Sudan’s ‘living nightmare’ continues as 11 million flee war, mass killings

30 october 2024 - 06:10:39
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Escalating violence and new atrocities in Sudan have pushed the humanitarian crisis to unprecedented levels, with [...] Full text...

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Migrant shipwreck leaves 21 more missing off coast of Lampedusa

05 september 2024 - 05:24:46
Rome, Italy (PANA) - A migrant shipwreck in the Mediterranean left another 21 missing off the island of Lampedusa, between [...] Full text...

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UN rights office calls for accountability for latest ‘horrific’ West Bank killing

16 august 2024 - 14:53:35
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The perpetrators of a deadly rampage targeting a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank must [...] Full text...

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ECOWAS court orders Ghana to release UN/ECOWAS investigation report in case of enforced disappearance in The Gambia

15 july 2024 - 18:36:18
 Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Court of Justice  has issued a landmark decision [...] Full text...

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Gaza War: Medics struggling in face of ‘overwhelming disaster’ as vital supplies run low - WHO

30 may 2024 - 05:31:04
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Vital medical supplies are fast running out in Gaza’s remaining hospitals, the UN health agency warned [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: Lifesaving medical care collapsing under assault in Gaza: WHO

17 february 2024 - 05:41:45
Geneva, 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

05 february 2024 - 15:59:04
Windhoek, Namibia (PANA) - Namibia on Monday began a national period of mourning following the death of President Hage Geingob on [...] Full text...

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Kenyan starve to death church declared organized criminal group

31 january 2024 - 23:33:11
Nairobi, 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 - 06:44:12
Khartoum, 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

22 september 2023 - 05:30:48
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Post-traumatic stress and anxiety has become a daily challenge for thousands of Libyans who survived Storm [...] Full text...

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Libya Floods: WHO health supplies arrive in Libya as part of intensified response to devastating floods

16 september 2023 - 19:45:53
Tripoli, Libya  (PANA) – On Saturday, 29 metric tonnes of health supplies arrived in Benghazi, Libya, from the WHO Global [...] Full text...

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Dead bodies from natural disasters, conflict do not generally pose health risks - Red Cross, WHO

15 september 2023 - 16:13:57
Geneva, 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 - 07:38:01
Lagos, 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

13 july 2023 - 11:56:57
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The bodies of at least 87 ethnic Masalit and others allegedly killed last month by paramilitary [...] Full text...

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DR Congo mass graves tied to Rwanda-backed M23 rebels

14 june 2023 - 07:37:29
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group appears responsible for mass graves containing scores of bodies found in [...] Full text...

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Sudan conflict: Ten DRC students killed in 'bombardment' of University of Africa in Khartoum

06 june 2023 - 11:14:08
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) says 10 of its [...] Full text...

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Sudan conflict: Quotes and notes by people caught in fighting (Compiled by Mohamed Osman Adam, PANA Correspondent)

25 may 2023 - 17:06:17
Khartoum, 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 - 12:15:41
Khartoum, 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 - 06:00:38
Khartoum, 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 - 08:39:02
Khartoum, 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

29 april 2023 - 15:59:41
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Within the last ten days, the Tunisian coastguard has recovered some 210 bodies of illegal migrants [...] Full text...

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Sudan: civilians trapped in urban warfare (analysis by Mohamed Osman Adam, PANA correspondent)

18 april 2023 - 19:02:06
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - As fighting between Sudanese rivals continues for the fourth day running, civilians in Khartoum and other [...] Full text...

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Scores killed or missing in collapse of traditional gold mining area

31 march 2023 - 08:39:32
Khartoum, 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 - 12:11:57
Accra, 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 - 06:07:49
Accra, 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

17 february 2023 - 19:02:03
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Overcoming the current political impasse in Libya can unleash much-needed progress in tackling the myriad [...] Full text...

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Eighteen bodies exhumed from mass grave in Libya

02 january 2023 - 13:01:38
Tripoli, 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 - 18:46:05
Ouagadougou, 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 - 17:33:47
Tunis, 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 - 14:22:42
Ouagadougou, 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 - 10:04:51
Khartoum, 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

06 july 2022 - 09:50:00
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Secretary-General of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Mohammad Barkindo from Nigeria, is dead. The [...] Full text...

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About 20 migrants die of thirst in southern Libya

29 june 2022 - 22:33:57
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The bodies of 20 illegal migrants who died of thirst in the desert in southern Libya [...] Full text...

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24 bodies of migrants recovered off the Tunisian coast

06 may 2022 - 15:16:57
Tunis, 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 - 23:02:32
Nairobi, 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 - 14:37:42
Nairobi, 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 - 14:15:07
Tunis, 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 - 12:46:57
Tripoli, 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 - 22:30:34
Nairobi, 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 - 14:54:08
Lusaka, 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 - 15:30:03
Lusaka, 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 - 06:02:20
Addis 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 - 06:34:14
Nairobi, 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 - 12:14:14
Abuja, 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 - 07:18:44
Cape 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 - 08:05:38
Port-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 - 08:28:25
Port-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 - 11:53:17
Cotonou, 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 - 15:54:07
Abuja, 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 - 14:22:01
Windhoek, 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 - 11:25:16
Abuja, 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 - 13:30:15
Lusaka, 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 - 22:21:09
Abuja, 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 - 13:19:40
Lusaka, 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 - 22:52:40
Accra, 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 - 11:38:45
Accra, 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 - 09:58:08
Pretoria, 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 - 06:31:44
Abuja, 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 - 06:21:54
Bamako, 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 - 18:03:27
Dar 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 - 19:12:35
Dar 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 - 18:43:59
Dar 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 - 21:01:28
Accra, 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 - 13:49:08
Accra, 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 - 16:51:40
Ouagadougou, 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 - 14:49:27
Cape 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 - 06:52:14
Brazzaville, 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 - 16:13:07
Conakry, 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 - 10:24:12
Accra, 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 - 12:13:19
Accra, 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 - 16:26:16
Kinshasa, 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 - 10:46:35
Accra, 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 - 11:41:41
Bujumbura, 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 - 17:31:36
Bamako, 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 - 11:27:52
Accra, 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 - 21:31:03
Kinshasa, 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 - 21:03:16
Cotonou, 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 - 18:11:43
Dakar, 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 - 20:02:46
Abuja, 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 - 10:41:09
Khartoum, 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 - 02:33:59
Addis 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 - 08:46:39
Lagos, 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 - 11:29:37
Cape 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 - 23:37:19
Brazzaville, 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 - 17:42:43
Abuja, 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 - 13:19:45
Lusaka, 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 - 19:23:15
Abuja, 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 - 17:05:26
Dar 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 - 14:33:05
Dar 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 - 13:14:15
Dar 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 - 13:11:24
Dar 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 - 12:55:12
Dar 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 - 17:13:29
Dar 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 - 12:45:39
Cape 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 - 21:04:32
Banjul, 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 - 18:11:47
Abuja, 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 - 15:45:36
Ouagadougou, 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 - 23:18:26
Nairobi, 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 - 17:19:50
Kigali, 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 - 12:16:40
Kigali, 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 - 20:59:11
Harare, 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 - 12:00:00
Bujumbura, 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 - 13:41:13
Bujumbura, 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 - 15:40:30
Bujumbura, 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 - 15:17:09
Kigali, 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 - 06:51:41
Geneva, 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 - 17:36:10
Banjul, 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 - 11:23:51
Nairobi, 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 - 20:39:54
Niamey, 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 - 17:39:32
Ouagadougou, 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 - 10:11:48
Kigali, 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 - 18:02:52
Niamey, 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 - 08:21:20
Abuja, 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 - 10:18:38
Nairobi, 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 - 16:14:35
Niamey, 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 - 09:27:59
Nairobi, 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 - 21:26:56
Nairobi, 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 - 19:52:33
Banjul, 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 - 12:55:02
Accra, 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 - 14:20:52
Nairobi, 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 - 17:02:02
Tunis, 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 - 21:41:51
Banjul, 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 - 14:24:04
Brazzaville, 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 - 12:50:21
Abuja, 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 - 19:42:18
Kinshasa, 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 - 19:38:20
Lomé, 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 - 16:25:48
Ouagadougou, 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 - 22:27:03
Conakry, 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 - 17:38:55
Conakry, 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 - 14:11:01
Brazzaville, 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 - 17:22:25
Tunis, 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 - 18:59:07
Kigali, 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 - 22:31:20
Kinshasa, 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 - 16:54:15
Bujumbura, 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 - 17:52:38
Nairobi, 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 - 09:51:46
Nairobi, 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 - 09:37:36
Ouagadougou, 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 - 17:37:31
Gaborone, 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 - 21:23:25
Ouagadougou, 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 - 23:12:11
Muranga, 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 - 15:23:09
Banjul, 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 - 11:31:11
Conakry, 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 - 17:07:17
Conakry, 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 - 08:55:56
Kinshasa, 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 - 12:22:55
Nairobi, 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 - 12:41:07
Brussels, 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 - 19:50:46
Kinshasa, 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 - 17:44:55
Cape 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 - 19:30:27
Harare, 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 - 19:37:54
Harare, 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 - 11:04:02
Tripoli, 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 - 09:47:18
Harare, 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 - 21:07:42
Tunis, 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 - 14:14:43
Harare, 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 - 08:48:51
Harare, 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 - 10:07:20
Harare, 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 - 12:51:52
Harare, 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 - 16:53:03
Harare, 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 - 19:08:13
Harare, 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 - 09:56:07
Harare, 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 - 17:48:59
Abidjan, 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 - 22:27:15
Banjul, 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 - 21:31:41
Banjul, 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 - 19:50:25
Banjul, 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 - 17:58:48
Banjul, 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 - 17:44:55
Niamey, 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 - 19:31:50
Abuja, 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 - 18:09:51
Abuja, 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 - 17:45:41
Abidjan, 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 - 18:14:07
Harare, 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 - 12:20:49
Dar 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 - 12:26:40
Lomé, 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 - 10:51:57
Tunis, 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 - 22:10:08
Dakar, 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 - 23:48:24
Tripoli, 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 - 18:33:23
Tripoli, 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 - 20:49:39
Ouagadougou, 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 - 16:37:41
Abuja, 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 - 16:05:10
Kampala, 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 - 20:26:00
Tripoli, 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 - 13:04:41
Geneva, 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 - 20:36:03
Kinshasa, 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 - 19:00:48
Kinshasa, 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 - 14:54:44
Brussels, 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 - 07:31:26
Abuja, 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 - 16:22:28
Kampala, 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 - 15:21:20
Kigali, 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 - 17:26:53
Banjul, 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 - 20:30:26
Banjul, 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 - 15:38:54
Nairobi, 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 - 20:02:54
Kampala, 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 - 12:57:46
Abuja, 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 - 13:48:51
Kigali, 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 - 12:57:07
Nairobi, 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 - 14:20:01
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The spate of killings across Nigeria has continued in the Niger Delta State of Rivers as [...] Full text...

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Governor General of Canada Julie Payette pays tribute to genocide victims in Rwanda

06 april 2019 - 16:15:20
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) -  The Governor General of Canada Julie Payette on Saturday visited the Kigali Genocide Memorial, a hill [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian immigrants finally buried in Tanzania after months in mortuary

23 march 2019 - 19:55:15
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA)  -  Tanzanian authorities in the eastern region of Morogoro on Friday buried nine out of [...] Full text...

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UN warns that 'new waves of violence’ likely in DR Congo

12 march 2019 - 17:32:04
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - "New waves of violence” could erupt "at any time" in western Democratic Republic of the Congo [...] Full text...

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Ebola disease reaches 20th health zone in North Kivu region of DRC

09 march 2019 - 17:05:06
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) – A case of the Ebola virus disease was confirmed on Friday in the health zone [...] Full text...

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Mass-graves found of at least 535 killed during in western DR Congo

31 january 2019 - 07:18:32
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - A preliminary UN investigation into a massacre reportedly carried out in western Democratic Republic of the [...] Full text...

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