Ghana president names ministers for vetting by Parliament
22 january 2021 - 05:27:26Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Thursday submitted to Parliament a list of 30 cabinet [...] Full text...
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Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Thursday submitted to Parliament a list of 30 cabinet [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: Libya postpones start of academic year to February 6
21 january 2021 - 14:15:38Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Preparing to tackle the coronavirus pandemic and keeping learning institutions safe, Libya's Ministry of Education of [...] Full text...
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Somalia's fisheries sector set for major expansion
21 january 2021 - 10:11:04Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - A project to create new jobs in Somalia's fisheries industry has been launched with the aim [...] Full text...
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Guinea government names 16 cabinet ministers
20 january 2021 - 11:07:37Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guinean President Alpha Condé on Tuesday evening made public a partial list of 16 ministers who [...] Full text...
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East African countries better prepared, but desert locust threat ‘not over’: FAO
20 january 2021 - 06:06:44Rome, Italy (PANA) - Action to control unprecedented desert locust infestations in the Horn of Africa last year has protected [...] Full text...
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Malian PM launches nationwide talks on cotton
19 january 2021 - 21:09:51Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian Prime Minister, Moctar Ouane, launched here Monday nationwide talks on cotton under the theme [...] Full text...
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'More than 14 million acutely food insecure in the Sahel'
19 january 2021 - 11:05:32Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - More than 14 million people are acutely food insecure in the Sahel, twice as many [...] Full text...
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Tunisian prime minister Mechichi reshuffles government
16 january 2021 - 18:54:52Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi announced here Saturday a reshuffle of his government, an official source [...] Full text...
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Malian PM inaugurates threshold of Kourouba dam to achieve food self-sufficiency
16 january 2021 - 16:51:31Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian prime minister, Moctar Ouane, accompanied by several members of his government, inaugurated Friday the [...] Full text...
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Mauritius, South Africa to cooperate in fields of arts, culture and heritage
16 january 2021 - 09:54:02Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius and South Africa will sign an Implementation Framework on cooperation in the fields of arts, [...] Full text...
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Child labour ‘robs children of their future’, scourge must end, urges UN
16 january 2021 - 08:24:19Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Although child labour has decreased significantly over the last decade, one in 10 children are still [...] Full text...
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Gambia temporally embargoes chickens and eggs importation
15 january 2021 - 17:11:45Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian authorities has put a temporal embargo on the importation on live poultry birds of all [...] Full text...
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Morocco, US sign agreement to protect Moroccan cultural property
15 january 2021 - 16:49:50Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Morocco and the United States of America on Thursday in Rabat signed a memorandum of understanding [...] Full text...
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Mali’s economy adversely affected by COVID-19, socio-political crisis in 2020 - IMF
14 january 2021 - 08:51:50Bamako, Mali (PANA) – Mali’s economy is estimated to have contracted by 2% in 2020, with a gradual recovery to [...] Full text...
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UN reports major progress towards eradicating sheep and goat plague
14 january 2021 - 05:30:54Rome, Italy (PANA) - The world is moving closer to stamping out a highly contagious disease that affects sheep and goats, but [...] Full text...
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Gambia moves to prevent outbreak of Bird Flu
13 january 2021 - 18:21:23Gambia, Banjul (PANA) - The Gambian government is set to take measures to prevent the country from the outbreak of [...] Full text...
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Mali: Fish seedlings manufacturing plant inaugurated in Mali
13 january 2021 - 17:43:30Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A fish feed manufacturing plant, with a capacity to produce 30,000 tons of seedlings per year [...] Full text...
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President Talon glorifies endogenous religions
11 january 2021 - 19:46:38Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - On the occasion of the celebration of the National Day of Traditional Religions, the President of [...] Full text...
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New Burkinabe govt. announces reconciliation and land reforms
11 january 2021 - 17:04:08Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Prime Minister of Burkina Faso, Christophe Marie Joseph Dabiré, on Monday announced that national [...] Full text...
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AfDB pledges to mobilise $6.5 billion in support of the Great Green Wall Initiative
11 january 2021 - 15:42:04Paris, France (PANA) - The Sahel region's Great Green Wall Initiative received a major boost from the African Development Bank [...] Full text...
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IFAD, GCF scale-up action to improve life for millions, restore ecosystems in Africa’s Great Green Wall
11 january 2021 - 14:07:20Paris, France (PANA) – Millions of poor farmers living in the world’s most climate-impacted parts of the Sahel have cause [...] Full text...
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Composition of the new government of Burkina Faso
11 january 2021 - 13:04:46Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso's new government has been announced and it is led by Prime Minister Christophe [...] Full text...
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Libyan media discuss expectations on effects of reconciliation between Arab Gulf countries and White House on Libyan crisis
10 january 2021 - 14:53:41Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The expectations of Libyans regarding the impact of the recent reconciliation among Arab Gulf countries and [...] Full text...
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Ghana's president Akufo-Addo inaugurated for second term
07 january 2021 - 15:30:12Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo was on Thursday sworn into office for his second term [...] Full text...
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US to give Sudan US$1.2 billion loan to pay World Bank arrears
07 january 2021 - 08:47:23Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan and the United States have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) under which the US [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: New school year opens Tuesday in Mali
04 january 2021 - 13:01:39Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Despite the increase in coronavirus infections in Mali, the country's new school year is set to [...] Full text...
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Malian opposition leader Soumaila Cissé, buried in Bamako
01 january 2021 - 20:47:02Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The funeral of Malian opposition leader Soumaïla Cissé, who died of coronavirus on 25 December in [...] Full text...
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Senegalese President Macky Sall calls 2020 a particularly trying year
01 january 2021 - 14:02:53Dakar, Senegal (PANA) -Senegalese President Macky Sall on Thursday underlined the national health context marked by a worrying resurgence of [...] Full text...
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Provisional release of Malian artist Sidiki Diabaté
30 december 2020 - 13:42:02Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Internationally renowned Malian artist Sidiki Diabaté was granted a provisional release on Tuesday after payment of [...] Full text...
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Beninese president concerned with education system in country
29 december 2020 - 23:31:32Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Beninese president, Patrice Talon, said here Tuesday in his state of the nation address he [...] Full text...
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Bank of Tanzania reports slowdown in annual food inflation
29 december 2020 - 10:27:12Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Tanzania’s annual headline inflation slightly eased to 3.0 percent in November 2020 from 3.1 [...] Full text...
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Malian opposition leader Soumaila Cisséto be buried on Friday
29 december 2020 - 09:19:38Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian opposition leader Soumaila Cissé, who died last Friday in Paris from COVID-19, will be buried [...] Full text...
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Forum on Women and Youth in Libya opens Saturday with several issues on its agenda
25 december 2020 - 14:38:29Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's National Forum of Women and Youth begins its 2020 meeting on Saturday in Khoms, 120 [...] Full text...
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The virus that shut down the world: The yawning gulf between rich and poor (A UN feature)
25 december 2020 - 10:18:24New York, US (PANA) - Inequality between the rich and poor worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic and poverty increased, for [...] Full text...
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Mass organisations in Burkina Faso denounce death threats against journalists
24 december 2020 - 18:45:01Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Norbert Zongo National Press Center (CNP-NZ) and the Collective of Democratic Mass Organizations and [...] Full text...
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President Trump reaffirms US support for Libya's sovereignty and unity
24 december 2020 - 10:56:38Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - US President Donald Trump has reaffirmed the commitment of the United States to support Libya's restoration [...] Full text...
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Kenya passes law demanding 50% payment of intl tea auction price to local growers
23 december 2020 - 19:35:35Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has signed a new bill passed in Parliament into law, paving the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Madagascar faces severe food security and nutrition crisis
23 december 2020 - 18:46:38Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) - Following three consecutive years of drought, the Grand Sud of Madagascar is facing a severe food [...] Full text...
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'New era' in Moroccan-Israeli ties begins
23 december 2020 - 11:23:33Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Tuesday's visit to Morocco by a high-level American-Israeli delegation has opened of a new era in [...] Full text...
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COMESA-owned firm ZEP-RE purchases controlling stake in insurance technologies firm
22 december 2020 - 23:58:27Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A regional re-insurance firm, ZEP-RE, created by the trade organisation, the Common Market for Eastern and [...] Full text...
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Mali, Germany sign 56 billion Fcfa deals to support priority development projects
22 december 2020 - 15:51:51Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali and Germany on Monday in Bamako signed five finance agreements for about 56 billion CFA [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS produces only 60% of its rice needs
22 december 2020 - 13:00:07Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Local rice production accounts for only 60% of the needs of the Economic Community of [...] Full text...
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Fruits, vegetables crucial for healthy lives, sustainable world: Guterres
22 december 2020 - 07:03:18New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations is marking 2021 as the International Year of Fruits and Vegetables, spotlighting [...] Full text...
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Africa Free Trade agreement to boost agriculture
21 december 2020 - 13:35:30Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), due to launch in January 2021, is likely to be [...] Full text...
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The 11th environmental film festival kicks off this Friday in Kairouan
18 december 2020 - 23:55:36Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The 11th International Environmental Film Festival began here Friday in Kairouan after several years of inactivity, [...] Full text...
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Conflicts, floods, COVID -19 push South Sudanese into extreme hunger
18 december 2020 - 18:59:33Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Driven by insecurity, the effects of COVID-19, an on-going economic crisis, and the impact of [...] Full text...
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Senegalese economist named to lead AfDB operations in Rwanda
17 december 2020 - 13:07:54Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) – A Senegalese economist, Aissa Toure, has been appointed the Country Manager for Rwanda at the African [...] Full text...
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Mauritian PM encourages local production of food crops
17 december 2020 - 12:33:17Moka, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Prime Minister Pravin Jugnauth on Thursday urged the population to work for agricultural self-sufficiency [...] Full text...
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World Bank supports Morocco’s Green Generation Strategy
16 december 2020 - 16:07:49Washington DC, US (PANA) - The World Bank Board has approved a US$250 million (EUR 214.2 million) programme to support [...] Full text...
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Desert Locust ‘re-invasion’ threatens millions in Horn of Africa: FAO
16 december 2020 - 11:52:06Rome, Italy (PANA) - New Desert Locust swarms are forming in the Horn of Africa, threatening agricultural livelihoods and food [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: World Bank Group boosts Nigeria’s efforts to reduce poverty
15 december 2020 - 18:10:17Washington, US (PANA) - The World Bank Group (WBG) discussed a new five-year Country Partnership Framework (CPF) for Nigeria from [...] Full text...
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Kenya, Somaliland upgrade diplomatic relations
15 december 2020 - 16:51:39Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenya and Somaliland have agreed to upgrade bilateral relationship and open Consulates in both countries. The step [...] Full text...
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Rights group slams South Sudan authorities for inaction on appalling abuses
15 december 2020 - 06:12:43Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Human Rights Watch says South Sudanese authorities have failed to stem or investigate the appalling abuses by [...] Full text...
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ILO highlights exploitative labour practices in rich countries against migrant workers
14 december 2020 - 18:16:17Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Migrants earn nearly 13% on average less for equal labour compared to citizenship holders in rich [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Kenya to reopen schools, universities in January 2021
12 december 2020 - 16:36:04Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Schools and universities in Kenya will resume fully on 4 January 2021 for on site learning [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso celebrates 60th independence anniversary
11 december 2020 - 09:38:50Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso on Friday celebrates its 60 years of independence on the theme: "National cohesion [...] Full text...
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EU to launch new assistance programme for small Tunisian farmers
10 december 2020 - 19:59:53Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The European Union (EU) will Friday announce a new financing programme dubbed "Adapt" for small farmers, [...] Full text...
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IFAD joins partners to build resilience, boost development in the Sahel
10 december 2020 - 18:45:45Rome, Italy (PANA) – The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has joined the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) [...] Full text...
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WFP chief uses Nobel speech as call for action to avert ‘hunger pandemic’
10 december 2020 - 17:05:30Rome, Italy (PANA) - With 270 million people – more than the entire population of Western Europe – “marching toward starvation”, the head of the World [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: African economists continental trade accelerating recovery from pandemic slowdown
10 december 2020 - 02:26:56Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Experts attending the African Economic Conference here Wednesday identified the pending entry into force of [...] Full text...
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Somaliland in slow recovery after cyclone Gati
09 december 2020 - 18:29:31Hargeisa, Somaliland (PANA) – Recovery from the cyclone Gati, which recently hit the coastal region of Somaliland, causing massive destruction [...] Full text...
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Nearly 600 billion CFAF for public investments in Benin in 2021
09 december 2020 - 13:03:52Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The 2021 budget of the Beninese state, adopted Tuesday by the MPs, plans to devote 596.842 [...] Full text...
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Gambian youths urges gov't to expedite setting up an anti-corruption commission
09 december 2020 - 12:59:42Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - National Youth Parliament - The Gambia has calls on the government of President Adama Barrow to [...] Full text...
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Benin's MPs adopt 2021 budget
09 december 2020 - 12:06:42Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin's MPs on Tuesday unanimously adopted the draft 2021 budget set at 2,452.192 billion CFAF against [...] Full text...
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Malawian President calls for mining sector transparency
08 december 2020 - 23:27:10Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera Tuesday called for transparency and partnership in Africa's mining industry. The Malawian [...] Full text...
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International Festival of African Cooking from 1-4 April 2021 in Bamako
08 december 2020 - 20:06:37Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Bamako International Festival of African Cuisine (FICAB) will be held from 1 - 4 April [...] Full text...
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Tunisia hosts conference of the Association of French-speaking Mayors
08 december 2020 - 15:57:45Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia will host a two-day conference of the International Association of French-speaking Mayors staring Wednesday, Tunis [...] Full text...
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. Nigeria rejects U.S. allegation of “systematic violation of religious freedom of citizens”
08 december 2020 - 14:05:54Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria on Tuesday denied the United States' allegation of engaging in systematic and egregious religious freedom [...] Full text...
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Eliminating poverty and hunger tops global agenda as countries pledge funds to IFAD
08 december 2020 - 13:39:39Rome, Italy (PANA) – As hunger and poverty increase due to conflict, climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic, some of the world’s [...] Full text...
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South African steak receives highest world rating
08 december 2020 - 12:31:38Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A cut of South African Wagyu ribeye meat has received the highest rating in [...] Full text...
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Benin recorded lower sorghum, millet and gari prices in mid-November
08 december 2020 - 11:20:14Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Sorghum, millet and gari, grated cassava flour, which staple foods in Benin, were cheaper on the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Germany avails €27.3 million to IFAD to help avert a pandemic food crisis
07 december 2020 - 13:16:24Rome, Italy (PANA)- In view of a looming food crisis due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Germany has committed €27.3 million [...] Full text...
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Guterres spotlights ‘critical role’ of aviation in pandemic recovery
07 december 2020 - 12:30:28New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations Secretary-General has called for critical support for the aviation sector, badly hit [...] Full text...
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China offers comprehensive support to kick-start African Free Trade
06 december 2020 - 18:01:38Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - China is prepared to assist countries in Africa launch a continental free trade and investment platform [...] Full text...
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Mali: Members of National Transition Council take office Saturday
04 december 2020 - 16:50:41Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian Transition President Bah N'Daw on Thursday named 121 members of the National Council of the [...] Full text...
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Nigerian govt slams 'irresponsible' calls for President Buhari to resign over mounting insecurity
04 december 2020 - 10:54:33Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Calls on President Muhammadu Buhari to resign because of the deteriorating security situation in the country are [...] Full text...
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Global food commodity prices rose to a nearly six-year high in November - FAO
03 december 2020 - 14:21:22Rome, Italy (PANA) - Global food commodity prices rose sharply in November to their highest level in nearly six years, [...] Full text...
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Armed conflict has cost Libya US$ 576 billion in losses - ESCWA report
03 december 2020 - 13:36:53Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's armed conflict has cost the country US$ 576 billion in losses since its outbreak in [...] Full text...
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Mauritius, Seychelles to reinforce bilateral cooperation
01 december 2020 - 08:54:52Flic-en-Flac, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth on Monday reaffirmed Mauritius’ commitment to work closely with Seychelles on [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: New infections fall globally for first time since September; WHO chief
01 december 2020 - 05:17:04Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Last week saw the first global decline in newly reported cases of COVID-19 since September, the [...] Full text...
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Nigerian Presidency says farmers killed by Boko Haram had no clearance to farm in Zabarmari area
30 november 2020 - 13:49:05Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – A federal government delegation, led by Senate President Ahmad Lawan, arrived in Maiduguri, Borno State on [...] Full text...
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Congolese Senate authorizes ratification of agreement signed between Angola and Benin
27 november 2020 - 19:12:51Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Congolese Senators on Friday authorized the ratification of the military and technical cooperation agreement between the [...] Full text...
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Libyan Interior Minister proposes partnership with EU in illegal immigration fight
27 november 2020 - 10:54:50Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Interior Minister Fathi Bachagha on Thursday called on the European Union (EU) to provide logistical [...] Full text...
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Mauritius, Seychelles participate in UNDP's project on coral reefs rehabilitation
27 november 2020 - 05:40:25Ebene, Mauritius (PANA) – A six-year United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) project, to be implemented in Mauritius and Seychelles, was [...] Full text...
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Address water scarcity ‘immediately and boldly’, urges FAO chief
26 november 2020 - 20:39:04Rome, Italy (PANA) - More than three billion people live in agricultural areas with high levels of water shortage and [...] Full text...
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. Libyan rights bodies denounce hate speech against a local cultural group
26 november 2020 - 15:53:11Tripoli Libya (PANA) - Libyan human rights organisations have denounced what they consider as "hate speech" by the General Authority [...] Full text...
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Chambers of Commerce of the G5 Sahel meet in Nouakchott
25 november 2020 - 17:07:12Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Nouakchott is hosting a meeting of the Executive Assembly of the Union of Chambers of Commerce [...] Full text...
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Fears of Desert Locust resurgence in Horn of Africa, reports FAO
24 november 2020 - 15:09:45Fears of Desert Locust resurgence in Horn of Africa, reports FAO Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) – The Desert Locust crisis which struck [...] Full text...
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Advocacy group raises red flag on global land inequality
24 november 2020 - 10:48:24Rome, Italy (PANA) - Land inequality in most countries around the world, is threatening the livelihoods of the world's poorest, [...] Full text...
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Mali's Baccalaureate exam success rate falls this year
23 november 2020 - 13:52:10Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's national Baccalaureate exam success rate for 2020 has dropped by 3.6 per cent, or 21.56 [...] Full text...
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Gambia gets $ 482,998.45 Japanese food aid
22 november 2020 - 17:21:04Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The government of Japan has assisted the government and peoples of the Gambia with food aid [...] Full text...
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Kenya faces risk of second locust invasion, warns FAO
22 november 2020 - 15:14:27Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Sunday warned that Kenya faced an imminent second wave of [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Kenya’s development goals suffer setback caused by pandemic
21 november 2020 - 09:44:58Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenya has suffered an unprecedented shock caused by the COVID-19 pandemic that led to reduced government [...] Full text...
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COVID cases surge as threat from antimicrobial resistance grows – WHO chief
21 november 2020 - 07:59:59Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More cases of COVID-19 have been reported in the past four weeks than in the first [...] Full text...
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Guterres pledges support for sustainable industrial development in Africa
21 november 2020 - 07:36:30New York, US (PANA) - The COVID-19 crisis was impacting Africa “well before the pandemic spread across the continent”, the [...] Full text...
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Fayez Al-Sarraj pays tribute to great Libyan poet, Abdelmawla Al-Baghdadi, who died on Friday
20 november 2020 - 23:19:11Tripoli, Libya (PANA) -The chairman of the presidential council of the Government of National Accord, Fayez Al-Sarraj, Friday paid glowing [...] Full text...
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Tunisia’s trade volume abroad drops
20 november 2020 - 21:55:06Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The trade between Tunisia and the outside world in late October dropped in constant prices by [...] Full text...
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Netherlands donates $1million to help Tunisian small farmers cope with COVID-19 crisis
20 november 2020 - 17:46:43Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A grant agreement, worth US$ 1 million, was signed on Friday between the Tunisian Union of [...] Full text...
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AfDB investments unlock economic potential, spur development - 2020 ADER report
20 november 2020 - 14:16:49Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA) - From agro-processing initiatives to energy, transportation and water and sanitation services, transformative investments by the [...] Full text...
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New desert locust swarms spreading across southern Somalia: FAO
20 november 2020 - 10:36:17Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) – The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned on Friday that large populations of Desert Locust in [...] Full text...
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Second IFAD credit rating to help increase investments against poverty, hunger
19 november 2020 - 12:56:55Rome, Italy (PANA) - The prospect of eradicating hunger and poverty received a boost on Thursday as the UN’s International [...] Full text...
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Bangui set to develop trade relations with Tunis, says President Touadéra
18 november 2020 - 23:01:53Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The president of Central African Republic, Faustin-Archange Touadéra, Wednesday expressed the desire of his country to [...] Full text...
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Mauritius road safety charter to halve number of road crashes by 2025
18 november 2020 - 15:08:03Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius has developed a Road Safety Charter in a bid to reduce the number and [...] Full text...
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Four Congolese organisations get 390.5 million CFAF for development of commercial agriculture
18 november 2020 - 11:28:57Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Congo's Commercial Agriculture Development Support Project (PDAC) on Tuesday signed partnership agreements with four public organsations [...] Full text...
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Benin's cotton production stands at 675,000 tons in 2020
17 november 2020 - 16:07:51Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin has produced 675,000 tons of cotton this year compared to 714,000 tons during the last [...] Full text...
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Investing in WASH key to achieving Sustainable Development Goal 6 – AfDB
17 november 2020 - 12:51:10Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA) - Investing in the water and sanitation (WASH) sector in Africa is crucial to achieving the [...] Full text...
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Road accidents claim 114 lives in Mauritius this year
17 november 2020 - 07:00:43Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – A total of 114 people have lost their lives in road accidents in Mauritius this [...] Full text...
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Climate change: UN chief calls for ‘great leap’ towards carbon neutrality
17 november 2020 - 05:19:11New York, US (PANA) - As countries work to defeat the COVID-19 pandemic, they also have the chance to “get [...] Full text...
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Sudan opposition leaders arrive in Khartoum to celebrate peace deal
15 november 2020 - 16:13:06Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - For the first time in decades, Sudanese rebel leaders from Darfur, the Blue Nile and Eastern [...] Full text...
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UNESCO, Germany convene conference on tackling illicit trafficking in cultural property
15 november 2020 - 15:34:34Paris, France (PANA) - The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) and the Federal Foreign Office of Germany have [...] Full text...
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Benin fixes soybean price at 175 FCFA per kilo
15 november 2020 - 11:39:26Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The government of Benin has set the minimum price of soybeans at 175 FCFA per kilo [...] Full text...
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Neglected tropical diseases: Countries endorse new targets to eradicate 20 killers
12 november 2020 - 21:00:16Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A bold new blueprint to tackle all neglected tropical diseases has been agreed at the UN [...] Full text...
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Climate finance neglects small-scale farmers – new report
12 november 2020 - 13:39:35Rome, Italy (PANA) - Only 1.7 per cent of climate finance – a fraction of what is needed - goes [...] Full text...
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€300 million loan from AFD to IFAD to support millions of small-scale farmers
12 november 2020 - 13:37:19Rome, Italy (PANA) - In an effort to tackle the devastating impact of climate change on rural hunger and poverty, [...] Full text...
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Mali's transition president to undertake four-nation ECOWAS visit
12 november 2020 - 11:28:16Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The President of the Transition in Mali, Bah N'Daw, on Thursday begins a six-day West African [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Malian transitional president begins first trip to West African sub-region
11 november 2020 - 21:50:24Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The president of the Malian transition, Bah N’DAW, will on 12-17 November 2020 undertake a [...] Full text...
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Nigeria ratifies AfCTA
11 november 2020 - 18:54:29Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday ratified Nigeria’s membership of African Continental Free Trade Area [...] Full text...
thread Economy
The 22nd edition of the Carthage Theater Days canceled due to COVID-19
11 november 2020 - 16:57:10Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The 22nd edition of the Carthage Theater Days (JTC), initially scheduled for December 5 to 13, [...] Full text...
thread Culture
CAF presidency: South African Patrice Motsepe In the race
10 november 2020 - 00:04:06Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - South African billionaire and owner of the football club, Mamelodi Sundowns, Patrice Motsepe, Monday declared his [...] Full text...
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Guterres congratulates Biden, Harris, hails UN-US partnership as ‘essential pillar’
09 november 2020 - 23:06:30New York, US (PANA) - Senior UN officials have offered their congratulations to the president-elect of the United States Joe [...] Full text...
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U.S. grants $20 million to buy wheat to help Sudanese people
07 november 2020 - 10:13:24Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has announced the intention of the United States government, [...] Full text...
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More than 300 billion FCFA of financial irregularities detected in Auditor General's 2019 report
06 november 2020 - 21:09:30Bamako, Mali (PANA) - More than CFAF 300 billion in financial irregularities, including CFAF 287 billion in mining companies, have [...] Full text...
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Education experts warn that violence and bullying affect one in three children
06 november 2020 - 06:37:03Paris, France (PANA) - Children face violence and bullying at school all over the world, with one in every three [...] Full text...
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Congolese govt. declares state of humanitarian emergency following floods in the North
05 november 2020 - 17:23:33Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese Minister of State for Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Henri Djombo, on Thursday alerted the [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Significant food price hikes push currency weakening in Africa
03 november 2020 - 23:52:03Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - A significant rise in the cost of food during the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has ignited [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Tunisian film wins 2 awards at international festivals in Belgium and Morocco
03 november 2020 - 17:38:43Tunis Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian short film, "In the land of Uncle Salem", by director Slim Belhiba, has won [...] Full text...
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Morocco, Liberia sign three cooperation agreements
03 november 2020 - 12:53:00Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Morocco and Liberia on Monday signed three cooperation agreements in Rabat in the fields of higher [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Senegalese president names new cabinet
02 november 2020 - 10:42:58Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegalese President Macky Sall on Sunday announce a new cabinet of 33 ministers and four secretaries [...] Full text...
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AfDB approves $440,000 relief package for flood-hit Sudan, South Sudan
01 november 2020 - 12:44:59Abidjan, Cote d'ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has approved an emergency assistance relief package of $440,000 [...] Full text...
thread Society
Mauritania: Crisis born from caricatures of Prophet of Islam highlighted in the news
31 october 2020 - 17:13:12Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The press published in Mauritania this week devoted most of its comments to the global crisis [...] Full text...
thread Press Review
Madagascar: AfDB strengthens industrial, financial sectors with 14 million euros
31 october 2020 - 04:20:51Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved the Industrialization and Financial Sector Support Project (PAISF), [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Niger: AfDB grants US$35m to ensure food security for 1.5 million people in rural areas
31 october 2020 - 03:31:10Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) on Friday donated US$ 35.4 [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
FAO emphasises women's role in African agriculture
29 october 2020 - 23:48:20Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Women in Africa are the backbone of their households, communities and rural economies, as food producers, [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
FAO builds momentum for restoring forests as world enters key decade for ecosystems
29 october 2020 - 06:35:39Rome, Italy (PANA) - The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is leading a push for the world to scale up efforts to [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
Buhari to Nigerians: 'Desist from divisive statements'
28 october 2020 - 18:41:07Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday urged Nigerians to desist from making divisive statements that can threaten [...] Full text...
thread Society
Mauritanian opposition leader wants official recognition of national languages
28 october 2020 - 15:12:53Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Samba Thiam, leader of the Progressive Forces for Change (FPC-black nationalist movement) in Mauritania, advocates for [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Morocco, Comoros sign five cooperation agreements
27 october 2020 - 18:06:07Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Morocco and the Union of the Comoros on Monday in Rabat, signed five cooperation agreements on [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Pan African body holds conference on food
26 october 2020 - 19:37:36Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) will organize a conference, running from October 27 [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
Moroccan Bouchra Hajij elected President of African Volleyball Confederation
26 october 2020 - 15:57:23Rabat Morocco (PANA) - Moroccan Bouchra Hajij has been elected president of the African Volleyball Confederation (CAVB) for a four-year [...] Full text...
thread Sports
Kenya energy firm offers lucrative discounts to motorcycle taxi operators
24 october 2020 - 00:26:53Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta Friday launched a savings scheme allowing 1.4 million motorcycle taxi riders in [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Sudan normalizes relations with Israel
23 october 2020 - 23:02:53Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - United States and Sudanese officials said here Friday Sudan would normalise its relations with its hitherto [...] Full text...
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African firms growth optimism defies coronavirus pandemic gloom
23 october 2020 - 22:20:47Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Two thirds of African companies, representing 62%, are struggling but will survive past the coronavirus pandemic [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Libyan govt welcomes initiatives to end crisis, says FM
23 october 2020 - 11:16:24Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Foreign Minister of Libya's internationally-recognised Government of National Accord (GNA), Mohamed Taher Siala, said on [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Mauritius' economy to witness significant downturn in 2020
22 october 2020 - 07:35:05Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian economy would witness a significant downturn in 2020 in the wake of the [...] Full text...
thread Economy
EU gives Congo more than one billion Euros for agro-pastoral groupings
21 october 2020 - 21:41:57Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The European Union (EU) ambassador in Congo, Raul Mateus Paula, said here Tuesday his organisation would [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
Coronavirus: Start of school year postponed by a week in Togo
21 october 2020 - 15:13:17Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togo's school year, initially scheduled to start October 26, has been postponed to November 2, the [...] Full text...
thread Culture
Sudan’s record wheat harvest proves success of AfDB’s agricultural transformation programme
20 october 2020 - 16:06:55Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Despite coronavirus-related lockdowns, travel and transport restrictions, Sudan has just recorded its largest wheat harvest, according [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
10 African presidents plead for increasing IFAD financing to fight hunger, poverty in rural areas
19 october 2020 - 21:34:56Paris, France (PANA) - Ten African countries Monday strongly appealed to other leaders of the world to increase their financing [...] Full text...
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African leaders call for increased investment in IFAD to end rural hunger, poverty
19 october 2020 - 18:37:30Rome, Italy (PANA) - Ten African Heads of State have issued a strong call to other world leaders to increase [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: SA economic recovery plan will protect jobs in vulnerable sectors - Ramaphosa
19 october 2020 - 16:06:28Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa has assured South Africans that the economic recovery plan he presented last [...] Full text...
thread Economy
New technology helps citrus farmers in South Africa to increase harvest yields
19 october 2020 - 13:04:41Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - A new technology is set to give the local citrus industry a boost to cement [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
Nigeria govt warns against anarchy in ongoing #EndSARS protests
18 october 2020 - 12:33:48Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Federal Government of Nigeria has warned it will not allow the country to be thrown [...] Full text...
thread Society
UN agencies stress urgent need to strengthen food systems as COVID-19 drives up numbers of hungry people
16 october 2020 - 18:58:07Rome, Italy (PANA) - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on Friday joined its sister agencies in calling for global [...] Full text...
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Invest in rural women, help them build resilience to future crises, urges UN chief
16 october 2020 - 07:37:32New York, US (PANA) - Rural women play a critical role in agriculture, food security and managing land and natural [...] Full text...
thread Gender
IFAD gives Congo 500.000 USD for small cassava producers
14 october 2020 - 21:32:27Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) will provide 500,000 US dollars to support a new [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
Mauritius celebrates World Standards Day
14 october 2020 - 12:02:25Moka, Mauritius (PANA) - International standards play a significant role in climate change, which is an issue that requires solutions [...] Full text...
thread Sciences
Nigeria’s Food Reserve stock now 109,657 tonnes
14 october 2020 - 10:46:12Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria's Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Muhammad Sabo Nanono has announced that the country's [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
Coronavirus: Pandemic constitutes ‘unprecedented challenge’ to health, social, economic conditions: UN agencies
14 october 2020 - 06:17:11New York, US (PANA) - The COVID-19 pandemic has not only led to a “dramatic loss” of human life but [...] Full text...
thread Health
Nigerian gov't inaugurates committee to develop flood emergency response plan
12 october 2020 - 19:10:16Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Federal Government on Monday in Abuja inaugurated a high-level committee for the development of [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Nigeria: Buhari orders Police Chief to prosecute officers involved in extra-judicial killings, extortion, recklessness
12 october 2020 - 18:12:16Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday ordered the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr Mohammed Adamu, to ensure [...] Full text...
thread Society
UNDP, University of The Gambia sign MoU on SDGs implementation
12 october 2020 - 14:04:13Banjul, Gambia (PANA)- United Nations Development Programme and The University of The Gambia on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding [...] Full text...
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Zambia’s ex-finance minister forms political party
12 october 2020 - 13:08:43Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambia's former Finance minister in President Edgar Lungu’s government, Felix Mutati, has launched his political party [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Gambia’s disaster affects over 60,000 people - Report
11 october 2020 - 20:41:32Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - More than 60,000 people have been affected by natural disasters, the country’s disaster management agency report [...] Full text...
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Botswana to leverage ICT for development
09 october 2020 - 20:58:21Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana’s President Mokgweetsi Masisi said here Friday ICT was undoubtedly one of the ladders through which [...] Full text...
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Niger gets CFAF 12 billion from France for health and youth sectors
09 october 2020 - 18:13:13Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The French Development Agency (AFD) has granted Niger, a total amount of 18 million euros, or [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Prices of several staples up to multi-month highs in September – FAO report
08 october 2020 - 12:51:27Rome, Italy (PANA) - While new forecasts for global cereal output, utilisation, stocks and trade all point to well-supplied markets, [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
Nigeria: Buhari signs Bilateral Air Services Agreements with US, 3 other nations
06 october 2020 - 15:08:43Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Minister of Aviation, Alhaji Hadi Sirika, on Tuesday announced that President Muhammadu Buhari has [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Coronavirus: Tunisian Minister of Culture dismissed for defying PM over Covid-19 instruction
06 october 2020 - 14:43:26Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian Prime Minister, Hichem Mechichi, has sacked the Minister of Cultural Affairs, Walid Zidi, and [...] Full text...
thread Health
Coronavirus: FAO calls for transformational change in management of forests and food systems
06 october 2020 - 12:46:01Rome, Italy (PANA) - Transformational change is needed in the way countries manage forests and their biodiversity, people produce and [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
Mali: New members of government appointees
05 october 2020 - 21:35:22Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A week after the nomination of a new prime minister, Moctar Ouane, the chairman of the [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Burundi government, WB representatives meet to evaluate portfolio of the financial institution
02 october 2020 - 23:26:54Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi’s government representatives and a team of the World Bank resident mission met here Friday to [...] Full text...
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Togo gets new cabinet
02 october 2020 - 10:28:05Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togo on Thursday named a new government of 33 members, including 11 women. Following is the list, [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: AfDB partners with government and Microsoft to launch Digital Nigeria e-Learning Platform
01 october 2020 - 19:01:01Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB), the government of Nigeria and Microsoft on Monday launched the Digital [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Senegal launches agricultural project to stem the flow of youth from rural areas
01 october 2020 - 15:35:30Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - The government of Senegal, in partnership with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), launched on [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
WTO: Zimbabwean currency instability seen as global trade's weakest link
30 september 2020 - 22:18:07Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has completed a trade policy review on Zimbabwe, urging the Southern [...] Full text...
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Tunis and Washington for political solution in Libya without foreign interference
30 september 2020 - 21:05:10Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian President Kaïis Saied Wednesday expressed his satisfaction with the relatively positive developments in Libya over [...] Full text...
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AfDB grants US$27 million loan to develop agricultural value chains in Madagascar
30 september 2020 - 19:27:47Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) on Tuesday approved a loan [...] Full text...
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Libyan ministries agree to recruit agric., maritime graduates
30 september 2020 - 19:08:18Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - There are indications that Libyan job seekers who specialize in agriculture and maritime will get immediate [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Gambia achieves moderate advancement in child labour report
30 september 2020 - 18:43:30Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambia has achieved moderate advancement in child labour report and work to address human trafficking [...] Full text...
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Senegalese President Macky Sall calls for reforms to relaunch national economy
29 september 2020 - 21:58:36Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Senegalese president, Macky Sall, Tuesday underlined the need to re-orientate public policies, undertake reforms and [...] Full text...
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Gambian FM assures China of Gambia’s support for multilateralism, win–win cooperation
29 september 2020 - 19:56:10Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Mamadou Tangara, has reassured China, through its Embassy in [...] Full text...
thread Politics
The 31st edition of Carthage Cinematographic Days postponed
28 september 2020 - 17:10:18Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The management of "Carthage Cinematographic Days" on Monday postponed the 31st edition of the festival, initially [...] Full text...
thread Culture
Nigerian trades unions suspend planned strike as govt reverses electricity tariff hike
28 september 2020 - 11:17:32Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigerian trade unions have suspended the nationwide strike scheduled to commence on Monday to protest electricity [...] Full text...
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Tunisia resumes fruit exports to Libya
26 september 2020 - 17:18:30Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Faced with the blockage they face at land borders, Tunisian fruit exporters have resorted to shipping [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Kenya to upgrade more sports facilities to meet global standards, says President Kenyatta
26 september 2020 - 15:26:45Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - President Uhuru Kenyatta re-opened a refurbished national stadium in Nairobi Saturday with the Government’s pledge to [...] Full text...
thread Sports
Tunisian president receives ALESCO Managing Director
25 september 2020 - 21:14:41Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian President Kais Saeid Friday stressed the important role the Arab Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation [...] Full text...
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A USD 62 million project for 160,000 poor rural households in Kingdom of Lesotho
25 september 2020 - 20:19:34Paris, France (PANA) - The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the government of the Kingdom of Lesotho signed [...] Full text...
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Senegal launches agricultural project for food security and financial power for people south of country
25 september 2020 - 15:07:51Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - The African Network for Integrated Development (RADI), in its fight to ensure food security for vulnerable [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
Guinean League 1 football championship to resume on October 14
25 september 2020 - 14:37:42Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The Guinean League 1 football championship will start on October 14 in all stadiums in the [...] Full text...
thread Sports
Nigerian Presidency denies proposed rail line will extend to Maradi, Niger
25 september 2020 - 08:00:21Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Faced with backlash over the Federal Executive Council approval of $1.96bn for the construction of a [...] Full text...
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Congo, EU, WFP sign tripartite framework to implement ''Promanioc project''
24 september 2020 - 18:19:2950Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese government, European Union (EU) and the World Food Program (WFP) signed here Thursday a [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
Senegalese President stresses urgency of modernizing country’s agriculture
24 september 2020 - 16:19:46Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Senegalese head of state, Macky Sall, has stressed the urgency to intensify a sustained mechanization [...] Full text...
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President Issoufou receives ‘’2020 presidential leadership prize’’
23 september 2020 - 20:44:04Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The "2020 presidential leadership prize" was awarded Tuesday to Nigerien President Mahamadou Issoufou on the occasion [...] Full text...
thread Politics
More support for artist development on the cards in Botswana
23 september 2020 - 19:20:10Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) – Botswana Telecommunications (BTC) Foundation has collaborated with Thapong Visual Arts Centre, an establishment based in the [...] Full text...
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Kenya govt orders all fishing vessels to land catches at new fishing port
23 september 2020 - 15:44:13Mombasa, Kenya (PANA) - The Kenyan government is finalising the construction of a new fishing port and has ordered all [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Guinean government relaxes health measures in some sectors
23 september 2020 - 13:02:58Conakry, Guinea (PANA) -The Guinean government has from Tuesday eased health restrictions in the transport, tourism, sports and culture sectors, [...] Full text...
thread Health
Coronavirus: UN marks International Day of Sign Languages in midst of pandemic
23 september 2020 - 06:21:26New York, US (PANA) - This year’s International Day of Sign Languages is being commemorated in the midst of a [...] Full text...
thread Health
Red locusts invade Zambia
22 september 2020 - 13:36:15Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambian Agriculture Minister, Michael Katambo, has confirmed the invasion of red locusts in the country and [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: IMF says recovery of Senegal’s economy is underway
22 september 2020 - 07:28:29Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal's economy is expected to contract this year as a result of disruptions in economic activity [...] Full text...
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Nigerian, Ghanaian leaders meet over alleged ill-treatment of Nigerian traders in Ghana
21 september 2020 - 07:43:53Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday met with his Ghanaian counterpart Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in [...] Full text...
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