Teen alcohol and nicotine use in Europe is up; WHO urges preventive measures

25 april 2024 - 12:36:18
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Smoking and drinking is on the rise among teenagers in Europe, Central Asia and Canada, and girls [...] Full text...

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Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices up in Benin

17 march 2024 - 15:44:54
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin's Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices for February 2024 rose to 112.1 from 110.5 a month [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Nigeria’s inflation rate hits 29.90% in January amid rising food prices

15 february 2024 - 15:22:19
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria’s inflation increased to 29.90 per cent in January 2024 from 28.92 per cent recorded in [...] Full text...

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Global cancer burden growing, amidst mounting need for services

01 february 2024 - 17:34:49
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Ahead of World Cancer Day, 1 February, 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO)’s cancer agency, the [...] Full text...

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Accra hosts USA food pairing event

10 january 2024 - 18:43:26
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana’s growing population is youthful with an increasingly fast emerging middle-class who have an appreciation for [...] Full text...

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WHO issues new, updated recommendations on treatment of mental, neurological and substance use conditions

20 november 2023 - 21:02:15
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) Mondayy published the third edition of the Mental Health Gap Action [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Nigeria’s inflation rate hits 27.33% as food, beverages, other prices rise

15 november 2023 - 14:48:45
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s headline inflation rate for October 2023 has increased to 27.33 per cent, from 26.72 per [...] Full text...

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Dead bodies from natural disasters, conflict do not generally pose health risks - Red Cross, WHO

15 september 2023 - 16:13:57
Geneva, Swtzerland (PANA) -  The World Health Organization (WHO) and two other sister organizations dismissed here Friday, amid devastating loss [...] Full text...

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WHO releases New Model Essential List of medicines

26 july 2023 - 15:33:28
Geneva, Switerland (PANA - The World Health Organization (WHO) Wednesday published the new editions of the Model Lists of Essential [...] Full text...

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Human rights at risk in Tunisia two years after President Saied’s power grab: Rights group

24 july 2023 - 10:45:45
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - In the second year since Tunisian President Kais Saied’s power grab, Tunisian authorities have taken further [...] Full text...

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Nigeria’s Inflation rate hits 22.8% in June 2023

17 july 2023 - 15:46:39
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says Nigeria’s headline inflation rate increased to 22.79 per cent [...] Full text...

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WHO releases new guidance to protect children from ‘aggressive’ food marketing

04 july 2023 - 05:36:19
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) -The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday released fresh guidance on shaping policies to best protect children [...] Full text...

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Harmonised Consumer Price Index in Benin falls in April

18 may 2023 - 17:31:05
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Harmonised Consumer Price Index for the month of April has registered a drop compared to [...] Full text...

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WHO advises against use of artificial sweeteners

16 may 2023 - 05:39:53
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - New guidelines from the UN health agency released on Monday have advised against using non-sugar sweeteners (NSS). The recommendation [...] Full text...

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Benin's harmonised consumer price index rises in March

19 april 2023 - 17:19:00
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The harmonized index of consumer prices rose slightly in March in Benin, according to a publication [...] Full text...

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Burundi: Year-on-year inflation in March 2023 stands at +32.6 pct

18 april 2023 - 13:16:36
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Year-on-year inflation in March 2023 stood at +32.6%, against 28.0% in the previous month, the Burundi [...] Full text...

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Mental illnesses affect 10-15% of the population in Burundi

07 april 2023 - 18:29:04
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Depression, psychosis, schizophrenia, bipolar disorders, mania and autism are among the main mental illnesses that affect [...] Full text...

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Burundi: President Ndayishimiye inaugurates first cooing salt factory

01 april 2023 - 16:02:58
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi's Head of State, Evariste Ndayishimiye, Friday inaugurated the first national factory for processing cooking salt, Jessy [...] Full text...

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World Tuberculosis Day: WHO ramps up initiative to combat killer disease

24 march 2023 - 05:26:37
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - For the first time in more than a decade, the number of people dying from tuberculosis [...] Full text...

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Inflation rate stands at +3.4% in January 2023 in Burundi

21 february 2023 - 16:39:35
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - In January 2023, the National Household Consumption Price Index (CPI) recorded an increase of 3.4%, against [...] Full text...

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Burundi reccords average inflation of +1.9 pc for the year 2022

24 january 2023 - 18:38:49
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies of Burundi (ISTEEBU) has published the Household Consumer Price [...] Full text...

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Slight rise recorded in Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices in December

19 january 2023 - 20:20:16
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The harmonized index of consumer prices rose slightly in December in Benin, according to an official [...] Full text...

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Small island States to accelerate action on preventable diseases, mental health

19 january 2023 - 05:11:42
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are among countries that have the highest prevalence of non-communicable diseases [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso: Tax increase on high alcohol content drinks

11 january 2023 - 15:29:52
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkinabe authorities have decided to increase taxes on highly alcoholic beverages for this year [...] Full text...

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Inflation in Tanzania remains consistent with target - Central Bank

02 january 2023 - 11:14:35
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Global supply chain disruptions caused by the war in Ukraine and the resurgence of [...] Full text...

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Mauritius to broaden scope of HIV testing nationwide

26 november 2022 - 07:55:34
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius will introduce shortly the HIV and AIDS (Amendment) Bill to the National Assembly to broaden [...] Full text...

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Nigeria’s output growth expected to pick up in 2023: IMF staff

19 november 2022 - 07:54:05
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – For Nigeria to ensure macroeconomic stability, it requires tightening across all policy levers, and stronger revenue [...] Full text...

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Consumer Price Index inches down in September in Benin

18 october 2022 - 14:56:31
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Consumer Prices Index for September 2022 in Benin recorded a slight drop, the National Institute [...] Full text...

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'NCDs represent 80% of total disease burden, 60% of mortality in Mauritius' - Minister

04 october 2022 - 07:18:37
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - According to the Mauritian National Health Accounts 2021, which will be released soon, Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) [...] Full text...

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Heads of State commit to Noncommunicable Disease Global Compact to save 50 million lives by 2030

21 september 2022 - 14:44:14
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of WHO, Wednesday launched a new report calling on global leaders [...] Full text...

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Noncommunicable diseases now outnumber infectious diseases as the top killers globally -WHO (Embargoed for release until 13.00 CEST on Wednesday 21 Sept 2022)

19 september 2022 - 19:42:07
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization will on 21 September, release a new report and data portal on noncommunicable [...] Full text...

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Ghana's inflation goes up by 2.2% to 33.9% in August

14 september 2022 - 15:36:02
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's inflation rose to 33.9 per cent in August, up from 31.7 per cent in July, [...] Full text...

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Women urged to stop drinking alcohol during pregnancy

13 september 2022 - 07:45:50
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Minister of Health and Wellness, Mr. Kailesh Jagutpal, on Monday urged women to stop drinking [...] Full text...

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Burundi's Consumer Price Index rises by 1.7% in July

20 august 2022 - 17:08:07
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The Consumer Price Index (CPI) for households in Burundi increase of 1.7%, against a drop of [...] Full text...

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Rate of non-communicable diseases decline in Mauritius - Survey

11 august 2022 - 08:01:16
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Prime Minister, Pravind Jugnauth, said on Thursday that the rate of non-communicable diseases (NCD) [...] Full text...

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Monthly inflation rate down by 0.5pc in June 2022 in Burundi

19 july 2022 - 14:07:19
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - In June 2022, the national consumer price index (CPI) recorded a 0.5 per cent drop, against [...] Full text...

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Ghana's inflation climbs higher to hit 29.8% in June

13 july 2022 - 15:23:11
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's inflation climbed higher in June 2022 with  the year-on-year figure going up from May by [...] Full text...

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Benin's harmonised consumer price index rises in May

17 june 2022 - 16:01:02
Cotonou, Benin(PANA) - The Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices rose in May in Benin, according to a survey published by [...] Full text...

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Ghana's rate of inflation for May jumps to 27.6 pct

08 june 2022 - 15:49:57
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The rate of inflation for May, 2022 in Ghana has jumped up to 27.6 per cent, [...] Full text...

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Small Cape Town brewery conquers Africa

25 may 2022 - 10:26:26
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A small Cape Town brewery has won first prize at the 2022 African Beer [...] Full text...

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First year of COVID-19 pandemic led to 4.5 million excess deaths - WHO

20 may 2022 - 18:20:52
-Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has indicated in its latest comprehensive set of World Health Statistics to [...] Full text...

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High transport, food prices push Ghana's inflation for April to 23.6%

11 may 2022 - 15:52:24
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's year-on-year rate of inflation for April has hit 23.6%, the highest since January 2002, pushed [...] Full text...

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WHO calls for greater regulation of cross-border alcohol marketing

11 may 2022 - 05:39:23
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Alcohol is increasingly being marketed across borders, with young people and heavy drinkers particularly targeted, the [...] Full text...

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Cameroonian arrested at Mauritius airport with materials to print fake currency

10 may 2022 - 07:17:24
Plaisance, Mauritius (PANA) -The Mauritius Revenue Authority (MRA) has intercepted a Cameroonian passenger at the SSR International airport  with materials [...] Full text...

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WHO, Norway, Ghana launch First Global Heads of State and Government Group on NCDs

12 april 2022 - 16:46:57
Acca, Ghana, Switzerland (PANA) - The Worrld Health Organization (WHO)Tuesday welcomed the establishment of a new Heads of State and [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Benin eases control measures against pandemic

20 march 2022 - 12:35:17
Cotonou, Benin PANA) - Benin has eased measures to curb the spread of coronavirus following a drop in contamination and [...] Full text...

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South Africa's leading hip hop artist dead at 34

23 february 2022 - 11:55:28
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Leading South African hip hop artist Riky Rick died at his Johannesburg home on [...] Full text...

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Double digit figure inflation figure recorded in Botswana

15 february 2022 - 11:53:56
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The annual inflation rate for Botswana has hit a double digit figure, the country’s data authority [...] Full text...

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South Africa's wine exports soar

20 january 2022 - 08:08:58
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Despite a ban of alcohol sales during South Africa’s COVID-19 pandemic lockdown, the wine [...] Full text...

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Investing $1 per person annually could save 7 million lives in low, lower-middle income nations

13 december 2021 - 13:12:05
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A new World Health Organization (WHO) report shows that close to seven million deaths could be prevented [...] Full text...

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Libya to host conference on effects of drugs next month

14 october 2021 - 11:25:53
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya will next month host an international conference on the effects of drugs and psychotropic substances [...] Full text...

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South Africa's first black rugby captain shares his incredible story

05 october 2021 - 12:58:28
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – There is major interest in the rugby hero Siya Kolisi’s official biography which unpacks [...] Full text...

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Cardiovascular diseases kill 1,800 people every year in Mauritius

30 september 2021 - 07:49:47
Port-Louis Mauritius (PANA) - Some 1,800 people die from Cardiovascular Diseases (CVDs) every year, accounting for 19% of all deaths [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Botswana liquor outlets’ non-compliance with health protocols worries authorities

13 september 2021 - 13:03:48
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Health and Wellness authorities in Botswana have condemned videos circulating on social media platforms, depicting blatant [...] Full text...

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Pandemic increasing risk factors for suicide, UN health agency warns

11 september 2021 - 05:22:07
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Suicide prevention must be prioritised after 18 months of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Americas office of [...] Full text...

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Inflation picks pace to 18-month high in Kenya

31 august 2021 - 22:34:46
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The overall year-on-year inflation rate in Kenya, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), rose [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian refugees in Sudan facing increasingly difficult conditions - ICRC

09 august 2021 - 13:40:03
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Ethiopian refugees in camps in South-East Sudan are facing dire living conditions as fighting continues in [...] Full text...

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Botswana’s alcohol industry suffers a blow

06 august 2021 - 19:12:12
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana’s opaque and clear beer manufacturer, Kgalagadi Breweries Limited (KBL), says over 50,000 lives are in [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Pandemic affects, challenges South Africa’s retail industry

20 july 2021 - 15:34:27
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, South African retail food sales totalled US$ [...] Full text...

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More than 50 cases of rape of minors recorded in Guinean capital in 6 months

23 june 2021 - 21:20:39
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - About 53 cases of rape of under-age girls were recorded between January and June 2021 in [...] Full text...

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South Africa expels Lesotho diplomats

11 june 2021 - 11:32:48
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A diplomatic storm has erupted between South Africa and neighbouring Lesotho which has resulted [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: More than 100,000 people in Ghana take second jab of AstraZeneca vaccine

24 may 2021 - 23:05:42
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Over 100,000 people in Ghana have so far received the second phase of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Mauritius declares “war” against Covid-19

23 may 2021 - 10:04:41
Cote d'Or, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth on Sunday launched a national awareness campaign against Covid-19, under [...] Full text...

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Sugar producer unveils $238.5 million investment in Tanzania’s industry expansion

20 may 2021 - 07:07:10
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Kilombero Sugar Company (KSC) has announced a new investment of $238.5 million (Tsh 571.6 [...] Full text...

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South Africa has ‘obligation’ to better address domestic violence: UN women’s rights experts

18 may 2021 - 06:44:50
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - Failure to address domestic violence in South Africa is a violation of women’s rights, independent [...] Full text...

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CAF Executive Committee members test negative for Covid-19 in Kigali

15 may 2021 - 06:07:32
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - All CAF members invited to CAF executive meeting in Rwanda registered through the Rwanda Biomedical Center [...] Full text...

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South African health expert appointed to WHO council

07 may 2021 - 11:38:37
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s world renowned infectious disease epidemiologist Professor Salim Abdool Karim, who played a [...] Full text...

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Botswana’s inflation steadily shoots up

15 april 2021 - 15:51:59
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) – Transport index has pushed up Botswana’s annual inflation rate for March 2021. According to Statistics Botswana’s (SB) [...] Full text...

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156 golfers set for Magical Kenya Open Championship

03 march 2021 - 19:49:00
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The forthcoming Magical Kenya Open Golf Championship in Nairobi has attracted 156 participants. The organizers of the [...] Full text...

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South Africa eases lockdown measures

01 march 2021 - 10:20:27
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa on Monday moved to its lowest COVID-19 lockdown restrictions following confirmation that [...] Full text...

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COVID-19 disturbs data collection in Botswana

17 february 2021 - 08:44:07
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Statistics Botswana’s data collection for consumer price index (CPI) compilation continues to be affected by the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus -World Bank undertakes surveys to map out impact on development

08 january 2021 - 23:14:13
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The World Bank has launched a series of Rapid Response Phone Surveys of households and firms [...] Full text...

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Bank of Tanzania reports slowdown in annual food inflation

29 december 2020 - 10:27:12
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Tanzania’s annual headline inflation slightly eased to 3.0 percent in November 2020 from 3.1 [...] Full text...

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Christians celebrate Christmas despite COVID-19

25 december 2020 - 06:37:12
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Billions of Christians in the world are on Friday celebrating Christmas to mark birth of Jesus [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Benin announces resumption of sports, cultural activities

24 december 2020 - 10:46:13
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Beninese government has decided to ease the restrictive measures implemented to fight the COVID-19 pandemic [...] Full text...

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Mali destroys tons of illicit drugs and counterfeit pharmaceuticals

19 november 2020 - 15:47:49
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's Central Office of Narcotics (OCS) in Dio, some 40 km from Bamako, on Wednesday incinerated [...] Full text...

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Road accidents claim 114 lives in Mauritius this year

17 november 2020 - 07:00:43
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – A total of 114 people have lost their lives in road accidents in Mauritius this [...] Full text...

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Nigeria’s registers 0.52 pc inflation rise to 14.23 pc in October 2020

16 november 2020 - 14:14:57
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s Consumer Price Index (CPI), which measures inflation, increased by 14.23 per cent (year-on-year) in October [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: South Africa's opposition slams lockdown extension

12 november 2020 - 09:18:38
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) on Thursday slammed President Cyril Ramaphosa for extending [...] Full text...

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Significant food price hikes push currency weakening in Africa

03 november 2020 - 23:52:03
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - A significant rise in the cost of food during the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has ignited [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: South Africa's COVID-19 lockdown extended again

15 october 2020 - 08:15:37
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has confirmed that South Africa’s State [...] Full text...

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Rwanda's CPI up 8.9 pct in Sept.2020

11 october 2020 - 10:48:25
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, rose 8.9 per cent year on [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Pandemic disrupting critical mental health services - WHO warns

06 october 2020 - 06:33:08
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The global pandemic has disrupted critical mental health services in 93 per cent of the countries [...] Full text...

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Mauritius to conduct 7th Non-Communicable Diseases survey

02 october 2020 - 06:25:19
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Health and Wellness Ministry is to conduct the 7th National Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) Survey [...] Full text...

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Noncommunicable diseases increase risk of dying from COVID-19 in Africa

10 september 2020 - 17:37:30
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - There is an increasing evidence that Africans living with noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), such as hypertension and [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: 2 West African Science and Tech institutions driving local solutions to COVID-19 pandemic

04 september 2020 - 16:03:19
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Bank-funded institutes in Nigeria and Burkina Faso are domestically producing much-needed personal protective equipment (PPE) [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Libyan authorities reopen schools for baccalaureate candidates

31 august 2020 - 17:31:13
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan authorities on Monday reopened schools for students siting for their Baccalaureate examinations, more than five [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Kenya extends coronavirus curfew, eases ban on alcohol sale

26 august 2020 - 18:10:39
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - President Uhuru Kenyatta has extended a nationwide curfew, currently in force, by a further 30 days [...] Full text...

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FIFA teams up with AU, WHO and CAF to promote campaign against domestic violence in Africa

18 august 2020 - 15:04:34
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - FIFA is joining forces with the African Union (AU), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Mixed reaction trails easing COVID-19 lockdown in South Africa

16 august 2020 - 11:11:09
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – There has been mixed reaction to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s decision to lift most lockdown [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: ECOWAS gives Benin equipment to counter pandemic

10 august 2020 - 23:27:21
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Monday gave substantial material support to Benin towards [...] Full text...

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Mali: FEMAFOOT delivers sanitary kits and sports equipment to Division 1 clubs

06 august 2020 - 17:12:03
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - As part of the resumption of national competitions, the Malian Football Federation (FEMAFOOT) on Wednesday handed [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Botswana bans liquor sale as positive cases rise

06 august 2020 - 05:27:58
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana has imposed a countrywide alcohol sale ban, as the country sees a rise in COVID-19 [...] Full text...

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Retail giants, Shoprite, to pull out of Nigeria

05 august 2020 - 14:23:39
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - South Africa retail giant, Shoprite, has announced the commencement of a formal process to discontinue its [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: South African president Ramaphosa urges caution as infections begin stabilising

02 august 2020 - 07:05:23
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa has urged South Africans to remain vigilant after the country’s confirmed [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Kenya bans alcohol sale to battle rising infections spike

27 july 2020 - 22:11:45
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – President Uhuru Kenyatta announced a ban on the sale of alcoholic drinks in restaurants and extended [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: More than 180 Congolese stranded by pandemic in South Africa and Morocco repatriated

25 july 2020 - 11:43:53
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - After more than five months stranded in South Africa and Morocco because of the coronavirus pandemic, [...] Full text...

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Mauritius to launch national action plan to tackle harmful use of alcohol

25 july 2020 - 06:28:50
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Health and Wellness Ministry is to launch different activities to control and reduce [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: World Bank hails Morocco's fight against pandemic

22 july 2020 - 11:37:08
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The World Bank has hailed Morocco's "rapid and decisive response" in the fight against COVID-19 (coronavirus). In [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Nigeria's COVID-19 Presidential Task Force accuses elites of flouting preventive guidelines

16 july 2020 - 19:06:20
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on Coronavirus (COVID-19) on Thursday criticized Nigerian elites for flouting regulations [...] Full text...

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Inflation drop by 1.5 basis points in Botswana

16 july 2020 - 09:27:48
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Statistics Botswana (SB) Thursday announced that the country’s inflation significantly dropped in June. Malebogo Kerekang, Acting Statistician [...] Full text...

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Covid:19: 124 Cameroonians reach home safely from Niger

08 july 2020 - 12:48:08
Yaounde, Cameroon (PANA) - Despite borders closed during the COVID-19 pandemic, 124 Cameroonians stranded in Niger safely returned home last [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: Nigeria's airports set for reopen as officials issue COVID-19 compliant guidelines

27 june 2020 - 18:23:20
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Passengers travelling abroad through Nigeria’s airport terminals are required to arrive five hours before departure in [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: IOC joins forces with WHO and UN to fight pandemic

24 june 2020 - 10:13:01
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - On Olympic Day, 23 June 2020, the International Olympic Committee and UN World Health Organisation (WHO) [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Benin security forces to make places of worship safe from the spread of COVID-19

19 june 2020 - 19:36:38
Cotonou, Benin(PANA) - The Beninese government will deploy security forces to places of worship to check compliance with preventive measures [...] Full text...

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Covid;-19: UNHCR, TSF donate material worth 353 million CFAF to fight coronavirus in Congo

19 june 2020 - 15:58:05
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The representative of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Cyr Modeste Kouamé, and the regional [...] Full text...

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Moroccan medical aid handed to Cameroonian authorities

17 june 2020 - 22:54:05
Yaoundé Cameroun (PANA) - Morocco Wednesday handed over medical aid to Cameroun at the international Yaoundé-Nsimalen airport, reliable sources told [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Congo receives Moroccan medical items

17 june 2020 - 10:23:56
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Moroccan government on Tuesday donated more than ten tons of drugs and medical equipment to Congo [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: Mauritius schools reopen 1 July 2020

15 june 2020 - 15:56:54
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – All schools - pre-primary, primary and secondary levels in Mauritius - will resume classes on [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Moroccan king to send medical aid to 15 African countries to fight virus

15 june 2020 - 08:08:50
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Morocco is sending medical aid to several African countries to fight against the COVID 19, according [...] Full text...

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Rwanda's CPI up 9.2 per cent in May

10 june 2020 - 13:31:52
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda’s Consumer Price Index (CPI), main gauge of inflation, increased by 9.2 per cent year-on-year in [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: South African lobby group flags police brutality in containing pandemic

04 june 2020 - 13:45:34
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African lobby group AfriForum has laid charges against Pretoria at the United Nations [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: Alcohol trade, consumption ban due to be lifted in Botswana

30 may 2020 - 19:34:26
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) –  President Mokgweetsi Masisi has announced Botswana’s intention to resume alcohol trade, after a two months ban. Addressing [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: UNHCR continues to support DRC in fight against COVID-19

29 may 2020 - 18:11:13
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) continues to support the Congolese government in its fight [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Tobacco giant sues government over smoking ban

29 may 2020 - 13:19:04
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – British American Tobacco South Africa (BATSA) on Friday launched urgent legal proceedings to challenge [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Pandemic 'under control' in Niger

29 may 2020 - 11:44:02
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The spread of the COVID-19 pandemic has eased and is under control in Niger, the Minister [...] Full text...

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The Gambia's domestic debt remains high - Cetral Bank

28 may 2020 - 21:37:52
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambia’s stock of domestic debt remains high, increasing to D33.6 billion or 33.2 per cent [...] Full text...

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FIFA, WHO and European Commission launch #SafeHome campaign

26 may 2020 - 19:27:03
Zurich, Switzerland (PANA) - FIFA, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the European Commission have joined forces to launch the [...] Full text...

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Four people die of alcohol poisoning in Tunisia

26 may 2020 - 10:15:29
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Four people from he same family have died in Tunisia after drinking alcoholic product known in [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: South Africa's positive cases pass 20,000 mark

24 may 2020 - 12:14:48
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African Department of Health on Sunday confirmed that 53 employees at AngloGold [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: UN boss salutes South Africa's pandemic response

19 may 2020 - 13:17:12
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – United Nations  Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday saluted President Cyril Ramaphosa and his [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: Lock-down disturbs economic data collection in Botswana

18 may 2020 - 15:25:14
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The coronavirus  pandemic has disturbed economic data collection in Botswana, according to the country’s data authority. Statistics [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Mask wearing in public place now mandatory in Mauritius

18 may 2020 - 12:33:53
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – As from 18 May, it is mandatory to wear a mask while in public places [...] Full text...

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Benin Government reminds voters to respect barrier measures against COVID-19

17 may 2020 - 18:38:37
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Beninese government Sunday reminded voters to respect the measures put in place to prevent the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: President Kaboré welcomes army's commitment to the fight against the pandemic

15 may 2020 - 17:39:32
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The President of Burkina Faso, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, on Friday welcomed the commitment of [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: UN leads call to protect most vulnerable from mental health crisis during and after pandemic

14 may 2020 - 05:31:02
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Decades of neglect and under-investment in addressing people’s mental health needs have been exposed by the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Curfew eased in Tunisia

13 may 2020 - 17:15:43
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian President Kaïs Saied, on Wednesday slashed the curfew period in force since 18 March in [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: Niger reopens places of worship, lifts curfew in Niamey

13 may 2020 - 12:58:58
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The Nigerien government has lifted the curfew in Niamey, the capital, and reopened places of worship [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO hails 7.4 billion-Euro pledge for COVID-19 treatments

05 may 2020 - 05:08:12
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - World leaders on Monday pledged 7.4 billion Euros to support research and development for medicines to [...] Full text...

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Covid-19: Congo sets up technical unit for protection of doctors

04 may 2020 - 14:53:41
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The president of the departmental council of the Order of Physicians of Pointe-Noire and Kouilou in [...] Full text...

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Mauritius to introduce Covid-19 bill to provide legal impetus to post-lockdown measures

02 may 2020 - 10:24:38
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Attorney General and Agro-Industry and Food Security Minister Maneesh Gobin said here Friday a Covid-19 [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Congo gives emergency aid to more than 10,000 households vulnerable to virus

30 april 2020 - 09:45:39
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - More than 10,000 vulnerable households in Congo received emergency aid in Brazzaville on Wednesday to cope [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: Jack Ma, WHO-Africa and UNDP present more donations to Congo for fight against coronavirus

20 april 2020 - 21:41:08
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA)  - Chinese billionaire Jack Ma, the World Health Organization (WHO) for Africa and the UN Development Programme [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: South Africa's lobby group seeks to have tobacco ban lifted

20 april 2020 - 18:18:45
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Just days after President Cyril Ramaphosa refused to lift the ban on alcohol sales [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Kenya introduces mandatory quarantine for violators of control measures

20 april 2020 - 10:21:45
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A paramedic who ordered an ambulance crew to help a group of partying youth evade the [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Zuma serves notice of his plan to stand trial

19 april 2020 - 13:58:17
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former South African President Jacob Zuma on Sunday confirmed that he has restructured his [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: South African president, Ramaphosa, refuses to lift ban on alcohol sales

17 april 2020 - 16:57:09
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa on Friday rejected a legal application by business [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Lomé University develops resuscitation equipment

16 april 2020 - 06:37:16
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Lecturers and researchers of the University of Lomé (UL) have developed resuscitation equipment, including respirator, to [...] Full text...

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Inflation remains stable in Botswana

15 april 2020 - 23:02:51
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana’s annual inflation rate has remained stable over the past two months, an official source said [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: ‘Fake news’ is putting lives at risk, warns UNESCO

14 april 2020 - 07:08:25
Paris, France (PANA) - Unreliable and false information is spreading around the world to such an extent, that some commentators [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Beninese donate more than 250 million CFAF to virus fight

12 april 2020 - 18:57:33
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) – The Beninese government has received 250 million CFAF in donations from organisations and individuals to aid [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Benin says only media would be allowed on campaign trail for local election

12 april 2020 - 17:16:45
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) – Benin says only the media will be involved in the campaign for the country's local level [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: Congo’s oil operators give two tonnes of health equipment in the fight against coronavirus

09 april 2020 - 23:04:23
  Brazzaville, Congo (PANA)  -  The Association of Congo’s oil operators (AOPC) Thursday donated health equipment to the Congolese government within [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Amid lockdown, Zimbabwean journalists face prosecution (Analysis)

09 april 2020 - 17:36:56
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Local freelance journalist, Panashe Makufa, had heard that members of the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) were dispersing [...] Full text...

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UN chief slams 'horrifying surge' in domestic violence

06 april 2020 - 08:48:30
New York, US (PANA) - UN chief António Guterres is calling for measures to address a “horrifying global surge in [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Congo sets up committee of experts to fight the pandemic

03 april 2020 - 18:25:33
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese government on Friday in Brazzaville, set up a committee of experts to the National [...] Full text...

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Niger announces state of health emergency, curfew to counter coronavirus

28 march 2020 - 12:11:08
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Niger's President Mahamadou Issoufou announced new health, economic and social measures in a message to the [...] Full text...

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COVID-19 pandemic to cut Zambia’s GDP growth to 2%

27 march 2020 - 14:57:33
Lusaka, 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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Judicial police free 82 detainees from Tripoli prison to prevent spread of coronavirus

26 march 2020 - 13:40:30
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 82 detainees in the new penitentiary and rehabilitation centre at Tripoli central prison [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Togolese govt. warns speculators who attempt to profit from coronavirus

25 march 2020 - 21:56:02
Lomé, Togo (PANA) – The Togolese government promises to take serious  action against traders who take advantage of the coronavirus [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Mali's president calls COVID-19 absolute evil

24 march 2020 - 20:45:09
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Kéita said on national television on Monday evening that "coronavirus kills, it [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Ghana closes all borders as positive cases hit 21 with one death

22 march 2020 - 07:58:11
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana will close all land, sea and air borders to human traffic for the next two [...] Full text...

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Covid-19: Price hike for products related to Coronavirus prevention in Congo

20 march 2020 - 17:36:09
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Prices of products related to Covid-19 prevention, including masks, bibs and hydro-alcoholic gels, have tripled since [...] Full text...

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Gabon's medical services face uncertainty awaiting the peak of the coronavirus pandemic

20 march 2020 - 16:58:58
Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - With three people declared positive for coronavirus as of 18 March, all of whom have been [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus killed eight out of 82 confirmed cases in Algeria

20 march 2020 - 00:03:55
Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - Ten new cases of the coronavirus (Covid-19), including two deaths, were recorded on Thursday in Algeria, [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: South African cases soar to 116

19 march 2020 - 13:01:07
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday confirmed that the number of Covid-19 cases in the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Togo releases 2 billion CFAF to fight coronavirus pandemic

17 march 2020 - 23:43:44
Lomé, Togo (PANA) – To face the coronavirus with its devastating effects in the world, the Togolese government, in its [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Nairobi Securities Exchange trading halted after massive drop

13 march 2020 - 18:36:48
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Trading at the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) was halted on Friday after the index dropped by [...] Full text...

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Congo's pharmacists' association sets up early warning cell for the response against coronavirus

12 march 2020 - 20:41:34
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese Pharmacists' Association (L'Ordre des pharmaciens du Congo) on Thursday set up a cell as [...] Full text...

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Mali announces measures to respond to coronavirus pandemic

12 march 2020 - 15:50:58
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - To cope with the coronavirus disease, declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO), the [...] Full text...

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Burkinabè president urges compatriots to adopt preventive measures against coronavirus

11 march 2020 - 14:55:33
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) -  President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré of Burkina Faso on Wednesday urged his compatriots to adopt [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: DR Congo confirms first case in Kinshasa

11 march 2020 - 05:04:29
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) – DR Congo on Tuesday confirmed the first case of Covid-19 coronavirus in the Central African [...] Full text...

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Rwanda's CPI goes up by 8.7% in February 2020

10 march 2020 - 12:13:04
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, rose by 8.7 percent year on [...] Full text...

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Congo: WHO urges Congo government to take necessary measures to prevent coronavirus

02 march 2020 - 17:52:20
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Faced with the risk of the Covid-19 virus, the World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday advised   [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus COVID-19 risk increased to ‘very high’, first sub-Saharan case in Nigeria

29 february 2020 - 05:03:12
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Countries must act quickly and robustly to contain the coronavirus COVID-19 epidemic, the World Health Organization [...] Full text...

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Sale of tobacco and alcohol banned near schools in Burkina Faso

20 february 2020 - 15:00:53
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkinabe government on Wednesday adopted a decree banning the sale of alcohol and tobacco [...] Full text...

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Burundi: Annual inflation rate set at 0.0% in January 2020

19 february 2020 - 17:20:39
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - During the year ending in January 2020, global annual inflation rose to 0.0%, mainly following a [...] Full text...

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Rwanda media organization bemoans delay in its manager's drunk-driving case

19 february 2020 - 15:16:06
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The Kagarama Primary court in Kigali city is yet to decide on the case of the [...] Full text...

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Experts press for radical rethink on child health

19 february 2020 - 10:20:02
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A landmark report released on Wednesday by a Commission of over 40 child and adolescent health experts [...] Full text...

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WHO reinforces preparedness for novel coronavirus in Africa

05 february 2020 - 22:25:46
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA)  - Though there are no confirmed cases of novel coronavirus reported in the Africa region, the World [...] Full text...

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Congo secures borders in fight against coronavirus

05 february 2020 - 17:45:12
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese Minister of Health and Population, Jacqueline Lydia Mikolo, said on Wednesday in Brazzaville that [...] Full text...

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Cervix, breast cancers occupy 2nd and 3rd place after prostate cancer in DR Congo

04 february 2020 - 22:19:38
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) -  In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), cervix and breast cancers occupy the second and [...] Full text...

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More than 8,000 cases of cancer reported every year in Benin

04 february 2020 - 21:47:06
Cotonou, Benin (PANA)  - Benin records more than 8,000 cases of cancer every year, Health Minister Professor Benjamin Hounkpatin said [...] Full text...

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Niger makes significant progress in taming cancer

04 february 2020 - 14:18:07
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Cancer incidence in Niger increased from 56.3 cases per 100,000 women in 2008 to 71 cases [...] Full text...

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Mauritius launches National Roadmap Framework to improve maternal, newborn and child health

03 february 2020 - 17:07:23
Ebène, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius on Monday launched the National Roadmap Framework (NRF), meant to achieve a nation of healthy [...] Full text...

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Kenya inflation stabilises at 5.78 pct in January

31 january 2020 - 23:23:00
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA)  -  The rising cost of food and non-alcoholic products pushed the month-on-month inflation in Kenya to 5.78 [...] Full text...

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'Gambia monitoring Coronavirus spread'

28 january 2020 - 18:33:42
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambian Ministry of Health has informed the general public of the outbreak of Novel CoronaVirus [...] Full text...

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Congo considers action against coronavirus

28 january 2020 - 15:41:17
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese government intends to strengthen border controls in the fight against the coronavirus epidemic currently [...] Full text...

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Benin takes measures against coronavirus

28 january 2020 - 11:38:27
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin's Health Minister Prof. Benjamin Hounkpatin said Tuesday that the government has taken a series of [...] Full text...

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Corona virus: South Sudan takes precautionary measures at entry points

25 january 2020 - 15:50:22
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - South Sudan has said it is stepping up preventive and screening measures on all posts, particular [...] Full text...

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Ghana takes steps to alert public on outbreak of coronavirus in China

25 january 2020 - 09:31:27
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - With concerns of the outbreak of coronavirus in China beginning to spread to other parts of [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's inflation rises by 0.13 points to 11.98 per cent in December 2019

17 january 2020 - 13:07:33
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Friday said that the country’s Consumer Price Index (CPI), [...] Full text...

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Beninese bishops concerned about juvenile alcoholism

13 january 2020 - 22:04:25
Cotonou, Benin(PANA)   -  The Episcopal Conference of Benin (CEB) at the end of its second ordinary plenary session of the [...] Full text...

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The exchange of cows among the ancestral hard-skinned practices in Burundi (Analysis)

12 january 2020 - 12:11:57
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - One of the notable presidential activities of the week, which is coming to an end, was [...] Full text...

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Road accidents claimed 18 lives in Lomé during holiday season

04 january 2020 - 18:54:03
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - The holiday season was deadly in Lomé, which 74 road accidents that left 18 people dead [...] Full text...

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Bujumbura closes bars operating after permitted opening time

17 december 2019 - 16:05:51
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Authorities in Bujumbura city have closed down a dozen bars as as a warning to pub [...] Full text...

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Togolese drivers to take blood alcohol test on road from Monday

12 december 2019 - 23:30:21
Lomé, Togo (PANA)   -  Togolese drivers will from Monday 16 December take blood alcohol test, the minister in charge of [...] Full text...

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Botswana youth warned against escalating substance abuse

28 november 2019 - 02:20:07
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA)  -  Botswana’s police service chief Superintendent Onious Madziba Wednesday warned the youth against abuse of alcohol and [...] Full text...

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Botswana Police Service teams up with women in media to fight gender-based violence

25 november 2019 - 21:37:16
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The Botswana Police Services (BPS) have  joined forces with Women in Media in a fight against [...] Full text...

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One-in-three women, experience physical, sexual abuse: UN

25 november 2019 - 06:24:35
New York, US (PANA) - Violence against women and girls is among the most widespread, and devastating human rights violations [...] Full text...

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US deports number of Liberians on multiple charges

14 november 2019 - 00:13:25
Monrovia, Liberia (PANA)  -  The United States of America has deported a number of Liberians on multiple charges, an official [...] Full text...

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Botswana’s heat wave intensifies

22 october 2019 - 14:29:37
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana's Ministry of Environment Wildlife and Tourism and that of Health and Wellness have warned  the [...] Full text...

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Gold panning in North Niger: A growth lever but also source of problems - study

18 october 2019 - 22:27:50
Agadez, Niger (PANA)  -  The boom in gold panning in the desert north of Niger, former home of armed rebellions, [...] Full text...

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South African restaurant rape accused pleads guilty

09 september 2019 - 12:47:41
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A man accused of raping a child in the bathroom of an upmarket Pretoria [...] Full text...

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Tension building between South Sudanese refugees, host communities in northern Uganda

30 august 2019 - 21:01:45
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Tension between South Sudanese refugees and Ugandan communities around natural resources, livelihoods and land is slowly [...] Full text...

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Austerity and economic headwinds in Zimbabwe to persist - IH Securities

06 august 2019 - 14:19:35
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Financial services firm IH Securities expects austerity and economic headwinds to persist after a plethora of [...] Full text...

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Burundi opens first center for cancer screening and diagnosis

02 august 2019 - 16:49:15
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The first-equipped screening and diagnostic center against cancer (BUJAPATH) was officially opened on Friday in Bujumbura, [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe govt increases taxes

02 august 2019 - 08:06:02
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Zimbabwe government has increased electricity tariffs threefold and nearly did the same for fuel imports, [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe's annual inflation jumps to 175.66% at the end of June

15 july 2019 - 10:01:42
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe's year-on-year inflation rate for the month of June 2019 jumped 79.51 percentage points to 175.66 [...] Full text...

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Homicide kills far more people than armed conflict, new UN study shows

09 july 2019 - 05:52:39
New York, US (PANA) - Some 464,000 people across the world were victims of homicidal violence in 2017, more than [...] Full text...

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