‘Clock is ticking’: Hormuz disruption raises fears of global food crisis

14 april 2026 - 08:49:23
Rome, Italy (PANA) - The clock is ticking for global food systems as disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz threaten [...] Full text...

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Guterres: At a time of division, La Francophonie is 'a space that brings people together'

20 march 2026 - 12:29:26
New York, US (PANA) - In a divided world, the UN Secretary-General praises the role of La Francophonie as "a [...] Full text...

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Women’s economic opportunity laws only half enforced globally – World Bank report

25 february 2026 - 12:39:47
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Laws aimed at guaranteeing equal economic opportunities for women are on average only half enforced worldwide, [...] Full text...

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Libyan parliament holds conference on economic diversification

15 february 2026 - 12:09:58
Benghazi, Libya (PANA) - Libya's eastern-based Parliament is holding a two-day conference on economic diversification, focused on local resources and [...] Full text...

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AI ‘moving at the speed of light’ warns Guterres, unveiling recommendations for UN expert panel

05 february 2026 - 09:03:29
New York, US (PANA) - The UN on Wednesday announced the list of experts nominated to the General Assembly to [...] Full text...

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Global economy shows resilience amid historic trade, policy uncertainty - WB

14 january 2026 - 08:24:40
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The global economy is proving more resilient than anticipated despite  persistent trade tensions and policy uncertainty,  according to the [...] Full text...

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International standards proliferate, reshaping global economy: World Bank report

11 december 2025 - 07:08:54
Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - A proliferating set of international standards—covering everything from food labelling to the specifications of 5G [...] Full text...

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Developing countries’ debt outflows hit 50-year high during 2022-2024 - World Bank reveals

03 december 2025 - 06:46:15
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COP30: African negotiators see mixed signals

01 december 2025 - 09:54:51
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Climate Policy Centre (ACPC) of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), [...] Full text...

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Multilateralism can survive the loss of consensus (Danny Quah, Professor of Economics at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in Singapore, writes for F&D Magazine)

29 october 2025 - 07:44:05
Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - Can adversarial nations work together for the common good? It’s natural to despair over prospects [...] Full text...

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IMF Chief speaks on ‘Enhancing GCC Resilience to Global Shocks’

04 october 2025 - 08:10:31
Kuwait City, Kuwait (PANA) – IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva this week addressed the annual Meeting of the Ministers of [...] Full text...

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Uncertainty about Uncertainty (IMF Blog by Hites Ahir, Nicholas Bloom, Davide Furceri)

01 october 2025 - 09:20:17
Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - Amid this year’s geopolitical rifts, one signal of uncertainty is flashing red; another, green; and [...] Full text...

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Mental health care to take centre stage at the General Assembly

25 september 2025 - 09:30:48
New York, US (PANA) - For the first time, mental health care will be a focus of an official meeting [...] Full text...

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Three years ago, Finance & Development devoted a full issue to anticipating “The Money Revolution,” driven by innovations in finance, such as crypto assets. That revolution, writes F&D editor-in-chief Gita Bhatt, is now unfolding

08 september 2025 - 10:48:33
Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - The September issue of F&D looks at the new frontiers of finance, where technology, [...] Full text...

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How stablecoins and other financial innovations may reshape the global economy (By Gitab Bhatt of IMF)

05 september 2025 - 13:30:33
Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - Three years ago, Finance & Development devoted a full issue to anticipating “The Money Revolution,” [...] Full text...

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Technology, payments, and the rise of stablecoins (By Gita Bhatt  F&D Editor-in-Chief)

04 september 2025 - 10:08:28
Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - Technology, data, and changing societal values are reshaping how people and institutions move money [...] Full text...

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Protecting nature boosts growth and jobs, shows new report

04 september 2025 - 10:05:38
Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - Ninety percent of the world lives with either degraded land, unhealthy air, or water stress, [...] Full text...

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US dollar remains central to global economy despite search for alternatives (Blog by Mouhamado Sy, senior economist in the IMF’s Monetary and Capital Markets Department)

27 august 2025 - 13:24:13
Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - How has the US dollar dominated the global financial system for so long? Harvard [...] Full text...

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UN Chief appoints Zambia Chaloka Beyani as Special Adviser on Prevention of Genocide

24 august 2025 - 14:40:47
New York, US (PANA) - United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Dr. Chaloka Beyani of Zambia as Special Adviser [...] Full text...

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Reclaiming a policy role for economists (IMF Blog by Karen Dynan, Professor of Practice of Economic Policy at Harvard University and nonresident senior fellow at the Peterson Institute of International Economics)

22 august 2025 - 11:58:55
Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - Acknowledging missteps, listening well, defending data, and avoiding jargon will help the profession engageEconomists have [...] Full text...

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Swedish national Ingeborg Richardson appointed Deputy Special Representative of UNSMIL in Libya

09 august 2025 - 11:59:31
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) -- UN Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Ingeborg Ulrika Ulfsdotter Richardson of Sweden as Deputy Special Representative [...] Full text...

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The Debate over Falling Fertility: IMF Finance & Development (By David E. Bloom, Professor of Economics and Demography at Harvard University’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health)

06 august 2025 - 12:21:08
Washington DC, USA (PANA) - A decline in global population later this century may threaten human progress, or it may [...] Full text...

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New Standards for Economic Data Aim to Sharpen View of Global Economy (IMF Blog by Vladimir Klyuev, James Tebrake)

01 august 2025 - 08:38:55
Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - The updated System of National Accounts better captures digitalisation, intangible assets, and global production—helping [...] Full text...

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Tech’s Winner-Take-All Trap (IMF Finance & Development Feature, By Bruce Edwards)

30 july 2025 - 06:25:42
Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - When controlled by a select few, tech innovation can be self-serving and undermine the institutions [...] Full text...

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IMF's First Deputy Managing Director Gita Gopinath quits to rejoin Harvard economics faculty

22 july 2025 - 08:45:20
Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva has announced the departure of Gita Gopinath, [...] Full text...

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Kenya’s economy slows down on weak industrial activity, climate shocks: AfDB

02 july 2025 - 12:40:31
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The Kenyan economy grew by 4.6% in 2024, a slowdown from 5.6% in 2023, due to [...] Full text...

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Every dollar invested in a girl's education generates three times more for the economy

29 june 2025 - 07:13:24
Seville, Spain (PANA) - The equation is simple, the results compelling. Investing one dollar in a girl's education generates nearly [...] Full text...

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WHO warns of health financing emergency

21 june 2025 - 05:31:14
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The world is facing a health financing emergency, according to Dr. Kalipso Chalkidou, Director for Health [...] Full text...

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Most of the developing world is turning into a development-free zone: World Bank Blog By Indermit Gill, Chief Economist of the World Bank Group and Senior Vice President for Development Economics and M. Ayhan Kose, Deputy Chief Economist of the World Bank Group and Director of the Prospects Group, Development Economics

11 june 2025 - 07:45:28
Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - Only six months ago, a “soft landing” appeared to be in sight: the global economy [...] Full text...

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Global economy set for weakest run since 2008 outside of recessions

10 june 2025 - 13:52:55
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - Heightened trade tensions and policy uncertainty are expected to drive global growth down this year [...] Full text...

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A United Europe Can Shape the Global Economy: IMF Blog By Gita Bhatt, Head of Policy Communications and Editor-In-Chief of Finance & Development Magazine

04 june 2025 - 09:36:14
Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - Not many places match the European Union for quality of life. Its workers enjoy [...] Full text...

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World Economic Forum: Chief economists warn global growth under strain from trade policy shocks and AI disruption

28 may 2025 - 11:48:22
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The global economic outlook has worsened since the start of the year, as rising economic nationalism [...] Full text...

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Reconnecting Morality with Political Economy: IMF Blog By Benjamin Enke, Professor of Political Economy at Harvard University and faculty research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research

07 may 2025 - 11:22:27
Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - For much of the 20th century, the disciplines of moral psychology and economics were [...] Full text...

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World leaders rally for ‘full-speed’ climate action ahead of COP30

23 april 2025 - 20:16:52
New York, US PANA) - At a high-stakes virtual summit on Wednesday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres and Brazilian President Luiz [...] Full text...

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Tanzania set to access US$441 million in IMF financing

18 april 2025 - 08:09:20
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Tanzanian authorities and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have reached staff-level agreement on the [...] Full text...

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Investing in nutrition is smart economics: World Bank Blog By Axel van Trotsenburg, World Bank Senior Managing Director

02 april 2025 - 12:57:18
Porto-Novo, Benin (PANA) - Felicienne Soton is part of a women's group that produces gari (cassava flour). She and her [...] Full text...

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IMF chief sets up Advisory Council on Entrepreneurship and Growth

28 march 2025 - 10:54:01
Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - As part of the International Monetary Fund’s efforts to help its 191 member countries [...] Full text...

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Global Talent and Economic Success: IMF Blog By William Kerr, Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School

26 march 2025 - 13:01:00
Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - Countries that attract the world’s most talented people will be the most successful at [...] Full text...

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Economics of talent: IMF Blog By Ruchir Agarwal, cofounder of the Global Talent Fund and director of the Raj Center at Columbia University, and Patrick Gaule, cofounder of the Global Talent Fund and associate professor of economics at the University of Bristol

26 march 2025 - 11:18:38
Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - The new “economics of talent” field aims to identify and nurture exceptional problem-solvers at [...] 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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Smart policies that help people realize their potential can be game-changing for entire societies: IMF Blog By Gita Bhatt

08 march 2025 - 08:14:45
Washington D.C., USA (PANA) - Every great leap in human progress—from the printing press to the steam engine to the [...] 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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Global economy stabilises, but developing economies face tougher slog EMBARGOED: NOT FOR PUBLICATION, BROADCAST, OR TRANSMISSION UNTIL THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 2025, AT 1:00 PM ET, WHICH IS 6:00 PM UTC.

16 january 2025 - 18:42:16
Washington DC, US (PANA) - Developing economies -which fuel 60 per cent of global growth - are projected to finish [...] Full text...

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Namibia: New WBG strategy to boost job creation, access to quality services

09 january 2025 - 09:55:29
Windhoek, Namibia (PANA) – The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors discussed a new Country Partnership Framework (CPF) for Namibia, [...] Full text...

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Charting a path for global action on land and drought

15 december 2024 - 05:04:10
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (PANA) - The largest and most inclusive UN land conference wrapped up in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on [...] Full text...

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For poorest economies, next 25 years could prove decisive: World Bank

13 december 2024 - 07:26:40
Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - The next 25 years could prove decisive in determining whether the world’s 26 poorest countries [...] Full text...

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Without course correction, 20 of 26 countries would remain poor through 2050 – World Bank study

12 december 2024 - 07:10:54
EMBARGOED: UNTIL THURSDAY, 12 DECEMBER, 2024, AT 2:00 PM UTC.Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - The next 25 years could prove [...] Full text...

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Global trade set to reach new high, with opportunities and challenges for developing economies in 2025

06 december 2024 - 19:59:31
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - World trade is on track to hit a record $33 trillion in 2024, but risks of [...] Full text...

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Global trade set to reach new high, with opportunities and challenges for developing economies in 2025

05 december 2024 - 17:59:28
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) -  Global trade is set to reach a record $33 trillion in 2024, according to the latest [...] Full text...

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Housing’s unique role in lives and economies demands greater understanding: IMF Blog By Gita Bhatt

05 december 2024 - 08:43:42
Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - Wherever I go these days, the conversation inevitably focuses on the rising cost of housing. [...] Full text...

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Unravelling the fragility trap in Central African Republic civil war: World Bank Blog By Pierre Mandon and Vincent Nossek

03 december 2024 - 07:16:48
Bangui, Central African Republic (PANA) - Rebuilding the social contract between the government and its citizens is essential for the [...] Full text...

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Ending poverty for half the world could take more than a century: WB Report

15 october 2024 - 13:06:58
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Poorest economies face toughest conditions in two decades

14 october 2024 - 07:49:01
Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - The world’s 26 poorest economies—home to about 40 percent of all people who live [...] Full text...

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We must place our hope in multilateralism: IMF article By Gordon Brown, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

11 october 2024 - 11:13:20
London, United Kingdom (PANA) – Only by working together can countries fend off fragmentation and deepening crises “Those who look only [...] Full text...

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Implementation gaps hinder business climate in 50 economies: WBG report

03 october 2024 - 15:32:24
Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - Economies do better at enacting regulations to improve the national business climate than they [...] Full text...

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Working from home is powering productivity: IMF article by Nicholas Bloom

02 october 2024 - 05:39:32
Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - Economics is famous for being the dismal science. Sadly, recent work highlighting the slowdown [...] Full text...

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South Africa represented at G7 Agriculture Forum for Africa

26 september 2024 - 08:43:18
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's Minister of Agriculture, John Steenhuisen, is attending the G7 Agriculture Forum for [...] Full text...

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World Bank appoints new country director for Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, and Uganda

03 september 2024 - 08:03:49
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The World Bank has appointed Mr. Qimiao Fan as the new Country Director for Kenya, Rwanda, [...] Full text...

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Women lead record number of central banks, but more progress is needed: IMF Blog

30 august 2024 - 05:38:07
Washington DC, United States (PANA) - Women are leading more central banks than ever before, thanks to appointments in the [...] Full text...

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Africa LEADS: Integrating knowledge and operations for a better Bank: World Bank Blog By Arianna Legovini, Sutayut Osornprasop, Aidan Coville and Shane Romig

09 august 2024 - 09:15:51
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Imagine a life without electricity to light up your home, clean water to drink [...] Full text...

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Meet Fátima Almeida, the entrepreneur revolutionising digital and financial inclusion in Angola: World Bank Blog By Entrepreneur Fátima Almeida

03 august 2024 - 10:55:51
Luanda, Angola (PANA) – A graduate in economics with a flair for business, Angolan entrepreneur Fátima Almeida has always been [...] Full text...

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“Middle-Income Trap” hinders progress in 108 developing countries: World Development Report

01 august 2024 - 07:58:33
EMBARGOED: NOT FOR PUBLICATION, BROADCAST, OR TRANSMISSION UNTIL THURSDAY, 1 AUGUST, 2024, at 1:30 PM UTCWashington, DC, United States (PANA) [...] Full text...

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New partnership framework for Cameroon focuses on more jobs, effective service delivery for all

24 july 2024 - 08:04:33
Yaoundé, Cameroon (PANA) – The World Bank Group (WBG) announced a new Country Partnership Framework (CPF) for Cameroon, which will [...] Full text...

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World Bank Group launches framework for inclusive, private sector-led, resilient growth in Tanzania

12 july 2024 - 10:58:44
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The World Bank Group’s (WBG) Board of Executive Directors has endorsed the new Country [...] Full text...

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Nigerian Economist named AfDB's Director of Statistics Department

05 july 2024 - 16:22:41
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has appointed Dr. Babatunde Samson Omotosho, an economist and statistician, [...] Full text...

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Malian authorities arrest opposition party leaders for 'clandestine meeting'

24 june 2024 - 11:24:58
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A total of 11 political leaders, members of the opposition platform known as the "Joint Declaration [...] Full text...

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Libya's Minister of State for Communication discusses ICT industry programmes with US officials

07 may 2024 - 17:55:41
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's Minister of State for Communication and Political Affairs in the Government of National Unity Walid [...] Full text...

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Global economy remains resilient despite uneven growth, challenges ahead: New IMF Blog By Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas

16 april 2024 - 19:43:48
Washington DC, USA (PANA) - Despite gloomy predictions, the global economy remains remarkably resilient, with steady growth and inflation slowing [...] Full text...

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Fundamental economic changes require a departure from simplistic economics: IMF Blog By Diane Coyle

27 march 2024 - 08:56:33
Cambridge, UK (PANA) - The economy of the 2020s is a world away from the economy of the mid-20th century, [...] Full text...

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Malian government dissolves governing body of students

15 march 2024 - 08:31:59
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian government has dissolved the Association des élèves et étudiants du Mali (AEEM -Association of [...] Full text...

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Drop in Libya's ranking of countries most affected by terrorism hailed by PM

13 march 2024 - 14:30:56
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Prime Minister, Abdulhamid Al Dbaiba, has stated that the drop in Libya's ranking in [...] Full text...

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Beyond efficiency: A more-human economics: IMF Blog By Gita Bhatt

06 march 2024 - 11:42:57
Washington, United States (PANA) - John Maynard Keynes, memorialising the death of his mentor Alfred Marshall a century ago, wrote [...] Full text...

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Price-tag policymaking doesn’t measure things that matter to people: IMF Blog By Katharina Pistor

05 march 2024 - 11:24:49
Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - Rule by price has become not only in economics but in public policy too. [...] Full text...

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New data show massive, wider-than-expected global gender gap

04 march 2024 - 11:54:55
ATTN EDS: EMBARGOED: NOT FOR PUBLICATION UNTIL MONDAY, 4 MARCH, 2024, AT 15 GMT. Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - The global [...] Full text...

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WB supports Somalia’s shift from fragility to resilience and growth

01 march 2024 - 18:59:17
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has announced a new five-year Country Partnership Framework (CPF) [...] Full text...

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A study of 100 inflation shocks since the 1970s provides valuable pointers for policymakers today (IMF Blog By Anil Ari and Lev Ratnovski)

10 february 2024 - 08:40:09
Washington, United States (PANA) - In the early 1970s, conflict in the Middle East set off a spike in oil [...] Full text...

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Houthi rebels’ attacks on ships in Red Sea trigger decrease in trade, global food security

05 february 2024 - 18:05:39
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Recent attacks by Houthi rebels on ships in the Red Sea have triggered a [...] Full text...

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Libya launches electronic notification system for product trademarks

02 february 2024 - 18:05:45
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's Minister of Economy and Trade, Mohamed al-Haweij, has launched the electronic trademark notification system for [...] Full text...

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What artificial Intelligence means for economics: Opinion By Daniel Björkegren and Joshua E. Blumenstock

27 january 2024 - 07:59:36
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - AI must be carefully adapted to benefit the poor, shows research in Kenya, Togo, and Sierra [...] Full text...

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New seeds, better seeds? World Bank Blog By Sergio Puerto, Ph.D. candidate in Applied Economics at Cornell University

17 december 2023 - 12:55:59
Washington DC, United States (PANA) - Imagine you are a scientist in charge of deciding which new crop variety to [...] Full text...

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COP28: The UN’s net-zero food plan to save the 1.5-degree goal, combat climate ‘doomisim’

10 december 2023 - 17:38:58
Dubai, UAE (PANA) - As COP28 heads into its final working days in Dubai, the UN’s agriculture wing launched on [...] Full text...

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No train, (because of) no gain? Under-training by employers in spot labour markets: World Bank Blog

04 december 2023 - 07:42:06
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Labour markets in low- and middle-income countries are often organised via short-term informal spot contracts: in [...] Full text...

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Top Libyan official reaffirms importance of elections for stability

20 november 2023 - 17:57:20
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The deputy chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Moussa al-Kouni, has reaffirmed that elections are an [...] Full text...

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Conflict in Middle East could bring ‘dual shock’ to global commodity markets: World Bank report

30 october 2023 - 11:10:19
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - Although the global economy is in a much better position than it was in the [...] Full text...

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Impact of monetary, fiscal policy uncertainty on the global economy: World Bank Blog by Senior Economist Franz Ulrich Ruch and Economics Professor Haroon Mumtaz of Queen Mary University, London

15 october 2023 - 12:43:14
Washington DC, United States (PANA) - In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, policy makers across the globe unleashed unprecedented amounts [...] 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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Geo-economic fragmentation threatens food security, clean energy transition: IMF Blog

03 october 2023 - 17:20:57
Washington DC, United States (PANA) - Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 fragmented major commodity markets. Countries have since restricted [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Three years after pandemic crisis in education still unfolding: World Bank blog

31 august 2023 - 06:43:32
Washington DC, US (PANA) - The World Bank and its partners have been tracking the learning losses from COVID-19 for [...] Full text...

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UNCTAD Director says disruption and demand can help diversify global supply chains

18 august 2023 - 19:15:10
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) -  United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Director Paul Akiwumi says Africa can deepen global [...] Full text...

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Fragility and poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa: two sides of the same coin: WB Blog

15 august 2023 - 11:42:23
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - In 1990, about half of the population in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia and two-thirds [...] Full text...

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Southern Africa’s economic prospects subdued, yet abounds with investment opportunity in climate change initiatives

26 july 2023 - 12:11:44
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Southern Africa region has seen a slowdown in economic growth over the past year [...] Full text...

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Lesotho: New World Bank strategy focuses on job creation, human capital, climate resilience

17 may 2023 - 07:48:58
Washington, DC, US (PANA) — The World Bank Group Board of Executive Directors has endorsed a new Country Partnership Framework [...] Full text...

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World Bank Group launches business ready project

01 may 2023 - 18:11:24
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The World Bank Group has begun work to assess the business and investment climate in [...] Full text...

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Libyan newspaper urges authorities to use international experts for better use of oil resources

14 april 2023 - 16:47:30
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan economy has been based for decades on a single source of income, oil, whose [...] Full text...

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IMF mission finds booming economic activity in Benin

06 april 2023 - 10:35:00
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - After three years of warranted policy accommodation, fiscal consolidation is underway, underpinned by robust tax collection [...] Full text...

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Indonesian businesses affected by U-20 World Cup Host repeal

31 march 2023 - 08:54:16
Jakarta, Indonesia (PANA) - Economist Eko Listiyanto of the Indonesian Institute for Development of Economics and Finance (INDEF) on Thursday [...] Full text...

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Global economy’s 'speed limit' set to fall to three-decade low: WB report

27 march 2023 - 13:38:19
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The global economy’s “speed limit”—the maximum long-term rate at which it can grow without sparking [...] Full text...

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Burundi moves to join East African Monetary System

21 march 2023 - 19:02:26
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA)- The technical prerequisites required on the convertibility and repatriation of currencies within the East African Community (EAC) [...] Full text...

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Pace of reform toward equal rights for women falls to 20-year low: WB report

02 march 2023 - 10:31:51
EMBARGOED: NOT FOR PUBLICATION, BROADCAST, OR TRANSMISSION UNTIL THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 2023 AT 8:00 AM EST (1:00 PM UTC/GMT) Washington, DC, [...] Full text...

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Gambia government mourns vice president, Alieu Badara Joof

18 january 2023 - 14:15:35
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - President Adama Barrow has announced with profound shock and sadness the death of his Vice President [...] Full text...

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Former Senegalese minister to lead green energy infrastructure alliance

13 december 2022 - 17:19:46
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) -  African Development Bank Group President Dr. Akinwumi Adesina has appointed Senegal’s former minister Amadou Hott [...] Full text...

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'Business Unusual' in a world of extreme uncertainty: EBRD report

22 november 2022 - 10:00:15
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - When dealing with immediate challenges, decision- and policymakers should not lose focus on the [...] Full text...

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Abdoulaye Bathily holds meetings with segments of Libyan society

24 october 2022 - 14:23:21
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of the United Nations Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), [...] Full text...

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Biodiversity and ecosystem protection highlighted on Mother Earth Day

23 april 2022 - 06:59:47
New York, US (PANA) - Marking International Mother Earth Day, UN General Assembly President Abdulla Shahid, on Friday called for [...] Full text...

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ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development appoints new board chairman

18 april 2022 - 05:31:35
Lome, Togo (PANA) - The Board of Governors of the ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID) has unanimously appointed the Deputy [...] Full text...

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Africa at heart of military clash in Ukraine (Analysis)

15 march 2022 - 15:07:46
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Russian-Ukrainian war, which has entered its third week, actually began ten years ago when former [...] Full text...

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Libyan government announces plan for unified salary grid

01 february 2022 - 18:03:31
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Minister of Finance of the Government of National Unity Khaled al-Mabrouk said here Tuesday the [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Terror bandits invade University of Abuja staff quarters, abduct Professor, his two children, three others

02 november 2021 - 19:24:02
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Terror bandits on Tuesday morning stormed the staff quarters of the University of Abuja (UNIABUJA), abducted a [...] Full text...

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Pandemic impact ‘tip of the iceberg’ after years of neglecting child mental health

05 october 2021 - 05:30:26
New York, US (PANA) - COVID-19 has taken a toll on the mental health of children and young people, and [...] Full text...

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Malpass outlines ways to boost growth, combat reversals in gender equality, address rising inequality and climate change

30 september 2021 - 14:22:09
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) —World Bank Group President David Malpass on Thursday called our current era of high inequality and reversals [...] Full text...

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Mauritian international financial system supports over 4 million jobs in Africa - Report

31 august 2021 - 15:17:15
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Economic Development Board of Mauritius launched Monday a major new study that sheds light [...] Full text...

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IFAD and partners announce coalition to support development banks’ financing of sustainable food systems

27 july 2021 - 14:05:08
Rome, Italy (PANA) – Creating sustainable and equitable food systems that benefit the world’s most vulnerable people will require substantial [...] Full text...

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ECOWAS: Ghana: Ghana's President re-elected chair of sub-regional bloc

22 june 2021 - 00:00:24
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The sub-regional group ECOWAS at the end of its 59th summit here Saturday re-elected Ghana's President [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Nigerian scientists predict catastrophic new coronavirus strain (By Kennedy Abwao, PANA correspondent)

21 june 2021 - 13:39:49
Benin City, Nigeria (PANA) – The African population is at risk of a more lethal strain of the coronavirus disease [...] Full text...

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ECOWAS sets launch of single currency for 2027

20 june 2021 - 16:25:09
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Saturday agreed a new roadmap for the launch [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso to restore 5.16 million hectares of degraded land by 2030

17 june 2021 - 15:03:02
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso is committed to rehabilitating 5.16 million hectares of degraded land by 2030, as [...] Full text...

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World Bank, IMF launch High-Level Advisory Group on sustainable and inclusive recovery and growth

15 june 2021 - 15:41:15
Washington, DC, US (PANA) -  In the face of two crises—COVID-19 and climate change—the World Bank Group and International Monetary [...] Full text...

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Lomé to host International conference on single currency in West Africa

24 may 2021 - 18:27:30
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - The Togolese capital, Lome, will host an international conference from May 26 to 28, on a [...] Full text...

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Free up ‘bottlenecks’ stifling Africa’s agri-food sector, urges FAO chief

11 may 2021 - 06:24:46
Rome, Italy (PANA) - The UN agriculture chief warned on Monday that severe underfunding of Africa’s agri-food sector has boosted [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO gives emergency listing to Sinopharm vaccine

07 may 2021 - 21:55:07
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The WHO Friday gave emergency use listing to Sinopharm Bejing's COVID-19 vaccine, making it the sixth [...] Full text...

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WHO announces new council of experts on economics of health for all

06 may 2021 - 20:59:01
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) Thursday announced a  11-member council of distinguished experts in economics, health, [...] Full text...

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Institutional mistrust retards child vaccination progress in Africa, new study

01 may 2021 - 10:07:02
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Mistrust in local and national government plays a significant role in slowing down child [...] Full text...

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Niger President Bazoum appoints Ouhoumoudou Mahamadou as Prime Minister of Niger

04 april 2021 - 20:00:36
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Niger President Mohamed Bazoum has appointed Ouhoumoudou Mahamadou as Prime Minister, the Presidency announced in [...] Full text...

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Philip Mpango picked as Tanzania’s new vice-president

30 march 2021 - 13:35:39
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan has picked finance minister Dr Philip Isdor Mpango, 63, [...] Full text...

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UNICEF says 26.5m Nigerian children face high water vulnerability

22 march 2021 - 16:41:58
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – At least 26.5 million Nigerian children do not have enough water to meet their daily needs [...] Full text...

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Samia Suluhu Hassan sworn in a Tanzania's 6th president

19 march 2021 - 11:45:33
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Samia Suluhu Hassan was on Friday sworn in as Tanzania’s sixth president following the [...] Full text...

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G5-Sahel countries call for their debt restructuring

16 march 2021 - 11:21:22
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Member countries of the G5 Sahel are calling for a profound restructuring of their debt to [...] Full text...

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Makhtar Diop appointed IFC Managing Director and Executive Vice President

18 february 2021 - 17:34:19
Washington, US (PANA) – World Bank Group President, David Malpass, on Thursday announced the appointment of Makhtar Diop as Managing [...] Full text...

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Al-Sarraj calls for UN assistance in organizing elections in Libya

17 february 2021 - 17:22:54
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Chairman of the Presidential Council of the Government of National Accord (GNA), Fayez al-Sarraj, has [...] Full text...

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Vice-President of Libyan Presidential Council Maitig speaks on phone with UN envoy Kubis

12 february 2021 - 11:45:38
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Vice-President of the Presidential Council of the Government of National Accord (GNA), Ahmed Maitig, agreed [...] Full text...

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Moroccan-US relationship evolving at 'unprecedented' pace: US Ambassador

11 january 2021 - 11:31:13
Dakhla, Morocco (PANA) - The Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Residing Abroad, Nasser Bourita, said on [...] Full text...

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Senegalese economist named to lead AfDB operations in Rwanda

17 december 2020 - 13:07:54
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) – A Senegalese economist, Aissa Toure, has been appointed the Country Manager for Rwanda at the African [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: World Bank Group boosts Nigeria’s efforts to reduce poverty

15 december 2020 - 18:10:17
Washington, US (PANA) - The World Bank Group (WBG) discussed a new five-year Country Partnership Framework (CPF) for Nigeria from [...] Full text...

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Significant food price hikes push currency weakening in Africa

03 november 2020 - 23:52:03
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - A significant rise in the cost of food during the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has ignited [...] Full text...

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Woman appointed prime minister in Togo

28 september 2020 - 23:53:25
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - The Togolese president, Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé, Monday appointed Mrs Victoire Sidemeho Tomegah-Dogbé  prime minister to replace [...] Full text...

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UN Security Council demands end to attacks on schools worldwide

11 september 2020 - 07:46:02
New York, US (US) - The UN Security Council on Thursday demanded a halt to attacks on schools, together with students [...] Full text...

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President Barrow attends 57th Ordinary Session of ECOWAS in Niamey

06 september 2020 - 15:46:50
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian President, Adama Barrow, leaves Banjul on Sunday to attend the 57th Ordinary Session of the [...] Full text...

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AfDB elevates Kenyan Wambui Gichuri to post of VP Agric, Human and Social Development

05 july 2020 - 07:14:33
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has announced the promotion of Wambui Gichuri to the [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe dollar depreciation leads to major losses for big companies (A PANA News Analysis)

17 june 2020 - 12:01:40
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Last Monday, one of Zimbabwe's largest gold producers RioZim Limited announced that it has been forced [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Alarm bells ring in Nigeria as COVID-19 cripples poultry, fish farming

16 may 2020 - 07:55:50
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - In Nigeria, the COVID-19 outbreak is already taking its toll on all sectors of the economy, [...] Full text...

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Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe slashes interest rates by 40 percent to stimulate growth

29 april 2020 - 17:56:06
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has reviewed downwards interest rate to 15 from 25 percent [...] Full text...

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Peter Pham appointed U.S. Special Envoy for the Sahel

12 march 2020 - 18:54:41
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The U.S. State Department on Thursday announced the appointment of Dr. J Peter Pham as Special [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe businesses are under increased threat of collapse- Analysis

08 march 2020 - 12:26:31
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Businesses are under increased threat of collapse due to the continued depreciation of the Zimbabwe dollar [...] Full text...

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Rising Tripoli truce violations put question mark on intern'l community's commitment to ensure ceasefire (News analysis by Youssef Ba, PANA correspondent)

02 march 2020 - 06:42:05
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The systematic violations of the truce agreed on 12 January by the belligerents in the Tripoli [...] Full text...

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UN chief calls for protection of civilians in Libya against bombardments

02 march 2020 - 05:46:22
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned attacks targeting the airport and civilian districts in the south [...] Full text...

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Despite Zimbabwe Govt’s best efforts, the economy is re-dollarising not de-dollarising (Analysis by Tatira Zwinoira, PANA Correspondent)

23 february 2020 - 14:21:22
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Two weeks back, this reporter sought fuel and called a local Total Service Station manager enquiring [...] Full text...

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Togolese Presidential: Aimé Tchaboure Gogué promises single 5-year term, improved economy

17 february 2020 - 14:03:32
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - The candidate of Alliance of Democrats for Integral Development (ADDI), Prof. Aimé Tchabouré Gogué, has promised [...] Full text...

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Leading Zimbabwe economists warn of reduced private consumption

16 february 2020 - 14:47:26
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Local economists say private consumption as a share of the gross domestic product (GDP) has rapidly [...] Full text...

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‘Wide gap between Zimbabwe govt's reform rhetoric and reality on the ground’ - Report

09 february 2020 - 12:09:33
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - American global policy think tank, RAND Corporation, says there is a wide gap between the Zimbabwe [...] Full text...

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Geneva political process, ceasefire monitoring mechanisms and living conditions of Libyans highlighted in media

08 february 2020 - 19:17:49
Tripoli, Libya (PANA)  -  Libyan newspapers this week focused on the resumption of the political dialogue scheduled in Geneva on [...] Full text...

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Use of French banned in Mauritania's national assembly

01 february 2020 - 14:08:54
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA)  -  Members of parliament will no longer be able to speak French during plenary sessions in Mauritania's [...] Full text...

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Teach them smart solutions, says Cameroonian founder of Green Girls

01 february 2020 - 09:35:31
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA)  -  African governments must foster innovation and provide hands-on education solutions to young people if the [...] Full text...

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Int'l Workshop on Health Financing and Health Economics opens in Mauritius

30 january 2020 - 14:28:38
Balaclava, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Director General of Health Services, Dr Sivalingum Ramen, said on Thursday that “the Mauritian [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe govt. to introduce ZWL$50 note as local currency continues to devalue

22 january 2020 - 18:00:05
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Zimbabwe government will introduce ZWL (Zimbabwe dollar) $50 notes to address its currency crisis in [...] Full text...

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Gabonese insurance sector revenue up by 10.5 percent

15 january 2020 - 10:06:43
Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - Gabon's Directorate General for Economics and Tax Policy (DGEPF) announced on Wednesday in Libreville that the [...] Full text...

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Congo to sink 100 billion CFA francs in bamboo industrial development project

13 january 2020 - 12:01:17
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The National Development Fund of Congo (FNDC) will fund an industrial bamboo project in the country to [...] Full text...

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Cape Verdean Minister of Tourism and Transport resigns

10 january 2020 - 15:49:58
Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - The Cape Verdean Minister of Tourism, Transport and the Maritime Economy, José Gonçalves, has resigned [...] Full text...

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Italian PM reiterates support for Libya's government

18 december 2019 - 05:50:13
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Italian Foreign Minister Luigi di Maio has renewed Italy's support for the government of the National [...] Full text...

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Côte d'Ivoire's moves to adjust national statistical system

12 december 2019 - 08:52:30
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Ivorian government will submit a bill to Parliament to adjust the organisation of the [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia's Abiy Ahmed receives 2019 Nobel Peace Prize

10 december 2019 - 17:31:26
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali received the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize on Tuesday, with [...] Full text...

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Fulani herdsmen killed more Nigerians than Boko Haram, ISWAP terrorists in 2018 - Report

21 november 2019 - 08:02:42
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The 2019 Global Terrorism Index (GTI) says that attacks from armed Fulani herdsmen killed more Nigerians [...] Full text...

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'Politics and economics inextricably linked in Zimbabwe'

19 november 2019 - 06:02:20
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa's minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Naledi Pandor, says political and economic dynamics in Zimbabwe [...] Full text...

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'Child labour and human trafficking remain concern for global supply chains '

13 november 2019 - 06:25:45
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In the first-ever report of its kind, new data from the UN and partners indicates that a significant share of child labour and [...] Full text...

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Singapore’s Senior Minister to deliver Kofi A. Annan Eminent Speakers’ Lecture Series

05 november 2019 - 05:47:45
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) will host Singapore’s Senior Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam as the Special [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe’s main opposition party MDC condemns govt plans to inject fresh new currency

30 october 2019 - 23:51:56
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA)   -   Zimbabwe’s main opposition party, the MDC, Wednesday condemned government’s announcement to inject more cash into the [...] Full text...

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Africa youth forum ends in The Gambia

30 october 2019 - 19:42:23
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - A two-day Africa youth forum on gender and human rights that sought to accelerating transformations and [...] Full text...

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Mohamed Magassouba confirmed as coach of Mali's national football team

24 october 2019 - 18:10:42
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian Football Federation (FEMAFOOT) has confirmed the appointment of interim coach of Mali's national football [...] Full text...

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Russian President willing to mediate between Egypt and Ethiopia

24 october 2019 - 16:53:32
Sochi, Russia (PANA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday said he is willing to mediate between Egypt and Ethiopia [...] Full text...

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Tunisian picked as best Central Bank Governor in Middle East, North Africa region

21 october 2019 - 13:55:22
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Governor of  Central Bank of Tunisia (BCT), Marouane Abbasi, has been picked as 'Best Central [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso: Internet user arrested for inciting hatred and violence against Fulani people

20 october 2019 - 09:51:32
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - A Burkinabe Internet user was arrested following a publication in a Facebook group in which [...] Full text...

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'African govts need to create an environment for women to work'

17 october 2019 - 18:45:59
Washington D.C, USA (PANA) – World Bank Group President, David Malpass, says there is a big urgency to get women [...] Full text...

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'African leaders must move economies away from commodity driven growth' – UN official

10 october 2019 - 23:24:26
New York, USA (PANA) -  A top United Nations (UN) official Thursday advised African leaders to use revenues generated from [...] Full text...

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Trust Africa challenges current “economic orthodoxies”

03 october 2019 - 18:48:56
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – Abdarahmane Wone, the Communications Officer at TrustAfrica, Thursday made a strong case for Africans to rise [...] Full text...

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Debt stocks of developing countries rose to $7.8 trillion in 2018 - World Bank report

02 october 2019 - 14:46:29
Washington, US (PANA) - Total external debt of low- and middle-income countries climbed 5.3 percent to $7.8 trillion last year, [...] Full text...

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Togo: ADDI leaves Coalition of 14 opposition political parties

28 september 2019 - 18:03:20
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togo's Coalition of 14 opposition political parties (C14) has registered a new defection of the Alliance [...] 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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15 African students receive the BGFIBank Foundation Excellence Scholarship

16 september 2019 - 19:15:57
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Fifteen students from Benin, Cameroon, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire and Gabon are beneficiaries of the BGFIBank [...] Full text...

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Botswana facing social media illegal drugs sales and trafficking (Feature by Meekaeel Siphambili, PANA correspondent)

16 september 2019 - 11:07:21
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The geographical location of Botswana has a huge influence on the country as an illegal drug [...] Full text...

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Botswana facing social media illegal drugs sales and trafficking (Feature by Meekaeel Siphambili, PANA correspondent)

13 september 2019 - 13:50:24
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The geographical location of Botswana has a huge influence on the country as an illegal drug [...] Full text...

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Togo: Former IMF official among the presidential candidates of 2020

10 september 2019 - 19:09:56
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Pierre Ekué Gamessou Kpodar, a former International Monetary Fund (IMF) official, has declared his candidacy for [...] Full text...

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Minergy declares success on project update

03 september 2019 - 21:37:14
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The Board of newly developed Minergy Coal Mine has provided investors with an update on progress [...] Full text...

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TICAD7 summit: How is Africa going to take ownership of its economic growth through multilateralism? (A News Analysis by Aimable Twahirwa, PANA Correspondent)

27 august 2019 - 19:52:21
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - A dozen African leaders will attend the seventh edition of the Tokyo International Conference for African [...] Full text...

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Congo: 4 alleged wildlife offenders brought before prosecutor's office for poaching

27 august 2019 - 18:54:20
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The National Liaison Office Afripol, a criminal police agency, in collaboration with the World Fund for [...] Full text...

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18 to 32% of budget in Sahel countries devoted to security

26 august 2019 - 12:51:25
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) -  Burkinabe President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, who is also current Chair of G5 Sahel, has [...] Full text...

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Sudan swears in new prime minister

21 august 2019 - 21:48:24
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)   -   Newly sworn-in Sudanese Prime Minister Abdullah Hamdouk said here Wednesday he would be pragmatic in dealing [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe drops six places on Global Peace Index

11 august 2019 - 13:26:15
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe has dropped six places on the Global Peace Index (GPI) rankings to 132 out of [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe mulls launching second pension fund

09 august 2019 - 16:12:47
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Zimbabwean Government is set to launch a pension fund, similar to South Africa’s Public Investment [...] Full text...

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Angola, DRC set up university cooperation project

02 august 2019 - 14:57:38
Dundo, Angola (PANA) - The provinces of Lunda-Norte in Angola and Kasaï Central in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on [...] Full text...

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African Energy Chamber initiates oil training programme for executives

29 july 2019 - 09:34:22
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Energy Chamber (AEC), in collaboration with the Institute of Oil Development at the [...] Full text...

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Senegalese stand out at 48th World Scrabble Championship

27 july 2019 - 16:44:04
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal's representatives at the 48th World Francophone Scrabble Championship held from 19 to 26 July in [...] Full text...

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Another notch for Botswana’s coal mining industry

27 july 2019 - 12:40:41
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana is poised to be the supplier of choice to coal consumers across southern Africa in [...] Full text...

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New Director of operations at the World Bank office in Côte d'Ivoire resumes

10 july 2019 - 15:55:55
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Belgian Coralie Gevers, the new director of operations of the World Bank office in Côte [...] Full text...

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"We have brought normalcy with the return of the Zimbabwe dollar", says President Mnangagwa

25 june 2019 - 16:55:34
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe President, Emmerson Mnangagwa, says the reintroduction of the Zimbabwe dollar has brought the country back [...] Full text...

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IMF naive on trusting Zim govt: Steve Hanke

16 june 2019 - 20:08:15
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Renowned American economist, Steve Hanke, says the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is being naive in believing [...] Full text...

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Price hikes affect Zimbabwe government's reforms

05 june 2019 - 15:39:50
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Price hikes have slowed the progress of 22 projects that the Zimbabwean government had planned to [...] Full text...

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Former Zimbabwe opposition party spokesperson Masarira-Kaingidza launches party

03 june 2019 - 04:46:59
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Linda T. Masarira-Kaingidza, former spokesperson for the opposition Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangira (MDC-T), has [...] Full text...

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IMF says Zimbabwe's 2019 economic prospects remain bleak

01 june 2019 - 17:05:21
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says the Staff Monitored Program will likely need to be recalibrated [...] Full text...

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Gambia jumps 35 places in global peace ranking

27 may 2019 - 17:55:30
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – The Gambia jumped 35 places in the league table of countries captured in the latest ranking [...] Full text...

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Congolese prime minister pledges to work transparently

21 may 2019 - 23:11:54
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA)   -   The prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Sylvestre Ilunga Ilunkamba, Tuesday [...] Full text...

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Sylvestre Ilunga Ilunkamba appointed new PM of DR Congo

20 may 2019 - 22:59:47
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA)   -  President Felix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Monday appointed veteran politician Sylvestre [...] Full text...

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