2023 marked the driest year in over three decades for rivers - WMO
07 october 2024 - 11:31:34Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The year 2023 marked the driest year in over three decades for rivers around the world, [...] Full text...
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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The year 2023 marked the driest year in over three decades for rivers around the world, [...] Full text...
Transform landmark Indigenous rights declaration into reality: UN General Assembly President
18 april 2024 - 05:51:56New York, US (PANA) - Despite important achievements over the past decade to improve the well-being of Indigenous Peoples, safeguard [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: Human Rights Council resolution urges arms embargo on Israel
05 april 2024 - 12:31:49Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN’s top human rights body adopted a resolution on Friday condemning the alleged “use of starvation [...] Full text...
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African giants resume international matches after AFCON
19 march 2024 - 07:56:11Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The current international break provides a chance for Africa's top nations to return to action this [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: World Court to hear genocide case against Israel
10 january 2024 - 13:17:41The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) – The International Court of Justice(ICJ) hearings 11-12 January, 2024 on genocide in Gaza will include [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: South Africa, four others refer Gaza crisis to International Criminal Court
20 november 2023 - 11:54:03Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague has confirmed receipt of a joint [...] Full text...
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30-year-old Bolivian woman arrested in Mauritius with 2 kgs of heroin
14 november 2023 - 09:37:16Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – A Bolivian woman, Ercilia Parada Saucedo, 30, was arrested on Monday with a little over two [...] Full text...
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World Bank responds to rising global food insecurity
18 july 2023 - 07:19:05Washington, DC, US (PANA) - Domestic food price inflation remains high around the world, says the latest update of the [...] Full text...
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WMO releases ‘tell-tale signs’ of extreme weather conditions around the world
24 december 2022 - 12:28:44Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - From extreme floods to heat and drought, weather and climate-related disasters have affected millions and cost [...] Full text...
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Alleged Pan Am Flight 103 bombmaker makes initial appearance in US court
13 december 2022 - 06:29:20Washington, D.C., US (PANA) - Abu Agila Mohammad Mas’ud Kheir Al-Marimi, the alleged Pan Am Flight 103 bombmaker, made an initial [...] Full text...
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Senegal joins the Gas Exporting Countries Forum
25 october 2022 - 20:19:06Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal joined Tuesday the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) as an observer, on the occasion of [...] Full text...
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Twelve countries elected to serve new terms on Human Rights Council
12 october 2022 - 05:45:04New York, US (PANA) - The UN General Assembly elected 12 new countries, including Algeria, Morocco, and South Africa to [...] Full text...
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Results of international friendly football matches played by African countries on Saturday
25 september 2022 - 10:02:59Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The following are the results of international friendy footbal matches played by African countries on Saturday. South [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: African countries close in on breakthrough deal to lift copyright laws on vaccines
22 july 2021 - 11:45:16Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Members of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) have agreed to continue discussions into a request by [...] Full text...
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Prison population surge triggers overcrowding, COVID casualties - UN study
17 july 2021 - 07:07:38New York, US (PANA) - One in three prisoners around the world is being held without having stood trial or been found guilty by any court, according to a [...] Full text...
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WTO fails to strike agreement on African push to lift copyright curbs on coronavirus products
26 february 2021 - 09:03:57Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - There has been no consensus on a joint push by India and South Africa, supported by [...] Full text...
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WTO: SA leads African effort to lift copyright curbs on pandemic response supplies
12 december 2020 - 00:30:17Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - South Africa, India, Kenya, Mozambique, Eswatini, Pakistan and Bolivia, Friday opened a new warfront in the [...] Full text...
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ICC Prosecutor welcomes transfer of Kenyan lawyer Gicheru to ICC custody
05 november 2020 - 12:09:00The Hague, The Netherlands (PANA) – International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Fatou Bensuda on Thursday welcomed the voluntary surrender of [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Pandemic could reverse decades of progress toward eliminating preventable child deaths, UN agencies warn
09 september 2020 - 16:35:54New York, US (PANA) - The number of global under-five deaths dropped to its lowest point on record in 2019 [...] Full text...
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Deforestation has slowed down but still remains a concern - new UN report reveals
21 july 2020 - 18:23:28New York, US (PANA) - Although some 178 million hectares of forest has been lost worldwide over the past three [...] Full text...
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Turkish diplomat elected President of historic 75th UN General Assembly
18 june 2020 - 05:17:30New York, US (PANA) - Turkish diplomat Volkan Bozkir was elected President of the forthcoming session of the UN General [...] Full text...
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UNDP blames global anti-racism protests on inequality
11 june 2020 - 14:05:04Bogota, Colombia (PANA) - The anti-racism demonstrations sweeping across the world reflects inequality, the UNDP has said. In a news dispatch, [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Pandemic causes some illegal drug prices to surge, as supplies are disrupted worldwide - UNODC
08 may 2020 - 05:38:43Vienna Austria (PAN) - Measures by governments across the world to curb the COVID-19 pandemic have led to the widespread [...] Full text...
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Buhari says Nigeria to extend its natural gas pipeline to North Africa
29 november 2019 - 17:43:57Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday in Equatorial Guinea said that Nigeria is considering the viability [...] Full text...
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WHO certifies Algeria, Argentina malaria-free
22 may 2019 - 11:34:24Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – Algeria and Argentina have been officially recognized by UN World Health Organisation (WHO) as malaria-free. The certification is [...] Full text...
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South Africa to bid to host 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup
19 march 2019 - 17:17:28Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - South Africa is among the nine countries that have shown interest in bidding for the 2023 [...] Full text...
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Mbow, Keino honoured for supporting vulnerable children
02 november 2018 - 15:35:14Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Senegal's Anita Mbow and Phyllis Keino of Kenya are among the five women honoured in New [...] Full text...
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Africa is ‘on the rise’, says UN chief Guterres, urging collaboration for better future
18 october 2018 - 02:37:47New York, US (PANA) - Africa is “on the move and on the rise” with communities coming together to resolve [...] Full text...
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Mbow, Keino to receive World Children's Awards
18 september 2018 - 14:55:23Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Senegal's Ama Mbow and Phyllis Keino of Kenya are among the five champions of children's causes, [...] Full text...
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Security Council imposes arms embargo on South Sudan
14 july 2018 - 06:37:40New York, US (PANA) - The Security Council on Friday narrowly passed a measure aimed at stopping the flow of [...] Full text...
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Some 30 million children forcibly displaced by conflict
20 june 2018 - 08:24:31New York, US (PANA) – There are now more children forcibly displaced by conflict – an estimated 30 million – [...] Full text...
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South Africa, four other countries are new members of UN Security Council
09 june 2018 - 07:10:03New York, US (PANA) - In a single round of voting on Friday, the United Nations General Assembly elected five [...] Full text...
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2018 FIFA WC: FIFA names 13 VARs for World Cup Russia
30 april 2018 - 11:57:51Zurich, Switzerland (PANA) - The FIFA Referees Committee has selected 13 referees who will act solely as video assistant referees [...] Full text...
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Gambia, a corridor of illicit financial activities - Report
07 february 2018 - 15:16:34Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambia is one of the leading tax havens in Africa, the Tax Justice Network has [...] Full text...
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FAO chief calls for end to 'triple discrimination' against indigenous women
15 january 2018 - 10:00:13Mexico City, Mexico (PANA) - Progress in the fight against hunger and extreme poverty hinges on eliminating the "triple discrimination" [...] Full text...
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UN Security Council maintains partial lifting of arms embargo on Somalia for one year
15 november 2017 - 07:00:54New York, USA (PANA) – The Security Council on Tuesday renewed until 15 November 2018 the partial lifting of the [...] Full text...
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Switzerland: All countries fail to meet breastfeeding standards - New report
01 august 2017 - 09:11:10Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - No country in the world fully meets recommended standards for breastfeeding, according to a new report [...] Full text...
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Italy: FAO chief hails vital role of rural women in freeing world from hunger, poverty
05 july 2017 - 19:38:26Rome, Italy (PANA) - The Director-General of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) José Graziano da Silva on Wednesday [...] Full text...
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US: Security Council says ‘Important work ahead,’ as UN mission in Côte d’Ivoire ends
01 july 2017 - 06:01:23New York, US (PANA) - Recognizing the efforts of the United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire (UNOCI) in promoting peace, [...] Full text...
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US: Help preserve land – our 'home and future' – UN
17 june 2017 - 14:02:38New York, US (PANA) – With hundreds of millions of people around the globe directly affected by desertification – the [...] Full text...
thread Environment
2017 FIFA Confed. Cup: African Teams' records at FIFA Confederations Cup
16 june 2017 - 12:50:35St Petersburg, Russia (PANA) - Following are records by African countries at the FIFA Confederations Cup since inception in 1992 [...] Full text...
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US: Mine action vital to success of UN peace mandates, Security Council told
13 june 2017 - 21:56:21New York, US (PANA) – The mitigation of the threats posed by landmines and other explosive remnants of war is [...] Full text...
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US: Water is ‘catalyst’ for cooperation, not conflict, says UN chief
07 june 2017 - 07:28:21New York, US (PANA) – Stressing the importance of diplomacy to prevent and resolve trans-boundary disputes over water resources, Secretary-General [...] Full text...
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US: Côte d’Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea and 3 others elected to UN Security Council
03 june 2017 - 03:44:59New York, US (PANA) - In a single round of voting on Friday, the United Nations General Assembly elected Côte [...] Full text...
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UN: Paris Climate Agreement enters into force on Friday
02 november 2016 - 15:45:54New York, US (PANA) - The Paris Agreement to address climate change, adopted by world leaders in December last year [...] Full text...
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UN: UN General Assembly elects 14 members for UN Human Rights Council
29 october 2016 - 06:50:54New York, US (PANA) - UN General Assembly has elected, by secret ballot, 14 countries to serve on the Geneva-based [...] Full text...
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US: Global economic gender equality gap widens - Report
26 october 2016 - 15:36:25New York, US (PANA) - The World Economic Forum (WEF) 2016 Global Gender Gap Report said the world took a [...] Full text...
thread Gender
UN: Paris climate agreement goes into force on 4 November
06 october 2016 - 05:53:29New York, US (PANA) - The Paris Agreement to address climate change will enter into force on 4 November, the [...] Full text...
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UN: IFAD report tasks governments on investments in rural areas
14 september 2016 - 14:22:23New York, US (PANA) - Economic growth is not enough to save those threatened daily with starvation and governments need [...] Full text...
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UN: Genocide watchdog tasks UN Security Council members on crimes, abuses
30 june 2016 - 14:21:51New York, US (PANA) - New York-based genocide watchdog, the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, has stressed the [...] Full text...
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Ethiopia: IGAD welcomes Ethiopia's election to UN Security Council
30 june 2016 - 12:03:30Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) has congratulated Ethiopia for its election as a Non-Permanent [...] Full text...
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UN: Ethiopia, 3 others elected as UN Security Council non-permanent members
29 june 2016 - 04:11:36New York, US (PANA) - The 193-member UN General Assembly late on Tuesday in New York elected Ethiopia, Sweden, Bolivia [...] Full text...
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Zambia: New World Bank report highlights mining sector challenges
17 february 2016 - 16:27:42Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – A new report released by the World Bank’s Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) has highlighted the importance [...] Full text...
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Mauritius: Mauritius issues travel warning against Zika virus
03 february 2016 - 12:42:20Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Health Ministry on Wednesday warned travellers to countries with active Zika transmission, advising [...] Full text...
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Ghana: TI calls on people everywhere to speak out against corruption
28 january 2016 - 10:27:47Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Although corruption is still rife globally, more countries improved their scores in the 2015 edition of [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Pres. Buhari to attend forum of gas exporting countries in Tehran
22 november 2015 - 16:25:39Abuja, NIgeria (PANA) - Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari departed Abuja Sunday for Tehran where he will participate in the 3rd [...] Full text...
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Italy: Sweden's "We Effect", FAO to support small-scale forest and farm producers
31 august 2015 - 12:34:18Rome, Italy (PANA) – The FAO and the Swedish-based development cooperation organization, "We Effect", have agreed to work together to [...] Full text...
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Tanzania: Nigeria graduates from eligibility for IMF concessional funding
05 august 2015 - 08:34:04Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Wednesday announced its support to [...] Full text...
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FAO: 72 countries achieve MDG target to halve proportion of hungry people
08 june 2015 - 11:25:35Rome, Italy (PANA) - An international awards ceremony was held here Monday to show recognition for the great effort made [...] Full text...
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UN: UN, IPU launch 'Women in Politics Map 2015'
11 march 2015 - 02:59:47New York, US (PANA) - The UN and the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) have jointly launched "Women in Politics 2015 Map", [...] Full text...
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UN: 'Percentage of women in parliament worldwide doubled in 20 years'
05 march 2015 - 21:25:03New York, US (PANA) - The UN Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) says the percentage of women in the world who are [...] Full text...
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Sudan: UNAMID to retrench staff
28 february 2015 - 22:36:20Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The United Nations–African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) Saturday announced that it has reduced its staff [...] Full text...
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UN: Fire guts UN warehouse in Guinea with Ebola Response supplies
19 december 2014 - 04:53:37New York, US (PANA) - Fire on Thursday engulfed a UN warehouse in Guinea that contained medicines and laboratory materials [...] Full text...
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UN: Donors pledge over US$418.6 million for 2015 UN humanitarian response fund
18 december 2014 - 19:58:12New York, US (PANA) - International donors have pledged US$418.6 million for a UN fund aimed at enabling the speedy [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Nigeria's Petroleum Minister bags another int'l appointment
17 december 2014 - 10:38:30Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A few weeks after the Nigerian Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, emerged the first [...] Full text...
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Peru: UN Secretary-General urges negotiators in Lima to deliver draft text on climate change
09 december 2014 - 18:50:47Lima, Peru (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged negotiators from around the world who have convened in Lima, [...] Full text...
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Peru: 2014 predicated to be hottest year on record
03 december 2014 - 17:43:06Lima, Peru (PANA) - The year 2014 is on track to be one of the hottest, if not the hottest [...] Full text...
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UN: UNESCO adds Kenyan Burundian dances to Cultural Heritage list
26 november 2014 - 21:54:43New York, US (PANA) - The Isukuti dance of Isukha and Idakho communities of Western Kenya, Burundi's ritual dance of [...] Full text...
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UN: ILO says developing countries opting for social protection over fiscal consolidation
17 november 2014 - 18:29:31New York, US (PANA) - While the majority of countries around the world are expected to cut public expenditures in [...] Full text...
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UN: UN General Assembly elects 15 members to UN Human Rights Council
21 october 2014 - 21:51:38New York, US (PANA) - The UN General Assembly on Tuesday elected 15 countries to serve on the UN Human [...] Full text...
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2014 FIFA WC: Will African teams flop again? (News Analysis By Segun Adeyemi, PANA Correspondent, Lagos)
18 june 2014 - 10:45:45Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - History may repeat itself for the African teams featuring at the ongoing 2014 FIFA World Cup [...] Full text...
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2014 FIFA WC: Algeria ends 28-year goal drought in loss to Belgium
17 june 2014 - 21:58:58Belo Horizonte, Brazil (PANA) - Algeria may have lost 2-1 in its opening game against Belgium on Tuesday in Belo [...] Full text...
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2014 FIFA WC: Africa's top-ranked team, Algeria, tastes action
17 june 2014 - 09:22:38Bello Horizonte, Brazil (PANA) - The Algerians have a heavy burden on their neck Tuesday night as they face Belgium [...] Full text...
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US: UN urges G77, China to unite on combating poverty, climate change
16 june 2014 - 15:56:29New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, has stressed the need for the Group of 77 [...] Full text...
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Tanzania: Tigo begins 1st mobile money transfer with currency conversion
24 february 2014 - 14:48:46Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Tigo, a subsidiary of the international telecommunications and media company, Millicom, Sunday announced the [...] Full text...
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UN: Ban tasks G77 nations on MDGs
08 january 2014 - 22:54:07New York, US (PANA) – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday urged the bloc of developing countries known as [...] Full text...
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Bolivian arrested at Bamako int'l airport with 5kg of cocaine
31 december 2013 - 15:21:36Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Officials of the Malian Drug Central office at the Bamako international airport on Monday seized cocaine, [...] Full text...
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German in court over attempt to smuggle US$650,000 out of Ghana
01 november 2013 - 12:04:03Accra, Ghana (PANA) - A 42-year-old German has appeared in a court in Accra, Ghana's capital, charged with attempting to [...] Full text...
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UN General Assembly elects 4 African nations, others on UN Economic Council
31 october 2013 - 14:39:45New York, US (PANA) - The UN General Assembly has elected 18 new members, including Botswana, Congo, Democratic Republic of [...] Full text...
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UN says simple handwash with soap can prevent diseases
15 october 2013 - 15:31:50New York, US (PANA) – The UN on Tuesday called on people around the world to always engage in hand-washing [...] Full text...
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ILO treaty extends rights for domestic workers worldwide
06 september 2013 - 07:04:35New York, US (PANA) - A new UN treaty, which came into force on Thursday, will extend the labour and [...] Full text...
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Nigeria's anti-drug agency may sanction foreign airlines
25 august 2013 - 11:51:51Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) may sanction 14 foreign airlines said to be used [...] Full text...
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UN rights chief hails new treaty on economic, social, cultural rights
06 may 2013 - 19:55:41New York, US (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ms. Navi Pillay, on Monday welcomed the birth [...] Full text...
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2 Nigerians arrested in Ghana for attempted importation of cocaine
25 february 2013 - 15:05:35Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Two Nigerians have been arrested in Ghana for their alleged involvement in the importation of 200 [...] Full text...
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UN charts new course to justice for world's poorest
06 february 2013 - 19:08:53Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - People who have their economic, social and cultural rights routinely trampled upon are set to gain [...] Full text...
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IIED report urges new development agenda for small-scale farming
01 december 2012 - 08:30:50Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - A three-year study of the ways small-scale farmers operate in Africa, Asia and Latin [...] Full text...
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INTERPOL highlights dangers of online fake, illicit medicines
04 october 2012 - 19:40:20Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A global operation, covering 100 countries and aimed at disrupting the organized crime networks behind the [...] Full text...
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FAO lowers global rice forecast for 2012
07 august 2012 - 18:26:54Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Below normal monsoon rains in India are the chief causes of a 7.8 million tonnes downward [...] Full text...
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Climate confab: Developing countries task industrialized States on CDM projects
02 december 2011 - 14:12:48Durban, South Africa (PANA) – Some developing countries, meeting here at the UN Climate Change conference, have insisted that a [...] Full text...
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UN workers honour fallen colleagues
21 november 2011 - 21:24:37New York, US (PANA) - UN workers, led by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and General Assembly President Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, on [...] Full text...
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Several African nations to participate in Gas forum summit in Qatar
14 november 2011 - 15:37:55Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) is planning to have its first ever summit in Qatar [...] Full text...
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Climate Change: 'Govts ignore knowledge that can boost agric'
31 october 2011 - 12:40:27Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Governments are ignoring a vast store of knowledge, generated over thousands of years, that [...] Full text...
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Brazzaville to host summit on basins of world's tropical forests
28 may 2011 - 18:00:24Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - A summit on the three basins of the world's tropical forest - the Amazon, Congo and [...] Full text...
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African countries record mixed performance on transparency index
05 may 2011 - 14:21:16Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The performance of some African countries, including Egypt, on key anti-corruption and transparency measures fell consistently [...] Full text...
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High profile personalities exptected at Dakar World Social Forum
05 february 2011 - 12:20:57Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Several high profile personalities are expected at the 11th edition of the World Social Forum (WSF) [...] Full text...
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1.6b naira cocaine seized at Lagos port
28 january 2011 - 09:59:49Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said it had seized 167 kg of cocaine, worth [...] Full text...
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Bamako hosts left wing political parties
24 january 2011 - 22:55:56Bamako, Mali (PANA) – Representatives of left-wing political parties in Africa, South America and the Caribbean will from 28 to [...] Full text...
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Nigeria's drug law enforcement agency seizes 1.1b naira cocaine
14 january 2011 - 08:29:50Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Acting on a tip-off from its US counterpart, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Thursday [...] Full text...
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Algeria gathers freedom icons for jubilee fete
14 december 2010 - 21:40:42Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - Algiers, the capital of Algeria, arguably one of the few North African countries which endured one [...] Full text...
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First South-South youth, women meeting opens in Tripoli
13 july 2010 - 19:33:00Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- The first meeting of youth and women from Africa and Latin America, organized by the Foundation [...] Full text...
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WC 2010: Brazil/Netherlands match preview
02 july 2010 - 08:34:00Port Elizabeth- South Africa (PANA) -- Brazil and the Netherlands, both playing a deadly brand of counter-attacking football, are set [...] Full text...
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WC 2010: Brazil in stiffer test against Cote d'Ivoire (preview)
20 june 2010 - 08:08:00Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- After kicking off their 2010 World Cup campa ign with a laboured 2-1 win over [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe to face Singapore, Montenegro in Youth Olympic soccer
19 may 2010 - 13:41:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Zimbabwe has been drawn against Singapore and Montenegro in August's inaugural Youth Olympic Games soccer tournament [...] Full text...
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Countries on front-line of climate change meet in Bolivia
19 april 2010 - 09:41:00Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- Some 15,000 people from around the world, along with representatives of 70 governments mainly [...] Full text...
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Ghana hosts conference to advance right of access to information in Africa
02 february 2010 - 09:30:00Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- Former US President Jimmy Carter will lead the African Regional Conference on the Right [...] Full text...
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Kadhafi greets Bolivian President on re-election
20 december 2009 - 19:31:00Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- Libyan leader and the Chairman of the African Union (AU) , Colonel Mouammar Kadhafi, has sent [...] Full text...
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Venezuelan president hails Kadhafi's proposal on SATO
19 october 2009 - 19:51:00Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- The Venezuelan President, Hugo Chavez, on Sunday called for a total implementation of the proposal by [...] Full text...
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Diouf calls for rapid elimination of hunger
17 october 2009 - 18:47:00New York- US (PANA) -- Jacques Diouf, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), has called on world leaders [...] Full text...
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FAO chief calls for rapid eradication of hunger
16 october 2009 - 15:17:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf Friday called on worl d leaders to reach a broad consensus on [...] Full text...
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Global corruption survey finds growing distrust of business
03 june 2009 - 09:19:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The private sector uses bribes to influence public poli cy, laws and regulations, according to opinions [...] Full text...
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TI to launch global public opinion survey on corruption 3 June
28 may 2009 - 15:04:00Berlin- Germany (PANA) -- Transparency International (TI), the civil society orga nisation leading the fight against corruption, will publish a [...] Full text...
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Commission on Climate Change, Development presents report to UN Chief
14 may 2009 - 14:05:00Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- The International Commission on Climate Change and Devel opment has called for significant additional finances for [...] Full text...
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