19 april 2024 - 12:38:57
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's interim oil and finance ministers on Thursday discussed a number of strategic issues with US [...] Full text...
18 april 2024 - 18:20:24
Washington, USA (PANA) - The World Bank Group on Thursday announced an ambitious plan to support countries in delivering quality, [...] Full text...
18 april 2024 - 11:22:07
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's Minister of Finance in the Government of National Unity, Khaled al-Mabrouk on Wednesday took part [...] Full text...
18 april 2024 - 11:03:02
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The resignation of the representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations and head of the [...] Full text...
17 april 2024 - 17:37:06
Washington DC, United States (PANA} - The global economic and financial outlook has improved in the last six months.
Inflation has [...] Full text...
17 april 2024 - 17:21:59
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The governor of the Central Bank of Libya (BCL), Al-Seddik Omar Al-Kebir Wednesday took part in [...] Full text...
17 april 2024 - 06:58:15
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The Political and Security Committee of the European Union has approved additional support for the Somali [...] Full text...
14 april 2024 - 13:15:36
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A roundtable organized by the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has called for women [...] Full text...
12 april 2024 - 15:48:07
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The President of Senegal, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, is encouraging civil servants and public employees to report [...] Full text...
10 april 2024 - 05:36:25
New York, US (PANA) - Financing for sustainable development is at a crossroads and without urgent investment, global efforts to achieve [...] Full text...
04 april 2024 - 13:19:30
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Chairman of the Libyan Airports Authority, Mohamed Beit Al-Mal, Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding [...] Full text...
02 april 2024 - 15:28:55
Washington, United States (PANA) - If efforts to address record global public debt are to leave no stone unturned, then [...] Full text...
29 march 2024 - 13:20:12
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - African Development Bank (AfDB) Group President, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, has called for a major political [...] Full text...
29 march 2024 - 13:14:00
Washington, United States (PANA) - Higher long-term real interest rates, lower growth, and higher debt will put pressure on medium-term [...] Full text...
29 march 2024 - 06:50:39
Washington, USA (PANA) - The World Bank Group (WBG) on Thursday published sought-after proprietary statistics that reveal the credit risk [...] Full text...
26 march 2024 - 16:44:17
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - As of 31 December 2023, the Patriotic Support Fund (FSP) in Burkina Faso had received [...] Full text...
26 march 2024 - 12:39:27
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Minister of Finance, Khaled Mabrouk, has discussed two investment initiatives with a high-level delegation [...] Full text...
22 march 2024 - 08:44:40
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The mastermind of South Africa’s biggest ever fraud case, former Steinhoff CEO Markus Jooste, [...] Full text...
21 march 2024 - 11:04:31
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – Immediate action is needed to stem an unprecedented multi-year upsurge in cholera cases worldwide, according to [...] Full text...
21 march 2024 - 10:18:08
Luanda, Angola (PANA) - Implementation of economic reforms in the areas of fiscal management, revenue mobilisation, financial stability, and central [...] Full text...
20 march 2024 - 07:50:15
Washington DC, USA (PANA) - Dependence on credit to boost demand imperils the world economy—we must correct the underlying imbalances
Nature [...] Full text...
19 march 2024 - 14:57:51
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Records were once again broken for greenhouse gas levels, surface temperatures, ocean heat and acidification, sea [...] Full text...
19 march 2024 - 13:59:59
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Members of the Libyan House of Representatives have formed a technical committee chaired by the Second [...] Full text...
19 march 2024 - 06:13:25
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The World Bank Group (WBG) is committed to its long-term strategic partnership with Egypt and supports [...] Full text...
19 march 2024 - 04:40:56
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The UN’s emergency relief chief on Monday outlined the need for a fundamental shift in how [...] Full text...
18 march 2024 - 15:31:48
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's Ministry of Economy and Finance has imposed financial sanctions on six terrorist and rebel leaders [...] Full text...
18 march 2024 - 14:32:58
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed al-Manfi, has called on institutions involved in the [...] Full text...
18 march 2024 - 10:15:57
Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - A delegation of seven Executive Directors from the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has arrived [...] Full text...
17 march 2024 - 06:10:03
Djibouti, Djibouti (PANA) - The World Bank has approved an additional financing of US$ 5 million for the Economic Management [...] Full text...
16 march 2024 - 07:50:19
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a 30-month Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF) arrangement [...] Full text...
15 march 2024 - 14:44:08
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The World Bank’s Board of Directors has approved two new loans worth US$520 million, providing additional [...] Full text...
15 march 2024 - 12:42:26
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Speaker of the Libyan House of Representatives (Parliament), Aguila Saleh, has announced a 27% tax [...] Full text...
15 march 2024 - 11:20:23
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, will host the 10th African Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (FRADD) [...] Full text...
13 march 2024 - 08:36:39
Lome, Togo (PANA) - Some 45 kilometres from Lomé, Togo, in the village of Aného, a transformative initiative is reshaping [...] Full text...
13 march 2024 - 08:28:08
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors has approved a $92.71 million financing for The Gambia [...] Full text...
11 march 2024 - 17:40:49
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General on Monday highlighted the urgent need to defend women's rights which are [...] Full text...
11 march 2024 - 13:01:09
Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) --In Sierra Leone, women and girls experience a lifecycle of Gender Based Violence (GBV). From childhood [...] Full text...
09 march 2024 - 07:46:11
New York, US (PANA) - The UN chief on Friday launched a plan to boost empowerment of women and girls around [...] Full text...
08 march 2024 - 19:05:52
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Minister of Economy and Trade in the government of national unity, Mohamed al-Haweij, has [...] Full text...
08 march 2024 - 08:45:57
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff and Burkinabè authorities have reached staff-level agreement on economic policies [...] Full text...
07 march 2024 - 14:45:10
Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe (PANA) - African countries should with one voice, advocate for the reform of the global financial architecture [...] Full text...
07 march 2024 - 08:14:33
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria faces a serious poverty-reduction challenge: Almost half of Nigerians are estimated to live below the [...] Full text...
06 march 2024 - 17:19:25
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Governor of the Central Bank of Libya (BCL), Al-Seddik Al-Kebir, has proposed to the Speaker [...] Full text...
06 march 2024 - 11:42:57
Washington, United States (PANA) - John Maynard Keynes, memorialising the death of his mentor Alfred Marshall a century ago, wrote [...] Full text...
05 march 2024 - 20:46:15
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Chief Economist and Deputy Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has revealed [...] Full text...
05 march 2024 - 19:10:59
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Deputy Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Hanan Morsy, has called on [...] Full text...
05 march 2024 - 12:25:12
Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe (PANA) – Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has called for measures to address climate change, the debt crisis [...] Full text...
05 march 2024 - 07:53:44
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe remains vulnerable to climatic shocks and without adaptation, climate change will impose high costs on [...] Full text...
05 march 2024 - 05:52:58
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo said on Monday that he would await the Supreme Court’s [...] Full text...
04 march 2024 - 14:29:54
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - As the controversial the controversial anti-LGBTQI+ bill passed by Ghana's Parliament, which criminalises the promotion, advocacy, and funding [...] Full text...
03 march 2024 - 07:42:45
New York, US (PANA) - More funding is needed to support Small Island Developing States (SIDS) on the frontlines of [...] Full text...
01 march 2024 - 19:40:58
Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - A new programme will improve healthcare and nutrition services for about 4.6 million people, especially women, [...] Full text...
01 march 2024 - 18:04:15
Abu Dhabi, UAE (PANA) - The European Union is contributing EUR 1 million about over the period 2024-2025 to finance [...] Full text...
29 february 2024 - 18:59:59
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Over the past 20 years, considerable progress has been made in electrifying the world, with the [...] Full text...
29 february 2024 - 13:05:30
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - A new World Bank report finds that annual average losses to gross domestic product (GDP) [...] Full text...
29 february 2024 - 07:03:59
Washington, USA (PANA) - The World Bank Group on Wednesday announced a major overhaul to its guarantee business that will [...] Full text...
26 february 2024 - 17:10:06
Washington DC, USA (PANA) - It’s fitting that G20 finance ministers and central bank governors will meet this week at [...] Full text...
26 february 2024 - 05:21:55
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to rehabilitate [...] Full text...
22 february 2024 - 14:23:16
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Economic Forum will convene 300 ministers, business leaders, trade leaders and experts, as well [...] Full text...
22 february 2024 - 12:03:01
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - It’s important to celebrate – there are reasons to celebrate. We should take this positive energy [...] Full text...
22 february 2024 - 10:57:32
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) – Morocco’s output growth is projected to reach 3.5 percent over the medium term boosted by investment [...] Full text...
22 february 2024 - 07:02:41
Niamey, Chad (PANA) - Recent analytical work from the Sahel region suggests that, after controlling for socioeconomic status, children living [...] Full text...
21 february 2024 - 14:10:57
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Last Monday, the Malian government officially launched its schedule of public securities issues for 2024, during [...] Full text...
21 february 2024 - 08:09:29
Washington DC, USA (PANA) — The World Bank Group has announced the appointment of Wencai Zhang as Managing Director and [...] Full text...
20 february 2024 - 14:50:31
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The challenges of international migration continue to top the headlines. Yet, the number of [...] Full text...
20 february 2024 - 13:07:25
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - East, North and West Africa have led growth on the continent over the past year, according [...] Full text...
17 february 2024 - 13:54:29
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - A semi-industrial pineapple juice production unit was inaugurated on Friday in the commune of Zè, in [...] Full text...
16 february 2024 - 20:47:40
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Africa will account for eleven of the world’s 20 fastest-growing economies in 2024, the African [...] Full text...
16 february 2024 - 12:42:05
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya Mortgage Refinance Company (KMRC), a Central Bank of Kenya-backed lender, has raised the upper ceiling [...] Full text...
16 february 2024 - 11:14:16
Libreville, Gabon (PANA) – Gabon’s economy has recovered from multiple shocks emanating from the global and domestic economy, with growth [...] Full text...
15 february 2024 - 08:49:03
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – For the first time since its inception, Prince William’s Earthshot Prize will be hosted [...] Full text...
14 february 2024 - 11:32:47
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Wednesday announced a major cabinet reshuffle in which he [...] Full text...
13 february 2024 - 17:07:55
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has reaffirmed that the Libyan government of national unity is [...] Full text...
13 february 2024 - 08:18:21
Washington, United States (PANA) - The World Bank has extended a facility of close to $300 million to the Eastern [...] Full text...
12 february 2024 - 18:34:21
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's Minister of Industry and Trade, Moussa Alassane Diallo, Saturday laid the foundation stone of a [...] Full text...
11 february 2024 - 11:36:45
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - African Development Bank (AFDB) Vice President for Regional Development, Integration and Business Delivery, Marie-Laure Akin-Olugbade, [...] Full text...
09 february 2024 - 17:27:54
Washington, United States (PANA) - Some developing economies are finally seeing light at the end of the tunnel.
Global inflation is [...] Full text...
08 february 2024 - 11:38:45
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso's cabinet on Wednesday renewed the Patriotic Support Fund (FSP), which was set up [...] Full text...
07 february 2024 - 06:08:35
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Despite being the driving force for sustainable development, middle-income countries face unique challenges and require more [...] Full text...
06 february 2024 - 19:35:51
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The African Development Bank will increase economic efficiency in the transport, energy and agriculture sectors in [...] Full text...
05 february 2024 - 16:08:59
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Gender discrimination, enshrined in mining laws, and disregard for health, safety, and social protection [...] Full text...
01 february 2024 - 17:34:49
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Ahead of World Cancer Day, 1 February, 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO)’s cancer agency, the [...] Full text...
01 february 2024 - 15:46:12
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali could give its economy a further boost following its joint decision with Burkina Faso and [...] Full text...
01 february 2024 - 05:47:30
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States announced on Wednesday that it is designating three Sudanese entities that have [...] Full text...
01 february 2024 - 05:26:53
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The war in Gaza has resulted in an unprecedented level of destruction to its economy which [...] Full text...
30 january 2024 - 08:02:34
Yaoundé, Cameroon (PANA) - Cameroon, highly vulnerable to climate change, with risks from recurrent droughts, floods, landslides, and coastal erosion, [...] Full text...
27 january 2024 - 08:11:11
Lilongwe, Malawi (PANA) - Malawi’s economic position remains challenging, but stabilization efforts continue to get traction, according to an International [...] Full text...
26 january 2024 - 10:24:57
Djibouti City, Djibouti (PANA) – Djibouti recorded a strong rebound in economic activity in 2023 but regional geopolitical developments pose [...] Full text...
25 january 2024 - 16:21:25
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan prime minister of the Government of National Unity, Abdulhamid al Dbaiba, has reaffirmed his [...] Full text...
25 january 2024 - 07:47:11
Washington, United States (PANA) - As 2024 starts, the good news is that there haven’t been any notable requests by [...] Full text...
24 january 2024 - 19:49:47
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan prime minister of the Government of National Unity, Abdulhamid al Dbaiba, held talks with [...] Full text...
24 january 2024 - 17:45:37
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The World Bank's portfolio in Mali in 2023 is estimated at more than CFAF 200 billion, [...] Full text...
24 january 2024 - 07:37:54
Washington, United States (PANA) - The World Bank on Tuesday approved a $300 million Development Policy Operation for Ghana.
The First [...] Full text...
23 january 2024 - 10:20:12
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) – A stronger economic recovery is projected in Burundi for 2024, with real GDP expanding by 4.3 [...] Full text...
21 january 2024 - 19:20:08
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Developing countries must lead efforts to reform outdated international institutions and frameworks, UN Secretary-General António Guterres [...] Full text...
20 january 2024 - 18:37:34
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres repeated his call for a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza and the unconditional [...] Full text...
19 january 2024 - 16:49:05
Davos-Klosters, Switzerland (PANA) – Participants of the World Economic Forum 2024 made the case that a new growth model is [...] Full text...
19 january 2024 - 15:00:41
Davos-Klosters, Switzerland (PANA) – At a moment of growing fragmentation and polarization, the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting 2024 served [...] Full text...
19 january 2024 - 05:42:25
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Human rights must be integrated into the heart of the international financial architecture if the world [...] Full text...
18 january 2024 - 17:59:58
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE) has listed the country's first sustainable bond, as companies seek to heal [...] Full text...
17 january 2024 - 18:12:07
Davos-Klosters, Switzerland (PANA) - A new World Economic Forum report released Wednesday shows that closing the women’s health gap will [...] Full text...
17 january 2024 - 15:47:18
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - A seven-member Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) for Burundi has been sworn into office.
They comprise Prospère [...] Full text...
16 january 2024 - 17:20:16
Davos-Klosters, Switzerland (PANA) – From India to Morocco, the United States to Ecuador, the 16 organizations awarded by the Schwab [...] Full text...
15 january 2024 - 21:26:07
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The 59th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) and [...] Full text...
15 january 2024 - 19:21:28
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya earned a total of 126.3 billion dinars (around 26.38 billion US dollars) in public revenue [...] Full text...
12 january 2024 - 13:00:32
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Prime Minister, Abdulhamid Al Dbaiba, has set two conditions for the abolition of subsidies.
The [...] Full text...
11 january 2024 - 15:24:40
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity, Abdulhamid al Dbaiba, has announced that [...] Full text...
10 january 2024 - 10:25:40
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - If any country should be grateful to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) for [...] Full text...
09 january 2024 - 14:51:52
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan prime minister of the Government of National Unity, Abdulhamid al Dbaiba, has stated that [...] Full text...
08 january 2024 - 14:27:42
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Monday suspended the minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, [...] Full text...
06 january 2024 - 10:26:14
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - With the beginning of a new calendar year, it’s all too familiar for people [...] Full text...
05 january 2024 - 08:45:13
Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - With record-shattering high temperatures, explosive wildfires, intense drought, massive flooding, and destructive storms — no [...] Full text...
05 january 2024 - 08:00:16
Washington DC, USA (PANA) - Faster, cheaper, and more transparent cross-border payment services have the potential to improve many lives [...] Full text...
05 january 2024 - 05:55:25
New York, US (PANA) - The UN’s World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP) report for 2024 projects a slowdown in [...] Full text...
04 january 2024 - 13:42:22
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Local and foreign non-governmental organisations (NGOs), as well as private entities receiving external support, are once [...] Full text...
04 january 2024 - 12:18:50
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's Supreme Council for Energy and Water Affairs on Wednesday held its ninth ordinary meeting at [...] Full text...
30 december 2023 - 07:37:13
New York, US (PANA) - Halting unsustainable consumption and production, which have contributed to the decline of biodiversity and the [...] Full text...
29 december 2023 - 18:01:24
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Government of The Gambia, through the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs, has secured substantial [...] Full text...
25 december 2023 - 06:10:09
New York, US (PANA) - The General Assembly has approved a $3.59 billion budget for the United Nations for 2024, [...] Full text...
23 december 2023 - 13:20:05
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Prime Minister, Abdulhamid al Dbaiba and the Italian Minister of Economy and Finance, Giancarlo [...] Full text...
19 december 2023 - 15:25:42
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - From 99.7 billion CFA francs for the current year, the budget of the Ministry of Agriculture, [...] Full text...
19 december 2023 - 14:44:54
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Over the past two decades, Tanzania has exhibited robust economic growth, surpassing many developing [...] Full text...
19 december 2023 - 11:52:48
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The European Commission has announced the mobilisation of 170 million euros, around CFAF 111.5 billion, under [...] Full text...
19 december 2023 - 07:16:06
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Egypt’s nexus of water, food and energy (NWFE) programme, launched a year ago to leverage partnerships [...] Full text...
18 december 2023 - 06:52:12
Washington, United States (PANA) - Remittances to low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) grew an estimated 3.8% in 2023, a moderation [...] Full text...
16 december 2023 - 08:48:21
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The World Bank on Saturday announced approval of a Development Policy Financing (DPF) operation of $80 [...] Full text...
15 december 2023 - 10:42:09
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Despite the challenging environment, including the floods in May 2023, Rwandan authorities are to be commended [...] Full text...
15 december 2023 - 09:23:14
Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - Algeria’s economic growth is projected to reach 4.2 percent in 2023, supported by robust activity in [...] Full text...
14 december 2023 - 07:39:33
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Tanzania has secured US$ 150.5 million budget support from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) [...] Full text...
14 december 2023 - 06:24:27
Washington DC, USA (PANA) - The Executive Boards of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank’s International Development [...] Full text...
13 december 2023 - 13:27:06
Dubai, UAE (PANA) - UN climate chief Simon Stiell says “genuine strides forward” were made at COP28, but the initiatives [...] Full text...
13 december 2023 - 10:03:12
Duba, UAE (PANA) - Nations at COP28 in Dubai approved on Wednesday a roadmap for “transitioning away from fossil fuels” [...] Full text...
13 december 2023 - 08:19:26
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The World Bank has approved the Kenya Jobs and Economic Transformation Project (KJET) to benefit at [...] Full text...
13 december 2023 - 07:34:20
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) — Kenya’s 485 ministries, departments, and agencies, as well as 240,000 registered firms, and 18 million citizens [...] Full text...
12 december 2023 - 11:51:50
Djibouti City, Djibouti (PANA) - The World Bank has approved a new International Development Association (IDA) credit of US$15 million [...] Full text...
12 december 2023 - 11:42:02
Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - Cape Verde’s economic outlook is uncertain and subject to downside risks which could emanate from [...] Full text...
12 december 2023 - 11:17:22
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi's Head of State Evariste Ndayishimiye on Monday signed a decree appointing a new seven-member Independent [...] Full text...
12 december 2023 - 06:56:33
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - In Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso, the Lycée Scientifique National of Bobo-Dioulasso shines as a beacon of [...] Full text...
11 december 2023 - 10:46:40
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin's National Assembly has adopted the country's budget for the 2024 financial year, which balances out [...] Full text...
11 december 2023 - 10:44:17
Dubai, UAE (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday urged a deal at COP28 on the phaseout of fossil [...] Full text...
10 december 2023 - 20:20:40
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – ECOWAS leaders ended their 64th ordinary session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government [...] Full text...
10 december 2023 - 17:38:58
Dubai, UAE (PANA) - As COP28 heads into its final working days in Dubai, the UN’s agriculture wing launched on [...] Full text...
10 december 2023 - 17:23:18
Doha, Qatar (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Sunday that with ‘forces of fragmentation’ gaining ground now is [...] Full text...
09 december 2023 - 17:18:10
Dubai, UAE (PANA) - Nearly $7 trillion of public and private finance each year supports activities that directly harm nature [...] Full text...
08 december 2023 - 10:20:13
Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - Mozambique has made significant progress towards gender equality, but critical challenges remain.
It has strong laws in [...] Full text...
07 december 2023 - 06:57:20
Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - The World Bank has announced the 42-month debarments of Botswana-based Multi-Tech Consult (PTY) Ltd. (MTC), [...] Full text...
06 december 2023 - 19:37:52
Zanzibar, Tanzania (PANA) – Responding aggressively, simultaneously, and comprehensively is the only option for confronting today’s intertwined development challenges around [...] Full text...
06 december 2023 - 07:59:50
Djibouti City, Djibouti (PANA) - Communities in Djibouti and Ethiopia, including borderland areas, refugees and host communities, will benefit from [...] Full text...
05 december 2023 - 15:09:24
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - On Monday in Abu Dhabi, the King of Morocco, Mohammed VI, and the President of the [...] Full text...
05 december 2023 - 10:46:55
Dubai, UAE (PANA) - The past decade has been confirmed the warmest ever recorded, continuing an alarming 30-year trend that [...] Full text...
05 december 2023 - 09:21:14
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - Côte d’Ivoire’s economic performance under the International Monetary Fund (IMF) supported programme has been strong, [...] Full text...
05 december 2023 - 06:02:34
Dubai, UAE (PANA) - The World Bank is taking bold action to decisively bend the methane emission curve, the Bank [...] Full text...
04 december 2023 - 13:08:34
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The European Union (EU) Delegation in Libya is training 13 labour inspectors in the field of health [...] Full text...
04 december 2023 - 12:56:10
Dubai, UAE (PANA) - Leaders from around the world have declared their commitment to provide clean cooking energy by 2032 [...] Full text...
04 december 2023 - 07:23:56
Dubai, UAE (PANA) - Health has made it onto the agenda of a UN climate conference, and health advocates at [...] Full text...
03 december 2023 - 17:53:40
Dubai, UAE (PANA) - The West Africa Development Bank (BOAD) and the World Bank on Sunday signed a Memorandum of [...] Full text...
03 december 2023 - 17:51:57
Dubai, UAE (PANA) - Several African countries have formally expressed interest to join the ground-breaking Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) [...] Full text...
03 december 2023 - 12:46:40
Dubai, UAE (PANA) - Rwanda Climate Finance Partnership is powering innovative climate action thanks to additional contributions from the Government [...] Full text...
03 december 2023 - 11:32:24
Dubai, UAE (PANA) - The World Bank announced on Sunday at COP28 a new Climate and Health Programme to urgently [...] Full text...
02 december 2023 - 15:22:31
Arusha, Tanzania (PANA) - When it comes to skills development and innovation, youth from Africa have something to say. Based [...] Full text...
02 december 2023 - 15:10:41
Dubai, UAE (PANA) - On second and final day of the World Climate Action Summit – the ministerial-level segment of [...] Full text...
02 december 2023 - 14:39:55
Dubai, UAE (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Saturday announced his plan to set up a panel aimed to ensure the [...] Full text...
02 december 2023 - 13:50:29
Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - Climate change impacts could drive up to 1.6 million additional people into poverty by 2050, further [...] Full text...
02 december 2023 - 06:06:55
Dubai, UAE (PANA) - Agrifood systems and the communities that support and depend on them are on the front lines [...] Full text...
01 december 2023 - 19:40:33
Dubai, UAE (PANA) - The World Bank on Friday announced ambitious plans for the growth of high-integrity global carbon markets, [...] Full text...
01 december 2023 - 07:00:09
Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - Full disclosure: This issue of Finance & Development was produced entirely with human intelligence. [...] Full text...
30 november 2023 - 18:27:54
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Buah Saidy, Governor of the Central Bank of The Gambia, has stated that the Gambian economy [...] Full text...
30 november 2023 - 18:21:21
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya is planning to designate major refugee camps as urban centres and municipalities once a draft [...] Full text...
30 november 2023 - 15:41:17
Banjul, Gambia(PANA) - The Gambia Press Union (GPU) has welcomed the verdict and sentencing of Bai Lowe, a former death [...] Full text...
30 november 2023 - 14:46:59
Dubai, UAE (PANA) - The latest round of UN-facilitated climate talks opened on Thursday in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, with [...] Full text...
30 november 2023 - 14:12:22
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - Recurrent shocks, including a prolonged 2020/23 drought, disrupted Somalia's growth, devastating crops, livestock, and exports.
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30 november 2023 - 12:46:50
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The 27 Member States of the European Union and the 79 Members of the Organisation of [...] Full text...
30 november 2023 - 11:17:44
Dubai, UAE (PANA) - The world is heating up at an unprecedented pace, new climate data shows, and leaders gathered [...] Full text...
29 november 2023 - 07:32:52
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) — A new World Bank programme is set to exponentially accelerate sustainable and clean energy [...] Full text...
29 november 2023 - 05:22:54
New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations and the African Union have reinforced their partnership following the conclusion of [...] Full text...
28 november 2023 - 08:36:04
Washington DC, United States (PANA) - With each passing year, the stark reality of a hotter planet becomes clearer and [...] Full text...
27 november 2023 - 22:47:53
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Government representatives and experts responsible for developing refugee resettlement policies in Eastern Africa are meeting in [...] Full text...
27 november 2023 - 19:20:00
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Council (EC) on Monday adopted an assistance measure worth €1 million, under the European [...] Full text...
27 november 2023 - 19:13:58
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Council on Monday adopted an assistance measure under the European Peace Facility worth €21 [...] Full text...
24 november 2023 - 12:26:07
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - After more than a decade of growth, key economic sectors, cocoa and energy, are at [...] Full text...
24 november 2023 - 07:33:38
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The shortage of skilled cybersecurity professionals has reached a record high in 2023, with about 4 [...] Full text...
22 november 2023 - 16:05:37
Washington DC, United States (PANA) - The World Bank and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria (the [...] Full text...
22 november 2023 - 12:44:46
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Minister of Finance, Khaled al-Mabrouk, and the Deputy Director General of the African Development [...] Full text...
22 november 2023 - 12:29:26
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia and the European Union have signed a 40-million Euro financing agreement for the implementation of [...] Full text...
22 november 2023 - 07:05:36
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The High-level Generation Equality Africa Regional Meeting ended on Tuesday in Dar es Salaam, [...] Full text...
21 november 2023 - 19:44:05
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN agencies on Tuesday issued an urgent call for action, emphasizing the severe health risks faced [...] Full text...
21 november 2023 - 15:48:36
Geneva/New York (PANA) -- Pregnant women, babies and children face extreme health risks from climate catastrophes that warrant urgent attention, [...] Full text...
21 november 2023 - 13:44:04
Banjul, to helpGambia (PANA)- The World Bank board has approved $60 million in financing from the International Development Association (IDA) [...] Full text...
21 november 2023 - 13:04:55
Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - Sierra Leone has secured US$20.7 million under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) of the International [...] Full text...
20 november 2023 - 17:50:03
New York, US (PANA) - With global temperatures soaring and greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) reaching unprecedented levels, dramatic climate action [...] Full text...
18 november 2023 - 10:23:22
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Saturday left Abuja for Berlin, Germany, to attend the G20 Compact [...] Full text...
18 november 2023 - 08:25:07
Yaoundé, Cameroon (PANA) - Cameroon has remained resilient in the face of successive external shocks and its real GDP growth [...] Full text...
17 november 2023 - 12:34:12
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The preliminary meetings of the Article 4 consultations between Libya and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), [...] Full text...
17 november 2023 - 08:58:48
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Countries in the Sahel comprising Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, and Niger, along with neighbouring [...] Full text...
16 november 2023 - 18:26:55
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Possessing half of Africa's forests, large freshwater resources, and mineral reserves that are critical for [...] Full text...