ECOWAS keeps 'doors open' for Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger as withdrawal becomes effective

29 january 2025 - 11:40:35
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The withdrawal of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger from the Economic Community of West African States [...] Full text...

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2025 AFCON: Official logo unveiled

26 january 2025 - 05:10:18
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The countdown to Africa’s biggest event, the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations 2025, marked a [...] Full text...

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2024 CHAN: Groups emerge after draw

15 january 2025 - 19:17:43
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The following are the groups for the 2024 Confederation of African Football (CAF) TotalEnergies African Nations [...] Full text...

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CHAN 2024: CAF unveils new logo and trophy

15 january 2025 - 15:19:04
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The Confederation of African Football (CAF) on Wednesday unveiled a new logo and trophy for the [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso: When public treasury enters the age of digital payments: World Bank Blog By Maimouna Gueye and Tenin Fatimata Dicko

11 june 2024 - 12:24:46
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Ms. Idani has worked at the Treasury for several years and is going on an [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: ‘Intense ground battles’ reported, hospital hit kills five

03 january 2024 - 14:03:14
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Continuing airstrikes were reported across Gaza on Wednesday with “intense ground battles” between Israeli forces and [...] Full text...

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200 Days to 2023 AFCON in Cote d'Ivoire

28 june 2023 - 07:08:00
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Tuesday marked exactly 200 days to the kick-off of Africa's biggest event - the 2023 [...] Full text...

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New identity for TotalEnergies 2023 AFCON

12 june 2023 - 06:49:40
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - CAF and the Ivorian Local Organising Committee (LOC) have unveiled the official identity for the [...] Full text...

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How UNESCO is helping youth, adults return to primary education in Mozambique (A UNESCO Feature)

17 march 2023 - 11:40:42
Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - In Mozambique, where over 20 languages are spoken, the language of instruction is Portuguese. However, only [...] Full text...

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Founding committee of African Investment Bank holds first meeting

25 august 2022 - 15:21:41
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The founding committee of the African Investment Bank held its first meeting on Thursday at the [...] Full text...

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SADC secretariat cautions on infringement of its trademarks

11 july 2022 - 12:52:46
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The SADC Secretariat on Monday cautioned the general public that the name “Southern African [...] Full text...

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Libyan Parliamentary delegation participates in Baku Conference of Parliamentary Network of Non-Aligned Movement

29 june 2022 - 17:14:10
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A delegation of the House of Representatives in Libya (Parliament), led by the first deputy speaker, [...] Full text...

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Gambia: Truth and Reconciliation report must lead to justice and reparations for victims

25 november 2021 - 16:06:35
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Rights group, Amnesty International, has urged the Gambian government that the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Statistics of crisis in Northwest Nigeria competing with Afghanistan, warns Governor El-Rufai

21 september 2021 - 21:34:20
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Governor of Kaduna State Nasir El-Rufai on Tuesday said the human capital development indices of the North [...] Full text...

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SADC warns public on use of its registered trademarks

09 september 2021 - 14:18:14
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The SADC Secretariat has cautioned the general public that the name “Southern African Development Community”; the acronym [...] Full text...

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Head of Libyan Media Authority abducted by 'revolutionary brigade' in Tripoli

21 october 2020 - 14:29:17
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Media Authority president Mohamed Baiyou was abducted Tuesday night in Tripoli after receiving threats from [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Fighter jets destroy compounds housing Boko Haram terrorists' leaders

23 april 2020 - 16:28:43
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Armed Forces says that its Air Task Force of Operation LAFIYA DOLE, has destroyed [...] Full text...

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AFRICOM loses surveillance UAV over Tripoli

23 november 2019 - 19:39:39
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The US Military Command for Africa (AFRICOM) announced on Friday night that it "lost on Thursday, [...] Full text...

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Over 100,000 people homeless as flood ravages seven local councils in Northcentral Nigeria

30 october 2019 - 17:01:37
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Over 100,000 people, including students of the Benue State University (BSU), were Tuesday rendered homeless as [...] Full text...

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Nigerian Army says reports of planned nationwide operation for citizens to show "positive identification" are fake

30 october 2019 - 16:46:37
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Army has described as ‘Fake Alert’, a viral post of the planned nationwide ‘Operation [...] Full text...

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Ex-Kenya Airways CEO ordered to pay US$100,000 for sacking airline employee

11 july 2019 - 17:03:05
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA)-A Nairobi court on Thursday ordered a former Kenya Airways CEO to pay an employee he unlawfully sacked [...] Full text...

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Botswana’s ruling party linked to ‘fake social media’ accounts

31 may 2019 - 20:49:25
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA)    -    Botswana’s new political party has warned its potential supporters not to be swayed by bogus social [...] Full text...

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ECOMIG troops to begin wearing brown berets

10 may 2019 - 17:21:09
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - ECOWAS military intervention in the Gambia (ECOMIG) force commander, Colonel Flugence Ndou, on Friday announced that [...] Full text...

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OIC condemns terrorist attacks in Mali and Burkina Faso

29 april 2019 - 17:14:03
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (PANA) - The Islamic Cooperation Organization (OIC) has condemned, in the strongest terms, the "terrorist" attacks that [...] Full text...

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Priest kidnapped in Burkina Faso in March found dead in the Sahel

28 april 2019 - 20:30:35
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA)  -   The priest of Djibo, Father Joël Yougbaré, kidnapped since March 17 by armed individuals, was [...] Full text...

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Kenya's anti-counterfeit raid nets fake Samsung phones worth $60,000

27 february 2019 - 14:27:51
 Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's Anti-Counterfeit Agency (ACA) on Wednesday raided shops selling electronics along a Nairobi street and netted [...] Full text...

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ECOWAS single currency: 'One of the biggest issues'

21 december 2018 - 13:03:25
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The accomplishment of a single currency for the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is [...] Full text...

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Gadafi’s loyalists announce intention to be part of Libya’s upcoming elections

17 august 2018 - 15:54:43
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan National Gathering, which has figures loyal to the regime of Moammar Gaddafi, on Wednesday held [...] Full text...

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Egypt's women football referees set eyes on premier league jobs (A Feature by CAF)

07 july 2018 - 12:01:55
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - On the sidelines of a small football pitch at a university in Cairo, Hanan Hassan remembers [...] Full text...

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Rwanda signs cooperation deal with Arsenal FC to boost tourism

23 may 2018 - 14:51:09
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda Development Board (RDB) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Britain's Arsenal Football Club [...] Full text...

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Morocco launch 2026 World Cup bid campaign

24 january 2018 - 06:58:22
Casablanca, Morocco (PANA) - Morocco on Tuesday launched a campaign to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup, unveiling the official [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Rights body faults Kenyans for unauthorised use of logo in demo

03 october 2017 - 15:15:45
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Global human rights organization, Amnesty International, has faulted Kenyans in the Diaspora for the unauthorised use [...] Full text...

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US: With annual general debate over, time has come for action, UN Assembly President says

26 september 2017 - 06:52:19
New York, US (PANA) – The United Nations General Assembly wrapped up its 72nd annual general debate in New York [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Collapse of 2 banks, concerns about assets declaration reported in Ghana

19 august 2017 - 00:23:50
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The collapse of two Ghanaian-owned banks announced on Monday sending shockwaves across the country and concerns [...] Full text...

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Sudan: "Save the children" saddened by death of children in South Sudan

03 june 2017 - 12:51:42
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The International Charity Organization, Save the Children, said it was “deeply saddened” by recent media reports [...] Full text...

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Sudan: "It's a new dawn for Hilal Obeid in Confederation Cup outing'

17 april 2017 - 14:45:16
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Debutants Hilal El Obeid football club of Sudan made history on Sunday night, after qualifying for [...] Full text...

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Botswana: BSE dismisses alleged relationship with pyramid scheme

30 march 2017 - 12:38:03
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) – The Botswana Stock Exchange has distanced itself from the infamous South African Ref Wayne’s alleged pyramid [...] Full text...

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2017 FIFA U-17 WC: FIFA promises to deliver 'magnificent' U-17 World Cup

19 march 2017 - 10:57:43
New Delhi, India (PANA) - Worried by the initial obstacles in preparations to host the World, FIFA's head of events, [...] Full text...

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South Sudan: IOM provides health, shelter aid in volatile areas of South Sudan

24 february 2017 - 12:21:52
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The UN International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said on Friday it is providing emergency health [...] Full text...

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Senegal: Rights groups decry closure of radio stations, arrests in Gambia

06 january 2017 - 14:04:43
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Two leading rights groups, Amnesty International (AI) and Human Rights Watch have decried the closure of [...] Full text...

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Rwanda: AU distances self from 'Travel Advisory' circulating on the internet

06 october 2016 - 15:37:10
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The African Union (AU) on Thursday distanced itself from a satirical “travel advisory” that was quoted [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Rising political heat, burial of opposition leader reported in Ghana

23 april 2016 - 07:51:59
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – With the political temperature rising ahead of presidential and parliamentary elections in November this year, Ghanaian [...] Full text...

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US: World urged to build global movement for gender equality

17 march 2016 - 06:25:54
New York, US (PANA) - During a conversation on how to achieve gender equality on the sidelines of the Commission [...] Full text...

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ECOWAS: ECOWAS renews efforts for effective elections in member states

10 august 2015 - 11:03:27
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has renewed its commitment to assist member states [...] Full text...

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UN: Pope Francis, FAO discuss sustainable food for all

12 june 2015 - 07:29:56
New York, US (PANA) - Addressing over a hundred delegates attending the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) conference in Rome, [...] Full text...

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UN: UN Women partners top Spanish football club, Valencia, to boost gender equality

27 may 2015 - 08:16:05
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women), is partnering [...] Full text...

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Congo: Symbols of 2015 African Games unveiled

18 november 2014 - 12:20:59
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Congolese President Denis Sassou Nguesso has unveiled the symbols of the 11th All-Africa Games scheduled for [...] Full text...

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UN: Ban says leaders of tomorrow must be heard today

28 october 2014 - 18:53:20
New York, US (PANA) - Young people around the world must raise their voices so they are heard loud and [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Google celebrates with Nigeria on 54th independence anniversary

01 october 2014 - 11:16:25
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Global search engine Google has joined Africa's most populous nation Nigeria to mark its 54th independence [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Military Twitter account hacked

21 july 2014 - 12:05:06
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A group claiming to have 66,000 followers on the micro-blogging site Twitter has hacked the official [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Military recovers cache of arms, ammunition in North Central, Western Nigeria

07 may 2014 - 17:49:56
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian military Wednesday announced that its troops have recovered caches of arms and ammunition in [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) rebrands

23 april 2014 - 16:17:13
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) on Wednesday revealed its new brand which demonstrates the bourse’s [...] Full text...

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Senegal: PR wire service rebrands

14 march 2014 - 10:46:35
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - African Press Organization (APO), Africa's sole press release wire service and the global leader in media [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Outcry over Oscar Pistorius cookies

26 february 2014 - 08:57:58
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - A Cape Town, South Africa, bakery has sparked a national outcry by launching an [...] Full text...

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Nigeria@53: Google celebrates with Nigeria on independence anniversary

01 october 2013 - 07:47:44
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Popular web search engine Google on Tuesday (1 Oct) dedicated its logo, called Google Doodle, to [...] Full text...

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Nairobi mall terror attack, Mahama’s UN speech played up in Ghana media

28 september 2013 - 09:07:17
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The 21 September attack on a shopping mall in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, by the Somalia-based [...] Full text...

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NEPAD rebrands, launches new logo

05 july 2013 - 20:51:56
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) Agency on Friday launched its new logo which [...] Full text...

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2013 FIFA U-20 WC: Display of Turkey's rich cultural heritage marks opening ceremony

21 june 2013 - 18:28:30
Kayseri, Turkey (PANA) – A short but impressive display opened the FIFA Under-20 World Cup here at the Kadir Has [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's mega opposition party set to emerge (News Analysis)

12 may 2013 - 10:06:26
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The stage is finally set for the emergence of what is being touted as Nigeria's mega [...] Full text...

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Google honours workers on Labour Day

01 may 2013 - 19:27:21
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Global Internet company Google on Wednesday saluted workers around the world by dedicating its widely popular [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's leading opposition party ceases to exist, votes for merger with others

18 april 2013 - 15:19:38
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's leading opposition party, Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Thursday voted for a merger with some [...] Full text...

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Transparency International asks Nigerian organisation to stop using its name, logo

12 april 2013 - 22:32:08
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Global anti-corruption organisation, Transparency International, has said it has no links with an organisation calling itself [...] Full text...

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Google honours late Kenyan environmentalist, Wangari Maathai

01 april 2013 - 16:25:16
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Google, the American multi-national corporation specialising in Internet-related services and products, Monday honoured the late Kenyan [...] Full text...

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Bloody anti-polio campaign, AFCON, political party re-alignment reported in Nigeria

09 february 2013 - 06:02:30
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The murder of nine female health workers deployed to an anti-polio campaign, Super Eagles' qualification for [...] Full text...

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Mahama’s election victory fills Ghanaian media

15 december 2012 - 08:15:55
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The decisive first round victory of President John Dramani Mahama and his ruling National Democratic Congress [...] Full text...

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Theme of World Toilet Day 2012: I give a shit, do you?

09 november 2012 - 12:18:05
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The theme of the 2012 World Toilet Day, to be observed 19 Nov., is "I give [...] Full text...

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Rawlings forms new party

06 july 2012 - 09:27:27
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana’s former president Jerry John Rawlings and his wife, Nana Konadu, have formed a new political [...] Full text...

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Nigerian sports festival to be repositioned, says Sports Minister

28 june 2012 - 19:45:37
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The National Sports Festival in Nigeria will be remodelled by the government with a view to [...] Full text...

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Rawlings dominates Ghanaian media with another controversial “boom”

19 may 2012 - 08:52:36
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana’s former president Jerry John Rawlings, one of the biggest crowd pullers in the country, dominated [...] Full text...

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Malian historian, Sissoko, dies

18 may 2012 - 12:48:21
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The first President of the Association of African Historians, Mali's Sékéné Mody Sissoko, died Thursday in [...] Full text...

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Ghana media highlights deepening rift in ruling party, raging debate on economic statistics

12 may 2012 - 08:05:59
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The deepening rift in Ghana’s ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), which is threatening its survival, and [...] Full text...

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UK refutes Kibaki ICC conspirancy allegations

09 march 2012 - 19:16:52
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The British High Commission in Nairobi has dismissed as false claims made in the Kenyan Parliament, [...] Full text...

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MFWA welcomes resumption of transmission by Ivorian TV

15 august 2011 - 18:27:43
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Accra-based sub-regional rights body, Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), Monday welcomed the resumption of [...] Full text...

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SAA celebrates Mandela Day in style

05 july 2011 - 08:30:15
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South African Airways (SAA) on Monday announced that it is branding its entire fleet [...] Full text...

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Gambia police clarify arrest of ex-minister

17 june 2011 - 16:58:06
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia Police spokesperson, Assistant Superintendent Yerro Mballow, has declared that former communications minister Amadou Scattred Janneh, [...] Full text...

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Rights group calls on Gambians to stand up for change

16 june 2011 - 19:29:15
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - A rights group, the Coalition for Change Gambia (CCG), has called on Gambians at home and [...] Full text...

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RAM named official carrier at Brazzaville CAA athletics grand prix

31 may 2011 - 15:03:19
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Royal Air Morocco (RAM) has been named the official carrier during the 12 June CAA [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's opposition party warns President against anarchy

22 may 2011 - 16:37:20
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's main opposition party, the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has warned that the seeming unwillingness [...] Full text...

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US$48m payment to fake oil company, teachers' unrest dominate Ghanaian newspapers

19 march 2011 - 08:04:20
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – Reports that the state-owned refinery, Tema Oil refinery (TOR), paid a whopping US$48 million to a [...] Full text...

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Africa's latest nation gets official name (Corrected)

15 february 2011 - 21:46:57
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Top southern Sudanese politician have named their new state, SOUTH SUDAN, officially avoiding a split [...] Full text...

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Africa's latest nation gets official name

15 february 2011 - 19:41:18
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Top southern Sudanese politician have named their new state, SOUTHERN SUDAN, officially avoiding a split with [...] Full text...

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Rousseff says prepared to work with Kadhafi for success of Africa-Latin America summit

05 january 2011 - 22:22:08
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The new president of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, has expressed her willingness to work with the Libyan [...] Full text...

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Kenyan census campaign wins UN award

05 november 2010 - 18:49:00
New York- US (PANA) -- A media relations campaign which sparked widespread partic ipation in Kenyaâ?s 2009 population census has [...] Full text...

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Trial of alleged al-Qaeda members begins in Nouakchott

18 october 2010 - 22:00:00
Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The trial of alleged members of a cell of Al Qae da in Islamic Maghreb (AQMI) [...] Full text...

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Gambia to tackle low tourist arrivals

08 october 2010 - 13:21:00
Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Gambian President, Yahya Jammeh on Thursday unveiled his country's new tourism logo while calling on all [...] Full text...

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Nigeria at 50: Jonathan launches 50 Naira commemorative note

29 september 2010 - 21:56:00
Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- As part of activities marking Nigeria's 50th independenc e anniversary, President Goodluck Jonathan Wednesday formally launched [...] Full text...

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US senate agrees to triple AIDS funding to Africa

28 september 2010 - 18:46:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The US Senate has agreed to triple its budget to US$ 50 million for programmes on [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's opposition party rejigs ahead of 2011 polls

09 august 2010 - 22:19:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- As part of the ongoing realignment of political parties ahead of the 2011 general elections, Nigeria's [...] Full text...

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Togo opposition party dissolved

26 june 2010 - 11:53:00
Lome- Togo (PANA) – A court in the Togolese capita-l, Lome, on Friday dissolved the Organisation to Build in Unity [...] Full text...

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UNDP, African musicians team up against poverty, hunger

15 may 2010 - 15:00:00
New York- US (PANA) -- The UN Development Programme (UNDP) has teamed up with eig ht renowned African musicians to [...] Full text...

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Virgin Nigeria changes name to Nigerian Eagle Airline

18 september 2009 - 07:49:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- More than four years after launching its operations, th e private sector flag carrier for Nigeria, [...] Full text...

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Libya to host international futsal tournament 5-12 October

11 september 2009 - 17:40:00
Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- Brazil, Spain, Guatemala, Solomon Islands and Libya will take part in an international futsal tournament to [...] Full text...

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3m counterfeit matchboxes seized at Douala port

24 march 2009 - 14:11:00
Douala- Cameroon (PANA) -- A cargo of three million counterfeit matchboxes has been seized at the port of Douala, a [...] Full text...

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Nigeria re-brands for better image

17 march 2009 - 14:36:00
Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- Signalling a determination to change Nigeria's perceptio n as a nation of fraudsters and cheats, the [...] Full text...

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