Kenyan climate scientists discover groundbreaking Turkana Jet influencing drought patterns

29 july 2024 - 17:19:23
By Kennedy AbwaoNairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Climate scientists from the University of Nairobi (UoN) have discovered a new climate pattern [...] Full text...

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Electricity supply restored in Ghana after power generating companies receive gas

29 october 2023 - 05:56:44
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Two state-owned Ghanaian electricity compaies announced on Saturday night that power supply had been restored to [...] Full text...

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Malawi: Truck drivers learn about risks of human trafficking (A UN feature)

27 august 2023 - 05:52:56
Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Truck drivers in southern Africa who have been recruited to traffic or smuggle people illegally are [...] Full text...

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Sudan conflict: Army closes major road 'used by RSF to bring in support from the west'

24 july 2023 - 14:49:25
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese government on Monday closed the national and transnational route linking western Sudan to the [...] Full text...

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Kenya, European Union launch plan to shift horticulture exports from air to sea freight

17 may 2023 - 20:06:29
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya will gradually shift its horticulture exports, including fruits and flowers, to Europe from air transport [...] Full text...

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Sudan conflict: Reading into the Jeddah Declaration to Protect Civilians (Feature by Mohamed Osman Adam, PANA correspondent)

13 may 2023 - 13:59:01
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - To political Sudanese, who support the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) in their campaign to uproot the [...] Full text...

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South Africa expects borderless train service to Maputo to raise commodity export volumes

04 april 2023 - 07:22:24
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa’s Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) is preparing to increase the number of weekly trains [...] Full text...

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UfM ministers agree on further cooperation in transport sectors

10 february 2023 - 16:10:21
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Transport ministers of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) have agreed at the organisation's conference meeting [...] Full text...

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Libya, Tunisia agree to increase frequency of flights to Tunisia from 3 Libyan airports

23 may 2022 - 20:55:30
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Libya and Tunisia have agreed to increase the number of flights to Tunisia from three Libyan [...] Full text...

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WFP and WHO launch innovative project on Emergency Health Facilities

19 july 2021 - 13:58:21
Brindisi, Italy – Following the recent G20 side event co-hosted by the Italian Government and the United Nations World Food [...] Full text...

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Republic of Korea helps keep humanitarian flights in four African countries

09 may 2021 - 04:52:42
Rome, Italy (PANA) – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has received US$1.25 million from the Republic of Korea [...] Full text...

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Fund to support return of displaced back home to be set up

21 april 2021 - 20:49:05
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The prime minister of the Libyan Government of National Accord, Abdelhamid Al-Dbaiba, Wednesday announced that a [...] Full text...

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Nigerien president names 33 government members

07 april 2021 - 22:26:21
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Nigerien president, Mohamed Bazoum, acting on the proposal of the prime minister and head [...] Full text...

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Transport costs hinder growth of isolated African countries

18 march 2021 - 00:02:06
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) – Transport costs hinder the growth of isolated African countries, according to the report on the evaluation [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Tunisia declares general lock-up, suspension of classes because of critical situation

12 january 2021 - 20:45:25
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - With the health situation described as ’very critical’, Tunisian authorities Tuesday decided to take strong ’emergency’ [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Tunisia registers record of 3,074 contamination in 24 hours

12 january 2021 - 00:10:44
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia Monday registered a record 3,074 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in twenty-four hours, out of [...] Full text...

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Burundi Transports ministry calls for respect for automobile driving rules during Christmas, New Year holidays

23 december 2020 - 20:52:22
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Public transports will be well monitored during the Christmas and New Year holidays when people are [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: DR Congo imposes curfew from Friday

16 december 2020 - 21:31:03
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The Congolese government Wednesday decided to impose a curfew from 21 hours to 05 hours [...] Full text...

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Tunisia’s 2021 budget does not reflect aspirations of the people, says workers’ union

13 december 2020 - 16:10:55
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian general workers union (UGTT, the country’s biggest trades union, has said the government's budget [...] Full text...

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Libya and Tunisia announce opening of air space, land borders

11 november 2020 - 23:16:12
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan ministry of foreign affairs of the Government of National Accord Wednesday announced it had [...] Full text...

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Malian transitional president begins first trip to West African sub-region

11 november 2020 - 21:50:24
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The president of the Malian transition, Bah N’DAW, will on 12-17 November 2020 undertake a [...] Full text...

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Officers of Libyan Defence ministry of the GNA take part in AFRICOM meeting on mine clearing

08 october 2020 - 20:53:15
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Senior officers of the Libyan ministry of Defence of the Government of National Accord (GNA) Thursday [...] Full text...

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Congo: Five killed, several wounded in road accident in center of country

21 september 2020 - 19:58:44
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Five people were killed and several others injured in a road accident Monday between the small [...] Full text...

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Libya: EU imposes sanctions for human rights abuses, arms embargo violations

21 september 2020 - 19:50:07
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Council on Monday imposed targeted restrictive measures on two persons responsible for human rights [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Libyan authorities declare four days total curfew to prevent spread of disease

26 august 2020 - 21:04:23
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The presidential council of the Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) Wednesday imposed total curfew for [...] Full text...

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'Tunisian Railway Company is going through acute crisis', says CEO

13 august 2020 - 15:05:49
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The CEO of the Tunisian Railway Company, Chehab Ben Ahmed, has described the situation facing the [...] Full text...

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New government formed in Mauritania

10 august 2020 - 22:19:47
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - A new government reduced from 25 to 23 members was formed on Sunday evening in Mauritania, [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Gambian President Barrow lifts state of public emergency

24 july 2020 - 18:23:01
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - President Adama Barrow on Friday lifted the five-month-old  State of Public Emergency in The Gambia in [...] Full text...

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Inflation drops in June in Tunisia, according to Statistics institute

07 july 2020 - 00:03:58
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Inflation dropped in Tunisia in June by 5.8 per cent as against 6.3 per cent in [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Burundi records 21 new confirmed cases

03 july 2020 - 23:23:02
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi Friday recorded 21 new infections of coronavirus (COVID-19), taking to 91 the number of infected [...] Full text...

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Without funds, ‘no choice’ but to suspend most aid flights, warns WFP

19 june 2020 - 17:15:24
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) on Friday issued a critical warning, declaring that it may [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Almost total de-confinement in Mauritius

12 june 2020 - 21:49:38
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth announced here Friday that the government had decided on an ’almost [...] Full text...

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Togo registers 501 cases of Covid-19 contaminations

10 june 2020 - 00:00:22
Lomé, Togo (PANA) -Togo on Tuesday recorded the 501 cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) infections following tests that revealed four new [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: AfDB approves 180 million-Euro loan for Tunisia

03 june 2020 - 22:54:45
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA)  - The board of directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Wednesday approved a loan of 180 [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Mauritania records more than 200 cases, takes new measures in management of pandemic

22 may 2020 - 22:17:44
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The spokesperson for the Mauritanian government, Sidi Salem, Friday announced new measures to contain the coronavirus [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Burkinabe government to give schoolchildren masks before resumption of classes

07 may 2020 - 00:02:42
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA)  - The Burkinabe government Wednesday insisted on the need to make masks available for schoolchildren before [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Control of obligatory wearing of masks to begin next Monday in Burkina Faso

06 may 2020 - 20:25:26
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA)  - The control of the obligatory wearing of masks to check the spread of the coronavirus [...] Full text...

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Covid-19: 5new confirmed cases, 4 cured of pandemic in Burundi

21 april 2020 - 23:59:03
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA)  - The Burundi ministry of Health Tuesday announced five new confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), with four [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Senegalese authorities worried over rise in community transmission

17 april 2020 - 21:11:12
Dakar, Senegal (PANA)  - The Senegalese minister of health and social action, Abdoulaye Diouf Sarr, Friday called for more vigilance [...] Full text...

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Guinea disapproves mistreatment against Africans in China

14 april 2020 - 22:29:05
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The Guinean government Tuesday expressed its deep concern and disapproval over the maltreatment of Africans, including [...] Full text...

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Maritime line opened between Tunisia and Libya to export Tunisian agricultural products

14 april 2020 - 21:23:36
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA)  -  Tunisian Minister of Agriculture, Fishing and Hydraulic Resources Oussama Khriji said here Tuesday a maritime line [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Prices of oil products drop in Togo

07 april 2020 - 21:25:19
Lomé, Togo (PANA)  - The prices of oil products at the pump dropped Tuesday in Togo, according to an official [...] Full text...

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Guinea adopts response plan against coronavirus for 19 billion CFAF

07 april 2020 - 20:56:46
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) -  Guinean Prime Minister Dr Ibrahima Kassory Fofana Monday evening announced the adoption of an economic response [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Côte d'Ivoire records 80 confirmed cases

25 march 2020 - 22:08:23
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Some 80 confirmed cases of coronavirus (Covid-19) were recorded in Côte d'Ivoire, the Ivorian ministry [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Libya prepares to face COVID-19 effects

24 march 2020 - 23:27:34
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The chairman of the presidential council of the Libyan government of national accord, Fayez Al-Sarraj, on [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Burkinabe authorities suspend inter-urban transports

22 march 2020 - 18:57:40
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – Because of the spread of the coronavirus disease in Burkina Faso, with 75 cases so [...] Full text...

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Tunisia might suspend flights to Milan because of proliferation of coronavirus in Italy Health-

25 february 2020 - 00:01:20
Tunis Tunisia (PANA)  - Tunisia could take a decision Tuesday or Wednesday leading to the suspension of flights to the [...] Full text...

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Mauritania, Senegal sign series of cooperation agreements

18 february 2020 - 21:39:10
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA)  - The Mauritanian and Senegalese governments Tuesday signed a series of agreements and treaties aiming to promote [...] Full text...

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Congo: Appeal for governmental dialogue on climate change

12 february 2020 - 22:40:52
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA)  -  Prime Minister Clément Mouamba Wednesday called for governmental dialogue on climate change to facilitate the formulation [...] Full text...

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Congo to host roundtable on funding of transport infrastructure in March

16 january 2020 - 23:32:29
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA)  -  A roundtable on the funding of transports infrastructure organised by the Economic Community of Central [...] 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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Several suspected terrorists arrested in Tunisia, says interior ministry

08 january 2020 - 09:25:44
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian security forces say they have arrested several people linked to a terrorist cell.  A statement from [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe's energy regulator defends ethanol petrol blending

01 january 2020 - 07:16:33
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) has defended ethanol petrol blending saying its lower energy density [...] Full text...

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Ghassan Salamé briefs UN Security Council on efforts to resolve Libyan crisis

18 november 2019 - 21:49:58
Tripoli, Libya (PANA)  - Ghassan Salamé, special representative of the UN Secretary General, and chief of the UN Support Mission [...] Full text...

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Tunis to host first edition of international aeronautics, defence exhibition in March 2020

07 november 2019 - 22:59:32
Tunis Tunisia (PANA)  - The first edition of the international aeronautics and defence fair (Tunisia 2020) will be held from [...] Full text...

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Senegalese president Macky Sall encourages achievement of Brazzaville-Kinshasa bridge-road-rail project

11 september 2019 - 21:15:14
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA)   -   Senegalese President Macky Sall Wednesday called for the completion of the bridge-road-rail project between Brazzaville and [...] Full text...

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Burkina: Iamgold Essakane SA, Bolloré Transports and Logistics SA pursued over gold fraud

06 august 2019 - 22:26:59
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA)   -   Iamgold Essakane SA and Burkina Faso's Bolloré Transport and Logistics SA are facing prosecution for [...] Full text...

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UN, humanitarian partners urge support for millions still affected after 10 years of Nigerian insurgency

02 august 2019 - 05:25:00
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Ten years after the start of a violent insurgency in north-east Nigeria plunged the country into a [...] Full text...

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6th Africa early stage investor summit takes place in Cape Town in November

22 july 2019 - 18:23:01
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) – The 6th edition of the Africa early stage investor summit (AESIS), co-organised by Venture Capital [...] Full text...

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French minister of Economy to begin Ethiopia, Kenya visit on Monday

21 july 2019 - 15:26:06
Paris, France (PANA) – The French minister of Economy and Finances, Bruno Le Maire, will Monday begin a two-day visit [...] Full text...

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Great Britain issues travel alert to its citizens in Tunisia

03 july 2019 - 18:54:33
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – Great Britain has issued a travel alert to its citizens in Tunisia, warning them against moving [...] Full text...

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African countries urged to consider importance of blue economy for development

26 june 2019 - 22:50:14
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA)   -   Participants at the second edition of the Forum on blue economy in Africa here Wednesday agreed [...] Full text...

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Togo EU economic forum- Lomé, Brussels in partnership for investment

13 june 2019 - 21:37:39
Lomé, Togo (PANA)  -  Lomé will from Thursday host the first Togo-European Union economic forum meant to facilitate the mobilisation [...] Full text...

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Libyan presidential council condemns silence of international community on targeting of civilian infrastructure

07 june 2019 - 23:31:02
Tripoli, Libya (PANA)   -   The presidential council of the Libyan government of national accord Friday condemned "the silence of the [...] Full text...

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Burundi, COMESA to smoke peace pipe

04 june 2019 - 22:11:05
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA)   -   Burundi’s minister of Foreign Affairs Ezéchiel Nibigira Tuesday received a delegation from the Secretariat-General of the [...] Full text...

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Six ministers appointed in new Benin government leave parliament

21 may 2019 - 22:58:59
Cotonou, Benin (PANA)   -   Six ministers recently elected to parliament Tuesday tendered in their resignation to leave the seats for [...] Full text...

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More than 13% of road accident victims in Senegal are less than 18 years old

08 may 2019 - 17:06:40
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Most accident victims in Senegal are less than 18 years old, representing more than 13% of [...] Full text...

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Agric workers' union mourns dead colleagues with rallies across Tunisia

29 april 2019 - 13:47:13
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – The Tunisian agricultural workers union, affiliated to the Tunisian general labour union (UGTT), on Monday mourned [...] Full text...

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Second lorry carrying agricultural workers overturns in Tunisia

28 april 2019 - 10:01:41
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA)   -    A second lorry carrying 15 agricultural workers overturned on Saturday afternoon in the Tunisian central western [...] Full text...

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RwandAir inaugurates first non-stop flight to Kinshasa

17 april 2019 - 16:09:43
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The first non-stop flight to Kinshasa (DR Congo) by Rwanda's national carrier, RwandAir, was inaugurated on [...] Full text...

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President Issoufou lays foundation stone for Oil Tower in Niamey

16 april 2019 - 16:44:22
Niamey, Niger (PANA) – Nigerien president, Issoufou Mahamadou, on Monday laid the foundation stone for the building of the Pipeline [...] Full text...

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Uganda gears up to relaunch national airline

12 april 2019 - 20:00:06
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - The government of Uganda is in advanced stages of relaunching the national airline carrier, Uganda Airlines, [...] Full text...

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Confidence of WAEMU company managers declines

11 april 2019 - 10:35:29
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Company managers are very pessimistic about the evolution of the economic context in the West African Economic [...] Full text...

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IDB gives Mali over 32 billion dollars for unschooled children’s education

09 april 2019 - 22:09:30
Bamako, Mali (PANA)   -   The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) has given Mali 19.65 billion CFAF meant for financing its programme [...] Full text...

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IMF team projects Côte d’Ivoire economy to remain strong in 2019

28 march 2019 - 15:10:14
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - Côte d’Ivoire’s economic activity is projected to remain strong in 2019 and the medium-term outlook [...] Full text...

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UNICEF gives Benin motorized boats to back vaccination coverage for children

19 march 2019 - 17:25:25
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) – The UN Child fund (UNICEF) is contributing to improve the vaccination and basic health care for [...] Full text...

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Malians urged to work towards reducing road accidents

13 march 2019 - 18:57:48
Bamako, Mali (PANA) – ppeal has gone to Malians to be more courteous on the road if efforts to keep [...] Full text...

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Air traffic resumes at Maitigua airport after hours of suspension

10 march 2019 - 12:21:27
Tripoli, Libya  (PANA) – Air traffic at the Maitigua (eastern suburb of Tripoli) international airport has reopened and flight resumed [...] Full text...

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Libya to launch development activities with German companies

08 march 2019 - 21:58:11
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The Prime Minister of the Libyan government of national accord, Ahmed Maitig, has expressed the willingness [...] Full text...

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Burkina PM names new ministers

24 january 2019 - 18:26:53
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – Burkina Faso's Prime Minister, Christophe Joseph Marie Dabire, who took office late on Thursday, has [...] Full text...

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Gabonese prime minister reshuffles government

15 january 2019 - 11:54:31
Libreville, Gabon (PANA) – Gabonese Prime Minister, Julien Nkoghe Bekale, on Monday reshuffled the government, just days after a botched [...] Full text...

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Tunisia to increase oil production by 9.5 pc in 2019

23 november 2018 - 11:46:23
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian government plans to increase the North African country's crude oil production in 2019 by [...] Full text...

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Commuters stranded as Kenyan govt. implements new traffic rules

05 november 2018 - 15:54:58
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Commuters in different parts of the Kenya started feeling the pinch on Monday when Public Service [...] Full text...

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Ivorian authorities, IMF staff agree faster reforms to maintain high growth rate

05 april 2018 - 19:32:27
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) – International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff and the Ivorian authorities on Thursday concurred on the need [...] Full text...

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WB doles 14.9 billion CFAF to renovate River Niger

21 march 2018 - 12:21:45
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The World Bank, through the International Development Association (IDA), has released US$ 27.8 million (about 14.9 [...] Full text...

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Germany: 'Seafarers matter' - UN on International Day of the Seafarer

25 june 2017 - 13:02:12
Hamburg, Germany (PANA) - Highlighting the challenges faced by seafarers – women and men sailing and working aboard ships – [...] Full text...

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Switzerland: Int'l pressure mounting on Qatar to withdraw from hosting 2022 World Cup

08 june 2017 - 09:12:41
Zurich, Switzerland (PANA) - FIFA is facing international pressure to make a decision on the future of the 2022 World [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia: IOM transports hundreds of South Sudanese refugees from border into Ethiopia

05 may 2017 - 21:36:30
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The United Nations migration agency has begun transferring South Sudanese refugees from Ethiopia's Pagak border [...] Full text...

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UN: WFP says donor support helps UN Humanitarian Air Service across Sudan

13 january 2016 - 19:14:25
New York, US (PANA) - The UN World Food Programme (WFP) on Wednesday welcomed contributions from donors towards the operation [...] Full text...

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Côte d’Ivoire: Composition of new Ivorian government

12 january 2016 - 15:36:13
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) – The Secretary General of the Ivorian presidency, Amadou Gon Coulibaly, on Tuesday made public the [...] Full text...

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Egypt: AfDB, Egypt sign two loan agreements

17 december 2015 - 22:41:30
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Egyptian Prime Minister Cherif Ismaël on Thursday in Cairo presided the signing of an agreement between [...] Full text...

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Congo: Minor cabinet reshuffle in Congo

11 august 2015 - 14:23:57
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Following the departure of ministers opposed to the amendment of the 2002 Constitution, designed to allow [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso: Ex-Compaore minister to run for president

06 july 2015 - 09:42:47
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, a former minister under the regime of former Burkina President Blaise [...] Full text...

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Tunisia: 'Tunisia airspace now open to flights from Libya'

26 april 2015 - 14:08:00
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The Tunisian authorities have decided to reopen the Tunisian air space to flights from Libyan airports [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: 30 feared dead in Nigeria blast (UPDATE)

31 october 2014 - 13:38:56
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The death toll from Friday morning's blast at a popular bus station in Nigeria's North-east Gombe [...] Full text...

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Rwanda: Composition of the new Rwandan government

24 july 2014 - 15:47:41
Kigali, Rwanda PANA) – Following is the list of ministers and other senior government officials following the inauguration of the [...] Full text...

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Senegal: President appoints new PM

07 july 2014 - 10:32:02
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal's President Macky Sall has appointed Mahammed Boun Abdallah Dione as Prime Minister. The President has also [...] Full text...

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Congo: Tourism accounted for 3.8% of Congo's GDP in 2013

19 march 2014 - 16:50:47
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – Tourism accounted for 3.8% of the Congolese Gross Domestic Product (GDP), local mdia reported Wednesday, quoting [...] Full text...

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Guinea: President Conde unveils new cabinet

21 january 2014 - 15:08:43
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) – President Alpha Conde of Guinea on Monday unveiled his new cabinet, including Prime Minister Mohamed Said [...] Full text...

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Survey says high transport costs negatively affecting Africa's exports

17 april 2013 - 20:30:13
Paris, France (PANA) – Transport cost constitutes between 30% and 50% of the value of African exports and this [...] Full text...

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Kenyan airline grounds fleet over South Sudanese forex crisis

16 november 2012 - 22:56:56
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - South Sudan's oil shutdown has claimed the fortunes of Kenya's medium-sized regional airline, Jetlink Express, which [...] Full text...

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Kenyan ferry workers call off strike

03 november 2012 - 08:02:22
Mombasa, Kenya (PANA) - Workers of Kenya Ferry Services on Friday agreed to call off their strike after the firm [...] Full text...

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UEAC ministers meet in Brazzaville

23 july 2012 - 14:57:38
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – A preparatory meeting for the Conference of heads of State of the Economic and Monetary Community [...] Full text...

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Libya wants Mauritania to extradite Kadhafi's intelligence chief

29 may 2012 - 13:52:02
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan government has said that the success or failure of the relations between Libya and [...] Full text...

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Libyan transition government takes control of Tripoli airport

21 april 2012 - 16:20:54
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The Libyan transition government on Friday formally took over control of the Tripoli airport from a [...] Full text...

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Libyan-French delegations parley in Tripoli

20 december 2011 - 17:55:15
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Libya and France Tuesday in Tripoli held official talks, co-chaired by the Libyan ministry of Economy, [...] Full text...

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Senegalese appointed chairman of International Union of Public Transport

04 november 2011 - 10:29:51
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Senegalese Ousmane Thiam has been appointed chairman of the international Union of Public Transport (UITP), a [...] Full text...

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Sarkozy visits Morocco Thursday

28 september 2011 - 18:52:02
Paris, France (PANA) - President Nicolas Sarkozy of France will Thursday visit Tangiers, Morocco, sources close to the President's Office, [...] Full text...

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Morocca, Guinea Bissau to open air link

26 september 2011 - 15:52:33
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The Moroccan and Bissau Guinean governments, here Monday agreed to open air link between Casablanca and [...] Full text...

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Angolan President assumes SADC's chair, welcomes counterparts to summit

17 august 2011 - 16:10:26
Luanda, Angola (PANA) - Angolan President José Eduardo dos Santos has expressed satisfaction at the large turn-out of Heads of [...] Full text...

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Road traffic monitoring cameras installed in Luanda

26 july 2011 - 13:48:03
Luanda, Angola (PANA) - Angolan authorities have started the installation of surveillance cameras in Luanda city for the management and [...] Full text...

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Angola, Algeria sign co-operation agreements

08 july 2011 - 16:35:48
Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - Angola and Algeria Thursday signed four co-operation agreements at the end of the fourth session of their [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Shell declares 'Force Majeure' over multiple Trans Niger Pipeline fires

13 june 2011 - 17:37:29
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Citing production cutbacks, caused by leaks and fires which occurred last week on its Trans Niger [...] Full text...

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France gives Congo 2.5m euro loan for Pointe Noire port

03 june 2011 - 12:05:12
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The French Development Agency (AFD) has given Congo Brazzaville two loans totalling 2.5 million euro, or [...] Full text...

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African leaders arrive for tropical basins summit

02 june 2011 - 20:30:44
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – The presidents of the Central African Republic (CAR), Sao Tome and Principe and Equatorial Guinea arrived [...] Full text...

thread Environment

France, Congo sign agreement on aviation safety

12 may 2011 - 15:09:01
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – The Congolese senior minister for Transports, Civil Aviation and Merchant Navy, Isidore Mvouba, and the French [...] Full text...

thread Economy

List of Mali’s new government

06 april 2011 - 22:13:42
Bamako, Mali (PANA) – Malian president Amadou Toumani Touré on the proposal of his new Prime minister, Mrs Cissé Kaidama [...] Full text...

thread Politics

140 corruption cases handled in Burundi in 4 months

25 february 2011 - 16:28:28
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Some 140 corruption, economic and financial mismanagement cases, through which the Burundi government had lost funds [...] Full text...

thread Society

Senegal denies air agreement with Brussels Airlines

29 january 2011 - 18:28:43
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The air agreement between Senegal and Belgium, entered into 28 September, 2008, was neither signed nor [...] Full text...

thread Economy

Ivorians await election results

01 november 2010 - 12:31:00
Abidjan- Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) -- Ivorian people were Monday eagerly expecting the result of Sunday's presidential poll in the West [...] Full text...

thread Politics

Japanese bus donations open new transport perspectives to Burundi

25 october 2010 - 18:58:00
Bujumbura- Burundi (PANA) -- The Japanese government has offered 86 buses of diff erent sizes to assist the Office of [...] Full text...

thread Economy

Dakar to host 1st African public transport congress in October

22 september 2010 - 15:09:00
Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The first congress and exhibition of the African public transport will be held 3 to 7 [...] Full text...

thread Economy

Cholera kills 393 people in Cameroon

11 september 2010 - 12:22:00
Yaounde- Cameroon (PANA) -- The raging cholera epidemic in Cameroon has killed 39 3 people out of the 5,688 reported [...] Full text...

thread Health

New govt. formed in Burundi

30 august 2010 - 11:37:00
Bujumbura- Burundi (PANA) -- Burundi has formed a new government following the re cent re-election of President Pierre Nkurunziza. [...] Full text...

thread Politics

Mali gets new political party

19 july 2010 - 11:34:00
Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- A new political party, the Party for Economic Development and Solidarity (PDES), was launched in Mali [...] Full text...

thread Politics

List of Benin's new ministers

19 june 2010 - 11:24:00
Cotonou- Benin (PANA) -- Follow is the composition of Beninese new government, released Friday evening. Highlights of the new [...] Full text...

thread Politics

Europe airspace ban forces Zambia association to cancel exports

20 april 2010 - 07:54:00
Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- Zambia Export Growers Association (ZEGA) has confirmed the cancellation of exports to Europe due to the [...] Full text...

thread Economy

Egyptian company wins contract to build two ferries in Ghana

18 april 2010 - 10:19:00
Accra- Ghana (PANA) â" Egyptian company, Arab Cont-ractors, has won a US$9. 484 m illion contract to build two ferries [...] Full text...

thread Economy

'Pirates release Ghanaian, Cameroonian sailors'

31 march 2010 - 14:45:00
Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- Pirates operating near the Bakassi Peninsula off the coa st of Cameroon have freed the two [...] Full text...

thread Society

Burundi govt. begins withdrawal of official vehicles from officers

23 february 2010 - 14:10:00
Bujumbura- Burundi (PANA) -- Less than 100 of the 1,700 vehicles in the fleet of the Burundian State have been [...] Full text...

thread Economy

Benin loses 20 billion CFA F to road deterioration

13 february 2010 - 13:28:00
Cotonou- Benin (PANA) -- Benin loses 20 billion CFA F every year to the deteriora tion of roads, caused by [...] Full text...

thread Economy

Burundi withdraws official cars from civil servants

11 february 2010 - 18:21:00
Bujumbura- Burundi (PANA) -- Directors and heads of departments in the Burundi ci vil service will, as from Thursday, cease [...] Full text...

thread Politics

Angolan President inaugurates new government

06 february 2010 - 11:27:00
Luanda- Angola (PANA) -- The Angolan Head of State, Josأ© Eduardo dos Santos, has consitituted a new government following the [...] Full text...

thread Politics

Kabila sacks minister

10 january 2010 - 08:42:00
Kinshasa- DR Congo (PANA) -- Congolese President Joseph Kabila has sacked Ministe r for Social Affairs Bartelemy Botsualy, according to [...] Full text...

thread Politics

CAN 2010: Public buses to operate 24-hour/day

06 january 2010 - 16:07:00
Luanda- Angola (PANA) -- The Luanda Collective Transports Firm (TCUL) will operat e 24 hours daily during the Orange African [...] Full text...

thread Sports

Kenya braces for major transport hitch

03 january 2010 - 16:50:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenyans are bracing for transport hitches after Public S ervice Vehicles' (PSV) owners insisted that the [...] Full text...

thread Economy

Mauritania threatened by dunes' erosion

20 december 2009 - 13:32:00
Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Located in the Sahelo-Saharan strip, bordering t he West African sub-region and the Maghreb, Mauritania is [...] Full text...

thread Environment

Tripoli hosts workshop on financing underground railway project

17 december 2009 - 22:01:00
Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- The office for the implementation and management of the railway project in Libya has held a [...] Full text...

thread Economy

Mauritania budgets US$ 1 billion for 2010

17 november 2009 - 15:09:00
Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The Mauritanian government rose from an extraord inary Council of Ministers' meeting Monday and adopted the [...] Full text...

thread Economy

Mauritania to reinforce road safety

23 october 2009 - 14:44:00
Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The Mauritanian government plans to create a spe cial unit to take charge of road safety [...] Full text...

thread Society

European Commission plans transport links between Africa, Europe

23 october 2009 - 14:20:00
Brussels- Belgium (PANA) -- The European Commission has decided to launch a Plan of Action to find a permanent way [...] Full text...

thread Economy

Libya's maritime show 'LIMEX 2009' begins

14 october 2009 - 19:20:00
Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- The second edition of the Libyan maritime show, "LIMEX 2 009", was flagged off Tuesday at [...] Full text...

thread Economy

6 die in Brazzaville air crash

26 august 2009 - 17:52:00
Brazzaville- Congo (PANA) -- Six people died on Wednesday morning in the south su b-urban Brazzaville, when an Antonov 12 [...] Full text...

thread Economy

Kenya/Uganda railway firm to fix share-holding woes

14 august 2009 - 15:18:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenyan authorities on Thursday failed to terminate the 2 5-year long concession offered to the Rift [...] Full text...

thread Economy

Mauritania's new cabinet

12 august 2009 - 13:15:00
Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA)-- Following is the composition of the new Mauritani an government formed on Tuesday evening, following last week's [...] Full text...

thread Politics

Comoros appoints new government

31 july 2009 - 22:20:00
Moroni- Comoros (PANA) -- following is the new government appointed Friday by Com oran president Ahmed Abdallah Sambi, after the [...] Full text...

thread Politics

Ex-Chadian army chief appointed national security adviser

24 july 2009 - 13:25:00
Praia- Cape Verde (PANA) -- The former chief of the Cape Verdean army, Col. Anter o Matos, has been [...] Full text...

thread Politics

Wade calls for building of quality infrastructure in Africa

24 june 2009 - 23:13:00
Brussels- Belgium (PANA) -- Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade Wednesday called on Europeans to build quality infrastructure in Africa. Addressing [...] Full text...

thread Politics

Gabon lists members of transition government

20 june 2009 - 14:57:00
Libreville- Gabon (PANA) -- The Gabonese government Friday released the list of n ames and portpolios of members of the [...] Full text...

thread Politics

Mali's ex-PM forms group to promote expertise

03 june 2009 - 17:41:00
Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- Mali's former prime minister Ahmed Mohamed Ag Hamani has f ormed an association for the promotion [...] Full text...

thread Society

Senegal cancels resumption of airport management under ASECNA

26 april 2009 - 17:09:00
Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The Senegalese government has cancelled the decision, ma de a year ago, to resume airport fees [...] Full text...

thread Economy

Kenya police crackdown on sect slaughter suspects

21 april 2009 - 19:46:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenya police have nabbed 63 suspects following the Monda y night slaughter in Mathira, central Kenya, [...] Full text...

thread Society

Moroccan king flies to Equatorial Guinea

16 april 2009 - 22:44:00
Rabat- Morocco (PANA) -- Moroccan King Mohamed VI left Fez, east of Rabat, on Th ursday for Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, [...] Full text...

thread Politics

Central Africa calls for raising of road fund

01 march 2009 - 20:13:00
Brazzaville- Congo (PANA) -- The Economic and Monetary Community of Central Afric a (CEMAC) and the Economic Community of Central [...] Full text...

thread Economy

Niamey hosts conference on civil aviation safety

19 february 2009 - 16:08:00
Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- The first conference of the African training centres in civil aviation began Wednesday in Niamey, for [...] Full text...

thread Economy

Air traffic at Bamako airport increases by 14% in 2008

10 january 2009 - 17:15:00
Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- Air traffic at Bamako's international airport registered a 12. 4% increase in 2007 and 14% in [...] Full text...

thread Economy