Malian military leader fires Prime Minister
21 november 2024 - 05:40:28Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The President of the Transition in Mali, General Assimi Goita, on Wednesday dismissed Prime Minister Choguel [...] Full text...
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Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The President of the Transition in Mali, General Assimi Goita, on Wednesday dismissed Prime Minister Choguel [...] Full text...
NGOs warn against increasing use of explosive weapons in populated civilian areas in Sudan
09 november 2024 - 16:50:37Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - International Non-Governmental Organisations (INGOs) operating in the Sudan have warned against the increased use of [...] Full text...
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Greenhouse gases surged to new highs in 2023, warns UN weather agency
28 october 2024 - 12:45:25Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) New data released by the UN on Monday indicating that greenhouse gases have hit a record high [...] Full text...
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Morocco: Strengthening climate resilience to safeguard and grow coastal tourism jobs: World Bank Blog By Kanako Hasegawa and Ulrike Lehr
25 september 2024 - 08:28:46Casablanca, Morocco (PANA) - The blue economy holds significant potential to create jobs. Across Africa, the blue economy already generates [...] Full text...
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We must do more to keep the air we breathe clean: UN weather agency
05 september 2024 - 12:44:38Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Unchecked climate change, wildfires and air pollution continue to have “a spiralling, negative impact on health, [...] Full text...
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Libyan Presidential Council fires Governor of Central Bank
19 august 2024 - 12:37:29Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Presidential Council has announced that it has "unanimously" decided to fire the Governor of [...] Full text...
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South African firefighters deployed to Canada
02 august 2024 - 09:40:55Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Environment Minister Dion George has saluted hundreds of South African firefighters who have departed [...] Full text...
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Forests face increasing risk of wildfires and pests due to climate change
23 july 2024 - 07:29:02Rome, Italy (PANA) - The world’s forests are becoming increasingly susceptible to wildfires and pests due to climate change, according [...] Full text...
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Tapsoba double fires Burkina Faso to WAFU B U-17 AFCON qualifying title
29 may 2024 - 13:00:58Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Burkina Faso were crowned champions of the WAFU Zone B Under-17 AFCON qualifying tournament after a [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: UN officials condemn Israeli airstrikes on camp for displaced
28 may 2024 - 06:31:48Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Senior UN officials have condemned Israeli air strikes on Sunday that hit a camp for displaced [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: UNRWA staff ‘not going anywhere’ despite forced closure of East Jerusalem compound
11 may 2024 - 06:33:09Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Two arson attacks and growing protests forced UN Palestine refugee agency UNRWA to temporarily close its [...] Full text...
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Learning from past shocks to scale up disaster and climate resilience in Algeria: World Bank Blog By Philipp Petermann and Ghizlane Aqariden
25 april 2024 - 09:01:50Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - On 10 October 1980 a magnitude 7.1 earthquake destroyed the town of El Asnam (known today [...] Full text...
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New study suggests ways to boost Algeria’s disaster resilience
13 december 2023 - 08:22:00Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - More frequent forest fires, floods, and earthquakes have caused substantial human and economic losses in Algeria, [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS solidarity mission visits Sierra Leone after 'unrest' in capital (By Paul Ejime)
28 november 2023 - 13:06:45Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - A solidarity and fact-finding Mission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has [...] Full text...
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‘Close the climate ambition gap’ says UN chief ahead of COP28
15 november 2023 - 06:54:35New York, US (PANA) - The COP28 climate conference to be held in Dubai later this month “must be the [...] Full text...
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WB, Algeria collaborate to strengthen sustainability, climate resilience of forests
14 november 2023 - 09:40:30Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - The World Bank and the Algerian government, through the General Directorate of Forests and the National [...] Full text...
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2023 FIFA U17 WC: Doumbia hat-trick fires Mali to U17 World Cup win over Uzbekistan
11 november 2023 - 12:14:04Jakarta, Indonesia (PANA) - A. Mamadou Doumbia hat-trick propelled Mali to an emphatic 3-0 victory over Uzbekistan in their opening [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crsis: ‘History is judging us all,’ Guterres says in fresh appeal for Gaza aid access
28 october 2023 - 07:45:20New York, US (PANA) - With the humanitarian system in Gaza on the verge of "total collapse", UN Secretary-General António [...] Full text...
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Libyan newspaper denounces frantic race to plunder public funds at a time storm Daniel is making itself felt
29 september 2023 - 18:55:34Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Despite the unanimity of local and international experts to carry out rescue operations and the preliminary [...] Full text...
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‘Act together’ for clean air, Guterres urges
07 september 2023 - 06:30:28New York, US (PANA) - Marking the International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies on Thursday, UN Secretary-General António [...] Full text...
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Rights group reports new attacks in Sudan's Darfur region
04 august 2023 - 05:59:49Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Satellite data shows massive fire destruction in the town of Sirba in Sudan's West Darfur state, in [...] Full text...
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Extreme weather highlights need for greater climate action - WMO
16 july 2023 - 05:50:29Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Scorching temperatures are engulfing large parts of the Northern hemisphere, while devastating floods triggered by relentless [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: So far, so good: 24-hour truce holding (Feature by Mohamed Osman Adam PANA Correspondent)
10 june 2023 - 20:47:47Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Is this a good omen or just coincidence that the 24-hour ceasefire in Khartoum has been [...] Full text...
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2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup: Duarte fires Uruguay into final
09 june 2023 - 08:13:37La Plata, Argentina (PANA) - A predator’s goal from Anderson Duarte grabbed Uruguay victory over Israel and a place in [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Sudan's President fires rival general from ruling Sovereign Council
19 may 2023 - 10:56:16Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The president of the Sudanese Sovereign Council, Lieutenant General Abdul Fatah Al Burhan, has fired General [...] Full text...
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Flagship UN report extolls win-win water partnerships to avert global crisis
22 march 2023 - 05:53:50New York, US (PANA) - Water starts wars, puts out fires, and is key to human survival, but ensuring access [...] Full text...
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Benin to bolster capacity building in border areas
18 january 2023 - 16:32:54Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Beninese government has decided to strengthen the material capacities of agents on duty in border [...] Full text...
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World Bank backs project to expand access to affordable housing in Djibouti
12 january 2023 - 12:56:09Djibouti City, Djibouti (PANA) - The World Bank has approved a US$15 million in credit from the International Development Association [...] Full text...
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Amnesty International calls out Algeria for mass death sentences
10 january 2023 - 11:22:49Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - The trials of 54 individuals who were sentenced to death over the events that happened in [...] Full text...
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Ghana President fires Minister of State at the Ministry of Finance
14 november 2022 - 11:10:41Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Monday terminated the appointment of the Minister of State [...] Full text...
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Climate change: No ‘credible pathway’ to 1.5C limit, UNEP warns Play video
28 october 2022 - 05:09:59New York, US (PANA) - National pledges to reduce harmful emissions offer little hope of avoiding climate disaster, UN climate [...] Full text...
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Floods claimed 41 lives in 2021 in Burkina Faso, according to humanitarian officials
14 october 2022 - 11:53:43Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Floods in the West African state of Burkina Faso in 2021 affected about 130,500 people [...] Full text...
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11 people killed, 372 injured in 24 hours in several road accidents in Tunisia
04 october 2022 - 14:11:45Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A total of 11 people died and 372 others were injured in various road accidents during [...] Full text...
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UN chief tells world leadrrs: This year’s General Debate must be about providing hope
14 september 2022 - 17:39:22New York, US (PANA) - As hundreds of Heads of State and Government prepare to fly into New York for [...] Full text...
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Wildfire, floods don’t need to turn into disasters: UN risk report
31 august 2022 - 05:55:25New York, US (PANA) - Hazards such as earthquakes, floods, heatwaves, and wildfires, can be prevented from becoming life-threatening disasters, [...] Full text...
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UPDATE 1: Libya: Uneasy calm in Tripoli after bloody clashes on Saturday left 32 dead
28 august 2022 - 13:47:51Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - An uneasy calm prevails in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, on Sunday a day after bloody clashes [...] Full text...
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Libya pledges full support, solidarity with Algeria and Tunisia over fires ravaging both countries
18 august 2022 - 20:30:21Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Government of National Unity Thursday [...] Full text...
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Amnesty International urges Ethiopian authorities to investigate massacre in Amhara
22 july 2022 - 06:17:29Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Human rights watchdog, Amnesty International, is urging the Ethiopian authorities to urgently launch an impartial [...] Full text...
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No immediate changes despite pressure on policymakers in Libya ( Analysis by BA Youssef, PANA correspondent)
06 july 2022 - 21:32:10Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The angry demonstrations by Libyan youth that continued in several Libyan cities last Friday were in [...] Full text...
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Tunisian president Saied fires 57 judges
02 june 2022 - 11:26:51Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian President Kaïs Saied on Wednesday announced the dismissal of 57 magistrates accusing them of "obstructing [...] Full text...
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World ‘at a crossroads’ as droughts increase nearly a third in a generation - UN
13 may 2022 - 05:16:36Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Humanity is “at a crossroads” when it comes to managing drought and accelerating ways of [...] Full text...
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Mauritius calm after weekend riots to protest rising costs of living
25 april 2022 - 08:05:21Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius is calm on Monday morning after the country experienced a violent and traumatic weekend as [...] Full text...
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WFP assistance relieved thousands as hunger levels rose in Sierra Leone in 2021
21 april 2022 - 05:23:13Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) reached 540,000 people in Sierra Leone with lifesaving [...] Full text...
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Billions of people still breathe unhealthy air: new WHO data (Emargoed for release at 14.00 CEST on 4 April 2022).
04 april 2022 - 10:51:07Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Almost the entire global population (99%) breathes air that exceeds WHO air quality limits, and threatens [...] Full text...
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UN weather agency to spearhead 5-year early warning plan, boosting climate action
23 march 2022 - 14:13:00Geneva, Switzerland US (PANA) - The UN set an ambitious five-year deadline on Wednesday for countries to ensure that citizens [...] Full text...
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UN-backed report warns of rising wildfire threat
23 february 2022 - 20:57:58Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Wildfires are projected to rise by 50 per cent by the end of the century due [...] Full text...
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Djibouti fires top security chiefs in tense political environment
15 february 2022 - 23:32:37Djibouti, Djibouti (PANA) – Heads of the military and the Police in Djibouti have been placed under house arrest and [...] Full text...
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Guinea's Transitional President fires three senior Central Bank staff
08 december 2021 - 11:50:47Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The President of the Transition in Guinea, Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, on Tuesday dismissed the management team [...] Full text...
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One hundred terrorists neutralised by the Malian Army in November
03 december 2021 - 16:37:29Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A hundred terrorists were neutralised in November by the Malian Armed Forces (FAMAs), with the support [...] Full text...
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Algeria moving on dangerously slippery slope in relations with Morocco
04 november 2021 - 20:52:45Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Algeria is moving on a dangerously slippery slope in its relations with Morocco that could plunge [...] Full text...
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Past 7 years set to be warmest on record, sea level at new high
31 october 2021 - 15:40:13Glasgow, Scotland (PANA) - Record greenhouse gas concentrations have pushed the planet into uncharted territory, with repercussions likely for current and future generations, warned [...] Full text...
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'Restoration of Algeria-Morocco relations vital to Africa’s free trade ambition'
30 september 2021 - 12:15:37Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – As the diplomatic spat between Algeria and Morocco widened last week with the banning of [...] Full text...
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Climate change: Conference alerts on the vulnerability of African SIDS
16 september 2021 - 18:57:34Santa Maria, Cape Verde (PANA) - The Ninth Conference on Climate Change and Development in Africa (CCDA-IX), which kicked off [...] Full text...
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Calling for SIDS' specificities to be taken into account on climate change
15 september 2021 - 20:59:41Santa Maria, Cape Verde (PANA) - The prime minister of Cape Verde, Ulisses Correia e Silva, on Wednesday called for [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WMO confirms air quality improvements from COVID-19 lockdowns
04 september 2021 - 05:30:13Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - COVID-19 lockdowns brought rapid and “unprecedented” improvements in air quality in some parts of the world [...] Full text...
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The Tunisian Air Force carried out 155 flights to fight forest fires
20 august 2021 - 20:15:27Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian Air Force carried out during July and August 155 flights in 83 hours to [...] Full text...
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Libyan PM 'sad' by death of Algerian soldiers fighting fires
12 august 2021 - 11:27:16Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Prime Minister Abdelhamid al-Dbaiba has expressed deep sorrow for the death of Algerian military personnel [...] Full text...
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Morocco ready to help Algeria fight fires, says King Mohammed VI
12 august 2021 - 09:40:03Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The King of Morocco, Mohammed VI, has expressed the readiness of his country to help Algeria [...] Full text...
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Libyan Foreign Minister inquires about situation in Tunisia after series of forest fires
11 august 2021 - 21:22:15Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Najla Al-Mangouch Wednesday reassured Tunisian minister of Foreign [...] Full text...
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Libya stands in solidarity with Algeria in view of deadly fires
11 august 2021 - 16:04:40Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Najla al-Mangouch, expressed in a telephone conversation with [...] Full text...
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Egypt dispatches two helicopters to help Greece extinguish wildfires
09 august 2021 - 09:44:48Athens, Greece (PANA) - Two Egyptian Chinook helicopters have arrived in Greece to join in efforts to extinguish wildfires raging [...] Full text...
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Mozambican govt asked to immediately assist civilians trapped by fighting in Cabo Delgado
07 august 2021 - 10:39:12Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - The Mozambique government should immediately assist civilians trapped by fighting in Cabo Delgado province to move to [...] Full text...
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African migrants volunteer to tackle huge fires in northern Athens
06 august 2021 - 15:49:06Athens, Greece (PANA) - Dozens of African migrants in Greece volunteered on Friday to support firefighting teams on a number [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Libya welcomes Turkey's support of its health sector
04 august 2021 - 19:29:17Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Najla Al-Mangouch, expressed thanks and gratitude to the [...] Full text...
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UN chief calls for commitment to restore the planet
22 april 2021 - 06:12:34New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for commitment to restoring the planet, and to making [...] Full text...
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Counter hate-driven movements, UN chief urges, reflecting on genocide in Rwanda
08 april 2021 - 08:11:36Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - As the world marked the grim anniversary of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, [...] Full text...
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Counter hate-driven movements, Guterres urges, reflecting on Rwandan genocide
07 april 2021 - 08:15:32New York, US (PANA) - As the world marks the grim anniversary of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in [...] Full text...
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Zambian president fires 6 permanent secretaries
02 february 2021 - 14:00:55Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambian President Edgar Lungu has terminated the contracts of six permanent secretaries in his administration. According to [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian Crisis: Safe access, swift action needed for refugees in Tigray
15 january 2021 - 04:59:37Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The head of the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) on Wednesday expressed his deep concern over the [...] Full text...
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President Lungu fires Health Minister
10 january 2021 - 18:36:21Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Zambian President Edgar Lungu has fired minister of Health Chitalu Chilufya, an official source said here [...] Full text...
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Mauritania fires Malian coach of U20 for poor performance
12 december 2020 - 17:18:56Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian coach Baye Bah who was training Mauritania's national under-20 football team was sacked on December [...] Full text...
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UNEP calls on wealthy to consider climate-smart lifestyles to fight climate change
09 december 2020 - 18:14:14Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The UN Environmental Programme (UNEP) has called for stronger action against climate change, including changes in [...] Full text...
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Congolese urged to remain mobilised in the face of disaster risk
13 october 2020 - 12:03:37Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Congolese Minister of Tourism and Environment, Arlette Soudan-Nonault, on Tuesday urged her compatriots to remain mobilised [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS Region: Uneasy calm before preventable storms (By Paul Ejime, PANA Guest Writer)
05 october 2020 - 08:47:27Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - One of the useful lessons to be drawn from the unfolding political and security crises in [...] Full text...
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International Day of Non-Violence: UN chief stresses global ceasefire
03 october 2020 - 05:54:57New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General repeated his call for a global ceasefire on Friday, commemorating the International [...] Full text...
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Safaricom, M-Gas partner to provide clean energy to Kenyan households
04 september 2020 - 17:41:45Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's leading telcom, Safaricom, has expanded its strategic collaboration with M-Gas as the two firms seek [...] Full text...
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Tunisia records more than 430 bushfires, destruction of 1,958 hectares of forests
30 august 2020 - 13:02:48Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia as at 28 August recorded 438 fires that destroyed 1,958 hectares of forests and grasslands, [...] Full text...
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Tunisian army drafted to fight wild fire in north-west Tunisia
14 august 2020 - 17:17:19Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian National Army units, supported by a military aircraft, on Thursday took part in Civil [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe President Mnangagwa fires Energy Minister, appoints new Agriculture MInister
14 august 2020 - 13:48:19Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa, has sacked Energy Minister, Fortune Chasi, for conducts unbecoming, replacing him with [...] Full text...
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Zambian President fires Education Minister after his porn video goes viral
29 july 2020 - 18:48:14Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambian President Edgar Lungu has fired Education Minister, David Mabumba, less than 24 hours after a [...] Full text...
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Tanzanian football club fires Belgian coach after calling fans 'monkeys'
27 july 2020 - 15:40:06Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Tanzania's Young Africans SC has fired Belgian coach Luc Eymael for racist remarks, allegedly made last [...] Full text...
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Sudan PM accepts resignation of 6 ministers, fires minister of health
09 july 2020 - 18:07:34Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese Prime Minister, Dr Adallah Hamdouk, on Thursday accepted the resignation of six ministers and fired [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe President Mnangagwa fires Health minister as civil unrest grows
07 july 2020 - 19:00:27Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa has fired the Health and Childcare Minister, Obadiah Moyo, for awarding contracts, [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus crisis demands 'fundamental rethink' of relationship with natural ecosystems
06 june 2020 - 05:43:55Paris, France (PANA) - The COVID-19 health crisis should be seen as a clarion call to “fundamentally rethink our relationship” [...] Full text...
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Month of May confirmed as warmest on record, CO2 levels hit new high despite COVID economic slowdown
05 june 2020 - 16:55:15Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Last month was the warmest May on record and carbon dioxide levels also hit a new [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS at 45 and the dream of its founding fathers (By Paul Ejime, PANA Guest writer)
29 may 2020 - 13:41:40Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - After almost five decades of existence, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), arguably Africa’s [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Kenya government seeks justification as hotel chain fires staff
29 may 2020 - 12:58:39Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Kenyan Government has written to a local hotel chain seeking clarification on its justification to [...] Full text...
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Libya to celebrate Eid el-Fitr Sunday
22 may 2020 - 23:32:13Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Eid el Fitr, commemorating the end of Ramadan, month of fasting for Muslims, will be [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe President Mnangagwa fires Information deputy minister over callous tweet
20 may 2020 - 21:02:03Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa Wednesday fired deputy minister for Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services, Energy Mutodi, [...] Full text...
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Ramadan without respite for Libyans, victims of military escalation (News analysis by Youssef BA, PANA correspondent)
17 may 2020 - 20:48:37Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyans will have lived in 2020 the Ramadan, month of fasting for Muslims, the most difficult [...] Full text...
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Old man wounded, warehouse of electoral commission destroyed in bombardments in Tripoli
15 may 2020 - 23:33:14Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - An old man was wounded and a warehouse containing electoral material was damaged by rockets fired [...] Full text...
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Rockets fired on hospital, several residential districts of Tripoli
14 may 2020 - 14:08:53Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Several rockets were fired on Tarik al-Zawiya Hospital in central Tripoli and surrounding areas late Wednesday, [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: UN chief calls for ‘solidarity, unity and hope’ in battling pandemic
01 may 2020 - 05:47:41New York, US (PANA) - Amidst the destruction of the COVID-19 pandemic, the United Nations chief has expressed concern over [...] Full text...
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Fayez Al-Sarraj confirms recapture of cities Sabratha and Sorman, will to defeat "aggression"
13 april 2020 - 20:54:15Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chairman of the presidential council of the Libyan government of national accord (GNA), Fayez Al-Sarraj, [...] Full text...
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Violation of humanitarian truce in Libya, Fayez al-Sarraj points accusing finger at Haftar’s troops
06 april 2020 - 21:08:38Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chairman of the presidential council of the Libyan government of national accord (GNA), Fayez al-Sarraj, [...] Full text...
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The US calls Libyan parties for emergency to concentrate efforts on Covid-19
03 april 2020 - 22:06:23Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The US embassy in Libya Friday called on the Libyan belligerent parties to concentrate on efforts [...] Full text...
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One killed, 3 wounded in new bombardment of Tripoli residential districts
31 march 2020 - 22:20:34Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – At least one person was killed and three others wounded on Tuesday in a new bombardment [...] Full text...
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Libyan FM reaffirms appeal to the UN Security Council to protect civilians against Haftar’s attacks
26 march 2020 - 22:33:14Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The Libyan ministry of foreign affairs has reaffirmed its appeal to the UN Security Council, calling [...] Full text...
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Turn around deforestation in 2020, urges Guterres
21 march 2020 - 07:26:43New York, US (PANA) - On the International Day of Forests, which falls on Saturday, UN chief António Guterres is [...] Full text...
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Flagship UN study shows accelerating climate change on land, sea, atmosphere
11 march 2020 - 05:24:36New York, US Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A wide-ranging UN climate report, released on Tuesday, shows that climate change is [...] Full text...
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Libyan Interior minister to visit France this month
05 march 2020 - 07:34:25Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The Libyan Interior minister of the Government of National Accord (GNA), Fathi Bachaga, on Wednesday announced [...] Full text...
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Warmer months ahead for many parts of the planet, says UN weather agency
03 march 2020 - 05:02:30New York, US (PANA) - Many parts of the world can expect above average temperatures in the coming months even [...] Full text...
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UN chief calls for protection of civilians in Libya against bombardments
02 march 2020 - 05:46:22Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned attacks targeting the airport and civilian districts in the south [...] Full text...
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Is the UN Security Council resolution in Libya progress towards peace or simple media buzz? (News analysis by BA Youssef, PANA correspondent)
13 february 2020 - 22:21:35Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN Security Council resolution adopted Wednesday, which aroused hopes for ceasefire in Libya, was hardly [...] Full text...
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Kenya military fires cannons to salute Moi's end of an era
12 february 2020 - 21:40:24Nakuru, Kenya (PANA) - The Kenyan military concluded week-long mourning of retired President Daniel Toroitich arap Moi, who rose to [...] Full text...
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Fire consumes several tons of cotton in northeast Benin
19 january 2020 - 14:57:15Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Fire has consumed several tons of cotton in a market at Nallou, commune of Nikki, in [...] Full text...
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2019 second hottest year on record, UN confirms
16 january 2020 - 07:17:08New York, US (PANA) - Last year was the second warmest year on record, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) confirmed on Wednesday. “The [...] Full text...
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Zambia's President Lungu fires Information and Broadcasting Permanent Secretary
30 december 2019 - 12:09:17Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambia President Edgar Lungu has terminated the contract of Chanda Kasolo as permanent secretary in the [...] Full text...
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Zambian President fires his political advisor
20 december 2019 - 15:39:16Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambian President Edgar Lungu has fired his Special Assistant for Politics, Kaizer Zulu. President Lungu has replaced [...] Full text...
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Benin to build classrooms with plastic waste bricks
19 december 2019 - 19:48:54Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The government of Benin says it plans to build classrooms with bricks made from plastic waste, [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe Govt fires additional 147 doctors, taking the total to 448 to date
26 november 2019 - 19:11:07Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Zimbabwean Government has fired an additional 147 doctors, taking the total number of sacked medical [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe govt fires additional 75 doctors over ongoing strike
12 november 2019 - 23:12:48Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Zimbabwe government Tuesday fired 75 more doctors on strike for better remunerations since September 3 [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe govt fires additional 134 doctors, bringing total to 211
08 november 2019 - 21:13:08Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe’s government Friday fired additional 134 striking doctors for failing to report to work, sparking a [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe govt fires 77 of the striking doctors as the strike reaches 63 days
05 november 2019 - 17:28:37Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Zimbabwe government has fired 77 doctors who were among striking medical practitioners who stopped reporting [...] Full text...
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Botswana hit by wild fueled veldt fires
01 november 2019 - 17:40:38Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana is currently under ‘siege’ of outbreaks of wild fueled veldt fires which are ravaging the [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Botswana: Department of Meteorological Services raises alert over heat waves
18 october 2019 - 18:14:47Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The Botswana Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources Conservation and Tourism, through the Department of Meteorological Services, [...] Full text...
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President Kenyatta fires Kenya Ferry Services board
18 october 2019 - 12:22:55Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - President Uhuru Kenyatta's decision to sack the entire Kenya Ferry Services board following the ferry incident [...] Full text...
thread Society
Fire guts Dosso market in Niger
07 october 2019 - 18:30:04Dosso, Niger (PANA) - Fire on Sunday gutted much of the Dosso Market (140 km east of Niamey), the Nigerien [...] Full text...
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President IBK decrees 3 days of mourning for military victims of terrorist attacks
03 october 2019 - 13:29:18Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Kéita on Wednesday announced a three-day national mourning from Thursday in tribute [...] Full text...
thread Society
Africa to witness more food insecurity due to climate change
23 september 2019 - 05:41:51New York, USA (PANA) – Climate change will see food insecurity grow in African countries, among other regions, if no [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
Leading scientists warn climate change ‘hitting harder and sooner’ than forecast
22 september 2019 - 19:40:31New York, US (PANA) - Top climate scientists issued a report on Sunday showing that over the last several years, [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Nigeria: Buhari says closure of land border "yeilding positive results"
20 september 2019 - 23:38:22Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari said here Friday his government’s decision to close Nigeria’s land borders “due [...] Full text...
thread Economy
High-level segment of the COP 14 begins in New Delhi
09 september 2019 - 15:18:24New Delhi, India (PANA) – The UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) Conference of Parties (COP14) taking place in New [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Maitigua airport attacked 11 times since June - Libyan Ministry of Interior
03 september 2019 - 17:25:18Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Maitiga International Airport, the only facility serving the city, has been the target of 11 attacks [...] Full text...
thread Society
UNCCD COP14 begins in New Delhi amid global campaign to save productive land
02 september 2019 - 18:04:36Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - The 14th Session of the Conference of Parties (COP14) to the United Nations Convention to Combat [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Guinean opposition group fires on power
31 august 2019 - 13:12:16Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Parties of the Guinean opposition and those of the presidential camp constantly occupy the political terrain, [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Togo develops legal guide for forest offences
24 july 2019 - 13:01:57Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togo will soon have a legal instrument on forest offences to fill the existing legal void [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Tanzanian President fires Union Affairs, Environment minister
21 july 2019 - 16:25:34Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Tanzanian President, Dr John Pombe Magufuli, has fired his Minister of State in the [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Zambia: President Lungu fires Sports, Youth and Child Development Minister in mini reshuffle
19 july 2019 - 17:45:25Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Zambian President Edgar Lungu has fired Minister of Youth, Sport and Child Development, Moses Mawere, in [...] Full text...
thread Society
Mali to plant 20 million trees this year to fight deforestation
17 july 2019 - 10:46:17Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali on Tuesday launched its 25 national reforestation campaign with a target to plant 20 million [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Zambian President Lungu fires Finance Minister
15 july 2019 - 07:26:43Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambian President Edgar Lungu has fired Finance Minister Margaret Mwanakatwe and replaced her with Bank of [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Huge fire destroys hundreds of hectares of forest in central Tunisia
10 july 2019 - 09:26:23Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A huge fire broke out on Tuesday evening in Jebel Serj, in central Tunisia, destroying hundreds [...] Full text...
thread Environment
236 forest fire outbreaks recorded in June in Algeria
04 july 2019 - 14:19:08Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - In June, the Algerian General Forestry Directorate (DGF) recorded a total of 236 outbreaks of forest [...] Full text...
thread Environment
World Bank grants $75 million to Benin for forest management
19 june 2019 - 23:31:01Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The World Bank is to release some US$75 million to Benin to support the management of [...] Full text...
thread Environment
427 bushfires recorded in six days in Tunisia
11 june 2019 - 19:02:12Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A total of 427 bushfires, which devastated large areas of wheat farms, were recorded in parts [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Bushfire destroys vast fields in Tunisia
10 june 2019 - 15:51:50Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – Bushfire has destroyed extensive areas of wheat fields in northwest Tunisia, sources at the Tunisian civil [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Forest loss, bush fires are a threat to bees in Casamance (Senegal)
21 may 2019 - 18:52:28Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - Deforestation and bushfires are a threat to bees in Casamance, southern Senegal, said on Monday evening [...] Full text...
thread Environment
SADC/JICA project on forests opens in Mauritius
14 may 2019 - 13:44:03Bel Ombre, Mauritius (PANA) - The 5th Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) Meeting of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) / Japan International [...] Full text...
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Will African countries benefit from global satellite technology race? (Feature by Kennedy Abwao, PANA Correspondent)
06 may 2019 - 16:35:22Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The development of space technology capacity and capability in any country around the world often points [...] Full text...
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Botswana to host fire conference
03 may 2019 - 16:48:48Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The Botswana Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources Conservation and Tourism, through the Department of Forestry and [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Former Benin Prime Minister Zinsou calls for national dialogue
03 may 2019 - 10:38:57Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Former Benin Prime Minister Lionel Zinsou is calling for a national dialogue to resolve the looming [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Grad-type missiles fall on residential buildings in southern Tripoli
15 april 2019 - 12:31:32Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Several Grad-type missiles on Sunday evening fell on residential buildings on the way to the airport [...] Full text...
thread Society
Increased human activities squeeze Africa’s most iconic ecosystem
02 april 2019 - 10:13:31Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Increased human activity around one of Africa’s most iconic ecosystems is “squeezing the wildlife [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Moringa to curb deforestation of Guinea
20 march 2019 - 09:53:16Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Moringa, a tree that has been known for thousands of years in India, the Middle East and [...] Full text...
thread Environment
UNESCO deplores fire at Mont Kenya national park
05 march 2019 - 21:55:58Paris, France (PANA) - UNESCO’s Managing Director Audrey Azoula Tuesday deplored a fire outbreak at the national park of Mont [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Kenyatta fires sports minister in mini-reshulle
01 march 2019 - 14:26:14Kenya's Sports Arts and Culture Cabinet Secretary, Rashid Echesa, was on Friday sacked in a mini-reshuffle effected by President Uhuru [...] Full text...
thread Politics
South African national airline fires unlicensed pilot
01 march 2019 - 11:07:37Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African Airways (SAA) on Friday confirmed that a senior pilot was fired after it [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Nigeria electoral commission appeals for understanding for over postponed elections
17 february 2019 - 05:15:24Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, Chair of Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Saturday appealed to Nigerian [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Nigerian jets destroy Boko Haram training camp
11 february 2019 - 18:16:20Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Monday said that its Air Task Force (ATF) has destroyed [...] Full text...
thread Society
SADC revisits disaster preparedness plan(Feature by Meekaeel Siphambili, PANA Correspondent)
30 january 2019 - 13:57:21Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries have gone back to the drawing board in an [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Cape Verde: Five-year-old child burned in fire outbreak
18 january 2019 - 21:07:52Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - A five-year-old child was seriously burned in a domestic fire outbreak on Tuesday night at [...] Full text...
thread Society
Differences from Libya's Presidential Council members exacerbating the political crisis (Analysis by TALL Mamadou)
18 january 2019 - 19:06:46Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The open differences involving members of the internationally-recognized Presidential Council of the Government of National Unity [...] Full text...
thread Politics
ICRC President arrives in Niger
15 january 2019 - 21:06:12Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Peter Maurer, has arrived in Niger [...] Full text...
thread Society
Zambian President fires Army Commander
31 december 2018 - 12:37:15Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambian President Edgar Lungu has fired Zambia Army Commander Lieutenant General Paul Mihova and replaced him [...] Full text...
thread Society
'Use UN Climate Change talks to slow dangerous rising temperatures', countries urged
01 december 2018 - 15:18:50Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Governments meeting in Katowice, Poland from Monday for the UN Climate Change Conference must seize the [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Nigerian Air Force destroys Boko Haram logistics base in Northeast region
22 november 2018 - 14:48:29Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Thursday said that its fighter jets destroyed Boko Haram Terrorist [...] Full text...
thread Society
Mali bans use of firecrackers for security reasons
20 november 2018 - 11:08:30Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali has banned the use of firecrackers and other fireworks in the country for security reasons. The [...] Full text...
thread Society
'More than 5,000 people sheltering in MSF-supported hospital after violent CAR clashes'
15 november 2018 - 05:15:48Bangui, CAR (PANA) - Fighting between two armed groups in Batangafo, in the north of the Central African Republic (CAR), [...] Full text...
thread Society
Zambian President Lungu fires Works and Supply Minister
06 november 2018 - 14:07:53Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambian President Edgar Lungu, has fired his Minister of Works and Supply, Felix Mutati. Mutati’s dismissal was [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Weekly migration of 1.4m to cities can contribute to ‘disasters’
31 october 2018 - 02:14:13New York, US (PANA) - The migration of some 1.4 million people every week to cities around the world “can [...] Full text...
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UN-led effort helps developing nations improve forest monitoring to counter climate change
19 october 2018 - 10:37:13Rome, Italy (PANA) - A UN programme that is helping developing countries cut greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation has scored [...] Full text...
thread Environment
UN Assembly wraps up annual general debate
02 october 2018 - 06:23:12New York, US (PANA) - In the end, after all was said and done in the marathon of speeches from [...] Full text...
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President Lungu fires Community Development minister over donor funds scandal
19 september 2018 - 18:32:18Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambian President Edgar Lungu has fired Community Development minister Emerine Kabanshi following the revelation of the [...] Full text...
thread Society
Kenyatta promises probe after Nairobi market fire disaster leaves 15 dead
28 june 2018 - 15:30:09Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has ordered an investigation into the cause of a fire disaster, which [...] Full text...
thread Society
South Africa, France complete satellite project
17 april 2018 - 16:08:17Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) and the French South African Institute of [...] Full text...
thread Sciences
Rwanda fires senior civil servants for mismanagement of funds
13 april 2018 - 20:38:59Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan Prime Minister (PM), Edouard Ngirente, has ordered the "disengagement" of several senior civil servants for [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
President Lungu fires Zambia's National Development Planning minister
27 december 2017 - 16:10:02Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambian President Edgar Lungu has terminated the appointment of Lucky Mulusa as Minister of National Development [...] Full text...
thread Society
'Nigerian must halt violent, unlawful campaign of evictions of waterfront communities'
14 november 2017 - 08:11:48Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Human rights group, Amnesty International, has asked the Nigerian authorities to halt a "violent, unlawful campaign" [...] Full text...
thread Society
Mugabe fires 'deceitful' Vice President Mnangagua
06 november 2017 - 16:12:45Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has fired Vice President Emmerson Mnangagua with immediate effect saying he has [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Mali: Gov't, BNDA sign deal on coherent funding mechanism for the Malian agric sector
28 august 2017 - 15:04:18Bamako, Mali (PANA) – A partnership agreement aimed at developing a coherent funding mechanism, appropriate for covering the investment needs [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
Kenya: UN Convention on mercury comes into effect
16 august 2017 - 12:02:11Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The world’s first Convention to protect the environment and human health in close to a decade, [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Zambia: Zambia Parliament approves enhanced measures to preserve public security
12 july 2017 - 07:01:20Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – The National Assembly of Zambia has approved President Edgar Lungu’s promulgation of enhanced measures to enable [...] Full text...
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Italy: Mozambique, World Bank, FAO sign agreement to grow forest sector reform
11 july 2017 - 11:01:38Rome, Italy (PANA) - The Government of Mozambique, the World Bank and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Zambia: Invocation of 'threatened emergency' gives more power to Zambian police, army
06 july 2017 - 09:25:43Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambian President Edgar Lungu’s invocation on Wednesday night of a threatened emergency in the country has [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Zambia: Zambian President declares state of emergency
05 july 2017 - 19:49:55Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambian President Edgar Lungu has declared a state of emergency by invoking Article 31 of the [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Tanzania: Magufuli fires minister after probe on metallic mineral exports
24 may 2017 - 14:22:21Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Tanzanian President John Pombe Magufuli has fired his Minister for Energy and Minerals, Prof. [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Congo: WHO calls for high taxes on tobacco to finance health for all in Africa
20 may 2017 - 15:23:17Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Increasing tobacco taxes to reduce demand for tobacco could generate revenue for African governments to finance [...] Full text...
thread Health
South Africa: Massive fire threatens homes
04 january 2017 - 09:28:51Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Firefighters are battling massive mountain fires in Somerset West, near Cape Town, and hundreds [...] Full text...
thread Society
Tanzania: Magufuli fires CEO of Tanzania's power utility
01 january 2017 - 17:38:24Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Tanzanian President John Pombe Magufuli on Sunday fired the national power utility's chief executive [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Gambia: The Gambia, Jammeh and the proverbial bull in a China shop (By Paul Ejime, PANA Guest Writer)
01 january 2017 - 12:57:08Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambia, a small West African country with some 1.9 million people is an agriculturally fertile [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Sudan: President fires chief of Sudan's drugs board over price hike
25 november 2016 - 17:35:53Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - President Omar Bashir on Friday fired Sudan National Medicines and Poisons Board chair, Mohamed Al- Hassan [...] Full text...
thread Health
Zambia: President Lungu fires Information minister
08 november 2016 - 16:03:07Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambian President Edgar Lungu has with immediate effect sacked Information Minister Chishimba Kambwili who was also [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Zuma ends Kenya state visit, fires back at SA varsity protestors
12 october 2016 - 19:41:18Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - South African President Jacob Zuma has vowed rich South African citizens must pay university fees even [...] Full text...
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UN: Senegalese, Ugandan leaders urge more investments in Africa
21 september 2016 - 15:26:29New York, US (PANA) - Senegalese President Macky Sall and Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni have called for more investments in [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Kenya: Amnesty International urges restraint in DR Congo
21 september 2016 - 13:08:26Nairobi, Kenya(PANA) - Authorities in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) must show restraint in their handling of protests to ensure [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Air Force says it has 'successfully attacked' Boko Haram camp
02 september 2016 - 09:52:35Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says it has "successfully attacked" a Boko Haram camp at Tumbun [...] Full text...
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UN: Threat of wildfires expected to increase as global temperatures rise - UN
14 august 2016 - 16:02:52New York, US (PANA) - The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) has warned that wildfires could become more [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Rwanda: Fire guts four-storey building in Kigali
11 august 2016 - 11:58:11Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - An early morning fire gutted one part of a four-storey building located at Kacyiru, a suburb [...] Full text...
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Zambia: Zambian President fires director of public prosecution
09 august 2016 - 19:48:34Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambian President Edgar Lungu has fired the government's Director of Public Prosecution (DPP), Mutembo Nchito, following [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Brazil fires Coach Dunga after exiting Copa America at group stage
15 june 2016 - 12:53:01Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Brazillian football authorities have sacked coach Dunga after the five-time FIFA World Cup winners exited the [...] Full text...
thread Sports
Togo: Togo launches assistance operation for victims of natural disasters
31 may 2016 - 19:16:50Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togo's Minister of Social Action, Advancement of Women and Literacy, Tchabinandi Kolani Yentcharé launched Tuesday at [...] Full text...
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South Africa: South African fire fighters deployed to Canada
28 may 2016 - 07:23:33Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A team of 300 South African fire fighters will be deployed in Alberta, Canada [...] Full text...
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Tanzania: President Magufuli fires "drunken" minister
20 may 2016 - 19:55:25Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Tanzanian President John Pombe Magufuli on Friday fired his Home Affairs Minister Charles Kitwanga [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Zuma, Mugabe address university's centenary celebrations
20 may 2016 - 15:50:53Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Friday’s historic centenary celebrations at Fort Hare University in the Eastern Cape, South Africa, [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Tension high ahead of historic Fort Hare university's centenary celebrations
19 may 2016 - 14:17:49Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Tension is sky-high ahead of Friday’s centenary celebrations at the University of Fort Hare [...] Full text...
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Tanzania: President Magufuli fires Tanzania's head of investment agency
28 april 2016 - 11:35:06Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - President John Pombe Magufuli on Thursday annulled the appointment of Tanzania Investment Centre (TIC) [...] Full text...
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Zambia: Attacks on foreign-owned businesses 'unacceptable' - Peace Foundation
21 april 2016 - 10:13:03Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Zambia's Stand for Peace Foundation has described the attacks on shops owned by Rwandan nationals in [...] Full text...
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Botswana: Nation challenged to conserve forest
01 april 2016 - 14:33:43Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Forest Conservation Botswana (FCB) has identified the country’s major causes of forest loss, quoting a report [...] Full text...
thread Environment
UN: El Niño has put world in 'uncharted territory,' UN relief chief says
08 january 2016 - 06:02:58New York, US (PANA) - The top UN relief official has urged the international community to act now to help [...] Full text...
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EwTanzania: President Magufuli fires chief of Tanzania's anti-corruption bureau
16 december 2015 - 20:46:45Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Tanzanian President John Pombe Magufuli on Wednesday fired the Director General of the country's [...] Full text...
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