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Rising rates may trigger financial instability, complicating fight against inflation: IMF Blog By Katharina Bergant, Mai Hakamada, Divya Kirti, and Rui C. Mano

14 february 2025 - 07:45:18
Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - Before the pandemic, investors worried about how persistently low inflation and interest rates would [...] Full text...

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Joint IMF-Regional Financing Arrangements hold dialogue on effective collaboration

24 october 2024 - 06:37:41
Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - The 9th High-level Regional Financing Arrangements (RFAs) Dialogue was held on Wednesday in Washington [...] Full text...

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12 kg of cocaine seized at Bamako international airport

25 july 2024 - 11:17:01
Bamako, Mai (PANA) - The Central Narcotics Office (OCS) at Bamako's Modibo Keita Sénou International Airport seized 12 kg of [...] Full text...

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AfDB grants DRC $260 million loan to strengthen agricultural sector

19 july 2024 - 05:47:57
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a loan of [...] Full text...

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UN, humanitarian partners support East Africa flood victims

02 may 2024 - 05:37:08
New York, US (PANA) -The UN and humanitarian partners have provided emergency support for over 124,000 people in Kenya, where [...] Full text...

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UN expresses solidarity with Kenya following deadly floods

29 april 2024 - 17:49:39
New York, US (PANA) - United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday reiterated the UN’s continued commitment to Kenya in the wake [...] Full text...

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UN imposes sanctions against six people involved in eastern DR Congo violence

21 february 2024 - 08:04:49
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Security Council on Tuesday imposed sanctions against six people involved in the bloody [...] Full text...

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Fighting in DR Congo threatens stability of entire region, envoy warns

21 february 2024 - 06:42:42
New York, US (PANA) - In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo), fighting between the M23 armed group [...] Full text...

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UN Security Council extends DR Congo mission for another year

19 december 2023 - 18:46:20
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Security Council on Tuesday unanimously voted to renew the mandate of the UN [...] Full text...

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Elections looming in DR Congo amid worsening insecurity

12 december 2023 - 05:53:57
New York, US (PANA) - With just nine days to go for the presidential elections in the Democratic Republic of [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: ‘Unfolding catastrophe’ makes humanitarian ceasefire more urgent

06 november 2023 - 19:30:51
New York, US (PANA) - As the conflict intensifies in Gaza, with risk of spillover to the wider region, UN [...] Full text...

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Healthcare in DRC in crisis - WHO

22 september 2023 - 16:39:06
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - Increasing armed violence, forced displacement and devastating floods in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) [...] Full text...

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‘Dire year’ for children caught in conflict, as hospital and school attacks double - UN

28 june 2023 - 06:01:49
New York, US (PANA) - Violations of international law regarding children and armed conflict continued to have a “devastating impact”, [...] Full text...

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Security in eastern DR Congo continues to worsen, Security Council hears

27 june 2023 - 06:16:10
New York, US (PANA) - A senior UN official warned the Security Council on Monday that the security situation in [...] Full text...

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DRC faces acute health crisis amid rising violence - WHO

25 june 2023 - 07:02:32
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The number of internally displaced persons in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has more [...] 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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DR Congo: Security Council warned of ‘considerable’ deterioration in restive east

30 march 2023 - 05:04:25
New York, US (PANA) - The UN envoy to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) warned the Security Council on Wednesday [...] Full text...

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UN human rights chief calls on all nations to abolish death penalty

01 march 2023 - 05:14:58
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, on Tuesday asked all nations to work harder towards [...] Full text...

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Rights group accuses Rwandan-backed M23 rebels of perpetrating summary killings, rapes in DRC

17 february 2023 - 10:52:10
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - Members of the March 23 Movement (M23) rebel group killed at least 20 men and raped [...] Full text...

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Human Rights Watch says atrocities in DR Congo being carried out Rwanda-backed M23 rebels

06 february 2023 - 13:21:35
Goma, DRC (PANA) – The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group has committed summary executions and forced recruitment of civilians in eastern Democratic [...] Full text...

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Community-led responses ‘essential for ending pandemics’ – UNAIDS

16 december 2022 - 04:28:35
New York, US (PANA) - Communities must be empowered and appropriately resourced to lead the fight against HIV/AIDS and other [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian crisis: UNHCR ramps up assistance to refugees, displaced families in northern Ethiopia

12 december 2022 - 05:52:19
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, says it has stepped up assistance to conflict-affected populations in Ethiopia’s [...] Full text...

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Violence erupts in DR Congo’s west as nearly 30,000 flee clashes

11 october 2022 - 10:00:25
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said it is alarmed by a surge of deadly [...] Full text...

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DR Congo's humanitarian situation worsens: UN envoy

01 october 2022 - 14:06:12
New York, US (PANA) - The UN envoy for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Friday denounced the recent [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian crisis: Rights groups flag crimes against humanity in Western Tigray Zone

06 april 2022 - 07:31:41
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Amhara regional security forces and civilian authorities in Ethiopia's Western Tigray Zone have committed widespread abuses against [...] Full text...

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At least 50 killed in DRC's Ituri Province by militias

03 february 2022 - 05:13:01
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - At least 50 people, including women and children, were killed in an attack on Tuesday night at [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian crisis: Eritrean refugees ‘scared and struggling to eat’ amid aid obstacles

21 january 2022 - 17:36:08
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - For the first time in weeks, aid teams have reached refugee camps in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian crisis: Guterres calls for end to conflict after deadly attacks

11 january 2022 - 05:31:11
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Monday he was deeply saddened by reports that more than [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian crisis: Two children killed in airstrike on Tigray refugee camp

07 january 2022 - 04:36:09
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said on Thursday that refugees are not and [...] Full text...

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Humanitarian workers continuing to deliver aid to troubled Ethiopian communities

10 december 2021 - 00:34:26
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The UN humanitarian workers are continuing to provide support to communities affected by the war [...] Full text...

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UNHCR staff members wounded in DR Congo

09 december 2021 - 05:57:40
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) on Wednesday expressed outrage over an attack on a convoy in [...] Full text...

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Gambia's electoral body to receive nomination papers of presidential candidates from Saturday

29 october 2021 - 12:36:08
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia's Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) will begin receiving nomination papers of presidential candidates on Saturday for [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian crisis: UNHCR reiterates calls for suffering of Eritrean refugees in Ethiopian crisis

17 september 2021 - 07:41:10
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has reiterated its urgent call for investigations following the release [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian crisis: Eritrean forces, Tigrayan militants abused Eritrean refugees - says HRW

16 september 2021 - 07:27:31
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Eritrean government forces and Tigrayan militias have committed killings, rape, and other grave abuses against Eritrean refugees [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian crisis: UNHCR says access restored to Tigray camps sheltering Eritrean refugees

11 august 2021 - 05:40:01
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN aid workers said on Tuesday that they have reached two refugee camps for Eritrean nationals [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian crisis: Ceasefire in Tigray more urgent now than ever, says UN relief chief

07 august 2021 - 05:14:05
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A ceasefire in the northern Ethiopian region of Tigray on humanitarian grounds is needed now more [...] Full text...

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Tigray fighting hampering relief operations in northern Ethiopia

30 july 2021 - 22:32:10
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Humanitarian organisations have faced serious challenges in delivering aid to the troubled Northern region of [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian crisis: UNHCR says Eritrean refugees in Tigray caught up in conflict

28 july 2021 - 10:28:06
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN refugee agency has expressed extreme worry about the fate of thousands of Eritrean refugees [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian crisis: Situation in Eritrean refugee camps in Tigray deteriorating - UNHCR

16 july 2021 - 05:43:26
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has flagged the rapidly deteriorating situation in two [...] Full text...

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Tigray: UNHCR says extremely concerned about Eritrean refugees

13 july 2021 - 21:04:05
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, said Tuesday he was extremely concerned [...] Full text...

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Bandits convert Nigeria Army lands to safe hideouts for criminal activities

18 may 2021 - 15:46:52
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Bandits have taken over and established camps in vast areas of land belonging to the Nigerian [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian Crisis: WFP seeks US$170 million to respond to food security emergency in Tigray

25 march 2021 - 07:38:51
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) –  The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has begun providing emergency food assistance to vulnerable [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian Crisis: Eritrean troops accused of possible crimes against humanity in Tigray region

26 february 2021 - 08:38:53
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Eritrean troops fighting in Ethiopia’s Tigray state systematically killed hundreds of unarmed civilians in the [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian Crisis: Guterres says 'urgent steps' needed to alleviate suffering in Tigray region

03 february 2021 - 15:29:51
New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations Secretary-General, on Tuesday, voiced grave concerns over the crisis in Ethiopia’s Tigray [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian crisis: UNHCR regains access to two refugee camps

19 january 2021 - 10:45:56
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has regained access to two refugee camps in Tigray [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian Crisis: 25,000 refugees in unsettled Tigray region receive urgent UN food supplies

29 december 2020 - 13:31:07
Mekelle, Ethiopia (PANA) - Some 25,000 Eritrean refugees, sheltering in two camps in the unsettled Tigray region of Ethiopia, have [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian Crisis: UN agencies deliver lifeline food assistance to 25,000 Eritrean refugees in Tigray region

28 december 2020 - 11:31:04
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Eritrean refugees in two camps in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia received a month’s worth of food [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian Crisis: Hundreds of civilians reported killed in artillery strikes, warns UN rights chief

22 december 2020 - 17:11:07
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Reports of artillery strikes on civilians and mass killings of non-combatants in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, must be investigated and full [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian Crisis: Ethiopia 'safely' returning Eritrean refugees to their camps

11 december 2020 - 17:07:28
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Government of Ethiopia says it is "safely" returning Eritrean refugees to their respective camps [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian PM Abiy calls for non-interference in country's internal affairs

25 november 2020 - 11:41:12
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Wednesday asked the international community to keep to the [...] Full text...

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Reported Ethiopia massacre: UN rights chief warns of spiralling situation, war crimes

13 november 2020 - 21:47:49
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Disturbing reports of an alleged massacre have surfaced in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, amid fighting between national [...] Full text...

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Scores of civilians killed in Ethiopia's Tigray conflict

12 november 2020 - 21:52:30
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Scores of civilians have been killed in Mai-Kadra in South-Western Tigray state, most of them, [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Gambian President Barrow accused of breaking his own laws

13 july 2020 - 17:49:35
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – Mai Amhed Fatty, Gambia’s former Interior Minister, on Monday took a jab at President Adama Barrow, [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Mauritanian citizens stranded abroad due to COVID-19 pandemic to be repatriated

05 june 2020 - 23:00:07
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian government will repatriate hundreds of citizens stranded abroad because of the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) [...] Full text...

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Nigeria military 'kill 200 bandits' in the northwest

24 may 2020 - 18:26:45
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Armed Forces said on Sunday that the Nigeria Air Force (NAF) killed “close to [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Eritrean detainees live in crowded, filthy prison cells

21 may 2020 - 20:50:31
Asmara, Eritrea (PANA) – Amnesty International has decried the overcrowding and the filthy conditions in which detainees in Eritrea are [...] Full text...

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DRC government reassures populations over its determination to reach zero leprosy case

27 january 2020 - 21:38:55
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The minister of Public Health, Dr Eteni Longondo, Monday reassured the people of the determination [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Northeast Nigerian State of Borno inducts 150 Cameroonian hunters and viglantes into war against Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorism

24 november 2019 - 10:03:03
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – To underscore the precarious nature of the fight against Boko Haram and Islamic State in West [...] Full text...

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AFESD, Mauritania sign agreement for 163 million dollars to fund country's road network

26 october 2019 - 12:39:23
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian government and the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD) Friday signed a [...] Full text...

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Buhari commends Police for discovery of child-theft racket, fake Quaranic correctional centres

19 october 2019 - 17:24:08
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria's President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Saturday commended the Nigeria Police for the discovery of a child-theft [...] Full text...

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Ebola 'on the run' in DR Congo - WHO

10 october 2019 - 15:48:18
Geneva. Switzerland (PANA) - Efforts to eradicate the deadly Ebola epidemic in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are proving [...] Full text...

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WHO, partners launch emergency vaccination campaign to contain world’s largest measles outbreak

26 september 2019 - 10:27:57
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) – With the world’s largest and fastest-moving measles epidemic continuing to expand throughout the Democratic Republic of the [...] Full text...

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Publishing of beneficiaries of African Peacebuilding Network research grants

26 august 2019 - 21:46:14
List 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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MSF: DR Congo's deadly measles outbreak is 'spreading like wildfire'

18 august 2019 - 09:30:39
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Medical charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), is warning that DR Congo's deadly measles outbreak is "spreading [...] Full text...

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'1,900 civilians killed in DR Congo's Kivus over 2 years'

14 august 2019 - 10:34:53
Goma, DR Congo (PANA) – Armed groups in DR Congo's eastern Kivu provinces have killed 1,900 civilians and abducted more than [...] Full text...

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‘Deadly environment’ plus ‘political and social’ obstacles hinder Ebola fight in DR Congo

25 july 2019 - 05:21:26
New York, US (PANA) - The problems of eradicating Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are not only [...] Full text...

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Armed bandits again kill 18 persons in Northwest Nigeria

21 june 2019 - 19:24:21
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The violence in Northwest Nigeria continues as armed bandits killed 18 persons in some communities in [...] Full text...

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President Mnangagwa critic, Pastor Chiwenga, alleges assassination attempt on his life

21 june 2019 - 18:40:41
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Outspoken cleric, Pastor Talent Chiwenga, has gone viral on social media alleging that his recent horrific [...] Full text...

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Tripartite commission to organise voluntary repatriation of refugees from DR Congo

09 june 2019 - 05:32:08
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - A Tripartite Commission comprising Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo), Republic of Congo and United [...] Full text...

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Congolese government to help boat disaster victims

29 may 2019 - 20:39:24
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The President of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Felix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo, has instructed [...] Full text...

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MONUSCO deplores new attack of armed groups in Butembo in DRC

08 may 2019 - 21:37:41
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - MONUSCO has deployed a quick reaction force to support the DRC armed forces (FARDC), following [...] Full text...

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Residents kill seven armed bandits in local chief's palace in northwest Nigeria

02 may 2019 - 09:30:25
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The violence and kidnappings in Northwest Nigeria has drawn the ire of the people to self-help [...] Full text...

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Floby crowned best musician artist of the year in Burkina Faso

27 april 2019 - 13:16:29
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkinabe artist-musician Florent Belemgnegre, allias Floby, won the Kunde d'or for the second time on [...] Full text...

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Team from MONUSCO temporary base deployed in Yumbi

27 march 2019 - 22:23:05
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - A team from a temporary base of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in DR Congo [...] Full text...

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DR Congo Ebola centre attacks could force retreat against the deadly disease, warns WHO chief

15 march 2019 - 07:01:27
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Attacks on Ebola treatment centres in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), risk reversing the [...] 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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Niger launches a program to promote peaceful democratic alternation

12 february 2019 - 22:32:56
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) in Niger, in collaboration with USAID (American Agency for International [...] Full text...

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Nearly 900 reportedly killed following ‘shocking’ intercommunal attacks in DR Congo - UN

17 january 2019 - 05:15:48
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) said on Wednesday that at least 890 villagers were [...] Full text...

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DRC ‘calm but tense’ as country awaits presidential election result

04 january 2019 - 18:53:09
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The post-election environment in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is “calm but tense” as [...] Full text...

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Eritrean families flood into Ethiopia to seek refugee status after border re-opening

11 october 2018 - 08:30:31
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Hundreds of Eritrean families are flooding into Ethiopia to re-unite with their loved ones [...] Full text...

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President Kiir sacks South Sudan labour minister

26 august 2018 - 11:27:13
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - South Sudanese President Salva Kiir has sacked the Labour minister, General Gathoth Gatkuoth Hothnyang, and [...] Full text...

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President Barrow names new VP in Gambian cabinet reshuffle

29 june 2018 - 17:44:16
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian President Adama Barrow on Friday reshuffled his cabinet removing Vice President Fatoumata Tambajang and [...] Full text...

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UDP wins Gambia’s local council election

13 april 2018 - 19:57:37
Banjul, The Gambia (PANA) – Gambia’s biggest party, the United Democratic Party (UDP), has won Thursday's local council elections, claiming [...] Full text...

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Fifteen dead in Kenya bus river plunge

10 april 2018 - 17:16:41
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Fifteen people died on Tuesday afternoon after the bus they were travelling in plunged into a [...] Full text...

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Gambian opposition leader faults gov’t over treatment of Gambian deportees

23 march 2018 - 09:29:01
Gambia, Gambia (PANA) - The leader and Secretary General of the opposition Gambia Moral Congress (GMC) party has blamed the [...] Full text...

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Former minister urges Gambian doctors to end strike action

19 march 2018 - 12:15:12
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – The leader of Gambia Moral Congress (GMC) party, Mai Ahmad Fatty, on Monday urged striking Gambia [...] Full text...

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Thousands flee violence in eastern DR Congo

30 january 2018 - 19:07:41
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – Surging violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is driving thousands of people into [...] Full text...

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President Barrow appoints new Interior minister

04 december 2017 - 19:22:04
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – Gambian President Adama Barrow on Monday named Habib Saihou Drammeh as Minister of Interior. Until his appointment, [...] Full text...

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US: Despite progress on voter registration, DR Congo faces challenges on election timeline – UN envoy

11 october 2017 - 22:39:59
New York, US (PANA) – The notion that elections would most probably not be held before the end of 2017 [...] Full text...

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DR Congo: Calm prevails in Uvira after clashes

29 september 2017 - 11:51:21
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Calm has returned to Uvira, in South-Kivu of DR Congo, on Thursday evening after an [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Nigerian security service arrests ISIS commander in West Africa

09 september 2017 - 19:57:55
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Department of State Services (DSS) on Saturday said suspected Boko Haram terrorists planned to [...] Full text...

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Gambia: President Barrow meets Sudanese leader in Saudi Arabia

03 september 2017 - 20:00:22
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - While performing the hajj rituals in Makkah, the Gambian President, Adama Barrow, paid a courtesy call [...] Full text...

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Gambia: Minister says more bodies to be exhumed after investigation

24 july 2017 - 09:42:02
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Mai Ahmat Fatty, Gambia’s Interior Minister, has said that the government would order the exhumation of [...] Full text...

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Gambia: Gambia Interior minister denies invasion threat

10 july 2017 - 14:15:23
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambian Minister of Interior, Mai Ahmed Fatty, has dismissed reports that former President Yahya Jammeh [...] Full text...

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Gambia: Journalists Union condemns attack on journalist by 3 political parties

08 march 2017 - 14:02:46
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambia Press Union (GPU) has strongly condemned the attack on Foroyaa newspaper reporter, Kebba Jeffang, [...] Full text...

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Gambia: President Barrow appoints 11 ministers

01 february 2017 - 20:04:08
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian President Adama Barrow on Wednesday appointed 11 ministers who were sworn in the same day. Gambia’s [...] Full text...

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Gambia: Gambia’s opposition leader says executive directive 'does not constitute law'

18 january 2017 - 13:38:47
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - A Gambian opposition leader and member of coalition that defeated President Yahya Jammeh in the 1 [...] Full text...

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Gambia: Gambia's military command detains 11 army officers

17 january 2017 - 00:00:01
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia’s military high command has, in collaboration with the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), arrested [...] Full text...

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Senegal: Gambian opposition says no court injunction can stop Barrow's inauguration

13 january 2017 - 15:58:15
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Lawyer Mai Fatty, a leading member of Gambia's opposition coalition, has said that no court injunction [...] Full text...

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Gambia: Gambia’s opposition coalition urges the world to caution president Jammeh

12 december 2016 - 17:25:05
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia’s opposition coalition on Monday urged the international community to caution President Yahya Jammeh to immediately [...] Full text...

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Gambia: Opposition condemns president Jammeh's rejection of results

10 december 2016 - 07:40:45
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – Leaders of Gambia's opposition coalition that won an historic election on 1 December have condemned President [...] Full text...

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Mali: 'Trial of former junta leader must bring justice for abductions, torture and murder'

29 november 2016 - 06:41:42
Bamako, Mai (PANA) - Human sights group Amnesty International says the opening of the trial of former Malian junta leader [...] Full text...

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Thailand: Future of food security depends on irrigation methods that adapt to climate change – UN agency

08 november 2016 - 06:35:43
Chiang Mai, Thailand (PANA) - The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has warned that in order to adapt [...] Full text...

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UN: UN envoy calls for accountability in remembering Walikale mass rape in DRC

30 july 2016 - 14:56:48
New York, US (PANA) - Ahead of the six-year remembrance of a mass rape of more than 300 civilian residents [...] Full text...

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UN: UN chief lauds Seychelles' leadership role on climate action

07 may 2016 - 19:51:48
New York, US (PANA) -The problems facing our planet. which includes climate change, poverty and insecurity will only be solved [...] Full text...

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US: Security Council calls for regional solutions to challenges of Great Lakes nations

01 april 2016 - 06:53:02
New York, US (PANA) – The Security Council has expressed regret over the limited progress in implementing national and regional [...] Full text...

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France: OIF secretary-general visits Indian Ocean member states

22 march 2016 - 10:21:54
Paris, France (PANA) - Francophonie International Organisation (OIF) Secretary-General Michaëlle Jean on Tuesday began a week-long official visit to [...] Full text...

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UN: UNHCR says waves of violence in eastern DRC force thousands to flee

29 january 2016 - 19:47:15
New York, US (PANA) - Armed militia and rebel groups in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are again targeting the [...] Full text...

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Belgium: OIF sends election observation mission to CAR

29 december 2015 - 14:25:08
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – A delegation from the International Francophonie Organization (OIF), led by former Nigerien minister Boukar Mai Manga, [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Nigerian govt dismisses Boko Haram pledge of allegiance to ISIS

11 march 2015 - 16:48:50
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian federal government Wednesday said there was no evidence that the Islamist extremist rebel group, [...] Full text...

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Gambia: Opposition leader wants age limit removed for presidential aspirants

07 february 2015 - 08:01:33
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Opposition Gambia Moral Congress party (GMC) has called on the Gambian government to remove the [...] Full text...

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DR Congo: Human rights violations drop

05 february 2015 - 12:17:52
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) – The UN Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) has reported 2,360 human rights violations in DR [...] Full text...

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Gambia: Opposition says no elections without reform

30 january 2015 - 07:39:21
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian opposition party, the Gambia Moral Congress (GMC), says it will not take part in any [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: UNHCR alarmed about ignored humanitarian catastrophe in DRC's Katanga province

18 november 2014 - 16:41:30
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) Tuesday expressed deep concern about the catastrophic humanitarian situation [...] Full text...

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2014 CAF Champions league final: ES Setif holds AS Vita Club to 2-2 draw

26 october 2014 - 18:52:02
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - ES Setif of Algeria on Sunday drew 2-2 with AS Vita Club of DR Congo [...] Full text...

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2014 CAF Champions league final: AS Vita hosts ES Setif in first-leg match (Preview by Vincent Obi, PANA Editor)

26 october 2014 - 09:41:29
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Former champions AS Vita Club of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and ES Setif of [...] Full text...

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Mauritania: National airline gets new aircraft

23 july 2014 - 09:13:15
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - National flag carrier Mauritania International Airlines (MAI) has taken delivery of a new Embraer-145 aircraft for [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Alleged Abuja terror mastermind extradited back to Nigeria

15 july 2014 - 16:11:40
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The alleged mastermind of the 14 April bombing in Nyanya, near Abuja, Abubakar Sadiq Ogwuche, which [...] Full text...

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Ghana: ECOWAS summit, erratic power supply reported in Ghana

31 may 2014 - 10:51:05
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The one-day extraordinary summit of ECOWAS leaders in Accra, Ghana, on Friday and the continuing erratic [...] Full text...

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Cameroon: Cameroon to celebrate 42nd anniversary of national unity

16 may 2014 - 23:09:44
Yaoundé, Cameroon (PANA) - Cameroon will on 20 May celebrate, the 42nd anniversary of national unity under the theme, "The [...] Full text...

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Mauritania: 106 Mauritanians repatriated from CAR

08 february 2014 - 13:53:16
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The first batch of 106 Mauritanians, repatriated from the Central African Republic (CAR), arrived in Nouakchott [...] Full text...

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Mauritania: Ministers discuss formation of sub-regional airline

26 january 2014 - 20:13:28
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Air Transport Ministers from Mauritania, Mali and Niger gathered here Sunday to iron out details in [...] Full text...

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UN report: Creative economies boost growth, social, cultural development

14 november 2013 - 20:18:40
New York, US (PANA) – A UN report says in addition to economic benefits, the creative economy, which includes audiovisual [...] Full text...

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EU representative welcomes pact between Malian govt., Tuareg rebels

19 june 2013 - 12:28:36
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Special Representative of the European Union (EU) for the Sahel, Michel Reveyrand de Menthon, has [...] Full text...

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WFP warns of deteriorating humanitarian situation in DRC

04 may 2013 - 16:00:14
New York, US (PANA) - The UN World Food Programme (WFP) on Saturday warned that the security situation remains volatile [...] Full text...

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Adopted Madonna son visits orphanage in Malawi

03 april 2013 - 18:25:41
Mchinji, Central Malawi (PANA) - US pop diva Madonna, currently visiting Malawi, Wednesday took her Malawian children back to the [...] Full text...

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DRC peace deal signed in Ethiopia

24 february 2013 - 11:31:09
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Leaders of 11 African countries and four regional and international organizations on Sunday signed a [...] Full text...

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Tanzanian to command MONUSCO special brigade

28 january 2013 - 20:59:02
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) –A special brigade of some 2,000 soldiers, which will be set up within the United Nations [...] Full text...

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Gambian opposition party demands electoral reforms

08 january 2013 - 20:07:23
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The opposition Gambia Moral Congress (GMC) is demanding electoral reforms as precondition for participation in any [...] Full text...

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Zambia relocates 195 Congolese refugees

31 december 2012 - 12:52:57
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHRC) in Zambia has announced the relocation of 195 [...] Full text...

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Gambian opposition party petitions govt over 'rights atrocities'

26 december 2012 - 18:04:07
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The opposition Gambia Moral Congress (GMC) party has petitioned the ruling government over alleged ''human rights [...] Full text...

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BREAKING NEWS: Suicide bombers attack telecom facilities in Nigeria

22 december 2012 - 11:13:23
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Suicide bombers have carried out two separate attacks against telecommunication facilities in Kano, in what seems [...] Full text...

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Fresh DR Congo refugees arrive in Rwanda

18 december 2012 - 21:33:21
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) – A new group of about 250 refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) arrived in [...] Full text...

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Gambian opposition calls for mass protest against govt

13 december 2012 - 19:21:38
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The opposition Gambia Moral Congress (GMC) has called for a global protest following ''the latest escalation [...] Full text...

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Gambian opposition party wants detained Moslem cleric released

11 december 2012 - 15:20:28
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Expressing concern over the fate of detained Moslem cleric, Imam Baba Leigh, Opposition party, The Gambia [...] Full text...

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UNHCR shifts attention to IDPs, rape victims in DRC's Kivu

08 december 2012 - 14:44:20
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has said that the power struggle between government [...] Full text...

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Kenyan runner Cheromei sets course record in Yokohama

18 november 2012 - 17:11:50
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan runner Lydia Cheromei Sunday won the 4th edition of Yokohama Women's Marathon with a new [...] Full text...

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GMC opposes call for removal of Pan African rights body from Gambia

10 october 2012 - 19:04:12
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The opposition Gambia Moral Congress (GMC) Wednesday opposed calls to relocate the African Human Rights Commission [...] Full text...

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Over 3,000 Congolese flee to Uganda to escape fighting

28 september 2012 - 08:34:30
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The UN refugee agency said fighting between rebel fighters and a militia group in eastern Democratic [...] Full text...

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Gambia opposition GMC to rally against ‘killings’

28 august 2012 - 21:19:53
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambia opposition party, the Gambia Moral Congress (GMC), on Tuesday announced plans to hold political [...] Full text...

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Gambian opposition wants reconciliation, dialogue

03 august 2012 - 20:57:00
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Mai Ahmed Fatty, the leader of opposition Gambia Moral Congress (GMC), has challenged the government to [...] Full text...

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UN official condemns sexual violence by renegade soldiers in DRC

19 july 2012 - 08:30:49
New York, US (PANA) - The Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Mr. Vijay Nambiar, [...] Full text...

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UN urged to protect civilians in DR Congo's North Kivu

12 july 2012 - 18:37:56
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The UN Security Council must call on the Rwandan government to stop providing support for the [...] Full text...

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Gambian opposition leader calls for release of detained Moslem cleric

07 june 2012 - 12:47:19
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Gambian opposition leader Mai Ahmed Fatty has called for the release of detained Moslem cleric, Imam [...] Full text...

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Gambian opposition leader supports Jammeh on tackling crime

29 may 2012 - 18:20:44
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Mai Ahmed Fatty, leader of the opposition Gambia Moral Congress (GMC), has expressed support for the [...] Full text...

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Gambian opposition leader wants “obnoxious” laws repealed

21 may 2012 - 15:38:08
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Mai Ahmad Fatty, the leader of opposition Gambia Moral Congress (GMC), has called on the country’s [...] Full text...

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IFJ condemns suspension of radio station in DR Congo

16 may 2012 - 21:37:42
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The global press freedom body, International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), on Wednesday condemned the suspension of [...] Full text...

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Gambian government challenged on alleged land deal

15 may 2012 - 18:16:19
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Mai Ahmed Fatty, the leader of opposition Gambia Moral Party (GMC), has challenged the government to [...] Full text...

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FAO, JICA sign deal to implement agric projects in South Kordufan, Blue Nile

08 may 2012 - 15:13:34
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has signed an agreement, worth US$ 1.45 million, with [...] Full text...

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Gambian opposition leader calls for electoral reform

30 april 2012 - 19:04:07
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Mai Ahmed Fatty, the leader of opposition Gambia Moral Party (GMC), has called for an electoral [...] Full text...

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(2ND UPDATE)'Death toll from Nigeria church bombing rises to 11'

11 march 2012 - 20:36:09
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Eleven people died and 22 were injured in Sunday's suicide bombing of a Catholic Church in [...] Full text...

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Suspected Boko Haram members continue school burning in Nigeria

02 march 2012 - 09:41:07
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Suspected Boko Haram members have burnt two more schools in the sect's home base of Maiduguri, [...] Full text...

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Nigeria 'deports' 7,000 illegal immigrants over Boko Haram bombings

27 february 2012 - 10:40:01
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria has deported 7,000 illegal immigrants, mostly from neighbouring Chad and Niger, as part of efforts [...] Full text...

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Emirates airline opens office in Nouakchott

31 january 2012 - 22:36:30
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Emirates airline on Tuesday opened an office in Nouakchott, Mauritania, to contribute to promote and develop [...] Full text...

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Opposition leader Fatty returns home from exile

18 november 2011 - 22:12:18
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian opposition leader Mai Ahmad Fatty has returned home after four ears in self-imposed exile and [...] Full text...

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Mauritania Airlines to launch flights to Dakar on Sunday

18 october 2011 - 12:11:14
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The national carrier Mauritania Airlines International (MAI) will launch its Dakar, Senegal, flights on Sunday, a [...] Full text...

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Nigerian court nullifies election of 10 opposition parliamentarians

29 september 2011 - 14:30:03
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Two senators and eight members of the House of Representatives from the northern Katsina State, who [...] Full text...

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UN report says sexual violence in DRC a war crime

07 july 2011 - 19:14:09
New York, US (PANA) - A UN report, released in Geneva, Switzerland, Thursday said that rape as a weapon of [...] Full text...

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UNESCO scrutinizes World Heritage sites

20 june 2011 - 14:45:35
Paris, France (PANA) - The future of the World Heritage Convention ahead of its 40th anniversary next year and the [...] Full text...

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Poachers slaughter elephants, monkeys in DRC reserve

19 may 2011 - 19:14:36
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Twenty elephants and nearly 100 monkeys were killed by poachers in the Okapi reserve in [...] Full text...

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Gambian opposition party condemns Gbagbo

20 april 2011 - 12:38:41
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Gambia's opposition Gambia Moral Congress (GMC) has condemned former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo for “the illegitimate [...] Full text...

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Gambian opposition party condemns police

25 march 2011 - 22:04:34
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Gambian opposition party, Gambia Moral Congress (GMC), has condemned the West African nation’s police force for [...] Full text...

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Gambia's opposition leader doubts credibility of electoral body

15 march 2011 - 15:34:12
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia's main opposition party, the United Democracy Party (UDP), has raised doubts over the credibility of [...] Full text...

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MFWA wants free, fair elections in Gambia

15 march 2011 - 13:40:49
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Accra-based sub-regional rights body, the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), has condemned the Gambian [...] Full text...

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CHAN 2011: Warm welcome for Niger team after elimination

22 february 2011 - 12:43:48
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Members of Niger's home-based national football team returned home to a triumphant welcome Monday night, despite [...] Full text...

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EU backs ecological preservation of Seychelles

16 february 2011 - 16:24:49
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The European Union (EU) has offered a budget of 767,000 euros to the Seychelles Foundation [...] Full text...

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Nigerian president insists all eligible voters will be registered

20 january 2011 - 19:30:49
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - President Goodluck Jonathan has hinted that the current voter registration exercise in Nigeria, which took off [...] Full text...

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DRC warlord condemned to death

23 december 2010 - 18:53:16
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA).- Mr. Gédéon Mutang, warlord and former head of the Maï Maï insurrection movement, in the south-east [...] Full text...

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UN Security Council steps up fight against sexual violence

17 december 2010 - 18:25:37
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Security Council on Friday called on the international community to publicly list perpetrators [...] Full text...

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WAEMU football "tourney of integration" begins Sunday in Niger

04 november 2010 - 13:49:00
Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- National teams from eight member countries of the West Af rican Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) [...] Full text...

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ICRC says sexual violence is a war crime

02 november 2010 - 19:08:00
New York- US (PANA) -- The International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) Tuesd ay said sexual violence is a [...] Full text...

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UN condemns attack on peacekeepers in DRC

26 october 2010 - 14:57:00
New York- US (PANA) -- UN Secretary-General's Special Representative to the Democ ratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Roger Meece, has [...] Full text...

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Errant lion shot dead in DR Congo

25 october 2010 - 12:48:00
Kinshasa- DR Congo (PANA) -- A lion that has terrorised the District of Mai-Ndomb e in the Bandundu province of [...] Full text...

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Seven die in Kenyan stadium stampede

24 october 2010 - 09:12:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Seven football fans died at the Nyayo National Stadium S aturday when a stampede broke out [...] Full text...

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Gambian opposition leader condemns detention of gender activists

18 october 2010 - 16:26:00
Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The opposition Gambia Moral Congress (GMC) party on Sunday condemned the arrest and detention of two [...] Full text...

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European MPs want mass raping in DRC ended

15 october 2010 - 13:50:00
Brussels- Belgium (PANA) -- The European Parliament has adopted a resolution call ing for the end to rapes and other [...] Full text...

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UN probes gang rapes in DRC

29 september 2010 - 19:05:00
New York- US (PANA) -- The UN Secretary-General's Special Representative on Sexual Violence, Margot Wallstrom, on Wednesday began a week-long [...] Full text...

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'Security operation successful in eastern DRC'

17 september 2010 - 10:18:00
Kinshasa- DR Congo (PANA) -- Operation 'Shop Window', aimed at providing security for the people of eastern DR Congo following [...] Full text...

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UN official says peacekeepers failed to prevent DRC rapes

08 september 2010 - 21:08:00
New York- US (PANA) -- UN Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Atul Khare, has said the UN peacekeepers did not [...] Full text...

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UN to ensure better protection of civilians after DRC rape

31 august 2010 - 12:44:00
Kinshasa- DR Congo (PANA) -- Following the rape of 154 civilians along a stretch of road in North Kivu, DR [...] Full text...

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UN Security Council condemns mass rape in DR Congo

27 august 2010 - 18:06:00
New York- US (PANA) -- The UN Security Council has voiced outrage at the recent m ass rape of civilians [...] Full text...

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UN says hundreds of DR Congo women gang-raped

24 august 2010 - 20:14:00
New York- US (PANA) -- The UN confirmed on Tuesday that more than 150 women were gang-raped last month in [...] Full text...

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Housing deal, opposition party primaries make headlines in Ghana

07 august 2010 - 09:31:00
Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- The approval of a controversial housing deal between a Kor ean construction company and the government [...] Full text...

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Gabon airline suspends flights

03 august 2010 - 21:50:00
Libreville- Gabon (PANA)- â" A private Gabonese airline, Air Service, on Tuesday announced the suspension of its activities in Gabon [...] Full text...

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China gives Zimbabwe US$45m loan

02 june 2010 - 07:58:00
Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- China Wednesday gave Zimbabwe a US$45 million loan to improve its telecommunications infrastructure. The loan, [...] Full text...

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Gambia urged to comply with ECOWAS court verdict

02 may 2010 - 18:49:00
Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The opposition party, Gambia Moral Congress (GMC) has urged government to comply with the Economic Community [...] Full text...

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Ombudsmen discuss good governance in Africa

12 april 2010 - 22:34:00
Luanda- Angola (PANA) -- The role of the ombudsman and good governance is the mai n topic at the Third [...] Full text...

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Gambians remember 14 'slain' students

11 april 2010 - 16:05:00
Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Gambians across the globe this weekend held activities i n remembrance of the 14 students killed [...] Full text...

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Gambian journalist alleges death threats

09 april 2010 - 17:12:00
Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Yusupha Cham, a Gambian journalist resident in United Ki ngdom, is living in fear, having repeatedly [...] Full text...

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Cameroon may replace imported flour in bread making

11 march 2010 - 15:51:00
Yaounde- Cameroon (PANA) -- Cameroon may replace imported flour with Cassava, mai ze and sweet potatoes which could be used [...] Full text...

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Composition of transitional government in Niger

02 march 2010 - 13:02:00
Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- Following is the composition of the transitional governme nt announced in Niamey, Niger, Monday by the [...] Full text...

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Another 'gay' arrest in Malawi as police intensfy hunt for homosexuals

15 february 2010 - 17:43:00
Blantyre- Malawi (PANA) -- A 60-year-old man in the Malawi commercial capital, Bl antyre, has been arrested for sodomising a [...] Full text...

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Police say gun-running rampant in Kenya

12 february 2010 - 15:47:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- As investigators attempt to unravel the riddle of the hu ge cache of arms recovered in [...] Full text...

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West African parliamentarians meet on childhood protection

25 january 2010 - 21:13:00
Saly Portudal- Senegal (PANA) -- Parliamentarians from nine West African countrie s on Monday began a meeting in Saly Portudal [...] Full text...

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China claims credit for higher African earnings on oil, others

12 january 2010 - 12:57:00
Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- China is responsible for the increased prices Afr ican producers of oil and gas are [...] Full text...

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Zim telecommunication density rises sharply

04 january 2010 - 18:50:00
Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- As Zimbabwe's economy picked up last year, so did its telecommunications sector, a government study released [...] Full text...

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Investigate Hydaraâ?s murder, Gambian opposition party insists

17 december 2009 - 15:45:00
Dakar- Senegal (PANA)- â" The opposition party, Gambia Moral Congress (GMC) has expressed shock over the unresolved murder case of [...] Full text...

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12 African films selected for Dubai film festival

08 december 2009 - 12:18:00
Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Twelve African films have been selected for the sixth ed ition of the International Film Festival [...] Full text...

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12 African films selected for Dubai film festival

08 december 2009 - 10:09:00
Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Twelve African films have been selected for the sixth ed ition of the International Film Festival [...] Full text...

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Mauritania celebrates international day for diabetes

14 november 2009 - 16:43:00
Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritania Saturday celebrated the international day for diabetes with the free screening of potential carriers in [...] Full text...

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