Over 2 million Guineans are in food insecurity
28 march 2019 - 17:38:25Conakry, Guinea (PANA) – Food insecurity affects 21.8% of families in Guinea, according to the latest report on the Global [...] Full text...
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Over 2 million Guineans are in food insecurity
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25th edition of Miss Togo scheduled for August 24
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Rwanda, Israel seek ways to boost religious tourism cooperation
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Climate change ’affecting housing’ in Niger (Feature by Souleyman Anza, PANA Correspondent)
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154 cases of serious children rights violations recorded in February in DRC
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Niger launches m-health initiative for better management of childhood diseases
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Pope and King of Morocco: Jerusalem is ’city of common heritage of humanity, peace’
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Rwandan football officials say lessons learned from unsuccessful AFCON 2019 qualifiers
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Conakry, Guinea (PANA) – Food insecurity affects 21.8% of families in Guinea, according to the latest report on the Global [...] Full text...
Mali launches two projects aiming to attain national food self-sufficiency
09 march 2019 - 15:29:07Bamako, Mali (PANA) – Mali on Friday launched a regional support project under the Sahel irrigation initiative (PARIIS-Mali) to improve [...] Full text...
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Sierra Leone and IFAD boost food security and incomes in rural areas
04 march 2019 - 16:13:41Rome, Italy (PANA) – About 34,000 vulnerable rural households in Sierra Leone will benefit from a new US$72.6 million project [...] Full text...
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Niger authorities launch project to fight malnutrition
15 february 2019 - 12:08:47Niamey, Niger (PANA) – The Niger authorities on Friday launched a project for appropriate solutions to malnutrition whose effects on [...] Full text...
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Buhari warns public officials against abuse of office
14 february 2019 - 19:36:03Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday in his home State of Katsina, Northwest Nigeria, warned public [...] Full text...
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Profile of the five candidates in Senegal's presidential election of 24 February
08 february 2019 - 17:17:12Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Among the four candidates who are seeking to take the presidential seat, Idrissa Seck seems to [...] Full text...
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Former President Soglo presents report on forum of former African heads of state to Nigerien president
30 january 2019 - 17:26:08Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Former Benin President Nicéphore Soglo Tuesday evening called on Nigerien Head of State Issoufou Mahamadou to [...] Full text...
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Niger's Agriculture Minister invites compatriots to consume what they produce
29 january 2019 - 22:32:18Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Niger's Agriculture and Livestock Minister Albadé Abouba Tuesday called on his compatriots to consume what they [...] Full text...
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Niger adopts national oil policy
12 january 2019 - 17:36:48Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Eight years after Niger began producing oil, the government on Friday adopted a National Oil Policy [...] Full text...
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Cotonou hosts international conference on energy
07 december 2018 - 21:04:30Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Cotonou is hosting an international summit for the development of electricity in Africa (SIDE-Africa) to discuss [...] Full text...
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AfDB, Nigerian Economic Society to hold Int'l confab on Agricultural Value Chain
24 september 2018 - 15:46:02Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The African Development Institute (ECAD) of the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Nigerian Economic Society [...] Full text...
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Small-scale horticulture project transforming lives in Kenya (An AfDB Feature)
24 august 2018 - 13:47:22Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A decade after going through a food crisis and in the aftermath of the drought in [...] Full text...
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Nigeria, Benin Republic agree on joint committee to combat smuggling
25 july 2018 - 17:44:38Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday hosted President Patrice Talon of the Republic of Benin at [...] Full text...
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Sahel Alliance delegation visits AfDB to intensify dialogue with G5 countries
17 july 2018 - 15:04:44Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - A team from the Sahel Alliance Secretariat, led by Jean-Marc Gravellini, Head of the Sahel [...] Full text...
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Mauritius Health minister appeals to the population to donate blood
13 june 2018 - 11:56:26Quatre-Bornes, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Health and Quality of Life Minister, Mr Anwar Husnoo, on Wednesday appealed to the population [...] Full text...
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President Buhari vows to win war against corruption
29 may 2018 - 09:55:02Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Appealing for support from all Nigerians, President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday reiterated the determination of his [...] Full text...
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Buhari's 3-year score-card: Info minister says Fed. Gov't delivering on campaign promises
28 may 2018 - 14:07:13Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Presenting the three-year scorecard of Nigeria's President, Muhammadu Buhari, to Nigerians, the Minister of Information and [...] Full text...
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Switzerland: DRC violence drives more than 3,300 refugees into Zambia in a month
03 october 2017 - 10:11:58Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is concerned about growing violence in parts of south-eastern Democratic Republic [...] Full text...
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Cote d'Ivoire: 'The future of Africa depends on agriculture' - AfDB Chief Adesina
06 september 2017 - 14:10:41Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - "Agriculture is instrumental in Africa’s poverty: it must also be instrumental in its wealth. Only [...] Full text...
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Mali: Gov't, BNDA sign deal on coherent funding mechanism for the Malian agric sector
28 august 2017 - 15:04:18Bamako, Mali (PANA) – A partnership agreement aimed at developing a coherent funding mechanism, appropriate for covering the investment needs [...] Full text...
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Cote d'Ivoire: AfDB, Madagascar to cooperate on energy, agriculture
25 july 2017 - 05:09:55Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - African Development Bank (AfDB) President, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, has announced plans by the Bank to [...] Full text...
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Cote d'Ivoire: AfDB working with partners to accelerate drought resilience programme
17 june 2017 - 08:48:31Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - On the eve of the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, the African Development [...] Full text...
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India: Africa-Asia partnerships talks focus on "Development of Africa’s human capital for industrialization"
24 may 2017 - 17:04:07Ahmedabad, India (PANA) - During a TV debate at the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group Annual Meetings, African leaders agreed [...] Full text...
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India: 3,000 delegates storm Indian city for AfDB's biggest agric-based meeting
21 may 2017 - 12:47:13Ahmedabad, India (PANA) - The Mahatma Mandir Convention and Exhibition Centre in the Gandhinagar area of Ahmedabad in Gujarat State [...] Full text...
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India: Indian city agog ahead of AfDB annual meetings
17 may 2017 - 14:26:07New Delhi, India (PANA) - The Mahatma Mandir Convention and Exhibition Centre in Gandhinagar area of Ahmedabad in Gujarat State, [...] Full text...
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South Africa: SADC states urged to harmonise polices to manage operations of Chinese companies
21 april 2017 - 19:11:47Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – Experts meeting for a research seminar on the Prospects for the Southern African Development Community [...] Full text...
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US: UN report calls for radical investments to meet global water and sanitation targets
13 april 2017 - 16:54:59New York, US (PANA) - Against the backdrop of almost two billion people around the world relying on sources of [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: FAO, Africa Rice Centre partner Nigeria on rice paddy production technology
23 march 2017 - 13:45:44Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – As part of efforts to boost rice production in the country, the United Nations Food and [...] Full text...
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Tanzania: Population growth in sub-Sahara Africa to triple cereal demand by 2050
15 december 2016 - 19:02:21Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Although several studies have shown the global increase in food demand by 2050 can [...] Full text...
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Tanzania: ADF extends US$ 93.51m loan to support Tanzania's agriculture sector
14 december 2016 - 19:31:13Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Supporting Tanzania’s agriculture, the Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF) has [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Buhari urges Nigerians to "grow what we eat and consume what we make"
14 december 2016 - 18:33:18Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has urged Nigerians to grow what they eat and consume what they [...] Full text...
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Italy: Agriculture has big role to play in curbing greenhouse gas emissions - FAO
17 october 2016 - 12:09:49Rome, Italy (PANA) - The pledge to eradicate hunger and poverty must go hand in hand with rapid transformations of [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Navy takes delivery of 50 patrol boats to beef up security in Niger Delta
19 may 2016 - 16:34:50Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigerian Navy announced Thursday it has taken delivery of 50 patrol boats built by an indigenous [...] Full text...
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UN: FAO seeks US$10 million to help Ethiopian farmers with seeds
29 april 2016 - 15:28:08New York, US (PANA) - With just six weeks left before the start of the main cropping season in Ethiopia, [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: National Economic Council retreat recommends ways to diversify economy
23 march 2016 - 08:57:16Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Participants in the two-day National Economic Council retreat on Tuesday rose from their gathering in Abuja, [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Buhari vows to halt power shortages, targets 10,000 megawatts of energy
22 march 2016 - 09:30:28Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's president Muhammadu Buhari has vowed to put a stop to the current power shortages, saying [...] Full text...
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Switzerland: WHO warns of more cases of Zika with ‘further geographic spread’
09 march 2016 - 07:32:44Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has said the latest update on Zika virus [...] Full text...
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Gambia: Jammeh defends Gambia's Islamic State declaration
01 january 2016 - 09:58:01Banjul, Gambia (PANA)- Gambia's president Yahya Jammeh has defended his declaration of the country as an Islamic state saying he [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: First major private oil refinery 'begins operation in 2018'
25 october 2015 - 12:06:05Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's efforts to end the importation of petroleum products for domestic consumption will get a boost [...] Full text...
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Mauritius: UNDP experts to develop Marshall Plan against Poverty in Mauritius
23 september 2015 - 13:31:26Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - A multidisciplinary international team from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) arrived Wednesday in Mauritius to [...] Full text...
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Rwanda: Kagame attends naming ritual for mountain gorillas in Rwanda
05 september 2015 - 13:53:55Musanze, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan President Paul Kagame on Saturday witnessed the 11th annual naming ritual for 24 gorillas, born [...] Full text...
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UN: ICC Appeals Chamber reverses decision on Kenya’s cooperation
19 august 2015 - 16:56:25New York, US (PANA) - The Appeals Chamber of the Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday reversed Trial [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: President Buhari initiates moves for local production of military weapons
07 august 2015 - 13:42:04Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigerian leader, President Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday directed the Federal Ministry of Defence to produce a [...] Full text...
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Niger: Niger launches project for quality education
26 june 2015 - 13:53:05Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Niger on Friday launched a project to support quality education in the country in the next [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso: Burkina Faso launches two projects to ensure food self-sufficiency
18 june 2015 - 11:05:05Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso has launched two major projects with the objective of boosting agricultural productivity and [...] Full text...
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Senegal: Sall deplores disruption of power, water supplies in Dakar
01 june 2015 - 16:32:42Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Senegalese President Macky Sall on Monday deplored cuts in electricity and water supplies in the country's [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Ouedraogo: ECOWAS has made 'giant strides'
27 may 2015 - 21:35:05Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - As the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) celebrates its 40th anniversary, the president of [...] Full text...
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Rwanda: President Paul Kagame visits Ethiopia
16 april 2015 - 15:27:58Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan President Paul Kagame, arrived in Addis Ababa on Thursday for a 48-hour visit that coincided [...] Full text...
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Tanzania: WHO kicks off registry of vetted medical emergency teams
08 april 2015 - 18:57:28Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – With global crises on the rise, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) on [...] Full text...
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Gambia: Jammeh pays tribute to Gambia's independence leader
18 february 2015 - 19:05:04Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has paid tribute to former Gambian leader Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Jonathan promises to build cargo airport in Nigeria
12 january 2015 - 23:06:49Abeokuta, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has promised to invest more in agriculture through the construction of the [...] Full text...
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Gambia: Vice President urged the youth to work hard
16 december 2014 - 22:50:29Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambia’s Vice President, Dr. Isatou Njie-Saidy, has said the country’s youth have to work hard [...] Full text...
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Ghana: Government steps up support for agric sector - President Mahama
05 december 2014 - 19:49:40Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Ghana government has obtained a 95 million-dollar funding to support all sectors of agriculture, fisheries [...] Full text...
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Benin: Africa to host 4th conference on climate change and development
24 september 2014 - 22:28:17Cotonou, Benin (PANA) – The Moroccan city of Marrakesh will on 8-10 October host the Fourth Conference on Climate Change [...] Full text...
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South Africa: SA citizens' death toll in Nigeria building collapse may rise
17 september 2014 - 09:29:06Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - As millions of South Africans try to come to terms with the horrific collapse [...] Full text...
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Gambia: UNDP says poverty 'remains high' in rural areas
31 july 2014 - 22:12:30Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - In spite of the progress made by The Gambia, poverty rate is 39.6 per cent and [...] Full text...
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UN: Relief agencies issue urgent appeal for 800,000 refugees in Africa
01 july 2014 - 18:40:38New York, US (PANA) - The heads of two UN Nations humanitarian agencies on Tuesday issued an urgent appeal as [...] Full text...
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Niger: Niger launches coal-fired power plant
27 june 2014 - 12:48:30Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Following the commissioning in 1975 of the coal power plant in Anu Araren, 1000km north of [...] Full text...
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E. Guinea: AU, UNICEF launch landmark campaign to curb malnutrition
27 june 2014 - 12:41:09Malabo, Equatorial Guinea (PANA) - The African Union (AU) and the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) have launched a landmark campaign [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Rice import ban to save Nigeria US$2.5b
05 june 2014 - 08:51:12Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria expects to save US$2.5 billion from next year when the ban on importation of rice [...] Full text...
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Senegal: Regional meeting on land management opens in Senegal
03 june 2014 - 16:10:05Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - A regional seminar on the support tools for the management of land in the rural areas [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: EU approves 80m euros to boost employment in Nigeria's Niger Delta
23 may 2014 - 16:59:33Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The European Union (EU) has approved an additional grant of 80 million Euros to boost job [...] Full text...
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Senegal: El Hadji Diouf, Akon to invest in rice production in Senegal
16 may 2014 - 17:00:15Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – A former Senegalese football star, El Hadji Diouf, and the US-based Senegalese musician, Alioune Badara Thiam, [...] Full text...
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Guinea: Guinean-South African Partnership Day opens
02 april 2014 - 22:23:16Conakry, Guinea (PANA) – The second edition of the Guinea-South Africa Partnership Day opened on Wednesday in Conakry to evaluate [...] Full text...
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SPECIAL FEATURE: The Next Phase of Africa’s Transformation, by H.E. John Dramani Mahama, President, Republic of Ghana
06 march 2014 - 10:17:56Accra, Ghana (PANA) - It has been over a half-century since the African continent began freeing itself from the scourge [...] Full text...
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Gambia: Jammeh reiterates plan to ban importation of basic foods
18 february 2014 - 18:49:38Banjul, Gambia (PANA)- President Yahya Jammeh has said he is “determined to end the importation of basic food items by [...] Full text...
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Tanzania: Time for Africa’s agriculture to thrive (Feature by Anaclet Rwegayura, PANA Correspondent)
18 january 2014 - 11:50:13Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Every morning millions of people in Africa wake up facing the uncertainty of what [...] Full text...
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Mauritius: Comoros, Mauritius sign cooperation pact
14 january 2014 - 13:48:29Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius and Comoros Tuesday signed a framework agreement that lays the basis for cooperation in numerous [...] Full text...
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Nigerian conglomerate assures investors of better future
09 december 2013 - 23:35:24Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) -The Chairman of one of Nigeria’s quoted companies on the capital market, Transnational Corporation of Nigeria (Transcorp), [...] Full text...
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17th summit of UEMOA heads of State opens in Senegal
24 october 2013 - 22:27:12Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Togolese president, Faure Gnassingbé, current chairman of the West African Economic and monetary Union (UEMOA), [...] Full text...
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Jonathan says Nigeria deserves UN Security Council Seat
24 september 2013 - 18:04:58New York, US (PANA) - Nigeria's President, Goodluck Jonathan, Tuesday made a strong case for Nigeria’s election to the United [...] Full text...
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Obama says Washington’s aid makes difference in Tanzanian lives
01 july 2013 - 16:34:04Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – US President Barack Obama, on his first visit to Tanzania, said here Monday he [...] Full text...
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Africa, China cooperate to tackle health challenges
06 may 2013 - 10:03:02Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Chinese and African leaders were due to meet, starting on Monday, at the 4th International Roundtable [...] Full text...
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UN reports retaliatory violence by Malian soldiers
13 march 2013 - 11:22:22New York, US (PANA) - The recent military intervention in northern Mali has been followed by a serious escalation of [...] Full text...
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'Gender violence, major health, human rights concern'
08 march 2013 - 17:05:40Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The UN Population Fund (UNFPA) has said gender-based violence remains a major health and human rights [...] Full text...
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Nigeria's agric reforms to create 3.5m jobs - Pres. Jonathan
22 january 2013 - 12:57:03Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The 'bold' reforms of Nigeria's agricultural and allied sectors will create 3.5 million jobs and add [...] Full text...
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'Nigeria will attain self sufficiency in rice production by 2015'
16 january 2013 - 12:07:39Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian minister of state for Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Bukar Tijani, has said that [...] Full text...
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Burundi targets production of 169,000 tons of rice by 2020
26 november 2012 - 16:13:58Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi's rice production could increase from 69,000 tons this year to 169,000 tons by 2020, requiring [...] Full text...
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Bombarded military factory will be relocated, families be compensated
25 november 2012 - 12:27:01Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – Victims and families of the recent Israeli war plane bombardment of a military complex in Khartoum [...] Full text...
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IFAD supports EAC bid to attain food self-sufficiency
08 november 2012 - 12:20:48Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Convinced by the efforts being made in the East African Community (EAC) partner states [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS launches ambitious food security programme
05 november 2012 - 09:39:41Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Commission has launched an "ambitious programme" to promote food self-sufficiency and reduce food import [...] Full text...
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Mali seeks international support to rebuild its tourism industry
16 october 2012 - 11:17:48Arusha, Tanzania (PANA) - Mali is seeking international support to revive its tourism industry following a three-year internal strife that [...] Full text...
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Nigeria's President receives 5 new Ambassadors
02 october 2012 - 20:34:21Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan Tuesday received five new Ambassadors accredited to the country, telling them Nigeria [...] Full text...
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Brazil donates rice to Gambia
20 september 2012 - 21:36:35Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia’s minister of finance and economic affairs, Mr Abdou Kolley, has hailed the federal republic of [...] Full text...
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Gambia says lack of water seriously undermining development
14 september 2012 - 20:38:45Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Despite the Gambia government’s drive to ensure food self-sufficiency and poverty alleviation, the lack of water [...] Full text...
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Annual post-harvest losses in Sahel put at 15 to 25%
12 september 2012 - 22:31:50Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The annual post-harvest losses in the Sahelian region is put at 15 to 25%, the Regional [...] Full text...
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IDB, Mali sign three loan agreements to boost agriculture
30 august 2012 - 20:43:13Bamako, Mali (PANA) – The Malian government and the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) on Thursday in Bamako signed three loan [...] Full text...
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We'll revolutionize agriculture in Nigeria, says President Jonathan
24 august 2012 - 15:44:18Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - President Goodluck Jonathan said here Friday that his Administration was committed to actualizing its plans to [...] Full text...
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SOMDIAA invests 320 million euros in Africa's sugar sector
30 may 2012 - 15:48:09Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Under its 2012-2017 development plan for Africa, the French agriculture and food industries company, SOMDIAA, [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS holds media sensitization workshop on weapons control
18 april 2012 - 11:43:47Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A three-day sensitization and capacity building workshop for journalists in Ghana opens Thursday at Sogakope near [...] Full text...
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Plan to build coal-powered stations, violence reported in Nigeria
10 september 2011 - 09:09:55Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Government's plan to build three coal-powered stations, capable of generating 3,000 megawatts of electricity, and the [...] Full text...
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Nigerian govt unveils agric sector transformation, targets 3.5 million jobs
08 september 2011 - 18:43:56Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Unveiling its Agriculture Transformation Action Plan (ATAP), at its second meeting here since creation on 17 [...] Full text...
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Trade: UN chief wants donors to help developing countries
19 july 2011 - 17:45:46New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday appealed to donors to maintain their support for "Aid [...] Full text...
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President Issoufou seeks 9 billion euros to develop Niger
06 july 2011 - 21:05:58Paris, France (PANA) – Niger needs 9 billion euro over five years to implement development programmes that focus particularly on [...] Full text...
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Tanzanian dailies call for intensified war on illicit drugs
02 july 2011 - 08:51:49Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Illicit drugs are dreadful in Tanzania as reported by some dailies in the East [...] Full text...
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Guinea takes steps to attain food self-sufficiency in three years
11 june 2011 - 10:54:30Conakry, Guinea (PANA) – The recent launch of the 2011-2012 agricultural campaign in the 33 Guinean prefectures, where ministers were [...] Full text...
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'No plan to raise fuel prices in Nigeria'
02 may 2011 - 13:35:29Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The state-owned Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has no plans to increase fuel prices, according to [...] Full text...
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Research group calls for effective water management for agriculture
27 april 2011 - 21:37:29Washington, D.C. US (PANA) - An international research organisation says increasing demand for water continues to threaten the livelihood of [...] Full text...
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Egypt appoints deputy foreign minister for African affairs
14 april 2011 - 16:51:55Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The Egyptian cabinet decided on Wednesday to appoint a deputy foreign minister for African affairs to [...] Full text...
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Africa leaders told to invest more on agricultural research
25 march 2011 - 12:49:17Yaoundé, Cameroun (PANA) - Participants in the seventh Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) Partnership Platform meeting have urged African [...] Full text...
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IFAD grants Guinea US$18m for food sufficiency
11 march 2011 - 11:38:30Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has announced a grant of US$18 million to help [...] Full text...
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Japan donates rice to Guinea-Bissau
24 february 2011 - 22:20:04Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Japanese ambassador to Senegal and Guinea-Bissau, Hiroshi Fukada, on Thursday donated rice valued at about [...] Full text...
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Experts meet in India to discuss enhancing health, through agriculture
10 february 2011 - 16:05:17New Delhi, India (PANA) - A three-day international conference, focusing on improving health and nutrition, through agriculture in developing countries, [...] Full text...
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New AU president to prioritize women, conflict-free Africa
01 february 2011 - 15:42:10Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African Union’s incoming President Teodoro Obiang Nguema, unveiled his vision for Africa late Monday, saying [...] Full text...
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Mutharika's outline for self-sufficient Africa for launch
27 january 2011 - 12:46:08Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - A book by Malawi's President and African Union (AU) Chairman Bingu wa Mutharika is to [...] Full text...
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Rwanda to conduct first kidney transplant
13 december 2010 - 18:13:07Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) – The King Faycal Hospital, located in the periphery of the Rwandan capital, Kigali, will carry out [...] Full text...
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Sudanese diplomat presents credentials to EAC
02 december 2010 - 14:39:06Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The Sudanese ambassador to Tanzania who doubles as the country's permanent representative to the [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe, international partners launch US$415m aid appeal
02 december 2010 - 14:38:28Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe and international development partners led by the United Nations Thursday launched a US$415.3 million appeal [...] Full text...
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First pan-African centre for phytosanitary products in Kenya
05 november 2010 - 19:30:00Kigali- Rwanda (PANA) -- The first pesticide centre that processes products used to heal and prevent vegetable diseases has been [...] Full text...
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Ministerial Committee on CEN-SAD reforms meets in Tripoli
26 october 2010 - 19:03:00Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- The Committee of the Foreign Affairs Ministers of member nations of the Community of the Sahelian-Saharan [...] Full text...
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South wants a more united francophone
23 october 2010 - 19:06:00Montreux- Switzerland (PANA) -- African heads of state, at the opening ceremony o f the 13th Summit of the International [...] Full text...
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Mogae says Africa should stay in climate talks
14 october 2010 - 08:20:00Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Former President of Botswana Festus Mogae Thursda y called on African leaders to remain in [...] Full text...
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African govts urged to invest more in rural infrastructure
11 october 2010 - 09:17:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The Director-General of the Nigeria-based International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Dr. Peter Hartmann, has [...] Full text...
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Angola vows to achieve Millennium Development Goals
21 september 2010 - 14:49:00Luanda- Angola (PANA) -- Angola State Secretary for Foreign Affairs George Chicoty, said Monday in New York that his country [...] Full text...
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Implementing new law a priority, says Kibaki
16 september 2010 - 17:52:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki has urged politicians to tone down the distractive debate on sharing of [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS, Togo sign pact on Project Unit hosting
10 september 2010 - 13:32:00Lome- Togo (PANA) -- ECOWAS has signed an agreement with the Government of Togo for the hosting of the Project [...] Full text...
thread Politics
African leaders set to renew support for agric sector
02 september 2010 - 18:20:00Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- African leaders are meeting in Accra, the Ghanaian capital , to renew commitment to develop the [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
Benin to host commercial forum on facilitation of trade
19 july 2010 - 23:27:00Cotonou- Benin (PANA) â" The Benin commercial capi-tal, Cotonou, will in August host a commercial forum on the facilitation of [...] Full text...
thread Economy
UN, partners face US$5b shortfall for 2010 humanitarian work
16 july 2010 - 10:54:00New York- US (PANA) -- UN agencies and their partners Thursday said they were fac ing nearly US$ 5 billion [...] Full text...
thread Politics
US diplomat says Africa should fix own problems
16 july 2010 - 10:53:00Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Outgoing US Ambassador to the Gambia, Barry L Wells, has said "Africa has to find solutions [...] Full text...
thread Politics
ECOWAS tasks President Wade on Solar energy
04 july 2010 - 12:23:00Sal- Cape Verde (PANA) -- West African leaders have tasked one of their own, Pres ident Abdoulaye Wade of Senegal, [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Libyan official hails world's efforts for food self-sufficiency
23 june 2010 - 23:58:00Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- The spectre of famine as following the food deficit haun ting the world has become a [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
First made-in-Sudan military aircraft launched
23 june 2010 - 16:50:00Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The Sudanese military has assembled the country's first-ever military aircraft from spare-parts manufactured locally as [...] Full text...
thread Economy
AGRA presents programme to boost agric production in Ghana
22 june 2010 - 12:35:00Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- A strategy aimed at boosting agricultural production and increasing Ghana's staple crop self-sufficiency has been presented [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
Wade seeks reduction of Senegal's public sector workers
15 june 2010 - 10:38:00Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade has advocated reducing the number of the country's public sector workers, which [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Nigeria needs 32 trillion naira to actualize 'Vision 20:2020'
14 june 2010 - 23:56:00Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's Minister of National Planning and Vice Chairma n, National Planning Commission, Dr. Shamsuddeen Usman, [...] Full text...
thread Economy
AfDB grants Mali 10b CFA francs
08 june 2010 - 13:42:00Bamako- Mali(PANA) -- The African Development Bank (AfDB) and Mali have signed a funding agreement for 10 billion CFA francs [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Senegalese artist highlights food self-sufficiency (Corrected)
15 may 2010 - 14:17:00Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Senegalese artist Ibrahima Seck Niang, through one of his works exhibited at the Village of Arts [...] Full text...
thread Culture
Rampaging elephants send residents panicking in Cameroon
27 april 2010 - 15:37:00Yaounde- Cameroon (PANA) -- People living close to the Dja Reserve, in south-eastern Cameroon, have raised the alarm about the [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Move to raise number of agric researchers for Africa gathers steam
20 april 2010 - 12:02:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- As Africa steps up efforts to increase the number of agr icultural researchers as part of [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
World's youngest monarch to fight food insecurity
19 april 2010 - 14:02:00Fort Portal- Uganda (PANA) -- Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru, the newly-installed King of Toro in Uganda, has said fighting food [...] Full text...
thread Society
Nigeria's Acting president tasks reconstituted Federal cabinet
06 april 2010 - 15:49:00Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's Acting President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, has warned that his administration will no longer tolerate [...] Full text...
thread Politics
'Era of coups in West Africa over'
31 march 2010 - 12:38:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- ECOWAS Commission President James Victor Gbeho has decla red that the â?era of coups is overâ? [...] Full text...
thread Politics
US Food for Education Programme to benefit 7 African countries
15 march 2010 - 07:57:00Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- Tanzania is among seven African countries that will benefit from a donation of more [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
Cameroon to ban rice import
12 march 2010 - 23:13:00Yaounde- Cameroon (PANA) â" The Cameroonian govern-ment will in the next few day s ban the import of rice to [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Niger seeks international assistance to tackle famine
11 march 2010 - 11:46:00Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- Niger's Prime minister Mahamadou Danda has made an urgent appeal to the international community for a [...] Full text...
thread Society
Tanzania to benefit from US Food for Progress Programme in 2010
05 march 2010 - 08:25:00Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- More than 1. 5 million Tanzanians will benefit f rom the US supported-Food for [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
DRC pays tribute Lumumba and Kabila
15 january 2010 - 21:37:00Kinshasa- DR Congo (PANA) -- The Congolese people will this weekend honour two of the country's heroes, Patrice Emery Lumumba [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Libyan grassroots people's congresses convene on Sunday
08 january 2010 - 21:30:00Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- The Libyan grassroots People's General Congress, the hig hest governing body in the country, is convening [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Libya evolves strategy to promote organ transplants
08 january 2010 - 19:30:00Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- To cope with the increasing number of patients for organ transplants, the Libyan National Organ Transplants [...] Full text...
thread Health
Morocco grants 289m CFA F to Niger to buy fertilizer
08 january 2010 - 13:08:00Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- The Kingdom of Morocco has granted 5 million dirhams, or 289 million CFA F, to Niger [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Agriculture and infrastructure, Gabon's top priorities in 2010
07 january 2010 - 22:02:00Libreville- Gabon (PANA) -- The Gabonese government has decided to give priority to agriculture and infrastructure to which it intends [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Rwanda seeks US$ 300m to sustain agriculture
11 december 2009 - 15:39:00Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Rwanda requires US$ 300 million in new investment s in its agriculture to sustain the [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
BADEA pledges more funding for Africa's infrastructure
09 december 2009 - 16:50:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The Director-General of the Khartoum-based Arab Bank for Economic Development (BADEA), Abdulaziz Khelef, said here Wednesday [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Iranian Envoy says country will maintain sovereignty
06 december 2009 - 09:58:00Banjul- Gambia (PANA)-- The Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to The Ga mbia, Saeid Zare said it is [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Cote d'Ivoiret celebrates two decades of â?School Lunch Roomâ? programme
02 december 2009 - 21:32:00Abidjan- Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) â" Cote d'Ivoire on -Wednesday launched the 20th a nniversary of its School Lunch Room programme [...] Full text...
thread Society
Kenya targets energy self-sufficiency in 10 years
02 december 2009 - 09:07:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenya has the potential to go carbon free by 2020 if pro per planning and implementation [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Senegal's Niokolo Koba Park in peril
24 november 2009 - 14:52:00Tambacounda- Senegal (PANA) -- The national park of Niokolo Koba, in the region o f Tambacounda (eastern Senegal), designated UNESCO [...] Full text...
thread Environment
'Artificial' fuel scarcity hobbles Lagos, Abuja
01 november 2009 - 08:35:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's economic capital city of Lagos and the inland political capital of Abuja Sunday remained in [...] Full text...
thread Economy
West African Bank lends Benin 9b cfa for food security
07 september 2009 - 11:27:00Cotonou- Benin (PANA) -- The West African Development Bank has lent Benin 9 billi on cfa for part financing of [...] Full text...
thread Economy
'Libya has modernised agriculture'
07 september 2009 - 07:34:00Tripoli- Libya(PANA) -- Libya deployed considerable efforts over the past decades to modernise its agriculture and promote the commercialisation of [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
Haiti's seed multiplication programme yields fruits
21 august 2009 - 13:28:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- A US$ 10. 2 million scheme to distribute and multiply qua lity seeds in Haiti has [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
Nigeria may review peacekeeping operations - Defence Minister
10 august 2009 - 20:06:00Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's Defence Minister, Maj. Gen. Godwin Abbe (rtd. ) Monday said the global economic [...] Full text...
thread Politics
UN agencies, partners seek extra US$ 200 million for Chad
24 july 2009 - 17:54:00New York- US (PANA) -- The United Nations and partner humanitarian organisations in Chad have launched a revised 2009 appeal, [...] Full text...
thread Society
Yar'Adua lists achievements as Nigeria celebrates democracy day
29 may 2009 - 09:26:00Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigerian President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua says his governme nt made tremendous impact in a number of [...] Full text...
thread Politics
BADEA lends Mali US$ 10 million
11 may 2009 - 17:53:00Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- Malian Minister of Economy and Finance Touré Sanoussi and the Director General of the Arab Bank [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
African youth urged to stay, develop the continent
23 april 2009 - 16:50:00Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- A representative of the World African Youth Organization , Mr. Pape Faye, has called on [...] Full text...
thread Society
Japan donates 6,000 tonnes of cereals to Mali
13 march 2009 - 21:46:00Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- Japan has donated to the Malian government about 6,000 ton nes of cereals, at a cost [...] Full text...
thread Society
Experts agree measures to reduce impact of global warming on W/Africa
06 march 2009 - 12:40:00Banjul- The Gambia (PANA) -- Regional climate experts have suggested that efforts to address climate change in West Africa should [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Bumper rice harvest could bring down prices, says FAO
25 february 2009 - 20:25:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The 2008 rice bumper harvest is coming to a close with better-than-expected production that could help [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture