Tunisians vote Sunday for second round of legislative elections
29 january 2023 - 16:40:30Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian voters went to the polls on Sunday for a second round of early parliamentary elections [...] Full text...
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Women’s Group launch of platform to monitor violence against women during elections in Libya
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US provides $100 billion to save more than 25 million lives in AIDS relief programme
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Etienne Ndayiragije appointed new coach of Burundi national football teams
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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian voters went to the polls on Sunday for a second round of early parliamentary elections [...] Full text...
Tunisians go to the polls to elect new parliament
17 december 2022 - 14:34:06Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisians are voting on Saturday in legislative elections boycotted by most political parties in protest against [...] Full text...
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EBRD lends US$ 40 million to global yeast manufacturer Angel Yeast Egypt
15 december 2022 - 12:44:33Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - In supporting Egypt’s agribusiness, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) announced on Thursday it [...] Full text...
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Tuniaians hold legislative elections on 17 December in climate of uncertainty
13 december 2022 - 14:23:47Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia is preparing to elect a new parliament on Saturday to replace the one dissolved about [...] Full text...
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Kenyan technology start-up boosts e-commerce in agroprocessing industry
25 november 2022 - 10:57:19Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - When Peter Njonjo, a former employee of a multinational company, set out to create Twiga Foods [...] Full text...
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WFP welcomes €5.8 million from the European Union to support Sahrawi refugees in Algeria
22 november 2022 - 05:49:39Algiers, Algeria (PANA) – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a €5.8 million (US$ 6 million) humanitarian [...] Full text...
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Mauritius to produce 235,000 tonnes of sugar in 2022
12 november 2022 - 09:40:40Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritius Chamber of Agriculture has estimated that sugar production should reach 235,000 tons this year [...] Full text...
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Global food imports on track to reach all-time high: FAO
11 november 2022 - 17:07:37Rome Italy (PANA) - Food import costs globally are projected to reach nearly $2 trillion this year, or higher than [...] Full text...
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Mauritius' sugar production to decrease by 6.2% in 2022
25 september 2022 - 06:54:14Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritius Chamber of Agriculture said on Saturday that the production of sugar for the crop [...] Full text...
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WFP welcomes Japan's contribution to support refugees in Tanzania
06 september 2022 - 06:02:24Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on Monday welcomed a US$500,000 contribution from [...] Full text...
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World food prices drop for fifth consecutive month: FAO
03 september 2022 - 05:10:36Rome, Italy (PANA) - World food prices have fallen for a fifth consecutive month but are still nearly eight per [...] Full text...
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World sees major fall in food prices for July, but future supply worries remain: FAO
05 august 2022 - 11:14:19Rome, Italy (PANA) - Food prices dropped significantly in July, marking the fifth consecutive monthly decline since hitting record highs [...] Full text...
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Mauritius produces 12.3% of energy supply from local renewable sources
30 july 2022 - 09:35:43Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius produced 12.3 per cent of its energy supply from locally renewable sources, namely hydro, wind, [...] Full text...
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AfDB grants US$5 million to Burundi for food security
18 july 2022 - 12:48:20Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The African Development Bank's (AfDB) recent US$5 million food security grant to Burundi comes at a [...] Full text...
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Burundi to produce 18,000 tonnes of sugar this year
14 july 2022 - 16:41:24Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The Société sucrière du Moso (Moso sugar company) (SOSUMO), based in southern Burundi, announced on Thursday [...] Full text...
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Mandela's famous boxing belt is stolen
13 july 2022 - 10:31:40Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Police have confirmed that a valuable boxing belt owned by former South African President [...] Full text...
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UN Report: Global hunger numbers rose to as many as 828 million in 2021
06 july 2022 - 16:49:55Rome/New York, UN (PANA) - The latest State of Food Security and Nutrition report shows the world is moving backwards [...] Full text...
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IMF staff team notes resilience in Guinea's mining sector
11 june 2022 - 08:18:19Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - An International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff team has completed a week-long visit to Guinea, observing that [...] Full text...
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Mauritius to produce 250,000 tons of sugar this year
10 june 2022 - 07:25:51Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritius Chamber of Agriculture has estimated the island's sugar production at 250,000 tonnes, with harvest [...] Full text...
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World’s most vulnerable now paying even more, for less food: FAO
10 june 2022 - 04:50:23Rome, Italy (PANA) - Countries are expected to spend a staggering $1.8 trillion importing food they need this year. This would be a [...] Full text...
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Coal was primary energy source in 2021 in Mauritius
08 june 2022 - 07:25:32Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Coal, with a share of 33%, in Mauritius remained the total primary energy requirement in 2021. This [...] Full text...
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Sahel to experience wet rainy season this year
27 april 2022 - 11:12:03Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - A wet 2022 rainy season is expected in the Sahel, the Permanent Inter-State Committee for [...] Full text...
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Joint Burkina Faso, Niger military operation 'neutralises 100 terrorists'
26 april 2022 - 05:57:55Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - About 100 terrorists were "neutralised" in an operation conducted from 2 to 25 April by [...] Full text...
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Over one million African children receive world's first malaria vaccine
25 april 2022 - 10:55:29Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As World Malaria Day is marked on Monday, the UN World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced [...] Full text...
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Libyan authorities arrest importers of fake sugar
05 april 2022 - 13:40:38Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Those responsible for the importation of 300 tons of sugar, unfit for consumption, into Libya have [...] Full text...
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Tunisians demonstrate to demand return to democratic process
20 march 2022 - 16:48:02Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Thousands of Tunisians on Sunday turned up for a demonstration in Tunis to denounce the seizure [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso to play Kosovo, Belgium in friendly football matches later this month
18 march 2022 - 11:42:59Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Oscar Barro, the interim coach of Burkina Faso's senior national football team, the Stallions, on Thursday unveiled [...] Full text...
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Food Price Index hit record high in February, says FAO
05 march 2022 - 05:28:04Rome, Italy (PANA) - Global food prices reached an all-time high in February, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported [...] Full text...
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Obesity rising in Africa, says WHO
04 march 2022 - 05:24:08Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – One in five adults and one in 10 children and teenagers are projected to be obese by [...] Full text...
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Two UN agencies launch new initiative to improve nutrition standards for school meals
22 february 2022 - 05:53:54Rome, Italy (PANA) - A new project launched on Monday by two UN agencies aims to improve the diet of [...] Full text...
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Mauritius to import vegetables post-cyclone
05 february 2022 - 07:45:10Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian government, at its weekly cabinet meeting on Friday, announced that the Agricultural Marketing Board [...] Full text...
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Mauritius, Tanzania sign agreement on collaboration
25 january 2022 - 06:59:58Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius and Tanzania on Monday an agreement aimed at enhancing collaboration between them in traditional [...] Full text...
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Global food prices rose ‘sharply’ during 2021: FAO
06 january 2022 - 17:00:33Rome, Italy (PANA) - The UN’s benchmark food and commodity prices index rose sharply on average through 2021, compared with [...] Full text...
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Burundian Minister of Trade, Industry and Tourism dismissed
19 november 2021 - 11:51:26Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The Burundian Minister of Commerce, Transport, Industry and Tourism, Ms. Capitoline Nyyonzima, has been dismissed for [...] Full text...
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Malian government to subsidize some basic necessities to ease price hike
12 november 2021 - 20:13:25Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian government has decided to subsidize certain consumer products, notably rice, sugar and cooking oil, [...] Full text...
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Mauritius to produce 250,000 tons of sugar this year
11 november 2021 - 14:19:12Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritius Chamber of Agriculture estimated on Thursday that sugar production for the 2021 harvest should [...] Full text...
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Ethiopia amends tariffs on imports to beef up domestic producers’ competitiveness
19 october 2021 - 08:29:46Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Ethiopia has unveiled a major revision of Tariffs on Imported Goods aspiring to enhance the [...] Full text...
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IFPRI launches Food Policy Report on climate-resilient strategies in Egypt
30 september 2021 - 19:50:10Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Without significant climate change adaption measures, climate change-induced biophysical crop stress could lead to a 10% reduction [...] Full text...
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Mauritius to produce 270,000 tons of sugar in 2021
27 september 2021 - 07:31:24Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius will produce 270,000 tons of sugar in 2021, down 0.3% as compared to 270,875 tons [...] Full text...
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Energy supply in Mauritius from local renewable sources slumps by 13.3 % in 2020
29 july 2021 - 09:04:48Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Statistics Mauritius said on Wednesday that in 2020, some 13.3% of energy used in the [...] Full text...
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Children, young people must be at centre of food systems transformation – UNICEF, FAO
27 july 2021 - 15:23:02Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A transformation of the food system that listens to the voices of children and young people, [...] Full text...
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Civil unrest turns South Africa’s food and agricultural sector upside down
21 july 2021 - 13:51:32Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - While specific costs and implications of the recent South African civil unrest to the food [...] Full text...
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Simba crowned Tanzanian League champions
14 july 2021 - 19:29:51Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Simba SC edged Coastal Union of Tanga 2-0 on Sunday night at Benjamin Mkapa [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus pandemic year marked by spike in world hunger – UN report
12 july 2021 - 15:43:29Rome, Italy (PANA) – There was a dramatic worsening of world hunger in 2020, the United Nations said on Monday, [...] Full text...
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Mauritius: Sugar production estimated at 270,000 tonnes this year
10 july 2021 - 08:18:00Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritius Chamber of Agriculture has estimated sugar production for 2021 at around 270,000 tonnes based [...] Full text...
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Mauritius to safeguard biodiversity in vulnerable ecosystems
01 july 2021 - 08:37:32Port-Louis Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius has received US$4 million from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), under the Global Environment [...] Full text...
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DR Congo to reduce dependence on imports
12 june 2021 - 14:06:04Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The Congolese Minister of Foreign Trade, Jean-Lucien Bussa, has unveiled economic plans to enable DR [...] Full text...
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Energy production from local renewable sources fell by 13.7% in 2020: Statistics Mauritius
09 june 2021 - 07:26:36Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Statistics Mauritius on Wednesday reported that total energy production from local renewable sources in Mauritius [...] Full text...
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Paulsen reveals Tanzania squad for Malawi friendly
31 may 2021 - 08:06:55Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Coach Kim Paulsen has revealed his 27-man squad for an International FIFA friendly match [...] Full text...
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Sugar producer unveils $238.5 million investment in Tanzania’s industry expansion
20 may 2021 - 07:07:10Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Kilombero Sugar Company (KSC) has announced a new investment of $238.5 million (Tsh 571.6 [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Rising food price inflation in South Africa causes concern for consumers
18 may 2021 - 11:32:42Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - Continued sharp increases in food price inflation from 3.4 percent in 2019, to 4.6 percent [...] Full text...
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Nigeria struggles to attain self-sufficiency in sugar production
11 may 2021 - 10:41:32Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria’s sugar industry is facing serious challenges despite efforts by the government to create self-sufficiency in [...] Full text...
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Improved agronomic practices, favourable weather raise Kenya’s sugar output
07 may 2021 - 06:37:21Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya’s sugar production is expected to increase in marketing year 2021/22 due to good weather, better [...] Full text...
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African Union proposes industrial scale agro-processing to boost trade
21 april 2021 - 14:24:21Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union plans to facilitate supply chain improvements in Africa through the construction of [...] Full text...
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New global compact aims to drive down diabetes deaths, boost insulin access
15 april 2021 - 05:50:12Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Increasing access to affordable insulin is among the objectives of the new Global Diabetes Compact launched on [...] Full text...
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AFCON qualifiers: Harambee Stars enter camp ahead of Egypt, Togo qualifiers
22 march 2021 - 21:35:00Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Kenya National team, Harambee Stars, went into residential camp on Sunday, March 21, 2021, ahead [...] Full text...
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Mauritius' sugar production down by 18.2% in 2020
17 march 2021 - 08:06:15Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Sugar production in Mauritius went down by 18.2% from 331,105 tonnes in 2019 to 270,875 tonnes [...] Full text...
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Mauritius, India to boost economic cooperation
20 february 2021 - 07:21:46Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius and India will boost their economic cooperation next week with the signing of a Comprehensive [...] Full text...
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Mauritian Commerce Minister resigns over corruption allegation
11 february 2021 - 07:04:32Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Minister of Commerce Yogida Sawmynaden resigned from his post on Wednesday evening following allegations of [...] Full text...
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Government moves to curb soaring prices of basic necessities in Mali
26 january 2021 - 13:28:35Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Faced with rising prices of staple foods, due in part to the health crisis caused by [...] Full text...
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UK, Eastern and Southern Africa EPA goes into force
04 january 2021 - 07:52:56Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius and the United Kingdom (UK) will, henceforth, trade under the United Kingdom (UK)- Eastern and [...] Full text...
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Mauritius, China Free Trade Agreement enters into force on 1 January 2021
29 december 2020 - 10:35:05Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Mauritius and China signed in October 2019 in Beijing will [...] Full text...
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Mauritian Minister of Commerce in court for abuse of authority
29 december 2020 - 10:15:26Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Minister of Commerce, Yogida Sawmynaden, is being prosecuted for abuse of authority before a [...] Full text...
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Kenya passes law demanding 50% payment of intl tea auction price to local growers
23 december 2020 - 19:35:35Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has signed a new bill passed in Parliament into law, paving the [...] Full text...
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Global food commodity prices rose to a nearly six-year high in November - FAO
03 december 2020 - 14:21:22Rome, Italy (PANA) - Global food commodity prices rose sharply in November to their highest level in nearly six years, [...] Full text...
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Nearly 1:5 COVID-19 deaths in the African region linked to diabetes, says WHO
15 november 2020 - 10:12:59Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – The World Health Organization (WHO) says that 18.3% of COVID-19 deaths in the African region are among [...] Full text...
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The 3rd Burundi Industrial Fair scheduled for 17-19 November
13 november 2020 - 21:06:44Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The Third Industrial Fair will be organized from 17-19 November at the “Club du Lac Tanganyika”, [...] Full text...
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‘Gambia continues to remain vigilant to prevent, contain and manage spread of virus’- Jallow
13 november 2020 - 20:19:09Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – Gambia’s Attorney General and Minister of Justice Dawda A. Jallow said here Friday that the West [...] Full text...
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Kenyan leaders drum up support for constitutional change movement
22 october 2020 - 23:05:28Kisumu, Kenya (PANA) – Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has embarked on a campaign to rally citizens in western Kenya to [...] Full text...
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Continued research key as Africa moves to implement game-changing AfCFTA
20 october 2020 - 17:56:31Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Thorough research and continuous interaction between researchers and policy makers is crucial to ensure the [...] Full text...
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New technology helps citrus farmers in South Africa to increase harvest yields
19 october 2020 - 13:04:41Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - A new technology is set to give the local citrus industry a boost to cement [...] Full text...
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Prices of several staples up to multi-month highs in September – FAO report
08 october 2020 - 12:51:27Rome, Italy (PANA) - While new forecasts for global cereal output, utilisation, stocks and trade all point to well-supplied markets, [...] Full text...
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CAF with a rundown of African football leagues last weekend
05 october 2020 - 18:26:24Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - CAFonline.com gives a summary of African football league action over the weekend. Egypt - South African Pitso Mosimane [...] Full text...
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Tanzania name 25 players for Burundi friendly
04 october 2020 - 19:52:03Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Tanzania coach, Ettiene Ndayiragije has named 25 players to join the squad ahead of [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: UNHCR, WFP jointly tackle food rising needs in Libya
22 september 2020 - 12:58:16Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) are expanding their [...] Full text...
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Mauritius: Sugar production estimated to decline this year
08 september 2020 - 16:49:49Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritius Chamber of Agriculture on Tuesday estimated that sugar production this year would be around [...] Full text...
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Mauritanian media highlight bad weather as floods hit regions
05 september 2020 - 16:04:06Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA - The enormous human and material damage due to torrential rains and flooding in Mauritania drew the [...] Full text...
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Coal was the main fuel used to produce electricity in Mauritius in 2019: Statistics Mauritius
30 july 2020 - 09:58:13Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Statistics Mauritius on Thursday released the official statistics regarding the environment of the island, indicating [...] Full text...
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Tanzania soccer body takes disciplinary measures against sacked ‘racist’ coach
27 july 2020 - 18:42:58Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The Tanzania Football Federation (TFF) said on Monday it will take stern disciplinary measures [...] Full text...
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Tanzanian football club fires Belgian coach after calling fans 'monkeys'
27 july 2020 - 15:40:06Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Tanzania's Young Africans SC has fired Belgian coach Luc Eymael for racist remarks, allegedly made last [...] Full text...
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Curtain falls on Tanzania’s Vodacom Premier League as players honour departed former president
26 july 2020 - 14:09:54Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, (PANA) - The curtain falls on Tanzania’s Vodacom Premier League (VPL) 2019/20 season on Sunday when [...] Full text...
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Simba SC, Young Africans meet in East Africa’s biggest derby on Sunday
09 july 2020 - 17:27:19Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Newly-crowned champions of Tanzania’s Vodacom Premier League (VPL), Simba SC, are set to meet [...] Full text...
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Covid-19: Pandemic makes Mauritians aware of food security, self-sufficiency
09 july 2020 - 11:08:10Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Agro-Industry and Food Security minister Maneesh Gobin said on Tuesday that the Covid-19 pandemic [...] Full text...
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Mauritius: Economy to be severely impacted in 2020 because of Covid-19
26 june 2020 - 14:23:35Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Statistics Mauritius on Friday said that Mauritius being a very open economy will be severely [...] Full text...
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COVID-19: Guinea sets aside 9 billion CFAF for phase 2 of the fight against coronavirus
24 june 2020 - 15:34:12Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guinean Prime Minister Ibrahima Kassory Fofana announced on Tuesday that the government would release, for the [...] Full text...
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COVID-19: Algeria donates 90 tons of farm produce to Mali's central and northern regions
24 june 2020 - 15:18:33Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Algeria has donated to Mali nearly 90 tons of food and various products destined for the [...] Full text...
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As climate change ravages Southern Africa, two Zimbabwean farmers turn to drone irrigation (Feature by Tatira Zwinoira)
16 june 2020 - 17:48:43Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Nathan Zecks Mazvazva, aged 25, remembers standing in the center of his 15-acre sugar cane field [...] Full text...
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Mauritius to develop five-year strategic plan for the health sector
10 june 2020 - 08:11:57Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Health and Wellness Minister, Dr Kailesh Jagutpal, on Tuesday said that a five-year strategic [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso: 60,000 displaced persons receive ICRC assistance
28 may 2020 - 15:50:42Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), with the support of volunteers from the [...] Full text...
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President Barrow extends state of public emergency for 21 days
19 may 2020 - 21:10:46Banjul, Gambia(PANA) - President Adama Barraw Tuesday extended The Gambia’s state of public emergency for 21 days in accordance with [...] Full text...
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South African football legend passes on at 81
06 may 2020 - 16:09:35Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Tributes are pouring in for South African football legend Sugar Ray Xulu who has [...] Full text...
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COVID-19: European Union supports WFP food assistance in refugee camps in Algeria
29 april 2020 - 15:20:23Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - The UN World Food Programme (WFP) on Wednesday welcomed a contribution of €5.3 million (US$ 6 [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: New investigation suggests Zimbabwe’s police, municipal officers enforcing COVID-19 lockdown are stealing grocery items
26 april 2020 - 16:22:39Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Local accountability trust, Tutuma Zimbabwe, has completed an investigation showing some of Zimbabwe’s police and municipal [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: 3,000 poor families in Congo get 87 million CFA francs to deal with COVID-19 consequences
23 april 2020 - 13:11:05Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Burotop Iris Foundation, in partnership with Vival and MBTP, has initiated a plan, called "Covid-19 [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Zimbabwe VP orders retailers to slash prices amid COVID-19 lockdown
22 april 2020 - 16:19:14Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe Vice President Kembo Mohadi has issued a price moratorium ordering retailers to revert to the [...] Full text...
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Customs officials seize large quantity of contraband in southern Senegal
22 april 2020 - 12:43:41Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - Senegalese customs on Tuesday seized a large quantity of contraband in the Sindian area, south of [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Niger launches moderate-price grain sales operation for the benefit of vulnerable people
14 april 2020 - 17:03:35Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The Nigerien authorities in charge of trade on Tuesday launched the 2020 edition of the sale, [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Zimbabweans ignore social distancing in search of basic commodities
12 april 2020 - 12:41:32Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Local christian organisation, Habbakuk Trust, says social distancing measures to contain the COVID-19 (coronavirus) are being [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions calls for US$100 each for vulnerable employees
12 april 2020 - 12:30:17Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has called on government to pay US$100 to vulnerable [...] Full text...
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About 2,000 arrested for violating curfew, confinement in Tunisia
08 april 2020 - 22:52:13Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A total of 1,973 people were Wednesday arrested and detained for violating the curfew, and 600 [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Gambian official assures of enough food to deal with COVID 19
31 march 2020 - 21:38:17Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Permanent Secretary in the Gambian Ministry of Trade, Industry, Regional Integration and Employment, Lamin Dampha, [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Togolese govt. warns speculators who attempt to profit from coronavirus
25 march 2020 - 21:56:02Lomé, Togo (PANA) – The Togolese government promises to take serious action against traders who take advantage of the coronavirus [...] Full text...
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Mauritius announces financial support for economic operators affected by COVID-19
14 march 2020 - 08:26:04Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Finance minister Renganaden Padayachy on Friday announced a financial support plan to the tune [...] Full text...
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German President Steinmeier arrives In Khartoum
27 february 2020 - 10:20:03Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier landed in Khartoum on Thursday for a two-day state visit to the [...] Full text...
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Experts press for radical rethink on child health
19 february 2020 - 10:20:02Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A landmark report released on Wednesday by a Commission of over 40 child and adolescent health experts [...] Full text...
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Niger's economic capital, Maradi, "suffocated" since Nigeria closed borders
14 february 2020 - 17:33:02Maradi, Niger (PANA) - The region of Maradi in Niger, bordering Nigeria, which used to be prosperous and the hub [...] Full text...
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Mauritius launches a new generation of natural sugar
14 february 2020 - 15:31:01Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Omnicane Ltd, a Mauritian sugar establishment in the south of the island, on Thursday launched [...] Full text...
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More than 8,000 cases of cancer reported every year in Benin
04 february 2020 - 21:47:06Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin records more than 8,000 cases of cancer every year, Health Minister Professor Benjamin Hounkpatin said [...] Full text...
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Owusu, Balinya join Kenya bigwigs Gor Mahia
02 february 2020 - 16:57:39Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Midfielder Jackson Owusu of Ghana and Ugandan striker Juma Balinya are among players who joined Kenyan [...] Full text...
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Mauritius' sugar production estimated at 325,000 tonnes in 2019/20 crop year
14 january 2020 - 09:54:08Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritius Chamber of Agriculture said on Tuesday that sugar production is expected to be [...] Full text...
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Gor Mahia back on top of Kenyan Premier League
04 january 2020 - 17:21:42Machakos, Kenya (PANA) - Gor Mahia returned to the summit of the Kenyan Premier League table following their 1-0 victory [...] Full text...
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Tanzania picks squad for CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup
29 november 2019 - 15:14:22Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Tanzania national team chief coach, Etienne Ndayiragije, has named a 32-man provisional squad in [...] Full text...
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Speculative practices increase price of subsidised agricultural fertilisers in Burundi
21 november 2019 - 23:50:40Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The subsidized price of a 50 kg bag of fertilizer has recently risen from 29,000 Burundian [...] Full text...
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2021 AFCON qualifiers: Tanzania coach unveils squad for Libya, Guinea encounters
06 november 2019 - 23:50:26Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Tanzania national football team (Taifa Stars) head coac Etienne Ndayiragije Wednesday named a 27-man [...] Full text...
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'Tanzania to spend more on mega development projects in 2020/21 financial year'
06 november 2019 - 14:33:22Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The government of Tanzania plans to collect and spend a total of US$12.72 billion [...] Full text...
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Cost of living jumps nearly 73 percent by end of October in Zimbabwe
04 november 2019 - 23:56:48Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe’s cost of living has ballooned by 72.48 percent to ZWL (Zimbabwe dollar) $3,943.88 by end-October [...] Full text...
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Sudanese Coptic community launches initiative to rebuild scores of school in central Sudan
25 october 2019 - 18:29:10Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese Coptic community has launched an initiative to rehabilitate and in some cases totally build dozens [...] Full text...
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FAO calls on Congolese to respect the food chain
17 october 2019 - 13:39:49Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) representative, Suze Percy Filippini, on Wednesday urged producers and consumers [...] Full text...
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Obesity rates soar due to dramatic global diet shift, says UN food agency
17 october 2019 - 13:26:24Rome, Italy (PANA) - Eating food high in starch, sugar, fats and salt; combined with a sedentary lifestyle, is a [...] Full text...
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Cash-strapped Kenyan League managers seek government help
17 october 2019 - 12:38:16Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Following the recent exit of sponsors, Kenyan Premier League managers are asking for government's help. Kenyan Premier [...] Full text...
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UNICEF warns 'alarmingly high' number of children malnourished worldwide
15 october 2019 - 19:37:44New York, US (PANA) - Across the globe, at least one-in-three children under-five are malnourished and not developing properly, UNICEF revealed [...] Full text...
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Poor diets damaging children’s health worldwide, warns UNICEF
15 october 2019 - 14:01:53Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - An alarmingly high number of children sufferer the consequences of poor diets and a food system [...] Full text...
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Mauritian authorities worried over future of sugar industry
30 september 2019 - 19:48:00Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian minister of Agro-industry and Food security, Mahen Seeruttun, on Monday announced the arrival of [...] Full text...
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Prices of basic foodstuffs relatively stable in Mali
26 september 2019 - 21:00:33Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Grain markets in Mali were characterized last week by relatively stable prices, marked by rare and [...] Full text...
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'Health situation in Zimbabwe's prisons pose a threat to inmates' - Report
21 september 2019 - 05:04:21Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Local human rights and governance think tank, Research and Advocacy Unit (RAU), has said that the [...] Full text...
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Gabon govt, Chinese investors to launch bio-ethanol production unit
16 september 2019 - 19:22:30Libreville, Gabon (PANA) – The Gabonese government and Chinese investors on Monday in Brazzaville announced the building of a production [...] Full text...
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Sugar production in Tanzania increases
10 september 2019 - 10:55:19Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Sugar production in Tanzania has increased by 16.8 percent, the National Assembly was told [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso suspends importation of sugar, cooking oil
09 september 2019 - 18:20:36Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkinabe Ministry of Commerce on Monday announced the suspension of the issuance of special [...] Full text...
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Mauritius to sign the Mauritius-China Free Trade Agreement
06 september 2019 - 19:41:31Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius will sign the Mauritius-China Free Trade Agreement, the Government announced on Friday, following the weekly [...] Full text...
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Tunisian security forces disperse protesting sugar factory workers in Bizerte
05 september 2019 - 19:33:09Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – The Tunisian security forces on Thursday forcefully dispersed workers and truck drivers with the sugar factory [...] Full text...
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Attijari bank donates 7 tons of food to flood victims in Mauritania
05 september 2019 - 17:49:54Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - As part of its commitment to Social Responsibility (RS), ATTIJARI Bank, Mauritania, a subsidiary of the [...] Full text...
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Libya: Planes diverted from Maitigua Airport in Tripoli will land in Misrata - Officials
02 september 2019 - 18:26:37Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The director of Misrata International Airport (220 km east of Tripoli), Adel Kzeit, announced on Monday [...] Full text...
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Sports Commission in Zimbabwe asks FIFA to suspend ZIFA board
16 august 2019 - 12:54:50Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe's Sports and Recreation Committee (SRC) has written to FIFA, the world football governing body, asking [...] Full text...
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Consumers decry increased taxes in Zimbabwe's mid-term 2019 fiscal review
04 august 2019 - 12:23:13Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The National Consumer Rights Association (Nacora) has strongly condemned last week’s mid-term 2019 fiscal review, describing [...] Full text...
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Potato production in Mauritius inches up
01 august 2019 - 08:07:32Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Agro-industry and Food Security Minister Mahen Seeruttun on Wednesday told Parliament that the production of [...] Full text...
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Coal remains the major source of power generation in Mauritius
31 july 2019 - 06:47:14Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Statistics Mauritius has on Wednesday indicated that in 2018 coal was the major fuel used to [...] Full text...
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Another notch for Botswana’s coal mining industry
27 july 2019 - 12:40:41Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana is poised to be the supplier of choice to coal consumers across southern Africa in [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe Gov't not prepared for climate change (A PANA feature)
12 july 2019 - 10:26:00Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - “I don’t think as government we fully understood the impact the weather would have on the [...] Full text...
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Military leader interacts with tea sellers, laborers
09 july 2019 - 22:11:51Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The leader of Sudan’s Transitional Military Council (TMC), Lt. Gen. Abdul-Fatah Burhan, Tuesday paid an unannounced [...] Full text...
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‘Marco-economic environment remains highly volatile in Zimbabwe’
09 july 2019 - 14:34:45Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Zimbabwe macro-economy remains highly volatile and continues to deteriorate, an updated outlook report from FEWS [...] Full text...
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Four Congo companies threatened with sanctions for poor environmental practices
08 july 2019 - 10:01:14Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Congolese Tourism and Environment Minister Arlette Soudan-Nonault has asked four companies to comply with environmental standards, [...] Full text...
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Kenyan economy slows down in first quarter due to poor rains
29 june 2019 - 00:08:32Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's economy slowed down in the first quarter of 2019, compared with the same period in [...] Full text...
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Mauritius Govt. to ensure sustainability of sugar cane sector
19 june 2019 - 22:39:59Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Minister of Agro-Industry and Food Security, Mr Mahen Seeruttun, has said on Wednesday that [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions evokes Tripartite Negotiating Forum over devaluing salaries
19 june 2019 - 04:25:44Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has evoked the recently signed Tripartite Negotiating Forum (TNF) Act [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe President Mnangagwa heads to Mozambique for Africa-US business summit
18 june 2019 - 17:56:59Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa joined other African leaders in Mozambique on Tuesday for the 12th Africa-United [...] Full text...
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Mauritius relies 87% on imported fuels
07 june 2019 - 13:34:29Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Statistics Mauritius on Friday said imported fuels, comprising petroleum products (59%) and coal (28%), made [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa signs the TNF Bill into law
05 june 2019 - 19:27:21Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa, on Wednesday signed into law the Tripartite Negotiating Forum (TNF) Act, paving [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe Govt loses faith in its own currency
31 may 2019 - 18:36:04Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Some government departments and parastatals have adopted a two tier pricing model to include US dollars [...] Full text...
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Inflation softens in May on abundant rains in Kenya
31 may 2019 - 17:43:20Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The year-on-year inflation softened to 5.49% in May from 6.58% in April, driven down by the [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso: Red Cross takes aid to 17,400 displaced in Sahel region
28 may 2019 - 18:27:47Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), with the help of the Burkinabe Red [...] Full text...
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Curtain falls on Tanzania Premier League as Simba SC are crowned champs
28 may 2019 - 14:40:08Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, (PANA) - The curtain is set to fall on the Tanzania Premier League (TPL) 2018/19 season [...] Full text...
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2019 AFCON: Tanzania’s Taifa Stars to camp in Egypt ahead of finals
26 may 2019 - 15:59:48Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The Tanzania national soccer team, popularly known as Taifa Stars, will assemble in Dar [...] Full text...
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Swiss gives Algeria about two million dollars for refugees
25 may 2019 - 12:06:39Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Food Programme (WFP) Saturday hailed the Swiss contribution of two million Swiss Franc (about [...] Full text...
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Prices of basic commodities and services to increase further in Zimbabwe
22 may 2019 - 17:54:46Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) – The Confederation of Zimbabwe Retailers (CZR) has warned of further price increases following the price of [...] Full text...
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Simba SC gets closer to Tanzania Premier League title
19 may 2019 - 19:54:28Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Defending champions of the Tanzania Premier League (TPL) Simba SC on Sunday made a [...] Full text...
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WHO highlights lifestyle choices that can prevent onset of dementia
15 may 2019 - 04:05:27Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Key lifestyle choices such as getting regular exercise, not smoking or drinking too much, can reduce [...] Full text...
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Côte d'Ivoire releases list of nominees for African Banker 2019 trophies
13 may 2019 - 19:23:45Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) – The list of banking and financial institutions for the African Banker Trophies, at the 13th [...] Full text...
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Tourist arrivals in Mauritius increase by 3.4%
11 may 2019 - 07:47:14Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Tourist arrivals in Mauritius increased by 3.4% in April 2019 compared to the same month [...] Full text...
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Kenya FKF sanctions top KPL referee for misconduct
07 may 2019 - 13:49:43Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Football Kenya Federation (FKF) on Tuesday suspended Kenyan Premier League match officials Joshua Achilla, Collins Opiyo, [...] Full text...
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Corruption hindering development in Botswana’s horticulture industry
07 may 2019 - 13:14:37Gaborone, Botswana (PANA)- Corrupt practices by some business people, who supply the Botswana government with goods, are said to be [...] Full text...
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Mauritius to focus on bilateral cooperation with key African countries
12 april 2019 - 20:22:29Balaclava, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth, on Friday said that “where multilateral efforts are weak, bilateral arrangements [...] Full text...
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Kenya, Mauritius to pursue private-sector driven economic cooperation
12 april 2019 - 19:44:15Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) — Visiting Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and Mauritian Premier Pravind Kumar Jugnauth, have committed to continue [...] Full text...
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Mauritius, Kenya sign six agreements to enhance cooperation in several fields
10 april 2019 - 13:05:44Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius and Kenya have on Wednesday signed six agreements that are the outcome of deliberations of [...] Full text...
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8th fair on food industry in Africa opens in Cairo
07 april 2019 - 14:45:50Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The eighth edition of the “Food Industry in Africa” fair opened here Sunday, official sources told [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe's agricultural sector losing US$126 million per year to bad weather -WB
07 april 2019 - 14:35:03Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The World Bank says Zimbabwe’s agricultural sector loses US$126 million per annum due to production risks [...] Full text...
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Crowd sourcing yields relief funds for victims of Cyclone Idai in Zimbabwe
18 march 2019 - 05:19:51Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) – An online crowd sourcing campaign has yielded US$6,275 in 23 hours and counting towards disaster relief [...] Full text...
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Malagasy President chief guest at Mauritius National Day celebrations
07 march 2019 - 14:40:50Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - President Andry Nirina Rajoelina of Madagascar will be on a State Visit to Mauritius from [...] Full text...
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Mauritius launches Crop Loss Compensation Scheme for farmers
01 march 2019 - 08:26:05Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - A Crop Loss Compensation Scheme for the benefit of small non-sugar planters registered with the Small [...] Full text...
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Mauritius economy to grow at 3.8 percent in 2019
16 february 2019 - 09:23:48Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritius Commercial Bank (MCB) has revised marginally downwards economic growth for Mauritius in 2019 [...] Full text...
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Secretary-General of the Islamic World League meets with Burundian leader
16 january 2019 - 18:32:20Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi's head of state, Pierre Nkurunziza, on Wednesday received the Secretary-General of the Islamic World League, [...] Full text...
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2019 CAF Confed. Cup: All 16 qualifiers for Play-off round emerge
24 december 2018 - 07:41:27Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Following the conclusion of matches from Friday to Saturday in the second-leg, first-round of the 2019 [...] Full text...
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2019 CAF Confed. Cup: Nine more teams through to play-off round
23 december 2018 - 04:42:28Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Nine more teams have joined four-time champions Étoile du Sahel of Tunisia, and Petro de Luanda [...] Full text...
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2019 CAF Confed. Cup: 1st-round, 2nd-leg fixtures
21 december 2018 - 05:38:56Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Here are the first-round, second-leg fixtures for the 2019 CAF Confederation Cup, to be played across [...] Full text...
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2019 CAF Confed. Cup: All results from 1st-round, 1st-leg matches
17 december 2018 - 04:44:23Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Here are all the results from the first-round, first-leg matches for the 2019 CAF Confederation Cup, [...] Full text...
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2019 CAF Confed. Cup: All, but one result from 1st-round, 1st-leg matches
16 december 2018 - 07:40:30Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Here are results from the first-round, first-leg matches for the 2019 CAF Confederation Cup, played on [...] Full text...
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2019 CAF Confed. Cup: 1st-round, 1st-leg fixtures
14 december 2018 - 04:28:06Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Here are the first-round, first-leg fixtures for the 2019 CAF Confederation Cup, to be played on [...] Full text...
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2019 CAF Confed. Cup prelim: All 1st-round qualifiers emerge
06 december 2018 - 05:51:02Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - All the teams expected in the first round of the 2019 CAF Confederation Cup, have emerged [...] Full text...
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2019 CAF Confed. Cup prelim: 10 teams qualify for 1st-round
05 december 2018 - 05:22:12Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Ten teams on Tuesday qualified for the first round of the 2019 CAF Confederation Cup after [...] Full text...
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Army dislodges Boko Haram terrorists in northeast Nigeria
01 december 2018 - 13:48:47Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Army on Saturday said that its troops have dislodged Boko Haram terrorists from their [...] Full text...
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2019 CAF Confed. Cup prelim: Results from 1st-leg, preliminary-round matches
29 november 2018 - 04:44:28Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Below are all the results from the first-leg matches played on Tuesday and Wednesday in the [...] Full text...
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2019 CAF Confed. Cup prelim: 1st-leg matches Tuesday, Wednesday
27 november 2018 - 14:06:31Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Matches will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday in the preliminary round of the 2019 CAF [...] Full text...
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'Make healthy choices’ to prevent and manage chronic diabetes - WHO
15 november 2018 - 04:56:27Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The global prevalence of adult diabetes has nearly quadrupled since 1980, the World Health Organization (WHO) [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian military swoop on top Generals
13 november 2018 - 11:31:05Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopian military commanders, Brigadier-General Kinfe Dagnew and Major-General Tekleberhan Woldearegay, were arrested near the border [...] Full text...
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80,000 youngsters at risk in DRC after forcible expulsion from Angola: UNICEF
30 october 2018 - 19:13:38Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Tens of thousands of children who have been forcibly returned from Angola to the Democratic Republic [...] Full text...
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World Food Day official ceremony highlights Zero Hunger goal still possible
16 october 2018 - 11:43:57Rome, Italy (PANA) - Speakers at the global World Food Day ceremony in Rome on Tuesday called for stronger political [...] Full text...
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UN stands up to stop 41 million avoidable deaths per year
27 september 2018 - 19:17:26New York, US (PANA) - “Heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes, chronic Lyme disease, depression” – just some of the illnesses [...] Full text...
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Mauritius' sugar production forecast to fall by 7.1% in 2018
27 september 2018 - 07:21:26Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritius Chamber of Agriculture announced on Thursday that production of sugar for the crop year [...] Full text...
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World economy remains on 'shaky grounds' with 'debt-fuelled' growth - UNCTAD
26 september 2018 - 19:04:03New York (PANA) - The world’s economy remains on “shaky ground”, overshadowed by escalating trade tariffs and an unpredictable financial [...] Full text...
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Mauritian govt. to support the Cane Industry
25 september 2018 - 14:20:49Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Agro-industry minister, Mahen Seeruttun, on Tuesday said the government will assist small planters and [...] Full text...
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Trade and consumption of cheap junk food are an obstacle for healthy diets - FAO
15 september 2018 - 06:21:35Rome, Italy (PANA) - The globalized food system is not delivering the diets that people need for a healthy life, [...] Full text...
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FAO Food Price Index holds steady in August
06 september 2018 - 09:35:13Rome, Italy (PANA) - The FAO Food Price Index remained stable in August, as cereal prices rebounded while vegetable oils [...] Full text...
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Small-scale horticulture project transforming lives in Kenya (An AfDB Feature)
24 august 2018 - 13:47:22Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A decade after going through a food crisis and in the aftermath of the drought in [...] Full text...
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Simba FC win Tanzania's Community Shield
21 august 2018 - 15:45:48Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - League Champions Simba beat FA Cup winners, Mtibwa Sugar, 2-1 at the weekend at [...] Full text...
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Mauritius set to invest in Tanzania’s sugar industry
15 august 2018 - 10:19:43Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – A Mauritian government mission is visiting Tanzania to complete investment procedures for sugar production, [...] Full text...
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Nairobi-Addis Ababa road corridor boosts trade in East and Horn of Africa (An AfDB Featue)
11 august 2018 - 10:37:38Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The 895-km highway corridor linking Kenya and Ethiopia has not only eased cross-border traffic between the [...] Full text...
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ICRC gives 18,000 families seeds, food assistance in Sudan's Central Darfur state
03 august 2018 - 05:52:19Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – Some 18,000 families in the Jebel Marra region of Darfur, about 14,000 in Rokero and 4,000 [...] Full text...
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FAO Food Price Index posts sharp drop in July
02 august 2018 - 09:22:33Rome, Italy (PANA) - Global agricultural food commodity prices fell sharply in July, as all the major traded items posted [...] Full text...
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UNICEF reiterates importance of breastfeeding to save newborn lives
31 july 2018 - 05:42:46New York, US (PANA) - Three-in-five babies, mostly born in low- and middle-income countries, are not breastfed within the first [...] Full text...
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AfDB, partners move to control Fall Armyworm threat in southern Africa
25 july 2018 - 15:53:03Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) and partners are to convene for talks on controlling Fall Armyworm [...] Full text...
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FAO reiterates support to Portuguese-speaking countries to eradicate hunger, malnutrition
17 july 2018 - 08:59:31Ilha do Sal, Cape Verde (PANA) - FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva on Monday reiterated his support to the [...] Full text...
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