Rising Internet violence in Congolese schools worrying – UNICEF
24 november 2020 - 21:26:19Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - A United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) survey says eight out of 10 girls and seven out [...] Full text...
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Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - A United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) survey says eight out of 10 girls and seven out [...] Full text...
Ethiopian Conflict: Rights body calls for civilian protection in Mekelle offensive
23 november 2020 - 21:28:19Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Amnesty International (AI) Monday night asked parties to the Ethiopian conflict in Tigray region to protect [...] Full text...
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Libyan newspapers focus on 1st Round of Inter-Libyan Dialogue Forum and the Vision for the Future
21 november 2020 - 18:41:46Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The next round of the Inter-Libyan Political Dialogue Forum must find ways of enabling its participants [...] Full text...
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Kenyan telco, UNICEF partner on child education, protection against violence
20 november 2020 - 09:30:10Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) Kenya and telco firm Safaricom have signed a new partnership to help [...] Full text...
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Libyans disappointed at lack of names for executive positions at political dialogue forum
17 november 2020 - 06:46:42Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The closure of the first round of the intra-Libyan Political Dialogue Forum in Tunis without the [...] Full text...
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Fayez Al-Sarraj welcomes outcomes from Forum for political dialogue, setting date for general election
16 november 2020 - 21:33:05Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chairman of the Libyan presidential council, Fayez Al-Sarraj, Monday welcomed results reached by participants in [...] Full text...
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Former UN Envoy praises outcome of the Inter-Libyan Dialogue Forum
16 november 2020 - 13:02:39Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Former Special Representative of the UN Secretary General in Libya, Ghassan Salamé, has welcomed the achievements [...] Full text...
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Digital economy to contribute $12.8 to Kenya's GDP by 2025
15 november 2020 - 17:11:00Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The digital economy is expected to add $12.8 billion, or 9.24 per cent of the GDP, [...] Full text...
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Keep borders open for fleeing Ethiopians, urges UNHCR
12 november 2020 - 07:35:42Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The UN refugee agency said on Wednesday that it is working with Sudanese authorities to [...] Full text...
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Kenya telco giant rolls out five new prefix numbers
11 november 2020 - 12:23:59Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's leading telco Safaricom has rolled out new phone number prefixes to meet increasing demand for [...] Full text...
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Civil society activist shot dead in Benghazi by unknown persons
10 november 2020 - 19:53:16Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Lawyer and civil society activist, Hanan Al-Barassi, was shot dead in the middle of the street [...] Full text...
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UN rights chief Bachelet condemns Tanzania election violence
10 november 2020 - 19:45:48Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The people of Tanzania should be allowed to express grievances “without fear of reprisals” after nationwide [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Digital financial services offer opportunities, also pose risks - IMF
10 november 2020 - 07:33:04Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Social distancing measures in place during the COVID-19 pandemic are expected to significantly impact [...] Full text...
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US calls for 'immediate action' to restore peace in Ethiopia's Tigray Region
05 november 2020 - 11:25:59Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The United States has called for "immediate action to restore the peace and de-escalate tensions" [...] Full text...
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AfDB signs grant agreement to support the Rwanda Coding Academy
05 november 2020 - 10:48:21Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has signed a grant agreement for $150,000 with the Ministry of [...] Full text...
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Amnesty calls for respect for human rights laws after military action in Ethiopia's Tigray region
05 november 2020 - 07:35:49Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Amnesty International has called on the authorities in Ethiopia, both federal and regional, to ensure that [...] Full text...
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Ivorian authorities urged to ensure respect for human rights before, during and after elections
31 october 2020 - 15:39:35Paris, France (PANA) - Amnesty International (AI) Saturday called on the Ivorian authorities to ensure respect for human rights before, [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Pandemic robs children in poor countries of nearly four months of school
30 october 2020 - 06:29:55New York, US (PANA) - The COVID-19 pandemic has robbed children in the poorest countries of nearly four months of [...] Full text...
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UN launches web-based platform for Libyans to interact on Political Dialogue Forum
29 october 2020 - 14:07:18Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - An interactive Libyan dialogue platform, designed to enable communication and interaction between the largest possible number [...] Full text...
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Counting underway as polls close in Tanzania's general elections
28 october 2020 - 18:44:54Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Counting of ballots is underway in Tanzania on Wednesday after general elections that the [...] Full text...
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Nigeria begins review of its National Cyber security Strategy
28 october 2020 - 18:31:18Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria's National Security Adviser (NSA), Retired Maj.-Gen. Babagana Monguno, on Wednesday said the #EndSARS protesters used [...] Full text...
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Long lines at polling stations as Tanzanians vote in general elections
28 october 2020 - 11:09:06Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Long queues have formed at polling stations across Tanzania as the East African country [...] Full text...
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Severe rainstorm wreaks havoc in Libya's west coast
28 october 2020 - 06:23:51Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – A severe rainstorm swept through the west coast of Libya on Tuesday wreaking havoc in several [...] Full text...
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Amnesty International says Guinea security forces 'fired live bullets at protesters'
26 october 2020 - 07:49:15Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Human rights group, Amnesty International, says witness testimonies, satellite imagery and videos it has analysed and [...] Full text...
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Celebrating African youth turning the tide on plastic pollution
16 october 2020 - 12:41:03Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - More than 400 young Africans were on Friday honoured for their leadership in addressing plastic pollution [...] Full text...
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Togo to host 8th edition of the National Forum on Internet Governance
13 october 2020 - 18:09:40Lomé, Togo (PANA) - The 8th edition of the National Forum on Internet Governance in Togo will be held from [...] Full text...
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Tanzanian action against free speech, pre-election crackdown attracts criticism
12 october 2020 - 22:03:31Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Democratic space in Tanzania continues to narrow as the government applies laws to stifle freedom of [...] Full text...
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Botswana to leverage ICT for development
09 october 2020 - 20:58:21Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana’s President Mokgweetsi Masisi said here Friday ICT was undoubtedly one of the ladders through which [...] Full text...
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Rwanda introduces mobile learning via SMS to reach most vulnerable
09 october 2020 - 11:11:44Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - One of the startups in Rwanda has developed a mobile platform that will be used effective [...] Full text...
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AU warns against cyber-exploitation of African countries
06 october 2020 - 21:19:41Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The African Union (AU) has warned countries in Africa to guard against misuse by foreign [...] Full text...
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CONGO, UNICEF discuss issues linked to gender-based violence
06 october 2020 - 20:57:32Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese minister of Posts, Telecommunications and Digital economy, Leon juste Ibombo, Tuesday met with the [...] Full text...
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UNCTAD data evaluation tool helps Zambia recover earnings in export dues
06 october 2020 - 10:30:35Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - A mineral tracking system designed by the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Rwanda to host Mobile World Congress 2021
03 october 2020 - 10:21:58Dar es Salaam, Tanzania - Global System for Mobile Communications, commonly referred to as the 'GSMA', has revealed that it [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: AfDB partners with government and Microsoft to launch Digital Nigeria e-Learning Platform
01 october 2020 - 19:01:01Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB), the government of Nigeria and Microsoft on Monday launched the Digital [...] Full text...
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Gambian FM assures China of Gambia’s support for multilateralism, win–win cooperation
29 september 2020 - 19:56:10Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Mamadou Tangara, has reassured China, through its Embassy in [...] Full text...
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Mauritania: 3G internet users disconnected to avert exam cheating
29 september 2020 - 17:37:05Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - On the orders of the authorities, several hundred users of the "3G" mobile Internet in Mauritania, [...] Full text...
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Mauritius chosen as ITU Centre of Excellence in Cybersecurity in Africa
29 september 2020 - 11:43:45Ebene, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius has been chosen as the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Centre of Excellence, for at least [...] Full text...
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Congo: Mobile phone companies urged to improve their networks before next December
28 september 2020 - 16:48:28Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Congolese Postal and Electronic Communications Regulatory Agency (ARPCE) on Monday called on cell phone companies, MTN [...] Full text...
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Human rightfs experts feel damaging impact on Special Procedures from UN funding crisis
28 september 2020 - 13:53:00Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Coordination Committee of Special Procedures is gravely concerned about the impact of the UN funding [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe teachers release survey report justifying continued closure of schools
25 september 2020 - 23:22:31Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Teachers in Zimbabwe Friday called on government to desist from opening schools this coming Monday until [...] Full text...
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The Libyan defence minister of the government of accord orders dissolution of two brigades after armed clashes in Tripoli
25 september 2020 - 16:07:35Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Defense Minister Salaheddine al-Nemruch of the Government of National Accord (GNA) Friday ordered the dissolution [...] Full text...
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Guterres advocates for digital world that ‘strengthens human rights, advances peace’
24 september 2020 - 06:15:59New York, US (PANA) - Amidst a technological era that “beckons with vast opportunity”, new risks exist to global peace, [...] Full text...
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Libya launches direct Internet enrolment system for jobseekers
23 september 2020 - 10:14:27Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Information and Documentation Centre will launch in October a system of direct enrolment of job [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: UN chief warns pandemic is ‘dress rehearsal’ for challenges ahead
23 september 2020 - 05:45:47New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday appealed for global solidarity to overcome the COVID-19, and [...] Full text...
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Thousands of Internet users in Mauritania cut off for four days
21 september 2020 - 13:59:26Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mobile Internet users in Mauritania have no access to the service from September 19 to 22 [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Gates Foundation sees quick delivery of vaccines critical in fighting coronavirus pandemic
15 september 2020 - 20:14:11Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – The coronavirus pandemic has affected economic development and stalled poverty reduction efforts by 20 years, [...] Full text...
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Libya: Civil society calls for UN-organised dialogue to include non-political bodies
14 september 2020 - 14:51:54Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A group of civil society organisations in Tripoli has called for the UN Commission's consultations in [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Togo focuses on private investment to stimulate the economy
08 september 2020 - 15:48:23Lomé, Togo (PANA) - The crisis triggered by the global coronavirus pandemic has significantly impacted the Togolese economy and is [...] Full text...
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Kenyan media focus on President Kenyatta's 'powerless' deputy
05 september 2020 - 19:45:07Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's Deputy President William Ruto, who once wielded executive power within government, has been dominating the [...] Full text...
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Safaricom, M-Gas partner to provide clean energy to Kenyan households
04 september 2020 - 17:41:45Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's leading telcom, Safaricom, has expanded its strategic collaboration with M-Gas as the two firms seek [...] Full text...
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Libyan presidential council reinstates Interior minister after administrative investigation
03 september 2020 - 22:02:47Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The presidential council of the Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) Thursday reinstated the minister of [...] Full text...
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African Information Summit calls for expansion of digital economy
31 august 2020 - 21:53:14Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – African countries require rapid expansion of new technologies, including enhancing access to the internet, to [...] Full text...
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Why women need to embrace these three digital technologies
31 august 2020 - 11:39:39Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – It is imperative that women play an equal role in shaping the impact of [...] Full text...
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Accumulation of problems, deterioration in living conditions in Libyan trigger demonstrations (News analysis by Youssef BA, PANA correspondent)
28 august 2020 - 00:05:42Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Libyans, long time bothered by insecurity caused by 14 months of war, have over the past [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: UNICEF says 1 in 3 children missed out on remote learning when pandemic shuttered schools
27 august 2020 - 05:06:04New York, US (PANA) - For at least 463 million children whose schools closed due to COVID-19, “there was no [...] Full text...
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Ethiopia Telcoms targets 51% growth in mobile phone services
26 august 2020 - 21:37:16Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopian Telecommunications, which has remained a monopoly in its market, expects a 13% growth in [...] Full text...
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Int'l solidarity campaign mounting for the release of Algerian journalist, Khaled Drareni
18 august 2020 - 14:37:50Paris, France (PANA) - The international support committee for Algerian journalist, Khaled Drareni, who was sentenced on Monday 10 August [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Pandemic ‘inflicting multiple shocks’ on the young, says ILO
12 august 2020 - 04:43:21Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, more than 70 per cent of students have been shut out [...] Full text...
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AfDB grants CFAF 155.3 billion for Congo-Cameroon interconnection works
10 august 2020 - 16:32:53Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese Minister of Posts, Telecommunications and the Digital Economy, Léon Juste Ibombo, on Saturday launched [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Survey says incomes of 22 million Ghana households reduced due to pandemic
01 august 2020 - 06:27:40Accra, Ghana (PANA) - A survey by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has revealed that some 22 million Ghanaians had [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Airtel Africa Q1 net slumps 57% on-year under pandemic
25 july 2020 - 10:27:13Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Bharti Airtel’s Africa has reported a 57% on-year drop in net profit to $57 [...] Full text...
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Tunisia: Dozens of dogs savagely killed in their refuge
24 july 2020 - 00:02:57Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A horrible video showing dozens of dogs being savagely massacred in the Tunisian southern city of [...] Full text...
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Mauritius wants to get out of EU tax haven blacklist
23 july 2020 - 13:33:29Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International Trade minister, Mr Nandcoomar Bodha, on Thursday said [...] Full text...
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Rights experts call on Tanzania to end ‘crackdown’ on civic space
23 july 2020 - 05:42:16Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - UN-appointed independent rights experts said on Wednesday that Tanzania should allow peaceful gatherings to [...] Full text...
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COVID-19: Internet user arrested in Mauritius for spreading false report on virus
20 july 2020 - 15:58:47Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - A 39-year-old Mauritian resident of Rose-Hill town, some 20 km south of the capital, Port Louis, [...] Full text...
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Indian Ocean Commission gets new Secretary-General
17 july 2020 - 17:22:21Ebène, Mauritius (PANA) - The Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) has got a new secretary-general. He is Vêlayoudom Marimoutou, former Rector [...] Full text...
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Rwanda budgets US$ 5 million for high-speed broadband in public schools
14 july 2020 - 20:27:03Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda plans to increase the Internet coverage rate of public secondary schools to 62% this year [...] Full text...
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Thousands demonstrate in Bamako to demand resignation of President Keita
10 july 2020 - 23:34:43Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Thousands of Malians again took to the streets of Bamako to demand the resignation of Malian [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Togolese students to fully return to classrooms
10 july 2020 - 18:39:12Lomé, Togo (PANA) - After online courses, introduced in May to enable higher education students to catch up with lectures [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: 'Bob Marley's song, One Love, to support children during Covid-19' - UNICEF
10 july 2020 - 18:25:43New York, US (PANA) - The iconic Bob Marley's song, One Love, is to be re-released with the blessing of [...] Full text...
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Nigerian govt. ordered to repeal or amend its law on cybercrime
10 july 2020 - 16:32:58Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Court of Justice has ordered the Federal Republic of Nigeria to repeal or amend [...] Full text...
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Burkinabè politicians reject postponement of legislative elections
10 july 2020 - 16:19:44Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - At their meeting on Friday with the the Minister of Territorial Administration and Decentralization, Siméon [...] Full text...
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COVID-19: Pandemic has caused an “education crisis” - Expert
10 july 2020 - 13:04:04Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - An "education crisis" has plagued students the world over during the first half of 2020, and [...] Full text...
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WHO partners with Facebook to provide data-free COVID-19 info
10 july 2020 - 05:10:12Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has partnered with Facebook and South Africa-based Praekelt.org to provide [...] Full text...
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COVID-19: Digital technologies could help Uganda’s economy recover faster - Report
09 july 2020 - 05:03:57Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – Uganda’s real gross domestic product (GDP) growth in 2020 is projected to be between 0.4 and 1.7% compared to 5.6% in 2019, [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso: Report of MPs proposing postponement of parliamentarian elections handed to President Kabore
09 july 2020 - 00:05:18Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkinabe parliamentarians Wednesday handed over to President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré a proposal to postpone [...] Full text...
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Data-driven advisory services are key for Africa’s agricultural development - AfDB
08 july 2020 - 14:37:13Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - What are some of the barriers preventing small farmers in Africa from adopting digital advisory [...] Full text...
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Covid-19: UNCTAD equipping East African women digital entrepreneurs with skills to thrive
07 july 2020 - 12:31:14Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Advocates from ‘UNCTAD’s eTrade for Women initiative’ are working hard to ensure women digital [...] Full text...
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UNESCO urges caution over fraudulent African artefacts sold in its name
02 july 2020 - 06:23:03Paris, France (PANA) - The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has revealed the existence of an illicit trafficking [...] Full text...
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Violent protests intensify in Ethiopia after popular singer's killing
30 june 2020 - 23:01:51Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Violence broke out in three major cities in Ethiopia - Addis Ababa, Dire Dawa and [...] Full text...
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Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe reverses suspension on all mobile money transactions
28 june 2020 - 10:33:00Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya Friday reversed the ban on all mobile money [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe ban on trading of stocks and mobile money transactions to have dire economic consequences (Analysis by Correspondent Tatira Zwinoira)
27 june 2020 - 19:26:18Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe government on Saturday took the unprecedented move to ban trading on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange [...] Full text...
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2017 internet shutdown: ECOWAS Court holds Togo govt. liable for violation of Citizens’ Freedom of Expression
26 june 2020 - 16:44:07Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Community Court of Justice has ordered the Togolese government to pay 16 million CFA [...] Full text...
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COVID-19 accelerates greater trade coordination in East Africa
26 june 2020 - 13:09:58Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Training positions East African trade facilitation committees to work more closely and in a [...] Full text...
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40% of poorest countries did not provide specific support to disadvantaged learners during COVID-19 crisis - UNESCO report
23 june 2020 - 17:31:49Paris, France (PANA) - Fewer than 10% of countries have laws that help ensure full inclusion in education, according to [...] Full text...
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Commonwealth launches webinar series to counter violent extremism
22 june 2020 - 13:57:00Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - A webinar series has been launched by the Commonwealth Secretariat in London, UK, to [...] Full text...
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Tunisia denounces humiliation of Tunisian migrants in Italian detention center
20 june 2020 - 17:22:32Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian diplomatic authorities on Saturday reacted angrily to the broadcast of a video showing that Tunisian [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: DR Congo people advised to draw lessons from pandemic
18 june 2020 - 23:42:02Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Ambassador André-Alain Atundu Liongo, communicator of the political platform, Common front for Congo (FCC), Thursday [...] Full text...
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Torturers of group of Egyptian workers in Libya arrested -Interior Ministry
17 june 2020 - 23:17:00Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan ministry of Interior of the government of national accord (GNA) Wednesday announced the arrest [...] Full text...
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EU adopts conclusions on preventing, countering terrorism and violent extremism
16 june 2020 - 12:29:45Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Council on Tuesday adopted conclusions reiterating its unwavering commitment to protecting EU citizens against [...] Full text...
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Cote d’Ivoire facilitates identification of Ivorians for next presidential election
11 june 2020 - 13:13:35Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - A few months before the presidential election scheduled for October in Côte d'Ivoire, the Ivorian [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Pandemic leading to ‘desperately unequal’ learning levels, says UNICEF
05 june 2020 - 05:29:03New York, US (PANA) - With nearly 1.2 billion children out of school due to the COVID-19 pandemic, inherent inequalities [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: University of Botswana fast tracks e-learning and teaching
04 june 2020 - 09:34:31Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - As part of measures to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on teaching and learning, University of [...] Full text...
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US names Zimbabwe as one of its main 'foreign adversaries'
01 june 2020 - 06:21:56Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The United States has named Zimbabwe among foreign adversaries who are trying to stoke the current [...] Full text...
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Tunisia: President Kais Saied extends state of emergency from 30 May
29 may 2020 - 20:49:37Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian president, Kais Saied, Friday extended by six months the state of emergency all over [...] Full text...
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COVID-19: Digital applications offer hope for post-lockdown banking in Africa
28 may 2020 - 15:42:04Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Banking and financial services in most of Africa have been affected deeply with the coronavirus-induced economic [...] Full text...
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UNESCO, telco partners step up free online education access
27 may 2020 - 17:32:54Paris, France (PANA) - Major mobile telephone operators that are part of UNESCO’s Global Education Coalition have stepped up efforts [...] Full text...
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Mali Basketball Federation, FIBA-Africa organize May 27-28 training course for photographers
27 may 2020 - 14:22:04Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian Basketball Federation (FMBB) and FIBA Africa are organizing a training course for Malian photographers [...] Full text...
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Burundi's ruling party heads to overwhelming victory in 20 May triple polls
22 may 2020 - 16:00:24Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi's National Council for the Defence of Democracy/Forces for the Defence of Democracy (CNDD-FDD) ruling party [...] Full text...
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RSF denounces general blackout of independent information during Burundi's presidential election
21 may 2020 - 18:07:00Paris, France (PANA) - Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has denounced a general blackout of independent information with social networks in [...] Full text...
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Election results still expected in Burundi
21 may 2020 - 17:33:46Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Reports say that the results of the May 20, 2020, presidential, legislative and communal elections are [...] Full text...
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Voting ends without "major incidents" in Burundi
20 may 2020 - 18:01:52Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Incidents of widespread breakdown of social networks, some delays in the opening of polling stations and [...] Full text...
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COVID-19: Africa must act now to avoid a catastrophe, say rights chiefs
20 may 2020 - 13:38:18Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – Human rights chiefs from the United Nations and the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights [...] Full text...
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Benin experiences significant growth in Internet penetration
19 may 2020 - 17:55:27Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin experienced significant growth in Internet penetration between 2016 and 2019, said Mrs. Aurélie Adam Soulé [...] Full text...
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France: Doctor Denis Mukwege calls on Africa not to drop arms against Covid-19
14 may 2020 - 22:47:35Paris, France (PANA) - The 2018 Nobel Peace Laureate, Congolese Doctor Denis Mukwege, Thursday commended the African continent for resisting [...] Full text...
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COVID-19 in Africa: Challenges and opportunities (By Paul Ejime (PANA Guest Writer)
12 may 2020 - 10:47:38Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - That the COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted the world to the extent of defining how humans [...] Full text...
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Five killed, 27 wounded in new bombardments on residential districts in Tripoli
06 may 2020 - 22:44:24Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Five persons were killed and 27 others, including three children, wounded in bombardments targeting districts in [...] Full text...
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Gambian activist says “elites capture state power”
06 may 2020 - 17:22:19Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Madi Jobarteh, one of Gambia’s leading activists, on Wednesday expressed disquiet over the governance situation and [...] Full text...
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World Press Freedom Day: EU pays tribute to journalism for fostering transparency, accountability in societies
02 may 2020 - 08:56:27Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Union (EU), on occasion of World Press Freedom Day, observed annually on 3 May, [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Chinese deputy envoy to Zimbabwe torches storm after taking a dig at the UK
24 april 2020 - 20:47:20Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Chinese deputy ambassador to Zimbabwe, Zhao Baogang, Friday torched a diplomatic storm by saying no Zimbabwean [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: ECOWAS leaders stress containment, prevention and fight against pandemic
24 april 2020 - 07:17:14Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - West African leaders on Wednesday stressed that the containment, prevention and fight against COVID-19 (coronavirus) remain [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO chief warns that it's still ‘a long way to go’ in pandemic battle
23 april 2020 - 04:30:12Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned against complacency as countries continue to [...] Full text...
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Press freedom in Sudan witnesses minor improvement
21 april 2020 - 23:04:09Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan’s press freedom record has improved by 16 points, up from its 175 ranking in 2019, [...] Full text...
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COVID-19 pandemic bolsters case for technology-based economic resilience
17 april 2020 - 18:39:54Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a devastating impact globally, the African continent, while [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: UN chief calls for greater protection for children caught up in COVID-19 crisis
16 april 2020 - 19:34:01New York, US (PANA) - The looming global recession resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic could cause hundreds of thousands of [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Malian govt. initiates distance education for students at home
16 april 2020 - 16:45:01Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian government has initiated a mode of distance education to keep students occupied and maintain [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Online predators put millions of children at risk during lockdown
15 april 2020 - 06:20:58New York, US (PANA) - Self-isolation has driven more and more children to move online during the COVID-19 (cononavirus) pandemic, [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Arab cities are leaving no one behind
11 april 2020 - 19:11:06Paris, France (PANA) - The COVID-19 crisis is currently sparing no region, and in response to its outbreak, member cities [...] Full text...
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Tunisia: Slight drop in prices of petroleum products
07 april 2020 - 13:52:32Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia'n Ministry of Energy, Mines and Energy Transition on Monday announced a slight decrease in retail [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: President Macky Sall pays tribute to former Olympique de Marseille president
01 april 2020 - 16:56:02Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - "I pay tribute to this great figure of sport, this committed and influential football leader," tweeted [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: UNESCO rallies support to ensure that learning never stops
30 march 2020 - 10:35:02Paris, France (PANA) - The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) says it is launching a global education coalition to [...] Full text...
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Peacekeeping radio station provides COVID-19 information to vulnerable communities in South Sudan
28 march 2020 - 08:44:29Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - UN Peacekeeping radio stations are playing a vital role – getting information to vulnerable communities [...] Full text...
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UN human rights office concerned by information shutdown in Ethiopia
27 march 2020 - 18:55:27Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said Friday it is very [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: No case of coronavirus recorded in Burundi, says Health ministry
25 march 2020 - 23:51:30Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) – In a new communiqué issued Wednesday, the Burundi ministry of Public health has reaffirmed that the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus kills popular Cameroonian musician, Manu Dibango
25 march 2020 - 19:36:45Paris, France (PANA) - Several radio stations broadcasting in France, including RFI, FIP and France Musique, as well as the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Zimbabwe announces third positive case
24 march 2020 - 20:51:56Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Zimbabwe government has announced its third confirmed case for the coronavirus (COVID-19), a man who [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: UN chief calls for global ceasefire to focus on ‘the true fight of our lives’
24 march 2020 - 06:00:06New York, US (PANA) - In an appeal issued on Monday, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged warring parties across the world to [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Tunisia deploys soldiers to enforce stay-at-home order
23 march 2020 - 20:33:37Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian President Kaïs Saied on Monday ordered the deployment of soldiers across the country to compel [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Insecurity, the biggest threat to the pandemic in Libya (News analysis by Youssef BA, PANA correspondent)
23 march 2020 - 07:25:52Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – War-torn Libya has still yet to announce a positive case of COVID-19, which remains a 'mystery'. But [...] Full text...
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Mauritania: Subscribers sigh relief as the Internet is restored
17 march 2020 - 16:05:18Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Internet subscribers in Mauritania are back online after nearly three weeks of deprivation. "Dear customer, we inform [...] Full text...
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No case of coronavirus in Mauritius - Ministry of Health
10 march 2020 - 19:04:17Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian ministry of Health and Well-being on Tuesday said that so far, no case of [...] Full text...
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Rights group calls for restoration of internet, phone services in Ethiopia's Oromia region
09 march 2020 - 06:34:18Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Human Rights Watch, a human rights watchdog, has asked the Ethiopian government to immediately lift the shutdown of [...] Full text...
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Solar firm, Azuri, scores high in fastest growing European company ranking
04 march 2020 - 19:51:28Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Azuri Technologies, a pioneer in pay-as-you-go solar home solutions for off-grid Africa, has been ranked the [...] Full text...
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Mauritanians without Internet access for 48 hours
28 february 2020 - 14:21:58Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Thousands of Mauritanians have been deprived of Internet access for nearly 48 hours, PANA learnt on [...] Full text...
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Gabon Telecom sees subscriber level rising
27 february 2020 - 19:35:02Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - Fixed-line and mobile operator Gabon Telecom, a subsidiary of Maroc Telecom Group, announced in Libreville on [...] Full text...
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Tunisia: Five teachers of same school die in road accident
26 february 2020 - 01:12:11Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Five female teachers were killed Tuesday in a road accident near Kasserine, a region of the [...] Full text...
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Libya Internet rates cut by 50% from March 1
20 february 2020 - 15:39:08Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan General Office for Communications and Information Technology of the Government of National Accord has [...] Full text...
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Senegalese president suspends purchase of service vehicles
20 february 2020 - 13:03:04Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegalese President Macky Sall has suspended with immediate effect, "until further notice", all acquisitions of service [...] Full text...
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Libyans condemn Egyptian interference in Libya's internal affairs
18 february 2020 - 17:39:22Tripoli Libya (PANA) - The overwhelming majority of Libyan public opinion has vigorously condemned the various forms of continuous external [...] Full text...
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Haftar forces bomb Tripoli seaport
18 february 2020 - 16:38:47Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - In continuation of the violation of the truce in the Libyan conflict, forces loyal to Marshal [...] Full text...
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AfDB getting Africans ready for the fourth industrial revolution
16 february 2020 - 09:43:04Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) will hold a workshop on the ability of the emerging [...] Full text...
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Burundi celebrates international radio day
13 february 2020 - 21:10:16Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA - International Radio Day was celebrated here Thursday with different speakers acknowledging the increasing role of new [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso to alleviate suffering of its students in China due to coronavirus outbreak
07 february 2020 - 05:44:07Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – The Burkinabè Prime Minister, Christophe Joseph Marie Dabiré, on Thursday said that emergency measures will [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Chinese suspected of the disease confined in Burkina Faso
06 february 2020 - 23:13:09Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - A Chinese who recently returned from his country and was suspected of being infected by [...] Full text...
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UN chief Guterres warns against stigmatization in coronavirus outbreak
04 february 2020 - 19:49:07Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has taken steps to ensure that the coronavirus epidemic that has [...] Full text...
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Azuri makes 2020 Global Cleantech 100 list
29 january 2020 - 17:51:50Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Azuri Technologies, a leading provider of pay-as-you-go solar home solutions for off-grid Africa, has been named [...] Full text...
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Former Burkinabe FM Djibrill Bassolé evacuated to France for treatment
29 january 2020 - 11:14:34Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Former Burkina Faso Foreign Minister, Gendarmerie General Djibril Bassolé, who was sentenced to 10 years [...] Full text...
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Standard Chartered urges private investment to boost UN enrichment plan
21 january 2020 - 23:48:57Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide an opportunity for the private sector to make investments, [...] Full text...
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Ugandan tax body pushes for social media tax to be included in data fees
14 january 2020 - 21:05:29Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – Uganda Revenue Authority, the body charged with collecting taxes in the country, is pushing for the [...] Full text...
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Benin to set up fibre optic school
12 january 2020 - 13:52:54Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin is planning to set up a school of fibre in order to compensate for the [...] Full text...
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Internet disruptions reported in volatile Oromia region in Ethiopia
08 january 2020 - 23:51:25Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Residents of Wollega in the vast Oromia region straddling the capital, Addis Ababa, have decried [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Survey shows Rwanda's largest business activity in formal sector is manufacturing
08 january 2020 - 15:57:56Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda's leading business activity in the formal sector is manufacturing, employing around 15.9% of all workers, [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Large condemnation n of Saturday’s attack against Tripoli military academy
05 january 2020 - 16:09:25Tripoli Libya (PANA) - A large majority of Libyans Sunday strongly condemned and expressed anger at the air bombardment carried [...] Full text...
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Mauritania applies financial sanctions against telephone operators
01 january 2020 - 16:23:57Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority in Mauritania has applied financial penalties against three mobile operators, also internet [...] Full text...
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End-year analysis: Social media, smart phones: tsunami that brought down Sudan's president Bashir (By Mohamed Osman)
27 december 2019 - 09:46:21Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – You cannot have a better personification of the saying, “Trust the tale not the teller.” Government officials in [...] Full text...
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Mali: DIRPA condemns use of truncated images on armed forces
26 december 2019 - 17:31:49Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Directorate of Information and Public Relations of the army (DIRPA) has condemned the use of [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe's mobile money transactions nearly double in Q3 of 2019
20 december 2019 - 00:20:36Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Mobile money transactions grew 91 percent to ZWL$11,888,760,224 (US$695.65 million) in the third quarter of 2019 [...] Full text...
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South Sudan delegation to study Botswana's communications sector fund
18 december 2019 - 12:11:00Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The Botswana Communications Regulatory Authority (BOCRA) has hosted a delegation from South Sudan which is on a [...] Full text...
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UNESCO adds 'Morna of Cabo Verde' to the list of the intangible heritage of humanity
12 december 2019 - 17:41:02Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - The Morna, a truly Cape Verdean musical genre, was on Wednesday officially included on the [...] Full text...
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Two Botswana Railways crew members die in train accident
10 december 2019 - 18:33:29Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana Railways has confirmed the death of its crew members died in a train accident between [...] Full text...
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Car bomb explodes near military camp in western Libya
09 december 2019 - 23:28:02Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A car exploded on Monday evening near the military camp of Zaouia, 55 km west of [...] Full text...
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Gambians can address widening inequalities in transformative capabilities
09 december 2019 - 20:57:55Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambians joined the rest of the world in launching the Global Human Development Report, which examined [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Nigeria, US disagree over re-arrest of US-based publisher and activist
08 december 2019 - 20:55:28Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian presidency and the United States of America (USA) Sunday disagreed over the re-arrest of [...] Full text...
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Partnerships key to taking landlocked countries out of poverty: Guterres
06 december 2019 - 05:49:59New York, US (PANA) - The challenges faced by landlocked developing countries (LLDCs), some of the poorest in the world, [...] Full text...
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Mauritius launches campaign to sensitize the public on environmental tidiness
05 december 2019 - 13:51:11Belle-Mare, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Environment minister Kavydass Ramano on Thursday launched a pre-festive clean-up campaign on the beach at [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Libyan newspapers focus on challenges in oilfields and AU's failure to name successor to Salamé
01 december 2019 - 10:45:12Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan newspapers this week made wide coverage of questions about the challenges posed by oilfields in [...] Full text...
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The Libyan war increases suffering of thousands of displaced populations -Analysis
29 november 2019 - 22:14:10Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The war launched by Marshal Khalifa Haftar on 4 April 2019 to take control of Tripoli [...] Full text...
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World Television Day celebrates an integral part of modern life
21 november 2019 - 05:34:56New York, US (PANA) - Seven decades of United Nations’ work in developing new standards and systems for broadcasting are [...] Full text...
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RSF worried about deteriorating health of Cameroonian journalist Amadou Vamoulke
20 november 2019 - 20:01:45Paris, France (PANA) - Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on Wednesday expressed extreme concern over the continuing deterioration of the health [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso: Newspaper piracy worries media officials
18 november 2019 - 22:20:18Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkina Faso society of private press publishers (SEP) says it regrets the phenomenon of [...] Full text...
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Business intelligence body hails AU's free trade agreement
18 november 2019 - 12:03:52Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - If implemented, the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) will create a single market of over [...] Full text...
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Artificial intelligence lags behind in Botswana while cyber crime soars
15 november 2019 - 15:06:32Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The global technology landscape is growing at an exceedingly great extent, with fraud and identity theft [...] Full text...
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Botswana youth to get lifeline in investment
13 november 2019 - 19:05:55Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - In an attempt to leapfrog into the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), Botswana will be hosting the [...] Full text...
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Malagasy Axian Group and Emerging Capital Partners acquire 51% shares in Togocom
09 november 2019 - 13:18:09Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Malagasy Axian Group and Emerging Capital Partners (ECP, shareholder of Oragroup), have been given the green [...] Full text...
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ICC reaffirms request to Libyan authorities to hand over three personalities including Seif Al-Islam Kaddafi
06 november 2019 - 22:33:54Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Fatou Bensouda, Wednesday reaffirmed the request made by [...] Full text...
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Botswana finds different literacy levels a challenge in industrial revolution
06 november 2019 - 15:02:10Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Undeveloped value chains, different literacy levels in Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) are a major challenge in [...] Full text...
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Nigerian Senate introduces bill to regulate social media
06 november 2019 - 11:01:09Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Senate has introduced a bill to regulate the use of the social media, just [...] Full text...
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Burkinabe elected vice chair of the Internet Governance Advisory Committee
05 november 2019 - 15:22:38Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso's Jacques Rodrigue Ragnimpinda Guiguemde has been elected Vice Chair of the Internet Governance [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: US Embassy organises seminar for young people on cyber safety awareness
29 october 2019 - 19:33:46Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The US Embassy, Abuja offices of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) and the Information [...] Full text...
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Tunisian national football leqgue: Sfax-Esperance match marked with violence
28 october 2019 - 15:11:27Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The match between the Sfax Sports Club and Esperance Sports of Tunis in the Professional League [...] Full text...
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IHRDA & RFK Human express concern over attacks on civic rights in Africa
25 october 2019 - 21:35:04Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa (IHRDA) and the Robert F. Kennedy Human [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe Govt declares October 25 'Anti-Sanctions Day'
23 october 2019 - 05:41:45Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Zimbabwe government has declared 25 October, Anti-Sanctions Day, as it seeks to have international sanctions [...] Full text...
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Tunisia's president-elect calls for fight against ‘cancer’ of corruption
21 october 2019 - 20:57:31Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia’s president-elect, Kaïs be describing it as a ‘cancer’ that affected society. In a statement to the [...] Full text...
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Fuel prices increase in Burkina Faso
21 october 2019 - 19:01:53Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Effective From Monday, the liter of super 91 gasoline, which cost 657 CFA francs, goes [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso: Internet user arrested for inciting hatred and violence against Fulani people
20 october 2019 - 09:51:32Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - A Burkinabe Internet user was arrested following a publication in a Facebook group in which [...] Full text...
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Achieving broadband access for all in Africa comes with a $100bn price tag
17 october 2019 - 19:01:50Washington, US (PANA) - Across Africa, where less than a third of the population has access to broadband connectivity, achieving [...] Full text...
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Botswana launches fibre home internet connectivity
15 october 2019 - 15:37:45Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana's wholesale provider of national and international telecommunication infrastructure, BoFiNet has launched the Fibre to the [...] Full text...
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Two Europeans killed, one soldier wounded in Tunisia
14 october 2019 - 16:56:53Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Two Europeans, a German and a Frenchman, were killed on Sunday and Monday respectively, and a [...] Full text...
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Tunisian presidential candidates face-off in first televised debate
12 october 2019 - 14:48:32Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - For the first time in Tunisia and the Arab world, the two candidates in the second [...] Full text...
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Senegal to reintroduce entry visa for nationals outside ECOWAS zone
10 october 2019 - 23:35:22Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Senegalese government will restore entry visas for nationals non-member countries of the Economic Community of [...] Full text...
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UNICEF to use crypto currencies
09 october 2019 - 23:14:31New York, USA (PANA) - The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has launched a cryptocurrency fund which will be able [...] Full text...
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Countries urged to make ‘digital world’ safer for children
02 october 2019 - 05:35:25New York, US (PANA) - Rising Internet connectivity has the potential to transform children’s lives for the better, but also [...] Full text...
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More than 100 pct of children under five vaccinated in Niger – Ministry of Public Health
29 september 2019 - 19:10:31Niamey, Niger (PANA) - More than 100 percent of children from zero to five months have been vaccinated in a [...] Full text...
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More than 2,000 arrested in Egyptian crackdown
29 september 2019 - 11:50:56Cairo, Egypt (PANA) – The Egyptian authorities have arrested nearly 2,000 people in a sweeping nationwide crackdown following anti-government protests that [...] Full text...
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Haftar's jet fighter targets site near downtown Tripoli
27 september 2019 - 13:46:39Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - An airstrike on Friday caused a powerful explosion that shook central Tripoli and its echoes were [...] Full text...
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In ‘world of disquiet’, UN must deliver for the people, Guterres tells General Assembly
25 september 2019 - 06:26:46New York, US (PANA) - We are living in “a world of disquiet”, the United Nations chief told the High-level [...] Full text...
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Tunisia hit by scourge of counterfeit drugs, despite government control of pharmaceutical sector
21 september 2019 - 15:09:51Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia's drug industry is strategic and a central pillar of the country's health system. The North African [...] Full text...
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Botswana is prime pilot candidate for EU’s Cyber Resilience for Development Project
21 september 2019 - 14:29:06Gaborone, Botswana (PANA)- Botswana has been selected for the European Union's (EU) Cyber Resilience for Development, known as Cyber4Dev Project, [...] Full text...
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Women confront challenges in mining sector
20 september 2019 - 13:14:30Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Women from the value chain of mining across Southern Africa in conjunction with the Botswana Ministry [...] Full text...
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Rwanda seeks to address key challenge in distribution of high quality drugs (Feature by Aimable Twahirwa, PANA Correspondent)
16 september 2019 - 11:19:28Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Reports of substandard medicines in Rwanda from China and India have drawn attention to one thing: [...] Full text...
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