
24 september 2021 - 21:16:08Athens, Greece (PANA) - Greek Deputy Foreign Minister Costas Fragogiannis, says he will in a fortnight he will lead a [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Libya records 19 new deaths
24 september 2021 - 21:03:01Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Nineteen new patients have died of coronavirus infection in Libya, bringing the death toll to 4,588, [...] Full text...
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AfDB adopts new policy to strengthen accountability
24 september 2021 - 16:13:59Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a new policy [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Libya receives 144,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine
24 september 2021 - 10:42:34Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya on Wednesday took delivery of 144,000 doses of AstraZeneca's vaccine in the fight against COVID-19, [...] Full text...
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Botswana challenges decriminalisation of same sex
24 september 2021 - 09:11:33Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana’s attorney general has announced its intention to appeal a High Court judgment that decriminalises same [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Guinea junta eases night curfew following drop in infections, deaths
24 september 2021 - 09:00:17Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guinea's ruling junta announced on Thursday that it is easing the night curfew, which will now [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Burundi records 123 new cases
24 september 2021 - 08:43:57Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi has in the last 24 hours recorded 123 new community cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) bringing [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Mauritius records one death, 102 new infections
24 september 2021 - 07:03:40Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities on Thursday reported one death linked to COVID-19 bringing the death toll to [...] Full text...
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US stresses resolve to end Ethiopian conflict
24 september 2021 - 05:39:08New York, US (PANA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday emphasised his country's resolve to use all [...] Full text...
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Food’s a human right, not just ‘a commodity to be traded’: Guterres
23 september 2021 - 18:51:07New York, US (PANA) - Every day, hundreds of millions of people go to bed hungry. Three billion people cannot [...] Full text...
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New commander appointed for EU military operation in the Mediterranean
23 september 2021 - 17:59:37Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Council on Thursday appointed Rear Admiral Stefano Turchetto as EU Operation Commander for the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Africa needs seven-fold rise in vaccine shipments - WHO
23 september 2021 - 17:29:51Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – COVID-19 vaccine shipments to Africa must rise by over seven times from around 20 million per month [...] Full text...
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UN expert cites South Sudanese elite for looting oil revenue
23 september 2021 - 14:41:24Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - South Sudan’s leaders are undermining human rights and endangering security, the Commission on Human Rights in [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nearly half of South Africa's mineworkers vaccinated
23 september 2021 - 13:55:25Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - The mining industry has vaccinated, or partially vaccinated, 203 007 employees and contractors in South Africa [...] Full text...
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Belgian FM reaffirms support for Libya's political process
23 september 2021 - 10:55:45Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Belgian Foreign Minister Sophie Wilmès has reaffirmed her country's support for Libya's political process and efforts [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Mauritius reports 115 positive cases, three deaths
23 september 2021 - 08:31:59Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities announced on Thursday that 115 new positive cases of COVID-19 have been detected [...] Full text...
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Rights group says oppressive laws remain in Gambia despite President’s promises
23 september 2021 - 05:35:13Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Despite Gambian President Adama Barrow’s pledge to reform the country nearly five years ago, oppressive laws [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: ‘We can end the pandemic’, UN chief says in new call for global vaccine plan
23 september 2021 - 05:17:16New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Wednesday repeated his call for a global COVID-19 vaccination plan [...] Full text...
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Haftar steps down ahead of contesting Libya's presidential election
22 september 2021 - 22:05:11Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA) based in the east, Marshal Khalifa Haftar, on [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria records 513 new infections
22 september 2021 - 20:44:37Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria recorded 513 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday bringing the total number of infections to [...] Full text...
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Botswana, China cement relations
22 september 2021 - 19:52:12Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana has applauded China for her unflinching support of multilateralism and strong bilateral relations. “It is our [...] Full text...
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Botswana security body dismisses alleged threat to former President Khama
22 september 2021 - 19:47:43Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana’s counterintelligence and internal security, Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS), has dismissed claims that the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Gambia’s economy shows some early signs of recovery: IMF team
22 september 2021 - 19:00:51Washington, DC, US (PANA) – Gambia’s economic activity is showing early signs of recovery, but the third wave of the [...] Full text...
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No improvement in young children’s diets over past decade: UNICEF
22 september 2021 - 17:15:39New York, US (PANA) - There has been little sign of improvement in the diets of the world’s youngest children [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Decades of development efforts undermined by pandemic – FAO report
22 september 2021 - 17:07:48Rome, Italy (PANA) - COVID-19 has set back progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), undermining decades of development efforts, [...] Full text...
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Africa cannot outsource its health to the rest of the world – AfDB president
22 september 2021 - 15:15:06New York, US (PANA) - Global leaders, in a sideline event on health during the United Nations General Assembly, voiced [...] Full text...
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MPs opposed to vote of no confidence in Libyan government slam procedure
22 september 2021 - 11:15:29Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - MPs opposed to the no-confidence vote against the Libyan Government of National Unity (GNU) said on [...] Full text...
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US condemns Sudan's failed coup attempt
22 september 2021 - 10:47:14Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States has condemned Tuesday's failed attempt by rogue military and civilian actors to [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwean capital faces acute lack of clean water
22 september 2021 - 08:38:11Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – Residents of Zimbabwe's capital, Harare, face a potable water crisis three years after a deadly [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: South Africa donates 50,000 doses of Johnson & Johnson vaccine to Mauritius
22 september 2021 - 08:11:16Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius has received a donation of 50,000 doses of Johnson & Johnson vaccine from South Africa [...] Full text...
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Libyans condemn parliament's vote of no confidence in Government of National Unity (News analysis by Youssef Ba, PANA correspondent)
22 september 2021 - 07:57:45Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyans from all walks of life have been condemning Tuesday's vote of no confidence by Parliament [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Rights group criticises Kenya's response to gender-based violence during pandemic
22 september 2021 - 06:49:29Nairobi, Kenya (PANA ) – The Kenyan government’s response to gender-based violence during the COVID-19 pandemic has been too little, too [...] Full text...
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UNHCR welcomes US' plan to increase refugee resettlement
22 september 2021 - 06:36:20Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - United States President Joe Biden’s proposal to raise the target for refugee resettlement there in the [...] Full text...
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Restore trust and inspire hope, UN chief says in message to UNGA76
22 september 2021 - 05:03:47New York, US (PANA) - With humanity on the edge of an abyss, and moving in the wrong direction, the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria records 393 new infections, six deaths
21 september 2021 - 23:26:16Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Monday topped the table of coronavirus (COVID-19) infections with 393 new [...] Full text...
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Second Conference of WAEMU lawyers opens in Ouagadougou
21 september 2021 - 22:57:57Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkinabe President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré on Tuesday hailed lawyers of the West African Economic [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Empty promises will not save the world from pandemic, campaigners warn
21 september 2021 - 18:43:38New York, US (PANA) - On the eve of US President Joe Biden’s global COVID-19 summit on the side-lines of [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Seven dead in a single day in Mauritius
21 september 2021 - 17:55:21Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Minister of Health and Welfare Kailash Jagutpal said on Tuesday that seven patients died [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Botswana moves out of state of emergency
21 september 2021 - 12:32:52Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana’s Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry, Mmusi Kgafela, has warned that the fight against the [...] Full text...
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LEAD: Sudan authorities abort coup, authors arrested
21 september 2021 - 10:07:37Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – The crisis-plagued government in Sudan on Tuesday said it thwarted a coup d’état in the early [...] Full text...
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IGAD says number of food insecure countries risen by nearly 4 million since 2019
21 september 2021 - 09:50:37Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The East African trade bloc, Inter-governmental Authority for Development (IGAD), says that an estimated 31.4 million [...] Full text...
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Tuesday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
21 september 2021 - 09:28:45Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Mauritius reports 123 new cases, one death
21 september 2021 - 09:10:05Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Ministry of Health and Welfare on Tuesday reported the detection of 123 new positive [...] Full text...
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Mauritius PM calls for more vigorous actions to reduce road accidents
21 september 2021 - 07:43:13Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth on Monday described the rate of deaths in road accidents in [...] Full text...
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UN Human Rights Council urged to renew Libya fact-finding mission’s mandate
21 september 2021 - 06:48:03Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – Seven human rights organisations on Tuesday urged the United Nations Human Rights Council member states, including Libya, [...] Full text...
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Innovation continued despite COVID-19: New UN report
21 september 2021 - 06:07:10Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Despite the economic devastation wrought by COVID-19, the new technology sector continued to thrive and prosper [...] Full text...
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US slams conviction of Hotel Rwanda hero Rusesabagina
21 september 2021 - 05:32:53Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States has expressed concern at the conviction by Rwanda on Monday of US [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria records 168 new infections, one death
20 september 2021 - 21:35:04Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said the country registered 168 new coronavirus (COVID-19) cases [...] Full text...
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Poorer nations to face up to $75 billion six-year shortfall in climate finance: Oxfam
20 september 2021 - 13:43:28New York, US (PANA) - Wealthy nations are expected to fall up to $75 billion short of fulfilling their long-standing [...] Full text...
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Libya's Ashaafean site among UNESCO's 20 new biosphere reserves
20 september 2021 - 12:47:01Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Ashaafean area in Libya is among 20 new sites added to the World Network of [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Libya records 16 deaths, 1,081 infections
20 september 2021 - 11:21:27Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Sixteen new deaths linked to coronavirus have been recorded in Libya bringing the death toll to 4,517. The [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Mauritius reports 145 cases; 1,200 people booked for not wearing mask in public
20 september 2021 - 07:44:37Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities detected 145 new cases of Covid-19, all asymptomatic, on Sunday The Ministry of Health [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria records 336 new infections, five deaths on Saturday
19 september 2021 - 19:24:49Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria recorded 336 new cases of COVID-19 infections and five deaths on Saturday. The Nigeria Centre for [...] Full text...
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Two Libyan crew members killed in helicopter crash near Benghazi
19 september 2021 - 18:11:33Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Two crew members of two helicopters belonging to the Libya National Army were killed on Sunday [...] Full text...
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High State Council adopts constitutional basis for Libya elections
19 september 2021 - 17:53:10Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's High State Council, a consultative body, announced on Sunday that it has approved the constitutional [...] Full text...
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Libya and Egypt agree resumption of regular flights from 30 September
19 september 2021 - 16:33:38Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's Civil Aviation Authority and its counterpart in Egypt have agreed to take the necessary steps [...] Full text...
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President Buhari departs Abuja to attend 76th session of UN General Assembly
19 september 2021 - 16:22:35Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – President Muhammadu Buhari departed Abuja on Sunday for New York to take part in the 76th [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Tunisia records 17 new deaths
19 september 2021 - 16:14:37Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has recorded 17 new deaths linked to the Coronavirus (Covid-19), bringing to 24,490 total deaths [...] Full text...
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Egypt awarded over US$ 4 billion in proposed Libyan projects
19 september 2021 - 14:47:46Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Egypt will undertake projects worth 19 billion dinars (about US$ 4.31 billion) in Libya under contracts [...] Full text...
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Hooded men kidnap former Guinean government spokesperson
19 september 2021 - 14:25:17Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guinea's former spokesperson and Minister of State in the ousted government, Tibou Kamara, was arrested on [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Libya records 11 deaths and 1,121 new cases
19 september 2021 - 14:15:11Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Eleven patients have died of coronavirus infection bringing Libya's toll to 4,501 since the beginning of [...] Full text...
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Foodstuff prices fluctuate in Benin
19 september 2021 - 14:08:25Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Prices of foodstuffs in Benin fluctuated in early September, according to a report by the National [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: China offers 400,000 doses of Sinopharm vaccine to Burkina Faso
19 september 2021 - 13:27:42Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkinabe authorities received on Saturday at Ouagadougou International Airport 400,000 doses of Sinopharm vaccines as [...] Full text...
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Tanzanian President Hassan in New York for UNGA
19 september 2021 - 08:22:24Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan is due in New York on Sunday to to [...] Full text...
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Vice president of the Libyan Council Moussa al-Kouni pays tribute to former Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika
18 september 2021 - 20:04:12Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Vice President of the Libyan Presidential Council, Moussa al-Kouni, Saturday paid tribute to former Algerian [...] Full text...
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Nearly CFAF 20 billion allocated to Beninese Parliament in 2022
18 september 2021 - 16:46:01Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Beninese parliament plans to spend for the year 2022 some 19,176,505,315 CFA francs, according to [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Senegal records three new deaths
18 september 2021 - 12:21:54Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal has recorded three new deaths linked to the coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing to 1,845 the number [...] Full text...
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More than 10,000 Libyan voters register abroad
18 september 2021 - 12:11:42Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 10,729 voters residing abroad had registered at the close of registration of Libyans [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Over 1.2 million people vaccinated in Libya
18 september 2021 - 11:54:14Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Some 1,268,241 people have received a coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine in Libya since the launch of the [...] Full text...
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Paris climate deal could go up in smoke without action: Guterres
18 september 2021 - 08:33:51New York, US (PANA) - Unless wealthy nations commit to tackling emissions now, the world is on a “catastrophic pathway” [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Germany supports Ethiopia with 271,200 vaccine doses
18 september 2021 - 02:05:28Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Ethiopian Ministry of Health Friday received 271,200 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine from Germany to [...] Full text...
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WTO seeks better trade deal to spur African countries participation in world economy
17 september 2021 - 22:50:30Montreux, Switzerland (PANA) - World Trade Organisation (WTO) Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has urged rich countries to assist poor ones to [...] Full text...
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Former Archbishop of Conakry calls on junta to renew political class
17 september 2021 - 20:29:19Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The Guinean archbishop at the Vatican, Robert Sarah, Friday urged the junta led by Lieutenant Colonel [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Global charity sees worst case scenario averted in fighting pandemic, poverty to worsen
17 september 2021 - 17:21:23Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - New data reveals the world stepped up to prevent worst-case scenarios from happening following the global [...] Full text...
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US President Biden sets new sanctions regime in response to Ethiopian crisis
17 september 2021 - 15:44:24Washington, DC, US (PANA) - In the midst of ongoing violence, abuses against civilians, and growing humanitarian plight in Ethiopia, [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO calls on world leaders to focus on vaccine equity, pandemic preparedness
17 september 2021 - 14:06:34New York, US (PANA) – The World Health Organization (WHO) is urging leaders attending the 76th session of the United [...] Full text...
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Africa Investment Forum to host third edition of Market Days in Abidjan
17 september 2021 - 13:32:04Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The Africa Investment Forum will hold its 2021 Market Days in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, from [...] Full text...
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Botswana Football Association lobbies for return of active sports
17 september 2021 - 11:30:00Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana Football Association (BFA) has engaged its medical experts to develop guidelines to align with the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Libya records 10 deaths, 968 new cases
17 september 2021 - 10:39:49Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Ten new deaths linked to coronavirus infection and 968 new cases have been recorded in Libya [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: International organisations, vaccine manufacturers agree to intensify cooperation to deliver vaccines
17 september 2021 - 10:37:17Washington, DC, US (PANA) – Multilateral leaders of the Task Force on Scaling COVID-19 Tools have called on all countries [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Libya takes delivery of 117,600 COVAX doses
17 september 2021 - 10:33:26Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya has taken delivery of 117,600 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine from COVAX, the National Centre for [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: IMF approves US$67.38 million emergency support to Equatorial Guinea
17 september 2021 - 10:03:33Washington, US (PANA) - The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a disbursement of US$67.38 million [...] Full text...
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Mauritius marks International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer 2021
17 september 2021 - 08:26:20Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Minister of Environment, Solid Waste Management and Climate Change, Mr Kavydass Ramano, on Thursday [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Mauritius records 176 infections
17 september 2021 - 07:25:10Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Health authorities in Mauritius have announced that they detected 176 positive cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, [...] Full text...
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South African president's top aide dies
17 september 2021 - 05:46:56Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Deputy Minister in the Presidency Hlengiwe Mkhize died on Thursday. She was 69 years [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Africa faces 470 million vaccine shortfall this year
17 september 2021 - 05:15:58Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Africa needs around 470 million doses to accomplish the goal of fully vaccinating 40 per cent of its population by the end of the [...] Full text...
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Climate change: Conference alerts on the vulnerability of African SIDS
16 september 2021 - 18:57:34Santa Maria, Cape Verde (PANA) - The Ninth Conference on Climate Change and Development in Africa (CCDA-IX), which kicked off [...] Full text...
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Cape Verdean PM outlines resolutions for climate-resilient Africa
16 september 2021 - 17:59:52Santa Maria, Cape Verde (PANA) - Cape Verde Prime Minister Ulisses Correia e Silva on Wednesday set out his resolutions [...] Full text...
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African Ministers meet on combating environmental threats
16 september 2021 - 14:12:47Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – African countries have spent US$1 billion to deal with the impact of the coronavirus, dedicating the [...] Full text...
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World Patient Safety Day marked for the first time
16 september 2021 - 13:59:19Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Established by the World Health Assembly in 2019 through resolution WHA72.6 World Patient Safety Day will be [...] Full text...
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Saudi Arabia donates 752 tonnes of rice to vulnerable people in central and northern Mali
16 september 2021 - 13:05:32Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Saudi Arabia, through the King Salman Centre for Relief and Humanitarian Action (CRSSAH), has donated 752 [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso to ratify defence industry cooperation agreement with Turkey
16 september 2021 - 12:37:25Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkinabe government has adopted a bill authorising the ratification of the cooperation agreement in [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Libya records 11 deaths
16 september 2021 - 12:18:20Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Eleven new patients have died in Libya from COVID-19 infection, bringing the total number of deaths [...] Full text...
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Libya commemorates Martyr's Day on Thursday
16 september 2021 - 11:34:36Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya on Thursday celebrates Martyr's Day, commemorating the 81st anniversary of the execution by the Italian [...] Full text...
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UNICEF says schools still closed for nearly 77 million students 18 months into pandemic
16 september 2021 - 10:38:33New York, US (PANA) – Eighteen months into the COVID-19 pandemic, schools for nearly 77 million students in six countries continue [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: Eritrean forces, Tigrayan militants abused Eritrean refugees - says HRW
16 september 2021 - 07:27:31Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Eritrean government forces and Tigrayan militias have committed killings, rape, and other grave abuses against Eritrean refugees [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Mauritius records 160 infections, one death
16 september 2021 - 07:02:02Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Health authorities in Mauritius announced on Thursday that they have identified 160 positive cases of [...] Full text...
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Eating wild meat significantly increases zoonotic disease risk: UN report
16 september 2021 - 06:04:30New York, US (PANA) - The domestic consumption of meat from wild animals has significant impacts on most species protected under the Convention [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria records 519 new COVID-19 infections, 18 deaths
15 september 2021 - 22:35:09Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria on Tuesday recorded 18 deaths, 519 coronavirus (COVID-19) infections, surpassing 200,000 cases from the day [...] Full text...
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Call for concerted action to address triple crisis of climate change, COVID and development in Africa
15 september 2021 - 20:28:20Santa Maria, Cape Verde (PANA) - The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Mrs. Vera Songwé, has [...] Full text...
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Botswana warned against mandatory vaccination
15 september 2021 - 20:13:27Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botyswana Network on Ethic, Law and HIV/AIDS (BONELA), a human rights organization in Botswana, Wednesday kicked [...] Full text...
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Former Guinean president Alpha Condé may leave for Turkey
15 september 2021 - 19:54:36Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The former Guinean president, Alpha Conde, 83, ousted by a military junta on 5 September, could [...] Full text...
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Tunisian-Libyan agreement to reopen borders in two days at the latest
15 september 2021 - 19:30:12Djerba, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian and Libyan officials agreed at a meeting Wednesday in Djerba, an island in southern Tunisia, [...] Full text...
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South African Foundation moves to block Zuma's release
15 september 2021 - 18:14:47Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Helen Suzman Foundation (HSF) on Wednesday launched an application to declare that the [...] Full text...
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AfDB approves Multinational Trade Finance Risk Participation Agreement facility for Standard Chartered
15 september 2021 - 15:03:08Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has approved a $50 [...] Full text...
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Somalia’s economy rebounds from ‘triple shock’ – World Bank report
15 september 2021 - 13:34:25Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - Somalia’s real GDP growth is projected at 2.4 percent in 2021 as the economy rebounds from [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Senegal records one new death, 26 infections
15 september 2021 - 12:38:05Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal has recorded one new death linked to the coronavirus, which brings the death toll to [...] Full text...
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Ninth Conference on Climate Change and Development in Africa begins in Cape Verde
15 september 2021 - 11:49:50Santa Maria, Cape Verde (PANA) - The Ninth Conference on Climate Change and Development in Africa (CCDA-IX) started on Wednesday [...] Full text...
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Rights group asks Guinea junta to release all arbitrarily detained people
15 september 2021 - 10:31:33Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Military forces responsible for a coup d’état in Guinea should immediately restore fundamental human rights, Human Rights [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Mauritius reports 124 new positive cases
15 september 2021 - 07:33:11Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian health authorities on Wednesday said that 174 positive cases of COVID-19 were recorded in [...] Full text...
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76th General Assembly gets under way at UN Headquarters in New York
15 september 2021 - 05:09:07New York, US (PANA) - The COVID-19 pandemic has proved to be the most challenging period the world has seen since the Second World War, said [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Benin records 5 deaths, 2344 new infections
14 september 2021 - 22:48:14Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin has recorded five new deaths and 2,344 new coronavirus (COVID-19) infections, official sources said here [...] Full text...
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Health leaders call for acceleration of vaccination globally, particularly in Africa
14 september 2021 - 21:26:24Geneva, Switzerland (PAA) - WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and a group of global health leaders Tuesday issued an urgent call [...] Full text...
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President Kabore, new UN resident-coordinator in Burkina Faso meet
14 september 2021 - 20:24:43Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The president of Burkina Faso, Roche Marc Christian Kaboré, Tuesday received here the new UN [...] Full text...
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Emirates Airlines spreads its wings in southern Africa
14 september 2021 - 16:57:51Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Emirates Airlines has expanded its operations to and from South Africa following the COVID-19 [...] Full text...
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Tunis denies reports of a ban on Libyans entering Tunisia
14 september 2021 - 12:55:03Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians Abroad has "categorically denied" reports of a [...] Full text...
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Botswana’s private sector urged to create employment
14 september 2021 - 11:53:28Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana’s private television station YTV has challenged the business community to consider creating employment for the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Libya records 16 deaths, 1,149 new cases
14 september 2021 - 11:20:52Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya has recorded 16 new deaths linked to COVID-19 infection bringing the death toll to 4,457, the National [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Mauritius records 174 positive cases
14 september 2021 - 08:28:25Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities announced on Tuesday that 174 positive cases of COVID-19 were detected on Monday, [...] Full text...
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African Centre for Economic Transformation names Maura Leary as Director of Communications
14 september 2021 - 05:21:52Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The African Centre for Economic Transformation (ACET) has announced the appointment of Maura K. Leary to the position of Director of Communications. A statement [...] Full text...
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Death toll in ambush of Burkina Faso's national gendarmerie rises to six
13 september 2021 - 20:40:27Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The death toll from an ambush on Sunday against a Burkina Faso national gendarmerie escort [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria records eight deaths, 365 new infections Sunday
13 september 2021 - 19:46:31Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic claimed the lives of eight [...] Full text...
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WHO logistics hub airlifts its largest single shipment of humanitarian cargo to Ethiopia
13 september 2021 - 18:57:54Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) Logistics Hub in Dubai delivered 85 metric tons of life-saving [...] Full text...
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Remittances to Africa projected to decrease in 2021
13 september 2021 - 14:37:16Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Remittances to African countries are expected to decrease by 5.4 percent from US$44 billion in [...] Full text...
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Climate change could force 216 million to migrate within their own countries by 2050
13 september 2021 - 14:05:00Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Climate change, an increasingly potent driver of migration, could force 216 million people across [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Botswana liquor outlets’ non-compliance with health protocols worries authorities
13 september 2021 - 13:03:48Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Health and Wellness authorities in Botswana have condemned videos circulating on social media platforms, depicting blatant [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Botswana temporarily puts rollout of Sinovac vaccine on hold
13 september 2021 - 12:57:43Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Health authorities in Botswana have announced delayed rollout of the Sinovac vaccine due to the "non-availability [...] Full text...
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Africa's highest bar opens its doors in South Africa
13 september 2021 - 12:35:23Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The highest urban bar in Africa has opened for business. The Alto234 bar is located [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Burundi records 557 new cases
13 september 2021 - 11:57:55Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi has recorded 557 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in the last 24 hours, [...] Full text...
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Four soldiers and one civilian killed in attack on convoy in Burkina Faso
13 september 2021 - 11:53:22Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Five people, a woman and four Burkinabe soldiers, were killed on Sunday in an attack [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Tunisia records 12 new deaths
13 september 2021 - 11:33:27Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has recorded 12 new deaths linked to the coronavirus (COVID-19) and 780 new confirmed infections, [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Mauritius reports 187 new cases
13 september 2021 - 08:28:30Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian health authorities said on Monday that they recorded 187 infections of Covid-19 on [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria records two deaths, 547 new infections
12 september 2021 - 14:51:23Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria on Saturday recorded two fatalities from the COVID-19 with 547 fresh cases reported across 15 [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Tunisia records 17 new deaths
12 september 2021 - 14:15:10Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has recorded 17 new deaths linked to the coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the death toll to [...] Full text...
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New report on African trade highlights opportunities, challenges for trade expansion
11 september 2021 - 18:59:23Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The beginning of trading under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) presents significant [...] Full text...
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EU apprehensive about preservation of democracy in Tunisia
11 september 2021 - 13:35:00Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, on Friday met Tunisian [...] Full text...
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Ethiopia marks New Year accenting peace, stability and work
11 september 2021 - 12:46:11Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Ethiopia is celebrating its New Year on Saturday and Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is marking [...] Full text...
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Guinea Junta appoints Conakry's only female Army General as governor
11 september 2021 - 12:34:00Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The Guinean military junta on Friday appointed Brigadier General M'Mahawa Sylla, as governor of the special [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Tunisia records 19 new deaths
11 september 2021 - 12:01:08Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has recorded 19 new deaths linked to the coronavirus (COVID-19) and 2,036 new confirmed infections, [...] Full text...
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EU supports marginalised communities in Namibia through Cash-Based Transfers
11 september 2021 - 05:32:34Windhoek, Namibia – The World Food Programme (WFP) and the Namibian Ministry of Gender Equality, Poverty Eradication and Social Welfare [...] Full text...
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Pandemic increasing risk factors for suicide, UN health agency warns
11 september 2021 - 05:22:07Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Suicide prevention must be prioritised after 18 months of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Americas office of [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria records seven deaths, 727 new cases
10 september 2021 - 19:27:40Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria Thursday recorded seven coronavirus (COVID-19)-related deaths, 727 new cases. The new figures increased Nigeria’s total infections to [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Tunisia records 23 new deaths
10 september 2021 - 18:47:14Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has recorded 23 new deaths linked to the Coronavirus (Covid-19), bringing to 23,086 its toll [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Libya records 13 deaths on Friday
10 september 2021 - 18:41:57Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Thirteen new patients have died of COVID-19 infection, bringing to 4,410 the total deaths since the [...] Full text...
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LAS reiterates support for the Libyan roadmap adopted by the LPDF
10 september 2021 - 16:47:25Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Council of Ministers of the League of Arab States (LAS) has reaffirmed its support for [...] Full text...
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AfDB approves $137 million loan for post-pandemic economic recovery in Botswana
10 september 2021 - 15:36:21Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA) - Botswana’s economic recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic got a boost after the Board of Directors [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: World Bank, UNICEF support vaccine deployment, lifesaving health services in South Sudan
10 september 2021 - 13:45:12Juba, South Sudan (PANA) – The World Bank and UNICEF are collaborating to implement a $53.5 million project in South [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Mauritius reports three new deaths
10 september 2021 - 06:44:00Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritius Ministry of Health and Welfare on Friday reported three new deaths due to COVID-19, [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO says variants prolong Africa’s pandemic wave
10 september 2021 - 05:27:03Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – Weekly COVID-19 cases in Africa fell by more than 20% — the sharpest seven-day decline in two [...] Full text...
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World remains ‘far behind’ solving biggest global challenges: UN General Assembly President
10 september 2021 - 05:15:13New York, US (PANA) - The President of the UN General Assembly, told reporters on Thursday, that the world is “far behind in being [...] Full text...
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Barrow says economic growth in Gambia impressive
09 september 2021 - 22:20:18Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian leader Adama Barrow said here Thursday economic growth in The Gambia had been impressive since [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Botswana receives additional US aid
09 september 2021 - 21:39:30Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has granted Botswana an additional $4 million in [...] Full text...
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AfDB, partners unveil initiative to secure climate-resilient water and sanitation services in five drought-prone countries
09 september 2021 - 13:54:58Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank, in partnership with the Nordic Development Fund and the Government of [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Burkina Faso to receive Chinese Sinopharm vaccine
09 september 2021 - 12:52:32Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso is to receive a donation of 400,000 doses of Sinopharm's anti-COVID-19 vaccine from [...] Full text...
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CAF: Matches involving Guinea clubs will be played in single leg at away venues following Sunday's coup
09 september 2021 - 10:40:55Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The Interclub Committee of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has decided that all three fixtures [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS suspends Guinea over 'regrettable' coup
09 september 2021 - 05:54:31Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have suspended Guinea from all decision-making [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: ‘Unacceptable’ deals and delays, hampering lifesaving COVAX deliveries
09 september 2021 - 05:10:58Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - While 80 per cent of citizens in high and upper-middle income nations have had a dose [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria records 597 new infections, 17 deaths
08 september 2021 - 21:00:51Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said here Wednesday Nigeria’s coronavirus (COVID-19) cases hit 196,487 on [...] Full text...
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Plenary hearing of government by Libyan parliament ends
08 september 2021 - 20:32:56Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The House of Representatives (Parliament) in Libya closed Wednesday evening in Tobruk (East) a plenary session [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Nigeria’s Federal Executive Council approves immediate deployment of 5G network
08 september 2021 - 20:19:44Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) Wednesday approved the National Policy on Fifth Generation (5G) Networks, effectively giving [...] Full text...
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Moroccans go to the polls on a new development model (Analysis)
08 september 2021 - 18:44:38Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Around 17.5 million Moroccans started early Wednesday to vote for their representatives in the first chamber [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Military junta in Guinea updates health measures to tame pandemic
08 september 2021 - 18:30:40Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guinea's ruling National Committee for Rally and Development (CNRD) has updated health measures relating to COVID-19 [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Notorious Apartheid-era policeman dies
08 september 2021 - 13:49:07Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former Apartheid-era policeman João Rodrigues, who was implicated in the detah of prominent activist [...] Full text...
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AfDB appoints Kenyan journalist as Director of Communication and External Relations
08 september 2021 - 13:45:48Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank Group on Wednesday announced the appointment of Mr. Solomon Mugera as [...] Full text...
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Guinea's former ruling party demands unconditional release of ousted president Condé
08 september 2021 - 12:11:29Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The party of ousted Guinean president Alpha Condé and its allied parties on Tuesday called on the [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS evaluation mission on transition in Mali ends
08 september 2021 - 11:54:48Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A high-level mediation mission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), led by former [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Libya records 11 deaths, 1,499 new infections
08 september 2021 - 11:24:32Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya has recorded 1,499 new cases of coronavirus, confirmed by tests carried out on 6,459 samples, [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Mauritius records three deaths
08 september 2021 - 07:08:03Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritius Ministry of Health and Wellness recorded three deaths from COVID-19 in 24 hours [...] Full text...
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Chad’s debt ‘unsustainable’ – IMF official
08 september 2021 - 06:59:01Ndjamena, Chad (PANA) – Chad’s debt is assessed as "unsustainable" and its treatment is crucial, according to the International Monetary [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: IMF approves US$567.25 million in emergency support to Tanzania
08 september 2021 - 06:22:39Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Tanzania has secured US$567.25 million or 100 percent of its quota in emergency financing [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Delta variant still ‘most concerning’, say WHO experts
08 september 2021 - 06:09:49Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Even with the emergence of the new Mu COVID-19 variant, the Delta strain remains the top [...] Full text...
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Guinea coup makers to meet political class
07 september 2021 - 22:09:34Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The National Committee for Rally and Development (CNRD), in power in Guinea since Sunday, will meet [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Mali receives 40,000 doses of vaccine
07 september 2021 - 21:45:20Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian minister of Health, Diéminatou Sangaré, Monday received 40,000 doses of vaccine against the coronavirus [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria records four deaths, 379 new infections
07 september 2021 - 21:03:24Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria Monday recorded four more coronavirus (COVID-19) related deaths and 379 new infections from 17 States and [...] Full text...
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Togolese government grants subsidy of 300 million CFAF to cultural actors
07 september 2021 - 20:36:18Lomé, Togo (PANA) - The Togolese government has released a sum of 300 million CFA francs for the benefit of [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Libya records 20 new deaths and 1,272 new cases
07 september 2021 - 17:58:10Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Twenty new deaths linked to COVID-19 and 1,272 new cases have been recorded in Libya out [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Tunisia records 20 new deaths
07 september 2021 - 17:55:06Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has recorded 20 new deaths linked to the coronavirus (COVID-19) and 580 new confirmed infections [...] Full text...
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AU chairman Tshisekedi expected in Guinea soon
07 september 2021 - 17:38:52Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The current chairman of the African Union (AU) and president of DR Congo, Felix Tshisekedi, is [...] Full text...
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Backlash in South Africa after decision to release Zuma
07 september 2021 - 17:08:59Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – There are growing calls for legal action to be taken against South Africa’s Department [...] Full text...
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AfDB sponsors virtual African Green Revolution Forum
07 september 2021 - 13:14:20Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The African Development Bank returns as a top-tier partner of the African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: WFP expands emergency response as up to 7 million people face hunger crisis in the north
07 september 2021 - 11:39:29Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) –  As conflict spills across northern Ethiopia, forcing 300,000 people from their homes and 1.7 million [...] Full text...
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More human rights granted to disabled in Botswana
07 september 2021 - 07:40:56Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Human rights activists in Botswana have applauded the country’s legislators for passing the policy on the [...] Full text...
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Only 34 per cent of refugees attend secondary school: UNHCR
07 september 2021 - 07:35:51Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Two-thirds of refugee children might never get to secondary school, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) warned [...] Full text...
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Greek FA Minister to visit Tunisia Tuesday
06 september 2021 - 21:11:43Athens-Greece (PANA) - Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias will Tuesday travel to Tunisia where he is expected to hold talks [...] Full text...
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UNSMIL notes release of Saadi Gaddafi, seven other former regime officials
06 september 2021 - 20:43:58Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) says it has noted the release on Sunday [...] Full text...
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Release of political prisoners in Libya, a boost for national reconciliation (Analysis by BA Youssef, PANA correspondent)
06 september 2021 - 18:43:50Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Still unimaginable a few months ago, the release of dignitaries of the former regime in Libya, [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria records 30 deaths, 459 new infections on Sunday
06 september 2021 - 18:12:03Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria on Sunday recorded 30 COVID-19 related deaths and 459 new infections. Sunday’s figure brought the death [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Increasing risk to migrant rights in Libya – UN report
06 september 2021 - 15:51:06Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - As the COVID-19 pandemic rolls on, so too does its devastating impact on those in the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Togo records 2 deaths and 118 new cases
06 september 2021 - 13:52:31Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togo recorded on Sunday two new deaths linked to the coronavirus, bringing to 196 the number [...] Full text...
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