WFP, ILO support vulnerable communities in Madagascar

19 september 2025 - 09:53:22
Antananarivo, Madagascar – The World Food Programme (WFP) and the International Labor Organisation (ILO) have signed a memorandum of understanding [...] Full text...

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Deadly attacks and collapsing services push Sudan closer to catastrophe

16 september 2025 - 06:07:04
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The United Nations has sounded the alarm over Sudan’s spiralling crisis, warning that deadly attacks [...] Full text...

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‘Deadly floods’ displace over 100,000 in South Sudan

13 september 2025 - 05:54:49
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Over 100,000 people in South Sudan have been displaced by what the UN refugee agency, [...] Full text...

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AU urges countries end to fragmented response to climate change

09 july 2025 - 12:26:32
Windhoek, Namibia (PANA) – Most African countries have developed early warning systems to climate change-induced disasters, such as floods although [...] Full text...

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Sudanese Armed Forces announce major victory over paramilitary RSF in Khartoum

21 march 2025 - 09:39:04
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) on Friday announced a major victory over the rival paramilitary [...] Full text...

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Sudan suspends 'all imports' from Kenya following meeting of paramilitary RSF in Nairobi

14 march 2025 - 13:26:06
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan has suspended “all imports” from Kenya after it hosted a meeting of the paramilitary [...] Full text...

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Sudan war: Children facing ‘unimaginable suffering’, warns UNICEF chief

14 march 2025 - 08:17:13
New York, US (PANA) - Sudan is now the world’s largest and most devastating humanitarian crisis, the head of the [...] Full text...

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UK High Court set to hear suit by Nigerian communities against Shell over pollution

10 february 2025 - 11:14:04
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - UK High Court will from 13 February to 10 March 2025 hear a case in a [...] Full text...

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ECOWAS court dismisses claims of Right Violation against Liberia

07 june 2024 - 07:36:18
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Court, sitting in Abuja on Thursday, dismissed all claims brought by a Liberian citizen [...] Full text...

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Rights group accuses armed groups of war crimes in besieged localities in Burkina Faso

04 november 2023 - 06:13:10
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Ansaroul Islam and other armed groups are enforcing brutal sieges in localities across Burkina Faso [...] Full text...

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AU vows to end environmental pandemics linked to climate change

04 september 2023 - 12:38:26
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The African Union has decried the rise in climate change-related disasters and pandemics and vowed to [...] Full text...

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Senior UN official urges international community not to forget South Sudan's refugee crisis

08 june 2023 - 11:20:26
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The UN Refugee Agency’s Assistant High Commissioner for Operations, Raouf Mazou, has urged the international [...] Full text...

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WFP responds to impact of cyclone Freddy in Malawi

19 march 2023 - 05:22:44
Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has stepped up an emergency response to help an [...] Full text...

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Feature - Climate Change: Inside struggles of Gambian flood victims

28 november 2022 - 18:10:46
Banjul, The Gambia (PANA) - A 22-year-old young man from Tobacco Road, the hardest hit area by the latest flash [...] Full text...

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Millions face harm from flooding across West and Central Africa, UNHCR warns

28 october 2022 - 11:45:23
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is warning of surging needs for more than 3.4 million displaced [...] Full text...

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UNHCR warns of surging needs in Sudan amid skyrocketing prices and gaps in humanitarian funding

23 september 2022 - 11:54:18
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), on Friday warned of "spiralling humanitarian needs" for refugees [...] Full text...

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UNHCR supports peaceful end to conflict between herders, farmers in South Sudan

20 april 2022 - 10:51:09
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Semi-nomadic cattle herders blamed for a spate of deadly clashes with settled farmers in South [...] Full text...

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Gambian women raise concern about access to maternity health facilities

31 march 2022 - 10:00:17
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia’s National Human Right Commission (NHRC) has said dozens of women in the West African nation [...] Full text...

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UNHCR, partners rush aid to thousands in Mozambique after Tropical Cyclone Gombe

22 march 2022 - 12:00:13
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), alongside Mozambique’s government and humanitarian partners, is rushing to assist thousands [...] Full text...

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The Climate Crisis is a Human Rights Crisis, says rights group

31 october 2021 - 10:42:19
Glasgow, Scotland (PANA) - As world leaders gather in Glasgow for the United Nations Climate Conference (COP26) this week, the stakes [...] Full text...

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UNHCR responding to worst flooding in decades in South Sudan

20 october 2021 - 06:04:10
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) is supporting the Government of South Sudan in assisting people hit hard by the worst [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian crisis: Defence Forces claim 'terrorist' TPLF 'extensively crushed'

15 october 2021 - 13:01:12
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Ethiopian government says the National Defence and other forces have "extensively crushed" the "terrorist [...] Full text...

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Bandits kill 7, raze 250 houses northcentral Nigeria

02 august 2021 - 07:33:25
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Bandits have killed seven persons and razed down over 250 houses in some communities at Miango [...] Full text...

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"I’ll fight terrorism to the end, return IDPs back to normal lives", says Buhari

17 june 2021 - 18:30:49
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Maiduguri, Borno State, Northeast Nigeria, assured citizens of the Federal Government's [...] Full text...

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Fulani herders, leaders bicker with Nigerian military over killing of cows by airstrikes in Nasarawa State

16 june 2021 - 14:38:15
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) –Fulani herders and the Armed Forces of Nigeria are bickering over reports that two military aircraft conducted [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: USAID buoys peace building supports between rival farmers and herders in Taraba State,

17 february 2021 - 20:27:54
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), in partnership with a coalition of international and local partners, [...] Full text...

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Over 270,000 people affected by Cyclone Eloise in Southern Africa - OCHA

29 january 2021 - 09:12:50
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - More than 270,000 people have been affected by Tropical Cyclone Eloise across Southern Africa, including 267,289 [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian Crisis: Ethiopia warns Sudan over cross-border violence

29 december 2020 - 12:27:17
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopia has warned it would take drastic measures against Sudan should border violations near Tigray [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Outrage as Boko Haram kills 43 farmers

29 november 2020 - 20:02:46
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The horrific killing of at least 43 rice farmers at Zabarmari in the Jere Local Government [...] Full text...

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

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

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Lion causing panic in southern Senegal

02 october 2020 - 16:59:54
Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - A lion, which walks freely on the streets of Oussouye, in Casamance, southern Senegal, is causing [...] Full text...

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Deadly flooding adds new danger to communities fleeing Sahel violence

25 september 2020 - 05:22:46
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Humanitarians have stepped up assistance to communities “on the brink”, who have been affected by devastating [...] Full text...

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Since April 2020, floods have claimed 41 lives, 112 wounded in Burkina Faso -Official

22 september 2020 - 23:38:20
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - A wave of floods and heavy winds in all thirteen regions of Burkina Faso has [...] Full text...

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Gambia: Floods and windstorms affect 20,708 persons from 912 households

11 september 2020 - 17:22:24
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia National Disaster Management Agency has reported that flash floods and windstorms have affected 20,708 persons [...] Full text...

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Death toll in northern Ghana floods up to 10

09 september 2020 - 10:34:23
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The death toll in floods in northern Ghana after heavy rains and spillage of water from [...] Full text...

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At least four drown after heavy rains in northern Ghana

07 september 2020 - 06:00:57
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - At least four persons have been confirmed dead following a week-long heavy rains in Ghana's North [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Buhari assures on restoration of security in Northeast, other parts of Nigeria

10 august 2020 - 17:49:15
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday gave strong assurances that security will be restored to Borno State, [...] Full text...

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Nigerian president 'surprised' at spate of armed banditry attacks

29 january 2020 - 07:51:58
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday in Abuja said that his administration is surprised by the [...] Full text...

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UN meteorological agency warns of another year of record gas emissions

25 november 2019 - 18:00:08
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Levels of the three main heat-trapping gases emitted into the atmosphere – carbon dioxide (CO2), methane, [...] Full text...

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Buhari says Nigerian farmers helped save billions of dollars annually from food importation

23 november 2019 - 18:17:38
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Saturday commended Nigerian farmers for “saving us billions of dollars yearly [...] Full text...

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OCHA says 40,000 displaced persons affected by flooding in 2 local councils in Northeast Nigeria

17 november 2019 - 14:29:30
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says that “no fewer than” 40,000 [...] Full text...

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Diffa: After Boko Haram, floods wreak havoc on thousands of people, devastates villages, farmlands

15 november 2019 - 23:02:17
Niamey, Niger (PANA)  -  The governor of the Diffa region, Issa Lémine, said here Friday that people living along the [...] Full text...

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Over 100,000 people homeless as flood ravages seven local councils in Northcentral Nigeria

30 october 2019 - 17:01:37
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Over 100,000 people, including students of the Benue State University (BSU), were Tuesday rendered homeless as [...] Full text...

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Flood kills 18 people, sacks TV station in Nigeria

24 october 2019 - 17:54:20
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Thursday said that 18 people died while 41,959 others [...] Full text...

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Rising sea water levels causing flooding in parts of Nigeria's Lagos State

19 october 2019 - 10:58:32
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The menace of flooding in Nigeria continues as the country's commercial capital, Lagos, alerted residents on [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's president 'shocked' over continued killings in his home State

23 may 2019 - 06:29:49
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday expressed shock over the continued killings by armed bandits of [...] Full text...

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Twenty-eight people, 319 cattle killed in fresh killings in northeast, central Nigeria

01 may 2019 - 09:55:19
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The gale of violence across Nigeria has continued with the Police confirming the killing of 28 [...] Full text...

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Armed bandits kill 3,526; injure 8,219 in three States of northwest Nigeria in five years

10 april 2019 - 08:01:39
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Zamfara State government in northwest Nigeria said on Tuesday said that 3,526 persons were killed by [...] Full text...

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IFAD and Egypt promote resilience in desert environments

19 february 2019 - 12:53:39
Rome, Italy (PANA) -  The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and Egypt signed a financing agreement on Tuesday to [...] Full text...

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IFAD operations improve living conditions in rural Tunisia - Report

23 october 2018 - 11:08:50
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Development projects financed by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) have contributed to better living [...] Full text...

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EU provides 1m Euros for flood victims in Nigeria

14 october 2018 - 10:03:19
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The European Commission has mobilised one million Euros to support the victims of the current flooding [...] Full text...

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Guinea's bauxite mining boom threatens rights - HRW says

04 october 2018 - 11:52:08
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guinea’s fast-growing bauxite mining industry is threatening the livelihoods of thousands of Guineans, Human Rights Watch [...] Full text...

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Uganda hosts world’s fastest growing refugee crisis

24 april 2018 - 16:12:15
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Across the Great Lakes region, some 7.4 million people are uprooted, with Uganda now [...] Full text...

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Rwanda distributes humanitarian materials to flood-hit families

06 march 2018 - 11:01:34
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The Rwandan Government, in collaboration with the Rwanda Red Cross, has distributed about $18,000 worth of [...] Full text...

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Nigeria Police put on red alert over resurgence of terrorist attacks

22 november 2017 - 18:29:48
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – With the increasing spate of terrorist attacks on worship centres, especially in northeast Nigeria, Inspector General [...] Full text...

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UN report urges Sudan to address plight of millions of IPDs in Darfur

22 november 2017 - 05:10:44
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The United Nations human rights office has called on the Government of Sudan to pursue effective, [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso: Government lays out plan to stave off famine in Burkina Faso

16 october 2017 - 20:08:22
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Facing the possibility of famine hitting several areas of Burkina Faso, the country's Ministry of [...] Full text...

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India: Solar power revolution offers hope for farm industrialisation in Nigeria

28 june 2017 - 08:16:21
Ahmedabad, India (PANA) – Farmers in Nigeria have an opportunity to link up to affordable energy solutions, including solar power, [...] Full text...

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India: 'AfDB agri-business funding lays strong foundation for transforming African agriculture'

23 may 2017 - 16:54:41
Ahmedabad, India (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has provided a roadmap to the growth of agriculture in African [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Gunmen kill 31 in northwestern Nigerian State of Kaduna

15 november 2016 - 18:57:54
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – About 31 people were killed and several others injured as unknown gunmen attacked four communities in [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia: Ethiopians, foreign investors count losses after Oromia violence

06 october 2016 - 21:07:33
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - At least 11 factories owned by foreign investors were burnt down in the violent protests [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia: Scores killed after stampede at Ethiopian religious festival

02 october 2016 - 17:35:25
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Scores of people have been killed in a stampede in Bishoftu, Ethiopia's industrial town, after [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Denmark to assist Nigeria in removing landmines

23 september 2016 - 07:38:24
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – A six-member delegation from the Danish Refugee Council has offered to assist Nigeria remove mines planted [...] Full text...

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Kenya: African green revolution takes shape after a decade

06 september 2016 - 09:04:59
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A decade of intense domestic attention to farmers and food production has generated “the most successful [...] Full text...

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Kenya: AfDB chief offers roadmap towards agriculture transformation in Africa

26 august 2016 - 16:22:31
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - African Development Bank (AfDB) President Akinwumi Adesina has outlined a roadmap towards the transformation of agriculture [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: World Bank pledges US$50 million for farmers in Boko Haram-ravaged N/East Nigeria

11 august 2016 - 15:55:59
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The World Bank has pledged a total of US$50 million in support of Nigeria’s agricultural sector [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Recoveries from looted funds, Muhammad Ali's death fill Nigerian papers

04 june 2016 - 14:40:30
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Government's "bombshell" on recoveries from looted funds and the sudden death of boxing legend Muhammad Ali [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Govt. announces recovery of huge amounts of money from looted funds

04 june 2016 - 13:01:33
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian government on Saturday announced the recovery over 78.3 billion Naira, US$185.1 million, 3.5 million [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Rights group says Shell must clean up oil pollution in Niger Delta

02 june 2016 - 05:32:02
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The multinational oil giant Shell must not be allowed to palm off its responsibility to clean [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Boko Haram terrorists lay landmines on farmlands in Nigeria

26 april 2016 - 19:30:36
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Defence Headquarters Tuesday alerted Nigerians on the new tactics of Boko Haram terrorists, saying [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Buhari pledges to secure Nigeria, presents 2016 Budget of US$30.4 billion

22 december 2015 - 13:16:15
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's President, Muhammadu Buhari, has pledged to secure the country, rebuild its economy and make Africa's [...] Full text...

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UN: UN humanitarian official says Boko Haram violence fastest growing crisis in Africa

01 october 2015 - 15:22:51
New York, US (PANA) - The humanitarian fallout from the violence inflicted by Boko Haram is the fastest growing crisis [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: 500 farmers to benefit from agric programme in Nigeria

24 june 2014 - 17:42:51
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Some 500 farmers will benefit from the second phase of the Social Enterprise Programme (SEP), designed [...] Full text...

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Senegal: AI says 'gold rush' in Senegal violates rights of communities

30 may 2014 - 22:31:18
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Amnesty International has said the "Gold Rush" in Senegal violates the human rights of communities. The verdict [...] Full text...

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UN: UN agencies scale up relief measures in northern Mali

27 may 2014 - 22:22:45
New York, US (PANA) - The UN says its relief agencies and their partners are scaling up relief assistance in [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Senate mandates 4 committees to probe continuing violence in the North

20 march 2014 - 17:24:29
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Senate Thursday mandated its committees on Security and Intelligence, Defence and Army, Police Affairs [...] Full text...

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Special Security: Terrorism, armed conflicts, kidnapping still a challenge in Nigeria (News Analysis by Semiu Babalola)

12 january 2014 - 21:06:34
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Even though the frequency of attacks on places of worships and other targets by suspected terrorists [...] Full text...

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UN says 15,000 people need relief in Niger flood-hit region

03 december 2013 - 22:21:37
New York, US (PANA) – The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on Tuesday said more [...] Full text...

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Pilot programme of agric project to empower women takes off in Nigerian state

22 november 2013 - 13:53:41
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The pilot scheme of a project designed to assist Nigerian women farmers in agricultural development has [...] Full text...

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UN to hear plight of South Africa's farmers

12 september 2013 - 07:56:01
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa’s lobby group AfriForum organisation said it had teamed up with the families [...] Full text...

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AU Summit begins, seeks rapid industrialization to fight poverty

27 january 2013 - 09:33:36
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African leaders opened the 20th session of the African Union (AU) Assembly on Sunday, with [...] Full text...

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Satellite Sentinel Project releases images of burning Sudanese villages

06 december 2012 - 08:48:38
New York, US (PANA) - The US-based Satellite Sentinel Project (SSP) has released new DigitalGlobe imagery confirming reports in November [...] Full text...

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Missing oil money, floods and famine dominate headlines in Nigeria

27 october 2012 - 08:56:35
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The 86.65 billion Naira (about US$ 578 million) oil money, earned in 10 years and part [...] Full text...

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Nigerian papers highlighted by power reforms, devastating floods, first lady's return

21 october 2012 - 11:03:56
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The commencement of the big reform in the power sector, devastating floods and the return of [...] Full text...

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Flood disaster: Nigeria President's country home submerged

17 october 2012 - 15:30:03
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The country home of Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan in Otuoke in the oil-rich Bayelsa state has [...] Full text...

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Four farmers commit suicide over flood losses in Nigeria

15 october 2012 - 09:12:38
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Four farmers whose farmlands were washed away by the flood that has ravaged Nigeria's central Kogi [...] Full text...

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Ravaging floods, Bakassi peninsula dominate newspaper headlines in Nigeria

13 october 2012 - 09:12:50
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The floods that wreaked havoc across the country, the Bakassi question and plans to refurbish oil [...] Full text...

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Nigeria to spend 17.6b naira to mitigate effects of 'unprecedented' flooding

09 october 2012 - 07:39:46
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria is to spend a total of 17.6 billion naira to mitigate the effects of ''unprecedented'' [...] Full text...

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Worst flooding in 80 years affects millions in Niger

20 september 2012 - 15:33:16
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - International aid agency Oxfam on Thursday warned that devastating floods in Niger are affecting [...] Full text...

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Fresh floods displace about 13,500 in 30 communities in north-eastern Nigeria

18 september 2012 - 21:26:55
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - A new wave of floods have hit the north-eastern Nigerian State of Taraba with the Nigerian [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's main opposition party wants oil firms punished for pollution

18 march 2012 - 14:32:56
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's main opposition Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has sharply criticized the federal government for allegedly [...] Full text...

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Over 100,000 flee fresh violence in eastern DRC since November

20 january 2012 - 18:35:21
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The UN refugee agency is concerned about fresh violence in the eastern regions of the Democratic [...] Full text...

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Study of large land deals finds evidence of harm than benefits

14 december 2011 - 08:20:57
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The most comprehensive study of large land acquisitions in developing countries to date, published [...] Full text...

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Massacre of nomadic herdsmen, Mills-Ban meeting highlighted in Ghana media

10 december 2011 - 08:13:44
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The massacre of more than a dozen Fulani herdsmen in northern Ghana, a meeting between President [...] Full text...

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FAO report highlights threats to global food production

29 november 2011 - 18:19:35
New York, US (PANA) - The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said in a report that global food production was [...] Full text...

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British, French firms linked to African land grabs

05 october 2011 - 16:57:40
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A French wealth fund and a United Kingdom-based asset management fund have been named the biggest [...] Full text...

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Climate change congress opened in Nigeria

21 september 2011 - 23:37:23
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A two-day African Mayoral Climate Change meeting opened on Wednesday in Nigeria's commercial city of [...] Full text...

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300b Naira lost to flood in Nigeria

13 september 2011 - 09:49:32
Lagos, Nigeria(PANA) - Assets worth 300 billion naira have been lost to the various flood disasters that have ravaged the [...] Full text...

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African farmlands lose fertility due to degradation, says FAO

08 september 2011 - 15:26:58
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - About 6.3 million hectares of farmland have lost their fertility and water-holding capacity due to [...] Full text...

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Scores feared dead as multiple explosions rock Nigerian city

25 december 2010 - 10:30:19
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Scores of people were feared dead or injured when multiple explosions rocked Nigeria's northern city of [...] Full text...

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Nigeria court jails 15 over ethno-religious crisis

16 december 2010 - 18:35:41
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nine months after Nigeria's central city of Jos erupted in an ethno-religious violence that the police [...] Full text...

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3-day fasting, prayer begin for Nigeria violence victims

11 march 2010 - 07:54:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- A three-day fasting and prayer period started Thursday f or the hundreds of people who were [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's Acting President orders investigation into mass killings

09 march 2010 - 07:24:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- As victims of Sunday killings in Nigeria's northern Plat eau state were given a mass burial [...] Full text...

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55 die in Jos violence - Police

08 march 2010 - 13:45:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The police command in Nigeria's northern Plateau state h as put the death toll from Sunday's [...] Full text...

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Mass burial for victims of Nigeria's latest sectarian violence

08 march 2010 - 07:42:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The Plateau state government plans to give a mass burial to the hundreds of people, mostly [...] Full text...

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SA court grants white Zimbabwe farmers permission to sue Harare govt

14 january 2010 - 08:15:00
Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- The North Gauteng Supreme Court in Pretoria, So uth Africa, on Wednesday granted permission [...] Full text...

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Nigeria counts losses from climate change

17 december 2009 - 09:59:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- As the world meets to find ways of mitigating the impact of climate change, Nigeria, like [...] Full text...

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Experts urge vulnerable nations to collaborate in climate change war

16 december 2009 - 23:13:00
-s last few days with little commitment by develope-d nations to sped up the deadl i ne for reduction [...] Full text...

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Kenya to develop climate change policy

27 october 2009 - 17:44:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The Kenyan Ministry of Environment is working towards a developing a comprehensive climate change policy for [...] Full text...

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Africa's food prospects good, policy needs improvement - FAO

28 september 2009 - 16:13:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The recent positive performance of agriculture in sub-Sa haran Africa indicated a break with the past [...] Full text...

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FAO roots for increased investment in agro research

26 september 2009 - 11:12:00
By David Jagongo- PANA Correspondent Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) -- Boosting agricultural production to the levels needed to feed an expanded [...] Full text...

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Seven killed in northern Ghana floods

18 september 2009 - 20:17:00
Accra- Ghana (PANA) â" The Ghanaian authorities an-nounced on Friday that seven people have died in three regions in the [...] Full text...

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Shell cleans up oil spill site in Nigeria

24 march 2009 - 08:03:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell has commenced the cleaning o f an oil spill site at the [...] Full text...

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'Pests invade farmlands in Liberia'

26 january 2009 - 08:12:00
New York- US (PANA) -- The Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) said hordes of caterpillar worms were destroying crops and [...] Full text...

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Groups canvass end to gas flaring in Nigeria

13 january 2009 - 12:37:00
Lagos- Nigeria(PANA) -- Two environmental bodies - Friends of the Earth International (FOEI) and Environmental Rights Action (ERA) - have [...] Full text...

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