Kenya's highest ranking military officer, eight others killed in chopper crash

18 april 2024 - 21:03:22
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's topmost ranking officer, the Chief of Defense Forces General Francis Ogolla, and eight others were [...] Full text...

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US notifies WHO of outbreak of Avian Influenza A(H5N1)

11 april 2024 - 15:42:27
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) -The United States has notified the World Health Organization (WHO) of a laboratory-confirmed case of human infection [...] Full text...

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South Africa: South Africa secures Middle East livestock deal

06 april 2024 - 15:18:45
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - An increase in global demand for red meat is positioning Eastern Cape farmers at [...] Full text...

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Controversial cattle ship blamed for foul smell leaves Cape Town

21 february 2024 - 09:50:28
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A ship that docked at Cape Town Harbour on Sunday to load food for [...] Full text...

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UN force steps up patrols after weekend of bloodshed in Abyei

05 february 2024 - 18:17:23
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The UN Interim Security Force in Abyei (UNISFA) has heightened ground and aerial patrols to [...] Full text...

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Five African countries report anthrax outbreaks, over 1,100 cases recorded

11 december 2023 - 11:44:24
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Five countries in East and Southern Africa are experiencing anthrax outbreaks, with more than 1,100 suspected [...] Full text...

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Rights group accuses armed groups of war crimes in besieged localities in Burkina Faso

04 november 2023 - 06:13:10
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Ansaroul Islam and other armed groups are enforcing brutal sieges in localities across Burkina Faso [...] Full text...

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Valuing ecosystem services for integrated landscape management in Zimbabwe: World Bank Blog By Ademola Braimoh and Easther Chigumira

01 november 2023 - 07:55:05
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Valuing ecosystem services –– the benefits humans obtain from earth’s many life-support systems –– is an [...] Full text...

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Mandela’s childhood farmhouse stripped by vandals

14 september 2023 - 10:40:02
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Nelson Mandela’s childhood farmhouse in the Eastern Cape has been striped by vandals who [...] Full text...

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Sudan conflict: FAO launches emergency plan to combat hunger in Sudan

12 september 2023 - 05:38:05
Khatroum, Sudan (PANA) - The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) on Monday launched an emergency response plan to provide [...] Full text...

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AfDB Group commits $87 million to prop cereal production in Tunisia

21 july 2023 - 13:59:36
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia will receive an $87.1 million loan from the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group to scale [...] Full text...

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ADF provides $767,000 to boost livestock farming in Mauritania

20 july 2023 - 16:53:30
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritania will receive $767,000 from the African Development Fund (ADF), the African Development Bank Group’s concessional [...] Full text...

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Eid Al-Adha sacrificial lamb more expensive this year in Libya

22 june 2023 - 18:33:15
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - In the run-up to Eid Al-Adha, the feast of the sacrifice of the sheep, the first [...] Full text...

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Senior UN official urges international community not to forget South Sudan's refugee crisis

08 june 2023 - 11:20:26
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The UN Refugee Agency’s Assistant High Commissioner for Operations, Raouf Mazou, has urged the international [...] Full text...

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Horn of Africa: Over 7 million children under the age of 5 remain malnourished

23 may 2023 - 05:53:56
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - Children in the Horn of Africa are living through an unprecedented large-scale crisis of hunger, displacement, [...] Full text...

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European Council adopts new rules to cut deforestation worldwide

16 may 2023 - 11:09:29
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Council (EC) on Tuesday gave the final go-ahead to a regulation that aims to [...] Full text...

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Libyan newspaper questions whether it is appropriate for Libyans to commemorate May Day, Labour Day

05 may 2023 - 17:30:36
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Since the discovery of oil in the country in 1958 and the export of the first [...] Full text...

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Nearly 10 percent of Burkina Faso's population in food insecure in 2023

24 april 2023 - 17:58:55
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - A total of 2,195,758 people, including internally displaced persons, representing about 9.9% of the population [...] Full text...

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Food insecurity, malnutrition, set to reach 10-year high in West Africa and Sahel: UN agencies

19 april 2023 - 08:50:41
Rome, Italy (PANA) - Food insecurity and malnutrition in West and Central Africa are on track to reach a 10-year [...] Full text...

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Ghana’s livestock products demand rises but domestic production slumps

30 march 2023 - 10:45:35
Accra, Ghana (PANA) -  Due to high input and maintenance costs in recent years, production in Ghana’s livestock sector is [...] Full text...

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Burundi earmarks over US$808 million for public investment

17 march 2023 - 16:51:26
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi's budgetary allocation for investment for the year 2023-2024 is up by 6.82% at 1,265 billion [...] Full text...

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Malian Army says it 'neutralised 153 terrorists in February

08 march 2023 - 14:32:41
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian Army says it has "neutralised" 153 terrorists during several operations in several parts of [...] Full text...

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UN: Violence sharply intensified in South Sudan in 2022

17 february 2023 - 08:21:27
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The number of civilians affected by violence in South Sudan increased sharply at the end [...] Full text...

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World Radio Day celebrates a ‘unique instrument of peace’

14 february 2023 - 06:03:22
Paris, France (PANA) - From supporting forthcoming elections in South Sudan, to getting war-weary people to buy into peace processes; [...] Full text...

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Four Kenyan policemen killed in gun raid near South Sudan border region

11 february 2023 - 22:16:15
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Four Kenyan policemen were killed and seven others seriously wounded after an army of cattle raiders [...] Full text...

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Five Malian soldiers charged with murder escape from gendarmerie camp in Bamako

23 january 2023 - 17:59:13
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Five high-ranking Malian soldiers charged and then imprisoned in Camp 1 at the Gendarmerie in Bamako, [...] Full text...

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AfDB grants €40 million to Senegal for livestock production development

19 december 2022 - 15:29:50
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved on Friday, 16 December [...] Full text...

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AfDB grants €40 million to Senegal for development of livestock production

19 december 2022 - 05:46:21
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has approved a loan [...] Full text...

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More than 60 terrorists neutralized by Malian army during November in central Mali

15 december 2022 - 18:51:36
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian armed forces (FAMAs) claim to have neutralized 62 terrorists, recovered more than 400 head [...] Full text...

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Security Council urged to support implementation of roadmap to transition in South Sudan

14 december 2022 - 05:44:16
New York, US (PANA) - There has been noticeable progress towards realising the peace deal in South Sudan over the [...] Full text...

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Conflict, climate crisis drive rising hunger in South Sudan: Report

04 november 2022 - 04:53:01
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The number of people in South Sudan who are going hungry is at the highest [...] Full text...

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UN steps up protection for drought-hit women and girls in Kenya

23 october 2022 - 04:51:31
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Women and girls are bearing the brunt of the worst drought experienced in Kenya for 40 [...] Full text...

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Fifteen suspected terrorists neutralised in western Burkina Faso

22 october 2022 - 14:00:07
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Some 15 suspected terrorists were neutralized on Monday in response to an attack that killed [...] Full text...

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Mauritius' sugar production to decrease by 6.2% in 2022

25 september 2022 - 06:54:14
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritius Chamber of Agriculture said on Saturday that the production of sugar for the crop [...] Full text...

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'No alternative to implementation of peace agreement in South Sudan'

17 september 2022 - 05:53:31
New York, US (PANA) - Since 2018, the Revitalised Agreement between the key players in South Sudan’s long-running civil war has [...] Full text...

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South Africa moves to contain foot-and-mouth disease

17 august 2022 - 12:32:55
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African Government on Wednesday announced a national ban on moving cattle to [...] Full text...

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Amnesty International urges Ethiopian authorities to investigate massacre in Amhara

22 july 2022 - 06:17:29
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Human rights watchdog, Amnesty International, is urging the Ethiopian authorities to urgently launch an impartial [...] Full text...

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Algeria encourages less consumption of wheat to decrease demand

06 july 2022 - 08:00:30
Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - The Algerian government is encouraging consumers in the country to decrease consumption of bread to avoid [...] Full text...

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'Window of opportunity closing for South Sudan, on road to lasting peace'

21 june 2022 - 05:27:35
New York, US (PANA) - With eight months remaining, the window of opportunity is closing for South Sudan to meet [...] Full text...

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Rights group urges Zimbabwean govt to investigate murder of woman

14 june 2022 - 06:09:29
Harare, Zmbabwe (PANA) - Human rights group, Amnesty International, has asked the Zimbabwe authorities to thoroughly investigate the murder of [...] Full text...

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ECOWAS to launch mass vaccination campaign against ovine rinderpest

09 june 2022 - 11:24:03
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission will on Friday launch the mass vaccination [...] Full text...

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UN condemns ‘horrific’ surge of violence in South Sudan

26 april 2022 - 09:30:12
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Additional peacekeepers have been deployed to Leer county, South Sudan, following a surge of violence, [...] Full text...

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UNHCR supports peaceful end to conflict between herders, farmers in South Sudan

20 april 2022 - 10:51:09
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Semi-nomadic cattle herders blamed for a spate of deadly clashes with settled farmers in South [...] Full text...

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West Africa faces worst food crisis in ten years, warns humanitarian charities

06 april 2022 - 11:05:54
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - West Africa is hit by its worst food crisis in a decade, with 27 million people [...] Full text...

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Gambian women raise concern about access to maternity health facilities

31 march 2022 - 10:00:17
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia’s National Human Right Commission (NHRC) has said dozens of women in the West African nation [...] Full text...

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Some 1.4 million Somalis may be forced from their homes, says humanitarian charity

31 january 2022 - 05:52:51
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - Somalia’s escalating drought is creating a massive displacement crisis, a humanitarian charity has warned. The Norwegian Refugee [...] Full text...

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UN mission calls for probe into deadly attack in South Sudan

26 january 2022 - 05:35:23
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Authorities in South Sudan must investigate a report of deadly intercommunal violence in Jonglei State [...] Full text...

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Some 1.5 million children lack treatment for severe wasting in Eastern and Southern Africa

22 january 2022 - 08:52:45
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - At least 1.5 million children are not receiving life-saving treatment for severe wasting in Eastern and [...] Full text...

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About 60 people killed as terrorists raid towns in northwest Nigeria

07 january 2022 - 12:14:14
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Besieged by ongoing military onslaught against them, migrating terrorists have killed over 60 people in many [...] Full text...

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Some 35.8 million face lean season food crisis in West Africa and Sahel

07 december 2021 - 17:41:35
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Growing food insecurity that is already affecting tens of millions of people across West Africa and [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Shots are finally arriving, but Africa can't get them all into arms

06 december 2021 - 10:15:46
Sekenani, Kenya (PANA) - When a group arrived at the Sekenani health clinic in rural Kenya for their COVID-19 vaccines [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Nine killed, houses burnt in reprisal attacks on Fulani settlements in Niger State, Northcentral Nigeria

02 november 2021 - 18:34:37
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nine persons have been killed and houses burnt in reprisal attacks on Fulani settlements in Mashegu Local [...] Full text...

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Severe drought in Madagascar could spur world’s first climate change famine

22 october 2021 - 05:46:52
Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) - More than one million people in southern Madagascar are struggling to get enough to eat, due to what could [...] Full text...

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Mauritius to produce 270,000 tons of sugar in 2021

27 september 2021 - 07:31:24
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius will produce 270,000 tons of sugar in 2021, down 0.3% as compared to 270,875 tons [...] Full text...

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Nigerian soldier dies as troops eliminate 42 fleeing terrorists, bandits in Niger State

20 september 2021 - 21:52:26
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigerian troops, comprising the Armed Forces of Nigeria and Nigeria Police Mobile unit forces, have eliminated [...] Full text...

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Boko Haram desertions in Nigeria could be the tipping point - Study

19 august 2021 - 11:13:16
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - At At least 2,122 people associated with Boko Haram have left the group since Abubakar Shekau, [...] Full text...

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Nigerian State gov., Masari, laments insecurity level in Katsina, President Buhari’s home State

05 august 2021 - 19:16:19
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Governor Bello Masari of Katsina State, North central Nigeria, on Thursday lamented that 10 of the [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's President Buhari says banditry in northwest 'painful, most disturbing'

23 july 2021 - 09:23:05
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari said in his Duara country home, in Katsina State, that the lingering banditry [...] Full text...

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Millions in southern Angola on brink of starvation after long drought

22 july 2021 - 05:15:27
Luanda, Angola (PANA) - Millions of people in southern Angola are facing an existential threat as drought aggravated by climate [...] Full text...

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Seven people killed in armed attack in north-central Burkina Faso

13 july 2021 - 10:16:55
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Seven people were killed on Sunday in an armed attack by unidentified armed individuals in the [...] Full text...

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South Sudan: UNICEF warns of ‘desperation and hopelessness’ for children 10 years after independence

06 july 2021 - 21:13:11
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Ten years after South Sudan achieved independence, more children there are in urgent need of [...] Full text...

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Moroccan Group to invest over CFAF 1.8 billion in Niger

06 july 2021 - 14:33:19
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Moroccan Group Ymmy Finance Holding is to invest CFAF 1.824 billion in several industrial and infrastructure [...] Full text...

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'Seven terrorists neutralised in north-central Burkina Faso'

06 july 2021 - 11:10:53
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkinabe army announced on Monday evening that it had neutralised seven members of the [...] Full text...

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Fulani herders, leaders bicker with Nigerian military over killing of cows by airstrikes in Nasarawa State

16 june 2021 - 14:38:15
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) –Fulani herders and the Armed Forces of Nigeria are bickering over reports that two military aircraft conducted [...] Full text...

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Bandits convert Nigeria Army lands to safe hideouts for criminal activities

18 may 2021 - 15:46:52
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Bandits have taken over and established camps in vast areas of land belonging to the Nigerian [...] Full text...

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Gabon launches training hub to revolutionise skills for economic diversification

16 april 2021 - 15:34:33
Libreville, Gabon (PANA) – In a bid to match local skills with the urgent needs of economic diversification, President Ali [...] Full text...

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At least 8 killed in armed attack in Burkina Sahel region

14 april 2021 - 22:54:51
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - At least eight volunteers backing the government to back the army in the fight against [...] Full text...

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Women abducted in South Sudan released, hundreds remain missing

06 april 2021 - 06:21:50
New York, US (PANA) - Fifty-eight women and children of more than 600 who were abducted last year during vicious intercommunal [...] Full text...

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South Sudanese women, children freed from captivity

02 april 2021 - 19:22:43
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Fifty-eight women and children have been freed from captivity after months of talks between rival [...] Full text...

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UNHCR urges greater protection for Sahel communities after deadly attack

02 april 2021 - 05:58:05
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Ten days after armed groups carried out a deadly attack on three villages near the western Niger [...] Full text...

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Mauritius' sugar production down by 18.2% in 2020

17 march 2021 - 08:06:15
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Sugar production in Mauritius went down by 18.2% from 331,105 tonnes in 2019 to 270,875 tonnes [...] Full text...

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UN urges accountability for key figures supporting militias in South Sudan’s Greater Jonglei region

15 march 2021 - 13:42:19
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN issued a report on Monday calling on the South Sudanese authorities to hold accountable [...] Full text...

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Two children killed in mine explosion in Salloum Mount (Tunisia)

11 march 2021 - 22:44:20
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – Two children succumbed to their injuries on Thursday in a mine explosion at a closed military [...] Full text...

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Dozo traditional hunters and Peulh community strike peace deal

23 february 2021 - 14:39:05
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Dozo traditional hunters and the Fulani community sealed on Sunday in Niono, Segou region, central Mali, [...] Full text...

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G5 Sahel Joint Force repels terrorists

13 january 2021 - 18:13:41
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - In the evening of January 5, 2021, following intelligence reports, Nigerien and Burkinabe units of [...] Full text...

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UNHCR says new safety measures allow Malian refugees to return to camp in Burkina Faso

21 december 2020 - 12:47:05
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The UN Refugee Agency - UNHCR -  has helped 3,000 Malian refugees move back into [...] Full text...

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UN 'gravely concerned' for safety of refugees in Niger, following Boko Haram attack

16 december 2020 - 05:38:17
New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations voiced grave concern on Tuesday for the safety of thousands of refugees [...] Full text...

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UNHCR condemns Boko Haram attack on Niger town hosting forcibly displaced people

15 december 2020 - 11:57:53
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, condemns an attack by armed assailants on Toumour, a town in [...] Full text...

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South African steak receives highest world rating

08 december 2020 - 12:31:38
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A cut of South African Wagyu ribeye meat has received the highest rating in [...] Full text...

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Violence, insecurity continue to plague South Sudan communities: UN

19 november 2020 - 05:40:42
Juba, South Sudan - Over 1,000 people have been killed and more than 400 abducted in the past six months [...] Full text...

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Nigerian troops eliminate 38 bandits, arrest 198, rescue 108 kidnap victims in North West Nigeria

26 october 2020 - 18:50:41
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Armed Forces of Nigeria on Monday said troops of Operation Sahel Sanity, one of the [...] Full text...

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EU gives Congo more than one billion Euros for agro-pastoral groupings

21 october 2020 - 21:41:57
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The European Union (EU) ambassador in Congo, Raul Mateus Paula, said here Tuesday his organisation would [...] Full text...

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Niger: Prices for local cereals down in September

16 october 2020 - 19:13:37
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - A slight decrease in the prices of local cereals was noted in Niger in September, thanks [...] Full text...

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Nigeria’s Food Reserve stock now 109,657 tonnes

14 october 2020 - 10:46:12
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria's Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Muhammad Sabo Nanono has announced that the country's [...] Full text...

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CERF grants $5 million to support flood victims in Niger

13 october 2020 - 15:43:17
 Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The Central Emergency Response Fund of the United Nations system (CERF) has granted Niger  US$5,019,682 as [...] Full text...

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Nigeria military says troops kill 'scores' of Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists

08 october 2020 - 12:11:49
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Armed Forces of Nigeria on Thursday announced that “scores” of Boko Haram/Islamic State in West [...] Full text...

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Flooding leaves South Sudan facing threat of ‘catastrophic’ hunger levels, UN says

30 september 2020 - 08:30:03
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Torrential rains and flooding across South Sudan have created the threat of “catastrophic” levels of [...] Full text...

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Mauritania: 3 die of "Rift" fever

29 september 2020 - 18:17:46
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Three individuals died of hemorrhagic fever, commonly known as "Rift Fever", in the regions of Tagant [...] Full text...

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Flooding leaves South Sudan facing threat of ‘catastrophic’ hunger levels

29 september 2020 - 16:34:54
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Torrential rains and flooding across South Sudan have created the threat of “catastrophic” hunger levels [...] Full text...

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Military says several Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists, bandits killed, bandits/collaborators arrested in Nigeria’s Northern region

10 september 2020 - 18:58:06
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Armed Forces of Nigeria on Thursday said that its troops successfully carried out many operations [...] Full text...

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Death toll in northern Ghana floods up to 10

09 september 2020 - 10:34:23
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The death toll in floods in northern Ghana after heavy rains and spillage of water from [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Military kills 100 bandits, arrests 148 in Northwest region

06 september 2020 - 09:58:58
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Armed Forces said on Saturday that at least 100 bandits were killed and 148 [...] Full text...

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Botswana declares non-drought year

04 september 2020 - 14:16:18
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana’s President Mokgweetsi Masisi has declared 2019/2020 season a non-drought year. Despite the announcement made on Friday [...] Full text...

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NAF airstrikes kill “several” bandits, “disrupt” their camps in Kaduna State

04 september 2020 - 13:00:43
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria's Armed Forces on Friday said the Air Component of Operation THUNDER STRIKE killed “several” bandits [...] Full text...

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Nigeria Police say 15 bandits were killed, 50 arrested in Northwest Nigeria

03 september 2020 - 19:41:58
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigeria Police Command in Katsina State says it has killed 15 bandits and arrested 50 [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: 700 family members of terrorist group surrender to Army troops – Defence Spokesperson

03 september 2020 - 18:34:53
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Armed Forces of Nigeria on Thursday said 700 family members of the Darul Salam Terrorists [...] Full text...

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Amnesty International criticises Nigerian govt. for leaving rural communities at mercy of gunmen

24 august 2020 - 15:50:15
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Amnesty International on Monday criticised the Nigerian authorities for leaving rural communities at the mercy of [...] Full text...

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Military, security agencies to deal with alleged ISIS/Al Qaeda infiltration into Nigeria

13 august 2020 - 17:02:48
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Armed Forces on Thursday assured Nigerians that it is taking the warning by the [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso Sahel: Grand Imam of Djibo kidnapped on Tuesday

11 august 2020 - 18:43:45
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Grand Imam of the city of Djibo, Soum province, in the Burkinabe Sahel, was [...] Full text...

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Burkina PM affected by attack that claims 20 lives in east of country

08 august 2020 - 09:14:19
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso Prime Minister Christophe Marie Joseph Dabiré said here Saturday he was saddened by [...] Full text...

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Rwanda border guards gun down marijuana smuggler at border with DR Congo

21 july 2020 - 15:14:26
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan military has shot dead one smuggler suspected of crossing the border illegally from Democratic Republic [...] Full text...

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602 “repentant” Boko Haram insurgents reintegrated back to the Nigerian society

16 july 2020 - 18:52:15
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Armed Forces on Thursday said that 602 “repentant” Boko Haram members have sworn the [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: Pandemic affects nomadic herders across West/Central Africa

14 july 2020 - 12:41:50
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – As a result of border closures decreed by Governments across West and Central Africa to limit the [...] Full text...

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Inter-communal violence, terrorist attacks inflame tensions in West Africa: Chambas

09 july 2020 - 22:27:58
New York, US (PANA) - Inter-communal violence and persistent attacks by extremists continue to undermine peace and security across West [...] Full text...

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Fears of humanitarian disaster growing in Mali due to deadly attacks on civilians

09 july 2020 - 18:53:41
Paris, France (PANA) - Killing of civilians by armed groups in central Mali risk triggering a humanitarian disaster by undermining [...] Full text...

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Malian defence forces neutralise six terrorists

25 june 2020 - 14:16:54
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Six terrorists were neutralized and around twenty captured on Tuesday near Nyan village, in Bandiagara district [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's President Buhari restates military's ability to bring banditry, violence under control

17 june 2020 - 07:08:27
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday stressed that the country's Armed Forces are "fully capable" of [...] Full text...

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Nigerian president Buhari 'shocked' at string of Boko Haram/ISWAP attacks, massacre of civilians

11 june 2020 - 09:36:01
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed shock at the unprecedented massacre of civilians by Boko Haram/Islamic [...] Full text...

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Nigerian Gov. seeks review of W/African protocols to end armed herdsmen migration into Nigeria

07 june 2020 - 07:36:25
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Alhaji Abdullahi Ganduje, the Governor of Kano State in the northern part of Nigeria, on Saturday [...] Full text...

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Nigerian troops kill 70 bandits in Kaduna State

06 june 2020 - 11:58:16
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Armed Forces said on Saturday that its troops on an operation in the northwest [...] Full text...

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Niger: Maradi region registers some 36,000 new refugees from Nigeria

04 june 2020 - 18:05:39
Maradi, Niger (PANA) - More than 36,000 new refugees from Nigeria have converged on the Maradi region of Niger, fleeing [...] Full text...

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European Union condemns latest terrorist attacks in Burkina Faso

03 june 2020 - 12:16:13
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The European Union Delegation and the heads of the diplomatic missions of EU member states [...] Full text...

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Red Cross worker killed in attack on humanitarian convoy in north-central Burkina Faso

01 june 2020 - 14:58:35
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - At least ten people including five Burkinabe gendarmes were killed on Saturday in an attack [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso's 'deadly week' in May sees terrorist attacks claim dozens of lives

01 june 2020 - 10:27:27
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The last week of May was deadly in Burkina Faso with terrorist attacks in several [...] Full text...

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Nigeria military 'kill 200 bandits' in the northwest

24 may 2020 - 18:26:45
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Armed Forces said on Sunday that the Nigeria Air Force (NAF) killed “close to [...] Full text...

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Victims of intercommunal violence in South Sudan deserve ‘justice, truth and reparations’ – UN rights chief

23 may 2020 - 05:53:39
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has condemned a fresh wave of intercommunal violence [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: Nigerian Presidency assures on nationwide security as banditry violence heightens food insecurity concerns

20 may 2020 - 12:47:31
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Presidency has assured that all 36 States of the federation and the Federal Capital [...] Full text...

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Stock theft surge between Botswana, Zimbabwe

11 may 2020 - 18:13:45
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Despite ongoing lockdown to curtail COVID-19 pandemic, stock theft between Botswana and Zimbabwe are on the [...] Full text...

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Heavy rains leave 220 Kenyans dead

11 may 2020 - 13:08:59
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan authorities maybe forced to embark on forceful relocation of flood victims as the death toll [...] Full text...

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Nigerian military kills 533 Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists, other bandits

06 may 2020 - 13:41:57
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Armed Forces of Nigeria has said that a total of 533 Boko Haram/Islamic State in [...] Full text...

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Drought decreases agricultural crops, livestock activity in Zimbabwe

28 april 2020 - 13:00:47
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The 2019/20 agricultural season in Zimbabwe was marked by delay and false start throughout the country [...] Full text...

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At least 8 people killed in north-central Burkina Faso

28 march 2020 - 18:11:10
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - At least 8 people were killed and cattle stolen  on Saturday from Moméné village, in [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Mauritius to increase local food production in the face of virus

18 march 2020 - 13:00:15
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Agro-Industry and Food Security Minister Maneesh Gobin, on Wednesday, said that despite no case of [...] Full text...

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Downpour claims 4 lives in Rwanda

03 march 2020 - 17:45:59
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) -  A rainstorm that swept across Rwanda late Monday caused landslides and killed at least 4 people, [...] Full text...

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Forum on peaceful transborder migration of livestock in the ECOWAS region opens in Niamey

03 march 2020 - 14:07:05
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - A forum on responsible and peaceful transhumance in  the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) [...] Full text...

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Two people killed by terrorists in central Mali

25 february 2020 - 17:37:25
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Two civilians were killed, several injured and significant damage was caused in an attack perpetrated on [...] Full text...

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Nigerien pastoralists again allowed to graze their cattle in Benin

20 february 2020 - 17:53:17
Cotonou, Benin(PANA) - Benin is once again allowing Nigerien pastoralists to graze their livestock on its territory, according to a [...] Full text...

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33 persons killed by armed bandits in Katsina, Northwest Nigeria

16 february 2020 - 09:26:45
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Armed bandits on Friday evening invaded two villages in Batsari local Government area of Katsina State, [...] Full text...

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21 killed in deadly attack against village of Ogossagou, central Mali

14 february 2020 - 21:14:10
Bamako, Mali (PANA)  - At least 21 people were killed and several others reported missing in an attack Friday by [...] Full text...

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Malian soldier killed in terrorist attack in central Mali

14 february 2020 - 17:53:10
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A Malian soldier was killed and five others injured on Wednesday during an attack by unidentified [...] Full text...

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Unidentified gunmen kills military chief in northern Mali

11 february 2020 - 20:47:11
Bamako, Mali (PANA)  -  A military chief of several pro-government groups and member of the Malian operational commandment mechanism (MOC), [...] Full text...

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Human Rights Watch says militias, armed Islamists ravage central Mali

10 february 2020 - 10:13:21
Bamako, Mali (PANA) – Armed groups in Mali have escalated their attacks on civilians, massacring people in their villages, and [...] Full text...

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Four people killed in terrorist attack in central Mali

04 february 2020 - 09:51:23
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Unidentified gunmen attacked Bana Gakou, a town near Koro in central Mali's Mopti region on Sunday, [...] Full text...

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Nigeria Air Force aircraft to contain armed banditry in northcentral region

27 january 2020 - 07:46:18
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Following the sporadic attacks by armed bandits in northern Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari has directed that [...] Full text...

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Armed bandits kill 11 people in northcentral Nigeria

26 january 2020 - 13:35:07
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The spate of insecurity across Nigeria continues unabated as over 50 armed bandits overran five communities [...] Full text...

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US condemns attack on Abyei area

25 january 2020 - 15:25:08
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The United States has condemned the attack that took place in the oil-rich area of Abyei, [...] Full text...

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Armed attack in disputed Abyei area claims 30 lives

23 january 2020 - 12:59:34
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese government has condemned an armed attack in Abyei region that left at least 30 [...] Full text...

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Botswana urged to control livestock manure methane emissions

20 january 2020 - 14:41:36
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana has been challenged to promulgate a climate change policy, incorporating the mitigation and control of [...] Full text...

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Canada donates 290,000 USD to floods victims in northern Congo

14 january 2020 - 22:41:44
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA)  -  The Canadian minister of international development, Kirina Gould, Tuesday gave 290,000 USD worth of non-food aid [...] Full text...

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Rwandan vet expert warns against "Rift Valley fever" - new disease that passes from animals to humans

12 january 2020 - 17:48:41
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) -  The Chairperson of the Rwanda Council of Veterinary Doctors, Dr. Charles Nkuranga, on Sunday stressed the [...] Full text...

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The exchange of cows among the ancestral hard-skinned practices in Burundi (Analysis)

12 january 2020 - 12:11:57
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - One of the notable presidential activities of the week, which is coming to an end, was [...] Full text...

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IFAD gives more than 300 million dollars for Ethiopian agricultural sector

10 january 2020 - 21:10:35
Paris, France (PANA)  -  The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and Ethiopia Wednesday signed a financing deal of 305.7 [...] Full text...

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Senegalese president pardons 709 prisoners on New Year celebration

01 january 2020 - 21:49:04
Dakar, Senegal (PANA)  - Senegalese President Macky Sall Wednesday pardoned 709 prisoners on the occasion of the celebration of the [...] Full text...

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Malian gov't to invest 282 billion CFAF to improve 70,000 ha of land

31 december 2019 - 07:07:22
Bamako, Mali (PANA) – The Malian government is investing 282 billion CFAF to improve 70,000 hectares of land over the [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso: ICRC vaccinates 400,000 cattle Sahel region

17 december 2019 - 14:56:40
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - A free vaccination campaign organized by the International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) with the [...] Full text...

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France gives Mali 14.4 billion CFAF to fund two development projects

13 december 2019 - 23:26:41
Bamako, Mali (PANA)  - The monitoring committee of the French Development Agency (AFD) met here Friday to evaluate the results [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: 28 people burnt to death in auto crash in Bauchi State, Northeast Nigeria (Update)

12 december 2019 - 20:07:53
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA)  - Twenty-eight persons said to be members of the same family were burnt beyond recognition in a [...] Full text...

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UN calls for end to inter-communal clashes, attacks against aid workers in South Sudan

04 december 2019 - 12:00:28
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Peacekeepers have been sent to the northern Lakes region in South Sudan in a bid [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's president says no date yet to reopen borders

03 december 2019 - 10:28:12
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari says he has not given any date for the reopening of the [...] Full text...

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UN meteorological agency warns of another year of record gas emissions

25 november 2019 - 18:00:08
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Levels of the three main heat-trapping gases emitted into the atmosphere – carbon dioxide (CO2), methane, [...] Full text...

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Senegal moves to reduce poverty in four regions

22 november 2019 - 19:32:12
Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - The Senegalese government on Thursday launched the second phase of the Program to Support Agricultural Development [...] Full text...

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Senegal moves to reduce poverty in four regions

22 november 2019 - 14:51:10
Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - The Senegalese government on Thursday launched the second phase of the Program to Support Agricultural Development [...] Full text...

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Somalia: Humanitarian agency works to save lives in one of the world's most dangerous countries

14 november 2019 - 12:53:07
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) – A combination of extreme weather conditions and conflict has put millions in Somalia in need of [...] Full text...

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Nigerian court stops military's operation for citizens to show "positive identification"

05 november 2019 - 18:31:14
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – A Federal High Court in Nigeria’s commercial capital of Lagos on Tuesday ordered the suspension of [...] Full text...

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American businessmen to invest in Congo's agro-pastoral sector

05 november 2019 - 08:51:45
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – Businessmen from the US Eagle Business Solutions Company have expressed their desire to develop Congo's agro-pastoral sector [...] Full text...

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Nigerian Army says reports of planned nationwide operation for citizens to show "positive identification" are fake

30 october 2019 - 16:46:37
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Army has described as ‘Fake Alert’, a viral post of the planned nationwide ‘Operation [...] Full text...

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Nigeria military begins nationwide operation to check identification of citizens

28 october 2019 - 09:41:55
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian military says it will from Friday begin a nationwide operation, codenamed ‘Operation Positive Identification’, [...] Full text...

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Botswana government drills boreholes for wildlife

21 october 2019 - 15:01:29
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi has said that his government dug 18 boreholes for wildlife in a [...] Full text...

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WB to restore degraded landscapes in Burundi with US$ 30 million

17 october 2019 - 16:08:32
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The "Landscape Restoration and Resilience in Burundi" (PRPB) Project was officially launched on Thursday by the [...] Full text...

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Mali launches integration, reintegration projects for returning migrants

15 october 2019 - 15:44:11
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's Minister for Malians Living Abroad, Amadou Koita, on Monday launched in Bamako the integration and [...] Full text...

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Underground water management still not a possibility in Botswana

01 october 2019 - 21:26:07
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Underground water management is still a farfetched dream in Botswana due to illegal waste dumping in [...] Full text...

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Worsening economic prospects hamper healthcare fuel gender-based violence in Southern Africa

30 september 2019 - 16:03:23
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Deteriorating economic prospects have exacerbated poverty and inequality and hampered access to essential services, [...] Full text...

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Implementation of the Peace Agreement in South Sudan stalls

22 september 2019 - 09:26:23
New York, USA (PANA) – The implementation of the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict (RARC) in South [...] Full text...

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Botswana government drills boreholes for herders at Lake Ngami

20 september 2019 - 11:12:45
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The Botswana government will equip the Lake Ngami area with five boreholes to assist farmers with [...] Full text...

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Drought forces Botswana to open exportation of live cattle

13 september 2019 - 13:59:52
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The Botswana Ministry of Agricultural Development and Food Security has allowed the immediate export of live [...] Full text...

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More than 500,000 people without health care in Burkina Faso, says ICRC

09 september 2019 - 11:47:48
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - More than 500,000 people have been deprived of health care or have had great difficulty [...] Full text...

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Agency moves to stop cattle theft in southern Senegal

07 september 2019 - 07:28:30
Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - The National Agency for the Revival of Economic and Social Activities in Casamance (ANRAC) is organizing [...] Full text...

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Kenyan President issues special proclamation to mourn Mugabe

06 september 2019 - 17:03:03
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has issued an executive order declaring the national flag to fly half-mast [...] Full text...

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92 people abducted, 31 killed in seven months in Niger's Maradi region

06 september 2019 - 10:06:13
Maradi, Niger (PANA) - A total of 92 people were abducted and 31 others killed in Niger's Maradi region, 650 [...] Full text...

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Insecurity, violence turn Nigeria into ‘pressure cooker’ that must be addressed - UN rights expert

03 september 2019 - 20:32:53
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria is a pressure cooker of internal conflicts and generalised violence that must be addressed urgently, [...] Full text...

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AI urges Pope Francis to raise human rights concerns during Madagascar, Mozambique visits

03 september 2019 - 05:32:12
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - Human rights organisation Amnesty International has called on Pope Francis to raise urgent human rights [...] Full text...

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4,000 agro-pastoralists compensated for plague of small ruminants in Burundi

29 august 2019 - 22:12:46
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA)   -  Some 4,000 agro-pastoralists from eight of the 18 Burundian provinces hard hit by a plague of [...] Full text...

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Some 1,460 civilians killed in 330 attacks in the last seven months in Nigeria

29 august 2019 - 20:48:22
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Federal Government on Thursday said that 1,460 deaths were recorded in about 330 attacks [...] Full text...

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Senegal: Populations in 11 southern villages alerted about livestock theft

23 august 2019 - 00:17:18
Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA)   -   Inhabitants from eleven villages in Casamance, southern Senegal, Wednesday began instituting preventive measures to halt livestock [...] Full text...

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Niger needs more humanitarian aid in Diffa, says MSF

21 august 2019 - 23:41:22
Niamey, Niger (PANA)   -   The security situation remains very volatile in the Lake Chad region and more humanitarian aid is [...] Full text...

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Senegal: Gunmen seize cows, enter Guinea Bissau

20 august 2019 - 22:16:27
Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA)   -   Gunmen armed with rifles Tuesday stole cattle from Djibanar, a village located about 60km east of [...] Full text...

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African experts train Mauritians in leather craft skills

20 august 2019 - 15:16:03
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Experts from the Africa Leather and Leather Products Institute (ALLPI) are conducting a five-day lather [...] Full text...

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Seventeen killed by armed bandits in northwest Nigeria

20 august 2019 - 10:44:44
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigeria Police say 17 people have been killed by armed bandits in Katsina State, northeast [...] Full text...

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Four killed in attack on central Mali village

18 august 2019 - 12:33:20
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Four people were killed and several domestic animals were seized during an attack last Friday by [...] Full text...

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Two people killed by unidentified gunmen in Donkono, central Mali

15 august 2019 - 12:48:36
Bamako, Mali (PANA) -  Two civilians were killed and several others injured in an attack by unidentified gunmen on Saturday [...] Full text...

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Senegalese President urges fellow citizens to pray for bumper agric campaign, peace

12 august 2019 - 14:54:02
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Senegalese President, Macky Sall, on Monday urged his compatriots to pray for a good agricultural [...] Full text...

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Aid el-Adha disrupted by the military escalation near Tripoli (A news analysis)

05 august 2019 - 22:46:48
Tripoli, Libya (PANA)   -   In defiance of a deleterious atmosphere marked by the continuation of armed fighting near southern Tripoli, [...] Full text...

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Mali to hold 4th pastorallists fair from 6 to 9 August

05 august 2019 - 11:30:55
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The 4th edition of Regional Project to Support Pastorallism in the Sahel (PRAPS-Mali) will take place [...] Full text...

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Mayors want soldiers redeployed to Central Mali

29 july 2019 - 16:48:56
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The mayors of three communes of Kendi, in the Bandiagara district, in the Mopti region, in [...] Full text...

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Sudanese gov't bans export of female livestock

23 july 2019 - 16:34:19
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A senior official at the Sudanese Ministry of Animal Wealth has described a decree banning exportation [...] Full text...

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Three killed by unidentified gunmen in Mali's Mopti region

22 july 2019 - 12:40:34
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Three civilians were killed and more than 700 herds of livestock taken away by unidentified gunmen [...] Full text...

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Gambian foreign minister rebuts journalist’s allegations over extradition

12 july 2019 - 21:20:29
Banjul, Gambia (PANA)   -   Gambian minister of foreign  affairs, international cooperation and Gambians abroad Mamadou Tangara has denied allegations by [...] Full text...

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Mali launches project to support livestock development

04 july 2019 - 22:15:41
 Bamako, Mali (PANA)   -   Malian Minister of Livestock and Fisheries Maguiraga Rokia Kane Thursday launched a Livestock Development Support Project [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe's MDC leader Nelson Chamisa defends poor performance of urban councils

30 june 2019 - 16:08:05
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA)   -   Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Nelson Chamisa says implementing reforms at council level is being [...] Full text...

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One killed in attack on village of Yoro, central Mali

27 june 2019 - 23:33:51
Bamako, Mali (PANA)   -   One person was killed and two others were  wounded in an attack Wednesday night by unidentified [...] Full text...

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Former President Ian Khama's retirement benefits: Gifts for a man who has everything - Chronicled by PANA

12 june 2019 - 21:10:54
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The former President of Botswana, Ian Khama Seretse Khama, received enough gifts to last him his [...] Full text...

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Botswana’s National Development Bank diversifies its financing

11 june 2019 - 10:40:27
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The National Development Bank of Botswana (NDB), which has been always been known locally as the [...] Full text...

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Two people killed by unidentified gunmen in central Mali

22 may 2019 - 13:08:11
Bamako, Mali (PANA) – Two civilians were killed and another wounded in an attack by unidentified gunmen on Tuesday in [...] Full text...

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Drought relief action announced in Botswana

20 may 2019 - 17:28:54
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana has announced drought relief measures which take effect from the beginning of July as the [...] Full text...

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More than 20,000 Nigerian displaced find refuge in Niger

19 may 2019 - 19:54:40
Maradi, Niger (PANA) – Some 20,000 persons from Nigeria's Sokoto State, which shares borders with with Maradi Region in central-north [...] Full text...

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Feature: Plastic pollution and its many side effects on the ecosystem

17 may 2019 - 22:32:34
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA)  -   Apart from sustaining a rich diversity of natural ecosystems, Botswana’s water resources are critical for meeting [...] Full text...

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Army chief accuses "defeated politicians" of sponsoring insecurity in Nigeria

15 may 2019 - 18:07:45
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Yusuf Buratai, on Wednessday said that the Army has [...] Full text...

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Rains destroy 350 schools, put 3.5 million Ugandans at risk of famine

15 may 2019 - 14:18:17
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – Erratic rains or lack of the same have destroyed hundreds of schools and put millions of [...] Full text...

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Four killed in attack on rickshaw in central Mali

13 may 2019 - 14:09:32
Bamako, Mali (PANA) – Four people were killed and two others injured on Saturday in an attack by unidentified gunmen [...] Full text...

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NRC urges South Sudanese leaders to ensure power sharing agreement is in place

09 may 2019 - 12:00:18
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - South Sudan’s leaders must ensure a power-sharing government is in place within the new extended [...] Full text...

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