Forces involved in the African Cup of Nations "Egypt 2019 (By Babacar Khalifa Ndiaye, PANA Special Correspondent)

20 june 2019 - 19:11:56
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - For the first time in history, the African Cup of Nations (AFCON) football tournament will be [...] Full text...

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Sudan Military Council sacks Attorney General

20 june 2019 - 17:49:34
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan’s ruling Transitional Military Council (TMC) on Thursday relieved Waleed Sidahmed, the powerful caretaker attorney general, [...] Full text...

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French Development Agency signs finance deal with Rwandan bank

20 june 2019 - 15:21:07
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) -  French Development Agency (AFD), a public financial institution headquartered in Paris, on Thursday signed a cooperation [...] Full text...

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Mauritius-based firm seeks 100 doctors, health professionals to work in Africa

20 june 2019 - 15:08:30
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - HR Pro, a human resources management firm based in Mauritius, is recruiting around 100 doctors [...] Full text...

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Fourth edition of the Africa Meetings to be held October in Morocco and Senegal

20 june 2019 - 12:41:10
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The fourth edition of the Africa Meetings, aimed at promoting inclusive co-development strategies between France [...] Full text...

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Guterres says ripple effect of sexual violence in conflict threatens ‘collective security’

20 june 2019 - 06:45:46
New York, US (PANA) - United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has reiterated that sexual violence in conflict is a “threat [...] Full text...

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Botswana nurses demand more safety at work

19 june 2019 - 23:26:22
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Nurses in Botswana on Wednesday announced their intention to take the government to court if it [...] Full text...

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Mauritius Govt. to ensure sustainability of sugar cane sector

19 june 2019 - 22:39:59
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Minister of Agro-Industry and Food Security, Mr Mahen Seeruttun, has said on Wednesday that [...] Full text...

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Sudanese military leader says his country accepts no meddling into its domestic affairs

19 june 2019 - 19:14:58
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese military leader, Lieutenant General Abdul Fatah Al Burhan on Wednesday said his government would not [...] Full text...

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75 migrants stranded off Zarzis coast in Tunisia finally landed

19 june 2019 - 13:35:51
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Seventy-five clandestine migrants stuck on a tanker of an oil company for more than 19 days [...] Full text...

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Algeria wants to develop nuclear energy for civilian needs

19 june 2019 - 13:28:07
Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - Algeria is moving towards the exploitation of nuclear power for civilian needs as part of a [...] Full text...

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Congo calls for mobilization to achieve zero land degradation goal

19 june 2019 - 05:01:33
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Congo's Minister of Tourism and Environment, Arlette Soudan Nonault, said on Tuesday in Brazzaville that the [...] Full text...

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EU 3.5 million euros aid for the fight against Ebola

19 june 2019 - 04:44:41
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Union has committed an additional 3.5 million euros in emergency aid for the fight [...] Full text...

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WHO steps up fight against ‘invisible pandemic’ of antimicrobial resistance

19 june 2019 - 04:17:20
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As resistance to antibiotics grows, the World Health Organization (WHO) has launched the latest stage of [...] Full text...

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Libyan Interior minister Fathi Bachagha orders resumption of security cooperation between Libya, France

18 june 2019 - 22:41:44
Tripoli, Libya (PANA)   -   The Libyan Interior minister of the government of national accord, Fathi Bachagha, Tuesday resumed cooperation with [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe President Mnangagwa heads to Mozambique for Africa-US business summit

18 june 2019 - 17:56:59
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa joined other African leaders in Mozambique on Tuesday for the 12th Africa-United [...] Full text...

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Massive displacement reported in north-eastern DRC amid new violence

18 june 2019 - 15:54:01
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Violence in north-eastern parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is reported to have displaced [...] Full text...

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Eleven out of 100 children are not vaccinated in Benin

18 june 2019 - 12:57:42
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) -  Eleven out of 100 children are not vaccinated in Benin, according to the results of the [...] Full text...

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USAID launches US$225 million flagship health facility for five Nigerian States

18 june 2019 - 11:39:13
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on Tuesday launched a new flagship health activity [...] Full text...

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Death toll in Tripoli fighting up to 691 - WHO

18 june 2019 - 11:23:23
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) -The World Health Organization (WHO) says 691 people have been killed and 4,012 others wounded in armed [...] Full text...

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9.7 billion on Earth by 2050, but growth rate slowing, says new UN population report

18 june 2019 - 05:23:33
New York, US (PANA) - By the year 2050, there will be some 9.7 billion people living on Earth, says [...] Full text...

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Billions globally lack ‘water, sanitation and hygiene’, says new UN report

18 june 2019 - 05:10:22
New York, US (PANA) - Some 2.2 billion people around the world do not have safely-managed drinking water, while 4.2 [...] Full text...

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Rights groups demand independent investigation into former Egyptian president Morsi's death

18 june 2019 - 04:57:20
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Human rights groups have expressed shock at the death in custody on Monday of former Egyptian [...] Full text...

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Kenyan woman tests negative for Ebola virus

17 june 2019 - 19:28:25
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – A 36-year-old woman has tested negative to the deadly hemorrhagic disease, Ebola, after being kept in [...] Full text...

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Conference on air transport in Africa opens in Paris

17 june 2019 - 19:13:47
Paris, France (PANA) - The African Business Lawyers' Club (ABLC), an association of young legal professionals committed to promoting a [...] Full text...

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UN expresses concern about humanitarian situation in Sudan

17 june 2019 - 16:07:56
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The UN office in Sudan has expressed deep concern over what it terms as the “deteriorating [...] Full text...

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Botswana scouts for US investors in Mozambique

17 june 2019 - 11:52:54
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Mozambique has invited Botswana to scout for potential foreign direct investment (FDI) at the the 12th [...] Full text...

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Rights group says pregnant girls, young mothers denied school in Africa

17 june 2019 - 01:29:35
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Tens of thousands of pregnant girls and adolescent mothers are denied their right to education across [...] Full text...

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Deposed President Bashir appears in public for the first time since his ouster in April

16 june 2019 - 18:20:36
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Deposed Sudanese President Omar Bashir on Sunday appeared in public for the first time since his [...] Full text...

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Hospital group reverses hike on hospital stay fees in Zimbabwe

16 june 2019 - 17:17:40
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals (PGH) has reversed its decision to nearly double hospital stay prices per [...] Full text...

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Tensions in Zimbabwe as health, energy workers prepare to strike

16 june 2019 - 17:05:33
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Health and energy workers are preparing to strike over the deteriorating economic situation in the country [...] Full text...

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Violation of UN arms embargo, flooding in the city of Ghat dominate headlines in Libya

16 june 2019 - 06:15:55
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The failure of the international community to implement the recently-extended UN Security Council resolution, flooding in the [...] Full text...

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DR Congo: Response to Ebola epidemic facing funding challenges

15 june 2019 - 20:58:06
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA)   -   The response to the Ebola epidemic in North Kivu and Ituri provinces in northeastern DR [...] Full text...

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President Barrow vows to transform Gambian army into professional force

15 june 2019 - 16:06:42
Banjul, Gambia (PANA)   -   President Adama Barrow Saturday renewed his pledge to transform The Gambia Armed Forces (GAF) into a [...] Full text...

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Ivorian Ministry of Health and UPSA laboratory form partnership against street drugs

15 june 2019 - 09:28:47
Abidjan, Ivory Coast (PANA)   -  The Ivorian minister of health and public hygiene, Eugène Aka Aouélé, and the Union of [...] Full text...

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TFPs pledge support in Niger for water and sanitation

15 june 2019 - 08:55:08
Niamey, Niger (PANA)   -   Technical and financial partners (TFPs) pledged on Friday to provide support to Niger to accelerate the [...] Full text...

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Ghassan Salamé warns against involement of foreign troops to support a camp in Libya

15 june 2019 - 02:58:30
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The UN envoy in Libya, Ghassan Salamé, has said that three levels of foreign interventions have [...] Full text...

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Tunisian FM to pay working visit to Ghana

14 june 2019 - 22:15:58
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA)    -   The Tunisian minister of foreign affairs, Khemaies Jhinaoui, will on 17-18 June pay an official visit [...] Full text...

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Ebola in DR Congo and Uganda, still not considered an international health emergency - WHO

14 june 2019 - 21:21:23
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The head of the UN health agency (WHO) Tedros Ghebreyesus reconvened on Friday an Emergency Committee under [...] Full text...

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Third world summit of "Women in Africa" to be held in June in Morocco

14 june 2019 - 20:46:02
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA)   -   The third edition of the world summit of ‘Women in Africa Initiative (WIA)’, an international [...] Full text...

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UN expert condemns entrenched racial discrimination and inequality in UK

14 june 2019 - 15:55:55
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) -  The UK Government’s policies exacerbate discrimination, stoke xenophobic sentiment and further entrench racial inequality, the UN’s [...] Full text...

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Two former presidents call for ECOWAS, AU intervention in Benin's post-election crisis

14 june 2019 - 14:51:25
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Former presidents  Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria and Ghana's  John Kufuor on Friday called on the Economic [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso blood transfusion centre aims to collect 114,000 blood bags in 2019

14 june 2019 - 12:40:52
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) -  Burkina Faso's national blood transfusion centre aims to collect 114,000 blood bags in 2019, Health  [...] Full text...

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Nigeriens urged to donate blood

14 june 2019 - 11:57:06
Niamey, Niger (PANA) – The Niger minister of Public Health, Dr. Illiasou Mainasara, on Friday, called on healthy people to [...] Full text...

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Former Burkinabe minister Hien appointed director of Africa Labour Administration Centre

14 june 2019 - 10:18:44
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - A former Burkinabe minister, Arsène Armand Hien, was on Thursday in Geneva appointed at head [...] Full text...

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UN head of Libya support mission visits flood-hit city

14 june 2019 - 01:53:07
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in [...] Full text...

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Recognise, celebrate and ‘stand in solidarity’ with persons with albinism - UN

14 june 2019 - 01:46:37
New York US (PANA) - International Albinism Awareness Day is a time to “recognise, celebrate and stand in solidarity with [...] Full text...

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Congo develops project to rationalize resources in agriculture

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

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Togo EU economic forum- Lomé, Brussels in partnership for investment

13 june 2019 - 21:37:39
Lomé, Togo (PANA)  -  Lomé will from Thursday host the first Togo-European Union economic forum meant to facilitate the mobilisation [...] Full text...

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US top diplomat for Africa meets with Lt.-Gen. Burhan of Sudan

13 june 2019 - 18:16:23
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – Sudan’s Transitional Military Council President, Lt.-Gen. Abdul Fatah Al Burhan, on Thursday received the visiting US [...] Full text...

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1.3 million Congolese children suffer simultaneously from at least three forms of deprivation

13 june 2019 - 17:51:30
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Some 1,300 million Congolese children suffer simultaneously from at least three forms of deprivation, according to [...] Full text...

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Burkinabe gov't acquires 300 ambulances for the benefit of the populations

13 june 2019 - 17:35:38
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkinabè government announced on Thursday that it will soon acquire 300 equipped ambulances for [...] Full text...

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National immunization campaign against poliomyelitis launched in Niger

13 june 2019 - 17:28:56
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Niger's health authorities on Thursday launched a nationwide polio immunization campaign, combined with vitamin A supplementation [...] Full text...

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Malian President, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights meet in Geneva

13 june 2019 - 17:20:14
Bamako, Mali (PANA) -  The Malian President, Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, met on Tuesday in Geneva, Switzerland, with the United Nations [...] Full text...

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Uganda sets up emergency response team after Ebola outbreak

13 june 2019 - 16:05:10
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – A team from Uganda’s capital, Kampala, has been dispatched to the western border district of Kasese [...] Full text...

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Tripoli hospital succeeds in surgical operation to remove a brain tumor

13 june 2019 - 13:35:54
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Despite limited means at its disposal, Tripoli University Hospital has successfully carried out a surgical operation [...] Full text...

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Congolese pharmacists slam trade ministry's action to retrieve 'expired drugs'

13 june 2019 - 10:46:15
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) -  The president of the National Union of Congolese Pharmacists (SYNAPHAC), Victor Ngoma, said on Wednesday in [...] Full text...

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Burkina authorities concerned about influx of refugees to Ouagadougou

13 june 2019 - 10:12:21
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The authorities in Ouagadougou have expressed concern about the massive influx to the capital, Ouagadougou, [...] Full text...

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Hospital stay charges nearly double in Zimbabwe

13 june 2019 - 05:14:47
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Hospital stay charges per night has nearly doubled at a time the value of incomes of [...] Full text...

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

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

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One dead as Uganda confirms three Ebola cases

12 june 2019 - 15:16:41
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – The government of Uganda has confirmed three cases of Ebola at its border town with DR [...] Full text...

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Tanzania to unveil 2019/2020 budget Thursday

12 june 2019 - 13:02:59
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Tanzania will on Thursday unveil its government budget for the 2019/2020 financial year before [...] Full text...

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Al-Sarraj insists on new rules for resumption of the political process in Libya

12 june 2019 - 12:37:58
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) -  Libya's chair of the Presidential Council of the Government of National Accord (GNA) Fayez Al-Sarraj, and [...] Full text...

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UN rights chief, Amnesty International hail Botswana decision decriminalizing same-sex

12 june 2019 - 06:02:43
Gaborone, US (PANA) - UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet and human rights watchdog, Amnesty International, have hailed a landmark [...] Full text...

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UNICEF calls for end to Sudan violence; says at least 19 child deaths since military backlash

12 june 2019 - 05:46:11
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - At least 19 children have reportedly been killed in Sudan and another 49 injured since a [...] Full text...

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UN envoy in Libya discusses resumption of political process with Libyan vice-president

11 june 2019 - 22:41:59
Tripoli, Libya (PANA)   -   The vice-president of the national unity government and the presidential council, Ahmed Maitig, Tuesday met with [...] Full text...

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Ebola spreading to Uganda from DRC - WHO

11 june 2019 - 21:57:39
Kampala, Uganda (PANA)   -   The Ugandan Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization (WHO) Tuesday confirmed a case of [...] Full text...

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Gambia, World Bank sign US$ 31 million Social Safety Net Project

11 june 2019 - 20:48:56
Banjul, Gambia (PANA)   -   The Government of The Gambia and the World Bank Tuesday signed a Social Safety Nets project [...] Full text...

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'Niger holds World record of highest rate of child marriage'

11 june 2019 - 19:12:10
Niamey, Niger (PANA) – Niger holds the world record of the highest rate of child marriage in the world, Nigerien [...] Full text...

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Benin gov't calls for protection against dengue fever

11 june 2019 - 18:56:31
 Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin's Minister of Public Health, Benjamin Hounkpatin, has called on his compatriots to guard against Dengue, [...] Full text...

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EU gives 86 million Euros in budget support to Niger

11 june 2019 - 17:51:51
Niamey, Niger (PANA) – The European Union (EU) on Tuesday granted a new budget aid programme of 86 million Euros [...] Full text...

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UN human rights chief hails Botswana decision to decriminalise same-sex relations

11 june 2019 - 15:53:48
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA)  –  UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Tuesday welcomed the decision by the High [...] Full text...

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World Bank envoy calls on Burundian President Nkurunziza

11 june 2019 - 12:29:11
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundian Head of State Pierre Nkurunziza on Tuesday received the World Bank country director for Burundi, [...] Full text...

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Mohamed Siala and Ghassan Salamé meet on developments in Libyan situation

10 june 2019 - 23:37:47
Tripoli, Libya (PANA)    -    The Libyan foreign minister of the government of national unity, Mohamed Siala, met Monday with the [...] Full text...

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Fayez al-Sarraj says Tripoli offensive is attempt to compromise political process

10 june 2019 - 22:55:34
Tripoli, Libya (PANA)    -   The chairman of the Libyan presidential council, Fayez al-Sarraj, has said the Tripoli attack is a [...] Full text...

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Number of military personnel arrested for trial in connection with killing of civilians - Military Council

10 june 2019 - 20:53:40
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)   -   The Sudanese Transitional Military Council said here Monday a number of military personnel had been arrested [...] Full text...

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WHO says 653 killed, 3,547 wounded in Tripoli clashes

10 june 2019 - 11:32:07
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The death toll in fighting that broke out on 4 April in Tripoli have climbed to [...] Full text...

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UN representative in Libya discusses political crisis with European delegation

10 june 2019 - 09:33:13
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Libya, Ghassan Salamé, on Sunday met a delegation [...] Full text...

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NOC helps contain fire in forest near Tripoli

09 june 2019 - 17:03:47
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan National Oil Corporation (NOC) announced on Sunday that its civil protection teams have helped [...] Full text...

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Bloody start to civil disobedience action in Sudan

09 june 2019 - 16:04:48
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A civil disobedience action called by Sudan's opposition got off to a bloody start on Sunday, [...] Full text...

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Burkina authorities deplore health staff strike

09 june 2019 - 13:01:41
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – The Burkinabe Ministry of Health has deplored the new strike called by health workers last [...] Full text...

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Agreement reached on 75 migrants stranded at sea off Tunisia coasts

09 june 2019 - 09:46:57
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian authorities, national and international humanitarian organisations on Saturday reached an agreement on the situation [...] Full text...

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Egyptian and Eritrean Presidents meet in Cairo

09 june 2019 - 09:00:56
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and visiting Eritrean counterpart, Isaias Afwerki met on Saturday in the [...] Full text...

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Mo Ibrahim Foundation 'deeply concerned' about Sudan situation; opposition calls for civil disobedience

09 june 2019 - 04:56:13
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) -The Mo Ibrahim Foundation has expressed deep concern at the rapidly deteriorating situation in Sudan, as [...] Full text...

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Mauritania First movement supports candidate Ghazouani

08 june 2019 - 17:52:25
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Leaders of the 'Mauritania Avant Tout (MAT)' movement or 'Mauritania First'- from circles of some current [...] Full text...

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DR Congo: World Bank allocates US $502 million to improve the nutritional status of children

08 june 2019 - 16:59:47
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The World Bank has allocated US$ 502 million to DR Congo to improve the nutritional [...] Full text...

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Mauritians call for legalisation of cannabis for medical purposes

08 june 2019 - 16:10:52
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - A hundred Mauritians, gathered under the name Kolektif 420, took part on Saturday in a [...] Full text...

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Eritrean president on two-day visit to Egypt

08 june 2019 - 13:11:06
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) –  Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki arrived in Cairo on Saturday  for a two-day visit during which he [...] Full text...

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Libyan official asks for U.S. support to isolate Haftar

08 june 2019 - 09:58:02
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's Presidential Council Vice President Ahmed Maitig has called on Washington to "use its influence to [...] Full text...

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Mauritius to ratify ILO’s Maternity Protection Convention 2000

08 june 2019 - 06:35:39
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius will ratify the Maternity Protection Convention 2000  of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) that [...] Full text...

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Accountability in Sudan ‘crucial’ to avoid ‘further bloodshed’, says UN rights office

08 june 2019 - 05:55:43
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A crackdown by the military authorities in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, with dozens reported killed, has [...] Full text...

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Libyan presidential council condemns silence of international community on targeting of civilian infrastructure

07 june 2019 - 23:31:02
Tripoli, Libya (PANA)   -   The presidential council of the Libyan government of national accord Friday condemned "the silence of the [...] Full text...

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

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

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Accountability in Sudan ‘crucial’ to avoid ‘further bloodshed’, says UN rights office

07 june 2019 - 20:25:42
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The bloody crackdown by the military authorities in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum, with dozens reported [...] Full text...

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Kenya’s voiceless efforts to stem mental illnesses (A PANA feature by Kennedy Abwao)

07 june 2019 - 19:59:15
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Betty Cynthia Wanjiru has unsuccessfully tried to end her life six times. In her own words, [...] Full text...

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National Forum on the elimination of Child Marriage begins in Niger

07 june 2019 - 17:37:54
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - A national forum on the elimination of child marriage will open on Monday in Maradi (650 [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe’s infrastructure structurally deficient - ZIE

07 june 2019 - 14:18:54
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe Institute of Engineers (ZIE) has called on authorities to urgently address the country’s failing infrastructure, [...] Full text...

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'Libyan crisis is a struggle for wealth control and power' - UN Special Envoy

07 june 2019 - 13:18:46
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Regretting the outbreak of fighting in Tripoli on 4 April, UN envoy Ghassan Salamé has said [...] Full text...

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World marks first-ever World Food Safety Day

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

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Amnesty International calls for removal of para-military force from Sudan streets

07 june 2019 - 04:21:44
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Amnesty international has called on the Sudanese military rulers to immediately withdraw the Rapid Support Forces [...] Full text...

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More than one million sexually transmitted infections occur every day: WHO

06 june 2019 - 19:12:49
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) -  The global scale of sexually transmitted infections (STI) should be a “wake-up call” to governments, UN [...] Full text...

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Gambian FM to receive prestigious 2019 United Nations population award

06 june 2019 - 18:48:07
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Gambians Abroad, Dr Mamadou Tangara, has been awarded [...] Full text...

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Libyan gov't sends shipment of humanitarian aid to Ghat, city affected by floods in southern Libya

06 june 2019 - 18:01:59
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A shipment of humanitarian and medical aid was sent by air on Thursday by the presidential [...] Full text...

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LEAD: AU suspends Sudan

06 june 2019 - 15:20:15
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) on Thursday suspended Sudan from all its activities following last Monday's [...] Full text...

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Sudan's health ministry says 46 persons killed in Khartoum clashes

06 june 2019 - 14:13:20
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)- Sudan's Ministry for Health on Thursday put the death toll during recent clashes in Khartoum to 46 [...] Full text...

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Haftar's troops 'shoot down' Turkish drone at Maitigua airport

06 june 2019 - 11:33:16
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan National Army has announced that its Air force fighter jets have shot down a [...] Full text...

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Benin to establish international research center on agriculture adaptation to climate change

05 june 2019 - 21:40:05
Cotonou, Benin (PANA)   -   Beninese authorities are making the necessary arrangements to host an international research center on the adaptation [...] Full text...

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France - Oxfam pleads for dialogue with communities to fight Ebola

05 june 2019 - 20:33:46
Paris, France (PANA) – Charity organisation Oxfam Wednesday pleaded for the establishment of dialogue with Congolese communities to effectively fight [...] Full text...

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EU urges Libyans to stop bloodshed on Eid El Fitr

05 june 2019 - 18:30:10
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The head of the European Union (EU) delegation in Libya, Alan Bugeja, has called on the [...] Full text...

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Price hikes affect Zimbabwe government's reforms

05 june 2019 - 15:39:50
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Price hikes have slowed the progress of 22 projects that the Zimbabwean government had planned to [...] Full text...

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Concerns over South Africa's growing mental health problems (Analysis by Craig Urquhart, PANA Correspondent)

05 june 2019 - 14:02:44
  Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Of all the post-Apartheid government scandals that have rocked South Africa over the past [...] Full text...

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Burkina health workers to go on strike from Friday

05 june 2019 - 13:28:13
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – The national trade union of Burkina Faso human and animal health workers (SYNTSHA) will from [...] Full text...

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UN chief urges action on air pollution to save lives, and the planet

05 june 2019 - 06:05:07
New York, US (PANA) - As the world marks World Environment Day on Wednesday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has emphasised [...] Full text...

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Cameroon tops NRC's 'World’s most neglected displacement crises'

05 june 2019 - 05:23:34
London, UK (PANA) - Humanitarian charity Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) says Cameroon tops it’s annual list of the world’s most [...] Full text...

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WHO complains about Ebola fight insecurity

05 june 2019 - 05:13:29
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The UN World Health Organization (WHO) is expressing frustration at insecurity in the Democratic Republic [...] Full text...

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Libya’s detention centres ‘filling up faster than UN can evacuate most vulnerable’ - UNHCR

05 june 2019 - 04:40:02
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Thousands of men, women and children face dire conditions at detention centres for migrants in Libya, the UN [...] Full text...

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Stakeholders share experiences on project to improve health environment for mothers, children in Mali

04 june 2019 - 22:56:13
Bamako, Mali (PANA)    -   A consultation framework meeting held to improve the health environment for mothers and children in Mali [...] Full text...

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Army: thirteen people killed over a hundred injured in Monday shootout

04 june 2019 - 18:22:27
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – The Sudanese Transitional Military Council has announced that 13 people, including an army officer, were killed [...] Full text...

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Newly-elected Nigerian UN General Assembly President pledges focus on ‘peace and prosperity’ for most vulnerable

04 june 2019 - 18:13:58
New York, US (PANA) - The global reach of the United Nations makes it “the world's best hope for peace [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe's state security increases persecution of workers, civic organizations

04 june 2019 - 18:01:18
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe’s state security has increased its persecution of workers and civic organizations as it prepares to [...] Full text...

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Maternal mortality is 391 per 100,000 births in Benin

04 june 2019 - 15:16:59
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin has annually lost 391 mothers per 100,000 births in recent years, according to the Fifth [...] Full text...

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The Libyan situation looking more and more like ‘’Somalisation’’ (A PANA news analysis)

04 june 2019 - 04:29:00
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – As the war to take Tripoli from the Government of National Accord (GNA) enters its third [...] Full text...

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'Tripoli war threatens to collapse Libya's oil production'

04 june 2019 - 03:16:59
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Mustapha Sanalla, director of the Libyan National Oil Company (NOC), warned on Monday that the fighting [...] Full text...

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Mauritius opens first Tobacco Cessation and Prevention Unit in Prison

03 june 2019 - 13:03:34
  Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius on Monday opened a Tobacco Cessation and Prevention Unit, the first of its kind [...] Full text...

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Former Zimbabwe opposition party spokesperson Masarira-Kaingidza launches party

03 june 2019 - 04:46:59
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Linda T. Masarira-Kaingidza, former spokesperson for the opposition Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangira (MDC-T), has [...] Full text...

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Ebola outbreak killed 1,332 people in 10 months in DRC

02 june 2019 - 21:07:58
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA)   -   The Ebola disease killed 1,332 people from 1 August 2018 to 1 June 2019 out [...] Full text...

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Ziimbabwe's teachers to embark on national strike from June 3

02 june 2019 - 19:18:16
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA)   -   Zimbabwe's teachers will embark on a three-day strike action from Monday to demand a 440 percent [...] Full text...

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Eleven wounded in double car explosions near military camp in Derna in eastern Libya

02 june 2019 - 15:16:03
Tripoli, Libya (PANA)   -   Eleven people were wounded Sunday morning in a double car bomb explosion near the headquarters of [...] Full text...

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Econet partners Yara International ASA to attract one million African entrepreneurs into agrifoods

01 june 2019 - 17:57:08
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwean telecommunications, media and technology group, Econet, has partnered Norwegian firm, Yara International ASA, to get [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso: G5 Sahel welcomes OIC assistance in fight against terrorism

01 june 2019 - 15:54:43
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – Burkina Faso president, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, speaking on behalf of the G5 Sahel member [...] Full text...

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World celebrates Global Day of Parents

01 june 2019 - 15:21:32
New York, US (PANA) - On the Global Day of Parents, UNICEF is urging support for parents to give children [...] Full text...

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WB gives Mali US$ 60 million for universal health cover

01 june 2019 - 14:57:10
Bamako, Mali (PANA) – The World Bank has granted the Malian government funds totalling 60 million dollars, or about 30 [...] Full text...

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US concerned about attacks on Libyan oil infrastructure

01 june 2019 - 14:09:55
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The US embassy in Tripoli stated that "the United States government is deeply concerned about the [...] Full text...

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World-Bank supported interventions contribute to health and nutrition gains in Gambia

01 june 2019 - 00:06:07
Banjul, Gambia (PANA)   -   The Gambia made encouraging improvements in health and nutrition in the past five years, according to [...] Full text...

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Kenyan hospital conducts first ever weight-reduction surgery

31 may 2019 - 20:44:25
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi, has conducted its first-ever weight reduction surgery on a patient, [...] Full text...

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World Bank praises Cape Verde's efforts to improve its economy

31 may 2019 - 19:03:42
Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - The World Bank (WB) has acknowledged the efforts of the Cape Verdean government to improve [...] Full text...

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Mauritius celebrates World No Tobacco Day 2019

31 may 2019 - 18:17:15
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – On World No Tobacco Day, celebrated throughout the world on May 31, Mauritian Health and Quality [...] Full text...

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. Rwanda Appeal court directs investigation on detention of former presidential guard chief

31 may 2019 - 17:18:03
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - A presiding judge of the Appeal Court in Kigali on Friday directed further investigation regarding the [...] Full text...

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Libya - 149 refugees, asylum seekers evacuated from Tripoli to Rome, says HCR

30 may 2019 - 22:34:53
Tripoli, Libya (PANA)   -   The UN High Commission for Refugees (HCR) said here in a communiqué Thursday it had evacuated [...] Full text...

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Tunisia gets 57-million-euro loan from AfDB to support trade

30 may 2019 - 19:22:18
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) on Wednesday approved a EUR 57.5 [...] Full text...

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USAID brings its Farmer-to-Farmer Program to Zimbabwe

30 may 2019 - 16:16:39
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has launched one of its flagship programs, the [...] Full text...

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Mozambique cyclone appeal allots less than one percent to needs of women and girls

30 may 2019 - 15:53:32
Beira, Mozambique (PANA) - Oxfam, Save the Children and Care are calling on donors to meet or exceed the proposed [...] Full text...

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Italian surgeons discover historical South African heart valve

30 may 2019 - 10:00:44
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Italian surgeons have discovered a heart valve in a patient which was implanted by [...] Full text...

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

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

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WHO calls for 'faster action' from govt's to tackle smoking deaths

30 may 2019 - 05:49:59
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Tobacco use continues to claim around eight million lives a year, the World Health Organization (WHO) [...] Full text...

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One dies, 32 hospitalised as cholera breaks out in Dar es Salaam

29 may 2019 - 18:51:02
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – A cholera outbreak in Tanzania’s commercial capital, Dar es Salaam, has killed one person [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwean economy has turned around - Zim Finance minister insists

29 may 2019 - 18:30:26
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe's Finance minister, Mthuli Ncube,  insisted that the economy has turned around ‘after six months’ as [...] Full text...

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Monaco budgets 1.3 billion CFAF to combat malaria in Sahel region, including Niger

29 may 2019 - 17:40:12
Niamey, Niger (PANA) – The Principality of Monaco has budgeted 2 million Euros over a five-year period, or 1.3 billion [...] Full text...

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Belgian pharmaceutical laboratory develops experimental vaccine against Ebola

29 may 2019 - 12:00:48
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - Belgian pharmaceutical laboratory, Jansen Pharmaceutica, has developed an experimental vaccine against the Ebola virus, which can [...] Full text...

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Niger minister calls for integration of menstrual hygiene at all levels

29 may 2019 - 04:59:24
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The Niger Minister of Water and Sanitation, Professor Garba Katambé, on Tuesday urged development partners, civil [...] Full text...

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RESTORE Medical Organization to provide repair surgery services to 100 patients in Gabon

28 may 2019 - 22:05:56
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA)   -   A US-based non-profit medical organization, Restoring Emotional Stability Through Outstanding Reconstructive Efforts (RESTORE), will provide [...] Full text...

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Kenya to implement Commonwealth blueprint on improving govt efficiency

28 may 2019 - 21:21:34
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Visiting Commonwealth Secretary-General, Patricia Scotland, has held talks with President Uhuru Kenyatta on the implementation of [...] Full text...

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Mixed climate patterns focus for greater Horn of Africa region

28 may 2019 - 19:18:44
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Eastern Africa region will experience extremely dry weather conditions during the months of June [...] Full text...

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Only cassava growing gives satisfactory results in Congo - Report

28 may 2019 - 14:46:20
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Of the eight target sectors of the Programme d'appui au développement des filières agricoles (PADEF), only [...] Full text...

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Brazzaville hosts international workshop on plant medicines in Africa

28 may 2019 - 12:30:29
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – A three-day workshop bringing together Congolese and Burkinabè researchers opened on Monday in Brazzaville to see how [...] Full text...

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Zim govt spent RTGS$178,02 million on social protection programs in Q1

27 may 2019 - 23:54:07
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA)   -   The Zimbabwe Treasury spent only RTGS$178,02 million (US$35,05 million) on social protection programs in the first [...] Full text...

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Western Indian Ocean regional science policy workshop opens in Mauritius

27 may 2019 - 22:54:44
Flic-en-Flac, Mauritius (PANA)   -   A three-day Western Indian Ocean Regional Science to Policy workshop organized by the United Nations Environment [...] Full text...

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Guinean minister of Justice resigns

27 may 2019 - 21:23:09
Conakry, Guinea (PANA)   -   Guinea's Minister of Justice Cheick Sako Monday resigned from the government, his communication advisor Sékou Djenabou [...] Full text...

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DR Congo launches awareness campaign against chikungunya in Kinshasa and Central Kongo

27 may 2019 - 20:28:35
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA)   -   The awareness campaign against Chikungunya, a viral disease transmitted to humans by an infested mosquito, [...] Full text...

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WHO starts cholera vaccination campaign in DR Congo

27 may 2019 - 15:45:03
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - An oral vaccination campaign against cholera began on Monday in North Kivu, eastern DR Congo, the [...] Full text...

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562 killed, 2,855 wounded in fighting near Tripoli, says WHO

27 may 2019 - 14:04:40
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – At least 562 people have been killed and 2,855 others wounded during the armed clashes that [...] Full text...

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WHO ready to support Congo in bringing together public health researchers

26 may 2019 - 13:31:54
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The representative of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Congo, Lucien Manga, says his organization will [...] Full text...

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Ugandan opposition leader, Bobi Wine, calls on youth to fight against dictatorship

26 may 2019 - 13:10:07
Gweru, Zimbabwe (PANA) – Visiting Ugandan politician and firebrand opposition leader, Bobi Wine, says Africa has a united common enemy [...] Full text...

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Libyan papers highlight diplomatic negotiations to end Tripoli fighting

25 may 2019 - 20:11:18
Tripoli, Libya (PANA)  -  Libyan newspapers this week highlighted the continuing diplomatic efforts to end the armed clashes near Tripoli. These [...] Full text...

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Uganda, Rwandan row deepens as Rwandan soldier shoots two inside Uganda

25 may 2019 - 17:47:07
Kampala, Uganda (PANA)   -   A member of the Rwanda Defence Forces Friday night shot dead two people inside Uganda, the [...] Full text...

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Doctor killed in ambulance bombing near Tripoli

25 may 2019 - 15:46:41
Tripoli, Libya (PANA)   -   A doctor died on Friday following the bombing of an ambulance operating in the fighting zones [...] Full text...

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Uganda, Rwandan row deepens as Rwandan soldier shoots two inside Uganda

25 may 2019 - 14:44:08
Kampala, Uganda (PANA)   -   A member of the Rwanda Defence Forces Friday night shot dead two people inside Uganda, the [...] Full text...

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Africa Day celebrated with calls for grassroots support for regional integration

25 may 2019 - 14:24:28
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA)    -  The African Union Commission held celebrations to mark the African Day on Saturday with a [...] Full text...

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High Court upholds law criminalising homosexuality in Kenya

24 may 2019 - 21:19:10
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The High Court in Kenya has upheld a law banning sexual unions between people of the [...] Full text...

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France regrets the resignation of the UN envoy for Western Sahara

24 may 2019 - 18:25:53
Paris, France (PANA) - France has expressed its regret following the resignation of Horst Köhler, Personal Envoy of the UN [...] Full text...

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WHO says security situation allowing for Ebola response in eastern DR Congo

24 may 2019 - 11:44:10
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Although this past week saw a steady rise in the number of Ebola virus disease (EVD) [...] Full text...

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UNFPA again calls for elimination of fistula to end ‘shame, isolation’ of sufferers

24 may 2019 - 05:03:35
New York, US (PANA) - Although obstetric fistula has largely been eliminated in developed countries, more than two million women [...] Full text...

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UN announces measures to strengthen DR Congo Ebola response

24 may 2019 - 04:43:10
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - With the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s worst ever Ebola outbreak now in its 10th [...] Full text...

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Mali says no evidence of poisoning in dead fish found outside Niger River

23 may 2019 - 23:42:10
Bamako, Mali (PANA)   -   Officials from departments under the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs said here Wednesday there was [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso’s Council of Understanding makes proposals on prevention of violent extremism

23 may 2019 - 22:11:06
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA)   -   Burkina Faso’s President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré Thursday received the final report of a seminar [...] Full text...

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Lt. Gen. Jamal-Eddin Omer Ibrahim sworn in as member of TMC

23 may 2019 - 20:05:15
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)   -   The Transitional Military Council (TMC) Thursday issued a constitutional decree appointing Lt. Gen. Jamal-Eddin Omer Ibrahim [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Buhari congratulates Modi, BJP on Indian election victory

23 may 2019 - 19:44:15
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India and the Bharatiya [...] Full text...

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Senegal records 400 new cases of obstetric fistula per year

23 may 2019 - 19:09:22
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Every year, Senegal records an average of 400 new cases of obstetric fistula, 150 of which [...] Full text...

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Guinea’s opposition FNDC plans to protest against new constitution

22 may 2019 - 23:50:19
Conakry, Guinea (PANA)    -   The National Front for the Defense of the Constitution (FNDC) in Guinea Wednesday said here it [...] Full text...

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Gambian economy very promising, growing at six percent - World Bank country director

22 may 2019 - 23:11:02
Banjul, Gambia (PANA)  -   Ms Louise Cord, outgoing World Bank country director to The Gambia, said here Wednesday the Gambian [...] Full text...

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45,000 families victim of elephants wandering in DRC’s region of High-Lomami

22 may 2019 - 22:33:51
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA)    -   Rampaging elephants destroyed about 7,000 hectares of fields belonging to some 45,000 families between September [...] Full text...

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Former Rwanda's Presidential guard commander claims he is in solitary confinement in military prison

22 may 2019 - 20:20:15
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) -  The former commander of the elite Rwanda's Republican Guard, Col. Tom Byabagamba, who is serving a [...] Full text...

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78% of the endemic flora threatened with extinction in Cape Verde

22 may 2019 - 19:30:30
Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - Seventy-eight percent of Cape Verde's endemic flora is endangered, while about 20% of the species [...] Full text...

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DR Congo to repatriate remains of opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi

22 may 2019 - 19:00:48
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The remains of the opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi wa Mulumba, who died on February 1, [...] Full text...

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Botswana celebrates cancer activist’s resilience on Mt. Everest

22 may 2019 - 17:28:14
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Custodians of Botswana’s national image – Brand Botswana, have celebrated the country’s first citizen to reach [...] Full text...

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Minister outlines worrying threat to biological diversity in Burkina Faso

22 may 2019 - 15:19:34
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Biological diversity in Burkina Faso faces a worrying threat, according to Environment minister Nestor Batio [...] Full text...

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WHO certifies Algeria, Argentina malaria-free

22 may 2019 - 11:34:24
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – Algeria and Argentina have been officially recognized by UN World Health Organisation (WHO) as malaria-free. The certification is [...] Full text...

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UN highlights need to solve growing burden of forcibly displaced Africans

22 may 2019 - 04:53:14
New York, US (PANA) - With 24.2 million Africans forced from their homes in 2017  ̶  4.6 million more than the previous year  ̶  the UN is hosting a three-day event at UN headquarters, focusing on finding durable [...] Full text...

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Congolese prime minister pledges to work transparently

21 may 2019 - 23:11:54
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA)   -   The prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Sylvestre Ilunga Ilunkamba, Tuesday [...] Full text...

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Mali’s Télédermali project extended to Kidal and Taoudénit in far north

21 may 2019 - 22:07:23
Bamako, Mali (PANA)   -   Professor Ousmane Faye, head of the dermatology department of the National Centre for Disease Control Support [...] Full text...

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More than one child in 11 dies in Benin before the age of five

21 may 2019 - 19:28:35
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - More than one in 11 children die before reaching the age of five in Benin, according [...] Full text...

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Protest movements and suicides decline in Tunisia

21 may 2019 - 19:23:17
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Protests and cases of suicides in Tunisia declined in the first quarter of the current year, [...] Full text...

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Union of Toll agents call out members on strike next Thursday in Burkina Faso

21 may 2019 - 17:40:09
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Union of toll agents of the General Confederation of Workers of Burkina Faso (CGT-B) [...] Full text...

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FIFA U20 World Cup: Four African teams may find things difficult in Poland

21 may 2019 - 17:12:18
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The four African countries to the 2019 FIFA Under-20 World Cup, holding in Poland from 23 [...] Full text...

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Four African cities to host IAAF Run 24-1 races

21 may 2019 - 10:49:22
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Four African cities are to host the second edition of the IAAF Run 24-1 Global Running [...] Full text...

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Mauritania’s growth programme entrenches macroeconomic stability

21 may 2019 - 09:21:47
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – With its economic growth projected to accelerate to 6.7 percent in 2019, Mauritania has embarked upon [...] Full text...

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UN condemns closure of potable water station supplying Tripoli, other regions

21 may 2019 - 04:58:54
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The UN humanitarian coordinator in Libya, Maria Ribeiro, has strongly condemned the closure of a water pumping [...] Full text...

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Sylvestre Ilunga Ilunkamba appointed new PM of DR Congo

20 may 2019 - 22:59:47
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA)   -  President Felix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Monday appointed veteran politician Sylvestre [...] Full text...

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UN agencies appeal for US$1.3 billion for humanitarian response in Ethiopia

20 may 2019 - 21:35:52
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - A humanitarian crisis is building up in Ethiopia after months of communal violence, drought and [...] Full text...

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Ellen Johnson Sirleaf appointed WHO goodwill ambassador

20 may 2019 - 21:13:11
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA)   -   The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday announced the nomination of former Liberian President Ellen Johnson [...] Full text...

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