UN, AU and IGAD welcome Sudanese political framework agreement
05 december 2022 - 14:46:12Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The United Nations, African Union and IGAD, known as the trilateral mechanism operating to end the [...] Full text...
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Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The United Nations, African Union and IGAD, known as the trilateral mechanism operating to end the [...] Full text...
Sudanese sign framework agreement as first steps for national reconciliation
05 december 2022 - 14:29:02Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A group of Sudanese political parties, civil society organizations and former rebel movements on Monday signed [...] Full text...
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Six people killed in terrorist attack in central-eastern Burkina Faso
05 december 2022 - 12:47:05Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Six people, including four teachers, were on Sunday killed in a terrorist attack on a sports [...] Full text...
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Ghana to launch domestic debt swap to tackle economic crisis
05 december 2022 - 06:11:33Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, says the government will launch a domestic debt swap on Monday [...] Full text...
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France ready to play positive role to achieve elections in Libya
04 december 2022 - 20:14:32Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - French Ambassador to Libya Mostafa Mihraje says his country will play a positive role in the [...] Full text...
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Abdoualye Bathily reiterates commitment to LPDF roadmap
04 december 2022 - 18:21:17Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya [...] Full text...
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Washington renews support for Abdoulaye Bathily's efforts in Libya
04 december 2022 - 17:16:45Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - US Special Envoy to Libya Richard Norland has expressed his country's support for the efforts of [...] Full text...
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Libyan Prime Minister welcomes Abdoulaye Bathily's statement urging elections in Libya
04 december 2022 - 16:54:03Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The prime minister of the national unity government, Abdelhamid Al-Dbaiba, has welcomed the call by the [...] Full text...
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Abdoulaye Bathily announces postponement of meeting to resume political dialogue between two Libyan Chambers
04 december 2022 - 16:34:53Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of the United Nations Mission of Support in [...] Full text...
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Civil society delegation from Morocco's southern provinces exposes Polisario's human rights violations
04 december 2022 - 13:32:42Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - A delegation of civil society from the southern provinces of Morocco revealed this week in Berlin [...] Full text...
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Libya supports Italian initiative to develop agriculture, energy supply in Mediterranean
03 december 2022 - 17:41:22Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Najla al-Mangouch, has announced her country's support [...] Full text...
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Libyan FM reaffirms government's readiness to secure elections
03 december 2022 - 12:37:55Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Najla al-Mangouch, has affirmed that the vision of [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: US says Pretoria agreement remains best chance for peace
03 december 2022 - 08:06:54Washington, DC, US (PANA) - As the peace agreement between the Ethiopian government and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) [...] Full text...
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Ahmed Aboul Gheit reaffirms to Abdoulaye Bathily his support for intra-Libyan solution
02 december 2022 - 15:59:41Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, has reaffirmed his support for [...] Full text...
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Speakers of Libyan two legislative chambers to meet with top UN official Bathily
02 december 2022 - 12:59:30Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Speaker of the Libyan House Parliament, Aguila Saleh, has announced a meeting with the chairman [...] Full text...
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UN facilitators make breakthrough in Sudan’s acrimonious political standouts
02 december 2022 - 12:44:11Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The United Nations, African Union (AU) and the regional grouping, Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), say [...] Full text...
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South Africa's ruling party mulls President Ramaphosa's fate
02 december 2022 - 12:17:37Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s ruling ANC is holding crisis talks on Friday amid concerns that President [...] Full text...
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South Africa's ruling ANC seems to be in a meltdown: Archbishop Makgoba
02 december 2022 - 11:22:34Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, Thabo Makgoba, has said that South Africa should be [...] Full text...
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Society: UN organizes meeting to let women's voice heard
01 december 2022 - 19:58:23Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A UN body responsible for working to bring Sudanese political and social rivals together to agree [...] Full text...
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Abdoulaye Batily reaffirms to Abdelhamid Al-Dbaiba UNSMIL's efforts to hold elections in Libya
01 december 2022 - 19:14:48Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) and envoy of the Secretary-General, [...] Full text...
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Solution to Libyan crisis torn between priority for elections, executive and the constitutional track
01 december 2022 - 19:05:28Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The search for solution to the Libyan crisis is still at the crossroads even as the [...] Full text...
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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa 'very likely' to resign
01 december 2022 - 17:20:32Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa has lost the political support of the ruling African [...] Full text...
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Rising inflation, falling wages threaten increased poverty and unrest: ILO
01 december 2022 - 05:41:08Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Rising inflation has caused a striking decline in real monthly wages in many countries, the International [...] Full text...
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Proven solutions must be put in place to end AIDS by 2030: Guterres
01 december 2022 - 05:04:30New York, US (PANA) - The UN chief is marking World AIDS Day on Thursday with a call to action to end [...] Full text...
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Libyan Prime Minister announces decision to settle all debts owed by Tunisia to the Libyan state
30 november 2022 - 19:35:06Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity Abdelhamid Al-Dbaiba announced here Wednesday that he [...] Full text...
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IMF team to visit Ghana from Thursday
30 november 2022 - 17:33:07Accra, Ghana (PANA) - An International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff team, led by Stéphane Roudet, mission chief for Ghana, will [...] Full text...
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UN agencies warn of imminent cut to food assistance to refugees in Chad
30 november 2022 - 10:30:38N’djamena, Chad (PANA) – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) have warned [...] Full text...
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Numbers forced to flee passes 100 million; many displaced for decades: UNDP
30 november 2022 - 06:13:06New York, US (PANA) - Humanitarian aid alone cannot overcome record levels of internal displacement globally, the UN Development Programme [...] Full text...
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'Mauritius is the preferred hub for investment into Africa' - President
29 november 2022 - 12:50:50Pte aux-Piments, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian President, Prithvirajsing Roopun, on Monday presented the country as the preferred hub for investment [...] Full text...
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UNHCR urges greater support as violence continues unabated in Burkina Faso
29 november 2022 - 11:24:59Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is warning of escalating humanitarian needs for displaced people [...] Full text...
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‘We cannot give up’ on the millions suffering in drought-stricken Horn of Africa, says WFP official
29 november 2022 - 05:09:59Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Millions of people in the Horn of Africa – a region at the intersection of some [...] Full text...
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Congolese rebel Commanders meet in Nairobi
28 november 2022 - 22:15:17Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Warring factions in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo kicked off the third session of their [...] Full text...
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Congolese rebel factions meet for Nairobi peace talks
28 november 2022 - 21:50:16Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Warring factions in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo kicked off the third session of their [...] Full text...
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Libyan Parliament Speaker says optimistic about agreement with High State Council on regal positions and constitutional basis
28 november 2022 - 19:32:19Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Speaker of the Libyan House of Representatives (Parliament), Aguila Saleh, said Monday he was confident [...] Full text...
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Feature - Climate Change: Inside struggles of Gambian flood victims
28 november 2022 - 18:10:46Banjul, The Gambia (PANA) - A 22-year-old young man from Tobacco Road, the hardest hit area by the latest flash [...] Full text...
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Egypt, UN agree on need for Libyan policy
28 november 2022 - 16:54:28Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Egypt and the United Nations have agreed to intensify joint action to advance the Libyan political [...] Full text...
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Top UN official in Libya, senior UAE diplomat meet in Abu Dhabi
28 november 2022 - 13:10:46Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of the United Nations Mission of Support in [...] Full text...
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Bank of Ghana announces policy restricting poultry, rice imports
25 november 2022 - 18:31:34Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Bank of Ghana has restricted access to foreign exchange for a select list of imported [...] Full text...
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EU-African, Caribbean and Pacific States ministers meet on 29 November
25 november 2022 - 12:29:13Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - After three years of focusing on the future of the European Union-Organisation of African, Caribbean and [...] Full text...
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Kenyan technology start-up boosts e-commerce in agroprocessing industry
25 november 2022 - 10:57:19Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - When Peter Njonjo, a former employee of a multinational company, set out to create Twiga Foods [...] Full text...
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Libya attends 7th UfM Regional Forum in Barcelona, Spain
24 november 2022 - 19:52:06Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Najla Al-Mangouch, took part on Thursday in [...] Full text...
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Qatar reaffirms support for Libya to overcome its crisis
24 november 2022 - 18:53:31Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Ambassador of the State of Qatar to Libya, Khaled Al-Dosari, Thursday reaffirmed his country's support [...] Full text...
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National reconciliation or elections, which option to resolve the crisis in Libya?
24 november 2022 - 18:39:26\ Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The announcement of a preparatory meeting between the Libyan Presidential Council and the African Union (AU), in [...] Full text...
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Burundi to host regional summit on DR Congo crisis
24 november 2022 - 12:09:22Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The leaders of Angola, DR Congo and Burundi are to meet "soon" in Bujumbura to assess the implementation [...] Full text...
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IMF staff reaches deal with Guinea on food assistance through Rapid Credit Facility
24 november 2022 - 05:57:54Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guinea has reached a staff-level agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to receive up to [...] Full text...
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Libyan Parliament appoints new Governor of the Eastern Branch of CBL
23 november 2022 - 18:01:17Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The First Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives (Parliament), Fawzi Al-Nouwairi, has appointed Marai Moftah [...] Full text...
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Burundian Head of State engages in intense diplomatic activity on security crisis in DR Congo
23 november 2022 - 14:36:29Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The Burundian head of state, Evariste Ndayisimiyé, and current chairman of the East African Community (EAC), [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: US Secretary of State, Ethiopian PM discuss peace efforts in the north
23 november 2022 - 05:50:01Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, spoke with Ethiopian Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed, on [...] Full text...
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Ministerial committee in charge of supporting elections in Libya meets
22 november 2022 - 12:56:54Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's Minister of State for Communication and Political Affairs, Walid al-Lafi, on Monday chaired the second [...] Full text...
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'Business Unusual' in a world of extreme uncertainty: EBRD report
22 november 2022 - 10:00:15Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - When dealing with immediate challenges, decision- and policymakers should not lose focus on the [...] Full text...
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IMF Executive Board Approves US$88.3 Million in Emergency Financing Support to Malawi
22 november 2022 - 07:18:11Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday approved a disbursement of [...] Full text...
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WFP welcomes €5.8 million from the European Union to support Sahrawi refugees in Algeria
22 november 2022 - 05:49:39Algiers, Algeria (PANA) – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a €5.8 million (US$ 6 million) humanitarian [...] Full text...
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Global intellectual property filings reached new records in 2021: WIPO
22 november 2022 - 05:39:38Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Patents, trademarks and designs reached record levels in 2021, with Asia driving growth in intellectual property, [...] Full text...
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Honour traffic victims by making roads safer: Guterres
21 november 2022 - 18:49:01New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for greater global efforts to achieve the goal of [...] Full text...
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Memorandum of protest to Greek authorities following behaviour of Foreign Minister
20 november 2022 - 18:06:12Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Najla Al-Mangouch Sunday requested that a protest memorandum [...] Full text...
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COP27: Combat against climate change continues - Guterres
20 november 2022 - 10:49:08Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has reminded the world of what remain the priorities regarding climate [...] Full text...
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COP27: Conferene closes with deal on loss and damage: ‘A step towards justice’, says UN chief
20 november 2022 - 10:48:46Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt (PANA) - After days of intense negotiations that stretched into early Sunday morning in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, [...] Full text...
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Top UN official in Libya meets senior official on elections
18 november 2022 - 17:06:01Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chairman of the High State Council, Khaled Al-Mechri, and the head of the United Nations [...] Full text...
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Libya making contact with Greek Foreign Ministry on Tripoli airport snub incident
18 november 2022 - 11:29:19Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed al-Manfi, announced on Thursday that contacts are underway [...] Full text...
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UN’s game plan for sanitation for all
18 november 2022 - 05:23:46New York, US (PANA) - Ahead of World Toilet Day on 19 November, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is launching a [...] Full text...
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COP27: 'Stand and deliver’, urges UN chief, as divides threaten conference negotiations ahead of deadline
18 november 2022 - 05:10:39Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt (PANA) - COP27 is scheduled to wrap up on Friday but countries remain divided on several significant issues including ‘loss [...] Full text...
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Top UN official in Libya faces complicated road to organise electons with differeces in Security Council
17 november 2022 - 17:41:20Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The task of the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Libya, Abdoulaye Bathily, to hold [...] Full text...
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Guinea, Mali hold Joint Commission of Cooperation meeting
17 november 2022 - 13:16:59Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The 9th Great Joint Commission of Cooperation between Mali and Guinea began on Wednesday in Conakry [...] Full text...
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Former Kenyan President Kenyatta appalled by misery of DRC IDPs
16 november 2022 - 20:08:59Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's former President Uhuru Kenyatta, who arrived Tuesday in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic [...] Full text...
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UN warns of worsening conflict, displacement in Sahel without immediate climate action
16 november 2022 - 12:38:35Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Without urgent investment in climate mitigation and adaptation, countries in the Sahel risk decades of armed [...] Full text...
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Libyan UN delegate says country fed up with 'unproductive' Security Council meetings
16 november 2022 - 11:47:01Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's delegate to the United Nations, Taher el-Sonni, said on Tuesday that the population is fed [...] Full text...
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South African President Ramaphosa holds talks with Xi at G20
16 november 2022 - 11:32:35Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has held talks with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping [...] Full text...
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US opposes idea of forming new government in Libya; calls for elections
16 november 2022 - 11:26:23Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - US Representative to the United Nations, Richard M. Mills, on Tuesday called on Libyan leaders to [...] Full text...
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UNICEF launches new child-focused climate initiative to head off disasters
16 november 2022 - 05:21:48New York, US (PANA) - The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Wednesday launched a new climate financing initiative designed to [...] Full text...
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Some Libyan leaders ‘actively hindering progress towards elections’, Security Council hears
16 november 2022 - 05:10:27New York, US (PANA) - Efforts continue to get political leaders in Libya to overcome their differences so that long-awaited [...] Full text...
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‘Milestone for humanity’ as UN celebrates 8 billionth birth
15 november 2022 - 19:51:04New York, US (PANA) - The Day of 8 Billion, officially marked on Tuesday, is a milestone moment for human [...] Full text...
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Four bodies of illegal migrants found off the Tunisian coast
15 november 2022 - 18:53:42Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian coast guard on Tuesday found a body of an illegal migrant, bringing to four [...] Full text...
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Top UN official in Libya reaffirms importance of the south for stability
15 november 2022 - 18:32:13Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General's Special Representative for Libya, Abdoulaye Bathily, has said that the stability and security [...] Full text...
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Libyan State Council chairman welcomes AU's interest, support for reconciliation
15 november 2022 - 17:52:03Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chairman of the High Council of State, Khaled Al-Mechri, on Tuesday paid tribute to the [...] Full text...
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Deputy chairman of Libyan Presidential Council highlights extent of corruption in the country
15 november 2022 - 17:41:16Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The deputy chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Moussa Al-Kouni, on Tuesday stressed that corruption is [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: PM Abiy underscores need to support peace agreement
15 november 2022 - 16:43:05Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Tuesday underscored the need to support the 2 November [...] Full text...
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Flights between Libya and Malta to resume soon
13 november 2022 - 17:11:32Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Flights between Libya and Malta will resume "in the coming days", Libya's Minister of Foreign Affairs [...] Full text...
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UPDATE1: Ethiopian crisis: 'Govt working to ensure peace agreement is implemented on agreed terms'
13 november 2022 - 13:07:33Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Government of Ethiopia says it is working to ensure that the peace agreement signed [...] Full text...
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COP27: Adapt or starve: Conference spotlights agriculture challenges and solutions in the face of climate change
13 november 2022 - 11:47:31Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt (PANA) - Small-scale farmers from developing countries produce one-third of the world’s food, yet they only receive 1.7 [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: US welcomes commitment to unhindered humanitarian access in northern Ethiopia
13 november 2022 - 06:47:40Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US has welcomed the commitment to unhindered humanitarian access and clarification of cessation of [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso government denies allegations of abuses by its army
12 november 2022 - 18:36:15Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The government of Burkina Faso has denied allegations of abuses committed by its army on [...] Full text...
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Former top UN official in Libya says elections will not produce miracle
12 november 2022 - 13:12:21Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The former Special Adviser to the UN Secretary General in Libya, Stephanie Williams, has reiterated that [...] Full text...
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World Bank gives Mali $30 million to improve agriculture
12 november 2022 - 12:44:07Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The World Bank has approved an International Development Association (IDA) credit of US$30 million (about CFAF [...] Full text...
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COP27: ‘Fossil fuels are a dead end’, says top UN climate adviser
12 november 2022 - 05:27:47Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt (PANA) - Negotiations, sharing solutions aimed at curbing emissions by the world’s biggest-polluting industries, as well as continued [...] Full text...
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Parties working for political solution in Sudan hold out hope for breakthrough
11 november 2022 - 06:38:39Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Representatives of the United Nations, African Union and sub-regional group, Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), working [...] Full text...
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US threatens to reconsider relationship with those who impede progress towards Libya's political solutions
10 november 2022 - 19:44:56Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The US special envoy and ambassador to Libya, Richard Norland, has said that his country could [...] Full text...
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Ghana's Parliament sets up committee to probe censure motion against finance minister
10 november 2022 - 18:25:50Accra, Ghana (PAMA) - Ghana's Parliament on Thursday set up an eight-member ad-hoc committee to probe the Minority's motion of [...] Full text...
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Mali to host African Magistrates' conference
10 november 2022 - 17:53:51Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali will host from 4 to 11 February 2023 the annual conference of the African regional [...] Full text...
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Raging disagreements between Libya's two legislative chambers continue to hold back elections
10 november 2022 - 17:47:42Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The never-ending disagreements between Parliament and the High Council of State for the legal basis for holding [...] Full text...
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US says former senior officials of Gaddafi regime must be brought to justice
10 november 2022 - 11:34:05Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The US delegate to the UN Security Council, Richard M. Mills JR., has said senior officials [...] Full text...
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COP27: Young people reconsidering parenthood due to climate change, UNICEF poll reveals
10 november 2022 - 05:13:28Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt (PANA) - Climate change is forcing nearly half of young Africans to rethink their plans to have children [...] Full text...
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Libyan President calls for inclusive meeting under AU/UNSMIL auspices
09 november 2022 - 19:09:28Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed Al-Manfi, has called for a meeting of all [...] Full text...
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World Bank says COVID-19 elevated poverty in The Gambia
09 november 2022 - 14:41:06Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambia’s poverty rate has climbed to 53.4% largely due to COVID-19, according to The Gambia [...] Full text...
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Libyan PM says political crisis is ''fabricated'
09 november 2022 - 14:30:31Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Prime Minister, Abdelhamid al-Dabaiba, has said that his government has provided "clear evidence" that [...] Full text...
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COP27: UNHCR chief urges world leaders not to forget displaced people
08 november 2022 - 09:49:33Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt (PANA) - UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi is urging global leaders to curb the most devastating [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: US hails meeting of Government, TPLF military commanders
08 november 2022 - 05:26:22Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US has hailed the commencement of a meeting between military commanders of the Ethiopian Government [...] Full text...
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COP27: $3.1 billion plan to achieve early warning systems for all by 2027
08 november 2022 - 04:50:56Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt (PANA) - With climate-related disasters displacing more people than conflict, UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday unveiled the [...] Full text...
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Mass displacements in eastern DR Congo threaten young lives: UNICEF
08 november 2022 - 04:39:56Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The lives of thousands of children in overcrowded, unsanitary camps for internally displaced people (IDPs) in [...] Full text...
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Humanitarians call for greater support to prevent famine in Horn of Africa
08 november 2022 - 04:28:54Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Greater global solidarity is needed to address the rapidly unfolding humanitarian catastrophe in the Horn [...] Full text...
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COP 27: ‘Cooperate or perish’: UN chief warns
07 november 2022 - 17:11:33Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt (PANA) - At the opening of the two-day Climate Implementation Summit at COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: Military commanders of Government, TPLF meet in Nairobi
07 november 2022 - 15:07:29Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Military commanders of the Ethiopian Government and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) on Monday [...] Full text...
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Libyan Parliament begins new session in Benghazi
07 november 2022 - 12:25:55Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Parliament began another session on Monday in the eastern city of Benghazi devoted to [...] Full text...
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COP 27: Last eight years warmest on record - WMO
07 november 2022 - 05:06:10Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt (PANA) - The latest report from the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO), released on Sunday, shows that the last [...] Full text...
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Africa urrged to achieve economic transformation
06 november 2022 - 17:54:30Windhoek, Namibia ( PANA) - Dr Jean Paul Adam, Director of Technology, Climate Change and Natural Resource Management Division of [...] Full text...
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Bujumbura talks on security crisis in DR Congo
05 november 2022 - 15:22:11Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Dialogue between the parties to the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will take [...] Full text...
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WFP pledges humanitarian assistance to Burkina Faso
04 november 2022 - 18:53:10Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Prime Minister Appolinaire Joachim Kyelem de Tambela granted an audience on Friday to the Deputy [...] Full text...
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Congolese Foreign Minister urges Libyans to take 'decisive action' to resolve crisis
04 november 2022 - 18:49:12Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The head of the African Union (AU) delegation, Congolese Foreign Minister Jean-Claude Gakosso, has stressed that [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: Rights group calls for action to address 'accountability deficit' after peace deal
04 november 2022 - 05:51:53Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Human rights advocate, Amnesty International, has described Wednesday's peace agreement between the Ethiopian government and [...] Full text...
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Conflict, climate crisis drive rising hunger in South Sudan: Report
04 november 2022 - 04:53:01Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The number of people in South Sudan who are going hungry is at the highest [...] Full text...
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Haftar threatens to resort to arms, risking return to war in Libya
03 november 2022 - 21:59:42Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - With the political stalemate in Libya persisting since the postponement of last December's elections, the head [...] Full text...
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Greater Horn of Africa’s climate-related health crisis worsens as disease outbreaks surge -WHO
03 november 2022 - 20:57:58Brazzaville, DRC(PANA) - New analysis by the the World Health Organization (WHO) has found that the number of reported disease outbreaks [...] Full text...
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UPDATE 1: Ethiopian crisis: PM Abiy, Government welcome peace agreement
03 november 2022 - 18:49:30Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PAMA) - The Ethiopian Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed, and the government have welcomed Wednesday's peace agreement signed [...] Full text...
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Libyan PM welcomes Arab League resolution on the country's crisis
03 november 2022 - 13:15:57Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity (GNU), Abdelhamid al-Dbaiba, has welcomed the resolution [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: Sudan welcomes signing of peace agreement
03 november 2022 - 11:15:00Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan has welcomed the peace agreement signed in South Africa between the Ethiopian federal government and [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: Kenyan President welcomes ceasefire agreement
03 november 2022 - 09:38:38Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan President William Ruto has praised the parties to the Ethiopia peace process, the Government of [...] Full text...
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Arab leaders reaffirm support for Libya to hold elections
03 november 2022 - 05:33:22Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The League of Arab States has expressed solidarity with the Libyan people and their efforts to [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian Crisis: UN, US, AU hail peace agreement to end the bloody conflict
03 november 2022 - 05:05:49Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - The United Nations, the United States and African Union (AU) have welcomed Wednesday's cessation of [...] Full text...
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Libyan Council Chairman calls on Arab leaders to take unified stand on Libya
02 november 2022 - 17:52:23Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed Al-Manfi, has called on Arab leaders to adopt [...] Full text...
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Burundi working to defuse looming security crisis in African Great Lakes sub-region
02 november 2022 - 12:32:29Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The Burundian Head of State and current chairman of the East African Community (EAC), Evariste Ndayishimiye, on Tuesday [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: Rights group calls for solidarity with victims, survivors of atrocity
02 november 2022 - 11:04:13Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - As the bloody Ethiopian conflict enters its third year on Thursday, Human rights advocate, Amnesty [...] Full text...
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COP27: Ensure climate action is rights-based, says Human Rights Watch
02 november 2022 - 09:32:57Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Countries and advocates attending the 27th annual United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Egypt beginning on [...] Full text...
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31st session of Arab Summit opens in Algiers
01 november 2022 - 19:18:27Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The work of the 31st Summit of the League of Arab States will start Tuesday evening [...] Full text...
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Arab League chief, UN envoy agree to coordinate to find solution to Libyan crisis
01 november 2022 - 12:54:10Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Secretary-General of the League of Arab States and the UN envoy in Libya have agreed [...] Full text...
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Ghana's president Akufo-Addo rallies country to face economic crisis
31 october 2022 - 05:40:34Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Sunday rallied his country in the midst of a [...] Full text...
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Arab League Summit discusses the Libya issue, interests of regional powers
30 october 2022 - 20:42:48Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan issue will be high on the agenda of the 31st Summit of the League [...] Full text...
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Chiefs of Staff of 5+5 Defence Initiative countries stress importance of security in Western Mediterranean
30 october 2022 - 19:25:41Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The 14th. Meeting of the chiefs of staff of the armies of the 5+5 defence initiative [...] Full text...
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Khaled Al-Mechri reaffirms the commitment of the Council of State to work towards holding elections in Libya
30 october 2022 - 19:02:12Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chairman of the High State Council, Khaled Al-Mechri, at a meeting here Sunday with the [...] Full text...
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Al-Mangouch attends Ministerial Preparatory Meeting of Council of League of Arab States in Algiers
30 october 2022 - 13:27:39Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Najla Al-Mangouch is attending the ministerial preparatory meeting [...] Full text...
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Libyan PM, French president's special envoy discuss elections in Libya
29 october 2022 - 19:28:21Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity Abdelhamid al-Dbaiba and the French president's special [...] Full text...
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Libyan FM attends preparatory meetings of the Arab Summit in Algiers
29 october 2022 - 12:13:21Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Foreign Minister of the Government of National Unity (GNU), Najla al-Mangouch, arrived in Algiers on [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: Northern Ethiopia facing devastating spike in preventable disease: WHO
28 october 2022 - 18:53:27Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) expressed serious concerns on Friday about a likely spike [...] Full text...
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French president's envoy to Libya reaffirms France's willingness to play positive role in country's stability
28 october 2022 - 15:13:34Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The French president's special envoy to Libya, Paul Soler, reaffirmed Friday that France would play a [...] Full text...
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Millions face harm from flooding across West and Central Africa, UNHCR warns
28 october 2022 - 11:45:23Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is warning of surging needs for more than 3.4 million displaced [...] Full text...
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Political solution to crisis in Libya still faces multiple obstacles
27 october 2022 - 19:33:41Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The road to a political settlement of the crisis in Libya is still full of pitfalls [...] Full text...
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Sudan Army says its soldiers were targeted by rioters
27 october 2022 - 12:45:09Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – The Sudanese Army newspaper on Thursday said in a terse statement that dozens of soldiers guarding [...] Full text...
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Currency depreciations risk intensifying global food, energy crisis: World Bank
27 october 2022 - 11:45:41Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The shrinking value of the currencies of most developing economies is driving up food and fuel [...] Full text...
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Ghana's ruling party MPs soften position on demands for immediate removal of finance minister
27 october 2022 - 08:34:40Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Members of Parliament of Ghana's ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) have agreed to an appeal by [...] Full text...
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UNHCR welcomes Malian government's commitment to allow refugees to participate in upcoming elections
26 october 2022 - 21:09:21Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The resident representative of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) in Mali, Mohamed Askia [...] Full text...
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Abdoulaye Bathily informed by Khaled Al-Mechri of results of meeting in Morocco between presidents of two Libyan assemblies
26 october 2022 - 15:11:57Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chairman of the High State Council, Khaled Al-Mechri, informed the head of the United Nations [...] Full text...
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Government focused mainly on fight against terrorism in Burkina Faso - PM
26 october 2022 - 14:05:55Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The transitional prime minister of Burkina Faso, Appolinaire Joachimson Kyelem de Tambela, said on Wednesday [...] Full text...
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Najla al-Mangouch underlines France's effective role in monitoring the outcome of Paris Conference on Libya
26 october 2022 - 13:58:38Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Najla al-Mangouch, Wednesday underlined the "effective" role [...] Full text...
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US, Libyan officials stress importance of a legal framework for elections
26 october 2022 - 11:13:31Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed al-Manfi and the US ambassador to Libya, Richard [...] Full text...
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UN refugee agency chief sounds alarm as drought grips Horn of Africa
26 october 2022 - 06:23:52Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, has called on global leaders to spare no efforts [...] Full text...
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Justice for protesters against Sudan coup, key to ending cycle of violence: Rights experts
26 october 2022 - 05:39:36Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - UN independent human rights experts on Tuesday demanded real accountability for the year-long brutal crackdown on [...] Full text...
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Heatwaves to impact almost every child on earth by 2050: UNICEF report
26 october 2022 - 05:18:47New York, US (PANA) - Heatwaves have become an unavoidable health hazard for many nations, but new data indicates that [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: Peace talks enter the second day
26 october 2022 - 05:07:52Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - The African Union (AU)-led peace talks in South Africa to end the conflict in the Tigray [...] Full text...
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UPDATE 1: Ghana opposition MPs file motion of censure to remove finance minister
25 october 2022 - 17:27:57Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Minority in Ghana's Parliament has filed a motion of censure against Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta, [...] Full text...
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Sudan military coup: Nice western grin converted into menacing grim
25 october 2022 - 17:21:00Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - In yet a new warning to the rulers in the Sudan, the United States administration has [...] Full text...
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UNHCR warns of $700 million funding gap for its activities
25 october 2022 - 13:41:42Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Over recent months, funding shortfalls have forced UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), to make cuts [...] Full text...
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Libyan Presidential Council reaffirms importance of consensual constitutional basis for elections
25 october 2022 - 13:32:16Tripoli, Libya (PANA)- The Libyan Presidential Council, during a meeting with the Italian Ambassador to Libya, Giuseppe Buccino Grimaldi, in [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: Ethiopian delegations hold peace talks in South Africa
25 october 2022 - 12:46:09Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The African Union (AU) is hosting high-level delegations to discuss the peace process for [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: Rights group calls for protection of civilians
25 october 2022 - 06:27:26Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - Parties to the ongoing conflict in northern Ethiopia must protect civilians amid intensifying hostilities in [...] Full text...
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US says 'time is of the essence' for new transitional framework in Sudan
25 october 2022 - 05:47:20Washington, DC, US (PANA) - Time is of the essence to reach agreement on a new transitional framework and a civilian-led government [...] Full text...
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Economic crisis threatens peace and security, says Senegalese President Macky Sall
24 october 2022 - 21:23:21Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The current economic crisis is a threat to peace and security, Senegalese head of state Macky [...] Full text...
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Libya's UN delegate urges Security Council to take more action to support stability in country
24 october 2022 - 20:04:09Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Taher el-Sonni, Monday welcomed signs of consensus in [...] Full text...
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UN SG's Representative in Libya deplores deep disagreements among Libyans hampering progress towards elections
24 october 2022 - 18:32:19Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Representative of the UN Secretary General in Libya, Abdoulaye Bathily, Monday underlined the existence of [...] Full text...
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Abdoulaye Bathily gives first briefing to Security Council on Monday on situation in Libya
24 october 2022 - 18:07:21Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and Head of the UN Support Mission in Libya, [...] Full text...
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UN-AU and IGAD Trilateral Mechanism regrets killing of protester on Sunday
24 october 2022 - 14:59:01Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The United Nations, African Union and IGAD on Monday denounced the recent shooting and killing of [...] Full text...
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Abdoulaye Bathily holds meetings with segments of Libyan society
24 october 2022 - 14:23:21Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of the United Nations Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), [...] Full text...
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COP 27: Climate adaptation solutions needed to halt global food crisis, says WFP
24 october 2022 - 12:05:07Rome, Italy (PANA) – As world leaders gather at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Egypt next month, the [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: Government forces 'continue to take control of urban centres' in Tigray region
24 october 2022 - 10:32:37Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Ethiopian National Defence Force (ENDF) says it has continued to "take control of major [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: US Secretary of State speaks with South African foreign minister, Kenyan President as peace talks scheduled to kick off
24 october 2022 - 05:38:36Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday spoke with South African Minister of International Relations [...] Full text...
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Top UN official in Libya meets eastern-based leaders
23 october 2022 - 14:38:52Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary General and Head of the United Nations Mission in [...] Full text...
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UN steps up protection for drought-hit women and girls in Kenya
23 october 2022 - 04:51:31Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Women and girls are bearing the brunt of the worst drought experienced in Kenya for 40 [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: US Secretary of State welcomes announcement of AU-led negotiations to resolve conflict
22 october 2022 - 07:22:14Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States welcomes the planned launch of African Union-led peace talks next week between [...] Full text...
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OCHA Under Secretary General expresses concern about humanitarian situation in Burkina Faso
21 october 2022 - 14:52:44Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator at the Office for the Coordination [...] Full text...
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Captain Ibrahim Traoré sworn in as head of Transition in Burkina Faso
21 october 2022 - 14:33:06Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Captain Ibrahim Traoré, who overthrew Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba on 30 September, took the oath [...] Full text...
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Around 50 people killed in Chad protests - govt
20 october 2022 - 20:36:21Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Chad's Transitional Prime Minister Saleh Kebzabo said at a press conference on Thursday that the [...] Full text...
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Is an intra-Libyan consensus possible and can it lead to a lasting solution in Libya?
20 october 2022 - 19:19:28= Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The conflicting parties in Libya have, throughout the past decade, held dozens of meetings and participated [...] Full text...
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At least 30 dead and several injured in Chad demonstrations, new report
20 october 2022 - 17:27:26Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - At least 30 people were killed in demonstrations that broke out on Thursday in several [...] Full text...
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AU Commission Chairperson condemns repression of demonstrations in Chad
20 october 2022 - 17:20:56Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, on Thursday condemned the [...] Full text...
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WFP reaches record numbers with food and nutrition support in Somalia
20 october 2022 - 12:33:30Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is delivering life-saving food and nutrition assistance to record [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: AU-led peace talks set for Monday in South Africa
20 october 2022 - 10:49:56Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU)-led peace talks to end the bloody fighting between the Ethiopian government [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: Tigray conflict is a health crisis for 6 million people: WHO chief
20 october 2022 - 05:26:50Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Director of the World Health Organisation (WHO) urged the international community and the media on [...] Full text...
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Support to peacekeepers in CAR ‘decisive’ in security operations to protect civilians - UN official
20 october 2022 - 05:15:25New York, US (PANA) - Support from UN peacekeepers serving with the mission in the Central African Republic, MINUSCA, has [...] Full text...
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Malian FM denies allegations in UN Secretary General's report on Mali
19 october 2022 - 20:25:11Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Abdoulaye Diop, denied Tuesday before the Security Council many allegations [...] Full text...
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National unity government willing to cooperate with UN to achieve early elections in Libya, says Foreign Minister
19 october 2022 - 18:27:44Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Najla Al-Mangouch has expressed the readiness of the [...] Full text...
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Sudan movves towards interim period
19 october 2022 - 16:24:59Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Conflicting political utterances that go against the events on the ground have become the norm in [...] Full text...
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Turkish-US diplomats hold talks electoral timetable in Libya
19 october 2022 - 12:32:42Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The US Ambassador and Special Envoy to Libya Richard Norland, says he has held "useful consultations" [...] Full text...
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Libyan Parliament resumes sitting
19 october 2022 - 11:44:49Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Parliament resumed sitting on Wednesday in Benghazi, under the chairmanship of the Speaker, Aguila [...] Full text...
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Mali's situation demands sustained international attention, senior UN official says
19 october 2022 - 05:02:17New York, US (PANA) - The situation in Mali continues to justify sustained international attention and engagement, the top UN [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: Impact of Tigray airstrikes on civilians ‘utterly staggering’: UN rights chief
18 october 2022 - 19:15:53Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Parties to the conflict in the Tigray region of Ethiopia must cease all hostilities immediately and [...] Full text...
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UNICEF warns of unprecedented child deaths in Somalia
18 october 2022 - 19:10:23Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Thousands of severely malnourished boys and girls in Somalia are at risk of dying, the UN [...] Full text...
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Libyan Presidential Council stresses reconciliation in solution of political crisis
18 october 2022 - 12:01:04Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Deputy Chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Abdallah al-Lafi, has reaffirmed the determination of the [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: US reiterates call for ceasefire
18 october 2022 - 07:56:06Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US has again called for a ceasefire in the fighting between Ethiopian government forces [...] Full text...
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Lifting 100 million out of poverty by 2025 still possible, says UNDP
18 october 2022 - 05:28:00New York, US (PANA) - A flagship UN poverty study released on Monday, the International Day for the Eradication of [...] Full text...
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Aguila Saleh, Abdoulaye Bathily discuss ways to resolve Libyan crisis and achieve elections
17 october 2022 - 19:04:43Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Speaker of the House of Representatives in Libya (Parliament), Aguila Saleh, discussed in his first [...] Full text...
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West Africa hard-hit by climate crisis as deadly floods decimate lives and livelihoods - WFP
17 october 2022 - 19:01:49Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Above-average rainfall and devastating flooding across West and Central Africa has affected five million people in [...] Full text...
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UPDATE 2: Ethiopian conflict: UN chief warns conflict is 'spiralling out of control'
17 october 2022 - 17:51:03Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Monday that the situation in Ethiopia, where the Government [...] Full text...
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Chairman of Libyan Presidential Council invites Denis Sassou Nguesso to visit Libya
17 october 2022 - 17:43:05Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed Al-Manfi, has extended an invitation to the president [...] Full text...
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UPDATE 1: Ethiopian crisis: Government announes 'defensive measures' to safeguard territorial integrity
17 october 2022 - 12:37:59Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Ethiopian Government on Monday announced "defensive measures" to safeguard the sovereignty and territorial integrity [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: AU reiterates call for immediate, unconditional ceasefire
17 october 2022 - 06:42:11Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Moussa Faki Mahamat, has "strongly" called for [...] Full text...
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Presidential Council underlines urgency for new UN envoy to find solution in Libya
16 october 2022 - 20:27:58Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed Al-Manfi, and the vice-chairman of the Council, Abdallah [...] Full text...
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Success for Abdoulaye Bathily despite the complications of the crisis in Libya
16 october 2022 - 20:18:07Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The new Special Representative of the UN Secretary General and head of the UN Support Mission [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: UN chief ‘gravely concerned’ by escalation in fighting across Tigray
16 october 2022 - 07:15:56New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General has expressed grave concern over the escalation of fighting in the Tigray [...] Full text...
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Global food crisis: Let’s move from ‘despair to hope and action’, urges Guterres
15 october 2022 - 06:42:04Rome, Italy (PANA) - In the face of the growing hunger crisis, the head of the UN Food and Agriculture [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: US reiterates calls for 'immediate' ceasefire in fighting
15 october 2022 - 05:14:54Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US on Friday reiterated calls for a ceasefire in northern Ethiopia where government forces [...] Full text...
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Libyan, US officials meet in Cairo on developing constitutional basis for elections
14 october 2022 - 16:17:44Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The US special envoy and ambassador to Libya, Richard Norland, discussed on Friday with the Speaker [...] Full text...
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Oxfam: 'Hunger likely to claim a life every 36 seconds in drought-stricken East Africa'
14 october 2022 - 12:49:45Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Humanitarian charity, Oxfam, warned on Friday that one person is likely to die of hunger every [...] Full text...
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Floods claimed 41 lives in 2021 in Burkina Faso, according to humanitarian officials
14 october 2022 - 11:53:43Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Floods in the West African state of Burkina Faso in 2021 affected about 130,500 people [...] Full text...
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