E-waste mountain growing five times faster than recycling rate
22 march 2024 - 05:27:08New York, US (PANA) - The amount of electronic waste – or e-waste – that we produce is at least [...] Full text...
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AfDB approves €24 million loan to Côte d’Ivoire to improve fisheries and aquaculture sectors
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Senior US diplomat participates in Dakar Biennale
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Friday’s exchange rates for the Gambian Dalasi
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Global plastics treaty: UN experts call for centrality of human rights
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One in three women experiences gender-based violence
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Antimicrobial Resistance conference closes with adoption of global pledges to tackle problem
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Ugandan Military Court to try opposition leader Besigye
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New York, US (PANA) - The amount of electronic waste – or e-waste – that we produce is at least [...] Full text...
Kenya marks World Migratory birds Day
12 may 2023 - 22:19:29Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya joins the rest of the world on Saturday in celebrating World Migratory Bird Day, the [...] Full text...
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Cabo Verde ‘on the frontlines’ of climate crisis, says UN chief ahead of Ocean Summit (A UN feature)
22 january 2023 - 05:44:32Praia, Cabo Verde (PANA) - How can a country secure a sustainable future if 99.3 per cent of its territory [...] Full text...
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Deadly tropical storms cause flooding, landslides in Madagascar
26 january 2022 - 05:44:18Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) - Two separate tropical weather systems in Madagascar have left at least 34 dead and triggered flooding [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigerian scientists predict catastrophic new coronavirus strain (By Kennedy Abwao, PANA correspondent)
21 june 2021 - 13:39:49Benin City, Nigeria (PANA) – The African population is at risk of a more lethal strain of the coronavirus disease [...] Full text...
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Standard Bank publishes climate-change-mitigating fossil fuels financing policy
11 december 2020 - 12:18:36Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - Financial services company Standard Bank Group has published its Fossil Fuels Financing Policy (FFFP) as [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: DR Congo records more than 12,000 cases to date
19 november 2020 - 18:36:17Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - DR Congo recorded 12,008 cases, including 12,007 laboratory-confirmed cases and one probable case, since the [...] Full text...
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Ebola outbreak in western DR Congo reaches 100 cases
21 august 2020 - 16:03:07Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The number of cases in the ongoing Ebola outbreak in western Democratic Republic of the Congo [...] Full text...
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Canada donates 290,000 USD to floods victims in northern Congo
14 january 2020 - 22:41:44Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Canadian minister of international development, Kirina Gould, Tuesday gave 290,000 USD worth of non-food aid [...] Full text...
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Heavy rains hit Kenya after hurricane Belna settles in Madagascar
10 december 2019 - 09:54:22Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Hurricane Belna, which has been travelling around the Indian Ocean, is expected to cause heavy rains [...] Full text...
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UNESCO deplores fire at Mont Kenya national park
05 march 2019 - 21:55:58Paris, France (PANA) - UNESCO’s Managing Director Audrey Azoula Tuesday deplored a fire outbreak at the national park of Mont [...] Full text...
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The Chagos case on the news this week in Mauritius
02 march 2019 - 14:05:04Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The judgment on the Chagos case following the ruling by the International Court of Justice [...] Full text...
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Nearly 900 reportedly killed following ‘shocking’ intercommunal attacks in DR Congo - UN
17 january 2019 - 05:15:48Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) said on Wednesday that at least 890 villagers were [...] Full text...
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DRC ‘calm but tense’ as country awaits presidential election result
04 january 2019 - 18:53:09Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The post-election environment in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is “calm but tense” as [...] Full text...
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Blocking of proposed South Atlantic Whale Sanctuary angers environmental groups
14 september 2018 - 16:17:29Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Environmental groups around the world expressed deep concern as a proposal to create a whale sanctuary [...] Full text...
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MSF hands over Ebola response activities in DRC
04 july 2018 - 06:55:22Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - Medical charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), says after a two-month emergency intervention in Equator Province of [...] Full text...
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Africa CDC deploys volunteers to tackle Ebola Virus Disease in DR Congo
01 june 2018 - 18:29:47Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - After recruiting and training 18 Congolese volunteers, Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa [...] Full text...
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WHO supports Ebola vaccination of high risk populations in DR Congo
21 may 2018 - 15:07:40Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), with the support of the World Health [...] Full text...
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US: UN marks Day of the Tropics with focus on region’s vulnerability
29 june 2017 - 20:41:32New York, US (PANA) – The majority of the world’s most vulnerable communities are in the Tropics, and will be [...] Full text...
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Cote d'Ivoire: AfDB approves US$15m equity investment to support inclusive growth in Africa
17 june 2017 - 08:38:34Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a US$15 million [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Food Price Index edges higher in February
02 march 2017 - 12:56:23Nairobi,Kenya (PANA) - The FAO Food Price Index rose slightly in February, marking its seventh consecutive monthly rise, led [...] Full text...
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Ghana: Limited registration of voters, attack at radio station reported in Ghana
30 april 2016 - 05:37:17Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The commencement of an exercise to update the voters’ register, the Electoral Commission’s launch of a [...] Full text...
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Rwanda: Climate experts to assess impacts of El nino in the Great Horn of Africa
18 february 2016 - 18:48:51Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Representatives of meteorological services from 11 countries from Eastern and Horn of Africa will gather in [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Food Price Index drops in January 2016 - FAO
04 february 2016 - 10:46:31Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The FAO Food Price Index fell in January, slipping 1.9 percent below its level in the [...] Full text...
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COP21: Ban says 'time for action is now'
30 november 2015 - 10:09:56Paris, France (PANA) - As the United Nations climate change conference, widely known as COP21, opens in the French capital, [...] Full text...
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Rwanda: Climate expert says El Nino will not escalate in 7 Great Horn of Africa States
24 august 2015 - 13:43:08Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Although El Nino will continue to strengthen in the next few months, this will not [...] Full text...
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FAO: 'Global warming will affect food production'
18 june 2015 - 12:44:17Rome, Italy (PANA) - Global warming will have profound consequences on where and how food is produced, and also lead [...] Full text...
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US: New research reveals surge in African hotel development
05 june 2015 - 16:11:25New York, US (PANA) - The findings of the annual Hotel Chain Development Pipeline Survey, produced by Lags-based W Hospitality [...] Full text...
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DR Congo: Civil society concerned about Ebola threat in DRC
04 october 2014 - 10:57:17Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) – Chairman of the civil society in DR Congo's province of Equator Fabien Munguza has said [...] Full text...
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Togo: 600-year-old baobab tree classified tourist site in Togo
08 may 2014 - 14:15:09Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Authorities in Togo have named a baobab tree, reportedly aged 600 years, a tourist site in [...] Full text...
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Tanzania: Financial shifts put spotlight on social, environmental impacts of large dams
01 may 2014 - 08:34:17Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - While disputes continue over large dams being built in Brazil, Ethiopia and DR Congo, [...] Full text...
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US envoy provides US$300K to help young Kenyan women start businesses
22 november 2013 - 11:53:14Kisumu, Kenya (PANA) - U.S. Ambassador to Kenya Robert F. Godec has pledged US$300,000 to support a partnership that helps at-risk [...] Full text...
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DRC launches campaign against measles in Equator province
11 september 2012 - 20:30:00Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - DR Congo authorities on Tuesday launched an immunization campaign against measles in 6 health zones [...] Full text...
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'Comoequa' is the official ball of 2012 Nations Cup
04 january 2012 - 09:41:03Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The newly-designed official match ball for the 2012 African Cup of Nations, to be co-hosted by [...] Full text...
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Nigeria, Chinese firm partner on 27.4b naira biofuel project
27 july 2011 - 10:15:03Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A Nigerian energy firm, Global Bio fuels, is collaborating with some other African and Chinese firms [...] Full text...
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Principles for responsible investment fail to support sustainable development
14 july 2011 - 06:44:08Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Principles intended to encourage socially and environmentally responsible investments generally fail to do so, [...] Full text...
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DRC soldiers arrest top 'Enyele' rebel commander
23 april 2011 - 17:33:34Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Congolese soldiers have arrested Jean Paul Bokoko, a member of the ex-rebel group "Enyele" in [...] Full text...
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5,113 new cases of leprosy recorded in DRC in 2010
31 january 2011 - 15:14:39Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) – About 5,113 new cases of leprosy were recorded in the Democratic Republic of Congo (RDC) [...] Full text...
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12,000 DRC refugees in Congo Brazzaville back home
13 january 2011 - 14:34:50Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) – Twelve thousand Congolese who took refuge in Ipfondo, in the Republic of Congo, following inter-ethnic [...] Full text...
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President Kabila orders repatriation of Mbororo nomads from DRC
19 december 2010 - 15:20:23Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - President Joseph Kapila has ordered the deportation of the Mbororo citizens, pastoralists of the Sahel-based [...] Full text...
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DR Congo province woos investors
04 november 2010 - 07:17:00Brussels- Belgium (PANA) -- The Province of Equator in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Wednesday held a round-table [...] Full text...
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Equatorial Guinea to become Portuguese-speaking member nation in 2012
25 october 2010 - 19:47:00Luanda- Angola (PANA) -- The Ambassador of Equatorial Guinea to Angola, Jose Eson o Micha Akeny, on Monday indicated that [...] Full text...
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CAN 2012 qualifiers: Angola 1, Guinea Bissau 0
10 october 2010 - 17:34:00Luanda- Angola (PANA) -- The Angolan national football team, the Palancas Negras beat their Guinea Bissau counterparts 1-0 here Saturday [...] Full text...
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UNMIS opens field office for Southern Sudan referendum
04 september 2010 - 17:09:00New York- US (PANA) -- The UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) has opened its first field office for the referendum [...] Full text...
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France gives 200,000 euros for DRC refugees
27 august 2010 - 11:57:00Brazzaville- Congo (PANA) -- The French government has given 200,000 euros for th e purchase of drugs for refugees from [...] Full text...
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More than 114,700 DRC refugees in Congo Brazzaville to return home
12 june 2010 - 10:40:00Kinshasa- DR Congo (PANA) – More than 144,700 refu-gees from the Democratic Republic of Congo in Congo Brazzaville will be [...] Full text...
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France grants 220,000 euros to DRC refugees
01 april 2010 - 14:07:00Brazzaville- Congo (PANA) -- France will grant 220,000 euros for the purchase of 222 tonnes of rice as part of [...] Full text...
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BEAC governor to remain at post temporarily
29 october 2009 - 20:37:00Yaounde- Cameroon (PANA) -- The governor of the Bank for Central African States ( BEAC), Philibert Andzembe, who has been [...] Full text...
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Malabo bids to host 2013 Francophone Games
30 september 2009 - 18:49:00Beirut- Lebanon (PANA) -- Equatorial Guinea has submitted its bid to host the 201 3 Francophone games in place of [...] Full text...
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UN warns climate change risks worse than previously predicted
24 september 2009 - 19:01:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The effects of the global climate change is worse than p reviously predicted and could affect [...] Full text...
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Experts suggest ways out of Nigeria's energy crisis
11 march 2009 - 13:19:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- For Nigeria to overcome its current power shortages and achieve the objective of being among the [...] Full text...
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