US Envoy condemns reports of civilians being poisoned in Sudan’s war
12 november 2024 - 17:38:00Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The US Special Envoy to the Sudan, Tom Perriello, has condemned reports that civilians were [...] Full text...
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Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The US Special Envoy to the Sudan, Tom Perriello, has condemned reports that civilians were [...] Full text...
'Tragedy in the making in central Sudan'
11 november 2024 - 16:41:20Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - A human tragedy is unfolding before the eyes of the world as bitter fighting in [...] Full text...
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Sudanese paramilitary forces accused of working to invite foreign intervention in bloody war
08 november 2024 - 12:15:55Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday claimed the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) [...] Full text...
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Tackling lead pollution to unlock development potential: World Bank Blog By Axel van Trotsenburg, World Bank Senior Managing Director
05 november 2024 - 08:01:21Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Lead is in materials all around us, often unseen. From factories, mines and spices to being [...] Full text...
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South Africa's President Ramaphosa mourns death of five soldiers
10 july 2024 - 10:54:59Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Five South African Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers have died in two separate incidents over [...] Full text...
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Nigeria is the first country to introduce ‘revolutionary’ meningitis vaccine - WHO
12 april 2024 - 22:01:15Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Nigeria has become the first country to roll out a “revolutionary” five-in-one vaccine against meningitis, the [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: UN rights chief warns of ‘dehumanization’ of Palestinians amid West Bank violence
29 december 2023 - 05:50:27Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Bulldozers in refugee camps, detainees stripped naked and spat at, farmers robbed of their harvest: against [...] Full text...
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Rebuild trust and restore hope in 2024: UN chief’s call
29 december 2023 - 05:16:41New York, US (PANA) - United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has called for global unity to make 2024 a year [...] Full text...
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Guterres says 'time to build bridges' as 'forces of fragmentation’ gaining ground
10 december 2023 - 17:23:18Doha, Qatar (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Sunday that with ‘forces of fragmentation’ gaining ground now is [...] Full text...
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African countries to launch bid against chemical poisoning of food systems at agriculture expo
25 october 2023 - 15:03:42Kiambu, Kenya (PANA) – African countries are working together to launch an assault against the poisoning of the food systems [...] Full text...
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406 migrants die in floods in eastern Libya, according to the IOM
20 september 2023 - 15:57:36Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Some 406 migrants have died among the 3,958 deaths recorded in hospitals in eastern Libya following [...] Full text...
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Continued international aid for disaster-stricken areas in eastern Libya
19 september 2023 - 17:55:59Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Some 20 countries have convoyed more than 50 jumbo jets and four ships carrying emergency aid [...] Full text...
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Libya storm: More than 11,000 dead, 10,000 missing, according to UN agency
17 september 2023 - 17:25:07Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - At least 11,300 people have died while 10,100 others are missing when Storm Daniel ripped through [...] Full text...
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South Africa's Zulu king MisuZulu KaZwelithini denies being poisoned
04 july 2023 - 08:00:12Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa's Zulu King MisuZulu KaZwelithini has denied that he was poisoned stating that he is in [...] Full text...
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South Africa's Zulu king MisuZulu KaZwelithini hospitalised in Eswatini amid fears of poisoning
02 july 2023 - 12:19:19Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa's Zulu King MisuZulu KaZwelithini has been hospitalised following an illness, and suspicions of poisoning, South [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Media forgotten in truce agreement; how journalists are faring in war situation (By Mohamed Osman Adam, PANA correspondent)
29 may 2023 - 12:35:56Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – Over 500 journalists have lost their jobs since the outbreak of the fighting in Sudan on [...] Full text...
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Stop tobacco farming, grow food instead, says WHO
26 may 2023 - 16:20:52Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - With hunger spreading worldwide and tobacco responsible for eight million deaths each year, countries should stop [...] Full text...
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WHO urges governments to stop subsidizing life-threatening tobacco crops
25 may 2023 - 14:01:54Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - On World No Tobacco Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) urges governments to stop subsidizing tobacco farming [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Warring parties asked to vacate hospitals, medical facilities to alleviate suffering of patients (Feature by Mohamed Osman Adam, PANA Correspondent)
23 may 2023 - 11:47:21Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - This was the last message Abdul- Kareem Gassim, a 60 year-old journalist, posted on his Facebook [...] Full text...
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'Diabetes, principal cause of deaths in Mauritius'
13 march 2023 - 08:15:00Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Statistics Mauritius said on Monday that diabetes mellitus was the leading cause of death in Mauritius in [...] Full text...
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UN experts to intervene in Zambia lead pollution case
20 january 2023 - 05:17:20Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - A South African court has allowed a group of UN-appointed experts to intervene in a [...] Full text...
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Kenyan television staff dies from food poisoning
27 december 2022 - 21:59:21Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - One staff member has died and others have been hospitalized after a food poisoning incident at [...] Full text...
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Mali, Côte d'Ivoire sign MOU to resolve case of 146 Ivorian soldiers detained in Mali
23 december 2022 - 15:57:37Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's transitional president Colonel Assimi Goita received on Thursday an Ivorian -Togolese delegation led by the [...] Full text...
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Libyan Prime Minister speaks out after Libyan man handed over to US
16 december 2022 - 19:32:47Tripoli Libya (PANA) - Libyan Prime Minister Abdelhamid Dbaiba on Thursday broke his government's silence on the delivery to the [...] Full text...
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‘Without nature, we have nothing’: UN chief sounds alarm at key UN biodiversity event
07 december 2022 - 05:30:11Montreal, Canada (PANA) - The UN’s key biodiversity conference, COP15, began on Tuesday in Montreal, Canada, where negotiators will set [...] Full text...
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Accelerated action needed to save 12,000 lives a day due to injury, violence
30 november 2022 - 06:56:42Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Each day, injuries and violence claim the lives of some 12,000 people around the world, according [...] Full text...
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Human rights chief decries steep rise in civilian casualties in Somalia
15 november 2022 - 05:11:13Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - A steep rise in civilian casualties across Somalia, largely at the hands of Al-Shabaab militants, has [...] Full text...
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Sixty people hospitalisee=d for food poisoning in Libya
20 august 2022 - 12:43:00Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Sixty people have been admitted to hospital after consuming contaminated food in a restaurant in the [...] Full text...
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Botswana condemns vulture poisoning
15 august 2022 - 16:03:06Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana has raised alarm over suspected poisoning of over fifty vultures in the tourist district of [...] Full text...
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Rights group holds out hope for Zambia lead poisoning victims
22 june 2022 - 07:47:16Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – The Zambian ]government’s recent actions to address the toxic legacy of lead in Kabwe, in central [...] Full text...
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Make tobacco industry accountable for environmental damage: WHO
31 may 2022 - 06:00:42Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The tobacco industry damages both the environment and human health, and needs to be more accountable [...] Full text...
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Two people die of food poisoning in Libya
20 february 2022 - 17:32:18Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Two people have died, out of 44 cases of food poisoning, following a meal at a [...] Full text...
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The Climate Crisis is a Human Rights Crisis, says rights group
31 october 2021 - 10:42:19Glasgow, Scotland (PANA) - As world leaders gather in Glasgow for the United Nations Climate Conference (COP26) this week, the stakes [...] Full text...
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Rights groups urge next Zambian govt to tackle lead poisoning at former mine
28 july 2021 - 07:01:15Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambia's next government after the 12 August elections should urgently clean up lead pollution that has affected [...] Full text...
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Flipflopi recycled plastic dhow embarks on its second voyage in Africa
12 march 2021 - 10:32:24Kisumu, Kenya (PANA) - The Flipflopi, a dhow made from recycled plastic, has set sail on its second voyage, taking [...] Full text...
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Kenya wildlife investigators arrest two suspected rhino poachers
26 september 2020 - 19:25:16Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Two traffickers of rhino horns have been arrested in Kenya after a three-month investigation into a [...] Full text...
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Kenya court ruling called a milestone in environmental justice
08 september 2020 - 13:40:55Mombasa, Kenya (PANA) - In what is being called a positive milestone for environmental justice, a settlement in Kenya has [...] Full text...
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Congo, FAO organize workshop on use of pesticides
27 august 2020 - 18:13:33Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, in partnership with the Food and Agriculture Organization [...] Full text...
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Botswana government dismisses claims of poisoning of elephants
18 august 2020 - 11:54:53Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The authorities in Botswana have dismissed claims that the recent elephant mortalities are due to deliberate [...] Full text...
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A third of world’s children poisoned by lead, UNICEF analysis finds
30 july 2020 - 04:44:59New York, US (PANA) - Lead poisoning is affecting children on a “massive and previously unknown scale”, according to a [...] Full text...
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Tunisia: Dozens of dogs savagely killed in their refuge
24 july 2020 - 00:02:57Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A horrible video showing dozens of dogs being savagely massacred in the Tunisian southern city of [...] Full text...
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UNEP supports global food systems providing net positive impacts on nutrition, environment
13 july 2020 - 11:17:41Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – While progress on reducing hunger has stagnated in the last five years, evidence suggests [...] Full text...
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Four people die of alcohol poisoning in Tunisia
26 may 2020 - 10:15:29Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Four people from he same family have died in Tunisia after drinking alcoholic product known in [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Zimbabwe President holds rally a day after banning all public gatherings
18 march 2020 - 20:16:47Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - A day after banning public gatherings of 100 people or more over the potential spread of [...] Full text...
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Exiled former cabinet minister alleges growing discontent in Zimbabwe's army
01 march 2020 - 15:01:09Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Exiled former cabinet minister, Jonathan Moyo, has alleged growing discontent in the Zimbabwe army amid heightened [...] Full text...
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Detained Rwandan gospel musician 'commits suicide' - Police
17 february 2020 - 10:58:22Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Three days after he was arrested while attempting to cross the border to allegedly join rebel [...] Full text...
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Seven African Presidents expected in Lomé to sign agreement to criminalise counterfeit drugs
17 january 2020 - 08:53:41Lome, Togo (PANA) - Brazzaville Foundation (BF) chief executive officer David Richmond says seven African leaders will sign an agreement for [...] Full text...
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Road accidents claimed 18 lives in Lomé during holiday season
04 january 2020 - 18:54:03Lomé, Togo (PANA) - The holiday season was deadly in Lomé, which 74 road accidents that left 18 people dead [...] Full text...
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Exiled former Zimbabwean minister alleges coup attempt to oust President Mnangagwa
01 january 2020 - 08:33:18Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe’s exiled former cabinet minister, Jonathan Moyo, has alleged that there was a coup attempt to [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe's Vice President Chiwenga back to China for medical review
30 december 2019 - 10:48:29Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa says that Vice President Constantino Chiwenga is currently in China for a medical [...] Full text...
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Estranged wife Marry Mubaiwa charged with attempted murder of Zimbabwe VP Chiwenga
16 december 2019 - 15:21:50Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe Vice President Constantino Chiwenga’s estranged wife, Marry Mubaiwa (maiden name), has been charged with the [...] Full text...
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Former South African president Zuma reportedly receives treatment in Cuba
09 december 2019 - 12:11:23Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – There are unconfirmed reports that former President Jacob Zuma, is receiving medical treatment in [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe's VP Constantino Chiwenga returns home from sick leave
23 november 2019 - 15:38:57Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe's President, Emmerson Mnangagwa, received Vice President Constantino Chiwenga at statehouse after he arrived back in [...] Full text...
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Nigerian President Buhari returns home after London 'private visit'
16 november 2019 - 07:21:48Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday night returned home after two weeks in London on a [...] Full text...
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UNEP says microplastics, microbeads, single-use plastics poisoning sea life
04 november 2019 - 13:04:01Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Each year, an estimated eight million tonnes of plastic end up in the ocean – equivalent [...] Full text...
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WHO launches week of action to ban lead paint
22 october 2019 - 20:54:02Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) says although exposure to lead remains a key global health concern, [...] Full text...
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Gold panning in North Niger: A growth lever but also source of problems - study
18 october 2019 - 22:27:50Agadez, Niger (PANA) - The boom in gold panning in the desert north of Niger, former home of armed rebellions, [...] Full text...
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Vulture mortalities threaten their survival
11 september 2019 - 13:58:17Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Several conservation Non-Governmental Organisations, including Birdlife Botswana, are advocating for safety of the vulture which is [...] Full text...
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One person dies every 40 seconds from suicide - says WHO
09 september 2019 - 17:00:20Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) says one person dies every 40 seconds from suicide although [...] Full text...
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Botswana to hold International vulture awareness day
05 september 2019 - 19:55:33Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The Botswana Department of Wildlife and National Park and the Department of Environmental affairs under the [...] Full text...
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GABON- Poverty forces economically weak populations to buy street medicines (A feature by LAWSONE Antoine)
30 august 2019 - 21:49:50Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - For years, poverty has forced economically weak populations in the capital, Libreville, to buy medicines not [...] Full text...
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Rights group raises red flags about lead contamination of children in Zambia
23 august 2019 - 12:12:29Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – Human Rights Watch warned on Friday that lead exposure around a former lead and zinc [...] Full text...
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‘Invisible’ crisis of water quality threatens human and environmental well-being: Report
21 august 2019 - 05:56:21New York, US (PANA) - Deteriorating water quality worldwide is slashing the economic potential of heavily polluted areas, according to [...] Full text...
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Tunisian President Essebsi admitted to hospital again
25 july 2019 - 04:57:31Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – The Tunisian president, Béji Caïd Essebsi, was on Wednesday again admitted to the military hospital in [...] Full text...
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Vultures poisoned in Botswana
21 june 2019 - 21:15:09Gaborone, Botswana (PANA)- The Department of Wildlife and National Parks recently identified a poisoning site in a Wildlife Management Area [...] Full text...
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Some 500 vultures dead after feeding on poisoned elephant carcasses in Botswana
21 june 2019 - 07:39:49Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Over 500 vultures have died in Botswana after feeding on poisoned carcasses of three poached elephants, [...] Full text...
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Mali says no evidence of poisoning in dead fish found outside Niger River
23 may 2019 - 23:42:10Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Officials from departments under the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs said here Wednesday there was [...] Full text...
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Titanium mining firm attacks poverty in Kenya’s coastal region (By Kennedy Abwao, PANA correspondent)
28 february 2019 - 12:55:21Kwale, Kenya (PANA) – The sign-post is hard to miss on the narrow highway linking Ukunda, a small resort town [...] Full text...
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UPDATE: DRC presidential vote results compilation halfway done - CENI
06 january 2019 - 18:15:52Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The DR Congo National Independent Electoral Commission of Congo (CENI) has compiled 53% of the results [...] Full text...
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DRC cleric reiterates election irregularities may ignite popular revolt
06 january 2019 - 14:52:07Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - Election irregularities may ignite a popular revolt in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) rather [...] Full text...
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Government warns of poisonous fish in Cape Verde waters
03 december 2018 - 19:49:54Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) – The Cape Verde government warned at weekend about the presence in the archipelago of fish [...] Full text...
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More than nine in ten children exposed to deadly air pollution - WHO
29 october 2018 - 21:25:33Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Air pollution is “stunting children’s brains” and affecting their health in more ways than was previously [...] Full text...
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PACA calls for enhanced country-led approaches for sustainable aflatoxin mitigation in Africa
04 october 2018 - 13:30:34Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Moussa Faki Mahamat, has called on all AU [...] Full text...
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800,000 people commit suicide every year - WHO
10 september 2018 - 05:22:13Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Every year, close to 800,000 people commit suicide, the second leading cause of death among people [...] Full text...
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Kenyan govt invites expert probe after eight mysterious rhino deaths
13 july 2018 - 15:56:24Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan authorities have invited international wildlife experts to initiate a probe following the surprise death of [...] Full text...
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UN rights experts urge Kenya to protect activists testifying in lead pollution case
30 may 2018 - 19:17:04Mombasa, Kenya (PANA) - Four United Nations human rights experts are calling for greater protection for Kenyan activists who have [...] Full text...
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Save our planet by protecting migratory birds and their ‘epic journeys,’ urges UN chief
12 may 2018 - 09:16:59New York, US (PANA) - As they make their global journeys, migratory birds not only set birdwatchers’ binoculars agog, they [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe government, companies failing to protect tobacco workers - HRW
06 april 2018 - 09:04:17Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) – Children and adults who work on Zimbabwe’s tobacco farms are facing serious risks to their health [...] Full text...
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World commits to pollution-free planet at environment summit
06 december 2017 - 18:32:57Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The world on Wednesday committed to a pollution-free planet at the close of the UN Environment [...] Full text...
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Rapid, large-scale, coordinated action needed to beat pollution – UN chief
04 december 2017 - 21:33:25Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Noting the severity of the threats posed by pollution to both people and the planet, United [...] Full text...
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UN Environment Assembly tackles pollution menace
04 december 2017 - 13:17:41Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Key among issues being discussed at the third UN Environment Assembly in Nairobi, which started at [...] Full text...
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Mnangagwa pledges to revamp Zimbabwe economy
22 november 2017 - 20:08:37Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe President-designate Emmerson Mnangagwa on Wednesday pledged to be a servant of the people and called [...] Full text...
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'No one safe from global pollution without concerted action' - warns UNEP
17 november 2017 - 10:24:04Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Everyone on earth is affected by pollution, according to a new report issued by UN Environment [...] Full text...
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Antibiotic resistance is ‘crisis we cannot ignore,’ UN warns
14 november 2017 - 06:55:46Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – As World Antibiotic Awareness Week began on Monday, the United Nations, through its Food and Agriculture [...] Full text...
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US: 'Racism, xenophobia, anti-Semitism or Islamophobia poisoning our societies' – UN chief
16 august 2017 - 20:12:27New York, US (PANA) – Urging people everywhere to speak out against hate speech and hate crimes, United Nations Secretary-General [...] Full text...
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Switzerland: Rights group hails convention on mercury
16 august 2017 - 13:06:52Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The United Nations Minamata Convention on Mercury, which went into effect on Wednesday, 16 August, could [...] Full text...
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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...
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Botswana: Botswana star athlete Makwala to receive presidential award
10 august 2017 - 08:53:17Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana’s President Ian Khama has hinted that the country’s star athlete Isaac Makwala will receive a [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Kenyan ministers hospitalised with cholera-like symptoms
14 july 2017 - 19:18:31Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) -Two Kenyan ministers were among scores of patients receiving treatment for suspected cholera infection and food poisoning [...] Full text...
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UK: Tobacco giant BAT urged to respect human rights
25 april 2017 - 11:54:25London, UK (PANA) – Two human rights groups on Tuesday asked British American Tobacco (BAT) to strengthen its processes for [...] Full text...
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Switzerland: UN rights experts call for global treaty to regulate dangerous pesticides
08 march 2017 - 05:50:15Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Two United Nations human rights experts are calling for a comprehensive new global treaty to regulate [...] Full text...
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Switzerland: WHO says polluted environment causes 1.7 million child deaths a year
06 march 2017 - 11:24:45Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More than 1 in 4 deaths of children under 5 years of age are attributable to [...] Full text...
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Mauritius: NGO condemns Mauritius on bio-medical experiments on animals
01 february 2017 - 07:13:45Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - A British-based NGO, Cruelty Free International, on Wednesday criticised a decision of Mauritius to allow experiments [...] Full text...
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Switzerland: WHO warns world heading towards ‘post-antibiotic era’
15 november 2016 - 05:03:02Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - With a worldwide call on everyone, everywhere to play their part in maintaining the effectiveness of [...] Full text...
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Kenya: UN agencies release guidelines on toxic pesticides reduction
10 may 2016 - 15:52:47Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The FAO and WHO have released new guidelines aimed at reducing the damage done by pesticides [...] Full text...
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Rwanda: Ex-Rwandan minister dies in detention in Burundi
30 march 2016 - 16:37:12Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - A former Rwandan government minister died Wednesday while in detention in neighbouring Burundi, apparently a [...] Full text...
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Switzerland: WHO sounds alarm on deaths of children from foodborne disease
03 december 2015 - 11:03:21Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Almost one third (30%) of all deaths from foodborne diseases are in children under the age [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Lead poison kills 28 children in north-central Nigeria
13 may 2015 - 18:06:58Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria's Federal Ministry of Health Wednesday confirmed an outbreak of lead poisoning and deaths of [...] Full text...
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UN: UN environment chief warns on dangerous chemicals, e-waste
04 may 2015 - 21:40:49New York US (PANA) - The head of the UN body tasked with setting the global environmental agenda on Monday [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: 'Ethanol poisoning likely cause of Nigerian town's strange deaths'
20 april 2015 - 11:04:06Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - With 18 people dead in the town of Ode Irele in Nigeria's South-west Ondo State since [...] Full text...
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Mauritius: Europe shown to be main importer of monkeys from Mauritius
09 april 2015 - 13:34:28Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The British Union Against Vivisection (BUAV) Thursday revealed that the number of monkeys imported into Europe [...] Full text...
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Rwanda: 12 hospitalised after eating contaminated meat
30 march 2015 - 20:41:11Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - At least 12 people are being treated for food poisoning after eating the meat of a [...] Full text...
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UN: UN rights report says attacks on girls seeking education persists
09 february 2015 - 21:40:59New York, US (PANA) - A new UN human rights report seeking to analyse the problem of attacks against girls [...] Full text...
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UN: WHO probes beer poisoning deaths in Mozambique
14 january 2015 - 22:21:48New York, US (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) is assisting in an investigation into the suspected poisoning and [...] Full text...
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Switzerland: WHO calls for coordinated action to reduce suicides worldwide
04 september 2014 - 14:13:41Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has called for a coordinated action to reduce suicides worldwide, with [...] Full text...
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Botswana: Vultures face extinction in Botswana
09 july 2014 - 12:10:03Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana’s ecosystem and bird tourism is under threat following reports that the country’s vulture’s population is [...] Full text...
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Zambia: Greenpeace nudges world leaders on clean, safe energy
31 march 2014 - 10:29:25Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - The environmental organisation Greenpeace has urged world leaders to accelerate the transition to clean and safe [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Court extends detention of MP murder suspects
06 january 2014 - 17:47:12Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The High Court in Nairobi on Monday ordered six suspects, held over the death of a [...] Full text...
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WHO calls for end to production, use of lead paint
19 october 2013 - 18:30:32New York, US (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called on governments to strengthen national actions to eliminate [...] Full text...
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WHO campaigns against lead poisoning in children
18 october 2013 - 10:31:47Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - On the occasion of the International Lead Poisoning Awareness Prevention Week of Action (20-26 Oct), the [...] Full text...
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Benin Appeals Court confirms dismissal of Boni Yayi attempted poisoning case
01 july 2013 - 22:01:41Cotonou, Benin (PANA) – The Appeals Court in Cotonou on Monday confirmed the dismissal of a case of attempted poisoning [...] Full text...
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Crackdown on illegal miners, ‘killer’ gas reported in Ghana
15 june 2013 - 07:25:07Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The clampdown on illegal miners, “killer” gas in Accra and arrival of US fire experts to [...] Full text...
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Lead poisoning kills 100 children in Nigeria
17 april 2013 - 16:03:00Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Fresh cases of lead poisoning have killed 100 children in the last three months in [...] Full text...
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US computer firm intensifies battle against e-waste in Africa
28 december 2012 - 11:49:12Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Computer maker Hewlett Packard (HP) has established an electronic waste processing plant to deal with Kenya’s [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Benin media focus on alleged mastermind of attempted poisoning of Yayi
08 december 2012 - 07:43:41Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The media in Benin this week focus attention of the brief arrest, in Paris, France, of [...] Full text...
thread Press Review
Benin media focus on arrest of alleged mastermind of the attempt to poison Yayi
07 december 2012 - 20:28:14Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The media in Benin this week focus attention on the brief arrest, in Paris, France, of [...] Full text...
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Lead-poison in Nigeria: Campaigners want Jonathan to release cleanup fund
06 december 2012 - 17:29:47Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian government’s failure to produce promised funding to address the worst lead poisoning outbreak in [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Nigerian First Lady 'hospitalised' in Germany
04 september 2012 - 20:56:31Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's First Lady Patience Jonathan is in Germany undergoing treatment for an undisclosed illness, government sources [...] Full text...
thread Society
MSF again seeks action on lead poisoning in Nigeria, shuns political debate
04 september 2012 - 14:36:34Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Humanitarian assistance organisation Médecins sans Frontières (MSF) has renewed its call for immediate government action to [...] Full text...
thread Health
SA marks International Vulture Awareness Day
31 august 2012 - 12:38:09Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The Birds of Prey Programme (EWT-BoPP) of the Endangered Wildlife Trust, its partners and [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Conference agrees on measures to end lead poisoning crisis in Nigeria
11 may 2012 - 14:02:32Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - An International Conference organized to find solutions to the lead poisoning that has killed 400 children [...] Full text...
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Nigerian govt tasked on lead poisoning conference
07 may 2012 - 12:35:12Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria has been urged to ensure high-level government participation at the 9-10 May international conference [...] Full text...
thread Society
Pesticide misuse threatens farmers’ health, food in Ghana
19 april 2012 - 19:11:03Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The misuse of pesticides, some of them banned, in northern Ghana is affecting the [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
Thousands of children need treatment for lead poisoning in Nigerian state - HRW
07 february 2012 - 14:31:32Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Thousands of children in Nigeria's northern Zamfara state need immediate medical treatment, while dozens of villages [...] Full text...
thread Health
Confusion in Nkrumah’s party, gold rush, 'witches' played up in Ghana media
03 december 2011 - 08:00:15Accra, Ghana (PANA) – A huge confusion in the party of Ghana’s first president, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, a gold rush [...] Full text...
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1,000 die from lead poisoning in Nigeria
27 november 2011 - 11:50:09Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - One thousand people, most of them women and children, have died from lead poisoning resulting from [...] Full text...
thread Environment
WHO says lead poisoning persists in Nigerian villages
14 november 2011 - 16:28:09New York, US (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO), in a report, said that at least 43 villages in [...] Full text...
thread Health
Bean meal kills seven in Ghana
02 november 2011 - 15:13:44Accra, Ghana (PANA) – What was to be a happy dinner for a family in northern Ghana has turned into [...] Full text...
thread Social
92 Malians arrive back home from Libya
15 october 2011 - 13:39:42Bamako, Mali (PANA) – A total of 92 Malians, including 31 women and 44 children, arrived in the Malian city [...] Full text...
thread Society
Nigeria police probe family members' death after meal
24 july 2011 - 10:26:35Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigeria police have launched an investigation into the death of six members of a family [...] Full text...
thread Society
'Boko Haram' Islamists give conditions to end killings
14 june 2011 - 07:47:40Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - After killing hundreds through bomb attacks and drive-by shootings, the fundamentalist Islamic group Boko Haram, based [...] Full text...
thread Society
WHO Assembly adopts major global health priorities
24 may 2011 - 18:05:47New York, US (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) Assembly on Tuesday wrapped up its annual policy session by [...] Full text...
thread Health
WHO Assembly adopts resolutions on child injury, NCDs
23 may 2011 - 18:40:25New York, US (PANA) - Delegates at the 64th World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland, on Monday adopted resolutions on [...] Full text...
thread Health
'Africa needs readily available anti-venom serum to save farmers'
21 april 2011 - 22:18:38Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The director of the antipoison centre of the Senegalese Health and Prevention ministry, Professor Amadou Diouf, [...] Full text...
thread Health
'Lead poisoning kills 400 children in Nigeria'
08 march 2011 - 13:24:17Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Lead poisoning due to illegal mining activities has killed over 400 children and caused over 500 [...] Full text...
thread Society
“Mysterious” deaths hit Malawian family
05 february 2011 - 17:18:28Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Four people of the same family in the southern Lower Shire Valley district of Chikhwawa have [...] Full text...
thread Society
Investigation reveals high level of lead pollution, mercury levels in Nigerian state
07 january 2011 - 16:17:45Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A UN report released Friday said high levels of lead pollution were found in the soil [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Twelve die after poisonous food
04 december 2010 - 14:10:38Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Twelve farmers in the Upper East Region have died after eating foodstuff preserved with pesticides and [...] Full text...
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Poisoned party supporters still hospitalised in Conakry
31 october 2010 - 11:38:00Conakry- Guinea (PANA) -- The Guinean Minister of Health, Dr Ibrahim Sory Sow, re vealed on Saturday that 166 young [...] Full text...
thread Health
President Compaore expected in Conakry
29 october 2010 - 22:50:00Conakry- Guinea (PANA) -- The president of Burkina Faso, Blaise Compaore, mediator in the Guinean crisis, is expected on Saturday [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Alpha Conde's supporters bar him from sensitisation trip
28 october 2010 - 12:52:00Conakry- Guinea (PANA) -- Supporters of the Rally of the People of Guinea (RPG) l eader Alpha Conde Thursday prevented [...] Full text...
thread Politics
10 family members poisoned following Burundi land dispute (Corrected)
25 october 2010 - 18:52:00Bujumbura- Burundi (PANA) -- No fewer than 10 members of the same family died on Sunday as a result of [...] Full text...
thread Society
10 family members poisoned following land dispute
25 october 2010 - 18:34:00Bujumbura- Burundi (PANA) -- No fewer than 10 members of the same family died on Sunday as a result of [...] Full text...
thread Society
Bereaved Zimbabwean family offers olive branch to prime suspect's family
29 september 2010 - 15:18:00Blantyre- Malawi (PANA) -- The family of a murdered 25-year-old Zimbabwean woman has said they do not hold the family [...] Full text...
thread Society
Lead poisoning: Rains delay decontamination of soil in Nigerian state
27 september 2010 - 12:38:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The ongoing rainy season has delayed efforts to decontam inate the six villages widely affected by [...] Full text...
thread Society
UN team arrives Nigeria to assess extent of lead poisoning
23 september 2010 - 14:11:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- A seven-member UN emergency environmental team has arrived in Nigeria to investigate the deaths of over [...] Full text...
thread Society
Nigeria bans illegal mining after lead poison deaths
23 september 2010 - 12:16:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's federal government has banned mining in northern Zamfara state, where over 200 children have died [...] Full text...
thread Society
Police avoid Media as autopsy confirms unnatural death for Zim student
22 september 2010 - 15:15:00Blantyre- Malawi (PANA) -- Malawi Police Wednesday "chickened out" of a planned p ress conference at the last minute, to [...] Full text...
thread Society
Police avoid media as autopsy confirms unnatural death for Zim student
22 september 2010 - 15:15:00Blantyre- Malawi (PANA) -- Malawi Police Wednesday "chickened out" of a planned p ress conference at the last minute, to [...] Full text...
thread Society
Police avoid media as autopsy confirms unnatural death for Zim student
22 september 2010 - 14:16:00Blantyre- Malawi (PANA) -- Malawi Police Wednesday "chickened out" of a planned p ress conference at the last minute, to [...] Full text...
thread Society
UN probes outbreak of lead poisoning in northern Nigeria
21 september 2010 - 18:24:00New York- US (PANA) -- The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has sent a five-member team [...] Full text...
thread Environment
17 die after drinking locally-brewed alcohol in Kenya
26 july 2010 - 17:26:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Seventeen people have died after drinking an illicit brew in Nairobi’s populated slum of Kibera. [...] Full text...
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Nigerian state to compensate victims of lead poisoning
11 june 2010 - 17:42:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The government of Zamfara state in northern Nigeria has said it will compensate the families of [...] Full text...
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President Jonathan worried by security lapses in Nigeria
09 june 2010 - 14:25:00Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- Worried by the security lapses in Nigeria, especially in the South East, President Goodluck Jonathan on [...] Full text...
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Nigeria's opposition party urges govt. to deal with illegal miners
07 june 2010 - 16:36:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's vocal opposition party, the Action Congress (AC), has urged the Federal Government to clamp down [...] Full text...
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Lead poisoning at illegal mining sites 'kills 300' in Nigeria
07 june 2010 - 08:59:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Lead poisoning resulting from the activities of illegal gold miners have killed 300 people and devastated [...] Full text...
thread Health
Ugandan Wildlife Authority to sue communities for killing 5 lions
22 may 2010 - 16:18:00Kampala- Uganda (PANA) -- Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) is to take court action against communities suspected of killing five lions [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
Guinea's assizes open in Conakry
29 march 2010 - 22:21:00Conakry- Guinea (PANA) â" Some 115 cases, includin-g four on international drug trafficking, will be heard by Guinea's court of [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Security at airport, Mills' first anniversary highlighted by newspapers
09 january 2010 - 08:17:00Accra- Ghana (PANA) â" Measures to step up securit-y at the Kotoka International Airport in Accra, the first anniversary of [...] Full text...
thread Press Review
Woman who poisoned five children dies in Ghana
07 january 2010 - 15:28:00Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- The 33-year-old mother who allegedly poisoned her five chi ldren in Ghana died at the Police [...] Full text...
thread Society
Woman poisons five children
06 january 2010 - 11:52:00Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- A 33-year-old woman said to be mentally unstable has kille d five of her children by [...] Full text...
thread Society
'Malawi child tobacco workers exposed to high nicotine levels'
25 august 2009 - 07:46:00Lilongwe- Malawi (PANA) -- A report by the London-based children's rights organis ation has revealed that young tobacco pickers in [...] Full text...
thread Health
WHO warns of growing chemical risks to developing world
14 may 2009 - 15:05:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned against t he growing dangers posed by chemical use [...] Full text...
thread Health
Renamo demands resignation of Mozambicam Interior Minister
20 march 2009 - 17:50:00Maputo- Mozambique (PANA) -- Afonso Dhlakama, leader of Mozambique’s former rebel movement, Renamo, has demanded the resignation of Interior Minister [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Ivorian President's Secretary jailed 5 years for fraud
12 february 2009 - 11:28:00Abidjan- Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) -- An Abidjan-based court has sentenced the Ivorian President's Secretary, Mrs Gomé Hilaire, to five years [...] Full text...
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Court slams 12 months jail term on Ivoirian President's secretary
11 february 2009 - 14:51:00Abidjan- Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) -- A court in Abidjan, capital of Cote d'Ivoire, ha s slammed a 12 months jail [...] Full text...
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Ivorian govt expels MTN boss over 65.5m CFAF donation
06 february 2009 - 12:52:00Abidjan- Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) -- The Ivorian government has asked the local boss of the South Africa-based telecommunications firm MTN [...] Full text...
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