Tunisia sanctioned by World Anti-Doping Agency
01 may 2024 - 13:11:39Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) on Tuesday announced sanctions against Tunisia and its athletes following the [...] Full text...
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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) on Tuesday announced sanctions against Tunisia and its athletes following the [...] Full text...
African women on the frontline of peacekeeping (A UN feature)
06 december 2023 - 07:11:34Accra, Ghana (PANA) - For over a year, a group of United Nations peacekeepers from Ghana led by Captain Esinam [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Deadly spiral of violence continues as Khartoum calls for 'immediate termination' of UN mission
17 november 2023 - 06:35:57New York, US (PANA) - The war between rival militaries in Sudan, which has been raging for over seven months [...] Full text...
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Trafficking in the Sahel: Muzzling the illicit arms trade (Feature by UN News)
11 june 2023 - 07:06:00Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Shoppers in Mali’s Gao, Timbuktu, and Ménaka regions in Mali can snap up AK-pattern assault rifles [...] Full text...
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Ghanaian literary icon Prof. Ama Ata Aidoo is dead
31 may 2023 - 15:18:25Arcra, Ghana (PANA) - The death was reported of Ghanaian literary icon Professor Ama Ata Aidoo, in the early hours [...] Full text...
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Security situation in Sahel remains very worrying, Security Council warned
16 may 2023 - 19:56:48New York, US (PANA) - The security situation in the Sahel remains very worrying and the spiralling crisis in Sudan is an [...] Full text...
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Sudan violence threatens fragile cross-border progress with Juba, Security Council told
10 may 2023 - 05:42:48New York, US (PANA) - The impact of ongoing violence among rival military parties in Sudan is threatening to derail [...] Full text...
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CAF disciplines Togo's ASKO de Kara and player Kangnivi Ama Tchoutchoui
31 march 2023 - 08:30:11Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The Disciplinary Board of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has unveiled its verdict on the [...] Full text...
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African states on the front line of climate crisis - UN official
13 october 2022 - 05:46:46New York, US (PANA) - African States are on the front line of the climate crisis, a senior UN official [...] Full text...
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Libyan newspaper highlights fears of violence after armed clashes in Tripoli
31 july 2022 - 19:52:01Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A Libyan newspaper has highlighted the deadly clashes between armed groups in Tripoli and Misrata, about [...] Full text...
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Omnipresence of armed groups in Libya puts solution of crisis into perspective
28 july 2022 - 21:42:19Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The latest armed clashes between rival armed groups in Tripoli and Misrata, particularly the deadly one [...] Full text...
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UN Security Council to hold another session on the situation in Libya on Monday
25 july 2022 - 12:52:09Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Security Council is holding another session on Monday to discuss the latest developments [...] Full text...
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Rwanda chosen to host headquarters of African Medicines Agency
17 july 2022 - 16:22:20Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – Rwanda is to host the headquarters of the African Medicines Agency (AMA) after a vote to [...] Full text...
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Senior UN official regrets Mali’s withdrawal from G5 Sahel, Joint Force
19 may 2022 - 14:53:47New York, US (PANA) - Mali’s decision on 15 May to withdraw from the G5-Sahel group and its Joint Force [...] Full text...
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AU, US reaffirm 'strong commitment' to collaboration.
14 march 2022 - 05:12:03Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States (US) and African Union Commission (AUC) have reaffirmed their strong commitment to [...] Full text...
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Malian Armed Forces neutralize at least 80 terrorists in various locations
04 january 2022 - 16:20:26Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian Armed Forces (FAMA) said here Tuesday they had neutralized at least 80 terrorists, including two [...] Full text...
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AU: Uganda deposits instrument of ratification of African Medicines Agency
09 december 2021 - 22:57:03Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Uganda has become the 18th African Union (AU) member-state to deposit the instrument of ratification of [...] Full text...
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African Union moves to create continental medical agency
09 november 2021 - 21:01:33Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Treaty for the Establishment of the African Medicines Agency (AMA) entered into force with [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe endorses African Union medicines agency treaty
18 september 2021 - 17:32:46Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Zimbabwe has become the 11th. member-state of the African Union to deposit its instrument of [...] Full text...
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AFCON 2021: Togo national team arrives in Moroni for Comoros match
22 march 2021 - 21:03:33Lomé, Togo (PANA) – The Togolese national football team, The Sparrowhawks, arrived in Moroni for a match against the Comorian [...] Full text...
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Ghana deposits ratification instrument of African Medicines Agency at AU
19 march 2021 - 12:15:23Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ghana is now the sixth Member State to deposit the instrument of ratification of the [...] Full text...
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Ex-VP Jallow Tambajang nominated for AU vice-chair
07 september 2020 - 21:16:04Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Former Gambian Vice-President Fatoumatta Jallow Tambajang was Monday nominated by the West African nation to contest [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso's Parliament ratifies African Medicines Agency Treaty
15 april 2020 - 12:22:17Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso's Parliament has adopted the treaty establishing the African Medicines Agency (AMA), an official [...] Full text...
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WHO boss says affordability of medicines is root cause to fake drugs in Africa
18 january 2020 - 20:22:33Lome, Togo (PANA) - World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says affordability of medicines is one of the [...] Full text...
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Togo President Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé says there is extreme urgency in dealing with fake drugs
18 january 2020 - 18:53:20Lome, Togo (PANA) - The president of Togo, Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé, said here Saturday there was extreme urgency in fighting [...] Full text...
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WHO, African Union sign agreement to accelerate vital health goals
17 december 2019 - 07:42:05Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The African Union (AU) Commission and the World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday signed a Memorandum [...] Full text...
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WHO, AU sign MoU to accelerate vital health goals
19 november 2019 - 11:43:45Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The African Union (AU) Commission and the World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday signed an historic [...] Full text...
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2018 AWCON: Ghana names final squad
12 november 2018 - 00:37:02Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana coach Bashir Hayford has announced his final 21-man squad for the 2018 Africa Women's Cup [...] Full text...
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Mbow, Keino to receive World Children's Awards
18 september 2018 - 14:55:23Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Senegal's Ama Mbow and Phyllis Keino of Kenya are among the five champions of children's causes, [...] Full text...
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‘Finding global solutions for global problems’ focus of UN-civil society forum
23 august 2018 - 06:04:26New York, US (PANA) - The 67th United Nations Department of Public Information/Non-Governmental Organization (DPI/NGO) Conference kicked off on Wednesday [...] Full text...
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Human Rights Watch 'deeply saddened' by passing of Kofi Annan
20 august 2018 - 02:19:05New York, US (PANA) - Human Rights Watch says it is deeply saddened by the passing of former United Nations [...] Full text...
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ROUNDUP: Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan is dead; tributes pour in for him
18 august 2018 - 13:13:50Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Former United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Kofi Annan passed away on Saturday morning in Berne, Switzerland, aged [...] Full text...
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UN mourns death of former Secretary-General Kofi Annan, ‘a guiding force for good’
18 august 2018 - 12:44:08New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations is mourning the death of former Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who passed away [...] Full text...
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Amnesty International mourns Kofi Annan
18 august 2018 - 12:28:01Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Human rights watchdog, Amnesty International, has eulogised Kofi Annan, the former UN secretary-general, who died on [...] Full text...
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2ND UPDATE: Flags to fly at half-mast for one week for Kofi Annan
18 august 2018 - 11:36:25Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has directed that the national flag will fly at half-mast [...] Full text...
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UPDATE: Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan is dead
18 august 2018 - 10:31:13Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Former United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Kofi Annan is dead, the family of the late top diplomat [...] Full text...
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Ghana: Interior minister dropped in cabinet reshuffle
19 january 2016 - 09:29:31Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama has replaced Interior minister Mark Woyongo in a cabinet reshuffle announced [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Etisalat announces Prize for Literature 2015 shortlist
23 december 2015 - 06:02:10Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Fiston Mwanza Mujila, Penny Busetto and Rehana Rossouw have been announced as the three shortlisted authors [...] Full text...
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Ghana: Demolition of parts of big slum, appointment of EC chair reported in Ghana
27 june 2015 - 07:04:33Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The demolition of parts of a huge slum in the Ghanaian capital, Accra, popularly called Sodom [...] Full text...
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Senegal: MFWA wants Ghanian Police to investigate attack against journalists
24 june 2015 - 14:07:42Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) Tuesday called on Ghana's Police Force to investigate physical [...] Full text...
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Ghana: Hundreds of slum dwellers protest demolition of their structures
22 june 2015 - 14:54:54Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Hundreds of dwellers of a slum in Accra, whose structures were demolished last Saturday, marched in [...] Full text...
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Ghana: Controversial Nigerian billboards, SIM box arrests, power agreements reported in Ghana
31 january 2015 - 12:11:57Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The tearing down of billboards sponsored by Nigerian political parties for the 14 February elections in [...] Full text...
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UN: New list of prohibited substances to fight doping in sport takes effect
02 january 2015 - 16:39:02New York, US (PANA) - A new list of prohibited substances has come into force on 1 January across the [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Rights body hails ECOWAS court decision on Nigerian forces
11 june 2014 - 12:08:47Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Tuesday's ECOWAS Court decision against the Nigerian security forces, who indiscriminately opened fire on peaceful protesters [...] Full text...
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Ghana: Garbage crisis, death of veteran politician reported in Ghana
24 may 2014 - 06:13:05Accra, Ghana (PANA) – A crisis in garbage collection in the Ghanaian capital, Accra, that has seen mountains of refuse [...] Full text...
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Angola: African Centre for Disease Control and Prevention to be established
18 april 2014 - 10:01:04Luanda, Angola (PANA) - African Health Ministers have rounded off a two-day meeting in Luanda with an agreement to establish [...] Full text...
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Cameroon: Some 40,000 archeological pieces discovered in Cameroon
29 march 2014 - 18:19:00Douala, Cameroon (PANA) – Some 40,000 archeological remains have been discovered on the construction site of the hydroelectric dam of [...] Full text...
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Ghana: Collapsed building, hullabaloo over MP’s bribery claim highlighted in the media
15 march 2014 - 09:42:52Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The collapse on Thursday of a hotel under construction in Accra, hullabaloo over claims by a [...] Full text...
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Accra Mayor’s house, electricity generation, Old Parliament House fire reported in Ghana
21 december 2013 - 08:42:26Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghanaian newspapers this week highlighted the sale of the official residence of the Mayor of Accra, [...] Full text...
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WHO official proposes measures to ensure safety of medical products in Africa
03 september 2013 - 17:47:08Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for Africa Luis Sambo has proposed measures to ensure [...] Full text...
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Nigeria to be represented at enthronement of worldwide head of the Anglican church
19 march 2013 - 18:03:08Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan has constituted a delegation, to represent Nigeria in London at the formal [...] Full text...
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Death toll in Ghana shopping centre collapse scaled down
12 november 2012 - 11:44:03Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Ghana Armed Forces has scaled down the death toll in last Wednesday’s collapse of a [...] Full text...
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Tragic shopping centre collapse, another Rawlings U-turn played up in Ghana media
10 november 2012 - 08:14:34Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The tragic collapse of a five-storey building in the Ghanaian capital, Accra, housing a popular shopping [...] Full text...
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Rescuers race to save 4 trapped under collapsed Ghana shopping centre
09 november 2012 - 14:07:32Accra, Ghana (PANA) - As time begins to run out for an unknown number of people still trapped under the [...] Full text...
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Bees sting construction worker to death in Nigeria
10 august 2012 - 12:57:27Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A bulldozer operator with a popular construction company, Setraco, has been stung to death while clearing [...] Full text...
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Suffocating judgement debts fill Ghanaian media
14 july 2012 - 10:35:19Accra, Ghana (PANA) – Revelations of suffocating debts that the Ghana government is saddled with, because of the abrogation of [...] Full text...
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Arrests over cocaine disappearance, Chinese loan reported in Ghana
07 january 2012 - 08:05:26Accra, Ghana (PANA) – A seeming breakthrough on how cocaine seized from a suspect turned into baking powder at an [...] Full text...
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Politics, bloody accident highlighted in Ghana media
31 december 2011 - 08:43:32Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The resignation of a key member of the opposition Convention People’s Party (CPP), the celebration of [...] Full text...
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Floods, doctors’ strike highlighted in Ghanaian media
29 october 2011 - 08:56:44Accra, Ghana (PANA) - A devastating flood that hit Accra last Thursday bringing it its wake deaths, destruction, pain, discomfort [...] Full text...
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Nine new ministers get portfolios in Nigeria
14 july 2011 - 19:21:30Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - President Goodluck Jonathan has assigned portfolios to all the nine new ministers who took their oath [...] Full text...
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Jonathan directs probe of all Nigerian govt. agencies from 2007
14 july 2011 - 19:16:30Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, Thursday directed anti-corruption agencies to beam their searchlights on ministries, departments and [...] Full text...
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Niger MPs name representatives to High Court of Justice
30 may 2011 - 18:58:17Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Members of Parliament in Niger on Monday in Niamey elected four of their colleagues who will [...] Full text...
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Ghana cholera deaths jump to six
29 january 2011 - 10:07:56Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Six people have died in the Ghanaian capital, Accra, from a cholera outbreak, according to the [...] Full text...
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Christmas shopping, more Wikileaks reported by Ghanaian media
25 december 2010 - 09:31:45Accra, Ghana (PANA) – Ghana’s media this week reported the hassle of last minute Christmas shoppers which brought the business [...] Full text...
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Accra Metropolitan Assembly renames sports stadium
04 september 2010 - 13:13:00Accra- Ghana (PANA) â" The Accra Metropolitan Asse-mbly (AMA) has renamed the Oh ene Djan Sports Stadium in Accra as [...] Full text...
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Accra Metropolitan Assembly renames sports stadium
04 september 2010 - 12:39:00Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has renamed the Ohene Djan Sports Stadium in Accra as Accra [...] Full text...
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13 Heads of State for Benin's 50th independence anniversary
30 july 2010 - 13:13:00Cotonou- Benin (PANA) -- At least 13 African Heads of State will participate in t he 50th anniversary celebrations of [...] Full text...
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Drivers' rejection of new transport system highlighted in Ghana
01 may 2010 - 08:16:00Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- A war of words between members of the Ghana Private Road T ransport Union (GPRTU) and [...] Full text...
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Egyptian company wins contract to build two ferries in Ghana
18 april 2010 - 10:19:00Accra- Ghana (PANA) â" Egyptian company, Arab Cont-ractors, has won a US$9. 484 m illion contract to build two ferries [...] Full text...
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Ghana court drops â?defamation suitâ? against cartoonist
02 february 2010 - 17:23:00Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- A Ghana High Court, sitting in Accra, has dropped a four -year-old defamation suit brought against [...] Full text...
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Football, cabinet reshuffle occupy Ghana n/papers' front pages
30 january 2010 - 08:50:00Accra- Ghana (PANA) â" Ghana's fairy tale run in t-he CAN 2010 and President Joh n Mills' first cabinet reshuffle [...] Full text...
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US to reduce greenhouse emissions by 17%
25 january 2010 - 10:51:00Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The United States, one of the world's biggest pol luters, said Monday it would reduce [...] Full text...
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Fire at slum, 'order' to stop demolition of unauthorised structures dominate new
26 december 2009 - 09:23:00spapers Accra- Ghana (PANA) â“ A huge fire that c-onsumed property at a sprawling slum i n Accra and confusion [...] Full text...
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UNDP salutes heroes of environment
18 november 2009 - 18:22:00New York- US (PANA) -- The winning photographs of an eco-themed photo contest sho wed pro-environmental activities in Africa, featuring [...] Full text...
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FIFA 2010 WC: Kenyaâ?s caretaker coach raps Nigeria after victory
14 november 2009 - 19:49:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The caretaker coach of the Harambee Stars of Kenya, Mwah ir Muhuyideen has warned the Nigerian [...] Full text...
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'Presidential panel is in direct talks with militant leaders'
12 august 2009 - 23:32:00Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's Honorary Presidential Adviser on Niger Delta, Mr. Timi Alaibe, on Wednesday said the Presidential [...] Full text...
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'Presidential panel is in direct talks with militant leaders'
12 august 2009 - 19:25:00Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's Honorary Presidential Adviser on Niger Delta, Mr. Timi Alaibe, on Wednesday said the Presidential [...] Full text...
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Lack of accurate information hinders capital inflow into Africa - Kibaki
29 july 2009 - 18:10:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The Lack of accurate information has hindered African co untries from attracting a fair share of [...] Full text...
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Ghana media replay Obama visit
13 july 2009 - 13:06:00Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- Newspapers in Ghana on Monday highlighted last weekend’s v isit to Ghana by US President Barack [...] Full text...
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Stalled West Africa Gas Pipeline Project dominate Ghana's media
20 june 2009 - 09:24:00Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- Concerns about the serious effects of stalled West Africa Gas Pipeline Project, which was to provide [...] Full text...
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Mauritius, Botswana concerned by situation in Madagascar
11 march 2009 - 17:58:00Pailles- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritian Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam and visitin g Botswana President Seretse Ian Khama, at a banquet [...] Full text...
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Parliament approves second batch of ministers
18 february 2009 - 02:38:00Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- Parliament on Tuesday approved the nomination of 13 ministers, bringing the total number so far given [...] Full text...
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Malian police arrest three suspected child traffickers
12 february 2009 - 18:24:00Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- Three men suspected of recruiting children for planters in Cote d'Ivoire were arrested by the police [...] Full text...
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Mills names former Central Bank governor as finance minster
27 january 2009 - 23:38:00Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- President John Evans Atta Mills on Tuesday named former Go vernor of the Central Bank, Dr [...] Full text...
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Ghana President unveils initial list of cabinet
22 january 2009 - 17:45:00Accra- Ghana (PANA) – Ghanaian President John Evan-s Atta Mills on Thursday relea sed the initial list of the names [...] Full text...
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