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Parties to DR Congo conflict must treat dead bodies with dignity – UN experts
21 february 2025 - 10:00:32Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – Parties to the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) must ensure bodies of the [...] Full text...
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Sudan virus disease reported in Uganda
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Ghana president orders investigation into bloody clash between illegal miners and soldiers
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Amnesty International condemns killing of 40 civilians by Boko Haram in Nigeria
16 january 2025 - 06:49:10Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Amnesty International has strongly condemned the killing of more than 40 farmers and fishermen by Boko [...] Full text...
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Migrant shipwreck leaves 21 more missing off coast of Lampedusa
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UN rights office calls for accountability for latest ‘horrific’ West Bank killing
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ECOWAS court orders Ghana to release UN/ECOWAS investigation report in case of enforced disappearance in The Gambia
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Gaza War: Medics struggling in face of ‘overwhelming disaster’ as vital supplies run low - WHO
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Israel-Gaza crisis: Lifesaving medical care collapsing under assault in Gaza: WHO
17 february 2024 - 05:41:45Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The largest remaining hospital in southern Gaza is “barely functional”, the UN World Health Organisation (WHO) [...] Full text...
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Namibia begins period of national mourning for late President Geingob
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Kenyan starve to death church declared organized criminal group
31 january 2024 - 23:33:11Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A Kenyan church whose members starved to death in the belief that they would meet their [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Raging war turning ‘homes into cemeteries’: UNHCR
08 november 2023 - 06:44:12Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The war between rival militaries in Sudan is growing in scope and brutality, having driven almost [...] Full text...
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Libya floods: Survivors grapple with trauma
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Libya Floods: WHO health supplies arrive in Libya as part of intensified response to devastating floods
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Dead bodies from natural disasters, conflict do not generally pose health risks - Red Cross, WHO
15 september 2023 - 16:13:57Geneva, Swtzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) and two other sister organizations dismissed here Friday, amid devastating loss [...] Full text...
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Rights group asks Nigerian authorities to disclose identities of #EndSARS protesters due for mass burial
25 july 2023 - 07:38:01Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Human rights advocate, Amnesty International, has asked the Nigerian authorities to urgently halt plans to carry [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: At least 87 buried in mass grave in Darfur - UN rights office
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DR Congo mass graves tied to Rwanda-backed M23 rebels
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Sudan conflict: Ten DRC students killed in 'bombardment' of University of Africa in Khartoum
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Sudan conflict: Quotes and notes by people caught in fighting (Compiled by Mohamed Osman Adam, PANA Correspondent)
25 may 2023 - 17:06:17Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Civilians in the, war situation in the Sudan publish different stories and comments about their ordeal. [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Hundreds missing in Sudan fighting (Feature by Mohamed Osman Adam, PANA correspondent)
17 may 2023 - 12:15:41Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A knock at the door and men dressed in plain clothes, with weapons quite visible in [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Warring parties sign document to protect civilians
12 may 2023 - 06:00:38Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan's warring parties have signed a document in the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah under which [...] Full text...
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Khartoum State declares extension of leave amid security, health concerns
30 april 2023 - 08:39:02Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Khartoum State government has declared an open ended stay at home until further notice for [...] Full text...
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Bodies of 210 sub-Saharan migrants found off Tunisia coast
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Sudan: civilians trapped in urban warfare (analysis by Mohamed Osman Adam, PANA correspondent)
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Scores killed or missing in collapse of traditional gold mining area
31 march 2023 - 08:39:32Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - At least ten people were killed and dozens feared missing when a traditional gold mining mountain [...] Full text...
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Burial service held for Ghanaian footballer Christian Atsu
17 march 2023 - 12:11:57Accra, Ghana (PANA) - A burial service was held in Accra on Friday for former Ghanaian international footballer, Christian Atsu [...] Full text...
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Remains of Ghanaian footballer Christian Atsu flown back home
20 february 2023 - 06:07:49Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The remains of Ghanaian footballer, Christian Atsu, who was a victim of the 6 February devastating [...] Full text...
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End political stalemate in Libya now, UN chief urges leaders
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Eighteen bodies exhumed from mass grave in Libya
02 january 2023 - 13:01:38Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Eighteen unidentified bodies have been exhumed from a mass grave in the Sabaa area of Sirte, [...] Full text...
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Ten people killed in bus explosion in eastern Burkina Faso
26 december 2022 - 18:46:05Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Ten passengers were killed and five others injured in a bus explosion in eastern Burkina [...] Full text...
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Francophonie Summit opens in Tunisia
19 november 2022 - 17:33:47Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The 18th Summit of the Francophonie opened on Saturday in Djerba, Tunisia, under strict security conditions [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso: 27 soldiers killed in ambush of humanitarian convoy in Burkina Faso's Sahel on 26 September
04 october 2022 - 14:22:42Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Twenty-seven Burkinabe soldiers were killed on 26 September in an ambush that targeted a humanitarian [...] Full text...
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Sudanese military leader discusses with UN Secretary General situation in Sudan
24 september 2022 - 10:04:51Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan’s military leader, Lieutenant General Adel Fattah Al Burhan, Friday conferred with UN Secretary-General Antonio Gueterres, [...] Full text...
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OPEC Secretary-General Mohammad Barkindo dies
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About 20 migrants die of thirst in southern Libya
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24 bodies of migrants recovered off the Tunisian coast
06 may 2022 - 15:16:57Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian coast guard has recovered 24 bodies of illegal migrants who were on board a [...] Full text...
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Kenya's third President Kibaki laid to rest
30 april 2022 - 23:02:32Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The third President of Kenya, Emilio Mwai Kibaki, was on Saturday buried at his Munyange home [...] Full text...
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Kenyans mourn departed third President Kibaki
26 april 2022 - 14:37:42Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Grieving Kenyan citizens thronged Parliament buildings in Nairobi's Central Business District for the second day on [...] Full text...
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Bodies of 13 sub-Saharan migrants recovered off the Tunisian coast
10 april 2022 - 14:15:07Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The bodies of 13 illegal sub-Saharan migrants were recovered on Saturday off the Tunisian coast after [...] Full text...
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Eleven unidentified bodies exhumed in central Libya
09 april 2022 - 12:46:57Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Eleven unidentified bodies were exhumed on Friday in the Giza marine area, in Sirte, 450 km [...] Full text...
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Kenyan opposition leader's aircraft attacked on campaign trail
01 april 2022 - 22:30:34Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A violent group attacked a helicopter flying opposition leader Raila Odinga on Friday, damaging the aircraft [...] Full text...
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Former Zambian President Banda laid to rest
18 march 2022 - 14:54:08Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambia’s former president Rupiah Banda was on Friday accorded a state burial at the Presidential Embassy [...] Full text...
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Zambia: President Hichilema declares Friday public holiday, day of burial of Zambian former President Banda
16 march 2022 - 15:30:03Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema has declared Friday, 18 March, a public holiday. A statement issued by acting [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian cisis: Rights group accuses rebel TPLF forces of murder, rape, pillage in Amhara region
16 february 2022 - 06:02:20Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Human rights group, Amnesty International, has accused fighters affiliated with the Tigray People’s Liberation Front [...] Full text...
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Rights group accuses Cameroonian soldiers of killing eight people, burning dozens of homes in North-West Region
03 february 2022 - 06:34:14Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – A human rights advoate has accused Cameroon soldiers of killing at least eight people and burning down [...] Full text...
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About 60 people killed as terrorists raid towns in northwest Nigeria
07 january 2022 - 12:14:14Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Besieged by ongoing military onslaught against them, migrating terrorists have killed over 60 people in many [...] Full text...
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Pretoria secures Mandela's prison door key
07 january 2022 - 07:18:44Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa has secured the release of former President Nelson Mandela’s Robben Island prison [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Mauritius reports 68 new positive cases
11 december 2021 - 08:05:38Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities indicated Friday the had recorded a total of 68 positive cases of coronavirus [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Mauritius records 174 positive cases
14 september 2021 - 08:28:25Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities announced on Tuesday that 174 positive cases of COVID-19 were detected on Monday, [...] Full text...
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Former First Lady of Benin, Rosine Soglo, to be buried on 11 September in Cotonou
01 september 2021 - 11:53:17Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The former First Lady of Benin, Honorine Marie Rose Vieyra Soglo, wife of former President Nicephore [...] Full text...
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Gunmen kill 3-month-old baby, 12 others in Benue State of north-central Nigeria
21 july 2021 - 15:54:07Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – A three-month-old baby and 12 adults were shot dead by gunmen in separate incidents in some [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Namibia’s capital running out of burial space
19 july 2021 - 14:22:01Windhoek, Namibia (PANA) - At the rate people are dying of Covid-19, Windhoek, the Namibian capital's main cemetery at Pionierspark [...] Full text...
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Former Provost General of Nigerian Army buried
16 july 2021 - 11:25:16Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The remains of the former Provost Marshal of Nigerian Army, Major General Hassan Ahmed, who was [...] Full text...
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Zambia’s founding father Kaunda laid to rest, Govt. declares 28 April public holiday in his honour
07 july 2021 - 13:30:15Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambia’s founding father Kenneth David Kaunda who died on 17 June 2021, at 97, was laid [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Two military personnel killed by bandits during abduction of 140 students in Kaduna State buried
06 july 2021 - 22:21:09Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Northwest Nigeria Kaduna State Commissioner of Internal Security and Home Affairs Samuel Aruwan on Tuesday condoled [...] Full text...
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Late Zambia’s first President Kaunda to be put to rest on 7 July
21 june 2021 - 13:19:40Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambia’s first President Kenneth Kaunda will be buried on 7 July, 2021 in the capital Lusaka [...] Full text...
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Ghana: Former General Secretary of ruling NPP laid to rest
03 june 2021 - 22:52:40Accra, Ghana (PANA) - John Owusu Afriyie, one of the stalwarts and leading members of Ghana's ruling New Patriotic Party [...] Full text...
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Nine illegal miners digging for gold in northeast Ghana drown in pit
03 june 2021 - 11:38:45Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Nine illegal miners digging for gold in northeast Ghana have drowned after the pit in which [...] Full text...
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Avian Flu outbreak reported in South Africa
22 may 2021 - 09:58:08Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) – An outbreak of Avian Influenza in South Africa will derail export expansion plans by the [...] Full text...
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Nigeria's Army Chief, others, who died in plane crash to be buried on Saturday
22 may 2021 - 06:31:44Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru, and other senior officers who died in [...] Full text...
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UN investigation concludes French military airstrike killed Mali civilians
31 march 2021 - 06:21:54Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The UN peacekeeping mission in Mali (MINUSMA) has concluded that a 3 January French military airstrike [...] Full text...
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Tanzania's former president Magufuli laid to rest with full military honours
26 march 2021 - 18:03:27Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Tanzania's former president John Pombe Magufuli was on Friday laid to rest with full [...] Full text...
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Tanzania’s late president Magufuli to be buried on Friday with full military honours
25 march 2021 - 19:12:35Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – All is set for the burial of the late Tanzania president, Dr John Pombe [...] Full text...
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Late Tanzania President Magufuli’s body arrives at his home town for burial
24 march 2021 - 18:43:59Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The body of former Tanzania president, John Pombe Magufuli, arrived on Wednesday at his [...] Full text...
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Eleven teenagers who drowned in Ghana laid to rest
16 march 2021 - 21:01:28Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Eleven teenagers who drowned at the Ghanaian coastal town of Apam, 58 km east of the [...] Full text...
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Search for drowned teenagers continue along Central Region coastlines in Ghana
13 march 2021 - 13:49:08Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The bodies of 13 out of an estimated 25 teenagers who got drowned along the coastal [...] Full text...
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Ivorian President declares 8-day national mourning following death of PM Hamed Bakayoko
12 march 2021 - 16:51:40Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Ivorian President Alassane D. Ouattara on Thursday declared a national mourning of eight days starting [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Leading South African journalist dies from epidemic
04 march 2021 - 14:49:27Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Condolences are pouring in following the death of veteran South African journalist Karima Brown [...] Full text...
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WHO expresses 'huge concern' about resurgence of Ebola in Guinea
15 february 2021 - 06:52:14Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – The World Health Organisation (WHO) has expressed "huge concern" about the resurgence of Ebola in Guinea. “It’s [...] Full text...
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Suspected cases of Ebola virus disease spotted in Guinea
14 february 2021 - 16:13:07Conakry, Guinea (PANA) – Suspected cases of Ebola virus disease were detected on Saturday in the Guinean southern region of [...] Full text...
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Ghana's president Akufo-Addo leads nation to mourn fallen former leader Rawlings
26 january 2021 - 10:24:12Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is leading the nation to pay the last respects to [...] Full text...
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Activities for former Ghana President Rawlings' funeral begin
24 january 2021 - 12:13:19Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Activities for the state funeral for Ghana's former president Jerry John Rawlings begin on Sunday with [...] Full text...
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Congolese president to build memorial tomb in honour of former presdent Patrice Lumumba
18 january 2021 - 16:26:16Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The Congolese President, Felix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo, says he erect a tomb where the relics [...] Full text...
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Funeral of Ghana's late president Rawlings rescheduled for 27 January
12 january 2021 - 10:46:35Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The funeral of Ghana's former President Jerry John Rawlings has been rescheduled for 27 January, according [...] Full text...
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Bujumbura, Bamako hold separate funeral ceremonies for former Burundian President Pierre Buyoya
28 december 2020 - 11:41:41Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - A requiem mass is scheduled for Tuesday at the Regina Mundi Cathedral in Bujumbura, in memory [...] Full text...
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Former Burundian President Pierre Buyoya to be buried 29 December in Mali
26 december 2020 - 17:31:36Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Former Burundian President Pierre Buyoya, who died of the coronavirus (COVID-19) on December 18 in Paris [...] Full text...
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Funeral of Ghana's former president Rawlings postponed
17 december 2020 - 11:27:52Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The funeral of Ghana's former president Jerry John Rawlings scheduled for 23 December has been postponed [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: DR Congo imposes curfew from Friday
16 december 2020 - 21:31:03Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The Congolese government Wednesday decided to impose a curfew from 21 hours to 05 hours [...] Full text...
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Beninese rights body denounces illegal burial of victim of May 2019 demonstrations
11 december 2020 - 21:03:16Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Beninese human rights and people’s organisation (ODHP) Friday denounced the secret burial of Prudence Amoussou, [...] Full text...
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Late Senegalese football international Papa Bouba Diop bestowed National Order of Merit
03 december 2020 - 18:11:43Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Former Senegalese soccer international Papa Bouba Diop, who died last Sunday in Arras, northern France, will [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Outrage as Boko Haram kills 43 farmers
29 november 2020 - 20:02:46Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The horrific killing of at least 43 rice farmers at Zabarmari in the Jere Local Government [...] Full text...
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Sudan's veteran PM al Mahdi passes away at 85
26 november 2020 - 10:41:09Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - For the first time in years, Sudan has announced a three-day national mourning and ordered its [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian rights body says nearly 600 killed in Tigray massacre
25 november 2020 - 02:33:59Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - At least 600 people were killed in Maikadra in Southwestern Tigray state on the night [...] Full text...
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The many sides of J.J. Rawlings: A tribute (By Paul Ejime, PANA Guest Writer)
16 november 2020 - 08:46:39Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Not even his harshest critics would begrudge Flt. Lt. John Jerry Rawlings, the late Ghanaian President, [...] Full text...
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South African family barred from burying corpse near Mandela's grave
08 october 2020 - 11:29:37Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former President Nelson Mandela’s grandson Mandla has secured a court order barring a burial [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: 81 new confirmed cases, 82 recoveries in Congo
28 september 2020 - 23:37:19Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The technical coordination of response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) Monday announced that Congo Sunday recorded 81 [...] Full text...
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Nigerian Army buries senior officer killed by Boko Haram terrorists
22 september 2020 - 17:42:43Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Colonel Dahiru Chiroma Bako, Commander of 25 Task Force Brigade, Operation LAFIYA DOLE, who was killed [...] Full text...
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Malawian President in Zambia for official visit
22 september 2020 - 13:19:45Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - President of Malawi, Lazarus Chakwera, accompanied by First Lady, Monica Chakwera, arrived in the Zambian capital, [...] Full text...
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Buhari sad over death of 14 travellers whose vehicle plunged into a river
19 september 2020 - 19:23:15Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria on Saturday night said he is “saddened and aggrieved” over the [...] Full text...
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Former Tanzanian President Mkapa laid to rest in full military honours
29 july 2020 - 17:05:26Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Tanzania’s former President Benjamin William Mkapa was on Wednesday laid to rest in full [...] Full text...
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Pope Francis mourns departed Tanzanian former president Mkapa
29 july 2020 - 14:33:05Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Pope Francis has paid tribute to departed former Tanzanian president Benjamin William Mkapa who [...] Full text...
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Tanzania national stadium re-named after departed former President Mkapa
28 july 2020 - 13:14:15Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Tanzania’s ultra modern stadium has been renamed after the country’s third President, Benjamin Mkapa, [...] Full text...
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Tanzanian President Magufuli sheds tears as he bids farewell to departed former leader
28 july 2020 - 13:11:24Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Tanzanian leader, Dr John Pombe Magufuli, failed to suppress a sob and wiped tears [...] Full text...
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Tanzanians bid farewell to departed former president Mkapa
26 july 2020 - 12:55:12Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Thousands of Tanzanians gathered at the Uhuru Stadium in the commercial capital, Dar es [...] Full text...
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Former Tanzanian President Mkapa to be buried at his home village 29 July
24 july 2020 - 17:13:29Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Tanzania’s former president, Benjamin William Mkapa (81), who died on Thursday night will be [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Lawyer in hot water over Zindzi Mandela tweet
24 july 2020 - 12:45:39Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A Johannesburg lawyer is being investigated by the Legal Practice Council (LPC) over an [...] Full text...
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President Barrow, Gambians honor soccer legend Biri Biri in state burial
22 july 2020 - 21:04:32Banjul, Gambia(PANA) - President Adama Barrow Wednesday called on Gambians to be proud of Alhaji Momodou Njie Biri Biri who [...] Full text...
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Late Nigerian first female combat helicopter pilot for burial at National Military Cemetery, Abuja
17 july 2020 - 18:11:47Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Friday announced that the remains of late Flying Officer, Tolulope [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso: ICRC says people arrested must be treated with humanity and dignity
02 july 2020 - 15:45:36Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Alarmed by the lack of respect for international humanitarian law (IHL) in Burkina Faso, the [...] Full text...
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Kenyan parliament opens investigation into inaccurate laboratory results
01 july 2020 - 23:18:26Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Kenyan parliament Wednesday opened an investigation into the accuracy of coronavirus (COVID-19) tests conducted by [...] Full text...
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Three senior managers remanded after mass graves were discovered beneath hospital in Southern Rwanda
01 july 2020 - 17:19:50Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Three senior managers, including a legal representative of a referral hospital of Gitwe, Southern Rwanda, were [...] Full text...
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Rwandan media highlight state funeral of Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza
28 june 2020 - 12:16:40Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The funeral services for former Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza held at Ingoma Stade in Gitega (Central [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe govt bans trading on the stock exchange and all mobile money transactions
26 june 2020 - 20:59:11Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Zimbabwe government Friday took the unprecedented move to ban trading on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange [...] Full text...
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Burundi's new president Ndayishimiye sworn in
18 june 2020 - 12:00:00Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi's new president, Evariste Ndayishimiye, on Thursday took he oath of office pledging to devote "all [...] Full text...
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Bujumbura church leader calls for 'sacred union' as Burundi mourns its president
14 june 2020 - 13:41:13Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA)- Bishop Gervais Banshimiyubusa of Bujumbura Diocese on Sunday called the Barundi people to the sacred union on [...] Full text...
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Burundi: Newly elected president signs book of condolence for late-head of state
13 june 2020 - 15:40:30Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The Burundian president-elect, Evariste Ndayishimiye signed here Saturday the book of condolences opened for former head [...] Full text...
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Rwanda mourns Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza
13 june 2020 - 15:17:09Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan President Paul Kagame Saturday ordered that all national flags of Rwanda and the East African [...] Full text...
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WHO sends team to DRC on Ebola outbreak
04 june 2020 - 06:51:41Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Nearly 50 staff from the World Health Organization (WHO) and its partners arrived in Mbandaka in [...] Full text...
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Gambian Christians say draft constitution still does not protect Christians
29 may 2020 - 17:36:10Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambian Christian Council has said that the West African nation's 2020 draft constitution does not [...] Full text...
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Rights group demands independent probe of 'execution' of 12 men in State custody
21 may 2020 - 11:23:51Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Burkina Faso authorities should credibly investigate alleged extrajudicial executions of 12 men detained by gendarmes on [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: 500 health staffs, 200 senior technicians trained on prevention, control measures against infections
15 may 2020 - 20:39:54Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The commission of prevention and control against infections (PCI) of the national committee of fight against [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: President Kaboré welcomes army's commitment to the fight against the pandemic
15 may 2020 - 17:39:32Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The President of Burkina Faso, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, on Friday welcomed the commitment of [...] Full text...
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Death toll in Rwanda floods, landslides rises to 72
08 may 2020 - 10:11:48Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - At least 72 people have died over the last two days in seven districts across Rwanda [...] Full text...
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Nigerien Minister of Employment dies
04 may 2020 - 18:02:52Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Nigerien Minister of Employment, Labor and Social Protection, and Chairman of the ruling Social Democratic Party, [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigerian officials 'admit mistakes' in burial of president's Chief of Staff
21 april 2020 - 08:21:20Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Stung by a barrage of condemnations and criticisms over the way it allowed last Saturday's burial [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso's security forces allegedly execute 31 detainees, says Human Rights Watch
20 april 2020 - 10:18:38Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Human Rights Watch said on Monday that Burkina Faso's security forces allegedly executed 31 detainees on 9 April, [...] Full text...
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UNICEF on all fronts to tackle Covid-19 in Niger
16 april 2020 - 16:14:35Niamey, Niger (PANA) - As the current coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) continues to spread, UNICEF is supporting the government in care [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Kenyan health workers face hostilities on the battlefront (Feature by Kennedy Abwao, PANA correspondent)
16 april 2020 - 09:27:59Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's battle with the deadly coronavirus outbreak is running into difficulties with populations thought to be [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Kenyan alarm as coronavirus cases rise in rural communities ignoring control measures
13 april 2020 - 21:26:56Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan health authorities have expressed concern at the laxity with which measures to curb the spread [...] Full text...
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Gambian Bishop calls on Christians to be comforted and encouraged
10 april 2020 - 19:52:33Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Most Reverend Hannah Caroline Faal-Heim, Presiding Bishop of The Methodist Church, Friday called on Christians [...] Full text...
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Ghanaians mark quiet Palm Sunday amid lockdown and closure of churches
05 april 2020 - 12:55:02Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Christians in Ghana are on Sunday marking Palm Sunday but without the normal joyful processions with [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Kenyan pilot who flew last evacuation flight from New York dies
03 april 2020 - 14:20:52Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Retired Air Force Major Daudi Kibati Kimuyu, arguably Kenya's most experienced commercial jet pilot, has died [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Tunisian forces disperse demonstrators opposed to the burial of a COVID-19 victim
01 april 2020 - 17:02:02Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Security forces in the region of Bizerte (northern Tunisia) used tear gas on Tuesday evening to [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Gambia’s first dead victim buried
26 march 2020 - 21:41:51Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – The first person who died from the Coronovirus in the Gambia has been interred in a [...] Full text...
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Congo sets aside CFAF 35.6 million for burial of bodies abandoned in Brazzaville morgues
26 march 2020 - 14:24:04Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese government has released FCFA 35,675,000 for the burial of 570 bodies abandoned in three [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria Army suspends all projected events, to enforce restriction of movement
25 march 2020 - 12:50:21Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigeria Army says it is to enforce the policy of restriction of movement and compulsory [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Second case of death recorded in Kinshasa
22 march 2020 - 19:42:18Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) – The DR Congolese minister of Health, Dr Eteni Longondo, announced that a second case of [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Togo Bishops' Conference suspends Eucharistic celebrations
20 march 2020 - 19:38:20Lomé, Togo (PANA) - The Togolese Bishops' Conference, as a contribution to the response to the coronavirus which is causing [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Arrangements must be made for safe burial of virus victims, says expert
19 march 2020 - 16:25:48Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The burial of victims of coronavirus disease requires a number of precautions, Prof. Martial Ouédraogo, [...] Full text...
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Guinean govt. pays tribute to 8 footballers killed in road accident
09 march 2020 - 22:27:03Conakry, Guinea (PANA) – ‘’We reaffirm our condolences to the families of the victims. Death is inevitable, but that of [...] Full text...
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Guinea to hold national funeral for 9 footballers killed in an accident
07 march 2020 - 17:38:55Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The Guinean government will organize a national funeral on Monday for the nine young footballers, members [...] Full text...
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Congo: More than 400 bodies abandoned in Brazzaville morgues
06 march 2020 - 14:11:01Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The president of Congo's Union of Mayors (Usymco), Bertin Essami, on Thursday lamented in Brazzaville the [...] Full text...
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Tunisian human rights league denounces desecration of migrants’ graves
23 february 2020 - 17:22:25Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – The Gabes branch of the Tunisian national human rights league in the southeast of the country, [...] Full text...
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Famous Rwandan gospel musician who died by "suicide" to be buried on Saturday
19 february 2020 - 18:59:07Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - One of Rwanda's popular gospel musicians, Kizito Mihigo, who allegedly committed suicide this week while in [...] Full text...
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DRC’s president orders government to follow up victims of road accident
17 february 2020 - 22:31:20Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - DR Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi Monday ordered the payment of all fees related to the [...] Full text...
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Burundi: Human bones of genocide victims unearthed
14 february 2020 - 16:54:15Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Human bones and materials of at least 6,000 victims of the 1972 inter-ethnic massacres have recently [...] Full text...
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Burial of departed Kenyan President Moi set for 12 February
06 february 2020 - 17:52:38Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Former Kenyan President Daniel Moi who died on Tuesday will be buried on February 12 following [...] Full text...
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Kenya's second President Daniel Moi dead at 95
04 february 2020 - 09:51:46Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's second president, Daniel Toroitich arap Moi, who ruled for 24 years, has died at the [...] Full text...
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UPDATE: 18 civilians killed in attack on Burkina Faso Sahel village, Government
03 february 2020 - 09:37:36Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Eighteen villagers were killed on Saturday afternoon in an attack that targeted the village of [...] Full text...
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PANA Correspondent dies in Botswana
29 january 2020 - 17:37:31Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Zimbabwean-born freelance journalist living in Botswana, Meekaeel Siphambili, has passed away after a short illness. According to [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso: 39 dead in Saturday’s terrorist attack in Sahel region - government
28 january 2020 - 21:23:25Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkinabè government Tuesday announced that 39 villagers were killed on Saturday in a terrorist [...] Full text...
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Kenyan pro-democracy hero laid to rest
30 december 2019 - 23:12:11Muranga, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's pro-democracy icon and first black Mayor of Nairobi, Charles Rubia, 96, was Monday laid to [...] Full text...
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President Barrow refutes statement about former President Jammeh return
08 december 2019 - 15:23:09Banjul, Gambia(PANA) - President Adama Barrow Sunday categorically stated as fatally false widespread and conflicting reports that he had assented [...] Full text...
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Two youths shot dead during burial of 11 victims of Guinea demonstration
05 november 2019 - 11:31:11Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Two young supporters from the National Front for the Defence of the Constitution (FNDC) were shot [...] Full text...
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Guinea's opposition victims buried
04 november 2019 - 17:07:17Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The eleven young Guinean opposition activists, killed recently during street demonstrations organized by the National Front [...] Full text...
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Thirty people killed in DR Congo road accident
21 october 2019 - 08:55:56Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Thirty people were killed and 16 others seriously injured in a road accident on Sunday [...] 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...
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EU and Council of Europe urge global abolition of death penalty
09 october 2019 - 12:41:07Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Union (EU) and the Council of Europe on Wednesday encouraged all countries to join [...] Full text...
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UN highlights milestone of 1,000 Ebola survivors in DR Congo
04 october 2019 - 19:50:46Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - One thousand people have survived the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), [...] Full text...
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Remains of liberation hero reburied in South Africa
30 september 2019 - 17:44:55Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The body of liberation hero, Patrick Mvundla, has been reburied in Soweto 31 years after [...] Full text...
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President Emmerson Mnangagwa tried and failed To force Mugabe burial at Heroes Acre: Zhuwao
29 september 2019 - 19:30:27Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Exiled former cabinet minister Patrick Zhuwao has alleged that President Emmerson Mnangagwa went to great lengths [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwean govt to allow late former Robert Mugabe to be buried in rural village
26 september 2019 - 19:37:54Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Government has finally agreed to allow the recently deceased former Zimbabwe President, Robert Mugabe, to be [...] Full text...
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Terrorist threat in Libya exacerbated by Tripoli war (Analysis by BA Youssef, PANA correspondent)
23 september 2019 - 11:04:02Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Last Thursday, the US Africa Command (AFRICOM) carried out an airstrike against elements of the Islamic [...] Full text...
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'Government, residents and businesses owe us ZWL$1 billion (US$67.43 million) in unpaid fees': Harare City Council
22 september 2019 - 09:47:18Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Harare City Council (HCC) is owed ZWL Zimbabwe 1 billion dollars (about US$67.43 million) by residents, [...] Full text...
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Ben Ali may be buried in Tunisia if family so wishes - government
19 september 2019 - 21:07:42Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian government says it will allow the burial of former President Zine El Abidine Ben [...] Full text...
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African leaders eulogise former Zimbabwean president Mugabe
14 september 2019 - 14:14:43Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Several present and past African leaders on Saturday eulogised former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe, describing him [...] Full text...
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Funeral service for former Zimbabwe president Mugabe under way
14 september 2019 - 08:48:51Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The funeral service for Zimbabwe’s former President Robert Mugabe, who passed on at a Singapore hospital [...] Full text...
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Mugabe to be buried at National Heroes Acre - Family spokesperson
13 september 2019 - 10:07:20Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbawe's late former President Robert Mugabe will be buried at the National Heroes Acre on a [...] Full text...
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Mugabe's final resting place still unknown as preparations for funeral proceed
12 september 2019 - 12:51:52Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - As preparations for the funeral this weekend of former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe proceed, the family [...] Full text...
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Former Zimbabwe president Mugabe's body flown back home
11 september 2019 - 16:53:03Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The remains of Zimbabwe's former president, Robert Mugabe, have been flown home on Wednesday from Singapore [...] Full text...
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Vice President Kembo Mohadi dispatched to collect Robert Mugabe's body from Singapore as burial site still remains uncertain
09 september 2019 - 19:08:13Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Zimbabwean Government on Monday dispatched a high-level delegation, headed by Vice President Kembo Mohadi, to [...] Full text...
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Former Zimbabwe President Mugabe to be given state funeral on Saturday
09 september 2019 - 09:56:07Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe's former president Robert Mugabe will be given a state funeral on Saturday, 14 September, the [...] Full text...
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Twelve people arrested in Côte d'Ivoire following the desecration of DJ Arafat's grave
02 september 2019 - 17:48:59Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Twelve people have been detained following the desecration of the grave of the artist, Houon [...] Full text...
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President Barrow says Sir Dawada should be comforted
29 august 2019 - 22:27:15Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian President Adama Barrow Thursday paid tribute to Gambia’s first president, Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara, saying [...] Full text...
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First Gambian President Jawara laid to rest
29 august 2019 - 21:31:41Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – Gambia's first President, Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara, was on Thursday laid to rest after thousands of [...] Full text...
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Gambia declares 7-day national mourning over Jawara’s passing
28 august 2019 - 19:50:25Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - President Adama Barrow of the Gambia Wednesday declared a seven-day national mourning period following the passing [...] Full text...
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Gambia’s late leader, Jawara, to be laid in state ahead of burial
28 august 2019 - 17:58:48Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambians began three days of funeral for late president Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara on Wednesday, and [...] Full text...
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Niger: 10 people perish in serious traffic accident in Matamey
23 august 2019 - 17:44:55Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Ten people were killed and 15 others seriously injured in a traffic accident that occurred on [...] Full text...
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Four mourners killed by gunmen in Northcentral Nigeria
17 august 2019 - 19:31:50Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigeria Police on Saturday confirmed the killing of four persons in the early hours of Saturday [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Army buries Commander, four soldiers killed by Boko Haram terrorists in Northeast Nigeria
16 august 2019 - 18:09:51Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Army on Friday buried a Colonel and four other soldiers, killed by Boko Haram [...] Full text...
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Arafat Dj will be buried on August 31
16 august 2019 - 17:45:41Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Arafat Disc Jockey (DJ), Huon Angel Didier, who died on August 12 in a motorcycle [...] Full text...
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‘Heroes Acre not served any purpose, needs urgent rethinking' - Exiled former minister
12 august 2019 - 18:14:07Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Exiled former cabinet minister, Jonathan Moyo, says the Heroes Acre has not served any past, present [...] Full text...
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Tanzania mourns people killed in tanker explosion tragedy as death toll rises to 68
11 august 2019 - 12:20:49Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Tanzanian President, Dr John Pombe Magufuli, has announced three days of national mourning for [...] Full text...
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Three people, including baby, drown in Togo
23 july 2019 - 12:26:40Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Three bodies were recovered on Sunday from a tributary of the Yoto River in Togo's Maritime [...] Full text...
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Tunisian rights group calls for burial of illegal migrants with dignity
18 july 2019 - 10:51:57Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian Higher Authority for Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms on Wednesday called for the burial of [...] Full text...
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The first secretary of Socialist Party of Senegal buried in native village
17 july 2019 - 22:10:08Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The First Secretary of the Senegalese Socialist Party (PS), Ousmane Tanor Dieng, who died Monday in [...] Full text...
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Six countries call for immediate de-escalation in Libya, return to political process
16 july 2019 - 23:48:24Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The governments of Egypt, United States of America, France, Italy, United Arab Emirates and the United [...] Full text...
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Libyan newspapers highlight discovery of French anti-tank missiles with Haftar, terrorist attack in Benghazi
13 july 2019 - 18:33:23Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Shockwaves aroused by the discovery of France's US-made Javelin anti-tank missiles in Marshal Khalifa Haftar's camp, [...] Full text...
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About ten killed in center-west Burkina Faso, says association
11 july 2019 - 20:49:39Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - At least eight persons were killed on Thursday in reprisal attacks against the Peulh community [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: 48 persons who died in petroleum tanker fire in Northcentral Nigeria to be given mass burial
03 july 2019 - 16:37:41Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – A total of 48 persons were killed when a tanker, laden with petroleum products, exploded on [...] Full text...
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Uganda sets up emergency response team after Ebola outbreak
13 june 2019 - 16:05:10Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – A team from Uganda’s capital, Kampala, has been dispatched to the western border district of Kasese [...] Full text...
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Libya’s migrants and refugees with tuberculosis ‘left to die’ in detention centres
07 june 2019 - 20:26:00Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Migrants and refugees suffering from tuberculosis are being left “effectively to die” in a Libyan detention [...] Full text...
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OHCHR says migrants and refugees detained ghastly conditions in Libya
07 june 2019 - 13:04:41Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Friday said it was [...] Full text...
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Etienne Tshisekedi’s body arrives in Kinshasa
30 may 2019 - 20:36:03Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The body of Etienne Tshisekedi, former prime minister and father of DR Congo’s incumbent President [...] Full text...
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DR Congo to repatriate remains of opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi
22 may 2019 - 19:00:48Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The remains of the opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi wa Mulumba, who died on February 1, [...] Full text...
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Etienne Tshisekedi's body set for burial in Kinshasa on June 1
22 may 2019 - 14:54:44Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The body of former DR Congo opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi which has been kept in a [...] Full text...
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Nigerian Army buries soldiers killed by Boko Haram IED
15 may 2019 - 07:31:26Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Army on Tuesday buried a Commander and two soldiers killed on Monday by an [...] Full text...
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Former Uganda international boxer Franco Wanyama laid to rest
11 may 2019 - 16:22:28Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – The curtains have fallen on Franco Wanyama, a man upon whose death in the United Kingdom [...] Full text...
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WHO says insecurity hampers efforts to contain Ebola virus in eastern DR Congo
10 may 2019 - 15:21:20Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak response over the past week has continued to be hampered [...] Full text...
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President Barrow mourns Staff Sergeant Bamidele Akinwale of ECOMIG
04 may 2019 - 17:26:53Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - President Adama Barrow has joined family and friends in mourning the death of ECOWAS military intervention [...] Full text...
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ECOMIG loses Nigerian peacekeeper in Gambia
03 may 2019 - 20:30:26Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - ECOWAS military intervention in the Gambia (ECOMIG) Friday announced the sudden death of one of its [...] Full text...
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Riot Police sent to village after killing of administrator, police commander in Eastern Kenya
02 may 2019 - 15:38:54Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The elite General Service Unit (GSU), a paramilitary wing of Kenyan Police, has been sent to [...] Full text...
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Uganda’s Museveni hails Canada for delving into commercial aircraft production
23 april 2019 - 20:02:54Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Uganda’s president Yoweri Museveni on Tuesday hailed Canada for delving into the production of commercial aircraft, [...] Full text...
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16 armed bandits, 10 civilians killed in fresh violence in Northwest Nigeria
23 april 2019 - 12:57:46Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Air Force on Tuesday said that its Air Task Force (ATF), under Operation DIRAN [...] Full text...
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Efforts to locate remains of Genocide victims dominate media reports in Rwanda
21 april 2019 - 13:48:51Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Call for renewed efforts to reveal location of remains of Genocide victims hit headlines in Rwanda [...] Full text...
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Cameroon government forces attack village, kill civilians – Human Rights Watch
10 april 2019 - 12:57:07Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Cameroonian soldiers, gendarmes, and members of the Rapid Intervention Brigade (BIR) carried out a deadly attack [...] Full text...
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12 killed in cult clashes in Nigeria's Niger Delta State of Rivers
09 april 2019 - 14:20:01Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The spate of killings across Nigeria has continued in the Niger Delta State of Rivers as [...] Full text...
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