New WHO report reveals governments deprioritizing health spending

12 december 2024 - 14:33:38
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The 2024 Global Heath Expenditure Report by the World Health Organization (WHO) shows that the average [...] Full text...

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Prominent South African judge Willem Heath dies

11 october 2024 - 11:41:24
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Leading South African judge Willem Heath has died in Cape Town after a brief [...] Full text...

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Ghana confirms first case of mpox

03 october 2024 - 13:27:03
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Ghana Health Service (GHS) on Thursday confirmed the first case of mpox in the west [...] Full text...

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Investing in healthy longevity could save 150 million lives: WB report

13 september 2024 - 09:24:35
Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - By 2050, one in three people will be over 60 years old. With bold [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: UN chief appalled by ‘tragic human toll’ of Gaza war

29 february 2024 - 19:29:38
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General said on Thursday he was “appalled by the tragic human toll of the [...] Full text...

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Mauritius to introduce new regulations regarding the public health

06 may 2023 - 08:49:04
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Ministry of Health and Wellness will introduce on 31 May, 2023, the Public Health (Restrictions [...] Full text...

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About 20% of Mauritians are diabetic - Health Minister

15 november 2022 - 07:51:50
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – According to Mauritian Heath and Wellness Minister, Kailesh Jagutpal, around 20% of the country's population is [...] Full text...

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Mauritius launches National Sexual Reproductive Health Policy 2022

02 november 2022 - 07:37:06
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius has launched the National Sexual Reproductive Health Policy 2022 and its implementation Plan 2022–2027, whose objective [...] Full text...

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Senior US officials discuss security, governance issues during West African visit

23 october 2022 - 05:31:06
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - Senior US officials have paid a five-day visit to four West African countries where they met [...] Full text...

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Women urged to stop drinking alcohol during pregnancy

13 september 2022 - 07:45:50
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Minister of Health and Wellness, Mr. Kailesh Jagutpal, on Monday urged women to stop drinking [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Libya records 40 new cases

19 august 2022 - 12:32:08
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's heath authorities on Friday announced that 40 new cases of coronavirus have been detected in [...] Full text...

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Displacements worsening humanitarian needs in Ethiopia

10 december 2021 - 00:17:07
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The situation in northern Ethiopia continues to be highly fluid and unpredictable, with ongoing fighting [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Mauritius receives second donation of 107,640 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines from the US

15 november 2021 - 19:23:22
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius Monday received a second donation of 107,640 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines from the United [...] Full text...

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Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Helen Clark brief Member States at the UN General Assembly on pandemic response

28 july 2021 - 22:48:18
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) -  Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, former president of Liberia, and Helen Clark, former prime minister of New Zealand, Wednesday [...] Full text...

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Ageism is a global challenge: UN

21 march 2021 - 10:35:00
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Every second person in the world is believed to hold ageist attitudes – leading to poorer [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Mauritius extends ban on passengers from UK, South Africa until 31 January

09 january 2021 - 06:34:19
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Entry prohibition in Mauritius to passengers from the United Kingdom (UK) and South Africa or those [...] Full text...

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WHO chief calls for ‘less politicking’ over health

06 january 2021 - 07:29:18
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In a race to “save lives, livelihoods and end this pandemic”, the head of the UN [...] Full text...

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Morocco, Comoros sign five cooperation agreements

27 october 2020 - 18:06:07
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Morocco and the Union of the Comoros on Monday in Rabat, signed five cooperation agreements on [...] Full text...

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Diabetes, high-blood pressure cases rise in Nairobi, Western Kenya

30 july 2020 - 22:42:40
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Hypertension and diabetes cases remain high in Nairobi and Western Kenya, a research carried out by [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: Single toll of 790 infections moves Nigeria's confirmed cases to 26,494

02 july 2020 - 10:58:12
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria on Wednesday recorded its highest daily figure of 790 COVID-19 cases bringing the total infections to [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: Marginal decline as Kenya's pandemic fatality rate drops to 2.4 percent

27 june 2020 - 16:37:41
Nairobi,Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's coronavirus fatality rate has marginally declined to 2.4 percent, health authorities said on Saturday. The death toll [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Kenya records 127 new infections as deaths reach 88

09 june 2020 - 14:29:34
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan health authorities on Tuesday confirmed 127 new Coronavirus cases from 2,247 samples tested during the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Africa’s moment to redefine public health system (By Olajide Ademola and Benjamin Djoudalbaye, Guest writers)

08 june 2020 - 20:53:22
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) -The coronavirus (COVID -19) pandemic has drastically challenged and strained health systems worldwide. In Africa, it is [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Rwanda's positive cases rise to 420

06 june 2020 - 18:58:23
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda’s confirmed cases of coronavirus have risen to 420 after heath authorities reported 10 new cases, [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Now is ‘not the time’ to reduce funding for WHO, urges Guterres

15 april 2020 - 05:48:36
New York, US (PANA) - Now is a time for unity in the global battle to push the COVID-19 (coronavirus) [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe's VP Constantino Chiwenga returns home from sick leave

23 november 2019 - 15:38:57
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe's President, Emmerson Mnangagwa, received Vice President Constantino Chiwenga at statehouse after he arrived back in [...] Full text...

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AU to convene forum of African private sector, donors for DRC Ebola response

26 july 2019 - 08:23:56
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Moussa Faki Mahamat is to convene a [...] Full text...

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African countries call for regional programme for universal health coverage, SDGs

17 november 2018 - 19:41:28
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) – The third annual conference of planning directors from World Health Organisation (WHO) member countries on [...] Full text...

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UNICEF mobilises communication specialists to support Ebola vaccination campaign in DRC

13 august 2018 - 06:44:37
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) – Following the launch of the vaccination campaign against the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) by the Government [...] Full text...

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WB pandemic financing facility approves US$12m grant to stop Ebola outbreak in DRC

22 may 2018 - 18:13:02
Washington, US (PANA) - The World Bank Group’s Pandemic Emergency Financing Facility (PEF) on Tuesday made its first-ever financial commitment, [...] Full text...

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FAO seeks $75 million for urgent livestock vaccination campaign in South Sudan

23 january 2018 - 11:16:32
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is seeking $7.5 million to roll out a [...] Full text...

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UN: WHO calls for taxation, other measures to check unhealthy food

11 october 2016 - 21:45:14
New York, US (PANA) - Unhealthy diet accounts for more than 11 million deaths annually, with four million deaths due [...] Full text...

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UN: UN chief tasks governments, private sector on universal literacy

07 september 2016 - 18:26:08
New York, US (PANA) - Marking International Literacy Day, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday called on governments and their [...] Full text...

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Sudan: Govt. protests denial of US visa to UN-bound Sudanese senior officials

26 april 2016 - 13:10:23
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – The Sudanese government on Tuesday summoned the US Charge D’Affairs to Sudan, Benjamin Moeling, to officially [...] Full text...

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Switzerland: Health needs from humanitarian emergencies at all-time high - WHO

06 april 2016 - 09:48:30
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) and partners need US$2.2 billion to provide lifesaving health services [...] Full text...

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WHO: Health workers hailed on World Humanitarian Day

19 august 2015 - 09:27:20
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - On the occasion of the 2015 World Humanitarian Day being observed globally Wednesday, the World Health [...] Full text...

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UN: WHO says universal coverage key to meeting global health goals

10 july 2015 - 21:11:40
New York US (PANA) - Some 400 million people worldwide do not have access to essential health services, the World [...] Full text...

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UN: Ebola Review Panel tasks WHO on global public heath response

07 july 2015 - 17:36:06
New York, US (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has welcomed the report issued on Tuesday by a panel [...] Full text...

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2015 FIFA WWC: USA beats Japan 5-2, claims 3rd title

06 july 2015 - 07:39:15
Vancouver, Canada (PANA) - Team USA claimed its third FIFA Women's World Cup here Sunday with an emphatic 5-2 win [...] Full text...

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UN: WHO proposes US$100 million in emergency funding, global health crisis workforce

18 may 2015 - 21:36:46
New York, US (PANA) - The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr. Margaret Chan, on Monday proposed a [...] Full text...

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Rwanda: Abortion law hits hurdle as activists seek removal of restrictions (A feature by Aimable Twahirwa, PANA correspondent)

30 march 2015 - 21:26:30
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda is among the few African countries where abortion law came into effect since 2012, but [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Health workers return from Ebola-affected countries

22 march 2015 - 06:48:01
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Forty-two Ghanaian health workers who went to assist two of the countries in West Africa hit [...] Full text...

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Sierra Leone: First zero infection recorded since Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone

21 march 2015 - 14:43:03
Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - Sierra Leone on Friday recorded a zero Ebola infection, the first time that would happen [...] Full text...

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Senegal: BADEA extends US$ 29 million loans to four African countries

20 october 2014 - 16:47:33
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA) has signed four [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Health officials meet amid fresh Ebola worries

01 september 2014 - 08:57:14
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's federal and state health officials were due to meet Monday (1Sept) in the capital city [...] Full text...

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Angola: Maternal mortality drops in Angola

17 april 2014 - 14:07:00
Luanda, Angola (PANA) – Maternal mortality has dropped significantly in Angola, from 1,400 deaths to 100,000 births in 2001 to [...] Full text...

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Zambia: Oil, gas industry tasked on climate change

03 april 2014 - 12:10:06
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - UN’s top climate change official Christiana Figueres Thursday called on the oil and gas industry to [...] Full text...

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Togo: Health ministry takes measures against Ebola fever

27 march 2014 - 22:21:13
Lomé, Togo (PANA) – Although the Ebola fever is not yet been detected in Togo, the country’s health ministry has [...] Full text...

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Cholera kills 16 in Congo’s Pointe-Noire

13 june 2013 - 13:20:00
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – A cholera epidemic, plaguing Congo’s commercial city of Pointe-Noire since November 2012, has killed 16 persons [...] Full text...

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'7.1 million people in Africa receiving HIV treatment'

22 may 2013 - 12:24:44
New York, US (PANA) - A UN report says the number of people in Africa receiving anti-retroviral treatment increased from [...] Full text...

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Morocco, Gabon sign new cooperation agreements

28 march 2013 - 12:57:55
Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - Morocco and Gabon have signed five cooperation agreement and one protocol of agreement covering areas including [...] Full text...

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UNESCO headquarters to host Jazz Day

26 april 2012 - 22:11:58
Paris, France (PANA) - The stage is set at UNESCO's Paris Headquarters for the start on Friday of celebrations for [...] Full text...

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Mbeki to sue Zuma's ex-adviser?

12 march 2012 - 09:26:58
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The rift between former President Thabo Mbeki and his successor Jacob Zuma, which led [...] Full text...

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Nigerian Nobel Laureate blames growing cancer cases on poor leadership

09 february 2012 - 08:26:32
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigerian Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka has blamed the growing cases of cancer in the country on [...] Full text...

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Mbeki back in the spotlight

16 january 2012 - 09:37:57
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa's former President Thabo Mbeki has made a dramatic return to the spotlight, [...] Full text...

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Mbeki, Zuma spat over allegations

09 december 2011 - 09:41:58
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Former South African President Thabo Mbeki has called on President Jacob Zuma’s office for [...] Full text...

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French nuclear energy group, AREVA, sets up health centre in Niger

08 december 2011 - 13:41:11
Paris, France (PANA) - AREVA, the French group specializing in nuclear energy, has announced the creation of a health centre [...] Full text...

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Gambian opposition upbeat ahead of election

12 november 2011 - 09:24:53
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – The opposition in the small West African state of Gambia is upbeat ahead of the [...] Full text...

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Burundian minister hails Rwanda's birth control policy

15 march 2011 - 22:00:44
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) – Burundian health minister, Mrs Sabine Ntakarutimana, on Tuesday hailed Rwanda's birth control policy, saying her country [...] Full text...

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'42 Nigerian pilgrims died during 2010 hajj'

21 december 2010 - 09:20:18
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A total of 42 Nigerian pilgrims died in the just concluded 2010 Hajj, the National Hajj [...] Full text...

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Cholera epidemic causes 130 deaths in Cameroon

09 august 2010 - 11:55:00
Yaounde- Cameroon (PANA) -- The death toll from the cholera epidemic which has hi t the far northern region of [...] Full text...

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Swine Flu vaccination campaign targets 10% of Gambians

28 july 2010 - 19:29:00
Banjul- Gambia (PANA) -- The country representative of the World Health Organization (WHO) in The Gambia, Dr. Thomas Sukwa, [...] Full text...

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EU countries to agree new targets to fight environmental threats to health

10 march 2010 - 23:39:00
Parma- Italy (PANA) -- Representatives of 53 WHO Member States have gathered in P arma, Italy, from Wednesday for a [...] Full text...

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Kadhafi wants public control of media

29 january 2010 - 17:54:00
Syrte- Libya (PANA) -- Libyan leader Mouamar Kadhafi has reiterated the need to e ntrust the management of the country's [...] Full text...

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Health official bemoans vitamin A deficiency in black Africa

19 january 2010 - 22:26:00
Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The National Director of Micronutrient Initiative Senega l, Mr. Banda Ndiaye, on Tuesday said the [...] Full text...

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Human Rights Watch hails Libya's freedoms progress

12 december 2009 - 19:54:00
Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Saturday hailed progress mad e in respect for human rights in [...] Full text...

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Africans urged to fight obstetrical fistula in Sub-Sahara Africa

04 november 2009 - 16:27:00
Tambacounda- Senegal (PANA) -- The reproductive health expert of the United Natio ns Population Fund (UNFPA), Fanding Badji, on Wednesday, [...] Full text...

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Germany donates 23m euros to fight HIV/AIDS in Central Africa

27 october 2009 - 10:56:00
Brazzaville- Congo (PANA) -- Germany has granted 23 million euros to the Organiza tion coordinating the fight against Endemics in [...] Full text...

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Swine Flu: WHO gives Kenya clean bill of health

24 october 2009 - 10:13:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The World Health Organisation (WHO) has given Kenya a clean bill of health over the swine [...] Full text...

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Senegal prepares for possible swine flu pandemic

25 september 2009 - 15:25:00
Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The Director of Prevention at the Ministry of Heath, Pre vention and Public Hygiene in Senegal, [...] Full text...

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CDI: Maximizing the benefits of a successful regional heath initiative

21 july 2009 - 08:42:00
Ouagadougou- Burkina Faso (PANA) -- The world of public health is in continual motion especially with the global health community [...] Full text...

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Cape Verde denies new swine flu cases

08 july 2009 - 18:51:00
Praia- Cape Verde (PANA) -- The Cape Verdean health ministry has denied recording five new cases of the swine flu [...] Full text...

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Ali Treki links peace, security to poverty, human rights

13 june 2009 - 16:27:00
New York- US (PANA) -- The President-elect of the UN General Assembly, Ali Treki of Libya, on Saturday said tackling [...] Full text...

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‘Africa lacks skilled human resources in health sector’

11 june 2009 - 23:00:00
Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Africa does not have sufficient skilled human resources to face its numerous health problems, the chairman [...] Full text...

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Kadhafi reiterates call on Tuaregs in Mali

05 june 2009 - 17:56:00
Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- Libyan leader and Chairman of the African Union (AU), Mo uammar Kadhafi, Thursday renewed his call [...] Full text...

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WFP to resettle 20,000 people in northern Niger

28 april 2009 - 22:05:00
Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- The World Food Programme (WFP) is to provide 600 tonnes o f food to support the [...] Full text...

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Health experts attend workshop on epidemiological monitoring

05 april 2009 - 11:46:00
Pamplemousses- Mauritius (PANA) -- Public and animal health experts of the five I ndian Ocean Commission (IOC) countries on Saturday [...] Full text...

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Men to be involved in the fight against gender-based violence

07 march 2009 - 19:37:00
Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) – The United Nations -believes men have essential ro les to play in ending violence against [...] Full text...

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UN official laments impact of global credit crunch on Africa

29 january 2009 - 11:38:00
Addis Ababa- Ethiopia, (PANA) -- The global credit crisis has wiped out the relief due to Africa from the 5% [...] Full text...

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