‘Complex emergency unfolding in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado, warn UN agencies

20 january 2021 - 15:28:52
Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - UN agencies voiced deep concern on Wednesday over the worsening humanitarian crisis in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado [...] Full text...

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Guinea government names 16 cabinet ministers

20 january 2021 - 11:07:37
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guinean President Alpha Condé on Tuesday evening made public a partial list of 16 ministers who [...] Full text...

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'More than 14 million acutely food insecure in the Sahel'

19 january 2021 - 11:05:32
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - More than 14 million people are acutely food insecure in the Sahel, twice as many [...] Full text...

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Botswana unwavering on digital transformation

18 january 2021 - 17:36:58
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana plans to digitally transform everything, as the country embraces the 4th industrial revolution (4IR). The Minister [...] Full text...

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Humanitarian situation in Niger's Tillabéri region worsens due to rebel attacks - OCHA

18 january 2021 - 13:42:13
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The humanitarian situation in Niger has sharply deteriorated, since the attack on Tchamo Bangou and [...] Full text...

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Gambia human rights commission recognises challenges posed by COVID-19

17 january 2021 - 14:52:59
Banjul, Gambia (PANA)- The Gambia National Human Rights Commission recognises the challenges that the COVID-19 pandemic continues to pose to [...] Full text...

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Morocco, US sign agreement to protect Moroccan cultural property

15 january 2021 - 16:49:50
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Morocco and the United States of America on Thursday in Rabat signed a memorandum of understanding [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Reopening of schools delayed as infections rise in Zambia

15 january 2021 - 15:05:30
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambian President Edgar Lungu has announced that the reopening of schools, slated for 18 January 2021, [...] Full text...

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Director of the "Education Cannot Wait" Fund on a 72-hour visit to Burkina Faso

13 january 2021 - 18:00:33
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Director of "Education Cannot Wait" (ECW) Fund, Ms Yasmine Sherif, began a 72-hour visit [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: UNICEF chief says closing schools should be ‘measure of last resort’

13 january 2021 - 05:46:36
New York, US (PANA) - The head of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Tuesday underscored that “no effort should [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Tunisia declares general lock-up, suspension of classes because of critical situation

12 january 2021 - 20:45:25
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - With the health situation described as ’very critical’, Tunisian authorities Tuesday decided to take strong ’emergency’ [...] Full text...

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Top UN official says democracy in West Africa ‘a constant process’

12 january 2021 - 06:41:58
New York, US (PANA) - While elections are one-time events, “democracy is a constant process of deliberation and consultation” where [...] Full text...

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South African billionaire strikes gold

11 january 2021 - 17:45:23
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africans are paying tribute to tech entrepreneur, Elon Musk, who has overtaken Amazon’s [...] Full text...

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New Burkinabe govt. announces reconciliation and land reforms

11 january 2021 - 17:04:08
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Prime Minister of Burkina Faso, Christophe Marie Joseph Dabiré, on Monday announced that national [...] Full text...

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Composition of the new government of Burkina Faso

11 january 2021 - 13:04:46
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso's new government has been announced and it is led by Prime Minister Christophe [...] Full text...

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EUCAP Sahel Mali mission extended until 31 January 2023

11 january 2021 - 12:53:31
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Council on Monday extended the mandate of the EU civilian mission EUCAP Sahel Mali [...] Full text...

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UN chief highlights need for climate action, pandemic response

11 january 2021 - 08:00:25
London, UK (PANA) - In his first major speech of the year, the UN Secretary-General has underlined the need for [...] Full text...

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UNICEF supports Beninese girls in high schools

10 january 2021 - 19:39:30
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - UNICEF and the American Toms shoes have granted young high school and college girls in three [...] 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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AfDB grants $11.26 million for women and girls’ education in Chad

08 january 2021 - 13:04:02
Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank has approved a grant of $11.26 [...] Full text...

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Ghana's president Akufo-Addo inaugurated for second term

07 january 2021 - 15:30:12
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo was on Thursday sworn into office for his second term [...] Full text...

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Cooperation between Libya, UNICEF in education reviewed

05 january 2021 - 23:18:20
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The vice-president of the presidential council of the Libyan Government of National Accord, Ahmed Maitig, Tuesday [...] Full text...

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Christophe Marie Joseph Dabiré reappointed Burkina prime minister

05 january 2021 - 21:49:04
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Christophe Marie Joseph Dabiré was Tuesday evening reappointed Burkina Faso Prime Minister through a decree [...] Full text...

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Development risks remain as economic activity, incomes likely to stay low for extended period - WBG

05 january 2021 - 16:04:44
Washington, US (PANA) - The global economy is expected to expand 4% in 2021, assuming an initial COVID-19 vaccine rollout [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: New school year opens Tuesday in Mali

04 january 2021 - 13:01:39
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Despite the increase in coronavirus infections in Mali, the country's new school year is set to [...] Full text...

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World Braille Day highlights importance of accessible information - UN

04 january 2021 - 08:21:09
New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations is commemorating World Braille Day, on Monday, highlighting the importance of the [...] Full text...

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Kenya govt issues stricter school re-opening protocols, care urged amongst ageing teachers

03 january 2021 - 19:39:22
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenyan teachers and other school staff who are aged 58 years or above and those with [...] Full text...

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Make 2021 ‘safer, healthier world for children’, UNICEF chief urges

01 january 2021 - 21:44:58
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said here Thursday that more than 371,500 children would be [...] Full text...

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Togolese president urges compatriots to make "national cohesion” priority of the country

01 january 2021 - 15:12:27
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togolese President Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé on Thursday  called on his compatriots to "make national cohesion one [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO alerts on new variants, recommends measures to stem spread

01 january 2021 - 07:34:13
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has said the SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes coronavirus (COVID-19), had [...] 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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Libyan Speaker of Parliament views a political settlement getting close at hand

31 december 2020 - 14:18:28
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Speaker of the House of Representatives in Libya (Parliament), Aguila Saleh, welcomed "the great progress [...] Full text...

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Botswana endorses climate change and adaptive land use

30 december 2020 - 17:55:37
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana has made its commitment to the Southern African Science Services Centre for Climate Change and [...] Full text...

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Workers at Gabriel Touré Hospital in Bamako on strike for 72 hours

30 december 2020 - 15:10:02
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - At the call of their union, workers of Gabriel Toure Hospital, one of the largest medical [...] Full text...

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Beninese president concerned with education system in country

29 december 2020 - 23:31:32
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Beninese president, Patrice Talon, said here Tuesday in his state of the nation address he [...] Full text...

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Benin to build high-level surgical training and practice centre

29 december 2020 - 12:47:26
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin is to build a high level Centre for Training and Surgical Practice, PANA learned on [...] Full text...

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Mauritian Minister of Commerce in court for abuse of authority

29 december 2020 - 10:15:26
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Minister of Commerce, Yogida Sawmynaden, is being prosecuted for abuse of authority before a [...] Full text...

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The virus that shut down the world: Education in crisis

29 december 2020 - 07:27:55
Paris, France (PANA) - Children all over the world have had their education severely disrupted this year, as schools struggle [...] Full text...

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Forum on Women and Youth in Libya opens Saturday with several issues on its agenda

25 december 2020 - 14:38:29
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's National Forum of Women and Youth begins its 2020 meeting on Saturday in Khoms, 120 [...] Full text...

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The virus that shut down the world: The yawning gulf between rich and poor (A UN feature)

25 december 2020 - 10:18:24
New York, US (PANA) - Inequality between the rich and poor worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic and poverty increased, for [...] Full text...

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UNHCR welcomes Chad's adoption of asylum law

24 december 2020 - 13:35:30
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Chadian National Assembly on Wednesday adopted the first law for the protection of refugees [...] Full text...

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Press freedom more important than ever, as UN condemns killing of 59 media workers

24 december 2020 - 06:40:21
Paris, France (PANA) - At least 59 media workers have been killed this year, four of them women, the UN [...] Full text...

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Benin, first WAEMU country in terms of human development

22 december 2020 - 23:02:38
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin is the first country of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) to attain [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Libya spends $ 798 million fighting pandemic

22 december 2020 - 18:23:17
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya has spent  1.069 billion dinars, about $ 797.74 million,  fighting the coronavirus pandemic between January [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso: Study shows benefit of Covid-19 treatment with Hydroxychloroquine + Azythromicine combination

22 december 2020 - 14:25:33
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Principal Investigator of the Chloroquine Clinical Trial (CHLORAZ) announced on Tuesday that preliminary results [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian Crisis: UNHCR, partners urgently seek US$156 million to support refugees fleeing Tigray region

22 december 2020 - 11:03:05
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, together with 30 humanitarian partners, is on Tuesday releasing an urgent [...] Full text...

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Malian media protest suppression of media freedom

21 december 2020 - 12:12:11
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian journalists are protesting orders by the transitional administration that they see as suppressing freedom of [...] Full text...

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UN chief welcomes release of kidnapped Nigerian school boys

19 december 2020 - 08:43:45
New York, US (PANA) - The UN chief on Friday welcomed the release of the 344 schoolboys forcibly taken away [...] Full text...

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IMF allows Egypt to draw US$1.67 billion on standby arrangement

19 december 2020 - 08:24:43
Washington DC, US (PANA) - The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Friday completed the first review [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Africa vaccine readiness survey shows 79% willing to take jab

18 december 2020 - 11:19:03
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - At least 79% of the African population would take a coronavirus vaccine with one in [...] Full text...

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UNHCR makes supplementary COVID-19 appeal to meet exceptional refugee needs in 2021

18 december 2020 - 10:58:47
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, on Friday released its supplementary appeal for 2021 Covid response seeking [...] Full text...

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Africa CDC calls for tightened threshold for relaxing lockdown measures

17 december 2020 - 18:41:00
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The African Union’s Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has launched new guidelines [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: DR Congo imposes curfew from Friday

16 december 2020 - 21:31:03
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The Congolese government Wednesday decided to impose a curfew from 21 hours to 05 hours [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Pandemic forces suspension of classes in Mali's higher education institutions

16 december 2020 - 11:36:49
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Classes have been suspended for three weeks in all higher education institutions in Mali because of [...] Full text...

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Significant involvement of Guinean opponents in inauguration of President Alpha Condé

15 december 2020 - 22:04:26
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Dr Ousmane Kaba, leader of the Party of Democrats for Hope (PADES) Tuesday urged President Alpha [...] Full text...

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WB gives 60million US dollars to fight youth joblessness in Benin

15 december 2020 - 19:59:48
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The World Bank International Development Association (IDA) will give Benin 60 million US dollars to help [...] Full text...

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Africa's economic growth to slow to negative 4.1% in 2020 - ECA

15 december 2020 - 19:31:18
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Economic growth in Africa is projected to drop drastically to negative 4.1% before making a [...] 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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Kenya, Somaliland upgrade diplomatic relations

15 december 2020 - 16:51:39
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenya and Somaliland have agreed to upgrade bilateral relationship and open Consulates in both countries. The step [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: UNICEF calls for priority vaccination of teachers

15 december 2020 - 11:33:38
Cotonou, Benin(PANA) - The Executive Director of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), Henriette Fore, has called for priority vaccination [...] Full text...

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People, planet on ‘collision course’, warns UN Development Programme

15 december 2020 - 10:58:22
New York, US (PANA) - Countries must redesign their development pathways to reduce pressures exerted on the environment and the [...] Full text...

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Libyan-Maltese coordination in different domains at heart of talks in Tripoli

14 december 2020 - 22:48:10
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Government of National Accord, Mohamed [...] Full text...

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ILO highlights exploitative labour practices in rich countries against migrant workers

14 december 2020 - 18:16:17
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Migrants earn nearly 13% on average less for equal labour compared to citizenship holders in rich [...] Full text...

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AfDB chief, three others win Academy of Public Health 2020 Distinguished Fellowship Award

14 december 2020 - 13:35:21
Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA) - The Academy of Public Health, the flagship body of the West African Institute of Public [...] Full text...

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Guterres calls for immediate release of abducted children in Nigeria

14 december 2020 - 13:32:18
New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations Secretary-General has called for the “immediate and unconditional” release of hundreds of [...] Full text...

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More than 500 cases of pregnancy reported in secondary schools in northeast Benin

13 december 2020 - 17:14:47
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - More than 500 pregnancies were recorded in secondary schools of Benin’s northeastern department of Borgou during [...] Full text...

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Tunisia’s 2021 budget does not reflect aspirations of the people, says workers’ union

13 december 2020 - 16:10:55
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian general workers union (UGTT, the country’s biggest trades union, has said the government's budget [...] Full text...

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Kenya grants citizenship to stateless Zimbabweans at Independence Day fete

13 december 2020 - 12:16:25
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya has taken an extraordinary step of granting citizenship to 1,600 stateless Zimbabweans from the Shona [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Kenya to reopen schools, universities in January 2021

12 december 2020 - 16:36:04
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Schools and universities in Kenya will resume fully on 4 January 2021 for on site learning [...] Full text...

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BREAKING NEWS: ICC Prosecutor to open formal investigations into war crimes in Nigeria

11 december 2020 - 19:48:17
The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - The International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda has confirmed the Court will open a [...] Full text...

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Tunisian govt reiterates commitment to respect principles of human rights

11 december 2020 - 12:11:23
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian government on Thursday reaffirmed its commitment to consistently respect the principles enshrined in the [...] Full text...

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Illicit financial flows threaten security, stability in Africa: UN deputy chief

11 december 2020 - 06:27:31
New York, US (PANA) - At a time when Africa is mobilising resources for pandemic recovery and sustainable development, illicit [...] Full text...

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GNA leader, British Ambassador discuss health and education cooperation

10 december 2020 - 16:36:15
 Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's Presidential Council Chair Fayez al-Sarraj on Thursday spoke with British Ambassador Nicholas Hopton about the [...] Full text...

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Greece accuses Turkey of facilitating Somali immigration into its country

09 december 2020 - 12:32:15
Athens, Greece (PANA) - Greece has formally accused Turkey and some NGOs of facilitating the immigration of Somalis into its [...] Full text...

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Benin's MPs adopt 2021 budget

09 december 2020 - 12:06:42
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin's MPs on Tuesday unanimously adopted the draft 2021 budget set at 2,452.192 billion CFAF against [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian Crisis: UN concern mounts over shortages, child welfare in Tigray region

09 december 2020 - 05:55:43
New York, US (PANA) - The dire shortage of food, water, fuel and cash in the Tigray region in northern [...] Full text...

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Nearly 350,000 Libyan children in humanitarian need, according to UNICEF

08 december 2020 - 21:21:50
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 348,000 children in Libya are in need of humanitarian assistance in the form [...] Full text...

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DR Congo: More than 43,000 displaced persons and host families assisted by UNHCR in Grand Kasai

08 december 2020 - 20:56:43
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has finalized a distribution [...] Full text...

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Education to transform Botswana into knowledge-based economy

08 december 2020 - 20:39:47
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE) announced here Tuesday that the development of Botswana’s education system remained [...] Full text...

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Germany funds agricultural and energy projects in Tunisia

08 december 2020 - 18:29:13
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Germany has pledged to finance two agricultural and energy development projects in Tunisia for  132.5 million [...] Full text...

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UNHCR assists more than 43,000 IDPs, host families in DRC's Grand Kasai

08 december 2020 - 18:01:57
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has finalised a distribution of cash assistance for more than [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: How COVID-19 has changed the shape of African cybersecurity

08 december 2020 - 15:39:19
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - The COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally changed how people live, work and approach security in Africa. According [...] Full text...

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Commonwealth Secretary-General arrives in Gambia

08 december 2020 - 09:45:18
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland arrived in The Gambia on Monday for her first official visit to [...] Full text...

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Shutting school systems, wrong response to COVID-19, UNICEF says

08 december 2020 - 05:54:27
New York, US (PANA) - Countries fighting the coronavirus should not impose nationwide or large-scale school closures, which is the [...] Full text...

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M-pesa Foundation to improve 30,000 girls' menstrual health

07 december 2020 - 20:25:20
Kilifi, Kenya (PANA)  - M-PESA Foundation Monday  committed $202,303  to improve menstrual hygiene among teenage girls as part of Safaricom’s [...] Full text...

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AU Commission chief warns against arms boom in Africa

07 december 2020 - 15:55:30
Addis Ababa Ethiopia (PANA) - African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat has warned against the profusion of weapons [...] Full text...

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Guterres spotlights ‘critical role’ of aviation in pandemic recovery

07 december 2020 - 12:30:28
New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations Secretary-General has called for critical support for the aviation sector, badly hit [...] Full text...

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Burkinabè government warns strike agitators in schools

04 december 2020 - 14:08:58
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkinabe authorities on Friday condemned acts of disturbance of public order by students since the [...] Full text...

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Amid ‘unprecedented’ needs, UNICEF asks for $6.4 billion to help 190 million children

03 december 2020 - 17:54:23
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Thursday launched a $6.4 billion emergency funding appeal to [...] Full text...

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Persons with disabilities face lots of challenges in Gambia

03 december 2020 - 15:37:50
Banjul, Gambia (PANA)- Persons with disabilities in The Gambia continue to face lots of challenges and impediments in the enjoyment [...] Full text...

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Armed conflict has cost Libya US$ 576 billion in losses - ESCWA report

03 december 2020 - 13:36:53
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's armed conflict has cost the country US$ 576 billion in losses since its outbreak in [...] Full text...

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Donors pledge record US$932 million to UN refugee agency

03 december 2020 - 11:52:32
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Donor governments on Wednesday pledged a record US$932 million to UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, for [...] Full text...

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Recognise and protect rights of persons with disabilities, UN chief urges

03 december 2020 - 10:14:21
New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations is commemorating the International Day of Persons with Disabilities on Thursday, calling [...] Full text...

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Russia set to relaunch sport cooperation with Congo

02 december 2020 - 20:53:10
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The ambassador of Russia to Congo, Gueorgui Tchepik, Wednesday expressed the determination of his country to [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Tunisia intends to acquire first batch of 6 million vaccines

02 december 2020 - 18:21:46
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian Minister of Health Faouzi Mehdi announced on Wednesday that his department has initiated contacts with [...] Full text...

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UNICEF puts forward a ‘six point plan to protect our children’

02 december 2020 - 15:54:11
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – Ahead of the United Nations Special Session of the General Assembly on COVID-19, on 3-4 December [...] Full text...

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UN report says 1.3 billion school-aged children can’t log on to internet at home

02 december 2020 - 05:20:49
New York, US (PANA) - A staggering two-thirds of the world’s school-aged children – 1.3 billion children aged 3-17 – [...] Full text...

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ECA urges Africa to seize opportunities of global digital economy

01 december 2020 - 23:09:07
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Mrs Vera Songwé, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA),Tuesday invited Africa to seize [...] Full text...

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UN appeals for $35 billion to help world’s ‘most vulnerable and fragile’ in 2021

01 december 2020 - 12:06:33
New York, US (PANA) - A record 235 million people will need humanitarian assistance and protection next year, a near [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Mali's interim president announces drastic measures to fight pandemic

01 december 2020 - 09:07:46
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The President of the Transition in Mali, Bah N'Daw, on Monday announced drastic measures to break [...] Full text...

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Ghana holds presidential, parliamentary elections on 7 December

29 november 2020 - 17:37:36
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana holds presidential and parliamentary elections on 7 December with 17.029 million voters expected to cast [...] Full text...

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Mauritania: The measures of the year 60 of independence highlighted in the news

28 november 2020 - 20:35:41
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The press this week devoted most of their comments to activities related to the celebration of [...] Full text...

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Mauritanian president announces 10 social measures on 60th anniversary of independence

28 november 2020 - 12:29:03
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian President Mohamed Cheikh El Ghazouani Saturday announced 10 measures for the most vulnerable segments of [...] Full text...

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Congolese Senate authorizes ratification of agreement signed between Angola and Benin

27 november 2020 - 19:12:51
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Congolese Senators on Friday authorized the ratification of the military and technical cooperation agreement between the [...] Full text...

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Libyan Interior minister focuses on national reconciliation, unification of state institutions

26 november 2020 - 22:39:49
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Interior Minister of the Government of National Accord Fathi Bachagha Thursday emphasized "the principle of [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Tunisia records 48 deaths on Wednesday

26 november 2020 - 15:35:20
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia's Ministry of Health announced late Wednesday 48 coronavirus deaths and 1,094 new infections recorded the [...] Full text...

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Sudan's veteran PM al Mahdi passes away at 85

26 november 2020 - 10:41:09
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - For the first time in years, Sudan has announced a three-day national mourning and ordered its [...] Full text...

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Rising Internet violence in Congolese schools worrying – UNICEF

24 november 2020 - 21:26:19
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - A United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) survey says eight out of 10 girls and seven out [...] Full text...

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Mali's Baccalaureate exam success rate falls this year

23 november 2020 - 13:52:10
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's national Baccalaureate exam success rate for 2020 has dropped by 3.6 per cent, or 21.56 [...] Full text...

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‘Gambian Women deserve more leadership roles in politics’-Gender activist

22 november 2020 - 19:14:21
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Musu Bakoto Saho, a gender lecturer at the University of The Gambia and national coordinator of [...] Full text...

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Gambia gets $ 482,998.45 Japanese food aid

22 november 2020 - 17:21:04
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The government of Japan  has assisted the government and peoples of the Gambia with food aid [...] Full text...

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348,000 Libyan children in need of humanitarian aid - UNICEF

21 november 2020 - 13:00:40
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) has said that more than 348,000 children out of 1.2 million [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Kenya’s development goals suffer setback caused by pandemic

21 november 2020 - 09:44:58
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenya has suffered an unprecedented shock caused by the COVID-19 pandemic that led to reduced government [...] Full text...

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Fayez Al-Sarraj pays tribute to great Libyan poet, Abdelmawla Al-Baghdadi, who died on Friday

20 november 2020 - 23:19:11
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) -The chairman of the presidential council of the Government of National Accord, Fayez Al-Sarraj, Friday paid glowing [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: UNICEF says 700,000 Gambian Children temporally out of School for six months

20 november 2020 - 18:31:58
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - As the world commemorates World Children’s Day, UNICEF Gambia office has revealed that 700,000 children in [...] Full text...

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Congo: UNICEF urges Congolese to end outdoor defecation

20 november 2020 - 15:11:18
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) has urged Congolese to end open defecation, the agency's representative in [...] Full text...

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Kenyan telco, UNICEF partner on child education, protection against violence

20 november 2020 - 09:30:10
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) Kenya and telco firm Safaricom have signed a new partnership to help [...] Full text...

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Gambia scores high in controlling corruption, maintaining democratic rights

19 november 2020 - 18:42:11
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Millennium Challenge Corporation Agency’s Financial Report 2020, has announced that The Gambia scored high in controlling [...] Full text...

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Congolese govt., FECOFOOT committed to preparing national football team for Cameroon 2022

19 november 2020 - 17:19:22
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese government and the Congolese Football Federation (FECOFOOT) on Wednesday pledged to prepare the national [...] Full text...

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World Bank grants Sudan $61.5 million to boost education

19 november 2020 - 10:09:37
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The World Bank Board of Directors has approved an education programme supported by a $61.5-million grant from [...] Full text...

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Mali to implement Peace and Reconciliation agreement reached in Algiers

18 november 2020 - 18:00:16
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Applying the provisions of chapter 19, articles 57 to 62 of the Agreement for Peace [...] Full text...

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Four Congolese organisations get 390.5 million CFAF for development of commercial agriculture

18 november 2020 - 11:28:57
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Congo's Commercial Agriculture Development Support Project (PDAC) on Tuesday signed partnership agreements with four public organsations [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: IMF foresees stronger recovery in Senegal than previous forecast

18 november 2020 - 10:47:29
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The coronavirus pandemic’s economic impact on Senegal was significant in the first half of 2020, but [...] Full text...

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New partnership to boost maternal and newborn health in East and Southern Africa

18 november 2020 - 05:51:47
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Some 10,000 health workers are to be trained to support mothers and newborns in Africa through [...] Full text...

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Fayez al-Sarraj meets UN Humanitarian Coordinator on support for displaced persons

17 november 2020 - 15:01:27
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's Chairman of the Presidential Council of the Government of National Accord (GNA), Fayez al-Sarraj, on [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: DR Congolese PM orders multisectoral response committee to look at new restriction measures

16 november 2020 - 23:04:26
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - DR Congo’s Prime Minister Sylvestre Ilunga Ilunkamba Monday ordered members of the multi-sectoral committee of [...] Full text...

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UNESCO, Germany convene conference on tackling illicit trafficking in cultural property

15 november 2020 - 15:34:34
Paris, France (PANA) - The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) and the Federal Foreign Office of Germany have [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Diabetes increasing pandemic risks, showing need to strengthen health systems

13 november 2020 - 21:57:49
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As the number of people with diabetes surges, many are at “increased risk of severe disease [...] Full text...

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UNHCR gives Congo 2,000 birth certificate registers

13 november 2020 - 12:06:16
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has given the Congolese government [...] Full text...

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Kenya plans to empower youth into light manufacturing proceeding

12 november 2020 - 22:56:53
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – President Uhuru Kenyatta has said his administration has been working to empower the youth to become [...] Full text...

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Mali's transition president to undertake four-nation ECOWAS visit

12 november 2020 - 11:28:16
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The President of the Transition in Mali, Bah N'Daw, on Thursday begins a six-day West African [...] Full text...

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Malian transitional president begins first trip to West African sub-region

11 november 2020 - 21:50:24
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The president of the Malian transition, Bah N’DAW, will on 12-17 November 2020 undertake a [...] Full text...

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Nigeria begins digital registration of IDPs

11 november 2020 - 18:48:42
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria is set to conduct the digital registration of about three million Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) [...] Full text...

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Guterres congratulates Biden, Harris, hails UN-US partnership as ‘essential pillar’

09 november 2020 - 23:06:30
New York, US (PANA) -  Senior UN officials have offered their congratulations to the president-elect of the United States Joe [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Ghana President urges public not to let their guard down as cases spike

09 november 2020 - 06:01:35
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - With Ghana's coronavirus cases seeing a disturbing increase over the past weeks, President Nana Addo Dankwa [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Infection rate is 100 patients/100,000 inhabitants in Tunisia – Minister

06 november 2020 - 22:00:58
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The infection rate to coronavirus (COVID-19) in Tunisia is 100 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, Tunisian minister [...] Full text...

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More than 300 billion FCFA of financial irregularities detected in Auditor General's 2019 report

06 november 2020 - 21:09:30
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - More than CFAF 300 billion in financial irregularities, including CFAF 287 billion in mining companies, have [...] Full text...

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French FM says security operations in the Sahel achieved significant results

06 november 2020 - 18:42:33
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Jean Yves Le Drian, said on Thursday in [...] Full text...

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Kenyatta meets Pope in Vatican visit

06 november 2020 - 18:28:35
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - President Uhuru Kenyatta kicked off his official visit to the Vatican City on Friday with a [...] Full text...

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Education experts warn that violence and bullying affect one in three children

06 november 2020 - 06:37:03
Paris, France (PANA) - Children face violence and bullying at school all over the world, with one in every three [...] Full text...

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AfDB signs grant agreement to support the Rwanda Coding Academy

05 november 2020 - 10:48:21
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has signed a grant agreement for $150,000 with the Ministry of [...] Full text...

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Rwandan private university forced to close due to financial woes

04 november 2020 - 19:07:16
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) -  The Kigali Institute of Management (KIM) University, one of the private institutions of higher learning in [...] Full text...

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Morocco, Liberia sign three cooperation agreements

03 november 2020 - 12:53:00
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Morocco and Liberia on Monday signed three cooperation agreements in Rabat in the fields of higher [...] Full text...

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Protect children, relief workers caught up in conflict, urges UN rights envoy

03 november 2020 - 06:31:51
New York, US (PANA) - Indiscriminate attacks on education and health facilities during armed conflict is having a “dramatic impact” [...] Full text...

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Togolese students resume classes amid stingent Covid-19 sanitary measures

02 november 2020 - 17:16:19
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Students of pre-school, primary, middle and high schools in Togo, resumed classes on Monday, under high [...] Full text...

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Senegalese president names new cabinet

02 november 2020 - 10:42:58
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegalese President Macky Sall on Sunday announce a new cabinet of 33 ministers and four secretaries [...] Full text...

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UN chief condemns targeting of journalists

02 november 2020 - 06:41:47
New York, US (PANA) - When journalists are targeted, “societies as a whole pay a price”, the UN chief said [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Tunisia records 31 new deaths

01 november 2020 - 18:13:43
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – Tunisia on Saturday recorded 31 new deaths from coronavirus (Covid-19) sending the death toll to 1,348. There [...] Full text...

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Tanzania’s president urges compatriots to move away from partisan battlegrounds

01 november 2020 - 13:18:44
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Tanzania’s president John Pombe Magufuli on Sunday appealed to his compatriots to put aside [...] Full text...

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Niger: AfDB grants US$35m to ensure food security for 1.5 million people in rural areas

31 october 2020 - 03:31:10
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) on Friday donated US$ 35.4 [...] Full text...

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Dr Magufuli wins landslide re-election as Tanzania’s president

30 october 2020 - 22:26:17
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Tanzania’s President, Dr John Pombe Magufuli, has registered a landslide re-election victory, giving him [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Pandemic robs children in poor countries of nearly four months of school

30 october 2020 - 06:29:55
New York, US (PANA) - The COVID-19 pandemic has robbed children in the poorest countries of nearly four months of [...] Full text...

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Women leaders ‘essential to peace and progress for all’: UN chief says

30 october 2020 - 06:16:15
New York, US (PANA) - Women continue to be under-represented in key decision-making over the battle against COVID-19, the chief [...] Full text...

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FAO emphasises women's role in African agriculture

29 october 2020 - 23:48:20
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Women in Africa are the backbone of their households, communities and rural economies, as food producers, [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Ethiopian coronavirus pandemic impact continues to soar

29 october 2020 - 22:52:34
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopia has recorded 94,820 cases of the coronavirus pandemic, becoming the African country with the [...] Full text...

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Buhari to Nigerians: 'Desist from divisive statements'

28 october 2020 - 18:41:07
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday urged Nigerians to desist from making divisive statements that can threaten [...] Full text...

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Mauritanian opposition leader wants official recognition of national languages

28 october 2020 - 15:12:53
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Samba Thiam, leader of the Progressive Forces for Change (FPC-black nationalist movement) in Mauritania, advocates for [...] Full text...

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ECOWAS Commission Vice President received by Malian Prime Minister

28 october 2020 - 13:00:54
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Vice President of the Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Ms. [...] Full text...

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Morocco, Comoros sign five cooperation agreements

27 october 2020 - 18:06:07
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Morocco and the Union of the Comoros on Monday in Rabat, signed five cooperation agreements on [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Niger faces challenges in mobilising revenues, controlling outlays - IMF

27 october 2020 - 09:52:05
Niamey, Niger (PANA) – Niger has secured a US$19.9 million from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to support the national [...] Full text...

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Amnesty International condemns killing of schoolchildren in Cameroon

27 october 2020 - 06:46:17
Yaounde, Cameroon (PANA) - Amnesty International has condemned last Saturday's killing of eight schoolchildren inside their classroom in Cameroon saying it [...] Full text...

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UN shocked, outraged over horrific attack on Cameroon school

26 october 2020 - 16:59:21
New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations has strongly condemned Saturday’s attack on a school in southwestern Cameroon, which [...] Full text...

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US approves more humanitarian assistance to Sudan

25 october 2020 - 16:12:34
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The US Administration has announced yet another package of humanitarian assistance to the Sudan, amounting to [...] Full text...

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German funding helps Ethiopia enhance immigration, border management controls

23 october 2020 - 15:11:52
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA)  – Immigration and border management controls in Ethiopia are being improved to help secure the country’s [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Africa CDC warns against weakening response to coronavirus pandemic

22 october 2020 - 20:18:19
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The African Union’s Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has urged countries to [...] Full text...

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Former head of ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development passes on

21 october 2020 - 15:29:17
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - The immediate past President of the ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID), Mr. Bashir Mamman [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Start of school year postponed by a week in Togo

21 october 2020 - 15:13:17
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togo's school year, initially scheduled to start October 26, has been postponed to November 2, the [...] Full text...

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Donors pledge more than $1.7 billion to scale up aid in Central Sahel

21 october 2020 - 08:50:52
Copenhagen, Denmark (PANA) - The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says 24 donors pledged more [...] Full text...

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UNESCO hosts virtual world summit on education

20 october 2020 - 20:16:42
Paris, France (PANA) - UNESCO, in partnership with the governments of Ghana, Norway and the United Kingdom, Tuesday organized a [...] Full text...

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National Assembly moves to stop #EndSARS protests across Nigeria

20 october 2020 - 17:17:24
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s National Assembly have taken the lead in moves to stop the ongoing #EndSARS protests and [...] Full text...

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'Covid-19, conflict have forced over 12 million children from school across Central Sahel region'

20 october 2020 - 07:10:31
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - A humanitarian charity says a staggering 12 million children missed up to four months of school [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: SA economic recovery plan will protect jobs in vulnerable sectors - Ramaphosa

19 october 2020 - 16:06:28
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa has assured South Africans that the economic recovery plan he presented last [...] Full text...

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EU offers €25 million to mitigate Covid-19 effects in The Gambia

19 october 2020 - 15:41:04
  Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The European Union on Monday disbursed €25 million of budget support for The Gambia's response to [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Pandemic regulations up demand for mobile classrooms in South Africa

19 october 2020 - 12:37:28
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - With Covid-19 regulations requiring increased capacity to ensure adequate space to comply with physical distancing [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Report urges African states to facilitate money transfers

18 october 2020 - 19:17:03
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) – Governments are invited to facilitate money transfers for the fight against the COVID-19, according to a [...] Full text...

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Former Benin president Boni Yayi denies leaving debts to workers

18 october 2020 - 12:50:36
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin's former president Boni Yayi (2006-2016) has said  he left no debts to workers, contradicting his successor [...] Full text...

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Libyan papers highlight preps for Political Talks Forum, flare of coronavirus infections

17 october 2020 - 19:17:02
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Preparations for resumption of the Inclusive Forum of Libyan Political Talks under the auspices 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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Coronavirus: Pandemic and violence contribute to rising humanitarian needs in the Sahel

17 october 2020 - 06:00:09
Geneva, Switzerland  (PANA) - A surge in armed violence, coupled with the economic and social fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, [...] Full text...

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World Bank, IMF boards urge transfer of real resources to developing countries

16 october 2020 - 22:47:40
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The Development Committee of the world’s top financial institutions said Friday the coronavirus (COVID-19) [...] Full text...

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Rwanda's former education state minister jailed 10 years for corruption

16 october 2020 - 16:56:52
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA)  - Rwanda’s former state minister in charge of  Primary and Secondary Education, Dr Isaac Munyakazi  was on [...] Full text...

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WFP supports more than 160,000 pupils in vulnerable areas of Niger

16 october 2020 - 13:16:07
Niamey, Niger (PANA) -The World Food Programme (WFP) will increase its allocation to school canteens to help more than 160,000 [...] Full text...

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Celebrating African youth turning the tide on plastic pollution

16 october 2020 - 12:41:03
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) -  More than 400 young Africans were on Friday honoured for their leadership in addressing plastic pollution [...] Full text...

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Nearly 5 million children need help to survive in Nigeria, Mauritania, Niger and Chad - Save the Children

15 october 2020 - 17:45:48
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The coronavirus pandemic has caused a 60 percent increase in the number of children in [...] Full text...

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Somalia Humanitarian Fund allocates US$9.26 million for floods response

15 october 2020 - 15:06:57
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - The Somalia Humanitarian Fund (SHF) has released US$9.26 million to scale up priority life-saving assistance to [...] Full text...

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UNESCO Director- General visits Brazzaville and Kinshasa

14 october 2020 - 15:17:04
Paris, France (PANA) - UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay is due in Central Africa on Wednesday for a 48-hour official visit [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Libyan health authorities threaten to impose total confinement for persistent failure to obey prevention measures

13 october 2020 - 22:44:06
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chairman of the scientific committee of fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Dr Khalifa al-Baccouche, [...] Full text...

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Congolese urged to remain mobilised in the face of disaster risk

13 october 2020 - 12:03:37
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Congolese Minister of Tourism and Environment, Arlette Soudan-Nonault, on Tuesday urged her compatriots to remain mobilised [...] 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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Coronavirus: UNICEF restates strong support to Gambia’s safe return to school efforts

12 october 2020 - 16:54:19
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - UNICEF has assured the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education in The Gambia of its continued [...] Full text...

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Debt burden of LDCs continues to climb to a record $744 billion in 2019

12 october 2020 - 15:29:30
Washington, US (PANA) - In response to an urgent need for greater debt transparency, the latest edition of the International [...] Full text...

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Gambia’s disaster affects over 60,000 people - Report

11 october 2020 - 20:41:32
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - More than 60,000 people have been affected by natural disasters, the country’s disaster management agency report [...] Full text...

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Over 330,000 teachers report back to school ahead of phased re-opening

09 october 2020 - 12:27:53
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's Teachers Service Commission (TSC) on Friday said that 337,432 tutors have reported back to schools [...] Full text...

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Over 330,000 teachers report back to school ahead of phased re-opening

09 october 2020 - 12:21:24
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's Teachers Service Commission (TSC) on Friday said that 337,432 tutors have reported back to schools [...] Full text...

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Rwanda introduces mobile learning via SMS to reach most vulnerable

09 october 2020 - 11:11:44
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - One of the startups in Rwanda has developed a mobile platform that will be used effective [...] Full text...

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COVID-19 halting crucial mental health services in Africa, WHO survey finds

09 october 2020 - 06:18:38
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – Critical funding gaps are halting and disrupting crucial mental health services in Africa, as demand for these [...] Full text...

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Mauritania: President Ghazouani calls for suspension of G5 Sahel debt

08 october 2020 - 23:27:29
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian President Mohamed Cheikh El Ghazouani called here Thursday for the suspension of debt servicing for [...] Full text...

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President Issoufou meets with Spanish FM

08 october 2020 - 17:58:05
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Nigerien President Issoufou Mahamadou, met with the Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ms. Maria Aranzazu Gonzalez [...] Full text...

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Stillbirths: An unnecessary, unspeakable tragedy – UN report

08 october 2020 - 16:08:44
New York, US (PANA) -  A stillborn baby is delivered every 16 seconds, which translates into nearly two million infants [...] Full text...

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South African family barred from burying corpse near Mandela's grave

08 october 2020 - 11:29:37
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former President Nelson Mandela’s grandson Mandla has secured a court order barring a burial [...] Full text...

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