UNICEF sounds alarm over fast-spreading cholera outbreaks in Africa

29 march 2023 - 06:29:08
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is calling for emergency funding to broaden efforts to reach millions [...] Full text...

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Nigeria to release 603 'repentant' Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists by July

12 june 2020 - 05:29:35
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigeria Armed Forces wing in charge of rehabilitating repentant terrorists, Operation Safe Corridor (OPSC), will [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Kenya records 31 new cases in prisons, national pandemic tally remains 1,888

31 may 2020 - 14:03:43
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Public Health officials have evacuated 31 inmates who turned positive for COVID-19 at the Nairobi Remand [...] Full text...

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Nigerian elected President of ICC for next 3 years

12 march 2018 - 14:02:10
The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - Judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC), sitting in a plenary session on Sunday, elected [...] Full text...

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UN: New FAO report projects steady decline in food prices over next decade

01 july 2015 - 15:53:23
New York, US (PANA) - Real prices for global agricultural products will continue their gradual decline over the coming decade [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Schools partially resume as Ebola fears linger

22 september 2014 - 09:49:13
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Schools in Nigeria resumed on Monday after a summer break that was elongated by fears over [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Senate passes 4.6 trillion naira budget for 2014

09 april 2014 - 13:50:00
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's upper legislative chamber, the Senate, Wednesday passed the country's 2014 budget, worth 4,695,190,000,000 Naira (US$28.4 [...] Full text...

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Kenya to back UN Secretary-General Ban for second term

10 june 2011 - 17:56:05
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki Friday declared the country’s strong support for a second term for UN [...] Full text...

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Libya, Freedom of Information Bill, new minimum wage reported in Nigeria

26 february 2011 - 08:16:11
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - President Goodluck Jonathan's order that Nigerians in Libya be evacuated, the passage of the Freedom of [...] Full text...

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Nigerian House of Reps passes Freedom of Information Bill, 10 years after introduction

24 february 2011 - 16:22:51
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - After more than 10 years of delay and previous rejections at the National Assembly, the Freedom [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's parliament sets stage for extension of voter registration

25 january 2011 - 16:56:08
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's lower House of Representatives Tuesday amended the country's electoral laws to make it possible for [...] Full text...

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Food prices up again - FAO

09 december 2009 - 17:41:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Global food prices are on the rise again with the FAO Fo od Price Index, a [...] Full text...

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