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Kenya relief bid begins to avert ‘hunger crisis’ among poor workers hit by COVID

31 october 2020 - 08:02:31
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A major UN-led cash and nutrition relief project is underway in Kenya for informal workers facing [...] Full text...

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Madagascar: AfDB strengthens industrial, financial sectors with 14 million euros

31 october 2020 - 04:20:51
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved the Industrialization and Financial Sector Support Project (PAISF), [...] Full text...

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Niger: AfDB grants US$35m to ensure food security for 1.5 million people in rural areas

31 october 2020 - 03:31:10
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) on Friday donated US$ 35.4 [...] Full text...

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ICRC reports widespread food shortages in Sudan as people face clashes, climate shocks and COVID-19

30 october 2020 - 14:42:44
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)- A senior official of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) who has just concluded a [...] Full text...

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FAO emphasises women's role in African agriculture

29 october 2020 - 23:48:20
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Women in Africa are the backbone of their households, communities and rural economies, as food producers, [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Pandemic dents Guinea’s growth but external support mitigates impact

29 october 2020 - 10:32:01
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guinea’s overall growth is expected to exceed 5% this year, although non-mining sectors in the West [...] Full text...

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FAO builds momentum for restoring forests as world enters key decade for ecosystems

29 october 2020 - 06:35:39
Rome, Italy (PANA) - The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is leading a push for the world to scale up efforts to [...] Full text...

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141 refugees liberated by HCR from detention camp in eastern Tripoli

27 october 2020 - 21:03:47
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Altogether, 141 men, women and children refugees in a detention camp for illegal migrants in Khomes, [...] Full text...

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Morocco, Comoros sign five cooperation agreements

27 october 2020 - 18:06:07
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Morocco and the Union of the Comoros on Monday in Rabat, signed five cooperation agreements on [...] Full text...

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Africa climate change report reveals heat rising north and south, Sahel getting wetter

27 october 2020 - 06:00:37
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Africa needs to prepare better for climate change by responding to a wide range of potential risks, a multi-agency report led [...] Full text...

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UN’s mission ‘more important than ever’, Secretary-General says at UN Day ceremony

27 october 2020 - 05:42:48
New York, US (PANA) - Seventy-five years after world leaders united to promote global peace and progress through cooperation, representatives [...] Full text...

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Pan African body holds conference on food

26 october 2020 - 19:37:36
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) will organize a conference, running from October 27 [...] Full text...

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US approves more humanitarian assistance to Sudan

25 october 2020 - 16:12:34
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The US Administration has announced yet another package of humanitarian assistance to the Sudan, amounting to [...] Full text...

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Mauritius undergoing economic recession

24 october 2020 - 12:50:08
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PA NA) - Mauritian Finance Minister Renganaden Padayachy Friday said the island’s economy had suffered from the national [...] Full text...

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Sudan normalizes relations with Israel

23 october 2020 - 23:02:53
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - United States and Sudanese officials said here Friday Sudan would normalise its relations with its hitherto [...] Full text...

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Niger, partners did great job on follow-up of flood victims – EU Official

23 october 2020 - 22:16:17
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The ambassador and chief of the European Union (EU) delegation, Dr. Denisa Elena Ionee Friday hailed [...] Full text...

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Lesotho moves to insure farmers against climate change risks

23 october 2020 - 20:21:29
Maseru, Lesotho (PANA) – The Kingdom of Lesotho has signed an agreement with an African Union (AU) specialized agency, mandated [...] Full text...

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German funding helps Ethiopia enhance immigration, border management controls

23 october 2020 - 15:11:52
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Immigration and border management controls in Ethiopia are being improved to help secure the country’s [...] Full text...

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EU gives Congo more than one billion Euros for agro-pastoral groupings

21 october 2020 - 21:41:57
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The European Union (EU) ambassador in Congo, Raul Mateus Paula, said here Tuesday his organisation would [...] Full text...

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Donors pledge more than $1.7 billion to scale up aid in Central Sahel

21 october 2020 - 08:50:52
Copenhagen, Denmark (PANA) - The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says 24 donors pledged more [...] Full text...

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Achieving peace, security in Sahel remains pertinent issue for The Gambia - FM Tangara

20 october 2020 - 21:04:25
Banjul, The Gambia (PANA) - Gambian Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Mamadou Tangara said here Tuesday achieving peace, security and [...] Full text...

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Continued research key as Africa moves to implement game-changing AfCFTA

20 october 2020 - 17:56:31
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Thorough research and continuous interaction between researchers and policy makers is crucial to ensure the [...] Full text...

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Sudan’s record wheat harvest proves success of AfDB’s agricultural transformation programme

20 october 2020 - 16:06:55
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Despite coronavirus-related lockdowns, travel and transport restrictions, Sudan has just recorded its largest wheat harvest, according [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso is ‘one step short of famine’, warns WFP

20 october 2020 - 06:15:45
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Unless access is urgently granted to humanitarian organizations, thousands in the Central Sahel will be “pushed into further destitution”, the [...] Full text...

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10 African presidents plead for increasing IFAD financing to fight hunger, poverty in rural areas

19 october 2020 - 21:34:56
Paris, France (PANA) - Ten African countries Monday strongly appealed to other leaders of the world to increase their financing [...] Full text...

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African leaders call for increased investment in IFAD to end rural hunger, poverty

19 october 2020 - 18:37:30
Rome, Italy (PANA) - Ten African Heads of State have issued a strong call to other world leaders to increase [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: SA economic recovery plan will protect jobs in vulnerable sectors - Ramaphosa

19 october 2020 - 16:06:28
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa has assured South Africans that the economic recovery plan he presented last [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Report urges African states to facilitate money transfers

18 october 2020 - 19:17:03
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) – Governments are invited to facilitate money transfers for the fight against the COVID-19, according to a [...] Full text...

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12 African migrants dead, others missing off Horn of Africa

17 october 2020 - 14:55:30
Obock, Djibouti (PANA) - Twelve migrants have died and others are missing after being thrown off a boat by smugglers [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Pandemic and violence contribute to rising humanitarian needs in the Sahel

17 october 2020 - 06:00:09
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A surge in armed violence, coupled with the economic and social fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, [...] Full text...

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HCR evacuates 153 refugees from Libya to transit center in Niger

16 october 2020 - 22:59:51
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A group of 153 refugees and asylum seekers were evacuated Thursday from Libya by the UN [...] Full text...

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World Bank, IMF boards urge transfer of real resources to developing countries

16 october 2020 - 22:47:40
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The Development Committee of the world’s top financial institutions said Friday the coronavirus (COVID-19) [...] Full text...

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UN agencies stress urgent need to strengthen food systems as COVID-19 drives up numbers of hungry people

16 october 2020 - 18:58:07
Rome, Italy (PANA) - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on Friday joined its sister agencies in calling for global [...] Full text...

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WFP supports more than 160,000 pupils in vulnerable areas of Niger

16 october 2020 - 13:16:07
Niamey, Niger (PANA) -The World Food Programme (WFP) will increase its allocation to school canteens to help more than 160,000 [...] Full text...

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Invest in rural women, help them build resilience to future crises, urges UN chief

16 october 2020 - 07:37:32
New York, US (PANA) - Rural women play a critical role in agriculture, food security and managing land and natural [...] Full text...

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Nearly 5 million children need help to survive in Nigeria, Mauritania, Niger and Chad - Save the Children

15 october 2020 - 17:45:48
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The coronavirus pandemic has caused a 60 percent increase in the number of children in [...] Full text...

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AfDB Board raises the bank's capital by 125 per cent

15 october 2020 - 15:26:14
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - African Development Bank (AfDB) country manager at the Regional Office of Development and Service Delivery for [...] Full text...

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Somalia Humanitarian Fund allocates US$9.26 million for floods response

15 october 2020 - 15:06:57
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - The Somalia Humanitarian Fund (SHF) has released US$9.26 million to scale up priority life-saving assistance to [...] Full text...

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Mauritius to become plastic-free country

15 october 2020 - 13:27:20
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius launched on Thursday a sensitisation campaign on two new regulations the Environment Protection Act [...] Full text...

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Mauritanian government approves 1.89 billion dollar budget for 2021

14 october 2020 - 23:38:14
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian government Wednesday approved the 2021 finance bill, setting the government budget at 70 billion [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: President Barrow announces reopening of hotels, bars, restaurants, pools and gyms

14 october 2020 - 21:46:50
Banjul, Gambia(PANA) - President Adama Barrow Wednesday announced the reopening of public places such as hotels, motels, lodges, bars, restaurants, [...] Full text...

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IFAD gives Congo 500.000 USD for small cassava producers

14 october 2020 - 21:32:27
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) will provide 500,000 US dollars to support a new [...] Full text...

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Gambia: EU launches two new projects to protect illegal migrants

14 october 2020 - 18:29:36
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - As part of its cooperation with The Gambia on migration management, the European Union (EU) has [...] Full text...

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Nigeria’s Food Reserve stock now 109,657 tonnes

14 october 2020 - 10:46:12
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria's Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Muhammad Sabo Nanono has announced that the country's [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Pandemic constitutes ‘unprecedented challenge’ to health, social, economic conditions: UN agencies

14 october 2020 - 06:17:11
New York, US (PANA) - The COVID-19 pandemic has not only led to a “dramatic loss” of human life but [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Libyan health authorities threaten to impose total confinement for persistent failure to obey prevention measures

13 october 2020 - 22:44:06
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chairman of the scientific committee of fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Dr Khalifa al-Baccouche, [...] Full text...

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CERF grants $5 million to support flood victims in Niger

13 october 2020 - 15:43:17
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The Central Emergency Response Fund of the United Nations system (CERF) has granted Niger US$5,019,682 as [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Buhari orders Police Chief to prosecute officers involved in extra-judicial killings, extortion, recklessness

12 october 2020 - 18:12:16
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday ordered the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr Mohammed Adamu, to ensure [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: EU donates generator to national health lab in The Gambia

12 october 2020 - 15:43:36
Banjul, Gambia (PANA)- The European Union has donated a generator and fuel to enhance power supply at the National Public [...] Full text...

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

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

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Coronavirus -Tunisia reaches new peaks of more than 3,100 new cases, 47 deaths in 48 hours

11 october 2020 - 12:38:45
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has recorded 3,137 new coronavirus (COVID-19) infections and 47 deaths in 48 hours, the highest [...] Full text...

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Rwanda's CPI up 8.9 pct in Sept.2020

11 october 2020 - 10:48:25
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, rose 8.9 per cent year on [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Minimising pandemic impact slows down CAR’s economy

10 october 2020 - 07:46:37
Bangui, CAR (PANA) – Though the start of a recovery appears to be underway in the Central African Republic (CAR), [...] Full text...

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3RD LEAD: UN chief lauds WFP for winning 2020 Nobel Peace Prize

09 october 2020 - 15:56:58
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday lauded the World Food Programme (WFP) for winning the [...] Full text...

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2ND LEAD: WFP chief says Nobel Peace Prize is 'humbling recognition' of its work (Eds: Adds comments of WFP chief)

09 october 2020 - 12:10:16
Rome, Italy (PANA) - The awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to the World Food Programme (WFP) on Friday is [...] Full text...

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LEAD: WFP awarded Nobel Peace Prize for 2020

09 october 2020 - 11:46:04
Oslo, Norway (PANA) - The Norwegian Nobel Committee on Friday awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2020 to the World [...] Full text...

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BREAKING NEWS: World Food Programme awarded Nobel Peace Prize

09 october 2020 - 11:32:52
Oslo, Norway (PANA) - The Norwegian Nobel Committee on Friday awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2020 to the World [...] Full text...

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WFP Executive Director meets with Nigerien Head of State

08 october 2020 - 17:41:22
Niamey, Niger (PANA - Nigerien President Issoufou Mahamadou, on Thursday received the Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP), [...] Full text...

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UNHCR condemns ‘brutal and callous’ killings in Burkina Faso

08 october 2020 - 15:54:47
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) has strongly condemned an attack, on the night of 4 [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Rwanda's industrial output down 4.3 pct in August

08 october 2020 - 15:46:41
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda's value-added industrial output, an important economic indicator, continues to decrease following the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, [...] Full text...

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Prices of several staples up to multi-month highs in September – FAO report

08 october 2020 - 12:51:27
Rome, Italy (PANA) - While new forecasts for global cereal output, utilisation, stocks and trade all point to well-supplied markets, [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: 15-day night curfew imposed on Greater Tunis to contain spread of virus

08 october 2020 - 11:21:18
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A 15-day night curfew that will run from 21:00 to 05:00 on week days and from [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: IMF review shows Niger’s response plan alleviates socioeconomic impact

08 october 2020 - 10:45:52
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission and the authorities in Niger have reached a staff-level agreement [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe's MDC-T factional leader, Thokozani Khupe, sworn in as MP

07 october 2020 - 17:35:08
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Movement for Democratic Change-Tsvangirai (MDC-T) factional leader, Thokozani Khupe, was late Wednesday sworn in as [...] Full text...

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UNICEF concerned about children in DR Congo suffering ‘unrelenting violence’

07 october 2020 - 07:09:56
New York, US (PANA) - Thousands of children continue to suffer grievously as unrelenting violence persists across eastern Democratic Republic [...] Full text...

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Starvation used as weapon of war in South Sudan conflict, UN rights body finds

07 october 2020 - 06:48:05
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Starvation is being intentionally used as a war tactic in South Sudan’s brutal conflict, a [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Sudan receives rare World Bank grant to battle pandemic

06 october 2020 - 22:51:06
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The World Bank has approved a grant of US$21.99 million to help Sudan mitigate the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: FAO calls for transformational change in management of forests and food systems

06 october 2020 - 12:46:01
Rome, Italy (PANA) - Transformational change is needed in the way countries manage forests and their biodiversity, people produce and [...] Full text...

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Eight African migrants dead, several injured off Horn of Africa

06 october 2020 - 11:06:44
Obock, Djibouti,(PANA) - Staff from the International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Monday assisted Djiboutian authorities as they attended to [...] Full text...

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Finance minister Ncube dismisses high levels of poverty in Zimbabwe

05 october 2020 - 12:54:30
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe's Finance minister Mthuli Ncube has dismissed high poverty levels prevailing in the country arguing that [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe's Parliament remains unconvinced over exchange rate 'stability' (Analysis by Tatira Zwinoira, PANA Correspondent))

03 october 2020 - 16:51:34
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Zimbabwe government will next week introduce a programme identifying different exchange rates to weed out [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: IMF provides additional US$ 101.96 million for Malawi to address pandemic

03 october 2020 - 07:25:16
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Friday approved a disbursement of [...] Full text...

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Burundi government, WB representatives meet to evaluate portfolio of the financial institution

02 october 2020 - 23:26:54
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi’s government representatives and a team of the World Bank resident mission met here Friday to [...] Full text...

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Flooding, surging inflation threaten humanitarian assistance in Sudan

02 october 2020 - 16:41:19
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Catastrophic flooding and rising food and health costs in Sudan, have driven up the number of people in need, the UN Office for the [...] Full text...

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Senegal launches agricultural project to stem the flow of youth from rural areas

01 october 2020 - 15:35:30
Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - The government of Senegal, in partnership with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), launched on [...] Full text...

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AfDB grants US$27 million loan to develop agricultural value chains in Madagascar

30 september 2020 - 19:27:47
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) on Tuesday approved a loan [...] Full text...

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Flooding leaves South Sudan facing threat of ‘catastrophic’ hunger levels, UN says

30 september 2020 - 08:30:03
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Torrential rains and flooding across South Sudan have created the threat of “catastrophic” levels of [...] Full text...

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Senegalese President Macky Sall calls for reforms to relaunch national economy

29 september 2020 - 21:58:36
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Senegalese president, Macky Sall, Tuesday underlined the need to re-orientate public policies, undertake reforms and [...] Full text...

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Gambian FM assures China of Gambia’s support for multilateralism, win–win cooperation

29 september 2020 - 19:56:10
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Mamadou Tangara, has reassured China, through its Embassy in [...] Full text...

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Flooding leaves South Sudan facing threat of ‘catastrophic’ hunger levels

29 september 2020 - 16:34:54
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Torrential rains and flooding across South Sudan have created the threat of “catastrophic” hunger levels [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian migrants abandoned, abused in Saudi Arabian prisons, says rights body

28 september 2020 - 22:33:15
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Amnesty International (AI) says it has carried out an investigation which has exposed details about [...] Full text...

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US announces 3 billion CFAF aid for flood victims in Niger

28 september 2020 - 18:25:24
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The United States Ambassador to Niger, Eric. P. Whitaker, on Monday announced that the US government, [...] Full text...

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UNHCR says refugees in Sudan most worried about violence, health and food

28 september 2020 - 14:37:14
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)- Refugees living in Sudan are weary of security, food and health care, according to a report released on [...] Full text...

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Kenya wildlife investigators arrest two suspected rhino poachers

26 september 2020 - 19:25:16
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Two traffickers of rhino horns have been arrested in Kenya after a three-month investigation into a [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Mauritius to develop strategies to boost cooperative sector

26 september 2020 - 06:56:34
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius will develop strategies to boost the cooperatives sector post COVID-19, the Government announced on Saturday. It [...] Full text...

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A USD 62 million project for 160,000 poor rural households in Kingdom of Lesotho

25 september 2020 - 20:19:34
Paris, France (PANA) - The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the government of the Kingdom of Lesotho signed [...] Full text...

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Senegal launches agricultural project for food security and financial power for people south of country

25 september 2020 - 15:07:51
Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - The African Network for Integrated Development (RADI), in its fight to ensure food security for vulnerable [...] Full text...

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UNHCR assists displaced and flood-affected families in the Sahel

25 september 2020 - 12:38:37
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is stepping up efforts to help uprooted families [...] Full text...

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IMF commends Somalia’s commitment to economic reforms

25 september 2020 - 09:40:00
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) – Despite multiple hits from flooding, desert locusts, and the global coronavirus pandemic, the authorities in Somalia [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Somalia committed to promoting democracy, accountability pandemic challenge

25 september 2020 - 05:50:56
New York, US (PANA) - Somalia is working with its international partners to build a democratic, inclusive and prosperous country [...] Full text...

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Deadly flooding adds new danger to communities fleeing Sahel violence

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

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Niger launches project to promote girls’ education in conflict zones

24 september 2020 - 22:02:03
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The Nigerien authorities Thursday launched the “Breaking Barriers to Girls Education (BBGE)” project to promote girls' [...] Full text...

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Congo, EU, WFP sign tripartite framework to implement ''Promanioc project''

24 september 2020 - 18:19:29
50Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese government, European Union (EU) and the World Food Program (WFP) signed here Thursday a [...] Full text...

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Carrefour to open three more stores in Kenya

24 september 2020 - 16:51:10
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Carrefour, operated in Kenya by Majid Al Futtaim, is expanding its retail footprints across the country [...] Full text...

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No human rights progress despite new presidency in Burundi - UN iiInquiry finds

24 september 2020 - 12:48:42
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The Commission of Inquiry on Burundi has urged the international community to remain concerned about the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Rugby Africa unions return to play in line with health guidelines

24 september 2020 - 10:49:09
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – While health and safety for all remain the highest priority of the entire sporting [...] Full text...

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

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

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U.S. airlift emergency assistance for flood victims in Sudan

22 september 2020 - 21:16:53
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Monday airlifted urgently needed relief supplies to assist [...] Full text...

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Mauritanian govt. presents Extended Priority Programmes to partners

22 september 2020 - 15:07:00
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian government on Tuesday presented its Extended Priority Programmes to Technical and Financial Partners (TFPs), [...] Full text...

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Red locusts invade Zambia

22 september 2020 - 13:36:15
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambian Agriculture Minister, Michael Katambo, has confirmed the invasion of red locusts in the country and [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: UNHCR, WFP jointly tackle food rising needs in Libya

22 september 2020 - 12:58:16
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) are expanding their [...] Full text...

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Violence leaves more than 300,000 ‘completely reliant’ on assistance in northern Mozambique - WFP

22 september 2020 - 12:24:50
Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) -Worsening conflict, combined with a precarious humanitarian situation, has forced more than 300,000 people to flee their homes [...] Full text...

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UN seeks funding for humanitarian emergency relief to hundreds of thousands in Sudan

22 september 2020 - 08:09:02
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)- The United Nations in Sudan has said relief organisations and humanitarians are “now in a race against [...] Full text...

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Niger government plans to house thousands of disaster victims before schools open

21 september 2020 - 16:04:19
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - After heavy rains over the past two weeks and floods in many neighbourhoods of Niamey, which [...] Full text...

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More expensive pulses in second quarter of 2020 in Benin

20 september 2020 - 14:10:09
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - In the second quarter of this year, Benin recorded an increase in legume prices compared to [...] Full text...

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Millions of Zimbabweans jobless- WFP

20 september 2020 - 12:20:56
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Almost three quarters of the Zimbabwe urban workforce remains jobless owing to the deteriorating economy made [...] Full text...

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

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

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27 municipalities in Northern Benin benefit from the Rural Development Sector Support Programme

19 september 2020 - 16:45:48
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Twenty seven (27) municipalities from the four departments in northern Benin are benefiting from the third [...] Full text...

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President Infantino uses virtual FIFA Congress platform to encourage football’s safe return

19 september 2020 - 05:48:47
Zurich, Switzerland (PANA) - FIFA President Gianni Infantino on Friday sent a message of encouragement to all 211 FIFA member [...] Full text...

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AfDB approves US$2.1 million for Disaster Risk Financing in Mauritania

19 september 2020 - 05:05:59
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of the African Development Bank (AfDB) on Wednesday approved a grant of US$2.1 [...] Full text...

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Mauritius: AfDB approves emergency relief to boost clean-up of marine oil spill

18 september 2020 - 18:22:19
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) on Wednesday approved a US$500,000 [...] Full text...

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GCA Africa launch seeks to improve effectiveness of climate adaption activities across Africa

18 september 2020 - 18:10:40
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The regional office of the Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) was inaugurated on Wednesday in [...] Full text...

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IFAD Members to nominate candidates for next IFAD president

18 september 2020 - 10:54:45
Rome, Italy (PANA) - The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is requesting its 177 Member States to nominate candidates [...] Full text...

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New wave of famine could sweep the globe, warn UN officials

18 september 2020 - 05:18:10
New York, US (PANA) - The global hunger crisis caused by conflict – and now compounded by COVID-19 – is [...] Full text...

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Mauritania embarks on strategy to benefit from the AfCFTA

18 september 2020 - 00:10:49
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The ministry of Trade and Tourism Thursday brought together several dozen stakeholders to present and validate [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Barrow relaxes curfew in Gambia

17 september 2020 - 19:11:51
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – At the expiration of the State of Public Emergency by midnight tonight (Thursday 17 Sept.), President [...] Full text...

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Fayez al-Sarraj says he intends to resign in October

17 september 2020 - 14:07:43
Tripoli, Libya (PANA)- Fayez al-Sarraj, Chairman of the Presidential Council of Libya's internationally recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) announced [...] Full text...

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EIB makes EUR 200 million available to Morocco

17 september 2020 - 11:20:17
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Crédit Agricole du Maroc Group (GCAM) on Wednesday signed [...] Full text...

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Congo sets up National Pesticide Management Committee

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

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Global and African Leaders launch GCA Africa at AfDB headquarters

16 september 2020 - 18:13:31
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Global Center on Adaptation on Wednesday launched its regional office in Côte d’Ivoire. Hosted by [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Pandemic threatens human capital gains of the past decade - New WB report

16 september 2020 - 17:57:39
Washington, US (PANA) – The COVID-19 pandemic threatens hard-won gains in health and education over the past decade, especially in the poorest countries, a new [...] Full text...

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WFP strengthens Congo's storage capacities with 4 mobile warehouses

16 september 2020 - 17:16:48
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Representative of the World Food Programme (WFP) in Congo, Jean-Martin Bauer, on Tuesday handed over [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's inflation rate rises to 13.22 per cent in August 2020

16 september 2020 - 12:30:33
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria's inflation rate increased by 13.22 per cent in August, up from 12.82 per cent recorded [...] Full text...

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Nigerian president Buhari justifies hike in govt borrowing to fund infrastructure

16 september 2020 - 11:35:48
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday justified government borrowing to finance infrastructure, asserting that his government took loans [...] Full text...

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UN report highlights links between ‘unprecedented biodiversity loss’ and spread of disease

16 september 2020 - 04:57:29
New York, US (PANA) - The continued degradation of the environment is increasing the likelihood of diseases spreading from animals [...] Full text...

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Nigerien government announces implementation of integrated response plan for 372 billion CFAF

15 september 2020 - 23:02:55
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The Nigerien government, in the face of the scale of damage caused by floods in the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Gates Foundation sees quick delivery of vaccines critical in fighting coronavirus pandemic

15 september 2020 - 20:14:11
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – The coronavirus pandemic has affected economic development and stalled poverty reduction efforts by 20 years, [...] Full text...

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African Leaders for Nutrition call on leaders to embed nutrition within the Covid-19 response and recovery

15 september 2020 - 18:19:52
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Leaders for Nutrition (ALN) have unveiled a position paper calling upon African Heads [...] Full text...

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Nutrition experts discuss ways to advance nutrition and gender at the African Green Revolution Forum

15 september 2020 - 17:58:31
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - A panel of gender, nutrition and food specialists explored food access challenges that vulnerable groups [...] Full text...

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AU guidelines seek to ease cross-border trade restrictions

15 september 2020 - 13:28:52
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Continued inefficiencies and disruptions to cross-border trade have posed significant challenges to Africa’s fight against [...] Full text...

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Mandate of ECOWAS Mission in Guinea-Bissau ends

15 september 2020 - 13:16:45
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Mission of the Economic Community of West African States in Guinea-Bissau (ECOMIB) officially ended [...] Full text...

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Floods affect 71,341 people in Burkina Faso - Government report

14 september 2020 - 15:02:46
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Floods have caused a total of 71,341 casualties, 13 deaths and 50 injuries in Burkina [...] Full text...

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Oil still hostage to political stakes Libyan conflict

14 september 2020 - 14:21:30
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Oil, Libya's main source of revenue is still hostage to the political stakes underlying the long-running [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: IOM says enhanced solidarity critical as virus spreads in world’s most vulnerable communities

14 september 2020 - 04:44:01
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – Eight months from the onset of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) [...] Full text...

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

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

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Buhari directs CBN to implement zero allocation of forex for importation of food items and fertilizer

10 september 2020 - 18:43:44
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – As the Federal Government rolls out the Economic Sustainability Plan and sets goal for National Food [...] Full text...

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Report reveals two-thirds decline in wildlife populations on average since 1970

10 september 2020 - 08:27:21
Gland, Switzerland (PANA) – Global populations of mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles and fish have suffered an average two-thirds decline in [...] Full text...

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President Issoufou comforts flood-stricken population in Niamey

09 september 2020 - 17:22:23
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Nigerien President, Issoufou Mahamadou, on Wednesday visited Niamey neighbourhoods along the Niger River, affected by floods [...] Full text...

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Senegal: Nearly 29,000 jobs created in four years under AfDB-supported Emerging Senegal Plan

09 september 2020 - 16:13:31
Dakar, Seneral (PANA) - So far, 28,852 jobs were created in four years in Senegal, thanks to the implementation of [...] Full text...

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

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

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UNICEF says over 535,000 children under five ‘acutely’ malnourished in Burkina Faso

08 september 2020 - 12:45:08
New York, US (PANA) - New data from UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has revealed worsening nutritional situation for children in [...] Full text...

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AfDB partners AGRF as sponsor of virtual African Green Revolution Forum

07 september 2020 - 17:48:10
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) returns as a top-tier partner of the African Green Revolution [...] Full text...

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South Africa’s Backsaver Farming Equipment helps plant crops across Africa

07 september 2020 - 12:59:37
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – South African farmer and inventor Michris Janse van Rensburg has supplied hand planters to more [...] Full text...

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UN marks first International Day of Clean Air

07 september 2020 - 10:00:32
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has highlighted the dangers posed by air pollution and urged greater [...] Full text...

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Mauritanian media highlight bad weather as floods hit regions

05 september 2020 - 16:04:06
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA - The enormous human and material damage due to torrential rains and flooding in Mauritania drew the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Mauritania to mobilise $712 million for revival of its economy

03 september 2020 - 15:54:30
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian President Mohamed Cheikh ould Ghazouani announced on Wednesday the government would mobilise 240 billion ouguiyas, [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Libya records 617 new virus infections

03 september 2020 - 13:34:59
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 617 new cases of coronavirus have been recorded in Libya in the last [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Pandemic hits supply of cereals to local markets in Niger

03 september 2020 - 13:16:26
Niamey, Niger (PANA) – Due to the depletion of merchant stocks with the onset of the lean season and disruptions [...] Full text...

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“We must help Africa build back boldly, but smartly,” says AfDB President, Adesina

02 september 2020 - 16:16:32
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - In a speech kicking off his second term as African Development Bank (AfDB) chief, newly [...] Full text...

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UN agencies support flood response in Sudan

02 september 2020 - 05:44:11
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The UN and its partners are supporting the Sudanese Government as it responds to recent severe [...] Full text...

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Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, eighth AfDB President, sworn in for second term

01 september 2020 - 19:27:30
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - “Today, a rainbow stretches from the 81 member countries of the African Development Bank (AfDB) [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe dollar appreciates against USD for the first time

01 september 2020 - 17:48:53
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Zimbabwen dollar (ZWL) appreciated to ZWL83.32 against one United States dollar at the end of [...] Full text...

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Prominent Journalist Hopewell Chin’ono's health deteriorates in Zimbabwean prison

01 september 2020 - 17:35:05
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe's jailed prominent journalist, Hopewell Chin’ono, is now unwell at the country's notorious Chikurubi Maximam Security [...] Full text...

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Humanitarian charity says some 67,000 children at risk of dying from hunger in sub-Saharan Africa

01 september 2020 - 07:09:10
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - An estimated 67,000 children are at risk of dying from extreme hunger across sub-Saharan Africa before [...] Full text...

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AfDB plans elaborate swearing-in ceremony for its newly-elected president

31 august 2020 - 13:46:50
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) will host a swearing in ceremony for its newly re-elected [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Kenyatta urges caution as pandemic curve 'flattens'

31 august 2020 - 10:56:42
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - President Uhuru Kenyatta on Monday called on Kenyans to remain focused on victory against coronavirus as [...] Full text...

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Complex security, environmental crises worsen conditions for over 360,000 in western Chad: IOM

29 august 2020 - 05:27:11
N'Djamena, Chad (PANA) - More than 360,000 internally displaced persons in Chad’s Lake province are facing a “double” crisis, exposed [...] Full text...

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Mauritius: 37 melon-headed whales, one bottle nose dolphin found dead

28 august 2020 - 17:29:10
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – A total of 37 melon-headed whales and one bottle nose dolphin have been found dead as [...] Full text...

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Accumulation of problems, deterioration in living conditions in Libyan trigger demonstrations (News analysis by Youssef BA, PANA correspondent)

28 august 2020 - 00:05:42
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Libyans, long time bothered by insecurity caused by 14 months of war, have over the past [...] Full text...

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Congo, FAO organize workshop on use of pesticides

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

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Nigeria's Akinwumi Adesina re-elected AfDB President

27 august 2020 - 13:45:26
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Nigeria's Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina was Thursday re-elected to serve a second five-year term as [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Libyan authorities declare four days total curfew to prevent spread of disease

26 august 2020 - 21:04:23
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The presidential council of the Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) Wednesday imposed total curfew for [...] Full text...

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WFP: Refugees at risk of hunger and malnutrition, as relief packages dwindle in eastern Africa

26 august 2020 - 18:29:06
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has been forced to reduce its food and cash assistance [...] Full text...

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Benin's exports to ECOWAS increased in first quarter of 2020

25 august 2020 - 20:27:56
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Exports of Beninese products to countries of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) increased [...] Full text...

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New study: Living at higher altitudes associated with higher levels of child stunting

25 august 2020 - 07:13:28
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Residing at higher altitude is associated with greater rates of stunting, even for children living [...] Full text...

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Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe orders liquidation of 20 pct foreign currency earned by businesses

22 august 2020 - 16:09:51
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Twenty per cent of foreign currency earned from local businesses will be liquidated upon depositing to [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: 118 Ghanaians stranded in Libya repatriated to their country by IOM

22 august 2020 - 12:32:11
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - One hundred and eighteen Ghanaian migrants stranded in Libya due to coronavirus (COVID-19 restrictions were repatriated [...] Full text...

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ECOWAS wants sanctions against 18 August coup makers in Mali

20 august 2020 - 21:30:36
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Thursday decided, in addition to the economic sanctions [...] Full text...

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Confusion in Libya after new announcement by Haftar that blockade of oil sites lifted (Feature)

20 august 2020 - 21:00:11
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The announcement Tuesday by a military leader allied to Marshal Khalifa Haftar of the lifting of [...] Full text...

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UNCTAD says Mauritius oil spill highlights importance of global maritime laws

20 august 2020 - 18:24:29
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The devastating oil spill off the east coast of Mauritius has highlighted the need for global adoption of international [...] Full text...

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Mali Coup: ECOWAS calls for strengthening its standby force to restore constitutional order

20 august 2020 - 18:23:50
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), which held a meeting on Thursday on [...] Full text...

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Nigeria stands by ECOWAS, calls for immediate release of former President Keita and return of constitutional govt in Mali

20 august 2020 - 16:32:12
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday in Abuja joined ECOWAS Heads of State and Governments in [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: ICRC blames pandemic spike on conflict in Libya

20 august 2020 - 15:26:18
Geneva,Switzerland (PANA)—The International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) on Thursday blamed the spike in Covid-19 in war-torn Libya on [...] Full text...

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U.S. government gives Congo: US$ 1 million for vulnerable households in Likouala

19 august 2020 - 16:37:27
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The U.S. Embassy in Congo on Wednesday unveiled an estimated US$1 million grant from the United [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO Chief outlines key logistical hurdles to pandemic, urges unified front

19 august 2020 - 00:03:07
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - World Health Organisation (WHO) chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Tuesday outlined key logistical hurdles in fight [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe annual inflation rate rises over 100 percentage points in July

18 august 2020 - 14:21:11
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe's annual inflation rate rose to 837.53 percent in July owing to the rise in prices [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Rwanda closes two malls after infections spike

17 august 2020 - 09:15:26
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Two major shopping areas in Kigali were temporarily closed on Monday for seven days after the [...] Full text...

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SADC member countries challenged to preserve bloc's achievements

17 august 2020 - 09:05:16
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - As the Southern African Development Community (SADC) celebrates its 40th anniversary on Monday, member states have [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: US gives Mali US$4 million to mitigate effects of pandemic

15 august 2020 - 16:02:28
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has granted US$4 million to Mali to help [...] Full text...

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Millions ‘on the edge’ in DR Congo, warns WFP

15 august 2020 - 05:11:54
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - Millions of lives could be lost to hunger in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), [...] Full text...

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Covid-19: 66 Asian illegal migrants found at Libyan citizen’s suspected of human trafficking

15 august 2020 - 00:07:09
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Altogether, 66 immigrants of Asian origin were found on Friday gathered in a flat during a [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Guinea launches 2nd phase of Emergency Plan against pandemic

14 august 2020 - 13:00:57
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guinea's President Alpha Condé on Thursday launched the second phase of his country's Emergency Plan against [...] Full text...

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Scientists warn industrial agriculture behind outbreaks of deadly viruses

13 august 2020 - 02:38:40
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic-induced lockdowns and disruptions have shown that industrial agriculture is driving habitat loss [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: President Barrow revises regulations governing markets

12 august 2020 - 20:47:37
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian President Adama Barrow, in consultation with coronavirus (COVID-19) experts at the ministry of Health, has [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: EU Ambassador predicts COVID-19 crisis will continue for some time in The Gambia

12 august 2020 - 18:10:31
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The European Union (EU) Ambassador to The Gambia, Attila Lajos, has said that with the increasing [...] Full text...

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UNHCR says violence in Sudan’s Western Darfur forces 2,500 into Chad

11 august 2020 - 17:08:09
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Recent clashes in Sudan’s Western Darfur region has driven more than 2,500 people across the border [...] Full text...

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Botswana opposition condemns human rights abuse in Zimbabwe

11 august 2020 - 06:24:19
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The leader of Botswana’s opposition, Dumelang Saleshando, has voiced concern about the deteriorating human rights situation [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe households expected to limit daily meals as economy worsens

10 august 2020 - 12:20:05
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The United States Agency for International Development’s food security arm, FEWS NET, says households are expected [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Rwandan media highlight ongoing relief distribution drive, public health response to pandemic

08 august 2020 - 17:50:58
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - A series of public health responses to cope with the consequences of coronavirus (COVID-19) dominated the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Growing demand for testing in Burundi

08 august 2020 - 14:23:31
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - A systematic, voluntary and free coronavirus (COVID-19) screening campaign launched 6 July has attracted 17,026 candidates [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Libya extends curfew again by ten days

07 august 2020 - 18:54:58
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The presidential council of the Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) has extended the national curfew [...] Full text...

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Gambian Police launch operation ‘Save our Souls’

06 august 2020 - 18:34:58
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambia Police Force has launched an operation, dubbed ‘Save our Souls (SoS)’, following the declaration [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Germany donates 98 million FCFA to enable Congo fight COVID-19

06 august 2020 - 18:03:01
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The German embassy in Congo on Thursday donated 150,000 euros (about 98 million CFA francs) to [...] Full text...

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AI says coronavirus-hit prisons still full of human rights defenders, as attacks continue

06 august 2020 - 05:21:26
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Governments who were lauded for releasing prisoners in response to COVID-19 outbreaks have excluded human rights [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Gambian leader declares state of public emergency, nationwide curfew

05 august 2020 - 22:31:08
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian President Adama Barrow Wednesday declared a state of public emergency effective midnight and a curfew [...] Full text...

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Tunisia sends medical, food aid to Lebanon

05 august 2020 - 17:52:08
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian President Kaïs Saied on Wednesday ordered the dispatch of two military planes loaded with medical [...] Full text...

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US food security arm predicts Zimbabwe households will ration meals as macroeconomic situation worsens

05 august 2020 - 17:31:16
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The United States Agency for International Development’s food security arm, FEWS NET, says Zimbabwe households are [...] Full text...

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EU provides 22.5m Euros for conflict-affected populations in Niger

04 august 2020 - 18:00:29
Niamey, Niger - (PANA) - The European Union (EU) has allocated 22.5 million euros (about 14.7 billion F CFA) in [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Coca-Cola donates US$50,000 to cushion vulnerable communities in Botswana during pandemic

04 august 2020 - 12:37:03
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - International beverage brand company Coca-Cola’s social responsibility arm has donated US$50,000 to cushion vulnerable communities in [...] Full text...

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Heavy rains hit most part of Sudan leaving people without shelter

03 august 2020 - 20:46:54
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Heavy rains and flash floods have levelled hundreds of houses across the country, leaving many families [...] Full text...

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