South Africa market opens for United States soybeans
09 october 2024 - 09:42:13Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - Soybeans from the United States are once again eligible to enter South Africa following a [...] Full text...
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Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - Soybeans from the United States are once again eligible to enter South Africa following a [...] Full text...
AfDB chief warns Nigeria’s food import policy could destroy its agriculture
13 july 2024 - 18:42:57Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, has said the decision [...] Full text...
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Import of alcoholic beverages up in Ghana
21 june 2024 - 12:10:51Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Alcoholic beverages imported into Ghana increased from $56 million in 2019 to $87 million in 2023.Due [...] Full text...
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Nearly 100 organisations appeal for re-establishment of telecommunications infrastructure in Sudan
14 may 2024 - 14:39:48Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Nearly 100 humanitarian, civil society, human rights organizations and members of the #KeepItOn coalition, have launched [...] Full text...
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New Year reprieve for South African motorists as fuel prices go down
03 january 2024 - 10:37:18Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe on Wednesday announced a reduction of fuel [...] Full text...
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Urgent action needed to protect children and prevent uptake of e-cigarettes
14 december 2023 - 14:17:28Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Urgent action is needed to control e-cigarettes to protect children, as well as non-smokers and minimize health [...] Full text...
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India to help Mauritius produce more renewable energy
03 november 2023 - 09:01:10Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – India says that it will help Mauritius produce renewable energy in the energy mix by 2030 [...] Full text...
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Africa50 invests over US$6.6 billion in infrastructure in six years
04 july 2023 - 07:03:48Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Africa50 has in six years of operation invested more than $6.6 billion in critical infrastructure, African [...] Full text...
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Gambia to control inflation, ensure stable exchange rate – Governor
15 june 2023 - 16:04:06Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Mr. Buah Saidy, Governor of the Central Bank of the Gambia (CBG), has emphasised that the [...] Full text...
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Libya bans importation of medicines after expiry of one third of validity period
09 may 2023 - 16:20:53Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Minister of Economy and Trade in the Government of National Unity, Mohamed al-Haweij, has [...] Full text...
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Benin bans Importation of eggs and chicken
18 april 2023 - 15:02:45Cotonou Benin (PANA) - Benin will ban the importation of frozen eggs and chicken to boost its local production, the [...] Full text...
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Libya disusses importation of Palestinian medical supplies at meeting
20 march 2023 - 16:48:54Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Deputy Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity, Acting Minister of Health, Ramadan [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Strict COVID-19 protocols at Accra's Kotoka International Airport go into effect
06 january 2023 - 09:39:48Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Stringent COVID-19 protocols at the Kotoka International Airport in Accra go into force on Friday under [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Ghana advises citizens to take precaution in China trips
04 january 2023 - 05:41:57Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's foreign ministry has issued an advisory note to the general public on travel to China [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Passengers from China to present negative PCR test result at Ghana Airport
03 january 2023 - 06:01:57Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The managers of the Kotoka International Airport in Accra have tightened COVID-19 protocols at the airport [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Ghana to announce measures to check importation of cases
02 january 2023 - 05:49:13Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's health authorities say they will shortly announce measures to address the current threat of COVID-19, [...] Full text...
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Gambia Parliament releases report on acute kidney injuries that killed 70 children
20 december 2022 - 17:56:57Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia National Assembly Select Committee on Health has released its forty-three (43) page report of an [...] Full text...
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Two Mauritians jailed for drug trafficking
07 december 2022 - 08:05:06Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Supreme Court of Mauritius has jaild two Mauritians after finding them guilty of drug trafficking [...] Full text...
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IMF team to visit Ghana from Thursday
30 november 2022 - 17:33:07Accra, Ghana (PANA) - An International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff team, led by Stéphane Roudet, mission chief for Ghana, will [...] Full text...
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Bank of Ghana announces policy restricting poultry, rice imports
25 november 2022 - 18:31:34Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Bank of Ghana has restricted access to foreign exchange for a select list of imported [...] Full text...
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Ghana's finance minister announces raft of measures to resuscitate economy
24 november 2022 - 15:24:06Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, on Thursday presented the 2023 budget to Parliament which is seen [...] Full text...
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WHO bolsters Ebola disease outbreak response in Uganda, as seven cases confirmed
22 september 2022 - 12:03:29Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - In an accelerated effort to scale up response to the Ebola disease outbreak in Uganda, World [...] Full text...
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Gambia: Child rights body calls for swift investigation amid news of reported deaths of over 40 children
08 september 2022 - 17:24:18Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Child Protection Alliance, The Gambia, has described the death of over 40 children and sixty [...] Full text...
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Mauritius to regulate and monitor use of pesticides
07 september 2022 - 07:52:25Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Government has taken several measures to regulate, control and monitor the importation and use [...] Full text...
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Guinea security forces seize large quantity of cocaine
04 august 2022 - 12:48:40Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Five Sierra Leoneans and one Guinean have been charged with possession of cocaine and belonging to an [...] Full text...
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Mauritius Govt to promote cleaner vehicles to reduce carbon footprint
18 july 2022 - 07:56:59Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth said on Sunday that the government will further incentivise the adoption [...] Full text...
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Southern Africa in fresh vaccination drive to halt wild polio
10 july 2022 - 07:55:34Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) – Mozambique last week kicked off the third round of vaccination against wild poliovirus type 1 as southern [...] Full text...
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Mauritius to introduce new regulations to curb smoking
01 june 2022 - 07:47:22Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius will soon introduce new regulations to impose restrictions on use, sale, importation, manufacturing and distribution [...] Full text...
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Mauritius to promulgate law on restrictions on tobacco products
21 may 2022 - 06:56:27Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritius Ministry of Health and Wellness is to promulgate a law on restrictions on tobacco [...] Full text...
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Burkinabe govt. unveils "urgent actions" to be taken against terrorism
27 april 2022 - 21:49:35Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkinabe government announced on Wednesday a number of "urgent actions" to be taken to [...] Full text...
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Libyan authorities arrest importers of fake sugar
05 april 2022 - 13:40:38Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Those responsible for the importation of 300 tons of sugar, unfit for consumption, into Libya have [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso's president insists on need to bring order to artisanal gold mining following deadly explosion
23 february 2022 - 13:46:00Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The president of Burkina Faso, Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henry Sandaogo Damiba, Wednesday called for sanity in the [...] Full text...
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Egypt, European Union locked in trade dispute over import registration
28 january 2022 - 02:05:15Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The European Union has reported Egypt to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in a dispute over [...] Full text...
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Nigeria, US sign pact to reduce illicit trafficking of ancient arts
20 january 2022 - 22:54:56Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has expressed the optimism that the Cultural Property [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Three cases of Omicron mutant infection detected in Libyans who have not travelled abroad, says NCDC
30 december 2021 - 19:02:36Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The director of the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Haider Al-Sayeh, has confirmed the registration [...] Full text...
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Mauritius Govt. to extend subsidy on milk powder to 30 June 2022 -Minister
18 december 2021 - 10:45:46Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Minister of Commerce and Consumer Protection, Soodesh Callichurn, told Parliament Friday that the subsidy [...] Full text...
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Ghana's land borders will remain closed – Akufo-Addo
16 december 2021 - 11:08:48Accra, Ghana (PANA) - President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo declared here Wednesday the country's land borders would remain closed, as [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Ghana's land borders to remain closed to reduce importation of virus
16 december 2021 - 04:58:21Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's lands borders, which were closed in March last year following the outbreak of COVID-19, are [...] Full text...
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Malian government to subsidize some basic necessities to ease price hike
12 november 2021 - 20:13:25Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian government has decided to subsidize certain consumer products, notably rice, sugar and cooking oil, [...] Full text...
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Over 80 million reached as Africa trailblazes novel polio vaccine
23 october 2021 - 09:23:30Brazzaville, DR Congo (PANA) - More than 80 million children have been vaccinated with the novel oral polio vaccine type 2 [...] Full text...
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Belgian citizen gets 20 years in prison for drug trafficking in Mauritius
16 october 2021 - 09:45:39Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - A court here has sentenced a Belgian national, Michael Sevilla, to 20 years in prison for [...] Full text...
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Botswana bans school uniform imports
13 october 2021 - 18:27:25Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana has announced a decision to restrict importation of school uniform to promote local production. Potso Thari, [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Botswana moves out of state of emergency
21 september 2021 - 12:32:52Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana’s Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry, Mmusi Kgafela, has warned that the fight against the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Six Nigerian States, Federal Capital Territory placed on "red alert" over Delta Variant
18 july 2021 - 19:47:42Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19 has put six States and the Federal Capital Territory [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Libya demands 48-hour negative PCR test for arrivals against Delta variant
01 july 2021 - 11:37:15Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan government is rolling out measures to check the importation of the Delta variant of [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Illegal possession, importation of firearms to attract 3-year jail term
30 june 2021 - 22:46:31Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Senate on Wednesday passed a bill that imposes a three-year jail term or 3 million Naira [...] Full text...
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Secessionist leader, Nnamdi Kanu, extradited back to Nigeria, arrainged in court
29 june 2021 - 16:56:09Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has been extradited back to [...] Full text...
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Avian Flu outbreak reported in South Africa
22 may 2021 - 09:58:08Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) – An outbreak of Avian Influenza in South Africa will derail export expansion plans by the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO calls for bolstering of vigilance as Africa rolls out vaccines
16 april 2021 - 07:43:40Brazzaville, Congo (PAMA) - More than 13.6 million – including 12 million AstraZeneca – vaccine doses have been administered in [...] Full text...
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African vigilance sought to guard against medical waste dumping amid COVID-19 pandemic
19 march 2021 - 09:46:36Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - African countries should to increase vigilance to protect the Continent from illegal dumping of medical and [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Kenya imposes stricter border surveillance, ban on political gatherings to battle pandemic
12 march 2021 - 19:27:50Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday announced more stringent measures to curb the spread of the [...] Full text...
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EU wants constructive dialogue with Ethiopian government - EC
11 march 2021 - 14:36:31Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Union on Thursday urged all parties involved in the armed conflict in northern Ethiopia’s [...] Full text...
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Nigeria, Benin Republic meet on ways to end rice importation, revive local production
09 march 2021 - 20:24:25Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria and Republic of Benin on Tuesday agreed to work together to end the importation of [...] Full text...
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Kenya records 179 new virus cases and one death
13 february 2021 - 15:22:40Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya Friday recorded 179 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) while one patient succumbed to the virus [...] Full text...
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Mauritius to phase out post-consumer plastic bottles
12 february 2021 - 08:27:39Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Environment, Solid Waste Management and Climate Change Minister, Mr Kavydass Ramano, on Thursday said that [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Zambia explores Ivermectin for treatment, prevention of COVID-19
10 february 2021 - 15:40:25Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Zambia Medicines Regulatory Authority (ZAMRA) has revealed impending studies to explore the efficacy of Ivermectin for [...] Full text...
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Regional rice value chain development project launched in the Gambia
04 february 2021 - 19:35:57Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambian government, in collaboration with some partners, on Thursday launched a Regional Rice Value Chain [...] Full text...
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Arab banks support response to COVID-19 in Benin
31 january 2021 - 17:43:06Cotonou, Benin (PANA) – The Arab funds and banks are supporting the response to the COVID-19 and the establishment of [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso suspends poultry meat import from Senegal because of avian flu
27 january 2021 - 23:34:33Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkinabe minister of Trade, Harouna Kaboré, Wednesday announced the suspension of importation and trade [...] Full text...
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Mali suspends poultry imports from Senegal due to bird flu outbreak
17 january 2021 - 11:48:02Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali has since Thursday suspended importation and marketing of poultry from Senegal due to the outbreak [...] Full text...
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Gambia temporally embargoes chickens and eggs importation
15 january 2021 - 17:11:45Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian authorities has put a temporal embargo on the importation on live poultry birds of all [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Ghana Medical Association says Infections in Ghana alarming
14 january 2021 - 23:50:02Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana Thursday recorded 175 new coronavirus (COVID-19) cases to take the number of active cases to [...] Full text...
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WHO urges greater surveillance as new COVID-19 variants emerge
30 december 2020 - 17:29:26Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – With the recent emergence in the African region of new COVID-19 variants which seem to have higher [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS produces only 60% of its rice needs
22 december 2020 - 13:00:07Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Local rice production accounts for only 60% of the needs of the Economic Community of [...] Full text...
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Mauritian PM encourages local production of food crops
17 december 2020 - 12:33:17Moka, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Prime Minister Pravin Jugnauth on Thursday urged the population to work for agricultural self-sufficiency [...] Full text...
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Buhari orders immediate reopening of four of Nigeria’s land borders
16 december 2020 - 18:31:09Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday ordered the immediate reopening of four of Nigeria’s land borders. The borders [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Buhari awaits recommendations on possible re-opening of land border
25 november 2020 - 18:21:56Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – President Muhammadu Buhari will soon receive a report from a Presidential committee constituted to advise authorities [...] Full text...
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Zambian Kwacha weakens by 3.3 percent
18 november 2020 - 14:54:15Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambia's Kwacha depreciated against major trading currencies and weakened by 3.3 percent to an average of [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Ghana President urges public not to let their guard down as cases spike
09 november 2020 - 06:01:35Accra, Ghana (PANA) - With Ghana's coronavirus cases seeing a disturbing increase over the past weeks, President Nana Addo Dankwa [...] Full text...
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Nigerian trades unions suspend planned strike as govt reverses electricity tariff hike
28 september 2020 - 11:17:32Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigerian trade unions have suspended the nationwide strike scheduled to commence on Monday to protest electricity [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Mauritius to develop strategies to boost cooperative sector
26 september 2020 - 06:56:34Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius will develop strategies to boost the cooperatives sector post COVID-19, the Government announced on Saturday. It [...] Full text...
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Kenyan textile industry growth stifled by ageing technology, imports, warns British Council
23 september 2020 - 22:09:49Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The biggest constraint to the growth of the fashion industry in Kenya is the importation of [...] Full text...
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Nigerian president Buhari justifies hike in govt borrowing to fund infrastructure
16 september 2020 - 11:35:48Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday justified government borrowing to finance infrastructure, asserting that his government took loans [...] Full text...
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Zambian currency under pressure; depreciates by 8% in one month
15 september 2020 - 10:00:06Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – The Zambian currency, kwacha, has come under renewed pressure in the recent weeks, depreciating by 8.0% [...] Full text...
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Buhari directs CBN to implement zero allocation of forex for importation of food items and fertilizer
10 september 2020 - 18:43:44Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – As the Federal Government rolls out the Economic Sustainability Plan and sets goal for National Food [...] Full text...
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Zambia's currency depreciation attributed to importation of crude oil
08 september 2020 - 10:36:59Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Economist Chibamba Kanyama has attributed the sharp depreciation of the Zambian currency, the Kwacha, to the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Ghana records six imported cases since resumption of international flights on 1 September
07 september 2020 - 06:15:45Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana has recorded six imported cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) since the Kotoka International Airport in Accra [...] Full text...
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Botswana declares non-drought year
04 september 2020 - 14:16:18Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana’s President Mokgweetsi Masisi has declared 2019/2020 season a non-drought year. Despite the announcement made on Friday [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Ghana to resume international flights on Tuesday
31 august 2020 - 05:55:53Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana is to resume international flights on Tuesday, 1 September, as the country's COVID-19 figures continue [...] Full text...
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Libyan presidential council to work for immediate release of demonstrators not involved in looting
26 august 2020 - 23:49:24Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The presidential council of the Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) said here Wednesday it would [...] Full text...
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Botswana bans importation of baked goods
24 august 2020 - 13:44:22Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana has restricted the importation of baked goods, to stimulate the establishment and development of micro, [...] Full text...
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Burundi breaks monopoly of 4 companies on importation of edible salt
13 august 2020 - 15:56:56Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - To break the monopoly of four companies that have solely imported edible salt to Burundi since [...] Full text...
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Ghana: Military not intimidating residents in Volta Region - GAF
22 july 2020 - 21:17:32Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) said here Wednesday military personnel deployed in the Volta Region were [...] Full text...
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Covid-19: Pandemic makes Mauritians aware of food security, self-sufficiency
09 july 2020 - 11:08:10Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Agro-Industry and Food Security minister Maneesh Gobin said on Tuesday that the Covid-19 pandemic [...] Full text...
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Gambia’s government to impose moratorium on importation of onion
08 july 2020 - 21:58:53Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambia government Wednesday announced plans to impose a moratorium on importation of onions in the [...] Full text...
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Gambia Armed Forces warns against importation and sale of military items
07 july 2020 - 14:22:44Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambia Armed Forces has warned against the unauthorized importation and sale of military items such [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: ADF approves US$165 million grant for Ethiopia's national COVID-19 emergency response
03 july 2020 - 14:52:42Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF) on 3 July, 2020, approved [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: No new contamination in Tunisia
05 june 2020 - 17:19:40Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian Ministry of Health announced on Friday that for the second consecutive day, no new [...] Full text...
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COVID-19: Burundi First Lady airlifted to Kenyan hospital for specialized care
29 may 2020 - 18:08:11Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Burundian First Lady Denise Bucumi Nkurunziza has been airlifted to Kenya for medical care after reportedly [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Kenya's refugee camps, contact tracing now becoming stressful in fight against Covid-19
25 may 2020 - 21:29:02Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – A new coronavirus case has been reported at a refugee camp in Kakuma, northern Kenya, home [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Nigerian govt impounds British aircraft for operating illegal commercial flights into Nigeria
17 may 2020 - 17:48:51Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The federal government Sunday impounded an aircraft owned by a British company for illegally operating passenger [...] Full text...
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COVID-19: Congolese Parliament approves second extension of health emergency
11 may 2020 - 14:19:00Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Congo's Senate and National Assembly meeting in Brazzaville have approved the bill authorizing the extension for [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Ghana's positive cases jump to 4,263; doctors stress ban on social gathering should remain
10 may 2020 - 06:07:20Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana has recorded 251 more cases of COVID-19 (coronavirus) sending the total count to 4,263, the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Ghana extends closure of borders by one month
01 may 2020 - 14:14:28Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Friday extended the closure of the country’s borders by [...] Full text...
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Tunisia records significant drop in the consumption of petroleum products due to lockdown
26 april 2020 - 12:03:38Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Consumption of petroleum products in Tunisia recorded a 21% drop in March 2020 compared to the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO chief advises on testing, tracing, and when to lift restrictions
14 april 2020 - 06:14:47Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), has outlined his agency’s latest advice to countries [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO warns lifting restrictions too quickly could lead to deadly resurgence
11 april 2020 - 06:26:47Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) is working with countries on strategies to "gradually and safely" ease [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Ghana extends closure of borders by two weeks
04 april 2020 - 11:15:41Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President Akufo-Addo has extended the closure of the country's borders by two weeks as it [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Ghana using hydroxychloroquine to treat patients - Minister
01 april 2020 - 12:50:05Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana is treating its COVID-19 (coronavirus) patients with hydroxychloroquine, Health Minister Kwaku Agyemang-Manu said on Wednesday. He [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Zimbabwe government moves to contain COVID-19
31 march 2020 - 16:11:04Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe is currently under a 21-day lockdown that began on Monday to minimize the spread of [...] Full text...
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COVID-19 pandemic to cut Zambia’s GDP growth to 2%
27 march 2020 - 14:57:33Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambia’s Finance minister Bwalya Ng’andu has revised the economic growth for 2020 to 2 percent. Due to [...] Full text...
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Tunisia's net assets in foreign currencies exceed 20 billion dinars
26 march 2020 - 16:03:01Tunis Tunisia (PANA) - For the first time in month, Tunisia's net assets in foreign currencies exceeded 20 billion Tunisian [...] Full text...
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Inflation 'to remain above the large range', says Bank of Zambia
24 march 2020 - 11:01:47Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Inflation in Zambia is projected to 'remain above the large range' over the first half of [...] Full text...
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Libya oil company denounces import of aviation fuel from UAE by authorities in the east
23 march 2020 - 12:44:31Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan National Oil Company (NOC) has again criticised the importation by the authorities of eastern [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Ghana closes all borders as positive cases hit 21 with one death
22 march 2020 - 07:58:11Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana will close all land, sea and air borders to human traffic for the next two [...] Full text...
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Foreign ministry advises Libyans returning from abroad to start with 14-day confinement
20 march 2020 - 16:39:08Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the government of national accord (GNA) has advised citizens returning [...] Full text...
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Gabon to reduce number of flights to Libreville due to coronavirus
16 march 2020 - 13:59:32Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - In a bid to check importation of the coronavirus (Covid-19), the Gabonese government has set up [...] Full text...
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Libyan oil production drops under 120,000 barrels per day
06 march 2020 - 10:41:25Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Losses from the "illegal closure" of oil facilities have reached US$2.708 billion, with crude production falling [...] Full text...
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Congolese government restricts official missions abroad
04 march 2020 - 16:02:08Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Congolese Minister of Health and Population, Jacqueline Lydia Mikolo, announced on Wednesday in Brazzaville, the restriction [...] Full text...
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COVID-19 : Mauritius bans live animals importation from Italy, Iran, South Korea
04 march 2020 - 14:52:47Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius' Commerce and Consumer Protection ministry on Wednesday introduced a temporary ban on importation of [...] Full text...
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Buhari says Nigeria will abide by decision of panel on closure of land borders
03 march 2020 - 17:57:32Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday expressed willingness of his administration to implement the decision of [...] Full text...
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Kenya uproar erupts after China Southern Airlines flight lands with 239 passengers
26 february 2020 - 22:35:45Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyans protested on social media Wednesday against the health ministry's decision to allow the China Southern [...] Full text...
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Rwanda bans import of tilapia fingerlings
22 february 2020 - 14:17:53Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda has banned the importation of tilapia fingerlings after the detection in neighbouring countries of highly [...] Full text...
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India moves to increase bilateral trade with Kenya
22 february 2020 - 13:17:13Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – India plans to build a stronger bilateral partnership with Kenya through the promotion of trade and [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS ministers for hydrocarbons take measures for environmental protection
10 february 2020 - 14:33:07Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Ministers in charge of Hydrocarbons, Environment, Energy and Mines in the ECOWAS Member States as [...] Full text...
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Central Bank of Tunisia keeps prime rate unchanged at 7.75%
07 february 2020 - 23:44:04Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Central Bank of Tunisia (BCT) decided here Thursday to keep the bank's prime rate unchanged [...] Full text...
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Cape Verdean students in Wuhan protest against refusal to be repatriated
06 february 2020 - 16:34:44Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - Cape Verdean students in Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirus in China, are demanding urgent [...] Full text...
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Mauritius bans live animals and animal products importation from China
04 february 2020 - 14:38:24Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Ministry of Agro-Industry and Food Security and that of Blue Economy, Marine Resources, [...] Full text...
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No Nigerian has contracted coronavirus - Chinese envoy
03 february 2020 - 14:55:13Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Zhou Pingjian, on Monday said that no Nigerian citizen residing in [...] Full text...
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Nigerian agency closes second Chinese-run supermarket over coronavirus outbreak
31 january 2020 - 17:11:47Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has shut down a second Chinese-run supermarket [...] Full text...
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Prime Minister says Tunisia has taken all measures to prevent coronavirus
29 january 2020 - 15:04:36Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has taken all necessary measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus in the country by [...] Full text...
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Nigeria; Importation of coronavirus into Nigeria high, says Health Minister
29 january 2020 - 15:00:57Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, says that the risk of importation of coronavirus into [...] Full text...
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Nigerian govt. announces measures to prevent outbreak of Chinese deadly virus in Nigeria
22 january 2020 - 17:28:45Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Federal Government on Wednesday said that it has taken preventive measures to prevent an [...] Full text...
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Niger, highly exposed to sale of counterfeit drugs
17 january 2020 - 19:14:22Lome, Togo (PANA) - Only one percent of drugs in Niger are produced in that country, leaving it highly vulnerable [...] Full text...
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LEAD: Kenyan President sacks ministers, names new Foreign Minister in cabinet reshuffle
14 january 2020 - 13:19:25Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta fired agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mwangi Kiunjuri on Tuesday in a cabinet reshuffle, [...] Full text...
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Charge for electricity levy in US dollars: MDC Veep tells Zimbabwe govt
13 january 2020 - 23:14:23Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The vice president of Zimbabwe’s largest opposition party, MDC, Tendai Biti, Monday called on the government [...] Full text...
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Morocco loses bid to curb Turkish steel imports
08 january 2020 - 23:43:07Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Morocco will be expected to allow the importation of hot-rolled steel products from Turkey after its [...] Full text...
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Togo bans Glyphosate Herbicide
24 december 2019 - 12:22:02Lomé, Togo (PANA) - The Togolese authorities have banned the use of Glyphosate herbicide in the West African country with [...] Full text...
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Nigeria again shifts deadline to stop importation of petroleum products to 2023
14 december 2019 - 09:01:04Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria on Friday again announced a shift in the deadline to stop importation of petroleum products [...] Full text...
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Nigeria, Netherlands pledge stronger partnership on trade, investments
26 november 2019 - 21:32:11Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria and The Netherlands Tuesday pledged stronger partnership on trade and investments following a meeting between [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe Govt suspends customs duty on imported wheat flour, maize
25 november 2019 - 20:11:15Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Zimbabwean government has suspended duty on wheat flour and maize to allow for the direct [...] Full text...
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Minister tells Nigerian Customs to allow fuel supply to border towns to power generators for telecom services
23 november 2019 - 19:49:56Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s Minister of Communications, Dr Isa Pantami, has urged the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) to allow [...] Full text...
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Buhari says Nigerian farmers helped save billions of dollars annually from food importation
23 november 2019 - 18:17:38Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Saturday commended Nigerian farmers for “saving us billions of dollars yearly [...] Full text...
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Cabinet: Government vehicles transport people free of charge to overcome shortage
10 november 2019 - 19:41:50Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese government directed here Sunday that all cars and vehicles affiliated to public institutions must [...] Full text...
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Nigeria bans supply of petroleum products within 20 kilometres of its land borders
07 november 2019 - 19:19:57Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – In an unprecedented move, the Nigeria Customs Service has announced the cutting of supply of petroleum [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Controversy still trail closure of Nigeria's land borders
02 november 2019 - 11:13:24Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The continued closure of Nigeria’s land borders resonated on Friday as the Governor of Central Bank [...] Full text...
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Ministry sensitises officials on illegal import, export of cultural objects
18 october 2019 - 14:09:56Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana's Environment, Natural Resources Conservation and Tourism ministry will, through the Department of National Museum and [...] Full text...
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Niger: Cereal prices fall due to the availability of new harvests
14 october 2019 - 19:30:17Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Average cereal prices dropped in Niger during the month of October due to the availability of [...] Full text...
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Mnangagwa says Zimbabwe focuses on production to stimulate the economy
01 october 2019 - 13:38:49Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said the turnaround of the economy hinges on focused support for [...] Full text...
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Analysis: Fake drugs, Zimbabwe's emerging trend
29 september 2019 - 20:54:12Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Local consumer rights watchdog, the National Consumer Rights Association (Nacora), says consumers are increasingly raising complaints [...] Full text...
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Rwanda seeks to address key challenge in distribution of high quality drugs (Feature by Aimable Twahirwa, PANA Correspondent)
16 september 2019 - 11:19:28Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Reports of substandard medicines in Rwanda from China and India have drawn attention to one thing: [...] Full text...
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Nigeria and challenge of illicit drugs use and trafficking (Feature by Madu Onuorah, PANA correspondent)
16 september 2019 - 11:15:00Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The challenge of illicit drug use and trafficking has assumed frightening dimension that pose serious threat to [...] Full text...
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Fake medicines, drugs, Ghana’s health burden (Feature by Ray Ankomah)
16 september 2019 - 11:01:47Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Occasionally, the Ghana Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) carries out snap checks in the major markets [...] Full text...
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Kenya's pharmaceutical products smuggling fuelled by lax regulations, booming online marketing campaigns (Feature by Kennedy Abwao, PANA Correspondent)
16 september 2019 - 10:56:20Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - It takes a smartphone with internet connection. With the click of a button, an online electronic [...] Full text...
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Rwanda seeks to address key challenge in distribution of high quality drugs (Feature by Aimable Twahirwa, PANA Correspondent)
13 september 2019 - 13:57:25Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Reports of substandard medicines in Rwanda from China and India have drawn attention to one thing: [...] Full text...
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Challenge of illicit drugs use, trafficking in Nigeria (Feature by Madu Onuorah, PANA correspondent)
13 september 2019 - 13:54:56Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The challenge of illicit drug use and trafficking has assumed frightening dimension that pose serious threat to [...] Full text...
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Fake medicines, drugs, Ghana’s health burden (Feature by Ray Ankomah)
13 september 2019 - 13:48:04Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Occasionally, the Ghana Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) carries out snap checks in the major markets [...] Full text...
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Kenya's pharmaceutical products smuggling fuelled by lax regulations, booming online marketing campaigns (Feature by Kennedy Abwao, PANA Correspondent)
13 september 2019 - 13:44:47Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - It takes a smartphone with internet connection. With the click of a button, an online electronic [...] Full text...
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Insecurity encourages proliferation of fake medicines in Libya (Analysis by BA Youssef, PANA correspondent)
13 september 2019 - 13:42:35Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Officials at the Libyan Medicines Monitoring Centre estimate between 50 and 60 percent of medicines sold [...] Full text...
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Sugar production in Tanzania increases
10 september 2019 - 10:55:19Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Sugar production in Tanzania has increased by 16.8 percent, the National Assembly was told [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso suspends importation of sugar, cooking oil
09 september 2019 - 18:20:36Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkinabe Ministry of Commerce on Monday announced the suspension of the issuance of special [...] Full text...
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4,000 agro-pastoralists compensated for plague of small ruminants in Burundi
29 august 2019 - 22:12:46Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Some 4,000 agro-pastoralists from eight of the 18 Burundian provinces hard hit by a plague of [...] Full text...
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Magascar notifies WTO of intention to restrict cooking fat, lubricant imports
28 august 2019 - 22:42:02Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The authorities in Madagascar have moved to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to initiate a safeguard [...] Full text...
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Nigeria Customs Service explains closure of Seme border to tackle trans-border crimes
24 august 2019 - 14:47:53Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Saturday denied any formal closure of the Seme-Krake border with Benin, [...] Full text...
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Nawara gas field in Tunisia begins operation
23 august 2019 - 19:39:13Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – The natural gas field of Nawara, located in southern Tunisia, on Friday entered its exploitation phase [...] Full text...
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Mauritius takes action to control fruit flies
22 august 2019 - 18:17:04Reduit, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius on Thursday opened a Fruit Fly Rearing Facility in Reduit, a mass rearing system producing high [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Buhari says military should not spare bandits killing, kidnapping citizens in Northwest Nigeria
17 august 2019 - 19:10:48Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Saturday in Katsina, Katsina State, Northeast Nigeria, charged the military to be [...] Full text...
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Mixed reaction to grain prices in Nigerien markets
13 august 2019 - 18:34:49Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The price situation in cereal markets in Niger has since last week assumed an upward trend, [...] Full text...
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Burundi ends importation of fertilizers
13 august 2019 - 15:36:44Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi has announced a halt to the importation of agricultural fertilizers this year, saying the ban [...] Full text...
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Aid el-Adha disrupted by the military escalation near Tripoli (A news analysis)
05 august 2019 - 22:46:48Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - In defiance of a deleterious atmosphere marked by the continuation of armed fighting near southern Tripoli, [...] Full text...
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Togolese gov't warns against illegal importation of tilapias
11 july 2019 - 14:20:58Lome, Togo (PANA) - The Togolese government has warned against the illegal importation of tilapias into Togolese markets, the Ministry [...] Full text...
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Botswana Agriculture Ministry revokes vegetable import permits
29 june 2019 - 14:59:19Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The Botswana Ministry of Agricultural Development and Food Security has revoked all vegetable and fruit import [...] Full text...
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Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe directive threatens foreign currency holders' monies
26 june 2019 - 14:26:28Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe’s (RBZ) latest monetary measures have introduced stringent conditions for foreign currency [...] Full text...
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UN expresses concern about humanitarian situation in Sudan
17 june 2019 - 16:07:56Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The UN office in Sudan has expressed deep concern over what it terms as the “deteriorating [...] Full text...
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Zimra says Electronic Cargo Tracking System has reduced illegal fuel trucks in Zimbabwe
14 june 2019 - 16:38:23Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) commissioner general Faith Mazani says the amount of illegal fuel trucks [...] Full text...
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President Mnangagwa's associate, Wadyajena, in hot water over Lamborghini Urus purchase
12 june 2019 - 17:49:32Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zanu PF Member of Parliament for the Gokwe-Nembudziya constituency, Justice Mayor Wadyajena, has received heavy criticisms [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority warns oil firms against raising fuel prices
29 may 2019 - 13:52:09Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) has said fuel prices will remain at RTGS$4.89 (96 US cents) [...] Full text...
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Mauritius aims at energy efficiency in the face of climate change
23 may 2019 - 13:41:32Ebene, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Energy and Public Utilities minister, Mr Ivan Collendavelloo, on Thursday said every year Mauritius spends [...] Full text...
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Nigeria approves domestication of AU resolution on 0.2% import levy
21 may 2019 - 06:52:00Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the domestication of the African Union (AU) Resolution providing [...] Full text...
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Fuel prices in Zimbabwe set to go up by 50 pct (Eds: Refiling to correct para 1. RBZ does not fix fuel prices)
21 may 2019 - 04:42:56Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) on Monday abandoned a US$1:RTGS$1 rate of importing fuel for oil [...] Full text...
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'We will deal with Zimbabwe's power and fuel crises quickly' - Minister
18 may 2019 - 18:27:18Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Newly appointed Energy minister Fortune Chasi says he is being briefed on the fuel and power [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe government finalizing Local Content Policy
15 may 2019 - 23:10:22Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Zimbabwe government is finalising the national Local Content Policy (LCP) to stimulate local production to [...] Full text...
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Botswana to improve food security
14 may 2019 - 19:50:06Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The Botswana Ministry of Agricultural Development and Food Security is working on the country’s development strategies [...] Full text...
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Traffic congestion prevails in Botswana despite roads infrastructure developments (Feature by Meekaeel Siphambili, PANA correspondent)
07 may 2019 - 12:10:45Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana’s road networks have come of age since the early 1970s when the country had only [...] Full text...
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Mauritius sets to become a high-income economy
25 april 2019 - 13:47:39Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Labour, Industrial Relations, Employment and Training Minister, Soodesh Callichurn, on Thursday said that Mauritius is [...] Full text...
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Libya, China finalise contract for importation of made-in-China buses
24 april 2019 - 15:17:36Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan company, "Al-Saham", a subsidiary of the holding of the national investment company, on Tuesday [...] Full text...
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US dollar not good for Zimbabwe's industry - Minister Ndlovu
12 april 2019 - 20:08:38Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe’s Industry and Commerce minister Nqobizitha Mangaliso Ndlovu, believes that the United States dollar is no [...] Full text...
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Botswana to deal with food insecurity caused by poor rains
11 april 2019 - 18:12:16Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana is posed to act in an emergency response to improve food and nutrition security caused [...] Full text...
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Libya signs contract with Chinese firm for bus importation to ease traffic jams in Tripoli
27 march 2019 - 12:37:56Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's Al-Saham company, a subsidiary of the National Investment Holding Group, has signed a contract with [...] Full text...
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Tanzanian Prime Minister wants border control tightened
24 february 2019 - 23:41:41Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Tanzanian Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa has directed the country’s security organs to tighten control [...] Full text...
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Buhari restates commitment to free, fair and credible elections ahead of Saturday polls
12 february 2019 - 19:14:46Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday visited two Niger Delta capital cities of Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, [...] Full text...
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EAC to speed up regional confederation process
01 february 2019 - 23:31:28Arusha, Tanzania (PANA) - The 20th Ordinary annual Summit of the East African Community (EAC) Heads of State held in [...] Full text...
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Libya appeals to international community for help to train its police
17 january 2019 - 15:45:33Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's Minister of the Interior of the Government of National Unity (GNA), Fethi Bachagha, has [...] Full text...
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Mauritius: New Animal Health Bill to be introduced soon
17 january 2019 - 09:19:59Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - A New Animal Health Bill will be introduced this year in order to further reinforce biosecurity [...] Full text...
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Kenyan manufacturers seek protectionism to revive vehicle assembly plants
09 january 2019 - 16:53:26Mombasa, Kenya (PANA) – Kenyan motor vehicle assembling firms have appealed to President Uhuru Kenyatta to pay special attention to [...] Full text...
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EAC heads of state postpone ordinary session
30 november 2018 - 19:33:56Arusha, Tanzan8a (PANA) - The 20th Ordinary Meeting of the Summit of the East African Community Heads of State that [...] Full text...
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EAC Summit seeks to fasttrack political federation, remove trade barriers
27 november 2018 - 14:13:42Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The 20th Ordinary Meeting of the Summit of the East African Community (EAC) Heads of State [...] Full text...
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African Road Safety Observatory set up in Marrakech
16 november 2018 - 15:24:20Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Africa's first Road Safety Forum ended Thursday in Marrakech, Morocco, urging participating countries to focus on [...] Full text...
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Nigeria tops African countries in remittance of inflows
06 november 2018 - 17:39:44Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria tops African countries in remittances of inflows and is among the top five globally, [...] Full text...
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Bashir bans import of drugs manufactured locally
30 october 2018 - 10:06:10Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan has banned import of drugs and any such products that are locally manufactured, a move [...] Full text...
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Energy regulator cracks down on illegal crossborder LPG trade
25 september 2018 - 14:37:17Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Thirteen (13) people have been arraigned in court and charged with different malpractices related to the [...] 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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Mauritius launches new pictorial tobacco health warning labels
01 june 2018 - 10:53:07Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Health Ministry on Friday launched a new set of pictorial health warning labels on [...] 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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Mauritius to introduce Use of Pesticides Bill
21 may 2018 - 11:31:22Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Agroindustry and Food Security Minister Mahen Seeruttun will on Tuesday introduce the Use of Pesticides [...] Full text...
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Nigeria’s foreign reserves rise to $46bn
12 march 2018 - 07:45:55Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s foreign reserves has hit $46bn, according to a tweet on Sunday by the Spokesman of [...] Full text...
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AfDB approves US $100-million trade finance facility for Angola
06 march 2018 - 18:08:31Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA) – Aiming to support international trade transactions of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and local corporates [...] Full text...
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Liberain President Weah meets with Bihari, solitics Nigeria's assistance in reviving Liberia's economy
05 march 2018 - 16:06:11Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Liberian President, George Opong Weah, arrived Nigeria on a one-day visit, and held bilateral talks with [...] Full text...
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Gambian Army to crack down on indiscriminate use of military accoutrement
27 february 2018 - 09:47:13Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambia Armed Forces has said it will soon commence a crackdown on individuals and business [...] Full text...
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Kenyatta, Magufuli direct ministers resolve inter-state trade disputes
23 february 2018 - 13:50:15Nairoibi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Tanzanian counterpart John Pombe Magufuli on Friday directed their ministers [...] Full text...
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