IMF expects a 3.6% growth of Sub-Saharan Africa in 2020
29 october 2019 - 15:34:33Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa is projected to halt at 3.2 percent in 2019 and [...] Full text...
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Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa is projected to halt at 3.2 percent in 2019 and [...] Full text...
IMF sets out policy steps to raise Sub-Saharan Africa’s medium-term growth
08 may 2018 - 18:28:25Washington, US (PANA) - Growth in sub-Saharan Africa is projected to pick up modestly from 2⅔ percent in 2017 to [...] Full text...
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22 may 2014 - 22:13:43New York, US (PANA) - Mr. Nicholas Kay, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative and head of the UN Assistance Mission [...] Full text...
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Gambia faces heavy debt burden despite progress, says IMF mission
12 november 2010 - 19:13:00Banjul- Gambia (PANA) -- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Friday disclose d that despite Gambia's good economic performance in [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian PM attends G20 Summit in South Korea
11 november 2010 - 15:01:00Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi and his Ind ian counterpart, Manmohan Singh, who are in [...] Full text...
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Authorities accept deployment of regional stabilization force in Guinea Bissau
29 september 2010 - 13:19:00Brussels- Belgium (PANA) -- Authorities in Guinea Bissau have accepted the idea o f deploying a regional stabilization force in [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS, Togo sign pact on Project Unit hosting
10 september 2010 - 13:32:00Lome- Togo (PANA) -- ECOWAS has signed an agreement with the Government of Togo for the hosting of the Project [...] Full text...
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'Erratic rainfall threat to food security in Africa'
07 september 2010 - 12:23:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Against a backdrop of extreme weather wreaking havoc in some parts of the world, an international [...] Full text...
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UN calls for greater protection of world's indigenous communities
09 august 2010 - 15:59:00New York- US (PANA) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday called for an i ncrease in efforts to improve [...] Full text...
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Gambia, Kuwait sign US$14m grant pact
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At least 24 Spanish companies to exhibit at Luanda international fair
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AfDB to increase capital to US$100 billion
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Ban wants support for Africa's progress
25 may 2010 - 16:08:00New York- US (PANA) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday urged the inte rnational community to step up efforts [...] Full text...
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Africa to experience 4.5% growth in 2010 - Report
24 may 2010 - 12:41:00Abidjan- Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) -- Africa, which has been hit by the global economi c crisis, will experience an average [...] Full text...
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Zanzibar isles earn more from goods, services exports
18 may 2010 - 12:37:00Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- During the year ended March 2010, Zanzibar real ised increased receipts from export of [...] Full text...
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Private sector to join ECOWAS' negotiation with EU on EPA
08 may 2010 - 09:31:00Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- The private sector in West Africa is to be drafted into ongoing negotiations between ECOWAS and [...] Full text...
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UNICEF invests nearly 1 billion FCFA in north-east Benin
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EIB to support unique microfinance fund for Africa
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Zimbabwe marks 30 years of Uhuru facing uncertain future (Feature)
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African Ombudsmen meet in Angola
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Libyans celebrate 34th anniversary of students' revolution
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Annan says Asia-Africa cooperation is key to global development
26 february 2010 - 12:09:00Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- Africa can learn from the experiences of succes sful Asian nations, and argue boldly [...] Full text...
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Tanzania, Jordan set up cooperation commission
24 february 2010 - 08:46:00Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- Tanzania and Jordan have agreed to set up a joi nt cooperation commission, with [...] Full text...
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Lack of migration data hampering cooperation, integration in Southern Africa
05 february 2010 - 11:58:00Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- Efforts to foster socio-economic cooperation and integra tion within the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and [...] Full text...
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Global economy recovering faster than previously anticipated, says IMF
27 january 2010 - 14:37:00New York- US (PANA) -- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said that the gl obal economy is recovering faster [...] Full text...
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Gambia ruling party launches presidential electioneering campaign
26 january 2010 - 19:22:00Banjul- Gambia (PANA) -- Without waiting for the Gambian Independent Electoral Co mmission to announce a date, the ruling Alliance [...] Full text...
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Commonwealth Scribe assesses Rwandan institutions (Corrected)
21 january 2010 - 19:01:00Kigali- Rwanda (PANA) -- Commonwealth General Secretary Kamalesh Sharma is in Kig ali to the state of affairs of state-run [...] Full text...
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Commonwealth Scribe assesses Rwadan institutions
21 january 2010 - 18:59:00Kigali- Rwanda (PANA) -- Commonwealth General Secretary Kamalesh Sharma is in Kig ali to the state of affairs of state-run [...] Full text...
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Japan appoints representative to ECOWAS
21 december 2009 - 23:32:00Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The Japanese government has appointed Toshitsugu Uesawa as the country's ambassador to Abuja, to be its [...] Full text...
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Mauritius gets US$ 100 million from World Bank
03 december 2009 - 15:00:00Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritius has received a loan of US$ 100 million from the World Bank, out of which [...] Full text...
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Fuel scarcity: Opposition accuses FG of inflicting pain on Nigerians
02 november 2009 - 17:51:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's vocal opposition party, the Action Congress (A C), has accused the federal government of inflicting [...] Full text...
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AU Commissioner identifies factors hindering development in Africa
14 october 2009 - 16:34:00Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The low level of infrastructural development in A frica remains one of the main hindrances [...] Full text...
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Lecturers' strike, troubled banks get big play in Nigerian media
29 august 2009 - 11:58:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The lingering strike by Nigerian University lecturers an d the cleansing sweeping across Nigerian banks dominated [...] Full text...
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Naval heads from 3 African nations for Nigerian Navy conference
25 august 2009 - 17:57:00Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- The Chiefs of Naval Staff of Ghana, Kenya and South Afri ca are expected in Nigeria [...] Full text...
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Yar'Adua to G-8 leaders: Fulfill your commitments to Africa
10 july 2009 - 18:52:00Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigerian President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua on Friday in L’Aq uila, Italy, called on leaders of the [...] Full text...
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UN chief tells Africa to capitalize on new climate change talks
01 july 2009 - 16:36:00Sirte- Libya (PANA) -- African countries must capitalize on the ongoing discussio ns on a new climate change agreement to [...] Full text...
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Libyan-Tunisian international trade show ends
17 june 2009 - 22:31:00Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- The third edition of the Libyan-Tunisian international trade show for services ended on Wednesday in Tripoli [...] Full text...
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AfDB to provide technical assistance to Namibia
17 june 2009 - 15:05:00Windhoek- Namibia (PANA) -- The African Development Bank (AfDB) has said it will provide technical and financial support to bolster [...] Full text...
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French Socialist Party calls for democratic succession in Gabon
10 june 2009 - 09:40:00Paris- France (PANA) -- The French socialist party has urged the French governmen t to "do its best" to ensure [...] Full text...
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Malawi presidency: ‘let my work speak for me’
14 may 2009 - 17:39:00Blantyre- Malawi (PANA) -- On Tuesday, 19 May, Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharik a faces the political test of his [...] Full text...
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Kenya govt to resettle squatters on waters towers
06 may 2009 - 17:19:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki has reassured families squa tting within the Mau forest, Kenya's key water [...] Full text...
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Gadio: Principle of establishing AU Authority retained
16 april 2009 - 23:59:00Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- Senegalese minister of foreign affairs, Cheikh Tidiane G adio, announced on Thursday in Tripoli that the [...] Full text...
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'There should be no cover-up in Halliburton bribery scandal'
12 april 2009 - 13:29:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's opposition Action Congress (AC) party has warn ed the government against any attempt to cover [...] Full text...
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G-20 leaders urged to shield Africans against extreme poverty
01 april 2009 - 18:07:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Amidst a global economic crisis threatening to relegate 53 million more African people into extreme poverty [...] Full text...
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Civil Societies favour stimulus package for fragile African economies
28 march 2009 - 14:58:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- With the global economy slumping further into the red, A frican and international lobby groups on [...] Full text...
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Senegalese lawyer wants African bars strengthened
27 march 2009 - 17:02:00Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The President of the lawyers' association in Senegal, Ma me Adama Gueye, said Thursday that lawyers [...] Full text...
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UNIDO to hold summit on energy
24 march 2009 - 17:45:00New York- US (PANA) -- The UN Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) says it is organising an energy conference to discuss [...] Full text...
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'Africa must be part of solution to global economic crisis'
10 march 2009 - 14:09:00Lusaka- Zambia (PANA)- – Former UN secretary general Kofi Annan on Tuesday called for immediate assistance for Africa to ease [...] Full text...
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Namibia’s diamond miner not asking for govt bailout
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UN says direct foreign investment dropped in 2008
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Global financial crisis taking toll on Africa, says S/African minister
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