Maliian gov't, potato sector stakeholders agree on a price cap for producers and consumers
30 march 2019 - 20:02:18Bamako, Mali (PANA) - In April, the potato will be bought at the producer price of 150 CFA F/kg and [...] Full text...
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Bamako, Mali (PANA) - In April, the potato will be bought at the producer price of 150 CFA F/kg and [...] Full text...
Senegal's industrial activity up in January
21 march 2019 - 18:43:09Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Industrial activity in Senegal hightened in January 2019, promoted by a good production performance, the National [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso establishes cashew nut council to revive sector
20 march 2019 - 22:44:03Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkinabe government Wednesday enacted a decree establishing the Burkina Faso Cashew nut Council to [...] Full text...
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Malian President IBK, African Cotton Association delegation discuss local transformation of cotton
17 march 2019 - 14:48:09Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, and a delegation of the African Cotton Association (ACA), led [...] Full text...
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African Cotton Association meets in Mali
15 march 2019 - 11:37:54Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The 17th African Cotton Association (ACA) meeting opened on Thursday in Bamako, Mali, with the participation [...] Full text...
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Price of West African cashew nuts dips
14 march 2019 - 14:24:58Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The price for West African cashew nuts on the international market has dropped sharply, losing nearly [...] Full text...
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Experts meet in Burkina Faso to examine cause of low cotton yield
11 march 2019 - 22:35:12Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – A hundred experts on Monday met in Ouagadougou to examine the country’s cotton field which [...] Full text...
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BCEAO reports significant decline in commodity prices in January
07 march 2019 - 19:26:26Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Commodity prices fell significantly in January 2019, according to the monthly statistics bulletin of the Central [...] Full text...
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Titanium firm in Kenya uses corporate power to benefit farmers (Analysis by Kennedy Abwao, PANA Correspondent)
02 march 2019 - 10:26:15Kwale, Kenya (PANA) – Esther Ngwadeta speaks highly of her newest trade. She managed a harvest of five kilograms of [...] Full text...
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Titanium mining firm attacks poverty in Kenya’s coastal region (By Kennedy Abwao, PANA correspondent)
28 february 2019 - 12:55:21Kwale, Kenya (PANA) – The sign-post is hard to miss on the narrow highway linking Ukunda, a small resort town [...] Full text...
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Mali to host 2nd edition of International Cotton Forum
20 february 2019 - 13:34:39Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Though a leading producer of cotton in sub-Sahara Africa, Mali still struggles to improve its cotton [...] Full text...
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Burkinabe firm gets 65 million euros for cotton production
24 january 2019 - 19:18:18Paris, France (PANA) - The Burkinabe Textile Fibre Company (Sofitex), on Thursday signed an agreement with a consortium of international [...] Full text...
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Secretary-General of the Islamic World League meets with Burundian leader
16 january 2019 - 18:32:20Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi's head of state, Pierre Nkurunziza, on Wednesday received the Secretary-General of the Islamic World League, [...] Full text...
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EC reaches provisional agreement with European Parliament on single-use plastics
19 december 2018 - 10:38:09Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Union (EU) announced on Wednesday that it is taking action to reduce plastic pollution [...] Full text...
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Estonian PM ends Malian visit
08 october 2018 - 12:08:29Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Estonian Prime Minister, Juri Ratas, on Sunday completed a two-day official visit to Mali during [...] Full text...
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UN committee recommends 4 hazardous chemicals to be listed
14 september 2018 - 11:51:33Rome, Italy (PANA) - The UN Rotterdam Convention’s Chemicals Review Committee has recommended that four hazardous chemicals recommended should be [...] Full text...
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Textile, Clothing industries can drive Africa’s industrialization, benefit women (By Vanessa Moungar, Emanuela Gregorio, AfDB)
23 august 2018 - 13:44:16Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - As the African Development Bank (AfDB) celebrates World Fashion Day, we take this opportunity to [...] Full text...
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AfDB, partners move to control Fall Armyworm threat in southern Africa
25 july 2018 - 15:53:03Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) and partners are to convene for talks on controlling Fall Armyworm [...] Full text...
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IMF approves US$22.4m immediate disbursement for Benin
30 june 2018 - 07:25:06Porto-Novo, Benin (PANA) – Benin’s medium-term outlook remains favourable as the country assumes an acceleration of real GDP growth in [...] Full text...
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New UN-supported farming app is cream of crop in tackling Fall Armyworm
25 june 2018 - 19:54:15Rome, Italy (PANA) - Farmers in sub-Saharan Africa have a new digital weapon in their agricultural armoury to take on [...] Full text...
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How partnerships are the way forward in tackling global challenges (Feature by FAO)
24 june 2018 - 04:34:47Rome, Italy (PANA) - We can’t really talk about the planet’s most pressing environmental problems without talking about food systems. [...] Full text...
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Nigeria’s economic recovery buoys activity in neighbouring Benin
31 march 2018 - 09:19:03Cotonou, Benin (PANA) – Benin’s economic activity in 2017 remained strong, buoyed by record cotton production and the recovery of [...] Full text...
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Explore opportunities along the food chain - FAO chief
22 february 2018 - 10:33:29Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Agriculture will continue to generate employment in Africa over the coming decades, but opportunities should be [...] Full text...
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Gambia’s main hospital sacks corrupt officials
08 january 2018 - 14:56:49Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The new management of Gambia's biggest hospital, the Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital (EFSTH), revealed that [...] Full text...
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Egyptian/Gambian Investor moves to revive Gambia’s cotton trade
31 december 2017 - 13:56:33Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – Hatem Raslan, an Egyptian investor, has expressed readiness to revive Gambia’s cotton production and export. He made [...] Full text...
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Commodity-dependent developing countries urged to diversify economies
12 december 2017 - 10:36:29Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Without a renewed commitment to policy change, commodity-dependent developing countries (CDDCs) are by 2030 set to [...] Full text...
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Initiative to increase insurance coverage for climate-related disasters launched at UN conference
14 november 2017 - 18:51:02Bonn, Germany (PANA) – On the heels of one of the worst – and most costly – Atlantic hurricane seasons [...] Full text...
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FAO highlights importance of food security for upcoming WTO Conference
25 october 2017 - 13:06:19Rome, Italy (PANA) - Global trade agreements, harmonized food safety standards and measures that benefit rather than harm poor family [...] Full text...
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Cote d'Ivoire: AfDB joins international community in supporting sustainable tourism development in Africa
28 september 2017 - 12:33:22Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - To mark the World Tourism Day on September 27, 2017, the African Development Bank (AfDB) [...] Full text...
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AfDB announces new youth training drive to promote agricultural industrialization
12 september 2017 - 13:28:16Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has announced a new youth training drive in partnership with [...] Full text...
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Cote d'Ivoire: AfDB moving Africa up the textile, clothing value chain with Fashionomics Africa
23 august 2017 - 13:29:33Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Speaking ahead of World Fashion Day, a day marked yearly on 21 August to celebrate [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso: IMF approves US$6.2m disbursement to Burkina Faso
15 july 2017 - 06:56:27Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Affirming that Burkina Faso's economic outlook is positive, owing to a significant increase of public [...] Full text...
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Germany: G20, African countries explore opportunities to increase investments in Africa
13 june 2017 - 06:56:36Berlin, Germany (PANA) - The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, joined African leaders and G20 members [...] Full text...
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India: 'To develop its textiles market, Africa needs its cotton' - African fashion designers
25 may 2017 - 19:53:19Ahmedabad, India (PANA) - Two African fashion designers of international repute, Pathé’O, Burkinabe-born Ivorian, and Nigerien Sidahmed Alphadi, have pleaded [...] Full text...
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Sudan: American ship calls at Port Sudan after decades of absence
20 may 2017 - 12:57:30Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - American sea liner APL docked at Port Sudan harbour on Friday after more than 20 years [...] Full text...
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Cote d'Ivoire: African fashion designers take centre stage at AfDB meetings in India
12 may 2017 - 14:49:44Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The tremendous opportunity for Africa’s fashion industry will attract global attention at the 2017 Annual [...] Full text...
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Gambia: Agriculture minister says country will commercialize agriculture
20 february 2017 - 15:49:48Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambian Minister of Agriculture, Omar A. Jallow (OJ), has said that agriculture has to be [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Will Kenyan FM Amina Mohamed's charm offensive deliver the AU post? (A News Analysis by Kennedy Abwao, PANA Correspondent)
19 january 2017 - 11:37:13Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Ambassador Amina Mohamed, Kenya’s foreign affairs Minister and candidate for the post of the Chairperson of [...] Full text...
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Central African Republic: IMF team finds CAR's growth constrained by low public investment
13 september 2016 - 19:56:26Bangui, Central African Republic (PANA) - Though the economy of Central African Republic (CAR) has been on a strong [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Kenya, India sign pacts on industrial development
11 july 2016 - 21:27:40Nairobi,Kenya (PANA) - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday rounded a four-nation Africa visit in Kenya, with a pledge [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Federal Government kickstarts patronage of Made-in-Nigeria wear
05 april 2016 - 20:28:39Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian federal government on Tuesday launched a campaign towards patronage of Made-in-Nigeria products, especially in [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Buhari vows to halt power shortages, targets 10,000 megawatts of energy
22 march 2016 - 09:30:28Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's president Muhammadu Buhari has vowed to put a stop to the current power shortages, saying [...] Full text...
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Tanzania: EAC leaders launch highway construction to facilitate intra-regional trade
03 march 2016 - 19:59:49Arusha, Tanzania (PANA) - East African Community (EAC) Heads of State on Thursday launched the construction works for a [...] Full text...
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(Correction) Rwanda: EAC member countries to ban exports of raw hides (Eds: Corrects venue of summit in para 2 to Arusha, Tanzania)
03 march 2016 - 09:57:03Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - East African leaders have recommended the control of raw hides and skins exports in the East [...] Full text...
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Rwanda: EAC member countries to ban exports of raw hides
03 march 2016 - 09:40:06Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - East African leaders have recommended the control of raw hides and skins exports in the East [...] Full text...
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Italy: FAO stresses need for fair trade policies that support food security
22 december 2015 - 11:40:10Rome, Italy (PANA) - The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has welcomed an agreement by World Trade Organization (WTO) [...] Full text...
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Tanzania: ITC ,UEMOA work together to promote exports, deepen regional integration
21 december 2015 - 19:49:24Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The International Trade Centre and the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) have [...] Full text...
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Kenya: WTO talks lead to breakthrough on key trade reforms
20 december 2015 - 15:58:44Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Trade ministers from around the world have agreed on a compromise trade deal that promises to [...] Full text...
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Kenya: African cotton producers declare WTO trade dispute
16 december 2015 - 18:34:15Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - African trade ministers have declared plans to present a challenge to the U.S. cotton subsidies at [...] Full text...
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Kenya: ACP states call for 'development-centred outcome' at WTO meeting
16 december 2015 - 11:18:09Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Ministers responsible for Trade of the African, Caribbean, Pacific (ACP) Group of States have emphasized the [...] Full text...
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Kenya: WTO Ministerial Conference opens amid stalemate over subsidized exports
15 december 2015 - 17:30:48Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) -Trade talks between the rich and the poor countries officially opened in Nairobi on Tuesday amid fresh [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Rich countries pledge US$90 million at WTO session to aid trade in poor countries
14 december 2015 - 18:06:51Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Rich countries have pledged US$90 billion to finance aid-for-trade initiatives supporting efforts by 24 African states [...] Full text...
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BREAKING NEWS: West African states set for big win on cotton subsidies
14 december 2015 - 12:10:25Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - World Trade Organisation (WTO) Director-General Roberto Azevedo said on Monday a breakthrough on the removal of [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso: 3 traffickers arrested with 77kg of gold
04 december 2015 - 12:37:16Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – Three French, Canadian and Belgian nationals have been arrested at the international airport of the [...] Full text...
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Belgium: ACP Trade Ministers to advance development agenda at 10th WTO Conference
23 october 2015 - 11:01:39Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - Trade Ministers from the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States are committed to a successful [...] Full text...
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Cote d'Ivoire: Unlocking Africa’s potential to create wealth from agriculture (Analysis by Akinwumi Adesina, President, African Development Bank )
21 october 2015 - 15:10:02Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - There is an unbelievable contrast today in Africa: How can a continent with such an [...] Full text...
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Senegal: AfDB organises int'l conference on agriculture in Dakar
16 october 2015 - 13:38:51Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The African Development Bank (AfDB) will organise an international conference on agriculture in the Senegalese capital, [...] Full text...
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Central African Republic: Clashes in CAR force thousands to seek refuge at MINUSCA base
27 august 2015 - 19:19:18Bangui, CAR (PANA) – Clashes between rival militias in the past few days have forced several thousand people to flee [...] Full text...
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UN: New FAO guidebook seeks to prevent child labour practices in agriculture
15 june 2015 - 14:48:26New York, US (PANA) - A new handbook issued by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has established guidelines intended [...] Full text...
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South Africa: 'Africa, home to one of the fastest-growing middle classes globally despite...'
17 april 2015 - 15:30:38Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Despite the recent prediction by the World Bank that economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa [...] Full text...
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Mauritius: Govt bans plastic bags
08 april 2015 - 09:43:55Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian government has banned the use of plastic bags with effect from 1 Jan. 2016. Mauritian [...] Full text...
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Tanzania: IFAD supports livestock marketing, climate resilience in Sudan
31 march 2015 - 16:54:58Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Pastoralist communities in Sudan will benefit from strengthened access to markets and technologies [...] Full text...
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Tanzania: IMF team concludes talks on Burkina's economic, financial support programme
19 march 2015 - 20:41:58Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - In spite of a difficult economic environment, the transition government in Burkina Faso is [...] Full text...
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Tunisia: Egypt's cotton exports fall by 21%
05 february 2015 - 17:41:57Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Egypt's cotton exports fell by 21% during the first quarter of 2014-2015 agricultural season to [...] Full text...
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Tanzania: Tanzania set to maintain above 7 per cent GDP growth in 2015
09 january 2015 - 20:34:50Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Tanzania's economy continued to register strong macro-economic performance in 2014 with increased receipts from [...] Full text...
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US: IMF to support Burkina Faso to deal with economic challenges
20 december 2014 - 05:58:08New York, US (PANA) - The International MonetaryFund (IMF) has expressed its strong commitment to support Burkina Faso during its [...] Full text...
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Tanzania: Increased tourist arrivals raise Tanzania’s foreign receipts
21 november 2014 - 10:11:06Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Tanzania recorded a 12.1 percent increase in tourism receipts amounting to over US$1.9 billion [...] Full text...
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Tanzania: Local dailies focus on 2015 general elections, other issues
25 october 2014 - 10:47:53Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - As election year 2015 approaches, Tanzanians are agog at what it will bring as [...] Full text...
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Cameroon: IDB gives Cameroon 16.9 billion FCFA for rural electrification
12 september 2014 - 20:33:44Douala, Cameroon (PANA) - The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) is to give Cameroon 16.9 billion CFA francs for rural electrification [...] Full text...
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Ethiopia: Kenya boosts livestock farming to industrialise agriculture
07 september 2014 - 12:24:35Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Kenya is committed to meeting the African Union (AU) pledges to rapidly industrialise agriculture through [...] Full text...
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2014 CAF Confed. Cup: AC Leopards, Coton Sport complete semi-final fixtures
24 august 2014 - 17:45:09Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - AC Léopards of Congo and Coton Sport of Cameroon on Sunday qualified for the semi-finals of [...] Full text...
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2014 CAF Confed. Cup: Final group phase fixtures
22 august 2014 - 11:05:37Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Following are the fixtures for the final group matches in the ongoing 2014 CAF Confederation Cup. Two [...] Full text...
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Tanzania: Farm harvests bring Tanzania's food inflation down
14 august 2014 - 09:45:12Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Due to onset of the mid-year food harvest season in most parts of the [...] Full text...
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Benin: ITC chief hails cooperation between Benin, ITC
29 july 2014 - 19:19:50Cotonou, Benin (PANA) – Trade-related technical assistance provided by the International Trade Centre (ITC) has enabled Benin to strengthen its [...] Full text...
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Tanzania: Gold exports tumble but improved non-traditional goods raise earnings
23 july 2014 - 11:18:02Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Improvement in the value of manufactured goods and minerals, excluding gold, helped raise Tanzania's [...] Full text...
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Cameroon: FIFA approves FECAFOOT's plan to resolve football crisis
12 july 2014 - 12:37:58Yaoundé, Cameroon (PANA) – The world football governing body, FIFA, has approved plans by the Cameroonian football federation (FECAFOOT) to [...] Full text...
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Zambia: Local media focus on Chinese VP's visit and agriculture
21 june 2014 - 11:06:40Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – The four-day State visit to Zambia this week by the Chinese Vice-President Li Yuonchao, and the [...] Full text...
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Tanzania: Central bank foresees bumper crop harvests
20 june 2014 - 10:00:14Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Tanzania anticipates good crop harvests owing to above average rainfall this year, the the [...] Full text...
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Cameroon: IDB grants Cameroon 12 billion CFAF for health services
12 june 2014 - 14:52:51Douala, Cameroon (PANA) – The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) has granted Cameroon 12.4 billion CFAF in support of the African [...] Full text...
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Tanzania: Decline in export prices, volume widen deficit in current account
01 may 2014 - 11:37:23Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Mainland Tanzania’s current account deficit widened to US$4.8 billion during February 2014, compared to [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Executive Council approves US$152.12m AfDB loan for agriculture
23 april 2014 - 17:06:58Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Federal Executive Council (FEC) Wednesday approved a loan of US$152.12 million from the African [...] Full text...
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Tanzania: Low export prices widen current account deficit
26 march 2014 - 13:03:13Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Tanzania registered a widened current account deficit of about US$ 5 billion during the [...] Full text...
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Tunisia: FAO wants accelerated action on economic transformation, development in Africa
24 march 2014 - 14:51:42Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Despite important economic progress and agricultural successes, Africa remains the world’s most food insecure continent, with [...] Full text...
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Mali: National vaccination campaign for animals launched
03 march 2014 - 15:38:52Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali on Sunday launched a national campaign to vaccinate its animals, including 9.7 million cattle, 13 [...] Full text...
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Benin: Over 300,000 tonnes of cotton produced in 2013-2014
19 february 2014 - 11:28:40Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin produced more than 300,000 tonnes of cotton during the 2013-2014 season, compared with 240,000 tonnes [...] Full text...
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Italy/FAO: 'New tools could revolutionize pesticide management in West Africa'
17 february 2014 - 18:53:28Rome, Italy (PANA) - Field schools that train farmers in alternative methods of pest control have succeeded in nearly eliminating [...] Full text...
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Niger: Pact to boost cotton farming signed
14 february 2014 - 12:59:42Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Niger and the international agro-industrial firm Geocoton Friday signed a pact aimed at boosting cotton farming [...] Full text...
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FAO urges West Africa to bolster agric sector
18 december 2013 - 15:56:08Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Boosting productivity, fostering competitiveness and ensuring that small-scale farmers have greater access to markets are key [...] Full text...
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CAR risks food insecurity - FAO
16 december 2013 - 10:54:45Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Farmers in the Central African Republic (CAR) need urgent assistance to prevent the food security in [...] Full text...
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Jonathan unveils intervention programme in North East Nigeria
03 december 2013 - 18:30:09Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - President Goodluck Jonathan Tuesday unveiled his administration's intervention programme, specifically targeted at accelerating the pace of [...] Full text...
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2013 CAF Champions league semi: Al-Ahly 1, Cotton Sport 1, deadlock to be broken by penalties
20 october 2013 - 14:31:45Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Just like their first-leg, semi-final match on 5 Oct. ended 1-1, the second-leg semi-final between host [...] Full text...
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Tanzania’s debt burden rises on endless govt borrowing
15 august 2013 - 09:33:54Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Despite its increased receipts from traditional and manufactured goods exports as well as tourism [...] Full text...
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17 in custody in Ghana over intercepted pirate ship
02 august 2013 - 19:14:52Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Ghanaian authorities say 17 people are in custody as investigations continue into the interception and [...] Full text...
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Ghana Navy 'intercepts' pirate ship
02 august 2013 - 08:01:55Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Ghana government says its Navy, in a joint operation with National Security, has intercepted and [...] Full text...
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2013 CAF Champions League: Coton Sport-Sewe Sport postponed again
27 july 2013 - 16:31:24Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The 2013 CAF Champions league mini-league Group B match between Coton Sport of Cameroon and Sewe [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS Commission accredits eight envoys
23 july 2013 - 10:37:10Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Eight envoys were accredited as their countries’ permanent representatives to the West African regional bloc ECOWAS [...] Full text...
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AfDB approves US$ 80 million loan for African countries
27 june 2013 - 17:18:40Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The African Development Bank (AfDB) Thursday approved an US$ 80 million loan towards financing agricultural projects [...] Full text...
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Mali expects 14% increase in grain production
24 june 2013 - 12:30:58Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali is expecting a 14% increase in grain production this year over the 7,590,690 tons produced [...] Full text...
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Tanzania reduces current account deficit, external debt stock rises
17 june 2013 - 10:59:15Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Net inflows of capital grants, foreign direct investment and foreign borrowing enabled Tanzania to [...] Full text...
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Third ECOWAS Investment Forum opens in Lagos
06 june 2013 - 14:56:07Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo Thursday called on ECOWAS member countries to focus more attention on [...] Full text...
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Exports boost Tanzania mainland’s balance of payments
27 march 2013 - 09:31:12Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Tanzania’s external sector of the economy recorded a significant improvement in the year ended [...] Full text...
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Africa urged to base industrialization policies on regional orientation frameworks
25 march 2013 - 22:20:38Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) – African countries must base their industrialization policies on regional orientation frameworks, says this year's economic [...] Full text...
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Academic deplores Africa’s weak system of industrial innovation
08 march 2013 - 16:15:56Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – A professor at the International University of Brazzaville, Congo, Ignace Kissangou, has deplored Africa’s weak system [...] Full text...
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Tanzania posts surplus in balance of payments as traditional exports rise
14 february 2013 - 09:23:21Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Tanzania recorded a surplus of US$327.3 million in its overall balance of payments, compared [...] Full text...
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'Cotton production rising in Togo'
30 january 2013 - 13:44:44Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Cotton production in Togo, in tatters over the past four years, has increased by 161.3% in [...] Full text...
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Benin to build agricultural machine assembly factory to be built
15 january 2013 - 21:16:03Cotonou, Benin (PANA) – Benin plans to build in the coming months an agricultural machine assembly factory with a view [...] Full text...
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Kenya's Amina Mohamed formally launches campaign for top WTO post
14 january 2013 - 16:21:07Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's candidate for the post of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Director-General, Amina Mohamed, will launch [...] Full text...
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Burundi set to increase coffee production
20 november 2012 - 10:47:05Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi has said it is willing to enter into partnerships, through Swiss coffee company "Sucafina" and [...] Full text...
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Tourism, gold boost Tanzania’s export receipts
08 november 2012 - 08:25:22Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Tanzania recorded higher earnings from the export of goods and services during the year [...] Full text...
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Three persons arrested for attempting to poison Benin President
25 october 2012 - 12:05:32Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Three aides of Beninese President Yayi Boni have been arrested and detained in Cotonou for allegedly [...] Full text...
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Brazil to help boost cotton production in developing countries
17 october 2012 - 12:51:30Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Brazil and the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) have signed new South-South cooperation agreement worth [...] Full text...
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Kenya hosts high-level international trade forum
11 september 2012 - 18:00:49Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A high-level forum of the African Caribbean, Pacific (ACP) states has opened in Nairobi, Kenya, to [...] Full text...
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Benin president Yayi to participate in Sino-African cooperation forum
17 july 2012 - 20:27:04Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin's head of state, Boni Yayi, is expected in China on Wednesday to take part in [...] Full text...
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FAO urges countries to step up fight against child labour in agriculture
11 june 2012 - 19:42:00Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The internationally agreed target of eliminating the worst forms of child labour by 2016 will be [...] Full text...
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World Bank boosts economic recovery, structural reforms in Togo
30 may 2012 - 16:04:39Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Determined to boost economic recovery and improve good governance in Togo, the World Bank has granted [...] Full text...
thread Economy
'Nigeria loses US$10b export opportunities in agric sector annually'
23 february 2012 - 10:33:10Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - As Nigeria has changed from an exporter of commodities to a mass importer over the years, [...] Full text...
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Tea production in Burundi rising
31 january 2012 - 15:33:44Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Tea production in Burundi rose from 8,025 tonnes in 2010 to 8,816 tonnes in 2011, an [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
Benin boosts cotton production
29 december 2011 - 11:31:07Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Cotton production in Benin has increased from 130,000 tons last year to 300,000 tons [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
Nigeria's president proposes 4.749 trillion naira (US$ 32 billion) budget for 2012
13 december 2011 - 15:01:07Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Presenting what he called a budget designed under the theme: "fiscal consolidation, inclusive growth and job [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Foot and mouth disease spreads as Malawi has no vaccine
18 october 2011 - 18:49:49Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - At least 70, 000 heads of cattle in the cattle heartland of the Lower Shire Valley [...] Full text...
thread Health
CAF Champions League: Esperance, Wydad join Enyimba in semi
18 september 2011 - 11:02:05Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Esperance of Tunisia and Wydad Casablanca of Morocco have joined Enyimba of Nigeria in the semi-finals [...] Full text...
thread Sports
Plan to build coal-powered stations, violence reported in Nigeria
10 september 2011 - 09:09:55Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Government's plan to build three coal-powered stations, capable of generating 3,000 megawatts of electricity, and the [...] Full text...
thread Press Review
Nigerian govt unveils agric sector transformation, targets 3.5 million jobs
08 september 2011 - 18:43:56Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Unveiling its Agriculture Transformation Action Plan (ATAP), at its second meeting here since creation on 17 [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
African exchange to facilitate smooth flow of commodities
15 august 2011 - 23:21:48Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The African Commodity and Futures Exchange (ACFEX) is taking significant steps to facilitate the smooth flow [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Nationwide oil shortage top issue in Tanzanian papers this week
13 august 2011 - 08:57:16Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Oil shortage was the main issue in Tanzanian newspapers this week, as the government [...] Full text...
thread Press Review
Raja Casablanca suspends two players at CAF request
09 august 2011 - 20:33:36Rabat, Morocco (PANA) – Raja Casablanca has suspended two of its players, Moroccan Abdelmoula Berrabeh and Senegalese Omar Diop, at [...] Full text...
thread Sports
UN/EU-backed investment for Togolese poor farmers yields good returns
04 august 2011 - 14:31:26New York, US (PANA) - A UN-European Union (EU) initiative to help Togo cope with high food prices and bad [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
Burkina Faso government officials meets rebellious cotton farmers
25 july 2011 - 22:34:14Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso (PANA) – A Burkina Faso government delegation on Monday met cotton farmers in Boromo, in the West [...] Full text...
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African cotton receives attention at UNCTAD meeting
28 june 2011 - 11:46:26Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - A Pan-African high-level meeting on the future of African cotton is being held in Cotonou, under [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
Tanzanian papers dwell on domestic issues
18 june 2011 - 08:09:05Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Tanzania’s media kicked off their coverage this week highlighting US Secretary of State Hilary [...] Full text...
thread Press Review
WAEMU investments in Mali over 113 billion CFA francs
15 june 2011 - 13:25:23Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The West Africa Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) invested more than 113 billion CFA francs in [...] Full text...
thread Economy
India offers US$ 5 billion to boost trade with Africa
24 may 2011 - 17:40:29Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Tuesday unveiled one of the most comprehensive development plans for [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Zim firm clinches Tanzania cotton deal
21 may 2011 - 13:06:58Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - A Zimbabwean company said Saturday it had clinched a deal with the Tanzanian government to supply [...] Full text...
thread Economy
UNDP report tasks African nations on regional investments
10 may 2011 - 18:33:14New York, US (PANA) - A report by the UN Development Programme (UNDP) said on Tuesday that integrated regional [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Mali processing cashew nuts locally
10 may 2011 - 16:38:21Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali is to begin active local processing of cashew nuts, the second commercial crop in the [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
Mali plans 9m tonnes cereal production in 2011-2012
09 may 2011 - 16:50:08Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian Ministry of Agriculture plans to reap about nine million tonnes from cereals in the [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
Benin's economy sluggish despite five-year reform - Economists
25 april 2011 - 18:29:43Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Led since 2006 by Boni Yayi, an economist and former president of the West African Development [...] Full text...
thread Economy
World Bank grants Togo CFA 14b for economy, good governance
10 april 2011 - 15:14:49Lome, Togo (PANA) - The World Bank’s board of executive directors has approved a fourth Gift for Economic Recovery and [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Mauritian minister pleads for development of African textile
17 march 2011 - 15:54:29Balaclava, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Minister of International Trade, Arvin Boolell, in Balaclava Thursday pleaded for greater regional cooperation and [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Zimbabwe clinches US$500m Chinese cotton deal
07 march 2011 - 12:45:57Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - China and Zimbabwe have struck a US$500 million cotton production and export deal, officials said Monday. Under [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
ACP-EU official says Togo has made remarkable progress since 2010 presidential poll
01 march 2011 - 17:38:27Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The co-chairman of the ACP-EU parliamentarian parity assembly and former European commissioner for development, Louis Michel, [...] Full text...
thread Politics
CBN gov warns Egypt, Tunisia-like revolution can happen in Nigeria if....
27 february 2011 - 08:59:07Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, Saturday warned that the [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Mali to produce 500,000 tons of cotton seeds in 2010-2012
25 february 2011 - 16:55:44Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian Company for Textile Development (CMDT) plans to produce 500,000 tons of cotton seeds from [...] Full text...
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Malawi minister offers to resign over fuel crisis
10 february 2011 - 19:43:30Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Malawi's Energy and Mining Minister Grain Malunga, has offered to resign if the fuel situation in [...] Full text...
thread Economy
CHAN 2011: Our goalie saved us - Niger's coach
06 february 2011 - 09:13:24Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Niger's head coach Harouna Doula has hailed the country's goalkeeper for saving the team in its [...] Full text...
thread Sports
Angola to spend US$2 bn on projects
08 january 2011 - 14:46:17Luanda, Angola (PANA) – Angola’s minister of Geology, Mining and Industry, Joaquim David, on Friday announced that the government would [...] Full text...
thread Economy
12 die in Zimbabwe bus crash (Corrected)
07 january 2011 - 11:56:42Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Twelve people died and several others were seriously injured in southern Zimbabwe Friday when a bus [...] Full text...
thread Society
12 die in Zimbabwe bus crash
07 january 2011 - 11:53:21Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Twelve people died and several other were seriously injured in southern Zimbabwe Friday when a bus [...] Full text...
thread Society
Nigeria invites 30 for tournament to honour Obama
25 december 2010 - 11:55:12Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria has invited 30 largely home-based players for camping, starting 10 January 2011, ahead of the [...] Full text...
thread Sports
COMESA region moves to embrace biotech in agric
08 december 2010 - 14:45:21Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - The 21-member Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), the continent's largest economic bloc, has [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
Mali to promote cotton trade
11 october 2010 - 16:56:00Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- The Malian government has adopted a policy to support the cotton sector, defining the guidelines for [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Ghana, Egypt to collaborate in cotton development
01 october 2010 - 16:57:00Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- Ghana is to collaborate with Egypt in the field of research, private sector development, seed and [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Benin to subsidise cotton inputs with 4b FCFA
27 september 2010 - 12:04:00Cotonou- Benin (PANA) -- The Beninese government will next week release 3,960,937 FCFA to subsidise the cost of cotton inputs [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
Cotton earns Zimbabwe US$100m
15 september 2010 - 08:11:00Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- Cotton merchants in Zimbabwe said Wednesday the countr y had earned more than US$100 million from [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
Mali records increase in rainfall
09 september 2010 - 16:06:00Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- The quantity of rainfall recorded from 2006 to 2010 in Mali increased by 15 to 18 [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Burkina Faso expects 400,000 tonnes of cotton in 2010
03 september 2010 - 19:50:00Paris- France (PANA) -- Burkina Faso's Foreign Affairs Minister Alain Yoda, said here Friday that his country was expecting about [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Ghana's cotton industry gets 5mln cedi boost
02 september 2010 - 17:45:00Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- The Ghanaian government has secured 5 million cedis to rev amp its cotton industry with a [...] Full text...
thread Economy
FAO moves to save upcoming Pakistani wheat planting season
01 september 2010 - 18:57:00Nairobi - Kenya (PANA) -- The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Wednesday called for more international funds to save the [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
Support sought for African cotton growers
01 september 2010 - 11:55:00Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The president of the African Cotton Association (ACA), M r. Bachir Diop, has urged African [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
Libya's assistance to Pakistani flood victims commended
29 august 2010 - 19:41:00Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- The Pakistani Ambassador to Libya, Jamil Ahmed Khan, has expressed appreciation to the government and people [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Blaise Compaore, Mo Ibrahim win Africa's glory awards
23 july 2010 - 16:35:00Ouagadougou- Burkina Faso (PANA) -- Two prominent African citizens, President Blaise Compaore of Burkina Faso, and Mobile Communications Engineer, Dr. [...] Full text...
thread Society
Central bank says gold dominates Tanzania's exports
15 july 2010 - 12:50:00Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- Tanzania's value of goods and services exported during the year ended May 2010 increased [...] Full text...
thread Economy
China gives Zimbabwe US$45m loan
02 june 2010 - 07:58:00Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- China Wednesday gave Zimbabwe a US$45 million loan to improve its telecommunications infrastructure. The loan, [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Price of Cotton falls in Benin
12 may 2010 - 19:34:00Cotonou- Bأ©nin (PANA) -- The price of cotton has fallen in Benin, dropping by 10 francs when compared to the [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
Mali targets 10 million-tonne grains harvest in 2012
28 april 2010 - 16:18:00Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- The Malian government intends to increase, by 2012, its cereal production to 10 million tonnes from [...] Full text...
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African cotton growers suffer from US foot-dragging, study finds
16 april 2010 - 11:21:00Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- African farmers could have gained from a 3. 5 pe rcent average increase in [...] Full text...
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Patients share beds in overcrowded Tanzanian hospital (Corrected)
06 april 2010 - 13:06:00Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- Up to four patients share a single bed in a gov ernment-run hospital in [...] Full text...
thread Health
NGO to host symposium on governance in Benin
03 april 2010 - 19:26:00Cotonou- Benin (PANA) â" A non--governmental organisation will on Thursday host a national symposium in Cotonou on the problems of [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Mali's cereals production hits 6.3 million tonnes in 2009-2010
30 march 2010 - 18:22:00Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- The results of the 2009-2010 planting season in Mali showe d that cereals production was estimated [...] Full text...
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Cotonsport still leads Cameroon 1st division football championship
25 march 2010 - 14:14:00Yaounde- Cameroon (PANA) -- Although it did not play in the mid-week schedule of matches, Cotonsport of Garoua retains the [...] Full text...
thread Sports
African Cotton Association vows to save sector
12 march 2010 - 23:07:00Yaounde- Cameroon (PANA) -- The 8th meeting of the African Cotton Association (AC A) ended on Friday in Yaoundأ©, the [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Diop re-elected chairman of African Cotton Association
12 march 2010 - 20:30:00Yaounde- Cameroon (PANA) -- Bachir Diop of Senegal has been re-elected chairman of the African Cotton Association (ACA) for another [...] Full text...
thread Economy
African cotton producing countries to meet in Cameroon
06 march 2010 - 13:11:00Yaoundé- Cameroon (PANA) -- The African Cotton Association (ACA) will meet 11-13 March in Yaoundé, Cameroon, with participants from 22 [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
Mineral exports ease pressure on Tanzaniaâ?s foreign earnings
03 march 2010 - 12:42:00Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- Tanzaniaâ?s earnings from mineral exports last year amounted to US$1,114. 8 million, compared to [...] Full text...
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Cameroon sees increase in agricultural production
25 february 2010 - 21:54:00Douala- Cameroon (PANA) -- A senior Cameroonian government official said on Thurs day that the country saw a general rise [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
Africa urged to support cotton growers
23 february 2010 - 23:17:00Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The President of the African Cotton Association (ACA), Ahmed Bachir Diop, on Tuesday called on African [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
World Bank says Togo's economy not too strong
18 february 2010 - 23:12:00Lomأ©- Togo (PANA) -- The outgoing representative of the World Bank in Togo, Jose ph Baah-Dwomoh, has said the economic [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Ethiopian papers discuss govt's new policy
16 january 2010 - 16:10:00Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Ethiopian newspapers wrote extensively on the gov ernmentâ™s decision to grant agricultural land to Egyptian [...] Full text...
thread Press Review
Joseph Stigilitz accuses USA of penalizing African cotton farmers
11 january 2010 - 21:54:00Tunis- Tunisia (PANA) -- The 2001 Nobel Prize laurate for Economics, Joseph Stigi litz, on Monday denounced the US for [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Burundi tea growers get nearly US$1 million bonus
04 january 2010 - 22:27:00Bujumbura- Burundi (PANA) -- The Tea Board in Burundi (OTB) is to release some 95 7 million Burundian francs (about [...] Full text...
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Economy: Positive outlook rings in 2010 for depressed Tanzania
31 december 2009 - 08:59:00Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- Tanzanians are maintaining a positive outlook f or 2010 while praying for a speedier [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Benin pegs price of cotton at 210 CFA F (Corrected)
10 december 2009 - 19:50:00Cotonou- Benin (PANA) -- The Beninese government has set at 210 CFAF per kilogram me the purchasing price of of [...] Full text...
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Benin pegs price cotton at 210 CFA F
10 december 2009 - 13:03:00Cotonou- Benin (PANA) -- The Beninese government has set at 210 CFAF per kilogram me the purchasing price of of [...] Full text...
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Malian activist reaffirms opposition to French immigration policy
07 december 2009 - 22:01:00Cairo- Egypt (PANA) -- The Malian civil society symbolic activist, Aminata Traorأ ©, on Monday reaffirmed the firm opposition of [...] Full text...
thread Society
Africa harmonises positions on Doha working programme
09 november 2009 - 19:03:00Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Representatives of about 20 African countries will 9-13 November, in Dakar, Senegal, work out a common [...] Full text...
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Kenya Airways launch flights to Bangui
27 october 2009 - 12:21:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The Kenyan National carrier, Kenya Airways (KQ), has emb arked on direct flights to Bangui, the [...] Full text...
thread Economy
EU supports cotton sector in Benin
06 october 2009 - 16:44:00Cotonou- Benin (PANA) -- The European Union Commission signed with Benin, a contr act amendment to the "Project to support [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Zuma to address Zimbabwe issue at SADC summit
04 september 2009 - 13:17:00Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- South Africa's President Jacob Zuma will brief the leaders of the Southern Africa Development [...] Full text...
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African cotton: producers, companies sign partnership
28 august 2009 - 17:08:00Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The African Cotton Association (ACA), which encompasses African cotton producing companies and the Association of African [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
Burkina Faso hopes to harvest 500,000 tonnes of cotton in 2009
24 august 2009 - 18:06:00Ouagadougou- Burkina Faso (PANA) -- Burkina Faso will harvest 500,000 tonnes of c otton at the end of the current [...] Full text...
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Mali records 5.2% growth in 2008
16 july 2009 - 13:10:00Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- Mali recorded a 5. 2% economic growth in 2008, against 4. 3% the previous year, in [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe banks put up US$200m farming loan facility
13 july 2009 - 08:34:00Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- A group of Zimbabwean banks said Monday it had put up a US$200 million loan facility [...] Full text...
thread Economy
CNDD to launch wide-range audit in Guinea
05 july 2009 - 18:56:00Conakry- Guinea (PANA) -- Guinea's ruling National Council for Democracy and Deve lopment (CNND) announced Saturday it would launch a [...] Full text...
thread Politics
FAO prevents Red Locust invasion in eastern Africa
24 june 2009 - 16:33:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- An international Red Locust emergency campaign in Easter n and Southern Africa has succeeded in containing [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
Appeal for the resumption of Doha Cycle negotiations
10 june 2009 - 21:57:00Brussels- Belgium (PANA) -- South Africa and member countries of the Cairns Group, have appealed for the resumption of negotiations [...] Full text...
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UN urges African governments to increase investment in agriculture
29 may 2009 - 21:10:00New York- US (PANA) -- A UN economic report has called on African governments to invest more in agriculture to [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
IMF delegation ends Mali mission
21 may 2009 - 00:14:00Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- An International Monetary Fund (IMF) delegation which was in Mali to carry out the second review [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Compaore calls on AfDB to assist African states in financial crisis
12 may 2009 - 18:37:00Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Burkina Faso Head of State Blaise Compaore Tuesday calle d on the African Development Bank (AfDB) [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Rice production increases by 44% in CILSS countries
16 april 2009 - 22:42:00Paris- France (PANA) -- Rice production registered an increase of 44% in member c ountries of the Permanent Inter-State Committee [...] Full text...
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Over 2, 000 people displaced as floods rage In southern Malawi
24 march 2009 - 21:50:00Blantyre- Malawi (PANA) -- At least 2,000 people have been made homeless while several hectares of crop fields have been [...] Full text...
thread Society