Rights group lauds Sierra Leone's decision to allow pregnant girls or mothers to attend school

01 april 2020 - 09:49:00
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Human Rights Watch has lauded the decision of the Sierra Leone government to allow girls who are [...] Full text...

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UN appeals to all Somalis to ‘come together’ in fight against COVID-19

01 april 2020 - 08:52:39
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - Like most countries in the world, Somalia is facing the unparalleled challenge of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: UN launches plan that could ‘defeat the virus and build a better world’

01 april 2020 - 05:31:45
New York, US (PANA) - The UN chief launched on Tuesday a new plan to counter the potentially devastating socio-economic [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Lockdown extended by two weeks in Tunisia

31 march 2020 - 22:33:01
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – The general health confinement decreed in Tunisia to combat the spread of the Coronavirus was extended [...] Full text...

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WHO sets guidelines for maintaining essential health services during the COVID-19 pandemic

31 march 2020 - 18:31:51
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – As the COVID-19 pandemic strains health systems worldwide,. the rapidly increasing demand on health facilities and [...] 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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Nigeria: Abuja, Lagos, Ogun States roads, streets deserted over COVID-19 movement restrictions

31 march 2020 - 15:53:56
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Roads and streets in Nigeria’s capital of Abuja, its commercial capital Lagos and neighbouring Ogun State  [...] Full text...

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Lightning kills at least two people in Rwanda

31 march 2020 - 14:04:47
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - At least two people were killed by lightning in Rwanda's North Western district of Rubavu on [...] Full text...

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U.S. reiterates its support to Libya in combating coronavirus pandemic

31 march 2020 - 13:38:58
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - United States Ambassador to Libya, Richard Norland, has reaffirmed his country's support for the efforts of [...] Full text...

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Libyan oil company deplores US$3.8 billion losses in the face of COVID-19

31 march 2020 - 12:43:38
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan National Oil Company (NOC) says that the sector recorded a US$3.808 billion shortfall, due [...] Full text...

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Two ex-Ghana Black Stars players pass on

31 march 2020 - 11:14:11
Accra-Ghana (PANA) – Two ex-internationals and players of Ghana’s Black Stars, the senior national football team, Opoku Afriyie and Kwasi [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Uganda's Museveni declares 14-daylong lockdown to battle coronavirus spread

31 march 2020 - 02:02:26
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni announced a total lockdown for 14 days on Monday to combat the [...] Full text...

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Libya: NOC welcomes release of two of its staff abducted for 19 months

31 march 2020 - 00:01:45
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The Managing Committee of the Libyan National Oil Company (NOC) has welcomed the release of two [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: $2.5 trillion rescue package needed for world’s emerging economies, says UNCTAD

30 march 2020 - 17:55:20
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The economic fallout from COVID-19 (coronavirus) is likely to get “much worse” before it gets better [...] Full text...

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IGAD leaders agree joint strategy to handle coronavirus pandemic

30 march 2020 - 17:14:53
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Member states of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) have agreed to forge a joint approach [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Nigerian military to lead enforcement of lockdown of two staes, federal capital

30 march 2020 - 12:46:28
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian Armed Forces announced on Monday that it will implement the lockdown orders given by [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Nigeria shuts down of two States and federal capital

30 march 2020 - 06:51:19
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday night announced a lockdown of Lagos and Ogun States and the [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: President Barrow orders public transport in Gambia to cut down passenger load

28 march 2020 - 18:33:47
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Declaring a state of public emergency throughout The Gambia, President  Adama Barrow has ordered all public [...] Full text...

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Peacekeeping radio station provides COVID-19 information to vulnerable communities in South Sudan

28 march 2020 - 08:44:29
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - UN Peacekeeping radio stations are playing a vital role – getting information to vulnerable communities [...] Full text...

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Togolese government authorized to take exceptional measures in fighting coronavirus

28 march 2020 - 07:08:27
Lomé, Togo (PANA) – The Togolese Parliament on Friday authorized the government to take exceptional measures to combat the coronavirus [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Ghana's president announces lockdown of some cities

28 march 2020 - 06:51:30
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has ordered the lockdown of three cities and two townships, [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Zimbabwe announces 21-day lockdown as confirmed COVID-19 cases rises to seven

27 march 2020 - 23:52:22
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa has declared a 21-day lockdown starting on Monday as the number of [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Journalist Dominique Aliziou, first case of death linked to COVID-19 in Togo

27 march 2020 - 22:56:23
Lomé, Togo (PANA) – The publication manager of the weekly newspaper, Chronique de la semaine, Dominique Aliziou, died ON Friday [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Congo records 15 new cases for a total of 19

27 march 2020 - 22:50:48
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – The total number of people contaminated by the Covid-19 in the Republic of Congo rose from [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: US warns Haftar to suspend offensive against Tripoli in favour of fight against COVID-19

27 march 2020 - 22:44:07
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - "Without strong and unified response, the new Coronavirus epidemic could spread fast in Libya, creating a [...] Full text...

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Washington calls for an end to military operations in Libya

27 march 2020 - 22:11:23
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United States has announced its opposition to the continued fighting in Tripoli during the week, [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: UN Security Council concerned about military escalation in Libya, the potential impact of COVID-19

27 march 2020 - 22:05:53
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Members of the UN Security Council have expressed concern over the massive escalation of hostilities in [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: BOAD grants 120 billion CFAF loan to WAEMU member countries

27 march 2020 - 21:47:04
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - The West African Development Bank (BOAD) has granted a concessional loan of 120 billion CFA francs [...] Full text...

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UN human rights office concerned by information shutdown in Ethiopia

27 march 2020 - 18:55:27
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said Friday it is very [...] Full text...

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Moscow calls for humanitarian truce, cessation of hostilities in Libya

27 march 2020 - 18:12:15
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Russia has called for an immediate cessation of hostilities in Libya, a ceasefire and humanitarian truce, [...] Full text...

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Lassa fever death roll climbs to 173 in Nigeria

27 march 2020 - 17:43:22
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - As the world focuses attention on Coronavirus (COVID-19), the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has [...] Full text...

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Nigeria designates 17 military hospitals, 37 youth camps as COVID-19 isolation centres

27 march 2020 - 17:12:32
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) –  Readying for escalation of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Nigerian military on Friday announced that it [...] Full text...

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Libyans puzzled over settlement of their country's crisis

27 march 2020 - 14:37:51
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Three days after Libya recorded its first confirmed case of coronavirus infection in the midst of [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Mauritania suspends Friday collective prayers

27 march 2020 - 11:58:56
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Friday afternoon collective prayers have been suspended throughout Mauritania with immediate effect to prevent and control [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Tunisia reaches 204 confirmed cases

27 march 2020 - 01:43:00
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – The number of coronavirus cases in Tunisia has reached 204, the minister of Health, Abdelattif Mekki, [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Zimbabwe govt reintroduces the US dollar due to COVID-19

26 march 2020 - 21:26:19
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Zimbabwe government has brought back the use of the US dollar for transactions after banning [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Two Rwandans stranded at Nairobi airport in Kenya

26 march 2020 - 20:42:28
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) -  Kenyan authorities have imposed a quarantine on more than 60 travellers, including two Rwandan nationals who [...] Full text...

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Nigeria may ban inter-State, inter-town trips to avert further spread of COVID-19

26 march 2020 - 19:06:13
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – With the current figure of confirmed cases of Nigerians afflicted with the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic at [...] Full text...

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Libyan PM hails response to violations of truce by rival government

26 march 2020 - 12:25:58
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj on Wednesday lauded forces of the Government of National Accord (GNA) [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Ghana's confirmed cases up to 132 with three deaths

26 march 2020 - 12:01:06
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Ghana Health Service (GHS) on Thursday announced that the country's confirmed cases of COVID-19 (coronavirus) [...] Full text...

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UN calls for immediate de-escalation in Libya to focus on fighting coronavirus

26 march 2020 - 10:13:47
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) on Wednesday evening called on the warring parties [...] Full text...

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Somalia to receive debt relief under enhanced HIPC initiative - IMF

26 march 2020 - 06:22:09
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank's International Development Association (IDA) say that Somalia [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: World Bank, IMF call for suspension of debt payment from IDA countries

26 march 2020 - 05:50:53
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The World Bank Group (WBG) and International Monetary Fund (IMF) have called on all official bilateral [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: No case of coronavirus recorded in Burundi, says Health ministry

25 march 2020 - 23:51:30
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) – In a new communiqué issued Wednesday, the Burundi ministry of Public health has reaffirmed that the [...] Full text...

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Four wounded as attacks on Tripoli continue

25 march 2020 - 20:41:16
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Four people, including two Tunisian nationals, were wounded after the bombing on the zone of al-Sbia, [...] Full text...

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Kenya reduces taxes to ease coronavirus impact

25 march 2020 - 20:40:48
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - President Uhuru Kenyatta announced drastic measures in the state clampdown to restore public health order in [...] Full text...

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Libya: GNA forces announce capture of airbase from LNA

25 march 2020 - 14:01:45
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan forces allied to the Government of National Accord (GNA) on Wednesday announced the takeover of [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Nigeria Army suspends all projected events, to enforce restriction of movement

25 march 2020 - 12:50:21
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigeria Army says it is to enforce the policy of restriction of movement and compulsory [...] Full text...

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Nigerian military confirms killing of troops in northeast region, but disputes figures

25 march 2020 - 06:58:20
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian military has confirmed the killing of dozens its troops by Boko Haram terrorists in [...] Full text...

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Top UN official in Libya condemns Tripoli bombardments

25 march 2020 - 06:25:52
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The top UN official in Libya, Stephanie Williams, on Tuesday condemned the repeated bombardment of the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: African FMs seek IMF, WB debt repayment break to handle coronavirus

25 march 2020 - 00:55:16
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African Finance Ministers have called on the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) [...] Full text...

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Somalia cleared for foreign bank loans after debt relief

25 march 2020 - 00:47:22
Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA) - Somalia has cleared its debts to the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group and would be [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Zimbabwe announces third positive case

24 march 2020 - 20:51:56
Harare, 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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Fayez al-Sarraj denounces hate speech, violence on Libyan TV channels

24 march 2020 - 20:46:39
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The chairman of the presidential council of the Libyan Government of National Accord, Fayez al-Sarraj, has [...] Full text...

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EU sets Euros 123.5 million aside to prop up Gabon's health system

24 march 2020 - 16:22:00
Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - The European Union will release 123,500,000 euros to support Gabon’s health system, the EU announced on [...] Full text...

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Libyan oil production drops further to 95,837 bpd

24 march 2020 - 14:12:08
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's crude oil production has dropped to 95,837 barrels per day, the National Oil Company (NOC) [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Tokyo Olympic Games postponed for one year

24 march 2020 - 13:00:10
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games have been postponed for one year due to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: KLM given green light to fly Rwandans stranded in Europe back home

24 march 2020 - 08:13:03
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The Rwanda authorities have given the green light to KLM to fly back home its nationals [...] Full text...

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IMF approves US$47.1 million credit for Gambia to deal with COVID-19,external shocks

24 march 2020 - 07:42:09
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a US$47.1 million Extended Credit [...] 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 - 06:00:06
New 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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3 killed, including two foreign workers, in Tripoli bombardments

23 march 2020 - 22:52:33
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Three persons, two of them members of the foreign workforce in Libya, were killed as the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus and Climate Change: Observing World Water Day

23 march 2020 - 21:12:25
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - As the world celebrates World Water Day, an estimated 400 million people in Africa still lack [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Zimbabwe to close its borders to curb possible COVID-19 infections

23 march 2020 - 20:40:15
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe will close its borders to human traffic, in a raft of measures announced on Monday [...] Full text...

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Pass the message: Five steps to kicking out coronavirus

23 march 2020 - 18:49:40
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - FIFA, the international governing body of football, and the World Health Organization (WHO) have teamed up [...] Full text...

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Zambia: Amnesty International, SADC Lawyers call for lifting of the ban on Zambian lawyer

23 march 2020 - 16:21:42
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Zambian authorities must immediately and unconditionally reinstate lawyer John Sangwa and allow him to practise in [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Finance ministers warn of 'major, adverse' COVID-19 implications for Africa

23 march 2020 - 15:29:06
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) – African Finance ministers have warnrd of ‘major and adverse’ implications of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic for [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Botswana soldiers recalled to barracks

23 march 2020 - 14:49:44
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana Defence Force (BDF) has recalled all soldiers on leave or off-duty "to report to their [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Zimbabwe announces its first death

23 march 2020 - 12:57:18
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe has its first coronavirus (COVID-19) death after the second person who tested positive for the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Mauritania denies media reports of one death

23 march 2020 - 10:43:36
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian government has denied media reports of a death of a coronavirus patient in the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: DR Congo suspends cabinet meetings

23 march 2020 - 05:41:02
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) – DR Congo Senior Minister, minister of Communication and Media, Jolino Makelele, on Sunday announced that [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Kenya suspends flights as cases rise to 15

22 march 2020 - 21:59:22
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Eight more people have tested positive for coronavirus in Kenya, raising the number of confirmed cases [...] Full text...

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Lifting of Agbéyomé Kodjo’s immunity, coronavirus dominate Togo media

22 march 2020 - 18:53:28
Lomé, Togo (PANA) – The lifting of the parliamentary immunity of former Prime Minister, Agbéyomé Kodjo, following his challenge of [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: US calls on Libyan leader to suspend military operations, deal with COVID-19 squarely

22 march 2020 - 14:44:26
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The U.S. State Department has called on "Libyan leaders to make the health of the Libyan [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Congo orders immediate closure of all borders until further notice

22 march 2020 - 14:36:12
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese Prime Minister, Clément Mouamba, on Saturday evening in Brazzaville, ordered the immediate closure of [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Zimbabwe's main opposition party, MDC, tells govt. to stop politicking

22 march 2020 - 13:41:43
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe’s main opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), has called on government to refrain [...] Full text...

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UN welcomes response by Libyan parties to calls for humanitarian pause

22 march 2020 - 08:02:06
New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations on Saturday welcomed the “positive responses” of Libya's Tripoli-based Government of National Accord [...] Full text...

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Insecurity, preparations against COVID-19 highlighted in Libyan media

21 march 2020 - 17:57:49
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Continued shelling of Tripoli and its outskirts in violation of a truce, as Libya prepares to [...] Full text...

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Italian Embassy welcomes Libyan govt's decision to observe humanitarian truce

21 march 2020 - 16:18:26
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Italian Embassy in Libya has welcomed the commitment of the Government of National Accord to [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: China willing to assist Libya to fight disease

21 march 2020 - 13:27:44
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The director of the Libyan National Centre for Disease Control, Badreddine al-Najjar, has said that China [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Burkina Faso takes new measures against COVID-19

20 march 2020 - 23:50:58
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – Burkina Faso president, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, in a televised address on Friday evening announced [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Zimbabwe announces first coronavirus case

20 march 2020 - 20:10:13
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe has announced its first confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) case. The news was unveiled late Friday night, in [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus epidemic deepens deadlock in resumption of political process in Libya

20 march 2020 - 20:07:12
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The raging Coronavirus is stalling the political process aimed at finding a solution to the Libyan [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: SAA suspends international flights until end of May

20 march 2020 - 19:10:36
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - State-owned South African Airways (SAA) has announced that it is immediately suspending all international flights [...] Full text...

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Covid-19: Gabon reports first death out of 4 patients declared positive

20 march 2020 - 17:22:19
Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - Gabon on Friday reported its first death due to Covid-19 infection, the spokesperson for the Monitoring [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Zambia’s central bank announces measures to mitigate impact of pandemic

20 march 2020 - 11:23:27
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – The Bank of Zambia (BOZ) announced on Friday that it has put in place a set [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Senegal strengthens measures against disease

20 march 2020 - 10:44:58
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Senegal has suspended the operation of all flights to and from its airports with immediate effect [...] Full text...

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UN, US welcome Presidential Council's call for cessation of hostilities in Libya

20 march 2020 - 00:53:10
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIl) and the Embassy of the United States welcomed [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Round table for the financing of infrastructure projects in Central Africa postponed

20 march 2020 - 00:19:07
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The round table for the financing of infrastructure projects in Central Africa, scheduled for March 19 [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus killed eight out of 82 confirmed cases in Algeria

20 march 2020 - 00:03:55
Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - Ten new cases of the coronavirus (Covid-19), including two deaths, were recorded on Thursday in Algeria, [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Gambia suspends flights from 13 countries

19 march 2020 - 23:44:29
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambian government has suspended flights from thirteen (13) countries and approved that individuals (Gambian and [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Buhari urges Nigerians to take precaution, avoid panic

19 march 2020 - 23:39:13
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday urged Nigerians to take all precautions and not to panic [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Buhari tasks military on "clinical finishing" of Boko Haram, ISWAP terrorists

19 march 2020 - 23:28:54
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday said that the Federal Government will ensure that permanent peace [...] Full text...

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Tunisia confirms 10 new cases of coronavirus

19 march 2020 - 18:28:14
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Ten new cases of coronavirus have been recorded in Tunisia, bringing the total number of people [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Buhari's daughter in isolation as a precaution against COVID-19

19 march 2020 - 17:41:09
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA)b– Nigeria’s First Lady Mrs Aisha Buhari on Thursday announced that one of her daughters who just arrived [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Zimbabwe President launches COVID-19 national response plan

19 march 2020 - 17:25:22
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa, officially launched a US$25 million National COVID-19 (coronavirus) Preparedness and Response Plan, [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: Libya closes Ras Jedir border crossing with Tunisia

19 march 2020 - 16:18:16
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Inbound and outbound traffic at Ras Jedir land border crossing shared with Tunisia, has been closed [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: South African cases soar to 116

19 march 2020 - 13:01:07
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday confirmed that the number of Covid-19 cases in the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Senegal records five new cases

18 march 2020 - 19:58:48
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Senegalese minister of Health and Social action, Abdoulaye Diouf Sarr, on Wednesday announced five new [...] Full text...

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Kenyan banks agree financial incentives to lessen impact of coronavirus

18 march 2020 - 17:54:46
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has agreed to a set of new measures with the [...] Full text...

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Guinea-Bissau closes its borders to keep off coronavirus

18 march 2020 - 15:18:00
Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - President  Umaro Sissoco Embalo of Guinea Bissau has ordered immediate closure of all land, air and [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Kenya records three new confirmed cases

18 march 2020 - 15:14:34
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Three more people have tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19) in Kenya, raising the confirmed cases to [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Mauritius to increase local food production in the face of virus

18 march 2020 - 13:00:15
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Agro-Industry and Food Security Minister Maneesh Gobin, on Wednesday, said that despite no case of [...] Full text...

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Ambassadors urge Libyan warring parties to observe humanitarian truce and focus on fight against COVID-19

17 march 2020 - 23:31:01
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The Algerian, French, German, Italian and Dutch, UK and US ambassadors, as well as the European [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: President Barrow suspends public gatherings, closes schools in Gambia

17 march 2020 - 20:07:00
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – President Adama Barrow on Tuesday suspended all public gatherings and closed schools and Universities with effective [...] Full text...

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Underserved communities in Nigeria to get sustainable energy solutions from AfDB

17 march 2020 - 19:21:59
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Nigerian Government have launched the National Electrification Project (NEP), [...] Full text...

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Libyan Interior Minister, French officials discuss security and civil protection

17 march 2020 - 18:51:26
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's Interior minister in the Government of National Accord (GNA), Fathi Bachagha, on Tuesday spoke with [...] Full text...

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Nigeria suspends national sports festival over COVID-19

17 march 2020 - 17:51:11
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Following the  escalation of the risk of Coronavirus (COVID-19), Nigeria’s President  Muhammadu Buhari has directed the [...] Full text...

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UN calls for cessation of hostilities in Libya to tackle coronavirus pandemic

17 march 2020 - 17:34:20
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) on Tuesday urged the Libyan opposing sides to cease [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe President Mnangagwa bans public gatherings following COVID-19 infected UK traveller

17 march 2020 - 16:20:11
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa has banned gatherings of 100 people or more for the next 60 [...] Full text...

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Covid-19 : Mauritius restricts travellers from Western Europe, Reunion Island for two weeks

17 march 2020 - 15:01:05
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius will extend travel restrictions for a period of two weeks on foreign travellers coming [...] Full text...

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Loss to Libya of closure of oil sites rises to US$3.276 billion

17 march 2020 - 10:11:48
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The closure of oil facilities in Libya since 18 January has cost the country US$3.276 billion [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO chief slams slow virus testing response

17 march 2020 - 05:33:01
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The most effective way to prevent infections and save lives, is breaking the chains of transmission. [...] Full text...

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UN peacekeeper killed in Central African Republic

17 march 2020 - 05:19:49
Bangui, CAR (PANA) - A United Nations peacekeeper from Burundi was killed on Sunday while attempting to stop an armed [...] Full text...

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After discovery of four new cases of Coronavirus, Tunisia closes all air, land borders

16 march 2020 - 23:54:03
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – Tunisian Prime Minister, Elyes Fakhfakh, on Monday evening announced that the rise in the number of [...] Full text...

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Congolese minister calls for calm after confirmation of first case of Covid-19

16 march 2020 - 22:53:59
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – The Congolese minister of Health, and Population, Jacqueline Lydia Mikolo, on Monday in Brazzaville called on [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Congo suspends flights from countries with high risk

16 march 2020 - 20:53:07
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – Congolese Prime Minister, Clement Mouamba, on Monday in Brazzaville announced a series of measures aimed to [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Botswana closes borders to visitors from high risk countries

16 march 2020 - 20:15:42
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana has closed borders for visitors from high risk countries to prevent the transmission and spread [...] Full text...

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Nigeria begins secondary screening of travellers from eight COVID-19 endemic countries

16 march 2020 - 19:38:16
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Federal Government on Monday announced that it is to commence secondary screening at points [...] Full text...

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ICC, WHO agree to coordinate efforts in tackling COVID-19

16 march 2020 - 18:51:04
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In a coordinated effort to combat the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Kenya takes measures against price hike - financial markets, transport worst hit

16 march 2020 - 18:47:25
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's  Competition Authority has ordered a supermarket in Nairobi to return extra-funds charged on hand-washing detergents [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Tunisian government urged to close borders

16 march 2020 - 14:42:10
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian Parliament's Security and Defence Committee on Monday called on the  government to immediately close [...] Full text...

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Fourteen tested for suspected coronavirus infection in Zimbabwe

16 march 2020 - 14:09:34
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe's Ministry of Health and Child Care has tested 14 suspected cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Senegalese aware of reality of disease

16 march 2020 - 12:51:21
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal officially has 26 confirmed cases of coronavirus, two cured and 24 on treatment as at [...] Full text...

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Roundup: Coronavirus: African gov'ts take stringent measures to contain virus

16 march 2020 - 10:38:00
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - With confirmed cases of COVID-19 (coronavirus) on the rise in Africa, several countries at the weekend [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Libyan belligerents prepare to battle virus

16 march 2020 - 04:36:31
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The main actors of the ongoing bloody Libyan conflict are faced with a common enemy: coronavirus. Although [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: South African president Ramaphosa declares disaster over pandemic

16 march 2020 - 03:37:21
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) –  President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday night confirmed that there are now 61 confirmed cases [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Ghana closes schools, bans public gatherings

16 march 2020 - 03:34:11
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Sunday announced far-reaching measures including the closure of schools [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Kenya implements travel restrictions after two new confirmed cases

15 march 2020 - 21:37:05
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Two more people in Kenya on Sunday tested positive for coronavirus bringing the total number so [...] Full text...

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More than 1,400 Burundian illegal immigrants arrested in Goma

15 march 2020 - 19:16:01
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) – The provincial security authorities have arrested more than 1,400 Burundi illegal immigrants in Lake District, [...] Full text...

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Nigerian consumer protection agency closes Chinese restaurant for 'racism'

15 march 2020 - 16:28:54
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria's consumer protection agency says it has sealed an elitist Chinese restaurant and mall in the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus, post-election problems highlighted by Togolese newspapers

15 march 2020 - 15:31:07
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - News about the coronavirus pandemic and the challenge of results of the 22 February presidential election [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Libya to close land, sea and air entry points from Tuesday

15 march 2020 - 15:08:35
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Prime Minister, Fayez al-Sarraj, on Saturday announced a second set of measures to prevent [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Tunisia closes cinemas and theatres

15 march 2020 - 14:52:13
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian Ministry of Cultural Affairs has ordered the closure of cinemas, theatres and all public [...] Full text...

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Ghana records four new positive coronavirus cases

15 march 2020 - 14:32:21
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana on Sunday announced that it has recorded four new positive cases of coronavirus, bringing total [...] Full text...

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. Libyan media focus on Contact Group meeting in Congo, France's attempts to resume mediation

14 march 2020 - 19:15:17
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan newspapers this week focused on France's attempts to fill the void in United Nations-supervised mediation [...] Full text...

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. Covid-19: DRC health minister reassures about treatment of 2 confirmed cases in Kinshasa

14 march 2020 - 18:43:05
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - DR Congo's health minister, Dr Eteni Longondo, has reassured the Council of Ministers that everything [...] Full text...

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Senegal's National Assembly calls for postponement of all religious events due to coronavirus

14 march 2020 - 12:28:47
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal's National Assembly has called for the postponement of all religious gatherings in order to contain [...] Full text...

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Aircraft carrying Wuhan evacuees lands in South Africa

14 march 2020 - 10:58:38
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A South African Airways flight transporting 122 South African citizens who were repatriated from [...] Full text...

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Mauritius announces financial support for economic operators affected by COVID-19

14 march 2020 - 08:26:04
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Finance minister Renganaden Padayachy on Friday announced a financial support plan to the tune [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Tunisia closes maritime, air borders with Italy

13 march 2020 - 20:34:35
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – The Tunisian Prime Minister, Elyes Fakhafakh, on Friday announced several strong measures to face the spread [...] Full text...

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Human rights organization, political party condemn crackdown on teachers' demonstration in Bamako

13 march 2020 - 20:13:16
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) has condemned the Malian government following the bloody crackdown on [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Gambia suspends overseas travels by officials

13 march 2020 - 19:17:55
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – The Gambian government on Friday announced the suspension of overseas travels by all public officials to [...] Full text...

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Sudan reports its first coronavirus fatality

13 march 2020 - 18:46:48
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan on Friday confirmed the first fatality of Coronavirus in Khartoum for a Sudanese national who [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Nairobi Securities Exchange trading halted after massive drop

13 march 2020 - 18:36:48
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Trading at the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) was halted on Friday after the index dropped by [...] Full text...

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Kenyan security organ to enforce measures to prevent coronavirus spread

13 march 2020 - 17:25:47
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's top national security organ, convened a crisis session to discuss the outbreak of the coronavirus [...] Full text...

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Libya's oil production drops below 100,000 b/d

13 march 2020 - 16:05:19
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's crude oil production fell further to 97,508 barrels per day on Thursday, 16,823 bpd less [...] Full text...

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Covid-19: Algerian President orders closure of schools and universities

13 march 2020 - 15:55:22
Algiers Algeria (PANA) - Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Thursday ordered immediate closure of all schools until the end of [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO chief urges countries to fight ‘controllable’ pandemic

13 march 2020 - 05:53:33
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - With the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak now a pandemic, countries should not let up on efforts to fight its spread, the head of [...] Full text...

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Two Libyan doctors shot dead in western Tripoli

13 march 2020 - 00:13:30
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Two doctors were killed on Thursday after their vehicle was targeted on the coastal road, western [...] Full text...

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New UN Libya envoy known for her mediation skills and outreach to tribes

12 march 2020 - 22:34:52
New York, US (PANA) - Stephanie Turco Williams, appointed this week by the UN until a permanent envoy is chosen [...] Full text...

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National reconciliation and the appointment of an African envoy to Libya, issues of the AU Contact Group meeting in Congo

12 march 2020 - 19:55:16
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Member countries of the African Union (AU) High-Level Committee on Libya met for the second time [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: 122 South Africans repatriated from China

12 march 2020 - 18:45:49
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) –South Africa's Minister in the Presidency, Jackson Mthembu, said on Thursday that 122 South Africans [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe Govt clears two travellers suspected of having coronavirus

12 march 2020 - 12:28:54
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Zimbabwe government has cleared two new cases of travellers suspected of having the deadly coronavirus [...] Full text...

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EU expresses concern on Guinea Bissau's post-electoral crisis

12 march 2020 - 12:20:01
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Union (EU) on Thursday issued a cautionary statement on the political situation in Guinea-Bissau [...] Full text...

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UN Security Council calls for more support key for counter-terrorism in Africa

12 march 2020 - 05:02:32
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Security Council on Wednesday called for greater international support to African countries in [...] Full text...

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ECOWAS mission discovers schemes in Guinean voters’ register

11 march 2020 - 23:33:27
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) – The three computer experts deployed by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to check [...] Full text...

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ECOWAS mission discovers schemes in Guinean voters’ register

11 march 2020 - 23:00:31
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) – The three computer experts deployed by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to check [...] Full text...

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Chairman of Libyan High Council of State welcomes Algerian president’s mediation initiative in Libya

11 march 2020 - 21:19:42
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The chairman of the Libyan High Council of State, Khaled Al-Machri, on Wednesday welcomed ‘’the initiative [...] Full text...

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Ghana makes available $100 million in coronavirus preparedness plan

11 march 2020 - 21:08:05
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Wednesday said he has directed the Minister of Finance [...] Full text...

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Fearing collapse of the Zimbabwe dollar, Govt floats exchange rate

11 march 2020 - 13:45:06
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Zimbabwe government has officially floated the exchange rate to allow for market determined forex rates [...] Full text...

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Threats to lift parliamentary immunity of Togolese MP Agbeyomé Kodjo

11 march 2020 - 11:23:13
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togolese opposition leader Gabriel Messan Agbéyomé Kodjo, who is also an MP, has been summoned to [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: DR Congo confirms first case in Kinshasa

11 march 2020 - 05:04:29
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) – DR Congo on Tuesday confirmed the first case of Covid-19 coronavirus in the Central African [...] Full text...

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Merkel reaffirms to Haftar: "No military solution in Libya"

10 march 2020 - 19:59:01
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – During her meeting with the chief of the Libyan National Army based in eastern Libya, Marshall [...] Full text...

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Sixth case of coronavirus contamination in Tunisia

10 march 2020 - 19:21:10
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – The Tunisian ministry of Health on Tuesday announced that ii has recorded a sixth case of [...] Full text...

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Amnesty International calls for investigation into enforced disappearance of 130 people in Cameroon in 2014

10 march 2020 - 17:42:56
Paris, France (PANA) - Amnesty International (AI) on Monday launched a new campaign to break the silence surrounding the enforced [...] Full text...

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Burkinabe opposition condemns massacre of 43 people in northern region

10 march 2020 - 14:26:05
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso political opposition on Tuesday condemned the massacre of 43 villagers in northern Burkina [...] Full text...

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Mali: Two bank security guards killed in Timbuktu

10 march 2020 - 13:44:57
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Two security guards were gunned down by unidentified armed men on Sunday outside the Malian Solidarity [...] Full text...

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Rwanda waives visa fees for Africans, Commonwealth, Francophonie citizens

10 march 2020 - 10:55:20
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda has with immediate effect waived visa fees for a broad category of visitors entering the [...] Full text...

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Tunisia suspends maritime links and sharply reduces flights from Italy

10 march 2020 - 10:01:27
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia on Monday evening suspended all maritime links as well as most air flights with Italy, [...] Full text...

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Haftar tells French President Macron he will sign, respect ceasefire in Libya

10 march 2020 - 06:13:19
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA) based in the east of the country, Marshal [...] Full text...

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Haftar, French FM hold talks in Paris on the situation in Libya

09 march 2020 - 20:50:47
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The head of the Libyan national army based in eastern Libya, Marshal Khalifa Haftar, held talks [...] Full text...

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France condemns attack on Sudanese PM

09 march 2020 - 20:06:08
Paris, France (PANA) – The French ministry of foreign affairs has ‘’strongly’’ condemned the assassination attempt on Monday in Khartoum [...] Full text...

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Teachers in Nigeria's public universities begin 2-week warning strike

09 march 2020 - 19:42:10
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Teachers in Nigeria’s public universities, under the auspices of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), [...] Full text...

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Mauritius is not short of basic commodities - Minister

09 march 2020 - 18:31:28
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Minister of Commerce and Consumer Protection, Mr Yogida Sawmynaden, on Monday said “there is [...] Full text...

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IGAD condemns assassination attempt on Sudan’s Prime Minister Hamdouk

09 march 2020 - 17:53:04
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)- The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) has condemned the attempt on the life of its chair and [...] Full text...

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ASKO keeps the lead of Togo D1 football championship

09 march 2020 - 17:44:19
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Despite its 1-2 defeat by ASCK, ASKO de Karamaintains has retained a safe distance from its [...] Full text...

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More than 30 perish in gory road crash in Ghana

09 march 2020 - 15:07:51
Accra, Ghana (PANA)  -  A ghastly road crash in Ghana involving a metro mass bus and a sprinter mini bus [...] Full text...

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5th ECOWAS legislature opens in Niamey

09 march 2020 - 14:58:06
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The fifth legislature of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament opened on Monday [...] Full text...

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Libyan Foreign Ministry raises fate of missing MP Siham Sergewa

09 march 2020 - 12:03:14
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of National Accord (GNA) has raised the [...] Full text...

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Two people killed, five injured by Grad missile fire east of Tripoli

09 march 2020 - 11:50:35
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Two people were killed and five others wounded on Sunday by Grad missile fire on the [...] Full text...

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Rights group calls for restoration of internet, phone services in Ethiopia's Oromia region

09 march 2020 - 06:34:18
Nairobi, 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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Zimbabwe businesses are under increased threat of collapse- Analysis

08 march 2020 - 12:26:31
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Businesses are under increased threat of collapse due to the continued depreciation of the Zimbabwe dollar [...] Full text...

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Road crash claims 3 lives on Saturday in Bamako

08 march 2020 - 12:07:05
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Three people were killed and seven seriously injured in a traffic accident involving two public transport [...] Full text...

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Niger grants six new uranium and gold exploration permits

07 march 2020 - 18:35:17
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The Nigerien government on Friday granted four uranium exploration licenses in the region of Agadez (North) [...] Full text...

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Reactions of USA and Catholic Church to Togo's presidential election results highlighted in the news

07 march 2020 - 18:26:08
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - The Togolese press commented this week on the final results of the presidential election, giving Faure [...] Full text...

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Tunisia refuses to reveal identiies of perpetrators of the Friday attack

07 march 2020 - 18:17:05
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - More than 24 hours after the bombing on Friday by two suicide bombers in front of [...] Full text...

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The resignation of UN envoy to Libya, AU intentions to appoint a joint envoy highlighted in the news

07 march 2020 - 17:57:42
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The surprise resignation of the UN Secretary-General's Special Representative in Libya, Ghassan Salamé, in the midst [...] Full text...

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Accredited French journalist deported from Guinea

07 march 2020 - 11:53:36
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - French journalist, Thomas Dietrich, was deported on Friday, 48 hours after arriving in Guinea. He was [...] Full text...

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'No cases of coronavirus have been recorded in Benghazi'

07 march 2020 - 11:47:36
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - "What has been peddled on social media about the existence of confirmed cases of coronavirus infection [...] Full text...

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FIFA President Gianni Infantino to run unopposed in June

06 march 2020 - 19:56:31
Zurich, Switzerland (PANA) - Though Europe's governing body UEFA has opposed his ideas to expand the world body, the World [...] Full text...

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Nigerian govt says no new case from 61 quarantined Coronavirus suspects

06 march 2020 - 19:19:38
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Federal Government on Friday said that there is no new fresh case from 61 [...] Full text...

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IMF mission says Tanzania’s economic activity impressive

06 march 2020 - 19:18:16
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Tanzania’s pace of economic activity has increased in recent months prompted by higher public [...] Full text...

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U-17 Women's Basketball World Cup: Mali placed in Group B

06 march 2020 - 14:20:03
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The draw for the Women's Under-17 Basketball World Cup, scheduled for August 15-23 in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, [...] Full text...

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Sudanese Govt agrees 'emergency mechanism' to deal with economic hardships

06 march 2020 - 12:51:54
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese government on Thursday decided to set up an "emergency mechanism" to deal with persistent [...] Full text...

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Rights group demands release of peaceful protesters detained arbitrarily in Algeria

06 march 2020 - 08:06:36
Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - Amnesty International on Friday asked the Algerian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release all peaceful protesters [...] Full text...

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Libyans look at impact of Ghassan Salamé’s resignation on the delicate mediation process (News analysis by Youssef Ba, PANA correspondent)

06 march 2020 - 07:31:57
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – As the sudden resignation of the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Libya, Ghassan Salamé, [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: South Africa’s first positive case of Covid-19 confirmed

05 march 2020 - 19:33:23
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has confirmed that South Africa's first suspected case of Covid-19 has [...] Full text...

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Botswana-based pan-African lender to leverage on technology

05 march 2020 - 17:58:49
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - New group chief executive officer of Botswana headquartered micro financing company Letshego, Andrew Okai has intentions [...] Full text...

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Some 290 million students out of school due to coronavirus: UNESCO

05 march 2020 - 17:45:58
Paris, France (PANA) - School closures in 13 countries to contain the spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus) are disrupting the education [...] Full text...

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New summit of AU contact group on Libya scheduled for March 12 in Congo

05 march 2020 - 15:57:40
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - A new summit of the African Union contact group on Libya will take place on March [...] Full text...

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