Lessons learnt from Berlin II conference
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Egypt responded to COVID-19 crisis with timely, prudent fiscal and monetary easing - IMF
24 june 2021 - 13:15:27Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has completed the second and final review [...] Full text...
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Canada supports Sudan PM's call for reforms
24 june 2021 - 11:58:52Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Canada on Thursday backed the Sudanese Prime Minister's position on the need for reform and drastic [...] Full text...
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IMF approves Kenyan authorities’ commitment to reform agenda
24 june 2021 - 11:43:36Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed on Wednesday the first reviews [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: US 'gravely concerned' about Tigray village market air strike
24 june 2021 - 07:39:41Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States says it is "gravely concerned" by reports that dozens of civilians were [...] Full text...
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Central African Republic entrenched in ‘unprecedented humanitarian crisis’
24 june 2021 - 05:36:31New York, US (PANA) - Defence forces, soldiers from nearby countries and other security personnel have been fighting an “asymmetric war” against armed groups, sparking [...] Full text...
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EU set to ease Burundi's economic pain
23 june 2021 - 21:50:43Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The European Union (EU) is set to lift the first economic embargo against Burundi in 43 [...] Full text...
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Africa: Environmental threat worries sub-Saharan SMEs
23 june 2021 - 18:24:39Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Nearly two-thirds of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in sub-Saharan Africa are concerned about the [...] Full text...
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Berlin II Confab is Libya's opportunity to work with int'l community on its stability - FM
23 june 2021 - 18:06:28Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Foreign Minister, Najla Al-Mangouch, says the Berlin II Conference offered the Libyan government the opportunity [...] Full text...
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WFP appeals to the world to save starving population in Madagascar
23 june 2021 - 14:05:12Ambovombe, Madagascar (PANA) - The World Food Programme (WFP) is seeking US$78.6 million to provide lifesaving food in the next [...] Full text...
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Ambush on police patrol in north-central Burkina Faso leaves 15 dead
23 june 2021 - 13:42:50Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The latest death toll from Monday night's ambush by unidentified gunmen on the Barsalogho-Foubé road [...] Full text...
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Berlin II Conference on Libya kicks off
23 june 2021 - 13:26:06Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Berlin II Conference, gathering the main countries involved in the Libyan conflict, started on Wednesday [...] Full text...
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US Secretary of State Blinken reiterates Washington's support for a 'united and independent Libya'
23 june 2021 - 12:13:28Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has reaffirmed his country's support "for a united and independent [...] Full text...
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Make "Berlin 2" an important step towards resolving the Libyan crisis, argues Libya's news agency
22 june 2021 - 22:45:59Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan news agency Tuesday urged the various Libyan parties participating in the "Berlin 2" Conference [...] Full text...
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The world stands by Libya at Berlin II Conference to promote political process (Feature by BA Youssef, PANA correspondent)
22 june 2021 - 22:10:11Tripoli, Libya (PANA)- The world's attention will be focused Wednesday on Berlin, the German capital, which will host the "Berlin [...] Full text...
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PM launches new initiative to overcome current political stalemate
22 june 2021 - 21:05:08Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)-Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdouk on Tuesday launched a new initiative with a view to overcoming the current [...] Full text...
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Libyan FM unveils plans to enable Libyans take ownership of their destiny
22 june 2021 - 19:39:24Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Foreign Minister, Najla Al-Mangouch, on the occasion of her 100 days in office, says Libya [...] Full text...
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FM appeals for understanding from Int'l community on Mali's political crisis
22 june 2021 - 18:04:33Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Abdoulaye Diop, has appealed to the international community to show [...] Full text...
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Germany supports WFP's life-saving food assistance to vulnerable families in South Sudan
22 june 2021 - 15:52:23Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a contribution of €5.7 million (US$6.68 [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Pandemic ‘rolled back’ sustainable dev't funding for weak economies: UNCTAD
22 june 2021 - 09:04:34Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Financial assistance to the world’s 83 weakest economies fell by 15 per cent in 2020, to [...] Full text...
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Counting of votes continues in Ethiopia after general elections
22 june 2021 - 05:36:06Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Counting of votes is continuing in Ethiopia after Monday's general elections. The Ethiopian News Agency (ENA) [...] Full text...
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Angelina Jolie calls for solidarity with refugees around the world
21 june 2021 - 18:00:47Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The UN refugee agency's special envoy, Angelina Jolie, has called for solidarity with refugees around [...] Full text...
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Twenty African staff officers graduate from Koulikoro staff college in Mali
21 june 2021 - 14:41:20Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Twenty trainee officers, including four women, from Mali (14), Burkina Faso (1), Côte d'Ivoire (1), Guinea [...] Full text...
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Polls open in Ethiopia's General Election
21 june 2021 - 06:38:46Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Polls have opened in Ethiopia where voters are electing their representatives to Federal Parliament and [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS to reduce 15-Member Commission to seven
20 june 2021 - 18:26:24Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will from March 2022 reduce its current 15-member Commission [...] Full text...
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Nigeria hosts meeting to map out plan for vaccine manufacturing in Africa
20 june 2021 - 16:10:13Benin City, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria’s private sector is ready to join manufacturers of pharmaceutical products working in association with [...] Full text...
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Informal Security Council meeting on evacuation of mercenaries and foreign fighters from Libya
19 june 2021 - 14:33:13Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - An informal public meeting was held on Friday evening at the UN Security Council, at the [...] Full text...
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UN chief Guterres reappointed to second term
19 june 2021 - 07:00:52New York, US (PANA) - António Guterres was on Friday re-appointed to a second term as UN Secretary-General, pledging as [...] Full text...
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World Bank supports Morocco’s reforms for social and economic resilience
18 june 2021 - 15:59:17Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The World Bank has approved a US$450 million loan to support momentum in Morocco for reforms [...] Full text...
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Nigeria starts recovery but unemployment and inflation remain elevated - IMF
18 june 2021 - 09:22:43Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian economy has started a gradual recovery from the negative effects of the COVID-19 global [...] Full text...
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Mauritius launches and National Food System Dialogue
18 june 2021 - 07:01:08Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius on Thursday launched the Partnership for Action on Green Recovery Fund project (PAGE) and the [...] Full text...
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One in every 100 dies by their own hand, each suicide ‘a tragedy’ – WHO
18 june 2021 - 06:55:35Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - New research published by the UN health agency on Thursday revealed that suicide remains one of [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian Crisis: Ethiopia slams AU's 'unilateral' Tigray inquiry; calls for joint investigation
17 june 2021 - 15:07:53Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopia has rejected the "unilateral" establishment of a commission of inquiry into the Tigray crisis [...] Full text...
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Italian president says Libya's stability requires departure of mercenaries and foreign forces
17 june 2021 - 14:12:12Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Italian President Sergio Mattarella said on Wednesday that national reconciliation and stability in Libya are "priorities [...] Full text...
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Former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo due in Abidjan on Thursday
17 june 2021 - 14:08:59Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Acquitted by the International Criminal Court (ICC), former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo is due in [...] Full text...
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AfDB lends €83 million to Egypt in support of electricity sector operations
17 june 2021 - 12:39:38Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB)’s Board of Directors has approved an €83 million loan to finance [...] Full text...
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IMF chief welcomes stance of Creditor Committee for Chad to meet its financial needs
17 june 2021 - 08:06:26Ndjamena, Chad (PANA) – The Managing Director the International Monetary Fund, Ms. Kristalina Georgieva, has welcomed the decision of the [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian Crisis: AU inquiry on Tigray crisis begins work
17 june 2021 - 07:24:24Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) is on Thursday commencing an inquiry into the crisis in Ethiopia's [...] Full text...
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A new $350 million project supports community-based recovery, stability in the Sahel
16 june 2021 - 12:52:01Washington DC, US (PANA) - Over 8 million people in the Liptako-Gourma region, a tri-border area in the Sahel spanning [...] Full text...
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Critical reforms needed to reduce inflation, accelerate recovery in Nigeria - WB report
15 june 2021 - 15:17:49Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - While the government took measures to protect the economy against a much deeper recession, it would [...] Full text...
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Domestic workers among hardest hit by COVID crisis - ILO
15 june 2021 - 13:45:56Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Domestic workers globally have been among the hardest hit by the COVID crisis, losing more jobs [...] Full text...
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NATO leaders call on Libyan institutions to work towards 24 December vote
15 june 2021 - 11:51:38Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Leaders of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) have urged the Libyan Government and Parliament to [...] Full text...
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Restoring nature ‘the test of our generation’: UN General Assembly President
15 june 2021 - 05:34:18New York, US (PANA) - Stepping up global efforts to combat land degradation is the only way to safeguard food [...] Full text...
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Mali is at ‘critical juncture’ with democratic future at risk, warns UN mission chief
15 june 2021 - 05:24:31New York, US (PANA) - Immediate action is required now to initiate critical reforms and lay the groundwork for credible [...] Full text...
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G7 Development Finance Institutions and multilateral partners to invest over $80 billion into African businesses
14 june 2021 - 13:15:11Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA) - Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) of the G7 member countries have for the first time come [...] Full text...
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Libyan newspapers focus on resurgence of terrorist threats
13 june 2021 - 12:56:23Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan newspapers have questioned the significance of the resurgence of terrorist threat in the country after [...] Full text...
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Violence continues in Mozambique's Cabo Delgado, as agencies respond to growing needs
13 june 2021 - 06:41:23Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - Civilians continue to flee armed conflict and insecurity in northern Mozambique, more than two months after militants attacked the coastal [...] Full text...
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Libyan PM calls for public-private partnership to promote health insurance
12 june 2021 - 14:24:55Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Prime Minister, Abdelhamid al-Dbaiba, has stressed the need for a real partnership between the public [...] Full text...
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Pan-African Parliament asks European Parliament to remain neutral in Rabat-Madrid dispute
11 june 2021 - 17:56:36Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Pan-African Parliament has asked the European Parliament not to get involved in the crisis between [...] Full text...
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Burundi gov't officials required to declare their assets
11 june 2021 - 17:43:49Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Government officials in Burundi, in place since the end of the 2020 electoral cycle, have been [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian Crisis: UN agencies scale-up response to address looming famine ‘catastrophe’ in Tigray
11 june 2021 - 05:28:50Rome, Italy (PANA) - The head of the World Food Programme (WFP) appealed on Thursday for immediate access to deliver [...] Full text...
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Libya's transition tested by crumbling consensus among Libyan parties (Analysis)
10 june 2021 - 21:55:19Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - As the clock ticks towards the deadline for the end of the transition in Libya, marked [...] Full text...
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Libyan FM wants international group for Libya's stability
10 june 2021 - 18:52:48Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - In a joint press conference on Thursday in Tripoli, with the British Minister of State for [...] Full text...
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Malian PM to unveil members of new transitional gov't
10 june 2021 - 17:15:25Bamako, Mali (PANA) - After his meeting with the ECOWAS mediator for Mali and former Nigerian president, Dr. Goodluck Janathan, [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: UN experts to G7: Production of safe COVID-19 vaccines must outweigh profit
10 june 2021 - 06:04:55Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A group of UN independent human rights experts called on Wednesday for the leaders of the [...] Full text...
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Charity initiative for needy families launched in Libya
09 june 2021 - 11:38:37Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's state-owned telecommunications holding company - LPTIC - on Tuesday launched a charity initiative to support [...] Full text...
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Ensure ocean health, UN chief says in message for World Oceans Day
09 june 2021 - 05:59:25New York, US (PANA) - Ending the “war on nature” must be part of global recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, [...] Full text...
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High-level meeting on AIDS opens
09 june 2021 - 05:42:48New York, US (PANA) - Although the world has made “great strides” since the first case of AIDS was reported, [...] Full text...
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Col. Assima Goita, a pure product of the Malian National Army (Portrait of Mali's transition leader)
08 june 2021 - 17:10:58Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Col. Assimi Goïta, sworn in on Monday before the Supreme Court as President of the Transition [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwean Bank moves to end housing crisis with mortgage financing deal
08 june 2021 - 12:21:25Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - African housing development financier Shelter Afrique has signed a US$11 million housing deal with Harare-based African [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian Crisis: Guterres warns that Tigray on 'brink of famine'
08 june 2021 - 08:11:11New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that several areas in Tigray are "on the brink [...] Full text...
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US imposes visa restrictions on those undermining peaceful resolution of Anglophone Cameroon crisis
08 june 2021 - 06:35:06Washington, DC (PANA) - The US has imposed visa restrictions on those undermining the peaceful resolution of the crisis in [...] Full text...
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Global push needed to ensure ‘clean, affordable and sustainable electricity’ for all
08 june 2021 - 06:15:35New York, US (PANA) - During the last decade, more people around the world have gained access to electricity than [...] Full text...
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Nigeria summons U.S., U.K., Canada, EU envoys, orders all broadcast stations off Twitter
07 june 2021 - 16:21:27Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian government on Monday summoned the envoys of the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and [...] Full text...
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Gov'ts must commit to unconditionally phase out all fossil fuels by 2030, says Amnesty International
07 june 2021 - 06:08:22London, UK (PANA) - A human rights advocate said on Monday that the world’s richest governments are effectively condemning millions [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Why Namibians are reluctant to be vaccinated
06 june 2021 - 19:51:32Windhoek, Namibia (PANA) - The most recent Covid-19 data is cause for great concern in Namibia where new infections are [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: UN health agency urges nations to donate 250 million doses of vaccine
04 june 2021 - 19:17:01Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Some two billion doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been distributed globally but only 0.5 per cent [...] Full text...
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Still time to reverse damage to ‘ravaged’ ecosystems, declares UN chief, marking Environment Day
04 june 2021 - 19:08:34New York, US (PANA) - Amidst the triple environmental threat of biodiversity loss, climate disruption and escalating pollution, Secretary-General António [...] Full text...
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Presidents of 2 Libyan legislatures in Morocco to promote political process
04 june 2021 - 17:07:33Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The president of the House of Representatives (Parliament), Aguila Saleh, and that of the High Council [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Risk of infection surge threatens Africa’s health facilities
03 june 2021 - 15:32:57Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Critical health facilities across Africa risk being overwhelmed by surging COVID-19 infections, the UN health agency [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: EU hands over two ambulances and equipment for fighting pandemic in Gambia
03 june 2021 - 14:30:45Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The European Union funded project 'Support the public health and socioeconomic systems to reduce the impact [...] Full text...
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IMF praises Botswana’s decisive measures to limit health and economic fallout of COVID-19
03 june 2021 - 09:15:06Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Careful management of mineral resources and a track record of very strong policies and policy frameworks [...] Full text...
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We won’t allow corruption to continue unchecked: UN Assembly president
03 june 2021 - 06:24:11New York, US (PANA) - The effects of corruption are “detrimental to all of society”, the President of the UN [...] Full text...
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Mali military must ‘scrupulously’ respect human rights, free civilian leaders: UN rights expert
03 june 2021 - 06:15:36Geneva, UN (PANA) - A UN independent human rights expert said on Wednesday that Mali’s new military authorities should “scrupulously [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Pandemic crisis to push global unemployment over 200 million mark in 2022
03 june 2021 - 05:29:41Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The economic crisis caused by the COVID pandemic is expected to contribute to global unemployment of [...] Full text...
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Africa can salvage social, economic fortunes after devastating pandemic - Mo Ibrahim
02 june 2021 - 17:50:22Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The coronavirus pandemic presents an opportunity for Africa to reinvent its economic growth plan, a governance think-tank, [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Uganda and IMF reach staff-level deal on a US$1 billion financing package
02 june 2021 - 08:12:24Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – Uganda and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have reached a staff-level agreement on a three-year US$1 [...] Full text...
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AU suspends Mali with immediate effect following second coup
02 june 2021 - 07:13:37Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has suspended Mali from the continental body with immediate effect until [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Vaccine equity at heart of new $50 billion plan to end pandemic, drive recovery
02 june 2021 - 06:22:56New York, US (PANA) - Governments are being urged to finance a new $50 billion roadmap to end the COVID-19 [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Buhari talks tough, says “rude shock awaits” those who want to “destroy” Nigeria
01 june 2021 - 18:56:50Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday issued a stern warning to those he said are “bent on [...] Full text...
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UN closes Office for Burundi
01 june 2021 - 13:13:43Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The Office of the UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Burundi closed on Monday, six years after [...] Full text...
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Extraordinary summit on Mali's political crisis begins
30 may 2021 - 15:55:02Accra, Ghana (PANA) - A one-day extraordinary summit by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to discuss the [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian Crisis; Ethiopians march against 'foreign interference' in the country's internal affairs
30 may 2021 - 14:39:22Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Thousands of Ethiopians held a demonstration in Addis Ababa on Sunday against foreign interference in [...] Full text...
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UN chief calls for global partnership to address climate change, COVID-19
30 may 2021 - 12:57:32New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has said that if governments embrace together the goals of phasing [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian Crisis: UN agency expresses grave concerns over 'dire' situation in Tigray region
30 may 2021 - 06:56:39New York, US (PANA) - UN humanitarians have expressed deep concern about serious and ongoing abuses carried out against displaced civilians who are also facing [...] Full text...
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Mali's Constitutional Court declares coup leader, Assimi Goita, President of the Transition
29 may 2021 - 14:42:21Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Constitutional Court of Mali on Friday installed Col. Assimi Goita, president of the transition and [...] Full text...
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Turkey reiterates support for Libya, willingness to provide expertise
29 may 2021 - 14:21:24Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Turkish Vice President, Fouad Aktay, has reiterated his country's support for Libya and expressed its [...] Full text...
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African Development Fund ranked among world’s leading providers of development assistance
29 may 2021 - 08:08:22Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Fund (ADF) has been ranked second among 49 international agencies for the [...] Full text...
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Monaco Princess Charlene recovering from illness in South Africa
28 may 2021 - 13:01:42Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Princess Charlene of Monaco is recovering in South Africa after contracting an ear, nose [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: UN chief appeals to business leaders to help quell ‘a tsunami of suffering’ caused by pandemic
28 may 2021 - 06:40:11New York, US (PANA) - The COVID-19 pandemic has brought “a tsunami of suffering”, taken over 3.4 million lives and [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO, partners call to action to equip COVAX to deliver 2 billion doses in 2021
27 may 2021 - 21:21:39Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Countries that are advanced in their vaccination programmes are seeing cases of COVID-19 decline and early [...] Full text...
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Military in Mali releases former Transition leaders
27 may 2021 - 15:34:33Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Former top leaders of the Transition Government of Mali who resigned on Wednesday have been released [...] Full text...
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African countries show significant progress on tax transparency – 2021 Tax Transparency report
27 may 2021 - 14:43:01Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA) - African countries strengthened their ability to recover funds held offshore, directly boosting national tax revenues, [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian Crisis: US President Biden calls for ceasefire
27 may 2021 - 06:20:37Washington DC, US (PANA) - US President Joe Biden has expressed deep concern at the escalating violence and the hardening [...] Full text...
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UN Security Council condemns arrest of Mali's transitional president, PM
27 may 2021 - 05:00:42New York, US (PAA) - The UN Security Council met behind closed doors on Wednesday to discuss the derailing of Mali’s [...] Full text...
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Buhari hosts President of Libyan Presidential Council at Presidential Villa in Abuja
26 may 2021 - 15:42:13Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday hosted the President of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed Younis [...] Full text...
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COVID-19 behind unprecedented changes in number of migrants across East and Horn of Africa - IOM Report
26 may 2021 - 12:56:48Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – At least 300,000 migrants across the East and Horn of Africa have been affected by COVID-19 in 2020, according to the International Organization [...] Full text...
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IMF mission approves Egypt’s commitment to macroeconomic stability
26 may 2021 - 10:11:34Cairo, Egypt (PANA) – Strong performance and commitment of the Egyptian authorities over the past 12 months helped the country [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Pandemic Fuelling child labour in Ghana, says Human Rights Watch
26 may 2021 - 06:58:02Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The unprecedented economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, together with global school closures and inadequate government [...] Full text...
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AU, ECOWAS condemn arrest of Mali Transition President and Prime Minister
25 may 2021 - 15:30:03Bamako, Mali (PANA) - African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat and of the Commission of the Economic Community [...] Full text...
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Monitoring Committee of Mali’s Transition demands release of President and Prime Minister
25 may 2021 - 12:58:32Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Local Committee for the monitoring of the Transition in Mali "demands the immediate and unconditional [...] Full text...
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LEAD: UN chief calls for 'unconditional' release of Malian interim president, PM
25 may 2021 - 10:52:57Bamako, Mali (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for the "unconditional" release of Mali's interim president and prime [...] Full text...
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Blue helmets facing increasing number of attacks: UN peacekeeping chief
25 may 2021 - 05:41:12New York, US (PANA) - UN blue helmets face an increasing number of attacks throughout the complex environments in which [...] Full text...
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Ethiopia denies reported use of chemical weapons in troubled Tigray region
24 may 2021 - 21:31:29Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Ethiopian government has denied using chemical weapons in the ongoing war in the northern [...] Full text...
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ArcelorMittal to restart $800m Liberia iron-ore expansion this year
24 may 2021 - 13:35:33Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) - Global steel major ArcelorMittal plans to restart the expansion of its iron-ore operations in Liberia this [...] Full text...
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WFP, Crisis Group partner to strengthen conflict prevention
24 may 2021 - 09:56:07Rome, Italy (PANA) - The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has signed a Strategic Partnership with global conflict resolution organisation, [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian Crisis: US takes action against Ethiopian, Eritrean, TPLF members 'undermining resolution of Tigray crisis'
24 may 2021 - 07:14:45Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US has announced a series of actions against Ethiopian, Eritrean and Tigray People's Liberation [...] Full text...
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CAR struggles to address economic challenges arising from security crisis
22 may 2021 - 08:31:56Bangui, Central African Republic (PANA) – The deterioration of the security situation in Central African Republic (CAR) at the beginning [...] Full text...
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Guterres urges humanity to make ‘peace with the planet’
22 may 2021 - 06:46:19New York, US (PANA) - Humanity is “waging a war on nature”, threatening biodiversity loss, climate disruption and escalating pollution, [...] Full text...
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Mauritania: AfDB boosts new investment dynamics, a vector of recovery in times of crisis
21 may 2021 - 19:58:29Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a donation of [...] Full text...
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Rights group calls for urgent aid to assist famine-hit Madagascar
21 may 2021 - 10:20:52Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) - With more than a million people facing hunger due to the devastating famine currently ravaging southern [...] Full text...
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Global trade soars in first quarter, but services still in doldrums: UNCTAD
20 may 2021 - 07:20:48Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Global trade bounced back to a record high early this year, although service industries are still a [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Pandemic ‘feeding’ drivers of conflict and instability in Africa: Guterres
20 may 2021 - 05:32:13New York, US (PANA) - Women and young people must be part of Africa’s plans to recover from the COVID-19 [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: World Health Assembly to focus on ending COVID-19 pandemic
20 may 2021 - 00:04:07Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In a year when COVID-19) threatens the health and well-being of everyone on the planet, the [...] Full text...
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European Union releases 5.55-million-euro budget support for the Gambia
19 may 2021 - 18:05:04Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The European Union (EU) has released 5.55 million euros (about 338 million Gambian Dalasis) as a [...] Full text...
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Tunisian President calls for debt cancellation for poor countries
19 may 2021 - 09:35:46Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian President Kaïs Saïed on Tuesday called for the cancellation of the debts of poor countries [...] Full text...
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Libyan delegate to UN reiterates primacy of justice over citizens
18 may 2021 - 13:43:59Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Taher al-Sonni, has reaffirmed the primacy of Libyan justice [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: European Council supports recovery and transformation of Europe’s media
18 may 2021 - 12:42:37Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Council on Tuesday approved conclusions to support the recovery and transformation of the European [...] Full text...
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US Assistant Secretary of State for Middle East Affairs expected in Tripoli
18 may 2021 - 11:49:35Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - US Assistant Secretary of State for Middle East Affairs, Joey Hood, is expected to head a [...] Full text...
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G5 Sahel holds mini summit in Paris
18 may 2021 - 10:05:41Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Heads of state and government of the G5 Sahel held a mini-summit on Monday on [...] Full text...
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AfDB, European bank reach deal to spur infrastructure investment
17 may 2021 - 13:46:03Paris, France (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) on [...] Full text...
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Heavy external debt burden suppresses African development endeavours
17 may 2021 - 13:26:23Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA) - There could be no recovery from the current economic malaise without addressing Africa’s external debt [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: UNICEF chief calls on G7 countries to 'share excess vaccines now'
17 may 2021 - 06:25:08New York, US (PANA) - The deadly increase in COVID-19 cases in India could potentially occur elsewhere if vulnerable countries [...] Full text...
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Secretary-General calls for immediate end to 'senseless' Israeli-Palestine violence
17 may 2021 - 06:15:54New York, US (PANA) - The current “senseless” cycle of violence in the Middle East must end now, UN Secretary-General [...] Full text...
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South Africa condemns Israeli attack on civilians in Gaza
15 may 2021 - 12:00:29Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African government on Saturday condemned Israel's "unjust attacks on civilians in Gaza [...] Full text...
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Ghanaian President Akufo-Addo to pay working visit to France, Belgium, S. Africa
14 may 2021 - 23:18:41Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President Akufo-Addo will leave Sunday, 16 May, for a nine-day official working visit to France, [...] Full text...
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U.S. committed to working with international partners to help Sudan overcome hurdles
14 may 2021 - 16:39:49Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The American Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa, Jeffrey Feltman, who has just completed his [...] Full text...
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African policymakers face three challenges to lift economies out of worst health crisis
13 may 2021 - 15:09:41Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The second wave of the health crisis that hit sub-Saharan Africa earlier in the [...] Full text...
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Guinea Bissau seeks IMF support to mobilise finance for economic reforms
13 may 2021 - 09:15:51Bissau, Guinea-Bissau (PANA) – Guinea-Bissau’s fiscal deficit widened in 2020 reflecting weaker tax revenue and the authorities’ spending measures to [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Top COVID probe urges bold overhaul of pandemic prevention measures
12 may 2021 - 15:52:48Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A prestigious World Health Organization (WHO) appointed panel on Wednesday urged bold action to end the COVID-19 [...] Full text...
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Public development banks urge new financing for Africa’s post-Covid-19 recovery
12 may 2021 - 13:26:33Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA) - A global coalition of public development banks on Tuesday emphasized the urgency of immediate resources [...] Full text...
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UN highlights Islamic social financing to help economic recovery, pandemic response
12 may 2021 - 08:48:30New York, US (PANA) - As the world continues to grapple with the health and economic crisis sparked by the [...] Full text...
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Madagascar faces famine risk: Gov't, UN food agencies warn
12 may 2021 - 05:33:29Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) - With each day that passes, more lives are at stake as hunger tightens its grip in [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Vaccine inequity posing ‘significant risk’ to global economic recovery: UN report
12 may 2021 - 05:15:25New York, US (PANA) - Although the outlook for global growth has improved, the ongoing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well [...] Full text...
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In Niger, Covid-19 wards remain empty, as agriculture and business benefit from support programmes
11 may 2021 - 19:35:14Niamey, Niger (PANA) - After achieving outstanding results in its management of the COVID-19 pandemic, Niger, which is expected to [...] Full text...
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South Sudan faces its worst food security crisis as humanitarian aid dwindles
11 may 2021 - 14:42:32Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - An African regional organisation said about 60 percent of South Sudan people are facing “one of [...] Full text...
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Nigeria struggles to attain self-sufficiency in sugar production
11 may 2021 - 10:41:32Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria’s sugar industry is facing serious challenges despite efforts by the government to create self-sufficiency in [...] Full text...
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US ambassador designated as Special Envoy in Libya
11 may 2021 - 06:07:40Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The US State Department on Monday announced that the Ambassador to Libya, Richard Norland, will now also serve in [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS envoy to Mali, Goodluck Jonathan, arrives in Bamako to assess the situation in the country
10 may 2021 - 17:07:44Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) mediator for Mali, former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: EU provides €500,000 to WFP for pandemic recovery in Rwanda
10 may 2021 - 11:33:41Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed €500,000 from the European Union (EU) to [...] Full text...
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Nigerian president Buhari laments ''madness' in parts of the country
09 may 2021 - 15:53:51Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday lamented the "madness" going on in parts of the country [...] Full text...
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AU appoints John Mahama as High Representative for Somalia
08 may 2021 - 19:50:58Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat on Saturday announced the appointment of former [...] Full text...
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Libya rejects Chadian defence minister's statement
08 may 2021 - 11:10:38Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya has rejected pronouncement by Chadian Defence minister, Gen. Daouda Ibrahim, who described the country as [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: IMF mission hails Mauritius’ efforts in containing COVID-19 pandemic
08 may 2021 - 09:18:04Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Announcing the success of Mauritius in containing the Covid-19 virus thanks to strict health measures, [...] Full text...
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Moussa al-Kouni discusses with leaders of Libyan southern region means to improve security situation
07 may 2021 - 23:15:51Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The vice-chairman of the Libyan presidential council, Moussa al-Kouni, Friday held talks with mayors of the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO gives emergency listing to Sinopharm vaccine
07 may 2021 - 21:55:07Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The WHO Friday gave emergency use listing to Sinopharm Bejing's COVID-19 vaccine, making it the sixth [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Tunisia announces weeklong lockdown as situation worsens
07 may 2021 - 15:54:30Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian authorities on Friday announced a week of general containment from May 9 to 16 due [...] Full text...
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South African health expert appointed to WHO council
07 may 2021 - 11:38:37Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s world renowned infectious disease epidemiologist Professor Salim Abdool Karim, who played a [...] Full text...
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Libya's new government urged to reestablish rule of law
07 may 2021 - 10:13:35Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Human rights group, Amnesty International said on Thursday that Libya’s recently installed Government of National Unity [...] Full text...
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IMF projects 5.1 percent rebound of Rwanda’s economy in 2021
07 may 2021 - 08:08:47Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) – Rwanda’s economic growth is projected to rebound to 5.1 percent in 2021, compared to a contraction [...] Full text...
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US to increase humanitarian aid to Mozambique
07 may 2021 - 05:27:45Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States is working with the Government of Mozambique, international organizations, civil society organizations, [...] Full text...
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US, South Africa stress need to expand global COVID-19 vaccine production
06 may 2021 - 07:24:07London, UK (PANA) - US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and South African Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor have underscored [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO chief hails US support for vaccine patent waiver
06 may 2021 - 05:57:04Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday said the commitment announced by the [...] Full text...
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Acute food insecurity soars to five-year high, warns Global Report on Food Crises
05 may 2021 - 10:49:32Rome, Italy (PANA) – The number of people facing acute food insecurity and needing urgent life and livelihood-saving assistance has [...] Full text...
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Rights group urges new Niger govt to investigate massacres
05 may 2021 - 05:49:16Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – A human rights advocate says Niger's first democratic transition since independence provides President Mohamed Bazoum’s new administration [...] Full text...
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New report sounds alarm on global shortage of 900,000 midwives - WHO
04 may 2021 - 21:50:17New York, United Nations (PANA) - A new World Health Organization report has asserted that fully investing in midwives by [...] Full text...
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UN forum examines how to make science and technology work better for all
04 may 2021 - 15:56:19New York, US (PANA) - Harnessing the full potential of science and technology for the benefit of all people, everywhere, [...] Full text...
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800,000 South Sudanese may face reduced access to fife-saving primary health care soon, IOM warns
04 may 2021 - 14:27:45Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The International Organization for Migration (IOM) warns that more than 800,000 people in South Sudan [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: UN envoy Gordon Brown urges G7 countries to fund global vaccination push
04 may 2021 - 05:36:14Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Former United Kingdom Prime Minister Gordon Brown called on Monday for the world’s richest nations to [...] Full text...
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Sudan FM tours African states to rally support for Khartoum's stands on the Renaissance Dam
03 may 2021 - 19:47:46Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – Sudan on Monday quoted the current chair of the African Union, President Félix Tshisekedi of the [...] Full text...
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IMF Staff and Senegal reach staff deal on new 18-month financing plan for US$ 650 million
30 april 2021 - 09:57:08Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – A team of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has reached a staff-level agreement with the Senegalese [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian Crisis: UN says security situation continues to impede humanitarian work in Tigray region
30 april 2021 - 05:42:52New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations says the complex and unpredictable security situation continues to impede the freedom [...] Full text...
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Southern Madagascar on brink of famine, warns WFP
30 april 2021 - 05:31:07Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) - The unrelenting drought in southern Madagascar is forcing hundreds of thousands of people to the brink [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Women globally suffer over $800 billion in lost income in one year - Oxfam
29 april 2021 - 12:45:36New York, US (PANA) - The COVID-19 crisis cost women around the world at least $800 billion in lost income [...] Full text...
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Filipino investigative journalist to receive UN press freedom prize
29 april 2021 - 05:31:01Paris, France (PANA) - The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on Tuesday named investigative journalist and media [...] Full text...
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Southern Africa taps $380 million in World Bank financing to facilitate regional trade, investment for inclusive growth
28 april 2021 - 14:34:26Washington, DC US (PANA) - The World Bank has approved $380 million in financing from the International Development Association (IDA) [...] Full text...
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29 million Sahelians need humanitarian aid and protection - UN agencies
28 april 2021 - 13:46:44Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Sahelians in need of humanitarian assistance and protection have reached a new record of 29 [...] Full text...
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UN condemns Somalia violence, warns against escalation of fighting
27 april 2021 - 18:12:27Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - The UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) issued a statement on Tuesday, alongside international partners, strongly condemning an outbreak [...] Full text...
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TunisAir postpones resumption of Libya flights until 15 May
27 april 2021 - 11:45:33Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian national carrier, TunisAir, announced on Monday that it has postponed to May 15 the [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian Crisis: US reiterates grave concern about deteriorating humanitarian, rights crises in Ethiopia
27 april 2021 - 10:38:35Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US has reiterated its grave concern about the deteriorating humanitarian and human rights crises [...] Full text...
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‘Relentless’ violence worsening plight of children in DRC's Ituri province
27 april 2021 - 05:24:17Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - A recent spike in inter-community violence in the eastern province of Ituri in the Democratic Republic [...] Full text...
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African Energy Chamber calls for solution to cowardly attacks in northern Mozambique
26 april 2021 - 15:52:44Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – The African Energy Chamber (AEC) on Monday called on Total and its international partners to [...] Full text...
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UN chief stresses ‘clear and urgent need’ for concrete multilateral solutions
25 april 2021 - 04:55:07New York, US (PANA) - Underscoring that the COVID-19 pandemic has been a “tragic reminder” of how deeply connected the [...] Full text...
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Libyan FM insists before Parliament on Libya’s ‘’moderate and positive’’ diplomacy
23 april 2021 - 22:46:51Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Najla Al-Mangouch said here Friday the Government of [...] Full text...
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US names Special Envoy for Horn of Africa, to handle GERD crisis among other issues
23 april 2021 - 21:40:57Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The US Administration Friday announced the appointment of a new special envoy for the Horn of [...] Full text...
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Mali to mobilise CFAF 20 billion for cotton growers cooperative societies
23 april 2021 - 15:48:42Bamako, Mali (PANA) - An agreement aiming to mobilise at least 20 billion CFAF for the benefit of around 8,000 [...] Full text...
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UN food agency says escalating conflict in northern Mozambique pushes thousands into hunger
23 april 2021 - 06:52:54Pemba, Mozambique (PANA) – Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province is in the grips of a spiralling crisis as thousands of people [...] Full text...
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Chad Crisis: Libya, Sudan and Niger call for emergency meeting of AU Peace and Security Council
22 april 2021 - 13:05:23Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The leaders of Libya, Sudan and Niger have called for an emergency session of the African [...] Full text...
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Libyan and Wagner elements accused of supporting Chadian rebels
22 april 2021 - 12:53:19Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The president of the Congress of the Toubou tribe in Libya, Issa Abdelmadjid Mansour, accused Libyan [...] Full text...
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Tunisia monitoring developments in Chad: Foreign Ministry
22 april 2021 - 10:02:20Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia says it is following developments in Chad after the death of President Idriss Déby Itno [...] Full text...
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Rights group urges Chad's military council to respect rule of law after president Déby's death
21 april 2021 - 06:01:12Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Chad's transitional military council, established on Tuesday after the announcement of the death of President Idriss Déby [...] Full text...
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Tunisia loses one place in world press freedom ranking
20 april 2021 - 23:06:58Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia moved from the 72nd to the 73rd position out of 180 countries in the world [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian Crisis: ‘No end’ to conflict in Tigray region, warns UNICEF
20 april 2021 - 19:29:26Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Disturbing reports have continued to emerge of widespread abuse of civilians in northern Ethiopia’s Tigray [...] Full text...
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More than 200,000 Zimbabweans return home as COVID-19 impacts regional economies
20 april 2021 - 13:25:24Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) – More than 200,000 Zimbabweans have returned home over the past year due to the economic fallout from [...] Full text...
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More refugees arrive in Chad following recent clashes in Central African Republic
20 april 2021 - 10:51:44Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Recent clashes between government forces and rebel groups in northern Central African Republic (CAR) have forced [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Greta Thunberg contributes 100,000 Euros to vaccine equity initiative
20 april 2021 - 05:30:53Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg has donated 100,000 Euros to boost global efforts to deliver [...] Full text...
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Activation of AMU at center of talks between vice-presidents of Libyan presidential council and Algerian delegation
20 april 2021 - 00:07:29Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The vice-presidents of the Libyan presidential council, Moussa al-Kouni and Abdallah al-Lafi, Monday met with the [...] Full text...
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Algerian FM transmits invitation for visit from Algerian president to Libyan presidential council chairman
19 april 2021 - 21:58:47Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chairman of the Libyan presidential council, Mohamed Al-Manfi, Monday received the Algerian minister of foreign [...] Full text...
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Nigeria's foreign policy must engage other nations, address new challenges, says top parliamentarian
19 april 2021 - 17:57:41Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, on Monday said that Nigeria's foreign policy in [...] Full text...
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European Council approves conclusions on EU's integrated strategy in Sahel region
19 april 2021 - 12:45:23Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Council on Monday approved conclusions reaffirming the importance of a solid and long-term partnership [...] Full text...
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Amnesty International slams 'alarming crackdown' on rights activists
19 april 2021 - 05:45:21Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Amnesty International has slammed the authorities in the Republic of Congo for conducting an "alarming crackdown" [...] Full text...
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Soaring food prices, conflicts driving hunger, rise across West and Central Africa: WFP
17 april 2021 - 04:59:59Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - More than 31 million people across West and Central Africa may not have enough to eat [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Vaccine equity is the ‘challenge of our time’, WHO chief declares
17 april 2021 - 04:51:49Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - With the number of new COVID-19 cases nearly doubling over the past two months, approaching the [...] Full text...
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Rights group says hundreds of thousands trapped in misery of statelessness in Zimbabwe
16 april 2021 - 07:29:48Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Hundreds of thousands of people trapped in the misery of statelessness in Zimbabwe have been forced [...] Full text...
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US gives $95 million humanitarian assistance for South Sudan crisis response
16 april 2021 - 06:39:27Washington, DC US (PANA) - The United States on Thursday announced more than $95 million to support the response to [...] Full text...
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Sub-Saharan Africa navigating a long pandemic – IMF Economic Outlook
15 april 2021 - 13:07:30Washington, DC US (PANA) - Sub-Saharan Africa’s economic growth is set to recover in 2021. Yet, the path to recovery, [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian Crisis: Rights group accuses Eritrean soldiers of killing three Ethiopians in 'unprovoked attack'
15 april 2021 - 06:12:24Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Human rights watchdog, Amnesty International, says Eritrean troops killed three people and injured at least [...] Full text...
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Prevention is ‘only cure’ to end sexual violence in conflict, Security Council hears
15 april 2021 - 05:34:35New York, US (PANA) - Prevention is the best and only cure to stem the multiple, devastating and enduring consequences [...] Full text...
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US opposes Somali President's arbitrary term extension, threatens sanctions
14 april 2021 - 09:51:52Washington DC, US (PANA) - The United States is deeply disappointed by Somalia's decision to approve a legislative bill extending [...] Full text...
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Museums must not be overlooked in pandemic recovery, UNESCO chief warns
14 april 2021 - 07:01:45Paris, France (PANA) - Faced with alarming and extended closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the world’s museums are of [...] Full text...
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