Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity, Abdelhamid Al-Dbaiba, Thursday stressed the importance of providing services to citizens, assuring that the wife and children subsidy encompasses all segments without exception Full text...
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Libyan Prime Minister orders payment of family allowances for 2021 and 2022
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan prime minister of the government of national nity, Abdelhamid al-Dbaiba, has ordered that the wife and children allowances for the years 2021 and 2022 be paid, an official source said Full text...
Association for Protection of People in Need attends Women's Day in Burundi
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - On the occasion of International Women's Rights Day, the Association for the Protection of Men and Men in Distress of Burundi (APHD) made a remarkable charge, breaking the taboo of violence directed against the male junta in households of the country Full text...
Lack of digital infrastructure risks leaving millions of rural families in poverty – IFAD
Rome, Italy (PANA) - Despite a massive increase in migrants sending money home via digital transfers due to the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of their rural family members struggle to access the mobile banking services which could help lift them out of poverty Full text...
Charity initiative for needy families launched in Libya
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's state-owned telecommunications holding company - LPTIC - on Tuesday launched a charity initiative to support low-income families Full text...
UK’s 85% family planning aid cut will be devastating for women and girls: UNFPA
New York, US (PANA) - The United Kingdom’s intention to cut 85 per cent of its contribution to a flagship UN family planning programme this year, will have devastating consequences for women and girls and their families across the world, the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) said on Thursday Full text...
Former veteran Rwandan cameraman Valens Rwamukwaya retires to great fanfare
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - One of the long-serving cameramen at Rwanda Television, Valens Rwamukwaya, retired at the age of 64 after 38 years of experience behind the camera, a senior member of the media fraternity in Rwanda confirmed here Saturday to PANA Full text...
Tunisia to host world family summit in May
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia will host the World Family Summit for the first time from May 12 to 15, 2020, in which 80 countries will participate, coinciding with the celebration of the International Day of the Family, under the theme "Building the future we want" Full text...
Cotonou to host annual meeting of Ouagadougou Partnership in December
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Cotonou will host the eighth meeting of the Ouagadougou Partnership from 3-5 December to accelerate progress in the use of family planning services in nine French-speaking countries in West Africa, official sources told PANA here Thursday Full text...
Botswana Government plans free DNA test programme
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana government is finalising preparation for introducing free DNA test in hospitals across the country, the Office of the President indicated on Monday Full text...
Burkina Faso to organise first International Family Fair next February
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The first International Family Fair (IFF) will be held from 27 February to 1 March 2020 in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Foundation Hope and Smile (FONDES) announced on Wednesday Full text...
58 people burnt to death while siphoning fuel from a crashed tanker
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Fifty-eight people were killed and 35 wounded on Sunday in Niamey as they tried to siphon gasoline from an overturned tanker, the national radio announced on Monday Full text...
Niger makes progress in use of contraceptive methods
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Niger has made much progress in the use of contraceptive methods since the adoption of a family planning (FP) policy in 1985 to reduce maternal and infant mortality rates, reports the government weekly ‘Sahel Dimanche’ Full text...
Family planning services project starts in West Africa sub-region
Niamey, Niger (PANA) – A regional family planning project has been launched in the Nigerien capital, Niger, with the objective of improving access to and use of quality family planning services in the West African sub-region Full text...
Taking the message home about family planning in Guinea
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Traditions have a hard life in Guinea Full text...