Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - To strengthen the preparedness and response capacities of West African countries to natural disasters, the ECOWAS secretariat in Abuja, the Nigerian capital city, Tuesday...
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Mauritania launches food bank
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – About 100 activists from civil society organisations, the government and development partners on Wednesday launched a food bank in Mauritania. “The objective of the...
Tanzania tackles counterfeit ARVs in medical supply chain
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Health authorities in Tanzania have started grappling with counterfeit anti-retroviral drugs (ARVs) that find their way into the official medical supplies chain on...
Senegalese rally around flood victims
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The people of Senegal have come together in solidarity with the victims of the massive flooding in the country, which left at least nine dead and caused extensive damage. In...
Terrorist attacks in Nigeria may constitute crimes against humanity - ICC
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The terrorist attacks by Nigeria's violent Islamic sect Boko Haram may constitute crimes against humanity, according to the new Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court...
'Security situation gradually returning to normal in western Cote d'Ivoire'
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The spokesman of the United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire (ONUCI), Sylvie van den Wildenberg, declared on Thursday that the security situation in western Côte...
Sudan + 1 more
FAO, JICA sign deal to implement agric projects in South Kordofan, Blue Nile
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has signed an agreement, worth US$ 1.45 million, with the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to implement...
Guinea-Bissau + 1 more
ECOWAS to hold extra-ordinary summit 26 April
19 april 2012 11:16:04 Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will hold an extra-ordinary summit in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, on 26 April to deliberate on...
UNAMID installs water play pump in North Darfur
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - An innovative pump, in which water is drawn when children play on a merry-go-round, has recently been installed by UNAMID in Abu Shouk village, near Al Fasher, North Darfur. ...
ECOWAS to mediate in Mali crisis
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) announced on Monday that it will soon launch a mediation process in Mali, where Tuareg rebels have launched a rebellion...
NEPAD Spanish fund empowers African women with 8.2m euros
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Women empowerment in Africa has received a boost, with the approval by the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) Spanish Fund for African Women Empowerment of 8.20...
Boko Haram: 10,000 pupils forced out of school in Nigerian state
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Burning of schools, the latest strategy to be employed by the Islamic sect Boko Haram, has forced an estimated 10,000 pupils out of schools after their institutions were burnt...
Suspected Boko Haram members burn schools in northern Nigeria
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Living true to its name, Boko Haram (Western Education is Sin) has embarked on a new campaign of burning schools in its home base of Maiduguri, capital of northern Borno...
Somalia + 2 more
Emirates Humanitarian Mobile Hospital concludes its mission at Somali-Kenyan Borders
WAM Mogadishu, Feb 09th, 2012 (WAM)--Emirates Humanitarian Mobile Hospital has concluded its 6-month long medical mission at the Somali - Kenyan Borders. The services of hospital come within the...
Development partners to help Niger fight food insecurity
Niamey, Niger (PANA) – The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on Thursday assured the West African state of Niger that development partners would help it fight food insecurity threatening...
Somalia + 2 more
AU raises US$ 50 million to tackle famine in Horn of Africa region
Addis-Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Nearly US$ 50 million was raised by the African Union (AU) to assist the countries in the Horn of Africa, threatened by famine, the AU Commissioner for the rural...
Floods: Helicopters, Marines deployed to rescue thousands in Southern Malawi hills
Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Authorities in Malawi have despatched Marines from the Malawi Defence Force in military helicopters to rescue thousands of villagers marooned in flooded villages and hills...
Boko Haram: Nigerian legislature to strengthen Anti-terrorism Act
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's National Assembly is to strengthen the country's Anti-Terrorism Act so it can be more effectively used to checkmate the activities of the rampaging Islamic sect Boko...
World + 2 more
UNAIDS leverages 2012 Nations Cup to fight HIV/AIDS
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) is to leverage the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations starting on Saturday to pep up the fight against HIV/AIDS on the continent. UNAIDS...
Nigeria moves to eliminate mother-to-child HIV transmission
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria is to introduce compulsory testing for expectant mothers in an effort to eliminate mother-to-child HIV transmission, according to the head of the country's National...