EU funds 13 million euro natural disasters project linking IOM, Oxfam in Burundi

11 july 2020 - 15:29:15
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and Oxfam have joined forces to launch a European Union (EU) [...] Full text...

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Endless conflict extends suffering of Libyans (News analysis by Youssef BA, PANA correspondent)

10 july 2020 - 22:25:25
 Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Security chaos, suffering and impoverishment of Libyans remain among the most visible characteristics of life in [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: 'Bob Marley's song, One Love, to support children during Covid-19' - UNICEF

10 july 2020 - 18:25:43
New York, US (PANA) - The iconic Bob Marley's song, One Love, is to be re-released with the blessing of [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: Pandemic has caused an “education crisis” - Expert

10 july 2020 - 13:04:04
      Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - An "education crisis" has plagued students the world over during the first half of 2020, and [...] Full text...

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Inter-communal violence, terrorist attacks inflame tensions in West Africa: Chambas

09 july 2020 - 22:27:58
New York, US (PANA) - Inter-communal violence and persistent attacks by extremists continue to undermine peace and security across West [...] 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: Refugees in Africa ‘even more vulnerable than ever’ amid pandemic

09 july 2020 - 21:36:07
New York, US (PANA) - Millions of refugees across Africa face even greater food insecurity because of aid disruption and [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Humanitarian charity Oxfam warns 12,000 people could die a day from hunger linked to pandemic

09 july 2020 - 11:24:03
London, UK (PANA) - As many as 12,000 people could die per day by the end of the year as [...] Full text...

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Covid-19: Pandemic makes Mauritians aware of food security, self-sufficiency

09 july 2020 - 11:08:10
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Agro-Industry and Food Security minister Maneesh Gobin said on Tuesday that the Covid-19 pandemic [...] Full text...

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Gambia’s government to impose moratorium on importation of onion

08 july 2020 - 21:58:53
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambia government Wednesday announced plans to impose a moratorium on importation of onions in the [...] 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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COVID-19: Societies need ‘a new dynamic’ to overcome negative impacts of pandemic – UN official

08 july 2020 - 03:43:45
New York, US (PANA) - The dramatic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, have laid bare “weaknesses in our systems and [...] Full text...

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AfDB project triples incomes of rural producers and traders in Tanzania

08 july 2020 - 03:41:25
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - An African Development Bank (AfDB) project to enhance market infrastructure, value addition and rural [...] Full text...

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Access to HIV medicines severely impacted by COVID-19 - WHO

07 july 2020 - 17:46:28
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Seventy-three countries have warned that they are at risk of running of stock of antiretroviral (ARV) [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Gambia registers third death of Convid19

07 july 2020 - 14:03:44
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambia has registered it third and documented death of Covid-19 following the death of a [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso resumes polio vaccination campaigns under strict COVID-19 prevention measures

07 july 2020 - 10:16:29
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) -  Burkina Faso on Monday concluded a four-day mass polio immunization campaign, vaccinating 174,304 children under five [...] Full text...

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Inflation drops in June in Tunisia, according to Statistics institute

07 july 2020 - 00:03:58
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Inflation dropped in Tunisia in June by 5.8 per cent as against 6.3 per cent in [...] Full text...

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IFAD launches project to support 210.000 rural families in Niger

06 july 2020 - 23:10:24
Paris, France (PANA) - The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Monday announced a financing package to support 210,000 poor [...] Full text...

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Madagascar receives US$ 2 million from ARC to cover drought risks

05 july 2020 - 07:32:56
‎Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) - The government of Madagascar has received a cheque of US$2.13 million from the Insurance Company of [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: ADF approves US$165 million grant for Ethiopia's national COVID-19 emergency response

03 july 2020 - 14:52:42
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF) on 3 July, 2020, approved [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: DRC and IFAD partner for better nutrition, resilience for small-scale farmers facing pandemic

03 july 2020 - 13:00:53
Rome, Italy (PANA) - The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) on Friday announced support for a new programme in [...] Full text...

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Tunisia GDP drops by 46.4% due to health crisis

02 july 2020 - 20:46:42
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The health crisis linked to the spread of the new coronavirus (Covid-19) caused a drop by [...] Full text...

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China donates 6,000 tonnes of rice to Niger

01 july 2020 - 17:30:32
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The People's Republic of China on Wednesday in Niger, donated 5,959 tonnes of rice, valued at [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: IMF official tips African oil exporters on extraordinary challenges ahead

01 july 2020 - 06:40:02
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The economic toll of COVID-19, both through lockdowns and external shocks, will have a staggering effect [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe dollar falls 11.14% on the second day of forex auction

30 june 2020 - 16:59:22
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Zimbabwe dollar (ZWL) depreciated 11.14 percent, against the greenback, to reach US$1:ZWL63.74 on the second [...] Full text...

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World Bank Approves $40 million emergency support for Somalia’s Desert Locust Response

30 june 2020 - 15:40:40
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) -  The World Bank Board of Directors has approved a $40 million International Development Assistance (IDA) grant [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Gambian Mayor recounts Covid-19 impact

29 june 2020 - 18:43:51
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Talib Ahmed Bensouda, Lord Mayor of Kanifing Municipal Council (KMC) in The Gambia, has described the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: UN food agency warns that tens of million could go hungry because of pandemic

29 june 2020 - 16:58:48
Rome, Italy (PANA) - Tens of millions more people are likely to go hungry this year because of the COVID-19 [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Kenya sports journalists body supports members amid covid-19

29 june 2020 - 14:28:06
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA)-Sports Journalists  Association of Kenya (SJAK) have cushioned members against the impact of coronavirus, offered relief food  to [...] Full text...

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U.S. Embassy in Libya in solidarity with NOC against presence of mercenaries at oil sites

27 june 2020 - 10:40:39
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) -  The U.S. Embassy in Libya has renewed Washington's full support for the Libyan National Oil Company [...] Full text...

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Covid-19: Mauritius repatriates 150 seafarers from Rome

27 june 2020 - 09:03:12
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – A total of 150 Mauritian seafarers serving on cruise vessels were repatriated on Friday on an [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Curfew extended by 10 days in Libya in prevention of pandemic

26 june 2020 - 22:01:58
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The presidential council of the Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) Friday announced the extension by [...] Full text...

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Mauritius: Economy to be severely impacted in 2020 because of Covid-19

26 june 2020 - 14:23:35
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Statistics Mauritius on Friday said that Mauritius being a very open economy will be severely [...] Full text...

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COVID-19 accelerates greater trade coordination in East Africa

26 june 2020 - 13:09:58
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Training positions East African trade facilitation committees to work more closely and in a [...] Full text...

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Kenyan lawmaker fined hefty US$14 million over famine food supplies fraud

26 june 2020 - 00:06:36
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A Kenyan anti-corruption court Thursday found John Waluke, a ranking lawmaker and chief whip, and a [...] Full text...

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30 bandits, including the mastermind of attack on Ivorian army, arrested

25 june 2020 - 19:43:32
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – About 30 bandits, including the mastermind of the 11 June attack on the Ivorian army, [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: Guinea sets aside 9 billion CFAF for phase 2 of the fight against coronavirus

24 june 2020 - 15:34:12
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guinean Prime Minister Ibrahima Kassory Fofana  announced on Tuesday that the government would release, for the [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: Algeria donates 90 tons of farm produce to Mali's central and northern regions

24 june 2020 - 15:18:33
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Algeria has donated to Mali nearly 90 tons of food and various products destined for the [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe dollar crashes as the country's central bank launches foreign exchange auction

23 june 2020 - 18:10:52
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Zimbabwe dollar (ZWL) crashed to US$1:ZWL57.3582 at the end of trading on the central bank’s [...] Full text...

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Teachers and mothers join forces to keep girls in school in Malawi (A UNFPA Feature)

23 june 2020 - 17:37:03
Lilongwe, Malawi (PANA) – Isaac Zatha, the headmaster of Chapita Primary School in the Malawian district of Salima, spent years [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: IOM appeals for US$ 37.8 million to continue lifesaving assistance to vulnerable people in Central Sahel region

23 june 2020 - 14:07:21
Dakar, Senegal - A rise in violence and the multi-layered humanitarian crisis in the Central Sahel region have resulted in [...] Full text...

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UN peacekeeping chief says COVID ‘exacerbating existing vulnerabilities’ in Central African Republic:

23 june 2020 - 05:17:35
New York, US (PANA) - The Central African Republic (CAR) is making progress as it prepares for presidential and legislative [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Coca-Cola commits US$17 million to support Africa anti-pandemic fight

22 june 2020 - 16:51:32
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Coca-Cola System is committing US$ 17 million to support the continent through the various phases of the Covid-19 [...] Full text...

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Coca-Cola Africa gives Kenya floods victims US$119,374 relief support

22 june 2020 - 16:39:25
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Coca-Cola Beverages Africa-Kenya (CCBA) on Monday donated 12.7 million Kenyan shillings (Kshs) to the Kenya Red [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: 39 organizations call on governments to ensure access to asylum seekers during pandemic

22 june 2020 - 12:49:38
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - A coalition of international, national, and refugee-led organizations in the Horn, East and Central [...] Full text...

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Ghana final year second cycle students return to school

22 june 2020 - 06:43:17
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Final year Senior High School students and the second batch of second year students in Ghana [...] Full text...

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Is Egyptian president al-Sissi looking for 'casus belli' with threat of direct military intervention in Libya? (A PANA News Analysis by Youssef Ba)

21 june 2020 - 19:13:54
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Egyptian President Abdel Fattal al-Sissi's threat of direct military intervention in Libya, two weeks after announcing [...] Full text...

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Rights body slams Mozambique for s failure to release detained refugees

21 june 2020 - 15:00:45
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Amnesty International has faulted the Mozambican authorities for failing to release 16 African and asylum seekers [...] Full text...

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Rwandan media assess development in easing COVID-19 lockdown measures

20 june 2020 - 15:02:12
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan newspapers this week gave wide coverage to ongoing efforts to ease COVID-19 lockdown measures  especially [...] Full text...

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COVID-19 slows down Rwanda's economic growth significantly in Q1, 2020

20 june 2020 - 09:57:47
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda registered a 3.6% Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth in the First Quarter of 2020, a [...] Full text...

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More than 1.5 tonnes of cannabis seized by Togolese customs near border with Ghana

19 june 2020 - 18:54:11
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togolese customs seized 1.5 tonnes of cannabis at the border post of Hihéatro, Plateaux region, near [...] Full text...

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Without funds, ‘no choice’ but to suspend most aid flights, warns WFP

19 june 2020 - 17:15:24
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) on Friday issued a critical warning, declaring that it may [...] Full text...

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IFC invests in Nigeria's Zenith Bank to support SMEs, tackle Covid-19-related challenges

18 june 2020 - 14:04:24
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has announced an investment of up to US$100 million in Nigeria’s [...] Full text...

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Rights group, NGOs step up pressure on oil companies to clean up polluted Nigeria's Niger Delta

18 june 2020 - 06:05:18
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Human rights group Amnesty International and NGOs are stepping up pressure on oil companies to clean [...] Full text...

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‘New contract’ needed with nature to keep drought and deserts at bay, says GUterres

18 june 2020 - 05:42:05
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General has called for "a new contract with nature" to address ongoing global [...] Full text...

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Congo controls its deforestation rate - official

18 june 2020 - 00:15:20
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese minister of Tourism and Environment, Arlette Soudan-Nonault, said here Tuesday Congo was controlling its [...] Full text...

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Germany to provide drought financing premiums to AU insurer

17 june 2020 - 21:33:34
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - Germany is providing payments of up to 19 million Euros to an African Union-backed drought [...] Full text...

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Mauritania: Opposition party withdraws from management of COVID-19 pandemic

17 june 2020 - 20:55:23
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The opposition party announced here Wednesday its withdrawal from the coordination of parties represented in Parliament [...] Full text...

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Nigeria’s inflation rate rose to 12.40 per cent in May- NBS

17 june 2020 - 16:25:48
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Wednesday that the nation’s inflation rate continued its [...] Full text...

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Mauritius prepares for the post-Covid-19 period

17 june 2020 - 13:34:42
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Finance, Economic Planning and Development minister, Renganaden Padayachy, on Tuesday, said the focus now [...] Full text...

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Botswana joins global food security campaign

17 june 2020 - 13:29:25
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana has joined the international community to celebrate the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) [...] Full text...

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Covid-19: Mauritius spends Rs 25 billion in three months to fight the pandemic

17 june 2020 - 12:52:21
  Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth said on Tuesday that the government has, over the last [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: US increases aid to $18 million in Zimbabwe as pandemic cases near 400

17 june 2020 - 12:37:56
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The United States Government, through its U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), has committed an additional US$10 [...] Full text...

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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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Covid-19: IFAD says remittance providers are essential service in battling virus pandemic

16 june 2020 - 12:41:15
Rome, Italy (PANA) - The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) on Tuesday called on governments across the world to [...] Full text...

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Benin's court for economic offences to hear 13 bad governance cases

15 june 2020 - 14:14:43
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Thirteen cases of bad governance in the Beninese administration will be examined during the 4th criminal [...] Full text...

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Gambia’s government launches business environment reform programme

13 june 2020 - 20:08:15
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The National Business Council, chaired by President Adama Barrow, Saturday launched the Business Environment Reform programme [...] Full text...

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Trade between Tunisia, outside world drops significantly

13 june 2020 - 09:20:17
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Trade between Tunisia and the rest of the world in May dropped significantly for the third [...] Full text...

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NOC Calls on armed groups to leave Al-Charara Oil Field in Southwest Libya

12 june 2020 - 19:19:08
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan National Petroleum Company (NOC) on Friday called on "armed groups" to leave the Al-Charara [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: CERF allocates $18.6 million to Niger to support humanitarian aid

12 june 2020 - 18:43:51
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has allocated more than US$ 18.6 million or 11.2 billion [...] Full text...

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GNA splashes $70 million on families of victims of the Libyan war

11 june 2020 - 17:49:21
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The President of the Presidential Council of the Government of National Accord (GNA), Fayez Al-Sarraj, on [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: AfDB approves $20 million to contain spread in G5 Sahel nations

11 june 2020 - 16:53:49
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved US$20 million in [...] Full text...

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ICC issues second arrest warrant against Kushayb, sets first appearance on 15 June

11 june 2020 - 15:38:41
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)- The Pre-Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday issued a second warrant of [...] Full text...

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EU expresses concern on widespread violence in South Sudan, delays in implementation of peace deal,

11 june 2020 - 14:03:18
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) – Underlining the right of the people of South Sudan to lasting peace, the European Union [...] Full text...

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Mauritius Govt. to reduce foreign fishing vessels in its Exclusive Economic Zone

11 june 2020 - 08:23:46
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Blue Economy, Marine Resources, Fisheries and Shipping Minister, Mr Sudheer Maudhoo, on Wednesday, said [...] Full text...

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HCR expresses fear for situation of refugees, internally displaced in DRC

10 june 2020 - 22:23:36
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The UN High Commission for Refugees (HCR) Wednesday expressed fears for refugees and internally displaced [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WFP provides specialised nutritious foods for treatment of patients in isolation centres

10 june 2020 - 20:31:10
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is ramping up its support to the government of [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: EU team expands scope in response to pandemic in Gambia

10 june 2020 - 17:19:08
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The European Union’s Rural Infrastructure and Employment Creation (RIEC) project, implemented by Enabel (Belgian Cooperation Agency), [...] Full text...

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Rwanda's CPI up 9.2 per cent in May

10 june 2020 - 13:31:52
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda’s Consumer Price Index (CPI), main gauge of inflation, increased by 9.2 per cent year-on-year in [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: Keep ships moving, ports open and trade flowing - UN entities urge

10 june 2020 - 12:31:35
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA)  – The UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the International Maritime Organization (IMO) [...] Full text...

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Mauritius to develop five-year strategic plan for the health sector

10 june 2020 - 08:11:57
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Health and Wellness Minister, Dr Kailesh Jagutpal, on Tuesday said that a five-year strategic [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Conflict-hit Nigerian families living under lockdowns, on ‘life-support’, says UN agency

10 june 2020 - 05:25:50
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Help and funding are needed urgently for millions of people in Nigeria who have been hit [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: AfDB unveils roadmap to safeguard food security in Africa

09 june 2020 - 21:16:02
Abidjan, Cote d' Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has unveiled a strategic roadmap of projects and programmes [...] Full text...

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Darfur rebel commander surrenders to ICC in CAR

09 june 2020 - 20:38:21
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – A top commander of the Janjaweed militia in Sudan’s western region of Darfur, Ali Mohammad Ali [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: AfDB unveils 100 finalists for the IDEATHON #Africavs Virus challenge

09 june 2020 - 18:05:52
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has made public the 100 finalists from the #AfricaVsVirus Challenge [...] Full text...

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Botswana Football Association supports ex-Zebra defender, Ramohibidu, now crippled

09 june 2020 - 16:37:53
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - To mark the 8th-year anniversary of the Zebras' qualification for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations [...] Full text...

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From farm to fork: Women championing agricultural transformation in Africa (An AfDB Feaure)

09 june 2020 - 16:29:37
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - From Sudan to Mali, Senegal to Mozambique, and Zambia to Mauritania, women are changing the [...] Full text...

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Gender lens essential to addressing linked climate change, security crises - UN report

09 june 2020 - 14:11:53
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - As countries reel from the devastating social and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, gender inequality [...] Full text...

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Mauritius invests in plans for combating climate change

09 june 2020 - 12:40:42
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Environment, Solid Waste Management and Climate Change minister, Mr Kavydass Ramano, has said the government [...] Full text...

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Mauritania: NGO collective deplores return of land management to governors

08 june 2020 - 23:38:12
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Network of Food Security Organisations (ROSA) Monday asked President Mohamed Cheikh El Ghazouani to ignore [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Africa’s moment to redefine public health system (By Olajide Ademola and Benjamin Djoudalbaye, Guest writers)

08 june 2020 - 20:53:22
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) -The coronavirus (COVID -19) pandemic has drastically challenged and strained health systems worldwide. In Africa, it is [...] Full text...

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Germany gives €26 million to Nigeria for humanitarian assistance in Northeast region

08 june 2020 - 19:34:02
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Germany has announced additional financial support of 26 million euros to Nigeria for humanitarian assistance in [...] Full text...

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Gambia: EU expands support to youth empowerment in the context of COVID-19

08 june 2020 - 13:38:27
Banjul, Gambia(PANA) - The European Union is expanding its support to young Gambians by enabling the Youth Empowerment Project (YEP) [...] 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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China supports Gambia's agricultural sector with machinery, equipment and fertiliser

07 june 2020 - 14:01:30
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Chinese government has donated agricultural machinery, equipment and fertiliser to Gambia's farming community, the minister [...] Full text...

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Efforts in fight against COVID-19 highlighted in Rwandan dailies this week

06 june 2020 - 18:57:53
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - High-level discussions to fight coronavirus including the latest conversation between Rwandan President Paul Kagame and Indian [...] Full text...

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Terrorist groups exploiting COVID-19 in Sahel, UN peacekeeping chief tells Security Council

06 june 2020 - 05:30:52
New York, US (PANA) - COVID-19 is complicating an already complex security situation in the Sahel, with terrorist groups exploiting [...] Full text...

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60 pct of deaths in Tunisia due to way of living, says Health minister

05 june 2020 - 21:09:03
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian minister of Health, Abdellatif Mekki, said here Friday that 60 percent of deaths in [...] Full text...

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FIFA celebrates World Environment Day

05 june 2020 - 19:12:33
Zurich, Switzerland (PANA) - “Our commitment to protecting our climate remains unwavering. We recognise the critical need for everyone to [...] Full text...

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IFAD lauds progress on rural development projects in Madagascar

05 june 2020 - 18:34:15
Paris, France (PANA) - Rural development projects, funded and supported by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) in Madagascar, [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Rwanda football Federation to distribute food to club members amid COVID-19 lockdown

05 june 2020 - 17:00:44
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda Football Federation on Friday said it will start distributing basic food commodities to its member [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Rwanda's positive cases reach 410

05 june 2020 - 13:48:22
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Confirmed coronavirus cases in Rwanda have reached 410 as of Thursday night, according to a statement [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: Gambian finance minister says pandemic has negative socioeconomic impact on population

05 june 2020 - 13:26:18
Banjul, Gambia (PANA)- Gambian Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs Mambury Njie has said the coronavirus pandemic brought negative socioeconomic [...] Full text...

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Mauritius Govt. announces budget amid the Covid-19 pandemic

05 june 2020 - 07:54:37
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth on Thursday said that the priority of the budget 2020/2021 is [...] Full text...

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Trial of repatriated Rwandan rebel spokesperson Sankara postponed again after witnesses fail to appear

04 june 2020 - 19:30:50
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Several witnesses in a terrorism trial involving the deported spokesperson of the so-called National Forces for [...] Full text...

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World Bank gives Benin US$160 million for agri-food

04 june 2020 - 17:53:35
Cotonou, Benin(PANA) - The World Bank has granted Benin a US$160 million support to help the West African country increase [...] Full text...

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IFAD-backed projects boost agricultural productivity, incomes in Madagascar: Report

04 june 2020 - 12:05:11
Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) - Rural development projects financed and supported by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) have helped [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso: More than 2 million people to be affected by food insecurity between June and August

03 june 2020 - 22:17:17
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Between June and August, some 2,151,970 people spread across all regions of the country will [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: President Barrow says pandemic has impacted severely on formal, informal sectors

03 june 2020 - 19:08:37
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - President Adama Barrow of Gambia has said that the pandemic has impacted severely on both the [...] Full text...

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Trial of repatriated Rwandan rebel spokesperson Sankara set to start Thursday

03 june 2020 - 14:53:03
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) -  The trial of the deported spokesperson of the so-called National Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda [...] Full text...

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Covid-19: Germany grants €24 million to Niger to prop up resilience-building efforts

03 june 2020 - 13:32:05
Niamey, Niger (PANA) -  German ambassador to Niger, Nicolai Hermann, announced n Wednesday that his country has contributed an additional [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Uncoordinated response to pandemic risks spiking aid dependency, warns Red Cross

03 june 2020 - 11:23:03
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Uncoordinated responses by governments and development actors to the coronavirus pandemic could spike aid dependency in [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Mauritania opposition party criticizes government’s management of pandemic (COVID-19)

02 june 2020 - 23:17:43
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Coalition Living Together (CVE-black nationalist tendency), Tuesday strongly criticized the management at all levels by [...] Full text...

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AfDB delivers on a decade of transformative commitments to reduce poverty (A feature)

02 june 2020 - 19:59:25
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - For the past five decades, the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has been at the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Rugby Africa cancels all its competitions, provides financial support to member federations

02 june 2020 - 18:29:10
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Rugby Africa (RA), the former African Rugby Confederation (ARC), has cancelled all is competitions, including the [...] Full text...

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Five civilians killed in terrorist attack in northern Niger

02 june 2020 - 13:19:20
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Five civilians were killed on Sunday in an alleged terrorist attack on Intikane village, in the [...] Full text...

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Red Cross worker killed in attack on humanitarian convoy in north-central Burkina Faso

01 june 2020 - 14:58:35
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - At least ten people including five Burkinabe gendarmes were killed on Saturday in an attack [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Curfew lifted, all economic activities resume under strict sanitary measures in Mauritius

31 may 2020 - 10:01:03
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritians on Sunday resumed their normal activities shortly after the government’s decision to lift the sanitary [...] Full text...

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Rwandan dailies focus on Covid-19 pandemic, reopening of Rwanda/DRC border

30 may 2020 - 18:36:19
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan newspapers this week gave wide coverage to ongoing measures to relax COVID-19 lockdown in the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: AfDB boosts Senegal's pandemic economic, social resilience programme

30 may 2020 - 14:47:48
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA)-The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) on Friday approved a loan of 88 million [...] Full text...

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Sudan, WFP sign agreement on Sudanese family support programme

29 may 2020 - 19:12:03
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)- The Government of Sudan and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on Friday signed a Memorandum of [...] Full text...

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Mali gets 21.6 billion CFA francs grant from EU to meet people's urgent needs

29 may 2020 - 12:30:44
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The European Union (EU) has granted a budget support of 21.6 billion CFA francs to Mali, [...] Full text...

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Inflation rises in Tunisia, reaches 6.3 pct in April 2020

28 may 2020 - 23:59:12
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA)   - The inflation rate in Tunisia rose in April to 6.3 percent from March, the Tunisian Central [...] Full text...

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The Gambia's domestic debt remains high - Cetral Bank

28 may 2020 - 21:37:52
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambia’s stock of domestic debt remains high, increasing to D33.6 billion or 33.2 per cent [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Group says 7,904 lives lost to violent killings in Nigeria in two years

28 may 2020 - 19:48:53
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – A total of 7,904 persons were victims of violent killings by Boko Haram/Islamic State in West [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Number of children in household poverty to soar to 86 million by end of 2020

28 may 2020 - 19:39:48
New York, US (PANA) – The economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic could push up to 86 million more children [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: EU extends BReST project support to Gambian women, children in response to COVID-19 outbreak

28 may 2020 - 17:18:37
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The European Union (EU) is to extend the successful Building Resilience through Social Transfers-(BReST) project being [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: ICRC, ally appeal for funds to combat pandemic spread

28 may 2020 - 17:06:42
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is appealing for US$3.19 billion to urgently scale up [...] Full text...

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Tanzanian expert, Bhunu, joins UN sustainable agriculture body

28 may 2020 - 16:38:43
Rome, Italy (PANA) - Tanzania's Sara Mbago-Bhunu, is among 22 renowned experts from across the Global South who are joining [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso: 60,000 displaced persons receive ICRC assistance

28 may 2020 - 15:50:42
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), with the support of volunteers from the [...] Full text...

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Countries need to do more to stop harmful marketing of breast-milk substitutes, says UN

28 may 2020 - 05:10:33
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Despite efforts to stop the harmful promotion of breast-milk substitutes, countries are still falling short in [...] Full text...

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Mauritania: 8 opposition parties call for urgent solution to populations’ problems

27 may 2020 - 23:58:59
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA)  -  A coalition of eight Mauritanian opposition political parties Wednesday called for a quick solution to problems [...] Full text...

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Gambia needs predictable funding to develop sustainable Food Systems - VP

27 may 2020 - 21:58:24
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian Vice-President Dr. Isatou Touray disclosed here Wednesday that the country needed predictable increase in funding [...] Full text...

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Floods in Kenya claim 285 lives

27 may 2020 - 12:03:14
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The number of Kenyans who have perished in ravaging floods in different parts of the country [...] Full text...

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Humanitarian agency says new swarms of locusts threaten to increase hunger in East Africa

27 may 2020 - 10:43:11
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Humanitarian agency Oxfam warned on Wednesday that millions of people in East and Central Africa, already [...] Full text...

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Amnesty International accuses Nigerian military of subjecting children to unlawful detention

27 may 2020 - 07:52:14
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Global human rights group, Amnesty International, on Wednesday accused the Nigerian military of subjecting children in [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: Kenyan Premier League players to get $100 coronavirus cushion package

26 may 2020 - 15:55:51
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Players from 12 Kenyan Premier League clubs will receive $100 each a month from the Kenya [...] Full text...

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More than a million women in Burkina Faso victims of conflict and coronavirus, says Oxfam

25 may 2020 - 20:32:50
Paris, France (PANA) - More than one million women and girls in Burkina Faso are facing increasing sexual violence, hunger [...] Full text...

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East African ministers schedule meeting over cross-border trade restrictions

25 may 2020 - 19:50:36
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Ministers from the East African region are scheduled to hold a crisis meeting on Tuesday, to [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: Mahamat tells Africa 'stop dependency on outside, live on own resources'

25 may 2020 - 14:56:54
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The COVID-19 pandemic has brutally reminded African nations of the imperative need to put a [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Truckers decry 'frustrating' health screening at Uganda border

25 may 2020 - 13:52:59
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Truck drivers stuck along Bungoma-Malaba highway on the Kenya-Uganda border are decrying frustrating coronavirus screening by Ugandan [...] Full text...

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UN chief urges African countries where conflict prevails to heed ceasefire call on Africa Day

25 may 2020 - 06:04:23
New York, US (PANA) - African countries have “demonstrated commendable leadership” battling the COVID-19 pandemic, but more nations across the [...] 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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Rwandan Muslims organise televised celebration of Eid al-Fitr

24 may 2020 - 16:11:59
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda's Muslim community on Sunday organised a televised celebration marking the end of the holy month [...] Full text...

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Kenyan Catholic bishops raise red flag on Kenyatta succession political bickering

24 may 2020 - 12:08:19
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) on Sunday warned politicians against engaging in divisive succession [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Build back better and preserve biodiversity after COVID-19 pandemic: UN chief

23 may 2020 - 06:17:55
New York, US (PANA) - Recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic must lead to countries uniting to preserve the natural world, [...] Full text...

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Victims of intercommunal violence in South Sudan deserve ‘justice, truth and reparations’ – UN rights chief

23 may 2020 - 05:53:39
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has condemned a fresh wave of intercommunal violence [...] 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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Nigeriens prepare to celebrate Aid El Fitr despite Covid-19

22 may 2020 - 18:15:47
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Muslims in Niger are getting ready to celebrate Aid El Fitr, to mark the end of the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Webinar explores how civil society can ensure accountability amid COVID-19

22 may 2020 - 17:31:30
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Billions of dollars have been allocated to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, but how can we [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: 188m-euro AfDB loan to boost Kenya's COVID-19 response

22 may 2020 - 17:23:40
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) on Friday approved an 188-million-euro [...] Full text...

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Human activities, climate change threaten Niger's biodiversity - Minister

22 may 2020 - 14:44:24
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The rich biodiversity of Niger is threatened by human activities and global climate change that affect [...] Full text...

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Burkinabe minister calls for restoration of ecosystems

22 may 2020 - 14:14:36
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso's Environment minister, Nestor Bassière, on Friday called for the restoration of ecosystems in [...] Full text...

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Somalia looks to first full elections in 51 years, despite COVID-19 crisis

22 may 2020 - 07:12:21
New York, US (PANA) - The consequences of the COVID pandemic are acute for Somalia, but the Horn of Africa [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Eritrean detainees live in crowded, filthy prison cells

21 may 2020 - 20:50:31
Asmara, Eritrea (PANA) – Amnesty International has decried the overcrowding and the filthy conditions in which detainees in Eritrea are [...] 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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Covid-19: Mauritian company launches human-safe disinfectant tunnel

21 may 2020 - 14:20:06
Port Louis, Mauritius PANA) - Mauritian company, Blychem, launched a human-safe disinfectant tunnel in Port Louis on Thursday to help [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: West African women excluded from pandemic info sharing, key decision making - Report

21 may 2020 - 11:36:55
Abidjan, Ivory Coast (PANA) - Women are excluded from information sharing on Covid-19 and from key high level decision making [...] Full text...

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Five high-tech robots set to contribute to COVID-19 control in Rwanda

20 may 2020 - 15:21:30
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) -  With the introduction of five high-tech robots this week, doctors at various hospitals in Rwanda will [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: Africa must act now to avoid a catastrophe, say rights chiefs

20 may 2020 - 13:38:18
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA)  – Human rights chiefs from the United Nations and the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: Nigerian Presidency assures on nationwide security as banditry violence heightens food insecurity concerns

20 may 2020 - 12:47:31
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Presidency has assured that all 36 States of the federation and the Federal Capital [...] Full text...

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Stand in solidarity to preserve Africa’s hard-won progress, urges UN chief

20 may 2020 - 05:12:17
New York, US (PANA) - The coronavirus pandemic threatens the hard-earned gains Africans have made throughout the continent, the UN [...] Full text...

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UN acting Special Representative Stephanie Wiliams deplores intensification of military escalation between Libyan belligerents

19 may 2020 - 23:30:45
Tripoli, Libya (PANA)   -   The acting special representative of the UN Security Council in Libya, Stephanie Williams, Tuesday deplored before [...] Full text...

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President Barrow extends state of public emergency for 21 days

19 may 2020 - 21:10:46
Banjul, Gambia(PANA)  - President Adama Barraw Tuesday extended The Gambia’s state of public emergency for 21 days in accordance with [...] Full text...

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Turkey-Africa Partnership panel discusses trade and stimulus to cushion the economic fallout of COVID-19

19 may 2020 - 18:19:08
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Vice President for Regional Development, Integration and Business Delivery, Khaled [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: NGO Océanium takes lead to restore ecosystem of southern, central Senegal

19 may 2020 - 13:52:12
Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - A non-governmental organisation which has been active for years in restoration of mangrove and the ecosystem [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Ghana Speaker orders mass testing of MPs, parliamentary staff

19 may 2020 - 12:01:37
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Speaker of Ghana's Parliament, Prof. Mike Aaron Oquaye, has ordered the immediate mass testing of [...] Full text...

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Intercommunal fight re-displaces thousands of South Sudanese refugees

18 may 2020 - 18:37:40
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – The UN refugees agency has issued a statement, condemning what it termed the “senseless” attack on [...] Full text...

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Ramadan without respite for Libyans, victims of military escalation (News analysis by Youssef BA, PANA correspondent)

17 may 2020 - 20:48:37
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyans will have lived in 2020 the Ramadan, month of fasting for Muslims, the most difficult [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Tanzania rules out lockdown to save economy

17 may 2020 - 18:29:27
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Tanzanian President Dr John Pombe Magufuli has ruled out a lockdown for his country [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Zimbabwe extends lockdown indefinitely

16 may 2020 - 20:04:56
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa has announced that the current COVID-19 (coronavirus) national lockdown restrictions in place [...] Full text...

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Mauritian papers highlight coronavirus this week

16 may 2020 - 15:14:52
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - As in recent weeks, the news in Mauritius is still dominated by coronavirus, with local newspapers [...] 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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Coronavirus: EU supports Mauritania’s response plan

15 may 2020 - 22:58:21
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA)  -  The European Union (EU) Friday declared its supports for the response plan to the coronavirus (COVID-19) [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Pandemic could deepen food insecurity, malnutrition in Africa - WHO

15 may 2020 - 17:43:07
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has expressed concern at the potential impact of COVID-19 (coronavirus) on [...] Full text...

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Covid-19: Cashew nut marketing season takes off slowly in southern Senegal

15 may 2020 - 16:04:51
Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - After several weeks of uncertainty, the marketing season for cashew nuts in Casamance, southern Senegal, has [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Accra hosts regional hub to maintain lifesaving operations in Africa as virus spreads

15 may 2020 - 13:23:11
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - A regional humanitarian response hub in Ghana, set up by the United Nations World Food Programme [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: France gives Mali 1.3 billion FCFA emergency food aid

15 may 2020 - 13:17:38
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - France will make available to Mali, through the World Food Programme (WFP) and Action contre la [...] 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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Coronavirus: WFP, UNDP provide CFAF 450 million to vulnerable households in Brazzaville

14 may 2020 - 10:48:22
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The World Food Programme (WFP) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have provided CFAF 450 [...] Full text...

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Efforts to forge a global ceasefire a "catastrophic failure", says Oxfam

13 may 2020 - 18:15:43
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - There has been a catastrophic failure by the international community to forge a global ceasefire in [...] Full text...

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COVID-19 triggers marked decline in global trade, new data shows

13 may 2020 - 15:11:12
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) -  The coronavirus pandemic cut global trade values by 3% in the first quarter of this year, [...] Full text...

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Ghana bolsters medicines regulatory system, guarantees product quality - WHO

13 may 2020 - 14:34:53
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – Ghana has strengthened its medicines regulatory system to ensure safety, quality and effectiveness of medical products manufactured, [...] Full text...

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Nigeria violence sees 23,000 refugees flee into Niger in April alone: UNHCR

13 may 2020 - 07:06:19
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Ongoing violence in parts of north-western Nigeria forced an estimated 23,000 people to seek safety and [...] Full text...

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Togo recorded cereal surpluses of 70,000 tonnes in 2019

12 may 2020 - 16:43:59
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togo recorded cereal surpluses estimated at 70,000 tonnes for the agricultural campaign last year, PANA learned [...] Full text...

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Guterres highlights Libya's vulnerability to Covid-19 due to insecurity

12 may 2020 - 14:08:45
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said Libya remains "extremely vulnerable to coronavirus due to intensified fighting [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: East African countries urged to back local production of medical products to combat virus

12 may 2020 - 11:57:12
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Secretariat of the East African Community (EAC) is urging member states to support local production [...] 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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Coronavirus: Niger govt. says on top pf the situation

11 may 2020 - 16:56:39
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The Niger government says its efforts to contain the Corovirus pandemic in the country is paying [...] Full text...

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Inflation continues to rise in Congo

11 may 2020 - 15:05:05
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Inflation continues to rise in Congo, according to a new report of the Central Bank which [...] Full text...

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Japan funds UNDP programme on assistance for hundreds of vulnerable groups in Sudan

11 may 2020 - 12:53:37
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)- The Japanese Government today announced an additional US$2.4 million of funding for UNDP’s ongoing work to support [...] Full text...

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Chinese traders offer medical masks,food to Congolese police

11 may 2020 - 10:36:25
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Association of Chinese Traders in Congo (ACCC) has donated 1,000 protective medical masks and food to [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: UN think-tank estimates US$65 billion monthly loss from lockdowns in Africa

11 may 2020 - 09:03:29
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – One month full lockdown across Africa could cost the continent about 2.5 percent of its [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Mauritius gradually opens economy after 14 days without a new case

11 may 2020 - 08:15:53
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The spokesperson of the Mauritian National Communication Committee on COVID-19, Dr Zouberr Joomaye, on Sunday said the government [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Ghana extends ban on social gatherings to 31 May as positive cases hit 4,700

11 may 2020 - 07:52:26
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has extended the ban on public gatherings to 31 May [...] Full text...

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Burundi's presidential candidates seek to tackle identical issues in campaign for 20 May election

10 may 2020 - 17:43:45
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) – Youth unemployment, agriculture and livestock farming, infrastructure, economic development, the fight against corruption and cronyism are [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Ghana's positive cases jump to 4,263; doctors stress ban on social gathering should remain

10 may 2020 - 06:07:20
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana has recorded 251 more cases of COVID-19 (coronavirus) sending the total count to 4,263, the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: France supports EU's humanitarian airlift to several countries facing Covid-19

09 may 2020 - 15:43:38
Paris, France (PANA) - France on Friday gave its full support to the initiative taken by the European Union (EU), [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Germany gives CFAF 7 billion to Mali for food security and resilience

08 may 2020 - 17:25:32
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Germany has granted Mali an additional financial contribution of CFAF 7.2 billion, through the World Food [...] Full text...

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