Humanitarian aid reaches children in Blue Nile first time in almost two years
27 november 2024 - 18:45:23Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - For the first time in nearly two years of bitter fighting in Sudan, a humanitarian [...] Full text...
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Trump ups the ante on tariffs, vowing massive taxes on goods from Mexico, Canada and China David Goldman, CNN
26 november 2024 - 14:34:35Washington DC, US (PANA) - President-elect Donald Trump on Monday promised massive hikes in tariffs on goods coming from Mexico, [...] Full text...
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One woman killed every 10 minutes: The harrowing global reality of femicide
25 november 2024 - 06:49:49New York, US (PANA) - A sobering report released by UN Women and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime [...] Full text...
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Antimicrobial Resistance conference closes with adoption of global pledges to tackle problem
17 november 2024 - 05:03:25Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (PANA) - The 4th Global High-Level Ministerial Conference on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) wrapped up on Saturday with [...] Full text...
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Antimicrobial resistance crisis ‘happening now,’ WHO chief stresses
16 november 2024 - 07:25:08Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (PANA) - The top UN health official gave a sobering reality check as the Fourth Global High-Level [...] Full text...
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Transnational organised crime: ‘It’s time we pull together to push back’
15 november 2024 - 06:37:32Vienna, Austria (PANA) - Marking the inaugural International Day for the Prevention of and Fight against All Forms of Transnational [...] Full text...
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Cyberattacks on healthcare: A global threat that can’t be ignored
09 november 2024 - 06:41:08New York, US (PANA) - An alarming surge in ransomware attacks is putting the world’s healthcare infrastructure at critical risk, [...] 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...
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WHO supports South Sudan amid severe flooding
22 october 2024 - 05:00:47Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) is working with authorities and partners in South Sudan as [...] Full text...
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Suspected South African drug mule arrested in Ethiopia
15 october 2024 - 07:42:00Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African Police on Tuesday confirmed that a female South African drug trafficker was arrested [...] Full text...
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Brazil eliminates lymphatic filariasis as public health problem
01 october 2024 - 20:25:18Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has congratulated Brazil for having eliminated lymphatic filariasis as a public [...] Full text...
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Mpox: Equitable vaccine access crucial for Global South
07 september 2024 - 05:27:09Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As African countries grapple with a deadly mpox outbreak, the UN independent expert on the right [...] Full text...
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UN strongly condemns ‘tragic death’ of Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei
05 september 2024 - 20:28:45New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations has mourned the loss of Ugandan Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei, who died [...] Full text...
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New WHO guidance takes aim at ‘antibiotic pollution’ from manufacturing labs
03 september 2024 - 16:50:14Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday issued its first-ever guidance aimed at curbing antibiotic pollution [...] Full text...
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Polio vaccines arrive in Gaza in boost to vaccination campaign: UNICEF
26 august 2024 - 18:40:55New York, US (PANA) - The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) announced on Monday the arrival of 1.2 million doses of [...] Full text...
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UN finalises new cybercrime treaty
10 august 2024 - 05:25:52New York, US (PANA) - UN Member States have finalised a new treaty targeting cybercrime, the UN Office on Drugs [...] Full text...
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South Africa: South African police arrest suspected kidnappers
05 august 2024 - 17:06:05Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African police have rescued a businessman and arrested eight kidnappers, including three Tanzanian nationals [...] Full text...
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WHO calls for urgent action to curb alcohol consumption
26 july 2024 - 07:29:57Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - It seems that Europeans don’t want to give up booze. A UN World Health Organisation (WHO) [...] Full text...
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12 kg of cocaine seized at Bamako international airport
25 july 2024 - 11:17:01Bamako, Mai (PANA) - The Central Narcotics Office (OCS) at Bamako's Modibo Keita Sénou International Airport seized 12 kg of [...] Full text...
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Out of 2.5 million migrants in Libya, almost 80% entered illegally -Interior Minister
11 july 2024 - 15:25:43Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Out of some 2.5 million foreigners in Libya, 70-80% of them entered the country without a [...] Full text...
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Libyan Health Minister pledges to facilitate establishment of pharmaceutical industries
07 july 2024 - 14:34:17Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Ramadan Boujnah, Libya's deputy prime minister and acting health minister, said on Saturday that technical, financial [...] Full text...
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UN launches global campaign to enhance road safety
02 july 2024 - 06:04:16New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations on Monday launched a new global road safety campaign to improve traffic [...] Full text...
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World Drug Day report highlights spike in drug use, increased trafficking
26 june 2024 - 13:11:39Vienna, Austria (PANA) - The UN agency tackling crime and drug abuse (UNODC) released its annual World Drug Report on [...] Full text...
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International Working Group on Rule of Law and Judicial Reform in Libya meets
24 june 2024 - 11:18:51Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Minister of Justice, Halima Ibrahim, on Sunday chaired the first coordination meeting of the [...] Full text...
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WHO warns on falsified medicines used for diabetes treatment and weight loss
21 june 2024 - 18:46:10Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) issued a medical product alert on falsified semaglutides, the type of [...] Full text...
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Import of alcoholic beverages up in Ghana
21 june 2024 - 12:10:51Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Alcoholic beverages imported into Ghana increased from $56 million in 2019 to $87 million in 2023.Due [...] Full text...
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South African President Ramaphosa sworn in for second term
19 june 2024 - 12:25:23Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Cyril Ramaphosa was sworn in as President of South Africa for the second term [...] Full text...
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WHO reports major increase in sexually transmitted infections
22 may 2024 - 04:40:19Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) such as syphilis are on the rise in most regions of the [...] Full text...
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'Largest number of regulatory agencies for medical products approved as WHO Listed Authorities'
20 may 2024 - 18:47:39Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The world’s specialised health agency on Monday announced its largest number of regulatory authorities for medical [...] Full text...
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Crimes against nature: UN agency puts environmental legislation under scrutiny
18 may 2024 - 07:10:34Vienna, Austria (PANA) - Global efforts to prevent crimes against nature and bring offenders to justice are being hampered by [...] Full text...
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WHO updates list of drug-resistant bacteria most threatening to human health
17 may 2024 - 18:51:30Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) Friday released its updated Bacterial Priority Pathogens List (BPPL) 2024, featuring [...] Full text...
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African countries to collaborate in disease surveillance under new plan
15 may 2024 - 17:36:25Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – African countries, including Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya and Sao Tome and Principe [...] Full text...
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Tunisian police foil entry of large quantity of drugs into Tunisia
13 may 2024 - 14:52:31Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - On Saturday evening, units of the Tunisian judicial police foiled an attempt to smuggle into the [...] Full text...
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‘Untold harm to nature’ from wildlife trafficking, warns UN crime agency
13 may 2024 - 13:11:00Vienna, Austria (PANA) - Despite two decades of worldwide efforts, more than 4,000 precious wildlife species still fall prey to [...] Full text...
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Trafficking in the Sahel: Cracking down on illicit drugs (Feature by UN News)
06 may 2024 - 05:29:35Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Cocaine, cannabis and opioids are getting easier to buy as criminal networks and armed groups capitalise [...] Full text...
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New WB report calls for strong resilience of Ghana’s health system in response to climate change
01 may 2024 - 07:09:58Accra, Ghana (PANA) - A new World Bank report calls for urgent action to strengthen the resilience of Ghana’s health [...] Full text...
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Drug trafficking undermining stability and development in Sahel region: UN drug agency
21 april 2024 - 05:13:41Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Drug trafficking in the Sahel region – Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, and the Niger – [...] Full text...
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Libya, international partners work to fight organised crime
18 april 2024 - 11:08:50Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A meeting of Libyan officials from the Ministry of the Interior with international officials has agreed [...] Full text...
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Libyan PM stresses objective of joint military force to secure Ras Jedir border crossing with Tunisia
28 march 2024 - 15:44:25Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Prime Minister and Minister of Defence in the government of national unity, Abdulhamid al-Dbaiba, [...] Full text...
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African island states take fresh step towards joint medicines procurement
28 march 2024 - 09:34:37Victoria, Seychelles (PANA) ‒ In a further move towards pooled procurement of essential medicines and medical products, Ministers of Health from [...] Full text...
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Workshop in Cotonou on maritime governance
25 march 2024 - 12:50:58Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - A workshop to build the capacity of maritime law enforcement agencies to optimise a governance system [...] Full text...
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Libyan PM calls for construction of medical supply warehouses in three cities
21 march 2024 - 13:16:49Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Prime Minister, Abdulhamid al Dbaiba, on Wednesday stressed the need to construct public warehouses for [...] Full text...
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WHO study shows $39 return for each dollar invested in fight against TB
19 march 2024 - 04:47:26Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday called for a funding boost in tuberculosis (TB) [...] Full text...
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More than 6,600 cancer patients identified in Libya
18 march 2024 - 12:44:47Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 6,659 cancer patients have been registered in Libya out of a total of [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: Number of children killed higher than from four years of world conflict
13 march 2024 - 13:22:34Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Amid reports of fresh Israeli airstrikes in Gaza overnight into Wednesday, the UN agency for Palestinian [...] Full text...
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South African child repatriated from Senegal
13 march 2024 - 09:13:11Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African authorities have repatriated a two-year-old baby from a prison in Dakar, Senegal. The [...] Full text...
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Ceasefire in Gaza, urges UN chief, on first day of Ramadan
11 march 2024 - 15:34:24New York, US (PANA) - A Ramadan ceasefire for Gaza must be implemented immediately, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on [...] Full text...
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Libyan and Maltese Home Affairs Ministers discuss cooperation in the fight against illegal immigration
07 march 2024 - 16:59:18Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The acting Libyan Minister of the Interior in the government of national unity, Imad Mustafa Trabelsi, [...] Full text...
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Drugs online: UN-backed body offers solutions to counter narcotics surge
06 march 2024 - 07:01:52Vienna, Austria (PANA) - Drug dealers have continued to use cutting-edge digital technology, social media platforms and disinformation to sell [...] Full text...
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New report documents increase in HIV drug resistance to dolutegravir
05 march 2024 - 18:41:34Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization’s (WHO) latest HIV Drug Resistance (HIVDR) Report tells us where drug resistance [...] Full text...
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UN crime prevention chief pledges enhanced cooperation in Somalia
05 march 2024 - 06:28:44Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - The Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Ghada Waly has highlighted [...] Full text...
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Libyan PM chairs meeting to monitor management of oncology patients
01 february 2024 - 14:01:02Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan prime minister of the Government of National Unity, Abdulhamid al Dbaiba, Wednesday chaired a [...] Full text...
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WHO assists South Sudan to fight neglected tropical diseases
31 january 2024 - 10:45:25Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) says 19 of the 20 neglected tropical diseases are [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: Nine killed in direct hit on UNRWA shelter in Gaza - UN
25 january 2024 - 06:21:34Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Nine people were killed and 75 injured on Wednesday in a direct hit on a training centre turned [...] Full text...
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MRCG at LSHTM's integral role in the development RTS,S malaria vaccine
24 january 2024 - 20:05:19Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Researchers at The Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene and [...] Full text...
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Over 400 kg of drugs seized by police in Burkina Faso
05 january 2024 - 13:08:04Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Anti-Drugs Unit of Burkina Faso's National Police announced on Friday that it had seized [...] Full text...
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14 Libyan officials jailed after investigation into Derna floods
03 january 2024 - 16:01:55Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Prosecutor General, Councillor Al-Seddik Al-Sour, says 14 Libyan officials have been remanded in custody [...] Full text...
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Libyan Minister of the Interior reaffirms the control and supervision of the Ras Jedir border crossing by his services
26 december 2023 - 19:00:48Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Imad Trabelsi, acting Libyan Minister of the Interior in the government of national unity, has stated [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: Injured patients ‘waiting to die’ in northern Gaza as last hospital shuts down: WHO
21 december 2023 - 15:18:25Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - There are no functioning hospitals in the north of Gaza and injured patients who need surgery [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: UN workers delivering aid to Gaza hospital describe ‘bloodbath’ in overflowing emergency department
17 december 2023 - 06:51:58Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - UN workers delivering medical supplies to the Al-Shifa Hospital in north Gaza on 16 December have [...] Full text...
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‘Illegal betting is the number one factor fuelling corruption in sports’, UN conference hears
16 december 2023 - 07:40:46Atlanta, US (PANA) - The global problem of illegal sports betting, the fraudulent manipulation of competitions, and the involvement of [...] Full text...
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Conference of States Parties to the UN Convention against Corruption opens
12 december 2023 - 05:40:00Atlanta, US (PANA) - Corruption not only robs resources, it robs people of hope, Secretary-General António Guterres said on Monday, as nations [...] Full text...
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Global cooperation critical to combat transnational organised crime
07 december 2023 - 19:24:30New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General called for stronger action to fight the growing challenge of transnational organized [...] Full text...
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World AIDS Day celebrates communities working to end the disease
01 december 2023 - 06:58:02Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The leadership of communities affected by HIV has been vital in driving progress to end the [...] Full text...
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World Bank, Global Fund collaborate to tackle impact of climate change on health
22 november 2023 - 16:05:37Washington DC, United States (PANA) - The World Bank and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria (the [...] Full text...
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30-year-old Bolivian woman arrested in Mauritius with 2 kgs of heroin
14 november 2023 - 09:37:16Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – A Bolivian woman, Ercilia Parada Saucedo, 30, was arrested on Monday with a little over two [...] Full text...
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More action needed to write ‘final chapter’ of TB
07 november 2023 - 17:19:18Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Tuberculosis (TB) response is bouncing back from disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, but more effort [...] Full text...
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Libya attends 7th Interpol meeting in France to fight against terrorism and drugs
03 november 2023 - 17:08:54Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Ministry of the Interior of the Government of National Unity took part in the [...] Full text...
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Libyan, Tunisian officials discuss cooperation customs issues
28 october 2023 - 17:02:35Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A delegation from the Libyan Customs Authority met with Tunisian customs officials in Djerba, an island [...] Full text...
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Libyan Prime Minister inaugurates Radiation Oncology Centre in Tripoli
26 october 2023 - 19:02:08Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity, Abdulhamid Al Dbaiba, Thursday inaugurated a [...] Full text...
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Mauritius to establish biopharma industry
21 october 2023 - 06:56:15Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The European Union (EU) is to help Mauritius establish a pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry, the Mauritius [...] Full text...
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South African gets 20 years for importing drug to Mauritius
11 october 2023 - 07:40:12Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – A South African national, Gareth Gruen, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for importing [...] Full text...
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South African surgeon implants world's smallest pacemaker
04 october 2023 - 09:24:40Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A South African cardiologist has successfully implanted the world’s smallest pacemaker into a patient [...] Full text...
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WHO, WADA sign MOU to collaborate on clean, drug-free sport
02 october 2023 - 19:30:58Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have signed a four-year memorandum [...] Full text...
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46 terrorists killed by the Malian Army in the north of the country
13 september 2023 - 16:30:12Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian Armed Forces (FAMAs) announced that they had "vigorously retaliated against a complex terrorist attack [...] Full text...
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Better data on corruption can reduce its impact, support sustainable development
01 september 2023 - 05:31:45Vienna, Austria (PANA) - Improved measurement of corruption could boost efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a senior [...] Full text...
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Malawi: Truck drivers learn about risks of human trafficking (A UN feature)
27 august 2023 - 05:52:56Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Truck drivers in southern Africa who have been recruited to traffic or smuggle people illegally are [...] Full text...
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UN, partners providing aid for vulnerable across Ethiopia as 1.2 million children suffer acute malnutrition
19 august 2023 - 05:10:20New York, US (PANA) - The UN and partners are responding to disease outbreaks and an ongoing food insecurity crisis [...] Full text...
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WHO summit aims to unlock power of traditional medicine through science
18 august 2023 - 06:43:07Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The first global Traditional Medicine Summit convened by UN World Health Organisation (WHO) got underway on Thursday [...] Full text...
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WHO convenes first high-level global summit on traditional medicine
10 august 2023 - 14:14:41Geneva, Switzrland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) is convening the Traditional Medicine Global Summit on 17 and 18 [...] Full text...
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Meeting of Eastern and Southern Africa Commission on Drugs opens in Mauritius
10 august 2023 - 13:08:54Pte-aux-Piments, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister, Pravind Jugnauth, on Thursday highlighted the importance of regional cooperation to the effective response [...] Full text...
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Mauritius launches campaign against drug dealers
09 august 2023 - 07:58:58Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth on Tuesday launched a National Campaign Against Drugs with the objectives [...] Full text...
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European Court of Human Rights upholds South African athlete Semenya's case on female testosterone levels
11 july 2023 - 11:29:59Strasbourg, France (PANA) - The European Court of Human Rights has by 4-3 majority decision ruled that the rights of South [...] Full text...
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Libya approves drugs of narcotic compounds
07 july 2023 - 13:14:52Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Ministers of Justice, Halima Abderrahman, and of the Interior, Imad Trabelsi, have approved a [...] Full text...
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Libyan government sectors meet to discuss UNODC document on drug control programme
03 july 2023 - 18:56:32Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for International Cooperation and Organizations, Omar Ketti, held a [...] Full text...
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Top UN official for Africa calls for added action to stop piracy’s spread
22 june 2023 - 06:36:57New York, US (PANA) - International cooperation is making waves in combatting piracy in West Africa, but addressing its root [...] Full text...
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Poverty, inequality and exclusion fuelling terrorism, warns UN chief
20 june 2023 - 05:15:06New York, US (PANA) - With terrorism posing a complex, constantly evolving and multi-faceted threat, law-enforcement agencies gathered at United [...] Full text...
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Abdoulaye Bathily welcomes 6+6 Commission's draft electoral laws despite inadequacy for resolving situation in Libya
19 june 2023 - 18:11:38Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General in Libya, Abdoulaye Bathily, believes that the announcement [...] Full text...
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Trafficking in the Sahel: Smugglers ‘will take you anywhere’ (Feature by UN News)
18 june 2023 - 05:38:36Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Call a friend with a connection, get a passport in 24 hours, and hand over some [...] Full text...
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Trafficking in the Sahel: Muzzling the illicit arms trade (Feature by UN News)
11 june 2023 - 07:06:00Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Shoppers in Mali’s Gao, Timbuktu, and Ménaka regions in Mali can snap up AK-pattern assault rifles [...] Full text...
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Trafficking in the Sahel undermining rule of law (Feature by UN News)
04 june 2023 - 06:38:17Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Kourou/Koualou, a tiny village in a neutral zone straddling Benin and Burkina Faso, was the [...] Full text...
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Heads of Counter-Terrorism and Security Agencies in Africa meett in Tangiers, Morocco
03 june 2023 - 16:01:54Tanger, Morocco (PANA) - The second high-level meeting of heads of counter-terrorism and security agencies in Africa, known as the [...] Full text...
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Libyan Prime Minister justifies security operation launched in western Libya
02 june 2023 - 14:09:14Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Prime Minister and Minister of Defence in the Government of National Unity, Abdelhamid al-Dbaiba, [...] Full text...
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Top Libyan govt, seurity offiials meet to monitor security situation in Libya's west coast regions
30 may 2023 - 18:02:59Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Top government and security offiials met here Tuesday' to monitor the situation in the west coast regions, [...] Full text...
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Malian customs seize 5.2 kg of cocaine
29 may 2023 - 13:06:45Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Mali Customs Mobile Intervention Brigade (BMI) last week seized packets of cocaine weighing a total [...] Full text...
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Trafficking in the Sahel: Killer cough syrup and fake medicine (By UN News)
27 may 2023 - 14:14:52Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - In the summer of 2022, 70 Gambian babies and young children died from kidney failure after [...] Full text...
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UN agencies call for protection of children on the move from violence
25 may 2023 - 05:20:59New York, US (PANA) - The UN’s top advocate on ending violence against children joined UN agencies on Wednesday in [...] Full text...
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Trafficking in the Sahel: Guns, gas and gold
21 may 2023 - 05:48:49Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Chili peppers, fake medicine, fuel, gold, guns, humans, and more are being trafficked via millennia-old trade [...] Full text...
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Mauritius to set up Regional Drug Observatory
19 may 2023 - 16:37:31Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius is to set up a Regional Drug Observatory which would collect drug related data from [...] Full text...
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Morocco elected to head International Narcotics Control Board
11 may 2023 - 15:08:45Vienna, Austria (PANA) - Morocco was elected Wednesday at the headquarters of the United Nations Office in Vienna to the [...] Full text...
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Communications Minister courts public media in breast cancer screening and early detection campaigns in Libya
09 may 2023 - 16:45:16Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Minister of State for Communication and Political Affairs in the Government of National Unity, Walid [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Majority of medical, health services impacted by fighting (By Mohamed Osman Adam, PANA correspondent)
03 may 2023 - 09:10:53Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - “Please help us, please help save the lives of those innocent people.” This was Sudanese kidney [...] Full text...
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Mauritian PM calls for neighbourhood watch on illegal activities Western Indian Ocean region
27 april 2023 - 09:24:48Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth on Wednesday called for the setting up of a neighbourhood watch [...] Full text...
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Kenyan woman arrested for attempting to smuggle cocaine worth US$300,000
18 april 2023 - 13:06:00Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) annouced here Monday the arrest of a 35-year-old Kenyan woman who [...] Full text...
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Ghana’s livestock products demand rises but domestic production slumps
30 march 2023 - 10:45:35Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Due to high input and maintenance costs in recent years, production in Ghana’s livestock sector is [...] Full text...
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Mauritius PM to 'disable' drug trafficking network
29 march 2023 - 08:02:47Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth on Tuesday reiterated the Government’s commitment to "demolish and disable" the [...] Full text...
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Cocaine trafficking surges following COVID-19-related slowdown: Report
16 march 2023 - 07:35:34Vienna, Austria (PANA) - Routed through new hubs and expanded criminal networks, cocaine trafficking has made a dramatic comeback following [...] Full text...
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Libyan, Algerian officials meet on resumption of activities at joint border post
15 march 2023 - 12:21:34Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The technical commission in charge of assessing the readiness of the components operating at the Ghadames [...] Full text...
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Legalising cannabis fails to address health risks: UN drugs control board
10 march 2023 - 05:22:54Vienna, Austria (PANA) - Moves by a small number of governments to legalise the non-medical use of cannabis have led [...] Full text...
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Organised crime infecting African and global supply chain
28 february 2023 - 12:29:53Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Africa’s fishing and cocoa industries are good examples of how multinational logistics systems present [...] Full text...
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Libyan-Italian Technical Security Committee hold first meeting
21 february 2023 - 20:22:31Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan-Italian Joint Technical Committee held its first meeting on Tuesday in the Italian capital, Rome, [...] Full text...
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Fake medicines kill almost 500,000 sub-Saharan Africans a year: Report
02 february 2023 - 05:43:02Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Trafficked medical products kill almost half a million sub-Saharan Africans every year, and action is needed [...] Full text...
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Libyan official paints bleak picture of health sector in the Arab world
31 january 2023 - 11:50:37Tripoli Libya (PANA) - The member of the executive board of the Union of Arab Hospitals, Dr. Ali Abu Krine, [...] Full text...
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Libyan, Italian officials meet to discuss Libya's Interior Minister's security plan
29 january 2023 - 16:04:27Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Interior Minister Imad Trabelsi presented on Saturday in Tripoli to his Italian counterpart Matteo Piantedosi [...] Full text...
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Libyan newspaper highlights marginalisation of silent majority in Libya in search for a solution
15 january 2023 - 13:46:26Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The problem in Libya lies in the marginalization of 90% of Libyans who represent the overwhelming [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Global Fund provides Mali with batch of materials and medicines for the fight against epidemic
13 january 2023 - 15:47:06Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Global Fund handed over last week a batch of equipment and drugs to the Malian [...] Full text...
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Gambia Parliament releases report on acute kidney injuries that killed 70 children
20 december 2022 - 17:56:57Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia National Assembly Select Committee on Health has released its forty-three (43) page report of an [...] Full text...
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Report signals increasing resistance to antibiotics in bacterial infections in humans and need for better data
09 december 2022 - 16:02:17Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A new World Health Organization (WHO) report reveals high levels of resistance in bacteria, causing life-threatening [...] Full text...
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WHO: Despite continued impact of COVID-19, malaria cases, deaths remained stable in 2021
08 december 2022 - 12:20:55Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Countries around the world largely held the line against further setbacks to malaria prevention, testing and [...] Full text...
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Two Mauritians jailed for drug trafficking
07 december 2022 - 08:05:06Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Supreme Court of Mauritius has jaild two Mauritians after finding them guilty of drug trafficking [...] Full text...
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Libyan Prime Minister launches project to organize cancer treatment in Libya
23 november 2022 - 14:05:21Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan prime minister of the Government of National Unity, Abdelhamid al-Dbaiba, on Tuesday launched an [...] Full text...
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'Stronger action required to address changing dynamics of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea'
23 november 2022 - 06:05:23New York, US (PANA) - Although the past decade has seen a steady decline in piracy in the Gulf of [...] Full text...
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Mali, Russia sign cooperation agreement on security
22 november 2022 - 13:23:08Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian and Russian ministers in charge of security have signed a cooperation agreement between their [...] Full text...
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Libyan intelligence and counter-terrorism officers conclude training
19 november 2022 - 12:40:09Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The European Union Border Assistance Mission to Libya (EUBAM) on Friday concluded a specialised intelligence and [...] Full text...
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Chad: Emergency declared after floods (WHO)
17 november 2022 - 19:11:23Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - An emergency situation has been declared in Chad because of floods, which have affected 18 [...] Full text...
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Tackling emerging antimalarial drug resistance in Africa
17 november 2022 - 17:56:39Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - WHO is launching Thursday a new strategy to respond to the urgent problem of antimalarial drug [...] Full text...
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France donates equipment to Benin's security sector
12 november 2022 - 13:42:27Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - France has donated equipment estimated at 122 million CFAF to support Benin in the security sector, [...] Full text...
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Rise in TB deaths another fallout from the pandemic, WHO report reveals
28 october 2022 - 04:55:47Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Tuberculosis (TB) deaths and infections rose during the COVID-19 pandemic, which disrupted access to treatment and [...] Full text...
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Libyan delegation attends workshop in Spain on Arab counternarcotics strategy
19 october 2022 - 19:12:29Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A delegation from the Libyan Ministry of Interior of the Government of National Unity participated in [...] Full text...
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Nearly half of world’s terror victims are African, with organised crime increasingly entrenched
07 october 2022 - 05:24:10New York, US (PANA) - The threat of terrorism and organised crime is becoming increasingly entrenched across Africa, the head [...] Full text...
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Mauritius to authorise use of medical cannabis soon - Health minister
06 october 2022 - 09:46:07Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Minister of Health and Wellness, Kailesh Jagutpal, said on Wednesday that his ministry will [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Build momentum to ‘finish the job’ and end COVID-19 pandemic - Guterres
24 september 2022 - 11:52:32New York, US (PANA) - Senior UN officials, including Secretary-General António Guterres, took part in a High-Level event at UN [...] Full text...
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Libyan delegation in France for sixth meeting of Interpol Chiefs of Police in Middle East and North Africa
21 september 2022 - 18:35:43Tripoli, Libya (PANA)- A delegation from the Ministry of Interior, headed by Major General Bashir Al-Amin, Deputy Minister for Security [...] Full text...
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Mauritius launches Patient Identification Wristband project
17 september 2022 - 08:59:58Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian health authorities on Friday launched a pilot Patient Identification Wristband that will provide the name, [...] Full text...
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Tunisia wants to promote strategic partnership with Côte d'Ivoire
16 september 2022 - 20:01:49Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Agriculture, industry, building and public works (BTP), health and land transport are the most promising sectors [...] Full text...
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Gambia: Child rights body calls for swift investigation amid news of reported deaths of over 40 children
08 september 2022 - 17:24:18Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Child Protection Alliance, The Gambia, has described the death of over 40 children and sixty [...] Full text...
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Drugs seized at Johannesburg airport
29 august 2022 - 12:18:12Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Police have confirmed that customs officials seized drugs worth US$14 million at OR Tambo International [...] Full text...
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Ugandan arrested with drugs in Mauritius
27 august 2022 - 09:57:33Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - A Ugandan, Yusuf Kayiwa Sseluyange, was arrested on 21 August, 2022 with 536 grams of heroin, [...] Full text...
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Externally sourced consumables dominate Ghana’s market
19 august 2022 - 11:47:57Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana’s agricultural and related imports were valued at US $3.3 billion in 2021, an increase of [...] Full text...
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British national gets 24 years in prison for drug trafficking in Mauritius
19 august 2022 - 07:39:16Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – A British national, Neil Hilton, has been sentenced by a Port-Louis court to 24 years in [...] Full text...
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Guinea security forces seize large quantity of cocaine
04 august 2022 - 12:48:40Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Five Sierra Leoneans and one Guinean have been charged with possession of cocaine and belonging to an [...] Full text...
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Mauritius calls for inter-state collaboration to tackle drug trafficking in SADC region
02 august 2022 - 08:36:49Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister, Pravind Jugnauth, on Monday said that drug trafficking recognises no boundaries and it [...] Full text...
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Four Malawian, Zimbabwean women arrested with drugs in Mauritius
21 july 2022 - 07:28:07Plaisance, Mauritius (PANA) – Two Malawian and two Zimbabwean women were arrested last week at Mauritius' international airport after pellets [...] Full text...
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Libyan rival PM Bachagha says citizens not satisfied with country's bad situation
13 july 2022 - 06:44:12Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The Libyan Prime Minister designated by Parliament, Fathi Bachagha, says that the citizens are not satisfied with [...] Full text...
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Guinean, Mauritian arrested for alleged drug smuggling in Mauritius
06 july 2022 - 08:29:53Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritius Anti-Drug Squad and Mauritian customs officers on Monday arrested a 41-year-old Guinean and a [...] Full text...
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Half of prisoners in Mauritius linked to drugs
05 july 2022 - 08:07:49Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Annually, some 3,400 out of 7,000 prisoners, are linked to drugs due to a rise in [...] Full text...
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Mali burns drugs worth 140 million CFA francs
28 june 2022 - 20:04:32Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Mali Central Narcotics Office (OCS) on Monday burned drugs valued at 140 million CFA francs [...] Full text...
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Burkinabe Army says 22 "terrorists" neutralised in South West
28 june 2022 - 16:57:21Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - At least 22 "terrorists" were neutralised on Monday in an anti-terrorist operation carried out by [...] Full text...
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UN drug report shines light on cannabis, cocaine and methamphetamine trends
28 june 2022 - 05:25:08Vienna, Austria (PANA) - Legalised cannabis use in some countries and states appears to have accelerated daily use and related [...] Full text...
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UN uncovers human trafficking at camp in Malawi
13 june 2022 - 05:16:43Lilongwe, Malawi (PANA) - The widespread exploitation of men, women and children at a refugee camp in Malawi has been [...] Full text...
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Libyan PM wants drug abuse curbed in Libya
11 june 2022 - 19:57:30Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity, Abdelhamid al-Dbaiba, said that "the war [...] Full text...
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World must ‘speed up’ efforts to end AIDS pandemic by 2030
11 june 2022 - 06:14:12New York, US (PANA) - To end AIDS, beat COVID-19 and “stop the pandemics of the future”, the world needs [...] Full text...
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Libya and the Netherlands review security cooperation
06 june 2022 - 16:51:56Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Interior Minister Khaled Mazen and Dutch Ambassador to Libya Dolph Hokoning Monday discussed many common [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Libya begins administering fourth dose of vaccine
03 june 2022 - 16:00:18Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan National Centre for Disease Control has announced the beginning of a vaccination campaign to [...] Full text...
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FAO ramps up support to Sudan farmers as starvation threat grows in East Africa
01 june 2022 - 05:24:23Rome, Italy (PANA) - The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) is scaling up operations in Sudan, where 10.9 million [...] Full text...
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Sahel should be seen as region of ‘opportunity’ despite ‘multiple crises’: UN official
30 may 2022 - 05:36:41Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Sahel region of Africa should be considered a region of opportunity, despite the “multiple crises” [...] Full text...
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About 30kg of cocaine seized in power plant west of Tripoli
20 may 2022 - 11:03:27Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - About 30 kg of cocaine was seized during an inspection inside a power plant in Khoms, [...] Full text...
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Two Ugandan women carrying drugs in their stomachs arrested at Mauritius airport
13 may 2022 - 09:00:54Plaisance, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritius Revenue Authority (MRA) last Friday arrested two Ugandan passengers carrying drugs in their stomachs, [...] Full text...
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WHO calls for greater regulation of cross-border alcohol marketing
11 may 2022 - 05:39:23Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Alcohol is increasingly being marketed across borders, with young people and heavy drinkers particularly targeted, the [...] Full text...
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Libyan govt, UN, EU launch programme to aid minors in breach of the law
10 may 2022 - 12:26:47Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Government of National Unity (GNU) and specialised UN agencies, in collaboration with the European [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: New pandemic death toll is 'a wake up call for action', says Human Rights Watch
06 may 2022 - 06:06:51Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Human rights advocate, Human Rights Watch, says new figures that indicate that nearly 15 million people [...] Full text...
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‘Triple crisis’ in Africa aggravated by war in Ukraine,says UN chief
02 may 2022 - 05:27:37Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The war in Ukraine is aggravating a “triple food, energy and financial crisis,” across Africa, according [...] Full text...
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Festive Eid El Fitr atmosphere prevails in Libya despite price hike
28 april 2022 - 17:18:29Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The rhythm of life in Tripoli and other Libyan cities has increased in the last few [...] Full text...
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Two passengers arrested with drugs at Mauritian airport
28 april 2022 - 07:51:32Plaisance, Mauritius (PANA) - Two passengers, believed to be Nigerians, aged 38 and 46 years, were intercepted last Friday at [...] Full text...
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Justice critical to fighting sexual violence in conflict
14 april 2022 - 05:31:56New York, US (PANA) - Women’s rights are human rights, and universal in times of war and peace, a senior [...] Full text...
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Mauritian minister calls for further sensitisation of the youth against drugs
08 april 2022 - 07:46:16Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius Health Minister Kailesh Jagutpal indicated on Thursday that among the 980 drug admissions registered in [...] Full text...
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Libya and the Netherlands discuss cooperation in fight against document forgery
22 march 2022 - 13:00:14Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Officials of the Libyan Interior Ministry of the Government of National Unity (GNU) have discussed cooperation [...] Full text...
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Mauritius to develop national action plan to prevent, control sexually transmitted infections
10 march 2022 - 08:21:43Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Health and Wellness Minister, Kailash Jagutpal, said on Wednesday that there is the need to [...] Full text...
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WHO updates its treatment guidelines to include molnupiravir
04 march 2022 - 16:11:37Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has updated its living guidelines on COVID-19 therapeutics to include a [...] Full text...
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Newspaper sheds light on extent of drug trafficking in Libya
26 february 2022 - 17:12:20Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya has since the revolution of 17 February 2011, become a breeding ground for drug trafficking. It [...] Full text...
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Huge quantity of drug seized in Bamako
14 february 2022 - 21:11:29Bamako, Mali (PANA) – Malian national police have seized a package of several quantities of drugs, especially Indian hemp, police [...] Full text...
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Nigeria's suspended cop, Abba Kyari, declared wanted by NDLEA for drug trafficking
14 february 2022 - 16:48:54Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has declared the suspended head of the Inspector-General of [...] Full text...
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Mauritius declares war on drugs
11 february 2022 - 06:50:22Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth on Thursday declared a war on drugs, but said the Government cannot [...] Full text...
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Maritime security of critical importance to Gambia –EU Ambassador
10 february 2022 - 16:26:07Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - European Union Ambassador to The Gambia, Corrado Pampaloni, has underlined that “for a coastal country like [...] Full text...
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Guinea Bissau President Embalo says coup attempt has 'failed'
02 february 2022 - 05:38:18Bissau, Guinea Bissau (PANA) - An attempt to overthrow Guinea-Bissau's President Umaro Sissoco Embalo on Tuesday has "failed", he has indicated. A [...] Full text...
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Heavy shooting heard in Guinea Bissau State House
01 february 2022 - 17:00:00Bissau, Guinea Bissau (PANA) - There was heavy gunfire around Guinea Bissau's State House (Presidential Palace) on Tuesday afternoon with [...] Full text...
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15 kg of cannabis resin, 1 kg of cocaine and narcotic tablets seized in Libya
27 january 2022 - 18:58:08Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - At least 15 kg of cannabis resin, 1 kg of cocaine and 3,692 Tramadol tablets were [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: ICRC makes first delivery to Tigrayan capital
26 january 2022 - 14:13:08Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) announced on Wednesday that it had made [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Cases drop for first time as Africa’s fourth wave ebbs: WHO
21 january 2022 - 05:37:45Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - For the first time in Africa since the peak of the Omicron wave, weekly COVID-19 cases [...] Full text...
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Mauritius Customs staff arrest passenger carrying 1.4 kg heroin from Dubai
20 january 2022 - 13:01:09Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Customs Anti-Narcotics Section (CANS) of the Mauritius Revenue Authority (MRA) at the SSR International Airport [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO recommends two new drugs to treat patients with COVID-19
14 january 2022 - 05:41:07Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday recommended two new drugs to treat patients with COVID-19, one for [...] Full text...
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UN top envoy: Resurgence of coups d'état, consequence of being ‘completely out of step’
11 january 2022 - 05:48:14New York, US (PANA) - After a recent wave of attempts and coups d'état in Central African Republic, Mali, Sudan and Guinea, the UN Special [...] Full text...
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Record cocaine seizure in Niger en route to Europe via Libya
06 january 2022 - 21:31:27Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The Nigerien police seized more than 214 kilograms of cocaine in northern Niger, a record, and [...] Full text...
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Humanitarian workers continuing to deliver aid to troubled Ethiopian communities
10 december 2021 - 00:34:26Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The UN humanitarian workers are continuing to provide support to communities affected by the war [...] Full text...
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AU: Uganda deposits instrument of ratification of African Medicines Agency
09 december 2021 - 22:57:03Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Uganda has become the 18th African Union (AU) member-state to deposit the instrument of ratification of [...] Full text...
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Illegal bets add up to 1.7 trillion dollars each year: new UN report
09 december 2021 - 10:24:41Vienna, Austria (PANA) - Up to $1.7 trillion is estimated to be wagered on illicit betting markets each year, according to [...] Full text...
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Mauritius: Police gives monetary reward to informantts on drug trafficking, other crimes
08 december 2021 - 08:13:48Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth told parliament Tuesday the police department was allocated Rs5,502,520 or USD131,012.4 [...] Full text...
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Low access to anti-retroviral drugs for AIDS patients in Guinea
04 december 2021 - 19:21:06Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Out of the 110,000 people living with HIV/AIDS in Guinea, only 48,000 have access to anti-retroviral [...] Full text...
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UN Security Council adopts resolution to keep pirates at bay off Somalia coast
04 december 2021 - 06:31:52New York, US (PANA) - The UN Security Council on Friday adopted a resolution to combat the continuing threat of [...] Full text...
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Maritime Crimes on the rise in Indian Ocean, says DPP
03 december 2021 - 08:01:14Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Satyajit Boolell, says maritime crimes in the region are [...] Full text...
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World AIDS Day 2021 - Step up, be bold, end AIDS, end inequalities and end pandemics
02 december 2021 - 08:00:57Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UNAIDS and the World Health Organization (WHO), on World AIDS Day marked here Wednesday, highlighted the [...] Full text...
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World ‘dangerously unprepared’ for future pandemics unless leaders tackle inequalities, UNAIDS warns
30 november 2021 - 05:04:17New York, US (PANA) - Unless leaders tackle stark inequalities, the world could face 7.7 million AIDS-related deaths over the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Ghana Health Service warns it will not hesitate to make vaccination mandatory
22 november 2021 - 22:18:37Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Ghana Health Service (GHS), worried by fears that some Ghanaian are hesitating to receive the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Benin workers unions, rights group protest 'imposition' of vaccine
20 november 2021 - 19:33:21Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Confederation of Benin Workers Unions (CSTB) and the Organisation for the Defence of Human and [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Ghana's FDA approves Pfizer vaccine for children aged 15-17
16 november 2021 - 22:30:02Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) Tuesday gave approval for the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to be administered [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: $40 million in aid relief for victims ‘living on knife-edge'
15 november 2021 - 19:03:19Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - As the humanitarian crisis grows in Ethiopia’s conflict-affected north, the UN announced on Monday that $40 million in funds had been made [...] Full text...
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Lake Chad Basin: Fighting terrorism, ‘decisive test’ on biggest challenges of our time
13 november 2021 - 09:08:30New York, US (PANA) - The situation in Africa’s Lake Chad Basin region remains highly volatile, the UN peacekeeping chief [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Kenya continues push for locally manufactured vaccine against COVID-19
01 november 2021 - 21:33:21Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya has embarked on the process of producing a homemade vaccine for the management of the [...] Full text...
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Belgian citizen gets 20 years in prison for drug trafficking in Mauritius
16 october 2021 - 09:45:39Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - A court here has sentenced a Belgian national, Michael Sevilla, to 20 years in prison for [...] Full text...
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Libya to host conference on effects of drugs next month
14 october 2021 - 11:25:53Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya will next month host an international conference on the effects of drugs and psychotropic substances [...] Full text...
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