Nigeria's new coach must reignite Super Eagles' World Cup charge
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2023-24 CAF Confed. Cup: Second-leg, first-round matches
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UN, US honour survivors of terrorism working for peace
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CAF Women’s Champions League draw conducted
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2022/23 CAF Champions League: Abdelmonem goal hands Ahly record 11th title
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AfDB says Africa has necessary partnerships, technologies to eradicate hunger
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Libyan, Tunisian officials discuss blockages and delays at joint Ras Jedir border crossing
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Jordan reaffirms support for Libya to reach a solution to crisis
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Thousands demonstrate in support of transitional authorities in Burkina Faso
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On second thought: What is really going on here? A reflection by Sudanese journalists about ongoing fighting in the country (A Feature by Mohamed Osman Adam, PANA, correspondent)
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Chiefs of Staff of Western and Eastern Libya meet in Benghazi on unification of Libyan Army
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Burundi to receive support from AfDB Group in key development sectors
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New WFP chief Cindy McCain warns of funding crunch in fight against hunger
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Fiscal policy can help tame inflation, protect the most vulnerable: IMF Blog
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Marburg virus outbreaks highlight link between health and planet: WHO chief
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Global economy’s 'speed limit' set to fall to three-decade low: WB report
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Kagame, Moroccan King get CAF President's Outstanding Achievement Award
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Sudanese breathe sigh of relief, as military harsh statements subdue (News analysis by Mohamed Osman Adam, PANA correspondent)
08 march 2023 - 16:37:54Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese breathed a sigh of relief, even if temporarily, as the head of the Rapid Support [...] Full text...
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African Union promotes agricultural processing to boost continental free trade
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UN-backed project aims to eliminate mercury from skin lightening products
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UfM ministers agree on further cooperation in transport sectors
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Libyan PM stresses need for construction of passenger terminal at Tripoli airport
30 january 2023 - 15:10:00Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Prime Minister of has Government of National Unity, Abdelhamid al-Dbaiba, has stressed the need to [...] Full text...
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Kenya to end US$300 million bailouto Kenya Airways in 2023
20 january 2023 - 18:07:04Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya will end the US$300 million annual bailout of its national airline, Kenya Airways (KQ) in [...] Full text...
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Gambia prosecutors charge 2 civilians, policeman with treason
04 january 2023 - 13:01:50Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian police prosecutors have charged two civilians and a policeman with treason and concealment of treason for their [...] Full text...
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Gambia sets up panel to investigate foiled coup plot
28 december 2022 - 12:00:42Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambia Government on Tuesday inaugurated a panel to investigate the foiled coup plot against the [...] Full text...
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Ten people killed in bus explosion in eastern Burkina Faso
26 december 2022 - 18:46:05Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Ten passengers were killed and five others injured in a bus explosion in eastern Burkina [...] Full text...
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Gambia names alleged coup plotters
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IMF Executive Board completes third review under the Extended Fund Facility for Seychelles
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Sudan, Ethiopia hold high levels security talks in Khartoum
21 november 2022 - 10:03:41Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan and Ethiopia have ended security talks held at the highest level in Khartoum when the [...] Full text...
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Libya, Tunisia sign bilateral agreements
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COP27: Adapt or starve: Conference spotlights agriculture challenges and solutions in the face of climate change
13 november 2022 - 11:47:31Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt (PANA) - Small-scale farmers from developing countries produce one-third of the world’s food, yet they only receive 1.7 [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso: 15 dead including 13 soldiers in an attack in the east
30 october 2022 - 19:32:03Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Fifteen people, including 13 soldiers, were killed on Saturday in an attack in eastern Burkina [...] Full text...
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Global food crisis: Let’s move from ‘despair to hope and action’, urges Guterres
15 october 2022 - 06:42:04Rome, Italy (PANA) - In the face of the growing hunger crisis, the head of the UN Food and Agriculture [...] Full text...
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Legitimacy crisis fuels disagreements between Tripoli and Cairo over Libyan-Turkish MoU
13 october 2022 - 20:25:00Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The memorandum of understanding (MOU) initialed in early October between the government of national unity in [...] Full text...
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UN agencies launch joint programme in Tanzania to accelerate women empowerment
12 october 2022 - 17:08:36Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Four UN agencies on Wednesday launched a five-year agriculture programme to benefit more than [...] Full text...
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UPDATE 1: Ethiopian crisis: Govt accuses TPLF of expanding war to border areas with Sudan
31 august 2022 - 15:18:27Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Government of Ethiopia on Wednesday accused the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) regional force [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: Sudan summons Ethiopian Ambassador over 'unfounded' allegation of violation of its air space
31 august 2022 - 09:23:09Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan's Foreign Ministry on Monday summoned the Ambassador of Ethiopia, Yeptal Amiru, over his statement that a [...] Full text...
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UN spotlights ‘invisible’ value of groundwater during World Water Week
26 august 2022 - 05:27:13New York, US (PANA) - Groundwater, which sustains drinking water supplies, sanitation systems, farms, industries and ecosystems, is being overused, [...] Full text...
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Third Mohammed VI Foundation's Quran recitation ends
15 august 2022 - 13:19:35Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The final of the 3rd edition of the Mohammed VI Foundation of African Ulema competition of [...] Full text...
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UN Report: Global hunger numbers rose to as many as 828 million in 2021
06 july 2022 - 16:49:55Rome/New York, UN (PANA) - The latest State of Food Security and Nutrition report shows the world is moving backwards [...] Full text...
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Tunisian authorities say 'terrorist attack' near Tunis synagogue fails
24 june 2022 - 17:09:05Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A knife-wielding individual attacked a security unit posted near a "sensitive institution" near downtown Tunis on [...] Full text...
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'IFAD’s projects in Gambia to help increase food production'
20 june 2022 - 10:21:04Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Mr. Donald Brown, Associate Vice President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), has said [...] Full text...
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Stagflation risk rises amid sharp slowdown in growth – WB report
07 june 2022 - 11:47:32(EMBARGOED: NOT FOR PUBLICATION, BROADCAST OR TRANSMISSION UNTIL TUESDAY, 7 JUNE, 2022 AT 1:30 PM UTC) Washington, DC, US (PANA) - [...] Full text...
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Tunisian, Libyan entrepreneurs to work together to promote trade
29 may 2022 - 15:07:09Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Minister of Economy and Trade of the government of national unity, Mohamed Al-Haweij, has [...] Full text...
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US$ 678 million mobilized by IFAD in 42 years of presence in Burundi
28 may 2022 - 14:05:16Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), which has been present in Burundi since 1980, has [...] Full text...
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Libya, Tunisia and South Korea discuss promotion of trade cooperation
28 may 2022 - 13:21:37Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan minister of Economy and Trade in the government of national unity, Mohamed al-Haweij, Friday [...] Full text...
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AfDB Board approves US$1.5 billion facility to avert food crisis in Africa
20 may 2022 - 21:08:37Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank Group's Board of Directors on Friday approved a US$1.5 billion facility [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: African Development Bank Mobilize $540 Million For Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones In Nigeria
27 april 2022 - 14:50:06Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has mobilized a total of $540 million for the establishment of [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Burkinabe customs officers, gendarmes arrested for alleged fuel smuggling
20 april 2022 - 13:19:35Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - A number of customs officers and a gendarme were arrested and placed in custody on [...] Full text...
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IFAD supports Senegal's agriculture sector
15 april 2022 - 13:15:40Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has granted Senegal funding for the productivity and market [...] Full text...
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IFAD supports seven Sahelian countries with US$5.14 million
15 april 2022 - 13:05:19Cotonou, Benin PANA) - The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) will allocate US$5.14 million to finance the Integrated Climate [...] Full text...
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Nearly 40 young Libyans tell Stephanie Williams importance of finding a way out of the current impasse in Libya
08 april 2022 - 17:31:27Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan youth representatives from different Libyan regions Friday told the Special Adviser to the UN Secretary-General [...] Full text...
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Benin welcomes cooperation with OIF
20 march 2022 - 18:45:23Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Beninese government has welcomed its cooperation with the International Organisation of the Francophonie (OIF) on [...] Full text...
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CAF President sympathises with Sudan FA over death of 5 players of same club
06 march 2022 - 07:33:25Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - CAF President, Dr Patrice Motsepe, has sent a condolence letter to Sudan FA and the families [...] Full text...
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Gambia opens inquest into Ambassador's death
24 february 2022 - 10:09:57Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia’s Attorney General and Minister of Justice has written to request for an inquest into the [...] Full text...
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Members of the Libyan Joint Military Commission, West, call for early elections
15 february 2022 - 20:29:03Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Western Regional delegation of the 5+5 Joint Military Commission has called on "all local and [...] Full text...
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Libyan presidential election: Self al-Islam Gaddafi supporters to hold a press conference Wednesday in Dakar
07 december 2021 - 19:44:59Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Support Committee for the candidacy of Seif al-Islam Gaddafi, Muammar Gaddafi's youngest son, will hold [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Public power supply shut down in Abuja, five adjourning States, as electricity workers embark on strike
06 december 2021 - 17:22:25Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Public power supply has been cut in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and its adjourning States [...] Full text...
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FIFA supports WHO 16-day campaign on domestic violence
25 november 2021 - 23:30:06Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - FIFA and the World Health Organization (WHO) have teamed up to raise awareness about domestic violence [...] Full text...
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The Gambia: Truth Commission calls for prosecution of ex-officials
25 november 2021 - 15:59:17Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambian Truth Commission’s call for the prosecution of former officials who committed the worst human rights abuses during the 1994-2017 rule of [...] Full text...
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Protesters block French Army convoy on Burkinabe territory
22 november 2021 - 18:16:22Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - A convoy of the French Army coming from Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, on its ay to [...] Full text...
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IFAD President expected in Cote d'Ivoire on Sunday
19 november 2021 - 12:01:34Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The president of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Gilbert Houngbo, is expected to pay [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
Seif al-Islam Gaddafi files candidacy for 24 December presidential election in Libya
14 november 2021 - 19:35:58Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Seif Al-Islam Gaddafi, son of late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, Sunday filed his nomination at the [...] Full text...
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African Union moves to create continental medical agency
09 november 2021 - 21:01:33Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Treaty for the Establishment of the African Medicines Agency (AMA) entered into force with [...] Full text...
thread Health
Climate Change: Adaptation Fund raises record US$ 232 million in new pledges at COP26
09 november 2021 - 19:40:46Glasgow, Scotland (PANA) – The Adaptation Fund has received US$ 232.6 million in new support from contributing national and regional [...] Full text...
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COP26: Libyan MPs attend parliamentary side event
07 november 2021 - 16:03:51Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A delegation of the Libyan parliament has arrived in Glasgow to participate in the parliamentary meeting [...] Full text...
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World leaders urged to prioritise action on water and climate
31 october 2021 - 10:03:06Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Countries must step up urgent action to address the water-related consequences of climate change, the head [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Guinea junta names diplomat as Prime Minister
07 october 2021 - 12:20:37Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The president of the transition in Guinea, Colonel Mamadi Doumbouya, on Wednesday appointed Mohamed Béavogui, Prime [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Rwandan President Kagame on working visit in Mozambique
24 september 2021 - 15:27:51Pemba, Mozambique (PANA) – Rwandan President Pau Kagame on Friday arrived in Pemba, provincial capital of Cabo Delgado in northern Mozambique, [...] Full text...
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Global food systems: New IFAD report recommends concrete actions for policymakers
21 september 2021 - 14:43:55Rome, Italy (PANA) - Transforming global food systems to become more inclusive, fair and sustainable may seem an insurmountable challenge, [...] Full text...
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African rural voices reach UN Food Systems Summit
20 september 2021 - 13:00:06New York, US (PANA) - Small-scale farmers and other rural people are development actors in their own right, with a [...] Full text...
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Death toll in ambush of Burkina Faso's national gendarmerie rises to six
13 september 2021 - 20:40:27Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The death toll from an ambush on Sunday against a Burkina Faso national gendarmerie escort [...] Full text...
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Agroecology can address food systems failures - new IFAD report
08 september 2021 - 15:00:29Rome, Italy (PANA) – In its first comprehensive assessment of agroecology, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) announced Wednesday [...] Full text...
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Curfew extended by 60 days in eastern Burkina Faso
27 august 2021 - 19:30:34Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The governor of the East region in Burkina Faso, Col. Saidou Sanou, has announced that [...] Full text...
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Malian farmers target production of one million tonnes of cotton this year
22 august 2021 - 18:23:33Bamako, Mali (PANA) - "The objective is to reach one million tonnes of cotton, or even more, but, like the [...] Full text...
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CECAFA Zonal Women’s Champions League qualifiers set
22 august 2021 - 08:17:06Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The zonal Women’s Champions League qualifiers for the Council of East and Central Africa Football Associations [...] Full text...
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Togo: Duarte's list of players to face Senegal and Namibia
22 august 2021 - 07:51:20Lome, Togo (PANA) Appointed only in May, Paulo Duarte has finally signed his contract as Togo's Soccer Head coach. And [...] Full text...
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Tunisian president dismisses ministers of economy and communication
03 august 2021 - 09:30:49Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian President Kais Saied has dismissed the Minister of Economy and Finance, Ali Kooli, the presidency [...] Full text...
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Speaker of Libyan Parliament holds talks with Italian FM on political developments in Libya
02 august 2021 - 22:12:45Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Speaker of the House of Representatives (Parliament), Aguila Saleh, on Monday discussed with the Italian [...] Full text...
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IFAD reaches 123 million people in fight against hunger, poverty and exclusion
29 july 2021 - 13:41:00Rome, Italy (PANA) - As the COVID-19 pandemic raged around the world pushing millions more people into hunger and poverty, [...] Full text...
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IFAD and partners announce coalition to support development banks’ financing of sustainable food systems
27 july 2021 - 14:05:08Rome, Italy (PANA) – Creating sustainable and equitable food systems that benefit the world’s most vulnerable people will require substantial [...] Full text...
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Food systems ignoring needs of rural people doomed to fail - IFAD warns
24 july 2021 - 13:35:05Rome, Italy (PANA) - If the world ignores the challenges and needs of rural people in the poorest countries, attempts to [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Senate approves President Buhari’s request for $8.325m, €490m external loans
15 july 2021 - 21:07:16Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Senate on Thursday approved President Muhammadu Buhari’s request for ongoing external loans to the tune [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus pandemic year marked by spike in world hunger – UN report
12 july 2021 - 15:43:29Rome, Italy (PANA) – There was a dramatic worsening of world hunger in 2020, the United Nations said on Monday, [...] Full text...
thread Society
Libya assumes chair of Arab Women's Organisation
12 july 2021 - 13:49:43Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya has taken over the rotating chair the Supreme Council of the Arab Women's Organisation for [...] Full text...
thread Gender
Libya forms emergency committee to evacuation citizens stranded in Tunisia
11 july 2021 - 05:35:32Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya has formed an emergency committee to evacuate its citizens stranded in Tunisia by air, Libyan [...] Full text...
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CECAFA hosts successful TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Champions League draw
09 july 2021 - 19:13:10Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Excitement has engulfed Eastern Africa after a total of nine clubs learnt their opponents following the [...] Full text...
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IFAD props Tanzanian small-scale farmers to improve food security against COVID-19 pandemic
07 july 2021 - 14:58:11Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) will provide funding to assist 6,240 vulnerable [...] Full text...
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Libyan government focuses on social programmes for IDPs
07 july 2021 - 13:46:39Tripoli, Libya (PANA)- An expanded ministerial meeting of the Libyan government has stressed the need for social programmes for the [...] Full text...
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South Sudan: UNICEF warns of ‘desperation and hopelessness’ for children 10 years after independence
06 july 2021 - 21:13:11Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Ten years after South Sudan achieved independence, more children there are in urgent need of [...] Full text...
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Authorities in eastern Burkina Faso extend curfew by 60 days
30 june 2021 - 18:23:22Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Governor of the Eastern region of Burkina Faso, Col. Saidou Sanou, on Wednesday announced [...] Full text...
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Lack of digital infrastructure risks leaving millions of rural families in poverty – IFAD
16 june 2021 - 15:50:00Rome, Italy (PANA) - Despite a massive increase in migrants sending money home via digital transfers due to the COVID-19 pandemic, [...] Full text...
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International agencies reach hundreds of thousands of civilians in Sudan cut off for a decade
13 june 2021 - 18:25:09Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – United Nations humanitarian agencies on Sunday said that they have reached hundreds of thousands of civilians [...] Full text...
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Libya's transition tested by crumbling consensus among Libyan parties (Analysis)
10 june 2021 - 21:55:19Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - As the clock ticks towards the deadline for the end of the transition in Libya, marked [...] Full text...
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WB supports access to early childhood development services in Morocco
06 june 2021 - 11:42:20Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The World Bank has approved a US$450 million loan to support Morocco’s long-term strategy to strengthen [...] Full text...
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Nigeria's Army Chief, others, who died in plane crash to be buried on Saturday
22 may 2021 - 06:31:44Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru, and other senior officers who died in [...] Full text...
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Development banks, partners pledge over $17 billion to increase food security in Africa
30 april 2021 - 17:14:36Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - A coalition of multilateral development banks and development partners has pledged over US$17 billion in [...] Full text...
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AfDB, IFAD and partners redouble efforts to stop hunger in Africa
29 april 2021 - 19:47:16Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), in partnership [...] Full text...
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3 foreign journalists missing in eastern Burkina Faso found dead
27 april 2021 - 15:16:35Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Three journalists, two Spanish and an Irishman, reported missing on Monday during an alleged terrorist [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Commodity prices to stabilise after early 2021 gains – World Bank
21 april 2021 - 12:45:30Washington DC, US (PANA) - Commodity prices continued their recovery in the first quarter of 2021 and are expected to [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Sudan, Ethiopia continue war of words on controversial Ethiopian Dam
13 april 2021 - 09:35:14Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – Sudan and Ethiopia are continuing their war of words on the construction the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance [...] Full text...
thread Environment
African Union, ILO launch campaign to seek child labour elimination
02 april 2021 - 11:37:56Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, (PANA) – The African Union (AU) has partnered with the International Labour Organization (ILO) to campaign towards [...] Full text...
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Tunisia launches first satellite 'Challenge One'
22 march 2021 - 18:14:29Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The first Tunisian satellite named Challenge One was launched Monday into space from the Baikonur Cosmodrome [...] Full text...
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Ghana deposits ratification instrument of African Medicines Agency at AU
19 march 2021 - 12:15:23Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ghana is now the sixth Member State to deposit the instrument of ratification of the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: IMF loan to support economic recovery in Kenya
19 march 2021 - 08:36:54Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya’s economy is now picking up speed after the COVID-19 shock, but the pandemic has left [...] Full text...
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AUC, UNAIDS sign MoU on better response to HIV/AIDS
18 march 2021 - 15:27:46Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The African Union Commission (AUC) and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) have [...] Full text...
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Italy sets the stage for UN Food Systems Summit in July 2021
17 march 2021 - 16:42:27Rome, Italy (PANA) - The United Nations and the Government of Italy announced Wednesday that the Pre-Summit gathering for the [...] Full text...
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New FAO project targets small Beninese farmers
14 march 2021 - 18:20:51Cotonou, Benin (PANA) – The UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), the Beninese government and the International Fund for Agricultural [...] Full text...
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Senegal: RWB denounces attacks on press freedom
05 march 2021 - 18:42:39Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - While Senegal is rocked by clashes and protests following the arrest of the main opponent [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: More African countries receive vaccines under COVAX facility
04 march 2021 - 05:47:53Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - More African countries have continued to receive lifesaving COVD-19 vaccines through the UN-led COVAX facility with [...] Full text...
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UN involves millions of rural people in 2021 Food Systems Summit
18 february 2021 - 12:39:36Rome, Italy (PANA) – An unprecedented commitment to ensure that the voices and opinions of millions of the world’s most [...] Full text...
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World leaders call for greater cooperation to tackle hunger, poverty at IFAD global meeting
17 february 2021 - 18:46:17Rome, Italy (PANA) – The fate of the world’s poorest and wealthiest nations are interconnected, and eradicating poverty and hunger will [...] Full text...
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Governing Council reappoints Gilbert F. Houngbo President of IFAD
17 february 2021 - 18:29:18Rome, Italy (PANA) - In a strong show of support and recognition for the leader who has successfully showcased the [...] Full text...
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Tunisian Prime Minister dismisses five ministers
15 february 2021 - 17:55:21Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi dismissed five ministers from their posts on Monday, said a communiqué [...] Full text...
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IFAD provides 20.7 million euros to Mali for response to Covid-19 challenges
14 february 2021 - 11:33:21Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) have signed a financing agreement for 20.7 [...] Full text...
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IFAD support to revitilize economic activities in Sahel region
13 february 2021 - 14:21:53Ndjamena, Chad (PANA) - About one million rural people in the Sahel region will benefit from a new $180.4 million joint [...] Full text...
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AU Summit picks Nigerian diplomat to lead pivotal peace and security docket
07 february 2021 - 09:44:43Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Nigerian diplomat Bankole Adeoye made history on Saturday, winning an election contest for the post [...] Full text...
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Indigenous Peoples are critical to build a more sustainable post-pandemic world - IFAD President
03 february 2021 - 14:15:10Rome, Italy (PANA) – Indigenous Peoples have suffered disproportionately from the economic impacts of COVID-19, yet they hold essential knowledge [...] Full text...
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UNSMIL announces candidates for Presidency Council and Prime Minister positions
30 january 2021 - 19:49:40Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Following the closing of the one-week period on 28 January for the submission of nominations for [...] Full text...
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Authorities extend curfew to fight terrorism in eastern Burkina Faso
28 january 2021 - 16:12:34Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Regional authorities in eastern Burkina Faso on Thursday announced an extension, by 60 days, the [...] Full text...
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IFAD backs Nigerian small-scale farmers to improve food security, combat poverty
28 january 2021 - 14:37:06Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Federal Government of Nigeria and the International Fund for Agricultural Development of the United Nations [...] Full text...
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UNHCR says 250 killed, over 100,000 displaced as violence surges in Darfur
22 january 2021 - 19:44:09Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A sharp uptick in intercommunal violence in Sudan’s Darfur region has forced more than 100,000 people [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Libya postpones start of academic year to February 6
21 january 2021 - 14:15:38Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Preparing to tackle the coronavirus pandemic and keeping learning institutions safe, Libya's Ministry of Education of [...] Full text...
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IFAD, GCF scale-up action to improve life for millions, restore ecosystems in Africa’s Great Green Wall
11 january 2021 - 14:07:20Paris, France (PANA) – Millions of poor farmers living in the world’s most climate-impacted parts of the Sahel have cause [...] Full text...
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Libyan media discuss expectations on effects of reconciliation between Arab Gulf countries and White House on Libyan crisis
10 january 2021 - 14:53:41Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The expectations of Libyans regarding the impact of the recent reconciliation among Arab Gulf countries and [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Virus-related deaths rise in Senegal despite the state of health emergency
08 january 2021 - 13:15:17Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The upward trend in coronavirus-related deaths in Senegal has not diminished, despite the state of health [...] Full text...
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Sub-Saharan Africa’s mobile traffic to grow 6.5 times by 2026
16 december 2020 - 13:47:07Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Mobile data traffic in Sub-Saharan Africa is estimated to grow by almost 6.5 times [...] Full text...
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IFAD joins partners to build resilience, boost development in the Sahel
10 december 2020 - 18:45:45Rome, Italy (PANA) – The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has joined the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) [...] Full text...
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Eliminating poverty and hunger tops global agenda as countries pledge funds to IFAD
08 december 2020 - 13:39:39Rome, Italy (PANA) – As hunger and poverty increase due to conflict, climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic, some of the world’s [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Germany avails €27.3 million to IFAD to help avert a pandemic food crisis
07 december 2020 - 13:16:24Rome, Italy (PANA)- In view of a looming food crisis due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Germany has committed €27.3 million [...] Full text...
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Gambia scores high in controlling corruption, maintaining democratic rights
19 november 2020 - 18:42:11Banjul, 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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Second IFAD credit rating to help increase investments against poverty, hunger
19 november 2020 - 12:56:55Rome, Italy (PANA) - The prospect of eradicating hunger and poverty received a boost on Thursday as the UN’s International [...] Full text...
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UNESCO wants investigation into death of Nigerian journalist Pelumi Onifade
18 november 2020 - 20:35:05Paris, France (PANA) - UNESCO Managing Director Audrey Azoulaye Wednesday called on Nigerian authorities to shed light on the death [...] Full text...
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Climate finance neglects small-scale farmers – new report
12 november 2020 - 13:39:35Rome, Italy (PANA) - Only 1.7 per cent of climate finance – a fraction of what is needed - goes [...] Full text...
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€300 million loan from AFD to IFAD to support millions of small-scale farmers
12 november 2020 - 13:37:19Rome, Italy (PANA) - In an effort to tackle the devastating impact of climate change on rural hunger and poverty, [...] Full text...
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New curfew period announced in eastern Burkina Faso
06 november 2020 - 18:02:44Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The governor of the eastern region of Burkina Faso, Col. Saidou TP Sanou, on Friday [...] Full text...
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Niger: AfDB grants US$35m to ensure food security for 1.5 million people in rural areas
31 october 2020 - 03:31:10Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) on Friday donated US$ 35.4 [...] Full text...
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10 African presidents plead for increasing IFAD financing to fight hunger, poverty in rural areas
19 october 2020 - 21:34:56Paris, France (PANA) - Ten African countries Monday strongly appealed to other leaders of the world to increase their financing [...] Full text...
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African leaders call for increased investment in IFAD to end rural hunger, poverty
19 october 2020 - 18:37:30Rome, Italy (PANA) - Ten African Heads of State have issued a strong call to other world leaders to increase [...] Full text...
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UN agencies stress urgent need to strengthen food systems as COVID-19 drives up numbers of hungry people
16 october 2020 - 18:58:07Rome, Italy (PANA) - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on Friday joined its sister agencies in calling for global [...] Full text...
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IFAD gives Congo 500.000 USD for small cassava producers
14 october 2020 - 21:32:27Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) will provide 500,000 US dollars to support a new [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Pandemic constitutes ‘unprecedented challenge’ to health, social, economic conditions: UN agencies
14 october 2020 - 06:17:11New York, US (PANA) - The COVID-19 pandemic has not only led to a “dramatic loss” of human life but [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe's MDC-T factional leader, Thokozani Khupe, sworn in as MP
07 october 2020 - 17:35:08Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Movement for Democratic Change-Tsvangirai (MDC-T) factional leader, Thokozani Khupe, was late Wednesday sworn in as [...] Full text...
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Validation of candidates for Burkinabe presidential election begins
06 october 2020 - 17:54:19Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Commission charged with the responsibility to screen candidatures for the Presidential Election in Burkina [...] Full text...
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Coach Velud unveils Sudan squad for Tunisia, Togo football friendlies
06 october 2020 - 13:23:18Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan national team football coach, Hubert Velud, has unveiled a 24-man list pf players who will [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe Govt suspends elections amid widespread recalls of legislators
03 october 2020 - 14:43:34Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) – The Zimbabwe government has indefinitely suspended elections due to COVID-19 concerns, a move many citizens and [...] Full text...
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Senegal launches agricultural project to stem the flow of youth from rural areas
01 october 2020 - 15:35:30Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - The government of Senegal, in partnership with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), launched on [...] Full text...
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Woman appointed prime minister in Togo
28 september 2020 - 23:53:25Lomé, Togo (PANA) - The Togolese president, Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé, Monday appointed Mrs Victoire Sidemeho Tomegah-Dogbé prime minister to replace [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe anger grows over detention of one of three female opposition members sexually assaulted in May
26 september 2020 - 00:12:38Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Civil society groups, women’s rights organizations, opposition parties, and diplomats Friday expressed their anger over the [...] Full text...
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A USD 62 million project for 160,000 poor rural households in Kingdom of Lesotho
25 september 2020 - 20:19:34Paris, France (PANA) - The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the government of the Kingdom of Lesotho signed [...] Full text...
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Six civilians killed, suspected terrorists suffer casualties in eastern Burkina Faso
25 september 2020 - 12:59:33Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Six Volunteers for the Defence of the Fatherland (VDP) were killed on Thursday, with significant [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Niger calls on the international community to support badly afftected countries
21 september 2020 - 17:14:02Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Niger's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Kalla Hankouraou, on Monday called on the international community [...] Full text...
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IFAD Members to nominate candidates for next IFAD president
18 september 2020 - 10:54:45Rome, Italy (PANA) - The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is requesting its 177 Member States to nominate candidates [...] Full text...
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WHO warns against potential Ebola spread in DR Congo and beyond
12 september 2020 - 08:39:58Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - Ebola is spreading in a western province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), raising [...] Full text...
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Mozambique: Amnesty international calls for investigation into videos showing tortures by Mozambican security forces
11 september 2020 - 21:09:34Paris, France (PANA) - Amnesty international (AI) Wednesday called on the Mozambican government to open independent investigations into serious acts [...] Full text...
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UNICEF says over 535,000 children under five ‘acutely’ malnourished in Burkina Faso
08 september 2020 - 12:45:08New York, US (PANA) - New data from UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has revealed worsening nutritional situation for children in [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: President Buhari appoints CEOs of 9 agencies under Fed. Information Ministry
27 august 2020 - 15:16:26Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari, has approved the appointment of Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) for nine of [...] Full text...
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Composition of new Tunisian government
25 august 2020 - 20:53:42Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The president-elect of the Tunisian government, Hichem Mechichi, Monday unveiled the composition of his government at [...] Full text...
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