Footballers’ unions take FIFA to court over Club World Cup

14 june 2024 - 06:47:47
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The professional footballers’ unions of England (PFA) and France (UNFP) took FIFA to court in Brussels [...] Full text...

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2023/24 CAF Champions League: All set for first-leg final as Esperance host Ahly

18 may 2024 - 07:30:21
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The stage is set for the latest blockbuster instalment of African club football's greatest rivalry. Esperance of [...] Full text...

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Djibouti, Dubai Port legal tussle continues

19 march 2024 - 14:52:48
London, UK (PANA) - The Dubai Port World, which previously operated a terminal at the Djibouti Port, will press on [...] Full text...

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Kenyan church raps President Ruto over judicial independence

17 february 2024 - 22:59:19
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan President William Ruto's government must respect constitutional barriers, notably guaranteeing the independence of the judiciary [...] Full text...

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20213 AFL: Casablanca’s iconic Stade Mohamed V to host first leg of final

03 november 2023 - 06:35:15
Casablanca, Morocco (PANA) - Casablanca’s iconic Stade Mohamed V, will create history when it hosts the new African Football League [...] Full text...

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South Africa's Zulu king MisuZulu KaZwelithini denies being poisoned

04 july 2023 - 08:00:12
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa's Zulu King MisuZulu KaZwelithini has denied that he was poisoned stating that he is in [...] Full text...

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South Africa's Zulu king MisuZulu KaZwelithini hospitalised in Eswatini amid fears of poisoning

02 july 2023 - 12:19:19
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa's Zulu King MisuZulu KaZwelithini has been hospitalised following an illness, and suspicions of poisoning, South [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Legal tussle over former Mozambican Minister

26 august 2021 - 17:45:15
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A group of Mozambican civil society organisations (CSOs) have approached the North Gauteng High [...] Full text...

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Nairobi Governor loses political battle with President Kenyatta

18 december 2020 - 17:04:37
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Kenyan Senate has impeached the Governor of Nairobi, Gideon Mbuvi, alias Mike Sonko, after an [...] Full text...

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Top Kenyan human rights defender hunted down, arrested over land grab tussle

15 september 2020 - 22:25:27
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – One of Kenya’s top-most human rights defenders has been hunted down and arbitrarily arrested after leading [...] Full text...

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Former Rwandan PM Pierre Damien Habumuremyi arrested over cheques

06 july 2020 - 14:07:36
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) -  Former Rwandan Prime Minister Pierre Damien Habumuremyi, who is legal representative of Christian University of Rwanda, [...] Full text...

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Nigerian Presidency says Buhari not in danger from shooting at his Villa in Abuja

14 june 2020 - 16:19:00
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Presidency on Sunday confirmed the altercations at the Presidential Villa in Abuja between First [...] Full text...

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Kenya's enforcement of social distance more lethal than coronavirus (News feature by Kennedy Abwao, PANA corespondent)

01 april 2020 - 10:16:54
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The use of lethal force to enforce social distancing against coronavirus in Kenya has become deadlier [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus, post-election problems highlighted by Togolese newspapers

15 march 2020 - 15:31:07
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - News about the coronavirus pandemic and the challenge of results of the 22 February presidential election [...] Full text...

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Botswana opposition responds to Masisi's State of the Nation address

20 november 2019 - 18:32:07
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The Botswana coalition opposition party, the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC), says the tussle between former [...] Full text...

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Tanzania Govt, Barrick Gold in new joint venture as Acacia bows out

20 october 2019 - 20:56:29
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The government of Tanzania and Canadian miner, Barrick Gold Corporation, have formed a joint [...] Full text...

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Morocco elected to head of WIPO

04 october 2019 - 09:52:28
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Morocco was unanimously elected on Thursday in Geneva as President of the General Assembly of the [...] Full text...

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Teachers in 2 Togo universities threaten to strike from Monday

12 july 2019 - 11:55:14
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - From next Monday teachers and researchers of the Universities of Lomé and Kara will engage in [...] Full text...

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Nairobi downplays strained relations with Mogadishu over maritime border dispute

23 may 2019 - 12:37:32
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya has downplayed reports of deteriorating relations with Somalia over a maritime border dispute. Foreign Affairs Principal [...] Full text...

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Controversy over Opposition Chief Whip's medical bills dominates Tanzanian media

02 february 2019 - 10:27:31
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Controversy over payment of medical bills to opposition chief whip and Singida East Member [...] Full text...

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Sports PS assures on control of Kenyan National Sports Fund

01 november 2018 - 13:42:06
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's Sports Ministry has dispelled fears that there is conflict between the ministry and the National [...] Full text...

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2018 Women's AFCON: Kenya's participation in limbo over cash control tussle

24 october 2018 - 10:45:26
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's national women’s football team, Harambee Starlets, face the possibility of missing out on next month’s [...] Full text...

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Nigeria averts FIFA ban, recognizes FIFA-backed Amaju Pinnick as authentic NFF President

20 august 2018 - 13:40:49
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Apparently acting to avert an international ban on football-related activities by the World Football Governing Body, [...] Full text...

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Clubs to earn US$8,500 per player per day from 2018 World Cup

06 december 2017 - 07:01:59
Zurich, Switzerland (PANA) - Football clubs which supply squad members for next year’s FIFA World Cup in Russia can look [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Bees strike as CJ reads final presidential poll nullification report

20 september 2017 - 15:34:16
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Bees joined the Kenyan presidential election dispute in Nairobi Wednesday, stinging the police and opposition supporters [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Kenyan poll preparations advance despite contest over ballot paper printing

14 july 2017 - 17:26:19
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Preparations for Kenya's general election are at an advanced stage despite an ongoing tussle over the [...] Full text...

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Sudan: Sudan Football Association escapes FIFA ban

30 june 2017 - 14:17:25
hartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan has survived an International ban in football by FIFA, following the resolution of the power [...] Full text...

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Kenya: SuperSport terminates KPL broadcast contract

07 april 2017 - 14:43:16
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - South African pay television firm SuperSport has terminated its contract with the Kenyan Football League (KPL) [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Political stories dominate Ghanaian media

22 october 2016 - 05:52:59
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – As Ghana’s 7 December presidential and parliamentary elections draw close, the media have been awash with [...] Full text...

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Kenya: FKF, sports development firm tussle over tourney

10 august 2016 - 15:33:15
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Football Kenya Federation (FKF) and Extreme Sports Ltd., a youth talent development company, are tussling over [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Brazil allays Zika Virus fears during Olympic games

28 july 2016 - 13:59:58
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Sportsmen heading to Brazil for the forthcoming 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro should not [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Accra floods, power debate, ruling party's anniversary reported in Ghana

11 june 2016 - 08:00:08
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The perennial flooding in the Ghanaian capital, Accra, which inflicts havoc and pain on residents the [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Workers issue general strike notice in support of striking teachers

09 september 2015 - 20:59:08
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan trade unions on Wednesday threatened to join a protracted salary row between the Government and [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Kenya's David Okeyo lands IAAF Governing Council post

27 august 2015 - 20:43:04
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - World Athletics governing council (IAAF) has picked David Okeyo, the Vice-President of Athletics Kenya, to join [...] Full text...

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Kenya: FKF promotes second tier teams to top league after stalemate

19 february 2015 - 19:45:31
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Football Kenya Federation (FKF) have picked top teams from second tier National Super League to feature [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Supreme Court contest highlights tight presidential race (By Kennedy Abwao, PANA Correspondent)

30 december 2013 - 10:50:28
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Though the 2013 general elections hallmarked the political landscape of Kenya during the year, the tussle [...] Full text...

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Ghanaian newspapers awash with confirmation of President Mahama’s poll victory

31 august 2013 - 07:50:38
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – Thursday’s judgement of the Supreme that dismissed a petition by the main opposition New Patriotic Party [...] Full text...

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Annulled June 12, 1993, presidential election dominates Nigerian media

15 june 2013 - 08:38:39
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The 20th anniversary of the June 12 presidential election, won by businessman M.K.O. Abiola in 1993 [...] Full text...

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Kenyan leaders tussle over dissolution of cabinet

20 march 2013 - 14:12:08
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga disagreed Wednesday over an order to all [...] Full text...

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2013 AFCON: 'Is CAF out to get Nigeria out of African Nations Cup?' (Corrected)

27 january 2013 - 09:25:09
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A US football analyst, Mr. Austin Akabueze, has accused the Confederation of African Football (CAF) of [...] Full text...

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2013 AFCON: 'Is CAF out to get Nigeria out of African Nations Cup?'

27 january 2013 - 08:47:02
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A US football analyst, Mr. Austin Akabueze, has accused the Confederation of African Football (CAF) of [...] Full text...

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Malawi asks UN Chief to mediate in Tanzania border tussle

12 october 2012 - 15:09:09
Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Malawi has asked the United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, to mediate in its Lake Malawi [...] Full text...

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FIFA releases Club World Cup draw

29 september 2012 - 11:11:19
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The 2012 African champions League winners will face the winner of the match between the champions [...] Full text...

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Britain wants amicable solution of Malawi-Tanzania tussle over Lake Malawi

18 september 2012 - 16:20:54
Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - The New British Minister for Africa, Mark Simmonds, has said London wants an amicable solution to [...] Full text...

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President Zuma calls for ''second transition'' in SA

25 june 2012 - 09:02:01
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Ahead of Tuesday's policy conference of South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC), President [...] Full text...

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East African MPs, lawyers tussle over bid to defer ICC trials

02 may 2012 - 17:52:17
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The East African Law Society President, Wilbert Kapinga, on Wednesday criticised efforts to transfer the International [...] Full text...

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Confusion in Nkrumah’s party, gold rush, 'witches' played up in Ghana media

03 december 2011 - 08:00:15
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – A huge confusion in the party of Ghana’s first president, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, a gold rush [...] Full text...

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Kibaki plans peaceful transfer of power

20 october 2011 - 22:57:04
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki said on Thursday a national conference had been scheduled [...] Full text...

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Kenyan leaders tussle over post-election violence

19 october 2011 - 17:42:18
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga Wednesday engaged each other in a rare public [...] Full text...

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FIFA U-20 World Cup: Nigeria, Saudi Arabia in group leadership tussle

06 august 2011 - 05:07:08
Pereira, Colombia (PANA) - Nigeria and Saudi Arabia, both already through to the round of 16 at the ongoing FIFA [...] Full text...

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Kenya govt, constitution body tussle over proposed pay cut

11 july 2011 - 19:59:56
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's Commission for the Implementation of the Constitution (CIC) and the government are embroiled in a [...] Full text...

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Air Zimbabwe increases flight frequency to UK

22 february 2011 - 10:17:21
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Air Zimbabwe announced Tuesday it was adding a third flight to its twice weekly flights to [...] Full text...

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Kenya President, PM, Speaker tussle over Judiciary nominees

19 february 2011 - 15:18:02
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya President Mwai Kibaki, Prime Minister Raila Odinga and Parliament have differed sharply on the nominations [...] Full text...

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Chief Justice of Nigeria accused of seeking to compromise justice

08 february 2011 - 22:57:59
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The ongoing friction between the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Aloysius Katsina-Alu, and the President [...] Full text...

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Bishops' letter, Mutharika's dream waterway capture headlines in Malawi

06 november 2010 - 13:07:00
Blantyre- Malawi (PANA) -- The frank attack on the excesses of power of the admin istration of President Bingu wa [...] Full text...

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Leadership tussle rocks Togo's main opposition party

13 august 2010 - 17:53:00
Lome- Togo (PANA) -- Rocked by a leadership tussle, Togo's main opposition party, the Union of Forces for Change (UFC), [...] Full text...

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Nigeria Olympic Committee holds election in Sept

30 july 2010 - 08:46:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The long-delayed election into the Executive Committee o f the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) has now [...] Full text...

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WC 2010: Nigeria in make-or-mar match against Korea (preview)

22 june 2010 - 07:44:00
Durban- South Africa (PANA) -- In a preview of the crucial World Cup Group B matc h between the Super [...] Full text...

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Voting in Ethiopia underway

23 may 2010 - 08:04:00
Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Ethiopian voters enthusiastically trooped to poll ing stations early Sunday to cast their votes in [...] Full text...

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Kenyan Prisons qualify for African Volleyball Clubs quarters

27 april 2010 - 19:18:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenya Prisons Volleyball team Monday made it to the African Men's Clubs Champinships quarter-finals despite a [...] Full text...

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Pressure mounts on embattled Kenya truth chief to quit

13 april 2010 - 22:10:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Pressure on the embattled Truth Justice and Reconciliati on Commission (TJRC) chairman Bethuel Kiplagat deepened Tuesday [...] Full text...

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Renewed sectarian violence in Nigerian city dominates newspaper pages

13 march 2010 - 08:02:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigerian newspapers on Monday highlighted stories from t he renewed sectarian crisis on the outskirts of [...] Full text...

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2009: Most politically stable year in Zimbabwe in decade

29 december 2009 - 08:38:00
Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- After a decade of intense, man-bites-dog tussle for po wer between President Robert Mugabe and the [...] Full text...

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CAN 2010: Several Nigerian players caught between club and country

16 december 2009 - 07:48:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Ahead of the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations tournament in An gola next month, several Nigerian [...] Full text...

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SA's Shoprite shuns Zim deal

15 october 2009 - 10:36:00
Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- A South African retailer said Thursday it had pulled o ut of a deal to acquire [...] Full text...

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KAAC Chief: Kenya govt, parliament tussle over re-appointment

14 september 2009 - 18:20:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Another battle between the Kenyan government and the bac k-bench is expected in Parliament Tuesday afternoon [...] Full text...

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Nigeria warns against power grab in Togo

23 april 2009 - 11:46:00
Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- With Africa once again experiencing unconstitutional tak eover of power as witnessed recently in Mauritania, Guinea [...] Full text...

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Presidential electioneering campaign kicks off in Malawi

16 march 2009 - 20:17:00
Blantyre- Malawi (PANA) -- Campaign for Malawi's 19 May general elections officia lly kicks off on Tuesday morning. In [...] Full text...

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Mugabe consoles Tsvangirai, urges unity in Zimbabwe

10 march 2009 - 13:43:00
Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe said Tuesday he was committed to a power-sharing deal with Prime Minister [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe PM expected home early for wife's burial

08 march 2009 - 18:56:00
Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, nursing c ar crash injuries in neighbouring Botswana, is expected back [...] Full text...

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African leaders relax pressure against new Somali President

14 february 2009 - 10:53:00
Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- African leaders, members of the Inter-Governmenta l Authority on Development (IGAD) have relaxed pressure piled [...] Full text...

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