Benin contributes CFAF 1.5 billion to four political parties

15 december 2023 - 17:01:14
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - On Friday, the four political parties with elected representatives in the communes and the National Assembly [...] Full text...

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Tunisian PM sets up new Tahya Tounes political party

05 march 2019 - 13:21:39
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A new political party, Tahya Tounes or  'Vive la Tunisie', formed by Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef [...] Full text...

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UN report outlines measures to check environmental hazards

12 november 2010 - 18:11:00
New York- US (PANA) -- A UN report said losses caused by natural disasters across the world could triple to [...] Full text...

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Congo to launch vaccination campaign against poliomyelitis

09 november 2010 - 16:26:00
Brazzaville- Congo (PANA) -- The Congolese government will Friday launch a vaccin ation campaign against poliomyelitis that has ravaged Pointe-Noire, [...] Full text...

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Policeman kills 10 in Kenya shooting spree

07 november 2010 - 12:39:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- In a bizarre incident in Siakago, central Kenya, a polic e officer went on a shooting [...] Full text...

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DR Congo launches anti-polio campaign

26 october 2010 - 14:19:00
Kinshasa- DR Congo (PANA) -- The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has launched a mobilization and awareness campaign on the [...] Full text...

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Trial of alleged 1 Oct bombers, Adamu's bribery scandal reported in Nigeria

23 october 2010 - 08:06:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- In a very busy week of mixed grill of stories, the trial of the independence-day bombers [...] Full text...

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Nigeria deploys attack helicopters against Boko Haram Islamists

20 october 2010 - 07:51:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- A few days after troops were deployed to help check the rising killings in Nigeria's northern [...] Full text...

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Suspected Nigerian Islamists attack police station, injure 4 policemen

12 october 2010 - 12:47:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Suspected Boko Haram Islamists Monday night attacked the Gamboru police station in Maiduguri, capital of Nigeria's [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's main opposition party condemns disruption of Igbo summit

29 september 2010 - 11:02:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Nigeria's most voc al opposition party, has strongly condemned the [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's main opposition party condemns disruption of Igbo summit

29 september 2010 - 10:57:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Nigeria's most voc al opposition party, has strongly condemned the [...] Full text...

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World bank grants US$ 43m dollar to Burundi

25 september 2010 - 15:09:00
Bujumbura- Burundi (PANA) -- The World Bank will donate US$ 43 million to Burundi to help the African country implement [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's external reserves down to US$36.6b

22 september 2010 - 09:31:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's external reserves has dropped to US$36. 636 bil lion from US$37. 16 billion naira at [...] Full text...

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'Murdered Zim student was poisoned'

20 september 2010 - 18:13:00
Blantyre- Malawi (PANA) -- An autopsy carried out on the body of the murdered 25- year-old Zimbabwean accountancy student has [...] Full text...

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SERAP asks Nigerian president to appoint special adviser on Sudan

19 september 2010 - 15:21:00
Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- Ahead of the launch of the "global 365 Campaign on Sudan ", the Socio-Economic Rights and [...] Full text...

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Ghana, IDA sign US$313.3 million financing agreements

08 september 2010 - 20:35:00
Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- Ghana and the International Development Association of the World Bank have signed six financing agreements totalling [...] Full text...

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'Gains of Libyan Revolution include human rights'

31 august 2010 - 23:51:00
Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- The gains of the Libyan Revolution include upholding of human rights, particularly with the dissolution of [...] Full text...

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'Gains of Libyan Revolution include human rights'

31 august 2010 - 23:48:00
Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- The gains of the Libyan Revolution include upholding of human rights, particularly with the dissolution of [...] Full text...

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ECOWAS researchers meet in Dakar

31 august 2010 - 23:30:00
Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- About 60 representatives from universities and research centres, members of research networks and resource persons from [...] Full text...

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First lady's tirade on hubby's 'God fathers' captures headlines in Malawi

14 august 2010 - 12:56:00
Blantyre- Malawi (PANA) -- An outburst by the Malawi First Lady, Callista Muthari ka, that no one should claim credit [...] Full text...

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Summit to adopt 2011-2015 African-Arab Action Plan

13 august 2010 - 22:36:00
Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- Various preparatory meetings for the Second Arab-African summit have been refining the joint 2011-2015 African-Arab Action [...] Full text...

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Ban tasks Africa on preventive diplomacy

17 july 2010 - 14:11:00
New York- US (PANA) -- Highlighting the crucial role of preventive diplomacy in s temming conflict, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon [...] Full text...

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UN, Oxford University unveil new index to measure poverty

15 july 2010 - 15:36:00
New York- US (PANA) -- The UN Development Programme (UNDP) and UK-based Oxford Un iversity on Wednesday launched a new [...] Full text...

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Experts call for total revamp of education systems in Africa

06 july 2010 - 17:17:00
Brazzaville- Congo (PANA) -- Two leading educationists Tuesday told African educa tion ministers meeting here on curricular reforms that the [...] Full text...

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Baby-swap case yet to be resolved in Angola

15 june 2010 - 09:58:00
Luanda- Angola (PANA) -- Angolan authorities are continuing with their efforts to resolve the case of baby swapping at Luanda's [...] Full text...

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Burial of Libya plane crash victims begins

14 may 2010 - 21:07:00
Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- The burial of Libyans who died in Wednesday crash at Tri poli airport of Afriqiyah Airways [...] Full text...

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WHO, UNICEF donate US$ 100,000 to fight polio in Angola

11 may 2010 - 19:36:00
Kuito- Angola (PANA) -- Two United Nations (UN) agencies have donated about US$ 1 33,525 for the campaign against polio [...] Full text...

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Nigeria sets up National Sovereign Wealth Fund to manage oil money

20 april 2010 - 18:43:00
Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- A meeting of the Nigerian National Economic Council, an umbrella body for the Governors of the [...] Full text...

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UN to begin DRC peacekeepers' withdrawal in July

14 april 2010 - 17:53:00
New York- US (PANA) -- UN Secretary-General's Special Representative in the Democ ratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Alan Doss, has [...] Full text...

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Guinea govt. bans unauthorised demonstrations

12 april 2010 - 15:51:00
Conakry- Guinea (PANA) -- Guinean Minister of Territorial Administration and Poli tical Affairs, Nawa Damey, on Monday urged political parties [...] Full text...

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SA liberation hero remembered

07 april 2010 - 13:00:00
Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- The ruling African National Congress (ANC) Wedn esday marked the 31st anniversary since the [...] Full text...

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38 die in road accidents in Zimbabwe

05 april 2010 - 16:45:00
Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- Thirty eight people died in road accidents in Zimbabwe over the Easter celebration, police said here [...] Full text...

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Confab on peace process wants ECOWAS mechanisms strengthened

29 march 2010 - 09:08:00
Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- Participants in a week-long international conference to commemorate and evaluate 20 years of ECOWAS' involvement in [...] Full text...

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Liberian leader urges support for ECOWAS peace efforts

29 march 2010 - 08:44:00
Abuja-Nigeria (PANA) -- President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf of Liberia has called fo r â?robust international support" for the ongoing efforts by [...] Full text...

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Same-sex brouhaha, accidents push politics off Malawi headlines

27 march 2010 - 12:56:00
Lilongwe- Malawi (PANA) -- Malawi's first openly gay couple continues to capture Malawi newspaper headlines as their incarceration continues. [...] Full text...

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Malian President to visit Tripoli Saturday

19 march 2010 - 18:37:00
Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- Malian President Amadou Toumani Tourأ©, is expected in Tri poli Saturday, for a three-day working visit [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's Acting President inaugurates advisory panel

04 march 2010 - 12:47:00
Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's Acting President Goodluck Jonathan Thursday in augurated the Presidential Advisory Council (PAC), saying there is [...] Full text...

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Coalition of former office holders in Nigeria wants Yar'Adua out

02 march 2010 - 18:48:00
Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- The Good Governance Group (3G), headed by former Senate President Ken Nnamani, with former Speaker of [...] Full text...

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IMF wants stimulus exit strategies formulated urgently

25 february 2010 - 12:34:00
Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Policy makers in various countries have to urgent ly formulate strategies for exiting from economic [...] Full text...

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Dissolution of cabinet, CEI lead Abidjan papers

13 february 2010 - 19:47:00
Abidjan- Cأ´te d'Ivoire (PANA) -- The dissolution of the state cabinet and the In dependent Electoral Commission (CEI) by Ivorian [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian President seeks expansion of reproductive healthcare

10 february 2010 - 16:03:00
Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Ethiopian President Girma Woldegiorgis has called for the expansion of sexual and reproductive health rights [...] Full text...

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Kadhafi says AU has not made headway since inception

31 january 2010 - 19:20:00
Sirte- Libya (PANA) -- Libyan leader Mouammar Kadhafi, who is also the outgoing A frican Union (AU) chairman, has said [...] Full text...

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AMISOM to welcome police component

28 january 2010 - 20:36:00
Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- A group of 34 police officers is expected to arri ve by February in Mogadishu [...] Full text...

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'Guinean leaders must face law for past atrocities'

26 january 2010 - 11:20:00
Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The International Contact Group (ICG) meeting on Guinea opened here Tuesday, against the backdrop of [...] Full text...

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Health official bemoans vitamin A deficiency in black Africa

19 january 2010 - 22:26:00
Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The National Director of Micronutrient Initiative Senega l, Mr. Banda Ndiaye, on Tuesday said the [...] Full text...

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Angolan Premier to attend Mozambican President's investiture

13 january 2010 - 18:25:00
Luanda- Angola (PANA) -- Angolan Prime Minister Antأ³nio Paulo Kassoma is to atte nd the inauguration on Thursday of the [...] Full text...

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'Violence against journalists persists in Somalia'

11 january 2010 - 12:46:00
Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ ) Monday expressed concern over the continuing [...] Full text...

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Angola puts police personnel on standby for CAN 2010

08 january 2010 - 07:06:00
Luanda- Angola (PANA) -- To ensure the security of players, officials and fans du ring the 10-31 Jan. 2010 [...] Full text...

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SADC Political, Diplomatic Committee to meet in Maputo

05 january 2010 - 18:21:00
Lusaka- Zambia (PANA)- â" The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Poli tical and Diplomatic Committee is scheduled to meet in [...] Full text...

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Angolan police move to curb bank heists

05 january 2010 - 18:02:00
Luanda- Angola (PANA) -- Angola's General Command of National Police has outlined effective strategies to counter any assault on private [...] Full text...

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Britain calls for tough action on corrupt Kenyan leaders

19 december 2009 - 15:47:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The United Kingdom wants the Kenya to act tough on corru ption, an international civil society, [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Stolen free education funds threatens Kibaki legacy

16 december 2009 - 12:58:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki has ordered a probe into th e disappearance of millions of shillings [...] Full text...

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Gaddafi: "Japan's subordination to US hurts its interests"

15 december 2009 - 23:54:00
Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- The Libyan revolutionary leader Colonel Mouammar Gaddafi , the current chairman of the African Union (AU), [...] Full text...

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Exhibition on land investment opens in Tripoli

14 december 2009 - 22:52:00
Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- More than 110 local and international companies speciali sing in construction, architecture and land investment began [...] Full text...

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Arab conference on intellectually handicapped opens

14 december 2009 - 21:28:00
Benghazi- Libya (PANA) -- The first Arab conference on policies supporting people with intellectual deficiency is under way in Benghazi, [...] Full text...

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Malian activist reaffirms opposition to French immigration policy

07 december 2009 - 22:01:00
Cairo- Egypt (PANA) -- The Malian civil society symbolic activist, Aminata Traorأ ©, on Monday reaffirmed the firm opposition of [...] Full text...

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SADC election observer team in Namibia

18 november 2009 - 18:12:00
Windhoek- Namibia (PANA) -- About 100 election observers from the Southern Africa n Development Community (SADC) arrived in Namibia Wednesday [...] Full text...

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Namibia's opposition leader under fire over Swapo cheating claims

06 november 2009 - 14:53:00
Windhoek- Namibia (PANA) -- The Namibian government has reacted angrily to opposi tion party Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) [...] Full text...

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Gaddafi receives message from Bahraini king

05 november 2009 - 20:55:00
Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- The Libyan revolutionary leader, Mouamar Gaddafi, who is the incumbent chairman of the African Union (AU), [...] Full text...

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Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire call for peaceful vote

04 november 2009 - 23:49:00
Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- West African neighbours, Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire, on Wedne sday called for national reconciliation in Cote [...] Full text...

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FIFA U-17 WC: Stage set for Africa to host the world again

23 october 2009 - 08:47:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- With Nigerian organisers saying they are ready to host t he 2009 FIFA Under-17 World Cup, [...] Full text...

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Kinshasa hosts 3rd international conference on women

20 october 2009 - 21:51:00
Kinshasa- DR Congo (PANA) -- The third edition of the international conference on black women, which is a group of [...] Full text...

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Trouble brewing over forced closure of IDP camps in Kenya

14 october 2009 - 16:59:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Trouble is brewing in parts of Kenya after the expiration of a 14-day ultimatum, issued by [...] Full text...

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Suspension of universities teachers' strike, amnesty deal fill Nigerian media

10 october 2009 - 09:59:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The suspension of the strike by university teachers, gov ernment's post-amnesty programme for Niger Delta militants [...] Full text...

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Kadhafi: Political parties break social fabric in Africa

06 october 2009 - 22:32:00
Sebha- Libya (PANA) -- Libyan revolutionary leader and current chairman of the African Union (AU) has said in Sabha, southern [...] Full text...

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25 million children will be malnourished by 2050 in Africa - IFPRI

30 september 2009 - 16:20:00
Kampala- Uganda (PANA) -- The impact of climate change on poor people can be averted with US$ 7 billion additional [...] Full text...

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HRW scoffs at Ethiopia-UK anti-torture deal

17 september 2009 - 19:31:00
Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The Human Rights Watch (HRW) Thursday scoffed at an agreement signed between the Ethiopian government [...] Full text...

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International Contact Group calls for assistance to Mauritania

13 september 2009 - 16:36:00
Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The International Contact Group on Mauritania (ICG-M) ha s called on all bilateral and multilateral partners [...] Full text...

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Kenyan Police chief sacked

08 september 2009 - 13:34:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenya's embattled Police Chief, Maj. -Gen. Hussein Ali, w as finally sacked Tuesday, while the [...] Full text...

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Five Benin opposition parties to field single candidate in 2011 polls

02 september 2009 - 21:17:00
Cotonou- Benin (PANA) -- Benin's main opposition political parties will field a s ingle candidate in the 2011presidential elections, according [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia gets US$240m IMF facility to survive economic woes

28 august 2009 - 12:06:00
Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved about US$240. 6 million [...] Full text...

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Nigerian opposition party seeks investigation into over aged U-17 team

23 august 2009 - 09:24:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) â" Nigeria's opposition Acti-on Congress (AC) on Sunday ca lled for an urgent investigation into the report [...] Full text...

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21 perish in Kenyan road crash

22 july 2009 - 19:24:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Twenty one people were killed and 53 others seriously wo unded in a road accident that [...] Full text...

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Riots flare in Blantyre over suspected satanic practices

15 july 2009 - 19:08:00
Blantyre- Malawi (PANA) -- There were running battles on Wednesday in the high-de nsity Bangwe Township in Malawi's commercial capital, [...] Full text...

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African Finance Ministers, Bank Governors meet in Nigeria

14 july 2009 - 21:40:00
Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- The meeting of the Committee of 10 (C-10) African Minist ers of Finance and Central and [...] Full text...

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West African church leaders caution against EPA

09 july 2009 - 08:34:00
Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- Leaders of churches in West Africa have cautioned the poli tical authorities in the sub-region against [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia’s terror law to silence political opposition - HRW

30 june 2009 - 19:50:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Ethiopia’s draft counter-terrorism law could punish poli tical speech and peaceful protest as terrorist acts and [...] Full text...

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Renewed investor confidence at Nigeria bourse

16 june 2009 - 00:18:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The increased interest by both local and foreign investo rs to take advantage of the various [...] Full text...

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UN official praises Sierra Leone

10 june 2009 - 20:19:00
New York- US (PANA) -- UN representative for the UN Integrated Peacebuilding Offi ce in Sierra Leone, Micheal von der [...] Full text...

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Human Rights Watch scores Yar'Adua low

07 june 2009 - 17:00:00
New York- US (PANA) -- Nigerian President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua has done a poor job of fighting corruption and fixing [...] Full text...

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Global corruption survey finds growing distrust of business

03 june 2009 - 09:19:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The private sector uses bribes to influence public poli cy, laws and regulations, according to opinions [...] Full text...

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UN downgrades global economic forecast for 2009

28 may 2009 - 17:05:00
New York- US (PANA) -- The United Nations (UN) has downgraded its world economic forecast for 2009 with a shrinkage [...] Full text...

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Sixth building and public works show opens

19 may 2009 - 23:03:00
Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- Over 540 local and international enterprises specialisin g in the field of building and public works [...] Full text...

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Swine flu: African health ministers meet on swine flu prevention strategies

04 may 2009 - 22:23:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- African Health Ministers meet in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, Thursday to brainstorm on the availability [...] Full text...

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EAC summit resolves to harmonize trade pacts

30 april 2009 - 18:58:00
Nairobi Kenya (PANA) -- The 10th East African Community (EAC) ordinary summit hel d at Ngurdoto Mountain Lodge, Arusha, Tanzania, [...] Full text...

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Gambia hosts ECOWAS meeting on sub-regional trade

22 april 2009 - 15:01:00
Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- A sub-regional meeting of Inter-Institutional Trade Poli cy Decision-Making Committee got underway on Wednesday in The [...] Full text...

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ECOWAS boss challenges W. African leaders on security

20 april 2009 - 11:58:00
Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- ECOWAS Commission President Mohamed Ibn Chambas Monday c hallenged West African leaders to create a sub-region [...] Full text...

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Radio employees challenge Bishop’s moves to relieve Rev. Fr. Bwalya

15 april 2009 - 15:56:00
Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) – The controversy surroundin-g the dismissal of outspoken c atholic father, Frank Bwalya, as Radio Icengelo station [...] Full text...

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African Union Mission visits General Aziz in Mauritania

13 april 2009 - 20:09:00
Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritanian head of state, General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, on Monday received an African Union (AU) [...] Full text...

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Sarkozy urged to stress need for free, fair polls in Congo

25 march 2009 - 17:44:00
Paris- France (PANA) -- The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and its affiliate organisations in Congo and France Wednesday [...] Full text...

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Kadhafi, Mauritanian coup leader hold talks

10 march 2009 - 17:14:00
Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Libyan leader Mouammar Kadhafi, in his capacity as the Chair of the African Union (AU), held [...] Full text...

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AU Peace and Security Council condemns al-Bashir's arrest warrant

05 march 2009 - 14:54:00
Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the Afric an Union (AU) Thursday expressed its [...] Full text...

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Kenyan minister clinches Africa tourism award

02 march 2009 - 18:23:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenyas's Tourism Minister, Najib Balala, is the 2009 Afr ican Tourism Minister of the Year. [...] Full text...

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Egypt’s Finance Minister confident of future growth

26 february 2009 - 08:15:00
Cairo- Egypt (PANA) -- As the world continues to be embroiled in economic struggl es, the Egyptian finance minister said [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia records progress in care of cancer patients

11 february 2009 - 16:08:00
Paris- France (PANA) -- Ethiopia recorded significant progress in supporting and providing care to people suffering from cancer, by improving [...] Full text...

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Parliament moves to legalize Zimbabwe coalition govt

05 february 2009 - 10:20:00
Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- Zimbabwe's parliament meets here Thursday to amend the constitution which will usher in a coalition government, [...] Full text...

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Kadhafi pledges to steer Africa to unity

04 february 2009 - 15:58:00
Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- African Union (AU) Chairman Muammar Kadhafi said he would utilize the wisdom of former and [...] Full text...

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Africa'll receive more attention under Obama - Analyst

22 january 2009 - 21:36:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) – A Professor of Political S-cience and History at the Amer ican University of Paris in France, [...] Full text...

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Burundi's rebel group, PALIPEHUTU changes name

09 january 2009 - 18:25:00
Bujumbura- Burundi (PANA) -- The Party for the Liberation of the Hutu People/Nati onal Front of Liberation (PALIPEHUTU-FNL) Friday gave [...] Full text...

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