Coronavirus: King Mohamed VI pardons thousands of prisoners
05 april 2020 - 17:51:33Dakar Senegal (PANA) - King Mohamed VI of Morocco Sunday granted exceptional pardon to thousands of prisoners and ordered the [...] Full text...
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Dakar Senegal (PANA) - King Mohamed VI of Morocco Sunday granted exceptional pardon to thousands of prisoners and ordered the [...] Full text...
Despite caution about Coronavirus in Burundi, it’s business as usual
03 april 2020 - 16:02:50Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - A widespread fear has reached Burundians following the first reported cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19), without however [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Burundi records third case of COVID-19 infection
02 april 2020 - 21:35:10Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - A 26-year-old Burundian lady tested positive to the coronavirus (COVID-19), taking to three the number of [...] Full text...
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GNA forces destroy Haftar's ammunition convoy in southeast Libya
02 april 2020 - 14:26:48Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A convoy of three trucks ferrying ammunition of the Libyan National Army (LNA) led by Marshal [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Burundi reports first cases
01 april 2020 - 10:48:57Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi on Tuesday recorded its first cases of COVID-19 (coronavirus), the Ministry of Public Health and [...] Full text...
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WHO sets guidelines for maintaining essential health services during the COVID-19 pandemic
31 march 2020 - 18:31:51Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – As the COVID-19 pandemic strains health systems worldwide,. the rapidly increasing demand on health facilities and [...] Full text...
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Covid-19: 34 passengers from the most affected countries quarantined in Burundi
12 march 2020 - 20:47:20Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Some 34 passengers from the countries most affected by the coronavirus (COVID-19) were in “strict quarantine” [...] Full text...
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Former CMA rebels involved in terrorist attacks in Mali, says UN report
12 march 2020 - 20:29:39Bamako, Mali (PANA) - In its mid-term report, dated 28 February, the United Nations group of experts has confirmed that [...] Full text...
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Congo's First Lady highlights urgency for prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission
10 march 2020 - 18:41:23Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Congo's First Lady Antoinette Sassou Nguesso has underlined the urgency for prevention of pediatric mother-to-child HIV [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus forces postponement of all int'l meetings in Niger
07 march 2020 - 17:15:55Niamey, Niger (PANA) - All international meetings scheduled for Niamey have been postponed as a precaution against the coronavirus epidemic, [...] Full text...
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Women and girls still vulnerable to HIV due to gender inequality: UNAIDS
06 march 2020 - 05:31:55New York, US (PANA) - Gender discrimination and violence, as well as “huge” gaps in education, are among the factors [...] Full text...
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The World celebrates Zero Discrimination Day 1 March
01 march 2020 - 04:19:15New York, US (PANA) - Today, 1 March, is Zero Discrimination Day when the world celebrates the right of everyone [...] Full text...
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2020 humanitarian response plan to be launched Friday
26 february 2020 - 23:01:11Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The Congolese government and the humanitarian community will Friday launch the 2020 humanitarian response plan [...] Full text...
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High AIDS prevalence rate in young people rising in Congo
26 february 2020 - 18:14:30Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese Minister of Health and Population, Jacqueline Lydia Mikolo, announced on Tuesday in Brazzaville that [...] Full text...
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French FM to visit 3 African countries
20 february 2020 - 16:48:35Paris, France (PANA) - Starting from Thursday, the French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Jean-Yves Le Drian, will visit [...] Full text...
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Zambia: First Lady says Zambia may defeat AIDS by 2030
11 february 2020 - 18:37:00Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambia’s First Lady, Esther Lungu, says the Zambian Government is committed to ending AIDS by 2030, [...] Full text...
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Global Fund offers 650 million USD for fight against malaria, TB and AIDS in DRC
06 february 2020 - 21:48:46Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) – Global Fund has offered a 650 million US dollars for the fight against malaria, tuberculosis [...] Full text...
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Annual meeting of West African network for TB, AIDS and malaria opens in Mali
05 february 2020 - 21:10:03Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Members of the West African network for Tuberculosis, AIDS and malaria (WANETAM) Wednesday began their annual [...] Full text...
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Boy, young girl of same family killed after shell drops in southern Tripoli
04 february 2020 - 23:01:51Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A boy and a young girl of the same family died after a shell was dropped [...] Full text...
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Fayez al-Sarraj inquires about results of meetings with US Military and Security Advisory Foundation
03 february 2020 - 14:49:41Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Chairman of the Presidential Council of the Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA), Fayez al-Sarraj, [...] Full text...
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CPJ calls on Gambian authorities to immediately drop charges against two journalists
31 january 2020 - 19:44:09Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Media rights group, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has urged the Gambian authorities to immediately [...] Full text...
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Skhirat agreement, a benchmark that could end the Libyan crisis, says Morocco
31 january 2020 - 11:48:10Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Moroccan Foreign, African Cooperation and Moroccans living abroad Minister, Nasser Bourita, said in Brazzaville on Thursday [...] Full text...
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Congo urged to redouble efforts to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV/AIDS
28 january 2020 - 10:07:02Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese government was urged on Monday by UNAIDS Country Representative, Baruani Yuma Kilundu, to redouble efforts [...] Full text...
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Nigeria Air Force aircraft to contain armed banditry in northcentral region
27 january 2020 - 07:46:18Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Following the sporadic attacks by armed bandits in northern Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari has directed that [...] Full text...
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Gambian victims call for immediate arrest and prosecution of ex-President Jammeh
25 january 2020 - 16:51:42Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian victims under the 22-year rule of ex-President Yahya Jammeh have called on The Gambian government [...] Full text...
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Opinion divided over outcomes of Berlin conference on Libya (A news analysis by BA Youssef, PANA correspondent)
23 january 2020 - 23:45:58Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Past the first effects of the Declaration of the international Berlin conference on Libya held on [...] Full text...
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Gambian First Lady pledges support for people living with HIV and AIDs
23 january 2020 - 22:34:58Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - First Lady Fatoumatta Bah-Barrow Thursday pledged support for people living with HIV and AIDS while calling [...] Full text...
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11th Session of The Gambia truth commission for public hearings opened Monday
20 january 2020 - 19:31:41Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The 11th session of the public hearings of the Gambia Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission, the [...] Full text...
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Gambia: Yahya Jammeh is not exempt from accountability – Victims
17 january 2020 - 19:42:13Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Victims of ex-Gambian President's draconian rule have said that the exiled former president of The Gambia, [...] Full text...
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Gambia: Yahya Jammeh should be held accountable for his "sins" – Victims
17 january 2020 - 19:22:28Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Victims of ex-Gambian President's draconian rule have said that the exiled former president of The Gambia, [...] Full text...
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Sao Tome and Principe gets 11.6 million euros to fight diseases
14 january 2020 - 10:59:28Sao Tomé, Sao Tomé and Principe (PANA) - The Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Tuberculosis will provide Sao [...] Full text...
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Female police officers in Zimbabwe turn to prostitution due to meagre wages
13 january 2020 - 22:22:21Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwean female police officers are allegedly engaging in prostitution to supplement their meagre incomes, according to [...] Full text...
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Niger has made great efforts in the fight against AIDS, says Minister
11 january 2020 - 18:51:42Niamey, Niger (PANA) - In 2018, the number of people living with HIV in Niger was around 36,000; HIV prevalence [...] Full text...
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Lady Di's niece to marry Cape Town businessman
09 january 2020 - 09:35:28Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The late Princess Diana’s niece, Lady Kitty Spencer, has become engaged to wealthy Cape [...] Full text...
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USAID reaches 250,000 vulnerable Nigerian children affected by HIV/AIDS
09 january 2020 - 07:14:15Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) says that in the last five years it [...] Full text...
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Haftar forces announce capturing city of Sirte
06 january 2020 - 22:26:21Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - General Ahmed al-Mesmari, spokesperson for the Libyan national army commanded by Marshall Khalifa Haftar, Monday evening [...] Full text...
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Three EU foreign ministers postpone Libya visit
06 january 2020 - 10:48:21Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The visit of an European Union (EU) delegation to Libya, composed of the High Representative for [...] Full text...
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Woman dies after fall of shell in al-Fournaj in Tripoli
02 january 2020 - 23:03:10Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A woman died here Thursday after she was hit by a randomly fired shell in the [...] Full text...
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Arab League to hold emergency meeting on Libya on Tuesday
31 december 2019 - 13:02:40Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Council of the League of Arab States will hold an emergency meeting on Tuesday in [...] Full text...
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Year-end Analysis: Gambia’s Truth Commission gives hope to victims (Analysis by Momodou Jaitey, PANA correspondent)
31 december 2019 - 09:54:38Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – As 2019 draws to an end, one of most important and biggest stories that ran in [...] Full text...
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Year-end Analysis: 2019 ends in Libya with another missed appointment with peace (By Youssef Ba, PANA correspondent)
30 december 2019 - 11:15:34Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - For eight years now, Libyans have had a recurring rhyme: missed appointment to achieve peace despite [...] Full text...
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Haftar forces launch air strikes on various positions in Misrata city
26 december 2019 - 14:04:34Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Fighter jets belonging to the Libyan National Army led by Marshal Khalifa Haftar conducted air raids [...] Full text...
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Tunisia to introduce sex education in school curricula from 2020-2021
23 december 2019 - 19:38:51Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A senior education official announced here Monday volunteer sexual health educators would be trained in summer [...] Full text...
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Niger First Lady encourages public to use long-lasting insecticidal mosquito nets
20 december 2019 - 16:36:51Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Malaria is a major public health problem in Niger, accounting for 28% of illnesses and 50% [...] Full text...
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U.S. Embassy donates towards gender-based violence fight in Botswana
20 december 2019 - 11:52:03Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The US Ambassador to Botswana, Craig Cloud, has presented money and gifts to the Botswana Gender-Based [...] Full text...
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British NGO donates deworming tables for children in Burundi
19 december 2019 - 14:23:22Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - A non-governmental British organization for relief, development and advocacy, Food for the Hungry, on Thursday over [...] Full text...
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Congo: AfDB grants US $56 million for Brazzaville-Kinshasa road-rail bridge project
18 december 2019 - 15:44:57Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) here Wednesday approved 56 million US dollars to finance a road [...] Full text...
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Botswana Vice President identifies some problems of the country
18 december 2019 - 11:23:50Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana's Vice President Slumber Tsogwane has identified issues like weak parent-child relationship, teenage pregnancy, gender based violence, [...] Full text...
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Rights groups accuse Equatorial Guinea over Jammeh suit
18 december 2019 - 08:15:31Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – A group of human rights groups on Tuesday accused Equatorial Guinea of refusing to serve exiled [...] Full text...
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Congo: Call for urgent and comprehensive evaluation of all free health services in 2019
18 december 2019 - 00:02:57Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Congolese President Denis Sassou-Nguesso Tuesday invited his government to carry out an urgent and comprehensive assessment [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: US, Nigeria partner to mitigate impact of HIV/AIDS on over 300,000 orphans and vulnerable children
12 december 2019 - 20:32:37Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The United States embassy in Abuja Thursday said the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) had [...] Full text...
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Libya: Flights to and from Maitigua Airport to resume Thursday
11 december 2019 - 17:02:33Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Flights to and from Maitigua International Airport in the eastern suburb of Tripoli will resume on [...] Full text...
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Daech still operating under autonomous groups, says UN experts
10 december 2019 - 22:12:10Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A UN expert group said here Tuesday that members of the Islamic State organization (Daech) were [...] Full text...
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Car bomb explodes near military camp in western Libya
09 december 2019 - 23:28:02Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A car exploded on Monday evening near the military camp of Zaouia, 55 km west of [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Army says 44 Boko Haram, ISWAP terrorists killed in Nigeria's Northeast region in weeklong operations
09 december 2019 - 22:58:21Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian Army said here Monday its troops killed 37 Boko Haram and Islamic State in [...] Full text...
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Health expert says screening for cervical cancer based on risk could save more lives in Africa
06 december 2019 - 20:45:18Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Changing the way individuals are selected to be screened for cervical cancer in Africa, by considering [...] Full text...
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NGO seeks innovative approach for political leadership in HIV and health law in Africa
06 december 2019 - 17:41:21Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - While HIV status and reporting requirements raise legal issues related to patient confidentiality, one member of [...] Full text...
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"People with disabilities still unaware of HIV infection" in Africa
05 december 2019 - 19:28:28Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The Chairman of the African Disability Alliance (ADA), El hadji Siddo Nouhou Oumarou, on Thursday complained [...] Full text...
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Health experts urge governments to invest in hepatitis elimination in Africa
05 december 2019 - 16:42:34Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Health experts on Thursday urged African governments and other stakeholders to take advantage of recent reductions [...] Full text...
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New cervical cancer programme to focus on screening adult women living with HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa
04 december 2019 - 01:10:23Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - A new cervical cancer programme initiated Tuesday on the sidelines of the week-long International Conference on [...] Full text...
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Rwandan First Lady commends partnership in cervical cancer prevention
03 december 2019 - 17:41:33Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan First Lady Jeannette Kagame on Tuesday commended continued efforts to include community education and social [...] Full text...
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UN condemns air strikes killing civilians in Libya
03 december 2019 - 13:32:41Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - UN Deputy Special Representative and Humanitarian Coordinator in Libya, Yacoub El Hillo, has condemned the recent [...] Full text...
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"HIV free Africa" is achievable if conditions are met - Official
02 december 2019 - 20:48:06Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan minister of State for Public Health and Primary Health Care, Dr Patrick Ndimubanzi, on Monday [...] Full text...
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HIV related deaths decline in Botswana - Masisi
02 december 2019 - 19:52:01Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The Botswana President, Dr. Mokgweetsi Masisi, says despite its challenges, Botswana has decreased AIDS-related deaths from an [...] Full text...
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Medical experts underline guidance on male circumcision to prevent HIV infection in Africa
02 december 2019 - 16:46:26Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Nearly 18.6 million cumulative male circumcisions for HIV prevention were performed between 2008 and 2017 in [...] Full text...
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US Ambassador to Zambia to shun World AIDS Day celebrations in Lusaka
02 december 2019 - 15:38:15Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - United States Ambassador to Zambia Daniel Foote has announced here that he will not attend World [...] Full text...
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Kaberuka calls for strong mobilization of domestic funding, resources to fight HIV/AIDS in Africa
02 december 2019 - 13:31:05Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Domestic resource mobilization in fighting against HIV/AIDS is not just a technical issue but it is [...] Full text...
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'Botswana First Lady embarks on HIV/AIDS outreach programme'
02 december 2019 - 13:20:58Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The Botswana First Lady, Neo Jane Masisi, has embarked on a nationwide campaign called “Dipalametse” (translated [...] Full text...
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HIV/AIDS round-table of African First ladies opens in Kigali
02 december 2019 - 12:36:40Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - A round-table gathering members the Organization of African First Ladies against HIV/AIDS (OAFLA) opened Monday in [...] Full text...
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Rwandan First lady calls for reduction of gender inequalities to eliminate HIV/AIDS in Africa
02 december 2019 - 12:02:22Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan First Lady Jeannette Kagame on Monday called on all stakeholders to join hands to reduce [...] Full text...
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About 170,000 Ghanaian adults 'not on HIV treatment'
02 december 2019 - 06:32:40Accra, Ghana (PANA) - About 170,000 Ghanaian adults with HIV are not on treatment thus throwing into doubt the country's [...] Full text...
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Guinea government calls for public mobilisation to eradicate AIDS
01 december 2019 - 18:05:11Conakry, Guinea (PANA) – Guineans must be mobilized on all fronts to eradicate HIV/AIDS, said Prime Minister Ibrahima Kassory Fofana, [...] Full text...
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WHO says communities are a unique force behind success of HIV response
01 december 2019 - 09:30:17Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - On World AIDS Day 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) has highlighted the difference [...] Full text...
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HIV drugs for children to be produced under one dollar a day in Sub-Saharan Africa
29 november 2019 - 20:17:53Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The Indian pharmaceutical company, Cipla, on Friday announced their commitment to price the ground-breaking new product [...] Full text...
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Rwanda's PM meets with UNFPA Chief in Kigali
29 november 2019 - 19:50:14Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda's Prime Minister Edouard Ngirente, on Friday met with Natalia Kanem, the United Nations Population Fund [...] Full text...
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WHO launches social media campaign on HIV infection
29 november 2019 - 11:07:23Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office in Africa on Friday launched a social media campaign, [...] Full text...
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Measles claims more than 5,000 lives in DRC this year - UNICEF
28 november 2019 - 05:54:34Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - Since the beginning of 2019, measles has claimed more than 5,000 lives in the Democratic Republic of [...] Full text...
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Haftar’s troops announce recapture of al-Fil oil well, UN expresses concern
27 november 2019 - 22:17:54Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - General Ahmed al-Mesmari, spokesperson for the commandment of the Libyan National Army loyal to Marshall Khalifa [...] Full text...
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Empowering people living with HIV ‘will end the epidemic’, says AIDS agency chief
27 november 2019 - 05:50:31New York, US (PANA) - When people living with HIV actively participate in their own care, new infections decline and [...] Full text...
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'Tunisia has 2,700 HIV-positive persons'
26 november 2019 - 17:33:30Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The number of people diagnosed with AIDS since the onset of the disease until 2018 in [...] Full text...
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Rwanda experiences decline in stigma, discrimination against HIV carriers
26 november 2019 - 16:46:20Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda has registered a remarkable decline in external stigma and discrimination against people living with HIV [...] Full text...
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2019 Biomedical HIV Prevention Forum set for 2 December in Kigali
26 november 2019 - 15:56:37Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The 2019 Biomedical HIV Prevention forum, an international platform that creates a space to share different [...] Full text...
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Rwanda's HIV prevalence estimated at 3 pct in 2019
26 november 2019 - 15:11:58Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The estimated overall HIV prevalence rate in Rwanda is approximately 3 percent among the general population [...] Full text...
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Botswana Police Service teams up with women in media to fight gender-based violence
25 november 2019 - 21:37:16Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The Botswana Police Services (BPS) have joined forces with Women in Media in a fight against [...] Full text...
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US, Nigerian agency launch new HIV/AIDS campaign
25 november 2019 - 11:48:30Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The United States President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), in collaboration with the National Agency [...] Full text...
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AFRICOM loses surveillance UAV over Tripoli
23 november 2019 - 19:39:39Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The US Military Command for Africa (AFRICOM) announced on Friday night that it "lost on Thursday, [...] Full text...
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Ghassan Salamé briefs UN Security Council on efforts to resolve Libyan crisis
18 november 2019 - 21:49:58Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Ghassan Salamé, special representative of the UN Secretary General, and chief of the UN Support Mission [...] Full text...
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Fayez al-Sarraj orders necessary arrangements prior to resumption of flights at Maitigua airport
18 november 2019 - 21:17:51Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chairman of the presidential council of the government of national unity(GNU), Fayez al-Sarraj, Monday called [...] Full text...
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Armed clashes escalate on the outskirts of Tripoli
17 november 2019 - 15:25:01Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The use of heavy weapons and fighter planes by both soldiers of the Libyan National Army led [...] Full text...
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UN calls for action to tackle ‘ubiquitous but invisible’ global road safety crisis
17 november 2019 - 10:54:25New York, US (PANA) - Saving lives by improving road safety is “one of the many objectives of the 2013 [...] Full text...
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Six Tanzanians shot dead near Mozambique border
14 november 2019 - 13:06:33Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Six Tanzanians have reportedly been shot dead and several others injured in an attack [...] Full text...
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WHO aids flood-hit populations across Africa
09 november 2019 - 09:32:53Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Flood-hit populations across Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean Region face increased risk of illness or death [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: 16 Boko Haram, ISWAP terrorists, 8 spouses surrrender to Nigerian troops
08 november 2019 - 16:28:08Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Army on Friday said that 16 Boko Haram and Islamic State of West Africa [...] Full text...
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Major int'l conference to brings 10,000 world's researchers on HIV to Rwanda
05 november 2019 - 21:11:15Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - About 10,000 delegates from across the globe will gather in Kigali for the International Conference on [...] Full text...
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New airstrikes against Tripoli's Maitigua airport
03 november 2019 - 13:51:12Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Maigua International Airport, which is situated at the eastern suburbs of Tripoli, was once again the [...] Full text...
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Aviation activities resume at Maitigua Airport in Libya
29 october 2019 - 18:40:12Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Minister of Communications of the National Unity Government, Milad Maatoug, announced on Tuesday the gradual [...] Full text...
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Salamé explains the exclusion of Libyan main fighters from Berlin Conference
29 october 2019 - 13:03:36Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - UN Secretary-General's Special Representative in Libya, Ghassan Salamé, has said that the exclusion of Libyan parties [...] Full text...
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Libyan government troops advance in southern Tripoli
28 october 2019 - 13:34:04Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Army forces loyal to the National Accord Government in Libya announced on Sunday that they have [...] Full text...
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Africom eliminates 25% of Daech fighters in Libya
27 october 2019 - 13:05:17Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The U.S. Military Command in Africa (AFRICOM) has announced the elimination of 25% of members of [...] Full text...
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Libyans criticize int'l community for keeping quiet as Haftar continues to attack Tripoli
25 october 2019 - 17:26:23Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The military onslaught by the forces of the Libyan National Army, led by Marshal Khalifa Haftar, [...] Full text...
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3 dead, 8 wounded in air strike south of Tripoli
23 october 2019 - 22:40:49Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Three citizens were killed and eight others injured during an aerial bombardment of al-Asfah Street in [...] Full text...
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Clashes intensify with laser-guided bombs fired south of Tripoli
23 october 2019 - 14:07:18Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Armed clashes have intensified in the past 48 hours on the outskirts of Tripoli, where all [...] Full text...
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Rwanda set to host AIDS Conference
22 october 2019 - 10:11:32Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The Society for AIDS in Africa (SAA) has selected Rwanda to host the 20th International Conference [...] Full text...
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TB infections declining, but not fast enough among poor, marginalised: WHO
18 october 2019 - 07:16:53Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A staggering 1.5 million people died from tuberculosis (TB) last year, the UN health agency said [...] Full text...
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Tripoli asks Security Council to add Khalifa Haftar to list of UN sanctions committee
16 october 2019 - 12:11:05Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's Presidential Council on Wednesday asked the UN Security Council to add the commander general of [...] Full text...
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GNA Forces carry out six raids against Marshal Haftar's forces
16 october 2019 - 11:05:55Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Armed forces affiliated with Libya's internationally recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) carried out six airstrikes [...] Full text...
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Niger president appeals for solidarity to fight AIDS, malaria, TB epidemics
11 october 2019 - 13:15:36Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Niger's head of state Issoufou Mahamadou on Thursday in Lyon, France, appealed for solidarity with the [...] Full text...
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Global community pledges $14 billion to step up fight against AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria
11 october 2019 - 05:49:58Lyon, France (PANA) - Donors have pledged just over $14 billion for the next three years to save 16 million [...] Full text...
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Global fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria's replenishment conference to open in Lyon
09 october 2019 - 10:14:36Paris, France (PANA) - The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria's 6th replenishment conference opens on Wednesday in [...] Full text...
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Burkina president to take part in conference on funding fight against AIDS, malaria in France
08 october 2019 - 21:20:31Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré will from 9-11 October take part in the [...] Full text...
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Fayez al-Sarraj orders full support to combat units on frontlines near Tripoli
08 october 2019 - 13:12:05Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Chair of the Presidential Council of Libya's Government of National Accord (GNA), Fayez al-Sarraj, has [...] Full text...
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UN official Salamé again denounces 'destructive war' in Libya
06 october 2019 - 14:54:32Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary General in Libya, Ghassan Salamé, has reiterated that "the [...] Full text...
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Libyan Foreign Ministry protests UN Security Council's 'inaction' on airport bombings
06 october 2019 - 11:52:06Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of National Accord (GNA) has sent an [...] Full text...
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Ground agent at Misrata airport in Libya injured in an airstrike
05 october 2019 - 13:50:54Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Mistata International Airport (200 km east of Tripoli) was the target of an airstrike on Saturday [...] Full text...
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Woman ,daughter killed after rocket falls on their home south of Tripoli
03 october 2019 - 13:07:29Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A woman was killed late Wednesday as a rocket fell on her home at Sidi Slim, [...] Full text...
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Botswana enlists US Peace Corps
02 october 2019 - 20:49:26Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - United States Peace Corps trainees will be sworn in by the United States Ambassador to Botswana, [...] Full text...
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Worsening economic prospects hamper healthcare fuel gender-based violence in Southern Africa
30 september 2019 - 16:03:23Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Deteriorating economic prospects have exacerbated poverty and inequality and hampered access to essential services, [...] Full text...
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Air strikes target Libyan Government Army positions
30 september 2019 - 14:12:24Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Following raids on Sirte in central Libya, Libyan National Army (LNA) fighter-bombers on Monday targeted the [...] Full text...
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Libyan presidential council denounces air bombardments on Tripoli
27 september 2019 - 20:57:54Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The presidential council of the Libyan government of national accord has strongly condemned "the continuing air [...] Full text...
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17 Daech fighters killed in new US air raid in southwest Libya
27 september 2019 - 19:50:10Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Some 17 members of the Islamic State (Daech) were killed in a new air strike, the [...] Full text...
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Prince Harry to meet young HIV activists in Botswana
26 september 2019 - 10:56:26Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The Duke of Sussex Prince Harry will meet young people speaking up for their peers living [...] Full text...
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Botswana extends free HIV treatment to non-citizens
26 september 2019 - 10:19:37Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The Government of Botswana has decided to extend free HIV treatment to foreign residents in a [...] Full text...
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Guinea: Victims of September 28, 2009, massacres appeal for trial
25 september 2019 - 18:03:35Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - With 72 hours to the commemoration of the ten years of the massacres of September 28, [...] Full text...
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French president Macron to host conference for Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
25 september 2019 - 07:01:02Lyon, France (PANA) - The Sixth Replenishment Conference for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria will be [...] Full text...
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UN rights expert tells Nigeria to stop housing crisis, forced evictions
24 september 2019 - 21:10:59Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In Nigeria, homeless and other vulnerable people are being “rounded up” by police, “persecuted” and evicted, [...] Full text...
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Universal coverage race at ‘starting line’, with new momentum: UN health agency
24 september 2019 - 20:58:05New York, US (PANA) - The race to provide Universal Health Coverage (UHC) can now get underway, following the landmark [...] Full text...
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Botswana First Lady calls for youth empowerment
24 september 2019 - 20:17:59Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The Botswana First Lady, Neo Masisi, says empowering the youth is vital to the development of [...] Full text...
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Universal health coverage in Zimbabwe blocked by sanction - Mnangagwa
23 september 2019 - 23:19:11New York, USA (PANA) - Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa said here Monday targeted sanctions were preventing his government from increasing [...] Full text...
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UN welcomes ‘most comprehensive agreement ever’ on global health
23 september 2019 - 16:37:34New York, US (PANA) - Describing it as an “important landmark” on "our journey to health for all”, Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday [...] Full text...
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Nigerian Air Force aircraft neutralize scores of Boko Haram terrorists in Northeast Nigeria
22 september 2019 - 11:44:19Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Sunday said that its aircraft, operating under the Air Task [...] Full text...
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'Health situation in Zimbabwe's prisons pose a threat to inmates' - Report
21 september 2019 - 05:04:21Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Local human rights and governance think tank, Research and Advocacy Unit (RAU), has said that the [...] Full text...
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Former Gambian health minister says ex-president HIV/AIDS treatment was a joke
19 september 2019 - 20:57:43Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Former Gambian health minister Dr Mariatou Jallow told the Gambia Truth Commission here Thursday that former [...] Full text...
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Congo: CSOs call for registration to appropriate insecticide-treated mosquito nets
18 september 2019 - 21:45:48Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Platform of Non-Governmental Organizations and Associations Against Malaria in Congo Tuesday called on heads of [...] Full text...
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Military escalation continues with new air raids on Wednesday
18 september 2019 - 17:35:11Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Fighter jets of the Libyan National Army commanded by Marshall Khalifa Haftar on Wednesday afternoon carried [...] Full text...
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"No military solution in Libya" - Italian PM
18 september 2019 - 15:36:40Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has reaffirmed that "there is no military solution to the Libyan [...] Full text...
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Burundi holds national conference on ‘’universal health cover’’ challenges
16 september 2019 - 15:20:29Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) – A three-day national conference, for the different actors in Burundi's health sector opened Monday in Bujumbura, [...] Full text...
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One person killed, 11 wounded in air strikes against Libyan government troops near Sirte
16 september 2019 - 13:55:19Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - At least one person was killed and 11 others were injured, one seriously, on Monday following [...] Full text...
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Mauritius PM reiterates zero-tolerance for drug trafficking
16 september 2019 - 13:29:18Balaclava, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth on Monday said he is as determined as ever to step up [...] Full text...
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Kenya's pharmaceutical products smuggling fuelled by lax regulations, booming online marketing campaigns (Feature by Kennedy Abwao, PANA Correspondent)
16 september 2019 - 10:56:20Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - It takes a smartphone with internet connection. With the click of a button, an online electronic [...] Full text...
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Fierce fighting breaks out near Tripoli airport
15 september 2019 - 18:56:08Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Fierce fighting broke out on Sunday on the road to Tripoli airport, in the south of [...] Full text...
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Burundi records 474 cholera cases, two deaths in the last three months
14 september 2019 - 15:52:35Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Some 474 cholera cases and two deaths have been recorded in Burundi since last June, according [...] Full text...
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Botswana Financial Intelligence Agency condemns fake reporting
13 september 2019 - 17:41:44Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The Botswana Financial Intelligence Agency (FIA) has condemned the news article, entitled DIS raids another Khama [...] Full text...
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Kenya's pharmaceutical products smuggling fuelled by lax regulations, booming online marketing campaigns (Feature by Kennedy Abwao, PANA Correspondent)
13 september 2019 - 13:44:47Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - It takes a smartphone with internet connection. With the click of a button, an online electronic [...] Full text...
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Insecurity encourages proliferation of fake medicines in Libya (Analysis by BA Youssef, PANA correspondent)
13 september 2019 - 13:42:35Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Officials at the Libyan Medicines Monitoring Centre estimate between 50 and 60 percent of medicines sold [...] Full text...
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Kenya joins Ghana and Malawi to roll out landmark malaria vaccine pilot programme
13 september 2019 - 11:30:34Homa Bay, Kenya (PANA) – Kenya on Friday joined two other African countries to introduce the first malaria vaccine to reduce [...] Full text...
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Buhari urges Ramaphosa to take urgent steps to stop xenophobic attacks
09 september 2019 - 14:28:11Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Presidency on Monday said President Muhammadu Buhari has received a report of his Special [...] Full text...
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Congo: Prevalence rate of AIDS among Congolese women is 4.1%
03 september 2019 - 17:32:47Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The head of the National Program against HIV / AIDS, Dr. Cécile Mapapa Miakassissa, revealed on [...] Full text...
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More than 51,000 children in Zambia on Anti-Retroviral Therapy
02 september 2019 - 08:47:28Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – More than 51,000 children in Zambia aged between 0-14 years have been enrolled on Anti-Retroviral Therapy [...] Full text...
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Congo distributes insecticide treated mosquito nets to households
31 august 2019 - 12:40:53Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Congo's Coordinator of the National Programme against Malaria (PNLP),Jean Mermoz Youndouka, announced on Saturday in Brazzaville [...] Full text...
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Guterres concerned about the risk of Libya tipping into civil war
30 august 2019 - 12:28:45Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed concern that Libya could fall into a "civil war" if [...] Full text...
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G7 Summit: EU chief announces concrete proposals for Africa
24 august 2019 - 13:59:36Biarritz, France (PANA) – The European Union has concrete proposals for Africa, European Commission (EC) President Donald Tusk told the [...] Full text...
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Former African presidents, influential persons to hold high-level dialogue on HIV/AIDS
23 august 2019 - 12:12:48Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Champions for an AIDS-Free Generation, a distinguished group of former presidents and influential African leaders committed to [...] Full text...
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Senegal: Populations in 11 southern villages alerted about livestock theft
23 august 2019 - 00:17:18Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - Inhabitants from eleven villages in Casamance, southern Senegal, Wednesday began instituting preventive measures to halt livestock [...] Full text...
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Japan donates equipment to Mali for the fight against HIV/AIDS
22 august 2019 - 11:33:53Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Japan has donated laboratory equipment to Mali for the monitoring and treatment of HIV/AIDS patients. It was [...] Full text...
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US to make additional allocation of US$75million for HIV, AIDS treatment in Nigeria
20 august 2019 - 17:36:40Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The United States of America is to make additional allocation of US$75 million to fight Human Immunodeficiency [...] Full text...
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Stalemate in political process pushes military escalation in Libya
20 august 2019 - 14:05:52Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Hopes for a permanent ceasefire following the humanitarian truce of Eid al-Adha on August 10, were [...] Full text...
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US concerned with attacks against civilian aviation installations in Libya
19 august 2019 - 18:49:34Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The US embassy in Libya on Monday warned against "attacks on the civil aviation installations in [...] Full text...
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Military escalation continues in Libya with new air strikes against Misrata
18 august 2019 - 16:48:03Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The Libyan National Army (LNA) led by Khalifa Haftar has carried out a new series of [...] Full text...
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UN regrets increasing number of acts against health personnel and facilities in Libya
15 august 2019 - 22:04:53Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) Thursday denounced increasing attacks on health workers and [...] Full text...
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Botswana youth converge on HIV/AIDS issues
15 august 2019 - 12:23:30Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Young people have met for three days in the capital city of Gaborone to discuss how [...] Full text...
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Burundi launches vaccination campaign for front-line health workers against Ebola
14 august 2019 - 18:21:53Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The Burundian Ministry of Public Health on Tuesday kicked off a vaccination campaign Ebola Virus Disease [...] Full text...
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Fertility has remained stable in Benin since 1996, says survey
13 august 2019 - 12:50:28Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - A survey conducted by the Benin's National Institute for Statistics and Economic Analysis has found that [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe losing US$400 million annually to health referrals
09 august 2019 - 17:05:42Bulawayo, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe is losing US$400 million annually through 'health referrals', at a time the nation is in [...] Full text...
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Burundi: More than 4.3 million malaria cases registered including 1,400 deaths since the beginning of the year
08 august 2019 - 13:49:12Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Some 4,394,616 cases of malaria, causing 1,400 deaths, have been recorded since the beginning of this [...] Full text...
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More than 4,400 people screened for AIDS in Senegal
06 august 2019 - 14:02:41Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Some 4,423 people aged between 15 and 49 years have been screened across Senegal, revealing 19 [...] Full text...
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UN 'extremely concerned' about deadly air raids on Morzouk in Libya
06 august 2019 - 10:13:32Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has said it is "extremely concerned" by reports [...] Full text...
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Aid el-Adha disrupted by the military escalation near Tripoli (A news analysis)
05 august 2019 - 22:46:48Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - In defiance of a deleterious atmosphere marked by the continuation of armed fighting near southern Tripoli, [...] Full text...
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Burundi opens first center for cancer screening and diagnosis
02 august 2019 - 16:49:15Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The first-equipped screening and diagnostic center against cancer (BUJAPATH) was officially opened on Friday in Bujumbura, [...] Full text...
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FIFA weighs leaving its glass-and-steel headquarters in Zurich
01 august 2019 - 09:18:27Zurich, Switzerland (PANA) - World soccer governing body, FIFA, is weighing a move away from Zurich, its home since 1932, [...] Full text...
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War on HIV/AIDS intensifies in Botswana
29 july 2019 - 12:38:40Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The Botswana government with the aid of the US government has raised the stakes in the [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe hosts 'Tour de Tuli mountain bike ride'
24 july 2019 - 15:20:54Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe is hosting the cycling and safari expedition Tour de Tuli, a 300-kilometre (186 miles), four-day [...] Full text...
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UN health agency ‘strongly recommends’ DTG antiretroviral drug to manage HIV/AIDS
23 july 2019 - 05:41:47Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Based on new evidence, the United Nations health agency on Monday announced it was recommending the [...] Full text...
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Basketball: U-17 BWB takes place 28-31 July
19 july 2019 - 14:54:49Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - From July 28 to 31, sixty basketball players, boys and girls aged 17 and under, from [...] Full text...
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UN Security Council urged to take responsibility for attack on Tripoli
19 july 2019 - 14:40:09Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Foreign Minister, Mohamed Siala, has called on the UN Security Council to assume its responsibilities [...] Full text...
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‘Greater urgency’ needed in fight against HIV/AIDS, warns UN agency
16 july 2019 - 20:26:32Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - The UN programme leading the global effort to end AIDS is calling for greater urgency and [...] Full text...
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Air raids continue on the southern outskirts of Tripoli
15 july 2019 - 15:18:34Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Armed clashes between forces of the Libyan national army based in the east, who has been [...] Full text...
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African governments urged to devote 15% of budgets to fight AIDS
14 july 2019 - 18:04:50Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Participants at a high level summit on AIDS funding in Africa on 11-12 July here urged [...] Full text...
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African parliamentarian summit on search for solutions to funding of health, AIDS opens in Congo
11 july 2019 - 22:20:37Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - A high level summit of African parliamentarians in search for solutions to the funding of health [...] Full text...
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Congo: African States urged to mobilize more funds to fight AIDS
10 july 2019 - 23:23:35Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Pan-African and Congolese parliaments, as well as UNAIDS, Wednesday called on African countries to mobilize [...] Full text...
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Algerian parliamentary delegation to attend the HIV/AIDS Summit in Congo
10 july 2019 - 09:10:26Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - An Algerian parliamentary delegation will take part in the High Level Summit of African Parliamentarians on [...] Full text...
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African 1st Ladies meet in Niger on Reducing the Burden of Neglected Tropical Diseases
08 july 2019 - 18:37:47Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Neglected tropical diseases threaten the lives of more than 1.5 billion people around the world, and [...] Full text...
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Major breakthrough in fighting TB burden amongst miners in Southern Africa
05 july 2019 - 18:44:32Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - A regional programme to improve the testing of Tuberculosis (TB), which remains a major public [...] Full text...
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Libyan guards fired on migrants fleeing bombing of Tadjoura center, UN says
05 july 2019 - 16:48:13Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The United Nations said on Thursday that it has information on the use of firearms by [...] Full text...
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Civilian seriously injured in Tunis suicide bombing dies
04 july 2019 - 12:40:55Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A civilian, who was seriously injured in last week's suicide bombing in Tunis, succumbed to his [...] Full text...
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Bleak prospects for negotiated settlement of Libyan crisis after another Security Council failure (Analysis by Youssef Ba, PANA correspondent)
04 july 2019 - 12:29:06Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The emergency meeting of the UN Security Council, convened on Wednesday after an air strike on [...] Full text...
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Tunisia: Alleged terrorist killed Tuesday was "the head" of the attacks perpetrated in Tunis
03 july 2019 - 17:58:19Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The alleged terrorist killed on Tuesday night by Tunisian security units in the Al Intilaka neighborhood, [...] Full text...
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Senior Italian opposition official calls for evacuation of migrant s in Libyan detention centres
03 july 2019 - 13:04:34Rome, Italy (PANA) - The Secretary-General of the Italian opposition Democratic Party, Nicola Zingaretti, on Wednesday called for the evacuation [...] Full text...
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Some 40 illegal migrants killed, 80 injured in air strike on migrant accommodation centre near Tripoli
03 july 2019 - 10:39:35Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - About 40 illegal migrants were killed and 80 others injured in an air strike on Tuesday [...] Full text...
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Haftar's forces step up air raids near Tripoli after loss of Ghariane
02 july 2019 - 10:39:20Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Fighter jets of the Libyan National Army (LNA) led by Marshal Khalifa Haftar have intensified their [...] Full text...
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WHO launches plan to improve quality, safety of health products
02 july 2019 - 06:19:04Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday launched a five-year plan to improve the quality [...] Full text...
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US completes TB eradication programme in Ethiopia
02 july 2019 - 00:29:44Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The United States has completed its five-year Challenge TB project which aimed to eradicate tuberculosis [...] Full text...
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Nigerian Air Force jets kill Boko Haram terrorists
29 june 2019 - 14:39:32Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Saturday said that its aircraft destroyed Boko Haram and Islamic [...] Full text...
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'There is High Prevalence Rate of HIV/AIDS among People with Disabilities in Cape Verde' - says Government
27 june 2019 - 17:52:48Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - The HIV prevalence rate among people with disabilities in Cape Verde is 2.3%, a figure [...] Full text...
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Increasing casualties indicate the end to fighting around Tripoli is far-off
26 june 2019 - 12:50:48Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The increasing number of casualties as a resullt of clashes in the outskirts of the Libyan [...] Full text...
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Rights group slams Egypt in 'chilling wave' of arbitrary arrests
26 june 2019 - 02:44:45Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Human rights group, Amnesty International, has slammed the Egyptian authorities for arbitrarily arresting at least eight [...] Full text...
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Plane diverted after shell hits Tripoli's Maitigua airport
24 june 2019 - 10:15:39Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A Libyan Airlines plane from Tunis was diverted after a shell hit the plane at Maitigua [...] Full text...
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Mali launches new screening method for HIV-AIDS
21 june 2019 - 17:56:21Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A new method for HIV-AIDS testing, known as "Free HIV Check Access to Knowledge of Its [...] Full text...
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Algeria sends humanitarian aid to Ghat populations in Libya
20 june 2019 - 19:41:52Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - Four Algerian military planes have ferried emergency humanitarian aid to the people of the Ghat region [...] Full text...
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Tunisian Parliament amends electoral law just months before general elections
18 june 2019 - 23:54:44Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian parliament on Tuesday adopted several controversial amendments of its electoral law, introducing conditions for [...] Full text...
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Pilot killed in crash of fighter jet of Libyan Government of National Accord forces
14 june 2019 - 11:04:31Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The pilot of a fighter jet of the army loyal to the Libyan Government of National [...] Full text...
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