Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) and TikTok, a platform for short-form mobile videos, announced a year-long collaboration aimed at providing people with reliable, science-based health information, a press release issued Thursday said.This reflects WHO's commitment to leveraging multiple digital communication platforms to increase outreach to [...] Full text...
Port Sudan Sudan(PANA) - To the exception of the shy main stream media, internet and Sudanese social interaction outlets are crammed since morning Thursday with reports about an unprecedented ground offensive launched by the Sudanese army against strongholds of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF)paramilitary in Khartoum and central Sudan [...] Full text...
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian President Adama Barrow has threatened to institute a legal action against a private newspaper, The Voice, if the paper fails to retract its report about his reported exit plan.The Voice on Monday reported that President Barrow had chosen the politically-little-known Muhammed Jah to replace him at [...] Full text...
Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - The World Bank Thursday approved a $92.2 million grant from the International Development Association (IDA) in Chad to expand access to affordable and resilient broadband connectivity and improve government capacity to deliver public services digitally.The Chad Digital Transformation Project will strengthen the institutional, strategic, [...] Full text...
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - With a view to improving the overall efficiency of the way in which European airspace is organised and managed, on Thursday the European Council adopted its position at first reading on the reform of the Single European Sky.The aim of the reform is to improve the [...] Full text...
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The following are Thursday's exchange rates for the Gambian Dalasi as published by the Central Bank of Gambia.Currency Buying SellingUS Dollar [...] Full text...
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The Confederation of African Football (CAF) and PUMA, a global sportskit manufacturer, have unveiled the official match ball for the TotalEnergies CAF Super Cup 2024 final which kicks off on Friday, 27 September 2024 at 18:00 GMT.The special edition of OLA, the football that was originally [...] Full text...
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has announced that an official signing ceremony of an agreement to end the crisis at the Central Bank of Libya (CBL) will take place on Thursday after representatives of the House of Representatives and the High Council of [...] Full text...
Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) - The Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved US$210 million as an Extended Credit Facility (ECF) arrangement for Liberia, allowing an immediate disbursement of US$5.8 million.The 40-month financing package will support the Liberian authorities’ Economic Reform Agenda (ARREST) to address macroeconomic imbalances, strengthen debt [...] Full text...
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's Minister of Agriculture, John Steenhuisen, is attending the G7 Agriculture Forum for Africa in Syracuse, Italy, which ends on Friday. The G7 is a political and economic forum for the discussion and formulation of solutions relating to trade, economics and climate change.The [...] Full text...
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The Cash4Jobs Project, known as Merankabandi ("be like others" in the local language), is more than just a project in Burundi—it has profoundly changed the lives of more than 1 million people through regular cash transfers. This project is a beacon of hope in a world grappling [...] Full text...
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The following are the exchange rates for the Tanzania Shilling on Thursday as issued by the Bank of Tanzania,Currency Buying SellingBurundi Franc 0.9322 0.9357Euro 3,034.376 3,064.9933British Pound 3,630.4722 3,668.6917Japanese Yen 18.8168 19.0036Kenya [...] Full text...
New York, US (PANA) - Participants at a Ministerial Meeting on Sudan have expressed deep concern about the catastrophic and still rapidly deteriorating situation in Sudan, reiterated the commitments made in the Declaration of Principles adopted in Paris on 15 April 2024, one year into the conflict, and informed about [...] Full text...
New York, US (PANA) - As wars and crises dominate global headlines, leaders from small island developing States used the UN General Assembly platform to sound the alarm on climate change – their most pressing existential threat – warning that it is obliterating economies and livelihoods.Separated by oceans, the leaders [...] Full text...
New York, US (PANA) - In a world where peace is “never automatic”, leadership is essential on the part of the UN Security Council which must find better ways to unite in the face of gridlock, the UN chief said on Wednesday.Antonio Guterres was addressing a High-Level Debate in the [...] Full text...
New York, US (PANA) - With global sea level rising faster than at any time over the last 3,000 years, UN Member States met on Wednesday to examine how best to address this existential threat. The situation is critical, said UN General Assembly President Philémon Yang, who convened the high-level meeting which [...] Full text...
New York, US (PANA) - With war raging in Sudan and no end in sight to the catastrophic hunger crisis it has created, UN agencies and Member States meeting at the General Assembly in New York on Wednesday prepared to issue a renewed call for urgent action to protect the [...] Full text...
