Why pastoralism matters more than ever for the Sahel and West Africa’s future: World Bank open editorial by Mohamed Ould El-Ghazaouani, President of Mauritania, Mahamat Idriss Déby, President of Chad and Ousmane Diagana, World Bank Vice-President for West and Central Africa

07 november 2024 - 09:12:09
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Today, more than ever, we must turn our attention to pastoralism across the Sahel and West [...] Full text...

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Despite sanctions, climate shocks - Mali’s economy showed signs of resilience: World Bank

27 july 2023 - 08:33:20
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali’s economy showed signs of resilience despite Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) sanctions, high [...] Full text...

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WB grants $70 million for water, agriculture, livestock, and environmental services delivery in Somalia

16 december 2022 - 10:17:59
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - The World Bank has approved a $70 million International Development Association (IDA) grant to develop resilient [...] Full text...

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UN warns of worsening conflict, displacement in Sahel without immediate climate action

16 november 2022 - 12:38:35
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Without urgent investment in climate mitigation and adaptation, countries in the Sahel risk decades of armed [...] Full text...

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Sahel: food crisis exacerbated by conflict to worsen during hunger season

12 may 2022 - 20:49:41
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - More than 10.5 million people in Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger and Mauritania are at risk [...] Full text...

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IFAD, GCF scale-up action to improve life for millions, restore ecosystems in Africa’s Great Green Wall

11 january 2021 - 14:07:20
Paris, France (PANA) – Millions of poor farmers living in the world’s most climate-impacted parts of the Sahel have cause [...] Full text...

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Forum on peaceful transborder migration of livestock in the ECOWAS region opens in Niamey

03 march 2020 - 14:07:05
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - A forum on responsible and peaceful transhumance in  the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) [...] Full text...

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Belgium gives 462,000 euros to aid fight against locusts in Africa

03 march 2020 - 11:54:42
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - Belgium has released 462,000 euros to support the fight against locusts that have invaded several countries [...] Full text...

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Mali’s President calls for solidarity as food crisis escalates across Sahel

11 february 2020 - 15:42:36
Rome, Italy (PANA) - Against a backdrop of an escalating security crisis where 4.3 million women, men and children are [...] Full text...

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IFAD, Ethiopia seal climate change shocks mitigating deal

19 november 2019 - 17:03:56
Rome, Italy (PANA) - Ethiopia and the International Fund for Agriculture have sealed a deal that help most vulnerable people [...] Full text...

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IFAD, Ethiopia sign deal to help families adapt to climate shocks

19 november 2019 - 15:54:59
Rome, Italy (PANA) - Half a million of Ethiopia’s most vulnerable families are set to benefit from a new US$451 [...] Full text...

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‘Regional security and integration’ in Central Africa under threat, Security Council warned

05 june 2019 - 04:29:52
New York, US (PANA) - Recurrent and often deadly clashes between pastoralists and farmers in several countries in Central Africa [...] Full text...

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Niger to develop, strengthen climate partnership – official

10 march 2019 - 19:52:15
Niamey, Niger (PANA) – Niger intends to develop and strengthen its climate partnership programme to enable it to implement its [...] Full text...

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UN agriculture agency teaches techniques to combat drought in Kenya

21 november 2018 - 22:25:15
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - To strengthen resilience in the Horn of Africa against natural hazards like drought, which can lead [...] Full text...

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Nouakchott to host Conference of G5 Sahel presidents on 6 December

12 november 2018 - 14:49:32
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The Mauritanian capital, Nouakchott, will host a conference of heads of State of the G5 Sahel, [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian Premier names cabinet after overhauling Executive

16 october 2018 - 14:56:11
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Ethiopian Parliament on Tuesday approved a bill re-organizing the Cabinet and witnessed the swearing [...] Full text...

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Fragile countries risk being ‘stuck in a cycle of conflict, climate disaster,’ Security Council told

12 july 2018 - 06:36:31
New York, US (PANA) - Climate change ­– and the shortages of water and food that come from it – [...] Full text...

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Italy: AU, FAO seek to boost joint efforts to end hunger in Africa

14 june 2017 - 13:51:55
Rome, Italy (PANA) - The African Union (AU) and UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) will seek to step up [...] Full text...

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UN: UN officials stress need to boost agricultural productivity

16 october 2016 - 16:56:13
New York, US (PANA) - To mark World Food Day 2016, the UN is highlighting the close links between climate [...] Full text...

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UN: UN provides emergency funds for tens of thousands displaced by Boko Haram violence

09 january 2016 - 05:48:50
New York, US (PANA) - With nearly 200,000 people in Chad in need of urgent aid – 50,000 of them [...] Full text...

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Kenya: FAO, EU launch platform to raise pastoralists' voice

27 april 2015 - 17:00:12
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Millions of pastoralists will benefit from a new online knowledge hub intended to help them raise [...] Full text...

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Kenya: World Bank cushions East African pastoralists against climate change

20 march 2014 - 22:15:43
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The World Bank has approved US$122 million to target nearly 22 million pastoralists in the Horn [...] Full text...

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UN chief, World Bank President to jointly visit Sahel region

01 november 2013 - 19:35:27
New York, US (PANA) – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, and the World Bank Group President, Jim Yong Kim on Friday [...] Full text...

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'Policy narratives limit climate resilience in world’s dry regions'

19 april 2013 - 11:46:23
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Partial narratives that underpin policy making prevent people in arid regions from fulfilling their potential [...] Full text...

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African activists criticise developed nations on Copenhagen Accord

01 december 2012 - 08:38:07
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - African climate change activists attending the 18th Conference of Parties (COP18) of the UN [...] Full text...

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20 new Biosphere Reserves added to UNESCO’s MAB programme

11 july 2012 - 17:49:24
Paris, France (PANA) - The International Coordinating Council of UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB), meeting in Paris from [...] Full text...

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Kenyan PM urges UN Climate talks to agree on funding plan

30 november 2011 - 16:09:37
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga said the UN Climate talks in Durban, South Africa, must agree [...] Full text...

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UN calls for more help for drought victims in Horn of Africa

29 july 2011 - 20:11:48
New York, US (PANA) - The UN on Friday appealed for a further US$1.4 billion to save the lives of [...] Full text...

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African livestock can triumph in the face of climate change

08 february 2010 - 07:54:00
Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- Africaâ?s livestock producers are proving resi lient to climate change and generating huge economic [...] Full text...

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Torrential rains kill 30 as dozens go missing in Kenya

04 january 2010 - 11:12:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenyan police have confirmed the death of 30 people due to flooding in Nyanza, Rift Valley [...] Full text...

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