Nations celebrate World Youth Skills Day 2020
15 july 2020 - 10:52:45Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Youth Skills Day 2020 being celebrated on Wednesday will take stock of the impact [...] Full text...
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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Youth Skills Day 2020 being celebrated on Wednesday will take stock of the impact [...] Full text...
COVID-19: ‘Country-driven’ approach needed to limit pandemic damage to food security
15 july 2020 - 06:10:55Rome, Italy (PANA) - A ‘business as usual' approach is no longer an option, the head of the UN agriculture [...] Full text...
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News Analysis: Tunisia shaken by series of similar political crises
14 july 2020 - 22:32:06Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has for a time been going through a series of political crises, one after another [...] Full text...
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COVID-19: Chad secures US$68 million from IMF to address pandemic challenges
14 july 2020 - 06:10:35Ndjamena, Chad (PANA) – Staff of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the authorities in Chad have completed discussions for [...] Full text...
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US denounces foreign parties compromising peace, resumption of oil trade in Libya
13 july 2020 - 07:19:18Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The US Embassy in Libya has denounced the role played by foreign parties who compromise the [...] Full text...
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Libyan dailies highlight unemployment, mines in Tripoli and resumption of oil production
11 july 2020 - 18:12:37Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Social issues related to the daily life of Libyan citizens resonated in the country's press this [...] Full text...
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COVID-19: Wildlife crime puts environment and health at risk - UN report
11 july 2020 - 09:52:54Vienna, Austria (PANA) - The COVID-19 pandemic shows how wildlife crime is a threat not only to the environment but [...] Full text...
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Tunisian President Kaïs Saied receives Libyan Finance Minister
10 july 2020 - 16:12:10Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Strengthening bilateral cooperation between Tunisia and Libya in various fields and ways of consolidating relations between [...] Full text...
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Kenyatta says time for African leadership of global trade body
09 july 2020 - 22:34:07Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta said Thursday it was time for an African to hold the top [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Refugees in Africa ‘even more vulnerable than ever’ amid pandemic
09 july 2020 - 21:36:07New York, US (PANA) - Millions of refugees across Africa face even greater food insecurity because of aid disruption and [...] Full text...
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Generalized rise in cereal prices this week in Niger
09 july 2020 - 20:32:11Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Niger experienced a general increase in the prices of cereals over the past week, the news [...] Full text...
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Gold overtakes tourism as Tanzania’s leading foreign exchange earner
09 july 2020 - 17:18:39Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – As the tourism sector in Tanzania has been hit by the Covid-19 pandemic, gold [...] Full text...
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COVID-19: UN chief highlights need for decent jobs to fuel recovery
09 july 2020 - 03:24:30Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More than 50 Heads of State and government, alongside global employers’ and trade union leaders, on [...] Full text...
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Kenya nominates Amina Mohamed for WTO Director-General post
09 july 2020 - 00:25:22Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has received the nomination of Kenyan Sports Minister Amina Mohamed for [...] Full text...
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Kenya-US begins Free Trade talks on post-AGOA deal
09 july 2020 - 00:16:49Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya and the United States officially launched talks here Wednesday on a Free Trade Agreement to [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Africa’s growth stands to rebound to 3% in 2021 in post-Covid-19, says AfDB
08 july 2020 - 14:25:17Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Africa’s economic growth could rebound in 2021, provided that governments manage the COVID-19 infection rate [...] Full text...
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COVID-19: Societies need ‘a new dynamic’ to overcome negative impacts of pandemic – UN official
08 july 2020 - 03:43:45New York, US (PANA) - The dramatic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, have laid bare “weaknesses in our systems and [...] Full text...
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AfDB project triples incomes of rural producers and traders in Tanzania
08 july 2020 - 03:41:25Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - An African Development Bank (AfDB) project to enhance market infrastructure, value addition and rural [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe President Mnangagwa fires Health minister as civil unrest grows
07 july 2020 - 19:00:27Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa has fired the Health and Childcare Minister, Obadiah Moyo, for awarding contracts, [...] Full text...
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Covid-19: UNCTAD equipping East African women digital entrepreneurs with skills to thrive
07 july 2020 - 12:31:14Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Advocates from ‘UNCTAD’s eTrade for Women initiative’ are working hard to ensure women digital [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Ghana sees record of 992 new cases in single update as death toll increases to 129
07 july 2020 - 08:43:36Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Ghana Health Service (GHS) on Monday night announced a record increase of 992 new COVID-19 [...] Full text...
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Tunisia underlines increasing interest for African integration
06 july 2020 - 23:41:08Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia Monday reaffirmed its interest for African integration which represents a complementary and progressive vision for [...] Full text...
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AU lays ground for industrialisation summit in November in Niger
06 july 2020 - 23:32:19Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) is planning to hold a special summit of heads of state [...] Full text...
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IFAD launches project to support 210.000 rural families in Niger
06 july 2020 - 23:10:24Paris, France (PANA) - The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Monday announced a financing package to support 210,000 poor [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Ghana's positive cases cross 20,000-mark at 20,085
05 july 2020 - 11:37:34Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana’s coronavirus case count has crossed the 20,000-mark to hit 20,085, as the pandemic continues to [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Ghana's president goes into self-isolation after exposure to someone with virus
05 july 2020 - 07:38:34Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Saturday went into a 14-day self-isolation after getting exposed to [...] Full text...
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Tunisia: Tataouine oil field workers embark on indefinite strike
04 july 2020 - 18:11:41Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Workers in the various oil fields in the Tataouine region, southern Tunisia, began an an indefinite [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Ghana sees record daily rise as several testing sites run out of reagents
04 july 2020 - 09:16:20Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) have seen a record daily jump of 758 to take [...] Full text...
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. AIB Capital Limited, ApexAfricaCapital Limited in Kenya announce merger
03 july 2020 - 12:01:27Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Group, AXYS, one of the leading portfolio management companies in Mauritius, has concluded a [...] Full text...
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Coronavius: Ghana's Deputy Trade and Industry minister resigns for breaching protocols
03 july 2020 - 10:56:24Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's Deputy Trade and Industry minister Carlos Kingsley Ahenkorah has resigned after admitting that he broke COVID-19 [...] Full text...
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Tunisia: Council of ministers adopts two texts on African integration
02 july 2020 - 23:40:43Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Council of ministers Thursday adopted two fundamental draft bills related to African integration, the spokesperson [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Doctor warns Ghana is 'going in a worse direction'
02 july 2020 - 18:26:36Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Deputy General Secretary of the Ghana Medical Association (GMA) on Thursday warned that data on [...] Full text...
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Rwanda's trade balance swings to deficit as exports, imports tumble
02 july 2020 - 17:52:26Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda's trade performance plunged into a deficit in May after two straight months of surpluses amid [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS wants African, non-African countries to endorse Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala for the top WTO job
02 july 2020 - 17:35:56Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), has called for support for the candidacy [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Ghana's positive cases rise to 18,134; claims the life of senior ruling party member
02 july 2020 - 08:16:16Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's case count of COVID-19 (coronavirus) has increased by 393 to 18,134, the Ghana Health Service [...] Full text...
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'Bold and creative’ solutions needed for a sustainable, post-pandemic economy – UN Chief
02 july 2020 - 06:44:13New York, US (PANA) - Unless the world acts now, the COVID-19 pandemic and accompanying global recession, will trigger “years [...] Full text...
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UNESCO urges caution over fraudulent African artefacts sold in its name
02 july 2020 - 06:23:03Paris, France (PANA) - The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has revealed the existence of an illicit trafficking [...] Full text...
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France releases 30 million Euros for Tunisian companies
01 july 2020 - 22:26:11Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The French government Wednesday released to Tunisian small and medium-size enterprises a financing package of 30 [...] Full text...
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ADF approves US$9.52 million to enhance coordinated COVID-19 response in East Africa, Horn of Africa and the Comoros
01 july 2020 - 12:40:44Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF) has approved grants totalling US$9.52 [...] Full text...
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World Bank realigns Africa Region into two Vice Presidencies for greater focus on country progress
01 july 2020 - 07:35:29Washington, US (PANA) - As a sign of its strong commitment to Africa, the World Bank’s Sub-Saharan Africa Regional portfolio [...] Full text...
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COVID-19: Hard times forecast for global job recovery in 2020, warns ILO chief
01 july 2020 - 05:41:16Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The impact of the COVID-19 crisis on jobs has been much worse than expected initially, the [...] Full text...
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Libya-Germany trade rises by 16 per cent in 2019
30 june 2020 - 10:17:17Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The volume of trade between Libya and Germany increased by 16 percent in the year 2019, [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Benin gets financial support to establish laboratories to counter COVID-19
29 june 2020 - 22:55:19Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The programme for Arab-African Trade Bridges (AATB) run by the multinational Islamic Trade Company (ITFC) Monday [...] Full text...
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Tunisian, Greek FMs discuss Libyan crisis
29 june 2020 - 19:55:12Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – The situation in Libya was the main discussion during a meeting on Monday in Tunis between [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Gambian Mayor recounts Covid-19 impact
29 june 2020 - 18:43:51Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Talib Ahmed Bensouda, Lord Mayor of Kanifing Municipal Council (KMC) in The Gambia, has described the [...] Full text...
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Senegalese football coaches set up trade-union
28 june 2020 - 15:55:21Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The first trade-union of Senegalese football coaches, Trade-Union of Senegalese Football coaches (SEFS), was set up [...] Full text...
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Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe reverses suspension on all mobile money transactions
28 june 2020 - 10:33:00Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya Friday reversed the ban on all mobile money [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe ban on trading of stocks and mobile money transactions to have dire economic consequences (Analysis by Correspondent Tatira Zwinoira)
27 june 2020 - 19:26:18Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe government on Saturday took the unprecedented move to ban trading on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe govt bans trading on the stock exchange and all mobile money transactions
26 june 2020 - 20:59:11Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Zimbabwe government Friday took the unprecedented move to ban trading on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: AfDB approves 100.5-million-euro budget support for COVID-19 fight in Gabon
26 june 2020 - 18:43:02Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a 100.5-million-euro loan to [...] Full text...
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African countries making headway in tackling tax evasion, money laundering - Report
26 june 2020 - 18:33:00Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - African countries made great strides in strengthening commitments and capacity to achieve tax transparency and [...] Full text...
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Botswana heightens anti-poaching war
26 june 2020 - 15:58:34Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Poachers’ death toll in Botswana is rising due to the army’s sharp anti-poaching measures. The anti-poaching Botswana [...] Full text...
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Mauritius: Economy to be severely impacted in 2020 because of Covid-19
26 june 2020 - 14:23:35Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Statistics Mauritius on Friday said that Mauritius being a very open economy will be severely [...] Full text...
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COVID-19 accelerates greater trade coordination in East Africa
26 june 2020 - 13:09:58Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Training positions East African trade facilitation committees to work more closely and in a [...] Full text...
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Kenyan lawmaker fined hefty US$14 million over famine food supplies fraud
26 june 2020 - 00:06:36Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A Kenyan anti-corruption court Thursday found John Waluke, a ranking lawmaker and chief whip, and a [...] Full text...
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Congo: Two alleged ivory traffickers arrested in Oyo
25 june 2020 - 23:13:14Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Two men of Congolese nationality were arrested Tuesday in Oyo, 400 km from here, for illegal [...] Full text...
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Abidjan stock market closes Thursday trading down
25 june 2020 - 21:13:03Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The Abidjan-based stock market (BRVM) closed Thursday trading down, with the BRVM 10 index dropping [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Economic recovery will be slower following ‘crisis like no other’, IMF predicts
25 june 2020 - 04:34:21Washington, 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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Abidjan stock market closes Wednesday trading down
24 june 2020 - 21:15:18Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The Abidjan-based stock market (BRVM) closed Wednesday trading down, with the BRVM 10 index dropping [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Gambia says it is united against this challenging period
24 june 2020 - 18:17:53Banjul, Gambia(PANA) - President Adama Barrow of Gambia on Wednesday told a virtual meeting of Commonwealth leaders on Covid 19 [...] Full text...
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Togo avails over 120,000 tonnes of inputs for farmers in 2020-21 crop season
24 june 2020 - 15:56:16Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togo has made more than 120,000 tonnes of agricultural inputs available to farmers for the 2020-2021 [...] Full text...
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Ghana apologises for demolition of building in Nigeria’s diplomatic compound
24 june 2020 - 09:28:29Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo on Tuesday apologised to his Nigerian counterpart, Muhammadu Buhari, for the demolition of [...] Full text...
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Supporting private sector enables to relaunch economy in Tunisia, says WB
23 june 2020 - 23:57:18Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The resident representative of the World Bank here, Tony Verheijen, said here Tuesday that support for [...] Full text...
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Abidjan stock market closes Tuesday trading down
23 june 2020 - 23:01:57Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The Abidjan-based stock market (BRVM) closed Tuesday trading down, with the BRVM 10 index dropping [...] Full text...
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Some 450,000 Mauritanian sheep destined for the Senegalese market for Tabaski
23 june 2020 - 18:37:52Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritania will provide Senegal with 450,000 sheep for the great Muslim feast of Tabaski, scheduled in [...] Full text...
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Rwanda unveils US$ 3.4 billion fiscal budget to revive economy (Eds: This corrects our story of Monday, 22 June that put the amount needed to revive the economy at US$34.5 billion)
23 june 2020 - 13:07:00Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The Rwandan minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Uzziel Ndagijimana, on Monday unveiled a 3,245.7 billion [...] Full text...
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Abidjan stock market closes Monday trading up
22 june 2020 - 23:53:18Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The Abidjan-based stock market (BRVM) closed Monday trading up, with the BRVM 10 index rising [...] Full text...
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Rwanda unveils US$ 34.5 billion fiscal budget to revive economy
22 june 2020 - 21:28:25Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The Rwandan minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Uzziel Ndagijimana, on Monday unveiled a 3,245.7 billion [...] Full text...
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Gambian lawmakers ratify diplomatic status for Africa Export-Import Bank
22 june 2020 - 20:49:45Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Lawmakers in The Gambia Monday ratified the first ever African Export-Import Bank to facilitate effective and [...] Full text...
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Police, demonstrators resume clashes in Tataouine, Tunisia
22 june 2020 - 17:44:47Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Clashes between police and demonstrators resumed on Monday in the southern Tunisian city of Tataouine after [...] Full text...
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Nigeria summons Ghanaian top diplomat in Abuja over demolition of Nigerian embassy buildings in Accra
22 june 2020 - 17:02:09Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – With palpable anger in Nigeria over the inability of the federal government to implement reciprocal or [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Coca-Cola commits US$17 million to support Africa anti-pandemic fight
22 june 2020 - 16:51:32Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Coca-Cola System is committing US$ 17 million to support the continent through the various phases of the Covid-19 [...] Full text...
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Union leaders in southern Tunisian town declare general strike after 'heavy-handed dispersal' of sit-in
22 june 2020 - 09:18:45Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Regional Labour Union of Tataouine in southern Tunisia, a union affiliated with the Tunisian General [...] Full text...
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Prefect of abducted northern Malian town released
21 june 2020 - 14:48:07Bamako, Mali (PANA) – Sidya Coulibali, the central prefect of the circle of Diré, in Mali's northern region of Timbuktu, [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe's Health minister released on ZWL50,000 (US$2,000) bail
20 june 2020 - 17:31:47Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) – Zimbabwe’s Health minister, Obadiah Moyo, has been released on a ZWL50,000 (US$2,000) bail despite being charged [...] Full text...
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Rwandan media assess development in easing COVID-19 lockdown measures
20 june 2020 - 15:02:12Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan newspapers this week gave wide coverage to ongoing efforts to ease COVID-19 lockdown measures especially [...] Full text...
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Protesters prevented from handing to president IBK letter calling him to resign
20 june 2020 - 00:10:03Bamako, Mali (PANA) – The security forces here Friday prevented representatives of the 5 June Movement from getting access to [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe President's ally and controversial businessman, John Bredenkamp, dies aged 79
19 june 2020 - 19:13:53Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ally and controversial businessman, John Bredenkamp, has died, aged 79, from kidney [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: UNIDO supports Togo to revive its economy
19 june 2020 - 19:04:12Lomé, Togo (PANA) -The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) will support Togo following the coronavirus pandemic which has negatively [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Free Trade deal with US not derailing AU trade pact
18 june 2020 - 22:47:47Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – President Uhuru Kenyatta on Thursday sought to dispel fears that trade talks between Kenya and the US [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: UN says Sudan needs more assistance from the int'l community to combat COVID-19
18 june 2020 - 19:29:02Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The United Nations on Thursday said despite concerted international assistance for the Sudan to combat COVID-19, [...] Full text...
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IFC invests in Nigeria's Zenith Bank to support SMEs, tackle Covid-19-related challenges
18 june 2020 - 14:04:24Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has announced an investment of up to US$100 million in Nigeria’s [...] Full text...
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Abidjan stock market closes Wednesday trading down
17 june 2020 - 23:38:44Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The Abidjan-based stock market (BRVM) closed Wednesday trading down, with the BRVM 10 index dropping [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: China pledges Africa debt relief to aid fight against coronavirus pandemic
17 june 2020 - 21:43:05Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Chinese President Xi Jinping has assured African leaders that his country would continue supporting Coronavirus (COVID-19) [...] Full text...
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Sudanese refugee gets membership card of social security fund for refugees in Tunisia
17 june 2020 - 21:12:25Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A Sudanese here Wednesday received the first membership card of the Tunisian social security fund granted [...] Full text...
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Tunisian President Kaïs Saied expected on Monday in Paris
17 june 2020 - 18:02:29Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian President Kaïs Saied will pay a "working and friendly visit" to France on Monday at [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe dollar depreciation leads to major losses for big companies (A PANA News Analysis)
17 june 2020 - 12:01:40Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Last Monday, one of Zimbabwe's largest gold producers RioZim Limited announced that it has been forced [...] Full text...
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President IBK wants to end ongoing education crisis shaking the country for months
16 june 2020 - 23:44:38Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Kéita Tuesday agreed to give teachers a 20 percent salary increase to [...] Full text...
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Tuesday trading at the Abidjan stock market
16 june 2020 - 21:58:35Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The Abidjan-based stock market (BRVM) closed Tuesday trading up for the BRVM 10 index and [...] Full text...
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COVID-19 will likely transform global production - UN report
16 june 2020 - 14:14:34Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - International production is set for significant transformation in the decade ahead, as the coronavirus pandemic amplifies [...] Full text...
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Covid-19: Investment flows in Africa set to drop 25% to 40% in 2020 - UNCTAD report
16 june 2020 - 13:56:08Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The trend of declining foreign direct investment (FDI) to Africa is set to exacerbate significantly in [...] Full text...
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Abidjan stock market closes Monday trading down
15 june 2020 - 22:05:19Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The Abidjan-based stock market (BRVM) closed Monday trading down, with the BRVM 10 index dropping [...] Full text...
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Covid-19: Mauritanian FM welcomes Morocco's medical support
15 june 2020 - 14:55:03Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian Foreign Affairs and Cooperation minister Ismaël Cheikh Ahmed has welcomed the aid received on Sunday [...] Full text...
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Zamalek close in on Tunisia fullback Mathlouthi
15 june 2020 - 09:04:17Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Egyptian soccer giants, Zamalek, are close to signing Tunisia fullback, Hamza Mathlouthi, from Club Sfaxien as [...] 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 - 21:36:21Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - In the last five years, the bilateral ties between Rwanda and neighboring Burundi have seen dramatic [...] Full text...
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Gambia’s government launches business environment reform programme
13 june 2020 - 20:08:15Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The National Business Council, chaired by President Adama Barrow, Saturday launched the Business Environment Reform programme [...] Full text...
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South Africa: South African legend wins lawsuit against own son
13 june 2020 - 14:19:57Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South African golfing legend Gary Player Saturday won a US$5-million lawsuit against his own [...] Full text...
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New coalition in Guinea to support Alpha Condé's candidacy for next presidential election
13 june 2020 - 12:52:09Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The Coalition of Actors for a New Republic (CANOR) was formed here Friday to support President [...] Full text...
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Benin to release more than 74 billion CFA francs to mitigate socio-economic effects of COVID-19.
13 june 2020 - 11:35:19Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin will soon release some 74.12 billion CFA francs for a series of measures to mitigate [...] Full text...
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Trade between Tunisia, outside world drops significantly
13 june 2020 - 09:20:17Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Trade between Tunisia and the rest of the world in May dropped significantly for the third [...] Full text...
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Abidjan stock market closes Friday trading up
12 june 2020 - 22:14:54Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The Abidjan-based stock market (BRVM) closed Monday trading up, with the BRVM 10 index rising [...] Full text...
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Abidjan stock market closes Thursday trading down
11 june 2020 - 22:23:07Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The Abidjan-based stock market (BRVM) closed Thursday trading down, with the BRVM 10 index dropping [...] Full text...
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Attempts at illegal migration foiled, 30 people arrested in Tunisia
11 june 2020 - 20:17:11Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Units of the Tunisian navy on Thursday foiled four attempts at illegal migration to Italy from [...] Full text...
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AfDB gives $1.2 million for Ethiopia-Sudan Railway study
11 june 2020 - 17:00:43Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a $1.2 million [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Mauritius repatriates 1,836 stranded citizens from eight countries
11 june 2020 - 06:11:50Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International Trade Minister, Mr Nando Bodha, on Wednesday, told [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: EU team expands scope in response to pandemic in Gambia
10 june 2020 - 17:19:08Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The European Union’s Rural Infrastructure and Employment Creation (RIEC) project, implemented by Enabel (Belgian Cooperation Agency), [...] Full text...
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COVID-19: Keep ships moving, ports open and trade flowing - UN entities urge
10 june 2020 - 12:31:35Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the International Maritime Organization (IMO) [...] Full text...
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Tunisian Parliament rejects motion demanding apology from France on crimes during colonial era
10 june 2020 - 10:59:12Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian Parliament rejected a motion on Tuesday evening by the Coalition Al Karama (Dignity), a [...] Full text...
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Abidjan stock market closes Tuesday trading down
09 june 2020 - 23:48:48Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The Abidjan-based stock market (BRVM) closed Tuesday trading down, with the BRVM 10 index dropping [...] Full text...
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Ethiopia gets funds to begin financial study on Red Sea railway link
09 june 2020 - 23:38:23Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopia and Sudan plan to construct a 1,512 km standard gauge railway linking the two [...] Full text...
thread Economy
From farm to fork: Women championing agricultural transformation in Africa (An AfDB Feaure)
09 june 2020 - 16:29:37Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - From Sudan to Mali, Senegal to Mozambique, and Zambia to Mauritania, women are changing the [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
Abidjan stock market closes Monday trading down
08 june 2020 - 21:52:50Abidjan stock market closes Monday trading down Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The Abidjan-based stock market (BRVM) closed Monday trading down, [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe to abandon fixed exchange rate as local currency tanks
08 june 2020 - 17:10:34Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has buckled to the Zimbabwe dollar’s (ZWL) continued devaluation and [...] Full text...
thread Economy
COVID-19 to plunge global economy into worst recession since World War II: WB Report
08 june 2020 - 15:43:31Washington, US (PANA) - The swift and massive shock of the coronavirus pandemic and shutdown measures to contain it have [...] Full text...
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Malian government offers 35 billion CFAF subsidy to the cotton sector
08 june 2020 - 15:04:04Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian government will grant an exceptional subsidy of CFAF 35 billion to the cotton sector, [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
Mauritanian cashew nuts trader killed by unidentified gunmen in southern Senegal
08 june 2020 - 14:33:45Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - A Mauritanian businessman working in the cashew nut campaign in Casamance, southern Senegal, was killed on [...] Full text...
thread Society
Gambia: EU expands support to youth empowerment in the context of COVID-19
08 june 2020 - 13:38:27Banjul, Gambia(PANA) - The European Union is expanding its support to young Gambians by enabling the Youth Empowerment Project (YEP) [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: EBRD supports local businesses in Egypt
08 june 2020 - 09:34:03Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing loans for up to US$100 million [...] Full text...
thread Economy
'Everyone has a role to play to ensure food safety': UN agencies
08 june 2020 - 06:27:03New York, US (PANA) - Eating contaminated food has caused an estimated 600 million people in the world, or almost [...] Full text...
thread Health
Tunisian associations, NGOs back popular revolt in US
05 june 2020 - 21:33:06Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - More than 30 Tunisian associations and NGOs Friday expressed their full solidarity with the millions of [...] Full text...
thread Society
Protect the planet to build a better post-Covid-19 world (An AfDB feature)
05 june 2020 - 18:57:00Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The whole world is celebrating June 5, World Environment Day as it has been since [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Body of Ugandan trader killed over illegal border crossing to Rwanda to be repatriated
05 june 2020 - 18:28:24Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The body of Ugandan national killed earlier this week during a shooting incident in Burera district [...] Full text...
thread Politics
COVID-19: No vaccine will protect populations against climate change - UNCTAD
05 june 2020 - 12:58:59Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - This year has been marked by the threat of a new coronavirus and society’s [...] Full text...
thread Environment
SADC calls for biodiversity loss prevention
05 june 2020 - 07:59:22Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Citizens of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) bloc have been challenged to take shared action [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Al-Sarraj says will no longer negotiate with Haftar
05 june 2020 - 00:05:56Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chairman of the presidential council of the government of national accord, Fayez Al-Sarraj, said Thursday [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Coronavirus: Gambia’s govt relaxes restrictions
04 june 2020 - 21:25:11Banjul, Gambia(PANA) - The Gambian government Thursday began relaxing its coronavirus (COVID-19) restrictions after nearly three months of declaration of [...] Full text...
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Mauritius sees 0.3% higher trade deficit this year
04 june 2020 - 09:51:48Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Statistics Mauritius said on Thursday that based on trends and information from various sources, it sees [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Workers at two Tunisian oil and gas fields begin three-day strike
04 june 2020 - 08:42:50Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Workers at the Ouaha and Nouara oil and gas fields in the Tataouine region of southern [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Coronavirus: President Barrow says pandemic has impacted severely on formal, informal sectors
03 june 2020 - 19:08:37Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - President Adama Barrow of Gambia has said that the pandemic has impacted severely on both the [...] Full text...
thread Health
Mauritania opens investigation after soldier committed murder in the river valley
03 june 2020 - 18:53:29Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian justice has opened a preliminary investigation after a soldier allegedly killed a young carter, [...] Full text...
thread Society
Coronavirus: DR Congo registers 169 new cases
03 june 2020 - 17:45:43Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - One hundred and sixty-nine (169) new cases of COVID-19 were registered on Tuesday in the [...] Full text...
thread Health
Coronavirus: EU funds youth empowerment projects addressing socio-economic impact of COVID-19
03 june 2020 - 17:17:15Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The European Union (EU), through the Youth Empowerment Project of The Gambia, is providing one million [...] Full text...
thread Economy
European Union condemns latest terrorist attacks in Burkina Faso
03 june 2020 - 12:16:13Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The European Union Delegation and the heads of the diplomatic missions of EU member states [...] Full text...
thread Society
Abidjan stock market closes Tuesday trading up
02 june 2020 - 22:03:59Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire(PANA) - The Abidjan-based stock market (BRVM) closed Tuesday trading up, with the BRVM 10 index rising from [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Gambia FM commends the strong Pan-African solidarity in fight aganst COVID-19
01 june 2020 - 17:55:16Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambian Foreign Minister, Dr. Mamadou Tangara, has commended the strong pan-African solidarity that has manifested [...] Full text...
thread Health
Belgium commits support for WHO after the US withdraws from the UN agency
01 june 2020 - 15:44:30Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - A few days after the U.S. announcement to end “relationship with the World Health Organization (WHO)”, [...] Full text...
thread Health
Red Cross worker killed in attack on humanitarian convoy in north-central Burkina Faso
01 june 2020 - 14:58:35Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - At least ten people including five Burkinabe gendarmes were killed on Saturday in an attack [...] Full text...
thread Society
Burkina Faso's 'deadly week' in May sees terrorist attacks claim dozens of lives
01 june 2020 - 10:27:27Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The last week of May was deadly in Burkina Faso with terrorist attacks in several [...] Full text...
thread Society
Coronavirus: Curfew lifted, all economic activities resume under strict sanitary measures in Mauritius
31 may 2020 - 10:01:03Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritians on Sunday resumed their normal activities shortly after the government’s decision to lift the sanitary [...] Full text...
thread Society
COVID-19: Alcohol trade, consumption ban due to be lifted in Botswana
30 may 2020 - 19:34:26Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) – President Mokgweetsi Masisi has announced Botswana’s intention to resume alcohol trade, after a two months ban. Addressing [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Rwandan dailies focus on Covid-19 pandemic, reopening of Rwanda/DRC border
30 may 2020 - 18:36:19Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan newspapers this week gave wide coverage to ongoing measures to relax COVID-19 lockdown in the [...] Full text...
thread Press Review
Burkina Faso government condemns attack that killed 15 people in northern province
30 may 2020 - 14:12:38Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso's government on Saturday condemned the attack that killed 15 people in the north [...] Full text...
thread Society
At least 15 civilians killed in northern Burkina Faso
30 may 2020 - 10:41:02Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - At least 15 traders were killed on Friday evening in an attack on a convoy [...] Full text...
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Tunisian-Libyan Sfax-Tripoli maritime line resumes gradually
29 may 2020 - 22:55:38Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia and Libya Friday reopened the maritime line linking the port of Sfax, Tunisia’s main southern [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Coronavirus: Cross-border trade hurdles nag SADC
29 may 2020 - 18:55:02Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The Council of Ministers of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) has been urged to address [...] Full text...
thread Economy
ECOWAS at 45 and the dream of its founding fathers (By Paul Ejime, PANA Guest writer)
29 may 2020 - 13:41:40Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - After almost five decades of existence, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), arguably Africa’s [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Inflation rises in Tunisia, reaches 6.3 pct in April 2020
28 may 2020 - 23:59:12Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The inflation rate in Tunisia rose in April to 6.3 percent from March, the Tunisian Central [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Abidjan stock market closes Thursday trading up
28 may 2020 - 22:52:19Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The Abidjan-based stock market (BRVM) closed Thursday trading up, with the BRVM 10 index rising [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Tunisian health workers hold day of anger
28 may 2020 - 22:43:33Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Medical doctors and executives of the health sector in Tunisia Thursday held a sit-in protest in [...] Full text...
thread Social
The Gambia's domestic debt remains high - Cetral Bank
28 may 2020 - 21:37:52Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambia’s stock of domestic debt remains high, increasing to D33.6 billion or 33.2 per cent [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: UN seeks to build transport and trade resilience in wake of COVID-19
28 may 2020 - 13:05:51Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the five UN regional commissions have joined [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Abidjan stock market closes Wednesday trading up
27 may 2020 - 22:59:57Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The Abidjan-based stock market (BRVM) closed Wednesday trading up, with the BRVM 10 index rising [...] Full text...
thread Economy
COVID-19 heightens need for pharmaceutical production in poor countries
27 may 2020 - 13:00:36Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have teamed [...] Full text...
thread Health
River transport #on Congo-Central African Corridor to resume in June
27 may 2020 - 11:45:35Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - River transport on the Brazzaville corridor in Congo and Bangui in the Central African Republic (CAR), vital [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Ministers unclog Kenya-Uganda border point after stand-off
27 may 2020 - 10:22:53Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Ministers from Kenya and Uganda have unclogged the border crossing points at Busia and Malaba after [...] Full text...
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Abidjan stock market closes Tuesday trading down
26 may 2020 - 23:09:57Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The Abidjan-based stock market (BRVM) closed Tuesday trading down, with the BRVM 10 index dropping [...] Full text...
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South Africa tops most integrated infrastructure and production countries in Africa: AfDB
26 may 2020 - 12:02:06Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - South Africa tops the best-performing countries in Africa (out of 54 countries) in terms of productive [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Nigeria’s GDP grew by 1.87 per cent in Q1 2020
26 may 2020 - 08:44:16Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 1.87 per cent (year-on-year) in the first quarter of [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Abidjan stock market closes Monday trading down
25 may 2020 - 22:20:16Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The Abidjan-based stock market (BRVM) closed Monday, trading down with the BRVM 10 index dropping [...] Full text...
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East African ministers schedule meeting over cross-border trade restrictions
25 may 2020 - 19:50:36Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Ministers from the East African region are scheduled to hold a crisis meeting on Tuesday, to [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Guinea welcomes AU's commitment to building a stable and prosperous Africa
25 may 2020 - 16:44:29Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - In a statement issued on Monday, the anniversary of the creation of the Organization of African [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Coronavirus: Truckers decry 'frustrating' health screening at Uganda border
25 may 2020 - 13:52:59Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Truck drivers stuck along Bungoma-Malaba highway on the Kenya-Uganda border are decrying frustrating coronavirus screening by Ugandan [...] Full text...
thread Society
Coronavirus: Kenya to station mobile lab at Tanzania border to speed up virus testing
24 may 2020 - 15:39:49Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Two mobile laboratories Kenya received from the East African Community (EAC) will be stationed in Namanga [...] Full text...
thread Health
Zimbabwe dollar's devaluation accelerates
24 may 2020 - 11:30:16Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Zimbabwe dollar (ZWL) continues to depreciate on the parallel forex market, with prices standing at [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Coronavirus: WANEP says sexual and gender-based violence is a concern in the Gambia.
22 may 2020 - 23:42:19Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Rights group West Africa Network for Peace building (WANEP) said in a report here Friday that [...] Full text...
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UN agencies urge EU members not to return rescued migrants to war-torn Libya
21 may 2020 - 12:06:46Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - United Nations refugee and migration agencies on Thursday called on Malta and European States not to [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe President Mnangagwa fires Information deputy minister over callous tweet
20 may 2020 - 21:02:03Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa Wednesday fired deputy minister for Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services, Energy Mutodi, [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Coronavirus: EU donates equipment towards Gambia’s fight against COVID-19
20 may 2020 - 16:45:41Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The European Union (EU) on Wednesday handed over 10,000 face masks, 500 protective suits and 100 [...] Full text...
thread Health
Coronavirus: Niger president says pandemic should lead to implementation of new paradigm in global governance
20 may 2020 - 16:09:13Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The COVID-19 crisis should lead to implementation of a new paradigm in global governance, Nigerien President [...] Full text...
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Stand in solidarity to preserve Africa’s hard-won progress, urges UN chief
20 may 2020 - 05:12:17New York, US (PANA) - The coronavirus pandemic threatens the hard-earned gains Africans have made throughout the continent, the UN [...] Full text...
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Turkey-Africa Partnership panel discusses trade and stimulus to cushion the economic fallout of COVID-19
19 may 2020 - 18:19:08Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Vice President for Regional Development, Integration and Business Delivery, Khaled [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Scores of senior South Sudanese officials test positive for COVID-19
19 may 2020 - 16:03:37Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - At least nine senior South Sudanese officials, including the First Vice President and his wife-cum Defence [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Tanzania bans Kenyan truck drivers in pandemic spat
19 may 2020 - 11:48:47Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Tanzania’s government on Monday slapped an indefinite ban on cargo drivers from Kenya in an apparent [...] Full text...
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Tunisair threatened with bankruptcy
16 may 2020 - 12:11:41Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Faced for several years with acute financial difficulties due, in particular, to a plethora of employees [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Coronavirus: Rwanda records second day with no new cases
16 may 2020 - 08:12:57Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda reported no new cases of the coronavirus infection in the past 48 hours, the ministry [...] Full text...
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Covid-19: Cashew nut marketing season takes off slowly in southern Senegal
15 may 2020 - 16:04:51Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - After several weeks of uncertainty, the marketing season for cashew nuts in Casamance, southern Senegal, has [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
Wealthy Burundian businessman murdered in Bujumbura
14 may 2020 - 16:59:47Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The lifeless body of a wealthy Burundian businessman, Jackson Simbananiye Kirahwata, was discovered on Thursday morning [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso announces decrease in the price of petroleum products
14 may 2020 - 16:54:57Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkinabe ministry in charge of Trade, on Thursday announced that by 16 May, 2020, [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Coronavirus: World economy to shrink by 3.2 per cent, new UN report projects
14 may 2020 - 05:18:22New York, US (PANA) - Against the backdrop of the raging COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, the world economy in 2020 is [...] Full text...
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Tunisian Chedli Klibi, former Secretary General of the Arab League, dies
13 may 2020 - 15:19:36Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Former Tunisian Minister of Culture and Information before rising to become Secretary General of the Arab [...] Full text...
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COVID-19 triggers marked decline in global trade, new data shows
13 may 2020 - 15:11:12Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The coronavirus pandemic cut global trade values by 3% in the first quarter of this year, [...] Full text...
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Ghana bolsters medicines regulatory system, guarantees product quality - WHO
13 may 2020 - 14:34:53Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – Ghana has strengthened its medicines regulatory system to ensure safety, quality and effectiveness of medical products manufactured, [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Cross-border spread of coronavirus worries East African states
12 may 2020 - 20:16:57Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The cross-border transmission of the highly infectious coronavirus disease in East Africa has pushed new cases [...] Full text...
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Court releases former senators prosecuted for alleged corruption in Mauritania
12 may 2020 - 18:10:11Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - After three years of prosecution, former banker and senator Mohamed ould Boumatou, other former senators, trade [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: East African countries urged to back local production of medical products to combat virus
12 may 2020 - 11:57:12Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Secretariat of the East African Community (EAC) is urging member states to support local production [...] Full text...
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COVID-19 in Africa: Challenges and opportunities (By Paul Ejime (PANA Guest Writer)
12 may 2020 - 10:47:38Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - That the COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted the world to the extent of defining how humans [...] Full text...
thread Health
Inflation continues to rise in Congo
11 may 2020 - 15:05:05Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Inflation continues to rise in Congo, according to a new report of the Central Bank which [...] Full text...
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Chinese traders offer medical masks,food to Congolese police
11 may 2020 - 10:36:25Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Association of Chinese Traders in Congo (ACCC) has donated 1,000 protective medical masks and food to [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Pandemic causes some illegal drug prices to surge, as supplies are disrupted worldwide - UNODC
08 may 2020 - 05:38:43Vienna 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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Abidjan stock market closes Friday trading down
07 may 2020 - 21:38:34Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The Abidjan-based stock market (BRVM) closed Thursday, 7 May, 2020, trading down, with the BRVM [...] Full text...
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Local legislator says terrorists raise own flags in eastern Burkina Faso
07 may 2020 - 14:15:14Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - An opposition member of Union for Change and Progress (UPC) party said Thursday in Ouagadougou [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Burkinabe government to give schoolchildren masks before resumption of classes
07 may 2020 - 00:02:42Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkinabe government Wednesday insisted on the need to make masks available for schoolchildren before [...] Full text...
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AfDB approves €40 million in grants for bridge linking Cameroon and Chad
06 may 2020 - 19:17:22Yaounde, Cameroon (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved grants worth 40.94 million [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Congolese Foundation for Medical Research manufactures plastic face masks
06 may 2020 - 17:30:12Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese Foundation for Medical Research, headed by Prof. Francine Ntoumi, announced on Wednesday in Brazzaville, [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Botswana slowly opens up its economy
05 may 2020 - 19:20:00Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana has announced plans to gradually open up the economy following a five-week lockdown, ending on [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Gambian returnees produce protective equipment for COVID-19 frontline officials
05 may 2020 - 19:16:06Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The rapid spread of COVID-19 in West and Central Africa, which has infected over 8,000 people [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: African leaders laud AfDB's President for visionary leadership amid COVID crisis
05 may 2020 - 17:38:53Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - South Africa’s President and African Union chairperson, Cyril Ramaphosa, and the Nobel peace laureate and [...] Full text...
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Mali's Mama Koité Doumbia to head the ICC Trust Fund for Victims' Board of Directors
05 may 2020 - 14:33:34Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian Mama Koité Doumbia was unanimously elected Chair of the Board of Directors of the Trust [...] Full text...
thread Gender
Coronavirus: Cameroon gets US$ 226 million IMF support to address impact of pandemic
05 may 2020 - 08:43:39Yaoundé, Cameroon (PANA) – Cameroon has secured US$226 million from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to meet its balance of [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: EU reinforces technical assistance to Gambia over consequences of the COVID-19
04 may 2020 - 18:56:58Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The European Union (EU) is reinforcing its Technical Assistance to The Gambia, with an additional financial [...] Full text...
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