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Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Dakar-based Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) is organising a conference on Open Access and Africa's knowledge economy to be held in the Senegalese capital in March. Sciences

Timbuktu, Mali (PANA) - A consecration ceremony of the Timbuktu mausoleums, last held in the 11th century, was celebrated on Thursday at the initiative of the local community, the final phase of the United Nations-backed cultural rebirth of the age-old Sahara city after the destruction wrought by radical Islamists in 2012. Culture

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Rome, Italy (PANA) - The number of hungry people in the world has dropped to 795 million, 216 million fewer than in 1990-92, or around one person out of every nine, according to the latest edition of the annual UN hunger report (The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2015 - SOFI). Agriculture

Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) unveiled on Monday the first-ever Gender Equality Index for Africa, aimed at informing policies to transform economies and to propel governments to adopt an ambitious agenda for making gender equality a reality throughout the continent. Gender

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New York, US (PANA) - Obstetric fistula is a devastating yet completely preventable and, in many cases, treatable injury of childbirth, affecting at least two million women and girls worldwide and leaving them isolated from communities, according to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.. Health

New York, US (PANA) - Variety of life on Earth is essential for the welfare of current and Environment

Algiers, Algeria (PANA) – Exhibitors from at least 30 countries and 643 Algerian companies are expected in Algiers Wednesday next week for the 48th international fair of Algiers, the Algerian minister of Trade, Amara Benyunés, said here Friday.

Yaoundé, Cameroon (PANA) – The coach of the Cameroonian indomitable Lions, Volke Finker, on Friday released the list of players selected to take part in training in France ahead of the qualifiers for the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON 2017), to be hosted by Gabon. Sports

Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Following are Friday's exchange rates for the Zambian kwacha, as released by the Bank of Zambia: Economy

New York, US (PANA) - UN Special Envoy for Global Education, Mr. Gordon Brown, on Thursday in New York, said that "shocking figures" relating to the position of children in emergency situations underlined the need for a new humanitarian fund to ensure the education of millions of children. Social

Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – Guinea and Burkina Faso are to once again benefit from Belgian public aid for development. Politics

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF) on Thursday announced in Washington, DC four winners of the 2015 Courage in Journalism and Lifetime Achievement Award, among them, Mwape Kumwenda, a reporter for Muvi Television in Zambia. Society

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Cape Town's Anglican Archbishop Thabo Makgoba Tuesday confirmed that the Anglican Church of Southern Africa has consecrated its first woman bishop on the continent

New York, US (PANA) - A report released by the UN Tuesday said there is a reduction of more than 50 per cent in the rate of new HIV infections across 25 low- and middle-income countries, with more than half in Africa, the region most affected by HIV

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The Tanzanian shilling Wednesday exchanges at the following rates issued by the Bank of Tanzania: Currency Buying Selling Kenya Shilling 1,833