IMF reaches staff-level deal with DRC on ECF, RSF for US$ 1.77 billion

14 november 2024 - 08:35:29
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) – Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and a mission of the International Monetary [...] Full text...

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Adapt or perish: UN calls for urgent action at COP29 climate summit

07 november 2024 - 12:44:46
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Come hell or high water, nations must urgently scale up climate adaptation efforts, the UN Environment [...] Full text...

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Climate resilience in Guinea-Bissau hinges on stability, governance and business climate

05 november 2024 - 07:32:25
Bissau, Guinea-Bissau (PANA) - Strengthened institutional and financial systems are crucial for fostering climate resilience and sustainable development in Guinea-Bissau, [...] Full text...

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Rearing cattle produces more greenhouse gases than driving cars, UN report warns

16 october 2024 - 21:28:57
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Cattle-rearing generates more global warming greenhouse gases, as measured in CO2 equivalent, than transportation, and smarter [...] Full text...

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World Bank economic update proposes policy options to promote Gabon’s forest conservation

14 october 2024 - 15:03:26
Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - Gabon experienced lower growth in 2023 (2.4%) amid transport disruptions that impacted wood and manganese production, [...] Full text...

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Equatorial Guinea Economic Update: Designing fiscal instruments for sustainable forestry

08 october 2024 - 10:14:38
Malabo, Equatorial Guinea (PANA) -  The World Bank has issued the 2024 Equatorial Guinea Economic Update which analyses the country’s [...] Full text...

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In plain view: Solutions to turbocharge the agrifood system transition: World Bank Blog By Sergiy Zorya, Joshua Gill, Alexandra Horst and Francis Addeah Darko

07 october 2024 - 07:17:30
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Momentum is growing for real food systems change at a scale never seen before. [...] Full text...

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Morocco: Strengthening climate resilience to safeguard and grow coastal tourism jobs: World Bank Blog By Kanako Hasegawa and Ulrike Lehr

25 september 2024 - 08:28:46
Casablanca, Morocco (PANA) - The blue economy holds significant potential to create jobs. Across Africa, the blue economy already generates [...] Full text...

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Rising sea level is an 'urgent and escalating threat': UN

27 august 2024 - 07:08:16
New York, US (PANA) - The level of the sea globally is rising faster and higher than ever before, creating [...] Full text...

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Congo designs fiscal instruments for sustainable forestry, economic growth

14 august 2024 - 07:42:44
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – Republic of Congo’s economy is gradually recovering, with GDP growth estimated at 1.9% in 2023, according [...] Full text...

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Indigenous Day celebrates ‘guardians of the environment’

09 august 2024 - 16:31:36
New York, US (PANA) - As countries celebrate the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples on Friday, the theme of [...] Full text...

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Bold fiscal reforms can unlock Cameroon’s full potential

06 august 2024 - 16:47:46
Yaoundé, Cameroon (PANA) -   The World Bank on Tuesday launched two flagship economic reports: the 2024 Cameroon Economic Update and [...] Full text...

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Forests face increasing risk of wildfires and pests due to climate change

23 july 2024 - 07:29:02
Rome, Italy (PANA) - The world’s forests are becoming increasingly susceptible to wildfires and pests due to climate change, according [...] Full text...

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Preserving the Congo Basin forest: Game changer for Africa and the world: World Bank Blog By Cheick Fantamady Kanté

05 july 2024 - 07:16:34
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - As African leaders convene in Brazzaville to discuss the forest agenda, it is crucial to reflect [...] Full text...

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World Environment: There is an exit off ‘the highway to climate hell’, Guterres insists

06 june 2024 - 05:38:41
New York, United States (PANA) - “It’s climate crunch time” when it comes to tackling rising carbon emissions, the UN [...] Full text...

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Accelerating extinction rate triggers domino effect of biodiversity loss

22 may 2024 - 04:59:02
New York, US (PANA) - While nearly one million species are currently at risk of extinction, the United Nations University [...] Full text...

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Africa: a major pillar of climate action - Nassim Oulmane

13 may 2024 - 19:18:59
Addis-Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Africa is the pillar of climate action, said Nassim Oulmane, Director of the Technology, Climate Change [...] Full text...

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World Migratory Bird Day focuses on insects

11 may 2024 - 18:37:17
Bonn, Germany (PANA) - As the world celebrates World Migratory Bird Day 2024 on Saturday, the UN has announced that [...] Full text...

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Achieving sustainable forest management remains UN forum’s goal

07 may 2024 - 05:17:12
New York, US (PANA) - The 19th session of the UN Forum on Forests (UNFF19) opened on Monday with focus [...] Full text...

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Rights expert commends peace efforts in Central African Republic

28 february 2024 - 05:51:33
Bangui, Central African Reoublic (PANA) - An expert appointed by the UN Human Rights Council has urged the Government of the [...] Full text...

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World Economic Forum: Schwab Foundation announces social innovators of 2024

16 january 2024 - 17:20:16
Davos-Klosters, Switzerland (PANA) – From India to Morocco, the United States to Ecuador, the 16 organizations awarded by the Schwab [...] Full text...

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2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development reaches half-way mark (By UN News)

29 december 2023 - 07:20:11
New York, US (PANA) - The global push for a safer, greener and more just world, as outlined in the [...] Full text...

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COP28: Madagascar receives $8.8 million for forest carbon credits

05 december 2023 - 08:39:16
Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) -  Madagascar received $8.8 million for carbon credits from reducing 1.76 million tons of carbon emissions in [...] Full text...

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COP28: 'Unprecedented drought emergency demands urgent action'

02 december 2023 - 05:56:44
Dubai, UAE (PANA) - A new report by the UN team combatting desertification reveals alarming trends over the past two [...] Full text...

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COP28: World Bank carbon credits to boost international carbon markets

01 december 2023 - 19:40:33
Dubai, UAE (PANA) - The World Bank on Friday announced ambitious plans for the growth of high-integrity global carbon markets, [...] Full text...

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COP28: Climate action will boost Tunisia’s economy, says World Bank Report

30 november 2023 - 14:23:42
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Water scarcity, coastal erosion and more frequent flooding are among Tunisia’s most pressing climate challenges, says [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso lost almost 47.5% of its forests between 1992 and 2014

28 november 2023 - 17:46:28
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso lost almost 47.5% of its forests between 1992 and 2014, according to Roger [...] Full text...

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Climate action key to Kenya’s upper-middle-income country aspirations

17 november 2023 - 17:53:44
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA - Kenya remains vulnerable to frequent climatic shocks that pose significant economic risk. Without adaptation measures, the impact [...] Full text...

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DRC must strengthen institutions, increase investments to become 'climate solutions country'

16 november 2023 - 18:26:55
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Possessing half of Africa's forests, large freshwater resources, and mineral reserves that are critical for [...] Full text...

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‘No end in sight’ to rising greenhouse gas emissions: WMO

15 november 2023 - 20:14:35
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Greenhouse gas emissions reached a record high in 2022 with “no end in sight to the [...] Full text...

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WB, Algeria collaborate to strengthen sustainability, climate resilience of forests

14 november 2023 - 09:40:30
Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - The World Bank and the Algerian government, through the General Directorate of Forests and the National [...] Full text...

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Valuing ecosystem services for integrated landscape management in Zimbabwe: World Bank Blog By Ademola Braimoh and Easther Chigumira

01 november 2023 - 07:55:05
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Valuing ecosystem services –– the benefits humans obtain from earth’s many life-support systems –– is an [...] Full text...

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Three priorities to turn natural capital into wealth for people of the Congo Basin: World Bank Blog By Cheick Fantamady Kanté

27 october 2023 - 07:07:04
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The question “top-of-mind” for most leaders and climate champions who will be gathering this week in [...] Full text...

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African leaders commit to pursue green and inclusive growth

09 september 2023 - 09:54:39
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - African leaders ended their three-day Africa Climate Summit with a call to the global community to [...] Full text...

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African Climate Summit to seek clear financing plan

04 september 2023 - 20:20:57
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – African leaders meeting in Nairobi for the first ever African Climate Summit have outlined bold reforms, [...] Full text...

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AU vows to end environmental pandemics linked to climate change

04 september 2023 - 12:38:26
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The African Union has decried the rise in climate change-related disasters and pandemics and vowed to [...] Full text...

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African children bearing the brunt of climate change impacts

02 september 2023 - 05:34:18
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Children in Africa are among the most at risk from climate change impacts but are being [...] Full text...

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Extreme weather highlights need for greater climate action - WMO

16 july 2023 - 05:50:29
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Scorching temperatures are engulfing large parts of the Northern hemisphere, while devastating floods triggered by relentless [...] Full text...

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Malian Army 'neutralises' many terrorists in various parts of the country

23 may 2023 - 16:36:35
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian Armed Forces (FAMAs) say they have neutralised many terrorists and arrested others in operations [...] Full text...

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Biodiversity Day: Protecting humanity’s ‘life-support system’

22 may 2023 - 16:18:40
New York, US (PANA) - The world is on Monday marking International Day for Biological Diversity on a theme, "Moving from [...] Full text...

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Seven illegal gold miners killed when pit collapses on them

16 may 2023 - 11:01:55
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Seven illegal gold miners have died when a pit in which they were mining collapsed on [...] Full text...

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Natural capital, an option for African governments to finance SDGs

24 april 2023 - 20:53:28
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Africa must use all its comparative advantages to mobilize the resources it needs to finance [...] Full text...

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WB approves $900 million to support critical governance reforms, girls’ empowerment in DRC

30 march 2023 - 14:15:43
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - As part of the World Bank’s deepened engagement in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), [...] Full text...

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Libyan newspaper takes issue with calls by some Libyan politicians to reduce Libya's diplomatic presence in Africa

17 march 2023 - 17:21:00
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan newspaper "Alsabaah" (Le Matin) has taken exception to "statements and insinuations" of some Libyan [...] Full text...

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11th Ordinary Session of Council of Ministers of Central African Forest Commission to be held in Burundi

14 march 2023 - 13:27:07
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The Burundian Minister of Environment, Agriculture and Livestock, Sanctus Niragira, announced on Tuesday the holding of [...] Full text...

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Eritrea: human rights situation remains dire amid complete impunity

07 march 2023 - 05:44:28
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The human rights situation in Eritrea remains dire against of backdrop of “complete” impunity for State [...] Full text...

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Burundi announces national strategy for the Integrationof Pygmies

01 march 2023 - 16:43:38
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Education, access to basic social services, social and public rights, housing, hygiene and sanitation, and food [...] Full text...

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Renewal of state of emergency a precautionary measure to avert a falling back into manslaughter (By Mohamed Osman Adam)

24 february 2023 - 18:23:46
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Blue Nile State, near the borders with Ethiopia, on Friday renewed a state of emergency [...] Full text...

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Nature-based tourism holds tremendous economic potential in Rwanda: WB report

23 february 2023 - 11:18:00
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) – Spurred by the services sector, especially the revival of tourism, Rwanda’s GDP grew by 8.4 percent [...] Full text...

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Despite challenges, Africa ‘poised for progress’ – Guterres

18 february 2023 - 18:26:36
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres expressed his support for an integrated, prosperous, and peaceful Africa on [...] Full text...

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World Bank, Ethiopia sign $40 million deal to cut carbon emissions under sustainable landscape management

09 february 2023 - 13:12:23
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopia has signed a landmark agreement with the World Bank’s reduce carbon emissions by tackling [...] Full text...

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Liberia hosts international forum on forest and climate resilience

02 february 2023 - 10:51:53
Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) – The Government of Liberia, with support from the World Bank, the Government of Norway, and donor [...] Full text...

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WMO unveils plans for sustainable monitoring of greenhouse gases

02 february 2023 - 05:56:30
New York, US (PANA) - A UN-led plan to tackle climate change by radically improving the way heat-trapping atmospheric pollutants [...] Full text...

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2022 Year in Review: Celebrating women fighting for their rights

30 december 2022 - 05:49:04
New York, US (PANA) - UN News on Friday highlighted the work of activists helping to protect women’s rights, which [...] Full text...

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COP27: Burundi's President calls for long-term loans for environmental projects

10 november 2022 - 12:01:28
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi's President Evariste Ndayishimiye has called for long-term loans at low interest rates for environmental services [...] Full text...

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COP27: Senegalese President calls for 'more climate action'

07 november 2022 - 19:32:32
Sharm el Sheikh (PANA) – Africa, which contributes less than 4% of greenhouse gas emissions, is willing to work with [...] Full text...

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Communal fighting: the Achilles' heel in Sudan’s national unity (News analysis by Mohamed Osman, PANA correspondent)

24 october 2022 - 14:09:31
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – Spurred by intensification of ethnic conflict in the Blue Nile, adjacent to the Border with Ethiopia, [...] Full text...

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Libyan Finance Minister urges WB, IMF to help Africa mitigate effects of climate change

17 october 2022 - 12:47:45
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's Minister of Finance of the Government of National Unity (GNU), Khaled al-Mabrouk, has urged the [...] Full text...

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Wildfire, floods don’t need to turn into disasters: UN risk report

31 august 2022 - 05:55:25
New York, US (PANA) - Hazards such as earthquakes, floods, heatwaves, and wildfires, can be prevented from becoming life-threatening disasters, [...] Full text...

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US 'very concerned' by 'credible' reports of Rwanda aiding DRC's M23 rebels - Blinken

10 august 2022 - 08:03:22
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The US says it is "very concerned by credible reports" that Rwanda has provided support to [...] Full text...

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Rights group says US Secretary of State's visit to DRC tests US support for democracy, rights

09 august 2022 - 11:20:41
Washington, DC, US (PANA) – United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken should publicly promote free and fair elections, respect [...] Full text...

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Terrorist logistical refugees destroyed by Malian army in central Mali

03 august 2022 - 19:21:49
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian army said here Wednesday it had destroyed logistical shelters of terrorists in the forests [...] Full text...

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World ‘at a crossroads’ as droughts increase nearly a third in a generation - UN

13 may 2022 - 05:16:36
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Humanity is “at a crossroads” when it comes to managing drought and accelerating ways of [...] Full text...

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Natural resources must be ‘part of the solution’ in fight against deforestation: FAO

04 may 2022 - 05:57:20
Rome, Italy (PANA) - Between 2010 and 2018, the rate of deforestation worldwide slowed by nearly 30 per cent compared [...] Full text...

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U.S. government completes documentation of Osun Osogbo Sacred Groove, Southwest region, presents results to Nigeria

27 april 2022 - 15:20:11
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Demonstrating leadership and respect for Nigeria’s cultural heritage, the U.S. Embassy here and its implementing partner, [...] Full text...

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International Day for Monuments and Sites spotlights climate change

19 april 2022 - 05:19:09
Paris, France (PANA) - One in three natural sites and one in six cultural heritage sites are currently threatened by [...] Full text...

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UN chief says its time for ‘tangible and credible’ forest management

21 march 2022 - 04:34:16
New York, US (PANA) - Healthy forests are “essential” for people and the planet, the UN chief said in his [...] Full text...

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Environmentalist calls for increased investment to combat land degradation in Africa

12 march 2022 - 15:45:23
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - An environmentalist of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has called on governments and businesses to [...] Full text...

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Forestry post attacked in western Burkina Faso, no casualties reported

21 february 2022 - 17:37:59
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - An unidentified armed group on early Monday 21 February 2022, attacked the forest post of [...] Full text...

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Madagascar braces for another cyclone as it struggles to recover from a recent one

05 february 2022 - 08:54:29
Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) - Lives, livelihoods, and vital crops are at risk across Madagascar with Tropical Cyclone Batsirai expected to [...] Full text...

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Bringing dry land in the Sahel back to life (Feature by FAO)

23 january 2022 - 10:17:05
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Millions of hectares of farmland are lost to the desert each year in Africa’s Sahel region, [...] Full text...

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Tshisekedi satisfied in putting AU at the service of the people

14 december 2021 - 19:15:00
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The president of DR Congo and current chairman of the African Union (AU), Felix Tshisekedi, [...] Full text...

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Kenyan forestry owners set to receive payments for carbon sink projects

15 november 2021 - 14:36:08
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is to generate data on forest emissions i Kenya with [...] Full text...

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Climate Change: 11 African countries to benefit from $345 million programme to transform food, land use systems

06 november 2021 - 17:59:04
Glasgow, Scotland, (PANA) - A $345 million programme, The Food Systems, Land Use and Restoration Impact Programme (FOLUR), was launched [...] Full text...

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Kenya to spearhead climate change mitigation effort in Africa

03 november 2021 - 22:30:48
Glasgow, Scotland (PANA) - President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday announced Kenya's plan to work with African countries that form the [...] Full text...

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COP26: World leaders, corporations take major step to restore and protect forests

02 november 2021 - 19:59:15
Glasgow, Scotland (PANA) - A pivotal pledge to save and restore the planet’s forests was officially announced on the second [...] Full text...

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The Climate Crisis is a Human Rights Crisis, says rights group

31 october 2021 - 10:42:19
Glasgow, Scotland (PANA) - As world leaders gather in Glasgow for the United Nations Climate Conference (COP26) this week, the stakes [...] Full text...

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Mauritius calls for drastic measures to address urgency of climate crisis ahead of COP-26

30 october 2021 - 08:35:07
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Minister of Environment, Solid Waste Management and Climate Change, Mr. Kavydass Ramano, on Friday [...] Full text...

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World Heritage forests releasing more carbon than they absorb: UNESCO

29 october 2021 - 08:17:32
Paris, France (PANA) - Forests in at least 10 World Heritage sites have become net sources of carbon, due to [...] Full text...

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UN chief calls for bold action to end 'suicidal war with nature'

12 october 2021 - 10:25:12
New York, US (PANA) - With more than a million species at risk of extinction, countries must work now to achieve a sustainable future for [...] Full text...

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Libyan PM and Prosecutor General meet to discuss expired food and medicines

10 october 2021 - 21:39:23
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity, Abdelhamid Al-Dbaiba and the Prosecutor General, Councillor [...] Full text...

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Nigerian Air Force airstrikes kill five terror bandits’ kingpins, 26 others in Zamfara State, Northwest Nigeria

21 september 2021 - 23:08:23
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Five kingpins of terrorists and bandits’ groups in Zamfara State were Tuesday killed by Nigeria Air Force [...] Full text...

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Nigerian soldier dies as troops eliminate 42 fleeing terrorists, bandits in Niger State

20 september 2021 - 21:52:26
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigerian troops, comprising the Armed Forces of Nigeria and Nigeria Police Mobile unit forces, have eliminated [...] Full text...

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Agroecology can address food systems failures - new IFAD report

08 september 2021 - 15:00:29
Rome, Italy (PANA) – In its first comprehensive assessment of agroecology, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) announced Wednesday [...] Full text...

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Ghana to reverse land degradation with World Bank support

01 september 2021 - 13:39:17
Washington, US (PANA) - The World Bank has approved $103.4 million for Ghana to reverse land degradation and strengthen integrated [...] Full text...

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Libyan Foreign Minister inquires about situation in Tunisia after series of forest fires

11 august 2021 - 21:22:15
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Najla Al-Mangouch Wednesday reassured Tunisian minister of Foreign [...] Full text...

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Troika urges signatories of South Sudan's peace agreement 'to move faster'

09 july 2021 - 06:00:08
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The Troika on Sudan and South Sudan, (United States, United Kingdom, and Norway) has congratulated [...] Full text...

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Guinean gov't cracks down on logging, timber trafficking

21 june 2021 - 19:56:15
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The Guinean government says it banned the logging and transport of wood before July 2, the [...] Full text...

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EU helps Sudan improve gum Arabic production

21 june 2021 - 18:34:59
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudan, the European Union (EU) and France have launched a joint project aimed at increasing [...] Full text...

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"I’ll fight terrorism to the end, return IDPs back to normal lives", says Buhari

17 june 2021 - 18:30:49
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Maiduguri, Borno State, Northeast Nigeria, assured citizens of the Federal Government's [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso to restore 5.16 million hectares of degraded land by 2030

17 june 2021 - 15:03:02
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso is committed to rehabilitating 5.16 million hectares of degraded land by 2030, as [...] Full text...

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Sudan, FAO and WFP call for investment in agriculture

14 june 2021 - 17:42:44
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan’s Ministry of Agriculture and Forests, along with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the [...] Full text...

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Ghana begins ambitious project to plant five million trees

11 june 2021 - 10:31:18
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – Ghanaians are on Friday planting some five million trees in an ambitious project to recover its [...] Full text...

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UN launches Decade on Ecosystem Restoration to counter ‘triple environmental emergency’

05 june 2021 - 10:06:06
New York, US (PANA) - Heads of government, religious leaders, activists and artists joined the United Nations on Friday in [...] Full text...

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Still time to reverse damage to ‘ravaged’ ecosystems, declares UN chief, marking Environment Day

04 june 2021 - 19:08:34
New York, US (PANA) - Amidst the triple environmental threat of biodiversity loss, climate disruption and escalating pollution, Secretary-General António [...] Full text...

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Ghana: President Akufo-Addo stokes illegal mining debate, describing it as evil activity.

27 may 2021 - 23:36:54
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has reaffirmed his resolve to  stop illegal mining dubbed 'galamsey', [...] Full text...

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Guterres urges humanity to make ‘peace with the planet’

22 may 2021 - 06:46:19
New York, US (PANA) - Humanity is “waging a war on nature”, threatening biodiversity loss, climate disruption and escalating pollution, [...] Full text...

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Dozens of policemen killed in an ambush by drug dealers in western Sudan

15 may 2021 - 16:24:58
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Twelve policemen, including an officer, were killed and 14 other injured when narcotics dealers ambushed a [...] Full text...

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Ocean benefits increasingly undermined by human activity, UN assessment reveals

22 april 2021 - 06:28:48
New York, US (PANA) - Greater understanding of the ocean is essential if the world is to recover better from [...] Full text...

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Violence victims in northern Mozambique offered assistance at new transit centre

09 april 2021 - 11:30:05
Pemba, Mozambique (PANA) – Hundreds of people displaced by recent attacks in Palma, northern Mozambique, have found temporary shelter this week [...] Full text...

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IOM denounces reprehensible attacks on civilians in northern Mozambique

04 april 2021 - 09:42:26
Pemba, Mozambique (PANA) - The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is deeply concerned about reports of continuing violence in northern [...] Full text...

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UN chief urges nations to restore, conserve forests

21 march 2021 - 15:13:14
New York, US (PANA) - Humanity’s well-being is inextricably linked to the health of our planet in which forests play [...] Full text...

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'UNHCR concerned about thousands of Central Africans fleeing election violence'

08 january 2021 - 11:48:49
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, said on Friday that it is concerned that violence and insecurity [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian Crisis: Ethiopian military says four top Tigray leaders killed, nine captured

08 january 2021 - 10:58:56
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) -  The Ethiopian National Defence Force (NDF) announced on Thursday that it has killed four top [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian Crisis: Gov't announces cash reward for information on TPLF leaders

18 december 2020 - 11:32:38
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Ethiopian Ministry of National Defence Force has announced a cash reward of 10 million [...] Full text...

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Kenya taps marine fisheries, maritime resources to achieve economic transformation

04 december 2020 - 11:23:50
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya has prioritised the sustainable utilization of its ocean and blue economy resources as an enabler [...] Full text...

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Environment ministers to meet on green stimulus plan for Africa

27 november 2020 - 00:22:23
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - African ministers of environment will meet here from 30 November to 4 December to discuss a [...] Full text...

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WHO announces end of 11th Ebola outbreak in DR Congo

18 november 2020 - 11:58:35
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday announced the end of the 11th Ebola outbreak in the [...] Full text...

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FAO builds momentum for restoring forests as world enters key decade for ecosystems

29 october 2020 - 06:35:39
Rome, Italy (PANA) - The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is leading a push for the world to scale up efforts to [...] Full text...

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Burkinabè Army rescues Nigerien Water and Forest Official from kidnappers

06 october 2020 - 16:43:33
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkinabè Army has rescued a non-commissioned officer from the Water and Forests service of [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: FAO calls for transformational change in management of forests and food systems

06 october 2020 - 12:46:01
Rome, Italy (PANA) - Transformational change is needed in the way countries manage forests and their biodiversity, people  produce and [...] Full text...

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Lion causing panic in southern Senegal

02 october 2020 - 16:59:54
Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - A lion, which walks freely on the streets of Oussouye, in Casamance, southern Senegal, is causing [...] Full text...

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With lessons from Ebola outbreak, DRC moved swiftly to curb coronavirus spread - Tshisekedi

24 september 2020 - 05:56:45
New York, US (PANA) - Learning its lessons from the Ebola outbreak, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) took swift [...] Full text...

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Tunisia records more than 430 bushfires, destruction of 1,958 hectares of forests

30 august 2020 - 13:02:48
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia as at 28 August recorded 438 fires that destroyed 1,958 hectares of forests and grasslands, [...] Full text...

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World Economic Forum, partner launch global trillion trees project

27 august 2020 - 11:22:02
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - World Economic Forum and partners has launched the first regional chapter of 1t.org, supporting the global [...] Full text...

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World Water Week: IFAD focuses on building climate resilience, incentivising African farmers

25 august 2020 - 07:40:49
Stockholm, Sweden (PANA) - With a rich and unique history spanning 29 years, World Water Week has developed into the [...] Full text...

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Forest fire guts part of major national park in South Western Rwanda

14 august 2020 - 23:55:12
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) -  A forest fire suspected to have been caused by burning activities broke out earlier this week [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Oro cult festivities hold behind closed doors in Benin

14 august 2020 - 16:16:17
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - To avoid a further spread of the Coronavirus in Benin, organizers of the festivities of the [...] Full text...

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Deforestation has slowed down but still remains a concern - new UN report reveals

21 july 2020 - 18:23:28
New York, US (PANA) - Although some 178 million hectares of forest has been lost worldwide over the past three [...] Full text...

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Benin for mass recruitment in the police, army, water and forestry sectors

19 july 2020 - 11:35:25
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Government of Benin is planning to increase the strength of its Armed Forces, the Republican [...] Full text...

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WHO expresses concern about growing Ebola outbreak in DR Congo

17 july 2020 - 05:35:57
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) and partners are concerned about the growing Ebola outbreak in the [...] Full text...

thread Health

Burkina Faso signs tripartite agreements on the Fomek project amounting to 1 billion CFAF

15 july 2020 - 15:56:45
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Two draft tripartite agreements between the body of Water and Forests, the Army and a [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: IFAD chief spots crucial partners to build a better post–pandemic world

14 july 2020 - 10:40:04
Rome, Italy (PANA) -  Indigenous peoples and their unique knowledge are essential to address the COVID-19 outbreak and to build [...] Full text...

thread Agriculture

Burkina Faso: The President of the High Council of Communication escapes terrorist attack

13 july 2020 - 16:24:31
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The President of the High Council of Communication of Burkina Faso, Mathias Takoano, on Sunday [...] Full text...

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UNEP supports global food systems providing net positive impacts on nutrition, environment

13 july 2020 - 11:17:41
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – While progress on reducing hunger has stagnated in the last five years, evidence suggests [...] Full text...

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Congolese govt. seeking investors to manage its forest

26 june 2020 - 17:43:01
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese Minister of Tourism and Environment, Arlette Soudan Nonault, on Thursday in Brazzaville, sought the [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's President Buhari restates military's ability to bring banditry, violence under control

17 june 2020 - 07:08:27
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday stressed that the country's Armed Forces are "fully capable" of [...] Full text...

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EU suspends funding to WWF-Congo for human rights violations

09 june 2020 - 17:14:12
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The European Union (EU) has suspended funding to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) for serious human [...] Full text...

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Nigerian troops kill 70 bandits in Kaduna State

06 june 2020 - 11:58:16
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Armed Forces said on Saturday that its troops on an operation in the northwest [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus crisis demands 'fundamental rethink' of relationship with natural ecosystems

06 june 2020 - 05:43:55
Paris, France (PANA) - The COVID-19 health crisis should be seen as a clarion call to “fundamentally rethink our relationship” [...] Full text...

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Senegal's director of water, forests says moved and saddened by destruction of country's forests

03 june 2020 - 19:01:09
Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - Colonel-Major Baïdy Ba, director of Water, Forests, Hunting and Soil Conservation, said here Wednesday he was [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: Mahamat tells Africa 'stop dependency on outside, live on own resources'

25 may 2020 - 14:56:54
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The COVID-19 pandemic has brutally reminded African nations of the imperative need to put a [...] Full text...

thread Politics

Shrinking forests need bold action to safeguard their biodiversity

22 may 2020 - 18:53:11
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Amidst alarming rates of deforestation and land degradation, urgent action is needed to safeguard the biodiversity [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: Nigerian Presidency assures on nationwide security as banditry violence heightens food insecurity concerns

20 may 2020 - 12:47:31
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Presidency has assured that all 36 States of the federation and the Federal Capital [...] Full text...

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Congo adopts new forest code

14 april 2020 - 15:43:21
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese Senate has adopted a new forest code  to improve the management of forest resources, [...] Full text...

thread Economy

One abducted, two forest posts burnt in eastern Burkina Faso

23 march 2020 - 20:43:51
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – Overnight on 22 March 2020, the forest posts of Tapoa-Djerma and Kaboungou, located respectively in [...] Full text...

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Turn around deforestation in 2020, urges Guterres

21 march 2020 - 07:26:43
New York, US (PANA) - On the International Day of Forests, which falls on Saturday, UN chief António Guterres is [...] Full text...

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Germany committed to project facilitation in the Congo Basin

10 march 2020 - 16:01:49
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Federal Republic of Germany has agreed to resume technical and financial assistance under the Congo [...] Full text...

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EU funded timber laboratory in DRC enhances study on tropical forests

06 march 2020 - 17:57:53
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - Tropical forests are gradually losing their capacity to store carbon, according to a study carried out [...] Full text...

thread Politics

Nigerian president Buhari express sadness as 51 people are killed by armed bandits in the northwest

03 march 2020 - 06:56:38
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The bloodletting in Nigeria continued unabated on Sunday as the Police confirmed attacks by armed bandits [...] Full text...

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UN chief urges ‘more caring’ relationship with nature on World Wildlife Day

03 march 2020 - 05:16:52
New York, US (PANA) - People everywhere need to remember that we depend on Mother Earth to survive, the UN [...] Full text...

thread Environment

Congo: Towards validation of action plan to accompany ECCAS women

26 february 2020 - 21:30:13
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA)  - Representatives of different departments of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) and experts from [...] Full text...

thread Gender

Climate change in sub-Saharan Africa at heart of reflections of the geographical days in Côte d'Ivoire

18 february 2020 - 21:24:55
Abidjan, Cote Ivoire (PANA)   -  The 12th edition of the Geographical Days of Cote Ivoire (JGCI 2020), which is under [...] Full text...

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FDA grants 3.3 billion CFAF to train executives in forest-wood sector in Central Africa

06 february 2020 - 17:30:16
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The French Development Agency (FDA) has granted 3.3 billion CFA francs to the network of forest [...] Full text...

thread Economy

Zimbabwe wetlands under threat from urbanisation

04 february 2020 - 17:10:32
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe's  legal think tank, Veritas says wetlands are increasingly coming under threat from rapid urbanisation that [...] Full text...

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Wetlands Day emphasises need to conserve swamps as Lake Victoria, Nile River lifelines

31 january 2020 - 16:42:33
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya is marking the World Wetlands Day on Sunday to emphasise the importance of conserving the [...] Full text...

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Gabonese health ministry calms fears of resurgence of yellow fever

31 january 2020 - 15:59:26
Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - Gabonese Minister of Health, Max Limoukou, and the military health authorities who launched a public health [...] Full text...

thread Health

Authorities move to safeguard Niamey's green belt

27 january 2020 - 17:51:12
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Faced with the accelerated degradation of the green belt of Niamey, the Nigerien government has adopted [...] Full text...

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Botswana urged to control livestock manure methane emissions

20 january 2020 - 14:41:36
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana has been challenged to promulgate a climate change policy, incorporating the mitigation and control of [...] Full text...

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ECCAS to raise 2.5 billion euros to finance transport infrastructure

18 january 2020 - 13:55:47
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA)  -  The Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) will hold a donor roundtable in Brazzaville on [...] Full text...

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Benin: Seven wildlife criminals arrested in the second half of 2019

15 january 2020 - 17:27:03
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Seven traffickers were arrested and 65 trophies of protected species seized as part of the fight [...] Full text...

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Report raises alarm over unsafely managed human waste in global south

29 december 2019 - 19:13:13
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA)  -  Almost two thirds of sewage and human waste is unsafely managed in the global south, a [...] Full text...

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Burundi: The short dry season failed to come this year

29 december 2019 - 12:55:48
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The short dry season has not been a happy one in Burundi at the end of [...] Full text...

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Gabon, DR Congo sign memorandum on protection of biodiversity

21 december 2019 - 15:47:54
Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - Gabonese Minister for Water and Forests, the Sea and the Environment, Lee White and  Democratic Republic [...] Full text...

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Benin prepares policy document on development of renewable energy sources

18 december 2019 - 17:36:31
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin is preparing a national policy document for the development of renewable energy (Ponader) with a [...] Full text...

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EU moves to protect the world's forests as key for a sustainable future

16 december 2019 - 14:27:07
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - European Council on Monday adopted conclusions which provide political guidance on protecting and restoring the world's [...] Full text...

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Ministers to look at United Nations climate change process

10 december 2019 - 09:26:02
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana's Minister of Environment, Natural Resources Conservation and Tourism, Philda Nani Kereng, is joining other world environment [...] Full text...

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Congo hosts sub-regional meeting on forest governance

03 december 2019 - 14:19:48
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is organizing a technical workshop in Brazzaville from December [...] Full text...

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Lomé hosts 55th Session of the International Tropical Timber Council

03 december 2019 - 13:57:57
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - The 55th session of the International Tropical Timber Council opened on Monday in Lomé, focused on [...] Full text...

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Forest and water worker reported missing in eastern Burkina Faso

29 november 2019 - 00:01:18
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA)  - An assistant waters and forests worker on duty at the departmental Environment, Green economy and [...] Full text...

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Malian government to recruit 800 public workers

22 november 2019 - 22:04:39
Bamako, Mali (PANA) – The Malian government will recruit 884 workers of different categories, through direct competition in the public [...] Full text...

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Kenya extends moratorium on logging

21 november 2019 - 15:30:44
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - In a bid to curb  deforestation and increase the country's  forest cover, Kenya's Ministry of Environment [...] Full text...

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Securing seafood for the future (Opinion Piece by Uhuru Kenyatta, President of Kenya and Member of the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy)

19 november 2019 - 12:02:55
Rome, Italy (PANA) - Our dependence on the great, global ocean cannot be overstated. It sustains and benefits us all [...] Full text...

thread Agriculture

UN stresses need to end open defecation

19 november 2019 - 06:52:18
New York, US (PANA) - Ending the practice of defecating in the open, rather than in a toilet, will have [...] Full text...

thread Health

24 terrorists neutralized in a joint military operation in the Sahel, says French army

18 november 2019 - 19:11:54
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - From November 1 to 17, the G5 Sahel Joint Force, the Burkina Faso Armed Forces [...] Full text...

thread Society

Presidents Macron and Tshisekedi meet in Paris

13 november 2019 - 18:55:04
Paris, France (PANA) - French President Emmanuel Macron met in Paris on Tuesday at the Elysée Palace with his Congolese [...] Full text...

thread Politics

Tunisia launches national tree day celebration

10 november 2019 - 13:36:35
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA)  -  Tunisia Sunday celebrated its National Tree Day, providing free of charge 20 forest plants free of [...] Full text...

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Judges in West Africa sub-region trained to protect endangered species

23 october 2019 - 16:01:06
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Judges from seven French-speaking countries in West Africa have been training in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, [...] Full text...

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Alleged terrorist killed, another arrested in Tunisia

20 october 2019 - 19:19:19
Tunis Tunisia (PANA) – Joint units of the Tunisian army and gendarmerie have eliminated a ‘’terrorist’’ and arrested another in [...] Full text...

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Projects from Botswana, Brazil and Germany win UNESCO-Japan prize on Education for Sustainable Development

16 october 2019 - 14:43:15
Paris, France (PANA) - UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay, has named the three winners of this year’s UNESCO-Japan Prize on Education [...] Full text...

thread Economy

Brussels hosts Africapitales Festival

14 october 2019 - 22:03:41
Brussels, Belgium (PANA)  -  The Festival Africapitales, which mixes shows, exhibitions, films, and debates, that opened here 4 October, continues [...] Full text...

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Congolese officials arrest smuggler of python skin, elephant tails in Sibiti town

09 october 2019 - 12:54:10
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) -   Officers from the Lekoumou Department of Water and Forests in southern Congo Republic and the national [...] Full text...

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Nigerian Air Force aircraft kill 10 armed bandits in the northwest

06 october 2019 - 12:23:13
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Sunday said that its air component which oversees the war [...] Full text...

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DR Congo can help the world eradicate poverty - President Tshisekedi

27 september 2019 - 14:32:53
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Democratic Republic of Congo President Félix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo said on Thursday in his address [...] Full text...

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DR Congo President outlines vision for a ‘more representative’ UN Security Council

27 september 2019 - 05:50:04
New York, US (PANA) - With Africa at the centre of many global challenges, it is time for the continent [...] Full text...

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Togo to restore more than one million hectares of degraded land by 2030

25 september 2019 - 15:15:48
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Within the framework of the African Forest Restoration Initiative (AFR), Togo aims to restore more than [...] Full text...

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Malian leader IBK attends high-level meetings in New York at the 74th UN General Assembly

24 september 2019 - 16:54:59
Bamako, Mali (PANA) – Malian president, Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta (IBK), as a  prelude to the UN General Assembly, on Monday [...] Full text...

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The Gambia joins global action against waste

19 september 2019 - 15:19:20
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambia will participate in world clean-up day on Saturday, and millions of people in over [...] Full text...

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Addiction to fossil fuels causes climate emergency, say UN human rights experts

17 september 2019 - 15:25:34
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – UN human rights experts have called for an end to society's addiction to fossil fuels ahead [...] Full text...

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Ozone on track to heal completely in our lifetime, UN environment agency declares on World Day

16 september 2019 - 20:09:16
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - At the current momentum, scientists predict the planet’s protective shield of gas - or ozone layer [...] Full text...

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New UN report says SDG progress ‘in danger’ of going backwards without change in direction

12 september 2019 - 05:53:25
New York, US (PANA) - The current worldwide sustainable development model is threatening to reverse years of progress, if strategies don’t [...] Full text...

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UNCCD COP14: Time for countries to step up with their NDCs

09 september 2019 - 21:01:54
New Delhi, India (PANA) – As the United Nations Secretary-General’s Climate Action Summit in New York draws closer, Amina Mohammed, [...] Full text...

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High-level segment of the COP 14 begins in New Delhi

09 september 2019 - 15:18:24
New Delhi, India (PANA) – The UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) Conference of Parties (COP14) taking place in New [...] Full text...

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Forest chief killed in northwestern Burkina Faso

06 september 2019 - 19:30:23
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – The chief of the forest post, located in the province of Kossi, in northwestern Burkina [...] Full text...

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Congo to set up database for biological research in biodiversity sector

04 september 2019 - 21:02:09
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA)   -   The Congolese government plans to set up a database for biological research, an official source said [...] Full text...

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Ivorian presidency announces cabinet reshuffle

04 september 2019 - 20:40:27
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) – The Ivorian presidency on Wednesday announced a cabinet reshuffle in which two portfolios changed hands [...] Full text...

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France and Congo sign partnership to reduce CO2 emissions in Central African Forests

04 september 2019 - 10:57:15
Paris, France (PANA) – French President Emmanuel Macron and his Congolese counterpart, Denis Sassou-Nguesso, signed a letter of intent in [...] Full text...

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UNCCD COP14 begins in New Delhi amid global campaign to save productive land

02 september 2019 - 18:04:36
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - The 14th Session of the Conference of Parties (COP14) to the United Nations Convention to Combat [...] Full text...

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Gabon celebrates the 59th anniversary of its independence

17 august 2019 - 19:27:49
Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - Gabon, a coastal oil country in central Africa, with nearly 2 million inhabitants, on Saturday celebrated the 59th [...] Full text...

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Police intercept 57 skins of protected animal species in South Benin

14 august 2019 - 19:33:12
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Beninese police have arrested an alleged trafficker with 57 skins of protected animal species in Azovè, [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso to celebrate first edition of National Tree Day

09 august 2019 - 18:25:45
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The President of Burkina Faso, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, will Saturday preside over the launching [...] Full text...

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Cote d'Ivoire hosts int'l workshop for the design of REDD+ Investment Projects in Africa

09 august 2019 - 15:45:53
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Africa Climate Smart Agriculture Program (ACSA) of the African Development Bank (AfDB), in collaboration [...] Full text...

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World food security increasingly at risk due to 'unprecedented' climate change impact: UN report

08 august 2019 - 16:59:28
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More than 500 million people today live in areas affected by erosion linked to climate change, [...] Full text...

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Buhari says his administration plans new measures to stem spate of insecurity in Nigeria

31 july 2019 - 18:06:33
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday spoke on the steps his administration is taking to address [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia starts greening initiative targeting 200 million trees daily

30 july 2019 - 00:33:59
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA)   -   A nation-wide tree planting initiative targeting 200 million saplings a day kicked off here on [...] Full text...

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Togo develops legal guide for forest offences

24 july 2019 - 13:01:57
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togo will soon have a legal instrument on forest offences to fill the existing legal void [...] Full text...

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UNEP youth summit focuses on community action against climate change

15 july 2019 - 19:59:01
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The youth from regions affected by cyclones and other climate disasters, meeting in Nairobi Monday, have [...] Full text...

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World Bank proposes ways cocoa will drive the Ivorian economy

11 july 2019 - 18:45:20
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The ninth World Bank report on the economic situation in Côte d'Ivoire, published on Thursday, [...] Full text...

thread Economy

200,000 new trees will be planted for the 1st National Tree Day in Burkina Faso

10 july 2019 - 22:54:36
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA)   -   Some 200,000 new trees are to be planted across Burkina Faso in connection with the [...] Full text...

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Senegal takes measures to protect the endangered conifer species in Casamance forests

10 july 2019 - 22:01:21
Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA)   -   The conifer is a plant species that is increasingly threatened with extinction in the forests of [...] Full text...

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