WFP requires $16.9 billion in 2025 as hunger reaches alarming highs
22 november 2024 - 14:35:59Rome, Italy (PANA) - The World Food Programme (WFP) on Friday called for some $16.9 billion to address the escalating [...] Full text...
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Rome, Italy (PANA) - The World Food Programme (WFP) on Friday called for some $16.9 billion to address the escalating [...] Full text...
Angola hosts inaugural national climate outlook forum
29 october 2024 - 13:17:08Luanda, Angola (PANA) - The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Climate Services Centre in collaboration with the National Institute of [...] Full text...
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Greenhouse gases surged to new highs in 2023, warns UN weather agency
28 october 2024 - 12:45:25Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) New data released by the UN on Monday indicating that greenhouse gases have hit a record high [...] Full text...
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More than 6 million people starving in southern Africa because of 'historic drought'
16 october 2024 - 04:32:45Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Nearly six-and-a-half million people in southern Africa are starving because of an “historic drought” linked to [...] Full text...
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South Africa market opens for United States soybeans
09 october 2024 - 09:42:13Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - Soybeans from the United States are once again eligible to enter South Africa following a [...] Full text...
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2023 marked the driest year in over three decades for rivers - WMO
07 october 2024 - 11:31:34Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The year 2023 marked the driest year in over three decades for rivers around the world, [...] Full text...
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Cash transfers transforming lives in Burundi: World Bank Blog By Iftikhar Malik, Mona Niebuhr and Jacqueline Manisabwe
26 september 2024 - 08:40:08Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The Cash4Jobs Project, known as Merankabandi ("be like others" in the local language), is more than [...] Full text...
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UN provides emergency cash injection for global crisis hotspots
31 august 2024 - 07:37:39New York, US (PANA) - The UN’s top relief official on Friday allocated $100 million from the Organization’s Central Emergency [...] Full text...
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Egypt’s cane sugar production drops
23 august 2024 - 07:14:37Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Egypt’s sugar production in marketing year 2024/25 (October to September) is forecast to reach 2.6 million [...] Full text...
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South Africa sets wheat import duties while local wheat area drops
14 august 2024 - 12:32:35Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - Falling global wheat prices triggered, in July 2024, a wheat import duty of Rand 176.30 [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe faces worsening food crisis due to El Niño droughts
08 august 2024 - 07:42:57Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - A new report from the UN aid coordination office (OCHA) reveals that food insecurity levels in [...] Full text...
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Strong regional demand to drive South Africa’s maize exports to neighbours
26 july 2024 - 11:18:26Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) South Africa’s maize area is forecast to expand in marketing year 2024/25 after an 18 percent [...] Full text...
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Malawi Economic Monitor calls for urgent, sustained reforms for faster, more inclusive growth
25 july 2024 - 07:40:09Lilongwe, Malawi (PANA) - Malawi’s current economic difficulties require a combination of immediate response measures and urgent reforms to address [...] Full text...
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UN and partners launch emergency appeal to address severe drought in Malawi
24 july 2024 - 05:46:58Lilongwe, Malawi (PANA) - UN agencies alongside humanitarian partners in Malawi have launched a Flash Appeal to help millions in [...] Full text...
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South Sudan faces a growing humanitarian crisis, warns WHO
15 july 2024 - 18:58:54Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Twelve years on from independence the people of South Sudan continue to face huge challenges, exacerbated [...] Full text...
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IMF staff completes 2024 Article IV mission to Zimbabwe
28 june 2024 - 11:03:39Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Despite headwinds, Zimbabwe’s economy continues showing resilience but growth is expected to decelerate to about 2 [...] Full text...
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IMF reaches staff-level deal with Tanzania on RSF, third review of ECF
18 may 2024 - 08:47:38Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Tanzania’s authorities and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have reached staff-level agreement on a [...] Full text...
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UN officials urge swift action to tackle El Niño-induced extreme weather
30 april 2024 - 07:19:55New York, US (PANA) - Top UN officials called on Monday for swift action to combat the El Niño extreme [...] Full text...
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World Bank provides additional support to food crisis response in Malawi
27 april 2024 - 13:46:15Lilongwe, Malawi (PANA) - The World Bank is providing immediate support for millions of Malawians severely affected by the ongoing [...] Full text...
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Over 200,000 need humanitarian aid following Madagascar cyclone
10 april 2024 - 05:47:15Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) - About 220,000 people require immediate humanitarian assistance due to the catastrophic impact of Tuesday’s tropical cyclone [...] Full text...
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New Malawi Economic Monitor calls for commitment to economic reforms to sustain emerging recovery
27 february 2024 - 07:59:36Lilongwe, Malawi (PANA) – Malawi’s medium-term growth outlook is improving because of bold reforms undertaken by the government in 2023 [...] Full text...
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WMO confirms 2023 as warmest year on record ‘by a huge margin’
14 january 2024 - 05:32:30Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - With the annual average global temperature fast approaching the critical threshold of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, [...] Full text...
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Funding needed to prevent El Niño from aggravating global hunger: FAO
10 november 2023 - 06:59:46Rome, Italy (PANA) - The El Niño climate pattern will have severe impacts on agriculture and food security, threatening the [...] Full text...
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2023 likely hottest year on record; further spike expected with El Niño
08 november 2023 - 17:33:30Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - 2023 is “almost certain to be the warmest year on record” after October smashed temperature highs, [...] Full text...
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Current El Niño likely to affect food security in several African countries
17 october 2023 - 07:30:02Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Heads of international organisations have urged countries to balance short-term urgent interventions with longer-term [...] Full text...
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Mauritius enters the winter season
16 may 2023 - 16:13:07Vacoas, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritius Meteorological Services (MMS) said on Tuesday that winter season in Mauritius and Rodrigues occurs [...] Full text...
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New temperature records, food security threats likely as El Niño looms
04 may 2023 - 06:17:44Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The development of an El Niño climate pattern in the Pacific Ocean this year is more [...] Full text...
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Lesotho moves to insure farmers against climate change risks
23 october 2020 - 20:21:29Maseru, Lesotho (PANA) – The Kingdom of Lesotho has signed an agreement with an African Union (AU) specialized agency, mandated [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus kills popular Cameroonian musician, Manu Dibango
25 march 2020 - 19:36:45Paris, France (PANA) - Several radio stations broadcasting in France, including RFI, FIP and France Musique, as well as the [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe ‘facing worst hunger crisis in a decade’: WFP official
04 december 2019 - 09:12:16Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe is facing its worst hunger crisis in a decade with half of the population – [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe incomes grossly lag behind skyrocketing basic commodities: IH Securities
28 july 2019 - 11:55:40Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Recent monetary reforms to address distortions created by past policies in Zimbabwe have led to a [...] Full text...
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The number of starving Zimbabweans has increased to nearly seven million
10 july 2019 - 15:14:25Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Nearly seven million Zimbabweans are now facing hunger, a sharp increase from what the United Nations [...] Full text...
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Drought, Cyclone Idai affect Zimbabwe's 2018/19 tobacco production
29 june 2019 - 17:59:13Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Drought and damage caused by the March Category three storm, Cyclone Idai, have impacted the current [...] Full text...
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Mixed climate patterns focus for greater Horn of Africa region
28 may 2019 - 19:18:44Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Eastern Africa region will experience extremely dry weather conditions during the months of June [...] Full text...
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Meat shortages loom in Zimbabwe
17 april 2019 - 14:56:32Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe is facing potential shortages of pork, chicken and beef as government's removed grain subsidies last [...] Full text...
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IMF predicts recession in Zimbabwe for 2019
10 april 2019 - 21:39:53Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has revised Zimbabwe's growth forecast downwards by a whopping 9 percentage [...] Full text...
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Africa hunger crisis rises with an additional 34 million people within four years, UN report
14 february 2019 - 10:22:00Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - A new United Nations report reveals hunger is on the rise in Africa following years [...] Full text...
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Lesotho on slow growth recovery driven by diamonds production
06 february 2019 - 12:50:40Maseru, Lesotho (PANA) - Growth is recovering in Lesotho following last year’s slowdown, although the economic situation remains challenging, and [...] Full text...
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Heavy rain causes devastating damage in northeastern Rwanda
30 january 2019 - 21:13:51Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Heavy rains, which fell on Tuesday night in several localities in Nyagatare, a district in northeastern [...] Full text...
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SADC revisits disaster preparedness plan(Feature by Meekaeel Siphambili, PANA Correspondent)
30 january 2019 - 13:57:21Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries have gone back to the drawing board in an [...] Full text...
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Preparing Africa for ravages of climate change ‘cannot be an afterthought’ – COP24
14 december 2018 - 21:05:36Katowice, Poland (PANA) - Africa is at a “tipping point” as global warming increases, and urgent action needs to be [...] Full text...
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Global aid appeal targets more than 93 million most in need next year
04 december 2018 - 17:55:05New York, US (PANA) - Conflict has pushed tens of millions of people into a situation where they are in [...] Full text...
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UN agency reports 9.6 million people severely food-insecure in Southern Africa
26 november 2018 - 16:50:19Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The number of severely food insecure people in Southern Africa rose to an estimated [...] Full text...
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Severe food insecurity stalks two Madagascar regions
09 august 2018 - 09:30:06Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - About 1.26 million people are expected to be severely food insecure in the Grand [...] Full text...
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Global fish production to continue to expand - FAO report
09 july 2018 - 07:37:31Rome, Italy (PANA) - Global fish production will continue to expand over the next decade even though the amount of [...] Full text...
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IFAD chief visits Angola focusing on food security, rural communities
03 april 2018 - 17:53:12Luanda, Angola (PANA) –International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) President Gilbert F. Houngbo is due here on Wednesday for a [...] Full text...
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2017 costliest year ever for extreme weather and climate events, says UN
22 march 2018 - 20:20:22Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Hurricanes, monsoon floods and continuing severe drought made 2017 the costliest year ever for severe weather [...] Full text...
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Dry weather, high temperatures likely to reduce harvests in Southern Africa - FAO warns
27 february 2018 - 10:54:32Rome, Italy (PANA) - Poor rains and hot temperatures triggered water stress and adversely affected crop development in several areas [...] Full text...
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FAO, Telefónica to boost use of cutting-edge digital technologies to assist farmers in developing countries
12 february 2018 - 11:22:52Rome, Italy (PANA) - The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and Spain’s Telefonica, one of the world’s largest telecommunications [...] Full text...
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Near-record warm temperatures fuel deadly, costly weather events in 2017 – UN
18 january 2018 - 22:10:20Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The upward trend in global temperatures marked by record-shattering warmth in 2015 and 2016 kept pace [...] Full text...
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Rwanda Met. Dept. warns of torrential rains
05 january 2018 - 10:54:17Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda Meteorological Department on Friday warned of heavy rains across the country. It said areas especially [...] Full text...
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Early action key to preventing El Nino, La Nina crises - UN official
03 january 2018 - 06:55:12New York, USA (PANA) – La Niña is expected to impact weather around the world in 2018, a United Nations [...] Full text...
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Arctic forever changed by rapidly warming climate – UN weather agency
20 december 2017 - 22:27:37Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The Arctic continued in 2017 to warm at double the rate of the global temperature increase, [...] Full text...
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Southern Africa recovers from El Niño-induced drought – OCHA report
27 november 2017 - 17:01:56Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Southern Africa continues to recover from the disastrous 2015/2016 El Niño-induced drought, which by [...] Full text...
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Chronic undernourishment in sub-Saharan Africa increases - FAO
16 november 2017 - 12:57:36Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The number of undernourished people in sub-Saharan Africa has increased mainly due to the impact [...] Full text...
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Level of Carbon Dioxide in the atmosphere hits a record high in 800,000 Years - WMO report
30 october 2017 - 13:50:47Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere surged in 2016 to its highest level [...] Full text...
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US: Ethiopia warns 'No time for scepticism, decisive climate action needed now'
23 september 2017 - 09:19:11New York, US (PANA) – Like many other countries, Ethiopia is dealing almost every day with the adverse impacts of [...] Full text...
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Italy: Conflicts drag down food security amid growing global food output - FAO
21 september 2017 - 09:45:14Rome, Italy (PANA) - Robust harvests in Latin America and rebounding agricultural conditions in Southern Africa are on course to [...] Full text...
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Ethiopia: Ethiopia crisis worsens as drought prevails - NRC
18 september 2017 - 12:10:31Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The humanitarian crisis has worsened in drought-stricken Ethiopia, with almost three million additional people in [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Conflict, climate change are key drivers of global hunger - UN Report
15 september 2017 - 14:34:51Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - After steadily declining for over a decade, global hunger is on the rise again, affecting 815 [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe: 'Significant progress' in improving peoples' health in Africa lauded
29 august 2017 - 10:47:05Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The significant progress in improving people’s health in Africa has been commended by delegates attending [...] Full text...
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Tanzania: New mobile app game empowers youth in Climate Change adaptation efforts in Greater Horn of Africa
24 august 2017 - 13:02:03Zanzibar City, Zanzibar (PANA) - A new mobile application, know as "Ponya Mobile Game" developed by a team of young [...] Full text...
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Tanzania: Climate expert warns against negative impact of El Nino
23 august 2017 - 13:51:17Zanzibar City, Zanzibar (PANA) - Adaptation to climate change and specifically to El Nino phenomenon in many countries across the [...] Full text...
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Ethiopia: Drought-stricken herders in Ethiopia need urgent support - FAO
11 august 2017 - 11:15:52Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Supporting herders to get back on their feet and preventing further livestock losses and suffering [...] Full text...
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Southern Africa: Zimbabwe, South Africa lose 1m chickens to Bird Flu
08 august 2017 - 16:16:09Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - Zimbabwe and South Africa have lost over one million chickens to the Highly Pathogenic Avian [...] Full text...
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Mozambique: Extractives and mega projects drive economic growth in Mozambique
31 july 2017 - 17:13:12Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - Mozambique is increasingly a two-speed economy as extractives and mega projects drive growth, whilst other [...] Full text...
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US: UN relief official urges continued aid to tackle hunger in Eritrea
14 july 2017 - 05:29:05New York, US (PANA) - The humanitarian situation in Eritrea – which is quite isolated and off the media radars [...] Full text...
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Tanzania: UN report paints bleak humanitarian outlook in Horn of Africa, Great Lakes region
07 july 2017 - 09:55:05Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - East Africa faces one of the biggest humanitarian crises in its history, the UN [...] Full text...
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Malawi: IMF extends US$ 26.9m credit to drought-shocked Malawi
22 june 2017 - 09:23:15Lilongwe, Malawi (PANA) - Malawi has secured a US$26.9 million loan under an Extended Credit Facility (ECF) arrangement, after the [...] Full text...
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Italy: Food insecurity strains deepen amid civil conflict and drought - FAO
09 june 2017 - 11:17:44Rome, Italy (PANA) - Large agricultural harvests in some regions of the world are buoying global food supply conditions, but [...] Full text...
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Botswana: World Bank funds water reservoirs construction in Botswana
18 may 2017 - 15:27:40Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The World Bank has extended a US$145.5 million loan to Botswana for construction of water reservoirs, [...] Full text...
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Switzerland: Weather, climate and water challenges highlighted at WMO council meeting
10 may 2017 - 19:28:22Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – Strengthening weather and climate services to protect lives, property and the economy from increasingly extreme and [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Situation worsening as over 100 million people face severe food insecurity - UN
31 march 2017 - 15:53:58Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Despite international efforts to address food insecurity, around 108 million people in the world were severely [...] Full text...
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Belgium: 108 million people in the world face severe food insecurity – Report
31 march 2017 - 10:28:30Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - Despite international efforts to address food insecurity, around 108 million people in the world were [...] Full text...
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Malawi: Malawi set on recovery path after El Niño-induced drought
22 march 2017 - 18:49:35Lilongwe, Malawi (PANA) - Solidifying the gains in macroeconomic stability, by limiting spending to available resources and safeguarding external and [...] Full text...
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Switzerland: Record-breaking weather in 2016 pushes world into ‘truly uncharted territory’ – WMO
22 march 2017 - 07:00:40Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Global temperatures set yet another record last year and the world witnessed exceptionally low sea ice, [...] Full text...
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Tanzania: Drought worsens food security across East Africa, FAO reports
02 march 2017 - 20:03:41Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Despite robust food supply conditions, droughts are worsening food security across swathes of East [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Global harvests strong as hunger persists in chronic conflict zones - FAO
02 march 2017 - 13:09:34Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Global food supply conditions are robust, but access to food has been dramatically reduced in areas [...] Full text...
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US: UN aid chief releases funds to tackle drought in Ethiopia
21 february 2017 - 16:45:30New York, US (PANA) – UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Stephen O'Brien on Tuesday released US$18.5 million from the organization's [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Drought pushing food prices up in East Africa, says FAO
14 february 2017 - 13:29:19Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Drought throughout East Africa has sharply curbed harvests and pushed the prices of cereals and other [...] Full text...
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Botswana: Met issues floods alert in Botswana
08 february 2017 - 12:58:18Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) – Botswana’s meteorological services has issued a floods alert, saying the country’s Gantsi district in the western [...] Full text...
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Ethiopia: FAO warns millions face food shortages in Horn of Africa
30 january 2017 - 11:32:19Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - With as little as one-quarter of expected rainfall received, widespread drought conditions in the Horn [...] Full text...
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Ethiopia: UN urges support for drought-hit Ethiopia
30 january 2017 - 09:33:06Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Commending the Ethiopian Government and humanitarian partners on the response to last year's El Niño [...] Full text...
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Cote d’Ivoire: AfDB supports drought resilience programme in Eritrea
27 january 2017 - 18:29:07Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA) – Eritrea’s fourth Drought Resilience and Sustainable Livelihoods Programme was boosted Friday with announcement of a [...] Full text...
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Switzerland: WMO confirms 2016 as 'hottest year on record'
18 january 2017 - 18:25:10Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The year 2016 has been confirmed as the hottest year on record, surpassing the exceptionally high [...] Full text...
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Ethiopia: Ethiopia launches humanitarian appeal for US$948 million in 2017
18 january 2017 - 09:19:27Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - On the heels of failed rains and a calamitous El Niño in Ethiopia, the country's [...] Full text...
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Italy: Drought risks in Ethiopia put recovery at risk
17 january 2017 - 10:52:53Rome, Italy (PANA) - New drought across swathes of southern Ethiopia may jeopardise the East African nation's restoration of food [...] Full text...
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Italy: Food commodity prices fell for fifth straight year in 2016 - FAO
12 january 2017 - 10:43:07Rome, Italy (PANA) - Prices of major food commodities declined for the fifth year in a row in 2016, averaging [...] Full text...
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Ethiopia: After good crop harvests less Ethiopians need humanitarian aid
06 january 2017 - 13:34:18Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Thanks to the good rainy season between June to September last year, the main crop [...] Full text...
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Sudan: UNICEF says 13% of Africa’s malnourished children in Sudan
04 january 2017 - 14:39:36Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Two million Sudanese children under-five are acutely malnourished and 550,000 of these children are severely malnourished, [...] Full text...
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Botswana: Heavy rains forecast over Christmas in Botswana
23 december 2016 - 06:25:40Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana’s Department of Meteorological Services is forecasting heavy rains with possibility of flooding in Botswana over [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Horn of Africa braces for another hunger seasons, warns FAO
20 december 2016 - 13:14:22Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Countries in the Horn of Africa are likely to see a rise in hunger and further [...] Full text...
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Italy: Ongoing conflicts continue to intensify food insecurity - FAO
08 december 2016 - 11:50:27Rome, Italy (PANA) - Civil conflict and weather-related shocks have severely affected food security in 2016, increasing the number of [...] Full text...
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UN: UN launches relief support for 13.8 million drought victims in southern Africa
07 december 2016 - 18:44:12New York, US (PANA) - Following the worst El Nino-induced drought in decades in southern Africa, UN humanitarian agencies and [...] Full text...
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UN: UN needs US$22.2 bn for global humanitarian response in 2017
05 december 2016 - 15:44:03New York, US (PANA) - The world is facing a humanitarian crisis that will require a record US$ 22.2 billion [...] Full text...
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Tanzania: WMO says 2016 set to break temperature records of 2015
14 november 2016 - 14:38:48Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - It is very likely that 2016 will be the hottest year on record, with [...] Full text...
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Tanzania: Oxfam says most vulnerable not getting financial support they need
03 november 2016 - 10:35:11Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The amount of net financial assistance going to help developing countries fight climate change [...] Full text...
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UN: FAO warns on drought, hunger in southern Madagascar
27 october 2016 - 17:23:05New York, US (PANA) - The impact of severe El Nino-induced drought on crop production in southern Madagascar, where nearly [...] Full text...
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Rwanda: EU responds to El Niño, food security in Horn of Africa
27 october 2016 - 09:10:46Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The European Union (EU) on Thursday announced a new set of actions to respond to the [...] Full text...
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UN: UN weather agency says global C02 concentration surges
25 october 2016 - 05:04:23New York, US (PANA) - The UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has said globally averaged concentration of carbon dioxide (C02) [...] Full text...
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UN: UN officials stress need to boost agricultural productivity
16 october 2016 - 16:56:13New York, US (PANA) - To mark World Food Day 2016, the UN is highlighting the close links between climate [...] Full text...
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Italy: World Food Day to focus on climate change and sustainable agric
11 october 2016 - 11:18:40Rome, Italy (PANA) - This year's World Food Day will focus on climate change and sustainable agriculture, the UN Food [...] Full text...
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UN: FAO says seed distributions in Ethiopia boost crop yields
07 october 2016 - 18:02:51New York, US (PANA) - Ethiopia is about to complete one of the largest and most successful seed distribution campaigns [...] Full text...
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UN: WFP to scale up emergency operations in southern Madagascar
05 october 2016 - 21:07:16New York, US (PANA) - The Executive Director of the UN World Food Programme (WFP), Ms. Ertharin Cousin said the [...] Full text...
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UN: WFP, FAO partner on food insecurity in southern Madagascar
22 september 2016 - 19:05:41New York, US (PANA) - The Emergency Coordinator of the World Food Programme (WFP), Denise Brown, and the Emergency and [...] Full text...
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US: Ethiopian leader decries use of social media to spread messages of hate, bigotry
22 september 2016 - 05:52:34New York, US (PANA) - As much as social media offers a digital platform to improve exchange of information and [...] Full text...
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UN: Ethiopia needs urgent global support for agricultural season - FAO
15 august 2016 - 16:43:30New York, US (PANA) - Seasonal floods, resulting in crop damage and inundation of pastures, following a severe El Nino-induced [...] Full text...
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UN: WHO, partners step up measures to control yellow fever epidemic in Angola, DRC
09 august 2016 - 22:35:45New York, US (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) and its partners are continuing their programmes against yellow fever [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Meteorological agency warns of flooding in 11 of 36 Nigerian States
08 august 2016 - 15:19:43Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) on Monday issued an alert of possible flooding in 11 of [...] Full text...
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UN: WFP launches smartphone app to raise funds for school meals in Malawi
03 august 2016 - 19:42:52New York, US (PANA) - The World Food Programme (WFP) has launched a smartphone app in drought-hit Malawi to fundraise [...] Full text...
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Rwanda: US plans cross-border warehousing for aid to drought-hit Southern Africa
02 august 2016 - 18:28:09Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - In response to the severe drought affecting nearly 23 million people in Southern Africa, the U.S. [...] Full text...
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Rwanda: US govt. steps up aid to support El Niño-battered regions in Southern Africa
02 august 2016 - 16:00:32Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - USAID Assistant Administrator for the Bureau of Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance (DCHA), David Harden, has [...] Full text...
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Zambia: Millions in southern Africa at risk, says humanitarian agencies
28 july 2016 - 13:45:51Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Humanitarian agencies in southern Africa have called on donors to release urgently needed funds to save [...] Full text...
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Kenya: FAO races against time to save drought-ravaged southern Africa
28 july 2016 - 13:31:37Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - With only a few weeks before land preparation begins for the next main cropping season, some [...] Full text...
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Botswana: SADC appeals for US$2.4bn support to face El Niño-induced drought
26 july 2016 - 19:00:02Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The Southern African Development Community (SADC) on Tuesday launched a Regional Appeal for Humanitarian and Recovery [...] Full text...
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Rwanda: WFP warns of El Niño-induced famine in Zimbabwe
25 july 2016 - 15:37:43Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The food situation in several regions across Zimbabwe remained grave and could deteriorate to a large-scale [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
UN: 'More support needed for millions in southern Africa hit by El Nino'
22 july 2016 - 19:58:30New York, US (PANA) - Wrapping up a visit to southern Africa, UN deputy humanitarian chief, Ms. Kyung-wha Kang, on [...] Full text...
thread Environment
UN: WMO says 2016 on track to record hottest year
21 july 2016 - 18:08:55New York, US (PANA) - Global temperatures for the first six months of this year reached new highs, setting 2016 [...] Full text...
thread Environment
UN: WFP offers food aid to 6.5 million people in Malawi affected by severe drought
21 july 2016 - 14:29:27New York, US (PANA) - UN World Food Programme (WFP) has launched what is set to become the largest ever [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
UN: UN chief urges scaled-up action to combat effects of El Nino
20 july 2016 - 05:38:51New York, US (PANA) - The lives and livelihoods of more than 60 millions people around the world have been [...] Full text...
thread Environment
UN: UN chief calls for scaling up HIV/AIDS global response mechanism
19 july 2016 - 06:16:24New York, US (PANA) - More than 18,000 global leaders, scientists, advocates, and front-line health workers gathered on Monday in [...] Full text...
thread Health
UN: UN chief tasks regional, international leaders on South Sudan
17 july 2016 - 06:41:18New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has stressed the need for concerted action by both regional and [...] Full text...
thread Politics
UN: UNICEF says 2015-2016 El Nino impacted negatively on children
08 july 2016 - 14:14:01New York, US (PANA) - A new report by the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Friday said that, while the [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Kenya: UN seeks to ramp up response to El-Nino dire impact
06 july 2016 - 13:59:36Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - More than 60 million people worldwide, 40 million of them in East and Southern Africa, are [...] Full text...
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UN: FAO says floods affecting pastoralists in Ethiopia
05 july 2016 - 18:10:45New York, US (PANA) - Floods across Ethiopia have severely impacted on livestock-dependent families, following more than 18 months of [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
Italy: UN agencies examine El Niño impacts in Africa, Asia/Pacific, gear up for La Niña
04 july 2016 - 14:18:34Rome, Italy (PANA) - The 2015-16 El Niño weather phenomenon has been one of the strongest and most widespread of [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
UN: DR Congo, Angola must be ‘in funding spotlight’ – UN humanitarian official
30 june 2016 - 05:50:37New York, US (PANA) - Following a visit to Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a senior [...] Full text...
thread Society
UN: UN relief chief spotlights need to bridge humanitarian-development divides
28 june 2016 - 21:17:17New York, US (PANA) - UN humanitarian chief, Mr. Stephen O'Brien on Tuesday stressed the need to transcend the divide [...] Full text...
thread Society
UN: UN officials urge solidarity, funding to meet growing humanitarian needs
28 june 2016 - 14:12:41New York, US (PANA) - UN officials on Tuesday stressed the need for the international community to act with urgency [...] Full text...
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UN: El Nino affecting 26.5 million children in Eastern, Southern Africa - UNICEF
27 june 2016 - 16:14:11New York, US (PANA) - One of the strongest El Nino events ever recorded has placed the lives of 26.5 [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Italy: Pope Francis hails FAO role in new Mediterranean migration initiative
24 june 2016 - 11:11:55Rome, Italy (PANA) - Pope Francis in a meeting on Thursday with FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva praised the [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
US: UN humanitarian wing, partners respond to 'unprecedented suffering' in 2015
22 june 2016 - 05:55:43New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has released its 2015 [...] Full text...
thread Society
Tanzania: Agriculture Development Partners visiting Dodoma region to meet with authorities, farmers
17 june 2016 - 15:51:48Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Representatives of 13 international development agencies working in agriculture and rural development in Tanzania [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
Botswana: Over 41.4 million require food assistance in SADC
15 june 2016 - 15:18:18Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Vulnerability Assessment Results released by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) has indicated that over 41.4 [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
UN: FAO says ongoing conflicts, droughts exacerbate food needs
02 june 2016 - 15:11:21New York, US (PANA) - A new report by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said drought linked to El [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
UN: WFP says 4.6 million Burundians facing food insecurity
01 june 2016 - 16:24:31New York, US (PANA) - Some 4.6 million people in Burundi are food insecure, with more than 500,000 of them [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
Italy: IFAD chief says G20 agriculture ministers face big challenge as global hunger increases
31 may 2016 - 10:20:28Rome, Italy (PANA) - With around 795 million hungry people in the world, and an additional 60 million needing food [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
Turkey: UN agencies launch programme on humanitarian responses to food crises
23 may 2016 - 12:59:37Istanbul, Turkey (PANA) - A new network to achieve joint global food-security assessments and joint responses to food crises, including [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
UN: WMO says April 2016 hottest month globally
20 may 2016 - 19:09:46New York, US (PANA) - Global temperature records were broken yet again in April for the 12th consecutive month, the [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Italy: 'Invest in long-term development' - IFAD message to World Humanitarian Summit
19 may 2016 - 17:29:25Rome, Italy (PANA) – With more than 60 million people across the world reeling from the drought caused by El [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
Tanzania: Tanzania: 'El Niño shows dire need for adaptation funds' - Oxfam
16 may 2016 - 09:47:12Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - With 2016 on track to be the hottest year ever and a super-charged El [...] Full text...
thread Environment
UN: UN official urges coherent global action to address El Nino weather impacts
13 may 2016 - 21:08:36New York, US (PANA) - The President of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), Mr. Oh Joon has stressed [...] Full text...
thread Environment
UN: New UN-backed report says climate change fuels internal displacement
12 may 2016 - 18:09:22New York, US (PANA) - Disasters associated with slow processes of environmental change, including drought, sea level rise and desertification [...] Full text...
thread Environment
UN: FAO says palm oil pushes global food prices up in April
05 may 2016 - 16:00:36New York, US (PANA) - Global prices of key staple food commodities rose in April, marking a third consecutive monthly [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
UN: FAO seeks US$10 million to help Ethiopian farmers with seeds
29 april 2016 - 15:28:08New York, US (PANA) - With just six weeks left before the start of the main cropping season in Ethiopia, [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
UN: UN relief chief tasks int'l community on weather-related humanitarian needs
26 april 2016 - 21:07:54New York, US (PANA) - With 60 million people across the world affected by droughts, floods and other extreme weather [...] Full text...
thread Environment
UN: UN Security Council expresses concern on security situation in Somalia
23 april 2016 - 14:23:52New York, US (PANA) - Expressing grave concern on the fragile security situation in Somalia, the UN Security Council has [...] Full text...
thread Society
Zambia: Civil society reacts to Paris Agreement signing ceremony in New York
22 april 2016 - 13:05:51Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - As representatives from more than 150 countries, including nearly 60 Heads of State, gather at the [...] Full text...
thread Environment
UN: UN agencies support drought-affected communities in northern Somalia
11 april 2016 - 15:59:30New York, US (PANA) - The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Food Programme (WFP) are intensifying joint efforts [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
UN: UN officials tasks partners on humanitarian challenges in Africa
09 april 2016 - 14:28:43New York, US (PANA) - Greater efforts in preparedness response, recovery and development interventions are needed from humanitarian actors for [...] Full text...
thread Society
Italy: FAO Food Price Index up slightly in March
07 april 2016 - 11:25:52Rome, Italy (PANA) - World cereal production in 2016 is set to amount to 2,521 million tonnes, just 0.2 percent [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
Rwanda: AfDB pledges US$549 million for Eastern and southern Africa drought
04 april 2016 - 09:17:11Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Fourteen countries that are mostly affected by the ongoing drought in Eastern and Southern Africa will [...] Full text...
thread Environment
US: USAID to provide US$68 million emergency food assistance to Sudan
03 april 2016 - 06:51:46Washington, D.C. US (PANA) - The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has announced it is providing nearly US$68 million [...] Full text...
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UN: UN, partners launch 90-day campaign to food relief in Ethiopia
24 march 2016 - 18:09:08New York, US (PANA) - The UN and humanitarian partners have launched a 90-day campaign to raise awareness about the [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
Malawi: High food prices, weak kwacha fuel inflation in Malawi
24 march 2016 - 09:15:50Lilongwe, Malawi (PANA) - An estimated 2.8 million people in Malawi remain at risk of food insecurity while the prolonged [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Switzerland: UN calls for urgent measures to cut carbon emissions
22 march 2016 - 07:48:15Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Earth is already one degree Celsius hotter than at the start of the 20th century, [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Malawi: Southern Africa urged to build internal capacity to push industrialization process
18 march 2016 - 13:49:46Lilongwe, Malawi (PANA) – A meeting of the Inter-Governmental Committee of Experts (ICE) of Southern Africa has called on countries [...] Full text...
thread Economy
UN: WFP expands food relief programme in Zimbabwe
17 march 2016 - 15:22:00New York, US (PANA) - The UN World Food Programme (WFP) on Thursday said it would not suspend relief operations [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
Switzerland: Zimbabwe facing worst malnutrition rates in 15 years – UNICEF
16 march 2016 - 06:02:17Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Zimbabwe is facing its worst malnutrition rates in 15 years, as nearly 33,000 children are in [...] Full text...
thread Society
Sudan: Sudan vows to purse new environment roadmap
16 march 2016 - 05:53:07Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese authorities have agreed to pursue a new environment roadmap, focusing on reducing the use of [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Zimbabwe: IMF mission urges action to reverse Zimbabwe's economic stress
09 march 2016 - 17:36:41Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe's economic difficulties have deepened and this southern Africa country cannot wait but needs to act [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Italy: Food security worsens in Southern Africa
09 march 2016 - 12:38:14Rome, Italy (PANA) - Thirty-four countries, 27 of them in Africa, are currently in need of external assistance for food [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
Italy: Ethiopian farmers need urgent assistance to feed country - FAO
07 march 2016 - 11:53:15Italy, Rome (PANA) - Timely agricultural assistance for the upcoming rainy season is essential to help the drought-affected people of [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
Tanzania: SADC urgently needs regional response to El Niño effects (Feature by Anaclet Rwegayura, PANA Editor)
29 february 2016 - 06:57:41Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The Southern African region is reeling under the El Niño-related impact of below normal [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Switzerland: 'El Niño may increase breeding grounds for mosquitoes spreading Zika'
26 february 2016 - 11:16:20Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The above-average rainfall caused by El Niño that is expected in parts of South America until [...] Full text...
thread Health
UN: El Niño passes 'peak' but impact to continue - WMO
18 february 2016 - 20:47:27New York, US (PANA) - The 2015-2016 El Niño, one of the strongest on record, has passed its peak, but [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Rwanda: Climate experts to assess impacts of El nino in the Great Horn of Africa
18 february 2016 - 18:48:51Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Representatives of meteorological services from 11 countries from Eastern and Horn of Africa will gather in [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Botswana: Government sends severe drought caution
18 february 2016 - 15:56:05Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana is likely to face the most severe drought ever faced in years, officials have said. Tshekedi [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
UN: UNICEF warns on El Nino's impact on children in eastern, southern Africa
17 february 2016 - 15:24:10New York, US (PANA) - Across eastern and southern Africa, millions of children are at risk from malnutrition, hunger, water [...] Full text...
thread Society
Nigeria: FAO, partners warn El Niño could have devastating impact on southern Africa's harvests, food security
13 february 2016 - 09:27:21Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Over the coming year, humanitarian partners should prepare for food insecurity levels as food insecure population [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
UN: UN report reveals devastating human toll in 2015 due to climate-related disasters
11 february 2016 - 18:10:44New York, US (PANA) - A new analysis issued on Thursday by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) said [...] Full text...
thread Environment
UN: El Nino causes lowest rainfall in Southern Africa - WFP
10 february 2016 - 15:37:22New York, US (PANA) - The UN World Food Programme (WFP) on Wednesday in its latest report said El Nino [...] Full text...
thread Environment
UN: UN report highlights food insecurity, malnutrition in Somalia
08 february 2016 - 17:44:58New York, US (PANA) - A new UN food security and nutrition assessment report on the situation in Somalia on Monday [...] Full text...
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UN: Senior UN official urges 'bold action' on humanitarian funding
04 february 2016 - 06:02:09New York, US (PANA) - Maintaining the United Nations momentum towards the first-ever World Humanitarian Summit – set for 23 [...] Full text...
thread Society
Ethiopia: Ban visits Ethiopia's drought-stricken Oromia Region
01 february 2016 - 05:51:04Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon on Sunday visited Ethiopia's drought-stricken region of Oromia where he witnessed [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Ethiopia: Ban calls on donors to step up assistance to Ethiopia
31 january 2016 - 16:46:55Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The international community must stand with the people of Ethiopia in their time of need, [...] Full text...
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UN: UN official says science is vital in managing disaster risk, promoting development
26 january 2016 - 19:58:38New York, US (PANA) - UN Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) Robert Glasser on Tuesday drew the attention of [...] Full text...
thread Sciences
UN: UN appeals for more resources to deal with drought in Ethiopia
26 january 2016 - 19:38:48New York, US (PANA) - Despite the well-coordinated response already underway to offset the impacts of an El Nino-induced drought [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
UN: UNICEF launches US$2.8 billion humanitarian appeal for children
26 january 2016 - 15:50:48New York, US (PANA) - The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Tuesday announced the launch of a US$2.8 billion appeal [...] Full text...
thread Society
Switzerland: ‘2015 is hottest year on record’ – UN weather agency
26 january 2016 - 05:24:21Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The global average surface temperature in 2015 broke all previous records by a strikingly wide margin, [...] Full text...
thread Environment
UN: WHO says El Nino threatens 60 million people in high-risk developing countries
22 january 2016 - 15:42:12New York, US (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) and its partners on Friday announced that they have predicted [...] Full text...
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UN: Funding shortfall threatens efforts to counter El Nino effects in southern Africa - WFP
18 january 2016 - 15:38:22New York, US (PANA) - With 14 million people facing hunger in Southern Africa as the El Nino weather pattern, [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Italy: FAO presents US$50 million emergency plan as Ethiopia faces worst drought in 30 years
15 january 2016 - 11:26:44Rome, Italy (PANA) - The strongest El Niño weather episode in the last several decades has caused repeated crop failure, [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
Zambia: WFP chief on official tour in Zambia
14 january 2016 - 17:34:26Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - UN World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Director Ertharin Cousin arrived here Thursday for a four-day official [...] Full text...
thread Society
UN: WHO says oral cholera vaccines to double to 6 million doses in 2016
08 january 2016 - 18:22:23New York, US (PANA) - Faced with a global shortage of oral cholera vaccines (OCV), the World Health Organization (WHO) [...] Full text...
thread Health
UN: El Niño has put world in 'uncharted territory,' UN relief chief says
08 january 2016 - 06:02:58New York, US (PANA) - The top UN relief official has urged the international community to act now to help [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Tanzania: Oxfam says weather, war put humanitarian system under unprecedented strain
30 december 2015 - 06:54:13Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The effects of a super El Niño are set to put the world’s humanitarian [...] Full text...
thread Environment
UN: 'Recent unusual weather worldwide calls for urgent preventive action' - UN official
29 december 2015 - 18:47:20New York, US (PANA) - Extreme tornadoes in the US over Christmas, abnormal snowfalls in Mexico, and heavy flooding in [...] Full text...
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Italy: El Niño lowers early production outlook in Southern Africa - FAO warns
22 december 2015 - 11:30:07Rome, Italy (PANA) - Crop and livestock production prospects in Southern Africa have been weakened by the El Niño weather [...] Full text...
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UN: UN agencies collaborate to help Sudan mitigate climate change
21 december 2015 - 19:11:26New York, US (PANA) - Two UN agencies on Monday announced a cooperation agreement to help Sudan manage its natural [...] Full text...
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Ethiopia: US provides support to avert Ethiopia food shortages
18 december 2015 - 14:31:28Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Ethiopia (PANA)- The U.S. on Friday announced US$88 million in assistance for Ethiopia to address an urgent [...] Full text...
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UN: UNICEF embarks on mass screening for malnutrition in Malawi
16 december 2015 - 16:03:24New York, US (PANA) - Following reports of increasing food shortage and hunger problem in Malawi coming from its communities [...] Full text...
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UN: UN rights chief warns of 'unfolding crisis' in Burundi
16 december 2015 - 05:49:22New York, US (PANA) - Amid the “deadly escalation” of violence in Burundi, the United Nations human rights chief on [...] Full text...
thread Politics
UN: UN officials urge support to Ethiopia to mitigate devastating drought
09 december 2015 - 13:41:56New York, US (PANA) - The UN has stepped up its efforts to mitigate the effects of the worst drought [...] Full text...
thread Environment
UN: UN launches largest ever humanitarian appeal at US$20.1 billion
07 december 2015 - 17:47:59Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Warning that global suffering has reached levels not seen in a generation, the United Nations [...] Full text...
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UN: FAO says food prices fall in November
03 december 2015 - 20:49:33New York, US (PANA) - November saw a decrease in major food commodity prices as the cost of most globally-traded [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
UN: UN emergency fund supports millions in countries affected by El Nino
02 december 2015 - 20:07:42New York, US (PANA) - Following the devastating impact of El Nino, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian [...] Full text...
thread Environment
UN: UN weather agency delivers 'bad news' for planet, cites record heat
25 november 2015 - 19:14:13New York, US (PANA) - In the last major report before world leaders meet in Paris to draft measures to [...] Full text...
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UN: FAO reports deepening food insecurity in Ethiopia
17 november 2015 - 17:38:29New vYork, US (PANA) - With Ethiopia experiencing its worst drought in decades the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has [...] Full text...
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Italy: FAO warns torrential rains, cyclones could favour locust surge
11 november 2015 - 11:33:26Rome, Italy (PANA) - Unusually heavy and widespread rains that fell recently in northwest Africa, the Horn of Africa and [...] Full text...
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