Housing’s unique role in lives and economies demands greater understanding: IMF Blog By Gita Bhatt

05 december 2024 - 08:43:42
Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - Wherever I go these days, the conversation inevitably focuses on the rising cost of housing. [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Abdulrazak Gurnah to deliver Nelson Mandela Lecture

23 september 2024 - 16:17:52
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The 22nd Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture will be delivered by Abdulrazak Gurnah in Johannesburg [...] Full text...

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IMF Deputy Managing Director Antoinette Sayeh to retire from the Fund

17 july 2024 - 19:16:07
Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director, Kristalina Georgieva announced on Wednesday that Deputy Managing [...] Full text...

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Ghanaian arts global icon honoured by American university

27 may 2024 - 05:22:00
New York, U.S. (PANA) - Bard College, New York, one of foremost liberal arts universities in the United States ,on [...] Full text...

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Libya and US oil company discuss strategic partnership

14 may 2024 - 11:05:32
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's Acting Minister of Oil and Gas, Khalifa Abdel Saddok, and senior officials from US oil [...] Full text...

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South African rugby legend honoured by TIME magazine

19 april 2024 - 12:41:19
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) –  South Africa’s two-time Rugby World Cup-winning Springbok captain Siya Kolisi has been named in [...] Full text...

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Opposition up in arms against constitutional change in Togo

28 march 2024 - 17:35:45
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - The Togolese opposition is united in its opposition to the constitutional change that took place on [...] Full text...

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South Africa's rugby hero nominated for global award

29 february 2024 - 10:19:33
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s rugby hero Siya Kolisi has been nominated for the Laureus World Comeback [...] Full text...

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Libya hosts 4th meeting of legal advisers of African parliaments in Benghazi

30 january 2024 - 17:10:35
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The fourth meeting of the Council of Legal Advisers to African Parliaments Tuesday got underway at [...] Full text...

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The AI awakening: IMF Blog By Gita Bhatt

01 december 2023 - 07:00:09
Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - Full disclosure: This issue of Finance & Development was produced entirely with human intelligence. [...] Full text...

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Liberia election: Opposition leader Boakai officially declared winner of presidential runoff vote

21 november 2023 - 07:31:12
Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) - Liberia's National Elections Commission (NEC) on Monday formally declared opposition leader Joseph Boakai as winner of [...] Full text...

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Liberia elections: UN chief congratulates Liberians, govt for 'calm, peaceful' vote

20 november 2023 - 05:42:06
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, has commended the Government and people of Liberia for the [...] Full text...

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Liberia Election: Ex footballer, President Weah, shows good sportsmanship; cooncedes to opposition leader Boakai (By Paul Ejime)

18 november 2023 - 06:58:13
Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) - Liberia’s President Goerge Weah has conceded victory to his longtime political rival, former vice President Joseph [...] Full text...

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LEAD: Liberia election: Liberia's president Weah concedes defeat, US congratulates opposition leader Boakai

18 november 2023 - 05:44:00
Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) - Liberia's President George Weah on Friday night conceded defeat to opposition leader Joseph Boakai in the [...] Full text...

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Liberia election: Opposition leader Boakai set to win run-off poll

17 november 2023 - 20:00:17
Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) - Liberia's main opposition leader and former vice president Joseph Boakai is set to win the 14 [...] Full text...

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Liberia election: Opposition leader Boakai maintains slight lead with nearly 88% of votes declared

16 november 2023 - 23:00:17
Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) - Opposition leader Joseph Boakai is maintaining a slender lead over President George Weah in Liberia's 14 November [...] Full text...

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Liberia election: Opposition leader Boakai takes early lead in runoff vote

16 november 2023 - 08:02:30
Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) - With about one-quarter of preliminary results in Liberia's presidential runoff held on 14 November released, the [...] Full text...

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Liberia election: Liberians vote in presidential run-off

14 november 2023 - 07:55:05
Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) - Liberians are voting on Tuesday in a presidential run-off following the inconclusive first round election on [...] Full text...

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Canadian gold miner looks at opportunities in Mali

07 august 2023 - 15:52:10
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - Vancouver-based B2Gold remains actively committed to exploring expansion opportunities in Mali, despite the government’s proposal [...] Full text...

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FIFA President declares 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup 'best ever'

05 august 2023 - 08:57:38
Canberra, Australia (PANA) - FIFA President Gianni Infantino, has labelled the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup the "best ever" during [...] Full text...

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Sierra Leone's opposition APC demands fair playing field in elections

20 june 2023 - 07:12:50
Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - Sierra Leone's opposition All People's Congress (APC) is complaining about an unfair playing field as the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Vaccination rollout stalls in Africa, says WHO

21 october 2022 - 14:42:56
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) -- The coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination coverage has stagnated in half of African countries, while the monthly [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Vaccination roll-out stagnates in Africa

21 october 2022 - 10:48:05
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - COVID-19 vaccination coverage has stagnated in half of African countries, while the number of doses administered [...] Full text...

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Uganda declares Ebola Virus Disease outbreak

20 september 2022 - 14:20:25
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - The health authorities in Uganda on Tuesday declared an outbreak of Ebola after a case of [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Advocacy day for vaccination against pandemic in Mali

25 july 2022 - 17:42:21
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The results of vaccination against coronavirus (COVID-19) are far below expectation in Mali, said the president [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Gambia receives 151,200 J & J vaccines from France

20 june 2022 - 10:07:52
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia's Ministry of Health has received 151,200 doses of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines from the Government [...] Full text...

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UNHCR slams UK’s bid to export some refugees to Rwanda

14 june 2022 - 05:08:57
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, on Monday dismissed the British Government’s proposal to process [...] Full text...

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Burundi falls short of WHO's target of vaccinating 70 per cent of its population against the coronavirus by mid-2022

01 june 2022 - 20:45:46
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - According to the latest Ministry of Health report on the response to the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19), [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Gambia to embark on countrywide vaccination campaign

05 may 2022 - 14:21:25
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia's ministry of Health, in collaboration with its partners, has announced a countrywide coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Investors in big pharma must ensure fair vaccine access for all countries - Amnesty International

26 april 2022 - 06:54:01
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Investors in companies manufacturing COVID-19 vaccines must use  their influence to ensure that supplies of urgently needed life-saving  vaccines reach low- and lower-middle-income  countries, [...] Full text...

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UNHCR ‘firmly’ opposes UK-Rwanda offshore migration processing deal

15 april 2022 - 05:46:25
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A deal made by the United Kingdom to send some migrants for processing and relocation to [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Increasing imported cases reported in Burundi

08 april 2022 - 15:11:25
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi has recorded 54 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) within the last 48 hours, with 15 [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian crisis: Rights group laids Addis Ababa's humanitarian truce

27 march 2022 - 05:31:17
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Amnesty International has lauded the humanitarian truce announced by the Ethiopian Federal Government in the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Burundi records 21 new cases

18 february 2022 - 15:24:34
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi has recorded in the last 24 hours 21 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in eight [...] Full text...

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Liberia's democratic credentials on test amid growing fear over freedom of expression

07 february 2022 - 18:22:25
Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) - Liberian President George Weah's administration is on an international spotlight after the authors of a controversial [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Togo receives 756,000 doses of Johnson & Johnson vaccine

22 january 2022 - 13:51:49
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togo received on Friday 756,000 doses of Johnson & Johnson vaccine, part of a batch of [...] Full text...

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Burundi faces resurgence of diseases with epidemic potential

18 january 2022 - 14:37:07
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Since 2021, Burundi has been hit by a resurgence of diseases with epidemic potential, mainly due [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Burundi records 1 475 new cases

06 january 2022 - 14:02:34
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi has recorded in the last 24 hours, 1,339 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), the ministry [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Burundi records 461 new cases

04 january 2022 - 14:08:36
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi recorded in the last 24 hours 447 cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), including 14 imported infections, [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Daily average of 470 new cases reported in Burundi

02 january 2022 - 14:13:22
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Since mid-December 2021, Burundi has reported a daily average of 470 new confirmed cases of coronavirus [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: More than 5,000 people vaccinated against pandemic in Burundi

31 december 2021 - 15:26:15
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - A total of 5,194 people have been vaccinated against the coronavirus (COVID-19) since last October, the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Amnesty slams wealthy states, pharma companies for vaccines inequality

31 december 2021 - 07:23:26
London, UN (PANA) - Human rights group, Amnesty International, on Friday slammed wealthy states and pharmaceutical companies for coronavirus (COVID-19) [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Burundi records 367 new cases

29 december 2021 - 14:39:56
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi recorded over the last 24 hours 321 cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) infections transmitted locally and [...] Full text...

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South Africa: World leaders salute Archbishop Tutu

27 december 2021 - 09:58:55
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – World leaders, clerics and celebrities have saluted Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu who died peacefully [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO gives green light to Nuvaxovid vaccine

21 december 2021 - 19:48:29
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The UN's global health agency says it has issued an Emergency Use List (EUL) approval [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Burundi records 427 new cases

21 december 2021 - 08:05:30
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi over the past 24 hours recorded 310 cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) from community transmission and [...] Full text...

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South Africa: South Africa to donate 2m vaccines across the continent

17 december 2021 - 08:09:39
Cape 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: Chinese, American companies in the market for vaccine in Burundi

10 december 2021 - 13:35:55
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The anti-coronavirus vaccine of the Chinese pharmaceutical firm 'SINOPHARM' has been joined since last Monday by [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: 1,899 people vaccinated in Burundi

08 december 2021 - 19:30:30
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The total number of people already vaccinated against the coronavirus in Burundi is 1,899, including1,216 men [...] Full text...

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Covid-19: Mauritius records 348 deaths in November 2021

30 november 2021 - 13:28:00
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Minister of Health and Wellness, Kailesh Jagutpal, quoting official statistics on Tuesday, said that the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Germany provides 496,800 doses of Johnson and Johnson vaccine to Guinea

24 november 2021 - 11:49:19
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The Guinean government received on Tuesday 496,800 doses of Johnson & Johnson vaccine donated by Germany, [...] 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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COP26: Guterres urges developed countries to deliver on climate pledge for vulnerable nations

03 november 2021 - 07:00:44
Glasgow, Scotland (PANA) - With world leaders expressing hope that the goal of supplying $100 billion a year in climate finance support for  developing countries is within [...] Full text...

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

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

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Coronavirus: US sends first batch of additional 5 million vaccine consignment to Kenya

29 october 2021 - 20:16:42
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya on Friday received a further 990,990 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to boost its ongoing [...] Full text...

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US unlocks more vaccines for Africa to step up pandemic response

15 october 2021 - 10:33:01
Washington DC, US (PANA) — President Uhuru Kenyatta on Thursday made history by becoming the first African Head of State [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Moderna vaccine received in Botswana

14 october 2021 - 18:14:59
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana has received the first doses of Moderna vaccine as part of the500,000 doses secured by [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Benin records 845 new cases

10 october 2021 - 19:32:29
Cotonou, Benin PANA) - Benin has recorded 845 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) infections, statistics from the Ministry of Health [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Benin records 13 deaths, 2,440 new cases

30 september 2021 - 17:11:03
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin has recorded 13 new deaths and 24,440 new infections of Covid-19, official sources said on [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: South Africa records 578 new cases, death toll climbs by 164

28 september 2021 - 18:48:20
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa recorded 578 new confirmed Covid-19 infections on Monday and 164 deaths, bringing the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: US donates 336,000 doses of Johnson and Johnson vaccine to Guinea

25 september 2021 - 13:15:16
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guinea on Friday received 336,000 doses of Johnson and Johnson vaccine donated by the US. The donation [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: South Africa donates 50,000 doses of Johnson & Johnson vaccine to Mauritius

22 september 2021 - 08:11:16
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius has received a donation of 50,000 doses of Johnson & Johnson vaccine from  South Africa [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Benin records 5 deaths, 2344 new infections

14 september 2021 - 22:48:14
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin has recorded five new deaths and 2,344 new coronavirus (COVID-19) infections, official sources said here [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Benin records four new deaths, 1,014 new infections

05 september 2021 - 18:24:40
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin recorded between 29-31 August four deaths and 1,014 new infections from coronavirus (COVID-19), official sources [...] Full text...

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Vaccination becomes compulsory for health sector personnel in Benin

02 september 2021 - 22:17:14
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Beninese government has decided to make vaccination against the coronavirus (COVID-19) compulsory for health sector [...] Full text...

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High-income countries called on to share covid-19 vaccines

31 august 2021 - 23:30:47
New York, (US) - Former co-chairs of the Independent Panel on Pandemic Preparedness and Response (IPPPR) have expressed their deep concern [...] Full text...

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AfDB Chief calls for transformational leadership in Africa

30 august 2021 - 19:45:45
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - African Development Bank (AfDB) Group President, Akinwumi Adesina, has called for bolder measures to grow the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Kenya goes for multiple vaccines to immunise 10 million in 2021

26 august 2021 - 21:40:18
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya will continue to vaccinate the population with a target of reaching 10 million by December [...] Full text...

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Festive and cultural events banned in Benin to limit spread of Covid-19

25 august 2021 - 19:58:02
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Interministerial Committee for the management of the COVID-19 health crisis has decided to suspend all [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Over 3,000 cases are active in Benin

24 august 2021 - 12:54:18
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin had as of 19 August 3,324 active cases of coronavirus, according to statistics from the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus : Mauritius reports 284 positive cases, 5 deaths

23 august 2021 - 08:14:24
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian health authorities on Monday reported that 284 positive cases of COVID-19 were detected on [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Ghana's president to seek BioNTech/Pfizer vaccine in Germany talks

23 august 2021 - 06:08:09
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is expected to take advantage of an official visit to [...] Full text...

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Nigeria celebrate 30 years of women’s football with six-nation tourney

22 august 2021 - 08:08:39
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Determined to concretise 30 years of women’s football, Nigeria will stage a six-nation international tournament next [...] Full text...

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Côte d’Ivoire begins vaccination against Ebola

18 august 2021 - 05:25:12
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The vaccination against Ebola of high-risk populations began in Côte d’Ivoire on Monday following the discovery of [...] Full text...

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Employees of a Beninese press group ordered to be vaccinated against COVID-19

17 august 2021 - 19:39:09
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Employees of the "Groupe de presse le Matinal" have until August 20 to be vaccinated against [...] Full text...

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Guinean experts sent to Côte d'Ivoire to fight Ebola

16 august 2021 - 11:13:25
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The Guinean government on Sunday dispatched a team of experts and 5,000 doses of vaccine to [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Only 0.2% of Beninese vaccinated against Covid- 19

15 august 2021 - 20:00:15
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Only 0.2% of the Beninese population has already been vaccinated against Covid-19, according to figures published [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Nearly one million young Tunisians to be vaccinated

15 august 2021 - 12:27:37
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia is organising on Sunday a second intensive vaccination operation against Covid-19, aimed at young people [...] Full text...

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Africa implored to solve vaccine challenges

12 august 2021 - 16:15:29
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) -- Botswana assistant minister of health and wellness has implored Africa to find sustainable solution to problems [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO announces three new drugs for latest ‘Solidarity’ clinical trials

11 august 2021 - 18:37:00
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Three new candidate drugs are being tested in the latest phase of global Solidarity clinical trials [...] Full text...

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US donates vaccine doses to Botswana

10 august 2021 - 18:27:17
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The United States government has donated Pfizer-Biotech COVID-19 vaccine to Botswana through the COVAX dose sharing [...] Full text...

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Covid-19: Botswana to receive first Johnson and Johnson vaccine consignment

09 august 2021 - 18:51:46
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) – Health authorities in Botswana have announced the arrival of the country’s first consignment of the Johnson [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Ghana takes delivery of 177,600 Johnson & Johnson vaccines

08 august 2021 - 11:12:04
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Government of Ghana has received 177,600 doses of the Johnson & Johnson single dose vaccine [...] Full text...

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Resurgence of COVID-19 cases puts Guinea among high-rate infectious countries in SSA

06 august 2021 - 13:25:54
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guinea is now among 24 Sub-Sahara African (SAA) countries with a high rate of COVID-19 infections, [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: US donates 151,000 doses of Johnson and Johnson vaccine to Mali

06 august 2021 - 11:51:46
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian Minister of Health, Diéminatou Sangaré, on Thursday received 151,200 doses of Johnson and Johnson [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Deaths in Africa hit record weekly toll

06 august 2021 - 05:44:46
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – Weekly COVID-19 deaths in Africa reached a record peak in the week that ended on 1 August, [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: AU begins monthly shipments of vaccines

05 august 2021 - 13:30:52
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The African Union (AU) is on Thursday beginning its monthly shipments of vaccines acquired by the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Deaths linked to pandemic, daily positive cases rise

02 august 2021 - 23:15:45
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The deaths and positive cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) daily recorded has been increasing daily in Guinea, [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Vaccine shipments boost for Africa - WHO

30 july 2021 - 05:25:28
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) -  After a near-halt of COVID-19 vaccine shipments in Africa, delivers have ramped up in recent months, the UN health agency [...] Full text...

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British Premier, Kenyan President discuss deepening economic ties

29 july 2021 - 18:12:22
Buckinghamshire, UK (PANA) – President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday met British Prime Minister Boris Johnson for bilateral talks on the [...] 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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Coronavirus: Ghana's president warns public to adhere to safety protocols as third wave bites

26 july 2021 - 07:03:48
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - With Ghana experiencing a third wave of COVID-19 pandemic, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has warned [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Americans donate 304,000 vaccine doses to the Gambia

22 july 2021 - 17:11:59
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - As President Joseph R. Biden committed earlier this year, vaccines donated by the American people have [...] Full text...

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Liverpool Loses Its UNESCO World Heritage Status

21 july 2021 - 19:10:10
London, England (PANA) - Liverpool suffered the rare indignity on Wednesday of being removed from the list of UNESCO World [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Unrest in South Africa threatens Namibia's oxygen supply

17 july 2021 - 10:15:24
Windhoek, Namibia (PANA) -   Namibian President Hage Geingob has said said the looting and unrest in neighbouring South Africa should [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Mauritius allocated 76,050 doses of Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine from COVAX Facility

17 july 2021 - 06:46:07
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius would be allocated 76,050 doses of Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine from COVAX Facility between July and [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Africa marks worst pandemic week: WHO

09 july 2021 - 07:16:56
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Africa marked its worst pandemic week ever, surpassing the second wave peak during the seven days ending [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Tunisia sees new daily infections record of nearly 8,000

07 july 2021 - 09:38:44
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia on Tuesday announced a new record of daily COVID-19 infections of 7,930 cases in 24 [...] Full text...

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Ghana's largest opposition party engages in march for Justice

07 july 2021 - 00:06:28
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The largest opposition political party in Ghana, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), on Tuesday embarked on [...] Full text...

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World leaders arrive in Lusaka for Kaunda’s state funeral

01 july 2021 - 15:09:26
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Foreign dignitaries have started arriving in the Zambian capital, Lusaka, ahead of founding President Kenneth Kaunda’s [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: US to give €600 million to support vaccine manufacturing in South Africa

01 july 2021 - 05:26:42
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) on Wednesday announced a joint financing package of €600 million [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Vaccine stock insufficient to cover Guinea's needs

28 june 2021 - 13:18:13
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The stock of vaccines against COVID-19 in Guinea does not currently cover the country's needs after [...] Full text...

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Libyan Prime Minister, UK Counterpart discuss preparations for Libya's elections

24 june 2021 - 19:19:25
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Prime Minister, Abdelhamid Al-Dbaiba, on Thursday met with his British Counterpart, Boris Johnson, in [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: World Bank, AU to support rapid vaccination for up to 400 million people in Africa

22 june 2021 - 07:30:30
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African Finance Ministers and the World Bank Group met on Monday to fast track vaccine [...] Full text...

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Messages pour in as world mourns Zambian first President KK

18 june 2021 - 14:46:48
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Messages of tribute are been sent in as world leaders mourn Zambia’s founding President Kenneth Kaunda, [...] Full text...

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World Bank to partner with African Union in securing more coronavirus vaccines

15 june 2021 - 16:18:58
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - World Bank President David Malpass and senior managers, including Axel van Trotsenburg and Makhtar Diop, [...] Full text...

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Libyan Presidential Council chairman welcomes UK support for new Executive Authority

11 june 2021 - 10:15:08
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed al-Manfi, has praised Britain's role in advancing the [...] Full text...

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Sierra Leone: Thomas Daddy Brima elected new FA President

07 june 2021 - 18:50:53
Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - Delegates on Saturday, June 5, during the 2021 Elective Congress in Makeni, elected Thomas Daddy [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Former General Secretary of ruling NPP laid to rest

03 june 2021 - 22:52:40
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - John Owusu Afriyie, one of the stalwarts and leading members of Ghana's ruling New Patriotic Party [...] Full text...

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Mali's Constitutional Court declares coup leader, Assimi Goita, President of the Transition

29 may 2021 - 14:42:21
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Constitutional Court of Mali on Friday installed Col. Assimi Goita, president of the transition and [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Over 173,000 people vaccinated in Libya

24 may 2021 - 12:08:11
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 173,539 people have received the coronavirus vaccine in Libya since the launch of [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Libya receives 120,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines

20 may 2021 - 11:59:09
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Nearly 120,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccines were received on Wednesday by Libya, the spokesperson of [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: About 100,000 people vaccinated in Zambia

13 may 2021 - 15:00:37
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambia's Ministry of Health has announced that 90,916 people have been vaccinated against COVID-19 since 14 [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Top COVID probe urges bold overhaul of pandemic prevention measures

12 may 2021 - 15:52:48
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A prestigious World Health Organization (WHO) appointed panel on Wednesday urged bold action to end the COVID-19 [...] Full text...

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WHO approves Chinese COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use

08 may 2021 - 06:22:06
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A COVID-19 vaccine produced in China has been given the green light for global rollout, potentially [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO calls for bolstering of vigilance as Africa rolls out vaccines

16 april 2021 - 07:43:40
Brazzaville, Congo (PAMA) - More than 13.6 million – including 12 million AstraZeneca – vaccine doses have been administered in [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Libyan PM announces arrival of third shipment of vaccine

09 april 2021 - 11:40:00
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Prime Minister Abdelhamid al-Dbaiba announced on Friday the arrival in Tripoli of a third shipment [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Eight positive local cases detected in Mauritius quarantine centres

08 april 2021 - 08:25:12
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities said on Wednesday that eight positive COVID-19 cases were detected in quarantine [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: South African official opposition slams "tardy" vaccine roll-out

06 april 2021 - 14:47:11
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) on Tuesday approached the South African Human Rights [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: UK Special Envoy for Girls’ Education meets Nigerian education youth activists

22 march 2021 - 19:34:25
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – As part of the activities to commemorate the International Women’s Day, the UK Prime Minister’s Special [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Health experts give green light to Janssen jab, allay clotting concerns

18 march 2021 - 05:18:56
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Janssen COVID-19 vaccine was publicly approved for international use on Wednesday by the board of UN [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO adds Janssen vaccine to list of safe, effective emergency tools against pandemic

13 march 2021 - 09:27:13
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA)  - The World Health Organization (WHO) has listed the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine Ad26.COV2.S for emergency use in [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO backs AstraZeneca COVID vaccine amid clotting concerns; green lights Johnson & Johnson shots

13 march 2021 - 06:51:00
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday that it was aware of blood clot [...] Full text...

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Niger's former President Issoufou scoops top African democracy prize

08 march 2021 - 13:16:40
Dakar, Senegal (PANA)  – Former Niger President Mohamadou Issoufou, who championed Africa's cause for a continental free trade area, has [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Libyan health ministry authorised to contract four firms for delivery of vaccines

06 march 2021 - 11:34:39
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's Presidential Council of the Government of National Accord has authorised the Ministry of Health to [...] Full text...

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WHO calls for urgent action to ramp up production of COVID-19 vaccines for all

06 march 2021 - 04:42:42
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Urgent action is needed to increase production of COVID-19 vaccines that will be distributed through the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Equitable vaccine delivery plan needs more support to succeed: COVAX partners

03 march 2021 - 05:45:53
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The equitable coronavirus vaccine delivery initiative COVAX that has delivered its first doses to West Africa and [...] Full text...

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Seven Nigerian Air Force officers killed in plane crash buried

26 february 2021 - 10:02:36
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Thursday buried the remains of seven young officers who died [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Kenya records 10 pandemic-related deaths

23 february 2021 - 15:51:49
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya recorded 10 coronavirus-related deaths which raised the country's fatalities to 1,837 on Tuesday. In its daily [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia, South Sudan to exchange military information

20 february 2021 - 06:46:02
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopia and South Sudan on Friday signed a military cooperation agreement in Addis Ababa under [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: G7 leaders commit US$4.3bln to finance global equitable access to vaccines in 2021

19 february 2021 - 22:06:57
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - G7 leaders meeting virtually Friday collectively committed over US $4.3 billion to the ACT Accelerator partnership to develop [...] Full text...

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Kenya-UK to co-host global education transformation conference

19 february 2021 - 18:23:22
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Global Partnership for Education (GPE), recently-launched replenishment campaign, calls on world leaders to pledge at [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Kenya reports 144 new cases as four die

17 february 2021 - 15:10:53
Nairobi, 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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Kenya records 179 new virus cases and one death

13 february 2021 - 15:22:40
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya Friday recorded 179 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) while one patient succumbed to the virus [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Kenya records 132 new cases, three succumb

11 february 2021 - 16:39:25
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya recorded 132 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, detected from 4,220 samples tested. Health Cabinet Secretary, Mutahi [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Tunisia orders two million Pfizer vaccines

09 february 2021 - 22:22:33
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has entered into a bilateral agreement with the U.S. laboratory Pfizer to acquire the first [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: New variants raise questions around vaccines, WHO says

09 february 2021 - 07:02:23
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The emergence of new coronavirus variants has raised major questions around whether currently available vaccines will [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Kenya records 156 new virus cases

06 february 2021 - 15:40:13
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya recorded 156 new coronavirus cases on Saturday after testing 3,784 people. This saw the total caseload [...] Full text...

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AfDB, Global Centre on Adaption launch African climate adaption initiative

26 january 2021 - 19:33:36
Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire (PANA) - African Development Bank (AfDB) has launched the Africa Adaptation Acceleration Programme (AAAP) to mobilize US$25 [...] Full text...

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New AfDB-GCA initiative to mobilise US$25 billion for scaling up African climate adaptation

26 january 2021 - 12:56:43
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - African Development Bank (AfDB) President Akinwuma A. Adesina announced the launch on Monday of the [...] Full text...

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Kenya says concerted efforts required to protect African farmers from climate change harm

26 january 2021 - 09:08:52
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - World leaders attending a virtual high-level session of the Climate Adaptation Summit 2021 have unanimously called [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Zambia allocated 8.7 million vaccine doses: Official

24 january 2021 - 16:01:30
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Zambia has been allocated 8.7 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines under a facility being pioneered by [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Mauritius receives 100,000 doses of Covishield vaccine from India

23 january 2021 - 10:00:01
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius Friday received a donation of 100,000 doses of Covishield vaccine from India to vaccinate a [...] Full text...

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Coronavuirus: Independent panel finds critical early failings in pandemic response

20 january 2021 - 06:27:44
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The global system for pandemic alert and response is “not fit for purpose”, highlighting the need [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: AU firms up plan to secure 270 million doses of vaccine

19 january 2021 - 20:46:39
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union’s Africa Vaccine Acquisition Task Team (AVATT) has secured 270 million doses of [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Africa to receive 270 million vaccine doses - Ramaphosa

14 january 2021 - 09:26:50
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African president snf African Union (AU) Chairperson Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday confirmed that [...] Full text...

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'National sovereignty and subsidiarity limit AU intervention in conflicts'

07 january 2021 - 11:37:39
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Response by the Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union to emerging [...] Full text...

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Security Council has critical role in addressing fragility and conflict: UN chief

07 january 2021 - 07:25:43
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has underlined the critical role of the Security Council in addressing [...] Full text...

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Kenya focuses on bolstering UN response to civil strife during Security Council tenure

06 january 2021 - 21:20:37
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya will strive to engage more with countries affected by civil strife and focus more on [...] Full text...

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Ghana's former president Mahama challenges election result at Supreme Court

30 december 2020 - 14:50:23
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's former President John Dramani Mahama on Wednesday filed a petition at the Supreme Court in [...] Full text...

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Kenya, UK sign economic agreement to spur trade

10 december 2020 - 19:28:40
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya and the United Kingdom (UK) have signed a strategic Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) following the [...] Full text...

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ANC calls for “immediate release” of two political figures arrested last weekend in Lomé

30 november 2020 - 17:00:22
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - The National Alliance for Change (ANC), one of Togo's leading political parties, in a statement in [...] Full text...

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Politician close to former Prime Minister Agbéyomé Kodjo abduction in Togo

28 november 2020 - 12:07:39
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Gerard Djossou, in charge of human rights of the Dynamic Monsignor Kpodzro (DMK), a group of [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian PM Abiy meets AU Mediation team

27 november 2020 - 20:40:08
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Friday reiterated the federal government’s commitment to the protection and [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian conflict: Final phase of military action against TPLF has begun - PM Abiy

26 november 2020 - 09:58:31
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on Thursday that the "final phase" of the military [...] Full text...

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Third Vice-President of Togo's National Assembly passes away

15 november 2020 - 11:30:13
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - The 3rd Vice-President of the National Assembly of Togo, André Ablom Johnson, died on Saturday in [...] Full text...

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UK, Kenya to host key education summit in 2021

13 october 2020 - 09:36:52
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The United Kingdom and Kenya will co-host a high-level summit next year to lead global action [...] Full text...

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Togo gets new cabinet

02 october 2020 - 10:28:05
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togo on Thursday named a new government of 33 members, including 11 women. Following is the list, [...] Full text...

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Woman appointed prime minister in Togo

28 september 2020 - 23:53:25
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - The Togolese president, Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé, Monday appointed Mrs Victoire Sidemeho Tomegah-Dogbé  prime minister to replace [...] Full text...

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President Issoufou receives ‘’2020 presidential leadership prize’’

23 september 2020 - 20:44:04
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The "2020 presidential leadership prize" was awarded Tuesday to Nigerien President Mahamadou Issoufou on the occasion [...] Full text...

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Kenyan newspapers highlight return to school dilemma for students

19 september 2020 - 19:13:10
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan newspapers highlighted the dilemma facing the ministry of education officials as they plot to reopen [...] Full text...

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How the #Zimbabwelivesmatter sparked a global awareness on human rights abuses in Zimbabwe (Analysis)

10 august 2020 - 17:03:46
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - “Mnangagwa (Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa) has become a pig and he is eating his own children [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Nigerians in the Americas donate diagnostic, pharmaceutical equipment to aid fight against COVID-19

16 july 2020 - 19:11:30
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigerians in Diaspora group, the Nigerian Association of Pharmacists and Pharmaceutical Scientists in the Americas (NAPPSA), [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Cases worldwide hit 12 million

11 july 2020 - 09:26:21
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - COVID-19 cases globally have more than doubled in the past six weeks, reaching 12 million on [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO announces independent evaluation of global virus response

09 july 2020 - 16:44:01
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, on Thursday announced the initiation of the [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: WHO to issue new brief on airborne transmission, after ‘active engagement’ with scientists

08 july 2020 - 04:06:40
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) is set to issue a brief on the modes of transmission [...] Full text...

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ECOWAS Court dismisses case brought by Liberian NGO alleging human rights violation

29 june 2020 - 17:38:17
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Court of Justice has ruled that a Monrovia-based Non-governmental Organisation (NGO) lacked the ‘judicial [...] Full text...

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Global partners require $31 billion to speed up COVID-19 medicines for all

27 june 2020 - 06:23:54
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – Over $31 billion is needed during the next 12 months to develop medicines that will be [...] Full text...

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No new confirmed case of Ebola for the 27th day running in DRC

07 june 2020 - 19:01:07
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The national multi-sectoral committee for response to the Ebola disease said here on Sunday that, [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: ‘Global solidarity’ needed to find affordable, accessible virus vaccine, says Guterres

05 june 2020 - 05:51:57
New York, US (PANA) - In the race to end the coronavirus pandemic, the UN chief reminded a virtual medical [...] Full text...

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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation pledges $1.6 billion to Vaccine Alliance

05 june 2020 - 05:17:22
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has announced a five-year, US$1.6 billion commitment to Gavi, the [...] Full text...

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Gambia’s govt. demands transparent, credible and objective investigation into Momodou Lamin Sisay murder

02 june 2020 - 18:08:37
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The government  of the Gambia has asked it embassy in Washington DC to engage the relevant [...] Full text...

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Gambian human rights activist urges govt. to demand justice for slain African-Americans

31 may 2020 - 19:37:52
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Prominent human rights activist in The Gambia, Madi Jobarteh, has urged the Gambian government to demand [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Kenyan Senate wants citizens stranded overseas evacuated

21 may 2020 - 11:55:21
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Senate Ad Hoc Committee on coronavirus on Thursday urged the Kenyan authorities to fast-track the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Presidents, prime ministers lead call for ‘people’s vaccine’, free to all

15 may 2020 - 05:27:28
New York, US (PANA) - UNAIDS, the UN agency fighting against the deadly HIV/AIDS virus, has initiated a petition from [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: African leaders laud AfDB's President for visionary leadership amid COVID crisis

05 may 2020 - 17:38:53
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - South Africa’s President and African Union chairperson, Cyril Ramaphosa, and the Nobel peace laureate and [...] Full text...

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No new confirmed case of Ebola notified for the seventh day

28 april 2020 - 22:55:23
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The national multi-sectoral committee for response to the Ebola disease said here Tuesday that, for [...] Full text...

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DR Congo registers four days without confirmed case of Ebola

27 april 2020 - 05:39:17
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) – The DR Congo national multisectoral committee of response to the Ebola virus has not reported [...] Full text...

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Zambia: President Lungu wishes British Prime Minister quick recovery

07 april 2020 - 23:03:04
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Zambian President Edgar Lungu said here Tuesday it was sad to hear of Prime Minister Boris [...] Full text...

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British PM deplores Libya's destabilisation due to foreign interference

13 march 2020 - 20:30:08
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has expressed his concern that interference by regional and international [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Former Mandela Foundation CEO dead at 60

25 february 2020 - 14:05:00
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Nelson Mandela Foundation on Tuesday confirmed the death of veteran South African anti-apartheid [...] Full text...

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Togo Presidential candidates yet to access public campaign funds, 72 hours to polls

20 february 2020 - 17:40:00
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - The public funds for financing the presidential campaign, promised by the State to the candidates running [...] Full text...

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DR Congo: New confirmed case of Ebola reported in North-Kivu

19 february 2020 - 22:28:36
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The health zone of Benin in North-Kivu region Tuesday recorded a new confirmed case of [...] Full text...

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Senegalese pivot Gorgui Sy Dieng leaves The Minnesota Wolves for The Memphis Grizzlies

07 february 2020 - 23:20:06
Dakar, Senegal (PANA)  - After seven years with the Timberwolves of Minnesota, 30-year-old international Senegalese pivot and leader of the [...] Full text...

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As a result of Brexit, UK will have to conclude country-by-country cooperation agreements

01 february 2020 - 14:55:25
Brussels, Belgium (PANA)  -  In line with the timetable set by the parties, the United Kingdom (UK) left the European [...] Full text...

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Africa's economic growth seen to stagnate in 2020

30 january 2020 - 23:47:09
Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA)  -  Africa’s economic growth remained stable in 2019 at 3.4 percent and is on course to [...] Full text...

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Some 1,148 Ebola patients treated in DR Congo since August 2018

26 january 2020 - 18:27:05
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Six Ebola patients, including five in Mabalako and one in Butembo, were discharged on Saturday [...] Full text...

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Two new Ebola confirmed cases reported in Northeastern DRC

22 january 2020 - 23:45:25
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA)  -  Two new confirmed cases of the Ebola virus disease were reported Tuesday in the health [...] Full text...

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Kenya, Britain agree to scale up bilateral ties

22 january 2020 - 10:19:59
London, UK (PANA) – Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Tuesday held talks with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in London [...] Full text...

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British PM, African leaders urge investors to accelerate economic role on the continent

20 january 2020 - 17:21:54
London, UK (PANA) - UK companies must leap at the chance to deepen economic ties with Africa, a continent with [...] Full text...

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Berlin conference on Libya: a meeting with high stakes to achieve peace (News analysis by Youssef Ba, PANA correspondent)

19 january 2020 - 12:18:35
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Libyans on Sunday have their eyes riveted on the German capital, Berlin, which hosts the international [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Buhari due for London to attend inaugural UK-Africa investment summit

17 january 2020 - 17:18:14
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, left Abuja Friday to lead the Nigerian delegation to the inaugural UK-Africa [...] Full text...

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The Berlin Conference, last chance for political resolution of Libyan crisis

16 january 2020 - 21:33:53
Tripoli, Libya (PANA)  -  The Berlin peace conference, launched in September 2019 in line with the action plan of the [...] Full text...

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Togo: CDPA backs candidature of Agbéyomé Kodjo in February’s presidential election

15 january 2020 - 23:51:03
Lomé, Togo (PANA)  -  The Democratic Convention of African Peoples (CDPA), an opposition political party, has asked its militants to [...] Full text...

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Year-end Analysis: 2019 saw cross-border collaboration on Ebola outbreak response between Rwanda and DR Congo

30 december 2019 - 08:59:32
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - For Rwanda, 2019 marked a significant milestone in strengthening cross-border collaboration on preparedness and response to [...] Full text...

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Erdogan says Turkey will not stay passive in the face of Libyan bloodshed

25 december 2019 - 15:36:51
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday that his country has not sent forces to Libya, [...] Full text...

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Mauritian PM calls on British PM to return Chagos archipelago

14 december 2019 - 06:54:07
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth on Friday night called on his British counterpart Boris Johnson [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Buhari congratulates UK Prime Minister on "resounding election victory"

13 december 2019 - 16:22:34
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday congratulated Prime Minister Boris Johnson “on his resounding election victory [...] Full text...

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Zambian President congratulates British PM Boris Johnson

13 december 2019 - 14:20:08
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambian President Edgar Lungu on Friday congratulated British Prime Minister Boris Johnson for emerging victorious in [...] Full text...

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Rwanda, DR Congo launch campaign to vaccinate 700,000 people against Ebola in trans-border region

09 december 2019 - 22:32:12
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA)  -  Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)  have launched a campaign to vaccinate 700,000 people [...] Full text...

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