AU Summit outlines roadmap to exploitation of US$2.8 trillion natural wealth

04 november 2025 - 07:13:58
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) – The African Union Commission (AUC) has urged countries in the continent to stop “exporting jobs elsewhere” [...] Full text...

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Turning Tanzania’s farmers into agri- entrepreneurs. A unique international alliance helps smallholder farmers become more sustainable and profitable (By Caitríona Palmer and Birom Seck)

09 october 2025 - 07:36:35
Mwanza, Tanzania (PANA) - It is just past dawn in the village of Kasuguti, Tanzania, and as a golden pink [...] Full text...

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Funding cuts could push 6 million more children out of school, warns UNICEF

03 september 2025 - 06:34:17
New York, US (PANA) - Global education funding is facing sharp reductions that could leave an extra six million children [...] Full text...

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Education is key to jobs, growth, and lifelong learning (World Bank Blog by Luis Benveniste, Global Director for Education at the World Bank)

27 august 2025 - 08:26:24
Washington, DC., USA (PANA) - Education equips learners with important foundational skills that are essential for work and life. Education is [...] Full text...

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Mandela’s legacy ‘is now our responsibility’, Guterres says on International Day

19 july 2025 - 06:09:09
New York, US (PANA) - In honour of Nelson Mandela International Day on Friday, the United Nations celebrated a public [...] Full text...

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Cape Verde: Unlocking inclusive growth through increased resilience and equal opportunities

24 june 2025 - 08:47:33
Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - Cape Verde’s economy continues on a strong recovery path, according to the latest Cabo Verde [...] Full text...

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IMF reviews Burkina Faso’s ECF arrangement; states ‘policy framework remains strong’

21 june 2025 - 11:45:40
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Executive Board completed on Friday the third review under the [...] Full text...

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Global gender gap closes at fastest rate since pandemic, led by economic and political advances

12 june 2025 - 10:36:48
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The global gender gap has closed to 68.8%, marking the strongest annual advancement since the COVID-19 [...] Full text...

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UN awards 2025 Mandela Prize to Brenda Reynolds and Kennedy Odede

29 may 2025 - 06:14:19
New York, US (PANA) - An Indigenous social worker from Canada and a social entrepreneur from Kenya are the laureates of [...] Full text...

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Empowering Kenyan women key to unlocking inclusive growth: World Bank Blog By Precious Zikhali, Naomi Mathenge and Shubha Chakravarty

08 may 2025 - 10:58:16
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA - As women, we have witnessed firsthand that women in Kenya are engines of economic growth. We [...] Full text...

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Education has been and can continue to be at the centre of global poverty reduction: IMF Blog By Amory Gethin, Economist in the World Bank’s Development Research Group

30 april 2025 - 08:33:14
Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - The world economy has experienced a remarkable transformation over the past four decades. Global [...] Full text...

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Rwanda’s economy registers robust growth in 2024 despite global challenges

02 april 2025 - 07:41:28
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda's real GDP grew by 8.9% in 2024, surpassing the previous year's growth rate of 8.2%, [...] Full text...

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Reshaping the agriculture and food sector for healthier diets: World Bank Blog by Natasha Hayward, Felipe F. Dizon, Elizabeth Ludwig-Borycz, and Dwi Sari Puspaningtyas

28 march 2025 - 12:15:51
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - While hunger is making headlines, malnutrition continues to silently affect millions worldwide, undermining their physical and [...] Full text...

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How animal spirits affect the economy: IMF Blog By Joel Flynn, assistant professor of economics at Yale University, and Karthik Sastry, assistant professor of economics and public affairs at Princeton University

22 march 2025 - 09:26:52
Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - Storytelling is central to how we interpret economic events. We recall economic history through [...] Full text...

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Interest payments outweigh climate investments in almost all developing countries - UNCTAD

18 march 2025 - 05:31:35
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Economists at the UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) are warning that almost all developing countries pay [...] Full text...

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ECA deplores Africa's debt overhang

17 march 2025 - 16:11:12
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Claver Gatete, deplored Africa's debt overhang, [...] Full text...

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Breaking barriers: Unlocking education and jobs for women and youth in Mozambique: World Bank Blog By Idah Z. Pswarayi-Riddihough, Karla Gonzalez Carvajal and Robert S. Chase

14 march 2025 - 08:19:25
Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - How can affordable and reliable transport help women and youth access vocational training and employment? As part [...] Full text...

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Democratising innovation can harness untapped talent and spur economic growth: IMF Blog By Xavier Jaravel, Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics

05 march 2025 - 13:01:25
Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - Notwithstanding Plato’s 2,400-year-oldproverb, necessity alone is not the mother of invention. It also requires opportunity. An [...] Full text...

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Economic recovery is losing steam, warns UN labour agency

16 january 2025 - 12:24:48
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Geopolitical tensions, the rising costs of climate change and unresolved debt issues are putting labour markets [...] Full text...

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2024 - year of remarkable achievements, resilience, and progress for Tanzania

01 january 2025 - 12:18:42
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The just closed year 2024 saw Tanzania’s economic stability and investment potential widely recognised, [...] Full text...

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Developing countries paid record $1.4 trillion on foreign debt in 2023

03 december 2024 - 07:43:36
EMBARGOED: NOT FOR PUBLICATION, BROADCAST, OR TRANSMISSION UNTIL 3 DECEMBER, 2024, AT 2:30 PM UTCWashington, DC, United States (PANA) - [...] Full text...

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Choosing our future: Country lessons on unlocking education for action: World Bank Blog By Luis Benveniste and Sergio Venegas Marin

29 november 2024 - 07:00:42
Baku, Azerbaijan (PANA) - At the just-ended COP29 in Baku, education took center stage as leaders and youth advocates gathered [...] Full text...

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COP29: Guterres urges countries to ‘get serious’ on loss and damage funding

13 november 2024 - 05:47:56
Baku, Azerbaijan (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres called on Tuesday for countries to step up contributions to a financial [...] Full text...

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World Bank Country Gender Action Plan to help address gender inequalities in Sierra Leone

04 october 2024 - 07:10:44
Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - The World Bank on Thursday launched the Sierra Leone Country Gender Action Plan (C-GAP), a [...] Full text...

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World Bank Group ramps up fight against global hunger

25 july 2024 - 07:01:57
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (PANA) - The World Bank Group has unveiled a comprehensive package of initiatives to address urgent [...] Full text...

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Emerging markets show resilience despite global monetary tightening: IMF Blog By Cian Allen and Rudolfs Bems

13 july 2024 - 11:18:44
Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - Interest rates in the United States are at 20-year highs and the dollar has [...] Full text...

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Red Sea shipping crisis elevates trading costs with extra burden on consumers

12 july 2024 - 07:20:25
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Due to recently increased attacks by Houthi militants, the Red Sea shipping route remains [...] Full text...

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Scaling up pathways to growth in Ethiopia through tourism investments: World Bank Blog By Qursum Qasim

23 may 2024 - 07:23:49
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - From the otherworldly vistas of the Bale Mountains to the rock-hewn churches of Lalibela and [...] Full text...

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Mauritius economy rebounds on back of tourism, housing construction

17 may 2024 - 08:24:36
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritius economy has rebounded strongly from the pandemic on the back of buoyant tourism, [...] Full text...

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Libyan Prime Minister orders proposal of import budget based on priority needs

07 may 2024 - 17:28:04
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity, Abdulhamid al-Dbaiba, has stressed the need [...] Full text...

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Tourism ‘intrinsically susceptible’ to climate shocks, political unrest, pandemic threat

17 april 2024 - 05:42:47
New York, US (PANA) - The President of the UN General Assembly on Tuesday highlighted the urgent need to boost [...] Full text...

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Egypt seeks to raise earnings of millions working in cotton production, textile manufacturing

12 april 2024 - 11:36:04
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) – Egypt’s cotton production in marketing year (MY) 2024/25 is forecast at 310,000 bales, down 40,000 bales [...] Full text...

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Fast-growing $2 trillion private credit market warrants closer watch: IMF Blog By Charles Cohen, Caio Ferreira, Fabio Natalucci, Nobuyasu Sugimoto

08 april 2024 - 15:40:00
Washington DC, United States (PANA) - The private credit market, in which specialized non-bank financial institutions such as investment funds [...] Full text...

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Seychelles, IMF mission reach staff-level deal on second reviews under EFF and RSF

04 april 2024 - 10:10:46
Victoria, Seychelles (PANA) - The Seychellois economy continued to recover in 2023 and is moving closer to pre-pandemic norms despite [...] Full text...

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Breaking the Cycle: Ending Gender Based Violence and Empowering Women in Sierra Leone: World Bank Blog

11 march 2024 - 13:01:09
Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) --In Sierra Leone, women and girls experience a lifecycle of Gender Based Violence (GBV). From childhood [...] Full text...

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5 ways to accelerate women’s economic empowerment (A UN feature)

08 march 2024 - 07:40:44
New York, US (PANA) - At the current rate of investment, more than 340 million women and girls will still [...] Full text...

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‘I am a scientist’: How after-school clubs can help build the next generation of female scientists in Sub-Saharan Africa: World Bank Blog By Christiane Voufo

12 february 2024 - 06:44:50
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Failure to educate girls costs approximately $15 to $30 trillion in lifetime earnings for [...] Full text...

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World Bank urges action for gender equality in artisanal, small-scale mining

05 february 2024 - 16:08:59
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Gender discrimination, enshrined in mining laws, and  disregard for health, safety, and social protection [...] Full text...

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Burundi lifts restrictions on holding foreign currency accounts

04 january 2024 - 13:42:22
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Local and foreign non-governmental organisations (NGOs), as well as private entities receiving external support, are once [...] Full text...

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Developing countries paid record $443.5 billion on public debt in 2022: World Bank report

13 december 2023 - 15:32:47
Washington, USA (PANA) - Amid the biggest surge in global interest rates in four decades, developing countries spent a record [...] Full text...

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From market stalls to mechanic shops: Better jobs for Côte d'Ivoire's urban youth: World Bank Blog By Raphaela Karlen, Solene Rougeaux and Sara Johansson de Silva

22 november 2023 - 12:35:58
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - Street vendors, taxi drivers, hairdressers, metal workers, repair shops - Côte d’Ivoire’s towns and cities [...] Full text...

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Build capacity to expand access for all to housing finance in West Africa: World Bank Blog By Mazen Bouri

07 november 2023 - 20:13:55
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - In West Africa, houses are built brick by brick, room by room, with the pace of [...] Full text...

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Tax earnings in Africa remain below pandemic levels

02 november 2023 - 13:46:47
Paris, France (PANA) - Africa’s average tax-to-GDP ratio was 15.6% in 2021, unchanged from the previous year and remaining below [...] Full text...

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Closing childcare policy gaps offers high return on investment: ILO

27 october 2023 - 05:42:13
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Providing continuous childcare to parents from the birth of their child to the start of mandatory [...] Full text...

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Realising Nigeria’s economic potential requires a stronger focus on women farmers: World Bank Blog By Abhilasha Sahay and Amy Geist

26 october 2023 - 12:08:14
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Unequal public investment in women and men is perpetuating gender inequality in Nigeria, which continues to [...] Full text...

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African countries eye booming electric vehicle, clean energy market, worth trillions of dollars

25 october 2023 - 09:53:52
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The International Energy Agency projects that manufacturers of clean energy technologies will need 40 times [...] Full text...

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Nigeria’s dichotomy: low unemployment, high poverty rates: World Bank Blog By Jonathan Lain and Utz Pape

23 october 2023 - 07:46:08
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - When analysing poverty, only looking at unemployment rates will be insufficient and misleading. Instead, job quality [...] Full text...

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New look at global banks highlights risks from higher-for-longer interest rates: IMF Blog by Charles Cohen, Srobona Mitra, Fabio Natalucci

17 october 2023 - 10:18:02
Washington DC, United States (PANA) - Central banks could keep interest rates higher for longer as they fight to curb [...] Full text...

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Wanted: One million good jobs for Togo’s youth: World Bank Blog

13 october 2023 - 08:37:35
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togo, a small country on Africa’s west coast, is home to a young and growing population. [...] Full text...

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Higher-for-longer interest rate environment is squeezing more borrowers: IMF Blog By Tobias Adrian

11 october 2023 - 08:00:15
Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - The world’s central banks have unleashed the steepest series of interest-rate increases in decades [...] Full text...

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WB strengthens economic empowerment for millions of girls, women across East and Southern Africa

11 october 2023 - 07:49:06
Washington, United States (PANA) - Millions of girls and young women’s across Eastern and Southern Africa will gain greater access [...] Full text...

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Resilient global economy still limping along, with growing divergences: IMF Blog By Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas

10 october 2023 - 15:34:50
Washington DC, United States (PANA) - The global economy continues to recover from the pandemic, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and [...] Full text...

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Sharp deceleration expected for Middle East, North Africa economies in 2023

05 october 2023 - 13:20:01
Washington, United States (PANA) - Growth of the economies in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is expected to [...] Full text...

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Should developing country governments provide job training programmes? World Bank Blog(By David McKenzie. Lead Economist, Development Research Group and Eliana Carranza, Senior Economist)

04 october 2023 - 19:33:36
Washington DC, US (PANA) = Governments around the world face a lot of pressure to do something to help jobseekers, [...] Full text...

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IMF Blog: Tracking global financial stability risks from higher interest rates

09 august 2023 - 09:38:02
Washington, DC, US (PANA) – Interest-rate increases by global central banks to contain the biggest inflation outbreak in four decades [...] Full text...

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Canadian gold miner looks at opportunities in Mali

07 august 2023 - 15:52:10
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - Vancouver-based B2Gold remains actively committed to exploring expansion opportunities in Mali, despite the government’s proposal [...] Full text...

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Top UN official in Mauritius highlights transformative power of food production

23 july 2023 - 11:40:53
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Transforming the way food is produced on the Indian Ocean archipelago of Mauritius could help to [...] Full text...

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Child health: More focus needed on earliest years, urges WHO

30 june 2023 - 05:25:47
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A new progress report launched on Thursday by UN agencies highlights the need to step up investment [...] Full text...

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Togo’s new flagship social safety net programme receives $100 million in World Bank support

24 june 2023 - 09:59:51
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The World Bank on Friday approved $100 million in International Development Association (IDA) financing to [...] Full text...

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2023 FIFA Women's WC: Barcelona and Nigeria striker, Asisat Oshoala, welcomes money boost

14 june 2023 - 07:22:22
Barcelona, Spain (PANA) - Barcelona and Nigeria striker, Asisat Oshoala, believes players will be inspired by the financial rewards FIFA [...] Full text...

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Kenya, European Union launch plan to shift horticulture exports from air to sea freight

17 may 2023 - 20:06:29
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya will gradually shift its horticulture exports, including fruits and flowers, to Europe from air transport [...] Full text...

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Jobs and pay for women, barely improved in 20 years: UN labour agency

07 march 2023 - 07:05:21
Geneva, Switzerland (PAMA) - In a new blow for equality in the 21st century workplace, UN labour experts said on Monday that [...] Full text...

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Nature-based tourism holds tremendous economic potential in Rwanda: WB report

23 february 2023 - 11:18:00
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) – Spurred by the services sector, especially the revival of tourism, Rwanda’s GDP grew by 8.4 percent [...] Full text...

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COVID-19’s impact on young people risks a lost generation: World Bank report

16 february 2023 - 13:03:36
EMBARGOED: NOT FOR PUBLICATION, BROADCAST, OR TRANSMISSION UNTIL THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16 AT 2:00 PM UTC/GMT Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The [...] Full text...

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Food crisis looms in Malawi due to failure to protect farming against climate hazards

26 january 2023 - 12:39:30
Lilongwe, Malawi (PANA) - Malawi faces another food crisis on the back of a series of climate events, after drought, [...] Full text...

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Kenya to end US$300 million bailouto Kenya Airways in 2023

20 january 2023 - 18:07:04
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya will end the US$300 million annual bailout of its national airline, Kenya Airways (KQ) in [...] Full text...

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Mauritius launches 'Zero Interest Medical Loan' scheme for patients in private clinics

21 december 2022 - 09:25:39
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius has has launched a “Zero Interest Medical Loan" scheme, which is a tripartite collaboration between [...] Full text...

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World Cotton Day focuses on the fibre’s role in weaving socio-economic development

07 october 2022 - 21:27:43
Rome, Italy (FAO) - Cotton is a constant thread in our lives, from field to fabric, the UN Food and [...] Full text...

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UN urges Sudanese to fully implement peace deal agreed two years ago

05 october 2022 - 09:29:53
Khartoum Sudan (PANA) - The United Nations has urged the government of Sudan and former rebel groups to speed up [...] Full text...

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Mauritius launches 10-year tourism blueprint

16 september 2022 - 08:23:21
Pointe de Flacq, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister, Mr Pravind Jugnauth, on Wednesday launched a 10-year blueprint for the [...] Full text...

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Mauritius to establish a carbon neutral industrial sector

05 september 2022 - 08:09:50
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian manufacturing enterprises are encouraged to invest in renewable energy as part of the objective to [...] Full text...

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WHO calls for optimising brain health to benefit people and society

10 august 2022 - 11:22:11
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - At some point in their life, one in three people will develop some type of neurological [...] Full text...

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Japan renews commitment to food and nutrition assistance in Lesotho

10 august 2022 - 05:28:11
Maseru, Lesotho ()ANA) - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on Tuesday welcomed a 250 million Japanese Yen (approximately [...] Full text...

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IMF points to risks in Equatorial Guinea’s recovery, food insecurity

30 july 2022 - 10:05:46
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - Equatorial Guinea’s economy is slowly emerging from the ravages of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and [...] Full text...

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Libya's account shows surplus of US$6 billion in first four months of the year

26 may 2022 - 13:00:01
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's accounts show a surplus of 30 billion dinars (about US$6.3 billion) during the first four [...] Full text...

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Mauritius presents Gender Country Profile for 2021-2027

13 may 2022 - 07:38:48
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Minister of Gender Equality and Family Welfare, Mrs. Kalpana Devi Koonjoo-Shah, on Thursday, presented [...] Full text...

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Mali intends to inject 456 billion CFA francs into 2022-2023 agricultural season

12 may 2022 - 16:27:49
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali will inject 456 billion CFA francs into the 2022-2023 agricultural season, the Malian Ministry of [...] Full text...

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Seychelles' macroeconomic outlook 'favourable', but challenges remain - IMF

09 may 2022 - 10:08:24
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Monday that the macroeconomic outlook of Seychelles is [...] Full text...

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World Bank warns of effects of disintegration of state institutions on Libyan economy

28 april 2022 - 18:00:05
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The World Bank (WB) has warned of the enormous challenges to the economy facing Libya, in [...] Full text...

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Afreximbank launches $4 billion Ukraine Crisis Adjustment Trade Financing Programme for Africa

06 april 2022 - 12:44:27
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) – The Board of Directors of African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), a Pan-African multilateral financial institution mandated to finance and [...] Full text...

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Senegalese transporters express annoyance after ECOWAS sanctions against Mali

05 february 2022 - 13:32:23
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Actors of the transport sector and of the Senegalese economy expressed on Wednesday in Dakar, their [...] Full text...

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Guterres says ‘Global learning crisis’ continues

24 january 2022 - 17:51:34
New York, US (PANA) - Almost two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, school closures continue to disrupt the lives of [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: School closures must be ‘avoided whenever possible’, despite Omicron

17 december 2021 - 17:11:30
New York, US (PANA) - COVID-19 cases are spiking all over the world, but the Executive Director of the UN Children’s [...] Full text...

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Kenya projects US$3 billion yearly earnings from African Free Trade Agreement

20 november 2021 - 13:57:34
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenya has set a target of US$3 billion in earnings annually from the African Continental Free [...] Full text...

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Mauritius records 96.9 % drop in tourist arrivals this year

15 october 2021 - 07:47:14
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Tourist arrivals in Mauritius dropped by 96.9% from 305,612 in September 2020 to 9,460 in September [...] Full text...

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Manufacturing boom to increase demand for African commodities - ECA

06 october 2021 - 20:47:47
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The increasing industrial output of manufactured products in the Asian and Pacific regions is expected [...] Full text...

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Japan Credit Rating Agency reaffirms AfDB’s AAA rating with a stable outlook

03 september 2021 - 14:39:56
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - Japan Credit Rating Agency (JCR) has affirmed the African Development Bank’s long-term rating at AAA [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Pandemic ‘rolled back’ sustainable dev't funding for weak economies: UNCTAD

22 june 2021 - 09:04:34
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Financial assistance to the world’s 83 weakest economies fell by 15 per cent in 2020, to [...] Full text...

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Tourist arrivals in Mauritius drop by 99% in January-May 2021

14 june 2021 - 08:09:35
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Statistics Mauritius said on Monday that the number of tourists who visited the island dropped [...] Full text...

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Kenyan Treasury targets massive financial expansion to combat pandemic

11 june 2021 - 01:43:11
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya’s finance Ministry has embarked on a massive expansion of the monetary policy, marked by the [...] Full text...

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UNHCR calls for international support to improve access to higher education for young refugees

28 may 2021 - 15:05:40
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, on Friday urged international support for young refugees to access higher [...] Full text...

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Nigeria struggles to attain self-sufficiency in sugar production

11 may 2021 - 10:41:32
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria’s sugar industry is facing serious challenges despite efforts by the government to create self-sufficiency in [...] Full text...

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Libya earns over US$2 billion from oil sales in March 2021

16 april 2021 - 13:25:55
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's National Oil Company earned US$2,052,178,786 from the sales of crude oil, gas, condensates, petroleum products [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: UK Special Envoy for Girls’ Education meets Nigerian education youth activists

22 march 2021 - 19:34:25
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – As part of the activities to commemorate the International Women’s Day, the UK Prime Minister’s Special [...] Full text...

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Gambia’s economy expected to gradually rebound this year

18 march 2021 - 13:08:53
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - After two years of strong growth of 6.1% in 2019 and 7.2% in 2018, Gambia’s economy [...] Full text...

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Tokyo 2020: Kenya volleyball team captain exudes confidence ahead of games

19 february 2021 - 18:40:04
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - National women volleyball team, Malkia Stikers' captain, Mercy Moim, is confident of a good show at [...] Full text...

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‘Women and girls belong in science’, declares UN chief

11 february 2021 - 06:36:40
New York, US (PANA) - Closed labs and increased care responsibilities are just a two of the challenges women in [...] Full text...

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Ghana's exports shrink by 7.8%

05 february 2021 - 09:43:45
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana’s exports contracted by 7.8 per cent year-on-year to US$14.5 billion in 2020, mainly because of [...] Full text...

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One dead, one injured and 1,214 households displaced by floods in Burundi

23 january 2021 - 19:57:51
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The torrential rains of January 8 and 11 left at least one dead, one injured, and [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus -World Bank undertakes surveys to map out impact on development

08 january 2021 - 23:14:13
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The World Bank has launched a series of Rapid Response Phone Surveys of households and firms [...] Full text...

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Kenyan economy registers first recession in two decades

03 january 2021 - 20:34:35
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Kenyan economy registered its first major decline in two decades, with a 0.4% contraction at [...] Full text...

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2020 was not, by any means, a normal productive year -President Barrow

31 december 2020 - 22:13:18
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian leader Adama Barrow said here Thursday 2020 was not, by any means, a normal productive [...] Full text...

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Benin projects increased earnings of CFAF 103 billion in 2021

17 november 2020 - 16:35:15
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin has projected that it will earn an increase of more than 103 billion CFAF in [...] Full text...

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UN welcomes announcement by NOC of the lifting of state of force majeure on oil ports of al-Sidra and Ras Lanouf

24 october 2020 - 13:20:02
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has welcomed the announcement by the Libyan National [...] Full text...

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Kenya energy firm offers lucrative discounts to motorcycle taxi operators

24 october 2020 - 00:26:53
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta Friday launched a savings scheme allowing 1.4 million motorcycle taxi riders in [...] Full text...

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Mauritius' economy to witness significant downturn in 2020

22 october 2020 - 07:35:05
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian economy would witness a significant downturn in 2020 in the wake of the [...] Full text...

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Accelerating learning, earnings of adolescent girls, young women in the Sahel

17 october 2020 - 09:42:52
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - A significant scale-up of activities for the Sahel Women Empowerment and Demographic Dividend (SWEDD) project [...] Full text...

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UN agencies stress urgent need to strengthen food systems as COVID-19 drives up numbers of hungry people

16 october 2020 - 18:58:07
Rome, 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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UK, Kenya to host key education summit in 2021

13 october 2020 - 09:36:52
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The United Kingdom and Kenya will co-host a high-level summit next year to lead global action [...] Full text...

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Central Bank of Libya warns of effects of continued blockade of oil sites

07 october 2020 - 13:07:49
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's Central Bank Governor al-Seddik al-Kabir has warned about "catastrophic" consequences of a continued halt in [...] Full text...

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Libya realised US$2.78 billion in oil revenues in nine months of 2020

06 october 2020 - 12:57:02
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya earned about US$ 2.78 billion as oil and sovereign revenues in the first nine months [...] Full text...

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UNCTAD data evaluation tool helps Zambia recover earnings in export dues

06 october 2020 - 10:30:35
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - A mineral tracking system designed by the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the [...] Full text...

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WTO: Zimbabwean currency instability seen as global trade's weakest link

30 september 2020 - 22:18:07
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) -  The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has completed a trade policy review on Zimbabwe, urging the Southern [...] Full text...

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Millions of Zimbabweans jobless- WFP

20 september 2020 - 12:20:56
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Almost three quarters of the Zimbabwe urban workforce remains jobless owing to the deteriorating economy made [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: DFC, Akola support Ugandan women tackle pandemic challenge

18 september 2020 - 00:24:54
Washington (PANA) - The International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) and Akola PBC, a women’s enterprises body, have partnered to help [...] Full text...

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Mauritius' economic downturn to reach 13% in 2020: Finance Minister

16 september 2020 - 07:23:42
Ebene, Mauritius (PANA) - Tourism and construction are the two most affected sectors in Mauritius because of the COVID-19 pandemic [...] Full text...

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Kenya Airways requires corporate reform to return to profits - Pilots Union

30 august 2020 - 18:49:48
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Financially distressed Kenya Airways has been urged to revise its strategic growth plan in the wake [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Airtel Africa Q1 net slumps 57% on-year under pandemic

25 july 2020 - 10:27:13
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Bharti Airtel’s Africa has reported a 57% on-year drop in net profit to $57 [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: Tanzania’s economic growth fastest in Eastern Africa - AfDB Report

10 july 2020 - 12:35:19
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – A new report shows Tanzania’s economy is forecast to grow at 5.2 percent in [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: African unclaimed asset wealth tipped to rescue SMEs from COVID-19 crisis (By Kennedy Abwao, PANA Correspondent)

10 july 2020 - 08:30:17
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – African countries and Central Banks should direct funds from inactive financial assets held in local bank [...] Full text...

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Gold overtakes tourism as Tanzania’s leading foreign exchange earner

09 july 2020 - 17:18:39
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – As the tourism sector in Tanzania has been hit by the Covid-19 pandemic, gold [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Kenya Power firm projects profit dip owing to covid-19

16 june 2020 - 12:50:07
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya Power and Lightning Company on Tuesday issued a profit dip warning for its financial year [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: 'AfDB's COVID-19 response is moving from commitment to action'

14 june 2020 - 18:18:01
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) says it responded swiftly to the needs of its member [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso: Mining sector paid 29.85 billion CFAF to local authorities in 2019

12 june 2020 - 18:54:28
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Under the local development mining fund, 29.85 billion CFA francs have already been distributed to [...] Full text...

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Rwandan dailies focus on Covid-19 pandemic, reopening of Rwanda/DRC border

30 may 2020 - 18:36:19
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan newspapers this week gave wide coverage to ongoing measures to relax COVID-19 lockdown in the [...] Full text...

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UN chief urges African countries where conflict prevails to heed ceasefire call on Africa Day

25 may 2020 - 06:04:23
New York, US (PANA) - African countries have “demonstrated commendable leadership” battling the COVID-19 pandemic, but more nations across the [...] Full text...

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Covid-19: Congo's opposition parties call for a 500 billion FCFA fund to combat coronavirus

22 may 2020 - 14:56:20
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Leaders of Congolese opposition parties, not represented in Parliament, have jointly proposed the creation of a [...] Full text...

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Stand in solidarity to preserve Africa’s hard-won progress, urges UN chief

20 may 2020 - 05:12:17
New York, US (PANA) - The coronavirus pandemic threatens the hard-earned gains Africans have made throughout the continent, the UN [...] Full text...

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African Athletics Championships in Algiers 2021 set one month before Tokyo Olympics.

11 may 2020 - 14:36:31
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The 22nd African Athletics Championships, originally scheduled for next June in Algiers and postponed due to [...] Full text...

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Burundi's presidential candidates seek to tackle identical issues in campaign for 20 May election

10 may 2020 - 17:43:45
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) – Youth unemployment, agriculture and livestock farming, infrastructure, economic development, the fight against corruption and cronyism are [...] Full text...

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UN appeals for US$6.7 billion to protect millions of lives, stem COVID-19 spread in fragile countries

07 may 2020 - 15:21:21
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN’s Humanitarian Chief, Mark Lowcock on Thursday  called for swift and determined action to avoid [...] Full text...

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Libya records 4.3 billion- dollar losses in revenue due to closure of oil sites

30 april 2020 - 22:48:14
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya has lost 4.3 billion dollars in revenue since January 17 following the forced drop of [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: World Bank predicts slowdown in Kenya's economic growth to 1.5%

29 april 2020 - 14:14:39
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya’s gross domestic product (GDP) is projected to decelerate substantially in 2020 due to the negative [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: Togolese government steps back on restrictive measures on urban transport

07 april 2020 - 14:46:53
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Faced with the discontent of transporters, the Togolese government has backed down on the application of [...] Full text...

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Kenya's enforcement of social distance more lethal than coronavirus (News feature by Kennedy Abwao, PANA corespondent)

01 april 2020 - 10:16:54
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The use of lethal force to enforce social distancing against coronavirus in Kenya has become deadlier [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Huge drop in oil price negatively affecs Nigeria's 2020 budget implementation

11 march 2020 - 15:20:34
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, Budget, and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, on Wednesday said that the [...] Full text...

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Forum on peaceful transborder migration of livestock in the ECOWAS region opens in Niamey

03 march 2020 - 14:07:05
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - A forum on responsible and peaceful transhumance in  the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) [...] Full text...

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Mauritius: Tourist arrivals decrease by 1.1% in 2019

02 march 2020 - 14:24:03
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Statistics Mauritius, a governmental institution, said on Monday that the number of tourist arrivals in [...] Full text...

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Burundi govt takes over coffee sector again

22 february 2020 - 13:31:20
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The Burundi authorities have increased the producer price cherry coffee during the 2020-2021 season by 10%, [...] Full text...

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Libyan oil production drops by more than 13,000 bpd

21 february 2020 - 14:18:15
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Crude oil production in Libya fell again to 122,424 barrels on Thursday from 135,745 last Tuesday, [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe: Zimra says depreciating local currency makes it difficult to plan

20 february 2020 - 17:09:21
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has called for monetary and fiscal policy alignment as the depreciating [...] Full text...

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Burundi facing relentless climate change

12 february 2020 - 16:37:48
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The Burundi Geographical Institute (IGEBU) warned on Wednesday of above-seasonal rainfall for the coming months in [...] Full text...

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Corporate earnings of listed firms under threat from devaluing Zimbabwe dollar

08 february 2020 - 20:23:11
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Local financial services firm, IH Securities, sees corporate earnings of listed companies contracting for 2020, which [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe's ruling ZANU PF expels three senior youth league leaders

05 february 2020 - 23:02:34
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA)   -   Zimbabwe’s ruling party, ZANU PF, Wednesday suspended its deputy youth secretary, Lewis Matutu, and political commissar [...] Full text...

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Formal employment for Zimbabwean youth remains elusive - Report

02 february 2020 - 12:45:30
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Only 24 percent of people between the ages of 18 and 35 in Zimbabwe are formally [...] Full text...

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Burundi earned US$ 32 million in mineral exports in the second half of 2019

31 january 2020 - 16:51:32
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Export revenue from gold, columbantalite and rare earth minerals totaled US$ 32 million over the period [...] Full text...

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Burundi: Govt. takes over coffee sector from 4 unproductive private companies

30 january 2020 - 14:37:59
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Four private companies and corporate organizations have been evicted from the coffee sector for "insufficient yield", [...] Full text...

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Kenya tea export earnings down by 16.4 percent in 2019

27 january 2020 - 13:55:34
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya’s tea export earnings dropped by 16.4 percent in 2019, contributing to US$1.17 billion towards the [...] Full text...

thread Agriculture

Burundi launches campaign on cashew cultivation

24 january 2020 - 08:01:52
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi on Thursday launched a campaign for the cultivation of cashew as a new cash crop [...] Full text...

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Oil production increases in Gabon

27 december 2019 - 14:27:05
Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - Gabon's oil sector recorded an increase in production, exports and earnings during the first nine months [...] Full text...

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Pierre Nkurunziza is proud to be first elected president of Burundi to hold office for so long

26 december 2019 - 22:38:06
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA)  -  The Burundian head of state, Pierre Nkurunziza, said here Thursday that among the best memories of [...] Full text...

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Inequality threatening human development, new global UN report warns

09 december 2019 - 06:22:18
New York, US (PANA) - Despite global progress in tackling poverty, hunger and disease, a “new generation of inequalities” indicates that [...] Full text...

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Forex earners in Zimbabwe under threat from economic headwinds - IH Securities

04 december 2019 - 15:54:15
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Respected local financial services firm, IH Securities, expects low foreign currency generation from gold, tobacco and [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Buhari says challenges confronting Nigeria are "so enormous" despite its rich petroleum resources

28 november 2019 - 17:27:12
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday hosted the outgoing Cuban Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Carlos Trejo [...] Full text...

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Mauritius: Tourist arrivals decline by 0.1% from Jan-Sept 2019

26 november 2019 - 14:39:39
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Statistics Mauritius has on Tuesday said that the number of tourist arrivals for the first nine [...] Full text...

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Speculative practices increase price of subsidised agricultural fertilisers in Burundi

21 november 2019 - 23:50:40
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA)    -   The subsidized price of a 50 kg bag of fertilizer has recently risen from 29,000 Burundian [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: AfDB President, Akinwumi Adesina, receives Honorary Doctorate from Bowen University

05 november 2019 - 16:43:47
Iwo, Nigeria (PANA) - The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, has been awarded an Honoris Causa [...] Full text...

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South African Airlines spread their wings

24 october 2019 - 10:48:16
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African Airways (SAA) and Air Mauritius have been granted permission to form a joint [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe's striking doctors call recent ruling ordering them back to work 'doctored'

21 october 2019 - 19:19:15
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association (ZHDA) has slammed the recent ruling by the Labour Court ordering them [...] Full text...

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Global uncertainty slows growth in Africa’s economies – World Bank Update

09 october 2019 - 17:21:00
Washington, US (PANA) - Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa remained slow through 2019, hampered by persistent uncertainty in the global economy [...] Full text...

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Game and challenges facing privatization policies of the coffee sector in Burundi (Analysis)

04 october 2019 - 16:53:12
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The Burundi government plans to "intervene, coordinate and monitor all links in the coffee sector chain", [...] Full text...

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UN special rapporteur calls for urgent democratic shift in Zimbabwe - Report

27 september 2019 - 22:19:28
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur Clément Nyaletsossi Voule says the promise of a new dispensation is [...] Full text...

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Guterres urges Zimbabwe President Mnangagwa to pursue reforms

27 september 2019 - 05:32:45
New York, USA (PANA) – United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has urged Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa to pursue inclusive [...] Full text...

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'Sanctions stifling us', Zimbabwe President Mnangagwa tells the world

26 september 2019 - 19:25:51
New York, USA (PANA) - Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa continued with his predecessor’s, the late former President Robert Mugabe, rhetoric [...] Full text...

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Minergy celebrates mine development transition

25 september 2019 - 19:19:25
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Minergy, the Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE) listed coal mining and trading company has celebrated its mining [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe banks under threat from govt policy inconsistencies (Analysis by Tatira Zwinoira, PANA Correspondent)

02 september 2019 - 15:43:48
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Banker's Association of Zimbabwe president Webster Rusere says the biggest challenge to the banking sector is [...] Full text...

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Libya's oil revenues up by 23 per cent in July

02 september 2019 - 10:47:19
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's sales of crude oil and derivatives, as well as taxes and royalties collected under concession [...] Full text...

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Libyan press highlights settlement of national crisis, illegal sale of oil

31 august 2019 - 19:36:09
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan newspapers  this week focused on the 45th summit of the G7, which supported the crisis [...] Full text...

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Kenya's Safaricom eyes Ethiopia, Nigeria e-money transfer market

31 august 2019 - 14:06:10
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) -Kenya's leading telco Safaricom’s mobile money service is looking to expand its mobile money service into Ethiopia [...] Full text...

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Tourist arrivals in Mauritius increase by 0.5%

27 august 2019 - 13:31:38
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Statistics Mauritius on Tuesday said the number of tourists who visited the island during the [...] Full text...

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‘Invisible’ crisis of water quality threatens human and environmental well-being: Report

21 august 2019 - 05:56:21
New York, US (PANA) - Deteriorating water quality worldwide is slashing the economic potential of heavily polluted areas, according to [...] Full text...

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U.S. says Zimbabwe does not meet minimum requirements on fiscal transparency

19 august 2019 - 13:43:51
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The United States government has said in its new 2019 Fiscal Transparency Report that Zimbabwe still [...] Full text...

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Niger loses 11 billion CFA francs in two years from oil and gas fraud

17 august 2019 - 13:32:01
Niamey, Niger (PANA) –  The Nigerien Government has suffered losses of 11 billion CFA francs in the export and transit [...] Full text...

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Improved South Africa retail and business banking unit performance increases Absa group’s earnings

13 august 2019 - 22:34:31
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) – Absa Group Limited, one of Africa’s largest financial service providers and parent company of Barclays Bank [...] Full text...

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Old and forgotten, social protection for Zimbabwe's pension -Analysis by PANA Correspondentclines

06 august 2019 - 13:47:00
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - As the Zimbabwe dollar continues to devalue, pensioners are slowly coming to terms with the reality [...] Full text...

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Social protection interventions in Zimbabwe generally under and irregularly financed

04 august 2019 - 15:52:32
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA)   -   Social protection interventions are generally under and irregularly financed due to lack of cohesion on how [...] Full text...

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Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe decry eroding salaries for teachers

04 august 2019 - 12:48:07
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA)   -   The Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) said here Sunday the monthly salaries of teachers [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe incomes grossly lag behind skyrocketing basic commodities: IH Securities

28 july 2019 - 11:55:40
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA)   -   Recent monetary reforms to address distortions created by past policies in Zimbabwe have led to a [...] Full text...

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Hoteliers in Victoria Falls want to be paid in forex

18 july 2019 - 13:39:01
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Hospitality Association of Zimbabwe (HAZ) says government must allow hotels in Victoria Falls to receive [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe's Rural Teachers Union demands higher wages than "paltry" gov't offers

11 july 2019 - 15:57:35
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) has implored “genuine Trade Unions” to join them in demanding [...] Full text...

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Pay packet inequality growing worldwide, says new UN report

05 july 2019 - 04:06:21
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Top earners around the world have seen their share of national income rise in the last [...] Full text...

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​Libya’s earnings from oil up 24% in May

01 july 2019 - 05:18:24
​Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Libya earned US$ 2.3 billion in May from oil revenues, up US$448 million, or 24% over [...] Full text...

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Ensure that widows are ‘not left out or left behind’ - UN chief

23 june 2019 - 00:47:09
New York, US (PANA) - On International Widow’s Day, marked on Sunday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres is asking everyone to [...] Full text...

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Trade Policy and Export Strategy document to be ready by end of third quarter: Majuru

17 june 2019 - 23:57:45
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA)    -    ZimTrade chief executive officer Allan Majuru says he expects the Trade Policy and Export Strategy (TPES) [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe teachers to strike for second time this month as civil unrest grows

17 june 2019 - 12:41:26
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Teachers in Zimbabwe will strike from Tuesday to Friday this week over the continued loss of [...] Full text...

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Tensions in Zimbabwe as health, energy workers prepare to strike

16 june 2019 - 17:05:33
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Health and energy workers are preparing to strike over the deteriorating economic situation in the country [...] Full text...

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President Mnangagwa's associate, Wadyajena, in hot water over Lamborghini Urus purchase

12 june 2019 - 17:49:32
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zanu PF Member of Parliament for the Gokwe-Nembudziya constituency, Justice Mayor Wadyajena, has received heavy criticisms [...] Full text...

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Mauritius to ratify ILO’s Maternity Protection Convention 2000

08 june 2019 - 06:35:39
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius will ratify the Maternity Protection Convention 2000  of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) that [...] Full text...

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Indian Ocean Connectivity Forum ends in Mauritius

31 may 2019 - 18:48:16
Flic-en-Flac, Mauritius (PANA) – At the Indian Ocean Connectivity Forum that ended Friday in Mauritius, Mauritian Tourism Minister, Anil Gayan, [...] Full text...

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Mauritius scales down tourist arrivals forecast

27 may 2019 - 18:38:40
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Statistics Mauritius on Monday said that based on latest available data on tourist arrivals and information [...] Full text...

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IFAD allocates $58 million to support agricultural projects in Tanzania

21 may 2019 - 14:21:07
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Tanzania will receive about $57.7 million from the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) [...] Full text...

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Tanzania, IFAD to strengthen partnership for reducing rural poverty

17 may 2019 - 00:01:02
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA)   -   The president of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Gilbert Houngbo, is scheduled [...] Full text...

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Kenya Airways struggles on recovery path, net loss down to US$75 million in 2018

30 april 2019 - 19:51:02
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenya Airways (KQ's) path to balance sheet recovery has narrowed substantially from its peak full year [...] Full text...

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Libya earns over US$ 1.5 billion from oil in March

29 april 2019 - 10:21:41
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's National Oil Company (NOC) has announced a revenue of US$1.5 billion in March and warned [...] Full text...

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World Bank says low-paid workers catching up over time in Mauritius

24 april 2019 - 15:31:58
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Lower-paid workers in Mauritius are to some extent catching up to their higher-paid counterparts over time, according [...] Full text...

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Sudanese officials, media reveal former regime's hidden trunks of cash

24 april 2019 - 10:27:51
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The revelations have been mind- boggling: millions of dollars and trillions of Sudanese pounds have been [...] Full text...

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Greek Airline (Aegian) adds three African cities to its network

23 april 2019 - 13:03:09
Athens, Greece (PANA) - Greek Airline, Aegean, has added two Moroccan cities, Casablanca and Marrakech, and the Tunisian capital, Tunis, [...] Full text...

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East African economies record robust growth without creating jobs - AfDB

04 april 2019 - 18:03:39
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has expressed concern at the high economic growth rates recorded in [...] Full text...

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Kenya: KCB Group to start operating in China

02 april 2019 - 13:46:58
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) group plans to open a representative unit in China as it aims [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe govt to convene forum over private sector salaries

31 march 2019 - 13:00:58
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Government is set to convene the Tripartite Negotiating Forum (TNF) to see how the collective bargaining [...] Full text...

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