Tunisia: FAO Regional Conference on Food Systems Transformation to kick off on Sept 21

19 september 2020 - 16:57:53
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - “Transforming Food Systems to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals” is the theme of the 35th session of [...] Full text...

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Congo sets up National Pesticide Management Committee

17 september 2020 - 09:47:07
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese Minister of State in charge of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Henri Djombo, on Wednesday [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Tunisia in phase 3 of the spread of the pandemic

16 september 2020 - 16:51:38
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian Minister of Health, Faouzi Mehdi, told a press conference on Wednesday that Tunisia is [...] Full text...

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Football: Libya appoint Margini as new national team coach

14 september 2020 - 19:02:28
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Football Federation (LFF) has appointed Ali El Margini as new coach for Libya’s national [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Public procurement a powerful tool for sustainable development – UN report

08 september 2020 - 14:18:05
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As governments respond with unprecedented spending to combat the coronavirus pandemic, a new report released on [...] Full text...

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Congo, FAO organize workshop on use of pesticides

27 august 2020 - 18:13:33
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, in partnership with the Food and Agriculture Organization [...] Full text...

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Composition of new Tunisian government

25 august 2020 - 20:53:42
Tunis, 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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Abidjan stock market closes Thursday trading up

20 august 2020 - 22:52:56
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The Abidjan-based stock market (BRVM) closed Thursday trading up, with the BRVM 10 index rising [...] Full text...

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Thursday’s trading at Abidjan stock market

13 august 2020 - 23:18:45
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The Abidjan-based stock market (BRVM) closed Thursday trading up for the BRVM 10 index and [...] Full text...

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African Champions on European grounds (A CAF portrait)

11 august 2020 - 14:16:06
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - After a long exceptional season that witnessed long stoppage in some countries, and even cancelling competitions [...] Full text...

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Deforestation has slowed down but still remains a concern - new UN report reveals

21 july 2020 - 18:23:28
New York, US (PANA) - Although some 178 million hectares of forest has been lost worldwide over the past three [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: World’s poorest being pushed ‘closer to the abyss’ of famine due to pandemic, UN agencies warn

18 july 2020 - 05:37:01
Rome, Italy (PANA) - Hunger threatens to soar to devastating levels in 25 countries in the coming months due to [...] Full text...

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'A healthy diet must not be a luxury for Africans,' says Senior FAO Official

15 july 2020 - 14:54:41
Rome, Italy (PANA) - “If swift action is not taken to reverse the hunger trend and make healthy diets accessible [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: ‘Country-driven’ approach needed to limit pandemic damage to food security

15 july 2020 - 06:10:55
Rome, Italy (PANA) - A ‘business as usual' approach is no longer an option, the head of the UN agriculture [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: IFAD chief spots crucial partners to build a better post–pandemic world

14 july 2020 - 10:40:04
Rome, Italy (PANA) -  Indigenous peoples and their unique knowledge are essential to address the COVID-19 outbreak and to build [...] Full text...

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UN report sends ‘sobering message’ of deeply entrenched hunger globally

13 july 2020 - 20:36:23
Rome, Italy (PANA) - In much of the world, “hunger remains deeply entrenched and is rising”, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres [...] Full text...

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Tunisia, FAO sign two technical cooperation deals

09 july 2020 - 22:05:23
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian minister of Agriculture, Fishing and Sea Resources and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: FAO grants US$ 400,000 to Mauritanian breeders and farmers

08 july 2020 - 15:55:01
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian government and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Fund (FAO) have signed an emergency [...] Full text...

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Data-driven advisory services are key for Africa’s agricultural development - AfDB

08 july 2020 - 14:37:13
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - What are some of the barriers preventing small farmers in Africa from adopting digital advisory [...] Full text...

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Abidjan stock market closes Thursday trading down

25 june 2020 - 21:13:03
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The Abidjan-based stock market (BRVM) closed Thursday trading down, with the BRVM 10 index dropping [...] Full text...

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Abidjan stock market closes Wednesday trading down

24 june 2020 - 21:15:18
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The Abidjan-based stock market (BRVM) closed Wednesday trading down, with the BRVM 10 index dropping [...] Full text...

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Abidjan stock market closes Wednesday trading down

17 june 2020 - 23:38:44
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The Abidjan-based stock market (BRVM) closed Wednesday trading down, with the BRVM 10 index dropping [...] Full text...

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Tuesday trading at the Abidjan stock market

16 june 2020 - 21:58:35
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The Abidjan-based stock market (BRVM) closed Tuesday trading up for the BRVM 10 index and [...] Full text...

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As climate change ravages Southern Africa, two Zimbabwean farmers turn to drone irrigation (Feature by Tatira Zwinoira)

16 june 2020 - 17:48:43
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Nathan Zecks Mazvazva, aged 25, remembers standing in the center of his 15-acre sugar cane field [...] Full text...

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'Everyone has a role to play to ensure food safety': UN agencies

08 june 2020 - 06:27:03
New York, US (PANA) - Eating contaminated food has caused an estimated 600 million people in the world, or almost [...] Full text...

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Abidjan stock market closes Thursday trading up

28 may 2020 - 22:52:19
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA)  -  The Abidjan-based stock market (BRVM) closed Thursday trading up, with the BRVM 10 index rising [...] Full text...

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Abidjan stock market closes Wednesday trading up

27 may 2020 - 22:59:57
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA)  -  The Abidjan-based stock market (BRVM) closed Wednesday trading up, with the BRVM 10 index rising [...] Full text...

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'FAO does not foresee a locust invasion in Libya'

24 may 2020 - 19:23:06
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) says its forecasts valid until mid-June indicate that locusts [...] Full text...

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Tunisian Faouzi Benzarti no longer coach of Libyan national football team

23 may 2020 - 16:36:46
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian Faouzi Benzarti announced Friday the end of his service as coach of the Libyan football [...] Full text...

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Shrinking forests need bold action to safeguard their biodiversity

22 may 2020 - 18:53:11
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Amidst alarming rates of deforestation and land degradation, urgent action is needed to safeguard the biodiversity [...] Full text...

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No locust threat in Tunisia, says Ministry of Agriculture

22 may 2020 - 10:11:22
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The locust situation in northwest Africa is currently not a cause for concern, Tunisia's Ministry of [...] Full text...

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World Bank announces $500 million to fight locusts in Africa, Middle East

21 may 2020 - 17:08:45
Washington, 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: Alarm bells ring in Nigeria as COVID-19 cripples poultry, fish farming

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

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African Development Institute to hold webinar on agricultural policy responses to COVID-19 in Africa

14 may 2020 - 19:06:32
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - On 18 and 19 May, 2020, the African Development Institute (ADI), together with the African [...] Full text...

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Battle ‘not yet over’ against locust invasions in East Africa and Yemen - says FAO

12 may 2020 - 05:39:59
Rome, 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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UN report rates Zimbabwe among top global food crises

28 april 2020 - 12:37:09
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - A major deterioration in food insecurity is expected in Zimbabwe as a result of persisting economic [...] Full text...

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The EU’s global response to coronavirus: "supporting our partner countries – The Gambia included" - Ambassador Lajos

23 april 2020 - 23:18:26
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - European Union Ambassador to The Gambia Attila Lajos Thursday called for global cooperation to fight the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: UN Security Council urged to act fast as famines of ‘biblical proportion’ loom

22 april 2020 - 05:44:31
New York, US (PANA) - The world is not only facing “a global health pandemic but also a global humanitarian [...] Full text...

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Desert locust fight goes on in East Africa despite coronavirus crisis measures

10 april 2020 - 07:13:59
Rome, 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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Libya: War, coronavirus and scare of food shortages among Libyans (News analysis by Youssef Ba, PANA correspondent)

03 april 2020 - 00:05:12
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Libya’s decade of a deadly armed conflict and the 4 April Tripoli war have thrown the [...] 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 - 10:35:59
Abidjan, 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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UNAMID supports Sudan's combat of desert locusts

01 april 2020 - 17:33:16
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Peace keeping mission in Darfur has donated 10 off-road vehicles to the Sudanese Ministry of [...] Full text...

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Abidjan stock market closes Monday trading down

23 march 2020 - 23:36:13
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The Abidjan-based stock market (BRVM) closed Monday, 23 March, 2020, trading down, with the BRVM [...] Full text...

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South Sudan on road to ‘sustainable peace’, but intern'l support still key, says top UN official

05 march 2020 - 06:21:14
Ne York, US (PANA) - Positive developments in South Sudan have “moved the country further along the road to sustainable [...] Full text...

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Abidjan stock market closes Wednesday trading down

04 march 2020 - 22:43:13
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The Abidjan-based stock market (BRVM) closed Wednesday trading down, with the BRVM 10 index dropping [...] Full text...

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Abidjan stock market closes Tuesday trading down

03 march 2020 - 23:06:56
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The Abidjan-based stock market (BRVM) closed Tuesday, trading down, with the BRVM 10 index dropping [...] Full text...

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Belgium gives 462,000 euros to aid fight against locusts in Africa

03 march 2020 - 11:54:42
Brussels, 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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ECCAS delegates meet in Brazzaville to discuss gender, agricultural action plan

28 february 2020 - 21:59:52
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA)  - Delegates from the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) met here Friday to validate the [...] Full text...

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Locust plague spells catastrophe for millions in East Africa, warns humanitarian charity

28 february 2020 - 05:15:10
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A humanitarian charity has added its voice to warnings that grossly underfunded humanitarian responses across East [...] Full text...

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Abidjan stock market closes Wednesday trading up

26 february 2020 - 22:38:07
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA)  -  The Abidjan-based stock market (BRVM) closed Wednesday trading up, with the BRVM rising from 132.73 [...] Full text...

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DRC, CAR establish common surveillance system at their border

26 february 2020 - 21:44:06
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - DR Congo and Central African Republic Wednesday agreed to establish a surveillance system to deal [...] Full text...

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Congo: Towards validation of action plan to accompany ECCAS women

26 february 2020 - 21:30:13
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA)  - Representatives of different departments of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) and experts from [...] Full text...

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More funding needed to combat locust swarms ‘unprecedented in modern times’ - UN officials

26 february 2020 - 05:37:39
New York, US (PANA) - Along with climate shocks, conflict and acute food insecurity, the East Africa region now faces [...] Full text...

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Kenya, Germany to partner in technical skills tranfer

24 february 2020 - 15:54:07
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya and Germany are set to partner in the transfer of technical skills and education focusing [...] Full text...

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Rwanda bans import of tilapia fingerlings

22 february 2020 - 14:17:53
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda has banned the importation of tilapia fingerlings after the detection in neighbouring countries of highly [...] Full text...

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Congo plans to implement two artisanal fisheries projects to increase production

13 february 2020 - 17:32:19
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese government plans to implement two projects - the construction of an artisanal fishing centre [...] Full text...

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IFAD grants CFAF 10 billion to Mali to support farmers' organizations

12 february 2020 - 17:13:09
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - IFAD has announced the availability of US$ 20 million, about 10 billion CFA francs, to support [...] Full text...

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Malian president visits Rome

11 february 2020 - 13:05:32
Bamako, Mali (PANA) -  Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, who arrived in Rome on Monday for a three-day visit to [...] Full text...

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UN agencies call for action now to prevent Desert Locust catastrophe in Horn of Africa

10 february 2020 - 21:30:29
New York, US (PANA)  -  With the rainy season fast approaching, countries in the Horn of Africa are in a [...] Full text...

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First Arab Peace and Justice Conference opens in Tunis

10 february 2020 - 17:18:25
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The first Arab conference on peace, justice and sustainable development opened on Monday in Tunis.   The two-day [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso to mark 2nd World Pulses Day on Monday

09 february 2020 - 12:55:49
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso is celebrating the 2nd World Pulses Day on 10 February 2020 in Réo, [...] Full text...

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AU Summit: Guterres hails ‘shared values, mutual respect and common interests’ of AU-UN partnership

09 february 2020 - 02:20:08
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The UN chief on Saturday called on the international community to recognise the need for African [...] Full text...

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Abidjan stock market closes Thursday trading down

06 february 2020 - 22:53:46
Abidjan stock market closes Thursday trading down   Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA)  -  The Abidjan-based stock market (BRVM) closed Thursday trading down, [...] Full text...

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Mauritius launches project to improve coral reef fisheries production for food security

06 february 2020 - 14:19:17
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) -  Mauritius on Thursday embarked on a project to enhance livelihoods, food security and maritime safety [...] Full text...

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WHO appeals for $675 million appeal to stop coronavirus as deaths rise

06 february 2020 - 06:29:16
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) appealed on Wednesday for $675 million to boost [...] Full text...

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Sudan says efforts to combat desert locusts underway

30 january 2020 - 17:40:19
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan said it has spread an area of over 7,000 hectares in two states, north of [...] Full text...

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Wednesday trading at the Abidjan stock market

22 january 2020 - 21:24:01
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA)  - The Abidjan-based stock market (BRVM) closed Tuesday trading down for the BRVM 10 index and [...] Full text...

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FAO raises red flags again about potentially destructive locusts in East Africa

21 january 2020 - 07:02:25
Rome, Italy (PANA) - Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia are dealing with desert locust swarms of “unprecedented size and destructive potential” [...] Full text...

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Abidjan stock market closes Monday trading up

20 january 2020 - 22:06:52
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA)  -  The Abidjan-based stock market (BRVM) closed Monday trading up, with the BRVM rising from 139.12 [...] Full text...

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Kenyan state agencies intensify fight against desert locust outbreak

18 january 2020 - 12:58:31
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA)  -  A locust outbreak affecting 17 percent of the Kenyan territory is continuing to pose a major [...] Full text...

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Gabon to take up agricultural challenge through association of cultures

17 january 2020 - 21:10:12
Libreville, Gabon (PANA)  -  The Gabonese Ministry of Chemistry for Industry, Agriculture and Livestock Farming (GCIAE) Friday hosted a training [...] Full text...

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Abidjan stock market closes Wednesday trading up

15 january 2020 - 22:51:08
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA)  -  The Abidjan-based stock market (BRVM) closed Wednesday trading up, with the BRVM rising from 136.36 [...] Full text...

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New report warns about severe desert locust outbreak across East Africa

15 january 2020 - 13:59:12
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - A serious and widespread desert locust outbreak is destroying crops and pasture across eastern Ethiopia and [...] Full text...

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Abidjan stock market closes Tuesday trading down

14 january 2020 - 21:34:15
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA)  -  The Abidjan-based stock market (BRVM) closed Tuesday trading down, with the BRVM dropping from 137.07 [...] Full text...

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World Food Programme has been with Burundi for 52 years

14 january 2020 - 15:11:46
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP), David Muldrow Beasley, on Tuesday wound up [...] Full text...

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Kenyan legislators raise red flag on impending desert locust invasion

31 december 2019 - 17:38:20
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Local leaders in northern Kenya on Tuesday raised the red flag over a looming locust invasion [...] Full text...

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Somalia desert locust outbreak threatens food security in Horn of Africa

18 december 2019 - 16:00:30
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Somalia faces the worst Desert Locust outbreak in a quarter of a century with the risk [...] Full text...

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Training session on sustainable agriculture held at University of Ziguinchor, Senegal

12 december 2019 - 14:00:36
Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - The University of Ziguinchor in southern Senegal hosted a three-day training session on promoting sustainable agriculture [...] Full text...

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UN calls for urgent support to address rising humanitarian needs in Angola

09 december 2019 - 18:22:18
Luanda, Angola (PANA) - The United Nations Resident Coordinator for Angola, Paolo Balladelli, on Monday called on the international community [...] Full text...

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FAO scales up fight against Fall Armyworm

05 december 2019 - 07:12:40
Rome, Italy (PANA) - The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) on Wednesday launched a three-year Global Action for Fall [...] Full text...

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Congo hosts sub-regional meeting on forest governance

03 december 2019 - 14:19:48
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is organizing a technical workshop in Brazzaville from December [...] Full text...

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Tunis to host FAO Regional Conference on improving water productivity in agriculture

29 november 2019 - 11:32:02
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A regional conference on improving water productivity in agriculture will be held from 4-6 December in [...] Full text...

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Gambian experts advance effort to promote nutrition

26 november 2019 - 23:15:49
 Banjul, Gambia (PANA)  -  Nutrition experts in The Gambia Tuesday organized  a day’s forum to discuss the country’s  efforts to [...] Full text...

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CAF announces nominees for CAF Awards 2019

25 november 2019 - 05:23:16
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Africa's football governing body, Confederation of African Football (CAF), on Sunday released the list of nominees [...] Full text...

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Securing seafood for the future (Opinion Piece by Uhuru Kenyatta, President of Kenya and Member of the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy)

19 november 2019 - 12:02:55
Rome, Italy (PANA) - Our dependence on the great, global ocean cannot be overstated. It sustains and benefits us all [...] Full text...

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'Ocean could be key to future food security' - Fisheries experts

19 november 2019 - 12:02:04
Rome, Italy (PANA) - A new scientific paper written for the High Level Panel a Sustainable Ocean Economy finds that, with better [...] Full text...

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(Update) Abidjan stock market closes Monday trading up

18 november 2019 - 23:13:03
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA)   -  The Abidjan-based stock market (BRVM) closed Monday trading up with the BRVM 10 index that [...] Full text...

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Abidjan stock market closes Monday trading up

18 november 2019 - 23:07:00
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA)  - The Abidjan-based stock market (BRVM) closed Thursday trading up with the BRVM 10 index that [...] Full text...

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UN mosquito sterilization technology set for global testing, in battle against malaria, dengue

15 november 2019 - 06:18:48
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - With more than half the world now at risk from mosquito-transmitted dengue fever, according to the [...] Full text...

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Abidjan stock market closes Monday trading down

11 november 2019 - 23:25:54
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA)  -  The Abidjan-based stock market (BRVM) closed Monday trading down, compared with the previous session, as [...] Full text...

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Abidjan stock market closes Friday trading down

08 november 2019 - 21:59:05
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA)  -  The Abidjan-based stock market (BRVM) closed Friday trading down, compared with the previous session, as [...] Full text...

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UN food agencies urge support for southern Africa’s hungry people as climate shocks intensify

01 november 2019 - 06:30:20
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA)  – A record 45 million people across the 16-nation Southern African Development Community (SADC) will be [...] Full text...

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UN to provide technical assistance to farmers in Southern Africa

28 october 2019 - 18:44:03
New York, USA (PANA) - The United Nations (UN) Deputy Spokesperson, Farhan Haq, says the international body’s different organs are [...] Full text...

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Five African countries in need of 'urgent humanitarian food assistance'

28 october 2019 - 07:03:11
New York, USA (PANA) - American food insecurity network, FEWS NET, says Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique, Lesotho and areas in the [...] Full text...

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FAO holds first regional conference on improving water production in Middle East and North Africa

26 october 2019 - 12:20:42
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA)  -  The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) announced here Friday it would hold its first regional [...] Full text...

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Tunisian Faouzi Benzarti, new coach of Libyan national football team

25 october 2019 - 14:29:09
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Libyan Football Federation has signed a six-month renewable contract with Tunisia's Faouzi Benzarti to lead the [...] Full text...

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Angolan George Chicoti tipped to be elected Secretary General of ACP

25 october 2019 - 11:46:58
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - Angola's ambassador to Belgium and the European Union, George Chicoti, who is running for the post [...] Full text...

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Abidjan stock market closes Friday trading up

18 october 2019 - 23:15:46
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA)  -  The Abidjan-based stock market (BRVM) closed Friday trading up, compared with the previous session, as [...] Full text...

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FAO calls on Congolese to respect the food chain

17 october 2019 - 13:39:49
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) representative, Suze Percy Filippini, on Wednesday urged producers and consumers [...] Full text...

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Obesity rates soar due to dramatic global diet shift, says UN food agency

17 october 2019 - 13:26:24
Rome, Italy (PANA) - Eating food high in starch, sugar, fats and salt; combined with a sedentary lifestyle, is a [...] Full text...

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FAO, Danone team up to foster sustainable diets and food systems

17 october 2019 - 08:24:18
Rome, Italy (PANA)  -The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and Danone have agreed to work together to improve global [...] Full text...

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Mali celebrates international rural women, food days

16 october 2019 - 21:45:50
Bamako, Mali (PANA)   -  The Malian minister of women, child and family promotion, Dr Diakité Aïssata Kassa Traoré, Tuesday presided [...] Full text...

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Abidjan stock market closes Monday trading up

14 october 2019 - 23:00:31
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA)  -  The Abidjan-based stock market (BRVM) closed Monday trading up, compared with the previous session, with [...] Full text...

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Belgium grants 100,000 Euros to help women fight child malnutrition in Chad

10 october 2019 - 15:15:21
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - Belgium has granted 100,000 euros to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to finance a [...] Full text...

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Enough food being produced but hunger on the rise in parts of the world - UN

04 october 2019 - 07:57:25
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Enough food is produced today to feed everyone on the planet, but hunger is on the rise [...] Full text...

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Abidjan stock market closes Wednesday trading down

02 october 2019 - 22:38:52
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA)  -  The Abidjan-based stock market (BRVM) closed Wednesday trading down, compared with the previous session, with [...] Full text...

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Abidjan stock market closes Tuesday trading down

24 september 2019 - 21:35:16
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA)  - The Abidjan-based stock market (BRVM) closed Tuesday trading down, compared with the previous session, with [...] Full text...

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Spanish Institute to evaluate Gabon Fish Stocks

24 september 2019 - 18:06:15
Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - Spain will send a team from its Institute of Oceanography to Gabon to assess fish stocks [...] Full text...

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Africa to witness more food insecurity due to climate change

23 september 2019 - 05:41:51
New York, USA (PANA) – Climate change will see food insecurity grow in African countries, among other regions, if no [...] Full text...

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South Sudan’s peace process ‘precarious, but progress in being made’, Security Council hears

18 september 2019 - 20:09:04
New York, US (PANA) - One year on from the signing of a Revitalised Agreement to ease conflict in South [...] Full text...

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Gabon: Fishes’ committee for Central-Eastern Atlantic meets in Libreville

17 september 2019 - 23:06:57
Libreville, Gabon (PANA)   -   The Gabonese capital, Libreville, will from 17 - 19 September host the 22nd session of the [...] Full text...

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Army worms risk undermining agricultural policies, says Nigerien President

13 september 2019 - 11:47:47
Niamey, Niger (PANA) – Niger's president Issoufou Mahamadou warned on Thursday that the fall army worms risk undermining all agricultural [...] Full text...

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FAO commits to support Congo to reach the 'Zero hunger' goal

12 september 2019 - 12:34:31
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) will support Congo to develop its agriculture and fight [...] Full text...

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Cape Verde produces 7,000 cubic meters of wastewater a day

11 september 2019 - 19:09:03
Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - Cape Verde produces 7,000 cubic meters of water a day from wastewater treatment plants, according [...] Full text...

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Abidjan stock market closes Monday trading down

09 september 2019 - 23:54:15
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA)  - The Abidjan-based stock market (BRVM) closed Monday trading down, compared with the previous session, with [...] Full text...

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South Korea supports UN to build resilient communities in Blue Nile State

07 september 2019 - 08:06:02
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The South Korean government has signed an agreement with UN agencies operating in the Sudan to [...] Full text...

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Abidjan stock market closes Friday trading down

06 september 2019 - 23:05:09
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA)  -  The Abidjan-based stock market (BRVM) closed Friday trading down, compared with the previous session. Thw BRVM [...] Full text...

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Abidjan stock market closes Thursday trading up

05 september 2019 - 23:34:12
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA)   -  The Abidjan-based stock market (BRVM) closed Thursday trading up, compared with the previous session. The BRVM [...] Full text...

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Somalia to see worst harvest since 2011, with more than 2 million expected to go hungry

03 september 2019 - 20:22:38
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - Somalia’s 2019 cereal harvest is the poorest the country has seen since 2011, when famine strained [...] Full text...

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24% of the total food insecure people in the world live in IGAD region - Report

02 september 2019 - 18:18:17
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A report by the East and Central African authority on development on Sunday said climatic shocks, [...] Full text...

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Abidjan stock market closes Friday trading down

30 august 2019 - 23:19:19
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA)   -  The Abidjan-based stock market (BRVM) closed Friday down, compared with the previous session, with the [...] Full text...

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4,000 agro-pastoralists compensated for plague of small ruminants in Burundi

29 august 2019 - 22:12:46
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA)   -  Some 4,000 agro-pastoralists from eight of the 18 Burundian provinces hard hit by a plague of [...] Full text...

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Solibra, the biggest rise on Abidjan stock exchange

28 august 2019 - 22:57:54
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA)  - The Abidjan Regional Stock Exchange (BRVM) closed its trading session on Wednesday, down from the [...] Full text...

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Japanese agro-entrepreneurs commit to doubling Africa rice production

28 august 2019 - 21:14:50
Yokohama, Japan (PANA) – The Sasakawa Association will work with the Japan International Corporation Agency (JICA) to help double rice [...] Full text...

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Abidjan stock market closes trading Tuesday down

27 august 2019 - 20:58:34
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA)  - The Abidjan-based stock market (BRVM) closed Tuesday trading down, compared to the previous session, with [...] Full text...

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Abidjan stock market closes Monday trading up

26 august 2019 - 21:11:42
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA)   -  The Abidjan-based stock market (BRVM) closed Monday 26 August 2019 trading up for the BRVM [...] Full text...

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Refugees, low rains threaten food security situation in Uganda

26 august 2019 - 13:06:33
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – Influx of refugees and drought are key risk factors that are likely to spark off a [...] Full text...

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Malian President condoles Senegal following death of Jacques Diouf

19 august 2019 - 12:40:28
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Kéita has expressed deep sadness following the death of Jacques Diouf, former [...] Full text...

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CS Sfaxien win Tunisia Football Cup

18 august 2019 - 13:25:46
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Club Sportif Sfaxien on Saturday evening won their fifth Tunisia football Cup by beating Etoile Sportive [...] Full text...

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FAO, British Govt differ on calls for Zambia to declare hunger situation as emergency

16 august 2019 - 15:53:02
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Calls for Zambia to declare the hunger situation in some parts of the country a national [...] Full text...

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Experts call for more efforts to address food security in Africa

06 august 2019 - 19:27:53
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Experts gathered in Kigali for a two-day Africa Food Security Leadership Dialogue, on Tuesday called for [...] Full text...

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Botswana Agriculture minister to attend food security talks in Rwanda

02 august 2019 - 12:53:24
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The Botswana Minister of Agricultural Development and Food Security will travel to Kigali in Rwanda for [...] Full text...

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FAO warns of Desert Locust outbreaks in Yemen, Horn of Africa

25 july 2019 - 19:49:45
Rome, Italy (PANA) - Desert Locust summer breeding, amplified by heavy rains, can pose a serious threat to agricultural production areas [...] Full text...

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FAO assists Togolese NGOs in development of agriculture

25 july 2019 - 05:36:56
Lomé, Togo (PANA) – The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has released more than 73 million CFAF to [...] Full text...

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Over 820 million people suffering from hunger, new UN report reveals

15 july 2019 - 20:00:17
New York, US (PANA) - After nearly a decade of progress, the number of people who suffer from hunger has [...] Full text...

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Togolese gov't warns against illegal importation of tilapias

11 july 2019 - 14:20:58
Lome, Togo (PANA) - The Togolese government has warned against the illegal importation of tilapias into Togolese markets, the Ministry [...] Full text...

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Tunisia elected member of FAO Council for three years

28 june 2019 - 19:19:18
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – Tunisia was on Friday elected member of the Council of the UN Food and Agricultural Organization [...] Full text...

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FAO strengthens its support to Gambia

28 june 2019 - 13:24:44
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has over the past few years raised its portfolio [...] Full text...

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Chinese Qu Dongyu elected new FAO chief

23 june 2019 - 20:03:02
Rome, Italy (PANA) – Qu Dongyu of China was elected Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United [...] Full text...

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Botswana Agriculture minister leaves for Italy

20 june 2019 - 01:21:52
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The Botswana Minister of Agricultural Development and Food Security, Fidelis Molao left for Rome, Italy, on [...] Full text...

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Turkey: Land tenure, a major sticking point at COP 14 in New Delhi, says UNCCD head

18 june 2019 - 17:39:23
Ankara, Turkey (PANA) - Land tenure will be one of the major sticking points in negotiations at the forthcoming COP [...] Full text...

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Congo develops project to rationalize resources in agriculture

13 june 2019 - 22:30:16
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA)    -   Congolese minister of agriculture, livestock farming and fishing Henri Djombo said here Thursday that water resources [...] Full text...

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More funding needed to tackle child labour in agriculture, says UN

12 june 2019 - 20:36:40
Brussels, Belgium, (PANA) - The number of children working in agriculture has increased by 10 million since 2012, which is [...] Full text...

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FAO pleads for establishment of instruments to fund food security in Congo

07 june 2019 - 21:57:58
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA)   -   The country representative of the UN Food and Agriculture Programme (FAO), Suze Percy Filippini, Friday urged [...] Full text...

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FAO, EU distribute 2,000 bulls to rebuild economy of youths in Nigeria's Borno State

07 june 2019 - 13:43:06
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations on Friday said that it will [...] Full text...

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World marks first-ever World Food Safety Day

07 june 2019 - 06:14:27
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Unsafe food kills an estimated 420,000 people every year, the head of the World Health Organization [...] Full text...

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Mauritius, IOC, EU to organise two conferences on maritime security

06 june 2019 - 11:26:32
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius will host on June 18 and 19, two conferences on maritime security. They are the 2nd [...] Full text...

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CAF to convene extraordinary meeting Tuesday following disputed Esperance de Tunis match

02 june 2019 - 10:44:34
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA)   -  The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has decided to hold an extraordinary meeting on Tuesday following [...] Full text...

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Congo to host Central African Parliamentary forum on food security in October

30 may 2019 - 09:50:44
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Representative of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Congo, Suze Percy Filippini, announced [...] Full text...

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Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus participates in Cape Verde Microfinance Symposium

20 may 2019 - 17:24:36
Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - Muhammad Yunus of Bangladesh and the 2006  Nobel Peace Prize winner, will participate in the [...] Full text...

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FAO and German agency jointly promote use of solar energy in Tunisian agriculture

11 may 2019 - 15:23:38
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The office of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Tunis and the German International [...] Full text...

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More time needed to ascertain compensation for repossessed Zimbabwe land: Sadc Tribunal Rights Watch

06 may 2019 - 22:19:53
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA)   -   Advocacy group Sadc Tribunal Rights Watch says it is unrealistic to think that government will be [...] Full text...

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Security situation in Burkina Faso worries farmers

26 april 2019 - 22:09:57
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA)  -  The security situation in Burkina Faso, marked by terrorist attacks, has become a source of [...] Full text...

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UN project to aid 140,000 people in Sahel desert area

26 april 2019 - 07:50:12
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the European Union have announced a new project [...] Full text...

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Botswana to deal with food insecurity caused by poor rains

11 april 2019 - 18:12:16
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana is posed to act in an emergency response to improve food and nutrition security caused [...] Full text...

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New report warns millions will be affected by food crisis in Horn of Africa

03 april 2019 - 10:00:57
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) -  There is a high risk of worsening food insecurity in parts of Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia and [...] Full text...

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FAO presents report to Burkina leader Kaboré

28 march 2019 - 23:49:26
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – Burkina Faso President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré on Thursday received in audience the acting representative [...] Full text...

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Congo adopts national strategy to strengthen capacities of civil society organizations

26 march 2019 - 23:29:36
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), Congolese sectoral executives, and civil society experts on Tuesday [...] Full text...

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Fall amyworm traced in Rodrigues

26 march 2019 - 15:19:12
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Agro-industry and Food Security minister Mahen Seeruttun on Tuesday informed Parliament that his ministry [...] Full text...

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Experts agree project to improve agricultural production in West,Central Africa

22 march 2019 - 05:32:41
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Experts from the West and Central African Council for Agricultural Research and Development (CORAF) and the [...] Full text...

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Workshop on agricultural production in West and Central Africa begins in Dakar

20 march 2019 - 14:24:59
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – A validation workshop on a project to promote conservation agriculture in West and Central Africa began [...] Full text...

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Workshop on agricultural production in West and Central Africa opens in Dakar

19 march 2019 - 19:02:47
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Weak agricultural production in West and Central Africa is partly linked to poor practice of conservation [...] Full text...

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Conference on promoting private investment in agri-food in Africa holds in Paris

19 march 2019 - 14:08:10
Paris, France (PANA) – A conference, gathering major international development institutions, driven by the African Development Bank (AfDB), with the [...] Full text...

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Cape Verde hosts int'l forum on lack of water for agriculture

18 march 2019 - 18:04:01
Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - Cape Verde will Tuesday hosts an international forum on the lack of water for agriculture, [...] Full text...

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Fruits, vegetables export yields CFA F 4 billion in Togo in 2017

15 march 2019 - 18:42:50
Lome, Togo (PANA) - Togo earned CFA F 4.5 billion in 2017, according to a report from the National Institute [...] Full text...

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UN chief sends condolences to families of Malawi flood victims

12 march 2019 - 06:34:08
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has extended his condolences to the families of flood victims across [...] Full text...

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UN chief ‘deeply saddened’ by Ethiopia Airlines plane crash

11 march 2019 - 05:28:03
New York, US (PANA) - UN  Secretary-General António Guterres says he is “deeply saddened at the tragic loss of lives”, in the [...] Full text...

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At least 23 people killed in Malawi flash floods this week

09 march 2019 - 20:03:40
Lilongwe, Malawi (PANA) - Heavy rains and floods have affected most parts of the Southern Region in Malawi, following the [...] Full text...

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Salame briefs High Council of State on developments in Libya's political process

04 march 2019 - 09:32:04
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Ghassan Salame, on Sunday informed [...] Full text...

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World Bank doubles budget support for Burkina Faso to US$100m

01 march 2019 - 11:51:27
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Director of the World Bank operations for Burkina Faso, Côte d'ivoire, Benin and Togo, [...] Full text...

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16 securities up, 20 on decline at Abidjan Regional Securities Stock Exchange

28 february 2019 - 13:27:10
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – A value of 971,092,570 CFAF, approximately US$ 1,680,090, was committed for a volume 1,197,591 shares from [...] Full text...

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7 million face severe food insecurity in south Sudan, says UN

24 february 2019 - 20:49:59
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The United-Nations have warned that about seven million people in South Sudan live in severe [...] Full text...

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Benin unveils 10-year action plan for sustainable land management

21 february 2019 - 07:19:43
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) – Benin has unveiled a 10-year action plan (2018-2027) for the sustainable management of its lands, sources [...] Full text...

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Deadly animal plague threatens cattle in Kenya’s pastoralist region

19 february 2019 - 16:29:48
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – An outbreak of the deadly virus, Peste des petits ruminants (PPR), which causes running nose on [...] Full text...

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Africa hunger crisis rises with an additional 34 million people within four years, UN report

14 february 2019 - 10:22:00
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - A new United Nations report reveals hunger is on the rise in Africa following years [...] Full text...

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World warned about needless food-related illnesses, deaths

13 february 2019 - 05:26:21
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Each year, food contaminated with bacteria, viruses, parasites, toxins or chemicals cause more than 600 [...] Full text...

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AU Summit honours FAO Director-General for fighting hunger

12 february 2019 - 09:24:49
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The African Union Summit has honoured the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), [...] Full text...

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African leaders meet AfDB President to accelerate job creation ventures

11 february 2019 - 17:08:24
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, (PANA) - African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina, has held several high-level bilateral meetings on the sidelines [...] Full text...

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FAO, Italian company step up efforts to tackle malnutrition, food waste

05 february 2019 - 10:02:09
Rome, Italy (PANA) - An Italian food company, FICO Foundation and the UN Food and Agriculture Oraganisation (FAO) are joining [...] Full text...

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Kagame to address first ever international conference on food safety in Africa

04 february 2019 - 17:23:48
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan President Paul Kagame and outgoing Chairman of the African Union (AU) will address the opening [...] Full text...

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Kenyan Cabinet approves creation of IED training centre

31 january 2019 - 20:04:07
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta chaired his first Cabinet meeting of the year, approving the establishment of [...] Full text...

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UNSMIL to open office in Benghazi

30 january 2019 - 15:18:29
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - President of the Benghazi Municipal Justice Council (East), Saqer Omran Boujouari, on Wednesday discussed with a [...] Full text...

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UN report sees link between conflict and hunger worldwide

29 january 2019 - 04:43:09
New York, US (PANA) - Conflict-driven hunger is getting worse, according to a snapshot of the eight places in the [...] Full text...

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Belgian cooperation minister opens humanitarian meeting in Brussels

16 january 2019 - 11:38:29
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The Belgian cooperation minister, Alexander De Croo, on Wednesday opened a humanitarian meeting in Brussels [...] Full text...

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11 Libyan executives trained in veterinary services in Cairo

04 january 2019 - 10:24:29
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Eleven executives of Libyan agriculture, animal and maritime resources on Thursday ended a training session on [...] Full text...

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Measles cases in Niger slump from 60,000 in 2004 to less than 1,500

18 december 2018 - 12:33:38
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Cases of measles in Niger have slumped from 60,000 in 2004 to less than 1,500 today, [...] Full text...

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Preparing Africa for ravages of climate change ‘cannot be an afterthought’ – COP24

14 december 2018 - 21:05:36
Katowice, Poland (PANA) - Africa is at a “tipping point” as global warming increases, and urgent action needs to be [...] Full text...

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Congolese Parliament deploys 0.5% of its budget to fight against hunger

14 december 2018 - 14:18:51
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – The Congolese parliament (National assembly and Senate) will grant 0.5% of its budget to the Congolese [...] Full text...

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Tunisia gets new French coach for national football team

13 december 2018 - 17:56:26
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian Football Federation (FTF) on Thursday announced the appointment of French Alain Giresse, 66, as new [...] Full text...

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Soil pollution ‘jeopardizing’ life on Earth, UN agency warns

05 december 2018 - 22:47:04
Rome, Italy (PANA) - Soil is a “treasure beneath our feet,” essential to human lives and well-being, a senior United [...] Full text...

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UN agriculture chief urges ‘transformative changes’ to how we eat

04 december 2018 - 04:29:26
Rome, Italy (PANA) - Obesity affects millions of people, and several billion suffer from diseases caused by vitamin- or mineral-deficient [...] Full text...

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Italian Deputy Foreign Minister to visit Horn of Africa

28 november 2018 - 12:02:59
Rome Italy (PANA) - Italian Deputy Foreign Minister Emmaniela Del Rey will soon travel to the countries of the Horn [...] Full text...

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Museveni calls for fishing controls at global marine summit

26 november 2018 - 10:12:46
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Monday urged leaders attending a global summit on the conservation of [...] Full text...

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Food waste in Tunisia hits US$197 million per year

22 november 2018 - 13:00:20
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Food wasted in Tunisia represents 5 percent of food expenditures per year (572 million dinars or [...] Full text...

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UN agriculture agency teaches techniques to combat drought in Kenya

21 november 2018 - 22:25:15
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - To strengthen resilience in the Horn of Africa against natural hazards like drought, which can lead [...] Full text...

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Farmers on the frontline in battle against drug-resistant microbes: UN health agency

15 november 2018 - 05:02:57
Rome, Italy (PANA) - The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has revealed that as some 700,000 people are [...] Full text...

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Antimicrobial resistance a 'global health emergency,' UN warns

13 november 2018 - 03:41:18
Rome, Italy (PANA) - By 2050, some five million people could die each year in Asia alone due to resistance [...] Full text...

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Every bite of burger boosts harmful greenhouse gases: UNEP

09 november 2018 - 04:50:00
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Even though meat production is known to be a major contributor to climate change and environmental [...] Full text...

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FAO encourages agriculture careers for students in central African schools

08 november 2018 - 15:18:39
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)'s representative in Co9ngo, Suze Percy Filippini, on Thursday said [...] Full text...

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Poor diets threaten health more than malaria, tuberculosis, measles – new UN report

07 november 2018 - 19:56:39
Rome, Italy (PANA) - With one-in-five deaths associated with poor-quality diets, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) issued [...] Full text...

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