. AIB Capital Limited, ApexAfricaCapital Limited in Kenya announce merger

03 july 2020 - 12:01:27
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Group, AXYS, one of the leading portfolio management companies in Mauritius, has concluded a [...] Full text...

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Tunisia GDP drops by 46.4% due to health crisis

02 july 2020 - 20:46:42
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The health crisis linked to the spread of the new coronavirus (Covid-19) caused a drop by [...] Full text...

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AfDB to launch African Economic Outlook 2020 Supplement

02 july 2020 - 16:08:18
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) will launch its African Economic Outlook 2020 Supplement in a [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: Impacts disproportionately affect poor and vulnerable: UN chief

01 july 2020 - 05:21:10
New York, US (PANA) - Addressing poverty eradication on Tuesday in front of the General Assembly, UN chief António Guterres [...] Full text...

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AfDB's Legal Service Department gets new Director

30 june 2020 - 17:16:33
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has announced the appointment of Mr. Souley Amadou as Acting [...] Full text...

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Gambia: UNFPA calls for urgent, accelerated action to stop FGM, child marriage

30 june 2020 - 16:55:18
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - At least 19 harmful practices, ranging from breast ironing to virginity testing, are considered human rights [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Kenya pandemic deaths rise to 148, new infections hit 6,366

30 june 2020 - 15:27:41
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The number of people who succumbed to coronavirus in Kenya rose to 148 on Tuesday when [...] Full text...

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Harmful practices rob women, girls of ‘right to reach their full potential’ - UNFPA

30 june 2020 - 06:17:16
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Urgent, and accelerated action is needed to end female genital mutilation, child marriage, and other “harmful [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Pandemic ‘not even close to being over’, WHO chief warns

29 june 2020 - 19:45:30
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Nearly six months after the new coronavirus first emerged, the COVID-19 pandemic is “not even close [...] Full text...

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Burundi's new president names 15-member cabinet

29 june 2020 - 11:51:48
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi's new head of state, Evariste Ndayishimiye, on Sunday evening appointed 15 members to the new [...] Full text...

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Losing momentum in Libya, France wants to play its all-out battle to preserve a place

26 june 2020 - 15:03:09
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - In recent days, French President Emmanuel Macron made numerous media statements on the situation in Libya, [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: African Union calls for unbiased sharing of coronavirus vaccine

25 june 2020 - 21:33:41
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Top scientists, researchers and ministers of health rose from a two-day virtual conference on Thursday [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: South Africa’s president Ramaphosa calls for virus vaccine roadmap

25 june 2020 - 14:35:24
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on the African Union to work with countries, [...] Full text...

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DR Congo's 10th Ebola outbreak over

25 june 2020 - 11:59:09
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The health authorities of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Thursday declared the end of [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: 10 million infections milestone looms – WHO chief says

25 june 2020 - 04:45:24
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The world is on track to reach 10 million coronavirus cases within the next week, the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Economic recovery will be slower following ‘crisis like no other’, IMF predicts

25 june 2020 - 04:34:21
Washington, DC, US (PANA) -Economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic is projected to be more gradual than previously forecast, according [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO to finance coronavirus vaccine research in Africa

24 june 2020 - 22:55:50
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The World Health Organisation (WHO) will provide funding to the most promising coronavirus vaccine initiatives [...] Full text...

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Rights groups urge IMF to delay vote on US$5.2 billion loan to Egypt

24 june 2020 - 05:42:19
Washington, DC, US (PANA) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) should delay a vote on a US$5.2 billion loan to [...] Full text...

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Board Chairman of PANA, Dr. Ibrahim Dagash, passes on (Re-issued)

23 june 2020 - 18:33:30
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese journalist, Pan-Africanist and Board Chairman of the Pan-African News Agency (PANA), Dr Ibrahim Dagash, has [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Building urban evidence base on social and economic impacts of COVID-19 in Sub-Saharan Africa

23 june 2020 - 17:34:28
Paris, France (PANA) - UNESCO is launching a partnership with the Canadian Covid 19 Social Impacts Network and Metropolis Canada [...] Full text...

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'COVID-19 disruptions in ocean observations could threaten weather forecast, climate change predictions'

23 june 2020 - 17:29:15
Paris, France (PANA) - COVID-19 is threatening to create an ocean data blindspot that could disrupt weather forecasts and hamper [...] Full text...

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Sudanese and PANA Board Chair, Dr Ibrahim Dagash, passes on

23 june 2020 - 16:38:34
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese journalist, Panafricanist and former head of the African Union media department, Dr Ibrahim Dagash, died [...] Full text...

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Tunisian President Saeid visits France

22 june 2020 - 15:36:05
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian President Kais Saeid started a working and friendship visit to France on Monday at the [...] Full text...

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Commonwealth launches webinar series to counter violent extremism

22 june 2020 - 13:57:00
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - A webinar series has been launched by the Commonwealth Secretariat in London, UK, to [...] Full text...

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Cote d'Ivoire: At least 10 reported killed in landslide after downpour

18 june 2020 - 14:20:14
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - A landslide left a dozen people dead and a lot of damage on Thursday in [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO hails early results on use of dexamethasone in most sick patients but warns it’s ‘no cure-all’

18 june 2020 - 05:31:05
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday hailed news from the United Kingdom that a [...] Full text...

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French researcher gets access to President François Mitterrand's archives on the Rwandan genocide

16 june 2020 - 18:49:20
Paris, France (PANA) - Researcher François Graner, who, following a decision of the Council of State and after five years [...] Full text...

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As climate change ravages Southern Africa, two Zimbabwean farmers turn to drone irrigation (Feature by Tatira Zwinoira)

16 june 2020 - 17:48:43
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Nathan Zecks Mazvazva, aged 25, remembers standing in the center of his 15-acre sugar cane field [...] Full text...

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Rwandan parliament approves bill on first ever nuclear science center

15 june 2020 - 22:25:20
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) -  The Rwandan parliament at a plenary meeting here Monday approved a bill regulating the establishment of [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: Four Kenyan presidential aides test positive for coronavirus

15 june 2020 - 18:49:05
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Four staff members have tested positive for coronavirus at the State House in Nairobi, the official [...] Full text...

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Tunisian Salem Hamdi re-elected head of Arab Atomic Energy Agency

15 june 2020 - 17:22:52
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian Salem Hamdi was re-elected for a second, four-year term (until February 2025) as head of [...] Full text...

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News Analysis: New messages of condolences and sympathy over death of President Nkurunziza giving hope of mending strained ties between Kigali and Bujumbura

13 june 2020 - 21:36:21
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) -  In the last five years, the bilateral ties between Rwanda and neighboring Burundi have seen dramatic [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso: Mining sector paid 29.85 billion CFAF to local authorities in 2019

12 june 2020 - 18:54:28
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Under the local development mining fund, 29.85 billion CFA francs have already been distributed to [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: More than 100 deaths reported in DR Congo

12 june 2020 - 16:34:20
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - DR Congo on Thursday recorded three more deaths among coronavirus patients, bringing the number of [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: African countries not being used as 'guinea pigs' for COVID-19 drugs: WHO chief

11 june 2020 - 05:29:32
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The head of the UN World Health Organisation (WHO), Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has refuted the rumour [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: IAEA gives Congo material to strengthen coronavirus screening

09 june 2020 - 21:01:42
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese minister of scientific research and technological innovation, Martin Parfait Aimé Coussoud-Mavoungou, Monday officially handed [...] Full text...

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WHO says 'no link' between two ongoing Ebola outbreaks in DRC

09 june 2020 - 19:48:35
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - New genetic sequence analysis by the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) National Institute of Biomedical Research [...] Full text...

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Gender lens essential to addressing linked climate change, security crises - UN report

09 june 2020 - 14:11:53
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - As countries reel from the devastating social and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, gender inequality [...] Full text...

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European diplomatic delegation begins visit to DR Congo

08 june 2020 - 21:41:56
Paris, France (PANA) - A delegation of European diplomats led by French Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian Monday began [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Africa’s moment to redefine public health system (By Olajide Ademola and Benjamin Djoudalbaye, Guest writers)

08 june 2020 - 20:53:22
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) -The coronavirus (COVID -19) pandemic has drastically challenged and strained health systems worldwide. In Africa, it is [...] Full text...

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Haftar's offensive against Tripoli: a chronicle of a stinging defeat (Feature by Youssef Ba, PANA correspondent)

08 june 2020 - 12:22:24
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - It took a total of 15 months for the offensive against Tripoli launched on 4 April [...] Full text...

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China supports Gambia's agricultural sector with machinery, equipment and fertiliser

07 june 2020 - 14:01:30
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Chinese government has donated agricultural machinery, equipment and fertiliser to Gambia's farming community, the minister [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO urges mask use in confined public areas

06 june 2020 - 05:21:26
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Governments in areas with widespread COVID-19 transmission should encourage the use of non-medical masks on public [...] Full text...

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Tunisian associations, NGOs back popular revolt in US

05 june 2020 - 21:33:06
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - More than 30 Tunisian associations and NGOs Friday expressed their full solidarity with the millions of [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Speakers of National and State legislatures meet over violence and rape against women/girls

05 june 2020 - 17:32:32
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The House of Representatives would engage the 36 State Houses of Assembly on the imperative of [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: President Barrow says pandemic has impacted severely on formal, informal sectors

03 june 2020 - 19:08:37
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - President Adama Barrow of Gambia has said that the pandemic has impacted severely on both the [...] Full text...

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Congolese government calls for more investment in agriculture

03 june 2020 - 18:40:32
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese Minister of State for Agriculture and Livestock, Henri Djombo, on Wednesday stressed the need [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: UN Tourism Organization says 'world slowly starts travelling again'

02 june 2020 - 05:26:00
New York, US (PANA) - After months of lockdowns, countries are cautiously starting to ease travel restrictions put in place [...] Full text...

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DR Congo: Ebola reappears in Mbandaka

01 june 2020 - 23:30:36
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - DR Congo Minister of Health Eteni Longondo said here Monday the Ebola virus disease had [...] Full text...

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Women in Peacekeeping: A Key to Peace (A UN feature)

31 may 2020 - 13:32:44
New York, US (PANA) - The International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, celebrated worldwide on 29 May, offers a chance [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: Countries support ‘one-stop shop’ to share science and research

30 may 2020 - 07:05:08
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Thirty countries and numerous international partners have underlined the need to make tests, treatments and other [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Africa must play central role in vaccine development - Africa CDC

29 may 2020 - 21:50:02
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Vaccine developers around the world must make African countries and scientists at the centre of [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Rwanda, DR Congo agree to strengthen cooperation in pandemic fight

29 may 2020 - 14:06:57
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) have agreed to set up a framework [...] Full text...

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Tanzanian expert, Bhunu, joins UN sustainable agriculture body

28 may 2020 - 16:38:43
Rome, Italy (PANA) - Tanzania's Sara Mbago-Bhunu, is among 22 renowned experts from across the Global South who are joining [...] Full text...

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More than 5 tons of cannabis and other illicit drugs seized in 2019 in Mali

27 may 2020 - 14:20:43
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Intervention units of the Central Narcotics Office (OCS) in charge of the fight against illicit drugs [...] Full text...

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COVID-19 heightens need for pharmaceutical production in poor countries

27 may 2020 - 13:00:36
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have teamed [...] Full text...

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DR Congo: 12th day without new confirmed case of Ebola

26 may 2020 - 19:43:01
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The countdown to the declaration of an end to the Ebola virus disease in DR [...] Full text...

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FIFA, WHO and European Commission launch #SafeHome campaign

26 may 2020 - 19:27:03
Zurich, Switzerland (PANA) - FIFA, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the European Commission have joined forces to launch the [...] Full text...

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African Natural Resources Centre unveils publication to advance critical land policy reforms

26 may 2020 - 16:35:17
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - In response to challenges across Africa posed by land ownership and use, the African Natural [...] Full text...

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DR Congo: 11th day without new confirmed case of Ebola

25 may 2020 - 23:28:14
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA)  -  The countdown to the declaration of an end to the Ebola virus disease in DR [...] Full text...

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Shrinking forests need bold action to safeguard their biodiversity

22 may 2020 - 18:53:11
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Amidst alarming rates of deforestation and land degradation, urgent action is needed to safeguard the biodiversity [...] Full text...

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Human activities, climate change threaten Niger's biodiversity - Minister

22 may 2020 - 14:44:24
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The rich biodiversity of Niger is threatened by human activities and global climate change that affect [...] Full text...

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IAEA gives Congo 50 million CFA Francs for coronavirus detection equipment

22 may 2020 - 12:51:09
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) -  The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will provide the Congolese government with large-scale, time-limited detection equipment [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Eritrean detainees live in crowded, filthy prison cells

21 may 2020 - 20:50:31
Asmara, Eritrea (PANA) – Amnesty International has decried the overcrowding and the filthy conditions in which detainees in Eritrea are [...] Full text...

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Is Zimbabwe's main opposition party, MDC Alliance, under attack?

20 may 2020 - 14:17:51
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - As previously reported, Zimbabwe’s Supreme Court issued a ruling on March 31 – a day after [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO countries agree 'equitable and timely access' to vaccine

20 may 2020 - 04:54:00
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) concluded the annual World Health Assembly on Tuesday, adopting a resolution [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Guinea's positive cases close to 3,000

19 may 2020 - 17:15:22
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guinea's positive cases of Covid-19 is close to 3,000, according to recent statistics dated Sunday and [...] Full text...

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UNESCO puts spotlight on women’s voices in imagining the world to come

18 may 2020 - 13:32:02
Paris, France (PANA) - UNESCO has invited leading women thinkers, artists and activists from fields ranging from climatology to international [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Pandemic could deepen food insecurity, malnutrition in Africa - WHO

15 may 2020 - 17:43:07
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has expressed concern at the potential impact of COVID-19 (coronavirus) on [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Presidents, prime ministers lead call for ‘people’s vaccine’, free to all

15 may 2020 - 05:27:28
New York, US (PANA) - UNAIDS, the UN agency fighting against the deadly HIV/AIDS virus, has initiated a petition from [...] Full text...

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African Development Institute to hold webinar on agricultural policy responses to COVID-19 in Africa

14 may 2020 - 19:06:32
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - On 18 and 19 May, 2020, the African Development Institute (ADI), together with the African [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Governments, pharmaceutical industries urged to provide a fair guarantee of Covid-19 vaccine

14 may 2020 - 15:24:25
Paris, France (PANA) - The cost of vaccinating the poorest half of humanity, 3.7 billion people, against the coronavirus could [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: UNICEF warns that pandemic ‘quickly becoming a child rights crisis'

13 may 2020 - 06:00:36
New 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: Interfaith committee calls for religious day Thursday against Covid-19

12 may 2020 - 15:20:26
Paris, France (PANA) - The High Committee for Human Fraternity has called religious leaders and believers around the world to [...] Full text...

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UN issues ‘wake-up call’: Don’t sideline AIDS response during COVID-19 crisis

12 may 2020 - 06:09:36
New York, US (PANA) - As the world continues to grapple with the coronavirus, decades of advances made in the [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Buhari orders immediate airlifting of procured Madagascar's COVID-19 miiracle cure

11 may 2020 - 21:32:05
Nigeria: Buhari orders immediate airlifting of procured Madagascar's COVID-19 miracle cure   Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - President Muhammadu Buhari Monday directed the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: 1,661 Rwandan university students stranded by COVID-19 lockdown ferried home via special buses

11 may 2020 - 19:11:15
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) -  A group of 1,661 University students in Rwanda, who were stranded in their remote campuses following [...] Full text...

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WHO says COVID-19-related service disruptions likely to cause thousands of extra deaths from HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa

11 may 2020 - 19:04:30
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) -  A modelling group convened by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNAIDS has estimated that if [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Vaccine trials tread cautiously on elderly people

10 may 2020 - 20:56:19
Nairobi, 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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Rwandan newspapers highlight ongoing research, innovation actions related to COVID-19 outbreaks

09 may 2020 - 17:19:51
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan newspapers this week focused on current research actions related to COVID-19 and outbreaks with one [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: UN virus hunters continue search for animal link to human COVID-19 infections

08 may 2020 - 17:00:56
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The key work of tracing the animal transmission source of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) infection in humans [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO cautions African countries against adopting illegal products against virus

08 may 2020 - 11:16:45
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The Regional Director for Africa of the World Health Organization (WHO) Dr Matshidiso Rebecca Moeti on [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Pandemic causes some illegal drug prices to surge, as supplies are disrupted worldwide - UNODC

08 may 2020 - 05:38:43
Vienna Austria (PAN) - Measures by governments across the world to curb the COVID-19 pandemic have led to the widespread [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Up to 190,000 people could die of pandemic in Africa if not controlled - WHO

08 may 2020 - 05:29:17
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Between 83,000 and 190,000 people in Africa could die of COVID-19 (coronavirus) and 29 million to 44 [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: WAHO rejects report on approving Malagasy Covid-Organics drug for coronavirus

07 may 2020 - 13:17:23
Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The West African Health Organization (WAHO)  on Thursday rejected a report that it had approved [...] Full text...

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Mauritania: Towards bill repressing violence against women, young girls

06 may 2020 - 22:26:15
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA)  -  The Mauritanian government Wednesday adopted a draft bill related to the fight against violence against women [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Congolese Foundation for Medical Research manufactures plastic face masks

06 may 2020 - 17:30:12
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese Foundation for Medical Research, headed by Prof. Francine Ntoumi, announced on Wednesday in Brazzaville, [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO supports use of traditional medicine to treat COVID-19

05 may 2020 - 14:04:50
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The World Health Organization is working with research institutes, particularly in Africa, to select products from [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO hails 7.4 billion-Euro pledge for COVID-19 treatments

05 may 2020 - 05:08:12
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - World leaders on Monday pledged 7.4 billion Euros to support research and development for medicines to [...] Full text...

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Nigerien Minister of Employment dies

04 may 2020 - 18:02:52
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Nigerien Minister of Employment, Labor and Social Protection, and Chairman of the ruling Social Democratic Party, [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Global health experts advise WHO to identify animal source of virus

02 may 2020 - 09:33:14
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - International experts have advised the World Health Organization (WHO) to work to identify animal origins of [...] Full text...

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Algeria expresses concern about latest political, military developments in Libya

01 may 2020 - 10:12:06
Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - Algeria has expressed concern at the never-ending political and military crisis in Libya and called for an [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Gambia slashes fuel prices

01 may 2020 - 07:55:39
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – The Gambian government on Friday announced the slashing of the pump prices of fuel as “emergency [...] Full text...

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Libya's Presidential Council calls for international sponsorship, guarantees for ceasefire

30 april 2020 - 17:27:28
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Presidential Council of the Government of National Accord (GNA) in Libya has expressed its mistrust [...] Full text...

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Publisher backtracks over damning Apartheid-era book

29 april 2020 - 11:49:59
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African media giant Media24 on Wednesday apologised to Apartheid-era Finance Minister Barend du [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Pandemic could lead to 'millions of unintended pregnancies'

29 april 2020 - 06:11:41
New York, US (PANA) - Ongoing lockdowns and major disruptions to health services during the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic could result [...] Full text...

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Human Rights Watch reports new massacres by Islamist groups in Burkina Faso

28 april 2020 - 15:17:12
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Suspected Islamist armed groups killed at least 90 civilians in three attacks on villages in [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: EU provides Morocco 1.5 billion dirhams to manage health crisis

28 april 2020 - 13:11:17
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) -  Morocco and the European Union on Monday signed a grant agreement under which the EU will [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Ghana scientists develop rapid diagnostic test kit

28 april 2020 - 08:15:23
Kumasi, Ghana (PANA) - Scientists in Ghana have developed a rapid diagnostic test kit for the new coronavirus (COVID-19), the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Classes to resume on 11 May in Burkina Faso

27 april 2020 - 22:46:56
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkina Faso government Monday announced that classes suspended because of the COVID-19 disease would [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Mali's confirmed cases climb from 389 to 408 in 24 hours

27 april 2020 - 17:08:36
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's confirmed cases of the coronavirus infection rose from 389 on Sunday to 408 in 24 [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: COVID-19 to wreak havoc on Zimbabwe banks' loan and asset abilities

26 april 2020 - 14:01:00
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Local economic and development consulting firm, Holistic, Empirical and Applied Research Solutions (HEARS), says banks are [...] Full text...

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National Public Health Laboratory of Congo gets 540,000 euros in deal between France and Congo

26 april 2020 - 11:33:40
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Congo and France on Saturday signed a financing agreement for the project, "Surveillance and Epidemiological Research [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: ‘No evidence’ that recovered patients cannot be reinfected, says WHO ‎

26 april 2020 - 07:25:50
Geneva‎, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that there is currently no evidence that people who [...] Full text...

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Togo opposition leader Agbeyomé Kodjo still being held by the gendarmerie

25 april 2020 - 07:26:50
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Former Togolese Prime Minister Gabriel Messan Agbéyomé Kodjo is still in the hands of investigators of [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: SADC needs to 'scale up its coordinated response' to pandemic

25 april 2020 - 07:10:50
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe research and advocacy group, the Research and Advocacy Unit (RAU), says as the Southern African [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: ‘Landmark collaboration’ to make testing and treatment available to all

25 april 2020 - 06:25:31
New York, US (PANA) - World leaders, scientists, humanitarians and private sector partners united on Friday in “a landmark collaboration” [...] Full text...

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Will oil-rich African countries be left indebted after coronavirus outbreak?

25 april 2020 - 01:09:01
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Humanity is witnessing some of the most profound changes seen since the Great Depression as a [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Burkina Faso to increase number of tests

24 april 2020 - 22:21:25
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkina Faso health authorities are considering increasing the number of tests for the coronavirus [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: UNESCO, partners launch of online course for journalists facing pandemic

24 april 2020 - 07:35:05
Paris, France (PANA) - The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: ECOWAS leaders stress containment, prevention and fight against pandemic

24 april 2020 - 07:17:14
Abuja, 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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The EU’s global response to coronavirus: "supporting our partner countries – The Gambia included" - Ambassador Lajos

23 april 2020 - 23:18:26
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - European Union Ambassador to The Gambia Attila Lajos Thursday called for global cooperation to fight the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Hard-fought gains in immunization coverage at risk without critical health services, warns WHO

23 april 2020 - 19:54:46
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Shutting down immunization services in the COVID-19 pandemic risks triggering a resurgence of diseases that can [...] Full text...

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Congolese state budget resources slump by 50.22 percent

23 april 2020 - 14:49:26
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Congo state budget resources have fallen by a little more than half, or 50.22 percent, from [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Fall in COVID-linked carbon emissions won’t halt climate change - UN weather agency chief

23 april 2020 - 04:40:53
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - An expected drop in greenhouse gas emissions linked to the global economic crisis caused by the [...] Full text...

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Covid-19: 5new confirmed cases, 4 cured of pandemic in Burundi

21 april 2020 - 23:59:03
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA)  - The Burundi ministry of Health Tuesday announced five new confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), with four [...] Full text...

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Covid-19: Burkina Faso armed forces launch large operation of mask production

21 april 2020 - 22:27:21
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA)  - The Burkina Faso armed forces Tuesday launched an operation to produce masks for schoolboys and [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO says African regulatory agencies, ethics committees to expedite clinical trial reviews

21 april 2020 - 11:31:53
Brazzaville, 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: Big pharmaceutical firms give details of vaccine dev't process

20 april 2020 - 13:28:50
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - An agreement between major pharmaceutical companies, Sanofi and the GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) to produce a vaccine for [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Zimbabwe President Mnangagwa to go through with lifting national lockdown amid economic turmoil

18 april 2020 - 19:09:02
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa has decided to lift the national lockdown to combat COVID-19 (coronavirus), scheduled [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Mali registers 23 new confirmed cases in 24 hours

16 april 2020 - 17:30:07
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali on Thursday recorded 23 new confirmed cases of coronavirus , including 3 cases in Kayes [...] Full text...

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Tunisia announces committee to solve problems of foreign students

16 april 2020 - 10:39:37
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia's Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Slim Chora told Parliament on Wednesday that a [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Lomé University develops resuscitation equipment

16 april 2020 - 06:37:16
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Lecturers and researchers of the University of Lomé (UL) have developed resuscitation equipment, including respirator, to [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO reviewing impact of US funding withdrawal amid pandemic

16 april 2020 - 05:51:10
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday upheld the importance of international solidarity [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Wave of support and solidarity with Sub-Saharan students and migrants in Tunisia

15 april 2020 - 21:31:19
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA)   - Tunisian authorities and civil society organisations Wednesday expressed their support and solidarity with Sub-Saharan migrants and [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: DR Congo records its 21st death

15 april 2020 - 15:42:18
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - DR Congo's  national multi-sectoral committee on response to the COVID-19 pandemic on Tuesday recorded the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Ghana scientists obtain 'critical information' about virus

12 april 2020 - 07:01:39
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Scientists at the University of Ghana in Accra say they have obtained "critical information" about the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Arab cities are leaving no one behind

11 april 2020 - 19:11:06
Paris, France (PANA) - The COVID-19 crisis is currently sparing no region, and in response to its outbreak, member cities [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Guinea forms Scientific Response Council on pandemic

11 april 2020 - 13:55:27
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guinean President Alpha Condé on Friday formed a Scientific Council to respond to the coronavirus pandemic, [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Africa CDC issues guidelines for vaccine trials in Africa

10 april 2020 - 23:38:43
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Africa Centre for Disease Control (CDC) has issued a four-point guideline for the conduct [...] Full text...

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'Coronavirus-driven debt crisis threatens poor countries already at risk'

10 april 2020 - 07:26:08
New 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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Coronavirus: 100 days on from advent of pandemic, more action is needed: Tedros

10 april 2020 - 06:36:05
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - With Thursday marking 100 days since the World Health Organization (WHO) was first notified about what [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Malian schools to remain closed until May 9

09 april 2020 - 17:06:17
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Public, private and denominational schools (nursery, basic 1 and 2, secondary and higher), including medersas (Arabic [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: 500 Red Cross volunteers mobilized for action against Covid 19

09 april 2020 - 16:54:43
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The Niger Red Cross, with the support of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: IDB grants US$ 279 million to Tunisia

09 april 2020 - 16:43:09
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The chairman of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) group, Hajjar Bandar, on Thursday said the Islamic [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: EU global response to COVID-19 pandemic revealed

08 april 2020 - 18:24:17
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The European Commission and its High Representative have set out plans for a robust and targeted [...] Full text...

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Congolese researchers, traditional practitioners ready to tackle coronavirus

08 april 2020 - 14:09:10
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Researchers and the National Union of Traditional Practitioners of Congo have said they are ready to [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Rights group urges governments to respect rights of older people

07 april 2020 - 07:58:18
New York, Ghana (PANA) – Human Rights Watch on Tuesday urged Governments to respect the rights of older people in [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Tunisian president welcomes international coalition against the COVID-19

06 april 2020 - 21:43:02
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA)  -  The Tunisian president, Kais Saied, Monday welcomed the initiative proposed by Germany aiming to establish an [...] Full text...

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7 April is World Health Day as the world grapples with Coronavirus

06 april 2020 - 18:53:52
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - 7 April 2020 is the day to celebrate the work of nurses and midwives and remind [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO, Global Citizen support healthcare workers in fight against the pandemic

06 april 2020 - 18:40:45
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - International advocacy organization, Global Citizen, and the World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday announced the "One [...] Full text...

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UN chief slams 'horrifying surge' in domestic violence

06 april 2020 - 08:48:30
New York, US (PANA) - UN chief António Guterres is calling for measures to address a “horrifying global surge in [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: 4 new confirmed cases declared in Mali

05 april 2020 - 16:39:05
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Four new cases of the coronavirus disease were recorded on Sunday in Mali, taking to [...] Full text...

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Africa CDC handles shortage of medical supplies threatening coronavirus response

04 april 2020 - 18:58:36
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - A global shortage of key medical supplies required to sustain the onslaught on the coronavirus [...] Full text...

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Call for solution to plight of African students in Tunisia

04 april 2020 - 10:36:13
Tunis Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia's Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Slim Chora on Friday stressed the need for  [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Congo sets up committee of experts to fight the pandemic

03 april 2020 - 18:25:33
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese government on Friday in Brazzaville, set up a committee of experts to the National [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Cigarette and Tobacco firm, BAT, to develop COVID-19 cure

03 april 2020 - 17:30:40
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - United Kingdom-based cigarette and tobacco manufacturing company, British American Tobacco (BAT) plc, says it’s developing a [...] Full text...

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AI denounces impunity of authors of the civilian victims of the American strikes in Somalia

03 april 2020 - 14:05:43
Paris, France (PANA)  - Amnesty International (AI) Friday strongly denounced the increase in the number of civilians killed by US [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Fight against pandemic to cost Burkina Faso 394 billion CFAF

03 april 2020 - 07:10:26
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – Burkinabè president Roch Marc Christian Kaboré on Thursday announced a series of measures estimated at [...] Full text...

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

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

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Coronavirus: France calls for strong initiatives for Africa

29 march 2020 - 19:56:29
Paris, France (PANA) – The French minister of foreign affairs, Jean-Yves le Drian, on Saturday called for strong initiatives for [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Uganda's cases climb to 30

29 march 2020 - 15:38:11
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Seven new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), have been confirmed in Uganda, bringing the number of confirmed [...] Full text...

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Gambia's President to receive draft constitution on Monday

27 march 2020 - 11:01:31
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia’s Constitutional Review Commission (CRC) says the draft constitution has been finalised and will be submitted [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Gambia’s first dead victim buried

26 march 2020 - 21:41:51
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – The first person who died from the Coronovirus in the Gambia has been interred in a [...] Full text...

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'Strong health systems, sustained investment keys to reaching zero malaria'

25 march 2020 - 11:49:02
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - This year's World Malaria Day, which falls on 25 April, will highlight the importance of robust health [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Three patients test negative after treatment in DR Congo

24 march 2020 - 05:38:09
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) – DR Congo's Health minister, Dr. Eteni Longondo, on Monday announced that three people who were [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Ghana records second death, three new cases bringing total to 27

24 march 2020 - 04:49:01
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana on Monday night announced its second death due to COVID-19 (coronavirus). The Ghana Health Service (GHS) [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Gambia confirms first death

23 march 2020 - 11:14:06
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – The first death resulting from the coronovirus has been confirmed in the Gambia, barely few hours [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Ghana's confirmed cases up again at 24

22 march 2020 - 19:45:38
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Ghana Health Service (GHS) on Sunday announced that three more cases of COVID-19 (coronavirus) have [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Mauritanian banker calls for African mobilization against disease

21 march 2020 - 16:42:42
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Businessman and founder of the General Bank of Mauritania (GBM), Mohamed ould Bouamatou, has urged Africans [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Burkina Faso president declares free treatment for patients

21 march 2020 - 06:41:29
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – Burkina Faso President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré has announced that patients of COVID-19 (coronavirus) will [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Beninese Catholic Church suspends religious services

20 march 2020 - 19:49:15
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Episcopal Conference of Benin (CEB) has suspended, from this Saturday until further notice, the Eucharistic [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Christian, Islamic associations suspend religious activities in Burkina Faso

20 march 2020 - 00:08:32
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Due to the spread of coronavirus disease, which has already infected 27 people and caused [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Ghana's positive cases go up again by two to 11

19 march 2020 - 16:00:45
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's confirmed COVID-19 cases have gone up again on Thursday by two to 11, the Ghana [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Ghana's confirmed cases up by two to nine

19 march 2020 - 10:48:26
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana on Thursday confirmed two more cases of COVID-19 or coronavirus bringing the total number to [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: DR Congo confirms seven new cases

19 march 2020 - 09:11:23
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - DR Congo registered seven new coronavirus cases in Kinshasa on Wednesday, bringing to 14 the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: DRC's national assembly suspends activities

18 march 2020 - 22:23:43
Kinshasa, 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: Gambia confirms first case

18 march 2020 - 05:41:21
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia on Tuesday confirmed its first COVID-19 or coronavirus case. The Minister of Health Dr Ahmadou Samateh [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: A fourth case confirmed in DR Congo

17 march 2020 - 20:41:18
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) – A fourth new case of coronavirus was recorded on Monday in Kinshasa, the Congolese minister [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO chief slams slow virus testing response

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

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Coronavirus: All 355 people screened, tested negative - Gambian Health Minister

16 march 2020 - 18:19:40
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - “As of 15 March, a total of 355 people have been followed with home isolation. One [...] Full text...

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DR Congo president urges efficient government response to Coronavirus cases

14 march 2020 - 18:24:41
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - President Félix Antoine Tshisekedi of DR Congo has instructed top officials in the government to [...] Full text...

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Positive EIB report on investment growth in Africa

13 march 2020 - 19:51:02
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Investment Bank (EIB), European Union's financing institution, on Thursday released a report highlighting strong [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Ghana confirms two cases

13 march 2020 - 05:17:53
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana has confirmed two cases of coronavirus, the Minister of Health Kwaku Agyeman-Manu announced on Thursday [...] Full text...

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

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

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Peter Pham appointed U.S. Special Envoy for the Sahel

12 march 2020 - 18:54:41
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The U.S. State Department on Thursday announced the appointment of Dr. J Peter Pham as Special [...] Full text...

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Rwanda bans large gathering at schools due to coronavirus concerns

11 march 2020 - 21:14:27
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) -  Rwandan ministry of Education on Wednesday prohibited gatherings at schools to avoid possible contamination of coronavirus [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus vaccine could be tested in April, says Chinese ambassador to Tunisia

11 march 2020 - 20:35:55
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Chinese Ambassador to Tunisia, Wang Wenbin, has confirmed that following the appearance of the coronavirus, [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Huge drop in oil price negatively affecs Nigeria's 2020 budget implementation

11 march 2020 - 15:20:34
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, Budget, and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, on Wednesday said that the [...] Full text...

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Congo allocates more than 694 million CFA francs budget to fight sickle cell disease

11 march 2020 - 11:33:01
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The executive committee of the Antoinette Sassou Nguesso National Reference Centre for Sickle Cell, on Tuesday [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: DR Congo confirms first case in Kinshasa

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

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Coronavirus invokes Botswana to cancel events hosting

10 march 2020 - 19:26:42
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Authorities in Botswana have cancelled foreign travels and hosting of events involving delegates from outside Botswana. Dr. [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: School holidays brought forward, cultural events postponed in Tunisia

10 march 2020 - 15:45:07
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The spring school holidays in Tunisia have been brought forward and classes will be suspended from [...] Full text...

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Public financial management training for regional bankers opens in Banjul

09 march 2020 - 20:31:01
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - A regional course on public financial management on debt, budgeting, planning and performance opened at a [...] Full text...

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5th ECOWAS legislature opens in Niamey

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

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Brain drain from Tunisia continues

08 march 2020 - 11:34:34
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Out of 7,000 engineers trained each year in Tunisia, around 2,500 leave the country, the majority [...] Full text...

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University of Lomé launches fund of 100 million CFAF to boost research

07 march 2020 - 18:45:36
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - The University of Lomé has launched a competitive fund of 100 million CFA francs to finance [...] Full text...

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EU funded timber laboratory in DRC enhances study on tropical forests

06 march 2020 - 17:57:53
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - Tropical forests are gradually losing their capacity to store carbon, according to a study carried out [...] Full text...

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Rights group demands release of peaceful protesters detained arbitrarily in Algeria

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

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Rwanda installs thermal-imaging cameras at airport to detect coronavirus

05 march 2020 - 15:18:10
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan health officials have installed thermal-imaging cameras at Kigali International Airport to detect any Covid-19 (coronavirus) [...] Full text...

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Solar firm, Azuri, scores high in fastest growing European company ranking

04 march 2020 - 19:51:28
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Azuri Technologies, a pioneer in pay-as-you-go solar home solutions for off-grid Africa, has been ranked the [...] Full text...

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Rights advocacy slams Nigeria Army for 'stifling' aid efforts

04 march 2020 - 08:58:33
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Aid agencies are unable to respond effectively to the crisis in northeastern Nigeria due to worsening insecurity [...] Full text...

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Mauritius introduces Road Crash Data Management System to reduce road crashes

03 march 2020 - 13:53:50
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) –  Mauritian Land Transport and Light Rail minister, Mr. Alan Ganoo, on Tuesday said that road [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus now 'a reality' in Africa, cautions WHO

03 march 2020 - 09:43:07
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - With five African countries now confirming at least one case of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) each, the [...] Full text...

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Niamey to host the International millet festival

02 march 2020 - 21:17:09
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - An international millet festival (FESTIMIL) opens on Tuesday at the Niamey Academy of the Arts, aimed [...] Full text...

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Niamey hosts agriculture, environment and livestock fair

02 march 2020 - 20:43:40
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Since Sunday, Niamey has been hosting the 6th edition of the Agriculture, Technical, Environment and Livestock [...] Full text...

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Gabon gets ready to test for coronavirus

02 march 2020 - 14:39:54
Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - As one of the countries that recently confirmed to the World Health Organization (WHO) the ability [...] Full text...

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Malian appointed WHO Special Envoy to French-speaking Africa in Coronavirus fight

02 march 2020 - 12:47:26
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Former Malian Minister of Health and Public Hygiene, Prof. Samba Ousmane Sow, was appointed on Friday [...] Full text...

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African States urged to strengthen capacities in fundamental sciences, engineering

01 march 2020 - 17:08:11
Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe (PANA) – At the second forum on science, technology and innovation in Africa 2020, held in the [...] Full text...

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Guinea: President Alpha Condé names new Higher Education minister

29 february 2020 - 05:34:55
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) – Guinean President Alpha Condé on Friday named Kader Yacine Barry as Minister of Higher Education and [...] Full text...

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