US snubs South Africa at G20 meeting
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Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has not been accredited to attend the upcoming [...] Full text...
2026 FIFA WC: All 48 nations confirmed after last qualifying matches
01 april 2026 - 17:44:08Zurich, Switzerland (PANA) - FIFA, football's world governing body, has officially confirmed all 48 nations for the expanded 2026 World Cup following the [...] Full text...
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Sudanese government calls on USA to designate RSF as terrorist entity
10 march 2026 - 19:56:46Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese government has called on the US Administration to designate the Rapid Support Forces [...] Full text...
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Nelson Mandela documentary premiers in the USA
26 january 2026 - 06:53:46Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – More than 70 hours of rare, unreleased audio recordings of former President Nelson Mandela [...] Full text...
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Sudan welcomes President Trump's Initiative to Resolve the GERD Issue between Egypt, Ethiopia and the Sudan
17 january 2026 - 12:12:48Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA)- The President of the Sudanese Sovereign Council, General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, has announced that he welcomes [...] Full text...
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Will AI kickstart a new age of nuclear power?
17 january 2026 - 11:36:43Vienna, Austria (PANA) - The rapidly expanding use of artificial intelligence worldwide is putting electrical grids under huge pressure and [...] Full text...
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IMF reaches staff level agreement on review of ECF for Ethiopia
11 december 2025 - 10:40:20Washington, DC, USA (PANA) – International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff and the Ethiopian authorities have reached staff-level agreement on economic [...] Full text...
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International standards proliferate, reshaping global economy: World Bank report
11 december 2025 - 07:08:54Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - A proliferating set of international standards—covering everything from food labelling to the specifications of 5G [...] Full text...
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How stablecoins can improve payments and global finance (IMF Blog by Tobias Adrian, Marcello Miccoli, Nobuyasu Sugimoto)
08 december 2025 - 08:16:37Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - Despite having a market capitalisation of about 10 percent of Bitcoin, stablecoins are growing in influence [...] Full text...
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2026 FIFA WC: The groups after the draw
05 december 2025 - 19:35:04Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The following are the groups for the 2026 FIFA World Cup to be hosted by [...] Full text...
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AU chairperson urges parties to the Washington Peace Accords to faithfully implement them
05 december 2025 - 09:24:32Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, has welcomed the peace [...] Full text...
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Better economic measurement is about wiser use, not just more data (IMF Blog by Gita Bhatt)
04 december 2025 - 10:22:48Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - We live in a galaxy of data. From satellites and smartwatches to social media and [...] Full text...
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Developing countries’ debt outflows hit 50-year high during 2022-2024 - World Bank reveals
03 december 2025 - 06:46:15EMBARGOED: NOT FOR PUBLICATION, BROADCAST, OR TRANSMISSION UNTIL WEDNESDAY, 3 DECEMBER, 2025, AT 2:30 PM LONDON Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - [...] Full text...
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Human rights group urges ICC member states to oppose US sanctions on Court
02 december 2025 - 12:42:32The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - States must firmly oppose the US government’s threats and sanctions against the International Criminal Court [...] Full text...
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IMF reaches staff-level deal with Sierra Leone on first and second reviews of ECF
27 november 2025 - 07:38:15Washington, DC, USA (PANA) – Subject to approval by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Management and Executive Board, completion of [...] Full text...
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Industrial policy can lift productivity—but comes with risks and trade-offs: IMF Blog by Shekhar Aiyar, Mehdi Benatiya Andaloussi
26 november 2025 - 07:11:14Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - Governments across both advanced and emerging market economies have increasingly rolled out new support for [...] Full text...
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IMF concludes virtual mission on programme review with Mali
25 november 2025 - 10:31:28Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff and the Malian authorities have concluded the virtual mission under [...] Full text...
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US rescinds 15% tariff on Ghana’s cocoa, agro exports
24 november 2025 - 16:53:21Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Government of Ghana has received official confirmation from the United States that the 15% tariff [...] Full text...
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Sudan’s military leader again rejects UAE's membership of the Quad
24 november 2025 - 14:50:14Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan's military ruler says he will consider the Quad, which has been working to end [...] Full text...
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G20 Leaders' Summit adopts declaration - Spokesperson
23 november 2025 - 07:11:33Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa's Presidential Spokesperson Vincent Magwenya has confirmed that the leaders of the G20 have [...] Full text...
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How Europe can capture the AI growth dividend (IMF Blog By Florian Misch, Ben Park, Carlo Pizzinelli, Galen Sher)
21 november 2025 - 10:34:56Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - Can artificial intelligence provide a much-needed boost to Europe’s economic productivity? Use of AI is spreading [...] Full text...
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South African President confirms US will attend G20 Summit
21 november 2025 - 07:55:33Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has confirmed that the United States will participate in [...] Full text...
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Policy actions can reinforce growth progress in many G20 economies: IMF Blog byNicolas Fernandez-Arias, Shushanik Hakobyan
20 november 2025 - 07:41:47Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - Since the G20’s foundational Pittsburgh conference in 2009, progress toward its goal of strong, sustainable, [...] Full text...
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Sub-Saharan Africa: Steady growth amid fiscal challenges (IMF Blog by Abebe Aemro Selassie, Amadou Sy)
19 november 2025 - 08:19:36Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - Over the past six months the realignment of global priorities and increasingly turbulent external conditions [...] Full text...
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'The Elders' condemn atrocities in Sudan, DRC
19 november 2025 - 08:16:19Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Elders, an independent group of global leaders working for peace, justice, human rights and a [...] Full text...
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World Bank Group appoints Managing Director and Chief Knowledge Officer
18 november 2025 - 13:09:55Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - The World Bank Group has announced the appointment of Paschal Donohoe as Managing Director and [...] Full text...
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Intense violence, worsens food insecurity in conflict areas
18 november 2025 - 12:45:35New York, USA (PANA) - Attacks harming civilians and civilian infrastructure leave fields abandoned, disrupt food ssissupply chains, drive up [...] Full text...
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South Africa rolls out red carpet for G20 Summit
18 november 2025 - 07:23:03Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African Government says it is ready to welcome world leaders from 42 [...] Full text...
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Multilateralism can survive the loss of consensus (Danny Quah, Professor of Economics at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in Singapore, writes for F&D Magazine)
29 october 2025 - 07:44:05Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - Can adversarial nations work together for the common good? It’s natural to despair over prospects [...] Full text...
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Sudan's Sovereign Council denies talks with paramilitary RSF
24 october 2025 - 07:03:32Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan's Transitional Sovereign Council has categorically denied reports in some media outlets and on social media [...] Full text...
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'Sudanese, US officials engaged in pre-peace talks consultation'
22 october 2025 - 12:31:48Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - A news portal close to the Sudanese government on Tuesday said the military rulers are [...] Full text...
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Finance changed, risks didn’t (By Yao Zeng for F&D Magazine, an assistant professor of finance and the Cynthia and Bennett Golub Faculty Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania)
22 october 2025 - 07:16:02Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - More than 15 years after the global financial crisis, the banking and financial system looks [...] Full text...
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African Development Bank President pledges deeper cooperation with key constituency
19 october 2025 - 06:53:59Washington, DC, US (PANA) - African Development Bank (AfDB) Group President Sidi Ould Tah has met with the finance ministers [...] Full text...
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Leaders from US, Chad and Saudi Arabia discuss situation in Sudan
17 october 2025 - 17:41:39Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA)- U.S. Senior Advisor for Arab and African Affairs, Boulos Massad, has revealed that he held constructive [...] Full text...
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IMF Managing Director sets out priorities for a resilient global economy
17 october 2025 - 07:13:57Washington, DC, USA (PANA) – International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva has called for increased efforts to spur [...] Full text...
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Sudan to make use of the Gaza momentum reaching peace at home
15 october 2025 - 19:20:14Port Sudan, Sudan(PANA)- Sudan and Egypt are agreed that the region should make use of the momentum brought by the Trump [...] Full text...
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Global Economic Outlook shows modest change amid policy shifts and complex forces (IMF Blog by Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas)
15 october 2025 - 10:46:05Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - In April, the United States shook global trade norms by announcing sweeping tariffs. Given the [...] Full text...
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African Caucus and IMF reaffirm commitment to Africa’s resilience and long-term development
15 october 2025 - 09:47:13Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - Inflation pressures and tight global financing conditions continue to weigh on fiscal positions and debt [...] Full text...
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Growth of nonbanks is revealing new financial stability risks (IMF Blog By Tobias Adrian)
15 october 2025 - 09:10:20Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - Stretched asset valuations and pressures in core sovereign bond markets are keeping financial stability risks [...] Full text...
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2026 FIFA WC: Line-up of African countries that have qualified automatically
15 october 2025 - 07:52:52Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The following are the African countries that have officially qualified automatically for the 2026 FIFA World [...] Full text...
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2026 FIFA WC Qualifiers: Ghana qualify after 1-0 win over Comoros
12 october 2025 - 22:06:49Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Black Stars of Ghana sealed their place in 2026 FIFA World Cup competition in the [...] Full text...
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Opportunity in a time of change (IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva's curtain raiser speech for the 2025 World Bank, IMF Annual Meetings)
12 october 2025 - 11:56:40Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - As I look at the world over the decades, I see incredible progress, but also [...] Full text...
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The Stablecoin Balancing Act (IMF article by Darrell, Odunayo Olowookere, Andreas Veneris)
09 october 2025 - 12:12:40Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - Legend has it that gangster Al Capone hid the illicit origins of his wealth by [...] Full text...
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Economic uncertainty can test resilience of foreign exchange market (IMF Blog By Andrea Deghi, Mahvash S. Qureshi, Tomohiro Tsuruga)
09 october 2025 - 07:54:14Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - Foreign exchange is the largest and most liquid financial market, with nearly $10 trillion changing [...] Full text...
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Libyan University, Malaysian academic institutions sign MoUs
07 october 2025 - 14:17:13Benghazi, Libya (PANA) - Libya's Omar Mokhtar University, based in Benghazi in the east, has signed three Memoranda of Understanding [...] Full text...
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Good policies (and Good luck) helped emerging economies better resist shocks: IMF Blog By Marijn Bolhuis, Arindam Roy, Patrick Schneider, Zhao Zhang
07 october 2025 - 09:17:26Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - Emerging market economies have held up remarkably well in recent years, even after periods of [...] Full text...
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Sub-Saharan Africa maintains resilient growth but faces urgent jobs challenge
07 october 2025 - 08:54:55Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - Sub-Saharan Africa’s economy remains resilient, with growth projected to reach 3.8 percent in 2025, up [...] Full text...
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IMF announces appointment of Dan Katz as First Deputy Managing Director
04 october 2025 - 07:30:31Washington, DC, USA (PANA) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Executive Board has approved the appointment of Mr. Dan Katz [...] Full text...
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Dollar’s share of reserves held steady in second quarter when adjusted for FX moves (IMF Blog by Glen Kwende, Erin Nephew, Carlos Sánchez-Muñoz)
04 october 2025 - 07:26:28Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - Exchange-rate effects drove nearly all the decline in the US currency’s share of foreign exchange [...] Full text...
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Dollar’s share of reserves held steady in second quarter when adjusted for FX moves (IMF Blog by Glen Kwende, Erin Nephew, Carlos Sánchez-Muñoz)
01 october 2025 - 15:16:39Washington DC, USA (PANA) - Our unique data on the currency composition of global foreign exchange reserves, COFER, track how [...] Full text...
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Uncertainty about Uncertainty (IMF Blog by Hites Ahir, Nicholas Bloom, Davide Furceri)
01 october 2025 - 09:20:17Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - Amid this year’s geopolitical rifts, one signal of uncertainty is flashing red; another, green; and [...] Full text...
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World Bank Group tracks project funds with new blockchain tool
30 september 2025 - 08:09:16Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - The World Bank Group (WBG) is transforming how it tracks development project funds, becoming the [...] Full text...
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Explainer: Five megatrends shaping the rise of nonbank finance (IMF Blog by Jay Surti)
29 september 2025 - 16:23:33Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - The global financial crisis of 2008 froze the financial system. Banks pulled back credit, families [...] Full text...
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Fiscal rules foster stability as spending pressures grow (IMF Blog by Era Dabla-Norris, Raphael Lam, Francisco Roch)
28 september 2025 - 08:37:49Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - Countries have increasingly adopted fiscal rules and frameworks that aim to give clarity and predictability [...] Full text...
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Pursuing durable growth in an uncertain world - IMF Annual Report 2025
27 september 2025 - 12:23:49Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - Policymakers must resolve trade tensions, safeguard stability, and implement growth-oriented reforms to achieve durable growth [...] Full text...
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World Bank Vice President for Western and Central Africa visits Benin, Burkina Faso and Niger
27 september 2025 - 06:28:11Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - World Bank Regional Vice President for Western and Central Africa Ousmane Diagana will undertake a [...] Full text...
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AU, EU and UN chiefs hold sixth trilateral meeting in New York
22 september 2025 - 06:21:32New York, USA (PANA) - African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, European Council President António Costa, European Commission [...] Full text...
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How the battle for control could crush AI’s promise
20 september 2025 - 10:39:57Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - A shift toward centralisation and concentration could snuff out technology’s productive potential, writes Carl Benedikt [...] Full text...
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World Bank successfully closes inaugural securitisation transaction
20 september 2025 - 09:11:48Washington, D.C., USA (PANA) - The World Bank Group, through its private sector arm, the International Finance Corporation, has closed [...] Full text...
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New IMF Blog: Stress tests can help determine much capital central banks need by Romain Veyrune
19 september 2025 - 18:17:21Washington, DC USA (PANA) - Central banks pride themselves on being data-driven and consensus-based. Surprisingly, though, there is little consensus [...] Full text...
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World Bank Group appoints new Country Manager for Republic of Congo
17 september 2025 - 09:27:30Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The World Bank Group has announced the appointment of Ms. Alexandra Célestin as its Country Manager [...] Full text...
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Sudanese Foreign Ministry question the usefulness of US sanctions on two Sudanese entities this week
15 september 2025 - 06:31:35Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan's Ministry for Foreign Affairs on Sunday questioned the usefulness of US sanctions imposed by [...] Full text...
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Technology is reshaping capital flows and currency dominance; data integrity is essential for financial stability (IMF Blog by Hélène Rey, a professor at the London Business School)
11 september 2025 - 11:45:33Washington, DC, USA (PANA - Technology is reshaping capital flows and currency dominance; data integrity is essential for financial stability.Technology [...] Full text...
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How stablecoins and other financial innovations may reshape the global economy (By Gitab Bhatt of IMF)
05 september 2025 - 13:30:33Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - Three years ago, Finance & Development devoted a full issue to anticipating “The Money Revolution,” [...] Full text...
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Protecting nature boosts growth and jobs, shows new report
04 september 2025 - 10:05:38Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - Ninety percent of the world lives with either degraded land, unhealthy air, or water stress, [...] Full text...
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2026 WC Qualifiers: The state of play as Africa's qualifying resumes (BY CAF Online)
03 september 2025 - 14:01:46Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - African qualifying restarts on Wedesday with decisive stakes and places at the 2026 World Cup on [...] Full text...
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Why economic inequality matters for development (World Bank Blog by Luis Felipe López-Calva, Global Director, Poverty and Equity Global Practice; Deon Filmer, Director, Development Research Group, World Bank and Haishan Fu, Chief Statistician of the World Bank Group and Director of the Development Data Group)
28 august 2025 - 07:22:41Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - Does economic inequality matter for development? That’s a question we discussed at a recent event [...] Full text...
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Education is key to jobs, growth, and lifelong learning (World Bank Blog by Luis Benveniste, Global Director for Education at the World Bank)
27 august 2025 - 08:26:24Washington, DC., USA (PANA) - Education equips learners with important foundational skills that are essential for work and life. Education is [...] Full text...
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Reclaiming a policy role for economists (IMF Blog by Karen Dynan, Professor of Practice of Economic Policy at Harvard University and nonresident senior fellow at the Peterson Institute of International Economics)
22 august 2025 - 11:58:55Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - Acknowledging missteps, listening well, defending data, and avoiding jargon will help the profession engageEconomists have [...] Full text...
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The Debate over Falling Fertility: IMF Finance & Development (By David E. Bloom, Professor of Economics and Demography at Harvard University’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health)
06 august 2025 - 12:21:08Washington DC, USA (PANA) - A decline in global population later this century may threaten human progress, or it may [...] Full text...
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A Moving History: IMF Finance & Development (By Ian Goldin, Professor of Globalisation and Development at Oxford University)
06 august 2025 - 10:46:10Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - The history of migration is the story of humanity and its progress. It’s a story [...] Full text...
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World Bank Group joins African Development Bank Group and Mastercard as co-chair of Mobilising Access to the Digital Economy
06 august 2025 - 07:49:28Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - The World Bank Group has signed on as co-chair of the Mobilising Access to the [...] Full text...
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Culinary diplomacy strengthens US-Ghana commercial ties
04 august 2025 - 11:06:59Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The US Poultry & Egg Export Council (USAPEEC) is collaborating on the seventh biannual poultry training [...] Full text...
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Russia bent on Internet blocking, control, and isolation
01 august 2025 - 11:50:04New York, USA (PANA) - For years, Russian authorities have been meticulously expanding their legal and technological tools to carve [...] Full text...
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IMF Executive Board concludes 2025 Article IV Consultation with Mali
01 august 2025 - 11:27:12Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation with [...] Full text...
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US' plan to destroy US$9.7 million of contraceptives is unconscionable, says medical charity
30 july 2025 - 06:40:00Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States government’s plan to destroy US$9.7 million worth of contraceptives is a callous [...] Full text...
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Tech’s Winner-Take-All Trap (IMF Finance & Development Feature, By Bruce Edwards)
30 july 2025 - 06:25:42Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - When controlled by a select few, tech innovation can be self-serving and undermine the institutions [...] Full text...
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2024 WAFCON: Tournament showcases growth of women’s football in Africa (By CAF Online)
27 july 2025 - 06:16:50Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - In an era of unprecedented growth and development, the TotalEnergies WAFCON 2024 in Morocco, which ended [...] Full text...
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WB expands financial coverage to save lives and livelihoods in Eastern and Southern Africa
25 july 2025 - 07:28:53Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - More than 12 million people in Angola, Burundi, Malawi, Seychelles, and Zambia will benefit from [...] Full text...
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South African trade union urges Pretoria to mend fences with the US
24 july 2025 - 10:16:17Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African trade union, Solidarity, on Thursday called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to urgently [...] Full text...
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IMF's First Deputy Managing Director Gita Gopinath quits to rejoin Harvard economics faculty
22 july 2025 - 08:45:20Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva has announced the departure of Gita Gopinath, [...] Full text...
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12 million Kenyans to benefit from new social protection project for strengthening human capital, economic inclusion
18 july 2025 - 07:59:47Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - The World Bank Board of Directors approved the Second Kenya Social and Economic Inclusion Project [...] Full text...
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EMBARGOED: NOT FOR PUBLICATION, BROADCAST, OR TRANSMISSION UNTIL WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 2025, AT 9:30 AM EDT, WHICH IS 1:30 PM UTC Mobile-phone technology powers saving surge in developing economies
15 july 2025 - 11:00:55Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - More adults than ever in low- and middle-income countries now have bank or other financial [...] Full text...
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World Bank Group appoints new Country Manager for Burundi
08 july 2025 - 08:28:03Washington DC, USA (PANA) - Mr. Babacar Sedikh Faye has been appointed as the World Bank Group (WBG) Country Manager [...] Full text...
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AU chairperson welcomes peace agreement between DRC and Rwanda
29 june 2025 - 13:05:59Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Mr. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, has welcomed the signing [...] Full text...
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EMBARGOED: NOT FOR PUBLICATION UNTIL FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 2025, AT 9:1:30 PM UTC. Extreme poverty rising fast in economies hit by conflict, instability – World Bank report
27 june 2025 - 08:16:11Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - Conflict and instability are taking a devastating toll on the 39 economies afflicted by them, [...] Full text...
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IMF Board completes 4th review of Comoros ECF arrangement
25 june 2025 - 11:59:05Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has completed the fourth review under [...] Full text...
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Radical changes needed in debt transparency practices, says new World Bank report
20 june 2025 - 07:04:04Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - More developing economies are turning to off-budget and more complex borrowing arrangements in response to [...] Full text...
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IMF concludes 2025 Article IV Consultation with Mauritius
19 june 2025 - 10:21:43Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - The Mauritian economy continues to exhibit resilience with growth at 4.7 percent in 2024 and [...] Full text...
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FDI flows to developing economies drop to lowest level since 2005 EMBARGOED: NOT FOR PUBLICATION, BROADCAST, OR TRANSMISSION UNTIL MONDAY, JUNE 16, 2025, AT 1:30 PM UTC
16 june 2025 - 12:54:10Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - Flows of foreign direct investment (FDI) into developing economies—a key propellant of economic growth and [...] Full text...
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Disclosing public debt boosts investor confidence, cuts borrowing costs: IMF Blog By Yan Liu
13 june 2025 - 08:59:03Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - Public debt is projected to reach nearly 100 percent of global gross domestic product by [...] Full text...
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Unlocking finance for creative industries: World Bank Blog By Ivor Istuk, Senior Financial Sector Specialist and Juni Tingting Zhu, Senior Economist
12 june 2025 - 07:27:49Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - Creative industries, such as film, music, fashion design and advertising are a growing important source [...] Full text...
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Most of the developing world is turning into a development-free zone: World Bank Blog By Indermit Gill, Chief Economist of the World Bank Group and Senior Vice President for Development Economics and M. Ayhan Kose, Deputy Chief Economist of the World Bank Group and Director of the Prospects Group, Development Economics
11 june 2025 - 07:45:28Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - Only six months ago, a “soft landing” appeared to be in sight: the global economy [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Pretoria downplays latest US travel advisory
06 june 2025 - 09:15:03Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The government on Friday said it had noted the recent update by the United [...] Full text...
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US underlines need for pressing warring Sudanese parties for negotiated settlement to conflict
04 june 2025 - 09:22:18Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The US Deputy Secretary of State, Christopher Landau, held a meeting on Tuesday with the [...] Full text...
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DRC's Inga 3 energy project to start with investments in local communities
04 june 2025 - 08:32:00Washington DC, USA (PANA) - The World Bank Board of Executive Directors has approved a $250 million credit from the [...] Full text...
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2025 FIFA U-20 WC: Mixed fortunes for African sides in group stage
30 may 2025 - 10:50:47Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Africa’s four representatives at the upcoming FIFA U-20 World Cup Chile 2025 discovered their group-stage opponents [...] Full text...
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Sudan denounces US sanctions based on 'political blackmailing and falsification'
23 may 2025 - 14:48:21Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan’s Minister for Culture and Information, Khalid Al-Aiser, has rebuffed sanctions announced by the US [...] Full text...
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Addressing transportation inefficiencies in Africa crucial to reducing food
21 may 2025 - 08:43:31Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - A new World Bank report reveals that transportation inefficiencies are causing significant food losses in [...] Full text...
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Sub-Saharan Africa’s fragile recovery tested by global policy uncertainty
26 april 2025 - 10:51:19Washington, DC, USA (PANA) -The International Monetary Fund (IMF) expects growth in sub-Saharan Africa to ease to 3.8 percent in 2025 [...] Full text...
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IMF must focus on core mandate, encourage growth and stability – IMFC
26 april 2025 - 10:10:43Washington, DC. USA (PANA) . The International Monetary Fund (IMF) must continue to focus on its core mandate, including supporting [...] Full text...
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Asia can boost economic resilience amid surging trade tensions: IMF Blog By Thomas Helbling, Andrea Pescatori, and Krishna Srinivasan
25 april 2025 - 08:47:23Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - As the global economic system is being reset, US tariffs are the highest in a [...] Full text...
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IMF chief calls for balanced growth in global policy agenda
25 april 2025 - 07:31:27Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - Countries must work constructively to resolve trade tensions, safeguard economic and financial stability, and double [...] Full text...
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Rising global debt requires countries to put their fiscal house in order: IMF Blog By Era Dabla-Norris, Vitor Gaspar, Marcos Poplawski-Ribeiro
24 april 2025 - 07:36:33Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - Major policy shifts underway have heightened global uncertainty. The series of recent tariff announcements by [...] Full text...
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Economic growth speeding up in Africa, but uncertainty clouds outlook
24 april 2025 - 07:05:03Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa is showing some resilience despite uncertainty in the global economy [...] Full text...
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Local leaders raise temperature on action to fight climate change
23 april 2025 - 05:02:24New York, US (PANA) - City officials, state governors and other leaders across the world are ensuring their localities can [...] Full text...
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UN members gather to discuss the international pact on protection of the high seas
15 april 2025 - 14:20:02New York. USA (PANA) - This week, delegates from around the world gather in New York to discuss what has [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Foreign aid cuts jeopardise malaria control efforts: WHO
14 april 2025 - 08:17:53Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Since 2000, investments in the global malaria response have prevented more than 2 billion cases and [...] Full text...
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United Airlines increases flights to South Africa
11 april 2025 - 07:41:21Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – United Airlines is expanding its African network. It launched a new long-haul service from [...] Full text...
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World sees highest recorded executions since 2015: Amnesty International
08 april 2025 - 11:01:11London, UK (PANA) - Global executions hit their highest figure since 2015, as over 1,500 people were executed across 15 [...] Full text...
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South African opposition condemns Zelenky's State visit
07 april 2025 - 09:37:56Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African opposition MP Party (MKP) has condemned Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's State visit on [...] Full text...
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Unsustainable fashion, textiles focus on International Day of Zero Waste 2025
28 march 2025 - 11:04:52Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Ahead of the International Day of Zero Waste 2025, events in Nairobi, New York and across [...] Full text...
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Zelensky’s State visit to South Africa postponed to 24 April
25 march 2025 - 08:52:28Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's State visit to South Africa has been postponed from 10 [...] Full text...
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Foreign companies invited to invest in 22 oil fields in Libya
11 march 2025 - 12:25:40Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The acting Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Libyan National Oil Company (NOC), Massoud [...] Full text...
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Why investing in women and girls benefits everyone
08 march 2025 - 09:22:20New York, USA (PANA) – The right to go to school. To join the workforce. The right to vote. To [...] Full text...
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Smart policies that help people realize their potential can be game-changing for entire societies: IMF Blog By Gita Bhatt
08 march 2025 - 08:14:45Washington D.C., USA (PANA) - Every great leap in human progress—from the printing press to the steam engine to the [...] Full text...
thread Economy
2026 World Cup final will have half-time show - FIFA Chief
06 march 2025 - 08:14:26Zurich, Switzerland (PANA) - FIFA President Gianni Infantino has confirmed that the final of the 2026 World Cup will feature [...] Full text...
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Democratising innovation can harness untapped talent and spur economic growth: IMF Blog By Xavier Jaravel, Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics
05 march 2025 - 13:01:25Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - Notwithstanding Plato’s 2,400-year-oldproverb, necessity alone is not the mother of invention. It also requires opportunity. An [...] Full text...
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Uncertainty around US aids freeze puts millions of people at risk: MSF
15 february 2025 - 08:32:18Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) — The decision by the US government to temporarily freeze funding to the President’s Emergency Plan for [...] Full text...
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Youth, Violence and Therapy: World Bank Blog By Lelys Dinarte-Diaz, Human Development Research Economist
13 february 2025 - 07:43:02Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) - There is often a disproportionate concentration of violence and crime among young people in low-income urban [...] Full text...
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South African composer Wouter Kellerman wins another Grammy
07 february 2025 - 05:16:42Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's minister of Sport, Arts and Culture, Gayton McKenzie, on Friday extended his [...] Full text...
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Kenya furious after DRC Embassy looting
28 january 2025 - 19:14:02Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Kenyan embassy in Kinshasa has been looted in protest against the ongoing civil disturbance in [...] Full text...
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UN chief offers condolences amid devastating wildfires in California Santa Monica Pier in California, USA.
10 january 2025 - 16:06:16New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has expressed sorrow over the fast-moving wildfires that have devastated the [...] Full text...
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US names delegation to inauguration of Ghana's President Mahama
04 january 2025 - 08:19:00Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The President of the United States of America (USA), Joseph Biden Jr, has named a delegation [...] Full text...
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CAF sees exciting year ahead for African football in 2025
01 january 2025 - 13:55:16Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The year 2025 promises to be a thrilling period for African football as CAF organizes a [...] Full text...
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The climate crisis: 5 things to watch out for in 2025 (By Conor Lennon, UN News)
30 december 2024 - 08:18:06Belém, Brazil (PANA) - The Amazonian city of Belém, Brazil, will be the global focus of efforts to tackle the [...] Full text...
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Libya's economy set for sustainable growth, increased productivity
18 december 2024 - 11:05:54Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - Libya’s economy is expected to stabilise following an agreement ending the leadership crisis at the [...] Full text...
thread Economy
South Africa's former finance minister to head G20 Africa Expert Panel
17 december 2024 - 06:24:34Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s former Finance Minister Trevor Manuel has been appointed to head the G20 [...] Full text...
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For poorest economies, next 25 years could prove decisive: World Bank
13 december 2024 - 07:26:40Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - The next 25 years could prove decisive in determining whether the world’s 26 poorest countries [...] Full text...
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Without course correction, 20 of 26 countries would remain poor through 2050 – World Bank study
12 december 2024 - 07:10:54EMBARGOED: UNTIL THURSDAY, 12 DECEMBER, 2024, AT 2:00 PM UTC.Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - The next 25 years could prove [...] Full text...
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US opposes government in exile by Sudanese civilian opposition
08 december 2024 - 12:20:09Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) -The US Special Envoy to the Sudan has reacted strongly to reports that the Sudanese political [...] Full text...
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2025 FIFA Club World Cup: African coaches react to tough groups
06 december 2024 - 13:28:55Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Some African coaches have reacted to the tough groups handed to them at the draws for [...] Full text...
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2025 FIFA Club World Cup: African clubs handed tough opponents
06 december 2024 - 11:40:53Miami, US (PANA) - The four African clubs participating in the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 — Al Ahly (Egypt), [...] Full text...
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Housing’s unique role in lives and economies demands greater understanding: IMF Blog By Gita Bhatt
05 december 2024 - 08:43:42Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - Wherever I go these days, the conversation inevitably focuses on the rising cost of housing. [...] Full text...
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Broader access to jobs and public services key to addressing inequality, reducing poverty in Africa, says new report
04 december 2024 - 17:17:48Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - Unequal and limited access to jobs, finance, and public services such as education and healthcare [...] Full text...
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Two-thirds of digital content creators do not fact-check, UNESCO survey reveals
28 november 2024 - 05:14:31Paris, France (PANA) - In an age when social media dominates global information sharing, an alarming two-thirds of digital content [...] Full text...
thread Society
US Special: Burhan decisions positive
26 november 2024 - 15:30:52Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA)- The U.S. Special Envoy for Sudan, Tom Perriello, has described as positive the decisions of the [...] Full text...
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South Africa to receive G20 presidency this week
18 november 2024 - 08:42:37Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (PANA) – South Africa's President, Cyril Ramaphosa, on Sunday night arrived in Brazil where he will [...] Full text...
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2024 FIFA U-17 WWC: North Korea beat US to qualify for finals
31 october 2024 - 07:18:13Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (PANA) - North Korea pipped the USA 1-0 on Wednesday to reach the finals of the [...] Full text...
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US condemns militia attacks against Sudanese civilians
30 october 2024 - 15:11:45Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The United States on Wednesday issued a statement condemning in the strongest terms recent attacks [...] Full text...
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Tuberculosis resurges as top infectious disease killer
29 october 2024 - 22:20:42Washington D.C., USA (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) Tuesday published a new report on tuberculosis revealing that approximately [...] Full text...
thread Health
2024 FIFA U-17 WWC: Nigeria bow out in battle for semi-finals
27 october 2024 - 15:00:18Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (PANA) - Kennedy Fuller's first-half penalty and Kimmi Ascanio's late goal on Saturday lifted USA over [...] Full text...
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US Administration decides continuation of sanctions against Sudan
26 october 2024 - 16:52:58Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - United States President Joe Biden has announced Continuation of the National Emergency with respect to [...] Full text...
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US commends Egyptian role in Sudan
26 october 2024 - 10:03:19Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty have underlined the [...] Full text...
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2024 FIFA U-20 WWC: All quarter-final fixtures
26 october 2024 - 07:01:27Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (PANA) - Here are all the quarter-final fixtures at the ongoing 2024 FIFA Under-17 Women's world [...] Full text...
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USA-Saudi Arabia stress the need to build on Jeddah declaration for resolving conflict in Sudan
24 october 2024 - 05:50:49Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his Saudi counterpart, Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al [...] Full text...
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2024 FIFA U-17 WWC: Nigeria emerge Group A winners
23 october 2024 - 08:49:24Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (PANA) - Nigeria gabbed the 9 points at stake in Group A after thumbing hosts, Dominican [...] Full text...
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2024 FIFA U-17 WWC: Nigeria qualify for quarter finals
20 october 2024 - 06:50:28Santiago, Dominican Republic (PANA) - Nigeria on Saturday marched past Ecuador to collect their second victory, remaining at the top [...] Full text...
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2024 FIFA U-17 WWC: Results of Day 1 matches
17 october 2024 - 06:12:53Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (PANA) - The following are the results of Day 1 matches of the 2024 Under-17 Women's [...] Full text...
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2024 FIFA U-17 WWC: Nigeria’s Flamingos depart for Dominican Republic
02 october 2024 - 12:06:21Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria’s Under-17 women’s national team, the Flamingos, departed the country for Santo Domingo, the capital of [...] Full text...
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Governments urged to ‘stop gambling with humanity’s future’ and eliminate nuclear weapons
27 september 2024 - 06:22:53New York, US (PANA) - World leaders, senior government officials and civil society representatives joined forces at UN Headquarters on [...] Full text...
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2024 FIFA U-20 WWC: North Korea win third title
23 september 2024 - 04:57:58Bogota, Colombia (PANA) - North Korea have won the 2024 FIFA Under-20 Women's World Cup, beating Japan 1-0.In the final [...] Full text...
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2024 FIFA U-20 WWC: USA win third-place match
22 september 2024 - 14:05:10Bogota, Colombia (PANA) - The United States of America (USA) came away with the bronze medal on Saturday when they [...] Full text...
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2024 FIFA U-20 WWC: North Korea, Japan in finals
19 september 2024 - 05:41:20Bogota, Colombia (PANA) - North Korea and Japan have progressed to the finals of the ongoing 2024 FIFA under-20 women's [...] Full text...
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2024 FIFA U-20 WWC: 3 former champions, one rookie gun for finals
17 september 2024 - 16:09:25Bogota, Colombia (PANA) - Three former champions, North Korea, United States of America (USA), and Germany, as well rookie Netherlands [...] Full text...
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2024 FIFA U-20 WWC: Quarter-finalists line up
13 september 2024 - 06:03:10Bogota, Colombia (PANA) - Japan, Netherlands, North Korea and Germany have completed the quarter-final line up at the ongoing 2024 [...] Full text...
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2024 FIFA U-20 WWC: Colombia, 3 others qualify for quarter-finals
12 september 2024 - 05:23:07Bogota, Colombia (PANA) - Hosts Colombia, Spain, United States of America (USA) and Brazil have qualified for the quarter-finals of [...] Full text...
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2024 FIFA U-20 WWC: All qualifiers for round of 16 emerge
09 september 2024 - 07:49:50Bogota, Colombia (PANA) - With all group matches now concluded, all qualifiers for the round of 16 have emerged. Here are [...] Full text...
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2024 FIFA U-20 WWC: Day 3 matches concluded in Groups A, B
07 september 2024 - 07:21:09Bogota, Colombia (PANA) - With the final Group matches concluded on Friday in Groups A and B, hosts Colombia, in [...] Full text...
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Private donations boost UN support for war-torn Gaza
05 september 2024 - 12:55:35Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - From celebrities to civil society, a growing number of people around the world are providing unprecedented [...] Full text...
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2024 FIFA U-20 WWC: Results from Day Two matches in Groups A, B
04 september 2024 - 08:45:31Bogota, Colombia (PANA) - Here are results from Day 2 matches in Groups A and B at the ongoing 2024 [...] Full text...
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2024 FIFA U-20 WWC: Results of matches played at the weekend
02 september 2024 - 09:27:32Bogota, Colombia (PANA) - The following are the results of the ongoing 2024 FIFA Women's World Cup in Colombia.Group A Colombia [...] Full text...
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Moroccan striker Rahimi's rise shakes Olympic Games football (A portrait)
04 august 2024 - 08:46:04Paris, France (PANA) - In the glittering arena of Olympic Games football, a star is rising from the sands of [...] Full text...
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Women's Olympics football: USA, Germany, Brazil, Spain qualify for semi finals
04 august 2024 - 08:45:00Paris, France (PANA) - Women's world champions, Spain, Germany, USA and Brazil on Saturday qualified for semi finals of the [...] Full text...
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2024 Olympics: Women's soccer quarter-final fixtures
03 august 2024 - 09:43:00Paris, France (PANA) - Here are the quarter-final fixtures in the Women's football event at the ongoing 2024 Olympic Games [...] Full text...
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2024 Paris Olympics: Morocco, Egypt reach semi-final of men's soccer
03 august 2024 - 07:28:42Paris, France (PANA) - Morocco and Egypt on Friday qualified for the semi-finals of the men's soccer event at the [...] Full text...
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BREAKING: Morocco storm into semi-final of men's Olympic soccer
02 august 2024 - 17:42:42Paris, France (PANA) - Morocco scored four unreplied goals against the USA on Friday to qualify for the semi-final of [...] Full text...
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2024 Paris Olympic Games: Adventure ends in group stage for Nigerian, Zambian women
01 august 2024 - 07:01:59Paris, France (PANA) - The Super Falcons of Nigeria recorded their third defeat in as many matches at the ongoing [...] Full text...
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2024 Paris Olympic Games: Results, tables after women's final Group matches in football event
01 august 2024 - 05:45:55Paris, France (PANA) - The following are the results of the final group matches and tables in the women's football [...] Full text...
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2024 Olympic Games: Medals table on Wednesday
31 july 2024 - 12:28:46Paris, France (PANA) - Here are the latest medals table on Wednesday at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France.Tabulated [...] Full text...
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2024 Olympic Games: Women's final Group matches in football event on Wednesday
31 july 2024 - 07:16:44Paris, France (PANA) - The following are the fixtures of the final group matches in the women's football event of [...] Full text...
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2024 Olympic Games: Quarter-final fixtures in men's football event on Friday
31 july 2024 - 07:12:14Paris, France (PANA) - Here are the quarter final fixtures in the men's football event at the 2024 Olympic Games [...] Full text...
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2024 Olympics football: Results and tables of men's final group matches
31 july 2024 - 05:52:21Paris, France (PANA) - The following are the results of the final group matches and tables in the men's football [...] Full text...
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2024 Olympics football: Men's final Group matches on Tuesday
30 july 2024 - 06:24:30Paris, France (PANA) - The final group matches in the men's football event at the 2024 Olympic Games in France [...] Full text...
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2024 Olympic Games: Day 2 Group matches in women's football event
29 july 2024 - 06:35:40Paris, France (PANA) - The following are the results of Day 2 matches in the Women's football event at the [...] Full text...
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2024 Olympics: Results of matches at the men's soccer event on Saturday
28 july 2024 - 07:18:47Paris, France (PANA) - Here are results of group matches played on Saturday at the 2024 Olympic men's soccer event.Group [...] Full text...
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2024 Olympics: Day 2 Group matches in women's soccer event
28 july 2024 - 07:16:29Paris, France (PANA) - Day 2 matches take place on Sunday in the Women's soccer event at the 2024 Olympics [...] Full text...
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2024 Olympics: Men's football results
26 july 2024 - 07:11:33Paris, France (PANA) - Below are results from the men's football event at 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France.Group AGuinea [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Ramaphosa condemns attempted assassination of Trump
14 july 2024 - 12:27:52Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday said the attempted assassination of former United States President Donald [...] Full text...
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Rwanda’s candidate starts campaign for WHO Africa post
12 july 2024 - 12:43:55Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) – A Rwandan public health expert, Dr. Richard Mihigo, has kicked off his campaign for the position [...] Full text...
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WHO announces MeDevIS platform to boost access to medical technologies and devices
08 july 2024 - 14:23:12Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) Monday introduced an online platform called MeDevIS (Medical Devices Information System), [...] Full text...
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IMF concludes 2024 Article consultation with Benin
28 june 2024 - 11:36:18Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has concluded the 2024 Article IV [...] Full text...
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World Bank Group debars Ernst & Young LLP, Kenya
26 june 2024 - 18:15:04Washington, USA (PANA) - The World Bank Group (WBG) announced on Wednesday a 30-month debarment of Kenya-based Ernst & Young [...] Full text...
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2024 FIFA U-17 WWC: Africa's trio in tricky groups
24 june 2024 - 06:48:59Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (PANA) - Africa's representatives in the upcoming FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in the Dominican Republic [...] Full text...
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Strong electric utilities critical to clean energy for all: WB report
18 june 2024 - 20:01:31Washington, DC, USA {PANA) - The majority of electric utilities in developing countries are ill-equipped to meet growing demand for [...] Full text...
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Getting the global economy out of the slow lane: World Bank Blog By Indermit Gill and M. Ayhan Kose
17 june 2024 - 17:01:14Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - With global growth stabilizing for the first time in three years, inflation reaching a three-year [...] Full text...
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Fiscal policy can help broaden gains of AI to humanity: IMF Blog By Era Dabla-Norris and Ruud de Mooij
17 june 2024 - 16:28:55Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - New generative-AI technologies hold immense potential for boosting productivity and improving the delivery of public [...] Full text...
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2024 FIFA U-17 WWC: Meet the qualifiers
17 june 2024 - 06:32:28Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (PANA) - The field is set. The line-up for the Eighth FIFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup [...] Full text...
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UN reports ‘shocking’ rise in violations against children in conflict in 2023
14 june 2024 - 06:44:50New York, USA (PANA) - Violence against children caught in armed conflict reached “extreme levels” last year, with a “shocking” [...] Full text...
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World Bank hosts fund for responding to loss, damage from climate
12 june 2024 - 08:07:15Washington, USA (PANA) - The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved the World Bank’s role as interim secretariat [...] Full text...
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2024 FIFA U-20 WWC: African quartet handed tricky groups
06 june 2024 - 10:58:38Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The draw for the 2024 FIFA Under-20 Women's World Cup in Colombia has set the stage [...] Full text...
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UNHCR: 2025 global refugee resettlement needs spike to almost 3 million
06 june 2024 - 09:48:27Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, estimates that more than 2.9 million refugees worldwide will need resettlement [...] Full text...
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As IMF turns 80, mounting global challenges mean world must work together: IMF Blog By By Gita Bhat
04 june 2024 - 13:41:42Washington DC, USA (PANA) – As IMF turns 80, mounting global challenges mean world must work together. Our biggest challenges—from [...] Full text...
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Ongoing war destroying social fabric in Gaza, UN aid official says
04 june 2024 - 06:16:52New York, USA (PANA) - The narrowing space left for civilians in the Gaza Strip is becoming increasingly limited and [...] Full text...
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World Bank Group and IMF deepen joint effort to scale up climate action
01 june 2024 - 08:35:56Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - The World Bank Group (WBG) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are deepening their cooperation [...] Full text...
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Inter-Agency Standing Committee launches urgent appeal for aid as famine stalks millions in Sudan
31 may 2024 - 12:00:41New York, USA (PANA) - Time is running out for millions of people in Sudan who are at imminent risk [...] Full text...
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Salah returns in Egypt's squad for 2026 World Cup qualifiers
30 may 2024 - 12:33:54Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Mohamed Salah has been included in new Egypt head coach Hossam Hassan's squad for this month's [...] Full text...
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2026 World Cup qualifiers: Lookman, Osimhen in strong Nigeria squad
28 may 2024 - 11:35:06Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria have named a strong 25-man squad for their upcoming 2026 World Cup qualifiers against South [...] Full text...
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World Bank issues new update on the Palestinian economy
24 may 2024 - 07:42:58Washington, DC, USA (PANA) – The World Bank has issued its latest update on The Impact of the Conflict in [...] Full text...
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Global carbon pricing revenues top a record $100 billion
22 may 2024 - 07:29:33Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - In 2023, carbon pricing revenues reached a record $104 billion, according to the World Bank’s [...] Full text...
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