COVID-19 remains an international health threat, says WHO chief

31 january 2023 - 05:28:09
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The head of the UN health agency, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said on Monday that COVID-19 is [...] Full text...

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AU reiterates calls for 'immediate, unconditional' lifting of sanctions against Zimbabwe

27 october 2022 - 04:50:39
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has reiterated calls for the immediate and unconditional lifting of sanctions [...] Full text...

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Ghana's dairy industry set to grow despite threat from imported products

23 july 2022 - 10:16:10
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Estimated at a Retail Sale Price (RSP) value of about $350 million in 2021, Ghana’s dairy [...] Full text...

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AWCON 2022: Gambia, Queen Scorpions arrive in Cameroon ahead of qualifier

16 february 2022 - 17:39:15
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambia Women’s national team, popularly known as Queen Scorpions, arrived in Cameroon in Wednesday ahead [...] Full text...

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Kenya research agency launches locally manufactured malaria, coronavirus test kits

15 february 2022 - 18:58:49
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) has produced two test kits for malaria and the coronavirus. These [...] Full text...

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Some 1.5 million children lack treatment for severe wasting in Eastern and Southern Africa

22 january 2022 - 08:52:45
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - At least 1.5 million children are not receiving life-saving treatment for severe wasting in Eastern and [...] Full text...

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Omicron explodes in Nigeria, Lagos State records 3,393 cases on Wednesday

23 december 2021 - 15:07:19
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigeria Centre of Disease Control (NCDC) has announced an unprecedented explosion of the Omicron variant [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Kenya continues push for locally manufactured vaccine against COVID-19

01 november 2021 - 21:33:21
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya has embarked on the process of producing a homemade vaccine for the management of the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Tunisia records 3 new deaths

15 october 2021 - 18:29:45
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia Friday recorded three new deaths linked to the Coronavirus (COVID19) and 220 new confirmed infections, [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Tunisia records two new deaths

12 october 2021 - 12:42:00
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has recorded two new deaths linked to the coronavirus bringing the death toll to 25,039. There [...] Full text...

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Malpass outlines ways to boost growth, combat reversals in gender equality, address rising inequality and climate change

30 september 2021 - 14:22:09
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) —World Bank Group President David Malpass on Thursday called our current era of high inequality and reversals [...] Full text...

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Greece to seek investment in Libya

24 september 2021 - 21:16:08
Athens, Greece (PANA) - Greek Deputy Foreign Minister Costas Fragogiannis, says he will in a fortnight he will lead a [...] Full text...

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African Centre for Economic Transformation names Maura Leary as Director of Communications

14 september 2021 - 05:21:52
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The African Centre for Economic Transformation (ACET) has announced the appointment of  Maura K. Leary to the position of Director of Communications. A statement [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: World Bank, UNICEF support vaccine deployment, lifesaving health services in South Sudan

10 september 2021 - 13:45:12
Juba, South Sudan (PANA)  – The World Bank and UNICEF are collaborating to implement a $53.5 million project in South [...] Full text...

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Greece offers 200,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine to Libya

19 august 2021 - 17:54:06
Athens, Greece (PANA) - The Greek government has made available to Libya 200,000 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine, the Greek [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Ghana takes delivery of 249,600 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines

18 august 2021 - 23:04:49
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana Wednesday took delivery of 249,00 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine through  the #COVAX facility meant for [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Kenya extends containment measures for further 60 days

18 august 2021 - 21:21:33
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya has extended the nationwide curfew for a further 60 days upon [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Nigeria records 132 new cases, zero death on Friday

17 july 2021 - 20:04:04
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reported 132 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) on Friday, [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Equitable distribution of vaccines, equipment only way out of pandemic: WHO chief

07 july 2021 - 05:17:00
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Equitable distribution of equipment and medicines to fight COVID-19 is the only way out of the [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian crisis: US calls on all parties to commit to 'immediate, indefinite, negotiated ceasefire'

30 june 2021 - 05:58:31
Washington, US (PANA) - The US on Tuesday called on all parties in the Ethiopian conflict to commit to an [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian crisis: Ethiopia declares 'unilateral humanitarian ceasefire' in Tigray as regional force captures capital

29 june 2021 - 07:52:48
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Ethiopian Federal government on Monday declared a "unilateral humanitarian ceasefire" in the Tigray region [...] Full text...

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Mauritania: AfDB boosts new investment dynamics, a vector of recovery in times of crisis

21 may 2021 - 19:58:29
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a donation of [...] Full text...

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Rivalry between Turkey and Greece still in play in Libya

13 april 2021 - 12:10:45
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Libyan Prime Minister Abdelhamid Al-Dbaiba affirmed on Monday their commitment [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WB assessment shows gaps in countries’ readiness to deploy vaccines

18 march 2021 - 14:04:05
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – As countries undertake the largest vaccination campaign in history, results of a World Bank [...] Full text...

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Chambas urges Gambians to build consensus ahead of December elections

01 march 2021 - 13:16:57
Banjul, Gambia (PANA)-  The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Pandemic pushing people ‘even further behind’ – UN rights chief

27 february 2021 - 06:55:17
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As the COVID-19 pandemic gathers pace, people worldwide are “being left behind – or pushed even [...] Full text...

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COVID-19 Pandemic pushes Rwanda into recession, severely impacts human capital

10 february 2021 - 13:14:28
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda’s gross domestic product (GDP) is estimated to have dropped by 0.2 percent in 2020, compared [...] Full text...

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Paris Club creditors approve six-month debt relief plan for Kenya

11 january 2021 - 22:40:40
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - International creditors, organised under the Paris Club, said on Monday it approved a six-month long debt [...] Full text...

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Covid-19 epidemiological situation in Tunisia is worrisome, Prime Minister cautions

29 december 2020 - 14:39:01
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The epidemiological situation related to the spread of the new coronavirus (Covid-19) remains dangerous in Tunisia, [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Liberia’s growth forecast indicates high downside risks - IMF

22 december 2020 - 12:08:51
Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) – Though the authorities in Liberia have taken the necessary steps to stabilise the economy amid multiple [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: World Bank Group boosts Nigeria’s efforts to reduce poverty

15 december 2020 - 18:10:17
Washington, US (PANA) - The World Bank Group (WBG) discussed a new five-year Country Partnership Framework (CPF) for Nigeria from [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: DR Congo records 329 deaths, 11,386 recoveries since March 2020

23 november 2020 - 15:26:51
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - DR Congo has recorded 329 deaths and 11,386 recoveries from COVID-19 since the pandemic hit [...] Full text...

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Guterres pledges support for sustainable industrial development in Africa

21 november 2020 - 07:36:30
New York, US (PANA) - The COVID-19 crisis was impacting Africa “well before the pandemic spread across the continent”, the [...] Full text...

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Displaced persons want to return home: Deputy UN chief

11 november 2020 - 10:18:52
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, who is on a trip to West Africa and the Sahel [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: CAF President Ahmad Ahmad tests positive

31 october 2020 - 08:59:30
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - CAF President Ahmad Ahmad tested positive for the Coronavirus shortly after his arrival in Cairo, Egypt, [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Burkinabe pandemic response leads to sharp decline in economic activity

15 october 2020 - 09:19:18
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – The coronavirus pandemic in Burkina Faso has highlighted the important role that a social safety [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Gambian gov't. warns people to stay away from the Maggal celebration in Touba, Senegal

04 october 2020 - 18:23:13
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambian Ministry of Health on Sunday issued a statement warning people to stay away from [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe Govt suspends elections amid widespread recalls of legislators

03 october 2020 - 14:43:34
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) – The Zimbabwe government has indefinitely suspended elections due to COVID-19 concerns, a move many citizens and [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe teachers release survey report justifying continued closure of schools

25 september 2020 - 23:22:31
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Teachers in Zimbabwe Friday called on government to desist from opening schools this coming Monday until [...] Full text...

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Millions of Zimbabweans jobless- WFP

20 september 2020 - 12:20:56
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Almost three quarters of the Zimbabwe urban workforce remains jobless owing to the deteriorating economy made [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Nigerien statistic institute launches survey to evaluate effects on economy

15 september 2020 - 22:22:36
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The Nigerien national statistics institute (INS), with the help of the World Bank, has since 8 [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Nigeria records 197 new cases, five deaths

11 september 2020 - 07:34:09
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says 197 new cases and five deaths of coronavirus [...] Full text...

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Niger: Youth forum in agribusiness opens in Niamey

13 august 2020 - 17:12:43
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - On the sidelines of World Youth Day, the AgriProFocus Niger network, together with the Ministry of [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO to send 'surge team' to South Africa to support pandemic response management

05 august 2020 - 14:55:54
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – The South African COVID-19 response will soon be bolstered by a "surge team of health experts" [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Gambian president tests negative for COVID -19

04 august 2020 - 18:31:38
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian President, Adama Barrow, who went into isolation after his Deputy, Dr Isatou Touray, tested negative [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: AU moves to prevent deaths, save lives and prevent unnecessary harm to African economies

04 august 2020 - 14:01:40
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - For providing effective online press briefings for the World Health Organization (WHO), the African Union [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: We must all accept hard choices if we’re to beat pandemic, urges WHO

28 july 2020 - 04:55:04
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Governments everywhere should adopt a much more focused approach to stopping coronavirus transmission if they want [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Nigeria records 653 new cases, total hits 36,107

19 july 2020 - 09:46:15
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 653 new COVID-19 cases in the country [...] Full text...

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UN report sends ‘sobering message’ of deeply entrenched hunger globally

13 july 2020 - 20:36:23
Rome, Italy (PANA) - In much of the world, “hunger remains deeply entrenched and is rising”, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres [...] Full text...

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Terrorist groups must not be allowed to exploit ‘fragilities’ caused by COVID-19 pandemic

07 july 2020 - 06:01:40
New York, US (PANA) - As COVID-19 continues to disrupt the world’s health systems, economies and local communities, the UN [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Another batch of 172 Nigerian (COVID-19) evacuees return from Kenya, Uganda

01 july 2020 - 16:50:47
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Another batch of Nigerians, stranded in Uganda and Kenya because of the travel restrictions imposed as [...] Full text...

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G5 Sahel–France Summit: Burkinabe president Kabore in Nouakchott

29 june 2020 - 19:16:30
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – The Burkinabe president, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, will Tuesday, 30 June, 2020, take part in [...] Full text...

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CAJ condemns police attacks on journalists in Zimbabwe

28 june 2020 - 14:21:18
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) -The Congress of African Journalists (CAJ) Sunday condemned attacks on two journalists by the Zimbabwean police. The newly-formed [...] Full text...

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Mauritius: Economy to be severely impacted in 2020 because of Covid-19

26 june 2020 - 14:23:35
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Statistics Mauritius on Friday said that Mauritius being a very open economy will be severely [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Rwandan govt imposes lockdown in several areas of Kigali city after cases rise

26 june 2020 - 00:23:02
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The Rwandan government Thursday imposed a lockdown on several areas of Kigali city after a surge [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: AfDB approves US$4 million grant to bolster South Sudan pandemic response

17 june 2020 - 16:57:08
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) on Wednesday approved a UA 3 [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WFP provides specialised nutritious foods for treatment of patients in isolation centres

10 june 2020 - 20:31:10
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is ramping up its support to the government of [...] Full text...

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Tunisia: 3rd DocuMed will be a digital edition because of Covid-19

07 june 2020 - 10:52:49
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The 3rd edition of the Mediterranean Documentary Film Festival in Tunisia (DocuMed), scheduled to hold from [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: Gambian finance minister says pandemic has negative socioeconomic impact on population

05 june 2020 - 13:26:18
Banjul, Gambia (PANA)- Gambian Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs Mambury Njie has said the coronavirus pandemic brought negative socioeconomic [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO says pandemic significantly impacts health services for NCDs in sub-Saharan Africa

01 june 2020 - 13:15:05
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Prevention and treatment services for noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) have been severely disrupted since the COVID-19 pandemic [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Senior Rwandan official calls for solidarity among African states in fight against COVID-19

25 may 2020 - 18:40:49
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan Foreign Affairs minister, Dr Vincent Biruta, on Monday called for global solidarity to fight against [...] Full text...

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Botswana opposition politicians condemn President’s intended visit to Zimbabwe

18 may 2020 - 13:22:10
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Opposition politicians in Botswana have condemned President Mokgweetsi Masisi’s intention to travel to Zimbabwe despite the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Nigeria records another daily high COVID-19 infections with 386, bringing total to 3,912

09 may 2020 - 09:32:37
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria on Friday recorded another daily high of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) infection with 386 confirmed cases, [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso: Voters invited to be enrolled in strict compliance with precaution measures against COVID-19

08 may 2020 - 23:55:28
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA)   - Burkina Faso President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré Friday called on his compatriots to get enrolled [...] Full text...

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EU scales up support to Gambia's coastal, marine zone resilience to climate change

06 may 2020 - 14:07:12
Banjul, Gambia(PANA)- The  European Union  has provided Euros 1,353,120  to fund a long term technical assistance team  working in support [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Botswana slowly opens up its economy

05 may 2020 - 19:20:00
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana has announced plans to gradually open up the economy following a five-week lockdown, ending on [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Guinean govt. tightens measures as fight against Covid-19 continues

05 may 2020 - 16:49:37
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - With a cumulative total of 1,710 COVID-19 positive cases reported in Guinea, the Guinean government has decided [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Nigeria records 238 new cases, total now 2,170

02 may 2020 - 09:11:29
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Friday announced 238 new confirmed cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19), [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Chinese deputy envoy to Zimbabwe torches storm after taking a dig at the UK

24 april 2020 - 20:47:20
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA)  -  Chinese deputy ambassador to Zimbabwe, Zhao Baogang, Friday torched a diplomatic storm by saying no Zimbabwean [...] Full text...

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Central African Republic President expected in Brazzaville on Wednesday

22 april 2020 - 09:46:53
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) -  The head of state of the Central African Republic, Faustin Archange Touadera, is expected in Brazzaville [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Forty-two Libyans in Britain infected with virus

10 april 2020 - 11:18:15
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Forty-two Libyan nationals in Britain have been infected with COVID19 (coronavirus), eight of whom are in [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: IMF approves US$147 million for Gabon to address pandemic

10 april 2020 - 06:05:37
Washington, US (PANA) - The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved the disbursement of US$147 million, [...] Full text...

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Coronavrus: IMF approves US$109.4 million for Rwanda to address pandemic

03 april 2020 - 09:31:55
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) – Rwanda has secured US$109.4 million from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to address the COVID-19 (coronavirus) [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: World Bank supports Gambia’s COVID-19 response

02 april 2020 - 19:26:00
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The World Bank Board on Thursday approved a US$10 million grant from the International Development Association [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: UN launches plan that could ‘defeat the virus and build a better world’

01 april 2020 - 05:31:45
New York, US (PANA) - The UN chief launched on Tuesday a new plan to counter the potentially devastating socio-economic [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Congolese traders urged not to inflate prices

25 march 2020 - 12:57:00
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Philippe Nsonde-Mondzie, Director General of Competition and Trade Fraud Enforcement at the Congolese Ministry of Trade [...] Full text...

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Nigeria govt may deploy soldiers, police to trace COVID-19 contact cases

24 march 2020 - 16:09:54
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – As the number of Nigerians with confirmed cases of Coronavirus rose to 40, including the two [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Libya launches website on evolution of coronavirus

23 march 2020 - 20:51:19
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The Libyan national disease center on Monday launched a website aiming at keeping watch, publishing statistics [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso: Second minister tests positive to coronavirus

20 march 2020 - 15:27:11
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso's Minister for Territorial Administration, Siméon Sawadogo, has tested positive to coronavirus (COVID-19),  his [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Burkina Faso's education minister tests positive

20 march 2020 - 09:56:21
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso's education minister Professor Stanislas Ouaro says he has tested positive for coronavirus. "Following various [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Cases hit 529 across Africa, 14 dead - Africa CDC

18 march 2020 - 15:54:21
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - At least 14 people have died from the coronavirus outbreak in 31 countries in Africa, [...] Full text...

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Kenyan security organ to enforce measures to prevent coronavirus spread

13 march 2020 - 17:25:47
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's top national security organ, convened a crisis session to discuss the outbreak of the coronavirus [...] Full text...

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