IMF encourages Botswana to streamline public spending
27 september 2025 - 08:29:27Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana’s economic activity is expected to contract by about 1 percent in 2025, owing primarily to [...] Full text...
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Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana’s economic activity is expected to contract by about 1 percent in 2025, owing primarily to [...] Full text...
Sudan: UN sounds the alarm as health and food crises worsen across the country
29 july 2025 - 05:31:27New York, US (PANA) - The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is alarmed by escalating health [...] Full text...
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IMF staff mission finds Lesotho facing ‘uncertain external environment’
08 july 2025 - 10:46:26Maseru, Lesotho (PANA) – The authorities in Lesotho face the challenge of transforming fiscal surpluses into sustainable and high-quality growth [...] Full text...
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WFP calls for more help to prevent famine in Sudan
10 june 2025 - 12:22:08Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The very real risk of famine continues to stalk Sudan’s communities impacted by war, the [...] Full text...
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IMF, Libya complete Article IV Mission
17 april 2025 - 10:17:48Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The dispute over the leadership of the Central Bank of Libya (CBL) last August and [...] Full text...
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From despair to resilience in Kwamouth, Democratic Republic of Congo: Story By Wassy Kambale for OCHA
28 march 2025 - 11:32:55Kwamouth, Mai-Ndombe, DR Congo (PANA) - Tantine Moba's eyes, once radiant with life, now gaze vacantly into the distance, as [...] Full text...
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Currencies and inflation across Sub-Saharan Africa in 2024: Divergent experiences: World Bank Blog By Megumi Kubota and Cesar Calderon
26 november 2024 - 07:30:51Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - While inflation pressures seemed mostly synchronised in 2022 and the first half of 2023, they are [...] Full text...
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Tanzania mine gears up for first graphite concentrate exports
02 july 2024 - 17:04:48Lindi, Southern Tanzania (PANA) – Tanzania’s first-ever shipment of graphite concentrate from the Lindi Jumbo graphite mine, in the southeast [...] Full text...
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IMF staff completes 2024 Article IV mission to Zimbabwe
28 june 2024 - 11:03:39Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Despite headwinds, Zimbabwe’s economy continues showing resilience but growth is expected to decelerate to about 2 [...] Full text...
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Industrial policy is back but the bar to get it right is high: IMF Blog By Anna Ilyina, Ceyla Pazarbasioglu, Michele Ruta
12 april 2024 - 16:14:18Washington DC, USA (PANA) - Governments have traditionally used targeted interventions known as industrial policy to make domestic producers more [...] Full text...
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Ethiopia appeals for US$3.2 billion for humanitarian response
01 march 2024 - 23:46:09Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Aid agencies in Ethiopia have put up a joint appeal for US$3.2 billion required in [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Nigeria’s inflation rate hits 29.90% in January amid rising food prices
15 february 2024 - 15:22:19Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria’s inflation increased to 29.90 per cent in January 2024 from 28.92 per cent recorded in [...] Full text...
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Gambia’s President urged to help end Senegal’s political crisis
08 february 2024 - 11:34:19Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian Civil society organisations (CSOs) have called on President Adama Barrow to engage his Senegalese counterpart, [...] Full text...
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Food price inflation fears ease again: FAO
06 january 2024 - 04:53:21Rome, Italy (PANA) - The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) reported on Friday that the Food Price Index ended the [...] Full text...
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IMF sees near-term prospects for Algerian economy as favourable though inflation still high
15 december 2023 - 09:23:14Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - Algeria’s economic growth is projected to reach 4.2 percent in 2023, supported by robust activity in [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Nigeria’s inflation rate hits 27.33% as food, beverages, other prices rise
15 november 2023 - 14:48:45Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s headline inflation rate for October 2023 has increased to 27.33 per cent, from 26.72 per [...] Full text...
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Some 6.5 million Nigerians face food insecurity In 2024 - Report
10 november 2023 - 12:09:04Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – About 26.5 million Nigerians are expected to grapple with high levels of food insecurity in 2024, [...] Full text...
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AfDB, Eritrea strengthen partnership for growth
02 september 2023 - 11:34:50Asmara, Eritrea (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group and Eritrea on Friday strengthened their partnership to support the [...] Full text...
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Faith leaders find ‘hidden’ children living with HIV (Feature by UN News)
06 august 2023 - 07:22:20New York, US (PANA) - To find “hidden” children living with HIV around the world, you need to find their [...] Full text...
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Inflation rate stands at +3.4% in January 2023 in Burundi
21 february 2023 - 16:39:35Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - In January 2023, the National Household Consumption Price Index (CPI) recorded an increase of 3.4%, against [...] Full text...
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Ensuring universal access to WASH means huge benefits for Tanzania
13 february 2023 - 11:04:21Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Providing universal access to water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) could reduce Tanzania’s economic losses [...] Full text...
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Sub-Saharan Africa living on the edge, says senior IMF official
15 october 2022 - 06:28:10Washington, DC, US (PANA) - Sub-Saharan Africa’s economic activity is expected to slow significantly in 2022 and remain relatively modest [...] Full text...
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Botswana company enters Kenya’s industrial property market
29 september 2022 - 09:28:34Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE) listed property company, Letlole La Rona (LLR) has expressed optimism about its [...] Full text...
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WFP welcomes Japan's contribution to support refugees in Tanzania
06 september 2022 - 06:02:24Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on Monday welcomed a US$500,000 contribution from [...] Full text...
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ADF approves $14.4 million loan to boost food security in Zambia
28 july 2022 - 06:22:48Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional window of the African Development Bank Group, has [...] Full text...
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Monthly inflation rate down by 0.5pc in June 2022 in Burundi
19 july 2022 - 14:07:19Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - In June 2022, the national consumer price index (CPI) recorded a 0.5 per cent drop, against [...] Full text...
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Communities in Horn of Africa struggle with cumulative shocks in face of starvation
13 june 2022 - 14:49:11Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Communities in the Horn of Africa are facing the threat of starvation following four [...] Full text...
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Burundi's inflation goes up to 10.7%
07 june 2022 - 11:34:58Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi's year-ol-year inflation for April has risen to 10.7%, compared with 9.9% for the previous month. This [...] Full text...
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Worsening drought in Horn of Africa puts up to 20 million at risk: WFP
19 april 2022 - 19:38:54Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Up to 20 million people could go hungry this year as delayed rains worsen extreme drought [...] Full text...
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Libya's inflation rate doubled in 2021 to 2.8%, says Central Bank
14 march 2022 - 14:16:06Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's inflation rate doubled in 2021 to 2.8%, up from 1.4 in 2020, the Central Bank [...] Full text...
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UN says intense fighting in Northern Ethiopia halts humanitarian supplies
01 november 2021 - 21:24:42Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Fighting and hostilities in the northern Ethiopia towns of Dessie and Kombolcha in Amhara has [...] Full text...
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Disruptions of aid distribution in Ethiopia continues
28 october 2021 - 20:27:01Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The overall situation in Northern Ethiopia remains unpredictable, volatile, and highly tense, UN aid agencies [...] Full text...
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Inflation picks pace to 18-month high in Kenya
31 august 2021 - 22:34:46Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The overall year-on-year inflation rate in Kenya, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), rose [...] Full text...
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Saudi Arabia supports WFP refugee operations in Tanzania
29 july 2021 - 14:01:25Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The UN World Food Programme (WFP) on Thursday welcomed a contribution of 36 metric [...] Full text...
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Senegal's men's basketball team, hit by cases of Covid 19, will not be at the Olympic Qualification Tournament in Belgrade
28 june 2021 - 21:25:14Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Senegalese national men's basketball team, hit by four cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the midst [...] Full text...
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Mali qualify for men's Afrobasket, scheduled for Aug 24 - Sept 5
18 february 2021 - 16:33:51Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Mali national basketball team has qualified for the final phase of the men's Afrobasket after [...] Full text...
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Afrobasket 2021: Three Uganda's national team players test positive for Covid-19
18 february 2021 - 16:29:50Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The president of the Tunisian Basketball Federation (FTBB), Ali Benzarti, has indicated that three members of [...] Full text...
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Last qualifying phase for FIBA Afro-basketball 2021 kicks off in Monastir, Tunisia
17 february 2021 - 15:17:03Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The final round of qualifying matches for FIBA Afro-basketball 2021 kicks off on Wednesday in the [...] Full text...
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Mali's national basketball team in Tunisia for Afrobasket qualifiers
16 february 2021 - 15:32:08Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's national basketball team, after a week of training at Ousmane Traoré of Kabala training centre, [...] Full text...
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Nigerian president Buhari again vows to protect all religious, ethnic groups
15 february 2021 - 11:47:53Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed that his government would protect all religious and ethnic groups in [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO urges countries to prioritise investments in testing
30 january 2021 - 15:46:09Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - To address the lack of access to tests and testing services in multiple countries, the World [...] Full text...
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IFAD backs Nigerian small-scale farmers to improve food security, combat poverty
28 january 2021 - 14:37:06Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Federal Government of Nigeria and the International Fund for Agricultural Development of the United Nations [...] Full text...
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Nigeria’s inflation rate jumps to 15.75 per cent
15 january 2021 - 13:58:14Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria’s inflation rate jumped to 15.75 per cent in December, the highest level in more than [...] Full text...
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Food for Mozambicans struggling amidst violence and COVID-19, ‘will be compromised’ without more funding: WFP
08 january 2021 - 06:50:31Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - Despite increased insecurity and limited funding, the UN food relief agency is continuing to supply food [...] Full text...
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Williams and EWG Co-Chairs reaffirm support for Libya's Economic Dialogue
07 january 2021 - 15:26:08Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General (ASRSG) and Head of the United Nations Support Mission [...] Full text...
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WFP warns of critical food shortages for refugees in Kenya
17 december 2020 - 15:43:44Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on Thursday warned that more than 435,000 refugees in [...] Full text...
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Banks, IMF launch first joint report on financing sustainable development goals
11 december 2020 - 18:11:48Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank on Thursday joined a group of 11 multilateral development banks (MDBs) [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: AfDB, others raise US$230 billion in pandemic response
11 december 2020 - 12:27:01Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA) – International financial institutions have collectively mobilised a global response package of US$230 billion between 2020 [...] Full text...
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Basketball: The junior U-19 "Lion Cubs" in the final and qualify for the U-19 World Cup, the Lioncelles eliminated
08 december 2020 - 21:31:14Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The men's national U-18 basketball team of Senegal qualified Tuesday for the U-19 World Cup scheduled [...] Full text...
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AfroBasket 2021: Tunisia beats DR Congo (60-51)
28 november 2020 - 18:37:51Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian national basketball team beat the DR Congo on Saturday by a score of 60-51 [...] Full text...
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Senegal wins first leg of Group B of Afrobasket 2021 qualifiers
28 november 2020 - 09:43:56Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal Friday topped Group B of the 2021 Men's Afrobasket 2021 qualifiers in Kigali after Rwanda [...] Full text...
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Senegal's new coach convenes 25 players for Afrobasket 2021 qualification
29 october 2020 - 14:29:40Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Former Senegalese international pivot turned national coach of the 'Lions' of basketball, Boniface Ndong, on Wednesday [...] Full text...
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Mauritania: Prices of fruits, vegetable rise sharply
26 october 2020 - 17:05:17Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritania's fruit and vegetable market is experiencing serious disruptions, leading to high scarcity and soaring prices [...] Full text...
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Sudan’s record wheat harvest proves success of AfDB’s agricultural transformation programme
20 october 2020 - 16:06:55Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Despite coronavirus-related lockdowns, travel and transport restrictions, Sudan has just recorded its largest wheat harvest, according [...] Full text...
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Mali in Pool D of preliminary round of Afrobasket Men 2021
18 october 2020 - 14:08:58Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali is in Pool D for the first leg of the 2021 Men's AfroBasket playoffs, which [...] Full text...
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Tunisian basketball championship starts November 1
17 october 2020 - 19:25:52Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia Basketball Federation president Ali Benzarti has announced November 1 for the resumption of the national [...] Full text...
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Four best women's teams directly qualify for 2021 Women's Afrobasket
15 october 2020 - 23:38:38Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Due to the health situation related to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) [...] Full text...
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Flooding, surging inflation threaten humanitarian assistance in Sudan
02 october 2020 - 16:41:19Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Catastrophic flooding and rising food and health costs in Sudan, have driven up the number of people in need, the UN Office for the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: UNHCR, WFP jointly tackle food rising needs in Libya
22 september 2020 - 12:58:16Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) are expanding their [...] Full text...
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Rwanda’s National Basketball League set to resume on 18 October
12 september 2020 - 18:18:51Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda’s National Basketball League is poised to resume on Wednesday, 18 October after almost a six-month [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso: CENI says presidential candidates must file papers between 28 Sept and 3 Oct
11 august 2020 - 15:29:20Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkinabe National Independent Electoral Commission (CENI) has set 28 September to 3 October as [...] Full text...
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Inflation drop by 1.5 basis points in Botswana
16 july 2020 - 09:27:48Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Statistics Botswana (SB) Thursday announced that the country’s inflation significantly dropped in June. Malebogo Kerekang, Acting Statistician [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Refugees in Africa ‘even more vulnerable than ever’ amid pandemic
09 july 2020 - 21:36:07New York, US (PANA) - Millions of refugees across Africa face even greater food insecurity because of aid disruption and [...] Full text...
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Guinean President Alpha Condé for single currency in the ECOWAS area
24 june 2020 - 14:44:09Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guinean President Alpha Condé pleaded on Tuesday, during a video-conference, for a single common currency for [...] Full text...
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UN peacekeeping chief says COVID ‘exacerbating existing vulnerabilities’ in Central African Republic:
23 june 2020 - 05:17:35New York, US (PANA) - The Central African Republic (CAR) is making progress as it prepares for presidential and legislative [...] Full text...
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Basketball competitions resume June 30 in Mali
09 june 2020 - 13:27:41Bamako, Mali (PANA) - After three months of forced rest due to the Covid-19 pandemic, basketball competitions will resume on [...] Full text...
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Senegal cancels national basketball season, no champion this year
28 may 2020 - 13:42:14Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal's national D1 basketball championship has been definitively stopped "for force majeure related to the Covid-19 [...] Full text...
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COVID-19: Lock-down disturbs economic data collection in Botswana
18 may 2020 - 15:25:14Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The coronavirus pandemic has disturbed economic data collection in Botswana, according to the country’s data authority. Statistics [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WFP, UNDP provide CFAF 450 million to vulnerable households in Brazzaville
14 may 2020 - 10:48:22Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The World Food Programme (WFP) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have provided CFAF 450 [...] Full text...
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Senegalese basketball club president suspended for 10 years
22 april 2020 - 16:30:35Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Baba Tandian, former president of Senegalese Basketball Federation (FSBB) and president of the Saint-Louis Basketball Club [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Zimbabwe VP orders retailers to slash prices amid COVID-19 lockdown
22 april 2020 - 16:19:14Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe Vice President Kembo Mohadi has issued a price moratorium ordering retailers to revert to the [...] Full text...
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EU donate €50 million for Nigeria's COVID-19 fight
14 april 2020 - 15:22:25Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja commended the European Union (EU) for donating €50 [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Forty-two Libyans in Britain infected with virus
10 april 2020 - 11:18:15Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Forty-two Libyan nationals in Britain have been infected with COVID19 (coronavirus), eight of whom are in [...] Full text...
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U-17 Women's Basketball World Cup: Mali placed in Group B
06 march 2020 - 14:20:03Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The draw for the Women's Under-17 Basketball World Cup, scheduled for August 15-23 in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, [...] Full text...
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Basketball Africa League Dakar edition put off due to coronavirus
04 march 2020 - 18:28:53Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The start of the all-new Basketball Africa League, scheduled for March 13 at the Dakar Arena [...] Full text...
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Burundi: Annual inflation rate set at 0.0% in January 2020
19 february 2020 - 17:20:39Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - During the year ending in January 2020, global annual inflation rose to 0.0%, mainly following a [...] Full text...
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Libya earned more than US$1.77 billion in oil revenues in January - Oil company chief says
14 february 2020 - 10:35:17Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Oil sales generated more than US$1.77 billion for Libya last January, representing a decline of about [...] Full text...
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Cape Verde invited to participate in tournament for last ticket of Afrobasket 2021
03 february 2020 - 23:30:58Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - Cape Verde's national basketball team will participate in a tournament featuring the best runners-up from [...] Full text...
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Kenya inflation stabilises at 5.78 pct in January
31 january 2020 - 23:23:00Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The rising cost of food and non-alcoholic products pushed the month-on-month inflation in Kenya to 5.78 [...] Full text...
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Senegal: FIBA forms 2021 Men's Afrobasket Playoff Groups
21 january 2020 - 19:09:55Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - FIBA Africa conducted the draw for the 2021 men's Afrobasket qualifiers in Kigali, Rwanda. Pre-qualifications are contested [...] Full text...
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South Sudan moves to curb environmental pollution in oilfields
10 january 2020 - 16:54:17Juba, South Sudan (PANA) – South Sudan has commenced a process to inspect the environmental impact of oil production with [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe’s Total Consumption Poverty Line jumps 19 percent to US$1.41 per individual daily
31 december 2019 - 17:29:37Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe’s daily Total Consumption Poverty Line (TCPL) jumped 19 percent to an equivalent of US$1.41 at [...] Full text...
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Men's Afrobasket Rwanda 2021: Draw for playoffs held in Kigali
21 december 2019 - 15:55:06Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The draw for the 2021 men's Afrobasket playoffs to be hosted by Rwanda in Kigali Arena [...] Full text...
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Moustapha Gaye is new Senegalese basketball technical director
20 december 2019 - 15:50:34Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Former coach of the "Lionesses" of Senegal, and more recently of the "Lions" team he led [...] Full text...
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Congo to employ nearly 2,000 teachers in 2020
18 december 2019 - 07:07:56Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Nearly 2,000 teachers graduating from teacher training colleges will be integrated into the civil service in [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe's consumption poverty line hits nearly US$38 amid shrinking wages
28 november 2019 - 15:19:17Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The official total consumption poverty line (TCPL) for one person in Zimbabwe stood at ZWL$632 (US$37.95) in [...] Full text...
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Basketball Africa League qualifiers: AS Police of Bamako to play in Yaoundé
26 november 2019 - 14:33:54Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Bamako AS Police will play from November 26 to December 1 in Yaoundé, Cameroon, the Elite [...] Full text...
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Congolese gov't explains increase in prices observed in the country
14 november 2019 - 18:04:37Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese Minister of Trade, Supply and Consumer Affairs, Claude Alphonse Nsilou, said Thursday that road [...] Full text...
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Cost of living jumps nearly 73 percent by end of October in Zimbabwe
04 november 2019 - 23:56:48Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe’s cost of living has ballooned by 72.48 percent to ZWL (Zimbabwe dollar) $3,943.88 by end-October [...] Full text...
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Senegalese Basketball Cup Championship for ASC Ville de Dakar and AS Douanes
04 november 2019 - 14:37:24Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal's basketball season ended on Sunday with the victory of AS Douanes in the final of [...] Full text...
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AS Police of Bamako qualifies for African Champions Basketball League
28 october 2019 - 13:44:07Bamako, Mali (PANA) - AS Police of Bamako qualified for the African Champions Basketball League after finishing first in the [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe Govt declares October 25 'Anti-Sanctions Day'
23 october 2019 - 05:41:45Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Zimbabwe government has declared 25 October, Anti-Sanctions Day, as it seeks to have international sanctions [...] Full text...
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Liberia signs US$45m road financing agreements In Washington, DC
21 october 2019 - 12:50:25Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) - Liberia has signed two major financing agreements totalling US$45 million for road construction on the sidelines [...] Full text...
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Mali to host the 2nd round of play-offs for the African Cup of champions clubs
16 october 2019 - 14:01:28Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali will host, from October 22-27 in Bamako, the second round of qualifiers for the African [...] Full text...
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Fiba Africa unveils Basket Africa League 2019
16 october 2019 - 13:47:43Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Afro-League, the competition bringing together the champion teams from each African country, has been [...] Full text...
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First edition of African Mini Basketball Festival ends in Bamako
01 october 2019 - 14:21:34Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The first edition of the African Mini Basketball Festival, which brought together some 400 players aged [...] 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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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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Tunisia's Monastir recruits Kenyan basketball player Tom Wamukota
05 september 2019 - 15:38:02Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian basketball club Monastir Sports Union on Thursday signed up Kenyan basketball player Tom Wamukota to [...] Full text...
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Malian President congratulates compatriot Niang on election to head FIBA
30 august 2019 - 13:38:29Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita on Thursday sent a congratulatory message to his compatriot Hamane Niang [...] Full text...
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Malian elected new president of FIBA
29 august 2019 - 13:56:37Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A Malian national was on Thursday elected as the new president of of the International Federation [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe's family food basket now at ZWL$1,684.45 (US$160.42): Poverty Reduction Forum Trust
20 august 2019 - 18:39:18Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Poverty Reduction Forum Trust (PRFT) says a family of six in Zimbabwe needed ZWL$1,684.45 (US$160.42) as [...] Full text...
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Angola beat Croatia 93-73 at basketball tournament in China
13 august 2019 - 16:16:22Luanda, Angola (PANA) - Angola defeated Croatia 93-73 in the senior men's basketball competition on Monday in its third and [...] Full text...
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'Suspending Zimbabwe's annual inflation results will cause some economic complications'
13 august 2019 - 16:11:00Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Suspending the publication of Zimbabwe's annual inflation rate will cause complications to the economy as lots [...] Full text...
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AfDB working with Chinese investors seeking industrial investment opportunities in Nigeria
09 august 2019 - 19:18:38Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) in Nigeria met a private sector consortium from China to help [...] Full text...
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Burundi celebrates Indigenous Peoples Day
09 august 2019 - 16:39:49Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi on Friday celebrated the 9th edition of the International Day of Indigenous Peoples, on a [...] Full text...
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Senegalese "Lionesses" poised to regain African women's basketball title
09 august 2019 - 14:36:31Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Having lost its African title two years ago in Mali to Nigeria, Senegal hosts the women's [...] Full text...
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16 Malians preselected for Women's Afrobasket tourney in Senegal
02 august 2019 - 14:01:07Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's National Women's Basketball coach, Frenchman Sylvain Lautié, has shortlisted 16 players for the 26th edition [...] Full text...
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"Adidas" out, Moustapha Gaye will lead the Senegalese "Lions" to the World Basketball Championship in China
31 july 2019 - 22:38:44Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal’s men's national basketball team will be coached at the next world championship to be held [...] 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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Zimbabwe's civil servants demand ZW$4,750 or US$475 monthly wages
17 july 2019 - 14:16:08Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe's civil servants have demanded ZWL (Zimbabwe dollars) US$4,750 in monthly wages due to government abandoning [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Zimbabwe Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube dares legal experts over challenging SI 142 of 2019
08 july 2019 - 17:35:12Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Finance minister, Mthuli Ncube, has called litigations in the courts over his promulgation of Statutory Instrument [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Veritas says foreign currency usage not illegal in Zimbabwe despite ban
05 july 2019 - 10:40:08Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Local legal think tank, Veritas, says using foreign currencies in Zimbabwe is not illegal despite the [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe Ban of Multi-Currencies Challenged in high Court
03 july 2019 - 13:53:28Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) -Zimbabwean lawyers have filed an application at the High Court seeking an order to set aside and [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Zimbabwe says foreign tourists won't be affected by recent monetary changes
27 june 2019 - 15:37:00Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) has assured foreign tourists that they will not be affected by the [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe gov't pleads with citizens to embrace recent monetary measures
26 june 2019 - 17:17:40Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Zimbabwean government has called on citizens to support the recent monetary measures that saw the [...] Full text...
thread Economy
12 Malian players selected for U19 World Cup
26 june 2019 - 16:53:43Bamako, Mali (PANA) - National coach El Hadj Dicko has published a list of 12 Malian basketball players selected [...] Full text...
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Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe directive threatens foreign currency holders' monies
26 june 2019 - 14:26:28Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe’s (RBZ) latest monetary measures have introduced stringent conditions for foreign currency [...] Full text...
thread Economy
"We have brought normalcy with the return of the Zimbabwe dollar", says President Mnangagwa
25 june 2019 - 16:55:34Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe President, Emmerson Mnangagwa, says the reintroduction of the Zimbabwe dollar has brought the country back [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Zimbabweans react to abandonment of multicurrency basket and reintroduction of Zimbabwe dollar
24 june 2019 - 17:31:10Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Economists, experts and the general public have had mixed reactions to moves to abandon the [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Zimbabwe Finance minister's tweet on low prices angers consumers
22 june 2019 - 19:03:12Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe’s Finance minister Mthuli Ncube has angered the public saying prices of basic commodities in US [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Parliament of Zimbabwe wants government to engage stakeholders on currency crisis
20 june 2019 - 23:10:59Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The parliament of Zimbabwe Thursday asked the government to invite all stakeholders to suggest an appropriate [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Malian Hamane Niang candidate for presidency of FIBA-World
20 june 2019 - 21:18:38Bamako, Mali (PANA) - FIBA-Africa president Malian Hamane Niang announced here Thursday his candidacy for the position of president of [...] Full text...
thread Sports
Trade Policy and Export Strategy document to be ready by end of third quarter: Majuru
17 june 2019 - 23:57:45Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - ZimTrade chief executive officer Allan Majuru says he expects the Trade Policy and Export Strategy (TPES) [...] Full text...
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IMF naive on trusting Zim govt: Steve Hanke
16 june 2019 - 20:08:15Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Renowned American economist, Steve Hanke, says the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is being naive in believing [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Zimbabwe Govt loses faith in its own currency
31 may 2019 - 18:36:04Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Some government departments and parastatals have adopted a two tier pricing model to include US dollars [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Drought relief action announced in Botswana
20 may 2019 - 17:28:54Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana has announced drought relief measures which take effect from the beginning of July as the [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
Etoile de Rades wins Tunisian basketball cup
12 may 2019 - 11:12:39Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Etoile de Rades Saturday beat Ethihad Monastir 76-68 in the finals to win the Tunisian Basketball [...] Full text...
thread Sports
Zimbabwe depositors lose foreign currency deposits
11 may 2019 - 07:01:45Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) –Depositors in Zimbabwe who put US dollars into their accounts before the separation of local and foreign [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Burundi Central bank launches new improved banknotes
03 may 2019 - 21:47:55Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The Bank of the Republic of Burundi (BRB) Friday issued new currency notes in denominations of [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Zimbabwe in hyperinflation for first time since 2008
16 april 2019 - 07:51:26Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe is officially in hyperinflation as the annual inflation rate reached 166,15% at the end of [...] Full text...
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Pressure mounts for adjustment of wages in Zimbabwe
12 april 2019 - 20:37:45Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Local human resources association, the Institute of People Management of Zimbabwe (IMPZ), has called for an [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Zimbabwe statistics agency lacks financial, personnel resources
22 march 2019 - 13:23:15Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA)- Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) lacks financial and personnel resources to give more up-to-date data on the [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Senegal coach may miss men's basketball world cup in Chin
13 march 2019 - 21:06:50Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - As the draw for the Men's Basketball World Cup matches take place in China next Saturday, [...] Full text...
thread Sports
Botswana President Masisi says country's poverty eradication program making strides
15 february 2019 - 19:11:06Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) Botswana President Eric Mokgweetsi Masisi has lauded the country’s national poverty eradication programme which has [...] Full text...
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Two Central African traffickers of panther skin and meat sentenced to two years in prison
12 february 2019 - 22:28:23Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Impfondo High Court in the Likouala department of northern Congo Tuesday sentenced two traffickers [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Playoffs for Zone 2 of the African Basketball Champions Cup start
28 november 2018 - 13:37:40Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Initially scheduled to run from November 26 to December 2, the Zone 2 qualifiers for the [...] Full text...
thread Sports
IMF team underlines prudent spending projections in Mozambique’s budget
04 august 2018 - 06:32:47Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) – Realistic macroeconomic assumptions as well as prudent revenue and spending projections should underpin Mozambique’s preparations for [...] Full text...
thread Economy
FAO Food Price Index posts sharp drop in July
02 august 2018 - 09:22:33Rome, Italy (PANA) - Global agricultural food commodity prices fell sharply in July, as all the major traded items posted [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
ECONEC, UNDP discuss support for Guinea Bissau polls
02 august 2018 - 08:14:24Bissau, Guinea Bissau (PANA) - The delegation of the ECOWAS Network of Electoral Commissions (ECONEC) led by its governing board [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Poorest countries face growing burden from cost of importing food - FAO
10 july 2018 - 09:50:25Rome, Italy (PANA) - Food imports are placing an increasing burden on the world's poorest countries, a new FAO report [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
FAO Food Price Index declines in June for the first time in 2018
06 july 2018 - 05:45:52Rome, Italy (PANA) - International agricultural food commodity prices fell in June for the first time in 2018, as trade [...] Full text...
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Cereal stocks remain ample, worldwide cereal output forecasts raised - FAO
07 june 2018 - 10:19:18Rome, Italy (PANA) - Global agricultural food commodity prices rose in May, with dairy prices jumping significantly. The FAO Food [...] Full text...
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Gambians react to Europe's 1.45 billion-euro pledge
24 may 2018 - 15:46:27Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambians have been reacting to the 1.45 billion Euros pledge made by donor partners at a [...] Full text...
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Food prices hold steady in April - FAO
03 may 2018 - 09:48:54Rome, Italy (PANA) - The FAO Food Price Index remained broadly steady in April, averaging 173.5 points for the month, [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
Kenya’s annual inflation drops to 3.83%
28 february 2018 - 18:26:54Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenya’s year-on-year inflation dropped to 3.83% in February 2018 from 4.7% in January, the Kenya National [...] Full text...
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FAO says food prices down in December 2017 but up for the whole year
11 january 2018 - 09:23:40Rome, Italy (PANA) - Global food prices declined in December 2017, led by sharp decreases for vegetable oils and dairy [...] Full text...
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FAO Food Price Index declines in November amid cereals boom
07 december 2017 - 10:58:54Rome, Italy (PANA) - Global food prices declined marginally in November, as lower dairy prices offset a sharp increase in [...] Full text...
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Future of Africa’s youth dominates agenda at EU-Africa Business Forum
28 november 2017 - 11:36:33Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The 6th EU-Africa Business Forum opened in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, on Monday, with emphasis on [...] Full text...
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FAO Food Price Index eases in October as dairy prices decline
02 november 2017 - 11:36:03Rome, Italy (PANA) - Global food prices dipped in October, led lower by dairy products, averaging 27 percent below its [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
US: Despite progress on voter registration, DR Congo faces challenges on election timeline – UN envoy
11 october 2017 - 22:39:59New York, US (PANA) – The notion that elections would most probably not be held before the end of 2017 [...] Full text...
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Italy: Vegetable oils give a lift to FAO Food Price Index
05 october 2017 - 11:15:13Rome, Italy (PANA) - Global food prices rose slightly in September, as firmer prices of vegetable oils and to a [...] Full text...
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Liberia: UN reaffirms commitment to democracy in Liberia
23 september 2017 - 09:37:13Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) - The United Nations (UN) is providing Liberia with important support to ensure credible and successful presidential [...] Full text...
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Afrobasket 2017: Tunisia crowned basketball champion of Africa
17 september 2017 - 13:21:46Radès, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has been crowned Basket-ball African Champion after beating Nigeria, defending champion 77-65 in Afrobasket 2017 [...] Full text...
thread Sports
Nigeria: Food crisis in northeast Nigeria 'inches closer to famine', warns aid agency
24 july 2017 - 11:46:38Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The food security crisis in north-east Nigeria is forecast to deteriorate between now and the end [...] Full text...
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Italy: 'South Sudan famine ebbs, but situation still desperate as hunger spreads'
21 june 2017 - 08:05:31Rome, Italy (PANA) - Famine has eased in South Sudan after a significant scale up in the humanitarian response, according [...] Full text...
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Botswana: IMF urges Botswana to cut down red tape for private businesses
17 may 2017 - 06:16:37Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana's tax revenue reforms need to be accelerated to protect public finances against any adverse developments [...] Full text...
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South Sudan: Hungry people abandon homes in South Sudan's Imatong state
23 march 2017 - 19:16:45Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Up to 75 per cent of people living in Imatong state of South Sudan may [...] Full text...
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Ethiopia: UN official addresses AU PSC on alarming situation in South Sudan
17 march 2017 - 19:12:02Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - To pull South Sudan back from the abyss and from a growing famine, the international [...] Full text...
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Rwanda: Addressing challenges facing street vendors in Rwanda (A feature by Aimable Twahirwa, PANA Correspondent in Kigali)
28 february 2017 - 15:56:56Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Jobless and widowed, Margaret Mukansonera continues her petty trade through the pavements and street corners in [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Nigeria's inflation rate rises again
16 february 2017 - 16:01:10Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s inflation rate continues its upward swing as the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says the [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Drought pushing food prices up in East Africa, says FAO
14 february 2017 - 13:29:19Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Drought throughout East Africa has sharply curbed harvests and pushed the prices of cereals and other [...] Full text...
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Ethiopia: African Union Summit considers new financing roadmap
29 january 2017 - 14:38:32Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African leaders gathered for a special retreat ahead of their main official Summit to discuss [...] Full text...
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UN: ITU says Internet connectivity disparity still persists
22 november 2016 - 20:12:09New York, US (PANA) - Global information and communication technologies data released on Tuesday by the UN International Telecommunication Union [...] Full text...
thread Society
UN: ICAO signs landmark framework to curb aviation emissions
07 october 2016 - 15:50:15New York, US (PANA) - The UN International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has agreed on a new emissions standard to [...] Full text...
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Canada: Countries back UN agency's landmark framework to curb aviation emissions
07 october 2016 - 06:53:59Montreal, Canada (PANA) - Member States of the United Nations civil aviation agency agreed on Thursday on a new emissions [...] Full text...
thread Environment
US: IMF launches new SDR basket including Chinese Renminbi
30 september 2016 - 20:01:25Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Friday announced the launch of the new Special Drawing [...] Full text...
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São Tomé and Príncipe: Inflationary pressure compounds supply constraints in São Tomé and Príncipe
28 september 2016 - 17:55:23São Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe (PANA) - Delays in external financing ahead of the July 2016 presidential election and [...] Full text...
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US: IMF adds Chinese renminbi to currency composition of foreign exchange reserves
05 march 2016 - 08:32:12Washington, DC., US (PANA) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will separately identify the Chinese Renminbi (RMB) in its official [...] Full text...
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UN: ICAO sets carbon standards for commercial airplanes to reduce pollution
09 february 2016 - 15:05:50New York, US (PANA) - The UN International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) on Tuesday in Montreal, Canada, reached an agreement [...] Full text...
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UN: UN appeals for more resources to deal with drought in Ethiopia
26 january 2016 - 19:38:48New York, US (PANA) - Despite the well-coordinated response already underway to offset the impacts of an El Nino-induced drought [...] Full text...
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Zambia: Zambian mining industry seeks ‘strategic consensus’ for economic growth
16 december 2015 - 16:24:57Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Reeling from the worst crisis it has faced this century, and losing millions of dollars a [...] Full text...
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Tanzania: IMF adds Chinese renminbi in basket of global currencies
30 november 2015 - 19:35:00Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Effective 1 October 2016 the Chinese renminbi (RMB) will be a freely usable currency [...] Full text...
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Uganda: IMF mission approves Uganda's economic performance
05 october 2015 - 18:42:55Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Despite the global and regional economic challenges and election-related uncertainties, Uganda’s recent economic performance has been [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Buhari's first 100 days in office, raging war against boko haram, corruption reported in Nigeria
12 september 2015 - 08:11:32Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - President Muhammadu Buhari's first 100 days in office, the raging war against Boko Haram and Corruption [...] Full text...
thread Press Review
Tanzania: IMF Board approves extension of current SDR currency basket until 30 Sept. 2016
20 august 2015 - 10:44:54Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved the extension of [...] Full text...
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Tunisia: Full programme for Afro-basket 2015
19 august 2015 - 11:59:41Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The 28th Africa Basketball Championship 2015, due to kick off Wednesday (19Aug) in Tunisia, will feature [...] Full text...
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UN: UN official says Addis Ababa conference to agree on social protection, aid delivery
07 july 2015 - 22:42:04New York, US (PANA) - UN Under Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, Mr. Wu Hongbo, who is also the [...] Full text...
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Kenya: New Central Bank Governor earns ‘hawkish’ tag after steep rate hike
07 july 2015 - 21:02:34Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) Governor Patrick Njoroge announced a steep rate hike of 150 basis [...] Full text...
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Tanzania: Morocco benefits from lower oil prices, exports from new industries
06 june 2015 - 09:20:24Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – After slowing in 2014, Morocco’s economic growth is expected around 5 percent in 2015, [...] Full text...
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Tanzania: IMF encourages reforms to safeguard progress in Seychelles
26 march 2015 - 19:29:52Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - An International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff mission Thursday concluded a two-week visit to Seychelles [...] Full text...
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Sudan: Sudan joins coalition force against Houthi rebels in Yemen
26 march 2015 - 13:57:51Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan on Thursday announced its participation in a regional coalition to fight the Houthi Shiite groups [...] Full text...
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Mauritius: 'Fishing communities vulnerable'
27 february 2015 - 09:45:03Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Ocean Economy and Fisheries Minister Premduth Koonjoo has told Parliament that the fishing communities on [...] Full text...
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UN: 'Empowering youth key to bridging social divide in CAR'
12 february 2015 - 06:17:23New York, US (PANA) - Head of the Africa bureau at the UN Development Programme (UNDP) Abdoulaye Mar Dieye has [...] Full text...
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Botswana: Tuesday's forex rates for pula
03 february 2015 - 13:40:21Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana’s reserve bank on Tuesday announced that the country’s pula currency appreciated against the Euro by [...] Full text...
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Tunisia: First-day results at African basketball champion clubs contest in Tunis
12 december 2014 - 11:52:35Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The following are first-day results from the 29th edition of African champion clubs championship, played Thursday [...] Full text...
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Ethiopia: Zimbabwean lawmaker says land reforms 'to propel agricultural revival'
13 november 2014 - 21:15:32Addis Ababa, Ethiopis (PANA) – A Zimbabwean lawmaker has praised land reforms in the Southern African state, saying the country [...] Full text...
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Senegal: ‘Economic independence of the FCFA system requires a split with the French Treasury’
21 october 2014 - 18:27:34Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Dr Babacar Sène, a Senegalese lecturer and researcher at the Faculty of Economic Sciences and Management [...] Full text...
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Cote d’Ivoire: ‘Challenge France on the F CFA’ - Economist
21 october 2014 - 17:19:16Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA) – An Ivorian politician has called for the creation of a new currency to replace the [...] Full text...
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Zambia: US dollar remains thin, as demand eases off slightly
17 october 2014 - 10:35:08Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - The Zambian currency, Kwacha, Thursday closed at 6.355/6.375 against the dollar - 0.32 percent (K0.02) higher [...] Full text...
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UN: Liberia govt, FAO, WFP assessing Ebola's impact on food security
01 october 2014 - 22:26:11New York, US (PANA) - The Liberian government, along with key UN agencies, is set to carry out a rapid [...] Full text...
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Zambia: Kwacha predicted to trade within tight range this week
30 september 2014 - 09:17:59Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - The Zambian Kwacha is likely to continue to trade within a tight range for most parts [...] Full text...
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Zambia: Kwacha weakens against US dollar
26 september 2014 - 14:56:38Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – The Kwacha closed Thursday's trading session at 6.215 / 6.235, which was 0.81 percent (K0.05) weaker [...] Full text...
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Mali: Malian elected First Vice President of FIBA
16 september 2014 - 19:58:19Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Central Board of FIBA, the world governing body for basketball, has appointed Hamane Niang from [...] Full text...
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Zambia: Kwacha strengthens, tracks the US dollar
12 september 2014 - 10:30:49Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - The Kwacha tracked the general Dollar, strengthening against a basket of currencies by moving south in [...] Full text...
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Mali: Venezuela offers 150 scholarships to Malian athletes
08 september 2014 - 17:17:53Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Venezuela has offered Mali 150 sports scholarships and only athletes aged between 17 and 24 years [...] Full text...
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UN: Committee presents report to UN General Assembly on sustainable development
20 august 2014 - 07:42:58New York, US (PANA) - The Inter-Governmental Committee of Experts on Sustainable Development Financing (ICESDF) has forwarded to the UN [...] Full text...
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Mali: AU provides food aid to 500 families in Kidal region
12 august 2014 - 17:50:42Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The African Union Mission for Mali and the Sahel (Misahel) has distributed several tons of relief [...] Full text...
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Kenya: FAO Food Prize Index hits six-month low
07 august 2014 - 11:19:37Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Food Price Index decreased for a fourth consecutive month in [...] Full text...
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US: Official says AGOA supports economic growth in Africa
01 august 2014 - 17:48:50Washington DC, US (PANA) - The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), introduced by the US government in 2000, [...] Full text...
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