AU satellite partner enhances aviation safety through climate prediction

03 july 2025 - 17:34:23
Windhoek, Namibia (PANA) – The African Union (AU) has appointed a Swiss-based satellite firm, Tecnavia, as its technical partner to [...] Full text...

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Looking beyond GDP to reach the Sustainable Development Goals

31 march 2025 - 06:53:53
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Countries should consider looking beyond Gross Domestic Product, or GDP, as the key measure of economic [...] Full text...

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UN expert warns of impact of overfishing on marine ecosystems

15 march 2025 - 08:01:59
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Overfishing has serious repercussions for marine ecosystems, coastal populations and the global climate, an independent UN [...] Full text...

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Road accidents claimed 64 lives in January and February in Burkina Faso

12 march 2025 - 12:01:15
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso recorded 1,120 road accidents, resulting in 64 deaths and 513 injuries in February [...] Full text...

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Strike on Chernobyl: ‘No room for complacency’ says atomic energy watchdog

14 february 2025 - 20:17:13
Kiev, Ukraine (PANA) - Ukrainian authorities said on Friday a Russian drone strike with a high explosive warhead struck the [...] Full text...

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Global airlines chief urges continental carriers to exploit Africa's growth potential

19 november 2024 - 14:00:28
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - African airlines should take advantage of the existence of a massive population within the continent to [...] Full text...

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WHO calls for urgent action to curb alcohol consumption

26 july 2024 - 07:29:57
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - It seems that Europeans don’t want to give up booze. A UN World Health Organisation (WHO) [...] Full text...

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UN launches global campaign to enhance road safety

02 july 2024 - 06:04:16
New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations on Monday launched a new global road safety campaign to improve traffic [...] Full text...

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Over three million preventable deaths per year due to alcohol and drug use

26 june 2024 - 05:42:02
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Over three million deaths per year were attributable to alcohol consumption and drug use, a new [...] Full text...

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WHO encourages African populations to donate blood

14 june 2024 - 12:47:58
Maseru, Lesotho (PANA) - Blood transfusion plays a critical role in the provision of lifesaving health care. Vulnerable people, such [...] Full text...

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More than 80 people missing after boat tragedy in south-western DR Congo

12 june 2024 - 10:39:39
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Eighty-six people were reported missing after a boat mishap on river Kwa, near Lediba village [...] Full text...

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LibMAC plans to develop national mine action strategy in collaboration with GICHD UNSMIL

14 may 2024 - 16:57:33
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Mine Action Centre (LibMAC) Thursday announced its intention to develop a national mine action [...] Full text...

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Embrace innovation ‘to make sustainable transport a reality for all’

18 april 2024 - 05:50:20
New York, US (PANA) - Reducing the transport sector’s impact on the environment while improving access to service, especially in [...] Full text...

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IOM: Last year was deadliest on record for migrants worldwide

06 march 2024 - 18:52:41
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN migration agency (IOM) announced on Wednesday that last year was the deadliest on record [...] Full text...

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'South Africa’s commercial airlines sector has zero fatal accident rate for four decades'

06 march 2024 - 09:15:24
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's Transport Minister Sindisiwe Chikunga says the country's commercial airlines sector has maintained a [...] Full text...

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At least 15 people killed in road accident in central Mali

20 february 2024 - 12:46:28
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - At least fifteen people were killed and 46 others injured, some seriously, in a traffic accident [...] Full text...

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More than thousand people killed in road accidents in Libya in first half of 2023

23 november 2023 - 17:25:13
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 1,279 people died in 4,184 road traffic accidents in Libya during the first [...] Full text...

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International support critical to forge lasting peace in Central African Republic

26 october 2023 - 17:53:38
New York, US (PANA) - Progress has been made in advancing a 2019 peace agreement in the Central African Republic [...] Full text...

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Mauritius records 71 deaths in road accidents

06 september 2023 - 08:09:02
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius recorded 71 deaths in road accidents as a result of road accidents during the first [...] Full text...

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How an ad-hoc team transformed emergency operations in Tanzania’s commercial capital (A World Bank Blog)

16 august 2023 - 10:20:33
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - It was early March of 2023 in Dar es Salaam, and the Tanzania Meteorological [...] Full text...

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Tunisia road accident kills 10 people

24 june 2023 - 14:22:24
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A total of 10 people were killed in a road accident on Friday in the region [...] Full text...

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About 1,150 people killed in road accidents in 2022 in Burkina Faso

18 may 2023 - 13:49:34
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso recorded 26,686 accidents in 2022 that resulted in about 1,150 deaths and 15,384 [...] Full text...

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Toy gun accidents land 400 in Tripoli Eye Hospital

24 april 2023 - 20:04:27
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 400 cases of eye injuries, mainly to children, which occurred during the Eid-al-Adha [...] Full text...

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108 killed on Mauritian roads in 2022

01 april 2023 - 08:15:16
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – One hundred and eight people were killed on the Mauritian roads in 2022, same number as [...] Full text...

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'Diabetes, principal cause of deaths in Mauritius'

13 march 2023 - 08:15:00
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Statistics Mauritius said on Monday that diabetes mellitus was the leading cause of death in Mauritius in [...] Full text...

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Motor accident in Ghana claims 22 lives

06 march 2023 - 19:58:42
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - A fatal motor acciddent Sunday claimed 22 lives in Ghana on the Kintampo-Yendi Highway between Babatokuma [...] Full text...

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Benin to bolster capacity building in border areas

18 january 2023 - 16:32:54
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Beninese government has decided to strengthen the material capacities of agents on duty in border [...] Full text...

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19 die inroad accident in Senegal

16 january 2023 - 14:12:23
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - At least 19 people died in a traffic accident on Sunday night in Mbengour, a village [...] Full text...

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Mauritius to introduce Road Safety Education in primary school curriculum from 2023

15 december 2022 - 07:41:31
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius will from 2023 introduce Road Safety Education as a compulsory subject in the education curriculum [...] Full text...

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Mauritius records 91 fatalities due to road traffic crashes

22 november 2022 - 07:40:00
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - There has been around 91 fatalities due to road traffic crashes in Mauritius, since the beginning of the year, down [...] Full text...

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Honour traffic victims by making roads safer: Guterres

21 november 2022 - 18:49:01
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for greater global efforts to achieve the goal of [...] Full text...

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Parade of religious Zawayas troops marks Mauloud celebrations in Libya

08 october 2022 - 19:28:12
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Religious Zawayas troops went out on Saturday in Tripoli and several other cities of Libya as [...] Full text...

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Libyans begin festivities to commemorate Maouloud, birthday of the Prophet Mohamed

07 october 2022 - 20:03:33
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The festivities commemorating Maouloud, the birthday of the Prophet of Islam, Mohamed (pbuh), started on Friday [...] Full text...

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11 people killed, 372 injured in 24 hours in several road accidents in Tunisia

04 october 2022 - 14:11:45
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A total of 11 people died and 372 others were injured in various road accidents during [...] Full text...

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WHO launches guide to safely unlock benefits of the life sciences

13 september 2022 - 14:30:02
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) Tuesday issued the Global guidance framework for the responsible use of [...] Full text...

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Road accidents kill 44 in six months in Mauritius

01 september 2022 - 07:24:50
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Statistics Mauritius said on Wednesday that 44 persons died as a result of road accidents between [...] Full text...

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Libya expresses solidarity with Turkey following two road accidents

21 august 2022 - 15:08:59
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Sunday expressed its sympathy and solidarity with [...] Full text...

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WHO calls for action to provide migrant and refugee healthcare

20 july 2022 - 17:05:36
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Millions of refugees and migrants face poorer health outcomes than their host communities, which could jeopardize [...] Full text...

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Abandoned coal mines in South Africa put communities at risk - Human Rights Watch

05 july 2022 - 12:03:11
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – The South African government’s failure to ensure that abandoned coal mines are rehabilitated puts communities at [...] Full text...

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Senior UN official calls for safer roads in the world

01 july 2022 - 05:33:29
New York, US (PANA) - Road traffic accidents claim nearly 1.3 million lives each year, cost some countries up to [...] Full text...

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Safer roads, a global development challenge for all: Senior UN official

30 june 2022 - 06:31:33
New York, US (PANA) - Every 24 seconds someone is killed in traffic, making safety on the world’s roads a [...] Full text...

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Benin gets rid of obsolete ammunition

19 june 2022 - 13:44:21
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Beninese government destroyed obsolete ammunition or those in poor condition, official sources in Cotonou said [...] Full text...

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Traffic accident claims seven lives in Tunisia

13 june 2022 - 19:52:28
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Seven persons died and four others were injured in a traffic accident that occurred on Monday [...] Full text...

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WHO calls for greater regulation of cross-border alcohol marketing

11 may 2022 - 05:39:23
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Alcohol is increasingly being marketed across borders, with young people and heavy drinkers particularly targeted, the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Pandemic death toll estimated at nearly 15 million

05 may 2022 - 13:58:16
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - New estimates from the World Health Organization (WHO) show that the full death toll associated directly [...] Full text...

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South African workers union blames cost-cutting for airline's suspension

15 march 2022 - 09:11:29
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) has blamed drastic cost-cutting measures implemented at [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso: Six dead, 20 injured in a road accident in the West

24 february 2022 - 20:59:36
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Six people were killed and 20 others injured on Thursday in a road accident at [...] Full text...

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Road accidents claim 28 lives during Christmas festivities in Ghana

03 january 2022 - 11:54:23
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Road accidents claimed 28 lives during the Christmas festivities in Ghana, the Motor Traffic and Transport [...] Full text...

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Mali junta leader stresses peace, unity, stability in the country

01 january 2022 - 13:47:23
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The President of the Transition in Mali, Colonel Assimi Goita, has stressed the need for peace, [...] Full text...

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Mauritius : 60 killed in road crashes this year

15 december 2021 - 08:50:10
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Sixty persons, comprising 53 motorcyclists and seven vehicle passengers, have so far lost their lives in [...] Full text...

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Gambia: UNICEF decries involvement of children in political campaign activities

08 november 2021 - 15:48:10
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - UNICEF Gambia office has noted with concern the involvement of children in large political gatherings in [...] Full text...

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Guterres: Sustainable transport key to green energy shift

15 october 2021 - 08:30:30
Beijing, China (PANA) - With global transport at a crossroads, government leaders, industry experts, and civil society groups are meeting [...] Full text...

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Mauritius PM calls for more vigorous actions to reduce road accidents

21 september 2021 - 07:43:13
Port-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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Nigeria’s Accident Investigation Bureau submits report on crash that killed late COAS, General Attahiru

15 september 2021 - 21:37:00
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria’s Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) has submitted an interim report on the Nigeria Air Force (NAF) [...] Full text...

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EBRD finances 6th of October Dry Port in Egypt under EBRD Green Cities programme

13 september 2021 - 13:33:42
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is supporting the construction of the first inland [...] Full text...

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Mauritius records 72 deaths in road accidents so far this year

13 september 2021 - 12:02:13
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - A total of 72 people have died in road accidents since January 2021 in Mauritius, [...] Full text...

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Pandemic increasing risk factors for suicide, UN health agency warns

11 september 2021 - 05:22:07
Geneva, 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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Mauritius: Road accidents cause 53 deaths in first half of 2021

03 september 2021 - 07:54:41
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Statistics Mauritius has said that 53 people died in road accidents during the first semester of [...] Full text...

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End of leaded fuel use a ‘milestone for multilateralism’: Guterres

31 august 2021 - 05:10:49
New York, US (PANA) - The global phase-out of leaded fuel represents a “milestone for multilateralism”, UN Secretary-General António Guterres [...] Full text...

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Road crashes claim 622 lives in Mali in 2020

22 june 2021 - 13:22:51
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A total of 622 people were killed in traffic accidents in Mali in 2020 compared to [...] Full text...

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Makeshift boat capsizes killing 20 Malians on way to Spain

21 june 2021 - 16:06:00
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Twenty young Malians who were trying to reach Spain via the Mauritanian coast perished when their [...] Full text...

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UN salutes ‘dedication and bravery’ of peacekeepers

28 may 2021 - 06:22:18
New York, US (PANA) - With a focus for this year’s International Day if UN Peacekeepers on youth, peace and security, [...] Full text...

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Blue helmets facing increasing number of attacks: UN peacekeeping chief

25 may 2021 - 05:41:12
New York, US (PANA) - UN blue helmets face an increasing number of attacks throughout the complex environments in which [...] Full text...

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Nigerian Air Force mandates AIB-N to investigate Kaduna air crash

23 may 2021 - 19:45:06
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria's Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB -N) said it has been mandated by the Nigerian Air Force [...] Full text...

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WHO chief calls for safety measures to reduce traffic accidents

18 may 2021 - 06:34:57
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has stressed the need [...] Full text...

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Two Malian police officers from special force killed in traffic accident

01 may 2021 - 19:09:35
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Two police officers of the Special Antiterrorist Force (FORSAT), an elite Malian unit engaged in the [...] Full text...

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21 die in Easter holiday road carnage in Zambia

06 april 2021 - 15:04:18
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - A total of 21 people died from 193 accidents recorded during the Easter holiday in Zambia. A [...] Full text...

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Mauritius road accidents in 2020 claimed 131 lives

31 march 2021 - 08:19:46
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Statistics Mauritius says that the number of fatalities caused by road accidents in the island in [...] Full text...

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Beninese bishops worried by increase in road accidents

31 january 2021 - 18:04:27
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) – The Beninese bishops said they are worried by the frequent occurrence of road accidents across the [...] Full text...

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Road accidents claimed 1,743 lives in Libya during first 11months of 2020

25 january 2021 - 22:02:00
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 1,743 deaths were recorded in the first 11 months of 2020 in 4,131 [...] Full text...

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Deaths due to road accidents drop slightly in Benin

13 january 2021 - 23:27:35
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The death toll due to road accidents dropped slightly in Benin in 2020, according to statistics [...] Full text...

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Twenty-one people killed in two road accidents in two Nigerian States

13 january 2021 - 09:25:27
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Twenty-one persons lost their lives on Tuesday in two separate road accidents in Niger and Oyo [...] Full text...

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28 killed in New Year holiday accidents in Zambia

04 january 2021 - 13:27:25
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Road crashes claimed 28 lives in the New Year holiday in Zambia, Police spokesperson Esther Katongo [...] Full text...

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Road accidents in Tunisia down in 2020

30 december 2020 - 09:18:25
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The North African state of Tunisia has recorded fewer road accidents and victims this year compared [...] Full text...

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Christmas holiday claims 28 lives in Zambia road crashes

28 december 2020 - 15:37:43
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambia recorded 234 road traffic accidents, 18 of them  leading to 28 deaths during this year's [...] Full text...

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Road accidents claim 118 lives in Mauritius this year

05 december 2020 - 07:15:24
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Land Transport and Light Rail Minister, Alan Ganoo, on Saturday announced increases of penalties for [...] Full text...

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South African race official hailed after horrific Grand Prix crash

30 november 2020 - 12:29:23
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A South African medical assistant is being hailed for the role he played in [...] Full text...

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Jewelry companies’ sourcing improves, but 'falls short', says Human Rights Watch

25 november 2020 - 06:55:54
London, UK (PANA) – Major jewelry companies are improving their sourcing of gold and diamonds, but most cannot assure consumers [...] Full text...

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Mauritius road safety charter to halve number of road crashes by 2025

18 november 2020 - 15:08:03
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius has developed a Road Safety Charter in a bid to reduce the number and [...] Full text...

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Benin's cotton production stands at 675,000 tons in 2020

17 november 2020 - 16:07:51
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin has produced 675,000 tons of cotton this year compared to 714,000 tons during the last [...] Full text...

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Road accidents claim 114 lives in Mauritius this year

17 november 2020 - 07:00:43
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – A total of 114 people have lost their lives in road accidents in Mauritius this [...] Full text...

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Nine people killed in road accident in Mali

16 november 2020 - 11:37:07
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Nine people, including four brothers, were killed on Saturday around 6 p.m. local time (GMT), in [...] Full text...

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35 persons wounded while celebrating Maulud with fireworks and firecrackers

29 october 2020 - 18:59:59
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 35 persons who celebrated the Eid-el-Maulud with fireworks and firecrackers were admitted in [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Zambia sees 11% rise in road deaths during pandemic lockdown

22 october 2020 - 14:24:35
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - More people have died in road crashes in Zambia between July and September this year compared [...] Full text...

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Cote d'Ivoire: Road accident kills 18 Burkinabès

07 october 2020 - 17:43:51
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Eighteen Burkinabès were killed Wednesday morning in a road accident at the entrance to the [...] Full text...

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Mauritius bids to reduce the number of road accidents by 50% by 2025

06 october 2020 - 14:17:16
Bell Village, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius on Tuesday launched the “Zero Accident” campaign that forms part of a Road Safety [...] Full text...

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Congo: Mobile phone companies urged to improve their networks before next December

28 september 2020 - 16:48:28
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Congolese Postal and Electronic Communications Regulatory Agency (ARPCE) on Monday called on cell phone companies, MTN [...] Full text...

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Buhari mourns death of 23 in petrol tanker explosion in northeast Nigeria

24 september 2020 - 08:06:34
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has stated that the death of 23 people, as confirmed by the [...] Full text...

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Road crash kills 11 women in Guinea

18 september 2020 - 15:36:16
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Twelve people including 11 women, who were returning from a weekly market in southern Guinea, died [...] Full text...

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Nigerian president Buhari justifies hike in govt borrowing to fund infrastructure

16 september 2020 - 11:35:48
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday justified government borrowing to finance infrastructure, asserting that his government took loans [...] Full text...

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United-States announces crash of two Russian MiG-29 jet fighters

14 september 2020 - 22:12:06
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Admiral Heidi Berg, chief of intelligence services at the US military commandment in Africa (AFRICOM) in [...] Full text...

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Libya: Civil society calls for UN-organised dialogue to include non-political bodies

14 september 2020 - 14:51:54
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A group of civil society organisations in Tripoli has called for the UN Commission's consultations in [...] Full text...

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Death toll in Rwanda's road crash rises to 4

12 september 2020 - 20:22:19
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The number of people who died in Rwanda's road accident involving a truck on the main [...] Full text...

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Three killed, 8 injured in road accident in Western Rwanda

12 september 2020 - 17:05:27
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - At least three people were killed and eight others injured in a road accident in the [...] Full text...

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Two killed, several wounded as truck hits crowd in Kigali

08 september 2020 - 21:54:15
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA)  - A truck with faulty brakes on Tuesday slammed into a group of people at a busy [...] Full text...

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Mali: AfDB improves regional integration, local economy and employment

08 september 2020 - 17:54:28
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Carrefour de la Paix-Pont Woyowayanko-Point Y road widening project, carried out between 2010 and 2013 [...] Full text...

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Death toll in Mauritius road accidents decline

01 september 2020 - 08:31:38
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Statistics Mauritius on Tuesday said that 52 people died as a result of road accidents [...] Full text...

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Five killed in North Western Rwanda road accident

21 august 2020 - 00:34:15
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - At least five people were killed in a road crash involving a car and a lorry [...] Full text...

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Beninese Interior ministry warns against rise in water levels

19 august 2020 - 21:03:16
Cotonou, Benin(PANA) - The Beninese ministry of Interior and Public Safety Wednesday called for vigilance against frequent accidents following the [...] Full text...

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DR Congo initiates inquiry into deadly plane crash in South Kivu

17 august 2020 - 14:23:21
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - An inquiry has been launched into last week's plane crash that left four people dead in [...] Full text...

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Hundreds injured by burns, sharp objects in Tripoli and Misrata during Eid al-Adha

02 august 2020 - 13:37:08
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - At least 639 people were admitted during the first and second days of the celebration of [...] Full text...

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WB gives Sierra Leone $30 million to boost market access, agricultural productivity for smallholder farmers

22 july 2020 - 10:36:21
Washington, DC, US (PANA) – The World Bank Board of Executive Directors has approved a $30-million International Development Association (IDA) grant [...] Full text...

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Six killed in road accident in Tunisia

19 july 2020 - 19:08:17
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – A road accident, which occurred on Sunday in the outskirts of the city of Menzel Temim [...] Full text...

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Congo: Exponential increase in requests for relief and assistance during the lockdown

16 june 2020 - 18:44:07
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The head of the Congolese Department of Rescue Studies and Training at the Directorate General of [...] Full text...

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Senegalese army shelling the Bissine forest in the south of the country

16 june 2020 - 18:10:41
Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - Heavy gunfire has been reported since 6 a.m. on Tuesday in the Bissine area, about 50 [...] Full text...

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Mauritius records 488 deaths in road accidents since 2017

10 june 2020 - 07:12:25
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister, Mr Pravind Jugnauth, on Tuesday, told Parliament that a total of 456 fatal [...] Full text...

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Ouagadougou recorded 12,499 traffic accidents in 2019 - Police

20 may 2020 - 11:14:03
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkina Faso police in 2019 reported 12,499 accidents in the capital, Ouagadougou, resulting in [...] Full text...

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Greening transport sector in post COVID-19 recovery can create 15 million jobs globally

19 may 2020 - 12:59:37
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The recovery from the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic cannot be a return to business as usual. It [...] Full text...

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Three persons perish in auto accident in Burkina Faso

15 may 2020 - 16:43:11
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Three persons were killed and one injured on Friday morning in an accident involving two [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Nurses deserve praise, thanks, protection amid COVID-19

11 may 2020 - 13:36:45
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA)  –  Nurses and other health care workers on the frontlines of the fight against COVID-19 deserve recognition [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Protect workers during and after lockdowns, urges ILO

28 april 2020 - 05:44:21
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Marking the World Day for Ssfety and Health at Work on Tuesday, the International Labour Organization [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: South African president, Ramaphosa, refuses to lift ban on alcohol sales

17 april 2020 - 16:57:09
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa on Friday rejected a legal application by business [...] Full text...

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UN chief slams 'horrifying surge' in domestic violence

06 april 2020 - 08:48:30
New York, US (PANA) - UN chief António Guterres is calling for measures to address a “horrifying global surge in [...] Full text...

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Libyan Interior Minister, French officials discuss security and civil protection

17 march 2020 - 18:51:26
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's Interior minister in the Government of National Accord (GNA), Fathi Bachagha, on Tuesday spoke with [...] Full text...

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Road crash claims 3 lives on Saturday in Bamako

08 march 2020 - 12:07:05
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Three people were killed and seven seriously injured in a traffic accident involving two public transport [...] Full text...

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Niger sets up national early warning and security risk response mechanism

07 march 2020 - 18:50:52
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The Nigerien government decided on Friday to create a national early warning and security risk response [...] Full text...

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The resignation of UN envoy to Libya, AU intentions to appoint a joint envoy highlighted in the news

07 march 2020 - 17:57:42
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The surprise resignation of the UN Secretary-General's Special Representative in Libya, Ghassan Salamé, in the midst [...] Full text...

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Mauritius introduces Road Crash Data Management System to reduce road crashes

03 march 2020 - 13:53:50
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) –  Mauritian Land Transport and Light Rail minister, Mr. Alan Ganoo, on Tuesday said that road [...] Full text...

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Senegalese leader calls for better training of drivers

16 february 2020 - 16:38:06
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Senegalese Head of State, Macky Sall, on Saturday in Dakar, stressed the need to better [...] Full text...

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7 killed in Rwanda bus collision with truck

13 february 2020 - 18:42:49
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - At least 7 persons were killed at dawn on Thursday while several others were seriously wounded [...] Full text...

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One person injured after truck plunges into Lake Kivu in Rwanda

13 february 2020 - 18:38:44
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - At least one person was seriously injured when a fuel truck fell into Lake Kivu in [...] Full text...

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More than 32,000 people arrested by police in 2019 in Mali

13 february 2020 - 11:22:14
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - In 2019, some 32,653 people were arrested by the Malian National Police and 15,772 brought before [...] Full text...

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Tanker truck explosion leaves 6 dead in Togo

05 february 2020 - 21:57:12
Lomé, Togo (PANA)   -  The explosion of a fuel tanker in the city of Anié, about 190 km north of [...] Full text...

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Kagame seeks African continent to design and manufacture own drones

05 february 2020 - 21:54:26
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA)   -   Rwandan President Paul Kagame Wednesday said there was so much that could be done with drone [...] Full text...

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Gas cylinder blast injures dozens of people in Kigali restaurant

31 january 2020 - 14:51:12
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - A dozen people  were seriously wounded when a cooking gas cylinder exploded in a building during [...] Full text...

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GNA announces resumption of air traffic from Maitigua airport

23 january 2020 - 18:29:39
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Council of Ministers of the National Accord Government on Thursday announced the resumption of air [...] Full text...

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Activities resume in the Guinean capital

22 january 2020 - 12:26:10
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Activities resumed on Wednesday in Conakry, the Guinean capital, where the call for two days of [...] Full text...

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Beninese bishops concerned about juvenile alcoholism

13 january 2020 - 22:04:25
Cotonou, Benin(PANA)   -  The Episcopal Conference of Benin (CEB) at the end of its second ordinary plenary session of the [...] Full text...

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Mali: 1,266 people died in 2019 due to accidents, bad weather

06 january 2020 - 16:55:59
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - In 2019, Mali recorded 1,266 deaths and 24,463 injuries due to accidents, floods, malaise at home, house [...] Full text...

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Road accidents claimed 18 lives in Lomé during holiday season

04 january 2020 - 18:54:03
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - The holiday season was deadly in Lomé, which 74 road accidents that left 18 people dead [...] Full text...

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Tunisia: Number of traffic accidents declines in 2019

30 december 2019 - 18:03:34
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA)  - The year 2019 recorded a decrease in the number of traffic accidents in Tunisia, an official [...] Full text...

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Road crashes claim 21 lives during Christmas holiday in Zambia

26 december 2019 - 18:42:07
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Twenty-one people died in separate road accidents during the Christmas holiday in Zambia, police here have [...] Full text...

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President Ghazouani promises measures to end death on Mauritanian roads

26 december 2019 - 00:16:21
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian President Mohamed ould Cheikh Ghazouani said here Wednesday all measures would be taken to ensure [...] Full text...

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Mauritania: 6 killed in road crash on Nouakchott-Nouadhibou road

25 december 2019 - 17:24:45
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - A collision between a public transport bus from Nouakchott and a truck from Nouadhibou left 6 [...] Full text...

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Five killed in north-central Burkina Faso as artisanal gold mine caves in

18 december 2019 - 15:31:14
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - At least five people were killed on Tuesday in a landslide at an artisanal mining [...] Full text...

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Togolese drivers to take blood alcohol test on road from Monday

12 december 2019 - 23:30:21
Lomé, Togo (PANA)   -  Togolese drivers will from Monday 16 December take blood alcohol test, the minister in charge of [...] Full text...

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Niger ratifies African Charter on Road Safety

10 december 2019 - 05:16:32
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The Niger government has ratified the African Charter on Road Safety, which is a strategic framework [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: 12 killed in road accident in Niger State

09 december 2019 - 15:37:58
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Monday confirmed that 12 people died in a road [...] Full text...

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Another deadly accident occurs in northwest Tunisia

02 december 2019 - 12:37:28
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Still in shock from the tragedy that shook Tunisia on Sunday, killing 26 young people on [...] Full text...

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Tunisian President denounces 'road terrorism' after accident kills 26 people

02 december 2019 - 11:37:13
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian President Kais Saied on Sunday evening denounced "road terrorism" following the tragic accident that occurred [...] Full text...

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Global actors meet to improve gender inclusion

25 november 2019 - 12:06:24
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Hundreds of prominent leaders from around the world including heads of state, development partners, NGOs and [...] Full text...

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One-in-three women, experience physical, sexual abuse: UN

25 november 2019 - 06:24:35
New York, US (PANA) - Violence against women and girls is among the most widespread, and devastating human rights violations [...] Full text...

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Libyan newspapers report US call on Haftar to end Tripoli offensive

23 november 2019 - 18:36:33
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The US State Department's appeal to the head of the Libyan National Army, Marshal Khalifa Haftar, [...] Full text...

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Seven people killed in two traffic accidents in Mali

23 november 2019 - 16:42:35
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Seven people were killed and 37 wounded in two traffic accidents that occurred Thursday and Friday [...] Full text...

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UN calls for action to tackle ‘ubiquitous but invisible’ global road safety crisis

17 november 2019 - 10:54:25
New York, US (PANA) - Saving lives by improving road safety is “one of the many objectives of the 2013 [...] Full text...

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Benin hosts workshop on investigations on air accidents in Africa and Indian Ocean

14 november 2019 - 23:54:32
Cotonou, Benin (PANA)   -   A compliance workshop with the Standard Aircraft Accident and Incident Investigation Documents in the African and [...] Full text...

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85 wounded at Maouloud celebrations in Libya, says Ministry of Health

12 november 2019 - 17:51:52
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Eighty-five wounded persons were hospitalised last Friday and Saturday because of the use of firecrackers and [...] Full text...

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Libya: 450 deaths in road accidents over three months

11 november 2019 - 18:20:48
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 450 people died in 368 accidents in July, August and September this year, [...] Full text...

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Some 50 traffic accidents recorded in Senegal over the weekend

11 november 2019 - 13:45:09
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Two persons were killed and several others injured in about 50 road accidents which occurred over [...] Full text...

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Firecrackers during Maouloud celebration injure 15 in Tripoli

09 november 2019 - 13:06:41
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Fifteen persons burnt by firecrackers and fireworks during celebration of the birth of Prophet Mohammed (PSL) [...] Full text...

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Festivities commemorating Mawlid, anniversary of Prophet Mahomet’s birth, begin in Libya

08 november 2019 - 22:36:52
Tripoli, Libya (PANA)   -  Festivities marking the anniversary of the birth of Prophet Mohamet (Peace Upon Him) began here Friday [...] Full text...

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Senegalese president wants 2020 to be year of road safety

07 november 2019 - 12:48:55
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Senegalese President Macky Sall has expressed his desire to make 2020 the year of road safety [...] Full text...

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Senegal creates institution for road and rail safety

06 november 2019 - 14:17:16
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal will create a public institution responsible for road and rail safety, the Director of the [...] Full text...

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WHO report offers tools to tackle deaths through non-communicable diseases, road traffic injuries.

31 october 2019 - 22:21:42
New York (PANA)  -  A new report by the World Health Organization (WHO) launched here Thursday offers guidance and tools [...] Full text...

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Two dead, two injured in Burkina Faso road accident

29 october 2019 - 09:51:04
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Two people were killed and two others injured in a road accident about 20 kilometres [...] Full text...

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Six die in road accident in Mauritius

13 october 2019 - 10:19:11
Rose-Belle, Mauritius (PANA)   -   Six people, aged between 14 and 46, died here Sunday morning in a motor accident after [...] Full text...

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Burundian police launch major offensive against crime, terrorism

12 october 2019 - 15:15:26
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The Burundi Ministry of Public Security and Disaster Management says the police carried out 4,131 search [...] Full text...

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Mauritian newspapers highlight relations between India and Mauritius this week

05 october 2019 - 13:30:23
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) –  Mauritian papers this week highlight relations between India and Mauritius, as India provided financial assistance worth [...] Full text...

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Malian Ministry urges drivers of articulated lorries to comply with Highway Code

30 september 2019 - 17:09:41
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's Ministry of Transport and Urban Mobility has called on owners of tractor-trailers and motor tricycles [...] Full text...

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Malian PM receives delegation of Saudi Fund for Development

26 september 2019 - 14:25:53
Bamako, Mali (PANA) – A delegation from the regional management, Africa zone of the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD), led [...] Full text...

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Nine killed in road accident in northwestern Senegal

25 september 2019 - 09:53:25
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) –  Nine people were killed and two others seriously wounded in a collision between two cars on [...] Full text...

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Boeing Financial Assistance Fund to reach affected families of Ethiopian crash

24 september 2019 - 15:39:45
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA)  – The two administrators of the Boeing Financial Assistance Fund, Kenneth R. Feinberg and Camille S. [...] Full text...

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Senegalese govt suspends tourist visits to Madeleine island

21 september 2019 - 06:30:23
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Senegalese minister of Environment and Sustainable Development, Abdoul Karim Sall, on Friday announced the suspension, [...] Full text...

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Senegal: 3 killed, about 20 wounded in road accident

16 september 2019 - 19:50:38
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – A collision between a van and a public transport vehicle on Monday morning has claimed the [...] Full text...

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Youth drivers called on to take charge of their lives

14 september 2019 - 12:16:24
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA)  -   Botswana’s Divisional Commander South Central, Senior Assistant Commissioner of Police, Matthews Letsholo Saturday called on youth [...] Full text...

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Road accidents claim 430 lives in Senegal since January 2019

04 september 2019 - 14:05:38
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal has recorded 11,082 road accidents which claimed 430 lives and left 18,390 injured  since the [...] Full text...

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Mauritius deaths due to road crashes drop by 21.6%

30 august 2019 - 16:01:16
  Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – A total of 69 persons died in Mauritius as a result of road accidents during [...] Full text...

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Mali: Demonstrators again block traffic on Kayes-Bamako road to demand repairs

27 august 2019 - 22:06:31
Bamako, Mali (PANA)   -  Demonstrators, most of them youth, again Tuesday blocked all traffic from the bridge of the Malian [...] Full text...

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Ugandan authorities react in face of spiraling road carnage

26 august 2019 - 13:10:57
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – The authorities in Uganda have been panicked into action following a spate of accidents that have [...] Full text...

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Malian youth block traffic on Kayes-Bamako road to demand repairs

23 august 2019 - 21:47:56
Bamako, Mali (PANA)   -   Hundreds of youth in the Malian western city of Kayes, 500 km from Bamako, Friday blocked [...] Full text...

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Mauritius launches Safe City project

19 august 2019 - 12:49:02
Ebene, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth on Monday launched the command centre of the Safe City Project [...] Full text...

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UN experts visit Zimbabwe to review its road safety performance in bid to reduce carnage

05 august 2019 - 17:07:25
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - A team of United Nations experts are in Zimbabwe to review and assess the country’s performance [...] Full text...

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Four Mauritanian gold diggers killed as mine caves in

05 august 2019 - 13:54:33
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - At least four gold diggers were killed on Sunday in Guelb Ndour area of Zouerate region [...] Full text...

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Botswana to hold trade expo to support business growth

31 july 2019 - 14:14:18
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Electra Mining Botswana, a fair at which local and international companies will showcase the latest technologies, [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso capital saw 12.5% jump in road accidents in 2018

19 july 2019 - 21:15:36
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – In 2018, the Burkina Faso capital, Ouagadougou, recorded 7,263 road accidents as against 6,452 in [...] Full text...

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Côte d'Ivoire establishes two social security schemes for self-employed workers

17 july 2019 - 20:54:25
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA)   -   Self-employed workers in Côte d'Ivoire will benefit from two social security schemes, following the adoption [...] Full text...

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Road accidents claim 458 lives in Zambia in Q2 of this year

17 july 2019 - 08:06:55
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Road accidents in Zambia claimed a total of 458 lives in the second quarter of this [...] Full text...

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9 killed, 20 injured in road accident in western Rwanda

16 july 2019 - 13:50:57
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Nine people died and 20 other were injured in an accident on Tuesday in Karongi, a [...] Full text...

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Massive fire guts several shops in popular household-appliance market in Rwanda

13 july 2019 - 18:15:42
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - A fire gutted hundreds of shops in a market for construction and household appliances in Kimironko, one [...] Full text...

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Small-scale mining campaign closes in Burkina Faso

05 july 2019 - 10:45:34
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA)   -   Due to the onset of the rains, the 2018-2019 small-scale mining campaign will be closed [...] Full text...

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AFCON 2019: Broad smiles replace tears in Guinea

01 july 2019 - 16:34:39
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Reacting to Guinea's last-minute qualification for the knockout stage of the ongoing 2019 African Nations Cup [...] Full text...

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Sixty-six people killed in road accidents in Mauritius this year

27 june 2019 - 08:48:05
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Sixty-six people have died in road accidents this year in Mauritius, the police said in the [...] Full text...

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Six members of same family perish in Dakar road accident

24 june 2019 - 14:49:03
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - A traffic accident on Sunday killed six members of the same family at Niague in Dakar [...] Full text...

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Road crash claims five lives, wounds 52 in west-central Senegal

11 june 2019 - 13:54:29
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Five passengers were killed and 52 others wounded on Monday when a public transit bus on [...] Full text...

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Kenya’s voiceless efforts to stem mental illnesses (A PANA feature by Kennedy Abwao)

07 june 2019 - 19:59:15
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Betty Cynthia Wanjiru has unsuccessfully tried to end her life six times. In her own words, [...] Full text...

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Minister outlines worrying threat to biological diversity in Burkina Faso

22 may 2019 - 15:19:34
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Biological diversity in Burkina Faso faces a worrying threat, according to Environment minister Nestor Batio [...] Full text...

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Eight killed, more than 30 injured in vehicle collision in central-west Senegal

15 may 2019 - 13:12:07
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Eight people were killed and about thirty others injured on Tuesday evening in a collision between [...] Full text...

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Dakar road crash kills 4, wounds 3 others

14 may 2019 - 12:56:39
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Four people were killed and three others injured in a road accident on Monday in Thiaroye [...] Full text...

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Buhari commends China for "genuine efforts to improve infrastructural development" in Nigeria

10 may 2019 - 18:20:11
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday expressed appreciation to the People’s Republic of China for what [...] Full text...

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More than 13% of road accident victims in Senegal are less than 18 years old

08 may 2019 - 17:06:40
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Most accident victims in Senegal are less than 18 years old, representing more than 13% of [...] Full text...

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Mali recorded 413 workplace accidents, 11 deaths in 2018

02 may 2019 - 13:02:17
Bamako, Mali (PANA) -  Mali recorded 413 workplace accidents, including 11 fatalities, in 2018 compared to 416 such accidents eight [...] Full text...

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Second lorry carrying agricultural workers overturns in Tunisia

28 april 2019 - 10:01:41
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA)   -    A second lorry carrying 15 agricultural workers overturned on Saturday afternoon in the Tunisian central western [...] Full text...

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12 killed, 20 wounded in collision between two lorries in Tunisia

27 april 2019 - 12:55:42
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Twelve people were killed and 20 others wounded early on Saturday morning in Sidi Bouzid (central [...] Full text...

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Stress, overtime, disease contribute 2.8 million workers’ deaths per year – ILO report

19 april 2019 - 11:35:27
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Stress, excessively-long working hours and disease contribute to the deaths of nearly 2.8 million workers every [...] Full text...

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President Issoufou lays foundation stone for Oil Tower in Niamey

16 april 2019 - 16:44:22
Niamey, Niger (PANA) – Nigerien president, Issoufou Mahamadou, on Monday laid the foundation stone for the building of the Pipeline [...] Full text...

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50 dead in Ghana highway bus collision - Police

22 march 2019 - 19:30:56
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - At least 50 people died instantly with dozens injured when two buses collided early Friday on [...] Full text...

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Boeing temporarily grounds B737 MAX operations after Ethiopia Airlines plane crash

13 march 2019 - 22:34:42
Chicago, Illinois, US (PANA) - US aircraft manufacturer Boeing on Wednesday temporarily grounded its entire 737 MAX operations. In a statement on [...] Full text...

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Malians urged to work towards reducing road accidents

13 march 2019 - 18:57:48
Bamako, Mali (PANA) – ppeal has gone to Malians to be more courteous on the road if efforts to keep [...] Full text...

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Road accidents killed 592 people in 2018 in Togo

05 march 2019 - 08:50:40
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - In 2018, Togo recorded 5,814 road accidents, which killed 592 people and injured 7951 others, according [...] Full text...

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Road accidents claim 127 people in Libya in January

03 march 2019 - 14:05:41
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Road traffic accidents claimed 127 lives in January 2019, the directorate of traffic and permits of [...] Full text...

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