Christians mark Palm Sunday
24 march 2024 - 07:51:08Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Christians are on Sunday making Palm Sunday, the first day of Holy Week and the Sunday before Easter, [...] Full text...
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More than 350,000 people in urgent need of humanitarian assistance in Congo floods
20 january 2024 - 06:30:51Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Unprecedented flooding in the Republic of the Congo has left more than 350,000 people in urgent need [...] Full text...
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World Economic Forum portrays initiatives to balance drivers of growth, productivity
19 january 2024 - 16:49:05Davos-Klosters, Switzerland (PANA) – Participants of the World Economic Forum 2024 made the case that a new growth model is [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: UN rights chief warns of ‘dehumanization’ of Palestinians amid West Bank violence
29 december 2023 - 05:50:27Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Bulldozers in refugee camps, detainees stripped naked and spat at, farmers robbed of their harvest: against [...] Full text...
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COP28: Conference gets underway with call for ‘terminal decline’ of the fossil fuel era
30 november 2023 - 14:46:59Dubai, UAE (PANA) - The latest round of UN-facilitated climate talks opened on Thursday in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, with [...] Full text...
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Libya to plant 100 million trees by 2030
29 november 2023 - 17:39:30Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's acting minister of Planning in the Government of National Unity, Mohamed al-Zaydani, has announced the [...] Full text...
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Organic coffee brings new life to people and nature in Mozambique's Chimanimani National Park: World Bank Blog By Manuel Mutimucuio and Gabriella Morandi
28 november 2023 - 10:53:58Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - In agriculture, patience is a virtue. But people also need to eat. Coffee plants take several [...] Full text...
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Displaced families uprooted by severe floods across Horn of Africa
18 november 2023 - 05:28:17Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Severe floods in the Horn of Africa have affected tens of thousands of displaced families in [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Raging war turning ‘homes into cemeteries’: UNHCR
08 november 2023 - 06:44:12Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The war between rival militaries in Sudan is growing in scope and brutality, having driven almost [...] Full text...
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Israel-Palestine crisis: Rise in intimidation, settler violence in the West Bank, warns OCHA
01 november 2023 - 18:27:57Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - More than 820 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank have been displaced amid settler violence and [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Environmental degradation a serious challenge facing government now and when war is over (By Mohamed Osman Adam, PANA Correspondent)
30 october 2023 - 19:51:12Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese environmentalists and poeliticians have warned that every possible ingredient for environmental catastrophe is now fermenting [...] Full text...
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Libya storm: Humanitarian response ramps up as floods of 'epic proportions' leave thousands dead
13 september 2023 - 05:38:51Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - UN agencies and partners are responding to the disaster unfolding in eastern Libya after extreme rainfall [...] Full text...
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Activation of the government's rapid response team to the emergency calls for help caused by the bad weather in Libya
10 september 2023 - 20:07:24Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Government of National Unity's team responsible for rapid response and dealing with the challenges arising [...] Full text...
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AfDB announces $1 billion to boost access to climate finance for Africa’s youths
06 september 2023 - 16:43:37Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - African Development Bank (AfDB) President Akinwumi Adesina has announced a new $1 billion fund to accelerate [...] Full text...
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UNESCO World Heritage Sites often ‘last line of defence against extinction’
01 september 2023 - 05:22:58Paris, France (PANA) - Some of the world’s most iconic natural and cultural sites are also a haven for thousands [...] Full text...
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Nurturing future generations through breastfeeding (A UN feature)
06 august 2023 - 07:47:39Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Christine, her son, and her mother are among 100,000 refugees, mostly women and children, living in [...] Full text...
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Combating drought, one garden at a time (A WFP feature)
18 june 2023 - 04:48:16Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Just before noon in Satara, a remote village in Niger’s southwestern Tillaberi region, the thermometer is [...] Full text...
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Africa marks 60th anniversary of AU
25 may 2023 - 06:28:15Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African continent is on Thursday celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Organisation of African [...] Full text...
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Tanzania’s coffee yields set to rise 21 percent in 2023/24
25 may 2023 - 05:29:04Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Tanzania’s coffee output in the new season is forecast to increase by 21 percent [...] Full text...
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Senior UNHCR official calls for strong international support for Sudanese refugees in neighbouring countries
23 may 2023 - 12:58:54N’djamena, Chad (PANA) – The Assistant High Commissioner for Operations of the UN Refugee agency (UNHCR), Raouf Mazou, has urged [...] Full text...
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Quality control set to increase Uganda’s coffee exports
20 may 2023 - 12:20:04Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – Due to good rainfall and the maturation of new high-yielding Robusta coffee seedlings planted in 2019, [...] Full text...
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WFP calls for emergency food assistance to over two million people in Chad
12 may 2023 - 12:07:18N’Djamena, Chad (PANA) – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) says it urgently requires US$162.4 million to support the [...] Full text...
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Narrow escape of civilian from death in Khartoum exemplifies ordeal of Sudanese in ongoing fight (A feature story by Mohamed Osman Adam, PANA correspondent in Sudan)
24 april 2023 - 12:33:39Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - For three long days, Salih Idris Ali (not his real name), 32, was trapped behind the [...] Full text...
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Sudan: civilians trapped in urban warfare (analysis by Mohamed Osman Adam, PANA correspondent)
18 april 2023 - 19:02:06Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - As fighting between Sudanese rivals continues for the fourth day running, civilians in Khartoum and other [...] Full text...
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Kenyan anti-government protests continue
30 march 2023 - 17:34:02Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga called Thursday for constitutional reform and asked for an audit of [...] Full text...
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US urges Kenya political leaders, protesters to refrain from violence
29 march 2023 - 06:56:51Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The U.S. has expressed regret at the loss of life and damage to property in [...] Full text...
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AUC Chairperson calls for calm in Kenya amidst public protests
28 march 2023 - 10:53:19Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, has expressed deep concern at violence [...] Full text...
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Kenyan protesters raid property of former president Kenyatta, opposition leader Odinga
27 march 2023 - 15:52:33Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Unidentified attackers marched on the property of retired President Uhuru Kenyatta and opposition leader Raila Odinga [...] Full text...
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UN deputy chief highlights power of partnership to forge schools for the future
02 march 2023 - 05:43:49Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Schools made of straw, can be transformed into tech-savvy classrooms fit for the future through cooperation [...] Full text...
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Organised crime infecting African and global supply chain
28 february 2023 - 12:29:53Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Africa’s fishing and cocoa industries are good examples of how multinational logistics systems present [...] Full text...
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Fighting in Puntland, Somaliland leaves scores dead
17 february 2023 - 08:16:00Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - Heavy fighting continued to be reported in Laas Caanood in the disputed Sool Region in South [...] Full text...
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Violence, threats by armed groups continue to displace refugees, civilians in Mali: UNHCR
24 january 2023 - 13:18:29Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is calling for enhanced support for those recently displaced in Mali, [...] Full text...
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2022 Year in Review: Celebrating women fighting for their rights
30 december 2022 - 05:49:04New York, US (PANA) - UN News on Friday highlighted the work of activists helping to protect women’s rights, which [...] Full text...
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Mauritius to plant 500 trees to increase native and endemic tree cover in 'Ridge to Reef' project:
21 december 2022 - 09:35:08Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritius Ridge to Reef (R2R) project that aims to promote forest restoration and the creation [...] Full text...
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Giraffes, parrots, and oak trees, among many species facing extinction: Report
07 august 2022 - 07:47:33New York, US (PANA) - Around one million species are facing extinction, according to a report from the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform [...] Full text...
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Coffee output drops in Tanzania due to low yields, high fertiliser cost, drought
15 june 2022 - 11:13:37Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Tanzania’s coffee production in marketing year 2022/23 is forecast to decrease 4% to 1.15 [...] Full text...
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Make tobacco industry accountable for environmental damage: WHO
31 may 2022 - 06:00:42Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The tobacco industry damages both the environment and human health, and needs to be more accountable [...] Full text...
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Ukraine conflict highlights urgent need to build resilient food systems with people at their heart - WFP
19 may 2022 - 12:08:46Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is on Thursday calling for a massive expansion [...] Full text...
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Christians in Ghana mark Palm Sunday
10 april 2022 - 10:29:22Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Christians in Ghana are on Sunday making Palm Sunday with churches running in full capacity following [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Namibian lawmaker secures 12th degree in South Africa
02 april 2022 - 07:37:42Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The University of the Western (UWC) has confirmed that Namibia’s Minister of Information and [...] Full text...
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UN chief says its time for ‘tangible and credible’ forest management
21 march 2022 - 04:34:16New York, US (PANA) - Healthy forests are “essential” for people and the planet, the UN chief said in his [...] Full text...
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Sudanese official complains about pressure of refugees on region
05 january 2022 - 16:32:50Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A government official in Eastern Gadarif state has complained that the heavy presence of refugees in [...] Full text...
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Clashes in Cameroon’s Far North displace more than 100,000 people
20 december 2021 - 08:07:50Yaounde, Cameroon (PANA) - Intercommunal clashes that erupted in Cameroon’s Far North region in the past two weeks have driven [...] Full text...
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Kenya to spearhead climate change mitigation effort in Africa
03 november 2021 - 22:30:48Glasgow, Scotland (PANA) - President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday announced Kenya's plan to work with African countries that form the [...] Full text...
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UNHCR responding to worst flooding in decades in South Sudan
20 october 2021 - 06:04:10Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) is supporting the Government of South Sudan in assisting people hit hard by the worst [...] Full text...
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Africa's first 'biophilic' building planned for Cape Town
23 september 2021 - 12:53:54Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Cape Town’s city centre will soon be home to a 24-storey apartment building that [...] Full text...
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Africa has everything to gain from green and blue economy - Paul Adam
18 september 2021 - 11:01:54Santa Maria, Cape Verde (PANA) - Africa has everything to gain from the green and blue economy, Jean-Paul Adam, director [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: IDPs in Borno State receive 1,000 housing units from Nigeria’s Northeast Development Commission
03 september 2021 - 23:01:43Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria’s Northeast Development Commission (NEDC) has handed over 1,000 units of two-bedroom bungalows to Internally Displaced [...] Full text...
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Mauritius to declare sandal wood protected plant
21 august 2021 - 08:57:47Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The government of Mauritius has announced that it will declare sandal wood a protected plant, following [...] Full text...
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The Tunisian Air Force carried out 155 flights to fight forest fires
20 august 2021 - 20:15:27Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian Air Force carried out during July and August 155 flights in 83 hours to [...] Full text...
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Egypt dispatches two helicopters to help Greece extinguish wildfires
09 august 2021 - 09:44:48Athens, Greece (PANA) - Two Egyptian Chinook helicopters have arrived in Greece to join in efforts to extinguish wildfires raging [...] Full text...
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EU allocates 200,000 euros to Gambia for windstorm victims
22 july 2021 - 17:06:33Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - In response to the windstorm which hit The Gambia earlier this month, the European Union (EU) [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Namibia’s capital running out of burial space
19 july 2021 - 14:22:01Windhoek, Namibia (PANA) - At the rate people are dying of Covid-19, Windhoek, the Namibian capital's main cemetery at Pionierspark [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: NAF fighter jets eliminate 120 bandits in Subudu Forest, Zamfara State
13 july 2021 - 21:48:43Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigerian Air Force (NAF) fighter jets Monday eliminated over 120 bandits in multiple airstrikes executed at [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso to restore 5.16 million hectares of degraded land by 2030
17 june 2021 - 15:03:02Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso is committed to rehabilitating 5.16 million hectares of degraded land by 2030, as [...] Full text...
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Ghana begins ambitious project to plant five million trees
11 june 2021 - 10:31:18Accra, Ghana (PANA) – Ghanaians are on Friday planting some five million trees in an ambitious project to recover its [...] Full text...
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2021 Beach Soccer AFCON: A glimpse of the iconic venue, “Saly”
19 may 2021 - 17:12:51Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Like a magical setting from comic books, or a sublime panorama of travel documentaries, Saly has [...] Full text...
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West Darfur clashes force nearly 2,000 refugees into Chad: UNHCR
13 april 2021 - 11:45:50Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Recent intercommunal clashes in El Geneina, in Sudan’s West Darfur State, have forced 1,860 refugees to [...] Full text...
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Heavy rains caused by Cyclone Eloise recede in parts of southern Africa
27 january 2021 - 08:58:53Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - The low pressure area caused by Tropical Cyclone Eloise has moved south-west and is close [...] Full text...
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Tropical Cyclone Eloise transitions into low pressure storm over southern Africa
26 january 2021 - 08:40:48Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Eloise weather system is passing over Botswana, after bringing heavy rains to central Mozambique, south-eastern [...] Full text...
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Tropical Cyclone Eloise moves inland, bringing heavy rains to southern Zimbabwe
24 january 2021 - 09:10:37Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - Tropical Cyclone Eloise made landfall in central Mozambique on Saturday near the coastal city of Beira, [...] Full text...
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UNHCR says 250 killed, over 100,000 displaced as violence surges in Darfur
22 january 2021 - 19:44:09Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A sharp uptick in intercommunal violence in Sudan’s Darfur region has forced more than 100,000 people [...] Full text...
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AfDB pledges to mobilise $6.5 billion in support of the Great Green Wall Initiative
11 january 2021 - 15:42:04Paris, France (PANA) - The Sahel region's Great Green Wall Initiative received a major boost from the African Development Bank [...] Full text...
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Kenya govt issues stricter school re-opening protocols, care urged amongst ageing teachers
03 january 2021 - 19:39:22Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenyan teachers and other school staff who are aged 58 years or above and those with [...] Full text...
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People, planet on ‘collision course’, warns UN Development Programme
15 december 2020 - 10:58:22New York, US (PANA) - Countries must redesign their development pathways to reduce pressures exerted on the environment and the [...] Full text...
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Severe rainstorm wreaks havoc in Libya's west coast
28 october 2020 - 06:23:51Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – A severe rainstorm swept through the west coast of Libya on Tuesday wreaking havoc in several [...] Full text...
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New technology helps citrus farmers in South Africa to increase harvest yields
19 october 2020 - 13:04:41Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - A new technology is set to give the local citrus industry a boost to cement [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: FAO calls for transformational change in management of forests and food systems
06 october 2020 - 12:46:01Rome, Italy (PANA) - Transformational change is needed in the way countries manage forests and their biodiversity, people produce and [...] Full text...
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Celebrities call for green, gender-equal coronavirus recovery
24 september 2020 - 19:50:17New York (PANA) - Goodwill ambassadors of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) said here Thursday the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic [...] Full text...
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With lessons from Ebola outbreak, DRC moved swiftly to curb coronavirus spread - Tshisekedi
24 september 2020 - 05:56:45New York, US (PANA) - Learning its lessons from the Ebola outbreak, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) took swift [...] Full text...
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World Economic Forum, partner launch global trillion trees project
27 august 2020 - 11:22:02Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - World Economic Forum and partners has launched the first regional chapter of 1t.org, supporting the global [...] Full text...
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Nigerien president urges compatriots to plant trees and re-green the country
03 august 2020 - 14:45:14Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The Nigerien head of state, Mahamadou Issoufou, on Monday called on his compatriots to continue planting [...] Full text...
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UNEP supports global food systems providing net positive impacts on nutrition, environment
13 july 2020 - 11:17:41Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – While progress on reducing hunger has stagnated in the last five years, evidence suggests [...] Full text...
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‘New contract’ needed with nature to keep drought and deserts at bay, says GUterres
18 june 2020 - 05:42:05New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General has called for "a new contract with nature" to address ongoing global [...] Full text...
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Congo controls its deforestation rate - official
18 june 2020 - 00:15:20Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese minister of Tourism and Environment, Arlette Soudan-Nonault, said here Tuesday Congo was controlling its [...] Full text...
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Benin plans to cover its coastal strip with coconut trees
14 june 2020 - 12:55:02Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Beninese government will soon turn its coastal strip green through a campaign of coconut tree [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Military destroys two bandits' camps, kills "scores" in Northwest Nigeria
07 june 2020 - 15:25:29Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Armed Forces on Sunday said that “scores” of armed bandits were killed and their [...] Full text...
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Senegal's director of water, forests says moved and saddened by destruction of country's forests
03 june 2020 - 19:01:09Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - Colonel-Major Baïdy Ba, director of Water, Forests, Hunting and Soil Conservation, said here Wednesday he was [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Shrinking forests need bold action to safeguard their biodiversity
22 may 2020 - 18:53:11Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Amidst alarming rates of deforestation and land degradation, urgent action is needed to safeguard the biodiversity [...] Full text...
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Under military pressure, Haftar forces announce a 3-km retreat from the fronts in Tripoli
20 may 2020 - 17:03:33Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Still suffering from Monday's defeat after the takeover of al-Wattia Air Force Base (Southwest) by the [...] Full text...
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Heavy rains claim 237 lives in Kenya
13 may 2020 - 16:53:30Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The death from the heavy rains pounding Kenya has risen to 237, government authorities said on [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Banana sector in Casamance, Senegal, affected by coronavirus
28 april 2020 - 17:30:13Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - The COVID 19 pandemic has left banana producers in Middle Casamance, southern Senegal, in disarray, with [...] Full text...
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Nigerian military launch investigations into alleged Air Force bombing of civilians in northeast region
14 april 2020 - 15:16:11Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Armed Forces of Nigeria has launched investigations into reports that air strikes conducted by the [...] Full text...
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Libya: War, coronavirus and scare of food shortages among Libyans (News analysis by Youssef Ba, PANA correspondent)
03 april 2020 - 00:05:12Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Libya’s decade of a deadly armed conflict and the 4 April Tripoli war have thrown the [...] Full text...
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Burundi: Four gold panners killed as artisanal gold mine caves in
01 march 2020 - 19:33:35Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) – Four gold panners were killed on Saturday in Cibitoke, a province of north-west Burundi, after the [...] Full text...
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Burundi: 461 people killed, more than 65,000 ha of fields damaged by flood
28 february 2020 - 17:56:50Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The Burundian ministry of public security and disaster prevention drew up, on Friday, a death toll [...] Full text...
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Tunisia earns US$423 million from olive oil exports
21 february 2020 - 08:40:27Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian Agriculture, Fisheries and Water Resources Minister Samir Taieb announced on Thursday that Tunisia exported 63,000 [...] Full text...
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Tunisian date palm officially registered by UNESCO as intangible cultural heritage
10 february 2020 - 17:50:23Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has officially received the certificate of inscription by UNESCO of "knowledge, know-how, traditions and practices [...] Full text...
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Boko Haram terrorists kill five in northeast Nigeria
26 january 2020 - 10:23:48Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Five civilians were killed and several others abducted when Boko Haram terrorists attacked the town of [...] Full text...
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Mauritius under heavy rains
22 january 2020 - 13:35:33Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritians woke up on Wednesday under heavy rains, and under a special warning from the [...] Full text...
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Tunis hosts resistance and liberation festival with films from 20-26 January
13 january 2020 - 15:55:13Tunis Tunisia (PANA) - Tunis will from 20-26 January host the festival on resistance and liberation films, sources close to [...] Full text...
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Burundi's President paints 'largely positive' picture of 2019
01 january 2020 - 12:24:57Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi's head of state, Pierre Nkurunziza, has painted a "largely positive" assessment of the achievements of [...] Full text...
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Cyclone warning lifted in Mauritius
31 december 2019 - 10:02:12Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Weather Services on Tuesday morning lifted the cyclone warning that was issued two days [...] Full text...
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Burundi: The short dry season failed to come this year
29 december 2019 - 12:55:48Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The short dry season has not been a happy one in Burundi at the end of [...] Full text...
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Analysis: Re-foresting water tower key step in Kenya environment conservation effort
26 december 2019 - 13:43:47Nairobi, Kenya (PANA)-Though raising political temperatures, the removal of illegal settlers from East Africa's biggest water tower and planting of [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Niamey city to plant three million fruit trees
11 december 2019 - 18:44:12Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Minister in charge of education and the Mayor of Niamey on Wednesday launched a fruit tree [...] Full text...
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Nigeria Air Force begins new operations against terrorists in northeast
11 december 2019 - 11:28:02Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Wednesday said that its Air Task Force (ATF) has launched a [...] Full text...
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Botswana National Disaster Management Office prepares for floods
03 december 2019 - 21:13:31Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The Botswana National Disaster Management Office (NDMO) is bracing itself for floods which are expected and [...] Full text...
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Fifty-three second video of 'gunshots' fired at Zimbabwe opposition leader, Nelson Chamisa, goes viral
02 december 2019 - 17:23:09Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - A video on social media showing the leader of Zimbabwe’s largest opposition party, Movement for Democratic [...] Full text...
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Kenya extends moratorium on logging
21 november 2019 - 15:30:44Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - In a bid to curb deforestation and increase the country's forest cover, Kenya's Ministry of Environment [...] Full text...
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Togo sets up "Lome Palace", a center for art, culture and biodiversity
20 november 2019 - 19:37:39Lome, Togo (PANA) - The former governor's palace during the German colonization will become "The Palace of Lome", a center [...] Full text...
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Cote d'Ivoire to plant one million trees on 15 November
07 november 2019 - 10:44:24Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The Ivorian government announced on Wednesday, at the end of a meeting of the Council of [...] Full text...
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Minister of Forestry invites Congolese to imbibe the culture of tree planting
05 november 2019 - 19:20:00Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese Minister of Forestry, Rosalie Matondo, on Tuesday called on Congolese people to imbibe the [...] Full text...
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Tunisia to produce 340,000 tonnes of dates this year
28 october 2019 - 11:47:28Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A total of 340,000 tonnes of dates will be produced this year in Tunisia, up from [...] Full text...
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Kenya to plant over 10 million trees in Mau Forest restoration
26 october 2019 - 14:52:13Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Kenyan government plans to plant over 10 million trees in Mau Forest, the country's water [...] Full text...
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WB to restore degraded landscapes in Burundi with US$ 30 million
17 october 2019 - 16:08:32Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The "Landscape Restoration and Resilience in Burundi" (PRPB) Project was officially launched on Thursday by the [...] Full text...
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Game and challenges facing privatization policies of the coffee sector in Burundi (Analysis)
04 october 2019 - 16:53:12Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The Burundi government plans to "intervene, coordinate and monitor all links in the coffee sector chain", [...] Full text...
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Botswana fails to implement ban on plastics
01 october 2019 - 23:42:25Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The Botswana ministry of Environment, Natural Resources Conservation and Tourism has failed to implement its ban [...] Full text...
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Crude palm oil sales rise in Gabon
24 september 2019 - 09:54:34Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - Palm oil production in Gabon went up by 56% in the first quarter of 2019 from [...] Full text...
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Africa-led movement calls for urgent action to grow 8,000 km 'natural wonder' across the continent
23 september 2019 - 08:18:06Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – As the UN Climate Action Summit starts in New York on Monday, global leaders from government, [...] 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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Multinational Joint Task Force 'killed several ISWAP terrorists' in northeast Nigeria
02 september 2019 - 11:02:43Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Multi National Joint Task Force (MNJTF) mandated to end insurgency and cross-border security issues in [...] Full text...
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‘Extinction crisis’ pushes countries to agree stronger protection for global wildlife
29 august 2019 - 06:58:08Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - At-risk wildlife that is facing a “growing extinction crisis” received a boost on Wednesday, as countries [...] Full text...
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Mauritius to mark Pope Francis visit by planting 200,000 trees
20 august 2019 - 15:52:37Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Pope Francis' visit to Mauritius on September 9 will be marked by the planting of [...] Full text...
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Burkinabe National reforestation campaign launched by President Kaboré
10 august 2019 - 14:00:34Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkina Faso President, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, on Saturday launched a tree planting campaign [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso to celebrate first edition of National Tree Day
09 august 2019 - 18:25:45Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The President of Burkina Faso, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, will Saturday preside over the launching [...] Full text...
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Forestry organisation launches reforestation campaign in Mali's Kayes region
08 august 2019 - 12:45:44Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's state organisation charged with safeguarding the environment, Société de gestion forestière (Forest Management Corporation), has [...] Full text...
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Nigeriens urged to plant trees to cope with climate shock
03 august 2019 - 13:35:27Niamey, Niger (PANA) – President Mahamadou Issoufou of Niger, on Saturday called on his countrymen to redouble their commitment to [...] Full text...
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Ethiopia starts greening initiative targeting 200 million trees daily
30 july 2019 - 00:33:59Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - A nation-wide tree planting initiative targeting 200 million saplings a day kicked off here on [...] Full text...
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Mali to plant 20 million trees this year to fight deforestation
17 july 2019 - 10:46:17Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali on Tuesday launched its 25 national reforestation campaign with a target to plant 20 million [...] Full text...
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200,000 new trees will be planted for the 1st National Tree Day in Burkina Faso
10 july 2019 - 22:54:36Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Some 200,000 new trees are to be planted across Burkina Faso in connection with the [...] Full text...
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Senegal takes measures to protect the endangered conifer species in Casamance forests
10 july 2019 - 22:01:21Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - The conifer is a plant species that is increasingly threatened with extinction in the forests of [...] Full text...
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Botswana: Botanical garden organises show for gardeners
04 july 2019 - 13:39:59Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) -Botswana's National Botanical Garden, an ex-situ living plant conservation facility, has invited local plant nursery owners [...] Full text...
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Wilderness Safaris’ environment friendly Jao Camp Reopens in the Okavango Delta
03 july 2019 - 20:42:00Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - To boost the tourism industry in the country, Wilderness Safaris’ extraordinary new Jao Camp has reopened in [...] Full text...
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World Bank grants $75 million to Benin for forest management
19 june 2019 - 23:31:01Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The World Bank is to release some US$75 million to Benin to support the management of [...] Full text...
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Tornado destroys houses in south Senegal
19 june 2019 - 13:54:02Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - A violent tornado has caused extensive damage in Senegal's southern region of Casamance where it landed [...] Full text...
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Turkey: Land tenure, a major sticking point at COP 14 in New Delhi, says UNCCD head
18 june 2019 - 17:39:23Ankara, Turkey (PANA) - Land tenure will be one of the major sticking points in negotiations at the forthcoming COP [...] Full text...
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Bushfire destroys vast fields in Tunisia
10 june 2019 - 15:51:50Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – Bushfire has destroyed extensive areas of wheat fields in northwest Tunisia, sources at the Tunisian civil [...] Full text...
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President Barrow calls for values of hard work, discipline in service
04 june 2019 - 17:41:38Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambian leader, Adama Barrow, has called on his compatriots to imbibe the values of hard [...] Full text...
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Botswana’s ecotourism company to preserve cross border wildlife corridors
31 may 2019 - 22:25:29Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana’s ecotourism company, Wilderness Safaris, said here Friday it was committed to promoting sustainable ecotourism initiatives [...] Full text...
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Mauritius set to save endangered Pink Pigeon
30 may 2019 - 08:00:26Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Agro-industry and Food Security Ministry has set up an Awareness Centre and a Pink [...] Full text...
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Forest loss, bush fires are a threat to bees in Casamance (Senegal)
21 may 2019 - 18:52:28Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - Deforestation and bushfires are a threat to bees in Casamance, southern Senegal, said on Monday evening [...] Full text...
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Feature: Plastic pollution and its many side effects on the ecosystem
17 may 2019 - 22:32:34Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Apart from sustaining a rich diversity of natural ecosystems, Botswana’s water resources are critical for meeting [...] Full text...
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SADC/JICA project on forests opens in Mauritius
14 may 2019 - 13:44:03Bel Ombre, Mauritius (PANA) - The 5th Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) Meeting of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) / Japan International [...] Full text...
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Tropical Cyclone Kenneth causes death, destruction in Comoros and Mozambique
29 april 2019 - 09:05:53Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - Tropical Cyclone Kenneth, which impacted the Comoros on 24 April and made landfall in Mozambique on [...] Full text...
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Tropical Cyclone Kenneth makes landfall in northern Mozambique
26 april 2019 - 08:53:18Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Tropical Cyclone Kenneth made landfall between the districts of Macomia and Mocimboa da Praia, [...] Full text...
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Residents in Tanzania’s coastal towns relocate to safer places as Cyclone Kenneth approaches
26 april 2019 - 00:08:14Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – As tropical storm cyclone Kenneth advances towards Tanzania’s southern coastal regions of Mtwara and [...] Full text...
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Nigerian Air Force aircraft neutralize some Boko Haram terrorists
25 april 2019 - 16:26:15Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF), operating under the Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation LAFIYA DOLE [...] Full text...
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Uganda’s Museveni commissions wood processing plant, talks up country’s industrialisation efforts
10 april 2019 - 21:54:56Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Uganda's president Yoweri Museveni, has commissioned a wood processing plant 115 kilometers north of the capital, [...] Full text...
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Cameroon government forces attack village, kill civilians – Human Rights Watch
10 april 2019 - 12:57:07Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Cameroonian soldiers, gendarmes, and members of the Rapid Intervention Brigade (BIR) carried out a deadly attack [...] Full text...
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At least 17% of natural water sources threatened with extinction in Burundi
09 april 2019 - 21:52:46Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - At least 17 percent of natural water sources in Burundi are at an advanced stage of [...] Full text...
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Nigerian Air Force says its aircraft ‘neutralised’ ISWAP terrorists on fringes of Lake Chad region
06 april 2019 - 20:18:23Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) said on Saturday its Air Task Force (ATF) of [...] Full text...
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Cyclone Idai: ‘Ticking bomb’ health warning over deteriorating conditions facing victims
26 march 2019 - 04:56:02Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As efforts continue to reach all victims of Cyclone Idai in southern Africa, a senior relief [...] Full text...
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Cyclone Idai: Emergency getting ‘bigger by the hour’, warns WFP
19 march 2019 - 20:30:44Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The full scale of the devastation caused by Tropical Cyclone Idai in south-west Africa is becoming [...] Full text...
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Cyclone Idai death toll up to 65: official
18 march 2019 - 05:42:33Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) – Cyclone Idai’s death toll has risen to 65 confirmed dead with more missing as the storm [...] Full text...
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Three Maghreb agreements signed by Libya in the field of agriculture, livestock
02 march 2019 - 20:31:11Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya has signed three agreements with the member countries of the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU), Algeria, [...] Full text...
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Titanium mining firm attacks poverty in Kenya’s coastal region (By Kennedy Abwao, PANA correspondent)
28 february 2019 - 12:55:21Kwale, Kenya (PANA) – The sign-post is hard to miss on the narrow highway linking Ukunda, a small resort town [...] Full text...
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Belgian politicians rocked by 'missing' Libyan funds
20 february 2019 - 11:52:58Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The Belgian political class has been rocked by a scandal of disappeared Libyan funds of at [...] Full text...
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IFAD and Egypt promote resilience in desert environments
19 february 2019 - 12:53:39Rome, Italy (PANA) - The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and Egypt signed a financing agreement on Tuesday to [...] Full text...
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Five perish in Kenyan plane crash
13 february 2019 - 15:50:35Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Five people, including the pilot died on Tuesday when a light aircraft on which they were [...] Full text...
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Mauritius minister underlines wetlands protection to maintain resilient ecosystem
07 february 2019 - 15:50:59Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Agro-Industry and Food Security minister, Mr Mahen Seeruttun, on Thursday said wetlands have a [...] Full text...
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UNSC orders Libyan funds frozen in Belgium
31 january 2019 - 22:04:41Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - Some Libyan funds (14 billion euros), placed in banks in Belgium during Muammar Gaddaffi's regime, has [...] Full text...
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Senegal's island residents fight coastal erosion
17 january 2019 - 15:07:00Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - Residents of Carabane island, located at the estuary of Casamance River in southern Senegal, are [...] Full text...
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'Boko Haram terrorists neutralised near besieged Nigerian town'
30 december 2018 - 20:44:10Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Sunday said one of its its fighter jets "neutralised several [...] Full text...
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COP24: green, gender-focus, as UN's crucial climate change conference gets underway
03 december 2018 - 02:08:45Katowice, Poland (PANA) - COP24, the two-week 24th conference of the parties of the United Nations Climate Change Convention [...] Full text...
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Nigerian Air Force destroys Boko Haram bases, workshops
19 november 2018 - 13:48:18Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Monday said that its fighter jets destroyed Boko Haram Terrorist [...] Full text...
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AfDB presidents sees Africa as future global renewable-energy leader
08 november 2018 - 17:19:22Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - African Development Bank (AfDB) president Akinwumi Adesina has said Africa is poised to become the [...] Full text...
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UN-led effort helps developing nations improve forest monitoring to counter climate change
19 october 2018 - 10:37:13Rome, Italy (PANA) - A UN programme that is helping developing countries cut greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation has scored [...] Full text...
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Hunger levels double in DR Congo as violence intensifies, warns NGO
17 october 2018 - 05:35:45Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - About 15 million women, men and children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are without [...] Full text...
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World can prevent climate change worst-case scenarios – UN chief
14 october 2018 - 06:57:07Bali, Indonesia (PANA) - Checking global warming and preventing some of the worst-case scenarios of runaway climate change “is still [...] Full text...
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Funding for world's forcibly displaced, stateless under strain - UNHCR
09 october 2018 - 09:50:24Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Funding for the world’s forcibly displaced and stateless people is becoming increasingly squeezed, with barely more [...] Full text...
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Global warming report, an 'ear-splitting wake-up call' warns UN chief
09 october 2018 - 02:28:10New York, US (PANA) - A special report on limiting global warming released on Monday by a UN scientific panel, [...] Full text...
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Guinea's bauxite mining boom threatens rights - HRW says
04 october 2018 - 11:52:08Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guinea’s fast-growing bauxite mining industry is threatening the livelihoods of thousands of Guineans, Human Rights Watch [...] Full text...
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South Sudan gov't troops, militias commit new atrocities - Rights group says
19 september 2018 - 05:13:53Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The staggering brutality of a recent military offensive in South Sudan – including murder of [...] Full text...
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Protecting, sustainably managing forests crucial for achieving SDGs - FAO says
17 july 2018 - 07:14:40Rome, Italy (PANA) - Senior government officials from around the world on Monday gathered at FAO to focus on ways [...] Full text...
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Sand, dust storms, a 'human well-being' issue, says high level panel
17 july 2018 - 07:07:37New York, US (PANA) - From higher morbidity and mortality rates to reduced economic growth, the impact of sand and [...] Full text...
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‘Horrific acts’ by gov't of South Sudan may constitute ‘war crimes’ says UN
10 july 2018 - 20:11:00Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Multiple killings and a campaign of sexual violence that may amount to war crimes have been [...] Full text...
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Time running out for world's forests - FAO report
06 july 2018 - 10:42:56Rome, Italy (PANA) - Time is running out for the world's forests, whose total area is shrinking by the day, [...] Full text...
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FAO, UNHCR launch new tool to save forests in displacement-affected areas
20 june 2018 - 11:52:11Rome, Italy (PANA) - The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) on Wednesday [...] Full text...
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FAO calls for pro-active, long-term planning against droughts
15 june 2018 - 11:03:54Rome, Italy (PANA) - The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has called for a fundamental shift in the way [...] Full text...
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From a small seed, a mighty trunk may grow (Feature by FAO)
03 june 2018 - 03:57:38Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Women are the backbone of rural economies, particularly in Africa, but they are much less likely [...] Full text...
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Sweden supports drought-stricken farmers and herders in the Sahel
31 may 2018 - 09:59:31Rome, Italy (PANA) - Sweden, through the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), will support drought-stricken farmers and herders [...] Full text...
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IFAD VP, Kenya Deputy President discuss rural development investments
29 may 2018 - 13:42:14Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Cornelia Richter, Vice-President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), has concluded a five-day visit [...] Full text...
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Why Africa must trust, support its youth to creatively drive industrialization
22 may 2018 - 12:56:18Busan, South Korea (PANA) - Many young Africans are coming up with innovative solutions to the continent’s problems and [...] Full text...
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Global body adopts new measures to stop the spread of plant pests
18 april 2018 - 11:50:01Rome, Italy (PANA) - The body charged with keeping global trade in plants and plant products safe has adopted several [...] Full text...
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FAO espouses agroecology for sustainable food systems (A FAO feature)
02 april 2018 - 09:35:05Rome, Italy (PANA) - More with less. This is the challenge and the mantra for our future. There will be [...] Full text...
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World cannot take water for granted, say UN officials
23 march 2018 - 06:38:07New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations on Thursday launched a decade for action on water that seeks to [...] Full text...
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As cities boom, forests key to meeting demands for water, food, energy - UN
21 march 2018 - 22:56:27Rome, Italy (PANA) - With two-thirds of the world’s population expected to live in urban areas by 2050, forests are [...] Full text...
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Governance key to boosting intra-Africa trade of timber products, says AfDB report
21 march 2018 - 19:14:10Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA) - Though Africa hosts a considerable number of timber-exporting countries, most of these exports are primary [...] Full text...
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FAO urges investments in urban forests to address pollution, climate change
21 march 2018 - 05:52:05Rome, Italy (PANA) - Investing in green spaces can help transform cities into more sustainable, resilient, healthy, equitable and pleasant [...] Full text...
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Strong winds, heavy rain leave behind damages in Rwanda's capital city, Kigali
13 march 2018 - 16:04:04Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Heavy rains, triggered by strong winds, on Tuesday pounded the Rwanda’s capital city, Kigali, knocking down [...] Full text...
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Kenya upscales water tower protection
12 march 2018 - 15:15:27Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Kenyan Government is gazetting 70 water towers in different parts of the country in order [...] Full text...
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Kenya aims at 15 percent forest cover by 2022
07 march 2018 - 18:58:14Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya government on Wednesday launched an ambitious project aimed to extend the country’s forest cover from [...] Full text...
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Mixed reaction to Ramaphosa's Cabinet reshuffle
27 february 2018 - 08:57:26Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – There has been mixed reaction to President Cyril Ramaphosa's first Cabinet, which was announced [...] Full text...
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Sudan warns of new influx of refugees from South Sudan
15 february 2018 - 10:12:42Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - South Sudanese refugees in Sudan's White Nile State have reached 150,000, with thousands more expected to [...] Full text...
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Rights group says South Sudan warring parties break promises on child soldiers
06 february 2018 - 05:57:11Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – South Sudanese armed forces and armed opposition groups have continued to recruit child soldiers and force [...] Full text...
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Remote Nigeria communities welcome child health programme (A WHO Feature)
04 february 2018 - 01:25:35Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - We have travelled for over 2 hours from Minna in Nigeria’s rural Niger State. The final [...] Full text...
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Kenya gears up for Kakamega Forest Marathon
18 november 2017 - 11:17:42Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya is gearing up for the third edition of the Kakamega Forest Marathon on 25 November [...] Full text...
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Italy: Bioversity Int'l launches 1st scientific review of agrobiodiversity’s untapped potential
26 september 2017 - 14:46:59Rome, Italy (PANA) – Investments in agrobiodiversity play a critical yet overlooked role in tackling wider global targets such as [...] Full text...
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Tanzania: Global warming brews trouble in coffee homeland Ethiopia
26 september 2017 - 14:41:50Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Ethiopia is likely to lose half of its coffee growing area due to global [...] Full text...
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China: Much of planet’s land severely degraded owing to increased consumption - UN
13 september 2017 - 07:12:31Ordos, China (PANA) – A new United Nations report warns that a third of the planet’s land is now severely [...] Full text...
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Tanzania: 'Millions of children miss school because of war and drought in East Africa'
08 september 2017 - 08:26:19Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - While students around the world go back to school, millions of children who fled [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: 'Air Force jets kill scores of Boko Haram terrorists in northeast Nigeria'
02 september 2017 - 18:33:01Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Saturday said that its fighter jets successfully killed scores of [...] Full text...
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Cote d'Ivoire: AfDB plans big for cocoa-producing African countries
09 august 2017 - 12:45:08Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Cocoa production in Africa is set to take a turn for the better, as the [...] Full text...
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US: UN marks first International Asteroid Day
30 june 2017 - 19:44:47New York, US (PANA) – A top United Nations official on Friday urged the international community to come together to [...] Full text...
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South Sudan: UNESCO Juba Office refurbish Aweil Women Multi-Purpose Learning Centre
16 june 2017 - 11:03:32Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - As part of its ongoing support to the national and state level Directorates of Alternative [...] Full text...
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Switzerland: UNHCR renews warning over challenging Burundi refugee situation
23 may 2017 - 10:39:13Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, on Tuesday renewed its concern over the unstable situation in Burundi, [...] Full text...
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US: Innovators, UN discuss using tech to tackle world's development challenges
18 may 2017 - 06:04:25New York, US (PANA) – From drones dropping food and medicines, to handheld devices that can diagnose Ebola with a [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Three South African cities’ ‘green canopy’ added to global database
05 may 2017 - 10:38:08Durban, South Africa (PANA) - Treepedia, an interactive website that measures the “green canopy”, or trees and vegetation of cities [...] Full text...
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US: 'World's forests fundamental to humanity's security' - UN Forum told
01 may 2017 - 19:48:25New York, US (PANA) - Kick-starting action on the recently-adopted Global Forest Goals to protect, sustainably manage and increase world’s [...] Full text...
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