UN highlights importance of pulses for diets and food security

10 february 2021 - 13:42:56
New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations is marking World Pulses Day on Wednesday, highlighting their importance not only as [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian Crisis: 25,000 refugees in unsettled Tigray region receive urgent UN food supplies

29 december 2020 - 13:31:07
Mekelle, Ethiopia (PANA) - Some 25,000 Eritrean refugees, sheltering in two camps in the unsettled Tigray region of Ethiopia, have [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian Crisis: UN agencies deliver lifeline food assistance to 25,000 Eritrean refugees in Tigray region

28 december 2020 - 11:31:04
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Eritrean refugees in two camps in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia received a month’s worth of food [...] Full text...

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More expensive pulses in second quarter of 2020 in Benin

20 september 2020 - 14:10:09
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - In the second quarter of this year, Benin recorded an increase in legume prices compared to [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: European Union supports WFP food assistance in refugee camps in Algeria

29 april 2020 - 15:20:23
Algiers, 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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Burkina Faso to mark 2nd World Pulses Day on Monday

09 february 2020 - 12:55:49
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso is celebrating the 2nd World Pulses Day on 10 February 2020 in Réo, [...] Full text...

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Rwanda’s GDP growth exceeds 10 percent with uptick in infrastructure projects

14 november 2019 - 08:48:47
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) – Rwanda’s economic activity outpaced expectations in the first half of 2019, with real Gross Domestic Product [...] Full text...

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UN agencies, partners seek US$89.5m to assist people affected by food insecurity in Zambia

30 october 2019 - 11:47:13
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - The UN and inter-governmental organizations (INGOs) are seeking US$89.5 million to provide immediate humanitarian assistance and [...] Full text...

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US provides Zimbabwe additional US$4.7 million towards Cyclone Idai relief aid

25 july 2019 - 14:30:22
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The United States has provided an additional US$4.7 million to assist thousands of Zimbabweans living in the [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe Gov't not prepared for climate change (A PANA feature)

12 july 2019 - 10:26:00
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - “I don’t think as government we fully understood the impact the weather would have on the [...] Full text...

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The number of starving Zimbabweans has increased to nearly seven million

10 july 2019 - 15:14:25
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Nearly seven million Zimbabweans are now facing hunger, a sharp increase from what the United Nations [...] Full text...

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US provides additional US$600,000 to smallholder Zimbabwe farmers affected by Cyclone Idai

01 july 2019 - 12:42:53
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The United States Government has provided an additional U$$600,000 to assist approximately 1,700 smallholder farmers in [...] Full text...

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WB report on Ethiopia shows mixed outlook as growth leads to overall poverty reduction

16 may 2019 - 15:53:40
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Led by strong performance in the services sector, Ethiopia continues to register a strong economic [...] Full text...

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Three Maghreb agreements signed by Libya in the field of agriculture, livestock

02 march 2019 - 20:31:11
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya has signed three agreements with the member countries of the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU), Algeria, [...] Full text...

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Germany supports WFP's humanitarian assistance for refugees in Tanzania

17 december 2018 - 12:04:39
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on Monday welcomed a €3.25 million [...] Full text...

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First South Sudan river convoy in five years, delivers UN aid to remote areas

10 october 2018 - 01:17:00
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - For the first time since civil war erupted in South Sudan in 2013, a United [...] Full text...

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FAO points the way for low-carbon animal products to support nutrition, rural livelihoods (FAO feature)

22 january 2018 - 10:16:15
Rome, Italy (PANA) - The livestock sector is a mainstay for food security and rural livelihoods and the international community [...] Full text...

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Germany provides critical humanitarian aid for refugees in Tanzania, Rwanda

30 november 2017 - 18:33:57
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Germany has contributed EUR 2 million to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: WFP says urgent funds needed for full food rations for refugees in Tanzania

30 august 2017 - 07:01:24
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Amid a funding shortage that has forced the reduction of rations for some 320,000 [...] Full text...

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UN: WFP resumes full food rations in Kenyan refugee camps

07 april 2017 - 20:43:26
New York, US (PANA) - The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has resumed rations this month to refugees in Kenya's [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Canada grants more funding for global food safety

24 january 2017 - 14:49:53
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Canada late Monday announced it will contribute an additional US$1 million to international bodies that develop [...] Full text...

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UN: Ban stresses need for healthy soils for sustainable food production

05 december 2016 - 15:48:47
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday stressed the importance of healthy soils, saying that "sustainable [...] Full text...

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Italy: World Soil Day hails symbiotic role of pulses to boost sustainable agriculture

05 december 2016 - 14:00:06
Rome, Italy (PANA) - Soil and pulses can make major contributions to the challenge of feeding the world's growing population [...] Full text...

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Italy: FAO says more should be done to promote consumption of pulses

23 november 2016 - 12:10:44
Rome, Italy (PANA) - Consumer awareness of the nutritional and dietary benefits of pulses, the edible seeds of leguminous plants [...] Full text...

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UN: WFP provides emergency food aid to 8,000 persons in CAR

20 october 2016 - 16:34:46
New York, US (PANA) - UN World Food Programme (WFP) on Thursday said it is providing emergency aid to 8,000 [...] Full text...

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UN: Obama tasks world leaders on global integration

20 september 2016 - 20:36:44
New York, US (PANA) - In his final address to the UN General Assembly as US President, Barack Obama on [...] Full text...

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Sudan: Bashir maintains stance against International Criminal Court

30 july 2016 - 14:28:44
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)- Sudan's President Omar Bashir has said his government “does not rebel against the international community but [...] Full text...

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UN: FAO launches 2016 International Year of Pulses, celebrating benefits of legumes

10 november 2015 - 19:25:40
New York, US (PANA) - Under the slogan "nutritious seeds for a sustainable future", the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) [...] Full text...

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Italy: FAO to launch International Year of Pulses 2016

06 november 2015 - 09:57:24
Rome, Italy (PANA) - Dried beans, lentils and peas – along with a myriad of their leguminous cousins – are [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia: Report projects Africa to have one low income country by 2050

01 september 2015 - 19:40:54
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Most African countries that today are considered low income will transition to middle income status [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: IFAD enhances cereal production in Kenya’s semi-arid counties

26 august 2015 - 20:57:44
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Kenya and the UN International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) on Wednesday signed an [...] Full text...

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UN: WFP launches food voucher programme in CAR

20 march 2015 - 15:41:02
New York, US (PANA) - The UN World Food Programme (WFP) on Friday said 100,000 people are to benefit from [...] Full text...

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UN: WFP appeal raises US$45 million to meet refugee food needs in Kenya

30 december 2014 - 19:21:33
New York, US (PANA) - The UN World Food Programme (WFP) Tuesday said that a strong response by donors to [...] Full text...

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Sudan: SAF repulses 2 SPLM-N attacks in S. Kordufan

09 december 2014 - 14:40:22
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) said that its forces have repulsed two simultaneous attacks on two [...] Full text...

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Kenya: WFP cuts food rations to refugees in Kenya

14 november 2014 - 12:32:39
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Around half a million refugees, mainly from Somalia and South Sudan, living in northern Kenya, will [...] Full text...

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Sudan: US commends Khartoum, Juba for helping war victims in South Sudan

10 november 2014 - 14:42:49
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – The United States embassy in Khartoum has commended Sudan for its cooperation with the world food [...] Full text...

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UN: UN official says survivors in Liberia, Sierra Leone now helping with children care

18 october 2014 - 07:11:30
New York, US (PANA) - Survivors of Ebola who have developed immunity to the virus are being trained to care [...] Full text...

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UN: Ghana President calls for sustained efforts to halt Ebola outbreak

25 september 2014 - 17:15:25
New York, US (PANA) - Ghana's President John Mahama on Thursday called for a sustained, coordinated international effort to stem [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: British diplomat slumps, dies at Lagos airport

03 september 2014 - 09:47:28
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A top British diplomat Tuesday slumped and died at Nigeria's main gateway Murtala Muhammed International Airport [...] Full text...

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UN: US actress Angelina Jolie calls for end to sexual violence in conflict

10 june 2014 - 19:54:25
New York, US (PANA) - Hollywood actress, activist and Special Envoy for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Ms. [...] Full text...

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UN: Refugee agency expresses concern on friction in South Sudan state

22 march 2014 - 16:39:37
New York, US (PANA) - The UN High Commissoner for Refugees (UNCHR) says it is gravely concerned about new tensions [...] Full text...

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New York/UN: WFP needs security to deliver food to 155,000 people in CAR

25 january 2014 - 17:41:35
New York, US (PANA) - The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has called for security to be re-established along the [...] Full text...

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New UN initiative tackles food losses in 3 African nations

23 december 2013 - 16:47:49
New York, US (PANA) - Three Rome-based UN agencies are teaming up on a US$ 2.7 million project to tackle [...] Full text...

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UN agencies: Fund shortage affects food ration for refugees in Kenya

31 october 2013 - 21:26:16
New York, US (PANA) – Two UN humanitarian agencies said on Thursday that they would be forced to reduce food [...] Full text...

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UN, Malawi launch relief operation to assist 1.5 million in need of food aid

02 october 2013 - 19:01:48
New York, US (PANA) - The UN, the Government of Malawi and other international partners have launched a relief operation [...] Full text...

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WFP says 2.2 million Zimbabweans need food assistance

03 september 2013 - 16:28:28
New York, US (PANA) - The UN World Food Programme (WFP) on Tuesday said that an estimated 2.2 million people [...] Full text...

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WFP distributes cash, food rations to Somali refugees in Ethiopia

15 july 2013 - 21:12:45
New York, US (PANA) – The UN World Food Programme (WFP) on Monday said more than 12,000 Somali refugees [...] Full text...

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WFP warns of Hunger in Zimbabwe

28 july 2012 - 07:54:17
New York, US (PANA) - A World Food Programme (WFP) report released on Friday says an estimated 1.6 million people [...] Full text...

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EAC reviews standards of local product

23 january 2012 - 16:49:02
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Preparing to start the free movement of goods within the East African Community (EAC), [...] Full text...

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US donates food items to malnourished communities in CAR

05 april 2011 - 14:56:35
New York, US (PANA) – The US government Tuesday donated 4,000 metric tonnes of food, worth US$ 6.5 million, to [...] Full text...

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Experts meet in India to discuss enhancing health, through agriculture

10 february 2011 - 16:05:17
New Delhi, India (PANA) - A three-day international conference, focusing on improving health and nutrition, through agriculture in developing countries, [...] Full text...

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Scientists arrive in Senegal for World Cowpea confab

27 september 2010 - 12:18:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Scientists drawn from various nations are converging on Dakar, Senegal, this week to attend the Fifth [...] Full text...

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Haiti's damaged food sector slowly begins to mend - FAO

22 september 2010 - 18:37:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Food production in Haiti is slowly recovering but still remains significantly below the levels that existed [...] Full text...

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WFP feeds children in drought-hit Niger

11 august 2010 - 14:05:00
Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- The World Food Programme (WFP) said Wednesday it had begun a major round of [...] Full text...

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Inflation rate declines in Mauritius

15 july 2010 - 14:38:00
Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The Central Statistics Office (CSO) in Mauritius announced Thursday that the inflation rate in the country [...] Full text...

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Congo: WFP airlifts food to fleeing refugees

18 march 2010 - 17:59:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The World Food Programme (WFP) is airlifting urgent food assistance into northern Republic of Congo, to [...] Full text...

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Number of hungry people rises in Southern Sudan

08 february 2010 - 11:30:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The number of people in southern Sudan in need of food a ssistance has more than [...] Full text...

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Two agriculture bodies want end to hunger, poverty

04 december 2009 - 23:29:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- A second Green Revolution must be waged to end hunger an d poverty in the dry [...] Full text...

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WFP assists West African flood victims

08 september 2009 - 21:44:00
New York- US (PANA) -- The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has started distributing food rations to the victims of [...] Full text...

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US keen for stronger ties with Nigeria - Clinton

12 august 2009 - 15:05:00
Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- Visiting American Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sai d here Wednesday the US was keen to [...] Full text...

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WFP buys record amount of food in southern Africa

23 january 2009 - 18:39:00
Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) bought a r ecord 552,000 metric tonnes of food [...] Full text...

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