General Assembly renews call for end to US embargo against Cuba
31 october 2024 - 04:40:24New York, US (PANA) - The UN General Assembly on Wednesday once again urged the United States to end its [...] Full text...
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New York, US (PANA) - The UN General Assembly on Wednesday once again urged the United States to end its [...] Full text...
Over 370 million girls, women globally subjected to rape or sexual assault as children – UNICEF
10 october 2024 - 10:56:46New York, US (PANA) - More than 370 million girls and women alive today – or 1 in 8 – [...] Full text...
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1 in 7 children and teens impacted by mental health conditions: UNICEF
09 october 2024 - 19:40:37New York, US (PANA) - Around one in seven children and adolescents aged 10 to 19 are affected by mental [...] Full text...
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WHO calls for action to halt rise in hearing loss in Africa
08 october 2024 - 05:09:55Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The number of people in Africa living with hearing loss could rise to 54 million by [...] Full text...
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Building roads to build peace: Our experience in the Central African Republic: World Bank Blog By Papa Modou Ndiaye, Francis Ovanda Mbele and Abdoulaye Sylla
03 october 2024 - 08:14:12Bangui, Central African Republic (PANA) - The Emergency Infrastructure and Connectivity Recovery Project (EICRP) is transforming the northeastern regions of [...] Full text...
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Rwanda reports first-ever Marburg virus disease outbreak, 26 cases confirmed
30 september 2024 - 11:24:37Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – Rwandan health authorities are intensifying outbreak control efforts following the detection of Marburg virus disease, with 26 [...] Full text...
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Gaza war continues to shut hundreds of thousands out of class
10 september 2024 - 05:23:11Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Monday would have marked the start of the new school year in Gaza, but the ongoing [...] Full text...
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UNICEF issues emergency tender to secure mpox vaccines for crisis-hit countries
02 september 2024 - 05:01:16New York, US (PANA) - The UN Chidrlen's Fund (UNICEF) has issued an emergency tender for the procurement of mpox [...] Full text...
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Refugees and displaced in Africa face heightened threat from mpox outbreak
27 august 2024 - 18:58:14Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) warned on Tuesday that the mpox outbreak could have devastating effects [...] Full text...
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South Africa calls for calm over mpox scare
20 august 2024 - 08:09:51Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s Department of Health on Tuesday assured the public that the current mpox outbreak [...] Full text...
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No date yet for long-awaited South Sudan elections, UN Security Council told
15 august 2024 - 06:08:44New York, US (PANA) - The UN continues to support an enabling environment for general elections in South Sudan, but [...] Full text...
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Indigenous Day celebrates ‘guardians of the environment’
09 august 2024 - 16:31:36New 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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Millions of young women suffer at the hands of their intimate partners: WHO
30 july 2024 - 06:06:23Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Nearly a quarter of all adolescent girls who have been in a relationship – close to [...] Full text...
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Kenya facing shortage of geologists critical to climate smart-future
24 july 2024 - 18:17:38Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenya is at risk of failing to build adequate numbers of trained geologists to support the [...] Full text...
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Adequate healthcare crucial to support survivors of sexual violence
20 june 2024 - 07:10:15New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations on Wednesday commemorated the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence [...] Full text...
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Sierra Leone to enhance climate-resilient transport, access to market
30 may 2024 - 11:03:00Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - The World Bank Board has approved a $74 million International Development Association (IDA) grant to [...] Full text...
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European Council adopts update of Schengen Borders Code
24 may 2024 - 12:13:55Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Council on Friday gave its final approval to a new Schengen Borders Code, the [...] Full text...
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Namibia earns praise for efforts to end mother-to-child transmission of HIV
07 may 2024 - 05:27:08Windhoek, Namibia (PANA) - Namibia has become the first country in Africa and the first high-burden country in the world [...] Full text...
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WHO calls for greater attention to violence against women with disabilities, older women
27 march 2024 - 11:38:28Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Older women and women with disabilities face particular risk of abuse, yet their situation is largely [...] Full text...
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South Africa's president Ramaphosa salutes former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney
04 march 2024 - 14:44:30Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday expressed his sadness at the passing of former Canadian [...] Full text...
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Fighting in DR Congo puts Goma at risk of lockdown, warns humanitarian charity
16 february 2024 - 10:19:18Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Immediate action to address the escalating humanitarian crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) [...] Full text...
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UN News looks ahead to 2024: January to June
31 december 2023 - 07:36:38New York, US (PANA) - In 2024, the UN will once again be at the heart of international efforts to [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: 'Desperate, hungry, terrified': Gazans stopping aid trucks in search of food
14 december 2023 - 16:29:50Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Some Gazans are so desperate for food that they are now stopping aid trucks and immediately [...] Full text...
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Libyan PM reaffirms support for elections based on fair and inclusive laws
19 october 2023 - 15:20:36Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Prime Minister, Abdulhamid al Dbaiba, has reaffirmed his government's support for the holding of [...] Full text...
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WHO scales up response following Sudan declaration of cholera outbreak
29 september 2023 - 20:20:54Cairo, Egypt (PANA)– Sudan has declared a cholera outbreak in Gedaref State, where 264 suspected cholera cases, 4 confirmed cases [...] Full text...
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AfDB, Eritrea strengthen partnership for growth
02 september 2023 - 11:34:50Asmara, Eritrea (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group and Eritrea on Friday strengthened their partnership to support the [...] Full text...
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Internet celebrates its 40th birthday, but some users are twice its age! World Bank Blog
01 september 2023 - 15:45:07Washington DC, US (PANA) - Does internet help you to stay in touch with family and friends? If you answered [...] Full text...
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Top UN official in Mauritius highlights transformative power of food production
23 july 2023 - 11:40:53Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Transforming the way food is produced on the Indian Ocean archipelago of Mauritius could help to [...] Full text...
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Protectionism can jeopardise health outcomes in countries spending more on global trade in health goods
15 july 2023 - 11:23:38Washington, DC, US (PANA) - Global security has now assumed new dimensions, the latest being health security that reflects mounting [...] Full text...
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FIFA keeps Zimbabwe in suspense
10 july 2023 - 08:19:46Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The FIFA delegation currently visiting Zimbabwe to find the way forward over the current football crisis, [...] Full text...
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President Barrow says Gambia has transitioned through national socio-political crisis
08 june 2023 - 15:47:52Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian leader Adama Barrow has stated that the Gambia has transitioned through a national socio-political crisis [...] Full text...
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Fury, sadness in Indonesia after FIFA pulls Under-20 World Cup
30 march 2023 - 08:36:15Jakarta, Indonesia (PANA) - Indonesian football players, fans and pundits reacted with anger and sadness on Thursday after FIFA pulled [...] Full text...
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Libyan PM reaffirms belief in capabilities of an impartial Libyan judiciary contributing to unity of institutions
01 march 2023 - 16:57:21Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity Abdelhamid al-Dbaiba affirmed here Wednesday his respect [...] Full text...
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Insecurity takes toll on women, girls in Niger’s Tillabéri region
23 february 2023 - 12:02:49Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The security crisis in Niger’s south-western Tillabéri region is taking a heavy toll on local communities, [...] Full text...
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Child trafficking, forced labour push thousands to work on tobacco farms in Malawi
22 december 2022 - 05:22:25Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Large numbers of children working on tobacco farms in Malawi are missing school, 13 UN-appointed independent human [...] Full text...
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Genocide threat still real, UN chief says, commemorating victims worldwide
11 december 2022 - 06:28:35New York, US (PANA) - In response to rising hate speech and discrimination worldwide, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has urged [...] Full text...
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Report: Sudan: Launch of violent extremism threat assessment in Southern Libyan borderlands
03 november 2022 - 16:21:35Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A comprehensive survey study on how extremism surges and the countries it impacts in the states [...] Full text...
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UN experts call for complete abolition of death penalty as ‘only viable path'
10 october 2022 - 19:07:49Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Marking the 20th World Day Against the Death Penalty, two UN-appointed independent human rights experts on Monday [...] Full text...
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Democratic Republic of the Congo Ebola outbreak declared over, Uganda boosts response
27 september 2022 - 12:46:56Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – The Democratic Republic of the Congo on Tuesday declared the end of an Ebola outbreak that re-emerged [...] Full text...
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African Union Day: Commission Chairperson calls for mobilization of all resources to achieve objectives
09 september 2022 - 21:19:14Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Chairman of the African Union Commission, Moussa FAKI Mahamat, has called on Africans to [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Over 2.2 million people vaccinated against pandemic in Libya
13 august 2022 - 14:24:07Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 2,297,234 people have been vaccinated against the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Libya since the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Botswana drops mandatory use of face mask
02 august 2022 - 13:14:58Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana has announced that wearing of face mask in outdoor areas is now optional, as the [...] Full text...
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UN and partners meet to address ‘critical’ state of global food crisis
19 july 2022 - 05:18:20New York, US (PANA) - Scaling up climate resilience across food systems is among the actions needed to counter rising [...] Full text...
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Monkeypox cases reach 9,200, says WHO chief
13 july 2022 - 05:37:11Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, says that there are currently 9,200 [...] Full text...
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Monkeypox not presently a global public health emergency: WHO
26 june 2022 - 05:31:01Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The monkeypox outbreak does not currently constitute a global public health concern though “intense response efforts” [...] Full text...
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Actions to stem violence against women and girls ‘needed now more than ever’
24 june 2022 - 05:58:34Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Over the past two years, there has been “an unprecedented increase in all forms of gender-based [...] Full text...
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WHO says global situation of monkeypox ‘cannot be ignored’
24 june 2022 - 05:37:05Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Addressing the first meeting of the World Health Organisation’s Emergency Committee on Thursday over the global Monkeypox [...] Full text...
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Libyans still asking whether Cairo talks will end the political crisis
03 june 2022 - 06:20:17Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - As Libyans await the third round of talks in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, between Parliament and [...] Full text...
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Almost 1bln children, adults with disabilities denied acess to assistive technology - Report
16 may 2022 - 14:19:06Geneva/New York (PANA) - A new report published Monday by WHO and UNICEF reveals that more than 2.5 billion people [...] Full text...
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Stephanie Williams reaffirms UN's support for victims of Tarhouna massacres in western Libya in quest for justice
11 may 2022 - 16:04:25Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General's Special Adviser on Libya, Stephanie Williams, has assured the families of victims of [...] Full text...
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UN chief calls for greater inclusion, marking World Autism Awareness Day
02 april 2022 - 07:33:25New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has highlighted the need for greater support for people with autism, [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Mauritius records 21 deaths in one week
12 march 2022 - 06:23:20Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian sanitary authorities have officially attributed 21 deaths to COVID-19 from 3-9 March. The Government said in [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Tunisia records 15 new deaths
15 february 2022 - 16:25:23Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian Ministry of Health has announced 15 new deaths linked to the coronavirus, bringing the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Over two million people vaccinated against pandemic in Libya
12 february 2022 - 11:16:08Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 2,090,065 people have been vaccinated against coronavirus (COVID-19) in Libya since the start [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: More than two million people vaccinated in Libya against the pandemic
05 february 2022 - 14:17:02Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 2,057,141 people have been vaccinated against coronavirus (COVID-19) in Libya since the launch [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Libyan officials hold follow-up meeting on worsening epidemiological situation
29 january 2022 - 19:36:29Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Prime Minister Abdelhamid al-Dbaiba on Saturday followed up on the epidemiological situation of the coronavirus [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Fully vaccinated passengers arriving in Gambia do not need PCR test, Health ministry
10 january 2022 - 11:30:11Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia's health authorities say passengers coming into the country who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Tunisia records 6 new deaths
03 january 2022 - 19:27:33Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has recorded six new deaths linked to the Coronavirus and 417 new confirmed infections, the [...] Full text...
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14 cases of Omicron variant detected in Guinea
30 december 2021 - 12:14:04Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Fourteen cases of the Omicron variant have been detected in Guinea, the National Health Security Agency [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Zambia records five deaths, positivity of 28 pct
27 december 2021 - 08:59:31Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Zambia Sunday recorded five deaths from coronavirus (COVID-19) infections within the past 24 hours to bring [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Mauritius reports 58 new positive cases Sunday
20 december 2021 - 07:54:16Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Health authorities said here Monday they had recorded 58 coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, bringing the number [...] Full text...
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South Africa: South Africa to donate 2m vaccines across the continent
17 december 2021 - 08:09:39Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa on Friday announced it would donate more than two million doses of [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Ghana's land borders to remain closed to reduce importation of virus
16 december 2021 - 04:58:21Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's lands borders, which were closed in March last year following the outbreak of COVID-19, are [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Africa clocks fastest surge in cases this year, but deaths remain low: WHO
14 december 2021 - 12:43:18Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - An 83 per cent surge in new coronavirus (COVID-19) cases during the past week in Africa, [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: South African President Ramaphosa in isolation after testing positive
13 december 2021 - 13:02:12Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - President Cyril Ramaphosa is in isolation and recovering at his Cape Town home after [...] Full text...
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South African president Ramaphosa calls on African countries to "invest heavily" in health systems
07 december 2021 - 13:43:49Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa Monday called on African countries to invest heavily to strengthen their [...] Full text...
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Battle to end HIV, COVID, demands greater international solidarity
01 december 2021 - 05:45:10New York, UA (PANA) - The early years of the HIV/AIDS epidemic were “plagued by confusion, fear, isolation, and discrimination” [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: UN chief 'deeply concerned' about isolation of southern Africa after detection of Omicron variant
30 november 2021 - 11:20:38New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says he is deeply concerned about the isolation of southern African [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Over 1.6 million people vaccinated against pandemic in Libya
27 november 2021 - 14:07:50Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 1,669,064 people have received a vaccine against coronavirus (Covid-19) in Libya since the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Mauritius records 167 positive cases
19 november 2021 - 07:35:52Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities on Friday reported that 167 people tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday, bringing [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: US gives Gambia $2 million to fight pandemic
18 november 2021 - 12:09:10Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has provided $2 million to the United Nations Children’s [...] Full text...
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Climate Change: Lack of progress on finance at COP26 concerns CAN
08 november 2021 - 14:45:12Glasgow, Scotland (PANA) – As the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) entered its second and final [...] Full text...
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Burundian president starts working visit to UAE
08 november 2021 - 13:12:21Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi's President Evariste Ndayishimiye left Bujumbura on Monday for the United Arab Emirates on a five-day [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nearly 1.6 million people vaccinated against COVID-19 in Libya
06 november 2021 - 13:30:47Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya has administered COVID-19 vaccination to 1,573,426 people since the national vaccination campaign against the pandemic [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Mauritius records 94 cases Wednesday
03 november 2021 - 16:54:18Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian health authorities announced Wednesday they had recorded 94 positive cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) out [...] Full text...
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Libyan Foreign Ministry honours organising committees for success of Conference on Stability
28 october 2021 - 12:34:51Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has honoured the commissions, bodies and institutions [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Pandemic kills 19 in one week in Mauritius
23 october 2021 - 09:14:55Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Health and Wellness Minister Kailesh Jagutpal announced here Friday the death of 19 patients from [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Mauritius detects 64 new positive cases
20 october 2021 - 07:24:26Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities announced on Wednesday that they recorded 64 new positive cases of COVID-19 on [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria records six deaths, 226 new cases Thursday
15 october 2021 - 16:27:28Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria on Thursday recorded six deaths, 226 new coronavirus (COVID-19) cases across 14 States of the federation [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Six in seven infections go undetected in Africa: WHO
15 october 2021 - 05:16:26Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – A new assessment by the World Health Organization (WHO) shows that only 14.2% – or one in [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Mauritius reports 35 new positive cases
13 october 2021 - 09:35:08Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities said on Wednesday that 35 new positive cases of COVID-19, of which 28 [...] Full text...
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Make mental healthcare for all a reality, urges Guterres
10 october 2021 - 05:58:26New York, US (PANA) - The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on mental health worldwide, and action must be [...] Full text...
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New Moroccan government sets sights on transforming the country
09 october 2021 - 08:53:46Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Moroccans are hoping that the new government formed on Thursday will take up the country's economic [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Mauritius records 54 new positive cases
08 october 2021 - 07:35:18Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Health authorities in Mauritius recorded 54 new positive cases of COVID-19 on Thursday. Six of them, showing [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Over 1.3 million people vaccinated in Libya
02 october 2021 - 13:30:25Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Some 1,393,030 people have received the anti-coronavirus vaccine in Libya since the launch of the national [...] Full text...
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Malpass outlines ways to boost growth, combat reversals in gender equality, address rising inequality and climate change
30 september 2021 - 14:22:09Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) —World Bank Group President David Malpass on Thursday called our current era of high inequality and reversals [...] Full text...
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World Bank commends Sudan's progress in moving from fragility to peace
30 september 2021 - 13:48:39Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The World Bank has commended the performance of the Sudanese economy and its progress in macroeconomic [...] Full text...
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World Bank reiterates support for Sudan’s economic recovery
30 september 2021 - 11:35:05Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan and the World Bank on Thursday concluded the first official session of talks in Khartoum, [...] Full text...
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LEAD: Sudan authorities abort coup, authors arrested
21 september 2021 - 10:07:37Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – The crisis-plagued government in Sudan on Tuesday said it thwarted a coup d’état in the early [...] Full text...
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UNICEF says schools still closed for nearly 77 million students 18 months into pandemic
16 september 2021 - 10:38:33New York, US (PANA) – Eighteen months into the COVID-19 pandemic, schools for nearly 77 million students in six countries continue [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria records eight deaths, 365 new infections Sunday
13 september 2021 - 19:46:31Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic claimed the lives of eight [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Mauritius reports 187 new cases
13 september 2021 - 08:28:30Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian health authorities said on Monday that they recorded 187 infections of Covid-19 on [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria records two deaths, 547 new infections
12 september 2021 - 14:51:23Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria on Saturday recorded two fatalities from the COVID-19 with 547 fresh cases reported across 15 [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Botswana receives additional US aid
09 september 2021 - 21:39:30Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has granted Botswana an additional $4 million in [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria records 597 new infections, 17 deaths
08 september 2021 - 21:00:51Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said here Wednesday Nigeria’s coronavirus (COVID-19) cases hit 196,487 on [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria records 30 deaths, 459 new infections on Sunday
06 september 2021 - 18:12:03Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria on Sunday recorded 30 COVID-19 related deaths and 459 new infections. Sunday’s figure brought the death [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: South Sudan starts oxygen production at Juba Teaching Hospital
04 september 2021 - 09:23:20Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - South Sudan this week began producing oxygen following the successful installation of the country’s first [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Mauritius reports 278 new cases, one death
04 september 2021 - 08:37:44Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities announced on Saturday they have in the last 24 hours identified 278 [...] Full text...
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2022 FIFA WC qualifier: South African players in quarantine ahead of World Cup qualifier
02 september 2021 - 12:03:05Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Top South African football players Thabiso Kutumela and Thibang Phete will miss the country’s [...] Full text...
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ILO decries lack of income protection for poor workers forced to defy lockdowns
02 september 2021 - 01:52:13Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The world’s poorest workers were forced to defy the coronavirus (COVID-19) containment measures to go out [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria records 565 new infections, eight deaths on Monday
24 august 2021 - 17:07:00Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria on Monday recorded 565 new COVD-19 cases and eight deaths, according to statistics released by [...] Full text...
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Ebola vaccination campaign launched in Middle Guinea
21 august 2021 - 19:30:16Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - A vaccination campaign against the Ebola virus began here Thursday in the prefecture of Labe, central [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria registers 674 new cases, 8 deaths Thursday
20 august 2021 - 20:51:27Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said here Friday it recorded 674 additional coronavirus (COVID-19) [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus; Nigeria records 636 new infections, death toll hits 2,211
15 august 2021 - 06:02:37Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria's death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic has risen to 2,211 after 11 patients died on [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria registers 753 new infections, 5 deaths on Thursday
13 august 2021 - 18:21:24Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says Nigeria recorded a total of 753 new COVID-19 [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria records 790 new infections, highest in 6 months
12 august 2021 - 18:34:58Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Going by the statistics released by the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC ), COVID-19, especially [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria records 610 new infections
11 august 2021 - 22:27:10Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria on Tuesday recorded 610 additional coronavirus (COVID-19) infections, the second highest in nearly six months, [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria records 566 new infections, 11 deaths on Thursday
06 august 2021 - 18:59:41Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) said Nigeria recorded 566 new COVID-19 infections on Thursday, [...] Full text...
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COVID-19: Nigeria records 747 new infections, four deaths on Wednesday
05 august 2021 - 19:07:56Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday recorded 747 fresh cases of COVID-19 infections. The NCDC, [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria records 11 deaths, 444 infections as Delta variant spreads
03 august 2021 - 08:31:11Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says 11 coronavirus-related deaths were registered on Monday, bringing [...] Full text...
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WHO backs football body FIFA’s #ReachOut campaign for mental health
03 august 2021 - 06:09:07Zurich, Switzerland (PANA) - The world football body, FIFA, launched a UN-backed campaign on Monday designed to raise awareness of [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria records 407 new infections, zero death on Sunday
02 august 2021 - 19:50:34Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 407 new COVID-19 infections from Nigeria’s 16 [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: New infections in Nigeria surge to 535 with 5 deaths in on Wednesday
29 july 2021 - 14:49:31Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s Coronavirus (COVID-19) infections surged on Wednesday to 535, the biggest daily increase in the country [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria records 404 new infections on Tuesday, highest in over four months
28 july 2021 - 20:04:55Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced that 404 additional COVID-19 infections and zero [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Libya declares health emergency as pandemic spreads
26 july 2021 - 19:57:33Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Due to the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, a state of health emergency was declared in [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria records 206 new infections on Tuesday
21 july 2021 - 16:04:32Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria on Tuesday recorded 206, the highest daily figure of new COVID-19 cases in the country [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria records 123 new infections, zero death on Saturday
18 july 2021 - 19:40:26Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria has recorded additional 123 new COVID-19 cases, as total infections from the deadly virus rose [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Libya records 2,604 new infections in the last 24 hours
14 july 2021 - 18:34:09Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya recorded 2,604 new COVID-19 infections out of 7,729 samples tested in the last 24 hours, [...] Full text...
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Ensure reproductive health rights for all: UN chief urges on World Population Day
11 july 2021 - 05:59:51New York, US (PANA) - Erosion of women’s reproductive rights has been one of the fallouts from the COVID-19 pandemic, UN [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria records 40 new infections on Friday
03 july 2021 - 16:01:46Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria registered 40 new COVID-19 cases on Friday and there was no virus related death, according [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Delta variant detected in 98 countries, continues to evolve and mutate, warns WHO
03 july 2021 - 06:57:00Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday urged leaders to push back against [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Zambia records highest number of daily deaths since pandemic outbreak
01 july 2021 - 14:56:18Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Zambia has in the last 24 hours recorded 72 COVID-19-related deaths, the highest toll in a [...] Full text...
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Sudan to receive debt relief under HIPC Initiative
30 june 2021 - 09:50:34Washington, DC, US (PANA) - Sudan has taken the necessary steps to begin receiving debt relief under the enhanced Heavily [...] Full text...
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Tunisian Navy rescues 178 illegal migrants
28 june 2021 - 12:22:53Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A total of 178 illegal migrants of different nationalities, including Egyptians, Eritreans and Bengal is arrived [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria records 29 new infections, one death
26 june 2021 - 17:33:36Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says 29 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded on [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria records 26 new infections, zero death on Thursday
25 june 2021 - 17:42:13Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says that Nigeria registered 26 new cases of COVID-19 [...] Full text...
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PM launches new initiative to overcome current political stalemate
22 june 2021 - 21:05:08Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)-Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdouk on Tuesday launched a new initiative with a view to overcoming the current [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria records 86 new infections, one death on Monday
22 june 2021 - 19:47:17Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said that Nigeria reported 86 new cases of COVID-19 [...] Full text...
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Mauritius: Horses from South Africa to be quarantined
20 june 2021 - 11:10:14Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The government of Mauritius has announced several measures to prevent the entry of the African Horse [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus Nigeria records 13 new infections
19 june 2021 - 15:06:09Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria did not record any death from COVID-19 in the last 14 consecutive days ending Friday, [...] Full text...
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One in every 100 dies by their own hand, each suicide ‘a tragedy’ – WHO
18 june 2021 - 06:55:35Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - New research published by the UN health agency on Thursday revealed that suicide remains one of [...] Full text...
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International agencies reach hundreds of thousands of civilians in Sudan cut off for a decade
13 june 2021 - 18:25:09Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – United Nations humanitarian agencies on Sunday said that they have reached hundreds of thousands of civilians [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus Nigeria records 122 new infections, 18 deaths on Thursday
04 june 2021 - 15:03:04Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported 122 new COVID-19 infections recorded on Thursday, [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Risk of infection surge threatens Africa’s health facilities
03 june 2021 - 15:32:57Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Critical health facilities across Africa risk being overwhelmed by surging COVID-19 infections, the UN health agency [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: COVID danger has not passed, States must support pandemic treaty - WHO chief
01 june 2021 - 05:30:05Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN health agency chief Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus urged all countries on Monday to support a pandemic [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria records 63 new COVID-19 cases on Friday
29 may 2021 - 18:36:56Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says that Nigeria recorded 63 new Coronavirus (COVID-19) infections [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Gambia confirms first cases of Indian variant
27 may 2021 - 13:58:37Banjul, Gambia (PANA)- Gambia's Minister of Health, Dr. Ahmadou Lamin Samateh, on Thursday confirmed detecting the West African nation's first [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Zambian authorities deny access to 72 arrivals, quarantine 272 for 14 days
25 may 2021 - 13:16:31Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambia's Ministry of Health has denied 72 individuals access into the country and placed 272 others [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: 74th World Health Assembly kicks off with bold ambition to end pandemic
24 may 2021 - 14:07:12New York, US (PANA) - The COVID-19 pandemic has brought a tsunami of suffering, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Monday in [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Refugees in South Sudan begin receiving jabs
23 may 2021 - 07:58:02Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Refugees in South Sudan are receiving COVID-19 jabs during the rollout of the country’s national [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Indian variant detected in Zambia
18 may 2021 - 15:09:18Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Zambia has detected one case of the Indian variant of COVID-19 in a 42-year-old man. Ministry of [...] Full text...
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IMF, WB, AfDB write off Sudan's debts, says PM Hamdouk
18 may 2021 - 07:19:20Paris, France (PANA) - Sudanese Prime Minister, Dr. Abdalla Hamdouk, announced on Monday that the World Bank, the International Monetary [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Botswana detects new COVID-19 variant
17 may 2021 - 16:01:08Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) – Health authorities in Botswana have detected the new COVID-19 variant (B.1.617) in the country. It was [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria records 53 new infections
14 may 2021 - 13:57:17Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said 53 new COVID-19 infections were recorded on Thursday, [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: IMF mission hails Mauritius’ efforts in containing COVID-19 pandemic
08 may 2021 - 09:18:04Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Announcing the success of Mauritius in containing the Covid-19 virus thanks to strict health measures, [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria records 28 new infections in five states
07 may 2021 - 13:16:47Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said the country registered 28 new COVID-19 infections in [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria records 34 new infections on Tuesday
05 may 2021 - 15:59:42Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says it registered 34 new cases of COVID-19 in [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Staggering positive cases recorded among passengers at Ghana airport
26 april 2021 - 06:36:21Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The company testing for COVID-19 at the Kotoka International Airport in Accra has raised the red [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria records 45 new infections, bringing total cases to 164,633
24 april 2021 - 13:25:20Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said here the country had as at Friday recorded 45 [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria records lowest daily infections in over a year
19 april 2021 - 13:53:04Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 26 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Tunisia records 73 new deaths
16 april 2021 - 10:17:45Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has recorded 73 deaths linked to the coronavirus (Covid-19) and 2,649 confirmed infections, the Tunisian [...] Full text...
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Prevention is ‘only cure’ to end sexual violence in conflict, Security Council hears
15 april 2021 - 05:34:35New York, US (PANA) - Prevention is the best and only cure to stem the multiple, devastating and enduring consequences [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Pandemic witnessing seven weeks of increasing cases, deaths -Tedros
13 april 2021 - 00:08:13Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Monday briefed the media on the state of the coronavirus (COVID-19), [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria records 84 new infections, one death on Saturday
11 april 2021 - 16:00:46Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) says Nigeria recorded 84 new cases of COVID-19 on [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Migrants left stranded, without assistance by lockdowns - IOM
09 april 2021 - 05:54:56New York, US (PANA) - Travel restrictions during the COVID pandemic have been particularly hard on refugees and migrants who move out of [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Zambia continues to record low infection rate
06 april 2021 - 14:54:17Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambia has maintained a positivity rate of below 5 percent of Covid-19 for the past two [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Kenya reports 19 new deaths, 1,851 new cases
02 april 2021 - 20:57:08Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Nineteen people have died from the coronavirus disease in Kenyan health facilities in the past 24 [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria records 97 new cases, five deaths on Thursday
26 march 2021 - 19:03:19Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said Nigeria recorded 97 new cases of Coronavirus [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Kenya records 18 new deaths, 1,540 infections
24 march 2021 - 18:53:19Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's health ministry said on Wednesday that 18 new deaths have been reported in various health [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria records 214 new infections, one death
24 march 2021 - 17:30:10Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) recorded 214 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, bringing [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria records 131 new infections in 24 hours
23 march 2021 - 19:42:26Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) registered 131 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total [...] Full text...
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France lifts quarantine ruling on foreign players returning from FIFA World Cup qualifiers
22 march 2021 - 07:41:01Paris, France (PANA) - Foreign players in the French League will not need to be quarantined after returning from FIFA [...] Full text...
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Ageism is a global challenge: UN
21 march 2021 - 10:35:00Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Every second person in the world is believed to hold ageist attitudes – leading to poorer [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Kenya records 28 deaths, highest ever single-day fatalities in ravaging third wave
19 march 2021 - 22:17:08Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya has recorded 28 deaths from the coronavirus pandemic, the highest ever single-day coronavirus-related deaths, which [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Prisoners forgotten in pandemic, as crisis grows in detention facilities
19 march 2021 - 05:31:35London, UK (PANA) - Prisoners around the world have been forgotten during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report [...] Full text...
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French clubs invoke FIFA coronavirus rule to keep stars out of AFCON qualifiers
18 march 2021 - 22:28:40Paris, France (PANA) - Paris Saint-Germain defender Abdou Diallo is among several Ligue 1 stars who will be unable to [...] Full text...
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UN leaders speak out against Islamophobia and anti-Muslim hatred
18 march 2021 - 05:48:56New York, US (PANA) - Underlining that “diversity is a richness, not a threat”, UN Secretary-General António Guterres called for [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Kenya imposes stricter border surveillance, ban on political gatherings to battle pandemic
12 march 2021 - 19:27:50Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday announced more stringent measures to curb the spread of the [...] Full text...
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Commonwealth chief impressed with Rwanda CHOGM preparations
12 march 2021 - 13:12:00Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland has congratulated the Rwandan government on progress in its preparations for [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria records 346 new infections, six deaths on Tuesday
10 march 2021 - 17:58:10Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said recorded 346 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) on [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria records 371 new infections, 13 deaths
09 march 2021 - 12:22:47Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 371 new cases of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus : Admissions drop by 60 per cent in Zambia
03 march 2021 - 16:45:41Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - The country has recorded almost 60 per cent reduction in the daily numbers of patients admitted [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Guinea records two new deaths
02 march 2021 - 11:06:14Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guinea on Monday recorded two coronavirus deaths sending the death toll to 91, the National Health [...] Full text...
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UNHCR seeks US$164 million for displaced persons in Central African Republic
28 february 2021 - 16:24:21Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has launched a US$164 million appeal to provide life-saving [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Guinea records one virus-related death
27 february 2021 - 11:57:23Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guinea recorded one coronavirus-related death on Friday, bringing the total fatalities in treatment centres to 89 [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Two succumb to killer virus in Kenya
24 february 2021 - 16:05:46Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's Ministry of Health reported two more coronavirus-related deaths on Wednesday raising fatalities reported since April [...] Full text...
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Nearly USD 134 million devoted by Libyan Government of Accord to fight against COVID-19
22 february 2021 - 21:49:19Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 600 million Libyan dinars ( US 133.932 million) has been urgently allocated to [...] Full text...
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What lessons have the Libyans learned 10 years after the revolution? (Analysis)
19 february 2021 - 16:53:40Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - As echoes of the jubilee festivities of the 10th anniversary of the February 17 revolution are [...] Full text...
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Nigeria records 877 new infections, total now 150,246
19 february 2021 - 06:47:01Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria recorded 877 new cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) on Thursday, bringing the total number of [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Kenya reports 144 new cases as four die
17 february 2021 - 15:10:53Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya reported on Wednesday 144 new coronavirus cases and four fatalities during the past 24 hours. The [...] Full text...
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No case of Ebola virus disease registered in Mali - Health Minister
16 february 2021 - 15:01:25Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian Minister of Health assured, on Monday at a meeting with technical and financial partners that [...] Full text...
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Suspected cases of Ebola virus disease spotted in Guinea
14 february 2021 - 16:13:07Conakry, Guinea (PANA) – Suspected cases of Ebola virus disease were detected on Saturday in the Guinean southern region of [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: New infections decline in Niger
13 february 2021 - 12:43:30Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Niger has witnessed a decline in coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in recent weeks after a surge, an [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Kenya reports two deaths as toll reaches 1,791
10 february 2021 - 15:45:41Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The death of two people from coronavirus-related infection during the last 24 hours raised Kenya's fatality [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria records 1,588 new Infections, total now 139,242
07 february 2021 - 09:48:37Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said that Nigeria recorded 1,588 new cases of [...] Full text...
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Indigenous Peoples are critical to build a more sustainable post-pandemic world - IFAD President
03 february 2021 - 14:15:10Rome, Italy (PANA) – Indigenous Peoples have suffered disproportionately from the economic impacts of COVID-19, yet they hold essential knowledge [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria records 864 new infections
29 january 2021 - 09:28:36Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s coronavirus (COVID-19) infections nosedived on Thursday to 864, bringing the total number to 127, 024. Nigeria [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: New variants fuelling Africa’s second wave, WHO warns
28 january 2021 - 21:05:09Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases and deaths are surging in Africa as new, more contagious variants of the [...] Full text...
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WHO issues new 10-year plan to end suffering from neglected tropical diseases
28 january 2021 - 14:54:04Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A new World Health Organization (WHO) road map for neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) proposes ambitious targets [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Gambia warns runaway patients to report to treatment centres
27 january 2021 - 14:58:40Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia's Ministry of Health has asked 40 confirmed positive coronavirus patients who refused isolation or escaped [...] Full text...
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Tropical Cyclone Eloise transitions into low pressure storm over southern Africa
26 january 2021 - 08:40:48Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Eloise weather system is passing over Botswana, after bringing heavy rains to central Mozambique, south-eastern [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: U.S. donates $1.3 million COVID-19 Mobile Field Hospital to Nigeria as affirmation to continued partnership
25 january 2021 - 20:55:57Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The United States Monday donated a $1.3 million COVID-19 Mobile Field Hospital to Nigeria, saying it was [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Mauritius records 11 new cases
25 january 2021 - 09:21:29Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian health authorities this weekend detected eight new imported cases of COVID-19 in people in [...] Full text...
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One dead, one injured and 1,214 households displaced by floods in Burundi
23 january 2021 - 19:57:51Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The torrential rains of January 8 and 11 left at least one dead, one injured, and [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria's records highest single day infections of 1,964 cases
22 january 2021 - 11:29:05Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria continues to see an upsurge in coronavirus infections as the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control [...] Full text...
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Burundian president congratulates new US president Biden
21 january 2021 - 11:39:07Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The Burundian president, Evariste Ndayishimiye, has congratulated the new US president Joe Biden who took office [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria records 1,444 new infections infections
18 january 2021 - 11:06:55Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria on Sunday recorded 1,444 new cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19). The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria records 1,598 new cases, 7 deaths on Saturday
17 january 2021 - 15:03:10Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Saturday reported seven deaths and 1,598 new cases of [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Ghana Medical Association says Infections in Ghana alarming
14 january 2021 - 23:50:02Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana Thursday recorded 175 new coronavirus (COVID-19) cases to take the number of active cases to [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Top Libyan health official raises red flag on alarming virus cases
11 january 2021 - 10:39:54Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Director of the Libyan National Centre for Disease Control, Dr. Badreddine al-Najjar, has warned that [...] Full text...
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