COVID-19: Tanzania’s economic growth fastest in Eastern Africa - AfDB Report
10 july 2020 - 12:35:19Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – A new report shows Tanzania’s economy is forecast to grow at 5.2 percent in [...] Full text...
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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – A new report shows Tanzania’s economy is forecast to grow at 5.2 percent in [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: Refugees in Africa ‘even more vulnerable than ever’ amid pandemic
09 july 2020 - 21:36:07New York, US (PANA) - Millions of refugees across Africa face even greater food insecurity because of aid disruption and [...] Full text...
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AU lays ground for industrialisation summit in November in Niger
06 july 2020 - 23:32:19Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) is planning to hold a special summit of heads of state [...] Full text...
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Juliet Nalukenge, Uganda's 17-year-old jewel (Sports portrait)
06 july 2020 - 13:27:06Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Teenager Juliet Nalukenge made history by winning the Uganda Women's Player-of-the-Year award at a tender age [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: ADF approves US$165 million grant for Ethiopia's national COVID-19 emergency response
03 july 2020 - 14:52:42Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF) on 3 July, 2020, approved [...] Full text...
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Amnesty international wants investigation into death of Ethiopian singer
02 july 2020 - 21:18:56Paris, France (PANA) - Amnesty international (AI) Thursday called on Ethiopian authorities to open immediate, impartial, and independent investigations into [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Togo to reopen air traffic after 3-month closure
02 july 2020 - 14:59:28Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togo is preparing to reopen its air space to traffic, suspended for more than three months [...] Full text...
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Murdered Ethiopian singer buried Thursday
02 july 2020 - 14:31:50Ambo, Ethiopia (PANA) - Hundreds of mourners gathered Thursday for the funeral of a popular Ethiopian singer whose assassination this [...] Full text...
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African Union Commission Chair appeals for calm in Ethiopia
02 july 2020 - 13:56:04Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Moussa Faki Mahamat, says he is monitoring [...] Full text...
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COVID-19: Vulnerable people across East Africa forcibly evicted during pandemic
02 july 2020 - 09:46:46Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Over 70,000 people, many of whom are internally displaced, were forcibly evicted from their [...] Full text...
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Decisions of CAF Executive Meeting held on 30 June 2020
01 july 2020 - 12:52:04Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - At its meeting on 30 June 2020, via video-conference to discuss the future of competitions and [...] Full text...
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ADF approves US$9.52 million to enhance coordinated COVID-19 response in East Africa, Horn of Africa and the Comoros
01 july 2020 - 12:40:44Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF) has approved grants totalling US$9.52 [...] Full text...
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Violent protests intensify in Ethiopia after popular singer's killing
30 june 2020 - 23:01:51Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Violence broke out in three major cities in Ethiopia - Addis Ababa, Dire Dawa and [...] Full text...
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Water cooperation between States ‘key’ to Blue Nile dam project
30 june 2020 - 05:39:02New York, US (PANA) - The Blue Nile is “critical for the livelihoods and development” of Egyptians, Ethiopians and Sudanese, [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Pandemic ‘not even close to being over’, WHO chief warns
29 june 2020 - 19:45:30Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Nearly six months after the new coronavirus first emerged, the COVID-19 pandemic is “not even close [...] Full text...
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“One” WASH program improves well-being of Ethiopia's vulnerable communities - Officials
29 june 2020 - 18:28:35Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopia’s ‘One’ model, under which the government runs its Water, Sanitation and Hygiene ( WASH [...] Full text...
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World Athletics ratifies Cheptegei's 5km world record
29 june 2020 - 16:53:10Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - World Athletics on Monday ratified the world 5km record set by Uganda's Joshua Cheptegei on February [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria repatriates 315 stranded citizens from UK
29 june 2020 - 11:48:53Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Federal Government has continued its evacuation of stranded citizens abroad as a result of [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Leaders of African media associations call on gov’ts for support to work efficiently
28 june 2020 - 14:02:04Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Leaders of African media organisations have called on African governments to empower journalists to work efficiently [...] Full text...
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Ethiopia says will start filling Grand Renaissance Dam within two weeks
27 june 2020 - 13:27:19Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopia is set to start filling the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) within the next [...] Full text...
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AU commends Transitional Government of Sudan on addressing multiple challenges
27 june 2020 - 10:13:42Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU) has commended the Transitional [...] Full text...
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BOAD mobilizes more than 180 billion CFAF to support WAEMU States and private sector
26 june 2020 - 17:34:56Lomé, Togo (PANA) - The West African Development Bank (BOAD) is mobilizing 275.6 million euros (about CFAF 180.78 billion), to [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: African Union calls for unbiased sharing of coronavirus vaccine
25 june 2020 - 21:33:41Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Top scientists, researchers and ministers of health rose from a two-day virtual conference on Thursday [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO decries ‘negligent’ safety planning for African frontline health workers
25 june 2020 - 20:03:09Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Gebreyesus, has decried the lack of proper [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: South Africa’s president Ramaphosa calls for virus vaccine roadmap
25 june 2020 - 14:35:24Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on the African Union to work with countries, [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: 10 million infections milestone looms – WHO chief says
25 june 2020 - 04:45:24Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The world is on track to reach 10 million coronavirus cases within the next week, the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO to finance coronavirus vaccine research in Africa
24 june 2020 - 22:55:50Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The World Health Organisation (WHO) will provide funding to the most promising coronavirus vaccine initiatives [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: US citizens in Ghana to fly home by Ethiopian Airlines on June 26
22 june 2020 - 16:45:38Accra, Ghana (PANA) - American citizens and legal permanent residents (LPRs) in Ghana are to benefit from a special Ethiopian [...] Full text...
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Coca-Cola Africa gives Kenya floods victims US$119,374 relief support
22 june 2020 - 16:39:25Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Coca-Cola Beverages Africa-Kenya (CCBA) on Monday donated 12.7 million Kenyan shillings (Kshs) to the Kenya Red [...] Full text...
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COVID-19: 39 organizations call on governments to ensure access to asylum seekers during pandemic
22 june 2020 - 12:49:38Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - A coalition of international, national, and refugee-led organizations in the Horn, East and Central [...] Full text...
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Rights body slams Mozambique for s failure to release detained refugees
21 june 2020 - 15:00:45Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Amnesty International has faulted the Mozambican authorities for failing to release 16 African and asylum seekers [...] Full text...
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Fayez Al-Sarraj, Algerian president discuss resumption of the political process in Libya
20 june 2020 - 15:34:58Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Algerian President Abdelmajid Tabboune on Saturday in Algiers granted an audience to the President of the [...] Full text...
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Without funds, ‘no choice’ but to suspend most aid flights, warns WFP
19 june 2020 - 17:15:24Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) on Friday issued a critical warning, declaring that it may [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: UN says Sudan needs more assistance from the int'l community to combat COVID-19
18 june 2020 - 19:29:02Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The United Nations on Thursday said despite concerted international assistance for the Sudan to combat COVID-19, [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: US increases aid to $18 million in Zimbabwe as pandemic cases near 400
17 june 2020 - 12:37:56Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The United States Government, through its U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), has committed an additional US$10 [...] Full text...
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Covid-19: Investment flows in Africa set to drop 25% to 40% in 2020 - UNCTAD report
16 june 2020 - 13:56:08Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The trend of declining foreign direct investment (FDI) to Africa is set to exacerbate significantly in [...] Full text...
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AU Peace and Security Council deplores the continuing crisis in Libya
15 june 2020 - 17:11:14Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The African Union Peace and Security Council has expressed serious concern over the continuing crisis in [...] Full text...
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Solution to Libyan crisis held hostage by multiple initiatives (News analysis by Youssef Ba, PANA correspondent)
15 june 2020 - 10:23:39Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The unending delay in the resolution of the political and security crises in Libya after more [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Moroccan king to send medical aid to 15 African countries to fight virus
15 june 2020 - 08:08:50Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Morocco is sending medical aid to several African countries to fight against the COVID 19, according [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: 'AfDB's COVID-19 response is moving from commitment to action'
14 june 2020 - 18:18:01Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) says it responded swiftly to the needs of its member [...] Full text...
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COVID-19: Elections and governance issues in Africa - By Paul Ejime (PANA Guest Writer)
14 june 2020 - 14:32:31Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Elections in Africa during normal times are a huge challenge, in terms of logistics, operations and [...] Full text...
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FIFA restarts int'l rankings, Senegal leads Africa and Belgium rules globally
12 june 2020 - 16:19:34Zurich, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Football Governing Body, FIFA, on Thursday resumed its international ranking for national teams after [...] Full text...
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AfDB gives $1.2 million for Ethiopia-Sudan Railway study
11 june 2020 - 17:00:43Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a $1.2 million [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: New partnership formed to combat virus
11 june 2020 - 08:03:00Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A new partnership bringing together a private enterprise and UK’s leading non-profit humanitarian organization for children, [...] Full text...
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EU removes Tunisia from list of high-risk countries
10 june 2020 - 14:29:12Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The European Commission on Tuesday officially informed the Tunisian embassy in Brussels of its decision to [...] Full text...
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Ethiopia gets funds to begin financial study on Red Sea railway link
09 june 2020 - 23:38:23Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopia and Sudan plan to construct a 1,512 km standard gauge railway linking the two [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Africa’s moment to redefine public health system (By Olajide Ademola and Benjamin Djoudalbaye, Guest writers)
08 june 2020 - 20:53:22Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) -The coronavirus (COVID -19) pandemic has drastically challenged and strained health systems worldwide. In Africa, it is [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: ‘Global solidarity’ needed to find affordable, accessible virus vaccine, says Guterres
05 june 2020 - 05:51:57New York, US (PANA) - In the race to end the coronavirus pandemic, the UN chief reminded a virtual medical [...] Full text...
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UNDP, GCCI sign MoU on Gender Equality Seal for Private Sector Programme in Gambia
03 june 2020 - 17:25:59Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) office in The Gambia and The Gambia Chamber of Commerce [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Botswana evacuates 400 citizens so far, 94 expected on Wednesday
03 june 2020 - 12:03:28Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Over 400 Botswana citizens and permanent residents have been assisted to safely return home from South [...] Full text...
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AfDB delivers on a decade of transformative commitments to reduce poverty (A feature)
02 june 2020 - 19:59:25Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - For the past five decades, the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has been at the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: 120 Malians stranded in the US flown home
01 june 2020 - 17:26:41Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Some 120 Malians who were stranded in the United States returned to their country on Saturday [...] Full text...
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South African law firm extends its reach in Africa
01 june 2020 - 15:48:55Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Less than a year after it announced it was opening a new office in [...] Full text...
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Ethiopia wants Sudan/Ethiopia border dispute resolved diplomatically
31 may 2020 - 17:32:44Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Ethiopia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued a statement calling for diplomacy to remedy the recent [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Africa CDC deploys 28 frontline responders to Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Mali and Niger
31 may 2020 - 15:31:50Addis Ababa, Ryhiopia (PANA) - For the first time, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has [...] Full text...
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AU Chief slams US govt. following the murder of blackman George Floyd
31 may 2020 - 07:56:55Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, on Friday strongly condemned the [...] Full text...
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Sudan summons Ethiopian charge d'affaires to protest attack near common border
30 may 2020 - 17:15:49Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan on Saturday summoned the Ethiopian Charge d’Affaires to officially protest what it called an "Ethiopian [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus infections accelerate to 130,275 across Africa
29 may 2020 - 22:30:51Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – African countries are reporting an acceleration of new coronavirus infections with at least 130,275 cases [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Africa must play central role in vaccine development - Africa CDC
29 may 2020 - 21:50:02Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Vaccine developers around the world must make African countries and scientists at the centre of [...] Full text...
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UN Human Rights , AU Commission chiefs urge “serious action” to halt US police killings of unarmed African Americans
29 may 2020 - 15:43:05Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Mic Commhelle Bachelet on Thursday condemned the killing of George [...] Full text...
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Rights watchdog faults Ethiopian security forces for rape, extrajudicial executions
29 may 2020 - 12:18:24Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Ethiopian security forces committed horrendous human rights violations including burning homes to the ground, extrajudicial executions [...] Full text...
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AU warns states militarising lockdowns threatens ‘silencing the gun’ initiative
28 may 2020 - 14:11:31Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The use of lethal force and the militarisation of the state to enforce measures aimed [...] Full text...
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COVID-19 heightens need for pharmaceutical production in poor countries
27 may 2020 - 13:00:36Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have teamed [...] Full text...
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Humanitarian agency says new swarms of locusts threaten to increase hunger in East Africa
27 may 2020 - 10:43:11Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Humanitarian agency Oxfam warned on Wednesday that millions of people in East and Central Africa, already [...] Full text...
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Ugandan soccer legend, Kirunda, passes on
26 may 2020 - 16:42:48Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Uganda's football legend, Jimmy Kirunda, died on Monday (25 May, 2020), the Federation of Uganda Football [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: AU envoy says coronavirus stimuli spending in Africa ‘grossly inadequate’
25 may 2020 - 21:33:13Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – African countries have spent an average of 0.8 percent of their gross domestic product on [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Senior Rwandan official calls for solidarity among African states in fight against COVID-19
25 may 2020 - 18:40:49Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan Foreign Affairs minister, Dr Vincent Biruta, on Monday called for global solidarity to fight against [...] Full text...
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COVID-19: Mahamat tells Africa 'stop dependency on outside, live on own resources'
25 may 2020 - 14:56:54Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The COVID-19 pandemic has brutally reminded African nations of the imperative need to put a [...] Full text...
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‘Half a century on, Africa’s scorecard is doubtful’ – AU Commission chief
25 may 2020 - 13:14:05Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Africa’s scorecard after s half a century of independence and freedom leaves people in doubt, [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: 188m-euro AfDB loan to boost Kenya's COVID-19 response
22 may 2020 - 17:23:40Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) on Friday approved an 188-million-euro [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Africa CDC revises mass testing target for coronavirus in Africa to 10-15 million
21 may 2020 - 20:55:46Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The Africa Union (AU) has revised its rapid mass testing target to 10-15 million people [...] Full text...
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World Bank announces $500 million to fight locusts in Africa, Middle East
21 may 2020 - 17:08:45Washington, US (PANA) - The World Bank Group on Thursday approved a US$500 million programme to help countries in Africa [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Botswana to repatriate citizens in Europe
20 may 2020 - 19:47:20Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana’s citizens trapped in Europe’s different countries due to the COVID-19 outbreak have been offered the [...] Full text...
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Guterres urges member states of Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam to reach agreement
20 may 2020 - 05:02:06New York, US (PANA) - UN chief António Guterres is encouraging Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan to persevere with efforts to [...] Full text...
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Uganda, AstraZeneca sign anti-hypertension partnership deal
18 may 2020 - 18:21:55Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Biopharmaceutical firm, Astra Zeneca, and Uganda have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will pave [...] Full text...
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AU, UN appeal for ‘stable and peaceful environment’ for Burundi elections
18 may 2020 - 04:59:20Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ahead of presidential and local elections in Burundi on Wednesday, the African Union (AU) Commission and the [...] Full text...
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Kenyan troops kill 5 Al-Shabaab militants in Somalia
17 may 2020 - 13:07:57Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan soldiers under the African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM) Sunday said they had quelled a [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Accra hosts regional hub to maintain lifesaving operations in Africa as virus spreads
15 may 2020 - 13:23:11Accra, Ghana (PANA) - A regional humanitarian response hub in Ghana, set up by the United Nations World Food Programme [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: UN leads call to protect most vulnerable from mental health crisis during and after pandemic
14 may 2020 - 05:31:02Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Decades of neglect and under-investment in addressing people’s mental health needs have been exposed by the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: AU salutes nurses killed by global coronavirus pandemic
12 may 2020 - 21:22:21Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has saluted nurses who lost their lives in the line of [...] Full text...
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Nigeria says only local airlines will now fly stranded citizens abroad back home
12 may 2020 - 07:56:31Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Federal Government on Monday bowed to pressure over its use of foreign airlines to [...] Full text...
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Battle ‘not yet over’ against locust invasions in East Africa and Yemen - says FAO
12 may 2020 - 05:39:59Rome, Italy (PANA) - Despite the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic and other challenges, significant gains have been made against Desert Locust [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: UN think-tank estimates US$65 billion monthly loss from lockdowns in Africa
11 may 2020 - 09:03:29Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – One month full lockdown across Africa could cost the continent about 2.5 percent of its [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: NGOs advocate for the specific protection of women, girls during COVID-19 in sub-Saharan Africa
08 may 2020 - 16:25:41Paris, France (PANA) - Three organizations on Thursday called on authorities in sub-Saharan Africa to ensure that measures adopted to [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Pandemic feared to affect 1.4 million jobs in Ethiopia
08 may 2020 - 14:20:00Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Close to 1.4 million workers in Ethiopia will be affected by the coronavirus pandemic, particularly [...] Full text...
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EU cites 12 countries, including 4 from Africa, as 'high risk third countries' in money laundering
08 may 2020 - 09:02:37Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - Four African countries are among 12 countries that have been identified by the European Union as [...] Full text...
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Monday's forex rate for Rwandan Franc
04 may 2020 - 13:21:45Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The following are Monday's foreign exchange rates for the Rwandan Franc as issued by the National [...] Full text...
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AU high-level meeting notes Somalia’s commitment to build political consensus
03 may 2020 - 19:49:22Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – A High-Level Meeting on Somalia, organized by the Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the [...] Full text...
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Eritrean leader in Addis Ababa for official visit
03 may 2020 - 10:35:47Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Eritrean President Isaias Afewerki arrived in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa early on Sunday for [...] Full text...
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Business leaders call for timely launch of African Free Trade Zone
01 may 2020 - 16:05:48Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African business leaders have signed a joint letter calling on ministers and heads of state [...] Full text...
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Friday's forex rate for Rwandan Franc
01 may 2020 - 12:51:04Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The following are Friday's foreign exchange rates for the Rwandan Franc as issued by the National [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: IMF approves US$411 million emergency assistance to Ethiopia to tackle pandemic
01 may 2020 - 09:39:36Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF)’s approval of US$411 million emergency assistance to Ethiopia to address [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: AU moves to raise US$420 million to increase rapid pandemic fight in Africa
01 may 2020 - 08:26:44Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat said on Thursday that the continental organization [...] Full text...
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Wednesday's forex rate for Rwandan Franc
29 april 2020 - 09:38:07Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The following are Wednesday's foreign exchange rates for the Rwandan Franc as issued by the National [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Tensions rise as pandemic encroaches on disputed Abyei
29 april 2020 - 06:23:34New York, US (PANA) - Sudan’s efforts to stop the spread of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, are delaying the deployment [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: UN leads bid to help 135 countries get vital COVID-19 medical kits
29 april 2020 - 05:32:43Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A major UN-led initiative is under way to secure supplies of key medical equipment for 135 [...] Full text...
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Tuesday's forex rate for Rwandan Franc
28 april 2020 - 08:22:02Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The following are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the Rwandan Franc as issued by the National [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Kenya extends containment, curfew
25 april 2020 - 12:57:59Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Kenyan authorities on Saturday extended the ongoing curfew and containment in a bid to contain [...] Full text...
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Africa Vaccination Week 2020 kicks off as COVID-19 threatens immunization gains - WHO
25 april 2020 - 09:44:30Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – This year’s Africa Vaccination Week started on Friday as the COVID-19 pandemic is causing significant disruption to [...] Full text...
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Niger reports new polio outbreak
25 april 2020 - 09:30:50Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – Niger has reported a new polio outbreak that has affected two children in Niamey and Tillaberi region, [...] Full text...
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Will oil-rich African countries be left indebted after coronavirus outbreak?
25 april 2020 - 01:09:01Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Humanity is witnessing some of the most profound changes seen since the Great Depression as a [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO urges countries not to let virus eclipse other health issues
23 april 2020 - 16:18:24Brazzaville, Congo PANA) – Public health systems in Africa are coming under severe strain as the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic persists, the [...] Full text...
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COVID-19: ‘Keep critical food supply chains operating to save lives’, urges UN-backed report
21 april 2020 - 21:52:59Rome, Italy (PANA) - A new study on food insecurity by an alliance of the UN, governmental, and non-governmental agencies [...] Full text...
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Tuesday's forex rate for Rwandan Franc
21 april 2020 - 10:51:38Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The following are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the Rwandan Franc as issued by the National [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: New cargo of medical aid arrives in Tunisia
16 april 2020 - 21:39:48Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A new cargo of medical equipment for Tunisia arrived early Thursday aboard an Ethiopian Airlines flight, [...] Full text...
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Zambia records 3 new cases of COVID-19
15 april 2020 - 14:19:18Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Zambia has recorded three more positive COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, Health minister Chitalu [...] Full text...
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Wednesday's forex rate for Rwandan Franc
15 april 2020 - 08:57:00Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The following are Wednesday's foreign exchange rates for the Rwandan Franc as issued by the National [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Major relief airlift for ‘most vulnerable’ African nations takes off
15 april 2020 - 05:36:20Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The first of the UN’s “Solidarity Flights” carrying urgently needed medical equipment in the war [...] Full text...
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Tuesday's forex rate for Rwandan Franc
14 april 2020 - 11:49:32Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The following are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the Rwandan Franc as issued by the National [...] Full text...
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Benin receives masks and medical equipment to fight against COVID-19
13 april 2020 - 23:23:04Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Beninese government Monday received assorted medical materials to fight the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, official sources [...] Full text...
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US Secretary of State Pompeo calls on Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed
13 april 2020 - 18:57:57Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The US Secretary of the State, Mike Pompeo, on Monday called on Ethipia’s prime minister, Abiy [...] Full text...
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Monday's forex rate for Rwandan Franc
13 april 2020 - 10:03:37Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The following are Monday's foreign exchange rates for the Rwandan Franc as issued by the National [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Africa CDC issues guidelines for vaccine trials in Africa
10 april 2020 - 23:38:43Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Africa Centre for Disease Control (CDC) has issued a four-point guideline for the conduct [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Ethiopia records third death, nine new cases
10 april 2020 - 22:30:52Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - A 65-year-old Ethiopian woman has died of coronavirus, becoming the third person to succumb to [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: IGAD Finance Ministers commit to contribute to Emergency Fund
10 april 2020 - 17:29:47Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Executive Secretary of the Inter-governmental Authority on Development (IGAD), Dr Workneh Gebeyehu, on Thursday held [...] Full text...
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Desert locust fight goes on in East Africa despite coronavirus crisis measures
10 april 2020 - 07:13:59Rome, Italy (PANA) - Sustained efforts to contain East Africa’s worst invasion of desert locusts in decades are forging ahead, [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: 100 days on from advent of pandemic, more action is needed: Tedros
10 april 2020 - 06:36:05Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - With Thursday marking 100 days since the World Health Organization (WHO) was first notified about what [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: 997 Americans evacuated from Nigeria over COVID-19 pandemic
09 april 2020 - 16:33:32Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The United States Mission in Nigeria on Thursday said it has helped 997 Americans to return [...] Full text...
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Foreign embassies evacuate 1,739 nationals from Nigeria
09 april 2020 - 10:43:42Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) says 1,739 foreigners have been evacuated from the country [...] Full text...
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Thursday's forex rate for Rwandan Franc
09 april 2020 - 07:47:11Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The following are Thursday's foreign exchange rates for the Rwandan Franc as issued by the National [...] Full text...
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Wednesday's forex rate for Rwandan Franc
08 april 2020 - 08:58:00Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The following are Wednesday's foreign exchange rates for the Rwandan Franc as issued by the National [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Civil society organizations call for release of journalists imprisoned in 10 African countries
08 april 2020 - 07:57:13Paris, France (PANA) - Eighty-one civil society organizations grouped in a coalition on Tuesday sent a letter to 10 African [...] Full text...
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AI decries conflicts, cocktail of rights violations in Africa
08 april 2020 - 07:30:17Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – The London-based global human rights watchdog, Amnesty International (AI), on Tuesday released a report saying, armed [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: US, Canada top list of nations evacuating citizens from Nigeria
08 april 2020 - 07:07:29Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Foreign nations have intensified the evacuation of their citizens living in Nigeria because of COVID-19 (coronavirus) [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Africa's positive cases top 10,000 with more than 500 deaths
08 april 2020 - 05:44:43Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – The number of confirmed COVID-19 (coronavirus) cases in Africa has risen to more than 10,000 and caused [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nine-month-old baby, seven others test positive in Ethiopia
07 april 2020 - 23:27:41Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - A nine-month-old baby boy has become the youngest Ethiopian to test positive for the coronavirus [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Ramaphosa calls for unity as Covid-19 sets its sights on Africa
06 april 2020 - 13:31:51Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday noted that the coronavirus pandemic has exposed the fragility [...] Full text...
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Two die in Ethiopia from COVID-19 as cases rise to 43 people
05 april 2020 - 21:57:44Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Two people died Sunday from the coronavirus (COVID-!9) while five new cases were detected, pushing [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: UN relief official tests positive in South Sudan
05 april 2020 - 21:10:23Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The first case of coronavirus in South Sudan has been diagnosed on a United Nations [...] Full text...
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AU pursues debt forgiveness to address coronavirus impact
04 april 2020 - 20:10:58Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - African Union's top organ, the Bureau of Heads of State, has called for a global debt [...] Full text...
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Africa CDC handles shortage of medical supplies threatening coronavirus response
04 april 2020 - 18:58:36Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - A global shortage of key medical supplies required to sustain the onslaught on the coronavirus [...] Full text...
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World Bank Group launches first operations for COVID-19 emergency health support
04 april 2020 - 17:57:33Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors approved on Friday a first round of emergency [...] Full text...
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Rwandan papers focus on response to the coronavirus economic crisis
04 april 2020 - 13:11:14Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan newspapers this week largely focused on ongoing efforts in the country to deal with the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WB approves first set of emergency support operations for developing countries
03 april 2020 - 05:53:00Washington, US (PANA) - The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors on Thursday approved a first set of emergency support [...] Full text...
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Africans rise against armed conflict, repressive regimes
02 april 2020 - 19:13:38Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Protesters across sub-Saharan Africa have braved bullets and beatings to defend their rights in the face [...] Full text...
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Thursday's forex rate for Rwandan Franc
02 april 2020 - 13:19:15Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The following are Thursday's foreign exchange rates for the Rwandan Franc as issued by the National [...] Full text...
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AfDB approves $1.5 million emergency grant to curb desert locusts East and Horn of Africa
02 april 2020 - 10:35:59Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank on Wednesday approved a $1.5 million [...] Full text...
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Wednesday's forex rate for Rwandan Franc
01 april 2020 - 13:27:05Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The following are Wednesday's foreign exchange rates for the Rwandan Franc as issued by the National [...] Full text...
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Tuesday's forex rate for Rwandan Franc
31 march 2020 - 13:27:20Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The following are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the Rwandan Franc as issued by the National [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: IGAD leaders adopt regional approach to combating COVID-19
30 march 2020 - 22:39:42Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Heads of State and Government of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) on Monday decided [...] Full text...
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IGAD leaders agree joint strategy to handle coronavirus pandemic
30 march 2020 - 17:14:53Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Member states of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) have agreed to forge a joint approach [...] Full text...
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Monday's forex rate for Rwandan Franc
30 march 2020 - 12:25:06Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The following are Monday's foreign exchange rates for the Rwandan Franc as issued by the National [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Ethiopia's confirmed cases up by three to 19
29 march 2020 - 20:13:41Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Three new confirmed cases of COVID-19 (coronavirus) have been confirmed in Ethiopia to bring to [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Uganda's cases climb to 30
29 march 2020 - 15:38:11Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Seven new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), have been confirmed in Uganda, bringing the number of confirmed [...] Full text...
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UN human rights office concerned by information shutdown in Ethiopia
27 march 2020 - 18:55:27Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said Friday it is very [...] Full text...
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Friday's forex rate for Rwandan Franc
27 march 2020 - 13:40:26Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The following are Friday's foreign exchange rates for the Rwandan Franc as issued by the National [...] Full text...
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Thursday's forex rate for Rwandan Franc
26 march 2020 - 09:37:00Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The following are Thursday's foreign exchange rates for the Rwandan Franc as issued by the National [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Ethiopia decongests prisons, gears for local resources to battle coronavirus
25 march 2020 - 23:24:42Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopian Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed, has pardoned 4,000 prisoners and donated his monthly salary to [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Eritrea bans flights after three new coronavirus cases, public gatherings shunned
25 march 2020 - 23:19:40Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Eritrea has banned passenger flights effective midnight on Wednesday, after three more passengers tested positive [...] Full text...
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Chinese billionaire Jack Ma offers Togo material for fighting coronavirus
25 march 2020 - 18:03:34Lomé, Togo (PANA)-Togo on Tuesday received at Lomé airport a donation of health equipment from Chinese billionaire Jack Ma, founder [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus cases rise to 14 in Uganda
25 march 2020 - 17:17:39Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Two out of six Chinese nationals arrested in a random swoop for reportedly violating self-quarantine rules [...] Full text...
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Wednesday's forex rate for Rwandan Franc
25 march 2020 - 14:08:46Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The following are Wednesday's foreign exchange rates for the Rwandan Franc as issued by the National [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: African FMs seek IMF, WB debt repayment break to handle coronavirus
25 march 2020 - 00:55:16Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African Finance Ministers have called on the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) [...] Full text...
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COVID-19: Jack Ma Foundation donates Coronavirus testing kits to Zambia
24 march 2020 - 15:18:17Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Zambia has been allocated 20,000 corona virus testing kits, 100,000 masks and 1,000 medical-use protective suits [...] Full text...
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Tuesday's forex rate for Rwandan Franc
24 march 2020 - 09:07:09Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The following are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the Rwandan Franc as issued by the National [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Uganda confirms first case amid border closure
22 march 2020 - 14:11:06Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - A 36-year-old Ugandan citizen, who arrived on a flight from Dubai on Saturday, tested positive for [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: 2 more test positive, mandatory quarantine for arriving passengers introduced in Ethiopia
22 march 2020 - 14:05:29Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopia has announced that all arriving passengers must be subjected to 14-day mandatory quarantine after [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Cases hit 529 across Africa, 14 dead - Africa CDC
18 march 2020 - 15:54:21Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - At least 14 people have died from the coronavirus outbreak in 31 countries in Africa, [...] Full text...
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Ethiopia confirms sixth coronavirus case
17 march 2020 - 22:47:43Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Ethiopia has risen to six after a Briton [...] Full text...
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Chadian President warns against "balkanization" of Libya
16 march 2020 - 17:43:48Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno has warned of "the balkanization of Libya, a danger we are [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Ethiopia confirms fifth case, PM orders schools shutdown
16 march 2020 - 14:21:52Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopia has confirmed its fifth case of coronavirus from a 34-year-old citizen who arrived home [...] Full text...
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Roundup: Coronavirus: African gov'ts take stringent measures to contain virus
16 march 2020 - 10:38:00Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - With confirmed cases of COVID-19 (coronavirus) on the rise in Africa, several countries at the weekend [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Three more test positive in Ethiopia
15 march 2020 - 22:39:37Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Three new cases of the coronavirus have been confirmed in Ethiopia, days after a Japanese [...] Full text...
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. Libyan media focus on Contact Group meeting in Congo, France's attempts to resume mediation
14 march 2020 - 19:15:17Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan newspapers this week focused on France's attempts to fill the void in United Nations-supervised mediation [...] Full text...
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Africa’s oil exporters likely to lose US$ $65 billion revenue due to COVID-19 impact
14 march 2020 - 12:18:09Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The unfolding coronavirus crisis could seriously dent Africa’s already stagnant growth with oil exporting nations losing [...] Full text...
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EU wants lasting solutions to degrade al-Shabaab, build up secure environment in Somalia
14 march 2020 - 09:28:19Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – Full cooperation is needed between the Federal Government of Somalia and the Federal Member States as [...] Full text...
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Ethiopia, Kenya agree common position on mega-power dam on Nile River
13 march 2020 - 21:04:09Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Visiting Ethiopian President Sahle-Work Zewde held talks with President Uhuru Kenyatta on the controversial filling of [...] Full text...
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Ethiopia records first confirmed case of coronavirus
13 march 2020 - 17:16:10Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - A Japanese national who arrived in Ethiopia on 4 March from Burkina Faso, has tested [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Catholic Church in Rwanda asks worshippers to stop receiving Communion on the tongue
13 march 2020 - 14:02:15Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda's Catholic Archbishop Antoine Kambanda has urged worshippers to stop some worship practices due to the [...] Full text...
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Friday's forex rate for Rwandan Franc
13 march 2020 - 11:41:33Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The following are Friday's foreign exchange rates for the Rwandan Franc as issued by the National [...] Full text...
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Intra-Libyan national conference scheduled for July in Addis Ababa
13 march 2020 - 11:30:14Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The members of the Contact Group of the High Level Committee of the African Union (AU) [...] Full text...
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FIFA reschedules Congress due to coronavirus outbreak
12 march 2020 - 22:18:47Zurich, Switzerland (PANA) - FIFA has pushed back its Congress to September from June due to the coronavirus outbreak, the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Sudan bars aliens from eight countries, including Egypt, from entering the country
12 march 2020 - 20:05:12Khartoum, SUDAN (PANA) - Sudan on Thursday suspended issuing visas for citizens hailing from countries devastated by the Coronavirus, while [...] Full text...
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Flagship UN study shows accelerating climate change on land, sea, atmosphere
11 march 2020 - 05:24:36New York, US Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A wide-ranging UN climate report, released on Tuesday, shows that climate change is [...] Full text...
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Tuesday's forex rate for Rwandan Franc
10 march 2020 - 09:34:07Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The following are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the Rwandan Franc as issued by the National [...] Full text...
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Rights group calls for restoration of internet, phone services in Ethiopia's Oromia region
09 march 2020 - 06:34:18Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Human Rights Watch, a human rights watchdog, has asked the Ethiopian government to immediately lift the shutdown of [...] Full text...
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Friday's forex rate for Rwandan Franc
06 march 2020 - 11:23:22Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The following are Friday's foreign exchange rates for the Rwandan Franc as issued by the National [...] Full text...
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Wednesday's forex rate for Rwandan Franc
04 march 2020 - 10:20:50Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The following are Wednesday's foreign exchange rates for the Rwandan Franc as issued by the National [...] Full text...
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Belgium gives 462,000 euros to aid fight against locusts in Africa
03 march 2020 - 11:54:42Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - Belgium has released 462,000 euros to support the fight against locusts that have invaded several countries [...] Full text...
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Hamdouk affirms the need to maintain civilian-military partnership in Sudan
02 march 2020 - 20:25:56Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese Prime Minister, Dr. Abdalla Hamdouk, has once again underlined the importance of the hybrid system [...] Full text...
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Monday's forex rate for Rwandan Franc
02 march 2020 - 11:23:25Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The following are Monday's foreign exchange rates for the Rwandan Franc as issued by the National [...] Full text...
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IGAD-EU ministerial meeting calls for closer collaboration
29 february 2020 - 18:59:22Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)- The European Union and the Inter Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) have agreed to revamp cooperation to [...] Full text...
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Chinese industrial workers subject to mandatory coronavirus isolation in Ethiopia
28 february 2020 - 23:52:35Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopia is subjecting Chinese nationals arriving to work in local industrial parks to 14 days [...] Full text...
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US signs agreement with Ethiopia for elections support
28 february 2020 - 21:49:05Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The United States has signed an agreement with the Ethiopian National Elections Board (NEBE) for [...] Full text...
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Friday's forex rate for Rwandan Franc
28 february 2020 - 11:59:30Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The following are Friday's foreign exchange rates for the Rwandan Franc as issued by the National [...] Full text...
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Locust plague spells catastrophe for millions in East Africa, warns humanitarian charity
28 february 2020 - 05:15:10Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A humanitarian charity has added its voice to warnings that grossly underfunded humanitarian responses across East [...] Full text...
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Congo, DR Congo work together in response to Coronavirus
27 february 2020 - 19:42:55Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – The two Congolese governments, Brazzaville and Kinshasa, on Thursday expressed their determination to coordinate their operations [...] Full text...
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AfDB notes lack of reform coordination in Zimbabwe government
26 february 2020 - 14:48:23Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has said the Zimbabwe government lacks reform coordination and urged the [...] Full text...
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Kenya's Safari Golf Tour to spread wings to Tanzania, Rwanda
26 february 2020 - 12:30:19Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Safari Tour owners and organizers of the Safari Golf Tour Series will spread wings of the [...] Full text...
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African countries warned of attempts to scuttle their contribution to settlement of Libyan crisis
26 february 2020 - 12:19:01Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan prime minister, Fayez Al-Sarraj, on Tuesday expressed his desire to see the African Union play [...] Full text...
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More funding needed to combat locust swarms ‘unprecedented in modern times’ - UN officials
26 february 2020 - 05:37:39New York, US (PANA) - Along with climate shocks, conflict and acute food insecurity, the East Africa region now faces [...] Full text...
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Solution to illegal migration is in Libya’s stability, says PM
26 february 2020 - 05:25:23Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj said on Tuesday that the solution to illegal migration is linked [...] Full text...
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Kenyan athletes secure 2021 World Indoor Championships wild card
25 february 2020 - 13:49:32Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's Collins Kipruto and Getnet Wale of Ethiopia are among 11 athletes who got wild cards [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian Mulu Kinfe Hailemichael wins second stage of the 2020 Cycling Tour du Rwanda
24 february 2020 - 21:18:45Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Ethiopian road racing cyclist Mulu Kinfe Hailemichael on Monday sprinted to victory in the second stage [...] Full text...
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Humanitarian charity says protection of people must be priority for new South Sudan govt
22 february 2020 - 08:30:51Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - As plans get underway for the formation of the transitional government in South Sudan on [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian athlete sets half marathon world record in Dubai
21 february 2020 - 13:36:29Al Khaimah(PANA) - Ethiopia’s Ababel Yeshaneh on Friday smashed the world record to win the Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon, [...] Full text...
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Friday's forex rate for Rwandan Franc
21 february 2020 - 13:22:40Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The following are Friday's foreign exchange rates for the Rwandan Franc as issued by the National [...] Full text...
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US State Secretary offers "substantial financial support" to Ethiopia
18 february 2020 - 20:32:40Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Visiting US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo has pledged substantial financial support to Ethiopia at [...] Full text...
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Libyans condemn Egyptian interference in Libya's internal affairs
18 february 2020 - 17:39:22Tripoli Libya (PANA) - The overwhelming majority of Libyan public opinion has vigorously condemned the various forms of continuous external [...] Full text...
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AU plans to send health volunteers to strengthen coronavirus readiness
18 february 2020 - 14:35:15Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has prepared a health task force made of 50 personnel to [...] Full text...
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