Fundamental economic changes require a departure from simplistic economics: IMF Blog By Diane Coyle

27 march 2024 - 08:56:33
Cambridge, UK (PANA) - The economy of the 2020s is a world away from the economy of the mid-20th century, [...] Full text...

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Beyond efficiency: A more-human economics: IMF Blog By Gita Bhatt

06 march 2024 - 11:42:57
Washington, United States (PANA) - John Maynard Keynes, memorialising the death of his mentor Alfred Marshall a century ago, wrote [...] Full text...

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Auction of Mandela's personal possessions suspended

30 january 2024 - 12:25:05
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Global auction house Guernsey's on Tuesday announced that an auction of more than 100 [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: South Africa takes aim at Israel at The Hague

12 january 2024 - 09:52:07
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A statue of Archbishop Desmond Tutu wearing a Palestinian scarf was erected in Cape [...] Full text...

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Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai salutes Mandela

06 december 2023 - 09:43:54
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Nobel Peace laureate Malala Yousafzai and Deputy President Paul Mashatile have honoured former President [...] Full text...

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Liberia election: Opposition leader Boakai officially declared winner of presidential runoff vote

21 november 2023 - 07:31:12
Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) - Liberia's National Elections Commission (NEC) on Monday formally declared opposition leader Joseph Boakai as winner of [...] Full text...

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Liberia elections: UN chief congratulates Liberians, govt for 'calm, peaceful' vote

20 november 2023 - 05:42:06
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, has commended the Government and people of Liberia for the [...] Full text...

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LEAD: Liberia election: Liberia's president Weah concedes defeat, US congratulates opposition leader Boakai

18 november 2023 - 05:44:00
Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) - Liberia's President George Weah on Friday night conceded defeat to opposition leader Joseph Boakai in the [...] Full text...

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Liberia election: Opposition leader Boakai set to win run-off poll

17 november 2023 - 20:00:17
Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) - Liberia's main opposition leader and former vice president Joseph Boakai is set to win the 14 [...] Full text...

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Liberia election: Opposition leader Boakai maintains slight lead with nearly 88% of votes declared

16 november 2023 - 23:00:17
Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) - Opposition leader Joseph Boakai is maintaining a slender lead over President George Weah in Liberia's 14 November [...] Full text...

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Liberia election: Opposition leader Boakai takes early lead in runoff vote

16 november 2023 - 08:02:30
Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) - With about one-quarter of preliminary results in Liberia's presidential runoff held on 14 November released, the [...] Full text...

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Liberia election: Liberians vote in presidential run-off

14 november 2023 - 07:55:05
Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) - Liberians are voting on Tuesday in a presidential run-off following the inconclusive first round election on [...] Full text...

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Man jailed for stealing Mandela's prized boxing belt

26 october 2023 - 09:02:06
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A Soweto man who stole Nelson Mandela's Sugar Ray Leonard boxing belt has been [...] Full text...

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AfDB announces $1 billion to boost access to climate finance for Africa’s youths

06 september 2023 - 16:43:37
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - African Development Bank (AfDB) President Akinwumi Adesina has announced a new $1 billion fund to accelerate [...] Full text...

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Killer of South Africa's former First Lady granted parole

15 august 2023 - 08:06:32
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The man convicted of murdering former first lady Marike De Klerk has been granted [...] Full text...

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UN deputy chief, Malala champion girls’ right to education in Nigeria

13 july 2023 - 05:22:46
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - More than 120 million girls are out of school and the world must do more to [...] Full text...

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WFP plan aims to prevent further food aid diversion in Ethiopia

24 may 2023 - 05:36:05
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Following widespread diversion of lifesaving food aid in Ethiopia last month, the World Food Programme [...] Full text...

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Press Freedom Day: EU underlines support to global press freedom

02 may 2023 - 11:55:11
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - While the preservation of free, independent and pluralistic media is vital for resilient and healthy democracies, [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Opposition party slams Dalai Lama's "child abuse"

11 april 2023 - 11:25:57
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A South African political party on Tuesday called on Indian authorities to arrest and [...] Full text...

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New WFP chief Cindy McCain warns of funding crunch in fight against hunger

06 april 2023 - 07:07:35
Rome, Italy (PANA) - Cindy McCain of the United States takes the helm of the UN emergency food relief agency [...] Full text...

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Former South African President De Klerk's Nobel Peace Prize stolen

09 november 2022 - 09:40:33
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Nobel Peace Prize former South African President FW de Klerk was awarded in [...] Full text...

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UNHCR chief welcomes renewal of his mandate

28 september 2022 - 11:19:14
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, has welcomed the renewal of his mandate [...] Full text...

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South Sudan violence proliferating, warn independent rights experts

27 september 2022 - 05:26:31
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Deeply disturbing violence is escalating “all over” South Sudan, top independent UN human rights experts have [...] Full text...

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Mandela's famous boxing belt is stolen

13 july 2022 - 10:31:40
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Police have confirmed that a valuable boxing belt owned by former South African President [...] Full text...

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Justice critical to fighting sexual violence in conflict

14 april 2022 - 05:31:56
New York, US (PANA) - Women’s rights are human rights, and universal in times of war and peace, a senior [...] Full text...

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Organisation for Development of Senegal River receives Hassan II World Water Prize

21 march 2022 - 19:40:23
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Organisation for the Development of the Senegal River (OMVS) on Monday received the Hassan II [...] Full text...

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US expresses support for Tunisians on 66th independence anniversary

20 march 2022 - 05:12:13
Washington, DC, IS (PANA) - US Secretary of State, Mr. Antony Blinken, has expressed his country's support for the aspirations of [...] Full text...

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Liberia's democratic credentials on test amid growing fear over freedom of expression

07 february 2022 - 18:22:25
Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) - Liberian President George Weah's administration is on an international spotlight after the authors of a controversial [...] Full text...

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South African Minister considers inquest into Nobel Laureate Albert Luthuli's death

10 january 2022 - 12:01:29
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Justice and Correctional Services Minister Ronald Lamola has confirmed that he is considering reopening [...] Full text...

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Funeral service held for South African Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu

01 january 2022 - 11:22:01
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A funeral service was held on Saturday for Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu at Cape [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Archbishop Desmond Tutu's body lies in state

30 december 2021 - 11:57:09
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The body of the late Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu is lying in state at [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Archbishop Desmond Tutu's funeral to be held Saturday

28 december 2021 - 08:42:29
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Cathedral bells around South Africa are ringing in recognition of anti-apartheid hero Archbishop Desmond [...] Full text...

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South Africa: World leaders salute Archbishop Tutu

27 december 2021 - 09:58:55
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – World leaders, clerics and celebrities have saluted Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu who died peacefully [...] Full text...

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Greece sends condolences on death of Desmond Tutu

27 december 2021 - 09:43:13
Athens, Greece (PANA) - Greece has sent its condolences to South Africa on the death Sunday of South African [...] Full text...

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Zambia: Archbishop Tutu fought for justice – President Hichilema

27 december 2021 - 09:07:16
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Zambia is saddened by the death of South Africa’s Archbishop Desmond Tutu, with President Hakainde Hichilema [...] Full text...

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UN leaders mourn Archbishop Desmond Tutu, ‘a towering global figure for peace’

27 december 2021 - 05:49:18
New York, US (PANA) - Secretary-General António Guterres was among UN leaders paying tribute on Sunday to the late Archbishop [...] Full text...

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ANC, Nelson Mandela Foundation pay tribute to Archbishop Tutu

26 december 2021 - 13:13:52
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) has eulogised Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, who passed [...] Full text...

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South African Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu dies

26 december 2021 - 08:34:39
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu died peacefully at his Cape Town home on [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Ramaphosa salutes Africa's last white leader

12 december 2021 - 17:52:07
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, on Sunday saluted Africa’s last white leader, FW De [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Strong security ahead of De Klerk's memorial service

11 december 2021 - 07:47:09
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - There are concerns that former President F.W. De Klerk’s memorial in Cape Town on [...] Full text...

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South Africa: South Africa begins mourning period for FW De Klerk

17 november 2021 - 13:12:57
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa on Wednesday began a national period of mourning for former President FW [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Buhari mourns South Africa's last apartheid President, Frederik de Klerk

11 november 2021 - 19:01:52
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday described the death of South Africa's last apartheid president, Mr. Frederik Willem [...] Full text...

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South Africa: FW De Klerk releases a message "from the grave"

11 november 2021 - 16:45:04
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – In a video message, released hours after his death, former President FW De Klerk, [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian crisis: Ethiopians continue to rally against rebels

07 november 2021 - 11:42:04
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Residents of Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, and several cities and towns on Sunday heeded calls [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian crisis: Former soldiers asked to register with the Defence Force (Eds: New lead with latest developments)

05 november 2021 - 12:56:25
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The Ethiopian National Defence Force (ENDF) on Friday asked former soldiers to register with the [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian crisis; Thousands demonstrate against rebel groups marching on Addis Ababa; nine anti-govt groups emerge (Eds: Updated)

05 november 2021 - 11:17:06
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Thousands of people in towns and cities in Ethiopia's Oromia Region on Friday poured into [...] Full text...

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Act now to stamp out child labour by 2025: FAO chief

03 november 2021 - 06:30:07
Rome, Italy (PANA) - Effective action and strong leadership are essential to end child labour by 2025, the head of [...] Full text...

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South African college honours world's youngest professor, aged 9

19 october 2021 - 12:09:28
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) –  South Africa’s Da Vinci Institute for Technology Management will this week bestow a Laureate [...] Full text...

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Philippines, Russian journalists win 2021 Nobel Peace Prize

08 october 2021 - 12:27:44
Stockholm, Norway (PANA) - Two journalists - Filipino Maria Ress and Russian Dwitry Muratov - have won the 2021 Nobel [...] Full text...

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BREAKING NEWS: Tanzanian novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah awarded 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature

07 october 2021 - 11:45:30
Stockholm, Sweden (PANA) - Tanzanian novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah has won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature. A statement on the website [...] Full text...

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Legendary South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu turns 90

07 october 2021 - 11:31:29
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The legendary South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu is celebrating his 90th birthday in Cape [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Buhari urges peace, stability in Ethiopia as Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed begins second five-year term

04 october 2021 - 16:23:59
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday, in Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia, called for peace and stability [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian PM Abiy sworn in for second term

04 october 2021 - 08:39:05
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was on Monday sworn in for his second term after [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Pandemic caused ‘shocking’ inequalities: Human rights chief

29 september 2021 - 06:00:56
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The ongoing COVID-19 crisis has caused and perpetuated “truly shocking” inequality that has affected the world’s [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Desmond Tutru mural defaced

28 september 2021 - 17:18:51
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Desmond Tutu Trust has condemned the “loathsome” desecration of a popular Tutu mural [...] Full text...

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South African Foundation moves to block Zuma's release

15 september 2021 - 18:14:47
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Helen Suzman Foundation (HSF) on Wednesday launched an application to declare that the [...] Full text...

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South Africa's former President Zuma in jail after dramatic stand-off

08 july 2021 - 07:44:38
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Following a night of high drama, former President Jacob Zuma is back behind bars. Nearly [...] Full text...

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Goodwill Ambassador Hend Sabry receives WFP Nobel pin and certificate

24 june 2021 - 15:27:18
Cairo, Egypt(PANA) - United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Goodwill Ambassador and film star Hend Sabry received on Thursday her [...] Full text...

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Amnesty International slams Nigerian govt for increasing insecurity

28 may 2021 - 06:58:47
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Amnesty International has slammed the Nigerian authorities for not doing enough to protect lives in the [...] Full text...

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WFP, Crisis Group partner to strengthen conflict prevention

24 may 2021 - 09:56:07
Rome, Italy (PANA) - The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has signed a Strategic Partnership with global conflict resolution organisation, [...] Full text...

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South African health expert appointed to WHO council

07 may 2021 - 11:38:37
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s world renowned infectious disease epidemiologist Professor Salim Abdool Karim, who played a [...] Full text...

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WHO Chief establishes science council to advise on high priority scientific issues

26 april 2021 - 22:18:13
Geneva, Switzerland PANA) - The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has established a Science [...] Full text...

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Former South African President FW De Klerk diagnosed with cancer

19 march 2021 - 10:37:21
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's former President FW de Klerk on Friday announced that he is undergoing [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: AfDB President calls for global vaccine solidarity and justice for Africa

16 march 2021 - 14:15:54
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - African Development Bank President Dr. Akinwumi Adesina has called for vaccine justice for Africa. Speaking at [...] Full text...

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AfDB President Adesina calls for African financial stabilisation mechanism

16 march 2021 - 14:06:50
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - African Development Bank (AfDB) President Akinwumi Adesina, recipient of the 2017 World Food Prize, and [...] Full text...

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G5-Sahel countries call for their debt restructuring

16 march 2021 - 11:21:22
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Member countries of the G5 Sahel are calling for a profound restructuring of their debt to [...] Full text...

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Tunisian employers warn about ‘extremely serious’ socioeconomic situation

18 february 2021 - 15:27:20
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian Union of Industry, Commerce and Handicrafts (UTICA), the largest employers' organization in the north [...] Full text...

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France to confer top award on South African advocate

05 february 2021 - 13:30:49
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Leading South African advocate Thuli Madonsela who helped draft the final Constitution, which was [...] Full text...

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Guterres hails entry into force of treaty banning nuclear weapons

22 january 2021 - 06:00:13
New York, US (PANA) - The first multilateral nuclear disarmament treaty in more than two decades, came into force on Friday, [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian Crisis: EU foreign affairs head paints grim picture of Ethiopian situation

16 january 2021 - 08:34:20
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of the European Union is [...] Full text...

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Food for Mozambicans struggling amidst violence and COVID-19, ‘will be compromised’ without more funding: WFP

08 january 2021 - 06:50:31
Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - Despite increased insecurity and limited funding, the UN food relief agency is continuing to supply food [...] Full text...

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Security Council has critical role in addressing fragility and conflict: UN chief

07 january 2021 - 07:25:43
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has underlined the critical role of the Security Council in addressing [...] Full text...

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Republic of Korea offers US$ 500,000 to combat malnutrition in DR Congo

24 december 2020 - 17:33:52
Kinshasa, DR Congo ( PANA) - The Republic of Korea has donated US$ 500,000 to the World Food Programme (WFP) [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Pandemic shows ‘urgent need’ for solidarity, UN chief tells Nobel forum

12 december 2020 - 07:05:58
New York, US (PANA) – The Coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the need for global solidarity and greater international cooperation, and [...] Full text...

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WFP chief uses Nobel speech as call for action to avert ‘hunger pandemic’

10 december 2020 - 17:05:30
Rome, Italy (PANA) - With 270 million people – more than the entire population of Western Europe – “marching toward starvation”, the head of the World [...] Full text...

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Donors pledge record US$932 million to UN refugee agency

03 december 2020 - 11:52:32
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Donor governments on Wednesday pledged a record US$932 million to UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, for [...] Full text...

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UN releases US$100 million to guard against famine

17 november 2020 - 19:57:56
New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations released US$100 million of emergency funding on Tuesday to stave off the [...] Full text...

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Rising hunger, ‘an outrage in a world of plenty’: Guterres

17 november 2020 - 05:10:18
New York, US (PANA) - “Hunger is an outrage in a world of plenty,” the UN chief told the governing [...] Full text...

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Humanitarian charity raises red flag over escalating tension in Ethiopia

06 november 2020 - 08:46:45
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Humanitarian charity, Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), has expressed concern about escalating tensions in Ethiopia following military [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Mandela's famous home faces closure

04 november 2020 - 18:03:15
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A small, single storey house in a dusty street in Soweto which is probably [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso is ‘one step short of famine’, warns WFP

20 october 2020 - 06:15:45
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Unless access is urgently granted to humanitarian organizations, thousands in the Central Sahel will be “pushed into further destitution”, the [...] Full text...

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UN agencies stress urgent need to strengthen food systems as COVID-19 drives up numbers of hungry people

16 october 2020 - 18:58:07
Rome, Italy (PANA) - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on Friday joined its sister agencies in calling for global [...] Full text...

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3RD LEAD: UN chief lauds WFP for winning 2020 Nobel Peace Prize

09 october 2020 - 15:56:58
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday lauded the World Food Programme (WFP) for winning the [...] Full text...

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2ND LEAD: WFP chief says Nobel Peace Prize is 'humbling recognition' of its work (Eds: Adds comments of WFP chief)

09 october 2020 - 12:10:16
Rome, Italy (PANA) - The awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to the World Food Programme (WFP) on Friday is [...] Full text...

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LEAD: WFP awarded Nobel Peace Prize for 2020

09 october 2020 - 11:46:04
Oslo, Norway (PANA) - The Norwegian Nobel Committee on Friday awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2020 to the World [...] Full text...

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BREAKING NEWS: World Food Programme awarded Nobel Peace Prize

09 october 2020 - 11:32:52
Oslo, Norway (PANA) - The Norwegian Nobel Committee on Friday awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2020 to the World [...] Full text...

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South African family barred from burying corpse near Mandela's grave

08 october 2020 - 11:29:37
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former President Nelson Mandela’s grandson Mandla has secured a court order barring a burial [...] Full text...

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South Africa's ruling party slams Trump

09 september 2020 - 15:55:50
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) has joined the Nelson Mandela Foundation’s condemnation [...] Full text...

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Mandela’s foundation slams Trump's disparaging remarks about Mandela

08 september 2020 - 10:41:06
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Nelson Mandela Foundation on Tuesday slammed disparaging remarks allegedly made by United States [...] Full text...

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UN rights chief urges DR Congo to protect Nobel laureate Mukwege amid death threats

28 august 2020 - 20:38:45
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet Friday condemned death threats against Congolese Nobel Prize [...] Full text...

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Rwandan papers highlight controversies over recent allegations by Nobel peace laureate in UN Mapping Report

22 august 2020 - 16:40:25
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA ) -  Rwanda newspapers this week gave significant coverage to the controversies surrounding the UN Mapping Report [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: UN officials call for solidarity, united economic front amid fears of worst recession in decades

23 july 2020 - 06:06:32
New York, US (PANA) - With multilateral cooperation under strain, senior UN officials, Nobel laureates and eminent academic experts, gathered [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Cases worldwide hit 12 million

11 july 2020 - 09:26:21
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - COVID-19 cases globally have more than doubled in the past six weeks, reaching 12 million on [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO announces independent evaluation of global virus response

09 july 2020 - 16:44:01
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, on Thursday announced the initiation of the [...] Full text...

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Murdered Ethiopian singer buried Thursday

02 july 2020 - 14:31:50
Ambo, Ethiopia (PANA) - Hundreds of mourners gathered Thursday for the funeral of a popular Ethiopian singer whose assassination this [...] Full text...

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UNSMIL reiterates its call for accountability for crimes targeting women in Libya

26 june 2020 - 14:16:39
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Full and effective participation of women in public life, including all political processes and peace building [...] Full text...

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Former South African president De Klerk under fire again

21 june 2020 - 07:45:09
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The American Bar Association is under fire over its announcement that former President FW [...] Full text...

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HRW urges Haftar to stop using landmines in Libya

03 june 2020 - 17:35:34
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Human Right Watch (HRW) on Wednesday called on Marshal Khalifa Hafter to renew his commitment and [...] Full text...

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France: Doctor Denis Mukwege calls on Africa not to drop arms against Covid-19

14 may 2020 - 22:47:35
Paris, France (PANA)   - The 2018 Nobel Peace Laureate, Congolese Doctor Denis Mukwege, Thursday commended the African continent for resisting [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: African leaders laud AfDB's President for visionary leadership amid COVID crisis

05 may 2020 - 17:38:53
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - South Africa’s President and African Union chairperson, Cyril Ramaphosa, and the Nobel peace laureate and [...] Full text...

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Former South African president De Klerk accused of 'hate speech' comments

17 march 2020 - 12:56:57
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The opposition Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has accused former President FW de Klerk for [...] Full text...

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UNSMIL hails achievements of Libyan women despite the inequalities they face

08 march 2020 - 12:58:15
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has paid tribute to Libyan women on the [...] Full text...

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South African opposition leader accuses former president De Klerk of 1993 Eastern Cape murders

06 march 2020 - 09:36:39
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Mzwanele Nyhontso, the leader of the opposition Pan African Congress, has accused former President [...] Full text...

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Former UN secretary-General Javier Pérez de Cuéllar passes on

05 march 2020 - 15:14:00
New York, US (PANA) - Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, the fifth United Nations Secretary-General, praised for his ability to foster dialogue and for leading [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Mbeki clarifies UN stand on Apartheid

27 february 2020 - 19:32:01
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former President Thabo Mbeki has rubbed salt in the wounds of South Africa’s last [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Ramaphosa condemns De Klerk over apartheid comments

20 february 2020 - 14:55:32
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday took aim at former President FW De [...] Full text...

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Tunisian new Prime Minister announces his cabinet

20 february 2020 - 12:52:31
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - After intense negotiations with political parties, twists and turns and a suspense worthy of a Hitchcock [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Calls for De Klerk to be stripped of Nobel Peace Prize

18 february 2020 - 15:04:37
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Despite former President FW De Klerk issuing a formal apology for the statements he [...] Full text...

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South Africa: De Klerk apologises for Apartheid comments

17 february 2020 - 14:16:26
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former South African President FW de Klerk on Monday officially withdrew his statement that [...] Full text...

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Large protest planned against former South African president De Klerk for Apartheid statements

17 february 2020 - 11:02:31
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A large protest march is being planned for Wednesday in Cape Town against former [...] Full text...

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South Africa: De Klerk under fire over Apartheid comments

16 february 2020 - 17:33:06
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The outcry over the disruption of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation address [...] Full text...

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Anger over disruption of State of the Nation speech in South Africa

14 february 2020 - 06:48:49
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – There has been a major backlash over the behaviour of opposition lawmakers who disrupted [...] Full text...

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Nigeria, Ethiopia sign visa waiver, defence cooperation agreements

12 february 2020 - 08:53:51
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria and Ethiopia on Tuesday signed a visa waiver agreement for diplomatic and official passport holders, [...] Full text...

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South Africa commemorates Mandela’s historic release

11 february 2020 - 09:30:34
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa on Tuesday commemorated the 30th anniversary of the day Nelson Mandela was [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian PM due in Conakry on Tuesday

06 january 2020 - 19:52:24
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) – The Ethiopian Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed Ali, is expected on Tuesday in the Guinean capital for [...] Full text...

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Aung San Suu Kyi defends Myanmar from accusations of genocide at top UN court

12 december 2019 - 07:53:48
The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - Myanmar will have “no tolerance” for human rights abuses committed in Rakhine state and will [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia's Abiy Ahmed receives 2019 Nobel Peace Prize

10 december 2019 - 17:31:26
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali received the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize on Tuesday, with [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Nigeria's secret Police says activist, US-based publisher Sowore re-arrested over plan to "forceful takeover of government"

08 december 2019 - 15:46:36
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA)  - Stung with widespread outrage over the dramatic re-arrest of Nigerian activist and journalist Omoyele Sowore inside [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Nigeria's secret Police says activist, US-based publisher Sowore re-arrested over plan to "forceful takeover of government"

08 december 2019 - 08:16:58
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA)  - Stung with widespread outrage over the dramatic re-arrest of Nigerian activist and journalist Omoyele Sowore inside [...] Full text...

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Archbishop Tutu readmitted to hospital

05 december 2019 - 09:10:57
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Nobel Peace Prize laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu is being treated for an unidentified infection [...] Full text...

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EU Chief, Von der Leyen, to visit Ethiopia

03 december 2019 - 19:53:21
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, is due in Addis Ababa on [...] Full text...

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Nigerian secret police, activists feud over use of force to disperse Tuesday's protests Nigerian secret police, activists feud over use of force to disperse Tuesday's protests

14 november 2019 - 07:25:35
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s secret police, the Department of State Services (DSS), says its operatives did not open fire [...] Full text...

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Senegalese President Macky Sall attends 12th International MEDays Forum in Morocco

13 november 2019 - 15:22:49
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Senegalese President Macky Sall has hailed the historic ties between Morocco and Senegal as well as [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Tutu meets Springbok rugby heroes

11 november 2019 - 13:10:50
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Hundreds of thousands of people on Monday took to the streets of Cape Town [...] Full text...

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US calls on Ethiopian PM to help South Sudanese reach peace

01 november 2019 - 12:55:28
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The United States has appealed to Ethiopia to help South Sudanese implement a peace agreement and [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian PM reassures Egyptian president on Renaissance dam

25 october 2019 - 09:40:56
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Ethiopian Prime Minister and Nobel laureate Abiy Ahmed said on Thursday that he discussed bilateral relations [...] Full text...

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Egyptian President and Ethiopian Prime Minister meet in Sochi

24 october 2019 - 12:03:54
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Egyptian President Abdelfattah Al-Sissi and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed met on Thursday in Sochi, Russia, [...] Full text...

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3 professors awarded 2019 UNESCO-Equatorial Guinea International Prize for Life Sciences Research

23 october 2019 - 23:06:08
Paris, France (PANA)   -  The UN agency announced here Tuesday the names of three professors as recipients of the 2019 [...] Full text...

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Egypt 'shocked' by Ethiopian PM's warming on Renaissance dam

23 october 2019 - 09:17:34
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Egypt says it is "shocked" by a statement by the Ethiopian Prime Minister and Nobel laureate Abiy [...] Full text...

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'African governments need progressive policies', New IMF Boss says

17 october 2019 - 17:10:44
Washington D.C, USA (PANA) - Newly-appointed International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director, Kristalina Georgieva, says the Fund under her leadership [...] Full text...

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Zambian President Lungu congratulates Ethiopian PM for winning Nobel Peace Prize

14 october 2019 - 09:34:11
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambian President Edgar Lungu has congratulated the Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Dr. Abiy Ahmed, for winning [...] Full text...

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US congratulates Ethiopian prime minister on Nobel peace prize

13 october 2019 - 08:01:07
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)  -  The United States of America has congratulated Ethiopia’s prime minister Dr Abiey Ahmed for receiving the [...] Full text...

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AU Commission Chair congratulates Ethiopian PM on winning 2019 Nobel Peace Prize

12 october 2019 - 11:19:48
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) -  African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat has congratulated Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed [...] Full text...

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2019 Nobel Peace Prize: Egyptian president congratulates Ethiopian prime minister

11 october 2019 - 23:19:47
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sissi Friday congratulated the Ethiopian prime minister, Abiy Ahmed, for being awarded [...] Full text...

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Kagame hails Ethiopia PM's Nobel win

11 october 2019 - 21:44:12
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan President Paul Kagame on Friday hailed Ethiopian Prime Minister, Dr Abiy Ahmed Ali, saying his [...] Full text...

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AfDB Chief Adesina praises 2019 Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Abiy Ahmed Ali

11 october 2019 - 18:04:53
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - "I am delighted and proud that Ethiopian Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed, has been awarded the [...] Full text...

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Guterres lauds Ethiopian PM Abiy's ‘people first’ agenda as he wins 2019 Nobel Peace Prize

11 october 2019 - 17:49:25
New York, US (PANA) - The winner of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, Ethiopian Ethiopian Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed, has been [...] Full text...

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Sudanese PM congratulates Ethiopia counterpart over his Noble Peace Prize

11 october 2019 - 17:26:34
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan’s Prime Minister, Dr Abdullah Hamdouk, on Friday congratulated his Ethiopian counterpart, Dr Abiy Ahmed, for winning [...] Full text...

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IGAD congratulates Ethiopia’s PM on wining Nobel Peace Prize

11 october 2019 - 16:36:02
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The East African Development organization (IGAD) has congratulated Ethiopia’s prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who received the [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian Prime Minister affirms his country’s support to Sudan

11 october 2019 - 14:44:03
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Friday said his country would do its level best to [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian PM Abiy hits the peak for efforts to achieve peace, international cooperation

11 october 2019 - 11:06:26
Addi Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, has [...] Full text...

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LEAD: Ethiopian PM Abiy awarded 2019 Nobel Peace Prize

11 october 2019 - 10:38:05
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2019 to Ethiopian Prime [...] Full text...

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BREAKING NEWS: Ethiopia PM Abiy Ahmed awarded 2019 Nobel Peace Prize

11 october 2019 - 10:20:17
Addis Ababa, Etjiopia (PANA) - Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has been awarded the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. The [...] Full text...

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Burkina president to take part in conference on funding fight against AIDS, malaria in France

08 october 2019 - 21:20:31
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) -  Burkina Faso President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré will from 9-11 October take part in the [...] Full text...

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Ghanaian sculptor holds largest solo Art Exhibition by an African Artist in Europe and Middle East

07 october 2019 - 18:10:35
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Ghanaian Sculptor, El Anatsui, Emeritus Professor of Sculpture at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, recently launched [...] Full text...

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British Royal couple meets Archbishop Tutu in Cape Town

25 september 2019 - 09:44:59
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Duke and Duchess of Sussex on Wednesday paid a courtesy visit to Archbishop [...] Full text...

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Britain's Royal couple warmly welcomed in Cape Town

23 september 2019 - 14:05:54
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Britain's Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on Monday visited South Africa’s most violent township [...] Full text...

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Tunisians to elect new president on Sunday

14 september 2019 - 14:37:30
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - More than seven million Tunisians are expected to go to the polls on Sunday to elect [...] Full text...

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G7 Summit: EU chief announces concrete proposals for Africa

24 august 2019 - 13:59:36
Biarritz, France (PANA) – The European Union has concrete proposals for Africa, European Commission (EC) President Donald Tusk told the [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Mandela Foundation to sue over Apartheid flag image

23 august 2019 - 19:29:54
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Nelson Mandela Foundation on Friday announced that it will file an urgent application in [...] Full text...

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South Africa: South African court to determine the value of Mandela's smile

07 august 2019 - 15:59:37
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – If South African photographer, Shaun Earl Harris, and his agency, PictureNet Africa, win a high-profile [...] Full text...

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Botswana Agriculture minister to attend food security talks in Rwanda

02 august 2019 - 12:53:24
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The Botswana Minister of Agricultural Development and Food Security will travel to Kigali in Rwanda for [...] Full text...

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South Africa commemorates Nelson Mandela's birthday

18 july 2019 - 11:02:05
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa on Thursday commemorated the annual birthday of its greatest son, Nelson Mandela, [...] Full text...

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Civil society calls for an end to arbitrary imprisonment on the eve of "Nelson Mandela Day" in Burundi

17 july 2019 - 15:51:32
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The association, "Solidarity with prisoners and their families" (SPF, independent), on Wednesday appealed to the Burundi [...] Full text...

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Legendary South African singer Johnny Clegg dies

16 july 2019 - 18:47:40
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Legendary South African singer, Johnny Clegg (OBE), died on Tuesday at the age of [...] Full text...

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How Nelson Mandela helped troubled sportsman

11 july 2019 - 13:03:56
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Less than 24 hours after rugby legend James Small suffered a fatal heart attack, [...] Full text...

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German captain of Sea-Watch nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize

11 july 2019 - 11:40:51
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - Spanish writer Mario Vargas Llosa and human rights associations are proposing to nominate Carola Rackete, the [...] Full text...

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South African Rugby Legend dead at 50

10 july 2019 - 14:43:28
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former South African Rugby Great, James Small, died on Wednesday at the age of [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Mandela’s daughter rebuked over inflammatory tweets

21 june 2019 - 12:18:56
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s ambassador to Denmark, Zindzi Mandela, has been reprimanded by International Relations and [...] Full text...

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Tunis hosts meeting ahead of Summit on Mediterranean

09 june 2019 - 16:31:56
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – Tunisia will on 11-12 June host the meeting of the preparatory monitoring committee of the Summit [...] Full text...

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Bids for 3rd 'Next Einstein Forum' for science ambassadors opens

23 may 2019 - 06:46:03
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Next Einstein Forum (NEF), the African international forum for sciences, on Wednesday announced the [...] Full text...

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Ellen Johnson Sirleaf appointed WHO goodwill ambassador

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

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Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus participates in Cape Verde Microfinance Symposium

20 may 2019 - 17:24:36
Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - Muhammad Yunus of Bangladesh and the 2006  Nobel Peace Prize winner, will participate in the [...] Full text...

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South Africa's ANC leading poll but support down

09 may 2019 - 08:31:41
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – With the vote counting completed at 6,640 polling stations across South Africa (28% of [...] Full text...

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Mandela sketch sells for US$112,000

03 may 2019 - 11:10:26
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A simple sketch by former President Nelson Mandela of his Robben Island prison cell has [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian Prime Minister awarded the 2019 Félix Houphouët-Boigny-UNESCO Peace Prize

02 may 2019 - 12:14:45
Paris, France (PANA) - The Ethiopian Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed Ali, has been awarded the 2019 Félix Houphouët-Boigny-UNESCO International Jury's [...] Full text...

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Mandela treason trial film to be screened in South Africa

25 april 2019 - 11:45:27
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A film covering Nelson Mandela’s historic Treason Trial will be screened around South Africa [...] Full text...

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Anti-Mandela club under fire in the UK

18 april 2019 - 11:18:44
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A private club catering for white South African and Zimbabwean immigrants in the UK [...] Full text...

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World leaders pay glowing tribute to Kofi Annan, an African hero

05 april 2019 - 22:33:23
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA)  -  Former UN Secretary- General Kofi Annan Friday received glowing tribute at the leadership ceremony of [...] Full text...

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Congolese Nobel Laureate Denis Mukwege wants sexual violence victims compensated

27 march 2019 - 16:43:47
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – On the initiative of Luxemburg's Grand Duchess, Maria Theresa, Congolese Denis Mukwege, Nobel peace Prize winner [...] Full text...

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Nelson Mandela linked to Christchurch massacre

17 march 2019 - 19:25:14
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The gunman who killed 50 worshippers in a Christchurch mosque referred to former world [...] Full text...

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French President emphasises deepening regional security ties on Kenya visit

14 march 2019 - 16:27:12
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Visiting French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday,  the second day of his Kenyan visit,  emphasised his [...] Full text...

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ECOWAS mission urges Nigeria to remain peaceful during polls

22 february 2019 - 19:49:11
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Head of the ECOWAS Observation Mission to Nigeria’s general elections, Mrs. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, has appealed [...] Full text...

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Nigerian elections followed with great expectations, says Johnson-Sirleaf

14 february 2019 - 17:51:53
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Madam Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, a former Liberian President and Head of the ECOWAS 200-member Observation Mission to [...] Full text...

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Zambian named Africa’s Best Female Philanthropist

02 january 2019 - 07:38:12
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambian Justina Mutale has been named Africa’s Best Female Philanthropist in the ChangeMakers Powerlist's latest release [...] Full text...

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Daughter of Africa’s first Nobel Laureate dead at 79

17 december 2018 - 07:33:49
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The youngest daughter of the Chief Albert Luthuli – Africa’s first Nobel Laureate – [...] Full text...

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South Africa's historic TRC saluted

10 december 2018 - 11:03:33
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A special dinner to commemorate the 20th anniversary of South Africa’s historic Truth and [...] Full text...

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Mandela hailed at inaugural Global Citizen Festival

02 december 2018 - 19:40:13
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – For a few glorious hours, Soweto was the centre of the universe on Sunday as [...] Full text...

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Oprah Winfrey reflects on Mandela's legacy

29 november 2018 - 18:31:36
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Global icon Oprah Winfrey on Thursday reflected on her extraordinary friendship with Nelson Mandela [...] Full text...

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Mauritius to host international conference on SDGs

27 november 2018 - 08:40:04
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius will host an international conference addressing the theme of Sustainable Development Goals (SGDs) from 29 [...] Full text...

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African Development Institute to host Women’s Rights advocate, Graca Machel, on Friday

12 november 2018 - 13:59:15
Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Institute will host Her Excellency, Graca Machel, as the Special Guest Speaker [...] Full text...

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FW de Klerk stable in hospital

28 october 2018 - 09:48:58
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa’s last apartheid head of state, FW de Klerk, is recovering at a [...] Full text...

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Ailing Tutu turns 87

07 october 2018 - 12:25:34
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Nobel Laureate Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu is spending his 87 birthday in a Cape [...] Full text...

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Dr Mukwege's Nobel Peace Prize crowns years of treating survivors of sexual violence in war situation

05 october 2018 - 10:27:05
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Dr. Denis Mukengere Mukwege, a surgeon, gynecologist and women’s rights activist, who was awarded the [...] Full text...

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DR Congo gynaecologist, Yazidi rights activist win 2018 Nobel Peace Prize

05 october 2018 - 09:46:37
Oslo, Norway (PANA) - The Norwegian Nobel Committee on Friday announced that DR Congo gynaecologist, Dr Denis Mukwege, and Nadia [...] Full text...

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South African Liberation hero fights for life in hospital

04 october 2018 - 15:22:48
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – One of the last two remaining Rivonia treason trialists, Andrew Mlangeni, is fighting for [...] Full text...

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FAO chief and Nobel Peace Laureate stress links between tackling violence and hunger

03 october 2018 - 12:49:16
Rome, Italy (PANA) - FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva and Nobel Peace Laureate Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday marked the [...] Full text...

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Ageing Tutu admitted to hospital

27 september 2018 - 15:59:56
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Archbishop Desmond Tutu was admitted to a Cape Town hospital for unknown reasons on [...] Full text...

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Where conflicts arise, hunger increases says FAO chief

25 september 2018 - 10:28:56
New York, US (PANA) - Without peace there will be no food security, and without food security there will be [...] Full text...

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Kofi Annan laid to rest with full military honours

13 september 2018 - 14:14:28
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Kofi Annan, former UN Secretary General, was given a state burial on Thursday with full military [...] Full text...

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Kofi Annan's body lies in state as three days of national mourning begins

11 september 2018 - 11:10:01
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The body of the former United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, is lying in state at the [...] Full text...

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Peace must be built ‘block after block’ - UN General Assembly President

06 september 2018 - 05:33:52
New York, US (PA NA) - Under the theme of charting “A Credible Pathway to Sustaining Peace,” Miroslav Lajčák, President [...] Full text...

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Ghana flags fly at half-mast for Kofi Annan; newspapers eulogise him

20 august 2018 - 09:40:28
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Flags are flying at half-mast in Ghana and the country's missions abroad for former UN Secretary-General [...] Full text...

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Human Rights Watch 'deeply saddened' by passing of Kofi Annan

20 august 2018 - 02:19:05
New York, US (PANA) - Human Rights Watch says it is deeply saddened by the passing of former United Nations [...] Full text...

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Buhari commiserates with Ghana, UN over Kofi Annan’s demise

19 august 2018 - 13:12:37
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's President, Muhammadu Buhari, has commiserated with the government and people of Ghana over the passing [...] Full text...

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UNESCO DG bemoans the passing of Kofi Annan

19 august 2018 - 09:57:18
Paris, France (PANA) - "I am deeply saddened to learn of the sudden death of former United Nations Secretary-General and [...] Full text...

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AfDB mourns passing of former UN Secretary-General, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Kofi Annan

19 august 2018 - 04:20:52
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has learned with deep sadness the news of the death [...] Full text...

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UN officials bid farewell to former Secretary-General Kofi Annan; UN flag flies at half-mast

18 august 2018 - 17:28:45
New York, US (PANA) - The flag at United Nations Headquarters in New York is flying at half-mast this Saturday [...] Full text...

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ROUNDUP: Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan is dead; tributes pour in for him

18 august 2018 - 13:13:50
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Former United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Kofi Annan passed away on Saturday morning in Berne, Switzerland, aged [...] Full text...

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Amnesty International mourns Kofi Annan

18 august 2018 - 12:28:01
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Human rights watchdog, Amnesty International, has eulogised Kofi Annan, the former UN secretary-general, who died on [...] Full text...

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