AfDB, partners move to boost food, nutritional security in the Sahel

30 april 2024 - 09:00:38
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Permanent Interstate Committee for Drought Control in the [...] Full text...

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Dakar to host a forum on food security and sustainable development in West Africa

05 june 2023 - 17:11:08
Cotonou, Benin(PANA) - Dakar will host a regional forum of intergovernmental organizations from West Africa next year to promote regional [...] Full text...

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WB approves additional financing for food systems resilience in Sierra Leone

16 december 2022 - 11:56:58
Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - An additional 516,700 people in Sierra Leone will benefit from a $50 million International Development [...] Full text...

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World Bank gives Chad, Ghana, Sierra Leone $315 million to prepare against food insecurity

02 august 2022 - 11:52:09
Washington, US (PANA) - Some additional two million people will benefit from a second phase of the West Africa regional [...] Full text...

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Sahel to experience wet rainy season this year

27 april 2022 - 11:12:03
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - A wet 2022 rainy season is expected in the Sahel, the Permanent Inter-State Committee for [...] Full text...

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Soaring food prices, conflicts driving hunger, rise across West and Central Africa: WFP

17 april 2021 - 04:59:59
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - More than 31 million people across West and Central Africa may not have enough to eat [...] Full text...

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19th Conference of CILSS Heads of State and Government opens

20 july 2020 - 18:26:12
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The 19th Conference of Heads of State and Government of the Permanent Inter-State Committee for [...] Full text...

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The 2020 rainy season is expected to be generally wet in the Sahelian countries

27 april 2020 - 15:41:33
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The 2020 rainy season is expected to be wet overall, according to a press release issued [...] Full text...

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Army worms risk undermining agricultural policies, says Nigerien President

13 september 2019 - 11:47:47
Niamey, Niger (PANA) – Niger's president Issoufou Mahamadou warned on Thursday that the fall army worms risk undermining all agricultural [...] Full text...

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Nigerien President Issoufou arrives in Ouagadougou

12 september 2019 - 15:18:48
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) -  Nigerien President Mahamadou Issoufou, arrived in Ouagadougou on Thursday and  was received at the airport [...] Full text...

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President Kaboré calls for promotion of new ecological balance in the Sahel

12 september 2019 - 11:32:00
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso's head of state, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, has stressed the urgent need to [...] Full text...

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UN project to aid 140,000 people in Sahel desert area

26 april 2019 - 07:50:12
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the European Union have announced a new project [...] Full text...

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President Kabore attendS closing ceremony of African agriculture fair in N’djamena

14 march 2019 - 23:55:48
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA)   Burkina Faso’s president and current chairman of the permanent interstate committee of fight against drought in [...] Full text...

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CILSS, EU sign agreement on improving food security in West Africa

18 december 2018 - 18:33:27
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – The permanent interstate committee for fighting against drought in Sahel (CILSS) and the European Union [...] Full text...

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Sahel and West Africa Week 2018 scheduled for December in The Gambia

03 november 2018 - 17:40:36
Abidjan, Côte d 'Ivoire (PANA) - The 2018 edition of the Sahel and West Africa Week, dedicated to dialogue and [...] Full text...

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Burkinabe President Kabore in Niamey for G5 Sahel, CILSS summits

06 february 2018 - 14:06:28
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkinabe President, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, arrived in Niamey on Tuesday to take part [...] Full text...

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Mauritanian President Aziz in Niamey for G5 summit

05 february 2018 - 19:12:59
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz on Monday left Nouakchott for Niamey, Niger, to attend a [...] Full text...

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Hunger in conflict zones continues to intensify - says joint FAO-WFP report

29 january 2018 - 15:33:27
Rome, Italy (PANA) - Food insecurity in conflict-stricken countries continues to deteriorate, as humanitarian efforts to provide affected communities with [...] Full text...

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UN: 'Great Green Wall' initiative to combat climate change in Africa

17 november 2016 - 19:19:28
New York, US (PANA) - At the UN Climate Conference (COP 22) under way in Marrakech, Morocco, the Food [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: ECOWAS officials to meet over Sahel strategy

07 november 2015 - 13:46:47
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The technical secretariat and coordination platform of the ECOWAS Sahel strategy will meet in Nigeria's capital, [...] Full text...

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Côte d'ivoire: AU, FAO sign technical cooperation document on climate change

05 august 2015 - 20:43:05
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) – The African Union (AU) and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) have signed a [...] Full text...

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Peru: Climate change adaptation, funding - priority for West Africa

05 december 2014 - 19:47:57
Lima, Peru (PANA) - Climate change adaptation and its funding is a top priority for the West African sub-region, according [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Regional free movement forum to be held in Ouagadougou

02 july 2014 - 13:46:56
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Some 100 stakeholders from ECOWAS member states will converge in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, from Thursday (3 [...] Full text...

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Annual post-harvest losses in Sahel put at 15 to 25%

12 september 2012 - 22:31:50
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The annual post-harvest losses in the Sahelian region is put at 15 to 25%, the Regional [...] Full text...

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Senegalese journalist Chérif Elvalide Sèye passes away

18 june 2012 - 21:21:41
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Senegalese journalist Chérif Elvalide Sèye died on Monday in Nairobi, Kenya, after a short illness, the [...] Full text...

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Ministers launch int'l appeal against aggravating food crisis in West Africa

06 june 2012 - 18:12:16
Lome, Togo (PANA) - Ministers in charge of agriculture, regional integration and trade in West Africa have launched an urgent [...] Full text...

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Experts brainstorm on food security in West Africa

04 june 2012 - 14:57:00
Lome, Togo (PANA) - Togo’s Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Mr. Kossi Messan Ewovor, has called on all stakeholders [...] Full text...

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ECOWAS ministers to discuss regional food crisis

31 may 2012 - 12:35:34
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - ECOWAS Ministers in charge of agriculture, trade and regional integration and their counterparts in Chad and [...] Full text...

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Int'l community moves to rescue farmers, herders in drought-stricken Sahel

09 march 2012 - 18:54:33
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Several countries in the Sahel region of West Africa need urgent support to prevent full-blown food [...] Full text...

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'Food crisis worsening in Sahel region'

03 february 2012 - 19:06:27
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Thousands of people along the border between Niger and Burkina Faso are being forced [...] Full text...

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Nouakchott hosts 47th ordinary session of CILSS council of ministers

01 november 2011 - 13:56:19
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Agriculture ministers from member countries of the Inter-State Committee on the Fight against Drought in Sahel [...] Full text...

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Average harvests expected in Africa’s Sahel’s belt

20 september 2011 - 14:49:21
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - A new report by several regional and international organizations has said average harvests are expected in [...] Full text...

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West African farmers to undergo training in Forest Resources Management

08 june 2011 - 13:27:39
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - West African farmers are to undergo a training workshop 20-22 June 2011 in Niamey, Niger, on [...] Full text...

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Mali appoints first female Prime Minister

04 april 2011 - 14:14:31
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian President Amadou Touré on Sunday appointed the former executive secretary of the inter-state Community of [...] Full text...

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'Answers to draught in Sahel are insufficient'

23 june 2010 - 21:28:00
Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The answers to the draught prevailing in the Sahel and the severe food crisis remain insufficient, [...] Full text...

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CILSS forecasts flood in Sahel countries

17 june 2010 - 22:51:00
Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The permanent Inter-State Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel (CILSS) is forecasting "a normal to [...] Full text...

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Paris to host meeting on food crisis in Sahel in April

24 march 2010 - 19:02:00
Paris- France (PANA) -- A meeting on the food and nutritional situation in the Sa hel will be held from [...] Full text...

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ECOWAS ministers to adopt document on Climate Change

16 march 2010 - 16:15:00
Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- Ministers of Environment from ECOWAS Member States will meet on Thursday in Accra, Ghana, to adopt [...] Full text...

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Japan supports food security in Mauritania, Senegal

10 march 2010 - 10:54:00
Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Japan has granted 4. 8 million euros to Mauritania and Senegal to ensure food security in [...] Full text...

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Mauritania threatened by dunes' erosion

20 december 2009 - 13:32:00
Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Located in the Sahelo-Saharan strip, bordering t he West African sub-region and the Maghreb, Mauritania is [...] Full text...

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ECOWAS wants African environment properly monitored

08 october 2009 - 19:09:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) h as called on the financial and technical [...] Full text...

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Chadian president supports refilling of Lake Chad

07 july 2009 - 23:35:00
N'djamena- Chad (PANA) -- Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno has urged countries of the Lake Chad Basin Commission (LTBC), the [...] Full text...

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Chad to institute award for protection of nature

24 june 2009 - 11:55:00
N'Djamena- Tchad (PANA) -- Chadian President Idriss Deby is to institute a prize for the protection of the nature in [...] Full text...

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West Africa’s population to increase by 100 million in 2025

17 april 2009 - 22:25:00
Paris- France (PANA) -- The population of West-African countries is expected to i ncrease by 100 million in 2025, Normand [...] Full text...

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Rice production increases by 44% in CILSS countries

16 april 2009 - 22:42:00
Paris- France (PANA) -- Rice production registered an increase of 44% in member c ountries of the Permanent Inter-State Committee [...] Full text...

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Cereal production in West Africa increases by 17%

16 april 2009 - 18:14:00
Paris- France (PANA) -- Cereal production in the 15 member countries of the Econo mic Community of West African States [...] Full text...

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French President visits Niger

27 march 2009 - 19:25:00
Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrived here Friday, acc ompanied by a high-powered delegation of businessmen, for [...] Full text...

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