Kenya begins mandatory evacuation amid heavy flooding
03 may 2024 - 14:34:16Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - At least 210 people have been killed following heavy rainstorms pounding Kenya over the past few [...] Full text...
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Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - At least 210 people have been killed following heavy rainstorms pounding Kenya over the past few [...] Full text...
EU Council, Parliament strike deal to improve efficiency of air space management
06 march 2024 - 11:47:49Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Council presidency and the European Parliament’s negotiators have reached a provisional agreement on the [...] Full text...
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13 years after 17 February 2011 revolution, Libyans have mixed feelings about Saturday's commemoration of the anniversary
15 february 2024 - 18:56:06Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Over the past few days, the city of Tripoli has been abuzz with excitement as it [...] Full text...
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UPDATE: World Court issues appeal calling for prevention of genocidal acts in Gaza
26 january 2024 - 14:44:43The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Friday declared that Palestinians had a right to [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: ICJ to release emergency measures over Israel genocide allegations
26 january 2024 - 06:06:34The Hague, Netherlands) - The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is due to issue an emergency measures order on Friday [...] Full text...
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World Bank increases support for human capital programme in Morocco
20 december 2023 - 08:56:19Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The World Bank’s Board of Directors has approved a new US$500 million loan aimed at improving [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: ECOWAS Leaders End Abuja Summit, Ready Counterterrorism Standby Force, Pledge Gradual Easing Of Sanctions On Niger Republic
10 december 2023 - 20:20:40Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – ECOWAS leaders ended their 64th ordinary session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government [...] Full text...
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Closing childcare policy gaps offers high return on investment: ILO
27 october 2023 - 05:42:13Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Providing continuous childcare to parents from the birth of their child to the start of mandatory [...] Full text...
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Abdoulaye Bathily welcomes progress on electoral laws despite persistent political problems
16 october 2023 - 21:05:38Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya [...] Full text...
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Security Council to hold another session on Libya
16 october 2023 - 11:55:36Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN Security Council will hold another session on Libya on Monday, during which the Special [...] Full text...
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Liberia election: Weah, Boakai neck-and-neck in Liberia presidential vote
16 october 2023 - 06:37:22Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) - With about 73% of preliminary results of Liberia's presidential election released by the National Elections Commission [...] Full text...
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Libya's electoral laws still await consensus before leading to elections
12 october 2023 - 20:48:37Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Following reservations of the High Council of State regarding the draft laws for the election of [...] Full text...
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UN mission in Libya completes initial technical review of Presidential, Parliamentary election laws
12 october 2023 - 10:24:06Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) says it has completed an initial technical review [...] Full text...
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IMF Blog: Tracking global financial stability risks from higher interest rates
09 august 2023 - 09:38:02Washington, DC, US (PANA) – Interest-rate increases by global central banks to contain the biggest inflation outbreak in four decades [...] Full text...
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Ghana's Parliament repeals death penalty
25 july 2023 - 20:39:26Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's Parliament on Tuesday repealed the death penalty after approving an amendment to the criminal offences [...] Full text...
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New World Bank programme in Morocco to boost water security for all
25 july 2023 - 06:30:03Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the World Bank has approved a US$350 million financing programme to [...] Full text...
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Kenyan anti-government protests continue, killings reported
19 july 2023 - 18:31:06Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Police have shot dead one person and wounded scores during the first day of three days [...] Full text...
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All 37 Clubs in 2023 CAF Women’s Champions League fully compliant with licensing platform
19 july 2023 - 07:24:27Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - With the third edition of the CAF Women’s Champions League fast approaching, CAF is pleased to [...] Full text...
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Male guardianship rules hamper travel, other movements in North Africa, Middle East
18 july 2023 - 06:39:39Beirut, Lebanon (PANA) - Many Middle East and North African countries still prevent women from moving freely in their own country [...] Full text...
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Will new UN-facilitated consultations between Libyan parties lead to elections in Libya?
13 july 2023 - 19:19:08Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - On Tuesday, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Abdoulaye Bathily, began consultations [...] Full text...
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Abdoulaye Bathily announces launch of political process between Libyan players
11 july 2023 - 14:18:13Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General's Special Representative for Libya, Abdoulaye Bathily, announced here Tuesday that he had informed [...] Full text...
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WHO releases new guidance to protect children from ‘aggressive’ food marketing
04 july 2023 - 05:36:19Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) -The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday released fresh guidance on shaping policies to best protect children [...] Full text...
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UPDATE: Sierra Leone Elections: International observers express concern about inflammatory language on social media
27 june 2023 - 13:12:15Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - The heads of international observers of Sierra Leone's general elections have expressed concern about the inflammatory [...] Full text...
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Sierra Leone Elections: ECOWAS observers say poll 'generally smooth, peaceful'
27 june 2023 - 08:11:51Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - The ECOWAS Election Observation Mission to Sierra Leone’s 24th June 2023 General Elections said the polls [...] Full text...
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BREAKING NEWS: Sierra Leone President takes lead in election
26 june 2023 - 19:14:16Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - Sierra Leone’s president, Julius Maada Bio is leading his closest rival, Samura Kamara, following the [...] Full text...
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2023 U-20 FIFA WC: Uruguay clinch maiden title, Israel win bronze medal
12 june 2023 - 06:20:42La Plata, Argentiina (PANA) - A late goal from Luciano Rodriguez gave Uruguay a 1-0 victory over Italy in the [...] Full text...
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Rights group criticises new EU asylum agreement
11 june 2023 - 07:20:55Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - A June 8 agreement among European Union countries on asylum procedures and migration management is a [...] Full text...
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Tanzania declares end of Marburg Virus Disease outbreak
02 june 2023 - 13:08:48Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Tanzania on Friday declared the end of the Marburg Virus Disease outbreak which was [...] Full text...
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European Council adopts new rules to cut deforestation worldwide
16 may 2023 - 11:09:29Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Council (EC) on Tuesday gave the final go-ahead to a regulation that aims to [...] Full text...
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2023 U-17 AFCON: Cameroon keen to defend their title in Algeria
01 may 2023 - 08:38:21Annaba, Algeria (PANA) - Cameroon coach, Serge Mimpo-Tsintsémé, says the team’s ambition heading into the 2023 TotalEnergies Under-17 Africa Cup [...] Full text...
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EU to provide patrol boats to Libyan coast guard to manage migration
14 march 2023 - 12:59:00Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The European Union (EU) has announced that it will provide the Libyan coast guard with new [...] Full text...
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WHO report: Reduce salt intake
09 march 2023 - 14:38:22Geneva, Switzerland (PAMA) - Implementing sodium reduction policies could save an estimated seven million lives globally by 2030, WHO said in a [...] Full text...
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Motor accident in Ghana claims 22 lives
06 march 2023 - 19:58:42Accra, Ghana (PANA) - A fatal motor acciddent Sunday claimed 22 lives in Ghana on the Kintampo-Yendi Highway between Babatokuma [...] Full text...
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'Repealing laws targeting people living with HIV/AIDS saves lives'
01 march 2023 - 05:42:53New York, US (PANA) - Repealing discriminatory laws against people living with HIV/AIDS saves lives and helps advance the end [...] Full text...
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UN human rights chief calls on all nations to abolish death penalty
01 march 2023 - 05:14:58Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, on Tuesday asked all nations to work harder towards [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS rejects joint request to lift sanctions on Mali, Guinea and Burkina Faso (By Paul Ejime)
19 february 2023 - 19:40:25Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have rejected a joint request [...] Full text...
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WHO calls for action to totally eliminate trans fat, ‘a toxic chemical that kills’
24 january 2023 - 06:22:29Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Despite recent progress towards eliminating trans fat from food, some five billion people remain unprotected from [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Strict COVID-19 protocols at Accra's Kotoka International Airport go into effect
06 january 2023 - 09:39:48Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Stringent COVID-19 protocols at the Kotoka International Airport in Accra go into force on Friday under [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Ghana advises citizens to take precaution in China trips
04 january 2023 - 05:41:57Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's foreign ministry has issued an advisory note to the general public on travel to China [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Passengers from China to present negative PCR test result at Ghana Airport
03 january 2023 - 06:01:57Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The managers of the Kotoka International Airport in Accra have tightened COVID-19 protocols at the airport [...] Full text...
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Mauritius opens first Community Sexual Health Centre
03 december 2022 - 06:29:41Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius on Friday opened its first community sexual health clinic in a bid to provide a panoply of services [...] Full text...
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Mauritius to broaden scope of HIV testing nationwide
26 november 2022 - 07:55:34Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius will introduce shortly the HIV and AIDS (Amendment) Bill to the National Assembly to broaden [...] Full text...
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Libyan Prime Minister launches project to organize cancer treatment in Libya
23 november 2022 - 14:05:21Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan prime minister of the Government of National Unity, Abdelhamid al-Dbaiba, on Tuesday launched an [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Wearing of face mask no longer mandatory in public transport in Mauritius
11 november 2022 - 14:01:47Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The wearing of face mask will no longer be mandatory in public transport, in Mauritius, including [...] 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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IMF nods approval of Burundi's policy measures
22 july 2022 - 14:45:23Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced on Friday its approval of Burundi’s policy response to the [...] Full text...
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Monkeypox becomes a notifiable disease in Mauritius
11 june 2022 - 06:26:24Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian health authorities on Saturday announced that regulations have been made under the Quarantine Act to [...] Full text...
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Ghanaians mark Easter
17 april 2022 - 08:38:03Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Christians in Ghana are on Sunday joining other faithful around the world to celebrate Easter, the resurrection [...] Full text...
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Ghanaians mark Good Friday
15 april 2022 - 05:36:55Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghanaians are on Friday joining the Christian fraternity around the world to mark Good Friday, the beginning [...] Full text...
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Kenya looks towards digitalisation to expand healthcare coverage for all
12 april 2022 - 15:03:57Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya has committed to the expansion of healthcare for all under its universal health plan, emphasising [...] Full text...
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Christians in Ghana mark Palm Sunday
10 april 2022 - 10:29:22Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Christians in Ghana are on Sunday making Palm Sunday with churches running in full capacity following [...] Full text...
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Billions of people still breathe unhealthy air: new WHO data (Emargoed for release at 14.00 CEST on 4 April 2022).
04 april 2022 - 10:51:07Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Almost the entire global population (99%) breathes air that exceeds WHO air quality limits, and threatens [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Ghana reopens land, sea borders as it eases pandemic restrictions
27 march 2022 - 21:56:55Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Sunday announced the reopening of the country's land and [...] Full text...
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Access to safe abortion critical for health of women and girls: WHO
15 march 2022 - 19:53:35Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) is releasing new guidelines on abortion care, in a bid to [...] Full text...
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Obesity rising in Africa, says WHO
04 march 2022 - 05:24:08Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – One in five adults and one in 10 children and teenagers are projected to be obese by [...] Full text...
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AWCON 2022: Gambia, Queen Scorpions arrive in Cameroon ahead of qualifier
16 february 2022 - 17:39:15Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambia Women’s national team, popularly known as Queen Scorpions, arrived in Cameroon in Wednesday ahead [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Burundi lags far behind in vaccination
08 february 2022 - 13:01:30Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA - Burundi is trailing badly in its vaccination against COVID-19 with only 0.06% of its 12.8 million [...] Full text...
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Kenya launches mandatory public healthcare insurance
07 february 2022 - 22:33:58Mombasa, Kenya (PANA) – President Uhuru Kenyatta has launched Kenya's national scale-up of the Universal Health Coverage (UHC). The Kenyan president [...] Full text...
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Egypt, European Union locked in trade dispute over import registration
28 january 2022 - 02:05:15Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The European Union has reported Egypt to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in a dispute over [...] Full text...
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2ND LEAD: Burkina Faso President Kaboré calls for dialaogue wih 'those who have taken up arms'
24 january 2022 - 15:39:54Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso's beleaguered president Roch Marc Christian Kaboré is asking those have taken up arms [...] Full text...
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LEAD: Fears of coup unfolding in Burkina Faso as President Kaboré reportedly detained by mutinous soldiers
24 january 2022 - 10:22:16Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Fears of a coup unfolding in Burkina Faso are growing with reports on Monday of [...] Full text...
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'Security concerns' in Burkina Faso as gunshots continue in capital
24 january 2022 - 08:31:28Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - There are "security concerns" in Burkina Faso, where soldiers mutined on Sunday in several baracks [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: South Africa' lifts curfew on pandemic
31 december 2021 - 09:28:59Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The South African government has announced sweeping changes to the coronavirus (COVID-19) regulations with [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Greece announces new measures to curb spread
23 december 2021 - 18:33:46Athens, Greece (PANA) - Greece on Thursday introduced a new set of measures to contain the spread of COVID-19's new [...] 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: HRW says Kenya's vaccine requirement to access gov't services undermines basic rights
14 december 2021 - 08:57:40Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – A human rights watchdog is asking the Kenyan authorities to amend measures requiring everyone seeking government services [...] Full text...
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African Union sets in motion plan to manufacture 60 percent of vaccines in Africa
07 december 2021 - 20:18:07Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) – The African Union (AU) has unveiled a roadmap towards manufacturing at least 60 percent of all [...] Full text...
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AUEOM says Gambia election was ‘peaceful and democratic’
07 december 2021 - 14:22:57Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The African Union Election Observer Mission headed by Kgalema Motlanthe, former president of the Republic of [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Over 1.7 million people vaccinated against pandemic in Libya
04 december 2021 - 12:20:04Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 1,732,259 people have been vaccinated against the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Libya since the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Ghana detects omicron variant
02 december 2021 - 06:39:00Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana has detected the omicron variant of COVID-19, according to the Director General of the Ghana [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Mauritius records 97 positive cases
23 november 2021 - 07:00:22Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities announced on Tuesday that they detected 97 COVID-19 cases on Monday, bringing to [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Ghana Health Service warns it will not hesitate to make vaccination mandatory
22 november 2021 - 22:18:37Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Ghana Health Service (GHS), worried by fears that some Ghanaian are hesitating to receive the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Mauritius records 190 new positive cases
14 november 2021 - 07:45:40Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities Saturday recorded 190 new positive cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), a statement from the [...] Full text...
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Abdallah al-Lafi explains purpose of initiative to overcome blockages in electoral legislation
01 november 2021 - 19:27:25Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Deputy chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council Abdallah al-Lafi revealed on Monday, details of his personal [...] Full text...
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WHO announces plan for ‘profound transformation' following sexual abuse allegations in DR Congo
22 october 2021 - 06:50:17Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The suffering of survivors of sexual abuse allegedly perpetrated by World Health Organization staff during the 10th Ebola outbreak [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Libyan government to make vaccination against disease mandatory
19 october 2021 - 18:13:49Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan government will make vaccination against the coronavirus compulsory, Libyan Prime Minister Abdelhamid al-Dbaiba decided [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Benin records 845 new cases
10 october 2021 - 19:32:29Cotonou, 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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Women on death row face despicable discrimination, says Amnesty International
08 october 2021 - 07:02:29London, UK (PANA) - Women on death row have, in many cases, been denied justice for the prolonged physical and [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Mauritius opens its borders 'fully'
01 october 2021 - 07:08:07Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Some 2.099 passengers are expected Friday in Mauritius as the island opens its borders fully to [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Benin records 13 deaths, 2,440 new cases
30 september 2021 - 17:11:03Cotonou, 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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Botswana warned against mandatory vaccination
15 september 2021 - 20:13:27Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botyswana Network on Ethic, Law and HIV/AIDS (BONELA), a human rights organization in Botswana, Wednesday kicked [...] Full text...
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Tunisian-Libyan agreement to reopen borders in two days at the latest
15 september 2021 - 19:30:12Djerba, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian and Libyan officials agreed at a meeting Wednesday in Djerba, an island in southern Tunisia, [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Military junta in Guinea updates health measures to tame pandemic
08 september 2021 - 18:30:40Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guinea's ruling National Committee for Rally and Development (CNRD) has updated health measures relating to COVID-19 [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Over one million people vaccinated in Libya
28 august 2021 - 11:54:23Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 1,035,640 people have been vaccinated in Libya against the coronavirus since the launch [...] Full text...
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Kenya negotiating lifting of mandatory Chinese vaccine for travellers
16 august 2021 - 15:28:51Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenya’s interior ministry said on Monday it was holding talks with the Chinese authorities to lift [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Mauritius reports 164 new infections
02 august 2021 - 06:56:19Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian health authorities announced on Monday that they detected 164 positive cases of COVID-19 during [...] Full text...
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Children, young people must be at centre of food systems transformation – UNICEF, FAO
27 july 2021 - 15:23:02Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A transformation of the food system that listens to the voices of children and young people, [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Ghana's president warns public to adhere to safety protocols as third wave bites
26 july 2021 - 07:03:48Accra, 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: Mauritians ask court to rule against mandatory vaccination
17 july 2021 - 10:13:33Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Four Mauritians have resorted to the country's Supreme Court complaining about a warning that they [...] Full text...
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Failure to adopt a constitutional basis undermines Libya's political process (Analysis by Ba Youssef, PANA correspondent)
03 july 2021 - 19:28:32Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Five days of deliberations among Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF) members in Geneva on a draft [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Mauritius detects 12 new cases
21 june 2021 - 07:00:23Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities said on Monday that 12 new cases of COVID-19 were detected on Sunday [...] Full text...
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UN Group urges States, businesses to gear up for action on rights standards for business
16 june 2021 - 13:40:06Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights on Wednesday called on States and businesses [...] Full text...
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CAF hosts successful Club Licensing roundtable with FIFA, other Confederations
08 june 2021 - 19:33:20Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The Confederation of African Football (CAF), on Tuesday, 8 June, 2021, hosted a successful round-table discussion [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: UN system in Gambia monitoring detection of the COVID-19 Delta variant
01 june 2021 - 17:18:03Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The United Nations system in The Gambia is closely monitoring COVID-19 developments in the West African [...] Full text...
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Bachelet urges Libya and EU to protect migrants in central Mediterranean Sea
26 may 2021 - 15:55:02Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has called on the Libyan Government of National [...] Full text...
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Long working hours increasing deaths from heart disease and stroke: WHO, ILO
21 may 2021 - 20:35:09Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A joint WHO/ILO report reaching PANA Friday said long working hours led to 745,000 deaths from [...] Full text...
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CAF Executive Committee members test negative for Covid-19 in Kigali
15 may 2021 - 06:07:32Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - All CAF members invited to CAF executive meeting in Rwanda registered through the Rwanda Biomedical Center [...] Full text...
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UN human rights office finds Uganda’s sexual offences bill 'deeply troubling'
08 may 2021 - 12:06:15Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The decision this week by the Ugandan Parliament to pass a wide-ranging sexual offences bill that [...] 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: Tunisia records 78 new deaths
30 april 2021 - 10:07:45Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has recorded 78 new deaths linked to the coronavirus (Covid-19), bringing the death toll to [...] 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: Tunisia beefs up control measures on the eve of Ramadan
08 april 2021 - 12:26:45Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Faced with a deteriorating epidemiological situation of the Covid-19, Tunisian authorities have extended the nightly curfew [...] Full text...
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Togolese gov't orders closure of illegal financial services companies
02 april 2021 - 13:29:35Lomé, Togo (PANA) - The Togolese Minister of Economy and Finance, Sani Yaya, has ordered about 20 financial services companies [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Mauritians obliged to report contact with infected people, says health minister
26 march 2021 - 07:39:47Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Health and Wellness Minister, Kailesh Jagutpal, on Thursday stated that it is mandatory for every [...] 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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Coronavirus: Kenyan opposition leader tests positive for Covid-19
11 march 2021 - 22:02:07Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga said on Thursday tests showed he tested positive for the coronavirus [...] Full text...
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South Africa eases lockdown measures
01 march 2021 - 10:20:27Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa on Monday moved to its lowest COVID-19 lockdown restrictions following confirmation that [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: IMF releases US$57.6 million to help Mali meet post-pandemic recovery
23 february 2021 - 10:37:09Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday completed the second and the [...] Full text...
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Tokyo 2020: Kenya volleyball team captain exudes confidence ahead of games
19 february 2021 - 18:40:04Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - National women volleyball team, Malkia Stikers' captain, Mercy Moim, is confident of a good show at [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: 15 Ghanaian MPs, 56 parliamentary staff test positive as cases continue to rise
05 february 2021 - 06:41:53Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Fifteen Ghanaian Members of Parliament and 56 parliamentary staff have tested positive for COVID-19 (coronavius) since mass [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Only 42 pct of Ghanaians wearing face masks - GHS survey
02 february 2021 - 23:10:17Accra, Ghana (PANA) - A Ghana Health Service survey report released here Tuesday indicates that only 42 per cent of [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: UNICEF cautions as more people continue to disregard COVID-19 protocols
31 january 2021 - 15:10:17Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - UNICEF Gambia, has cautioned that too many people in The West African nation are disregarding COVID-19 [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus- Ghana registers 679 new cases
29 january 2021 - 23:57:39Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The latest update by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) indicates that the country's cumulative case count [...] 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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Coronavirus: Mauritius starts national vaccination campaign
26 january 2021 - 13:38:15Candos, Mauritius (PANA) - Around 100 front-liners have been vaccinated against the Covid-19 on Tuesday at the start of a [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Ghana's president warns of lockdown should surge in cases continue
18 january 2021 - 05:48:02Accra, Ghana (PANA) - With Ghana seeing a surge in cases of COVID-19 (coronavirus) in recent weeks, the country's leader [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Wearing protective mask mandatory in the Burkinabe armed forces
13 january 2021 - 18:29:11Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Faced with an upsurge in the number of covid-19 positive cases in Burkina Faso, the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Mauritius extends ban on passengers from UK, South Africa until 31 January
09 january 2021 - 06:34:19Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Entry prohibition in Mauritius to passengers from the United Kingdom (UK) and South Africa or those [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Senegal records five new deaths
06 january 2021 - 12:47:19Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal has recorded five new coronavirus-related deaths, as the country on Wednesday begins a second state [...] Full text...
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Flights between Tripoli and Sfax resume after 10-year stoppage
16 december 2020 - 08:55:11Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Flights from Libya's Tripoli-Maatiga International Airport to the Tunisian city of Sfax resumed on Tuesday after [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: PCR tests mandatory for foreigners upon arrival at Mauritius airport
12 december 2020 - 06:37:47Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Health and Wellness ministry announced on Friday that it will soon amend the [...] Full text...
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2020/21 CAF Champions league: 22 teams qualify for first round
07 december 2020 - 08:32:36Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - All the 22 qualifiers for the first round of the 2020/21 CAF Champions league have emerged [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Mali's interim president announces drastic measures to fight pandemic
01 december 2020 - 09:07:46Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The President of the Transition in Mali, Bah N'Daw, on Monday announced drastic measures to break [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: #AfricaMaskWeek to launch on Monday
23 november 2020 - 11:57:51Addis Ababa Ethiopia (PANA) - At a time when COVID-19 cases are increasing in a second wave in many parts [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Kenya FA to conduct mandatory testing ahead of league kick off
21 november 2020 - 12:47:00Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Football Kenya Federation (FKF) will conduct coronavirus tests on players and technical bench and match officials [...] Full text...
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Climate change: UN chief calls for ‘great leap’ towards carbon neutrality
17 november 2020 - 05:19:11New York, US (PANA) - As countries work to defeat the COVID-19 pandemic, they also have the chance to “get [...] Full text...
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Africa CDC cautiously welcomes Pfizer interim vaccine results
13 november 2020 - 03:03:08Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union’s Centre for Disease Control (Africa CDC) said Thursday a prospective vaccine candidate [...] Full text...
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Nigeria begins digital registration of IDPs
11 november 2020 - 18:48:42Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria is set to conduct the digital registration of about three million Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) [...] Full text...
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Corruption represents ‘ultimate betrayal’ of public trust: Guterres
15 october 2020 - 13:54:42New York, US (PANA) - Corruption is not only a crime but immoral and the “ultimate betrayal” of public trust, [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus -Tunisia reaches new peaks of more than 3,100 new cases, 47 deaths in 48 hours
11 october 2020 - 12:38:45Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has recorded 3,137 new coronavirus (COVID-19) infections and 47 deaths in 48 hours, the highest [...] Full text...
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Positive death penalty decision in Africa undermined by continued executions, says rights group
10 october 2020 - 06:56:26Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - In the year since the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights gave fresh impetus to [...] Full text...
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Over 330,000 teachers report back to school ahead of phased re-opening
09 october 2020 - 12:27:53Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's Teachers Service Commission (TSC) on Friday said that 337,432 tutors have reported back to schools [...] Full text...
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Over 330,000 teachers report back to school ahead of phased re-opening
09 october 2020 - 12:21:24Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's Teachers Service Commission (TSC) on Friday said that 337,432 tutors have reported back to schools [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Two new imported cases detected in Mauritius
06 october 2020 - 13:32:17Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Health authorities in Mauritius have detected two new imported cases of Covid-19 on passengers on board [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Gambian gov't. warns people to stay away from the Maggal celebration in Touba, Senegal
04 october 2020 - 18:23:13Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambian Ministry of Health on Sunday issued a statement warning people to stay away from [...] Full text...
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WTO: Zimbabwean currency instability seen as global trade's weakest link
30 september 2020 - 22:18:07Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has completed a trade policy review on Zimbabwe, urging the Southern [...] Full text...
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Kenya coach Kimanzi recalls 34 players for Zambia friendly
30 september 2020 - 17:04:10Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya coach, Francis Kimanzi, has called up 34 players to camp to start preparations for next [...] Full text...
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Kenyan employers' union warns of looming coronavirus pandemic job cuts
26 september 2020 - 16:48:56Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Slightly more than half of all the big companies employing the largest workforce in Kenya's mainstream [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Tunisia records 1,087 new confirmed cases
26 september 2020 - 13:04:05Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Eleven coronavirus-related deaths and 1,087 new cases were recorded in Tunisia on Friday, the health ministry [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe announces the resumption of international flights
26 september 2020 - 06:42:40Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) – The Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe (CAAZ) has reopened all of the southern African nation's airports [...] Full text...
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A restart of the maritime link between Dakar and southern region of Senegal
23 september 2020 - 16:56:00Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - The maritime link between the Senegalese capital, Dakar, and Ziguinchor, in the south of the country, [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Ghana football leagues to resume on 30 October
21 september 2020 - 05:00:55Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's football Premier and Division One leagues are to resume on 30 October as the government [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Ghana extends mandatory wearing of mask until 14 December
21 september 2020 - 04:34:26Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has extended, by Executive Instrument, the mandatory wearing of face [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Tunisia registers record number of daily infections
20 september 2020 - 13:10:49Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has seen a record 625 new confirmed cases of coronavirus in a day, bringing the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Kenya begins gradual return to sports events
18 september 2020 - 13:17:38Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - All contact sports including football and rugby remain suspended as Kenya announced a gradual resumption of [...] Full text...
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Congo: FECOFOOT to handle transfer of Congolese players to other clubs
16 september 2020 - 17:30:43Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese Football Federation (FECOFOOT) has created a unit to manage the transfers or movements of [...] Full text...
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Tanzania lifts suspension of Kenyan flights
16 september 2020 - 14:52:59Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Tanzania has lifted the suspension of all Kenyan flights into the country with immediate [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Mauritius repatriates 8,672 stranded nationals from abroad
14 september 2020 - 13:29:04Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - A total of 8,762 Mauritians who were stranded in different countries following the global coronavirus [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Ghana to resume international flights on Tuesday
31 august 2020 - 05:55:53Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana is to resume international flights on Tuesday, 1 September, as the country's COVID-19 figures continue [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Burundi on track to eradicate Covid-19 - Health minister
19 august 2020 - 16:25:03Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi is well on the way to eradicating Coronavirus (Covid-19), Health Minister, Dr Thaddée Ndikumana, said [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Mauritius sets up lab at airport
19 august 2020 - 07:38:42Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth on Tuesday, told Parliament that a CIVID-19 laboratory is currently being [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Ghana prepares to reopen international airport on 1 September
17 august 2020 - 05:00:30Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana is preparing to reopen its international airport in Accra on 1 September under strict COVID-19 [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: External partners give Guinea US$308 million for pandemic fight
11 august 2020 - 09:17:29Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guinea's financial partners have provided the West African country with US$308.1 million between March and June [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: IOM, WHO support quarantine centers with covid-19 on the rise in Gambia
10 august 2020 - 20:57:48Banjul, Gambia(PANA) - The rapid spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the Gambia in recent weeks is taking a heavy toll [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Tunisia records 41 new cases
07 august 2020 - 09:46:09Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has recorded 41 new confirmed cases of corovnavirus following laboratory tests carried out on a [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Senegalese leader wants youth to be involved in fight against coronavirus
06 august 2020 - 14:27:23Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Senegalese Head of State, Macky Sall, on Wednesday called on Senegalese youth to get involved [...] Full text...
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CAF releases updated calendar for inter-club competitions
04 august 2020 - 07:33:49Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The Confederation of African Football (CAF) Emergency Committee has approved the revised calendar for the Interclubs [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Zambia bans foreign tourists as infection numbers increase
31 july 2020 - 15:23:07Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambia has suspended the issuance of tourist visas until further notice, a health alert posted by [...] Full text...
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Kenya approves international flight resumption from 11 destinations worldwide
30 july 2020 - 22:25:22Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenya has allowed passengers flying from at least 11 countries to land in Kenya with effect [...] Full text...
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FIFA may take over Kenyan FA election matters should court cases persist
30 july 2020 - 18:10:58Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Kenyan Football Federation chief, Nicholas Mwendwa, says he has made the world governing body, FIFA, [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Rwandan hotels to offer luxury quarantine packages for clients
30 july 2020 - 12:14:14Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Some hotels selected by Rwandan officials to house all international passengers on arrival in Kigali will [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Tunisia records three new cases
28 july 2020 - 09:31:26Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia recorded three new confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), following laboratory tests carried out on a [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Ghana's president announces second phase of easing of restrictions in pandemic fight
27 july 2020 - 06:24:51Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Sunday announced the second phase of easing of restrictions [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Chinese regional gov't donates medical supplies to Gambia for pandemic fight
25 july 2020 - 17:48:19Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China in The Gambia, Ma Jianchun, on Saturday handed [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Gambia records 46 new cases
24 july 2020 - 20:56:22Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambia Friday recorded 46 new cases of coronavirus (COID-19), taking the West African nation’s cases [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Gambian President Barrow lifts state of public emergency
24 july 2020 - 18:23:01Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - President Adama Barrow on Friday lifted the five-month-old State of Public Emergency in The Gambia in [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Guinean govt reopens mosques for Eid El Kebir celebrations
24 july 2020 - 17:17:34Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Muslims in Guinea will be allowed to worship in mosques next Friday as part of the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Zimbabwe President announces nationwide curfew
21 july 2020 - 19:48:31Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa, has announced a dusk-to-dawn curfew, citing the recent spike in COVID-19 cases [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Wearing of masks mandatory in Gambia amid fresh outbreaks
20 july 2020 - 19:41:21Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia has made wearing of face masks compulsory in all enclosed public spaces amid a fresh [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Rwanda charges fees for COVID-19 Test Certificate for intl' travels
20 july 2020 - 18:24:28Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - A few weeks ahead of the resumption of international flights and the reopening of Kigali International [...] Full text...
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Mauritian football club fined for not using FIFA's TMS paperwork
20 july 2020 - 16:12:18Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - World Football Governing Body, FIFA, has sanctioned Mauritian club, Cercle de Joachim, for failing to use [...] Full text...
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Tunisian authorities prepare to repatriate Tunisians stranded in Libya and Algeria
20 july 2020 - 10:26:52Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian authorities have taken steps to repatriate 300 Tunisians stranded at the Ras Jedir border [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Churches, mosques reopen as govt. eases measures in Rwanda
19 july 2020 - 13:13:55Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Worship centres in Rwanda were allowed to reopen across Rwanda as part of the government's plan [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria's infections now 34,854
17 july 2020 - 08:28:16Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria on Thursday recorded 595 new COVID-19 (coronavirus) cases to bring the total to 34,854, as [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Preventive measures in Guinea extended for 30 days
16 july 2020 - 17:00:58Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Preventive measures against the Coronavirus pandemic have been extended for 30 days in Guinea from Thursday, [...] Full text...
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Resumption of passenger train traffic on the Congo-Ocean Railway
15 july 2020 - 16:41:22Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Passenger trains of the Congo-Ocean Railway (CFCO), which had been stopped for three months due to [...] Full text...
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COVID-19: 247 Nigerians stranded in Malaysia, Thailand arrive Nigeria
12 july 2020 - 15:53:15Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Two hundred and forty-seven Nigerians who were stranded in Malaysia and Thailand as a result of [...] Full text...
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COVID-19: Police patrols to enforce preventive measures against pandemic in Benin
11 july 2020 - 11:10:49Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Beninese police will immediately begin patrolling public places to enforce measures adopted against the spread of [...] Full text...
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Coronavrus: Hundreds of Ghana health workers test positive, many pass away
09 july 2020 - 16:38:51Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Hundreds of health workers in Ghana have tested positive to COVID-19 (coronavirus), as cases in the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Ghana's cases surge to 22,822 as offices shut down
09 july 2020 - 10:20:15Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's COVID-19 (coronavirus) cases have surged by 854 new infections bringing the tally to 22,822 as [...] Full text...
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Kenya lifts mandatory quarantine for international passenger arrivals
09 july 2020 - 00:45:40Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya will allow arriving passengers from international destinations to proceed without the mandatory 14-day quarantine provided [...] Full text...
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Rwanda to repatriate citizens stranded in UK due to COVID-19 pandemic
08 july 2020 - 14:26:51Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda intends to use its own planes to evacuate citizens stranded in the United Kingdom, local [...] Full text...
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324 stranded Nigerians return from Turkey
06 july 2020 - 10:28:44Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria's Foreign Affairs minister, Geoffrey Onyeama, has said that another batch of 324 Nigerians who were [...] Full text...
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UN renews call for closure of Libya’s migration detention centres, accountability
03 july 2020 - 10:58:08Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Marking the first anniversary of the airstrike on Libya’s Tajoura Detention Centre, which resulted in the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Tunisia registers 3 new confirmed cases
02 july 2020 - 18:31:50Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia recorded three new confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) following laboratory tests carried out on a [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS court dismisses case alleging violation of Nigeria's int'l obligation on polls
02 july 2020 - 11:40:56Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Court of Justice on Wednesday dismissed a suit filed by seven Nigerians alleging that [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Tunisia registers 3 new confirmed cases
29 june 2020 - 17:53:02Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has recorded three new confirmed cases of coronavirus (Covid-19) following laboratory tests carried out on [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Congo records 74 new cases. 9 deaths
23 june 2020 - 10:27:21Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Congo on Monday recorded 74 new positive cases of coronavirus and nine deaths, public radio reported [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Two new confirmed cases registered in Tunisia
22 june 2020 - 18:10:43Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has recorded two new confirmed cases of coronavirus (Covid-19) following laboratory tests carried out on [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: 11 sub-Saharan Africans arrested and placed in sanitary quarantine in Tunisia
22 june 2020 - 17:53:23Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Border guards in the Tunisian city of Thala, in the Kasserine region (Centre-West), on Monday arrested [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS court dismisses case brought by former community staff in maiden virtual session
22 june 2020 - 17:13:11Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Community Court of Justice on Monday, 22nd June, 2020, dismissed a case brought by [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS court resumes operation 22 June 2020 with remote technology
19 june 2020 - 17:03:01Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Court of Justice, located in Abuja, Nigeria, will resume operation on Monday, 22 June, [...] Full text...
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Covid-19: Tunisia organises 34 repatriation flights from Thursday
17 june 2020 - 13:51:19Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian Ministry of Transport announced on Wednesday the adoption of a programme of 34 repatriation [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Final year Guinea first, secondary schools, places of worship to reopen
16 june 2020 - 11:20:49Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Basic and secondary school students in examination classes, as well as university students, will resume classes [...] Full text...
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COVID-19: Mauritius schools reopen 1 July 2020
15 june 2020 - 15:56:54Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – All schools - pre-primary, primary and secondary levels in Mauritius - will resume classes on [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Mauritian borders to remain closed until 31 August
15 june 2020 - 06:59:40Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius has prohibited the entry of aircraft and ships to the island until 31 August 2020, [...] Full text...
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Nigerian Presidency says Buhari not in danger from shooting at his Villa in Abuja
14 june 2020 - 16:19:00Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Presidency on Sunday confirmed the altercations at the Presidential Villa in Abuja between First [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Infections maintain high tempo as Nigeria records 627 new cases to hit 15,181
13 june 2020 - 08:58:32Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria Friday recorded 627 new Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, maintaining the high tempo for two consecutive days. The [...] Full text...
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COVID-19: HRW urges transparency in Cameroonian emergency health fund management
12 june 2020 - 13:42:51Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Cameroon's government should immediately publish information on the revenues, disbursements, and management of its Health Solidarity [...] Full text...
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Mauritius to develop five-year strategic plan for the health sector
10 june 2020 - 08:11:57Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Health and Wellness Minister, Dr Kailesh Jagutpal, on Tuesday said that a five-year strategic [...] Full text...
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