Frenchman arrested with cannabis at Mauritius airport
01 december 2020 - 14:34:36Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Police drug squad in Mauritius on Monday arrested a 46-year-old Frenchman with 39 cannabis seeds [...] Full text...
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Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Police drug squad in Mauritius on Monday arrested a 46-year-old Frenchman with 39 cannabis seeds [...] Full text...
Global HIV toll likely to be far higher owing to COVID-19, warns UNAIDS
27 november 2020 - 05:27:24Ne York, US (PANA) - Countries should adopt ambitious new targets to tackle HIV/AIDS to avoid hundreds of thousands of [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO Regional Office for Africa calls on African countries to fight pandemic
25 november 2020 - 21:49:01Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The regional committee of the World Health Organization for Africa (WHO/Africa) Wednesday called on African countries [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Buhari awaits recommendations on possible re-opening of land border
25 november 2020 - 18:21:56Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – President Muhammadu Buhari will soon receive a report from a Presidential committee constituted to advise authorities [...] Full text...
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9,000 Tunisian soldiers banned for professional and behavioural misconduct
20 november 2020 - 17:27:51Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - About 9,000 soldiers have been banned from the Tunisian National Army since the revolution of 2011. [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO says 'Remdesivir no COVID-19 silver bullet'
20 november 2020 - 06:50:11Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - An advisory body of the UN health agency is not recommending the use of the high-profile [...] Full text...
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UN humanitarian coordinator calls on DRC to be vigilant even with the end of Ebola epidemic
19 november 2020 - 17:47:20Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The UN humanitarian coordinator in DR Congo, David McLachlan-Karr, has called on the government to [...] Full text...
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Mali destroys tons of illicit drugs and counterfeit pharmaceuticals
19 november 2020 - 15:47:49Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's Central Office of Narcotics (OCS) in Dio, some 40 km from Bamako, on Wednesday incinerated [...] Full text...
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EBRD and partners acquire Egypt’s Adwia Pharmaceuticals
16 november 2020 - 12:54:28Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is joining forces with reputable partners to improve [...] 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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Journalists covering conflict, essential workers for ‘durable peace’, says Guterres
12 november 2020 - 08:01:57New York, US (PANA) - Reporters and other media workers in warzones across the world, are reliable witnesses who contribute [...] Full text...
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Greece hails fruitful partnership between Europe and Arab world
10 november 2020 - 12:13:03Athens, Greece (PANA) - Europe and the Arab world have a long history of interaction and face the same challenges [...] Full text...
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Nearly 1.2 million people in Libya need health assistance, according to UN agency
05 november 2020 - 11:38:20Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Nearly 1.2 million people in Libya are in need of health assistance, the UN Office for [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Solidarity Therapeutic Trial shows 4 drugs have 'little or no effect' on patients: WHO
16 october 2020 - 13:22:56Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Interim results from the Solidarity Therapeutics Trial, coordinated by the World Health Organization (WHO), indicate that [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO official attributes Africa’s rising deaths to poor healthcare
15 october 2020 - 18:36:19Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The rising number of deaths as a result of the coronavirus pandemic in Africa is [...] Full text...
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Burkinabe police destroy cannabis farm in Nahouri province
14 october 2020 - 13:15:52Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso police last week destroyed a thousand cannabis plants on two fields in Nahouri [...] Full text...
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South African Police seize heroin destined to Mauritius
12 october 2020 - 14:10:59Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The South African Police Service (SAPS) last Wednesday seized one kilogram of heroin worth Rs [...] Full text...
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Mauritius Revenue Authority seizes synthetic drugs from France
02 october 2020 - 13:23:32Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius Revenue Authority (MRA) on Friday seized 50.88 grams of synthetic drugs 'cannabinoid', worth Rs 763,200 [...] Full text...
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Pregnant women join ‘Women’s Lives Matter’ protest in The Gambia
23 september 2020 - 22:09:33Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – A large number of pregnant women Wednesday joined other women in a protest tagged ‘Women’s Lives [...] Full text...
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Expert panel approves phytotherapy clinical trial protocol for COVID-19
20 september 2020 - 14:06:38Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Regional Expert Committee on Traditional Medicine for COVID-19, formed by the World Health Organization [...] Full text...
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President Infantino uses virtual FIFA Congress platform to encourage football’s safe return
19 september 2020 - 05:48:47Zurich, Switzerland (PANA) - FIFA President Gianni Infantino on Friday sent a message of encouragement to all 211 FIFA member [...] Full text...
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Moroccan Navy intercepts 186 illegal migrants in Mediterranean, Atlantic
17 september 2020 - 12:06:21Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Coastguards of the Moroccan Navy last Tuesday intercepted 186 illegal migrants, mostly from sub-Saharan countries, on [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Zimbabwe Govt extends daily business hours, prepares to normalise flights
14 september 2020 - 17:44:44Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) – The Zimbabwean government has extended business hours to between 06.30 hours to 18.30 hours and is [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Tunisia records 376 new confirmed cases
13 september 2020 - 12:22:17Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – Tunisia has recorded 376 new confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), taking to 6,635 the total number [...] Full text...
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Commonwealth hosts Regional Conference for Anti-Corruption Agencies in Africa
05 september 2020 - 09:32:42Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The Commonwealth Secretariat is hosting the 2020 Regional Conference for Anti-Corruption Agencies in Africa, [...] Full text...
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Tunisian customs unit seizes large quantities of fraudulent drugs bound for Libya
15 august 2020 - 18:55:50Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A Tunisian customs unit operating in the Safara area in southern Tunisia on Saturday intercepted large [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Libya strengthens strategic stock of medical supplies to fight pandemic
14 august 2020 - 11:26:08Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's Ministry of Health of the Government of National Accord (GNA) has announced that air and [...] Full text...
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UN Representative in Guinea Bissau urges political leaders to enact reforms
11 august 2020 - 06:10:34New York, US (PANA) - Entrenched political divisions in Guinea-Bissau pose a serious threat to stability in the West African country, [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Buhari laments worsening security situation, plans rejig of nation's security apparatus
04 august 2020 - 16:47:00Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The meeting of Nigeria’s National Security Council ended with National Security Adviser (NSA), Major General Babagana [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria's confirmed cases go up by 288 to 44,129
04 august 2020 - 07:12:25Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria's confirmed cases of COVID-19 (coronavirus) have reached 44,129 with the 288 new infections recorded on [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Five-day curfew imposed in Libya to prevent spread of pandemic
30 july 2020 - 23:54:30Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The presidential council of the government of national accord (NA)Thursday imposed a 24-hour curfew with effect [...] Full text...
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Diabetes, high-blood pressure cases rise in Nairobi, Western Kenya
30 july 2020 - 22:42:40Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Hypertension and diabetes cases remain high in Nairobi and Western Kenya, a research carried out by [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Congo imports 39 tons of equipment, drugs to fight virus
28 july 2020 - 11:43:26Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese authorities imported 39 tons of equipment and medicines from China for coronavirus control. The equipment and [...] Full text...
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Spread of hepatitis B in children under five, lowest in decades: WHO
28 july 2020 - 05:06:18Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The global prevalence of potentially-deadly hepatitis B in children under age five, dropped to under one [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: EU approves emergency response project for The Gambia
27 july 2020 - 14:16:58Banjul, Gambia (PANA)- At a time when the spread of the coronavirus infection takes a worrying momentum in The Gambia, [...] Full text...
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WHO aims at hepatitis-free world by 2030
26 july 2020 - 10:24:05Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The World Health Organization (WHO) has called on all countries to work together to [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Africa's access to coronavirus vaccine lies on local manufacturing: Africa CDC
23 july 2020 - 22:37:40Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has warned that access to the coronavirus vaccine in Africa may [...] Full text...
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New COVID-19 Law Lab to provide vital legal information and support for the global COVID-19 response ‎
22 july 2020 - 18:50:58Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Launched on Wednesday, 22 July, 2020, the COVID-19 Law Lab initiative gathered and shared legal documents [...] Full text...
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COVID-19: Law Lab to provide vital legal information, support for the global response
22 july 2020 - 14:55:33Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – Launched on Wednesday, the COVID-19 Law Lab initiative gathers and shares legal documents from over 190 [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: World Bank hails Morocco's fight against pandemic
22 july 2020 - 11:37:08Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The World Bank has hailed Morocco's "rapid and decisive response" in the fight against COVID-19 (coronavirus). In [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: China picks Egypt as future hub to manufacture Covid-19 vaccine in Africa
21 july 2020 - 19:02:15Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Egypt has been selected by China to serve as a future hub for manufacturing a coronavirus [...] Full text...
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COVID-19: World Bank, UNICEF provide essential supplies for Niger's response to pandemic
17 july 2020 - 14:53:05Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The World Bank and the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Thursday delivered drugs and equipment worth [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Africa CDC seeks radical measures to slow down pandemic spread
17 july 2020 - 02:00:34Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African countries have developed strong community response to combat the coronavirus (COID-19) pandemic, an official [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: South African vaccine trial results expected before schedule
16 july 2020 - 21:26:52Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine trials underway in South Africa is expected to generate results much [...] Full text...
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Firearms trafficking, ‘enabler and multiplier of violence’ worldwide - UN agency
16 july 2020 - 05:38:53Vienna, Austra (PANA) - Firearms trafficking poses a “grave threat” to human life and international security, the UN crime fighting [...] Full text...
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COVID-19: Wildlife crime puts environment and health at risk - UN report
11 july 2020 - 09:52:54Vienna, Austria (PANA) - The COVID-19 pandemic shows how wildlife crime is a threat not only to the environment but [...] Full text...
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Coronavrus: Hundreds of Ghana health workers test positive, many pass away
09 july 2020 - 16:38:51Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Hundreds of health workers in Ghana have tested positive to COVID-19 (coronavirus), as cases in the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: UN research reveals boom in fake COVID-19 products
09 july 2020 - 03:26:02New York, US (PANA) - A surge in demand for medical products to combat COVID-19 has led to a jump [...] Full text...
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Terrorist groups must not be allowed to exploit ‘fragilities’ caused by COVID-19 pandemic
07 july 2020 - 06:01:40New York, US (PANA) - As COVID-19 continues to disrupt the world’s health systems, economies and local communities, the UN [...] Full text...
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Senegalese customs seize large quantity of fake drugs at border with Guinea-Bissau
06 july 2020 - 17:21:15Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - Senegalese Customs, in the southern subdivision of Ziguinchor, made a major seizure of fake medicines hidden [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO discontinues hydroxychloroquine and lopinavir/ritonavir treatment arms for virus
05 july 2020 - 11:40:50Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) on Saturday accepted the recommendation from the Solidarity Trial’s International [...] Full text...
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Terrorism: Displaced persons begin to return home in Sahel region
01 july 2020 - 15:01:20Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Rising from their meeting on Tuesday in Nouakchott, Mauritania, with French President, Emmanuel Macron, the [...] Full text...
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'Niger is a transit country for international drug trafficking'
26 june 2020 - 17:55:35Niamey, Niger (PANA) - "Niger is certainly not a drug-producing country, but its pivotal position between sub-Saharan and North Africa [...] Full text...
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Over one ton of illicit drugs, two tons of fake medicines seized in Burkina Faso
26 june 2020 - 15:54:33Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Between 2019 and the first quarter of 2020, over one ton and half of illicit [...] Full text...
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Nigerien police seize 82.5 kg of cannabis, 4,000 tramadol tablets in Niamey
23 june 2020 - 19:57:02Niamey, Niger (PANA) – The central office for the Repression of illegal drug trafficking (OCTRIS), seized huge quantities of drugs [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: India gives Congo six tons of drugs to fight Covid-19
23 june 2020 - 18:57:36Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – The Indian ambassador to Congo, Ghotu Ram Meena, on Tuesday in Brazzaville gave the Congolese government [...] Full text...
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Countries urged to act over potential HIV drug shortages, within next two months
22 june 2020 - 13:35:39New York, US (PANA) - Stocks of medication for HIV patients could run out in the next two months, because [...] Full text...
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More than 1.5 tonnes of cannabis seized by Togolese customs near border with Ghana
19 june 2020 - 18:54:11Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togolese customs seized 1.5 tonnes of cannabis at the border post of Hihéatro, Plateaux region, near [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO hails early results on use of dexamethasone in most sick patients but warns it’s ‘no cure-all’
18 june 2020 - 05:31:05Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday hailed news from the United Kingdom that a [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Congo receives Moroccan medical items
17 june 2020 - 10:23:56Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Moroccan government on Tuesday donated more than ten tons of drugs and medical equipment to Congo [...] Full text...
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COVID-19: Tunisia’s IPS provides humanitarian response to coronavirus pandemic
15 june 2020 - 13:36:04Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – An advisory project jointly supported by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development ( EBRD) and [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Mauritian borders to remain closed until 31 August
15 june 2020 - 06:59:40Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius has prohibited the entry of aircraft and ships to the island until 31 August 2020, [...] Full text...
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Security, economic challenges in Sahel threatening development in ECOWAS Region – FM
12 june 2020 - 23:28:39Accra, June 12 (PANA) - Ghana’s minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey said here Friday security [...] Full text...
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Large quantity of counterfeit medicines seized in Sikasso, southern Mali
11 june 2020 - 17:35:36Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian Central Narcotics Office (OCS), the body in charge of the fight against drug trafficking [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: African countries not being used as 'guinea pigs' for COVID-19 drugs: WHO chief
11 june 2020 - 05:29:32Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The head of the UN World Health Organisation (WHO), Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has refuted the rumour [...] Full text...
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Mauritius to develop five-year strategic plan for the health sector
10 june 2020 - 08:11:57Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Health and Wellness Minister, Dr Kailesh Jagutpal, on Tuesday said that a five-year strategic [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Africa must play central role in vaccine development - Africa CDC
29 may 2020 - 21:50:02Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Vaccine developers around the world must make African countries and scientists at the centre of [...] Full text...
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Mauritania: 8 opposition parties call for urgent solution to populations’ problems
27 may 2020 - 23:58:59Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - A coalition of eight Mauritanian opposition political parties Wednesday called for a quick solution to problems [...] Full text...
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Congolese government sets terms for use of chloroquine
27 may 2020 - 14:53:31Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese government has set terms for the use of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine, according to a [...] Full text...
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More than 5 tons of cannabis and other illicit drugs seized in 2019 in Mali
27 may 2020 - 14:20:43Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Intervention units of the Central Narcotics Office (OCS) in charge of the fight against illicit drugs [...] Full text...
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More than three tons of cannabis seized in western Burkina Faso
26 may 2020 - 12:10:28Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkinabe customs officers have seized 3.22 tons of cannabis worth 322 million CFA francs in [...] Full text...
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TV5Monde Afrique launches new pan-African TV series on Monday
22 may 2020 - 16:56:21Paris, France (PANA) - From Monday, TV5MONDE's Africa channel will launch its new pan-African TV series, entitled "Renaissance" and produced [...] Full text...
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Presidents Saied, Sall hold talks
18 may 2020 - 21:11:57Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian president, Kaïs Saied, and his Senegalese counterpart, Macky Sall, Monday stressed the need to [...] Full text...
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South African police confirm major drug bust
18 may 2020 - 15:50:50Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's elite Hawks crime-fighting unit on Monday announced that they have made a [...] Full text...
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Ramadan without respite for Libyans, victims of military escalation (News analysis by Youssef BA, PANA correspondent)
17 may 2020 - 20:48:37Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyans will have lived in 2020 the Ramadan, month of fasting for Muslims, the most difficult [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Medecins Sans Frontières opens treatment centre in Niamey
15 may 2020 - 05:48:59Niamey, Niger (PANA) – Medical charity, Medecins Sans Frontières (MSF), has opened a treatment centre for COVID-19 patients in Niamey [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: UN leads call to protect most vulnerable from mental health crisis during and after pandemic
14 may 2020 - 05:31:02Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Decades of neglect and under-investment in addressing people’s mental health needs have been exposed by the [...] Full text...
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12 detained alleged terrorists found dead in cell in eastern Burkina Faso
13 may 2020 - 22:52:20Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Twelve of 25 people detained here Monday night for terrorism in Tanwalbougou were found dead [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: UN chief calls for 'appropriate public health measures’ to protect detainees from virus
13 may 2020 - 19:41:19New York, US (PANA) - UN agency chiefs on Wednesday highlighted the heightened vulnerability to COVID-19 of detainees, and others [...] Full text...
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Ghana bolsters medicines regulatory system, guarantees product quality - WHO
13 may 2020 - 14:34:53Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – Ghana has strengthened its medicines regulatory system to ensure safety, quality and effectiveness of medical products manufactured, [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: India's lifeline medical aid improves recoveries in Kenya
12 may 2020 - 23:34:07Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's health ministry personnel have recorded 259 medical recoveries from coronavirus (COVID-19) cases at its major [...] Full text...
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Gambia: Ministry of Health expresses commitment to children healthcare service
12 may 2020 - 21:34:05Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambia’s Ministry of Health Tuesday expressed its commitment towards children’s access to health services by [...] Full text...
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COVID-19 in Africa: Challenges and opportunities (By Paul Ejime (PANA Guest Writer)
12 may 2020 - 10:47:38Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - That the COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted the world to the extent of defining how humans [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Vaccine trials tread cautiously on elderly people
10 may 2020 - 20:56:19Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Healthy people between 65-85 years of age will be injected with a potential vaccine for the [...] Full text...
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COVID-19: 102 new cases recorded in Benin
08 may 2020 - 21:23:01Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin Friday recorded 102 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) infections, taking the total number of cases [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO cautions African countries against adopting illegal products against virus
08 may 2020 - 11:16:45Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The Regional Director for Africa of the World Health Organization (WHO) Dr Matshidiso Rebecca Moeti on [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Pandemic causes some illegal drug prices to surge, as supplies are disrupted worldwide - UNODC
08 may 2020 - 05:38:43Vienna Austria (PAN) - Measures by governments across the world to curb the COVID-19 pandemic have led to the widespread [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Benin has 140 confirmed cases so far
07 may 2020 - 19:23:28Cotonou, Benin (PANA) – Benin has so far recorded 140 confirmed cases of COVID-19 infection, according to the communiqué issued [...] Full text...
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COVID-19: WAHO rejects report on approving Malagasy Covid-Organics drug for coronavirus
07 may 2020 - 13:17:23Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The West African Health Organization (WAHO) on Thursday rejected a report that it had approved [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Ghana says its cases may have 'peaked' but warns it's not out of the woods
07 may 2020 - 12:13:42Accra, Ghana (PANA) – Ghana may have reached its peak in the spread of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, senior health [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Pandemic putting human trafficking victims at risk of further exploitation, experts warn
07 may 2020 - 05:50:30Vienna, Austria (PANA) - Lockdowns, travel restrictions, resource cutbacks and other measures to curb the spread of the new coronavirus [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO supports use of traditional medicine to treat COVID-19
05 may 2020 - 14:04:50Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The World Health Organization is working with research institutes, particularly in Africa, to select products from [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Zimbabwe's lockdown partially lifted
01 may 2020 - 17:53:33Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has partially lifted the COVID-19 (coronavirus) national lockdown whilst also extending it [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Rwanda announces new measures relaxing lockdown
01 may 2020 - 10:06:18Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda's Cabinet meeting chaired by President Paul Kagame on Thursday announced new steps to relax the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Zimbabwe's positive cases reach 40
30 april 2020 - 09:52:56Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe added eight new COVID-19 (coronavirus) cases, on Wednesday, raising the total to 40, making it [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: UN agency shines light on data and privacy online during lockdowns
30 april 2020 - 08:21:11New York, US (PANA) - A third of all nations lack laws to protect their citizen’s online data and privacy, [...] Full text...
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The 2020 rainy season is expected to be generally wet in the Sahelian countries
27 april 2020 - 15:41:33Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The 2020 rainy season is expected to be wet overall, according to a press release issued [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Benin to make chloroquine available to all
26 april 2020 - 17:55:08Cotonou, Benin (PANA) – The Beninese government says it has decided to subsidise the price of choloroquine and make it available [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WTO, IMF heads call for lifting trade restrictions on medical supplies and food
25 april 2020 - 11:37:51Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Heads of two international organizations have called for more attention to the role of [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Ghana's positive case count up to 1,279
24 april 2020 - 14:09:11Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's COVID-19 (coronavirus) positive case count has climbed by 125 to 1,279, the Ghana Health Service [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: ECOWAS leaders stress containment, prevention and fight against pandemic
24 april 2020 - 07:17:14Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - West African leaders on Wednesday stressed that the containment, prevention and fight against COVID-19 (coronavirus) remain [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Fighter jets destroy compounds housing Boko Haram terrorists' leaders
23 april 2020 - 16:28:43Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Armed Forces says that its Air Task Force of Operation LAFIYA DOLE, has destroyed [...] Full text...
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Nigeria to repatriate 60 of 73 Nigerians in Tanzanian prisons
23 april 2020 - 13:20:03Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Federal government has secured the release of 60 out of 73 Nigerians jailed in [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: About 3,000 Mauritians stranded abroad
22 april 2020 - 08:03:49Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International Trade Minister, Mr Nandcoomar Bodha, said on [...] Full text...
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COVID-19: Jack Ma, WHO-Africa and UNDP present more donations to Congo for fight against coronavirus
20 april 2020 - 21:41:08Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Chinese billionaire Jack Ma, the World Health Organization (WHO) for Africa and the UN Development Programme [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: ‘Phased process’ for lifting restrictions is key, WHO chief urges G20
20 april 2020 - 05:56:36Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) told a virtual meeting of the G20 leading global [...] Full text...
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Nigeria Army says its troops killed 105 Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists i
19 april 2020 - 20:02:49Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Army says that a total of 105 Boko Haram/Islamic State of West Africa Province [...] Full text...
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UNICEF on all fronts to tackle Covid-19 in Niger
16 april 2020 - 16:14:35Niamey, Niger (PANA) - As the current coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) continues to spread, UNICEF is supporting the government in care [...] Full text...
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COVID-19: World Bank approves $13.95 million for Niger to deal with coronavirus pandemic
16 april 2020 - 13:25:35Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The World Bank on Wednesday approved $13.95 million in funding to prevent, identify and respond to [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO reviewing impact of US funding withdrawal amid pandemic
16 april 2020 - 05:51:10Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday upheld the importance of international solidarity [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Online predators put millions of children at risk during lockdown
15 april 2020 - 06:20:58New York, US (PANA) - Self-isolation has driven more and more children to move online during the COVID-19 (cononavirus) pandemic, [...] Full text...
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Benin receives masks and medical equipment to fight against COVID-19
13 april 2020 - 23:23:04Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Beninese government Monday received assorted medical materials to fight the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, official sources [...] Full text...
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Mauritanian Army arrests 7 suspected drug traffickers, seizes 700 kg of drugs
13 april 2020 - 15:52:03Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - A Mauritanian army patrol has arrested a gang of seven suspected drug traffickers who were moving [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Ghana scientists obtain 'critical information' about virus
12 april 2020 - 07:01:39Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Scientists at the University of Ghana in Accra say they have obtained "critical information" about the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Benin receives medical equipment to counter COVID 19
11 april 2020 - 06:36:11Cotonou, Benin (PANA) – The Beninese government on Friday received 5 million masks and several other protection materials for fighting [...] Full text...
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Malian health ministry bans product claimed to be coronavirus remedy
10 april 2020 - 15:27:42Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's Ministry of Health has formally banned the marketing of a chloroquine-like pharmaceutical product, branded "chloroquine [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Wearing of masks obligatory in Côte d'Ivoire
09 april 2020 - 23:22:08Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Ivorian national Security Council (CNS) Thursday decided to make the wearing of mask obligatory [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: IDB grants US$ 279 million to Tunisia
09 april 2020 - 16:43:09Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The chairman of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) group, Hajjar Bandar, on Thursday said the Islamic [...] Full text...
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AI decries conflicts, cocktail of rights violations in Africa
08 april 2020 - 07:30:17Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – The London-based global human rights watchdog, Amnesty International (AI), on Tuesday released a report saying, armed [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: World Bank grants Nigeria $82m for COVID-19 response initiatives
07 april 2020 - 21:39:31Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The World Bank Group says it has released a total of $82 million for immediate support [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Fight against pandemic to cost Burkina Faso 394 billion CFAF
03 april 2020 - 07:10:26Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – Burkinabè president Roch Marc Christian Kaboré on Thursday announced a series of measures estimated at [...] Full text...
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Africans rise against armed conflict, repressive regimes
02 april 2020 - 19:13:38Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Protesters across sub-Saharan Africa have braved bullets and beatings to defend their rights in the face [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Togolese president announces palliatives in support of businesses
02 april 2020 - 17:12:16Lomé, Togo (PANA) - The Togolese head of state, Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé, on Wednesday announced the creation of a National [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO concerned over rapid spread as caseload approaches one million
02 april 2020 - 05:46:55Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Deaths from COVID-19 have more than doubled in the past week and will soon reach 50,000 [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Ghana using hydroxychloroquine to treat patients - Minister
01 april 2020 - 12:50:05Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana is treating its COVID-19 (coronavirus) patients with hydroxychloroquine, Health Minister Kwaku Agyemang-Manu said on Wednesday. He [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Zimbabwe government moves to contain COVID-19
31 march 2020 - 16:11:04Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe is currently under a 21-day lockdown that began on Monday to minimize the spread of [...] Full text...
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Judicial police free 82 detainees from Tripoli prison to prevent spread of coronavirus
26 march 2020 - 13:40:30Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 82 detainees in the new penitentiary and rehabilitation centre at Tripoli central prison [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Jordan decides to import antimalarial drugs from Tunisia
25 march 2020 - 20:14:42Tunis Tunisia (PANA) - King Abdullah II of Jordan has announced his intention to import from Tunisia malaria drugs that [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria Army suspends all projected events, to enforce restriction of movement
25 march 2020 - 12:50:21Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigeria Army says it is to enforce the policy of restriction of movement and compulsory [...] Full text...
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TB treatment in Niger improves from year to year - Minister
24 march 2020 - 21:23:35Niamey, Niger (PANA) - About 11,728 cases of tuberculosis were registered in 2019 in Niger, the Nigerien Minister of Health, [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Insecurity, the biggest threat to the pandemic in Libya (News analysis by Youssef BA, PANA correspondent)
23 march 2020 - 07:25:52Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – War-torn Libya has still yet to announce a positive case of COVID-19, which remains a 'mystery'. But [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Tunisia issues stay-at-home order on populations
20 march 2020 - 22:09:26Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – The Tunisian president, Kaïs Saied, on Friday declared the general confinement in the country to eradicate [...] Full text...
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Nigerian arrested with heroin at Mauritius airport
16 march 2020 - 13:50:55Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - A 33-year-old Nigerian was intercepted on Friday at the SSR International Airport of Mauritius by [...] Full text...
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Screening for infected coronavirus travellers at Zimbabwe's international airport remain poor
11 march 2020 - 18:29:19Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe’s Parliament Committee on Health and Childcare found the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport wanting in [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Court rejects restaurant rapist's appeal
10 march 2020 - 18:11:29Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – North Gauteng High Court in South Africa on Tuesday dismissed convicted rapist Nicholas Ninow's [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe doctors call for protection of health personnel against coronavirus
09 march 2020 - 12:12:12Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) – The Zimbabwe Senior Doctors Association (ZSDA) has called for seriousness in protecting health personnel in dealing [...] Full text...
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Buhari says Nigeria will abide by decision of panel on closure of land borders
03 march 2020 - 17:57:32Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday expressed willingness of his administration to implement the decision of [...] Full text...
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Tunis hosts 37th session of Arab Interior Ministers on Sunday
29 february 2020 - 16:29:38Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The 37th session of the Council of Interior Ministers of Arab countries will be held on [...] Full text...
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Mauritius: Health authorities prepare national Action Plan to respond to Covid-19
28 february 2020 - 15:56:32​Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Health authorities have prepared a national Action Plan comprising preventive and control measures aimed [...] Full text...
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UN launches new project to address link between terrorism, arms and crime
22 february 2020 - 05:55:31New York, US (PANA) - Cheap and easily accessible small arms are increasingly becoming the “weapon of choice” for many [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Buhari, Burkinabe leader meet in Abuja over Nigeria's land border closure
21 february 2020 - 20:19:20Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari Friday spoke again on the closure of Nigeria’s land borders, saying it [...] Full text...
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Celebrations of the 9th anniversary of the Feb. 17 revolution unveil two visions of Libya (A News analysis by BA Youssef, PANA correspondent)
16 february 2020 - 19:38:24Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Except the supporters of the former regime of Mouamar Kaddafi, the majority of Libyans consider the [...] Full text...
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Mauritanian army arrests smugglers
16 february 2020 - 17:29:42Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The Mauritanian army says it has arrested several smugglers in the zone located in north-east of [...] Full text...
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Mauritius introduces health programme in schools
13 february 2020 - 07:46:51Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Health and Wellness Minister Dr Kailesh Jagutpal, on Wednesday said that the health [...] Full text...
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WHO convenes meeting of top scientists to slow coronavirus spread (DESK)
11 february 2020 - 21:16:45Geneva, Switzerland ,(PANA) - Deaths from the coronavirus epidemic have surpassed 1,000, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed here Tuesday, [...] Full text...
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Ugandan, Nigerian nationals arrested for drug trafficking in Mauritius
10 february 2020 - 17:10:55Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – A Ugandan and a Nigerian were arrested in Mauritius on Saturday by the Customs Anti-Narcotics [...] Full text...
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UN health agency to accelerate research and innovation for new coronavirus
07 february 2020 - 10:21:05Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) is convening a global research and innovation forum to mobilize [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe hospitals not functioning since March 2019 – Doctors
03 february 2020 - 15:27:57Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Hospitals in Zimbabwe have not functioned since March 2019 on the back of shortages of medicines, [...] Full text...
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WHO declares coronavirus spread global emergency
31 january 2020 - 06:10:17Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The rise in new coronavirus cases outside China, now constitutes a global health emergency, the World [...] Full text...
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Dakar port: Senegalese customs seize 120 kg of cocaine
29 january 2020 - 17:24:36Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegalese Customs on Tuesday at the Port Autonome de Dakar, seized 120 kg of cocaine onboard [...] Full text...
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Japan donates US$2.5 million in medical consumables, equipment to a Zimbabwean children's hospital
29 january 2020 - 17:07:52Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Japanese Government has given a US$2.75 million grant to its Zimbabwe counterpart for the procurement of [...] Full text...
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Huge potential for increased India cooperation in ICT, Energy, Mining and Pharmaceuticals - Zimbabwe Govt
27 january 2020 - 14:41:48Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Zimbabwean government says there is huge potential for increased cooperation in the ICT, energy, mining [...] Full text...
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Rwandan newspapers focus on latest shooting incident of a Ugandan national at cross-border region
25 january 2020 - 18:12:28Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan newspapers this week made a wide coverage of the latest shooting incident where a Ugandan [...] Full text...
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Mauritanian government reassures about medicines cover
24 january 2020 - 21:44:31Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian government Thursday gave reassurances about the country’s medicines coverage against certain practices attributed to [...] Full text...
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Togolese president Gnassingbe pays one-day visit to Gabon
24 january 2020 - 09:04:41Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - Togolese president Faure Essozimna Gnassingbe on Thursday paid a day's visit to Gabon where he had discussions [...] Full text...
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Senegalese Pharmacists welcome commitment of African Heads of State to criminalize trafficking of counterfeit medicines
23 january 2020 - 17:11:18Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - The Order of Pharmacists in Ziguinchor and Sédhiou regions of southern Senegal has welcomed the decision [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Buhari, Ghana President meet in London over Nigeria's land border closure
20 january 2020 - 19:37:27Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday met with President Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana in London on [...] Full text...
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‘This terrible situation cannot be allowed to continue’, Guterres tells world leaders at major Libya summit
19 january 2020 - 17:46:56Berlin, Germany (PANA) - Speaking at a major, high-level summit on Libya, held in the German capital Berlin on Sunday, UN [...] Full text...
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French anti-terrorist judge calls for strengthening of legal system against traffickers of fake drugs
19 january 2020 - 16:45:45Lomé, Togo (PANA) - French anti-terrorist judge, Jean-Louis Bruguière, on Saturday in Lomé called on African states to strengthen their [...] Full text...
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Six countries sign 'Lomé Declaration' on fight against counterfeit drugs
19 january 2020 - 13:37:55Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Congo, Ghana, Niger, Uganda, Senegal and Togo have agreed to fight against counterfeit drugs by signing [...] Full text...
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Signing of Lomé framework agreement on drugs postponed
19 january 2020 - 12:36:16Lomé, Togo (PANA) – The signing of the Lomé framework agreement on counterfeit drugs has been postponed indefinitely, while waiting [...] Full text...
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WHO boss says affordability of medicines is root cause to fake drugs in Africa
18 january 2020 - 20:22:33Lome, Togo (PANA) - World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says affordability of medicines is one of the [...] Full text...
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Togo President Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé says there is extreme urgency in dealing with fake drugs
18 january 2020 - 18:53:20Lome, Togo (PANA) - The president of Togo, Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé, said here Saturday there was extreme urgency in fighting [...] Full text...
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WHO warns of urgent need for ‘immediate’ solutions to combat drug-resistant infections
18 january 2020 - 09:39:07Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Drug-resistant infections are on the rise as private investment in new antibiotic development declines, the World [...] Full text...
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Former Malawian President Joyce Banda tells African leaders they owe their people in terms of counterfeit drugs
18 january 2020 - 09:11:14Lome, Togo (PANA) - Former Malawian President Joyce Hilda Banda says African heads of state owe it to their people [...] Full text...
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Niger, highly exposed to sale of counterfeit drugs
17 january 2020 - 19:14:22Lome, Togo (PANA) - Only one percent of drugs in Niger are produced in that country, leaving it highly vulnerable [...] Full text...
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Congo to create a drugs vigilance unit
17 january 2020 - 15:41:47Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Central African Network for Clinical Research plans to create a drugs vigilance unit in Congo, [...] Full text...
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Seven African Presidents expected in Lomé to sign agreement to criminalise counterfeit drugs
17 january 2020 - 08:53:41Lome, Togo (PANA) - Brazzaville Foundation (BF) chief executive officer David Richmond says seven African leaders will sign an agreement for [...] Full text...
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African presidents expected in Lomé for summit on counterfeit drugs
16 january 2020 - 23:46:02Lomé, Togo (PANA) - African heads of state are expected here Friday to attend the summit on counterfeit drugs, official [...] Full text...
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Senegalese president in Lomé for summit on counterfeit drugs in Africa
16 january 2020 - 22:15:42Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Senegalese president, Macky Sall, leaves Dakar on Friday for the Togolese capital, Lomé, to take [...] Full text...
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Meeting on combating transnational crime opens in Niamey
14 january 2020 - 15:38:52Niamey, Niger (PANA) - A meeting on countering transnational organized crime spearheaded by the Strategic Studies Centre for Africa (CESA) [...] Full text...
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Amnesty calls for investigation into conditions under which Chadian journalist was detained
10 january 2020 - 18:58:49Paris, France (PANA) - Amnesty International has asked the Chadian authorities to investigate allegations of ill-treatment of Ali Hamata Achène, [...] Full text...
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Two Air Mauritius ramp attendants arrested attempting to remove drugs from airport
10 january 2020 - 14:11:03Plaisance, Mauritius (PANA) - Two ramp attendants of Air Mauritius were arrested on Thursday by the Customs Anti-Narcotics Section (CANS) [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso adopts plan to respond to possible meningitis outbreak in 2020
09 january 2020 - 12:28:18Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso's government has adopted a plan to prepare for and respond to a possible [...] Full text...
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South African couple arrested with heroin at Mauritius airport
06 january 2020 - 17:00:13Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – A South African couple - Morné Burger, 33 years and Christal Angelique Bekker, 36 years, was [...] Full text...
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Seven African heads of state to attend Summit on fake medicines in Lomé
06 january 2020 - 10:24:28Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - On the initiative of the Brazzaville Foundation, the heads of state of Congo-Brazzaville, Gambia, Ghana, Niger, [...] Full text...
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Mauritanian opponent denounces exclusion
03 january 2020 - 22:31:23Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Kane Hamidou Baba, leader of the Coalition Vivre Ensemble (CVE), failed candidate in the presidential election [...] Full text...
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Nine police officers indicted after death of 11 detainees in anti-drug unit cell
30 december 2019 - 07:20:27Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – Nine police officers have been indicted following the death of 11 detainees on 15 July [...] Full text...
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Tunisia wants to host permanent seat of African medicines agency
21 december 2019 - 18:38:46Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has expressed its desire to host the permanent headquarters of the African medicines agency after [...] Full text...
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Congo: Three CHU-B agents arrested for drug theft
21 december 2019 - 13:27:04Brazzazville, Congo (PANA) - The head of Congo's National Gendarmerie's Central Judicial Research Service, Lt-Col. Victor Gandziami, announced on Friday [...] Full text...
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Activist jabs Gambian gov’t over lies
19 december 2019 - 22:52:37Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Leading human rights activist Madi Jobarteh Thursday threw a jab at the Gambian government following the [...] Full text...
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Mauritian PM warns police
18 december 2019 - 16:37:07Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Prime Minister of Mauritius, Pravind Jugnauth, on Wednesday severely warned the police, who, he [...] Full text...
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Rights groups accuse Equatorial Guinea over Jammeh suit
18 december 2019 - 08:15:31Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – A group of human rights groups on Tuesday accused Equatorial Guinea of refusing to serve exiled [...] Full text...
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G5 Sahel Heads of State agree to strengthen alliances to defeat terrorism
17 december 2019 - 05:09:26Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The G5 Sahel Heads of State who met in Niamey on Sunday have agreed to further [...] Full text...
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Mauritius Revenue Authority seizes 360 grams of heroin at DHL courier warehouse
13 december 2019 - 14:55:40Port Louis, Mauritius, (PANA) - The Mauritius Revenue Authority (MRA) on Tuesday seized 360 grams of heroin worth Rs 5.4 [...] Full text...
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Some 14.3 million Nigerians addicted to various forms of drugs - Minister
13 december 2019 - 07:05:58Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, says that the country has an estimated 14.3 million [...] Full text...
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UN says corruption ‘must be fought by all, for all’
09 december 2019 - 06:34:45New York, US (PANA) - As the world enters a decade of ambitious action to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals [...] Full text...
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Niger launches project on strengthening criminal justice in wake of terrorist acts
06 december 2019 - 23:03:25Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Niger's acting Minister of Justice Waziri Mamam Friday launched the project on strengthening criminal justice to [...] Full text...
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Sudan takes initiative in the detection and interdiction of foreign terrorist fighters
06 december 2019 - 19:27:03Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The United Nations said it has helped the Sudan put in place systems that could detect [...] Full text...
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‘Simply throwing money won’t solve health crisis’, Senior Doctors tell Zimbabwe's richest man
06 december 2019 - 17:40:39Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Zimbabwe Senior Hospital Doctors Association (SHDA) has urged telecoms billionaire, Strive Masiyiwa, through his Higher [...] Full text...
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Several African leaders to meet next month to criminalise the sale of fake drugs
05 december 2019 - 18:46:24Lome, Togo (PANA) - African leaders from several countries will meet next month in Lomé, Togo, to sign the 'Lomé [...] Full text...
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South African woman nabbed with heroin at Mauritius airport
04 december 2019 - 13:43:03Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - A South African woman, Maria Margaritha Wilhelmina Van Wyk, aged 46 years, was intercepted on [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe govt approves bill to provide citizens with basic healthcare services
04 december 2019 - 05:48:58Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Zimbabwe Government has approved a bill that seeks to promote the right of every citizen [...] Full text...
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Togo: Summit on fake drugs in Africa postponed
03 december 2019 - 16:37:29Lomé, Togo (PANA) - The summit on the fight against fake drug trafficking on the African continent, initially scheduled for [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe’s striking doctors accuse Higher Life Foundation of trying to arm twist them into accepting 'generous' offer
02 december 2019 - 17:36:16Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association (ZHDA) has accused Higher Life Foundation (HLF), the charity organization belonging [...] Full text...
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Tunisian President denounces 'road terrorism' after accident kills 26 people
02 december 2019 - 11:37:13Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian President Kais Saied on Sunday evening denounced "road terrorism" following the tragic accident that occurred [...] Full text...
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About 170,000 Ghanaian adults 'not on HIV treatment'
02 december 2019 - 06:32:40Accra, Ghana (PANA) - About 170,000 Ghanaian adults with HIV are not on treatment thus throwing into doubt the country's [...] Full text...
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Guinea government calls for public mobilisation to eradicate AIDS
01 december 2019 - 18:05:11Conakry, Guinea (PANA) – Guineans must be mobilized on all fronts to eradicate HIV/AIDS, said Prime Minister Ibrahima Kassory Fofana, [...] Full text...
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HIV drugs for children to be produced under one dollar a day in Sub-Saharan Africa
29 november 2019 - 20:17:53Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The Indian pharmaceutical company, Cipla, on Friday announced their commitment to price the ground-breaking new product [...] Full text...
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Congo: The CHU-B mortality rate estimated at more than 9%
28 november 2019 - 18:09:10Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Sylvain Villiard, Director General of the University Hospital Center of Brazzaville (CHU-B), announced on Thursday in [...] Full text...
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