IMF Executive Board concludes 2025 Article IV Consultation with Namibia

18 june 2025 - 07:31:48
Windhoek, Namibia (PANA) - Namibia’s economy faces challenges from heightened global trade policy tensions, increased weather shocks, a structural shift [...] Full text...

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Speaking up for the planet – At what cost?

26 april 2025 - 07:44:29
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – “As we celebrate Earth Day this week, we’re reminded that protecting the planet begins [...] Full text...

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IMF, Libya complete Article IV Mission

17 april 2025 - 10:17:48
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The dispute over the leadership of the Central Bank of Libya (CBL) last August and [...] Full text...

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Eswatini’s growth stuck in 4.5 to 5.0 percent range in 2024: IMF

25 july 2024 - 11:09:11
Mbabane; Eswatini (PANA) – Eswatini’s economic growth is poised to remain in the 4.5 to 5.0 percent range in 2024 [...] Full text...

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Strong consumption, investment demand among factors boosting Côte d’Ivoire’s outlook

26 june 2024 - 08:40:56
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - Côte d’Ivoire’s economy remains resilient against a still difficult global backdrop. Despite lower than expected [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Nigeria’s inflation rate hits 29.90% in January amid rising food prices

15 february 2024 - 15:22:19
Abuja, 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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2024 is time to pick up the pace in fight against corruption to safeguard democracy: Transparency International

06 january 2024 - 10:26:14
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - With the beginning of a new calendar year, it’s all too familiar for people [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Nigeria’s inflation rate hits 27.33% as food, beverages, other prices rise

15 november 2023 - 14:48:45
Abuja, 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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Nigeria’s inflation rises to 26.72% in September

16 october 2023 - 19:12:08
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s inflation rate rose to 26.72% in September 2023 amid soaring food prices and harsh economic [...] Full text...

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Nigeria’s Inflation rate hits 22.8% in June 2023

17 july 2023 - 15:46:39
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says Nigeria’s headline inflation rate increased to 22.79 per cent [...] Full text...

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Inflation rate stands at +3.4% in January 2023 in Burundi

21 february 2023 - 16:39:35
Bujumbura, 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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Most countries failing to stop corruption: 2022 CPI shows

31 january 2023 - 19:30:54
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Transparency International on Tuesday released the latest results of its annual Corruption Perceptions Index [...] Full text...

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Burundi reccords average inflation of +1.9 pc for the year 2022

24 january 2023 - 18:38:49
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies of Burundi (ISTEEBU) has published the Household Consumer Price [...] Full text...

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Ghana’s inflation hits 50.3% in November

14 december 2022 - 13:23:48
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana’s rate of inflation hit 50.3% for November 2022, the highest in 27 years, pushed up [...] Full text...

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Ghana's inflation hits 40.4% in October

09 november 2022 - 12:52:30
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's inflation for October hit 40.4%, up from 37.2% in September, as the country continues to [...] Full text...

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Burundi's Consumer Price Index rises by 1.7% in July

20 august 2022 - 17:08:07
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The Consumer Price Index (CPI) for households in Burundi increase of 1.7%, against a drop of [...] Full text...

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Food and fuel responsible for rising inflation in South Africa

09 august 2022 - 13:34:44
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) -  South Africa’s annual consumer price index (CPI) surged to a 13-year high of 7.4 percent [...] Full text...

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Monthly inflation rate down by 0.5pc in June 2022 in Burundi

19 july 2022 - 14:07:19
Bujumbura, 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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AfDB grants US$5 million to Burundi for food security

18 july 2022 - 12:48:20
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The African Development Bank's (AfDB) recent US$5 million food security grant to Burundi comes at a [...] Full text...

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Burundi's inflation goes up to 10.7%

07 june 2022 - 11:34:58
Bujumbura, 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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Inflation picks pace to 18-month high in Kenya

31 august 2021 - 22:34:46
Nairobi, 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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Nigeria's inflation rate drops 0.37% in JUly from 17.75% in June

18 august 2021 - 19:14:56
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said inflation dropped by 0.37 per cent to 17.38% in [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Rising food price inflation in South Africa causes concern for consumers

18 may 2021 - 11:32:42
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - Continued sharp increases in food price inflation from 3.4 percent in 2019, to 4.6 percent [...] Full text...

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Botswana’s inflation continues to surge

16 march 2021 - 13:45:02
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana’s first quarter predictions of consumer price index (CPI) by several economic analysts are now manifesting. The [...] Full text...

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COVID-19 disturbs data collection in Botswana

17 february 2021 - 08:44:07
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Statistics Botswana’s data collection for consumer price index (CPI) compilation continues to be affected by the [...] Full text...

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Anti-corruption NGO accuses Guinea government of passiveness

11 february 2021 - 12:37:08
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - In a statement, received Thursday by PANA, the Guinean Transparency Association (AGT) has slammed the increase [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Corruption kills people worldwide – Transparency International

30 january 2021 - 13:55:15
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - COVID-19 is not just a health and economic crisis, but also a corruption crisis [...] Full text...

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Nigeria’s registers 0.52 pc inflation rise to 14.23 pc in October 2020

16 november 2020 - 14:14:57
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s Consumer Price Index (CPI), which measures inflation, increased by 14.23 per cent (year-on-year) in October [...] Full text...

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Climate finance neglects small-scale farmers – new report

12 november 2020 - 13:39:35
Rome, Italy (PANA) - Only 1.7 per cent of climate finance – a fraction of what is needed - goes [...] Full text...

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Rwanda's CPI up 8.9 pct in Sept.2020

11 october 2020 - 10:48:25
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, rose 8.9 per cent year on [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's inflation rate rises to 13.22 per cent in August 2020

16 september 2020 - 12:30:33
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria's inflation rate increased by 13.22 per cent in August, up from 12.82 per cent recorded [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe annual inflation rate rises over 100 percentage points in July

18 august 2020 - 14:21:11
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe's annual inflation rate rose to 837.53 percent in July owing to the rise in prices [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's inflation rises to 12.56 per cent in June

17 july 2020 - 18:13:09
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Friday said that the nation’s Consumer Price Index (CPI), [...] Full text...

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Inflation drop by 1.5 basis points in Botswana

16 july 2020 - 09:27:48
Gaborone, 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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Nigeria’s inflation rate rose to 12.40 per cent in May- NBS

17 june 2020 - 16:25:48
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Wednesday that the nation’s inflation rate continued its [...] Full text...

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Rwanda's CPI up 9.2 per cent in May

10 june 2020 - 13:31:52
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda’s Consumer Price Index (CPI), main gauge of inflation, increased by 9.2 per cent year-on-year in [...] Full text...

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Darfur rebel commander surrenders to ICC in CAR

09 june 2020 - 20:38:21
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – A top commander of the Janjaweed militia in Sudan’s western region of Darfur, Ali Mohammad Ali [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: Lock-down disturbs economic data collection in Botswana

18 may 2020 - 15:25:14
Gaborone, 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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Nigeria's inflation rises to 12.26 per cent

22 april 2020 - 06:48:23
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says Consumer Price Index (CPI), which measures inflation, increased by [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe's official annual inflation rate hits 540.16 percent

16 march 2020 - 12:35:14
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZIMSTAT) has reported an annual inflation rate of 540.16 percent as of [...] Full text...

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Rwanda's CPI goes up by 8.7% in February 2020

10 march 2020 - 12:13:04
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, rose by 8.7 percent year on [...] Full text...

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Burundi: Annual inflation rate set at 0.0% in January 2020

19 february 2020 - 17:20:39
Bujumbura, 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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Nigeria's inflation rate hits 12.13 per cent

18 february 2020 - 16:53:44
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Tuesday said that the nation’s Consumer Price Index (CPI), [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe: Transparency International sees nothing to celebrate in the country’s improved corruption ranking

23 january 2020 - 17:04:25
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Transparency International Zimbabwe (TIZ) has expressed disappointment over the country's two-step upwards movement to be ranked [...] Full text...

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Transparency International urges govts to address corrupting role of big money in party financing

23 january 2020 - 13:42:03
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Governments must urgently address the corrupting role of big money in political party financing [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's inflation rises by 0.13 points to 11.98 per cent in December 2019

17 january 2020 - 13:07:33
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Friday said that the country’s Consumer Price Index (CPI), [...] Full text...

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Apex bank Governor says Nigeria's rising inflation will go down soon

20 november 2019 - 12:39:54
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The rise in Nigeria's inflation rate is temporary and “will go down aggressively in another three [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's inflation rate jumps to 11.61 per cent in October

18 november 2019 - 14:39:08
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s inflation rate jumped to a 17-month high at 11.61 per cent in October, from 11.24 [...] Full text...

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Guinea: Trial of 2009 massacre victims to be held in 2020, says ICC

30 october 2019 - 22:41:04
Conakry, Guinea (PANA)  - The envoy of the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICCI), Franco Matillana, said here Wednesday [...] Full text...

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IMF says Ghana's macroeconomic outlook 'remains favourable'

25 october 2019 - 11:34:59
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says Ghana’s macroeconomic outlook remains favourable, supported by strong activity in the [...] Full text...

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Guinea: Victims of 28 September massacre want trial as quickly as possible

29 september 2019 - 18:28:04
Conakry, Guinea (PANA)  - The association of victims, relatives and friends (AVIPA) of the 28 September massacres in 2009 in [...] Full text...

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Guinea: Victims of September 28, 2009, massacres appeal for trial

25 september 2019 - 18:03:35
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - With 72 hours to the commemoration of the ten years of the massacres of September 28, [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's inflation rate reduced by .14 percentage points in July

16 august 2019 - 12:24:16
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Friday said  the average change in prices of foods [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe incomes grossly lag behind skyrocketing basic commodities: IH Securities

28 july 2019 - 11:55:40
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA)   -   Recent monetary reforms to address distortions created by past policies in Zimbabwe have led to a [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Inflation rate falls to 11.22 per cent in June

15 july 2019 - 15:46:17
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Monday said that the country’s annual inflation stood at [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe's annual inflation jumps to 175.66% at the end of June

15 july 2019 - 10:01:42
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe's year-on-year inflation rate for the month of June 2019 jumped 79.51 percentage points to 175.66 [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe Finance minister's tweet on low prices angers consumers

22 june 2019 - 19:03:12
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe’s Finance minister Mthuli Ncube has angered the public saying prices of basic commodities in US [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Inflation rate increases by .3 percentage points to 11.40 per cent in May

17 june 2019 - 16:12:03
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Monday said that the country’s Consumer Price Index (CPI), [...] Full text...

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Guinean mining revenues increase by 46 pct - EITI

15 june 2019 - 11:43:51
Conakry, Guinea (PANA)   -   Guinea has since 2014 witnessed a growing trend in its mining sector, driven mainly by bauxite, [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's inflation rate inches up at 11.37 per cent in April

16 may 2019 - 07:19:08
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigeria National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says that the Consumer Price Index (CPI), which measures [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Inflation rate lower by 0.06 percentage points in March

16 april 2019 - 14:42:25
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said the country’s inflation, measured by Consumer Price Index (CPI), [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe in hyperinflation for first time since 2008

16 april 2019 - 07:51:26
Harare, 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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Nigeria's inflation ease by 0.09 per cent to 11.31 per cent in February

16 march 2019 - 10:26:32
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria'rs National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Friday said that the Consumer Price Index (CPI), which [...] Full text...

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Rwanda's consumer inflation up 1.0 pct in January

10 february 2019 - 15:23:33
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, rose 1.0 percent year on year [...] Full text...

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Transparency International urges protection of human rights defenders in Africa

29 january 2019 - 21:38:27
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Governments in Sub-Saharan Africa must intensify their efforts in tackling corruption in their countries [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's Inflation rate rises by 0.16 per cent to 11.44 per cent

16 january 2019 - 18:44:43
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Wednesday said that the Consumer Price Index (CPI), which [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's inflation rate drops 0.02 percent to 11.26 percent in October

21 november 2018 - 17:12:23
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Wednesday that the nation’s inflation rate, which climbed [...] Full text...

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Inflation rate rises in Nigeria

16 october 2018 - 13:45:54
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says the Consumer Price Index, (CPI) which measured inflation [...] Full text...

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Nigeria’s inflation drops to 11.14% in July

15 august 2018 - 15:51:17
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), says the country’s Consumer Price Index (CPI), which measured [...] Full text...

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Inflation rate drops for 16th consecutive month, food price index up in Nigeria

14 june 2018 - 15:08:52
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s annual inflation has dropped to 11.61% in May, below the federal government’s projection of 12.42% [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's inflation rate drops to 13.34% in March 2018

12 april 2018 - 15:22:40
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s National Bureau of Statistics on Thursday said that the nation’s inflation rate, measured by the [...] Full text...

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Nigeria’s inflation rate drops for 13th consecutive month

14 february 2018 - 15:34:13
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria's Consumer Price Index (CPI) has dropped for the 13th consecutive month since January 2017 and [...] Full text...

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Nigeria records 0.53 percent inflation drop in December 2017

16 january 2018 - 19:47:13
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria's inflation rate, measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), further dropped to 15.37 per cent [...] Full text...

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Nigeria aims at single digit inflation in 2018

22 november 2017 - 18:44:42
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele on Wednesday said the apex bank is on [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's inflation declines for 9th consecutive month to 15.91% in October

16 november 2017 - 09:04:11
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says the inflation rate, measured by the Consumer Price Index [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Nigeria’s inflation rate drops to 16.01 per cent in August

15 september 2017 - 16:37:29
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria's inflation rate, measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), further dropped to 16.01 per [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Inflation on downward slide for sixth month in Nigeria

28 august 2017 - 17:45:12
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s inflation rate dropped for the sixth consecutive month as the Consumer Price Index (CPI), which [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Nigeria's inflation rate drops to 16.25%

16 june 2017 - 07:11:48
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says that the country’s inflation dropped to 16.25 per [...] Full text...

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Netherlands: ICC prosecutor calls for arrest, surrender of Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi

14 june 2017 - 19:09:47
The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Fatou Bensouda, on Wednesday called for the [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Nigeria's inflation rate rises again

16 february 2017 - 16:01:10
Abuja, 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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Botswana: January inflation rise in Botswana

15 february 2017 - 13:10:25
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana’s data authority on Wednesday announced that the country’s annual inflation rate in January was 3.1 [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Nigeria's inflation inches up to 17.9% in September

17 october 2016 - 07:09:43
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said that the Consumer Price Index, which measures [...] Full text...

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São Tomé and Príncipe: Inflationary pressure compounds supply constraints in São Tomé and Príncipe

28 september 2016 - 17:55:23
São Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe (PANA) - Delays in external financing ahead of the July 2016 presidential election and [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Nigeria's inflation index rises, hits 17.6 per cent

16 september 2016 - 20:12:03
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Friday said that the country’s Consumer Price Index [...] Full text...

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Rwanda: Rwanda's consumer prices up 6.4 pct in August 2016

10 september 2016 - 11:08:16
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, grew 6.4 percent year on year [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Nigeria's inflation rate rises for sixth consecutive month to 17.1%

31 august 2016 - 17:14:34
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria's flaring inflation worsened for the sixth consecutive month to 17.1 percent for July [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Inflation records fifth monthly consecutive increase

18 july 2016 - 15:17:47
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – For the fifth consecutive month since February 2016, Nigeria's inflationary trend has maintained steady increases, galloping [...] Full text...

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UN: ICC prosecutor produces draft policy on children to address crimes

22 june 2016 - 15:48:06
New York, US (PANA) - The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Ms. Fatou Bensouda, has produced a draft [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Inflation rate rises to record 15.6 per cent in May

14 june 2016 - 15:50:13
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s inflationary trend maintained its continuous increase in the last four months with a record rate [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Nigeria's inflation rate rises from 12.8% to 13.72% in April

16 may 2016 - 22:07:37
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Monday said that the inflationary trend for the [...] Full text...

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Mauritania: Low mining revenues raise shock wave in Mauritania’s economy

23 february 2016 - 08:08:38
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Following several years of strong economic performance, Mauritania is facing a severe terms-of-trade shock due to [...] Full text...

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Ghana: TI calls on people everywhere to speak out against corruption

28 january 2016 - 10:27:47
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Although corruption is still rife globally, more countries improved their scores in the 2015 edition of [...] Full text...

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Rwanda: Rwanda's consumer inflation drops 4.5 pct in December 2015

10 january 2016 - 09:58:48
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Growth in Rwanda's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, dropped to 4.5 percent [...] Full text...

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Gambia: 'Gambia's economy remains strong'

14 december 2015 - 20:48:34
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambia economy remains strong despite the recent Ebola outbreak and late rains last year, according [...] Full text...

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Rwanda: Rwanda's consumer prices up 3.7% in September 2015

10 october 2015 - 10:03:50
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, edged up to 3.7 percent in [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: Sub-Saharan Africa getting grip on inflation

11 september 2015 - 09:35:03
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Domestic supply shocks and shocks to exchange rate and monetary variables have been the [...] Full text...

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Rwanda: Rwanda's inflation maintains upward swing in August

10 september 2015 - 09:39:28
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda's Consumer Price Index (CPI), the main gauge of inflation, grew 3.0 percent year-on-year in August [...] Full text...

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Rwanda: Rwanda's consumer prices up 2.3% in July

10 august 2015 - 13:26:37
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, edged up to 2.3 percent in [...] Full text...

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Rwanda: June inflation grows 2.8 percent year-on -year basis in Rwanda

10 july 2015 - 18:08:04
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda's consumer price index (CPI), the main gauge of inflation, grew 2.8 percent year-on-year in [...] Full text...

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Rwanda: Inflation up by 2.2 pct in May

10 june 2015 - 21:13:20
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Prices of goods and services in Rwanda have increased as the composite Consumer Price Index (CPI), [...] Full text...

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US: IMF says Equatorial Guinea's economic performance is weak

12 may 2015 - 18:25:42
New York, US (PANA) - Hydrocarbon production and revenue over the last two decades vaulted Equatorial Guinea to the highest [...] Full text...

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Rwanda : Anti-corruption campaign to catch 'big fish' moves to the next stage (A feature by Aimable Twahirwa, PANA correspondent)

01 april 2015 - 21:03:22
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - A number of top executive, comprising mainly of senior local administrative leaders in Rwanda, have [...] Full text...

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Sao Tome and Principe: Government urged to apply anti-corruption laws

11 december 2014 - 21:26:32
Sao Tome, Sao Tome and Principe (PANA) – The Centre for Public Integrity of Sao Tome and Principe (CIPSTP) has [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: IMF Board hails South Africa's progress, improved living standards

11 december 2014 - 18:33:54
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - South Africa has made substantial progress in its first 20 years of democracy, achieving [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Media highlight deepening problems of rights body’s boss, corruption perception index

06 december 2014 - 05:45:46
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The deepening problems of the Commissioner of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) [...] Full text...

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Libya: Libya is 166th in Transparency International's corruption ranking

04 december 2014 - 14:08:04
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Libya is ranked 166th out of 175 countries in the report made by the Non-Governmental Organization, [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: IFC, Airtel Uganda sign US$3.9 million deal to expand mobile financial services

24 september 2014 - 13:38:13
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private lending arm of the World Bank Group, [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Nigeria’s inflation rate increases to 8.3%

19 august 2014 - 13:16:31
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) – For the fifth consecutive month, Nigeria’s inflation has recorded a major increase, from 0.1% in [...] Full text...

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Zambia: Cost of living up in Zambia

15 april 2014 - 18:21:49
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – The cost of living for the month of March 2014 for an average family of five [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Inflation eases slightly on good weather

31 march 2014 - 22:18:35
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya’s annual Inflation eased slightly to 6.27% in March from 6.86% in February despite slight increases [...] Full text...

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Libya: Congress approves US$2 billion emergency budget

25 march 2014 - 20:09:41
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The Libyan National General Congress (NGC) on Tuesday approved a budget of 2.55 billion dinars (about [...] Full text...

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Zambia: Inflation inches up to 7.6% in February

01 march 2014 - 10:31:36
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Zambia’s annual rate of inflation, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for February 2014, [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Inflation rate remains at 8%

13 february 2014 - 09:27:18
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Inflation rate in Nigeria remains at 8% per cent in January, according to the latest report [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's slide in global corruption rating rankles civil society group

04 december 2013 - 13:48:36
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's slide in the 2013 global Corruption Perception Index (CPI) issued by Transparency International has confirmed [...] Full text...

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Mali troops, lingering ASUU strike, Mandela's birthday bash reported in Nigeria

20 july 2013 - 08:01:07
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Government's intention to withdraw its troops from Mali, the lingering university teachers' strike, low inflation figures [...] Full text...

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Ghana's inflation inches up to 10.9%

12 june 2013 - 18:15:47
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's rate of inflation for May inched up to 10.9% from 10.6% in April due to [...] Full text...

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Cote d’Ivoire set to become 122nd ICC member state

16 february 2013 - 12:31:46
New York, US (PANA) - Cote d’Ivoire on Friday deposited its instrument of ratification of the Rome Statute of the [...] Full text...

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Corruption ranking, Abacha loot, highlighted in Nigeria

08 december 2012 - 09:14:42
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's ranking by the global corruption watchdog, Transparency International (TI), the return of Abacha loot (US$ [...] Full text...

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Botswana remains Africa's least corrupt nation

07 december 2012 - 09:46:05
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - For the fifth year running, Botswana has emerged at the top of the least corrupt countries [...] Full text...

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Gambia ranked 105 in global corruption index

06 december 2012 - 19:33:43
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The global anti-corruption body, Transparency International, has released its 2012 Global Corruption Perception Index (CPI) with [...] Full text...

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Nigerian papers highlighted by power reforms, devastating floods, first lady's return

21 october 2012 - 11:03:56
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The commencement of the big reform in the power sector, devastating floods and the return of [...] Full text...

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Botswana remains Africa's least corrupt nation (corrected)

01 december 2011 - 11:02:27
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Botswana has retained its position as the least corrupt nation in Africa, according to the 2011 [...] Full text...

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'33m Nigerians jobless'

15 september 2011 - 11:48:33
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Some 33 million Nigerians, out of the country's population of 150 million, are jobless, according to [...] Full text...

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Ivorian crisis: ICC requests victims to make representations

17 june 2011 - 15:55:00
New York, US (PANA) - The Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC) Friday called on the victims of alleged war crimes [...] Full text...

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Kenya's inflation accelerates to 12.95% over high food prices

01 june 2011 - 13:32:10
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya’s annual inflation edged up marginally to 12.95 per cent, accelerated by the rising cost of [...] Full text...

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Ex-Nigeria anti-graft Czar to fight corruption in Afghanistan

08 may 2011 - 21:33:38
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's former anti-graft Czar Nuhu Ribadu has left for Afghanistan to join a six-man international monitoring [...] Full text...

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Botswana is Africa's least corrupt nation

26 october 2010 - 10:07:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Botswana, Mauritius, Cape Verde, Seychelles and South Af rica are the top five least corrupt nations [...] Full text...

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TI: Corruption hampers success of response to global crises

26 october 2010 - 08:26:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- With governments committing huge sums to tackle the worl dâ?s most pressing problems, from the instability [...] Full text...

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TI to launch Corruption Perceptions Index 2010

20 october 2010 - 12:36:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The Berlin-based global corruption watchdog Transparency International has announced that the 2010 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) [...] Full text...

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Inflation rate declines in Mauritius

15 july 2010 - 14:38:00
Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The Central Statistics Office (CSO) in Mauritius announced Thursday that the inflation rate in the country [...] Full text...

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Kenya's inflation drops to 3.2% on declining prices

01 july 2010 - 14:34:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenyan consumers and bank loan borrowers have reason to be optimistic as the country's annual inflation [...] Full text...

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Wade seeks reduction of Senegal's public sector workers

15 june 2010 - 10:38:00
Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade has advocated reducing the number of the country's public sector workers, which [...] Full text...

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Kenya’s annual inflation climbs 3.9% in May

31 may 2010 - 18:38:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenya’s annual inflation edged upwards to 3. 9 per cent in May, climbing from a four-year [...] Full text...

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Inflation down to 4% in Kenya

01 april 2010 - 16:30:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenya’s monthly inflation went down to four per cent in March, up from 5. 2 per [...] Full text...

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Kenya's inflation rises to 5.2% over rising consumer prices

03 march 2010 - 15:22:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The month-on-month inflation rose to 5. 2 per cent in Fe bruary, mainly driven by the [...] Full text...

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Ghana Inflation ended 2009 at 15.97%

15 january 2010 - 16:42:00
Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- Inflation in Ghana ended 2009 at 15. 97%, as it registered the sixth consecutive drop, declining [...] Full text...

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Kenya's inflation rises in December as alcohol prices inch up

31 december 2009 - 17:42:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenyaâ™s month-on-month inflation rose to 5. 3 percent in December from 5. 0 in November due [...] Full text...

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Ghana inflation falls again

11 december 2009 - 20:07:00
Accra- Ghana (PANA) â" Ghana's rate of inflation h-as registered the fifth conse cutive drop, as it slipped to 16. [...] Full text...

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Most African nations are corrupt - Transparency International

18 november 2009 - 09:44:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Most African nations are corrupt, scoring less than 3. 0 out of a possible mark of [...] Full text...

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Ghana inflation slips to 18.04 per cent

13 november 2009 - 17:22:00
Accra- Ghana (PANA) â" The rate of inflation in Gh-ana slipped to 18. 04 per cent in October, the fourth [...] Full text...

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Ghana inflation jumps to five-year high

13 february 2009 - 21:02:00
Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- Inflation hit a five-year high in January at 19. 86 per cent, up from 18. 13 [...] Full text...

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Int'l Court in Hague begins hearing in DRC Bemba's case

12 january 2009 - 15:20:00
Kinshasa- DR Congo (PANA) -- The International Penal Court (CPI), at the Hague, M onday opened hearing of charges against [...] Full text...

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