Staying the course on reforms: Nigeria progresses amidst challenges

17 october 2024 - 10:11:01
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Since May 2023, Nigeria has implemented significant reforms to stabilise its economy, resulting in modest growth, [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: 250,000 set to be displaced by new Khan Younis escalation

02 july 2024 - 13:36:14
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - “Chaos and panic” are spreading in southern Gaza where an estimated 250,000 people are set to [...] Full text...

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New WB financing for Nigeria’s inclusive growth, revenue diversification

14 june 2024 - 10:22:12
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The World Bank on Thursday approved two operations: $1.5 billion for the Nigeria Reforms for Economic [...] Full text...

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Helping youth in Benin find economic opportunities: World Bank Blog (By Solene Rougeaux and Saint-Martin Kodjovi Mongan Agbeshie)

30 january 2024 - 19:17:37
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Like many of its neighbours, Benin is experiencing growing threats of conflict. The country’s proximity to Burkina [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: Security Council meets over Red Sea attacks amid growing threat of spillover from Gaza war

04 january 2024 - 06:14:25
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Security Council on Wednesday held its first open meeting on the continuing attacks [...] Full text...

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Turning the Corner, time to move from reforms to results

13 december 2023 - 16:12:07
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Government of Nigeria avoided a fiscal cliff by implementing bold reforms, including ending the gasoline [...] Full text...

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Harmonised Consumer Price Index in Benin falls in April

18 may 2023 - 17:31:05
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Harmonised Consumer Price Index for the month of April has registered a drop compared to [...] Full text...

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Benin's imports rise in Q3 in 2022

16 may 2023 - 20:23:55
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin's imports increased during the third quarter of 2022, according to a publication by the National [...] Full text...

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Agreement signed for construction of oil refinery in southern Libya

27 march 2023 - 14:43:19
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's state-owned oil and gas exploration and production company, Zallaf, signed Sunday a contract with the [...] Full text...

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Death toll from tanker explosion after injured evacuated abroad rises to 23

11 august 2022 - 18:48:22
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 23 people died in the fuel tanker explosion in Bint Baya in southern [...] Full text...

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Presidential Council announces continued efforts to reach roadmap date for elections in Libya

08 august 2022 - 16:18:29
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The deputy chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Abdallah Al-Lafi, said here fying efforts Monday the [...] Full text...

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Libyan PM announces evacuation of injured from tanker explosion abroad

03 august 2022 - 18:57:59
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Prime Minister of the National Unity Government, Abdelhamid al-Dabaiba, has announced that arrangements had been [...] Full text...

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Tunisia forced to draw on its energy security stock

30 june 2022 - 12:54:26
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia is currently resorting to its strategic security stock of petroleum products to meet demand and [...] Full text...

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Government commission considers withdrawal of 20% fuel subsidies in Libya

22 june 2022 - 17:06:12
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The ministerial committee formed to study a mechanism to replace fuel subsidies with cash bonuses paid [...] Full text...

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Libyan PM holds meeting on fuel shortages in Tripoli

04 june 2022 - 19:02:43
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity (GNU), Abdelhamid al-Dbaiba, held a meeting [...] Full text...

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Retail price gas oil increases by 10% in Mauritius

20 april 2022 - 07:59:14
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA)  - The retail prices of mogas and gas oil have gone up by 10% with immediate effect, PANA [...] Full text...

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Oil refinery to be built in southern Libya

11 march 2022 - 12:53:57
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Council of Ministers of the Government of National Unity has authorised the Libyan National Oil [...] Full text...

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Tunisia announces uncrease in prices of some petroleum products

01 march 2022 - 14:01:09
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian Ministries of Industry, Mines and Energy, and of Trade and Export Development, announced here [...] Full text...

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Mauritius increases fuel price by 10%

27 february 2022 - 07:25:56
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The State Trading Corporation (STC), importer of petroleum products to Mauritius, has increased fuel prices by [...] Full text...

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Mauritius: Petroleum prices go up by 10 pct

29 december 2021 - 08:08:27
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - As from Wednesday, 29 December, 2021, the prices of petroleum products (gasoline and diesel) will go [...] Full text...

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Libyan PM chairs meeting with Brega Oil Company on gasoline supply to the South

18 november 2021 - 19:44:35
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Prime Minister Abdelhamid Al-Dbaiba, on Thursday visited the headquarters of Brega Oil Marketing Company in [...] Full text...

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End of leaded fuel use a ‘milestone for multilateralism’: Guterres

31 august 2021 - 05:10:49
New York, US (PANA) - The global phase-out of leaded fuel represents a “milestone for multilateralism”, UN Secretary-General António Guterres [...] Full text...

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Critical reforms needed to reduce inflation, accelerate recovery in Nigeria - WB report

15 june 2021 - 15:17:49
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - While the government took measures to protect the economy against a much deeper recession, it would [...] Full text...

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Energy production from local renewable sources fell by 13.7% in 2020: Statistics Mauritius

09 june 2021 - 07:26:36
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Statistics Mauritius on Wednesday reported  that total energy production from local renewable sources in Mauritius [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's Federal Executive Council approves US$1.5 billion for rehabilitation of Port Harcourt Refinery

17 march 2021 - 21:12:23
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The 38th virtual meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved US$1.5 billion for the [...] Full text...

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Libyan Interior minister focuses on national reconciliation, unification of state institutions

26 november 2020 - 22:39:49
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Interior Minister of the Government of National Accord Fathi Bachagha Thursday emphasized "the principle of [...] Full text...

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Congolese govt., Chinese firm sign deal to build oil refinery in Pointe-Noire

24 november 2020 - 19:48:42
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese government and the Chinese company, Beijing Fortune Dingheng Investment, on Tuesday in Brazzaville, signed [...] Full text...

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Libyan national oil company announces lifting state of force majeure on Zueitina port

22 september 2020 - 20:55:59
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan National Oil Company (NOC) Tuesday lifted the state of ‘force majeure’ imposed on the [...] Full text...

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Egypt installs tracking devices on 1,000 public transport buses

23 august 2020 - 06:22:56
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Egypt's Public Transport Authority has announced the installation of tracking devices, called "Global Positioning System (GPS)", [...] Full text...

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A third of world’s children poisoned by lead, UNICEF analysis finds

30 july 2020 - 04:44:59
New York, US (PANA) - Lead poisoning is affecting children on a “massive and previously unknown scale”, according to a [...] Full text...

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Demand in oil products drops in Tunisia in April

21 may 2020 - 00:00:05
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The demand in oil products in Tunisia dropped by 52 percent in April, compared with the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Pandemic causes some illegal drug prices to surge, as supplies are disrupted worldwide - UNODC

08 may 2020 - 05:38:43
Vienna Austria (PAN) - Measures by governments across the world to curb the COVID-19 pandemic have led to the widespread [...] Full text...

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Libyan media assess developments in military situation in the west of country

18 april 2020 - 19:50:47
Tripoli, Libya (PANA)  -  Libyan newspapers appearing this week have given wide coverage to military developments on the ground in [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Prices of oil products drop in Togo

07 april 2020 - 21:25:19
Lomé, Togo (PANA)  - The prices of oil products at the pump dropped Tuesday in Togo, according to an official [...] Full text...

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Tunisia: Slight drop in prices of petroleum products

07 april 2020 - 13:52:32
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia'n Ministry of Energy, Mines and Energy Transition on Monday announced a slight decrease in retail [...] Full text...

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NOC ferries $376 million worth of fuel in 3 months to eastern Libya

27 march 2020 - 17:27:58
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's National Oil Company (NOC) spent $ 376.9 million on the supply of all types of [...] Full text...

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Libyan oil production drops further to 95,837 bpd

24 march 2020 - 14:12:08
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's crude oil production has dropped to 95,837 barrels per day, the National Oil Company (NOC) [...] Full text...

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Local oil testing firm calls for more quality tests on petrol sold in Zimbabwe

22 march 2020 - 11:58:38
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Local oil testing firm, Petrolab Services (Pvt) Limited, has called for more monthly quality tests on [...] Full text...

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. Zimbabwe moves to partner with Invictus Energy Limited of Australia

17 march 2020 - 15:24:26
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Australian energy firm, Invictus Energy Limited (IEL) has revealed the Zimbabwe government is negotiating with them [...] Full text...

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FNDC members arrested in Guinea

07 march 2020 - 12:49:29
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Two influential members of Guinea's opposition National Front for the Defence of the Constitution (FNDC), were [...] Full text...

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NOC welcomes report by 2 NGOs on smuggling of Libyan fuel

02 march 2020 - 21:10:52
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan National Company (NOC) on Monday welcomed a report by the two NGOs, "Trial International" [...] Full text...

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Libya loses more than US$2.3 billion due to closure of oil sites

29 february 2020 - 12:00:48
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Between January 18 and February 28, 2020, Libya lost US$2.3 billion due to the closure of [...] Full text...

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Libya’s oil production drops to 183,265 b/day, totalizing losses of over 1 billion dollars

11 february 2020 - 23:16:41
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Oil production in Libya dropped to 183,265 barrels per day (bpd) as against more than 1.2 [...] Full text...

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Sudan: Motorists restricted to four gallons of benzene thrice a week

10 february 2020 - 19:51:33
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)  - Sudan’s ministry of energy and mining, in the face of acute shortage of fuel generating extended [...] Full text...

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Libyan oil production drops to 181,576 barrels/day due to continued closure of oil sites

07 february 2020 - 23:30:46
Tripoli, Libya (PANA)    -  Libya’s crude oil production dropped to 181,576 barrels per day as against more than 1.2 million [...] Full text...

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Fuel prices increase in Cape Verde

03 february 2020 - 16:45:12
Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - Fuel has become more expensive in Cape Verde, with the entry into force in the [...] Full text...

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Congo's downstream oil industry actors urged to make supply chain more reliable

22 january 2020 - 13:24:14
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Congolese Hydrocarbons minister Jean-Marc Thysthère Tchicaya on Tuesday in Brazzaville called on downstream oil sector actors [...] Full text...

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Flourishing oil trafficking continues through land and sea - UN experts

11 december 2019 - 22:04:48
Tripoli, Libya (PANA)  -  A UN expert group on Libya revealed in a report made public recently that “the illegal [...] Full text...

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Libya's oil production increased by 200,000 b/d with average of 1.1 million barrels of crude oil in 2018

08 december 2019 - 14:54:58
Tripoli, Libya (PANA)   -  The oil sector in Libya recorded an increase in production of 200,000 barrels per day in [...] Full text...

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Fuel prices fall in Cape Verde

02 november 2019 - 11:01:48
Praia, Cape-Verde (PANA) - Fuel prices have decreased by 4.60 per cent since Friday in Cape Verde, PANA reported. According to [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe Govt declares October 25 'Anti-Sanctions Day'

23 october 2019 - 05:41:45
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Zimbabwe government has declared 25 October, Anti-Sanctions Day, as it seeks to have international sanctions [...] Full text...

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Fuel prices increase in Burkina Faso

21 october 2019 - 19:01:53
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Effective From Monday, the liter of super 91 gasoline, which cost 657 CFA francs, goes [...] Full text...

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Libya loses over US$ 750 million annually to gas smuggling - UN

02 september 2019 - 13:39:06
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan is losing more than US$750 million annually as a result of "fuel smuggling" and corruption, [...] Full text...

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UK Firm, Getech findings show huge oil and gas potential in Muzarabani, Zimbabwe

01 july 2019 - 11:50:48
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Invictus Energy Limited (IEL) says findings from a United Kingdom geo-analysis firm, Getech Group Plc., show [...] Full text...

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Japan grants US$ 26 million for the rehabilitation of Bujumbura port

29 june 2019 - 16:01:03
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundian Foreign Minister Ezekiel Nibizi and Japan's Ambassador to Burundi, Takayuki Miyashita, signed a US$26- million [...] Full text...

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Niger declares three days of national mourning after tanker explosion

08 may 2019 - 17:25:29
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The Niger government on Wednesday declared three days of national mourning in memory of the victims [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso sends condolences to Niger after tanker truck explosion killed dozens of people

06 may 2019 - 17:50:48
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkinabe President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, on Monday offered his condolences to the people of [...] Full text...

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58 people burnt to death while siphoning fuel from a crashed tanker

06 may 2019 - 15:20:43
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Fifty-eight people were killed and 35 wounded on Sunday in Niamey as they tried to siphon [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso: Fuel tanker drivers abducted in Burkinabe Sahel

20 april 2019 - 18:52:54
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Drivers of fuel tankers were kidnapped Saturday morning by unidentified armed individuals on the Arbinda-Gorgadji [...] Full text...

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New fuel prices ignite public anger across Tunisia

02 april 2019 - 07:37:50
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Rising fuel prices in Tunisia have provoked angry reactions among the working class, unions, companies and [...] Full text...

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UN warns that 'new waves of violence’ likely in DR Congo

12 march 2019 - 17:32:04
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - "New waves of violence” could erupt "at any time" in western Democratic Republic of the Congo [...] Full text...

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Joint security patrols to fight smuggling at Libyan-Tunisian border

09 march 2019 - 11:45:53
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Joint security patrols of Libya have been set up in the Al-Assa region on the Libyan-Tunisian [...] Full text...

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Meeting on Libyan borders management focuses on illegal traffic and migration

07 march 2019 - 13:35:26
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chamber formed by the Presidential Council of the Libyan Government of  National Accord on border [...] Full text...

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Cape Verde fuel prices rise again

02 february 2019 - 15:42:16
Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - Fuel prices in Cape Verde went up on Friday after successive reductions in recent months, [...] Full text...

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Government rejects trade unions' demand to lower oil prices in Burkina Faso

18 december 2018 - 15:23:44
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – The Government of Burkina Faso has rejected a demand by trade unions to revert to [...] Full text...

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Thousands of Burkinabe protest rising fuel prices

29 november 2018 - 19:12:44
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Thousands of people took to the streets of Ouagadougou and several other cities in Burkina [...] Full text...

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Sahara Group urges collaboration at South Sudan oil & power conference

23 november 2018 - 20:06:36
:uba, South Sudan (PANA) - Sahara Energy International, a leading international energy and infrastructure conglomerate, has urged investors to take [...] Full text...

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Libya's Council of State rejects subsidy removal on electricity, fuel

20 november 2018 - 15:09:33
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The President of the High Council of the State (HCS) in Libya, Khaled al-Machri, says he [...] Full text...

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Burkinabe Civil society protests hike in fuel price

09 november 2018 - 14:23:01
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkinabe National Coalition Against High Cost of Living, Corruption, Fraud, Impunity and Freedoms (CCVC), [...] Full text...

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Libyans resident in Tunisia urged to report maltreatment to consular services

02 november 2018 - 14:31:02
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of National Reconciliation has asked Libyans resident [...] Full text...

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Kenya declares 50% fuel tax cut

14 september 2018 - 13:22:30
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta announced a 50% cut in a controversial petroleum tax, which the government [...] Full text...

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'Taxes, subsidies determine gasoline prices around the world'

02 august 2018 - 15:36:35
Dakar, Sénégal (PANA) - There is substantial difference in the prices of gasoline across the globe, although as a general [...] Full text...

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Saudi Arabia agrees to supply Sudan with oil for five years

08 may 2018 - 13:10:02
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese government has signed a draft agreement with Saudi Arabia under which the gulf [...] Full text...

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Rights group warns of looming humanitarian crisis in Sinai

23 april 2018 - 04:51:13
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - A human rights group warned on Monday that the Egyptian government's campaign against an affiliate of [...] Full text...

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Egypt: 'Egyptian economy to rank 15th around the world by 2050' - Int'l Report

09 august 2017 - 14:42:08
Cairo, Egyupt (PANA) - The Egyptian economy is expected to rank 15th worldwide by 2050, from a list of 32 [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Nigeria's infation rate rose to 18.3 per cent in October

14 november 2016 - 22:08:25
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s inflation rate rose to its highest level in 11 years, hitting 18.3 per cent in [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia: Ethiopians, foreign investors count losses after Oromia violence

06 october 2016 - 21:07:33
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - At least 11 factories owned by foreign investors were burnt down in the violent protests [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Nigerian govt rejects reports of petroleum price hike

09 august 2016 - 18:15:11
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigerian authorities on Tuesday rejected reports of an imminent increase in pump price of fuel stressing [...] Full text...

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Senegal: CPJ urges Sudan to drop charges against two journalists

22 december 2015 - 14:49:00
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on Sudanese authorities to drop all charges against [...] Full text...

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Mauritius: 'ACP sugar producing countries face stiff competition in EU

30 november 2015 - 11:42:08
Plaisance, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Agro-Industry and Food Security Minister Mahen Seeruttun Monday said that despite all the efforts to [...] Full text...

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Mauritius: Fossil fuel dependency increases in Mauritius

14 june 2015 - 13:08:47
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Around 86% of the total primary energy requirement was met from imported fossil fuels in Mauritius [...] Full text...

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Rwanda: Fuel price up in Rwanda as local currency tumbles

08 may 2015 - 19:08:14
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Due to the increased fuel price on the international market and depreciation of the local currency [...] Full text...

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Mauritius: Sugar cane cultivation on the decline in Mauritius

08 april 2015 - 09:33:38
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Agro-industry Minister Mahen Seeruttun Wednesday told Parliament that the fall in the price of sugar [...] Full text...

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Cape Verde: Fuel prices fall in Cape Verde

09 december 2014 - 14:01:10
Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - Fuel prices fell in Cape Verde Sunday, with an 8.32% reduction rate, according to the [...] Full text...

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Congo: Chinese firm seeks 30,000 hectares to grow cassava in Congo

22 august 2014 - 19:44:32
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – A Chinese company, CGC International, is seeking 30,000 hectares for planting cassava in Pointe-Noire, Congo’s main [...] Full text...

thread Agriculture

Libya: Parliament votes for int'l intervention to protect civilians

13 august 2014 - 14:26:14
Tobruk, Libya (PANA) - The new Libyan parliament on Wednesday resolved to ask the international community to intervene in the [...] Full text...

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Zambia: Global leader in GPS Satellite Technology meets with Southern Africa buyers

07 august 2014 - 14:07:04
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - The African team for the Garmin Sub-Saharan Africa will be hosting meetings in Lusaka, Zambia, to [...] Full text...

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Libya: Libyan capital gets new mayor

06 august 2014 - 19:33:52
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Municipal Council of Tripoli on Wednesday elected Mehdi al-Harati, Mayor of the Libyan capital, currently [...] Full text...

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Zambia: President Sata’s large cabinet questioned

20 april 2014 - 10:02:48
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – A US-based Zambian academic, Henry Kyambalesa, says there is a pressing need for the country to [...] Full text...

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Rwanda: Fuel prices fall in Rwanda

06 march 2014 - 19:18:17
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The pump price of fuel has fallen in Rwanda, following the implementation of the reform programme [...] Full text...

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27-year-old Tunisian sets self ablaze

12 march 2013 - 11:41:02
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Apparently fed up "with life", a 27-year-old Tunisian, Adel Khédhiri, set himself on fire Tuesday morning [...] Full text...

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Rare feat by teenage girls, Obama's re-election featured in Nigeria

10 november 2012 - 08:51:45
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A rare feat by teenaged girls who invented generators that run on urine, highly-qualified persons seeking [...] Full text...

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Prices of petroleum products up in Mali

13 june 2012 - 14:04:13
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The prices of petroleum products have risen by FCFA 10 in Mali with the premium gasoline [...] Full text...

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'Diesel engine exhaust carcinogenic'

13 june 2012 - 08:54:00
Lyon, France (PANA) - The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), which is part of the World Health Organization [...] Full text...

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Kenya oil spill puts disaster agencies on high alert

07 june 2012 - 17:46:37
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya’s Red-Cross disaster managers deployed to a scene in the Western town of Nakuru to avert [...] Full text...

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IMF tasks Nigeria on oil revenue management

29 february 2012 - 09:46:08
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has called on the Nigerian government to improve its public financial [...] Full text...

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Fuel shortage hits Dakar after oil tanker drivers' strike

27 january 2012 - 12:44:34
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - A three-day strike called by oil tanker drivers in Senegal since Wednesday has led to a [...] Full text...

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Nigerian fuel strike: Government ready to rehabilitate refineries

13 january 2012 - 15:06:54
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - As part of efforts to deal with the issue of oil subsidy and the attendant protests, [...] Full text...

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Transport workers' strike paralyzes Senegal

03 january 2012 - 10:25:55
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - A strike called by Senegal's National Federation of Road Transport Workers has left the capital city [...] Full text...

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Guinea: Organized labour "watching" rising prices of fuel, basic commodities

18 october 2011 - 14:39:04
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Organized labour in Guinea has said that it is "watching" the rising cost of petroleum products [...] Full text...

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Kenya declares national mourning for fire victims

13 september 2011 - 19:02:24
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Kenyan government Tuesday declared a two-day national mourning for over 100 people burnt to [...] Full text...

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Pro-opposition TV station burnt down in DRC pre-election violence

07 september 2011 - 14:37:47
New York, US (PANA) - Unidentified armed men Tuesday torched the studios of a private television station that aired programmes [...] Full text...

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Global biofuels production increased 17% in 2010, says report

30 august 2011 - 20:36:19
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Global production of biofuels increased 17 per cent in 2010, to reach an all-time high of [...] Full text...

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Niger records 2% consumer price increases in June

26 july 2011 - 13:41:25
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Niger's level of consumer prices, measured by the Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices (HICP), was up [...] Full text...

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South Sudan faces financial setback on independence eve

08 july 2011 - 13:57:07
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - South Sudan geared to usher in its independence but the reality of managing the affairs [...] Full text...

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Kenya's inflation accelerates to 12.95% over high food prices

01 june 2011 - 13:32:10
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya’s annual inflation edged up marginally to 12.95 per cent, accelerated by the rising cost of [...] Full text...

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Biofuel is 6 times more harmful than fossil fuel, says ActionAid

24 march 2011 - 17:34:49
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Biofuel could release up to six times more carbon than fossil fuel, according to a study [...] Full text...

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Fuel prices increase in Rwanda

07 november 2010 - 11:01:00
Kigali- Rwanda (PANA) -- Pump prices were slightly increased in Rwanda over the w eekend, with a liter of diesel [...] Full text...

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Test run of natural gas power station begins in Tripoli

13 october 2010 - 11:38:00
Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- The test run of the natural gas power station located we st of Libyan capital, Tripoli, [...] Full text...

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'Angola is self-sufficient in butane gas production'

06 august 2010 - 14:51:00
Luanda- Angola (PANA) -- Angola is considered a self-sufficient country in the production of butane gas, with a total processing [...] Full text...

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Fuel price up in Mauritius

04 august 2010 - 12:15:00
Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The price of gasoline was increased by 7. 5 per cent Wednesday in Mauritius, going from [...] Full text...

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Inflation rate declines in Mauritius

15 july 2010 - 14:38:00
Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The Central Statistics Office (CSO) in Mauritius announced Thursday that the inflation rate in the country [...] Full text...

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Protests over fuel price hike continue in Togo

23 june 2010 - 14:47:00
Lome- Togo (PANA) -- Youths protesting the recent hike in fuel prices in Togo clashed with security agents in the [...] Full text...

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Fuel prices go up in Togo

19 june 2010 - 13:48:00
Lome- Togo (PANA) -- Fuel prices went up in Togo Saturday, with a litre of unleaded gasoline going from 505 [...] Full text...

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Gas prices soar in Rwanda

07 may 2010 - 13:25:00
Kigali- Rwanda (PANA) -- The price of a litre of regular gasoline rose Friday in Rwanda from 918 to 940 [...] Full text...

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Prices of petroleum products drop in Benin

03 august 2009 - 13:18:00
Cotonou- Benin (PANA) -- Prices of petroleum products have dropped slightly in Be nin, according to the new prices that [...] Full text...

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Kenya invites foreign medics to treat victims of gasoline fire tragedy

02 february 2009 - 17:12:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The Kenyan Government has invited foreign doctors to hel p in the treatment of the survivors [...] Full text...

thread Society

Guinean junta slashes price of gasoline

01 january 2009 - 13:45:00
Conakry- Guinea (PANA) -- The National Council of Democracy and Development (CNDD), the ruling military-civilian junta in Guinea since 23 [...] Full text...

thread Economy