Togolese producers to get 65,000 tons of seeds from government

14 february 2021 - 11:45:05
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togolese producers will receive 65,000 tons of seeds from the government for the new agricultural season, [...] Full text...

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IFAD backs Nigerian small-scale farmers to improve food security, combat poverty

28 january 2021 - 14:37:06
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Federal Government of Nigeria and the International Fund for Agricultural Development of the United Nations [...] Full text...

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Somalia's fisheries sector set for major expansion

21 january 2021 - 10:11:04
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - A project to create new jobs in Somalia's fisheries industry has been launched with the aim [...] Full text...

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IFAD joins partners to build resilience, boost development in the Sahel

10 december 2020 - 18:45:45
Rome, Italy (PANA) – The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has joined the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) [...] Full text...

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Eliminating poverty and hunger tops global agenda as countries pledge funds to IFAD

08 december 2020 - 13:39:39
Rome, Italy (PANA) – As hunger and poverty increase due to conflict, climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic, some of the world’s [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Germany avails €27.3 million to IFAD to help avert a pandemic food crisis

07 december 2020 - 13:16:24
Rome,  Italy (PANA)- In view of a looming food crisis due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Germany has committed €27.3 million [...] Full text...

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Women more exposed to HIV/AIDS than men in Congo

01 december 2020 - 21:17:02
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Women show a prevalence rate higher than 3.7 per cent in Congo, the Congolese government declared [...] Full text...

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EC President Charles Michel holds high-level video conference with G5 Sahel

01 december 2020 - 11:14:07
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - European Council (EC) President Charles Michel and Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El-Ghazouani, current Chair of [...] Full text...

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Zambian Kwacha weakens by 3.3 percent

18 november 2020 - 14:54:15
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambia's Kwacha depreciated against major trading currencies and weakened by 3.3 percent to an average of [...] Full text...

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Four Congolese organisations get 390.5 million CFAF for development of commercial agriculture

18 november 2020 - 11:28:57
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Congo's Commercial Agriculture Development Support Project (PDAC) on Tuesday signed partnership agreements with four public organsations [...] 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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AU endorses new peacekeeping roadmap

22 october 2020 - 22:03:32
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The African Union’s Peace and Security Council (PSC) has approved a new peacekeeping roadmap, aiming [...] Full text...

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Mauritius celebrates World Statistics Day

20 october 2020 - 13:43:27
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Reliable statistics have helped the Mauritian Government to follow the evolution of socioeconomic realities locally [...] 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: Outlook of Ghana's battle against pandemic 'optimistic', says President

19 october 2020 - 06:40:32
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – Ghana’s President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says the outlook of the country’s battle against COVID-19 (coronavirus) “remains [...] 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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10 killed in Nigeria's #ENDSARS protests, says Amnesty International

13 october 2020 - 15:29:32
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Global human rights group, Amnesty International, claims  the Nigeria Police killed “at least” 10 Nigerians since [...] Full text...

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Niger govt. removes subsidy on fertilizers

17 september 2020 - 17:36:42
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - After several years of subsidizing the price of fertilizer, the Nigerien government has withdrawn subsidies on [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: More research needed into virus' effects on children, says WHO chief

16 september 2020 - 16:57:26
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More research is needed into factors that increase the risk of severe COVID-19 disease among children [...] 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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Zambian currency under pressure; depreciates by 8% in one month

15 september 2020 - 10:00:06
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – The Zambian currency, kwacha, has come under renewed pressure in the recent weeks, depreciating by 8.0% [...] Full text...

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Zambia's currency depreciation attributed to importation of crude oil

08 september 2020 - 10:36:59
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Economist Chibamba Kanyama has attributed the sharp depreciation of the Zambian currency, the Kwacha, to the [...] 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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FIFA gives Kenya FA go-ahead to set polls date

29 august 2020 - 13:28:12
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - World football governing body, FIFA, has given Football Kenya Federation (FKF) the go-ahead to set a [...] Full text...

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African electricity sector reforms aim to remove barriers to private investments, cheaper energy prices

21 august 2020 - 21:18:22
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The UN Economic Commission for Africa has embarked on a process to review electricity charges [...] Full text...

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Mali Coup: Military junta meets political class, CSOs

21 august 2020 - 10:18:07
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The National Committee for the Salvation of the People (CNSP), the military junta that seized power [...] Full text...

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WAEMU offers Niger masks worth 900 million CFAF

20 august 2020 - 23:14:52
Niamey, Niger (PANA)  -  The West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) Thursday gave Niger masks worth 900 million CFAF [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: AU to assist member countries assess threat of pandemic

11 august 2020 - 10:49:54
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - Two African Union founded organisations, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) [...] Full text...

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US slaps Zimbabwe President's ally, Kudakwashe Tagwirei, and business, with sanctions

05 august 2020 - 17:40:50
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has slapped sanctions [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Congo imports 39 tons of equipment, drugs to fight virus

28 july 2020 - 11:43:26
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese authorities imported 39 tons of equipment and medicines from China for coronavirus control. The equipment and [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: EU reinforces Gambia's national response to COVID-19

14 july 2020 - 14:13:31
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The European Union’s office in The Gambia has said that the Tekki Fii project, led by [...] Full text...

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‘Stay the course together to emerge stronger’ from COVID-19 crisis: UN chief’s message to major sustainability forum

07 july 2020 - 06:21:00
New York, US (PANA) - As a major United Nations forum prepares to assess progress towards a fairer future for [...] Full text...

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‘Stay the course together to emerge stronger’ from COVID-19 crisis: UN chief

05 july 2020 - 18:33:00
New York, US (PANA) - As a major United Nations forum prepares to assess progress towards a fairer future for [...] Full text...

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Togo avails over 120,000 tonnes of inputs for farmers in 2020-21 crop season

24 june 2020 - 15:56:16
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togo has made more than 120,000 tonnes of agricultural inputs available to farmers for the 2020-2021 [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: AfDB approves Euro 88 million loan to support pandemic crisis response in Cameroon

23 june 2020 - 17:16:53
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) on Monday approved an 88 [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Over 190 athletes benefit from World Athletics grants

21 june 2020 - 14:09:12
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - World Athletics on Sunday said that 193 athletes from 58 member federations will benefit from the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: AfDB unveils roadmap to safeguard food security in Africa

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

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Burkina Faso: Purchase price of seed cotton fixed at 240 CFAF per kg

08 june 2020 - 18:07:13
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkinabè government is subsidizing a kilogramme of cotton with 10 CFAF, bringing the purchase [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Speakers of National and State legislatures meet over violence and rape against women/girls

05 june 2020 - 17:32:32
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The House of Representatives would engage the 36 State Houses of Assembly on the imperative of [...] Full text...

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Niger: Government sets agro-pastoral campaign plan for 39,233,618,301 CFAF for 2020-2021

01 june 2020 - 22:25:41
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The minister of Agriculture, Albadé Abouba, Monday told parliament here that the Nigerien government had prepared [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso expects to produce 550,000 tonnes of seed cotton in 2020/21 season

28 may 2020 - 09:31:58
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso expects a production of 550,000 tonnes of seed cotton for the 2020-2021 season, [...] Full text...

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Shrinking forests need bold action to safeguard their biodiversity

22 may 2020 - 18:53:11
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Amidst alarming rates of deforestation and land degradation, urgent action is needed to safeguard the biodiversity [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Buhari goes after offshore assets acquired “illegally” by Nigerians

21 may 2020 - 17:38:05
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the amendment to the Executive Order 008 on Voluntary Offshore Assets [...] Full text...

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World Bank announces $500 million to fight locusts in Africa, Middle East

21 may 2020 - 17:08:45
Washington, US (PANA) - The World Bank Group on Thursday approved a US$500 million programme to help countries in Africa [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: World Bank funds business recovery effort in Kenya

21 may 2020 - 16:02:09
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The World Bank has approved US$1 billion budget support for Kenya to help close the fiscal [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: 500 health staffs, 200 senior technicians trained on prevention, control measures against infections

15 may 2020 - 20:39:54
Niamey, Niger (PANA)   - The commission of prevention and control against infections (PCI) of the national committee of fight against [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Niger govt. says on top pf the situation

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

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

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

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Favorable evolution of certain epidemiological indicators of the COVID-19 pandemic in Niger

02 may 2020 - 18:34:46
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The Nigerien government noted here Saturday "favorable developments in certain epidemiological indicators of the COVID-19 pandemic", [...] Full text...

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Drought decreases agricultural crops, livestock activity in Zimbabwe

28 april 2020 - 13:00:47
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The 2019/20 agricultural season in Zimbabwe was marked by delay and false start throughout the country [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Ghana scientists develop rapid diagnostic test kit

28 april 2020 - 08:15:23
Kumasi, Ghana (PANA) - Scientists in Ghana have developed a rapid diagnostic test kit for the new coronavirus (COVID-19), the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Benin receives 2 billion CFAF in financial donations for Covid-19 fight

26 april 2020 - 16:29:39
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) – Benin has received more than 1.6 billion CFAF in financial donations and thousands of materials and [...] Full text...

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Mauritania inaugurates EU-funded test agricultural space

23 april 2020 - 10:23:56
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritania's minister of Employment, Youth and Sport, Taleb Sid'Ahmed and the European Union Ambassador to Nouakchott, [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO says African regulatory agencies, ethics committees to expedite clinical trial reviews

21 april 2020 - 11:31:53
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - National regulatory authorities and national ethics committees from across Africa have agreed to combine their expertise to [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: South African president, Ramaphosa, refuses to lift ban on alcohol sales

17 april 2020 - 16:57:09
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa on Friday rejected a legal application by business [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: China donates equipment to Congo in fight against coronavirus

16 april 2020 - 21:15:29
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Chinese government Wednesday donated to Congo 2,000 medical masks, 2,000 uniforms, 2,000 protection glasses and [...] Full text...

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UNICEF on all fronts to tackle Covid-19 in Niger

16 april 2020 - 16:14:35
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - As the current coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) continues to spread, UNICEF is supporting the government in care [...] Full text...

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Benin receives masks and medical equipment to fight against COVID-19

13 april 2020 - 23:23:04
Cotonou, Benin (PANA)  -  The Beninese government Monday received assorted medical materials to fight the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, official sources [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Fight against pandemic to cost Burkina Faso 394 billion CFAF

03 april 2020 - 07:10:26
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – Burkinabè president Roch Marc Christian Kaboré on Thursday announced a series of measures estimated at [...] Full text...

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World Bank approves $500 million education loan to Tanzania

01 april 2020 - 16:08:33
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) –  The World Bank has ultimately endorsed the $500 million education loan to Tanzania, which [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Zimbabwe government moves to contain COVID-19

31 march 2020 - 16:11:04
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe is currently under a 21-day lockdown that began on Monday to minimize the spread of [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Congo announces cure of 2 out of 19 confirmed cases

30 march 2020 - 22:50:34
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – The Congolese government has announced that two cases of COVID-19 infection have been cured out of [...] Full text...

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Inflation 'to remain above the large range', says Bank of Zambia

24 march 2020 - 11:01:47
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Inflation in Zambia is projected to 'remain above the large range' over the first half of [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Nigeria's president says govt will protect citizens from effects of virus

18 march 2020 - 10:36:00
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari says that the government has analysed the economic problems that may come [...] Full text...

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AFFM launches US$2.2m project in Nigeria to boost fertilizer supply to 200,000 farmers

13 march 2020 - 22:03:23
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Africa Fertilizer Financing Mechanism (AFFM) has kick-started a US$2.2 million project to provide fertilizer suppliers [...] Full text...

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UNICEF donates equipment for care of newborns to Bamako hospital

29 february 2020 - 12:57:27
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Friday donated a batch of equipment worth US$200,000 to the [...] Full text...

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ECCAS delegates meet in Brazzaville to discuss gender, agricultural action plan

28 february 2020 - 21:59:52
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA)  - Delegates from the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) met here Friday to validate the [...] Full text...

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Gabonese farmers trained in the practice of crop planting

27 february 2020 - 17:11:53
Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - Gabonese farmers are taking part in practical training on planting crops in Essassa, an agricultural town [...] Full text...

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Congo: Towards validation of action plan to accompany ECCAS women

26 february 2020 - 21:30:13
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA)  - Representatives of different departments of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) and experts from [...] Full text...

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Burundi govt takes over coffee sector again

22 february 2020 - 13:31:20
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The Burundi authorities have increased the producer price cherry coffee during the 2020-2021 season by 10%, [...] Full text...

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Tunisia wins 2020 'Malabo Declaration' award

14 february 2020 - 13:38:17
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian agriculture won the 'Malabo Declaration' award for 2020, presented by the African Union Commission at [...] Full text...

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AU silencing the gun campaign silent on justice against warlords (By Kennedy Abwao, PANA correspondent)

07 february 2020 - 14:34:55
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The campaign to silence the guns and weapons of war in Africa, the focus of the [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe's national maize supplies 'critically low'

03 february 2020 - 10:16:50
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe's national maize supplies are “critically low” as a result of the poor 2019 harvest and [...] Full text...

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Burundi: Govt. takes over coffee sector from 4 unproductive private companies

30 january 2020 - 14:37:59
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Four private companies and corporate organizations have been evicted from the coffee sector for "insufficient yield", [...] Full text...

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New report shows Zimbabwe President Mnangagwa's 'Command Agricultural Programme' was a failure

28 january 2020 - 17:10:19
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Local democracy activists, Zimbabwe Democracy Institute (ZDI), says President Emmerson Mnangagwa's 'Command Agricultural Programme (CAP)' failed [...] Full text...

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President Barrow says Community is shifting from an ‘ECOWAS of States’ to an ‘ECOWAS of People’

23 january 2020 - 18:10:32
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian President Adama Barrow says the vision and emphasis of the Community is shifting from an [...] Full text...

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China's Belt and Road Initiative leaving developing countries with a mountain of debt-Human Rights Watch

14 january 2020 - 18:17:18
New York, USA (PANA) – Human Rights Watch (HRW) has raised several red flags about China’s Belt and Road Initiative [...] Full text...

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Global Goals top General Assembly President’s priority list

14 january 2020 - 07:25:18
New York, US (PANA) - The President of the 74th session of the UN General Assembly on Monday set out [...] Full text...

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Why the Zimbabwe dollar is failing and continues to do so - Analysis

12 january 2020 - 17:00:09
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Zimbabwe dollar is technically valueless. This is because the Zimbabwe dollar has lost well over 500 [...] Full text...

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Survey shows Rwanda's largest business activity in formal sector is manufacturing

08 january 2020 - 15:57:56
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) -  Rwanda's leading  business activity in the formal sector is manufacturing, employing around 15.9% of all workers, [...] Full text...

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Fish production in Niger estimated at 40,000 tonnes per year

02 january 2020 - 22:41:07
Niamey, Niger (PANA)  -  Fish production in Niger is estimated at around 40,000 tonnes with a turnover of 40 billion [...] Full text...

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Kenyatta urges unity, tolerance in Kenyan politics

01 january 2020 - 18:26:35
Mombasa, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has urged his people to rally behind the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI), [...] Full text...

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Burundi: More than 117,000 names added to voters roll for 2020 elections

30 december 2019 - 18:02:13
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - More than 117,000 potential voters have registered after the partial enrolment of Burundians of voting age [...] Full text...

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Senegal, IDB sign € 27.85 million financing agreement

25 december 2019 - 14:24:36
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal and the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) signed on Tuesday in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, a financing [...] Full text...

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Desist from money printing - Zimbabwe businesses warn Govt

24 december 2019 - 14:43:58
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - A local business membership organisation, the CEO Africa Round table has warned the Zimbabwe government to [...] Full text...

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Guinea president Condé calls for new constitution despite massive opposition

20 december 2019 - 07:27:18
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) – Guinean president Alpha Condé says he has asked the minister of Justice Mohamed Lamine Fofana to [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe's finance minister mulls cutting expenditure to govt departments not accounting for state funds

13 december 2019 - 21:07:04
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA)   -  Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube Friday proposed cutting expenditure to ministries that fail to account for treasury [...] Full text...

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Training session on sustainable agriculture held at University of Ziguinchor, Senegal

12 december 2019 - 14:00:36
Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - The University of Ziguinchor in southern Senegal hosted a three-day training session on promoting sustainable agriculture [...] Full text...

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Chinese company to manufacture defence equipment in Nigeria

12 december 2019 - 07:37:15
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – A Chinese company is to manufacture defence equipment in Nigeria to empower the West African nation to [...] Full text...

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The Gambia embarks on developing national financial inclusion strategy

10 december 2019 - 21:18:27
Banjul, Gambia (PANA)  -  The World Bank, working in conjunction with the Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI), and the United [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe: Three percent growth next year difficult to achieve - Parliament

06 december 2019 - 17:09:51
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe's Parliamentary Budget, Finance and Economic Development Committee says Treasury’s envisioned 3 percent recovery growth in [...] Full text...

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'Bring us to the table to unlock youth jobs and power growth,' say young African entrepreneurs

05 december 2019 - 17:06:01
Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt (PANA) - Young African entrepreneurs urged to make their voices heard in business policy-making across the continent [...] Full text...

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Forex earners in Zimbabwe under threat from economic headwinds - IH Securities

04 december 2019 - 15:54:15
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Respected local financial services firm, IH Securities, expects low foreign currency generation from gold, tobacco and [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe registers new MDC opposition party

25 november 2019 - 15:32:51
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has registered another party called ‘Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Zimbabwe’ [...] Full text...

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Sponsor of Nigeria's controversial hate speech bill backtracks, says death penalty would be expunged from legislation

24 november 2019 - 19:49:19
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigerian sponsor of the controversial Hate Speech Bill, Senator Sabi Abdullahi, has finally bowed to pressure [...] Full text...

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'Ocean could be key to future food security' - Fisheries experts

19 november 2019 - 12:02:04
Rome, Italy (PANA) - A new scientific paper written for the High Level Panel a Sustainable Ocean Economy finds that, with better [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso: Newspaper piracy worries media officials

18 november 2019 - 22:20:18
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA)  - The Burkina Faso society of private press publishers (SEP) says it regrets the phenomenon of [...] Full text...

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OCHA says 40,000 displaced persons affected by flooding in 2 local councils in Northeast Nigeria

17 november 2019 - 14:29:30
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says that “no fewer than” 40,000 [...] Full text...

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'Child labour and human trafficking remain concern for global supply chains '

13 november 2019 - 06:25:45
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In the first-ever report of its kind, new data from the UN and partners indicates that a significant share of child labour and [...] Full text...

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Fourteen suspected cases of dengue fever detected in Bamako

06 november 2019 - 10:52:33
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Fourteen suspected cases of dengue fever have been detected in some areas in Bamako District VI [...] Full text...

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Nigeria gives conditions for re-opening its land borders

04 november 2019 - 15:50:50
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Federal Government on Monday gave conditions for the reopening of its land borders, saying [...] Full text...

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UN food agencies urge support for southern Africa’s hungry people as climate shocks intensify

01 november 2019 - 06:30:20
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA)  – A record 45 million people across the 16-nation Southern African Development Community (SADC) will be [...] Full text...

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WB to restore degraded landscapes in Burundi with US$ 30 million

17 october 2019 - 16:08:32
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The "Landscape Restoration and Resilience in Burundi" (PRPB) Project was officially launched on Thursday by the [...] Full text...

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Floods hit several towns in southwestern Benin as Mono River overflows

16 october 2019 - 09:11:09
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The overflowing Mono River has caused a lot of damage in southwest Benin, local authorities of [...] Full text...

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Gambia, ECOWAS review off-grid solar market assessment report

15 october 2019 - 17:29:17
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy, in partnership with the ECOWAS Center for Renewable Energy [...] Full text...

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Senegalese Minister of Agriculture announces project to support 150,000 young people

14 october 2019 - 19:06:39
Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - Moussa Baldé, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of Senegal, has announced an ambitious agricultural [...] Full text...

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New UN report shows bottlenecks to sustainable land management in Africa

09 october 2019 - 23:04:02
Addis-Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA)  -  A new report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released Wednesday on the sidelines [...] Full text...

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Sudan receives US$ 1.5 billion as Saudi-UAE deposit

09 october 2019 - 17:38:13
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirate (UAE)  have released US$1.5 billion, half of the US$3 [...] Full text...

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Sudanese leaders visit Saudi Arabia

06 october 2019 - 17:18:02
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese President Lt. Gen. Abdul Fatah Al-Burhan, accompanied by his prime minister, Dr Abdullah Hamdouk, on [...] Full text...

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Eswatini, IFAD partner to boost inclusive financial services for smallholder farmers

02 october 2019 - 12:28:31
Rome, Italy (PANA) - About 30,900 rural people in Eswatini will benefit from a new US$38.5 million project that aims [...] Full text...

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Mnangagwa says Zimbabwe focuses on production to stimulate the economy

01 october 2019 - 13:38:49
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said  the turnaround of the economy hinges on focused support for [...] Full text...

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President Emmerson Mnangagwa tried and failed To force Mugabe burial at Heroes Acre: Zhuwao

29 september 2019 - 19:30:27
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA)  -  Exiled former cabinet minister Patrick Zhuwao has alleged that President Emmerson Mnangagwa went to great lengths [...] Full text...

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Seven Malian soldiers killed in ambush in central Mali

27 september 2019 - 14:04:52
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Seven Malian soldiers were killed when a mission of the  armed forces came across an ambush [...] Full text...

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Kolda to become Senegal’s second peanut basin

25 september 2019 - 17:51:46
Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) – The Senegalese southern region of Kolda is becoming the country’s second peanut basin as farmers in [...] Full text...

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Youth organizations could be the solution to poverty eradication in Botswana - Minister

24 september 2019 - 20:21:33
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Assistant Minister Machana Shamukuni of the Ministry of Presidential Affairs, Governance and Public Administration, says youth [...] Full text...

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Botswana First Lady calls for youth empowerment

24 september 2019 - 20:17:59
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The Botswana First Lady, Neo Masisi, says empowering the youth is vital to the development of [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe's central bank freezes accounts of companies linked to President Mnangagwa's son, business associate

21 september 2019 - 04:53:47
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) froze the accounts of four companies to investigate money laundering [...] Full text...

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Kenya's pharmaceutical products smuggling fuelled by lax regulations, booming online marketing campaigns (Feature by Kennedy Abwao, PANA Correspondent)

16 september 2019 - 10:56:20
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - It takes a smartphone with internet connection. With the click of a button, an online electronic [...] Full text...

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Kenya's pharmaceutical products smuggling fuelled by lax regulations, booming online marketing campaigns (Feature by Kennedy Abwao, PANA Correspondent)

13 september 2019 - 13:44:47
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - It takes a smartphone with internet connection. With the click of a button, an online electronic [...] Full text...

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‘Reaffirm the sanctity’ of religious sites, says Guterres

13 september 2019 - 06:36:23
New York, US (PANA) - Amidst a global call by Secretary-General António Guterres to “reaffirm the sanctity” of religious sites and keep [...] Full text...

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Environment experts warn of rise of sea level along African coasts

30 august 2019 - 12:02:22
Addis-Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - In a few years time, African coasts will experience remarkable sea level rise, according to a [...] Full text...

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Africa prepares for climate action summit

28 august 2019 - 09:46:30
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Eighth Conference on Climate Change and Development in Africa (CCDA VIII) begins on Wednesday [...] Full text...

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Standard Chartered Bank Botswana named Best Consumer Digital Bank 2019 by Global Finance

23 august 2019 - 20:55:48
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Standard Chartered Botswana has been awarded the Best Consumer Digital Bank, Botswana 2019, by Global Finance. The [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe President Mnangagwa wins case against a businessman and lecturer challenging RTGS dollars

21 august 2019 - 19:51:43
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - President Emmerson Mnangagwa has won in a case where Harare businessman and lecturer, Shakespear Hamauswa, had [...] Full text...

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Senegal: DER to finance production of river rice on more than 10,000 ha in the south

20 august 2019 - 22:48:36
Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA)   -   The Delegation for Rapid Entrepreneurship (DER) of President Macky Sall's government will finance rain-fed rice production [...] Full text...

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United States donate medical equipment and inputs to the Malian armed forces

17 august 2019 - 12:39:24
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The U.S. Department of Defense, through the Cure project, on Friday donated medical equipment and inputs [...] Full text...

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Burundi ends importation of fertilizers

13 august 2019 - 15:36:44
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi has announced a halt to the importation of agricultural fertilizers this year, saying the ban [...] Full text...

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Niger plans to reform the fertilizer sector

09 august 2019 - 14:01:21
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Niger's Minister of Agriculture, Albadé Abouba, on Friday urged the Nigerien Association of Fertilizer Importers and [...] Full text...

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UNCCD chief calls for political will to act on land degradation

08 august 2019 - 20:01:50
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – The latest report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released on Thursday ties together [...] Full text...

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US, EU scale up humanitarian assistance to Zimbabwe

07 august 2019 - 13:45:36
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The United States (US) government and European Union (EU) have scaled up humanitarian assistance to Zimbabwe [...] Full text...

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Africa launches new initiative to fight fake medicines

06 august 2019 - 10:57:02
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Five African States - Congo, Ghana, Niger, Senegal and Togo - have decided jointly to launch [...] Full text...

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Nigeriens urged to plant trees to cope with climate shock

03 august 2019 - 13:35:27
Niamey, Niger (PANA) – President Mahamadou Issoufou of Niger, on Saturday called on his countrymen to redouble their commitment to [...] Full text...

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Buhari says his administration plans new measures to stem spate of insecurity in Nigeria

31 july 2019 - 18:06:33
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday spoke on the steps his administration is taking to address [...] Full text...

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AfDB funds Gambia’s sustainable urban development programme

28 july 2019 - 17:27:48
Banjul, Gambia (PANA)   -   The African Development Bank(AfDB) has extended a $3 million grant from its Transition Support Facility (TSF) [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe incomes grossly lag behind skyrocketing basic commodities: IH Securities

28 july 2019 - 11:55:40
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA)   -   Recent monetary reforms to address distortions created by past policies in Zimbabwe have led to a [...] Full text...

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Kenya: AfDB, partners propose establishment of African Education Fund

25 july 2019 - 18:49:30
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB), the Association for the Development of Education in Africa and [...] Full text...

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WHO pushes to achieve universal access to immunization by 2030

20 july 2019 - 07:41:26
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - As the Global Vaccine Action Plan (GAVP 2011-2020) nears its conclusion, a regional consultation has been held [...] Full text...

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Senators march to court to challenge laws passed by parliament in Kenya

19 july 2019 - 00:57:28
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA)   -   Kenyan senators marched through the streets here Thursday to present a petition to Members of Parliament [...] Full text...

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Digital solutions could be key to end hunger in Africa - Report

12 july 2019 - 19:27:22
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) -  Strategic use of digital technologies can be a game changer in accelerating sustainable agricultural transformation in [...] Full text...

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Zanu PF-run Zimbabwe gov't stole billions from economy through Treasury Bills - Moyo

09 july 2019 - 17:13:32
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Exiled former Zimbabwe government minister, Jonathan Moyo, says the issuances of Treasury Bills (TBs) is one [...] Full text...

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Standard Chartered Bank launches revolutionary digital banking in Botswana

25 june 2019 - 20:54:56
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) -Standard Chartered Bank Botswana has launched a revolutionary digital only retail bank in Botswana. The groundbreaking, end to [...] Full text...

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Kenya's coal ambitions hit by green energy backlash (Analysis by Kennedy Abwao, PANA Correspondent)

22 june 2019 - 10:11:39
Menengai, Kenya (PANA) - Tonnes of molten rocks dotting the narrow road which snakes its way into the project site [...] Full text...

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COMESA plans Summit to bolster intra-Africa trade

20 june 2019 - 17:33:41
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) is planning to hold a High Level [...] Full text...

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IFAD report urges new policies, investments in support of rural youth in poor countries

19 june 2019 - 15:40:52
Rome, Italy (PANA) –  Effective policies and investments are urgently needed if the world's poorest countries are to offer a [...] Full text...

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Mali launches the 2019-2020 agricultural campaign

19 june 2019 - 11:46:52
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta on Tuesday in Bougouni, 180 km south of Bamako, officially launched [...] Full text...

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Trade Policy and Export Strategy document to be ready by end of third quarter: Majuru

17 june 2019 - 23:57:45
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA)    -    ZimTrade chief executive officer Allan Majuru says he expects the Trade Policy and Export Strategy (TPES) [...] Full text...

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Maintenance of Peace and Order Bill; same as Public Order and Security Act - Experts

13 june 2019 - 18:01:11
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Local think tank, Veritas, and the Zimbabwe Human Rights Forum (ZHRF) have both slammed the Maintenance [...] Full text...

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Buhari pledges to lift 100 million Nigerians out of poverty in 10 years

12 june 2019 - 18:34:01
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday promised to take 100 million Nigerians from poverty to prosperity [...] Full text...

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New South African coins commemorate historic 1994 elections

07 june 2019 - 14:05:00
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African Reserve Bank has issued a new set of collectible coins commemorating 25 [...] Full text...

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FAO, EU distribute 2,000 bulls to rebuild economy of youths in Nigeria's Borno State

07 june 2019 - 13:43:06
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations on Friday said that it will [...] Full text...

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Germany provides 2 million Euros to support African Rice Initiative in Nigeria

05 june 2019 - 17:58:20
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The German Government, with support from the Bill and Mellinda Gates Foundation, has provided 2 million [...] Full text...

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President Barrow calls for values of hard work, discipline in service

04 june 2019 - 17:41:38
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambian leader, Adama Barrow, has called on his compatriots to imbibe the values of hard [...] Full text...

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IMF says Zimbabwe's 2019 economic prospects remain bleak

01 june 2019 - 17:05:21
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says the Staff Monitored Program will likely need to be recalibrated [...] 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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Burkinabe army will provide agricultural inputs to populations of the north

29 may 2019 - 21:13:07
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - As part of their civil-military actions, the National Armed Forces will on Thursday hand over [...] 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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Malian president approves CFAF 299 billion 2019-2020 campaign plan

27 may 2019 - 23:21:50
Bamako, Mali (PANA)   -   Malian Head of State Ibrahim Boubacar Kéita Monday approved the 2019-2020 agricultural season plan estimated at [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso government grants CFAF 11 billion to cotton producers to pay off debts

23 may 2019 - 23:29:19
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA)   -   The Burkinabe government Wednesday granted more than CFAF 11 billion to cotton producers to pay [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe legislators grill Zimbabwe Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi over fuel increases

23 may 2019 - 17:06:22
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) – Zimbabwe legislators grilled Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi, over the increase in fuel prices by 50 percent [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe government finalizing Local Content Policy

15 may 2019 - 23:10:22
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA)   -   The Zimbabwe government is finalising the national Local Content Policy (LCP) to stimulate local production to [...] Full text...

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Regional experts urge ECOWAS Commission to redouble efforts on gender mainstreaming

10 may 2019 - 11:43:11
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Regional experts on gender and elections have ended a two-day workshop in Accra, Ghana, calling on [...] Full text...

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TNF Bill presented before Zimbabwe parliament for second reading

07 may 2019 - 23:24:54
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA)  -  Zimbabwean Minister of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Sekai Nzenza Tuesday presented before parliament for [...] Full text...

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Integrating gender in Elections in ECOWAS region

06 may 2019 - 16:02:11
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - A two-day experts’ workshop opened in Accra, Ghana, on Monday, 6 May, 2019, to validate a [...] Full text...

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Agric company to boost Ethiopia’s cereals, fruit and vegetable production

06 may 2019 - 13:49:14
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Corteva Agriscience, the Agriculture Division of chemicals giant DowDuPont, is set to enable Ethiopia’s cereals, [...] Full text...

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Tanzania denies blocking publication of IMF report on state of economy

24 april 2019 - 00:29:03
Dodoma, Tanzania (PANA)  -  The government of Tanzania on Tuesday broke its silence on the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) latest [...] Full text...

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World Bank gives Mali over 146 billion CFA Franc to support development efforts

19 april 2019 - 20:28:14
Bamako, Mali (PANA)   -   The World Bank has decided to increase six times its level of general budget support for [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe's Agricultural sector requires US$1,2 billion in yearly funding

19 april 2019 - 15:16:09
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe needs US$1,2 billion in yearly funding to effectively support the agricultural sector towards growth, a [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe in hyperinflation for first time since 2008

16 april 2019 - 07:51:26
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe is officially in hyperinflation as the annual inflation rate reached 166,15% at the end of [...] Full text...

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France gives Mali 2 million dollars for vulnerable populations of Mopti, Timbuktu

13 april 2019 - 14:44:20
Bamako, Mali (PANA) – France has given Mali one billion CFAF (about 2 million dollars) to make food available to [...] Full text...

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More than 190 million US dollars to fight food insecurity in Burkina Faso

09 april 2019 - 16:38:34
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso on Tuesday officially launched the second phase of the Programme for Building Resilience [...] Full text...

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Nigeria sets out to mobilise resources for investing in people

04 april 2019 - 08:26:05
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Diversifying Nigerian government’s revenue base, increasing non-oil revenues, and securing oil revenues, will all be critical, [...] Full text...

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Zim Govt calls for pricing according to inflation and not forex rates

03 april 2019 - 13:17:41
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) – The Zimbabwean government has noted price increases in recent days and has called on industry to [...] Full text...

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Liberia, IFAD partner to improve smallholder farmers’ incomes and climate resilience

25 march 2019 - 15:48:26
Rome, Italy (PANA) -  About 10,000 cocoa smallholder producers in Liberia will benefit from a new US$47.6 million project that [...] Full text...

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Nigerian Army denies involvement in electoral malpractices and violence

19 march 2019 - 13:16:28
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Reeling under attacks for its involvement in electoral malpractices in the last general election in Nigeria, [...] Full text...

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CAR and IFAD promote smallholder farmers’ resilience to climate change

12 march 2019 - 13:50:33
Rome, Italy (PANA)  – Nearly 30,000 vulnerable households in Central African Republic (CAR) will be better equipped to deal with [...] Full text...

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Experts meet in Burkina Faso to examine cause of low cotton yield

11 march 2019 - 22:35:12
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – A hundred experts on Monday met in Ouagadougou to examine the country’s cotton field which [...] Full text...

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IFAD against gender disparities in agriculture

07 march 2019 - 19:33:21
Paris, France (PANA) - On the occasion of the International Women's Day celebrations, the United Nations International Fund for Agricultural [...] Full text...

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British Council says Nigeria's anti-corruption agencies hamper their own job

06 march 2019 - 15:04:36
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The British Council, an agency of the government of the United Kingdom (UK), on Wednesday said [...] Full text...

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Botswana public procurement board battles with fraudsters

04 march 2019 - 16:23:11
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana's Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Board (PPADB) faces a new challenge which is the emergence of [...] Full text...

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UN announces roadmap to Climate Summit in 2019

15 february 2019 - 05:14:14
New York, US (PANA) - General Assembly President Maria Espinosa said on Thursday that 2019 is a critical year, the [...] Full text...

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Bashir pledges to revise public order law, release detained journalists

07 february 2019 - 07:50:41
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese President Omar Bashir has pledged to revise a notorious public order law under which young [...] Full text...

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MINUSMA funds market gardening project for women in Timbuktu region of Mali

02 february 2019 - 13:48:26
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The United Nations Multidimensional Mission for the Stabilization of Mali (MINUSMA) has funded, for an amount [...] Full text...

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Burkinabe firm gets 65 million euros for cotton production

24 january 2019 - 19:18:18
Paris, France (PANA) - The Burkinabe Textile Fibre Company (Sofitex), on Thursday signed an agreement with a consortium of international [...] Full text...

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EU gives 28.9 billion CFAF to support Benin's budget

23 december 2018 - 14:27:19
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) – The European Union on Saturday authorised the transfer to Benin of 28.9 billion CFAF to support [...] Full text...

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World Bank injects US$50m to improve Southern Africa agriculture productivity

19 december 2018 - 18:19:48
Washington, US (PANA) - Efforts to improve agriculture productivity in Southern Africa got a boost following the World Bank Board [...] Full text...

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US$20 million facility for Meridian’s soft commodity value-chain operations in Southern Africa

04 december 2018 - 13:08:06
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB), through its Trade Finance operations, has signed a US$20 million facility [...] Full text...

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Importance of regional and continental integration for Africa’s development (A feature by AfDB)

04 december 2018 - 13:04:56
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Africa’s integration is no longer a matter of choice. Against an international backdrop of changing political and economic [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso wants to make farming sector more competitive

27 november 2018 - 16:45:33
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The government of Burkina Faso is committed to making the farming sector "more competitive and [...] Full text...

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WB says Uganda’s economy expected to grow at 6% and above

21 november 2018 - 17:49:14
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - The Ugandan economy rebounded strongly to 6.1% in FY 2017/18, up from 3.9% the previous year, [...] Full text...

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WB report highlights new linkages between sustainable high growth and job creation

16 november 2018 - 19:41:20
Washington, US PANA) - High-growth firms in emerging economies account for more than 50% of all new jobs and sales [...] Full text...

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EU offers € 55 million for budget support and good governance to Gambia

16 november 2018 - 18:06:50
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The European Union has provided € 55 million for budget support and good governance in the [...] Full text...

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Conference of Speakers of African parliaments opens in Abuja

08 november 2018 - 16:36:24
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The 73rd Session of the Executive Committee and the 41st Conference of Speakers of the African [...] Full text...

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Kenyan economy to continue on high growth path into 2020: World Bank

12 october 2018 - 06:46:10
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Kenyan economy is projected to rise to 5.7% in 2018—from 4.9% in 2017—and continue to [...] Full text...

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Global warming report, an 'ear-splitting wake-up call' warns UN chief

09 october 2018 - 02:28:10
New York, US (PANA) - A special report on limiting global warming released on Monday by a UN scientific panel, [...] Full text...

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FAO's C'ttee on Agriculture focuses on boosting sustainable dev't through innovation

02 october 2018 - 12:56:08
Rome, Italy (PANA) - Achieving sustainable development means shifting away from high-input and resource-intensive farming and food systems, FAO Director-General [...] Full text...

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Kenya signs deal with UN agency to deliver 100,000 houses

26 september 2018 - 18:05:21
New York, US (PANA) – Kenyan has entered into an agreement with the UN Office for Project Services (UNOPS) to [...] Full text...

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AfDB boosts Cameroon livestock, fish farming with 84-million-euro loan

13 september 2018 - 16:00:05
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has extended a loan of 84 million euros to [...] Full text...

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Small-scale horticulture project transforming lives in Kenya (An AfDB Feature)

24 august 2018 - 13:47:22
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A decade after going through a food crisis and in the aftermath of the drought in [...] Full text...

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FAO works out new framework to bolster food security to help sustain peace (A feature by FAO)

12 august 2018 - 07:09:55
Rome, Italy (PANA) - Civil wars and conflicts have increased markedly in the past decade, leading to the recent reverse [...] Full text...

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IMF team underlines prudent spending projections in Mozambique’s budget

04 august 2018 - 06:32:47
Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) – Realistic macroeconomic assumptions as well as prudent revenue and spending projections should underpin Mozambique’s preparations for [...] Full text...

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