WHO Director-General calls for support for WHO Academy
17 december 2024 - 21:22:51Lyon, France (PANA) - The WHO Director-General Tuesday called for partnerships and collaboration for the WHO Academy to enable it [...] Full text...
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Freedom of expression also under fire in Gaza war, rights expert says
19 october 2024 - 06:18:05New York, US (PANA) - No conflict in recent times has threatened freedom of expression so far beyond its borders [...] Full text...
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Rights expert urges universities to respect pro-Palestinian protests
06 october 2024 - 05:51:53Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Universities must respect peaceful activism and revise repressive policies targeting the pro-Palestinian solidarity movement on their [...] Full text...
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Group of Friends of WHO Academy launched on sidelines of the World Health Assembly
28 may 2024 - 07:30:58Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Group of Friends of the WHO Academy was launched on Monday on the sidelines of [...] Full text...
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Over 8,000 people, including sports and health champions, join 5th WHO Walk the Talk
28 may 2024 - 07:29:19Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The fifth edition of Walk the Talk: The Health Challenge for All, organised by the World [...] Full text...
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Pro-Palestine camp set up at Cape Town campus
17 may 2024 - 08:11:03Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Staff and students at the University of Cape Town have erected a pro-Palestinian camp [...] Full text...
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Rights group says Senegal's delayed election sparks violence, repression
13 february 2024 - 07:24:23Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday asked the Senegalese authorities to immediately open independent investigations into violence [...] Full text...
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COP28: Conference gets underway with call for ‘terminal decline’ of the fossil fuel era
30 november 2023 - 14:46:59Dubai, UAE (PANA) - The latest round of UN-facilitated climate talks opened on Thursday in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, with [...] Full text...
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‘We all need to step up’ to rescue SDGs, fight for better future: UN chief
17 september 2023 - 04:43:49New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Saturday rallied a diverse cross section of civil society actors [...] Full text...
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2023 FIFA Women's World Cup: 10 stadiums in 9 cities play host
21 june 2023 - 05:36:42Zurich, Sitzerland (PANA) - The Women’s World Cup is being staged in 10 stadiums in nine cities in Australia and [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Ten DRC students killed in 'bombardment' of University of Africa in Khartoum
06 june 2023 - 11:14:08Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) says 10 of its [...] Full text...
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Athletes score for people and the planet on International Day of Sport
07 april 2023 - 06:02:01New York, U.S. (PANA) - Athletes are pushing for a more equitable world, both on and off the playing field [...] Full text...
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Senior US diplomat to visit South Africa, Nigeria, Ethiopia
05 february 2023 - 05:14:41Washington, DC, (PANA) - Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Molly Phee begins a two-week three-nation African tour on [...] Full text...
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Malian PM inaugurates educational infrastructure at Kabala university campus
13 december 2022 - 15:13:08Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian Prime Minister Choguel Kokalla Maiga on Monday inaugurated the educational infrastructure phase II of the [...] Full text...
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French President signs cooperation protocol to bolster job creation in Benin
28 july 2022 - 15:14:28Cotonou, Benin (PANA) – French President Emmanuel Macron has witnessed the signing of 11 bilateral agreements with the Beninese government [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigerian scientists predict catastrophic new coronavirus strain (By Kennedy Abwao, PANA correspondent)
21 june 2021 - 13:39:49Benin City, Nigeria (PANA) – The African population is at risk of a more lethal strain of the coronavirus disease [...] Full text...
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MediaCity Mauritius to open gateway to Africa for creative industries
12 april 2021 - 13:15:03Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - MCM Ltd has announced the development of the first integrated, international hub for the media and [...] Full text...
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Kenyan security units to act tough against terrorism
29 october 2020 - 22:30:52Magadi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has witnessed the graduation of a paramilitary unit within the Police and [...] Full text...
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Five students injured in clashes at Bamako university campus
13 october 2020 - 09:10:44Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Five students were injured, some of hem seriously, during clashes on Monday on the campus of [...] Full text...
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Smart Africa and American investor Partner to Strengthen Start-Up and Innovation Ecosystems in Africa
18 september 2020 - 23:23:41Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - American entrepreneurial pre-accelerator, Draper University and Smart Africa, Friday announced a partnership aimed at strengthening start-up [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Togolese students to fully return to classrooms
10 july 2020 - 18:39:12Lomé, Togo (PANA) - After online courses, introduced in May to enable higher education students to catch up with lectures [...] Full text...
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Former Rwandan PM Pierre Damien Habumuremyi arrested over cheques
06 july 2020 - 14:07:36Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Former Rwandan Prime Minister Pierre Damien Habumuremyi, who is legal representative of Christian University of Rwanda, [...] Full text...
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The sacred combat route of Burundi's new strongman
18 june 2020 - 12:13:48Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The solemn inauguration of the new president, Evariste Ndayishimiye, 52, on Thursday in Gitega, Burundi's new [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Ghana final year tertiary institutions reopen on Monday in first step to reopen schools
15 june 2020 - 06:31:53Accra, Ghana (PANA) – Universities and other tertiary institutions in Ghana will reopen on Monday for final year students to [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: University of Botswana fast tracks e-learning and teaching
04 june 2020 - 09:34:31Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - As part of measures to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on teaching and learning, University of [...] Full text...
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Burundi: Retired general soon to lead the country
26 may 2020 - 17:54:35Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Evariste Ndayishimiye (52), a retired general, will take command of the Burundian state on 26 August [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: FDA to finance project in Togo towards fighting COVID-19
07 may 2020 - 17:44:13Lomé, Togo (PANA) - The French Development Agency (AFD) will finance a project to support Togo in its response to [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Zimbabwe announces its first death
23 march 2020 - 12:57:18Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe has its first coronavirus (COVID-19) death after the second person who tested positive for the [...] Full text...
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Lecturers from two big Zimbabwe universities down tools
01 march 2020 - 15:08:17Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Lecturers from two of Zimbabwe's biggest universities have declared incapacitation and downed tools till government addresses [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Chinese Ambassador assures Gambian students in China of their safety
20 february 2020 - 19:40:42Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Chinese Ambassador to the Gambia, Ma Jianchun, has assured senior Gambian government official of the [...] Full text...
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Kenya offers nominal stipend to students caught in coronavirus epicenter
20 february 2020 - 18:33:00Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenyan authorities have responded to pleas for help sent home by nearly 100 citizens resident in [...] Full text...
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French FM to visit 3 African countries
20 february 2020 - 16:48:35Paris, France (PANA) - Starting from Thursday, the French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Jean-Yves Le Drian, will visit [...] Full text...
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Mauritius, France consolidate cooperation in education and scientific research
20 february 2020 - 13:46:44Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - France’s Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs, Mr Jean-Yves Le Drian, is visiting Mauritius in a bid [...] Full text...
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Togo's presidential candidate, Komi Wolou, wants a "re-foundation of the Togolese nation"
14 february 2020 - 15:52:39Lomé, Togo (PANA)- Presidential candidate Komi Wolou of Socialist Pact for Renewal (PSR) will work, if elected, for a true [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe's main opposition party complains about exorbitant broadcast licensing fees
06 february 2020 - 16:12:16Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe’s main opposition party, Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), has accused government of curtailing media freedoms [...] Full text...
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Excavations reveal possible mass graves on Bujumbura Public University campus
16 january 2020 - 13:44:46Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The campus of the only public university in Bujumbura, Burundi's economic capital, will be thoroughly searched [...] Full text...
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Togo, OIF strengthen cooperation
19 december 2019 - 21:04:15Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togo and the International Francophonie Organisation (OIF) Thursday strengthened their cooperation following the visit here of [...] Full text...
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Mogae presides over first graduation ceremony of Amref University in Kenya
09 december 2019 - 13:49:41Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Former Botswana President Festus Mogae, who is also the founding Chancellor of Amref International University in Kenya, [...] Full text...
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Burkinabe President to inaugurate third largest dam in the country
29 november 2019 - 14:33:49Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré is in Bobo-Dioulasso, regional capital of Hauts Bassins [...] Full text...
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Four new clubs join expanded Rwanda Basketball National League
25 november 2019 - 20:07:10Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda Basketball Federation (Ferwaba) announced on Monday four new clubs will join an expanded 'Bank of [...] Full text...
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Nigeria police arraign two journalists over conspiracy against firm of a presidential adviser
13 november 2019 - 14:50:15Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigeria Police Force has arraigned the young Editor of NewsDigest, Abuja-based online newspaper, Mr Gidado [...] Full text...
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Nigerian lecturer arrested over defilement claim in Rwanda
20 october 2019 - 09:36:44Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda Investigation Bureau (RIB) has rrested a Nigerian lecturer, currently serving at the University of Rwanda, [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Deep concerns over proposed Gandhi statue
27 september 2019 - 17:03:50Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African City of Cape Town plans to forge ahead with plans to [...] Full text...
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Twenty finalists of Anzisha Award 2019 released
16 september 2019 - 20:25:00Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Anzisha Prize Selection Committee released Monday the list of the top 20 candidates. The [...] Full text...
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Publishing of beneficiaries of African Peacebuilding Network research grants
26 august 2019 - 21:46:14List of beneficiaries of African Peacebuilding Network research grants out Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The list of beneficiaries of the [...] Full text...
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Nigerian agency warns of imminent flooding in 30 of 36 States next month
08 august 2019 - 15:27:49Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA) has issued an alert, warning Nigerians of imminent increased flooding in [...] Full text...
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Nigerian president condoles with families of four students killed in collapsed university bridge
07 august 2019 - 07:52:06Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday commiserated with the families of four students of Abubakar Tafawa [...] Full text...
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Côte d'Ivoire: Business school to open in October to boost entrepreneurship in Africa
31 july 2019 - 22:06:43Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The Pan-African organisation, Energy Generation, working for youth entrepreneurship, Wednesday announced the start of the [...] Full text...
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Cape Verde establishes special economic zone for the maritime economy
24 july 2019 - 15:46:48Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - Cape Verde has decided to establish a Special Economic Zone for the Maritime Economy (ZEEEM), [...] Full text...
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French education minister due in Senegal Tuesday on official visit
10 june 2019 - 12:53:48Paris, France (PANA) – French Minister of Higher Education, Research and Innovation, Mrs Frédérique Vidal, is expected in Dakar on [...] Full text...
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Rwanda launches new gorilla conservation campus
12 february 2019 - 21:04:56Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - American television talk show host and comedian Ellen DeGeneres Tuesday launched the first ever conservation cluster [...] Full text...
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South Africa continues to grapple with post-apartheid education
09 february 2019 - 08:44:48Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Nearly 42 years ago, South Africa was in the international spotlight for all the [...] Full text...
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Kenyan court finds Garissa University terror suspects guilty
29 january 2019 - 21:35:28Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – A Kenyan magistrate’s court on Tuesday found four terror suspects guilty in connection with the 2 [...] Full text...
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Health sciences university opens permanent campus in rural Rwanda
28 january 2019 - 11:43:34Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Amid a growing number of global health crises—from Ebola to rapidly rising cancer rates—and a shortage [...] Full text...
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AIMS opens registrations for Master's degree in Artificial Intelligence
21 january 2019 - 14:02:35Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Institute of Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) announced on Monday in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, the [...] Full text...
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Mauritius to host international conference on SDGs
27 november 2018 - 08:40:04Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius will host an international conference addressing the theme of Sustainable Development Goals (SGDs) from 29 [...] Full text...
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Afe Babalola University confers Honorary Doctorate Degree on AfDB President, Adesina
23 october 2018 - 16:57:04Ado Ekiti, Nigeria (PANA) - The Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, in South West Nigeria, has conferred a Doctor of Letters, [...] Full text...
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Buhari declares state of emergency over killer floods
19 september 2018 - 13:07:59Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday declared a state of emergency over the flooding that have [...] Full text...
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Rights group demands release of Cameroonian school principal
30 may 2018 - 09:44:53Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Human Rights Watch on Wednesday asked kidnappers of a school principal in Cameroon’s Southwest province to [...] Full text...
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Universities spotlight hands-on approach to integrating refugees
10 january 2018 - 22:44:06New York, US (PANA) – At a special summit at United Nations Headquarters in New York, universities, led by De [...] Full text...
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Rwanda: Former Rwandan senior executive taken into 30-day preventive detention
20 september 2017 - 13:57:20Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The Deputy Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration at the University of Rwanda (UR), Prudence [...] Full text...
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Libya: SRSG Salame praises Benghazi city for its steadfastness
10 august 2017 - 19:35:24Benghazi, Libya (PANA) – The Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Three suicide bombers die in failed attacks in northeast Nigeria
19 may 2017 - 11:46:59Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Three male Boko Haram suicide bombers have died in a failed coordinated attempt to attack hostels [...] Full text...
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Uganda: Ugandan assistant Police chief, bodyguard, driver shot dead
17 march 2017 - 11:57:46Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Felix Kaweesi, Uganda’s assistant Inspector-General of Police, his bodyguard and driver have been shot dead in [...] Full text...
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Tanzania: Housing dilemma grips Tanzania's new capital
03 march 2017 - 10:13:18Dodoma, Tanzania (PANA) - Finding office space for ministries and residential accommodation for advance groups of Tanzania's civil servants moving [...] Full text...
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UN: WHO says early cancer diagnosis, better trained medics save lives
03 february 2017 - 19:57:35New York, US (PANA) - Early cancer diagnosis saves lives and cuts treatment costs, particularly in developing countries where the [...] Full text...
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Senegal: MFWA appeals to Benin to reconsider ban on protests in universities
17 october 2016 - 15:52:32Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The subregional rights body, Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), has appealed to authorities in Benin [...] Full text...
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Senegal: CPJ calls for immediate release of Ethiopian blogger
04 october 2016 - 16:28:31Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Ethiopian authorities should immediately and unconditionally release prominent blogger Seyoum Teshome, the Committee to Protect Journalists [...] Full text...
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Senegal: CPJ wants thorough investigation into killing of Somali journalist
28 september 2016 - 13:08:05Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Somali authorities should thoroughly and credibly investigate the fatal shooting of radio journalist, Abdiaziz Ali, and [...] Full text...
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UN: 'HeForShe' report urges gender equality in global universities
20 september 2016 - 19:22:29New York, US (PANA) - At the sidelines of the 71st UN General Assembly on Tuesday in New York, UN [...] Full text...
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UN: G20 First ladies promote HIV prevention among youth
05 september 2016 - 19:44:26New York, US (PANA) - China's First Lady, Peng Liyuan, and her counterparts from Group of 20 (G20) countries have [...] Full text...
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Senegal: CPJ says Somali govt. must investigate killing of journalist
07 june 2016 - 13:16:09Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has said Somali authorities should thoroughly investigate the killing on [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Zuma, Mugabe address university's centenary celebrations
20 may 2016 - 15:50:53Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Friday’s historic centenary celebrations at Fort Hare University in the Eastern Cape, South Africa, [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Tension high ahead of historic Fort Hare university's centenary celebrations
19 may 2016 - 14:17:49Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Tension is sky-high ahead of Friday’s centenary celebrations at the University of Fort Hare [...] Full text...
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Sudan: 17 students fired following University of Khartoum closure
04 may 2016 - 12:04:42Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Vice Chancellor of the University of Khartoum has ordered dismissal of 17 students for involvement [...] Full text...
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Mauritius: African Leadership University opens Mauritius campus
17 march 2016 - 07:46:37Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - African Leadership University (ALU), a newly established tertiary institution offering programmes aimed at developing Africa's future [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Universities rocked by fresh wave of violence
17 february 2016 - 07:47:18Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Tensions remain high at the University of Cape Town after riot police were deployed [...] Full text...
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Kenya: UNEP urges renewable energy-focused investments
05 february 2016 - 20:10:52Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - African countries should continue to focus on enhancing renewable energy to improve electricity supply to millions [...] Full text...
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Zambia: Govt. closes two universities in Zambia following riots
04 february 2016 - 15:11:23Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambian authorities announced on Thursday an indefinite closure of the country’s two leading universities, University of [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Opposition party calls for De Klerk to be stripped of Nobel Peace Prize
28 december 2015 - 11:20:55Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A war of words has broken out between South Africa's last white president, F. [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Scores injured during University terror drill in Kenya
30 november 2015 - 15:30:16Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Scores of students suffered injuries after a stampede at the Strathmore Business School in Nairobi, ensued [...] Full text...
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South Africa: No end to student protests in sight
16 november 2015 - 10:39:58Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Tensions remain high at Cape Town’s universities where a wave of fresh arson attacks [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Violent student protests continue in Cape Town
13 november 2015 - 12:40:43Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Running street battles between students and police continued in Cape Town on Friday with [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Is South Africa on the brink of a second revolution? Analysis by By Craig Urquhart, PANA Correspondent
24 october 2015 - 12:57:17Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The irony of the student protests that swept across South Africa and saw police [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Zuma backs down as protesters threaten to storm seat of government
23 october 2015 - 14:25:36Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Following chaotic scenes at the Union Buildings in Pretoria, President Jacob Zuma on Friday [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Student protests continue to grow around South Africa
22 october 2015 - 14:25:28Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Cape Town remains on a knife-edge following a second day of protests which have [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Universities rocked by student protests
19 october 2015 - 13:15:20Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s tertiary education system has been thrown into turmoil as a wave of [...] Full text...
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Senegal: Former AfDB President joins Harvard School in US
11 september 2015 - 15:27:17Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Harvard Kennedy School’s Centre for Public Leadership in the US has announced that immediate past President [...] Full text...
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UN: UN Office for Sports, Inter Milan sign partnership to empower youth
03 september 2015 - 19:12:11New York, US (PANA) - Inter Campus, a social initiative founded by one of the leading professional Italian football clubs [...] Full text...
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Mauritius: Ghana President inaugurates Mauritian Campus of African Leadership College
26 august 2015 - 07:58:52Beau-Plan, Mauritius (PANA) - Visiting Ghana President John Dramani Mahama has inaugurated the Mauritian Campus of the African Leadership College, [...] Full text...
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Zambia: Zambian govt closes Copperbelt University
08 july 2015 - 19:15:15Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Zambian government Wednesday announced an indefinite closure of the country’s second largest university in the [...] Full text...
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Cameroon: Institute established to find solutions to critical issues in Congo Basin
22 june 2015 - 10:14:55Yaounde, Cameroon (PANA) - The University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) and the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) are [...] Full text...
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UN: UNHCR chief visits Kenya, Somalia to discuss future of Dadaab refugee camp
14 may 2015 - 19:32:47New York, US (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in collaboration with the governments of Kenya and [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Kenya, Tanzania to intensify counter-terrorism cooperation
29 april 2015 - 10:19:59Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya and Tanzania have vowed to intensify their cooperation in combating terrorism in East Africa, in [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Kenya begins push for relocation of Somali refugees
21 april 2015 - 18:16:46Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya has embarked on plans to fast-track the closure of the world’s largest refugee camp in [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Kenya orders UNHCR to shut down Somali refugee camp
11 april 2015 - 18:50:03Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Kenyan government has issued a three-month ultimatum to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Another statue defaced in South Africa
06 april 2015 - 11:56:19Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa's opposition political party Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) on Monday claimed responsibility for [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Govt. slow on security response to Garissa University attack
05 april 2015 - 20:56:19Garissa, Kenya (PANA) - The Kenyan government on Sunday fought off accusations that top officials used airlifts meant for security [...] Full text...
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UN: UN, UNESCO chiefs condemn terrorist attack against Kenyan university
02 april 2015 - 21:11:51New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the Director-General of the UN Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (UBESCO), [...] Full text...
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Kenya: 147 killed as deadly campus siege ends, 179 wounded (UPDATE)
02 april 2015 - 19:04:44Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - At least 147 people, including police officers, have been killed Thursday in a terror attack on [...] Full text...
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Kenya: 15 killed in deadly Garissa hostage siege (UPDATE 1)
02 april 2015 - 11:45:16Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - At least 15 people were killed and 65 others wounded in a deadly siege at the [...] Full text...
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DEVELOPING STORY: 4 killed as military battles masked gunmen in Kenya campus siege
02 april 2015 - 07:37:22Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A fierce gun battle has erupted between the Kenyan military and suspected Al Shabaab militants who [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Controversial Rhodes statue covered up
30 march 2015 - 11:01:50Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A giant stature of pioneer Cecil John Rhodes statue, which has squatted on the [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Is Cecil John Rhodes turning in his grave? (News analysis By Craig Urquhart, PANA Correspondent)
21 march 2015 - 12:52:27Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Cecil John Rhodes must be turning in his grave. More than a century after [...] Full text...
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Mauritius: University of Mauritius launches Strategic Plan 2015/2020
04 february 2015 - 15:31:06Le Réduit, Mauritius (PANA) - The University of Mauritius has launched a six-point strategic plan for the period 2015 to [...] Full text...
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Senegal: Academic underlines digital technology for education in Francophone countries
28 november 2014 - 17:01:58Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Digital technology in higher education is a powerful tool that will help prepare managers and elites [...] Full text...
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Zambia: Zambia’s human right commission slams police for using excessive force on students
20 november 2014 - 17:35:49Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Zambia's Human Rights Commission Thursday condemned the manner in which the police dealt with protesting students [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Former Kenyan PM wants US varsities to expand Africa learning initiatives
09 october 2014 - 17:25:08Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga is in the US to advocate for the setting up [...] Full text...
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Togo: "False alert" raised on suspected Ebola carrier from Benin
29 july 2014 - 15:43:53Lomé, Togo (PANA) – The Togolese health authorities have described as "false alert", the case of a passenger from Benin [...] Full text...
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Mauritius: Prime Minister’s top priority is education
12 june 2014 - 12:52:13Pamplemousses, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam said Wednesday night that education opens up a world of opportunities [...] Full text...
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Malawi: New leader extends olive branch to Banda
02 june 2014 - 14:28:09Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Newly-elected Malawi president, Peter Mutharika, has extended what he called an "olive branch" to his predecessor [...] Full text...
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Libya: 1 killed, 2 injured in armed clashes in Benghazi
30 may 2014 - 15:39:53Benghazi, Libya (PANA) – One person died and two others were injured in armed clashes between young men and the [...] Full text...
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Senegal: 22 Dakar University students acquitted over unauthorized protest
28 may 2014 - 16:23:29Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The criminal tribunal of Dakar Wednesday ordered the acquittal of 22 students of the Cheikh Anta [...] Full text...
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Senegal: University students clash with security forces in Dakar
22 may 2014 - 15:35:53Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – For the second consecutive day, students of the Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar (UCAD) Thursday [...] Full text...
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Mauritius: Open University of Mauritius to establish Uganda campus
21 may 2014 - 13:17:08Ebène, Mauritius (PANA) - The Open University of Mauritius will open a branch in Uganda as part of Mauritius’ contribution [...] Full text...
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Mauritius: Encouraging responsible media reporting of Gender-Based Violence
09 april 2014 - 18:36:22Réduit, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Gender Equality, Child Development and Family Welfare Ministry on Wednesday organized a capacity-building programme to [...] Full text...
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Kenya: SuperSport, varsities join hands to train sports administrators
09 april 2014 - 07:36:54Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - South African television channel SuperSport has once again joined forces with Strathmore University in Nairobi and [...] Full text...
thread Sports
Mali: China gives Mali 12b CFAF to develop socioeconomic sector
25 february 2014 - 00:06:00Bamako, Mali (PANA) - China has given Mali 12 billion CFAF (US$25.1 million) and an interest-free loan of 4 billion [...] Full text...
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France: World Bank urges Senegal to use resources efficiently
24 february 2014 - 22:37:10Paris , France ( PANA) - The Vice-President of the World Bank's Africa Region, Mr. Makhtar Diop, on Monday urged [...] Full text...
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Togo: 12 students arrested while trying to demonstrate
15 february 2014 - 10:53:40Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Twelves students, among them the leader of the Movement for the Togolese Student's Fulfillment (MTSF), Komlanvi [...] Full text...
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10 students suspended at Egypt's Azhar University
19 december 2013 - 18:52:29Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Over a dozen students, who are members of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, have been suspended from taking [...] Full text...
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South African-built satellite launched
21 november 2013 - 11:41:24Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - A South African-built satellite launched into orbit from a Russian base on Thursday with [...] Full text...
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Countdown to strike, demonstration, football played up in Ghana media
19 october 2013 - 07:01:08Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The countdown to a strike threat by organised workers over hikes in tariffs in water and [...] Full text...
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Killing in Guinea Bissau, worsening lecturers' strike reported in Nigeria
12 october 2013 - 08:35:59Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Tuesday's attack on the Nigerian embassy in Guinea Bissau and the threats by other unions to [...] Full text...
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Aflasafe plant begins test run in Nigeria
14 august 2013 - 17:21:33Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A manufacturing plant for the production of aflasafe is currently undergoing a test run at the [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
Kenya hosts two AU organs
24 may 2013 - 10:28:36Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Kenya will host the Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources (IBAR) and the Pan African University’s [...] Full text...
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Nigeria's literary giant, Chinua Achebe, laid to rest
23 may 2013 - 15:11:36Ogidi, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's literary giant Chinua Achebe, who died at the age of 82 on 21 March, 2013, [...] Full text...
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Four heads of state, Archbishop of Canterbury for Achebe's burial
22 may 2013 - 09:42:47Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Four Heads of State and the Archbishop of Canterbury, Most Rev. Justin Welby, are among the [...] Full text...
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Chinua Achebe's body arrives Nigeria
21 may 2013 - 15:29:25Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The body of Nigeria's late literary giant Chinua Achebe arrived in the capital city of Abuja [...] Full text...
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AfDB finances Uganda's digitally-powered economic growth plan
05 december 2012 - 15:02:55Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Uganda’s efforts to create a modern and rapidly-industrializing economy has received a boost from the African [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Zambia's ex-president Banda to deliver lecture in Tanzania
07 november 2012 - 11:54:01Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Zambia’s former president Rupiah Banda was due to leave Wednesday for Tanzania, where he is expected [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Ex-ruling party officials arrested in Malawi over student's death
24 october 2012 - 11:10:12Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Police in Malawi's commercial capital, Blantyre, Wednesday arrested a number of former ruling Democratic Progressive Party [...] Full text...
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New Kenyan University campus to admit refugee students in Dadaab
10 october 2012 - 16:41:58Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Nairobi's Kenyatta University has opened a campus in the north-east town of Dadaab and courses there [...] Full text...
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Student activist was murdered, Malawi inquiry report reveals
09 october 2012 - 17:04:51Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - A report by a Commission of Inquiry, set up by President Joyce Banda to investigate the [...] Full text...
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'Three of four persons lynched by mob in Nigeria are University students'
09 october 2012 - 05:49:55Port Harcourt, Nigeria (PANA) - Three of the four young men who were lynched by an irate mob in Omiokiri [...] Full text...
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Gunmen kill 25 persons, including 19 students, in Nigeria
02 october 2012 - 18:14:37Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Gunmen killed 25 people, 19 of them Polytechnic students, in Mubi, in Nigeria's northern Adamawa state, [...] Full text...
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China grants Mali FCFA 35b to build 2nd university campus in Bamako
17 september 2012 - 15:08:48Bamako, Mali (PANA) - China will give FCFA 35 billion to Mali to enable the West African nation build a [...] Full text...
thread Culture
University of Zambia students protest over restriction of broadcasting permit
12 september 2012 - 19:40:15Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Students from the University of Zambia (UNZA) in the capital city, Lusaka, Wednesday protested against the [...] Full text...
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Nearly 10,000 Senegalese students studying in France
10 september 2012 - 15:32:33Paris, France (PANA) – About 9,555 Senegalese students registered to study in France for the 2011-2012 academic year, an official [...] Full text...
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'Motor-bike riding gunmen kill 45 people in 3 months in Nigerian city'
27 june 2012 - 12:04:25Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Attacks by gunmen riding motor bikes have killed at least 45 people in the past three [...] Full text...
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London Business School organises global summit in Lagos
26 june 2012 - 21:32:05Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - London School of Business and Finance (LSBF) is collaborating with the United Kingdom Trade and Investment [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Regulatory body suspends part-time programmes in Nigerian universities
26 june 2012 - 12:07:21Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's regulatory National Universities Commission (NUC) has announced the suspension of all part-time programmes run by [...] Full text...
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British diplomat wounded in Benghazi rocket attack
11 june 2012 - 19:58:01Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A British diplomat serving at the country's consulate in Benghazi was slightly wounded on Monday when [...] Full text...
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Jonathan's performance sheet, "honour" for Abiola reported in Nigeria
02 june 2012 - 09:23:30Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - President Goodluck Jonathan's self assessment in office, the renaming of the University of Lagos after the [...] Full text...
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BREAKING NEWS: Explosion rocks Nairobi
28 may 2012 - 11:48:24Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's capital city of Nairobi was rocked by an explosion on Monday afternoon, triggering fears of [...] Full text...
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University teacher dies watching Chelsea-Bayern match in Nigeria - Paper
22 may 2012 - 10:41:13Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A lecturer at the University of Lagos in western Nigeria died on Saturday while watching the [...] Full text...
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Two agriculture institutes collaborate to tackle hunger
07 may 2012 - 21:46:53Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in Ibadan, south west Nigeria, and the Kenyan-based International [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
Boko Haram: Nigerian Christians issue 'final warning' to govt
03 may 2012 - 08:53:45Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - As the Islamic sect Boko Haram continues to target Christians, the umbrella Christian Association of Nigeria [...] Full text...
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Security agents, Boko Haram suspects clash in Nigerian city
01 may 2012 - 09:55:00Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Residents of Nigeria's northern city of Kano woke up to sporadic shootings Tuesday morning as security [...] Full text...
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Death toll in Nigeria attack rises to 11 (Update 2)
30 april 2012 - 16:39:55Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The death from Monday's apparent suicide attack on the convoy of the Commissioner of Police of [...] Full text...
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Nigeria President condemns attack on Christians in Kano
30 april 2012 - 08:51:53Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan has condemned the ''murderous terrorist attack'' on the Bayero University Campus in [...] Full text...
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Death toll in Nigeria attack rises to 18
29 april 2012 - 17:09:45Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Some 18 people, including two professors, were killed in Sunday morning's attack on Christian worshippers at [...] Full text...
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8 killed in attack on Christian worshippers in Nigeria - Police
29 april 2012 - 11:46:32Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Sunday morning's attack on Christian worshippers in Nigeria's northern city of Kano left 8 dead and [...] Full text...
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BREAKING NEWS: Gunmen attack Catholic worshippers in Nigeria
29 april 2012 - 09:32:38Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Gunmen on Sunday attacked Catholic worshippers at the old campus of the Bayero University in Nigeria's [...] Full text...
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Nigeria's premier university shut after protests
25 april 2012 - 11:47:57Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Authorities in Nigeria's premier University of Ibadan have shut the institution after two days of protests [...] Full text...
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Malawi's new President orders probe of student's murder
10 april 2012 - 16:59:01Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Malawi's new President Joyce Banda has announced the launch of an official inquiry into the mysterious [...] Full text...
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Malawi Police Chief sacked
08 april 2012 - 19:58:06Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Malawi police chief Peter Mukhito has been sacked, the state radio and television reported on Sunday. "The [...] Full text...
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African experts confront youth unemployment
03 april 2012 - 17:38:30Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Determined to see youth unemployment adequately dealt with in the continent, African scientists have urged African [...] Full text...
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Malawi fugitive Chanthunya captured In South Africa
24 january 2012 - 22:42:20Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Malawi's Inspector General of Police Peter Mukhito has exclusively confirmed to PANA that fugitive Misozi Charles [...] Full text...
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CAN 2012: Ghana coach now has full compliment of Black Stars
10 january 2012 - 13:52:58Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Ghana Football Association (GFA) announced on Tuesday that the coach of the senior national football [...] Full text...
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CAN 2012: Ghana’s Black Stars begin training in South Africa
07 january 2012 - 11:13:34Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – Ghana’s senior football team, the Black Stars, arrived in South Africa on Saturday to begin [...] Full text...
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Main Malawi University College to finally re-open 14 November
05 november 2011 - 15:46:22Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - The University Council has announced that Chancellor College, the main constituent college of the University of [...] Full text...
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Diplomatic talks dominate headlines in Malawi media
05 november 2011 - 15:07:40Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Malawi's desperate efforts to mend fences with Western donor nations, especially Great Britain, that suspended aid [...] Full text...
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Sudanese authorities run over ‘garbage food’ protesting students with cars
23 october 2011 - 08:49:44Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Sudanese authorities, responding to protesting students, ran them over by car in what human rights activists [...] Full text...
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Fuel subsidy removal, ex-governors' arrest, rare medical feat reported in Nigeria
08 october 2011 - 08:45:00Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Government's resolve to remove subsidy on fuel, arrest of former governors over corruption allegations, the warning [...] Full text...
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International politics dominates Malawi media
01 october 2011 - 10:45:53Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) -The election of Zambian veteran opposition leader Michael Sata and Malawi's attempts to win back Western donors [...] Full text...
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Students sack union leaders, demand address from principal
26 september 2011 - 22:24:42Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Students at the Polytechnic, a constituent college of the University of Malawi, on Monday night held [...] Full text...
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Govt/students face-off: Malawi Student activist found dead in suspicious circumstances
26 september 2011 - 18:54:44Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Tension is high at the Polytechnic, a constituent college of the University of Malawi , following [...] Full text...
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Spanish parliamentary delegation in Luanda
08 september 2011 - 11:51:39Luanda, Angola (PANA) - A Spanish parliamentary delegation, led by speaker Jorge Martinez, arrived in Luanda, Angola, Thursday as part [...] Full text...
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Francophone academics meet in Brazzaville
07 july 2011 - 12:30:30Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - An international conference of the Francophonie is being held in the Congolese capital, Brazzaville, as part [...] Full text...
thread Culture
Idriss Déby Itno on working visit to Benin
06 july 2011 - 19:16:26Cotonou, Benin (PANA) – The Chadian president, Idriss Déby Itno, was due Wednesday evening in Cotonou for a working visit [...] Full text...
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University of Lome students protest against leader's expulsion
01 july 2011 - 19:53:12Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Students of the University of Lome staged a violent demonstration on Friday to press for the [...] Full text...
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Malawi's main college to remain closed as varsity stand-off continues
01 july 2011 - 17:14:49Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Chancellor College, the main constituent college of the University of Malawi, at the centre of an [...] Full text...
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Court okays lecturers' "academic freedom" commemoration
26 may 2011 - 21:13:59Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - The High Court in the northern city of Mzuzu on Thursday granted lecturers of Chancellor College, [...] Full text...
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Kinshasa university clash claims one life
26 april 2011 - 22:14:53Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) – One person died and three others were injured in clashes that broke out on Tuesday [...] Full text...
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Ivorian govt orders closure of universities in Abidjan
20 april 2011 - 09:43:39Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Ivorian government has ordered the indefinite closure, with effect from Thursday, of the two [...] Full text...
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Kinshasa University teachers call off strike
14 april 2011 - 15:54:45Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) – Lectures resumed Thursday at the University of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), after lecturers [...] Full text...
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Malawi court stops Council from shutting down university
05 april 2011 - 16:46:37Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - The Industrial Relations Court in Blantyre has granted an injunction restraining the University Council, the regulatory [...] Full text...
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Malawi University closed following week of chaos
02 april 2011 - 13:32:52Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - The University Council, the regulatory authority of the University of Malawi, on Saturday announced the closure [...] Full text...
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Malawi varsity riots spread
31 march 2011 - 18:36:22Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Riots that started at the Polytechnic, the Blantyre-based constituent college of the University of Malawi, Thursday [...] Full text...
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Malawi police arrest 5 university students for rioting
30 march 2011 - 20:30:59Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - No fewer than five students, including a student leader, were arrested Wednesday when police used teargas [...] Full text...
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Students run riot as lecturers vote to end strike
29 march 2011 - 20:38:42Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - There was tension at the Polytechnic, the Blantyre-based constituent college of the University of Malawi, when [...] Full text...
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Mutharika accuses lecturer of inciting students to topple Malawi govt
14 march 2011 - 18:07:00Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - The stand-off between university lecturers at the Zomba-based Chancellor College, the main constituent college of the [...] Full text...
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Malawi university lecturers in peaceful demonstrations over academic freedom
21 february 2011 - 13:42:26Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Lecturers at the Chancellor College, a constituent college of the University of Malawi in the eastern [...] Full text...
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Police arrest 13 students as book allowance protests turn ugly
17 february 2011 - 20:25:16Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - No fewer than 13 students have been arrested in the commercial capital, Blantyre, as at Thursday, [...] Full text...
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Malawi Varsity lecturers down tools after police chief interrogates lecturer
16 february 2011 - 14:11:04Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Lecturers at Chancellor College, the main constituent college of the University of Malawi in the eastern [...] Full text...
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University of Kinshasa students' demonstrations claim lives
14 january 2011 - 15:39:10Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) .- A protest march by students of the University of Kinshasa (UNIKIN), on Thursday led to [...] Full text...
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China loans Mali 103 billion FCFA
31 december 2010 - 20:19:06Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali and China on Thursday signed several financial agreements totalling over 103 billion [...] Full text...
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Mystery still surrounds missing Zimbabwean pregnant student
08 september 2010 - 15:35:00Blantyre- Malawi (PANA) -- While the Malawi Police Service believes that a pregna nt Zimbabwean student, who has been missing [...] Full text...
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Officials plan to cite PanAfrican University campus in Northern Africa
14 august 2010 - 19:43:00Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- High-level talks on the possibility of citing a campus o f a PanAfrican University in northern [...] Full text...
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3 students die in Nigeria auto crash
19 july 2010 - 08:04:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- At least three students of the Adeyemi College of Educat ion in Nigeria's South-west Ondo state [...] Full text...
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Gambia, Kuwait sign US$14m grant pact
14 july 2010 - 08:59:00Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The Gambian government and Kuwaiti Fund for Arab Economi c Development have signed an agreement for [...] Full text...
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University lecturers in Tanzania on strike over pension benefits
28 april 2010 - 07:57:00Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- Academic staff at the University of Dar es Salaam have begun an indefinite strike [...] Full text...
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Beninese still waiting for Boni’s promises
10 april 2009 - 00:11:00By Thérèse Isséki- PANA Correspondent Cotonou, Benin (PANA) -- Three years after Benin's head of state came to power, m [...] Full text...
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University students protest civil rights activists' killing in Kenya
10 march 2009 - 17:59:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Demonstrating University of Nairobi students Tuesday eng aged the police in running battles as they stoned [...] Full text...
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AU seeks to reduce Africa’s ‘self-inflicted’ disease burden
28 february 2009 - 12:44:00Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The African Union Commission (AUC) launched a new campaign on Saturday to promote healthy-eating and [...] Full text...
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Mauritanian junta leader keeps mum on candidacy
11 february 2009 - 14:38:00Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The leader of the Mauritanian junta, General Moh amed Ould Abdel Aziz, is still keeping mum [...] Full text...
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Government bans social clubs in colleges
09 january 2009 - 21:55:00Freetown- Sierra Leone (PANA) – The Government of -Sierra Leone has slammed a tot al ban on all social clubs [...] Full text...
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