Women in Peacekeeping: A Key to Peace (A UN feature)
31 may 2020 - 13:32:44New York, US (PANA) - The International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, celebrated worldwide on 29 May, offers a chance [...] Full text...
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New York, US (PANA) - The International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, celebrated worldwide on 29 May, offers a chance [...] Full text...
Sudan, WFP sign agreement on Sudanese family support programme
29 may 2020 - 19:12:03Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)- The Government of Sudan and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on Friday signed a Memorandum of [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Pandemic 'under control' in Niger
29 may 2020 - 11:44:02Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The spread of the COVID-19 pandemic has eased and is under control in Niger, the Minister [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Number of children in household poverty to soar to 86 million by end of 2020
28 may 2020 - 19:39:48New York, US (PANA) – The economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic could push up to 86 million more children [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: EU extends BReST project support to Gambian women, children in response to COVID-19 outbreak
28 may 2020 - 17:18:37Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The European Union (EU) is to extend the successful Building Resilience through Social Transfers-(BReST) project being [...] Full text...
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Mali moves to redevelop Gourma biosphere reserve for elephant survival
28 may 2020 - 14:29:01Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian government has adopted a bill establishing the Gourma Biosphere Reserve, an area located near [...] Full text...
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Senegal cancels national basketball season, no champion this year
28 may 2020 - 13:42:14Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal's national D1 basketball championship has been definitively stopped "for force majeure related to the Covid-19 [...] Full text...
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UN says COVID-19 is a ‘new and deadly threat’ for civilians caught up in violence
28 may 2020 - 05:19:44New York, US (PANA) - Innocent civilians trapped in violence now face “a new and deadly threat” from COVID-19, the [...] Full text...
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Humanitarian agency says new swarms of locusts threaten to increase hunger in East Africa
27 may 2020 - 10:43:11Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Humanitarian agency Oxfam warned on Wednesday that millions of people in East and Central Africa, already [...] Full text...
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Amnesty International accuses Nigerian military of subjecting children to unlawful detention
27 may 2020 - 07:52:14Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Global human rights group, Amnesty International, on Wednesday accused the Nigerian military of subjecting children in [...] Full text...
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FIFA, WHO and European Commission launch #SafeHome campaign
26 may 2020 - 19:27:03Zurich, Switzerland (PANA) - FIFA, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the European Commission have joined forces to launch the [...] Full text...
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More than a million women in Burkina Faso victims of conflict and coronavirus, says Oxfam
25 may 2020 - 20:32:50Paris, France (PANA) - More than one million women and girls in Burkina Faso are facing increasing sexual violence, hunger [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe’s human rights abuse irks civil society in Botswana
25 may 2020 - 15:03:15Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Civil society in Botswana has condemned the increasing human rights violations in neighbouring Zimbabwe. Olebile Machete, spokesperson for [...] Full text...
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UN chief urges African countries where conflict prevails to heed ceasefire call on Africa Day
25 may 2020 - 06:04:23New York, US (PANA) - African countries have “demonstrated commendable leadership” battling the COVID-19 pandemic, but more nations across the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Africa's cases top 100,000, says WHO
23 may 2020 - 07:06:54Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The COVID-19 pandemic on Friday reached a milestone in Africa, with more than 100,000 confirmed cases. The [...] Full text...
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Shrinking forests need bold action to safeguard their biodiversity
22 may 2020 - 18:53:11Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Amidst alarming rates of deforestation and land degradation, urgent action is needed to safeguard the biodiversity [...] Full text...
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AfDB provides over 180-million-euro Loan to Mauritian response to COVID-19 pandemic
22 may 2020 - 17:45:49Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved, on May 22 in [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: 188m-euro AfDB loan to boost Kenya's COVID-19 response
22 may 2020 - 17:23:40Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) on Friday approved an 188-million-euro [...] Full text...
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Covid-19: Congo's opposition parties call for a 500 billion FCFA fund to combat coronavirus
22 may 2020 - 14:56:20Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Leaders of Congolese opposition parties, not represented in Parliament, have jointly proposed the creation of a [...] Full text...
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Humanitarian charity says armed conflict displaces 660,000 since UN call for global ceasefire
22 may 2020 - 11:22:57London, UK (PANA) - Armed conflict forced more than 660,000 people around the world to flee their homes between 23 [...] Full text...
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No locust threat in Tunisia, says Ministry of Agriculture
22 may 2020 - 10:11:22Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The locust situation in northwest Africa is currently not a cause for concern, Tunisia's Ministry of [...] Full text...
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Voting ends without "major incidents" in Burundi
20 may 2020 - 18:01:52Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Incidents of widespread breakdown of social networks, some delays in the opening of polling stations and [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: EU donates equipment towards Gambia’s fight against COVID-19
20 may 2020 - 16:45:41Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The European Union (EU) on Wednesday handed over 10,000 face masks, 500 protective suits and 100 [...] Full text...
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COVID-19: Africa must act now to avoid a catastrophe, say rights chiefs
20 may 2020 - 13:38:18Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – Human rights chiefs from the United Nations and the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights [...] Full text...
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Stand in solidarity to preserve Africa’s hard-won progress, urges UN chief
20 may 2020 - 05:12:17New York, US (PANA) - The coronavirus pandemic threatens the hard-earned gains Africans have made throughout the continent, the UN [...] Full text...
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Greening transport sector in post COVID-19 recovery can create 15 million jobs globally
19 may 2020 - 12:59:37Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The recovery from the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic cannot be a return to business as usual. It [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Pandemic closes 90 percent of museums globally, UNESCO plans for reopenings
19 may 2020 - 05:36:17Paris, France (PANA) - As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to wreak havoc globally, museums have not been spared, the UN [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: US gives Congo 150 million CFAF for fight against coronavirus
18 may 2020 - 19:56:03Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – The US government has given Congo 150 million CFAF to enable the African country to develop [...] Full text...
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Intercommunal fight re-displaces thousands of South Sudanese refugees
18 may 2020 - 18:37:40Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – The UN refugees agency has issued a statement, condemning what it termed the “senseless” attack on [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe authorities asked to account for disappearance of three female opposition leaders
18 may 2020 - 05:51:26Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Amnesty International is asking the authorities in Zimbabwe to urgently account for three missing female leaders [...] Full text...
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Ramadan without respite for Libyans, victims of military escalation (News analysis by Youssef BA, PANA correspondent)
17 may 2020 - 20:48:37Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyans will have lived in 2020 the Ramadan, month of fasting for Muslims, the most difficult [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: 500 health staffs, 200 senior technicians trained on prevention, control measures against infections
15 may 2020 - 20:39:54Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The commission of prevention and control against infections (PCI) of the national committee of fight against [...] Full text...
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Authorities in Botswana warn residents of poisoned elephants
15 may 2020 - 17:30:28Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana’s Department of Wildlife and National Parks has warned residents in the Seronga village in the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: ILO says access to healthcare for workers now ‘a matter of life and death’
15 may 2020 - 05:38:31Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The spread of COVID-19 in developing countries has exposed gaps in social protection coverage which could [...] Full text...
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UN commission alarmed at rights violations in run-up to 20 May elections
15 may 2020 - 05:17:58Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN Commission of Inquiry on Burundi, alarmed by violence and human rights violations in the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Chinese govt gives Tunisia new medical aid
14 may 2020 - 23:59:07Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Chinese government Thursday decided to donate Tunisia a new share of medical materials to help [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: 50 confirmed cases, 34 cured, 4 deaths recorded Thursday in Congo
14 may 2020 - 23:52:53Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The ministry of Health and Populations said here the country Thursday recorded 50 new positive cases [...] Full text...
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COVID-19: Congolese to know government’s de-confinement plan Saturday - official
14 may 2020 - 23:25:16Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The national coordination of the management of the coronavirus pandemic, chaired by Congolese President Denis Sassou-Nguesso [...] Full text...
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Mali: Kayes demonstrators take off, set fire to offices of the prefect and vice-prefect
13 may 2020 - 18:18:52Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Young Kayesians continued to demonstrate here Wednesday following the shooting death of an 18-year-old teenager by [...] Full text...
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Nigeria violence sees 23,000 refugees flee into Niger in April alone: UNHCR
13 may 2020 - 07:06:19Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Ongoing violence in parts of north-western Nigeria forced an estimated 23,000 people to seek safety and [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: UNICEF warns that pandemic ‘quickly becoming a child rights crisis'
13 may 2020 - 06:00:36New York, US (PANA) - As the coronavirus outbreak enters its fifth month, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: IMF helps Egypt alleviate financing needs arising from COVID-19 pandemic
12 may 2020 - 12:45:25Washington, US (PANA) - The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved Egypt’s request for emergency financial [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Tunisia goes for two consecutive days without new cases
12 may 2020 - 10:01:39Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia experienced a second consecutive day on Monday without recording a case of the new coronavirus [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Congolese govt. orders 777,000 masks for the fight against Covid-19
11 may 2020 - 19:23:22Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – The Congolese minister of Small- and Medium-Size Enterprises (SMEs), Craft industry and Informal sector, Yvonne Adélaïde [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nurses deserve praise, thanks, protection amid COVID-19
11 may 2020 - 13:36:45Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – Nurses and other health care workers on the frontlines of the fight against COVID-19 deserve recognition [...] Full text...
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Japan funds UNDP programme on assistance for hundreds of vulnerable groups in Sudan
11 may 2020 - 12:53:37Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)- The Japanese Government today announced an additional US$2.4 million of funding for UNDP’s ongoing work to support [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Vaccine trials tread cautiously on elderly people
10 may 2020 - 20:56:19Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Healthy people between 65-85 years of age will be injected with a potential vaccine for the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Ghana's positive cases jump to 4,263; doctors stress ban on social gathering should remain
10 may 2020 - 06:07:20Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana has recorded 251 more cases of COVID-19 (coronavirus) sending the total count to 4,263, the [...] Full text...
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Niger accused of instrumentalizing cybercrime law against dissenting voices
09 may 2020 - 15:51:03Paris, France (PANA) - Amnesty International on Friday called on Nigerien authorities not to use the provisions of the cybercrime [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Rwanda introduces robots for COVID-19 screening
09 may 2020 - 13:47:27Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - As a move to improve protection for healthcare workers and intensify screening processes, the Rwanda's Biomedical [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: NGOs advocate for the specific protection of women, girls during COVID-19 in sub-Saharan Africa
08 may 2020 - 16:25:41Paris, France (PANA) - Three organizations on Thursday called on authorities in sub-Saharan Africa to ensure that measures adopted to [...] Full text...
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Two killed in bombing of Embassy District in Tripoli
08 may 2020 - 14:10:19Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Two people died when rockets landed on Thursday night in the district of Zawyet al-Dahmani, an [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Migrants stranded ‘all over the world’ and at risk from virus - IOM
08 may 2020 - 05:17:08Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Thousands of migrants have been stranded “all over the world” where they face a heightened risk [...] Full text...
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UN appeals for US$6.7 billion to protect millions of lives, stem COVID-19 spread in fragile countries
07 may 2020 - 15:21:21Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN’s Humanitarian Chief, Mark Lowcock on Thursday called for swift and determined action to avoid [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: IMF says Ugandan economy ‘severely affected by COVID-19 pandemic’
07 may 2020 - 08:51:08Washington, US (PANA) – The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a disbursement of US$491.5 million [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Pandemic putting human trafficking victims at risk of further exploitation, experts warn
07 may 2020 - 05:50:30Vienna, Austria (PANA) - Lockdowns, travel restrictions, resource cutbacks and other measures to curb the spread of the new coronavirus [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Ghana's case count jumps to 3,091
07 may 2020 - 05:35:06Accra. Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's positive case count of the novel coronavirus has jumped up by 372 to 3,091, according [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Burkinabe government to give schoolchildren masks before resumption of classes
07 may 2020 - 00:02:42Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkinabe government Wednesday insisted on the need to make masks available for schoolchildren before [...] Full text...
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COVID-19: Congolese religious faiths hold days of prayers for fight against coronavirus
06 may 2020 - 22:08:43Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Congolese religious bodies umder the committee for national solidarity (CASN) against the coronavirus Wednesday announced three [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso: Human rights movement lists "numerous cases of enforced disappearances" in the capital
06 may 2020 - 17:40:22Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkina Faso Movement for Human and Peoples' Rights (MBDHP), which on Wednesday demanded light [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Congolese Foundation for Medical Research manufactures plastic face masks
06 may 2020 - 17:30:12Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese Foundation for Medical Research, headed by Prof. Francine Ntoumi, announced on Wednesday in Brazzaville, [...] Full text...
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Coronavitus: UNFPA gives 10 million CFA Francs for midwifery protection equipment in Congo
06 may 2020 - 10:14:16Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) on Tuesday donated protective equipment to midwives in Congo's various [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Mauritius PM says Govt. will stop at nothing to save lives
06 may 2020 - 07:58:48Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister, Pravind Jugnauth, told Parliament on Tuesday that the Government will stop at nothing [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Pandemic makes universal digital access and cooperation essential, says UN tech agency
06 may 2020 - 07:05:03Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As the COVID-19 (coconavirus) pandemic reshapes the way in which we work, keep in touch, go [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: UN teams step up efforts to protect rights in prisons, as revolts intensify worldwide
06 may 2020 - 06:42:59Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As senior UN officials spread the alarm over the rapid spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus) through prisons [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Gambian returnees produce protective equipment for COVID-19 frontline officials
05 may 2020 - 19:16:06Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The rapid spread of COVID-19 in West and Central Africa, which has infected over 8,000 people [...] Full text...
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UNICEF reports record child displacement figures due to conflict and violence in 2019
05 may 2020 - 05:16:09New York, US (PANA) - A new UN report finds that some 19 million children were displaced within their own [...] Full text...
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Nigerien Minister of Employment dies
04 may 2020 - 18:02:52Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Nigerien Minister of Employment, Labor and Social Protection, and Chairman of the ruling Social Democratic Party, [...] Full text...
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Covid-19: Congo sets up technical unit for protection of doctors
04 may 2020 - 14:53:41Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The president of the departmental council of the Order of Physicians of Pointe-Noire and Kouilou in [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Libya unveils health provisions to welcome nationals stranded abroad
04 may 2020 - 11:40:58Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Director-General of the National Centre for Disease Control, Badreddine al-Najjar, has stressed that the epidemiological [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Amnesty International calls for release of all prisoners of conscience worldwide amidst pandemic
04 may 2020 - 11:22:06Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Human rights advocate, Amnesty International, is calling for the immediate and unconditional release of all the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Journalists provide ‘antidote’ to COVID-19 misinformation, says UN chief
02 may 2020 - 08:19:43New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General has called for greater protection of journalists who are providing the ‘antidote’ [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Guterres says rights and dignity of older people must be respected during pandemic, beyond
02 may 2020 - 08:00:20New York, US (PANA) - The COVID-19 fatality rate for people over 80-years-old is five times the global average, UN [...] Full text...
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Covid-19: Sweden donates 400,000 dollars to UNICEF-Tunisia
01 may 2020 - 22:11:31Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Sweden Friday donated 400,000 US dollars to UNICEF-Tunisia as aid to fight against the Coronavirus, particularly [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: France gives medical aid to Tunisia for pandemic fight
01 may 2020 - 11:07:18Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian Ministry of Defence on Thursday received medical and health aid offered by France as [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe's Finance minister reveals economy near collapse with 20 percent contraction expected (A PANA News Analysis)
01 may 2020 - 06:01:54Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe’s economy is expected to contract by a whopping 20 percent this year as it barrels [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: UN chief calls for ‘solidarity, unity and hope’ in battling pandemic
01 may 2020 - 05:47:41New York, US (PANA) - Amidst the destruction of the COVID-19 pandemic, the United Nations chief has expressed concern over [...] Full text...
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WB releases more than 156 billion CFAF for West African states
30 april 2020 - 20:37:32Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The World Bank Thursday approved a financing package of 273 million dollars or about 159 billion [...] Full text...
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Tunisian print media asked to resume printing of newspapers
30 april 2020 - 17:34:21Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian General Federation of Information on Thursday on the print media to resume work from [...] Full text...
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COVID-19: UN agencies, World Bank issue guidelines on roadmap for safe reopening of schools
30 april 2020 - 13:53:39Paris, France (PANA) - UNESCO, UNICEF, World Food Programme (WFP) and World Bank on Thursday issued new guidelines on the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: UN agency shines light on data and privacy online during lockdowns
30 april 2020 - 08:21:11New York, US (PANA) - A third of all nations lack laws to protect their citizen’s online data and privacy, [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Rights group urges Ghana govt to immediately test staff, patients of psychiatric hospitals
30 april 2020 - 07:24:40Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Human Rights Watch on Thursday urged the Ghana government to immediately ensure that all psychiatric hospitals [...] Full text...
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COVID-19: Congolese government invited to strengthen anti-coronavirus system
29 april 2020 - 19:50:49Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Political parties forming the presidential majority in Congo Wednesday called on the government to strengthen the [...] Full text...
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COVID-19: European Union supports WFP food assistance in refugee camps in Algeria
29 april 2020 - 15:20:23Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - The UN World Food Programme (WFP) on Wednesday welcomed a contribution of €5.3 million (US$ 6 [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Chinese experts recommend Burkina Faso protection of medical treating staff
28 april 2020 - 23:59:29Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Chinese medical team about to end a mission in Burkina Faso within the framework of [...] Full text...
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Sudan passes law incriminating FGM
28 april 2020 - 21:48:26Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese government Tuesday passed a law criminalizing female genital mutilation(FGM), a law pushed back so [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Mask-making equipment to combat coronavirus given to fashion designers in Congo
28 april 2020 - 17:49:43Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Director-General of the National Handicrafts Agency (ANA), Serge Gaston Moundele-Mbouma, on Monday in Brazzaville handed [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: EU scales up financial support to Gambian women, children in response to COVID 19 outbreak
27 april 2020 - 18:38:14Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - In light of the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and its unavoidable socio-economic consequences, the European [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: 148 Nigeriens expelled from Nigeria confined in Dan Issa
27 april 2020 - 16:54:22Maradi, Niger (PANA) - Some 148 Nigeriens expelled from or returning from Nigeria have been confined in Dan Issa (Niger) [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: ‘No evidence’ that recovered patients cannot be reinfected, says WHO
26 april 2020 - 07:25:50Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that there is currently no evidence that people who [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: IMF approves US$309 million emergency assistance for Mozambique to address pandemic
25 april 2020 - 10:07:58Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) – Concerned that the COVID-19 pandemic will have a significant impact on Mozambique’s economy, the International Monetary [...] Full text...
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UN ‘fully mobilised’ to support the Sudanese people, Security Council hears
25 april 2020 - 05:23:13New York, US (PANA) - The “exceptional circumstances” of the COVID-19 pandemic have impacted the peace process in Sudan as [...] Full text...
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France welcomes legal proceedings on massacre of Cameroonian villagers
24 april 2020 - 15:01:08Paris, France (PANA) - France has welcomed the opening by Cameroonian authorities of legal proceedings against the alleged perpetrators of [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: IMF approves US$130 million support for Mauritania to address pandemic
24 april 2020 - 07:26:34Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Mauritania has secured US$130 million as emergency support to be drawn under the Rapid Credit Facility [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: ECOWAS leaders stress containment, prevention and fight against pandemic
24 april 2020 - 07:17:14Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - West African leaders on Wednesday stressed that the containment, prevention and fight against COVID-19 (coronavirus) remain [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: ‘Leave no one behind’ mantra matters more than ever, as pandemic threatens all humanity: Guterres
24 april 2020 - 05:15:27New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres issued a three-point global “Call to Action” on Thursday to cushion the colossal fallout from the COVID-19 (coronavirus) [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: President Barrow says two-thirds of Gambian workers face difficult situations due to COVID 19
23 april 2020 - 18:25:04Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - President Adama Barrow has lamented that two-thirds of workers in Gambia's informal sector (80% of the [...] Full text...
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Libyan Interior minister accuses Haftar of continuing targeting civilians
22 april 2020 - 23:14:49Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan minister of Interior of the government of national accord (GNA), Fathi Pachagha, Wednesday accused [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: South-West Tunisia hosts night demonstrations against marginalization of zone
22 april 2020 - 20:33:47Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – People took to the streets Tuesday evening in the zone of Kalaâ, region of Kebili, in [...] Full text...
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COVID-19: ECOWAS offers Burkina Faso 2500 test kits
21 april 2020 - 23:21:56Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), through the West African Health Organization (WAHO), [...] Full text...
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Press freedom in Sudan witnesses minor improvement
21 april 2020 - 23:04:09Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan’s press freedom record has improved by 16 points, up from its 175 ranking in 2019, [...] Full text...
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Unions call for unemployment insurance scheme in Botswana
21 april 2020 - 21:03:13Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana’s Federation of Public Private & Parastatal Sector Unions (BOFEPUSU) Tuesday lobbied authorities here to establish [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO says African regulatory agencies, ethics committees to expedite clinical trial reviews
21 april 2020 - 11:31:53Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - National regulatory authorities and national ethics committees from across Africa have agreed to combine their expertise to [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: UN agencies pledge scaled-up efforts to protect uprooted children
21 april 2020 - 05:09:41New York, US (PANA) - Two UN agency chiefs are pledging to accelerate work to expand refugee children’s access to [...] Full text...
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COVID-19: Jack Ma, WHO-Africa and UNDP present more donations to Congo for fight against coronavirus
20 april 2020 - 21:41:08Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Chinese billionaire Jack Ma, the World Health Organization (WHO) for Africa and the UN Development Programme [...] Full text...
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COVID-19 measures must factor in specific needs of women, say UN experts
20 april 2020 - 14:55:54Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – Governments must ensure women from diverse groups and backgrounds are included in decisions at the local, [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Amnesty International calls for protection of detainees at risk of virus
20 april 2020 - 07:04:09Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Human rights advocate Amnesty International is asking authorities in sub-Saharan Africa to take urgent action to [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Sales of basic food, necessities in Congo now on every day
17 april 2020 - 16:53:34Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese government said on Thursday in Brazzaville that the outlets for the sale of certain [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Rights group warms millions face hunger in Southern Africa under lockdown
17 april 2020 - 11:15:02Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - Human rights watchdog Amnesty International said on Friday that millions of people across Southern Africa [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: New cargo of medical aid arrives in Tunisia
16 april 2020 - 21:39:48Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A new cargo of medical equipment for Tunisia arrived early Thursday aboard an Ethiopian Airlines flight, [...] Full text...
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COVID-19: China donates equipment to Congo in fight against coronavirus
16 april 2020 - 21:15:29Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Chinese government Wednesday donated to Congo 2,000 medical masks, 2,000 uniforms, 2,000 protection glasses and [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: UN chief calls for greater protection for children caught up in COVID-19 crisis
16 april 2020 - 19:34:01New York, US (PANA) - The looming global recession resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic could cause hundreds of thousands of [...] Full text...
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UNICEF on all fronts to tackle Covid-19 in Niger
16 april 2020 - 16:14:35Niamey, Niger (PANA) - As the current coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) continues to spread, UNICEF is supporting the government in care [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Burkina Faso’s immediate challenge is to contain pandemic spread - IMF
15 april 2020 - 10:19:06Washington, US (PANA) – The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a disbursement of US$115.3 million [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: IMF approves US$114.49 million to Niger to address pandemic
15 april 2020 - 10:08:12Washington, US (PANA) - The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday approved the disbursement of US$114.49 [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Online predators put millions of children at risk during lockdown
15 april 2020 - 06:20:58New York, US (PANA) - Self-isolation has driven more and more children to move online during the COVID-19 (cononavirus) pandemic, [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Major relief airlift for ‘most vulnerable’ African nations takes off
15 april 2020 - 05:36:20Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The first of the UN’s “Solidarity Flights” carrying urgently needed medical equipment in the war [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Detained children at ‘grave risk’ of contracting virus, warns UNICEF chief
14 april 2020 - 06:22:18New York, US (PANA) - Hundreds of thousands of children in detention around the world are at “grave risk” of [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus isolation threatens life-saving vaccinations for millions of children globally
14 april 2020 - 05:56:15Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As countries around the world continue to battle the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 117 million children [...] Full text...
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Benin receives masks and medical equipment to fight against COVID-19
13 april 2020 - 23:23:04Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Beninese government Monday received assorted medical materials to fight the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, official sources [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Beninese donate more than 250 million CFAF to virus fight
12 april 2020 - 18:57:33Cotonou, Benin (PANA) – The Beninese government has received 250 million CFAF in donations from organisations and individuals to aid [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions calls for US$100 each for vulnerable employees
12 april 2020 - 12:30:17Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has called on government to pay US$100 to vulnerable [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: IMF predicts unprecedented contraction in Tunisia's growth rate
11 april 2020 - 18:20:20Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian economy is expected to contract by 4.3% in 2020 as a result of COVID-19, [...] Full text...
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Military escalation continues in Libya despite challenges posed by coronavirus
11 april 2020 - 17:00:54Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Despite the challenges posed by the coronavirus epidemic, which is gaining ground every day with 24 [...] Full text...
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Tunisian CSOs against marginalization of migrants, refugees
11 april 2020 - 14:02:05Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Several civil society organizations, trade unions, MPs and public figures have expressed their deep concern about [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Malian president donates three months' salary in pandemic fight
11 april 2020 - 13:46:53Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Kéita on Friday announced he and members of the government would donate [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Benin receives medical equipment to counter COVID 19
11 april 2020 - 06:36:11Cotonou, Benin (PANA) – The Beninese government on Friday received 5 million masks and several other protection materials for fighting [...] Full text...
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NGOs denounce France’s anti-corona plan for Africa
11 april 2020 - 00:02:34Paris, France (PANA) - Several associations and health non-governmental organizations (NGOs) Friday denounced the weak French anti-coronavirus (COVID-19) plan in [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: IGAD Health ministers call for action to combat pandemic
10 april 2020 - 12:10:29Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan has commended “the swift action” taken by Heads of State and Government of the Intergovernmental [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Senegal's positive cases up by 15 to 265, 14 new cures
10 april 2020 - 11:53:56Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal has recorded 15 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 (coronavirus) and 14 new cures, the ministry [...] Full text...
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'Coronavirus-driven debt crisis threatens poor countries already at risk'
10 april 2020 - 07:26:08New York, US (PANA) - As governments struggle to cope with the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, billions of people living in [...] Full text...
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COVID-19: Congo’s oil operators give two tonnes of health equipment in the fight against coronavirus
09 april 2020 - 23:04:23Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Association of Congo’s oil operators (AOPC) Thursday donated health equipment to the Congolese government within [...] Full text...
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COVID-19 drives sub-Saharan Africa toward first recession in 25 years – World Bank
09 april 2020 - 08:56:18Washington, US (PANA) - Growth in sub-Saharan Africa has been significantly impacted by the ongoing COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak and is [...] Full text...
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Tunisian ministry of Interior reveals existence of terrorist threats against political personalities
08 april 2020 - 22:12:11Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Secretary-General of the Tunisian party "Movement of the People", Zouhair Maghzaoui, Wednesday reported he had [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: 30 new cases recorded in Guinea
08 april 2020 - 21:17:51Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The Guinean national health security agency (ANSS) Wednesday recorded 30 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), taking [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Debt relief for the poorest countries critical in fight against COVID-19 - UNICEF
08 april 2020 - 19:45:19New York, US (PANA) - “COVID-19 is generating an unprecedented global economic crisis. And as we witness in all such [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Kenya to prospectively test 200,000 health workers
08 april 2020 - 11:14:24Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Healthcare workers in all hospitals in Kenya, both state-owned and privately-owned, currently estimated at about 200,000 [...] Full text...
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'Children vulnerable to abuse, violence during coronavirus lockdowns'
08 april 2020 - 06:50:33New York, US (PANA) - Independent UN human rights experts have called on States to boost child protection measures to help [...] Full text...
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‘Say no to hate speech and xenophobia’, urges Guterres, as Rwanda marks 26 years since genocide
08 april 2020 - 06:20:37New York, US (PANA) - Remembering the more than one million people who over the course of just 100 days, [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Africa's positive cases top 10,000 with more than 500 deaths
08 april 2020 - 05:44:43Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – The number of confirmed COVID-19 (coronavirus) cases in Africa has risen to more than 10,000 and caused [...] Full text...
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Guinea adopts response plan against coronavirus for 19 billion CFAF
07 april 2020 - 20:56:46Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guinean Prime Minister Dr Ibrahima Kassory Fofana Monday evening announced the adoption of an economic response [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Zimbabwe has announced its 10th COVID-19 case as it expects 1,000 cases
06 april 2020 - 22:45:49Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe's Ministry of Health and Child Care Monday confirmed a 10th COVID-19 case, following one positive [...] Full text...
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32 people killed in attacks on communities in central Mali
06 april 2020 - 13:58:45Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A total of 37 civilians were killed in March in attacks against communities of the Bandiagara [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: King Mohamed VI pardons thousands of prisoners
05 april 2020 - 17:51:33Dakar Senegal (PANA) - King Mohamed VI of Morocco Sunday granted exceptional pardon to thousands of prisoners and ordered the [...] Full text...
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Two injured as a missile hits Tripoli Medical Center
04 april 2020 - 17:24:00Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Two people were injured on Saturday when a missile hit the rear portal of the Tripoli [...] Full text...
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COVID-19.: Gambian lawmakers extend state of public emergency to 45 days
04 april 2020 - 16:36:16Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian lawmakers have adopted a motion for the extension of the period of State of Public [...] Full text...
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Rwandan papers focus on response to the coronavirus economic crisis
04 april 2020 - 13:11:14Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan newspapers this week largely focused on ongoing efforts in the country to deal with the [...] Full text...
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. IMF approves US$ 165.99million outlay for Madagascar to address Covid-19 pandemic
04 april 2020 - 08:32:50Washington, US (PANA) – The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Friday approved a disbursement under the Rapid [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Police kill 8 while trying to enforce lockdown in South Africa
03 april 2020 - 18:10:05Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – An independent police report has revealed that since the start of South Africa’s Covid-19 [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: World Bank Group supports Ghana’s response with $100 million
03 april 2020 - 07:35:31Washington, US (PANA) - The World Bank is providing $100 million to Ghana to assist the country in tackling the [...] Full text...
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Africans rise against armed conflict, repressive regimes
02 april 2020 - 19:13:38Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Protesters across sub-Saharan Africa have braved bullets and beatings to defend their rights in the face [...] Full text...
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Kenya records two coronavirus deaths, 29 new infections
02 april 2020 - 17:45:24Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Two more people died of coronavirus in Kenya and 29 more tested positive, raising to 110 [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Togolese president announces palliatives in support of businesses
02 april 2020 - 17:12:16Lomé, Togo (PANA) - The Togolese head of state, Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé, on Wednesday announced the creation of a National [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: UNHCR steps up activities to fight COVID-19 in DR Congo
02 april 2020 - 16:49:46Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has intensified its preparedness, prevention and response [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Tunisian govt members offer 50 percent of April salaries to fight disease
02 april 2020 - 10:06:13Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Members of the Tunisian government have donated 50 percent of their April salaries to the Fund [...] Full text...
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Gabon records new coronavirus infections
01 april 2020 - 20:58:52Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - Gabon Wednesday recorded two new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) infections, the country’s monitoring committee of the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Mali Doctors' Union outraged by shortage of coronavirus protection materials
01 april 2020 - 17:07:46Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Union of Doctors of Mali (SYMEMA) has expressed sadness over the shortage and absence of [...] Full text...
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Tunisia registers 32 new cases of Covid-19
01 april 2020 - 13:39:33Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has registered 32 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 out of 442 people tested, the Tunisian [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: UN launches plan that could ‘defeat the virus and build a better world’
01 april 2020 - 05:31:45New 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: Number of contaminations to Covid-19 rises from 7 to 16 in Gabon
31 march 2020 - 23:24:34Libreville, Gabon (PANA) – The Gabonese ministry of Health on Tuesday issued a statement to announce that nine new persons tested [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Gambian official assures of enough food to deal with COVID 19
31 march 2020 - 21:38:17Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Permanent Secretary in the Gambian Ministry of Trade, Industry, Regional Integration and Employment, Lamin Dampha, [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: China set to help Tunisia battle Covid-19, says Xi Jinping
31 march 2020 - 21:28:49Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – The Tunisian president, Kais Saied, on Tuesday received a written message from the Chinese president, Xi [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Zimbabwe government moves to contain COVID-19
31 march 2020 - 16:11:04Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe is currently under a 21-day lockdown that began on Monday to minimize the spread of [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO chief calls for global increase in protective equipment, medical supplies
31 march 2020 - 12:00:40Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) is calling for stepped-up production of medical equipment [...] Full text...
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UN welcomes election of board of Libyan Bar Association
31 march 2020 - 06:50:23Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has warmly welcomed the election of the executive body [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Congo announces cure of 2 out of 19 confirmed cases
30 march 2020 - 22:50:34Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – The Congolese government has announced that two cases of COVID-19 infection have been cured out of [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: UNESCO rallies support to ensure that learning never stops
30 march 2020 - 10:35:02Paris, France (PANA) - The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) says it is launching a global education coalition to [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: US warns Haftar to suspend offensive against Tripoli in favour of fight against COVID-19
27 march 2020 - 22:44:07Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - "Without strong and unified response, the new Coronavirus epidemic could spread fast in Libya, creating a [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Mauritius introduces online shopping of essential goods as number of cases reaches 94
27 march 2020 - 18:39:16Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian population is able to purchase essential goods - food, beverages, health and sanitary products, [...] Full text...
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Covid-19: Mauritians start online shopping of essentials as number of cases reaches 81
27 march 2020 - 16:06:10Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian population is able to purchase essential goods - food, beverages, health and sanitary [...] Full text...
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Mali Human Rights Commission condemns kidnapping of opposition leader
27 march 2020 - 15:18:28Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The National Human Rights Commission of Mali (CNDH) has condemned Wednesday's abduction of Malian opposition [...] Full text...
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Seychelles bolsters marine economy conservation with foreign debt fundraising
27 march 2020 - 01:18:37Victoria, Seychelles (PANA) – Nearly a third of Seychelles’ ocean will be shielded from climate change and unregulated economic exploitation [...] Full text...
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UN calls for immediate de-escalation in Libya to focus on fighting coronavirus
26 march 2020 - 10:13:47Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) on Wednesday evening called on the warring parties [...] Full text...
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IMF approves US$395.5 million credit for Somalia
26 march 2020 - 07:07:33Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved three-year arrangements under the Extended [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Togolese govt. warns speculators who attempt to profit from coronavirus
25 march 2020 - 21:56:02Lomé, Togo (PANA) – The Togolese government promises to take serious action against traders who take advantage of the coronavirus [...] Full text...
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Chinese billionaire Jack Ma offers Togo material for fighting coronavirus
25 march 2020 - 18:03:34Lomé, Togo (PANA)-Togo on Tuesday received at Lomé airport a donation of health equipment from Chinese billionaire Jack Ma, founder [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Tunisia imports medical equipment from China
25 march 2020 - 14:51:10Tunis Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian Ministry of Finance has made available to the Ministry of Health 50 million Tunisian [...] Full text...
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Guterres says G-20 summit provides chance to rally strongly against coronavirus threat
25 march 2020 - 05:12:50New York, US (PANA) - The COVID-19 (coronavirus) crisis presents an "extraordinary opportunity" for the world’s leading economic forum to respond [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: UNDP says Sudan should increase spending on government following COVID-19
24 march 2020 - 21:28:34Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has advised the Government of Sudan to adopt an expansionary [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Panic in Nigeria's Presidency as Buhari's Chief of Staff tests positive to COVID-19
24 march 2020 - 15:51:25Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - News that the Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari and his closest confidant, Mr Abba [...] Full text...
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Niger: EU donates 13 armoured vehicles to support the fight against terrorism
24 march 2020 - 15:09:13Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The European Union (EU) donated 13 armoured vehicles to Niger on Tuesday to "build the capacity" [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus and Climate Change: Observing World Water Day
23 march 2020 - 21:12:25Abidjan, 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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Zambia: Amnesty International, SADC Lawyers call for lifting of the ban on Zambian lawyer
23 march 2020 - 16:21:42Lusaka, 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: Ghana closes all borders as positive cases hit 21 with one death
22 march 2020 - 07:58:11Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana will close all land, sea and air borders to human traffic for the next two [...] Full text...
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UNHCR delivers much-needed aid to Sudanese refugees in Chad
21 march 2020 - 06:25:56Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Nearly 94 tonnes of emergency aid has been airlifted into Chad to support thousands of people who have fled ongoing violence in Sudan’s [...] Full text...
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No ECOWAS observers in Guinea for Sunday’s elections
20 march 2020 - 23:06:37Conakry, Guinea (PANA) – The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has told the Guinean government it will not [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Senegalese President reaffirms commitment to eradicate COVID-19 from his country
20 march 2020 - 19:17:29Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Senegalese head of state, Macky Sall, on Thursday reaffirmed his "firm" commitment, as well as [...] Full text...
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Corononavirus: Benin forcibly isolates travellers flouting preventive measures
20 march 2020 - 12:05:36Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Benin authorities have arrested and forcibly isolated foreigners returning from their countries of origin affected [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO working on supply pipeline for protective equipment and tests
20 march 2020 - 05:53:36Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) is finalising export arrangements with producers in China so that [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Buhari urges Nigerians to take precaution, avoid panic
19 march 2020 - 23:39:13Abuja, 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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Coronavirus: Libyan Presidential Council welcomes calls for cessation of hostilities to counter disease
19 march 2020 - 12:48:39Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Presidential Council has welcomed the call by several countries and organizations for a "humanitarian [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: DRC's national assembly suspends activities
18 march 2020 - 22:23:43Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) – The national assembly of the DR Congo have suspended, from 18 March to 5 April, [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Togo releases 2 billion CFAF to fight coronavirus pandemic
17 march 2020 - 23:43:44Lomé, Togo (PANA) – To face the coronavirus with its devastating effects in the world, the Togolese government, in its [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Fayez al-Sarraj parleys with Mayors of Libya's western cities on mobilization plan
17 march 2020 - 21:45:01Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The chairman of the presidential council of the Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA), Fayez al-Sarraj, [...] Full text...
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Libyan Interior Minister, French officials discuss security and civil protection
17 march 2020 - 18:51:26Tripoli, 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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Coronavirus: Congo announces preventive measures to curb disease
17 march 2020 - 09:16:59Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Congo's Prime Minister Clément Mouamba on Monday announced a series of measures to raise the level [...] Full text...
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Rights group warns UN/AU report on Darfur fails to protect vulnerable groups
17 march 2020 - 06:06:03New York, US (PANA) – The proposal by the United Nations and the African Union to limit the UN’s protection [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Congo suspends flights from countries with high risk
16 march 2020 - 20:53:07Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – Congolese Prime Minister, Clement Mouamba, on Monday in Brazzaville announced a series of measures aimed to [...] Full text...
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Congolese consumers regret the lack of legal framework for their protection
16 march 2020 - 20:28:20Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese Observatory for Consumer Rights, on Monday in Brazzaville, deplored the lack of a legal [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe Govt gives power to insurance and pensions regulator to convert the value of assets
16 march 2020 - 18:31:35Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe's Treasury has given the Insurance and Pensions Commission (IPEC) power to reevaluate assets and liabilities [...] Full text...
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