Africa needs 11 percent GDP annual growth to meet the 2030 Agenda target
15 september 2019 - 15:19:29New York, USA (PANA) - The United Nations estimates that Africa will need to raise an estimated 11 percent of [...] Full text...
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New York, USA (PANA) - The United Nations estimates that Africa will need to raise an estimated 11 percent of [...] Full text...
Fayez al-Sarraj discusses with youth representatives ways out the Libyan crisis
15 september 2019 - 13:08:19Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan President of the Government of National Accord (GNA), Fayez al-Sarraj, has discussed with representatives of [...] Full text...
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Eritrean president, Sudan’s PM discuss strengthening bilateral relations
15 september 2019 - 09:41:17Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – Boosting bilateral relations and the security of the Red Sea region and the Horn of Africa [...] Full text...
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Tunisians to elect new president on Sunday
14 september 2019 - 14:37:30Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - More than seven million Tunisians are expected to go to the polls on Sunday to elect [...] Full text...
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Youth drivers called on to take charge of their lives
14 september 2019 - 12:16:24Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana’s Divisional Commander South Central, Senior Assistant Commissioner of Police, Matthews Letsholo Saturday called on youth [...] Full text...
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'Innovative thinking marks AfDB's Africa jobs manifesto'
14 september 2019 - 08:06:10Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Innovative thinking about Africa’s conventional employment issues marked the launch here Thursday of the African [...] Full text...
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Mali: Two hospitals on strike to demand allowance arrears
13 september 2019 - 23:14:42Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Hospital ‘part-time workers’ in Mali have been on an indefinite strike since Wednesday in two university [...] Full text...
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WHO calls for urgent action to reduce patient harm in healthcare
13 september 2019 - 22:03:32Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Millions of patients are harmed each year due to unsafe health care worldwide resulting in 2.6 [...] Full text...
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Rwandan media owner faces intentional assault charge
13 september 2019 - 17:57:19Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - A manager of a media house in Rwanda, Dr Francis Habumugisha, has been charged for intentionally [...] Full text...
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DR Congo's President Tshisekedi to visit Belgium
13 september 2019 - 15:23:58Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi is due in Brussels on Monday for a two-day official visit, [...] Full text...
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Challenge of illicit drugs use, trafficking in Nigeria (Feature by Madu Onuorah, PANA correspondent)
13 september 2019 - 13:54:56Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The challenge of illicit drug use and trafficking has assumed frightening dimension that pose serious threat to [...] Full text...
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Botswana facing social media illegal drugs sales and trafficking (Feature by Meekaeel Siphambili, PANA correspondent)
13 september 2019 - 13:50:24Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The geographical location of Botswana has a huge influence on the country as an illegal drug [...] Full text...
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Fake medicines, drugs, Ghana’s health burden (Feature by Ray Ankomah)
13 september 2019 - 13:48:04Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Occasionally, the Ghana Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) carries out snap checks in the major markets [...] Full text...
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Kenya's pharmaceutical products smuggling fuelled by lax regulations, booming online marketing campaigns (Feature by Kennedy Abwao, PANA Correspondent)
13 september 2019 - 13:44:47Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - It takes a smartphone with internet connection. With the click of a button, an online electronic [...] Full text...
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‘Reaffirm the sanctity’ of religious sites, says Guterres
13 september 2019 - 06:36:23New York, US (PANA) - Amidst a global call by Secretary-General António Guterres to “reaffirm the sanctity” of religious sites and keep [...] Full text...
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Mali: Construction of the Timbuktu-Gomacoura road to resume soon
12 september 2019 - 18:28:53Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Work on the Timbuktu-Gomacoura-Niono road, linking northern and southern Mali, will resume not later than November [...] Full text...
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Rwanda's largest urban recreation park to be operational by 2020
12 september 2019 - 16:35:30Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Kigali city, Rwanda's capital intends to curve out its first ever and largest recreational park in [...] Full text...
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Kenya bans foreigners adopting children in move to curb human trafficking
12 september 2019 - 16:05:10Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya has announced a blanket ban on the adoption of children in the country by foreign [...] Full text...
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ICRC says about 22,000 missing in northeast Nigeria due to Boko Haram terrorism
12 september 2019 - 14:18:06Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Thursday said nearly 22,000 Nigerians have been [...] Full text...
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Kenya's cash-strapped Gor hint at Champions League pullout
12 september 2019 - 14:06:20Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Financial hiccups could face Gor to pull out their CAF Champions League second preliminary round match [...] Full text...
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Botswana finance ministry hit by fraudulent social media posts
12 september 2019 - 12:58:36Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The Botswana Ministry of Finance and Economic Development is warning the public about fake apprenticeship cash [...] Full text...
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Journalists, civil society activists agree to fight hate speech on Libyan social media
12 september 2019 - 12:46:06Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Concluding a seminar on fighting hate speech, 30 participants including journalists, human rights defenders, civil society [...] Full text...
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New UN report says SDG progress ‘in danger’ of going backwards without change in direction
12 september 2019 - 05:53:25New York, US (PANA) - The current worldwide sustainable development model is threatening to reverse years of progress, if strategies don’t [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso: Four gendarmes reported missing in Sunday’s attack
11 september 2019 - 23:23:39Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Four gendarmes reported missing on Sunday in a terrorist attack in the locality of Inata [...] Full text...
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Cholera outbreak claims three lives in southeastern Sudan
11 september 2019 - 17:27:24Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - At least three people have been confirmed dead following the latest cholera outbreak in Sudan's southeastern [...] Full text...
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Several associations want civilians protected in the fight against terrorism in the Sahel
11 september 2019 - 17:14:27Paris, France (PANA) - Several humanitarian organizations on Wednesday signed a joint statement urging ECOWAS Heads of State and Government [...] Full text...
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AUC chairperson calls for private sector development in Africa
11 september 2019 - 10:57:26Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Moussa Faki Mahamat, has called on member countries of [...] Full text...
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Youth in Timbuktu demand re-opening of Timbuktu-Niono south road
10 september 2019 - 21:29:00Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Protesting youth of Timbuktu who have for the past week been asking the Malian government to [...] Full text...
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ECA adviser calls for strengthening of African planning structures
10 september 2019 - 20:24:47Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Professor Sylvain Boko, Senior Regional Adviser of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), has called on [...] Full text...
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Togo: Former IMF official among the presidential candidates of 2020
10 september 2019 - 19:09:56Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Pierre Ekué Gamessou Kpodar, a former International Monetary Fund (IMF) official, has declared his candidacy for [...] Full text...
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Minister warns Burundians against consumption of non-iodized salt
10 september 2019 - 18:24:30Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Significant quantities of non-iodized kitchen salt, smuggled into Burundi, have been sold recently in the markets, [...] Full text...
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Tunisia: Televised debates for 26 presidential candidates end
10 september 2019 - 18:08:50Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The televised debates organized for the 26 candidates of the presidential election of September 15 in [...] Full text...
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Brussels hosts Global Vaccination Summit
10 september 2019 - 13:04:19Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The European Commission and the World Health Organization (WHO) will co-host a Global Vaccination Summit on [...] Full text...
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Gabon expresses concern about violence in South Africa
10 september 2019 - 10:02:17Libreville, Gabon (PANA) – The Gabonese foreign affairs ministry has met South Africa's ambassador to Gabon in Libreville following the [...] Full text...
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South Africa's ruling party condemns xenophobic violence
10 september 2019 - 09:55:27Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) on Tuesday slammed the recent spate of [...] Full text...
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UN rights body urged to extend Burundi inquiry
10 september 2019 - 05:49:43Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The United Nations Human Rights Council should extend the mandate of the Commission of Inquiry on Burundi during [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso: Authorities deny curfew in capital, Ouagadougou
09 september 2019 - 22:30:20Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkina Faso ministry in charge of Security Monday denied the declaration of a curfew [...] Full text...
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Cote d'Ivoire to host 14th eLearning Africa Conference
09 september 2019 - 21:21:26Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The 14th Pan-African Conference on Technologies Applied to Learning, Training and Skills Development, eLearning Africa, [...] Full text...
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UNCCD COP 14: Great Green Wall partners agree to develop 'visionary roadmap' to support 15 SDGs
09 september 2019 - 20:53:21New Delhi, India (PANA) – Partners of the African-led Great Green Wall Initiative have agreed to develop a visionary roadmap [...] Full text...
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Senior US official says America looks forwards to cooperating with new Sudanese PM
09 september 2019 - 19:37:55Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The United States on Monday congratulated the Sudan for the formation of a new civilian government, [...] Full text...
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Mauritius: Pope Francis focused on the suffering of young people
09 september 2019 - 18:36:10Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Pope Francis, during his visit to Mauritius, said at a Mass celebrated with Mary Queen [...] Full text...
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Nigeria's secret Police accuse “subversive” individuals, groups of plans to undermine national security
09 september 2019 - 17:56:03Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s secret Police, the Department of State Services (DSS), on Monday accused some unnamed “subversive” individuals [...] Full text...
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ECA welcomes increased interest of African leaders in planning
09 september 2019 - 17:30:08Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Prof. Sylvain Boko, of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), on Monday welcomed the growing interest [...] Full text...
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Renewed violence near Tripoli risks undermining efforts to resolve Libyan crisis (News analysis by BA Youssef, PANA correspondent)
09 september 2019 - 10:31:26Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Armed clashes that have intensified in recent days on the outskirts of Tripoli breaking several weeks [...] Full text...
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Ivorian CSO urges AU, ECOWAS to search for solution to South Africa's xenophobic riots
09 september 2019 - 09:23:08Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - An Ivorian civil society organization, CIVIS Côte d'Ivoire (Citizens & Participation), on Sunday urged the [...] Full text...
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Tunisia holds first ever televised debate for presidential candidates
08 september 2019 - 18:29:10Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – For the first time in Tunisia and the Arab world, a three-day televised debate is being [...] Full text...
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'South Africa's xenophobic attacks costing Zimbabwe's cross border traders'
08 september 2019 - 14:07:36Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Cross border trading has been significantly affected by the recent wave of xenophobic attacks targeting immigrants [...] Full text...
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South Korea supports UN to build resilient communities in Blue Nile State
07 september 2019 - 08:06:02Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The South Korean government has signed an agreement with UN agencies operating in the Sudan to [...] Full text...
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Agency moves to stop cattle theft in southern Senegal
07 september 2019 - 07:28:30Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - The National Agency for the Revival of Economic and Social Activities in Casamance (ANRAC) is organizing [...] Full text...
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'President Mugabe was maligned', says Zambian ex-president Kaunda
06 september 2019 - 19:14:33Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambia’s first president, Kenneth Kaunda, has said that it is regrettable that the late Zimbabwean former [...] Full text...
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Mauritania: Prosecutor's Office to investigate suspected case of slavery
06 september 2019 - 17:07:47Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The General Prosecutor's Office of Mauritania is to open an investigation following reports "of videos on [...] Full text...
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Kenyan president Kenyatta mourns former Zimbabwean President Mugabe
06 september 2019 - 11:18:50Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has mourned the former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe as an elder African [...] Full text...
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Benin's president reshuffles cabinet
06 september 2019 - 09:31:53Cotonou, Benin(PANA) - Benin's head of state, Patrice Talon, reshuffled his cabinet on Thursday evening, with three departures and six [...] Full text...
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Beninese president reshuffles cabinet
05 september 2019 - 21:42:28Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Beninese president, Patrice Talon, Thursday reshuffled his cabinet, with three departures and five arrivals, after [...] Full text...
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Line up of Sudan’s transitional cabinet as announced by prime minister
05 september 2019 - 20:50:25Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Prime Minister Abdullah Hamdouk Thursday announced the transitional government which included 18 ministers, four of them [...] Full text...
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Falsified medical products pose serious threats to public health, says Ivorian doctor
05 september 2019 - 19:38:12Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Inferior or falsified medical products pose serious threats to public health, Dr Siembou Koné, a [...] Full text...
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Congo to build network of consumer rights advocates
05 september 2019 - 18:04:55Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Executive Secretary of the Congolese Consumers' Rights Observatory, Mermans Babounga, announced on Thursday in Brazzaville, [...] Full text...
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Attijari bank donates 7 tons of food to flood victims in Mauritania
05 september 2019 - 17:49:54Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - As part of its commitment to Social Responsibility (RS), ATTIJARI Bank, Mauritania, a subsidiary of the [...] Full text...
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Kenya steps up fight against fake drugs (Feature by Jagongo David, PANA Correspondent)
05 september 2019 - 17:44:58Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Among the many measures the Kenya Pharmacy and Poisons Board is taking to fight fake drugs [...] Full text...
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WADB gives Mali 25bn CFA francs for building 1,000 housing units near Bamako
05 september 2019 - 13:09:48Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian Prime Minister Boubou Cissé and West African Development Bank (WADB) President Christian Adovelande on Wednesday [...] Full text...
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South Africa needs to strengthen the rule of law, prevent outbreaks of public violence
05 september 2019 - 12:57:39Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – The latest wave of public violence in South Africa was driven by a toxic mix [...] Full text...
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Sixth day of uneasy calm on front lines near Tripoli
05 september 2019 - 11:24:26Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The relative lull prevailing in the fighting at the outskirts of the Libyan capital, Tripoli, continued [...] Full text...
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South Africa picks up the pieces after xenophobic carnage
05 september 2019 - 08:19:54Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – An uneasy calm has returned to parts of Johannesburg and Pretoria following days of [...] Full text...
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CAR citizens ‘need our help now’: UN’s deputy relief chief
05 september 2019 - 07:30:39Bangui, CAR (PANA) - Spikes of violence in previously unaffected areas of the Central African Republic (CAR) have prompted new [...] Full text...
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Libya: Fayez al-Sarraj continues consultations to formulate common crisis exit vision
04 september 2019 - 23:27:41Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chairman of the presidential council of the Libyan government of national accord, Fayez Al-Sarraj, Wednesday [...] Full text...
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Kenya calls on South African authorities to protect property of foreign nationals
04 september 2019 - 22:57:17Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan citizens are amongst foreigners caught up in xenophobic attacks ravaging South Africa, the Kenyan foreign [...] Full text...
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Ivorian presidency announces cabinet reshuffle
04 september 2019 - 20:40:27Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) – The Ivorian presidency on Wednesday announced a cabinet reshuffle in which two portfolios changed hands [...] Full text...
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Ramaphosa says South Africa must quell attacks on foreigners
04 september 2019 - 17:25:59Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa told officials and business leaders on Wednesday that he was [...] Full text...
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Presidential Elections: Tunisians still skeptical despite three days of campaign
04 september 2019 - 16:59:29Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The electioneering campaign for Tunisia's presidential election, scheduled for September 15, entered its third day on [...] Full text...
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Niger hosts workshop on Women entrepreneurs in West Africa
04 september 2019 - 16:44:19Niamey, Niger (PANA) - A regional capacity-building workshop for women entrepreneurs in West Africa began Wednesday in Niamey, Niger, to [...] Full text...
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18th IFREFI annual conference opens in Mauritius
04 september 2019 - 14:21:37Balaclava, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth on Wednesday said the financial sector has an important role to [...] Full text...
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Zambians in SA warned to be cautious amid attacks on foreigners
03 september 2019 - 16:36:51Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - Zambia's High Commission in Pretoria has cautioned its citizens in South Africa to take extra [...] Full text...
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Mauritania hosts workshop on strengthening women's presence in G5 Sahel defence structures
03 september 2019 - 15:28:39Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The G5 Sahel Defence College in Nouakchott is hosting a workshop on 'Strengthening the presence of [...] Full text...
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Ghanaians in South Africa advised to avoid hot spots prone to xenophobic attacks
03 september 2019 - 11:31:29Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - The Ghana High Commission in South Africa has cautioned Ghanaians resident in the country to [...] Full text...
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Ivorian police call for witnesses in desecration of DJ Arafat's grave
03 september 2019 - 10:49:56Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - Ivorian police on Monday appealed for witnesses as part of the investigation into the desecration of [...] Full text...
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South Africa rocked again by xenophobic violence
03 september 2019 - 10:19:00Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A fresh wave of xenophobic violence swept across parts of Johannesburg and Pretoria on [...] Full text...
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22 civil society leaders and human rights defenders charged with subversion to date: Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition
02 september 2019 - 18:11:18Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition (CZC) says to date 22 civil society leaders and human rights defenders [...] Full text...
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Twelve people arrested in Côte d'Ivoire following the desecration of DJ Arafat's grave
02 september 2019 - 17:48:59Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Twelve people have been detained following the desecration of the grave of the artist, Houon [...] Full text...
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Fayez al-Sarah vows not to let armed groups control Libyan government institutions
01 september 2019 - 15:51:14Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chairman of the Libyan presidential council of the government of national accord, Fayez al-Sarraj, said [...] Full text...
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Burundian vice-president satisfied with resolutions of 7th Tokyo international conference on Africa development
01 september 2019 - 13:40:12Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi’s second vice-president in charge of economic and social affairs Joseph Butore Sunday returned to the [...] Full text...
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Kenya urges Africa to invest in sustainable Blue Economy
31 august 2019 - 16:40:27Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - African countries have been urged to invest in sustainable Blue Economy which has been recognized as [...] Full text...
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UNICEF says alarming number of Ebola deaths in DRC a ‘rallying cry’ to scale up treatment
31 august 2019 - 09:48:13Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says since the Ebola epidemic struck in the northeast of [...] Full text...
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120 Malians repatriated from Libya
30 august 2019 - 13:25:59Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A total of 120 Malian migrants, including 19 women, repatriated from Libya have arrived home. The Minister [...] Full text...
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Malian Prime Minister announces rehabilitation of Kati-Djidiéni road
30 august 2019 - 12:46:25Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian Prime Minister Boubou Cissé on Thursday announced commencement of work on the 160 km Kati-Djidieni [...] Full text...
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WHO launches global registry on human genome editing
30 august 2019 - 06:00:30Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - An expert advisory committee of the UN World Health Organisation (WHO) has approved the first phase [...] Full text...
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Congo hosts workshop on relationship between media and climate change
29 august 2019 - 21:57:45Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), in partnership with the Congolese Union of Communication Workers, is [...] Full text...
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Digital agriculture, key to Africa's growth - AfDB
29 august 2019 - 16:53:21Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Prioritizing the digital space will help shift the development focus for Africa’s agribusiness sector and overcome [...] Full text...
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IMF approves US$191.9 m three-year extended credit facility for Mali
29 august 2019 - 12:52:19Bamako, Mali (PANA) – The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a new three-year Extended Credit [...] Full text...
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Residents of Bamako-Kayes end road blockade
29 august 2019 - 11:59:52Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Residents of the Bamako-Kayes-Diboli road (RN3), on the Senegalese border, where hundreds of trucks and buses [...] Full text...
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US grants Tunisia loans totaling USD335 m
28 august 2019 - 21:33:12Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The United States Wednesday granted Tunisia a total loan of 335 million dollars (about one billion [...] Full text...
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Japanese agro-entrepreneurs commit to doubling Africa rice production
28 august 2019 - 21:14:50Yokohama, Japan (PANA) – The Sasakawa Association will work with the Japan International Corporation Agency (JICA) to help double rice [...] Full text...
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AU delegation encourages women participation Sudan’s peace process
28 august 2019 - 13:40:36Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A high-level delegation of African Union (AU) women leaders has started a five-day mission to Sudan [...] Full text...
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Mali: Demonstrators again block traffic on Kayes-Bamako road to demand repairs
27 august 2019 - 22:06:31Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Demonstrators, most of them youth, again Tuesday blocked all traffic from the bridge of the Malian [...] Full text...
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Cape Verde disconnects analogue TV signal transmission
27 august 2019 - 19:20:33Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - Cape Verde intends this year to do away with the analogue system and introduce digital [...] Full text...
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UNESCO sponsors event on the future of African cinema at TICAD VII
27 august 2019 - 14:47:53Paris, France (PANA) - UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay will on Wednesday lead an event on the future of African cinema [...] Full text...
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Niger’s government adopts code of electricity networks
26 august 2019 - 22:35:15Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The Nigerien government has established a code for electricity networks in a bid to strengthen the [...] Full text...
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Two refugee support groups say 2400 Gambians awaiting deportation from Germany
26 august 2019 - 22:09:59Banjul, Gambia ( PANA)- Two refugee support groups said here Monday at least 2,400 Gambians in Germany were awaiting possibledeportation. The [...] Full text...
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Publishing of beneficiaries of African Peacebuilding Network research grants
26 august 2019 - 21:46:14List of beneficiaries of African Peacebuilding Network research grants out Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The list of beneficiaries of the [...] Full text...
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Heavy rains cause collapse of hundreds of homes in Massala, southern Mali
26 august 2019 - 15:34:27Bamako, Mali (PANA) - About 350 houses collapsed, animals, canoes, kitchen utensils and several objects washed away, following the heavy [...] Full text...
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Postal sector in Tunisia hit by strike
26 august 2019 - 14:54:16Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Postal workers in Tunisia continued their strike on Monday, which began on August 21 in all [...] Full text...
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Liverpool International Academy opens in Mauritius
26 august 2019 - 14:32:41Cote d’Or, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius Liverpool International Academy targeting young Mauritians aged 12 to 15 years and providing age-specific coaching sessions [...] Full text...
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18 to 32% of budget in Sahel countries devoted to security
26 august 2019 - 12:51:25Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkinabe President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, who is also current Chair of G5 Sahel, has [...] Full text...
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Mali officials sensitized on fighting child sexual exploitation
26 august 2019 - 12:24:34Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Magistrates, police officers and social workers on identification of child victims of exploitation have completed a [...] Full text...
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South African president Ramaphosa attends G7 Summit in France
25 august 2019 - 14:58:31Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa arrived in Biarritz, France on Sunday for the G7 [...] Full text...
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Chinese firm set to modernise public bus service Mali's capital
24 august 2019 - 11:43:20Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The mayor of Bamako district, Adama Sangaré, on Friday signed an act for creation of a [...] Full text...
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School closures triple in Central, Western Africa as education comes under fire
24 august 2019 - 09:47:00Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - More than 1.9 million children have been forced out of school in West and Central Africa [...] Full text...
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Nawara gas field in Tunisia begins operation
23 august 2019 - 19:39:13Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – The natural gas field of Nawara, located in southern Tunisia, on Friday entered its exploitation phase [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe Tourism Authority CEO sacked
23 august 2019 - 14:57:11Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) board has sacked acting chief executive officer (CEO) Rita Likukuma due [...] Full text...
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Former African presidents, influential persons to hold high-level dialogue on HIV/AIDS
23 august 2019 - 12:12:48Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Champions for an AIDS-Free Generation, a distinguished group of former presidents and influential African leaders committed to [...] Full text...
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'I was made to drink sewer water,' says Zimbabwean comedian Kureya
23 august 2019 - 07:34:31Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Popular Zimbabwean comedian, Samantha Kureya, known as ‘Gonyeti’, says she was made to drink sewage water [...] Full text...
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Senior official of government of national unity in Libya criticizes UNSMIL's inaction
22 august 2019 - 22:15:33Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The vice-chairman of the presidential council of the government of national unity in Libya, Abdessalam Kajman, [...] Full text...
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Chinese experts visit Zimbabwe to help government on "strategic plans"
22 august 2019 - 15:35:27Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Development Research Centre of the State Council (DRC) of the People’s Republic of China has [...] Full text...
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Popular Zimbabwean comedian Samantha Kureya abducted and tortured
22 august 2019 - 14:27:03Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Popular Zimbabwean comedian, Samantha Kureya known as ‘Gonyeti’ was abducted, tortured, beaten and dumped early Thursday [...] Full text...
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US engaged in projects to empower women in Botswana
22 august 2019 - 12:57:54Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The United States of America is breathing life into many women project initiatives aimed at communal development [...] Full text...
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Mali's works to ratify Agency for Trade Insurance in Africa
22 august 2019 - 11:07:49Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian government on Wednesday adopted draft texts in the Council of Ministers meeting on its [...] Full text...
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African health ministers adopt strategic plan to reduce double burden of malnutrition
22 august 2019 - 06:06:55Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - African Ministers of Health meeting in Brazzaville on the sidelines of the 69th WHO Regional Committee [...] Full text...
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Microplastic pollution 'not necessarily' a risk to human health
22 august 2019 - 05:26:24Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Tiny plastic particles known as microplastics are “everywhere – including in our drinking-water”, but they are [...] Full text...
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Burundi officially launches national climate change resilience project
21 august 2019 - 23:58:39Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The Burundi Ministry of the Interior and Natural Disaster Prevention officially launched here Wednesday a national [...] Full text...
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Widows of Malian soldiers who died in conflicts soon to have multifunctional center
21 august 2019 - 18:25:51Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Widows of Malian soldiers and paramilitaries who died in theaters of operations will be equipped with [...] Full text...
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Bamako hosts 5th African Scout Integration Camp
21 august 2019 - 12:01:02Bamako, Mali (PANA) - About 500 young Africans, including 300 Malians, will participate from 21 to 30 August in Bamako [...] Full text...
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Efforts underway to ease deadly inter-tribal tensions in southwestern Libya city of Morzouk
21 august 2019 - 11:29:36Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A committee for the reconciliation of the social components of the southwestern city of Morzouk, composed [...] Full text...
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Strike warning on gold site in Mauritania
20 august 2019 - 23:41:34Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The staff delegates of Tasiast Mauritania Limited (SA), a subsidiary of the Canadian company, Kinross, which [...] Full text...
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Innovating education in Africa expo kicks off in Botswana
20 august 2019 - 20:44:26Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The Botswana Ministry of Basic Education is hosting several education ministers and officials from different African countries [...] Full text...
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Libya launches mental health project in collaboration with EU
20 august 2019 - 19:11:47Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A three-year project, entitled "Action for Mental Health Assistance in Libya" (Amal), aimed at improving access [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe's family food basket now at ZWL$1,684.45 (US$160.42): Poverty Reduction Forum Trust
20 august 2019 - 18:39:18Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Poverty Reduction Forum Trust (PRFT) says a family of six in Zimbabwe needed ZWL$1,684.45 (US$160.42) as [...] Full text...
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"Respect the right to assemble," Heads of Mission in Zimbabwe tell government
20 august 2019 - 17:47:53Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Western Heads of Missions in Zimbabwe have called on government to respect the constitutional rights to [...] Full text...
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Mauritius, UN sign strategic partnership pact for 2019/2023 period
20 august 2019 - 13:22:49Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius and the United Nations on Tuesday signed a Strategic Partnership Framework (SPF) agreement for [...] Full text...
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AU pleased with new electoral commission in Côte d’Ivoire
20 august 2019 - 13:11:09Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The African Union has hailed the consensus that led to the development of an improved electoral [...] Full text...
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WHO chief urges Congo to increase health budget to 15%
20 august 2019 - 12:04:46Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, on Monday called on the Congolese [...] Full text...
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Japan offers Mali more than 6,000 tonnes of rice to strengthen Mali's food security programme
20 august 2019 - 11:23:29Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Japan has donated 6,428 tonnes of rice to Mali as food assistance for the 2017 fiscal [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso's opposition demands resignation of Gov't after major attack on army in the north
20 august 2019 - 11:16:02Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso's main opposition Union for Progress and Change (UPC) is demanding the resignation of [...] Full text...
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Death toll from tanker explosion in Tanzania rises to 97
19 august 2019 - 15:30:54Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – More victims of 10 August fuel tanker tragedy at Morogoro in Tanzania died over [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe anti-corruption body summons former VP Mphoko over office abuse
19 august 2019 - 14:11:50Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has summoned former Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko over criminal abuse of office, [...] Full text...
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ICRC hails vital contribution of humanitarian workers
19 august 2019 - 13:52:26Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Marking World Humanitarian Day, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Monday praised [...] Full text...
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UN chief lauds women humanitarians on World Humanitarian Day
19 august 2019 - 06:33:08New York, US (PANA) - United Nations chief António Guterres has lauded the work of women humanitarians saying it makes a “huge [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe police ban opposition planned protests in Bulawayo
18 august 2019 - 15:31:52Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) on Sunday issued another prohibition ban against the main opposition Movement [...] Full text...
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Benin Ombudsman received more than 500 complaints 2018 - Report
18 august 2019 - 10:52:06Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin's Ombudsman, an institution responsible for handling disputes between the administration and citizens, received 557 complaints [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe's Community Based Organizations condemn government for denying national protests
17 august 2019 - 19:47:45Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Alliance of Community Based Organizations (ACBOs) has strongly condemned what it alleges are increasing efforts [...] Full text...
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AfDB gives 19.7 billion CFA Francs to Mali to fund various development sectors in the country
17 august 2019 - 12:34:19Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Mali Development Bank (BDM-SA) and the African Development Bank (AfDB) signed a 30-million-euro credit line [...] Full text...
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Rwanda’s women leading the digital revolution (An AfDB Feature)
17 august 2019 - 07:35:55Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - When she was a little girl, Jeanne Yamfashije wanted to be a doctor. Her goal was [...] Full text...
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Burundian high school leavers caught in unusual post-exam celebrations
16 august 2019 - 21:22:05Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Young Burundian high school leavers, sang and danced in their crumbled and stripped school uniforms, as [...] Full text...
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Tunisia records 1.1% economic growth in first half of 2019
16 august 2019 - 15:02:07Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia recorded an economic growth of 1.1% in the first half of 2019 compared to 2.6% [...] Full text...
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UN Human Rights Office calls on Zimbabwe gov't to engage citizens
16 august 2019 - 12:04:50Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has called on the Zimbabwe [...] Full text...
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Barclays Bank contributes to the growth of sports in Botswana
15 august 2019 - 20:21:25Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Barclays Bank Botswana will sponsor Botswana Premier League football for the league 2019/2020 season. Speaking at official [...] Full text...
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Zambian Court jails 2 women to 18 years for inserting bottle in vagina of husband’s girlfriend
15 august 2019 - 17:47:57Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – A High Court in Ndola, Northern Copperbelt province of Zambia, on Thursday jailed two women to [...] Full text...
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Workers in health centres of Bamako go on strike
15 august 2019 - 14:00:21Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Workers of referral health centres of the six communes of the Malian capital, Bamako, are on [...] Full text...
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Tunisian Guards foil attempted illegal migration
14 august 2019 - 17:02:15Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A team of the Tunisian National Guards in Sfax governorate (South-East Tunisia) on Wednesday foiled an [...] Full text...
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Swiss hospital ship calls at Dakar port to offer free medical care
14 august 2019 - 15:59:00Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - A Swiss hospital ship Africa Mercy docked at Dakar port on Wednesday for a 10-month stay [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso works on national strategy to counter radicalization, violent extremism
14 august 2019 - 15:26:10Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso is developing a national strategy to counter radicalization and violent extremism, PANA on [...] Full text...
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UNSMIL statement on implementation of a humanitarian truce on Eid al-Adha
14 august 2019 - 13:16:56Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Following its call upon the Libyan parties on 8 August to express their commitment to a [...] Full text...
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UN warns of increase in grave violations against children in Mali
14 august 2019 - 05:49:39New York, US (PANA) - The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and partners on Tuesday voiced great concern over a sharp [...] Full text...
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Tanzania assumes SADC chair, calls for regional sustainable industrial development
13 august 2019 - 20:44:56Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Tanzania’s Foreign Minister, Prof. Palamagamba Kabudi, on Tuesday assumed the chairmanship of the Southern [...] Full text...
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Congo launches campaign against ophthalmic pathologies
13 august 2019 - 15:21:51Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - A five-day campaign of ophthalmology surgeries is being held in Brazzaville, in collaboration with the Israeli [...] Full text...
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Ghanaian Christian pilgrims undertake pilgrimage to Israel
13 august 2019 - 00:16:46Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Thirty Christians of different denominations left here Monday for Israel on a seven-day visit to historical [...] Full text...
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Ghanaian Christian pilgrims undertake pilgrimage to Israel
12 august 2019 - 22:41:24Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Thirty Christians of different denominations left here Tuesday for Israel on a seven-day visit to historical [...] Full text...
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Libyan papers highlight air strike on Morzouk, preparations for Eid al-Adha
11 august 2019 - 17:23:51Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Libyan newspapers last week focused on the deadly air strike against the city of Morzouk in [...] Full text...
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Mass movements of Zimbabweans to South Africa loom - Report
11 august 2019 - 11:49:38Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - American based humanitarian organization, Refugees International (RI), has revealed to PANA that aid officials expect South [...] Full text...
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Employees of the UN Mission in Libya killed in Benghazi bombing
10 august 2019 - 17:22:34Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The identities of the two foreigners killed in the bombing near a shopping mall in al-Hawari [...] Full text...
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Two foreigners killed, 9 others wounded in car bomb explosion in Benghazi
10 august 2019 - 16:42:59Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Two foreigners were killed and nine others wounded in a car bomb explosion that occurred on [...] Full text...
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Somalia names stadium after slain Mogadishu mayor
10 august 2019 - 08:07:07Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - Somalia has named a stadium in the capital, Mogadishu, after its immediate past mayor, Abdirahman Omar [...] Full text...
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'Gender-based violence, the unfinished business of our time' (A UN Feature)
10 august 2019 - 07:52:58New York, US (PANA) - Women and girls represent half of the world’s population and, therefore, also half of its [...] Full text...
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Spain donates market gardening production material for women associations in Malian region
09 august 2019 - 22:45:35Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Spanish Cooperation (AECID) and the council for development association (ACOD) Friday donated a batch of [...] Full text...
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Autochthonous languages on a way to disappear in Congo - official
09 august 2019 - 21:04:47Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese minister of Justice and human rights promotion, Aimé Ange Wilfrid Bininga, Friday deplored the [...] Full text...
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'We told her to resign,' close associates to sacked Zimbabwe Tourism minister say
09 august 2019 - 18:51:58Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Close associates of fired Environment, Tourism and Hospitality Industry minister, Prisca Mupfumira, told PANA here that [...] Full text...
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Burundi celebrates Indigenous Peoples Day
09 august 2019 - 16:39:49Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi on Friday celebrated the 9th edition of the International Day of Indigenous Peoples, on a [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe mulls launching second pension fund
09 august 2019 - 16:12:47Bulawayo, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Zimbabwean Government is set to launch a pension fund, similar to South Africa’s Public Investment [...] Full text...
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France ready to support implementation of Mozambican peace agreement
09 august 2019 - 15:19:33Paris, France (PANA) - The French government has welcomed the peace and reconciliation agreement, signed Thursday in Maputo between the [...] Full text...
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List of the Mauritanian government
09 august 2019 - 08:25:01Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The following is the list of the government of Mauritania announced on Thursday following the swearing-in [...] Full text...
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Mauritius celebrates 2nd African Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Day
09 august 2019 - 07:23:49Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius on Thursday celebrated the second African Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) under the theme [...] Full text...
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Workers of Malian hospital launch 72-hour strike
08 august 2019 - 23:12:17Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The staff of the Gabriel Touré hospital-university center (CHU), one of Mali’s biggest hospitals, has since [...] Full text...
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Photojournalism award dedicated to challenges faced by DR Congo
08 august 2019 - 20:45:26Paris, France (PANA) - Organisers of the 11th Edition of the Carmignac Photojournalism Award have announced that the competition will [...] Full text...
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Kenyan media practitioners alarmed at government ‘militarising information’
08 august 2019 - 19:55:13Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenyan media practitioners, gathered Thursday for the annual 2019 Media Summit, have decried the tendency of [...] Full text...
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36 Ivorian migrants still stranded at Tunisia-Libya border
08 august 2019 - 17:33:00Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The president of the "Tunisia Terre d'Asile" organization, Sharifa Riahi, announced on Wednesday that the 36 [...] Full text...
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Bamako to host 2nd African Civil Status Day
08 august 2019 - 12:12:45Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The 2nd African Civil Status Day opens on Saturday in Bamako on the theme: "Birth certificates [...] Full text...
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African Ombudsman and Mediator Association bemoans threatening working conditions
08 august 2019 - 09:51:17Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Regional leaders of the African Ombudsman and Mediator Association (AOMA) have expressed concern about difficult working [...] Full text...
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Human Rights Watch slams detention of Nigerian pro-democracy activist
08 august 2019 - 06:32:33Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – A human rights watchdog says the detention of a Nigerian pro-democracy activist on Sunday may well signify [...] Full text...
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Four in 10 indigenous languages at risk of disappearing, warn UN human rights experts
07 august 2019 - 20:47:34New York, US (PANA) - Of 7,000 indigenous languages spoken today, four in 10 are in danger of disappearing, rights [...] Full text...
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U.S. Embassy, partners and Young Africa Botswana host America on the Move Program
07 august 2019 - 18:11:42Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The U.S. Embassy is to collaborate with Young Africa Botswana (YAB) to run a yearlong America [...] Full text...
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South Africa: South African court to determine the value of Mandela's smile
07 august 2019 - 15:59:37Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – If South African photographer, Shaun Earl Harris, and his agency, PictureNet Africa, win a high-profile [...] Full text...
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Some 1.2 million square metres of mines yet to be cleared in Senegal's Casamance region
06 august 2019 - 20:52:16Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - Some 1.2 million square metres in Senegal's Casamance region have still yet to be demined, the [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe Peace Project says food aid is being distributed along party lines
06 august 2019 - 14:30:56Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) has reported that food aid continues to be deprived to communities based [...] Full text...
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Austerity and economic headwinds in Zimbabwe to persist - IH Securities
06 august 2019 - 14:19:35Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Financial services firm IH Securities expects austerity and economic headwinds to persist after a plethora of [...] Full text...
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More than 4,400 people screened for AIDS in Senegal
06 august 2019 - 14:02:41Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Some 4,423 people aged between 15 and 49 years have been screened across Senegal, revealing 19 [...] Full text...
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Old and forgotten, social protection for Zimbabwe's pension -Analysis by PANA Correspondentclines
06 august 2019 - 13:47:00Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - As the Zimbabwe dollar continues to devalue, pensioners are slowly coming to terms with the reality [...] Full text...
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South African president Ramaphosa attends Maputo peace ceremony
06 august 2019 - 09:18:10Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa is attending Tuesday’s Peace and Reconciliation Agreement ceremony in Maputo, Mozambique. The [...] Full text...
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Aid el-Adha disrupted by the military escalation near Tripoli (A news analysis)
05 august 2019 - 22:46:48Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - In defiance of a deleterious atmosphere marked by the continuation of armed fighting near southern Tripoli, [...] Full text...
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NGOs denounce treatment of Sub-Saharan migrants in Tunisia
05 august 2019 - 21:39:31Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Six humanitarian non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Tunisia Monday condemned the authorities for rejecting 36 Ivorian migrants, [...] Full text...
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Warring dozos, self-defence groups reach peace agreement in central Mali
05 august 2019 - 17:02:00Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Warring traditional dozos hunters and self-defense groups from Macina, San, Djenne, Tenenkou and Niono circles in [...] Full text...
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Papal visit to Mauritius accorded State status
05 august 2019 - 14:28:44Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth on Monday said Pope Francis’ visit to the island on [...] Full text...
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Nigerian military, Police personnel disperse protesters in Lagos
05 august 2019 - 12:31:00Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Well-armed Nigerian Army and Police contingents early Monday shot into the air as they chased and [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso celebrates 59th independence anniversary
05 august 2019 - 10:46:17Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso is celebrating the 59th anniversary of its independence on Monday, but commemorative activities [...] Full text...
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Nigerian protest leader arrested ahead of planned demonstration
05 august 2019 - 06:49:24Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Organisers of Monday's demonstration in Nigeria against an alleged bad political system and mal-governance say the [...] Full text...
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Speaker of Burundi Senate leaves for ordinary session of Pan-African Parliament in South Africa
04 august 2019 - 17:32:44Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The speaker of Burundi’s senate, Révérien Ndikuriyo, left here Sunday for Midrand, South Africa, to take [...] Full text...
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Social protection interventions in Zimbabwe generally under and irregularly financed
04 august 2019 - 15:52:32Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Social protection interventions are generally under and irregularly financed due to lack of cohesion on how [...] Full text...
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Consumers decry increased taxes in Zimbabwe's mid-term 2019 fiscal review
04 august 2019 - 12:23:13Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The National Consumer Rights Association (Nacora) has strongly condemned last week’s mid-term 2019 fiscal review, describing [...] Full text...
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'Former Zimbabwe President Mugabe is better than the incumbent, Emmerson Mnangagwa'
03 august 2019 - 16:15:44Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman, Jim Risch, says the current political and economic situation in [...] Full text...
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Gambia’s gov’t urges army to release 3 former president’s hit squad
02 august 2019 - 21:13:41Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The government of The Gambia, through the ministry of justice, Friday urged the army command to [...] Full text...
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EU disburses 13.1 billion CFA francs for Niger
02 august 2019 - 17:15:19Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The European Union (EU) on Friday agreed to disburse a total of 20 million euros (about [...] Full text...
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Angola, DRC set up university cooperation project
02 august 2019 - 14:57:38Dundo, Angola (PANA) - The provinces of Lunda-Norte in Angola and Kasaï Central in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on [...] Full text...
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Social media sales of unregistered medical products worry Botswana regulator
02 august 2019 - 14:47:48Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana Medicines Regulatory Authority (BoMRA) is worried by the mushrooming and escalating social media sales of [...] Full text...
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