IMF, Comoros reach staff-level agreement on third review of ECF arrangement

16 november 2024 - 10:25:28
Moroni, Comoros (PANA) - Comorian authorities and International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff have reached a staff-level agreement on economic policies [...] Full text...

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Libya launches workshop on fuel distribution system and preventing fuel smuggling

10 july 2024 - 20:00:38
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity, Abdulhamid Al Dbaiba, the President of [...] Full text...

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Transforming sanitation in Benin: A tale of resilience and renewal -- World Bank Blog By Mariam Sou

20 november 2023 - 06:44:46
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - A new faecal sludge treatment plant in Sèmè-Kpodji, Benin, became operational in May 2023 and is [...] Full text...

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Congo sees marked improvement in access to bank loans

17 january 2020 - 10:20:15
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Congolese banks are increasingly participating in funding the economy through the ease of access to business loans, [...] Full text...

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Egypt tops EBRD investments in southern and eastern Mediterranean in 2019

16 january 2020 - 12:48:04
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - For the second year in a row, Egypt has topped the European Bank for Reconstruction and [...] Full text...

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At least two killed in attack in villages in northern Burkina Faso

07 july 2019 - 13:57:38
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA)  -  At least two people were killed in attacks in villages in the Sanmatenga district of [...] Full text...

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3,500 refugees express desire to voluntarily return to home countries

05 july 2019 - 20:29:00
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Three thousand five hundred Central African refugees located in South-Ubangi province, Democratic Republic of Congo [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Top Nigerian singer, UMG, seals recording deal

03 may 2019 - 13:23:23
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Universal Music Group (UMG), the world leader in music-based entertainment, Friday announced an exclusive global recording [...] Full text...

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Banks move smoothly at Abidjan Regional Securities Stock Exchange

11 april 2019 - 10:15:42
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) –  The indices of the Abidjan Regional Securities Stock Exchange (BRVM) experienced an opposite path during the [...] Full text...

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Cameroon to issue 7 billion CFA francs Treasury bills

21 january 2019 - 18:33:55
Yaoundé, Cameroon (PANA) - The Cameroonian Public Treasury will issue next Wednesday, by auctioning 26-week Assimilable Treasury Bills (BTA), worth [...] Full text...

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Guinea's bauxite mining boom threatens rights - HRW says

04 october 2018 - 11:52:08
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guinea’s fast-growing bauxite mining industry is threatening the livelihoods of thousands of Guineans, Human Rights Watch [...] Full text...

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Rights groups criticise Ivorian president amnesty for ' war crimes'

08 august 2018 - 07:30:16
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - Human rights groups have criticised Ivorian president Alassane Ouattara for granting an amnesty to some [...] Full text...

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AfDB to mobilize CFAF 15 billion to finance pay-as-you-go solar home systems in Africa

16 june 2018 - 04:56:37
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Because in very remote rural areas of some African countries, access to electricity for low-income [...] Full text...

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AfDB launches new civil society committee

23 may 2018 - 06:58:15
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Focusing on "Engaging Civil Society to Accelerate Africa's Industrialization", the 2018 Civil Society Forum organised [...] Full text...

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AfDB announces Senior Management appointments

05 march 2018 - 14:06:11
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, has announced the following [...] Full text...

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Benin: BOAD lends 10 billion CFA to SGB bank of Bénin

17 september 2017 - 14:08:20
Cotonou, Bénin(PANA) - The West African Development Bank (BOAD) will lend 10 billion CFA Francs to Société générale Bank of [...] Full text...

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Mauritius: Mauritius to channel investment into Africa through Mauritius-Africa Fund

17 july 2017 - 10:55:06
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius aims at positioning itself as a secure platform with a strong value proposition for channeling [...] Full text...

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Gambia: Gambia to finalize energy deal with Senegal

10 july 2017 - 14:05:04
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The governments of the Gambia and Senegal are at an advanced stage in finalizing a memorandum [...] Full text...

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Cote d'Ivoire: AfDB approves €5m equity investment to support small businesses

08 june 2017 - 16:40:53
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has approved a €5 [...] Full text...

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UN: Global banks, UN set standards for sustainable development

31 january 2017 - 17:15:39
New York, US (PANA) - Nearly 20 leading global banks and investors, totalling US$6.6 trillion in assets, have launched a [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Kenya oil distributor begins charm offensive in Rwanda

25 january 2017 - 09:24:05
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) has devised a new strategy which will significantly boost Kenya’s chances of [...] Full text...

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Senegal: Greenpeace says DR Congo secretly breached logging moratorium

13 july 2016 - 15:33:25
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The environment campaign group, Greenpeace Africa, has revealed that the DR Congo government has secretly breached [...] Full text...

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Senegal: Greenpeace says Africa’s forests under threat

25 february 2016 - 15:15:36
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Greenpeace International Thursday said Africa’s forests are under threat as Socfin Company’s expansion plans in a [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Buhari orders probe of some retired, serving army, air force generals over arms purchase scam

15 january 2016 - 15:05:09
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - On the recommendation of the committee established to audit the procurement of arms and equipment in [...] Full text...

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Mauritius: Mauritian financial giants acquire Ivorian company

31 december 2015 - 13:27:16
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The MCB Equity Fund, a large Mauritian financial services conglomerate, along with the Duet Private [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: President Buhari orders arrest of indicted persons over fraudulent financial deals in arms procurement

17 november 2015 - 21:27:19
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari, has ordered relevant security organizations to arrest and bring to book, all [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Côte d'Ivoire becomes 11th member of Africa Finance Corporation

19 october 2015 - 11:06:46
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Côte d'Ivoire has become the 11th member of Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), an international finance institution [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Senegalese IAAF Consultant wants probe of allegations against him fast-tracked

11 july 2015 - 15:50:04
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Papa Massata Diack, a Marketing Consultant to IAAF, has appealed to the world athletics governing body [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Swearing in of new EC chairperson, IMF verdict reported in Ghana

04 july 2015 - 06:20:31
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The Ghanaian media this week highlighted a variety of stories including the swearing in of the [...] Full text...

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Mauritania: Kosmos Energy announces gas discovery off Mauritanian coast

27 april 2015 - 21:37:08
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – An American energy company, Kosmos Energy, on Monday announced it has made huge discoveries of gas [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Amnesty International urges DRC to release human rights activists held in Kinshasa

30 march 2015 - 16:54:44
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Amnesty International on Monday launched a new campaign for the release of Congolese youth human rights [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: IMF team concludes talks on Burkina's economic, financial support programme

19 march 2015 - 20:41:58
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - In spite of a difficult economic environment, the transition government in Burkina Faso is [...] Full text...

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Cote d'Ivoire:Trading slightly upbeat at West African bourse

11 february 2015 - 10:48:38
Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA) - Trading at the West African regional stock exchange, BRVM, ended Tuesday on a 0.08% rise, [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: East African Court allows NGOs to take part in Burundi Journalists Association case

18 august 2014 - 20:35:23
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The First Instance Division of the East African Court of Justice on Monday allowed [...] Full text...

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Cameroon: Govovernment issues 10 billion FCFA treasury bonds

12 august 2014 - 17:08:26
Yaoundé, Cameroon (PANA) - The government of Cameroon is due to issue Wednesday Treasury bonds worth 10 billion FCFA (1 [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: Tanzania, Algeria to set joint ventures for energy development, transmission

11 july 2014 - 15:53:35
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – In a bid to enhance energy access by consumers, Tanzania said Friday it has [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: ECOWAS fast tracking regional integration through free movement

15 march 2014 - 13:57:04
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Commission has said it is irrevocably committed to facilitating regional integration through effective implementation [...] Full text...

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Media watchdog says Burkina Faso newspaper faces FCFA 1 million suit

16 december 2013 - 20:27:17
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Accra-based sub-regional media watchdog, Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), on Monday said a newspaper [...] Full text...

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Brouhaha over oil drill ship sale, WC trophy, Zuma visit reported in Ghana

30 november 2013 - 07:03:55
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The controversial sale of an oil drill ship in 2001, the tour of Ghana of the [...] Full text...

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African Guarantee Fund, partner banks to finance SMEs in Cameroon

31 october 2013 - 14:13:34
Yaounde, Cameroon (PANA) - The African Guarantee Fund (AGF) on Thursday signed a protocol agreement, worth US$ 100 million, with [...] Full text...

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Aggreko to provide 20 MW power to Chad

29 october 2013 - 18:15:05
Ndjamena, Chad (PANA) - International power company, Aggreko, which provides temporary power and temperature control services, has signed contracts with [...] Full text...

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Missing documents on sale of drill ship, football highlighted by Ghana media

21 september 2013 - 07:28:47
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The frantic search for documents on the sale of an oil drill ship, the pairing for [...] Full text...

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Ghana Cocoa Board secures US$2 bn to purchase cocoa

23 september 2011 - 14:51:13
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The state-owned Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has secured a loan US$ 2 billion to purchase cocoa [...] Full text...

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Casablanca Stock Exchange closes low

04 may 2011 - 17:41:25
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The Casablanca Stock Exchange closed lower Wednesday with the regression of both MASI (Moroccan All Shares [...] Full text...

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Abidjan banks open for business after intra-country war

28 april 2011 - 18:00:10
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - After months of forced closure following the political quagmire across Cote d'Ivoire, banks in capital, [...] Full text...

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Paris rejects nationalisation of two French banks by Gbagbo

18 february 2011 - 21:05:19
Paris, France (PANA) – The decision of Ivorian incumbent president Laurent Gbagbo to nationalise the Ivorian subsidiaries of two French [...] Full text...

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Paris blames Gbagbo for closure of French banks in Cote d’Ivoire

17 february 2011 - 19:34:59
Paris, France (PANA) - The temporary closure of French bank branches in Cote d'Ivoire are the consequence of the refusal [...] Full text...

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Society General suspends activities in Cote d'Ivoire

17 february 2011 - 11:29:15
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Société Générale de Banques in Côte d'Ivoire (SGBCI), a subsidiary of the French bank Societe [...] Full text...

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SITA, LoyaltyPlus to simplify frequent flyer programmes

01 march 2010 - 15:27:00
Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- In a move to provide airlines of all sizes with the ability to have [...] Full text...

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Niger investigates fire in Niamey's Grand Marché

29 may 2009 - 23:21:00
Niamey- Niger (PANA)- – The Niger government on Friday announced an enquiry into a fire that gutted Niamey’s Grand Marché [...] Full text...

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JAC FC qualifies for 8th finals of CAF Cup

06 april 2009 - 13:10:00
Abidjan- Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) -- Jeunesse Club of Abidjan on Sunday qualified for the 8th finals of the CAF Confederation [...] Full text...

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