Combatting child sexual abuse in EU member countries
13 december 2024 - 12:39:20Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Council on Friday agreed its position on a proposal to update the EU’s criminal [...] Full text...
thread Society
Breaking news
- Agriculture
Can Angola, the second largest oil producer in Sub-Saharan Africa, transform itself from a food insecure country to a regional food hub? World Bank Blog By Izabela Leao and Nelson Eduardo
- Culture
Senior US diplomat participates in Dakar Biennale
- Economy
IMF Executive Board completes second review under Extended Credit Facility Arrangement for Burkina Faso
- Environment
African Development Fund approves $9 million grant to strengthen climate resilience in Madagascar
- Gender
100 killed as femicide epidemic takes alarming turn in Kenya
- Health
Avian flu reported in 108 countries across five continents, says WHO
- Politics
UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator condemns bombardment of WFP compound
- Press Review
Lessons of Hamas operation against Israel, - Libyan newspaper,
- Sciences
Humanity’s fate can’t be left to algorithms, UN chief tells Security Council
- Social
Libya chairs Arab discussion group at mine action session
- Society
Security and economic woes plague West Africa, as key elections loom
- Sports
FIFA Rankings: Morocco ends 2024 as Africa’s top side
185 Search result
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Council on Friday agreed its position on a proposal to update the EU’s criminal [...] Full text...
AfDB approves €24 million loan to Côte d'Ivoire to improve fisheries and aquaculture sectors
10 november 2024 - 13:14:34Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has approved a loan [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
Finding a pathway to employment for young women in Benin: World Bank Blog By Saint-Martin Kodjovi Mongan Agbeshie, Rachael Pierotti, Nicola Duell and Claudia Rivas
24 october 2024 - 13:02:45Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - It’s early morning in Benin and Solange, a young mother, is dropping her child off at [...] Full text...
thread Gender
Beninese youth, of which 51% are women. This represents a major improvement compared to a 40% female participation in previous employment programmes
24 october 2024 - 10:34:44Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - To empower women, Benin worked with the Partnership for Economic Inclusion (PEI)—a global platform hosted by [...] Full text...
thread Gender
Scaling behavioural interventions in cash transfer programme: Success story from Ghana: World Bank Blog By Christabel E. Dadzie and Mukta Joshi
07 august 2024 - 08:26:10Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Cash transfer programmes have significantly reduced poverty over the years. The World Bank's Social Protection and [...] Full text...
thread Society
IMF, Cameroon reach staff-level agreement on first review of ECF, RSF
04 june 2024 - 11:51:18Yaoundé, Cameroon (PANA) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Cameroonian authorities have reached a staff-level agreement on the [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Sierra Leone to enhance climate-resilient transport, access to market
30 may 2024 - 11:03:00Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - The World Bank Board has approved a $74 million International Development Association (IDA) grant to [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Malawi moves to fight antibiotics resistance
24 may 2024 - 15:40:01Lilongwe, Malawi (PANA) – The Malawi Ministry of Health, bioMérieux, and Pfizer will collaborate to advance Malawi’s efforts to fight [...] Full text...
thread Health
Egypt seeks to raise earnings of millions working in cotton production, textile manufacturing
12 april 2024 - 11:36:04Cairo, Egypt (PANA) – Egypt’s cotton production in marketing year (MY) 2024/25 is forecast at 310,000 bales, down 40,000 bales [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
WHO launches manual for implementation of psychological interventions
11 march 2024 - 13:22:32Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) has launched a new manual to support the implementation of [...] Full text...
thread Health
Kenya set to overhaul refugee policy, to change camps into urban centres
30 november 2023 - 18:21:21Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya is planning to designate major refugee camps as urban centres and municipalities once a draft [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Transforming sanitation in Benin: A tale of resilience and renewal -- World Bank Blog By Mariam Sou
20 november 2023 - 06:44:46Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - A new faecal sludge treatment plant in Sèmè-Kpodji, Benin, became operational in May 2023 and is [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Dead bodies from natural disasters, conflict do not generally pose health risks - Red Cross, WHO
15 september 2023 - 16:13:57Geneva, Swtzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) and two other sister organizations dismissed here Friday, amid devastating loss [...] Full text...
thread Health
Better data on corruption can reduce its impact, support sustainable development
01 september 2023 - 05:31:45Vienna, Austria (PANA) - Improved measurement of corruption could boost efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a senior [...] Full text...
thread Society
Striving for effective debt policy and management: Benin’s journey ( A World Bank Blog)
16 august 2023 - 12:57:57Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Amidst the diverse landscape of debt policy and management in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), Benin has emerged [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Libyan newspaper questions whether it is appropriate for Libyans to commemorate May Day, Labour Day
05 may 2023 - 17:30:36Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Since the discovery of oil in the country in 1958 and the export of the first [...] Full text...
thread Press Review
World Bank Group launches business ready project
01 may 2023 - 18:11:24Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The World Bank Group has begun work to assess the business and investment climate in [...] Full text...
thread Economy
New WHO guide aims to boost use of life-saving helmets for motorcycle riders
06 april 2023 - 13:43:22Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization has launched a new manual for authorities to increase the use [...] Full text...
thread Society
Fight slavery’s ‘racist legacy’ through education: Guterres
25 march 2023 - 05:14:36New York, US (PANA) - Honouring the millions of Africans sold into slavery helps to restore dignity to people who [...] Full text...
thread Society
Collation of votes in Nigeria's elections continues; leading opposition parties boycott process
28 february 2023 - 10:50:37Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Collation of votes of Saturday’s presidential election in Nigeria continues on Tuesday at the International Conference Centre, [...] Full text...
thread Politics
French baguettes, Chinese tea ceremony, join protected heritage list by UNESCO
01 december 2022 - 05:57:10Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Holy Week in Guatemala, traditional tea preparation in China, and the artisanal knowledge surrounding France’s iconic [...] Full text...
thread Culture
Updated family planning guide promotes empowerment, health and wellbeing – WHO
15 november 2022 - 09:11:00Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Wider access to self-administered contraceptives and the use of digital technologies by providers are just two [...] Full text...
thread Health
UPDATE 3: Vote counting gets underway in Kenya elections
09 august 2022 - 21:21:30Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - At least 12 million voters cast ballots for the candidates running in Kenya's competitive elections on [...] Full text...
thread Politics
UPDATE 2: Kenyan poll body reports 30.66% half-day voter turnout
09 august 2022 - 14:58:37Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Voting in Kenya's General Elections continued on Tuesday, with at least 6.5 million votes cast, equivalent [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Kenyans prepare to vote new President (News Analysis by Kennedy Abwao, PANA correspondent)
04 august 2022 - 13:15:56Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyans are preparing to vote on 9 August 2022 to elect President Uhuru Kenyatta's successor and [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Facebook failing to detect social media-peddled hate speech ahead of polls
30 july 2022 - 00:17:09Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – A US firm, Global Witness, has carried out an investigation on hate speech peddled through the [...] Full text...
thread Society
Rabat denies allegations in HRW report on Morocco
29 july 2022 - 20:46:58Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Moroccan government has categorically denied "false and unfounded allegations" contained in the Human Rights Watch [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Africa's fragile health systems, socio-economic fabric revealed by COVID-19: Report
14 may 2022 - 19:26:06Dakar Senegal (PANA) - The fragility of Africa's health systems and socio-economic fabric have been exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, [...] Full text...
thread Economy
UN agency steps up efforts to end female genital mutilation (A UNFPA feature)
06 february 2022 - 05:43:55Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - In Somalia, over 90 per cent or more of girls and women, have been subjected to [...] Full text...
thread Gender
New social protection assessment in Lesotho aims to strengthen programmes for poor people
06 july 2021 - 14:01:31Maseru, Lesotho (PANA) - Strong effective social protection programmes are needed to help protect vulnerable people in Lesotho and ensure [...] Full text...
thread Society
ECOWAS Court president commends Nigerian govt for new office building
29 june 2021 - 22:27:45Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The president of the ECOWAS Court of Justice, Justice Edward Amoako Asante, has commended the Federal [...] Full text...
thread Society
Regional forum against slavery in the G5 Sahel region held in Bamako
10 june 2021 - 18:12:50Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A regional forum against slavery in the G5 Sahel region was held in Bamako, the Malian [...] Full text...
thread Society
Malagasy children start getting human rights education in schools
14 april 2021 - 13:40:20Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) - The UN Country Team in Madagascar, UN Human Rights and the Ministry of National Education have [...] Full text...
thread Society
Minor flaws do not make Sunday’s polls in Burkina Faso dubious – Presidential Majority
24 november 2020 - 13:57:48Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Alliance of Political Parties and Political Organisations of the Presidential Majority (APMP) considers shortcomings [...] Full text...
thread Politics
FAO emphasises women's role in African agriculture
29 october 2020 - 23:48:20Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Women in Africa are the backbone of their households, communities and rural economies, as food producers, [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
Ex-Beninese director on the run, to be repatriated from Senegal
18 september 2020 - 19:47:40Cotonou, Benin (PANA) – Mr Carlos Adohouannon, ex-director of the Tax General Management, who is wanted for one year for [...] Full text...
thread Society
AfDB supports decentralization of water and sanitation services in Benin
08 september 2020 - 18:04:29Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Support Project for the Decentralization of Drinking Water, Hygiene and Sanitation Services in Atacora-Donga (LEauCal [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Ghana, Portugal to act as Scrutineers for 70th FIFA Congress
06 september 2020 - 05:30:37Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana and Portugal have been proposed to act as scrutineers at the 70th FIFA Congress to [...] Full text...
thread Sports
Tripoli's water supply resumes gradually on Saturday
05 september 2020 - 11:38:36Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Drinking water supply to Tripoli is expected to resume gradually by the end of Saturday after [...] Full text...
thread Society
Zimbabwe Govt introduces punitive new law to force companies to pay taxes in foreign currency
20 august 2020 - 14:56:49Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) says a new law will shortly be introduced, forcing firms that [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Ghana: Electoral body says 12 million so far registered in ongoing exercise
27 july 2020 - 23:53:45Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana’s Electoral Commission (EC) Monday announced here that it had as a 26 July captured the [...] Full text...
thread
WB gives Sierra Leone $30 million to boost market access, agricultural productivity for smallholder farmers
22 july 2020 - 10:36:21Washington, DC, US (PANA) – The World Bank Board of Executive Directors has approved a $30-million International Development Association (IDA) grant [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
Nigeria: Senate asks Chief of Defence Staff, Service Chiefs to resign over insecurity
21 july 2020 - 15:19:53Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – In an unprecedented move in the history of Nigeria since independence on October 1, 1960, the [...] Full text...
thread Society
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...
thread Sports
Libyan dailies highlight unemployment, mines in Tripoli and resumption of oil production
11 july 2020 - 18:12:37Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Social issues related to the daily life of Libyan citizens resonated in the country's press this [...] Full text...
thread Press Review
71 cases affected by 3-month suspension of ECOWAS court sittings caused by Covid-19
24 june 2020 - 17:44:40Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The three-month suspension of court sessions by the ECOWAS Court of Justice, occasioned by the outbreak [...] Full text...
thread Society
Coronavirus: AU envoy says coronavirus stimuli spending in Africa ‘grossly inadequate’
25 may 2020 - 21:33:13Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – African countries have spent an average of 0.8 percent of their gross domestic product on [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Wealthy Burundian businessman murdered in Bujumbura
14 may 2020 - 16:59:47Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The lifeless body of a wealthy Burundian businessman, Jackson Simbananiye Kirahwata, was discovered on Thursday morning [...] Full text...
thread Society
Coronavirus: French Development Agency helps Indian Ocean islands against pandemic
30 april 2020 - 11:21:15Ebene, Mauritius (PANA) - The French Development Agency (AFD) has provided a new grant of 2 million euros to the [...] Full text...
thread Health
Coronavirus: 26th Commonwealth summit postponed
22 april 2020 - 12:01:17London, UK (PANA) - This year's Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) scheduled for the Rwandan capital, Kigali, has been [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Coronavirus: Rights group warms millions face hunger in Southern Africa under lockdown
17 april 2020 - 11:15:02Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - Human rights watchdog Amnesty International said on Friday that millions of people across Southern Africa [...] Full text...
thread Society
Coronavirus: Ghana launches COVID-19 Tracker App
14 april 2020 - 05:25:12Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Ghana government on Monday launched a COVID-19 Tracker Application to counter the spread of the [...] Full text...
thread Health
Nigeria: Buhari explains extension of lockdown over COVDI-19 by another two weeks
13 april 2020 - 19:47:50Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday announced the extension of the lockdown in Lagos and Ogun States [...] Full text...
thread Society
Coronavirus: Drones to disinfect public places in Botswana
10 april 2020 - 10:05:37Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana International University of Science and Technology (BIUST) and Botswana Defence Force (BDF) have designed a [...] Full text...
thread Health
Coronavirus: WHO chief calls for global increase in protective equipment, medical supplies
31 march 2020 - 12:00:40Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) is calling for stepped-up production of medical equipment [...] Full text...
thread Health
Congo budgets 12.669 billion CFAF for 782 business plans
30 march 2020 - 17:59:29Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The business plan validation committee for the Commercial Agriculture Development Support Project (Pdac) has validated 782 [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
Burundi Central Bank orders closure of all exchange offices
08 february 2020 - 14:00:37Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi's Central Bank Saturday ordered the closure by February 15 of "all exchange offices" for failing [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Rising inequality affecting more than two-thirds of the globe, says new UN report
22 january 2020 - 07:52:46New York, US (PANA) - Inequality is growing for more than 70 per cent of the global population, exacerbating the [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Bank of Central African states sets new foreign exchange regulations
16 november 2019 - 19:11:13Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - The Economic and Monetary Community of Central African States (CEMAC) has adopted a new foreign exchange [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Several African leaders to attend UNESCO General Conference beginning Tuesday in Paris
11 november 2019 - 18:48:05Paris, France (PANA) - Several African heads of state and government will take part in the UN agency's General Conference [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Second meeting of media regulation experts of WAEMU and Guinea ends
09 november 2019 - 11:51:06Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Legal Experts on Media Regulation and Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) of the Platform of Audiovisual [...] Full text...
thread Society
Fake electoral information on fake social media accounts worries Botswana security officials
23 october 2019 - 17:03:50Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana's Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS) is concerned about fake electoral information that was posted [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Zambia: ECA addresses fundamental challenges of legal identity in Africa
18 october 2019 - 15:59:36Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Ms. Vera Songwe, has listed the [...] Full text...
thread Society
Nigeria: Presidential tribunal upholds election of Buhari as President
11 september 2019 - 17:42:06Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s Presidential Election Petition Tribunal on Wednesday upheld the declaration of President Muhammadu Buhari as winner [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Zimbabwean consumers have become reliant on remittances: Fitch Solutions
21 august 2019 - 19:45:09Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwean consumers are turning to diaspora remittances as a source of income amid growing economic pains [...] Full text...
thread Economy
ECOWAS operational manual implementation opens in Banjul
17 july 2019 - 21:34:56Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - A three-day regional forum on operational manual implementation opened here Wednesday, officials told PANA here. The forum, [...] Full text...
thread
Child rights charity alarmed at child deaths, injuries in war zones
16 may 2019 - 05:30:53New York, US (PANA) - Child rights charity, Save the Children, has expressed alarm at the high child deaths and [...] Full text...
thread Society
ECOWAS observers appeal for 'tolerance, restraint' in Nigeria as results are due to be released
25 february 2019 - 06:25:52Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Observation Mission has appealed to leaders of Nigeria's political parties, candidates, their supporters and [...] Full text...
thread Politics
DRC opposition leader Fayulu challenges election result
12 january 2019 - 17:55:46Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) – DR Congo opposition presidential candidate Martin Fayulu has moved to the Constitutional Court to file a [...] Full text...
thread Politics
UPDATE: DRC presidential vote results compilation halfway done - CENI
06 january 2019 - 18:15:52Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The DR Congo National Independent Electoral Commission of Congo (CENI) has compiled 53% of the results [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Congolese church raises stakes amid tense wait for presidential election results
05 january 2019 - 07:51:41Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The Catholic Church has ruffled feathers with the National Independent Electoral Commission of Congo (CENI) [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Mali abandons moves to introduce sex education in schools
04 january 2019 - 12:51:49Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian government has abandoned a programme to introduce sex education in schools, the Minister of [...] Full text...
thread Health
Ahead of key UN-backed Marrakech migration conference, youth recount harrowing journeys
09 december 2018 - 07:14:34Marrakech, Morocco (PANA) - Paving the way to the key UN migration conference in Marrakech, Morocco, which it is hoped [...] Full text...
thread
Boosting farm productivity in Africa through the sustainable use of machines (Feature by FAO)
08 october 2018 - 03:48:00Rome, Italy (PANA) - The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the African Union have launched a new framework [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
AfDB's work in agric. reduces poverty in eastern Côte d’Ivoire (An AfDB Feature)
17 august 2018 - 13:42:00Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) is ramping up the pace of its work in the [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
US business delegation signs US $940 million deals with state firms in Ethiopia
28 june 2018 - 17:51:57Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - A US delegation has signed business deals with several state-owned Ethiopian companies valued at nearly [...] Full text...
thread Economy
FAO helps Kenyan farmers rescue harvest from Fall Armyworm (Feature by FAO)
23 june 2018 - 06:26:07Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - ‘With a good harvest, we have enough maize for ourselves, and then some to sell. But [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
Nations begin drafting ‘operating manual’ for climate action at UN conference
01 may 2018 - 04:58:58Bonn, Germany (PANA) - The latest round of United Nations climate change negotiations began on Monday in Bonn, Germany, to [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Ethiopia launches online mobile airtime recharging
23 november 2017 - 07:34:36Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Mobile customers in Ethiopia can now recharge their airtime online after the country’s sole telecommunication [...] Full text...
thread Economy
FAO launches handbook to improve safety in banana farming sector
09 november 2017 - 06:12:01Geneva, Switzderland (PANA) – The United Nations agriculture agency and the Government of Ecuador launched on Wednesday a practical guide [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
Kenya faces political uncertainty after vote count ends
30 october 2017 - 10:49:57Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyans brace for an uncertain week on Monday after the end of vote counting and [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Nigeria-Pakistan Joint Commission to be revamped for improved bilateral relations
21 october 2017 - 17:43:08Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday said the Nigeria-Pakistan Joint Commission will be revamped as a [...] Full text...
thread Politics
US: 75% of children, youth face abuse, exploitation, trafficking on Mediterranean migration routes
12 september 2017 - 07:54:08New York, US (PANA) – Migrant and refugee children and youth trying to reach Europe face appalling levels of human [...] Full text...
thread Society
Kenya: Amnesty cautions Kenyan police against use of 'unnecessary force'
10 august 2017 - 09:08:49Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Amnesty International has urged Kenyan police not to use unnecessary force in their handling of any [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Kenya: Elections body continues vote validation after opposition complaints
10 august 2017 - 07:34:00Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's elections body confirmed receipt of final election result tallied from 30 constituencies on Thursday, which [...] Full text...
thread Politics
US: UNICEF appoints Syrian refugee Muzoon Almellehan as Goodwill Ambassador
19 june 2017 - 05:21:55New York, US (PANA) – The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) announced on Monday, the eve of World Refugee Day, the [...] Full text...
thread Society
Mozambique: Family learning approach boosts literacy, numeracy and language skills in Mozambique
24 may 2017 - 15:47:21Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - Children, youth and adults from the Boane district in Mozambique are improving their literacy, numeracy and [...] Full text...
thread Society
US: UN announces new secure Internet app to aid UN peacekeeping
24 may 2017 - 05:13:27New York, US (PANA) – The United Nations peacekeeping office has announced a new software application that is enhancing efficiency [...] Full text...
thread Society
Switzerland: WHO warns excessive speed contributes to high traffic fatalities
05 may 2017 - 17:52:54Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) is urging drivers to kill the speed as speeding on the [...] Full text...
thread Society
UN: UN launches new manual on prisoner management
17 january 2017 - 05:46:49New York, US (PANA) - The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has unveiled a new manual that offers [...] Full text...
thread Society
Kenya: Presidential election dominates Kenya's New Year celebrations
01 january 2017 - 17:53:55Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The August 2017 presidential and general elections In Kenya is dominating discussions among Kenyans and featuring [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Kenya: Lawmakers bruised in scuffles over elections law changes
22 december 2016 - 11:50:36Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Several Members of Parliament have been injured during an emergency sitting of Parliament in Nairobi on [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Ghana: Ghanaians expect general election results on Friday
09 december 2016 - 05:38:10Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghanaians expect the Electoral Commission (EC) to announce the results of the presidential and parliamentary elections [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Ghana: Ghana Electoral Commission says it will review all results from election
08 december 2016 - 14:06:01Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's Electoral Commission (EC) says that it is set to review all results from the collation [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Ghana: Ghana Electoral Commission says its website hacked
08 december 2016 - 12:09:49Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's Electoral Commission (EC) says its website was hacked overnight and deplored the action of the [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Ghana: Ruling party denounces opposition party's 'treasonable' victory claims
08 december 2016 - 05:11:30Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) on Thursday described the claims by the main opposition New [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Ghana: Ghana's main opposition party claims victory in Ghana elections
08 december 2016 - 03:51:40Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The main opposition party in Ghana, the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has claimed victory in Wednesday's [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Nigeria: Nigeria Army kills 10 Boko Haram terrorists
11 june 2016 - 15:10:06Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian Army said on Saturday that its troops killed 10 Boko Haram terrorists while two [...] Full text...
thread Society
UN: UN human rights office reports on clashes, violations in Mozambique
29 april 2016 - 17:18:13New York, US (PANA) - The UN human rights office on Friday said it has received worrying information about ongoing [...] Full text...
thread Society
UN: New UN report calls for youth violence prevention programmes
27 october 2015 - 20:32:19New York, US (PANA) - A new report launched by the World Health Organization (WHO) Tuesday stressed the need for [...] Full text...
thread Health
Cote d'Ivoire: ECOWAS thumbs up Ivorian presidential election
27 october 2015 - 14:43:44Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Sunday's presidential election in Cote d'Ivoire was ''free, transparent and organized in an acceptable manner'', [...] Full text...
thread Politics
ECOWAS: ECOWAS sensitizes stakeholders on Civilian Dimension of Peace Support Operations
14 october 2015 - 11:16:20Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - In its effort to highlight the roles of the Civilian Dimension of the ECOWAS Standby Force [...] Full text...
thread Society
Ethiopia: IOM, Police College train Ethiopian human trafficking investigators
08 september 2015 - 12:48:57Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and the Ethiopian Police University College (EPUC) are jointly [...] Full text...
thread Society
Botswana: National broadcaster goes digital
01 september 2015 - 12:10:28Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The Botswana government-owned radio and television stations are getting a digital revamp, as the broadcaster scrap [...] Full text...
thread Society
Ghana: Former Electoral Commissioner given highest national honour
01 july 2015 - 17:06:04Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama on Wednesday conferred the country's highest honour, the Companion of the [...] Full text...
thread Politics
UN: Child under-nutrition costs Burkina Faso US$800 million a year
23 june 2015 - 20:12:23New York, US (PANA) - Burkina Faso loses more than US$800 million annually due to child under-nutrition, according to a [...] Full text...
thread Health
Ghana: ECOWAS unveils operational manual for use by national offices
26 april 2015 - 17:13:41Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The ECOWAS Commission has officially unveiled an Operational Manual for use by National Offices to engage [...] Full text...
thread Society
Nigeria: EU election observer hails card reader improvement
11 april 2015 - 17:04:35Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Chief Observer of the European Union (EU) Election Observation Mission in Nigeria, Mr. Santiago Fisas, [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Nigeria: Voters return to the polls to elect Governors, Lawmakers
11 april 2015 - 09:27:30Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Two weeks after electing a new President, Nigerian voters on Saturday returned to the polls to [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Nigeria Decides 2015: Catholic church leaders ask Jonathan, Buhari to accept final declared result
30 march 2015 - 15:52:08Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The umbrella body of the Nigerian Catholic leaders, the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN), on [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Nigeria Decides 2015: Vote counting underway as mixed reactions trail card readers failure
29 march 2015 - 10:48:00Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Counting and collation of Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly polls results is underway in Nigeria, [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Nigeria Decides 2015: Manual accreditation ordered to make up for card reader failure
28 march 2015 - 16:21:32Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has directed its officials to allow manual accreditation of voters, [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Nigeria: Project to improve the management system of ECOWAS Court launched in Abuja
10 march 2015 - 15:55:09Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The President of the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice on Monday launched Ecolink, a new information [...] Full text...
thread Society
Tanzania: AU Commission, Cameroon launch French edition of AU Handbook
26 january 2015 - 19:17:59Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma has expressed appreciation [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Mali: UNICEF prepares five-year intervention plan for Mali
15 january 2015 - 17:34:19Bamako, Mali (PANA) – UNICEF is preparing a five-year intervention plan in Mali that gives priority to basic education, humanitarian [...] Full text...
thread Social
Nigeria: FAO, others launch book on family micro gardens in Angola
17 december 2014 - 14:49:38Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) –The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), in partnership with the Angolan Government and other development partners, have [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
Nigeria: Nigerian government cancels US training of its Army battalion
01 december 2014 - 18:35:49Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Misgivings of the Nigerian government over the inability of the United States to approve sale of [...] Full text...
thread Society
Kenya: Kenya wipes out 100 terror suspects after Mandera massacre
24 november 2014 - 11:24:06Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's Deputy President William Ruto said Kenya Forces have killed 100 militants and sympathisers inside Somalia, [...] Full text...
thread Society
Kenya: Gang violence leaves 4 dead
18 november 2014 - 12:46:57Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Four persons have been hacked to death in an apparent revenge attack hours after police raided [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Tanzania: IMF, EITI working to improve transparency of natural resources revenues
17 october 2014 - 07:32:11Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) are collaborating [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Mauritius: Investigative Journalism manual launched in Mauritius
30 september 2014 - 08:17:17Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Transparency Mauritius (TM) has launched a manual on investigative journalism which ''will help journalists go deep [...] Full text...
thread Society
Kenya: Rift Valley Railways to modernize Kenya-Uganda rail track
15 july 2014 - 14:31:36Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Rift Valley Railways (RVR), the firm running the Kenya-Uganda railways, commissioned an automated railway track [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Malawi: Pres. Banda demands manual vote recount, alleges 'massive rigging'
22 may 2014 - 12:18:01Blantyre, Malawi, (PANA) - Malawi President Joyce Banda, facing a possible defeat at the polls, Thursday demanded a manual recount [...] Full text...
thread Politics
US: UN marks World Malaria Day, with calls for near zero preventable deaths
25 april 2014 - 14:40:24New York, US (PANA) - UN officials on Friday said the tide has turned on malaria, with mortality rates for [...] Full text...
thread Health
Rwanda: WHO launches first-ever manual to track malaria in Africa
24 april 2014 - 12:24:15Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) has launched a manual on malaria prevention aimed at helping countries, [...] Full text...
thread Health
Ethiopia: EAJA concludes regional workshop on safety, security of journos
23 april 2014 - 16:26:13Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Eastern Africa Journalists Association (EAJA) has successfully concluded its five-day regional investigative journalism and [...] Full text...
thread Society
Nigeria: Apex bank introduces e-referencing system
31 march 2014 - 15:04:00Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) – Worried by the dwindling number of Nigerians operating bank account, due to a cumbersome referencing system [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Mauritius: Authorities launch Climate Change Action Plan
21 february 2014 - 14:16:42Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Environment and Sustainable Development Minister, Deva Virahsawmy, Thursday launched a Climate Change Information, Education and [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Cameroon: Expert suggests ways to end unsafe abortion in Africa
09 february 2014 - 17:51:03Yaounde, Cameroon (PANA) - Increasing sexuality education and the availability of Misoprostol pills can help to ensure safe abortion in [...] Full text...
thread Health
Ghana: Central bank tightens forex bureaux operations
06 february 2014 - 09:54:05Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Bank of Ghana has tightened operations of forex bureaux, as it takes measures to stabilise [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Dlamini Zuma says Guinea-Bissau’s transition process progressing well
20 september 2013 - 14:04:21Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Guinea-Bissau has made significant progress in its transition from recurring instability to democratic governance, according [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Nigeria inaugurates trade hub portal to boost cross-border trade
20 august 2013 - 10:12:00Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian government has inaugurated the Nigerian Trade Hub (NTH) Portal and the Import, Export and [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Nigerian diplomat advises ECOWAS volunteers
10 august 2013 - 13:13:23Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - ECOWAS volunteers, who have just completed their two-year tour of Liberia, have been urged to be [...] Full text...
thread Society
Stakeholders want ECOWAS peace support initiatives well funded
07 may 2013 - 15:09:24Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Stakeholders have called for uninterrupted funding for and sustainability of ECOWAS peace support initiatives, especially the [...] Full text...
thread Politics
WHO urges action as over 270, 000 pedestrians are killed yearly
02 may 2013 - 12:31:44Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More than 270, 000 pedestrians lose their lives on the world’s roads each year, accounting for [...] Full text...
thread Society
Donor support for ECOWAS Peace support projected hailed
30 april 2013 - 09:00:20Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Participants at a just-ended stakeholders’ forum in Monrovia, Liberia, have lauded the multi-million-dollar donor support to [...] Full text...
thread Society
ECOWAS, UN partners review regional peace support projects
07 april 2013 - 15:59:24Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - An ECOWAS delegation and officials of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and UNESCO have [...] Full text...
thread Society
FIFA appoints goal-line technology provider for Brazil 2013
03 april 2013 - 08:45:25Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The World's Football Governing Body, FIFA, has confirmed the appointment of GoalControl GmbH of Germany as [...] Full text...
thread
Kenya's Supreme Court begins election dispute hearing
27 march 2013 - 20:48:06Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Outgoing Prime Minister Raila Odinga, disputing the outcome of Kenya's presidential election, kicked off his case [...] Full text...
thread Politics
'Copper cable theft causes train crash in Pretoria'
01 february 2013 - 10:08:11Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A preliminary finding has revealed that copper cable theft caused a passenger train accident [...] Full text...
thread Economy
ECOWAS Education Ministers to meet in Nigeria
28 september 2012 - 12:37:46Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - ECOWAS Ministers of Education will gather in Nigeria's capital city of Abuja 6 Oct. to [...] Full text...
thread Society
Nigerian official warns Lake Nyos in Cameroon could collapse
27 september 2012 - 15:11:52Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Thursday raised the alarm on the possibility of [...] Full text...
thread Environment
9 convicted for treason in SA after long trial
06 august 2012 - 11:13:21Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Nine people have been convicted for treason after the longest and most costly criminal [...] Full text...
thread Social
ECOWAS member states tasked on promotion of peace culture
03 july 2012 - 16:48:32Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Burkina Faso's Minister for Education and Literacy Koumba Boly has urged ECOWAS member states to promote [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Experts validate ECOWAS reference manual on culture of peace
28 june 2012 - 14:19:21Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Regional experts are to meet in Ouagadougou, the Burkinabe capital, from 2-6 July to validate the [...] Full text...
thread Society
IOM works with Botswana to build capacity of Immigration Service
15 june 2012 - 10:59:41Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said Friday it would next week launch a US$200,000 training [...] Full text...
thread Society
Gambian NGO holds forum on tourism, children
10 may 2012 - 14:10:09Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - A Gambian Non-governmental organisation, the Child Protection Alliance (CPA), has concluded a two-day forum on the [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Benin’s constitutional court calls for electronic vote
20 january 2012 - 20:47:27Cotonou, Benin (PANA) – The Chairman of the Beninese constitutional council, Mr Robert Dossou, has called for the introduction of [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Nigeria loses huge sums on calcium carbonate importation
17 november 2011 - 09:53:58Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria loses over 1 billion naira (about US$ 7 million) annually on the importation of Precipitated [...] Full text...
thread Sciences
Gambia begins modernization of payment system
15 november 2011 - 22:54:05Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambian Central Bank, has embarked on the modernization of the country's payments, clearing and settlements [...] Full text...
thread Economy
ECOWAS programme of activities under review in Accra
14 november 2011 - 16:24:06Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Officials of the ECOWAS Commission and regional stakeholders on Monday began a comprehensive review of major [...] Full text...
thread Economy
ECOWAS to review programmes at Accra retreat
13 november 2011 - 20:09:18Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Officials of the ECOWAS Commission and regional stakeholders will undertake a comprehensive review of major programmes [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Gambia sacks senior football team coach, trainer
01 november 2011 - 18:54:53Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Gambia's soccer authorities have sacked Paul Put, the Belgian-born head coach of the country's senior team, [...] Full text...
thread Sports
Angola clears 99,980 kilometres of road of landmines
03 august 2011 - 18:46:44Luanda, Angola (PANA) - A total 99,980 kilometres of road have been cleared of landmines in Angola from 2008 to [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Equality Now, SOAWR issue guide on use of African protocol on women’s rights
15 july 2011 - 07:28:52Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - International human rights organisation Equality Now, in conjunction with Solidarity for African Women’s Rights [...] Full text...
thread Society
Pledges of support as Nigerian bourse marks 50th anniversary
07 june 2011 - 09:12:25Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian government has reiterated its determination to support the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) so it [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Gambia says old national ID still valid
16 may 2011 - 12:54:58Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Gambia’s Immigration Department has said the country’s old identification card, which preceded the biometric one, “is [...] Full text...
thread Society
Over 5,000 landmines destroyed in Angola in 2010
11 march 2011 - 14:32:31Luanda, Angola (PANA) - A total of 5,512 landmines, 4,989 of which are anti-personnel and 523 anti-tanks, were cleared and [...] Full text...
thread Society
Practitioners, owners told to invest more in new media
23 february 2011 - 20:43:11Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - African media practitioners and owners have been urged to invest more on new media as [...] Full text...
thread Society
Nigeria registers 28.5m out of 70m voters, 3 days to end of exercise
26 january 2011 - 16:51:44Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said Wednesday it had registered only 28.5 million voters, with [...] Full text...
thread Politics
EAC, COMESA, IGAD plan joint election observation for Uganda
13 january 2011 - 12:28:51Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Senior officials from the secretariats of the East African Community (EAC), the Common Market [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Guinea presidential run-off to be held on Sunday
26 october 2010 - 23:09:00Conakry- Guinea (PANA) â" Guinea's presidential run--off will be held on Sunday, 31 October, the chairman of the Guinean National [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Ivorian Electoral Commission spells out process to proclaim results
22 october 2010 - 07:12:00Abidjan- Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) -- The independent electoral commission (CEI) in Co te d'Ivoire on Thursday said that the transmission [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Journalists undergo training as Gambia schedules polls for 2011/2012
25 september 2010 - 10:02:00Banjul- Gambia (PANA) -- Top American journalist, Lucinda Fleeson, is training jo urnalists in The Gambia as part of the [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Guinea court jails two electoral commission members
09 september 2010 - 22:21:00Conakry- Guinea (PANA) â" A Conakry court on Thurs-day sentenced to one year's i mprisonment the chairman of Guinea's national [...] Full text...
thread Politics
RPG questions computer system of Guinean Electoral Commission
04 september 2010 - 20:08:00Conakry- Guinea (PANA) -- The Rally of the People of Guinea (RPG) of Alpha Conde, a candidate contesting the the [...] Full text...
thread Politics
'No obstacle in the way of Ivorian presidential election'
04 september 2010 - 11:58:00Abidjan- Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) -- There is no technical or political obstacle in t he way to the presidential election [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Libya's demand for compensation from colonialists dominate press
28 august 2010 - 19:11:00Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- The Libyan papers this week focused on the call on forme r colonial powers to apologise [...] Full text...
thread Press Review
Angola spends 17 billion kwanzas on demining
08 august 2010 - 10:46:00Luanda- Angola (PANA) -- The Angolan government has spent about 17 billion Angola n Kwanzas (US$1=92. 57 Angolan Kwanzas) on [...] Full text...
thread Social
EAC, UNHCR sign accord on protection of displaced persons
09 march 2010 - 12:46:00Dar es Salaam-Tanzania (PANA) -- The East African Community (EAC) and the UN Refu gee Agency (UNHCR) Tuesday unveiled here [...] Full text...
thread Society
WHO releases new guidelines for malaria treatment
09 march 2010 - 12:03:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The World Health Organization (WHO) has released new gui delines for the treatment of malaria, and [...] Full text...
thread Health
SADC inspectors to meet in Arusha
09 february 2010 - 17:02:00Luanda- Angola (PANA) -- The defence chiefs of member states of the Southern Afri ca Development Community (SADC), will meet [...] Full text...
thread Politics
'EAC Customs Union needs commitment of partner countries'
14 january 2010 - 11:31:00Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- Governments of the five member countries of the East African Community (EAC) should refrain [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Bidding process for 2018 Commonwealth Games starts
25 december 2009 - 07:58:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) has started the bidding process for the 2018 Commonwealth Games, with [...] Full text...
thread Sports
Libyan telecom company signs contracts
11 september 2009 - 23:27:00Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- The Libyan General Posts and Telecommunications Company (GPTC) on Thursday signed four contracts in the field [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Nigerian airspace managers launch safety management manual
19 august 2009 - 16:34:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has approv ed the first edition of Nigerian Airspace Management [...] Full text...
thread Economy
AU official suggests integration of national polices into peacekeeping
13 august 2009 - 00:28:00Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- The head of the planning operations at the peacekeeping department of the African Union Commission, Lieutenant-colonel [...] Full text...
thread Society
FAO raises red flag over weeds menace
11 august 2009 - 18:59:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Today, more than a billion people in the world are hungr y, the result of flawed [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
Kenya suspends work-for-food programme
20 july 2009 - 16:50:00Kinango- Kenya (PANA) -- The Kenya government has suspended the work-for-food pro gramme, saying hunger-stricken people cannot be subjected to [...] Full text...
thread Society
Community-directed intervention strategy to be taught in medical schools
12 june 2009 - 17:01:00Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- A meeting of Vice-chancellors and other senior academics from 12 African countries, held in Nigeria's capital [...] Full text...
thread Health
ECOWAS ministers endorse strategy for infrastructural development
07 june 2009 - 10:25:00Yamoussoukro- Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) -- West African ministers responsible for tran sport and infrastructure have endorsed a comprehensive strategy for [...] Full text...
thread Society
Chad hands over 82 child soldiers to UNICEF
28 may 2009 - 15:39:00N’Djaména- Chad (PANA) -- The Chadian government handed 82 under-18 child soldier s over to UNICEF during an official ceremony [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Kenyan shippers urge service overhaul at E/Africa's main sea port
18 may 2009 - 15:39:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The Kenya Shippers Council said here Monday it had made wide-ranging recommendations to the ministries of [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Manual on agricultural journalism launched
30 april 2009 - 23:12:00Abidjan- Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) – A manual on agricu-ltural journalism in West and Central Africa was launched on Thursday at [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
UN agency launches manual to combat human trafficking
08 april 2009 - 19:37:00New York- US (PANA) -- The UN agency in charge of drugs and crime, has launched a manual for parliamentarians [...] Full text...
thread Society