Uncertainty about Uncertainty (IMF Blog by Hites Ahir, Nicholas Bloom, Davide Furceri)

01 october 2025 - 09:20:17
Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - Amid this year’s geopolitical rifts, one signal of uncertainty is flashing red; another, green; and [...] Full text...

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Effective partnerships can stop the next pandemic

21 july 2025 - 21:50:23
New York, US (PANA) - “There will be another pandemic, and it will not be 100 years from now,” UN [...] Full text...

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G7 launches action plan to secure critical minerals supply chains

18 june 2025 - 14:59:12
Kananaskis, Canada (PANA) - Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) countries have unveiled a minerals action plan aimed at [...] Full text...

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Reconnecting Morality with Political Economy: IMF Blog By Benjamin Enke, Professor of Political Economy at Harvard University and faculty research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research

07 may 2025 - 11:22:27
Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - For much of the 20th century, the disciplines of moral psychology and economics were [...] Full text...

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More than 30-year difference in life expectancy highlights health inequities

06 may 2025 - 12:59:37
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Where you're born could be the difference between living over three decades longer than someone else [...] Full text...

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Decades of progress in reducing child deaths and stillbirths at risk, UN warns

25 march 2025 - 16:00:50
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The number of children around the world dying before their fifth birthday stands at a record [...] Full text...

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Climate change: La Niña fades, as global heat keeps rising

06 march 2025 - 17:13:16
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The weak but significant La Niña weather event that began in December is likely to be [...] Full text...

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Democratising innovation can harness untapped talent and spur economic growth: IMF Blog By Xavier Jaravel, Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics

05 march 2025 - 13:01:25
Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - Notwithstanding Plato’s 2,400-year-oldproverb, necessity alone is not the mother of invention. It also requires opportunity. An [...] Full text...

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2024 CAF Awards: Tanzania’s Diamond Platnumz, Morocco’s Dystinct among top artists

15 december 2024 - 12:28:49
Marrakech, Morocco (PANA) - Diamond Platnumz, the Tanzanian music superstar, and Dystinct, the Moroccan who is known for his genre [...] Full text...

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The role of language in gender equality: How linguistic structures shape legal norms and reinforce gender biases: World Bank Blog By Pierrick Bruyas and Caroline Perrin

26 october 2024 - 10:44:56
Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - Globally, women’s rights have expanded significantly over the past decades. By 2023, 162 economies [...] Full text...

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South Africa sets wheat import duties while local wheat area drops

14 august 2024 - 12:32:35
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - Falling global wheat prices triggered, in July 2024, a wheat import duty of Rand 176.30 [...] Full text...

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Kenyan climate scientists discover groundbreaking Turkana Jet influencing drought patterns

29 july 2024 - 17:19:23
By Kennedy AbwaoNairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Climate scientists from the University of Nairobi (UoN) have discovered a new climate pattern [...] Full text...

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UNESCO trains teachers to counter hate speech

25 january 2024 - 07:37:58
Paris, France (PANA) - UNESCO, the UN agency for culture, science, and education, is highlighting the key role teachers can play [...] Full text...

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UN chief calls for safe migration governance

18 december 2023 - 07:44:14
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday highlighted the urgent need for safe migration governance rooted [...] Full text...

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Africa Focus Group to defeat Daesh/ISIS takes steps to overcome security challenges

16 november 2023 - 06:17:36
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Africa Focus Group of the Global Coalition to Defeat Daesh/ISIS is concentrating on strengthening and [...] Full text...

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We’re better off thanks to migrants, says new IOM chief

03 october 2023 - 05:27:48
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - With people on the move globally at “unprecedented” levels, the UN’s new migration agency chief insisted [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso: Parliament unanimously votes for law on meritocracy in public administration

16 march 2023 - 17:06:58
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The MPs of the Transitional Legislative Assembly of Burkina Faso voted unanimously on Thursday for [...] Full text...

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Libyan, Italian PMs discuss bilateral cooperation

28 january 2023 - 18:45:23
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Prime Minister, Abdelhamid al-Dbaiba, has said that his discussions with his Italian counterpart, Giorgia [...] Full text...

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Africa is object of various forms of exploitation. says Gambian President Barrow

07 december 2022 - 11:08:00
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia's President Adama Barrow says Africa has been the object of infiltration and various forms of [...] Full text...

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Libyan Deputy Presidential Council chairman calls popular protests 'new revolution'

18 july 2022 - 12:38:24
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Deputy Chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Moussa al-Kouni, says protests that rocked the country [...] Full text...

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Baby formula industry must end 'misleading and aggressive’ online marketing: WHO

29 april 2022 - 15:45:38
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The $55 billion baby formula industry must end exploitative online marketing targeting parents, particularly mothers, the [...] Full text...

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ECOWAS force to return to Guinea Bissau after failed coup attempt

04 february 2022 - 08:42:40
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - ECOWAS leaders ended their extraordinary summit in Accra, Ghana on Thursday, ordering the return of a [...] Full text...

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Greek FM meets with Angola's President João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço

11 january 2022 - 20:11:48
Athens, Greece (PANA) - Greek Foreign Minister, Nikos Dendias, was received on Tuesday in Luanda by Angola's President João Manuel [...] Full text...

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Somalia’s economy rebounds from ‘triple shock’ – World Bank report

15 september 2021 - 13:34:25
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - Somalia’s real GDP growth is projected at 2.4 percent in 2021 as the economy rebounds from [...] Full text...

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Climate, weather related disasters surge five-fold over 50 years, but early warnings save lives - WMO report

01 september 2021 - 15:06:43
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Climate change and increasingly extreme weather events have caused a surge in natural disasters over the [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's secret Police warns secessionists, others

03 may 2021 - 08:42:30
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria's Department of State Services (DSS) on Sunday warned “misguided elements” who, it said, are threatening [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Bujumbura International Airport to reopen on Sunday

04 november 2020 - 10:59:10
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The Bujumbura International Airport in the economic capital of Burundi will be operational again from next [...] Full text...

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Libya: Fears over military talks and ceasefire agreement highlighted in news

24 october 2020 - 19:01:33
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) -  Libyan newspapers this week devoted most of their news coverage to the 5 + 5 Joint [...] Full text...

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Commonwealth launches webinar series to counter violent extremism

22 june 2020 - 13:57:00
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - A webinar series has been launched by the Commonwealth Secretariat in London, UK, to [...] Full text...

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Congolese Finance Minister expresses the need to maintain cooperation with IMF and World Bank

25 january 2020 - 16:40:10
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The Congolese Minister of Finance, Sele Yalaghuli, has expressed the need to maintain cooperation with [...] Full text...

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Transparency International urges govts to address corrupting role of big money in party financing

23 january 2020 - 13:42:03
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Governments must urgently address the corrupting role of big money in political party financing [...] Full text...

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Canada donates 290,000 USD to floods victims in northern Congo

14 january 2020 - 22:41:44
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA)  -  The Canadian minister of international development, Kirina Gould, Tuesday gave 290,000 USD worth of non-food aid [...] Full text...

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Africa records significant losses in 10 years due to illicit capital flight - Senegalese expert

26 december 2019 - 19:58:27
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA)  - The African continent recorded between 2003 and 2014 significant losses due to the illicit flight of [...] Full text...

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UNESCO adds 'Morna of Cabo Verde' to the list of the intangible heritage of humanity

12 december 2019 - 17:41:02
Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - The Morna, a truly Cape Verdean musical genre, was on Wednesday officially included on  the [...] Full text...

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Gambian Christians frown on omission of ‘secular’ in draft constitution

04 december 2019 - 21:23:19
Banjul, Gambia (PANA)   -  The Christian community in The Gambia Wednesday expressed concern over the omission of the word ‘SECULAR’ [...] Full text...

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Botswana Bank rate unchanged at 4.75 percent as inflation soars

31 october 2019 - 16:05:18
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Bank of Botswana has announced its decision to maintain [...] Full text...

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Buhari castigates abuse, torture of over 400 men and boys in Kaduna building

28 september 2019 - 17:25:01
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Presidency on Saturday commended the Nigeria Police for the rescue of 400 men and [...] Full text...

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Will the recapture of Ghariane accelerate a political solution to the Tripoli war? (News analysis by Youssef Ba, PANA correspondent)

28 june 2019 - 05:46:01
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Forces loyal to the internationally-recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) last Wednesday recorded their most significant [...] Full text...

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Botswana Bank rate remains constant

27 june 2019 - 20:27:00
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The Governor of the Bank of Botswana (BoB), Moses Dinekere Pelaelo, has announced that the Botswana [...] Full text...

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Nigeria moves to ban 'almajiri' beggars in northern Nigeria that fuels out-of-school children

20 june 2019 - 22:48:04
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA)   -  The Nigerian Federal Government on Thursday began moves to outlaw the almajiri phenomenon in the country [...] Full text...

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Army chief accuses "defeated politicians" of sponsoring insecurity in Nigeria

15 may 2019 - 18:07:45
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Yusuf Buratai, on Wednessday said that the Army has [...] Full text...

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Burundian head of state opens national youth conference

26 april 2019 - 23:30:37
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA)   -   Burundi's head of state, Pierre Nkurunziza, Friday officially opened the 4th edition of the National Youth [...] Full text...

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African countries self-assessing before New York meeting on MDGs

17 april 2019 - 21:12:27
Marrakech, Morocco (PANA)  -  About 20 African countries participated Tuesday in Marrakech in the review of the Voluntary National Review [...] Full text...

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Foreign interference in Libya casts shadow over inclusive conference

28 march 2019 - 21:19:35
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Libya, Ghassan Salamé, said here Thursday the continued [...] Full text...

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Leading American rapper to perform in South Africa

31 january 2019 - 12:37:56
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Leading American singer Lauryn Hill has arrived in South Africa ahead of her once-off [...] Full text...

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Is tradition affecting women’s socioeconomic leadership? (Feature by Meekaeel Siphambili, PANA correspondent)

31 january 2019 - 00:07:11
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - As a result of historical, cultural and other factors, women have not yet achieved equality in [...] Full text...

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Multilateral Development Banks: Turning the Paris Agreement into reality (An AfDB Feature)

08 december 2018 - 09:24:21
Katowice, Poland (PANA) - Financial support is a critical element when it comes to achieving the world’s climate goals, such [...] Full text...

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Textile, Clothing industries can drive Africa’s industrialization, benefit women (By Vanessa Moungar, Emanuela Gregorio, AfDB)

23 august 2018 - 13:44:16
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - As the African Development Bank (AfDB) celebrates World Fashion Day, we take this opportunity to [...] Full text...

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UN urges protection of indigenous peoples’ rights during migration

09 august 2018 - 06:09:13
New York, US (PANA) - Marking the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples on Wednesday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres [...] Full text...

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Economic mobility in developing countries stalled for 30 years: WBG report

09 may 2018 - 20:00:31
Washington, US (PANA) - Generations of poor people in developing countries are trapped in a cycle of poverty determined by [...] Full text...

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2017 costliest year ever for extreme weather and climate events, says UN

22 march 2018 - 20:20:22
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Hurricanes, monsoon floods and continuing severe drought made 2017 the costliest year ever for severe weather [...] Full text...

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UN chief outlines way for Africa to beat hunger, poverty

27 january 2018 - 16:37:54
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – For Africa to build and sustain peace and address hunger and poverty, it needs community-based [...] Full text...

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FAO cautions that soils being neglected as 'World Soil Day' is marked

05 december 2017 - 10:30:39
Rome, Italy (PANA) - As the world marks "World Soil Day" on Tuesday, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) [...] Full text...

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US: UN officials urge sustained support for humanitarian efforts in Lake Chad Basin

21 september 2017 - 18:55:55
New York, US (PANA) – United Nations officials on Thursday underscored the need for sustained international support for the humanitarian [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: New mobile app game empowers youth in Climate Change adaptation efforts in Greater Horn of Africa

24 august 2017 - 13:02:03
Zanzibar City, Zanzibar (PANA) - A new mobile application, know as "Ponya Mobile Game" developed by a team of young [...] Full text...

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UN: UN political chief calls for engagement of terrorism victims

12 february 2016 - 05:56:53
New York, US (PANA) - The top United Nations political official on Thursday urged Member States to engage with victims [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: WB report says four billion miss out on development for lack of internet access

13 january 2016 - 20:52:34
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - A new World Bank report said on Wednesday that while the internet, mobile phones [...] Full text...

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Sierra Leone: AI warns of risks to pregnant schoolgirls excluded from school, exams

06 november 2015 - 09:31:34
Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - Thousands of pregnant girls, excluded from mainstream schools and barred from sitting upcoming exams, risk [...] Full text...

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Italy: IOM event reflects on Mediterranean deaths

02 october 2015 - 11:15:16
Rome, Italy (PANA) - Italy’s Mediterranean island of Lampedusa will on Saturday observe the second anniversary of a tragedy that [...] Full text...

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UN: Pope Francis, FAO discuss sustainable food for all

12 june 2015 - 07:29:56
New York, US (PANA) - Addressing over a hundred delegates attending the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) conference in Rome, [...] Full text...

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Senegal: New report says African real estate has unique drivers for growth

18 march 2015 - 15:41:19
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC) Africa Wednesday released a statement, saying its new report has shown [...] Full text...

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Zambia: Re-entry policy for pregnant school girls triggers debate in Zambia (News analysis by Mildred Mulenga, PANA Correspondent)

06 april 2014 - 08:36:20
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – The re-entry policy introduced by the Zambian government to allow pregnant school girls complete their education [...] Full text...

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Libya: Two rival tribes Libya sign reconciliation agreement

25 march 2014 - 21:50:16
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Two rival tribes in Libya - Toubou and Ouled Sleiman - on Tuesday signed a reconciliation [...] Full text...

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Special Security: Military, diplomatic intervention saved Mali from terrorism threat - Analyst

28 january 2014 - 17:56:49
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Residents of Northern Mali towns of Gao, Kidali and Timbuktu are enjoying relative stability following the [...] Full text...

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South Sudan urged to ratify Convention on Child Rights

19 november 2013 - 21:22:30
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)- The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) on Tuesday called on the Government of South Sudan to [...] Full text...

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Africa gears up for population dividend

12 september 2013 - 13:11:40
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - As Africa prepares for the forthcoming Regional Conference on Population and Development, one of the [...] Full text...

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UN chief calls for protection of marine environment

09 june 2013 - 14:25:40
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged the international community to do more to reverse degradation [...] Full text...

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UN report: Commodity-based industrialization key to Africa's development

24 april 2013 - 20:40:55
New York, US (PANA) - A UN economic report says sweeping political and economic changes over the last half century [...] Full text...

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Election issues again dominate Ghanaian media

27 october 2012 - 08:19:20
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Election issues once again dominated the media in Ghana this week with the fallout of the [...] Full text...

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Protests over anti-Islam film: Nigeria tightens security around Western embassies

12 september 2012 - 19:26:29
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria has ordered ''water-tight security'' around the embassies of the US and other Western nations in [...] Full text...

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OAPI's 50th anniversary to be celebrated in Cameroon

10 september 2012 - 17:07:42
Yaoundé, Cameroon (PANA) – The African Organization for Intellectual Property (OAPI) will celebrate the 50th anniversary of its creation from [...] Full text...

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NGO seeks probe of abandoned projects in Nigeria

21 may 2012 - 11:38:50
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigerian nongovernmental organization Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent a request to the Chief [...] Full text...

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Ghana hosts confab on reshaping agricultural research in Africa

30 january 2012 - 18:18:16
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - UK parliamentarians and civil servants will this week join African farmers, international donors and [...] Full text...

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ECOBANK launches Middle Africa's first-ever bond

11 december 2011 - 11:38:18
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - The Pan African Ecobank Group has launched the first-ever benchmark index to measure the performance of [...] Full text...

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Ban says economic, social disparities affect children's right

18 november 2011 - 16:14:59
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, on Friday said that increasing economic and social disparities posed a [...] Full text...

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UNESCO, partners unveil 10 proposals to safeguard the ocean

01 november 2011 - 19:29:05
Paris, France (PANA) – UN agencies Tuesday launched a plan to improve the management of the ocean and coastal areas, [...] Full text...

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Fear of failure deters young Comorans from applying for micro-credit loans

21 october 2011 - 18:04:21
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - In the culture of the Comoros, it is a shame not to repay a loan. So although [...] Full text...

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Fewer newborns dying worldwide, Africa left behind - Report

31 august 2011 - 08:46:46
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - A newly-published report has shown that while fewer newborns are dying worldwide, progress is too [...] Full text...

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Sarkozy, Compaore, Ban, Bedie applauded at Ouattara's investiture

21 may 2011 - 17:05:24
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Four prominent personalities, the men who helped Alassane Ouattara to the Ivorian presidency, were strongly [...] Full text...

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Jonathan says privatized public companies performing below expectation

20 may 2011 - 20:36:47
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Deeply worried by the state of privatised public companies, Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday directed [...] Full text...

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Tanzanian papers reflect on faith matters, superstition

05 march 2011 - 08:19:29
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – As the upheavals in Arab countries continued to make waves around the world, the Tanzanian [...] Full text...

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News feature: Whither Africa's common values?

27 january 2011 - 14:29:25
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The freedom struggle in pre-independence Africa was fuelled by common values of the people under [...] Full text...

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Paris hosts Malians' art, culture exhibition in April

15 january 2011 - 15:31:55
Paris, France (PANA) - Nearly 330 art works will be displayed in April at the Quai Branly Museum in Paris, [...] Full text...

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African fashion goes on exhibition at FESMAN

19 december 2010 - 19:11:56
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The ongoing third World Festival of Black Arts (FESMAN) taking place in Senegal on Saturday featured [...] Full text...

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UN expert tasks Mozambique on impartial judiciary

10 december 2010 - 21:44:12
New York, US (PANA) - A UN human rights expert, Ms. Gabriela Knaul, on Friday called on Mozambique to redouble [...] Full text...

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Libya to host African-Arab cultural conference

13 august 2010 - 23:06:00
Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- Libya will host a two-day African-Arab cultural conferen ce devoted to the role of the intellectual [...] Full text...

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Cape Verdean President wants nation's history re-written

01 august 2010 - 17:11:00
Luanda- Angola (PANA) -- Cape Verdean President Pedro Pires has charged historian s to re-write the history of his country [...] Full text...

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Expert emphasises African influence in Michael Jackson's music

02 july 2009 - 17:45:00
Paris- France (PANA) -- The African-American singer, Michael Jackson, who died la st Thursday, owed Africa the liveliness of his [...] Full text...

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Three organizations pledge US$30 million for African think tanks

11 may 2009 - 21:53:00
Accra- Ghana (PANA) – Three international organiza-tions on Monday pledged US$30 million in grants to 24 think tanks in East [...] Full text...

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Nigeria opposition slams govt. on oil sector deregulation

05 march 2009 - 14:19:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's opposition Action Congress (AC) party has desc ribed the plan by the federal government to [...] Full text...

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Egypt media hopeful over Obama presidency

24 january 2009 - 09:45:00
Cairo- Egypt (PANA) -- When the United States inaugurated its 44th President, Barack Obama, on Tuesday, the entire world joined [...] Full text...

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