Sudan, UAE govts in diplomatic row over embassy bombing

02 october 2024 - 16:46:08
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese and the United Arab Emirates governments are presently engaged in hectic tit-for-tat accusations over [...] Full text...

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Kenyan Parliament set to move impeachment motion against Deputy President

01 october 2024 - 13:26:49
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The short-lived political cohabitation between Kenya's deputy President Geoffrey Rigathi Gachagua and the President William Ruto, [...] Full text...

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President of Burkina Faso accuses Côte d'Ivoire and Benin of seeking to destabilize his country

11 july 2024 - 16:55:15
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The President of the Transition in Burkina Faso, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, on Thursday accused his [...] Full text...

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Libya condemns UN Security Council's failure to adopt Gaza ceasefire plan

25 march 2024 - 10:51:18
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Foreign Affairs Committee of the Libyan House of Representatives has expressed its deep regrets at [...] Full text...

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US Secretary of State urges DR Congo president to address concerns of election observation missions

22 january 2024 - 20:33:04
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday encouraged President Felix Tshisekedi of DR Congo [...] Full text...

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Rwanda President, US Secretary of State discuss easing tension in eastern DR Congo

17 january 2024 - 06:40:26
Davos, Switzerland (PANA) - Rwandan President Paul Kagame and the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met on Tuesday in [...] Full text...

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Sudan Conflict: Sudan Rejects US Accusations Against National Army

07 december 2023 - 19:46:59
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan on Thursday was critical of the US administration which accused both Sudanese national army and [...] Full text...

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Sudan conflict: Sudan describes military leader's Kenya visit as 'successful'

14 november 2023 - 08:17:30
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese military leader, Lieutenant General Abdul Fatah Burhan, returned to Khartoum on Monday from Kenya where [...] Full text...

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DRC govt refers alleged crimes in North Kivu to ICC

16 june 2023 - 08:20:59
Rome, Italy (PANA) - The Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has submitted a new referral to the [...] Full text...

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Malian gov't criticises US' 'unilateral decision' to impose visa restrictions on two Malian military officers

29 may 2023 - 13:43:51
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's transitional government has criticised the decision of the United States to impose visa restrictions on [...] Full text...

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Amnesty International calls out Algeria for mass death sentences

10 january 2023 - 11:22:49
Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - The trials of 54 individuals who were sentenced to death over the events that happened in [...] Full text...

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Libyan PM pledges to make 2023 the year of elections

02 january 2023 - 13:19:43
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity (GNU), Abdelhamid al-Dbaiba,  on Monday declared [...] Full text...

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Is the Sudanese army playing politics with civilian political parties? (News analysis by Mohamed Osman, PANA correspondent)

15 december 2022 - 12:32:04
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Lt-Gen. Abdul-Fattah Burhan, Sudan’s top military leader, who, on behalf of the army, last week signed [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Outrage over racial profiling at Cape Town bar

08 december 2022 - 18:04:48
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The South African government has condemned an incident of racism at a Cape Town [...] Full text...

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Children of African descent ‘not considered children at all’, rights experts charge

09 november 2022 - 05:38:05
New York, US (PANA) - In a report issued on Tuesday, UN human rights experts outline how discrimination affects black [...] Full text...

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Burundi working to defuse looming security crisis in African Great Lakes sub-region

02 november 2022 - 12:32:29
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The Burundian Head of State and current chairman of the East African Community (EAC), Evariste Ndayishimiye,  on Tuesday [...] Full text...

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UPDATE 1: Ethiopia denies claims it executed Sudanese POWs

27 june 2022 - 17:29:51
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Ethiopia has denied the accusation of Sudan that its army has executed seven Sudanese soldiers and [...] Full text...

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Tunisian president Saied fires 57 judges

02 june 2022 - 11:26:51
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian President Kaïs Saied on Wednesday announced the dismissal of 57 magistrates accusing them of "obstructing [...] Full text...

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Libyan militia group threatens to sue Amnesty International for defamatory report

05 may 2022 - 12:51:29
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Stability Support Authority (SSA), a Libyan  state-funded security body, is threatening to sue human rights [...] Full text...

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Cameroonian migrant accuses Greek coast guard of throwing him overboard

18 february 2022 - 16:15:32
Athens, Greece (PANA) - A Cameroonian migrant has accused Greek coastguards of throwing him and two other men into the [...] Full text...

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US embassy deplores accusation of bias against Stephanie Williams

17 february 2022 - 21:08:52
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The US embassy in Libya has expressed regret at a statement issued on Thursday by Libyan [...] Full text...

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Sudan's second top military leader visits Ethiopia

22 january 2022 - 14:38:01
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The vice president of the Sudanese Sovereign Council, Major-General Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, arrived in Addis Ababa, [...] Full text...

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UNSMIL rejects accusation of deviation from LPDF roadmap

15 august 2021 - 06:14:28
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has refuted accusations raised against it in some [...] Full text...

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Amnesty International calls for 'urgent fair retrial' of Moroccan journalist Omar Radi

20 july 2021 - 06:17:47
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Amnesty International has called for an urgent fair retrial of Moroccan journalist and government critic, Omar [...] Full text...

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ECOWAS Court dismisses case brought by Staff of Community alleging unfair dismissal

07 july 2021 - 18:01:47
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Court of Justice on Tuesday, 7th July 2021, dismissed a case brought by Abel [...] Full text...

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US accuses Ethiopia of continuing atrocities and denial of humanitarian access in Tigray Region

15 may 2021 - 19:50:04
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The United States has issued the strongest critique yet against Addis Ababa, lamenting what it described [...] Full text...

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Libyan authorities accuse 5 Western countries of interference

07 may 2021 - 16:57:46
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan High Council of State has accused five Western countries of "interfering in the internal [...] Full text...

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Tunis denies President Kaïs Saied made anti-Jewish remarks

21 january 2021 - 13:51:12
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian president is at the centre of a controversy sparked by remarks considered to be [...] Full text...

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Sudan opposition leaders arrive in Khartoum to celebrate peace deal

15 november 2020 - 16:13:06
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - For the first time in decades, Sudanese rebel leaders from Darfur, the Blue Nile and Eastern [...] Full text...

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Rwanda's former Prosecutor General released from Police custody

03 november 2020 - 15:30:12
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda's former Prosecutor General, Jean Bosco Mutangana, has been released a few days after his  arrest [...] Full text...

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Nigerian military says trending videos of soldiers opening fire on EndSARS protesters are photoshop

22 october 2020 - 17:52:11
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Armed Forces on Thursday said viral video of soldiers opening fire and killing EndSARS [...] Full text...

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Mauritania: HRW calls for release of detainees accused of blasphemy

19 october 2020 - 23:21:26
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Human Right Watch (HRW), a rights non-governmental organisation, Monday called on the Mauritanian government to drop [...] Full text...

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Morocco's Supreme Council of the Judiciary rejects Amnesty International's accusations

16 september 2020 - 13:28:15
Rabat , Morocco (PANA) - Morocco's Supreme Council of the Judiciary (CSPJ) has rejected Amnesty International's accusations, deploring the organisation's [...] Full text...

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UN chief 'dismayed' over US sanctions on top International Criminal Court officials

03 september 2020 - 04:30:57
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General on Wednesday noted “with concern” the imposition by the United States of sanctions against [...] Full text...

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Ghana denies Nigeria's 'intimidation' claims

30 august 2020 - 17:11:47
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana on Sunday rejected accusations by the government of Nigeria of maltreatment of its citizens in [...] Full text...

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Repatriation of Burundian refugees, 'hate speech' by Burundian officials dominate headlines in Rwanda

29 august 2020 - 16:22:02
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan newspapers this week highlighted the repatriation of some 471 Burundian refugees who returned home after [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Angolan security agents kill youngsters in virus-curbing measurers - Rrights group

24 august 2020 - 20:49:35
(Embargoed till 25 August 00.00 hours GMT) Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) -  Amnesty International Tuesday  accused Angolan security forces of killing at [...] Full text...

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How the #Zimbabwelivesmatter sparked a global awareness on human rights abuses in Zimbabwe (Analysis)

10 august 2020 - 17:03:46
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - “Mnangagwa (Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa) has become a pig and he is eating his own children [...] Full text...

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Presidential Council orders investigation into Bernard Henri Levy's visit to Libya

26 july 2020 - 14:29:14
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's Presidential Council of the Government of National Accord (GNA) has affirmed that it has no [...] Full text...

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Continued blockade of Libyan oil sites unveils the huge foreign involvement (Analysis)

17 july 2020 - 18:02:06
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyans are increasingly bewildered by the continuing blockade of the production and export of the country's [...] Full text...

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Speculation on continuation of conflict and race for the reconstruction of Libya highlighted by media

28 june 2020 - 17:43:10
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan newspapers this week gave significant coverage to speculations about the continued armed clashes around Sirte. This [...] Full text...

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French researcher gets access to President François Mitterrand's archives on the Rwandan genocide

16 june 2020 - 18:49:20
Paris, France (PANA) - Researcher François Graner, who, following a decision of the Council of State and after five years [...] Full text...

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Deadlock in Libyan political process will persist (News analysis by Youssef BA, PANA correspondent)

14 may 2020 - 22:14:33
Tripoli, Libya (PANA)  -  The prospects for political solution in Libya seem to be dimming day after day, giving way [...] Full text...

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EU maritime operation, Covid-19 truce calls highlighted in Libyan dailies this week

04 april 2020 - 19:19:28
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan newspapers this week reported on the launch of the European Union Maritime Operation (IRINI) to [...] Full text...

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Two killed as shells hit their home south of Tripoli

23 march 2020 - 16:09:26
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Two people were killed on Monday when shells hit ​​Ain Zara area, south of Tripoli, which [...] Full text...

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Uganda court frees President Museveni critic over cyber-bullying charges

20 february 2020 - 16:32:03
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – Ugandan civil rights activist and university don, Dr Stella Nyanzi, has successfully defended herself to freedom, [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe's ruling ZANU PF expels three senior youth league leaders

05 february 2020 - 23:02:34
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA)   -   Zimbabwe’s ruling party, ZANU PF, Wednesday suspended its deputy youth secretary, Lewis Matutu, and political commissar [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Governor of Northeast State of Borno accuse military, Police of extortion

06 january 2020 - 17:41:52
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Governor of Borno State, Northeast Nigeria, Professor Babagana Zulum, on Monday afternoon accused personnel of the [...] Full text...

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2019: Rwanda’s year of diplomatic offensive in SADC region, political standoff with Uganda

29 december 2019 - 13:53:50
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA)   -   For Rwanda, 2019 has been an active year in diplomacy that extended not only to many [...] Full text...

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Cote d'Ivoire: Targeted by an arrest warrant, Guillaume Soro strikes back

26 december 2019 - 15:04:41
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) – Former president of the Ivorian parliament Guillaume Soro on Monday aborted a planned return from [...] Full text...

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Burundi appeals to international community following series of attacks attributed to Rwanda

28 november 2019 - 22:38:00
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The Burundian government Thursday totally condemned a series of assaults against the country attributed to Rwanda, [...] Full text...

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Sudanese, South Sudanese and Ugandan leaders in Entebbe for tripartite meeting on South Sudan

07 november 2019 - 17:18:52
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – The leaders of Sudan, Uganda and South Sudan are meeting in Entebbe, Uganda, on Thursday to [...] Full text...

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The Gambia Truth Commission fights back accusations of witch hunt against former leader

23 october 2019 - 22:10:11
Banjul, Gambia (PANA)  -  The Gambia Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) public hearings have generated a counter accusation that [...] Full text...

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Tunis Chamber of accusation rejects request to release second round presidential candidate Nabil Karoui

01 october 2019 - 23:47:44
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA)  -  The public prosecutor of the Tunis Court of Appeal Tuesday rejected a request to release the [...] Full text...

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Belgian prosecutor drops case against Didier Reynders for lack of evidence

28 september 2019 - 16:40:06
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The Belgian prosecutor has dismissed the case against Foreign Affairs minister Didier Reynders for his alleged [...] Full text...

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Sudan: PM participates in UN General Assembly, but cracks still showing on the wall of isolation

25 september 2019 - 18:49:31
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - For the first time since 2009, the Sudanese government is participating massively in the United Nations [...] Full text...

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UAE, 5 other countries reaffirm support for NOC as the only Libyan institution

22 september 2019 - 19:21:16
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the ambassadors and chargés d'affaires of five Western countries (Germany, [...] Full text...

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Belgian foreign minister accused of involvement in loss of Libyan funds from Belgian banks

19 september 2019 - 15:40:36
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Didier Reynders is cited directly by ex-safety agent, Nicolas Ullens de [...] Full text...

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Detained Tunisian presidential candidate begins hunger strike

12 september 2019 - 14:00:34
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – Nabil Karoui, a candidate for the Tunisian presidential election who was arrested 23 July, has begun [...] Full text...

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Former Rwandan presidential guard commander indicted for "unlawful possession" of firearms

09 september 2019 - 21:58:47
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The former commander of the elite Presidential Guard, Col. Tom Byabagamba, has been indicted for allegedly [...] Full text...

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Request for release of Tunisian presidential candidate Nabil Karoui rejected

03 september 2019 - 22:38:01
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA)   -   The Tunis Court of Appeal Tuesday rejected a request by lawyers of Nabil Karoui, media owner [...] Full text...

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NGOs denounce treatment of Sub-Saharan migrants in Tunisia

05 august 2019 - 21:39:31
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA)    -   Six humanitarian non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Tunisia Monday condemned the authorities for rejecting 36 Ivorian migrants, [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Prominent journalist takes aim at Zuma

23 july 2019 - 16:52:29
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Prominent South African journalist, Redi Tlhabi, says she has received death threats after former [...] Full text...

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Illegal migrants in Libya, a burden becoming an obsession for Europeans (News analysis by Youssef Ba, PANA correspondent)

08 july 2019 - 06:47:05
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Tuesday’s bloody air strike against an illegal migrant detention centre in Tajoura, near Tripoli, has brought [...] Full text...

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Ghassan Salamé dismisses accusation of partiality in mediation in Libya

28 may 2019 - 21:35:37
Tripoli, Libya (PANA)  -  The UN envoy in Libya, Ghassan Salamé, Tuesday dismissed accusations of partiality in his mediation with [...] Full text...

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UN official released by Tunis arrives in Germany

23 may 2019 - 21:45:41
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA)  -  Moncef Kartas, the UN official arrested for espionage and released here Tuesday by the Tunisian authorities, [...] Full text...

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Nigerian govt accuses main opposition party of 'planning to scuttle democracy'

16 may 2019 - 07:04:59
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigeria government on Wednesday accused the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential [...] Full text...

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Detention of UN official contrary to Tunisia’s international commitments, says UN Secretary-General’s spokesperson

04 may 2019 - 16:17:19
Tunis Tunisia (PANA) – The detention of the UN expert, Moncef Kartas, is contrary to Tunisia’s international commitments, the spokesperson [...] Full text...

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Analysis : Civilians, migrants stranded by war on Tripoli

28 april 2019 - 12:13:03
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Fighting in the south and south-east suburbs of Tripoli continues to claim civilian casualties, through rocket [...] Full text...

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Cape Verde Football Federation President denies any accusation of misconduct within CAF

19 april 2019 - 16:20:40
Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - The President of the Cape Verdean Football Federation (CVFF), Mario Semedo, has denied any involvement [...] Full text...

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UN Chief Antonio Guterres expresses concern over risk of military clashes in Libya

04 april 2019 - 17:31:41
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, on Thursday expressed his deep concern about military movements and the [...] Full text...

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RSF calls on President Paul Biya to release detained journalist

25 march 2019 - 23:23:50
Yaoundé, Cameroun (PANA) - Reporters Sans Frontière (RSF) Monday asked Cameroonian President Paul Biya to use his good offices to [...] Full text...

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DRC opposition party leader released from jail, vows to continue fight against injustice

17 march 2019 - 12:14:35
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) – Benefiting from a presidential amnesty and released from jail on Saturday, the national leader of [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's central electoral body accuses Army of disrupting elections in Nigeria's Niger Delta

16 march 2019 - 16:45:41
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Saturday accused the Nigerian Army and armed gangs of [...] Full text...

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Titanium mining firm attacks poverty in Kenya’s coastal region (By Kennedy Abwao, PANA correspondent)

28 february 2019 - 12:55:21
Kwale, Kenya (PANA) – The sign-post is hard to miss on the narrow highway linking Ukunda, a small resort town [...] Full text...

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Libyan prosecutor's arrest warrants raise outcry in Chadian rebellion

12 january 2019 - 16:24:26
Paris, France (PANA) - A series of arrest warrants issued by the Prosecutor General in Libya against several individuals, including [...] Full text...

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Buhari appeals to Amnesty International to 'scrutinise' its advocacy in Nigeria

18 december 2018 - 05:03:03
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – As relations between Nigeria and Amnesty International appears to sour by the day, President Muhammadu Buhari [...] Full text...

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Bashir rejects reports accusing Sudan of financing terrorism

22 november 2018 - 19:57:28
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan's President Omar Bashir on Thursday rejected as "unfounded and unproven" the accusation that his country [...] Full text...

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Bashir rejects reports on Sudan sponsoring terrorism

22 november 2018 - 17:54:56
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - President Omar Bashir has branded as unfounded and lacking any evidence the accusation that his country [...] Full text...

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IAAF Vetting Panel Chair resigns

05 november 2018 - 16:16:10
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The World athletics governing bod, IAAF, has announced the resignation of its Vetting Panel Chair, Akere [...] Full text...

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Former Rwandan senior bank manager arrested over favouritism

03 october 2018 - 16:47:30
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Former Director General of Rwanda Development Bank, Alexis Kanyankore has been arrested over a charge related [...] Full text...

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Striking Gambian doctors refuse to hold talks with authorities

21 march 2018 - 14:22:16
Gambia, Gambia (PANA) - Refusing to dialogue with the government, some 211 Gambian resident doctors have continued with their "sit-down" [...] Full text...

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Gambian doctors commence sit-down strike

09 march 2018 - 10:30:15
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian doctors began a a sit-don strike on Friday after their ultimatum to the health minister [...] Full text...

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Sudan regrets its inclusion by US on list of states violating religious freedoms

08 january 2018 - 09:04:45
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan has expressed regret over a United States' declaration that included the Sudan in a list [...] Full text...

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Rwandan court stops nepotism proceedings against former minister of mining

07 december 2017 - 16:25:21
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - A Rwandan court on Thursday decided to stop tribunal proceedings against the country's former Mining [...] Full text...

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Kenyan Supreme Court retreats to write ruling on election annulment

16 november 2017 - 18:03:54
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's Chief Justice and President of the Supreme Court, David Maraga on Thursday announced the finalization [...] Full text...

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US: Media watchdog demands release of Zimbabwe journalist

04 october 2017 - 10:06:56
New York, US (PANA) - Media watchdog Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on Zimbabwean authorities to immediately release [...] Full text...

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Rwanda: Former Rwandan senior executive taken into 30-day preventive detention

20 september 2017 - 13:57:20
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The Deputy Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration at the University of Rwanda (UR), Prudence [...] Full text...

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Sudan: Sudan reiterates ownership of Halaib Triangle

30 july 2017 - 15:21:38
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan on Sunday stressed that it is determined to restore its ownership right in the disputed [...] Full text...

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Libya: Saudi-led bloc adds 6 Libyan media organizations, 2 individuals to terror list

25 july 2017 - 11:58:41
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A report in the latest edition of Libyan Observer newspaper says Saudi Arabia, the United Arab [...] Full text...

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Liberia: Women's clubs pull out en masse from current soccer season

19 april 2017 - 13:49:14
Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) - The Liberian Football Association (FLA) president, Musa Bility, who failed eligibility tests to stand for the [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Military rejects accusation of killings in Northeast, 117 Biafran agitators

22 february 2017 - 15:30:31
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Defence Headquarters Wednesday rejected a report by Amnesty International, accusing it of allegedly killing [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Top Nigerian sports administrator faces second FIFA ban

21 december 2016 - 11:16:33
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Former FIFA executive committee member, Amos Adamu of Nigeria, faces a second ban from the World [...] Full text...

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Sudan: Sudan welcomes Russian ICC withdrawal decision

17 november 2016 - 08:22:18
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan on Thursday welcomed Russia's decision to notify the United Nations of the country's refusal to [...] Full text...

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Zambia: Publisher accuses Lungu of move to shut down Zambia's independent media

02 november 2016 - 19:26:35
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambian President Edgar Lungu and his government were accused Wednesday of being on a crusade to [...] Full text...

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Sudan: Resolution of problems in Southern Sudan no longer in our hands - Bashir

22 october 2016 - 13:10:01
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese President Omar Bashir has reportedly warned the South Sudanese government to implement an agreement it [...] Full text...

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UN: Amnesty Int'l urges chemical weapons probe in Sudan's Darfur region

11 october 2016 - 14:32:37
New York, US (PANA) - Human rights watchdog, Amnesty International, on Tuesday urged the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical [...] Full text...

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US: US denies instigating Eritrea-Ethiopia border clashes

19 june 2016 - 04:26:23
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US has dismissed an accusation of the Government of Eritrea that Washington instigated last [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Nigerian military dismisses Amnesty's report on Giwa barracks deaths

12 may 2016 - 15:40:55
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian military on Thursday said it is surprised and shocked by allegations by Amnesty International's [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Labour Chief berates political elites as workers mark May Day

01 may 2016 - 07:28:12
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Ayuba Wabba, has accused the nation’s political elites [...] Full text...

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Sudan: Bashir accuses Darfur rebels of working as mercenaries in Libya

01 april 2016 - 15:07:02
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese President Omar Bashir has stated that the people of Darfur are free to vote for [...] Full text...

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Sudan: South Sudan denies any wrong doing against Khartoum (Correcting the attribution in the last paragraph)

18 march 2016 - 13:44:15
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A South Sudanese official on Friday denied accusations that Juba supported Sudanese rebels thus prompting President [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Mbeki addresses his AIDS stance

07 march 2016 - 11:38:35
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former president Thabo Mbeki on Monday sparked another storm of controversy by addressing his [...] Full text...

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Rwanda: Ex-Rwandan army captain released after being cleared of treason charges

15 december 2015 - 15:29:30
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Presiding judges at a High Court in Kigali Tuesday ordered the immediate release of a [...] Full text...

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South Sudan: Hundreds of thousands face critical food shortage

11 december 2015 - 10:17:53
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – The International Committee of the Red Cross, (ICRC) has warned of "alarming hunger situation " for [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Media report clash of anti-corruption crusaders, crises in opposition party

14 november 2015 - 07:30:02
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – Nasty exchanges between two prominent anti-corruption campaigners, the ongoing crises in the main opposition New Patriotic [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso: Count me out of coup - Ex-FM

29 september 2015 - 11:33:49
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Former Burkina Faso Foreign Affairs Minister Gen. Djibrill Bassole has denied accusations by the country's [...] Full text...

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UN: UNESCO hails war crimes trial for suspect in destruction of historic monuments in Mali

27 september 2015 - 20:37:07
New York, US (PANA) - UNESCO, the UN body entrusted with safeguarding the world’s cultural heritage, on Sunday welcomed the [...] Full text...

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UN: UN, partners urge resolution of Somali President's impeachment crisis

20 august 2015 - 13:36:37
New York, US (PANA) - Envoys from the UN and other international organizations have expressed deep concern that a parliamentary [...] Full text...

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Sudan: Juba again accuses Khartoum of supporting rebels

16 august 2015 - 14:32:49
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - South Sudan has again accused Khartoum of supporting southern rebellion led by former Vice President Riek [...] Full text...

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Zambia: Zambian court acquits journalist of trumped up porno charge

11 august 2015 - 16:59:37
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – A Zambian journalist was Tuesday acquitted of an accusation of being in possession of pornographic materials [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Pres. Buhari denies accusing US of aiding Boko Haram

24 july 2015 - 13:32:08
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari, just back from an acclaimed successful US visit, has denied accusing or [...] Full text...

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Sudan: Sudan media 'relived' at Bashir's safe arrival in South Africa

14 june 2015 - 09:45:09
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese newspapers on Sunday expressed relief that President Omar Bashir landed peacefully in South Africa for [...] Full text...

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Sudan: Khartoum denies supporting S/Sudan's armed opposition

19 may 2015 - 10:55:27
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese government has denied an accusation by the government of South Sudan that Khartoum is [...] Full text...

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Zambia: Govt. leakages, size of govt attract media attention

25 april 2015 - 13:56:16
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – The continued leakages of secret government documents to the media and well as concerns over the [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Mbeki meets Nigerian stakeholders ahead of key elections

09 march 2015 - 15:54:30
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Amid heightened tension in the run up to Nigeria's rescheduled general elections, former South African President [...] Full text...

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Sudan: Khartoum reacts to ICC decision to halt investigations into alleged crimes in Darfur (Changing 3rd paragraph from attribution to background info)

14 december 2014 - 09:44:05
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese President, Omar Al-Bashir, has described as “a defeat”, the decision of the International Criminal Court [...] Full text...

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Libya: No casualty as bomb explodes near Egyptian Embassy

13 november 2014 - 10:48:00
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A car bomb exploded Thursday morning near the Embassy of Egypt, located in the district of [...] Full text...

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Libya: Sudanese FM visits Libya on reconciliation mission

10 november 2014 - 14:04:10
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - As mediator in the Libyan crisis, the Sudanese Foreign Minister, Ali Karti, arrived in Libya Monday [...] Full text...

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Libya: Libyan PM denies Sudanese support for armed groups in Libya

29 october 2014 - 13:40:14
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Prime Minister, Abdallah al-theni, has denied rumours suggesting that the Sudanese government was supporting [...] Full text...

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Zambia: Former Zambian deputy minister faces corruption charge

08 october 2014 - 16:59:57
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambia's Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Wednesday announced completion of its investigation on former Agriculture Deputy Minister Rogers [...] Full text...

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Belgium: Belgian lady jailed for "illegal adoption" in Kinshasa returns to Brussels

01 september 2014 - 16:42:32
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – After a four-month detention at the central prison in Kinshasa on accusation of attempting to illegally [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia: IGAD vows action against South Sudan ceasefire violations

30 august 2014 - 17:54:29
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - South Sudan ceasefire mediators warned Saturday of decisive steps against the violation of an agreement [...] Full text...

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2015 AFCON: Lesotho jet into Nairobi for crucial tie

01 august 2014 - 18:04:18
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA)- Lesotho's national team jetted into Nairobi Friday for Sunday's 2015 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifier match [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Opposition leader says he is target of ''assassination'' attempt

23 july 2014 - 20:50:46
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's main opposition leader and former military head of state retired Gen. Muhammadu Buhari said Wednesday [...] Full text...

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Sudan: 'No military relations with Hamas'

22 july 2014 - 12:12:14
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan on Tuesday denied it has any military relations with the Palestinian Resistance Movement Hamas, as [...] Full text...

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Zambia: Sata’s health mystery continues as President stays out of public (Feature by Mildred Mulenga, PANA Correspondent, Lusaka)

14 july 2014 - 08:40:40
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Attempts by an activist here to request the court to constitute a medical board to examine [...] Full text...

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Sudan: EU, religious leaders want apostasy verdict revoked

11 june 2014 - 12:47:45
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The European Union (EU) has called on the Sudanese government to revoke what it described as [...] Full text...

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Kenya: IGAD plans summit on South Sudan

28 april 2014 - 16:45:40
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Disturbed by the ongoing civil disturbances in South Sudan, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) is [...] Full text...

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Niger: Govt dismisses accusation it collected US$20m to extradite Gaddafi's son

14 march 2014 - 13:15:45
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The Nigerien government Friday dismissed accusations that it extradited Saadi Gaddafi, the son of late Muammar [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Pres. Jonathan orders suspension of Central Bank Gov.

20 february 2014 - 09:49:37
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan has ordered the suspension of Sanusi Lamido Sanusi as the Governor of [...] Full text...

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Libya: ICC hands off Al-Senussi's case

11 october 2013 - 14:51:19
New York, US (PANA) - The Pre-Trial Chamber I of the Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday said [...] Full text...

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Ugandan party sues EAC partners for inaction on African human rights pact

23 august 2013 - 11:58:16
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Four of the five partner states of the East African Community (EAC) and the [...] Full text...

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‘Imprisonment’ of children, petition against President Mahama’s election reported in Ghana

03 august 2013 - 06:26:32
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The “imprisonment” of three children by their parents and the continuing court case on the petition [...] Full text...

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Amnesty alleges scorched earth tactics against civilians in Sudan's Blue Nile

11 june 2013 - 09:25:55
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Amnesty International, citing satellite imagery and eyewitness testimonies from rebel-held areas in Sudan's Blue Nile State, [...] Full text...

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President Bashir threatens to freeze all negotiations with SPLM-North

27 may 2013 - 20:20:51
Khartoum, Sudan, (PANA) - Sudanese President Omar Bashir on Monday threatened that his government would not recognise or negotiate with [...] Full text...

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'Libya will not interfere in Chad's affairs'

29 april 2013 - 12:37:30
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan has assured that his country will never interfere in the affairs [...] Full text...

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Respite for Nigeria's opposition over identity crisis

26 march 2013 - 12:49:35
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The democratic opposition in Nigeria has won a major victory after the country's electoral body disqualified [...] Full text...

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Ghana Teachers begin strike over pay dispute

18 march 2013 - 11:03:17
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghanaian teachers on Monday began an indefinite strike to press for higher pay, despite a last [...] Full text...

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Lawyer denounces plan to remove Zambian ex-president's immunity

15 march 2013 - 14:30:20
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambian former president Rupiah Banda’s lawyer has denounced plans by the ruling Patriotic Front (PF) party [...] Full text...

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Libyan Parliament’s Speaker to visit Egypt

03 january 2013 - 17:59:45
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Speaker of Libya’s Parliament (National General Congress), Dr Mohamed Al-Megreyef, is due to visit Egypt [...] Full text...

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Zambian police, armed wing of ruling party - Lawyer

27 december 2012 - 09:26:54
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - The lawyer representing the former ruling Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) has condemned the arrest of [...] Full text...

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Serving army officer arrested in Sudan over alleged role in coup attempt

04 december 2012 - 11:21:01
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A Sudanese army Colonel who is also a Commissioner in the country's White Nile State of [...] Full text...

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Boko Haram: Nigerian military denies AI's claims of human rights abuses

01 november 2012 - 21:59:42
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian military on Thursday dismissed an Amnesty International (AI) report which has accused it of [...] Full text...

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Boko Haram: Amnesty International accuses Nigerian security forces of serious human rights violations

01 november 2012 - 14:14:02
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Global human rights campaigner Amnesty International has accused the Nigerian security forces of committing serious human [...] Full text...

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Three persons arrested for attempting to poison Benin President

25 october 2012 - 12:05:32
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Three aides of Beninese President Yayi Boni have been arrested and detained in Cotonou for allegedly [...] Full text...

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CPJ calls for immediate release of Djiboutian journalist

16 august 2012 - 21:04:06
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The New York-based press freedom watchdog, Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), has asked the authorities in [...] Full text...

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Nigerian media feast on mind-boggling bribery scam in the House of Reps

16 june 2012 - 10:23:52
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The US$ 3 million bribery scam at the House of Representatives (the lower chamber of the [...] Full text...

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I gave MP US$.6m bribe - Nigerian oil marketer

11 june 2012 - 12:18:42
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigerian multi-millionaire oil marketer Femi Otedola has owned up to giving a prominent MP US$600,000 bribe, [...] Full text...

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MFWA demands end to hostilities against the media in Mali

16 may 2012 - 15:32:34
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Ghana-based sub-regional rights body, Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), on Wednesday demanded “an end [...] Full text...

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Tanzanian President shuffles cabinet, fires 6 ministers

04 may 2012 - 18:18:50
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Tanzanian President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete reshuffled his cabinet Friday, dropping six ministers and two [...] Full text...

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Egypt yet to reform security forces - Amnesty International

22 february 2012 - 08:33:58
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - One year after the uprising, Egyptian security forces continue to kill protesters with the same brutal [...] Full text...

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AU to Sudan, S/Sudan: "Implement your MoU to the letter"

15 february 2012 - 18:42:29
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – The African Union (AU) on Wednesday stressed the need to scrupulously implement the Memorandum of Understanding [...] Full text...

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Khartoum, Juba trade accusations

19 january 2012 - 21:16:38
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan and South Sudan have been trading accusations while their delegations are currently discussing, under the [...] Full text...

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Eritrea, Ethiopia trade accusations over killing of European tourists

19 january 2012 - 13:55:37
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopia and Eritrea are trading accusations over the recent killing of at least five European [...] Full text...

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Sudan: We're not taking Southern Sudan's oil

04 january 2012 - 22:31:53
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – South Sudan and Sudan are engaged in a brawl over whether or not the Sudan has [...] Full text...

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Price fixing: Nigeria's regulatory body sets up appeal body

05 december 2011 - 10:49:40
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The regulatory Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has set up an Administrative Appeal Panel to look [...] Full text...

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Editor of pro-govt. newspaper flees Gambia

20 september 2011 - 07:01:16
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian journalist Nanama Keita, who was standing trial in Banjul, has told the Accra-based Media Foundation [...] Full text...

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Fighting dies down in Damazin but civilians reluctant to return

05 september 2011 - 22:02:35
Damazin, Sudan (PANA) – Once a bustling regional capital with a huge population of traders, farmers and kaki-dressed public [...] Full text...

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Controversial tape, Mills' renomination of Mahama as running mate highlighted in Ghana

06 august 2011 - 08:30:32
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – A mysterious tape that the Ghana's opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) says has caught a deputy [...] Full text...

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Nigerian govt rejects request to withdraw troops from Boko Haram base

13 july 2011 - 17:03:29
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's federal government Wednesday rejected the request to withdraw the troops deployed to the north-eastern state [...] Full text...

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Nigerian opposition party condemns ex-minister's arrest, calls it diversionary, dangerous

03 july 2011 - 15:36:30
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Opposition Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has condemned Saturday's arrest and prolonged detention of former Federal [...] Full text...

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Indian sentenced for insulting Gambian President, citizens

01 june 2011 - 16:09:02
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia's lower court, the Kanifing Magistrate’s court, has sentenced an Indian national, Maliesh D. Bhojwani, to [...] Full text...

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Rwanda to issue international arrest warrant against US lawyer

03 may 2011 - 21:04:48
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) – Rwandan courts are looking into the possibility of issuing an arrest warrant against US lawyer Peter [...] Full text...

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Cameroonian editor charged with criminal libel

23 march 2011 - 08:05:34
New York, US (PANA) - The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has condemned the prosecution of Cameroonian journalist, Jean-Marie Tchatchouang, [...] Full text...

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Sudan: South and North trade accusations over insurgency

16 february 2011 - 21:12:26
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Khartoum on Wednesday denied South Sudan government accusations that an insurgency, which left over 200 people [...] Full text...

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Malawi phone company threatens to sue minister over bribery claims

12 january 2011 - 22:18:59
Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Malawi's official corruption busting body, the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), has said it is "interested" in claims [...] Full text...

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CPJ wants Rwandan adviser to retract accusation against editor

17 december 2010 - 16:10:42
New York, US (PANA) - A senior Rwandan presidential adviser should immediately retract a grave and unsubstantiated public accusation against [...] Full text...

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Mugabe threatens foreign mines over sanctions

17 december 2010 - 13:45:33
Mutare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has threatened that his government would take full control of foreign-owned mines [...] Full text...

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Israeli-Palestinian talks: Israel blamed for stopping negotiations

09 october 2010 - 13:48:00
Sirte- Libya (PANA) -- The Ministerial Committee of the Arab Peace initiative, wh ich met Friday night in Sirte, central [...] Full text...

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New Guinean electoral chief denies party affiliation

23 september 2010 - 11:32:00
Conakry- Guinea (PANA) -- Guinea's new electoral chief Lounceny Camara has denied the accusation that he is close to one [...] Full text...

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Danger signals ahead of Nigeria's 2011 general elections

12 september 2010 - 12:47:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The evolving spat between the camps of two presidential aspirants ahead of Nigeria's general elections next [...] Full text...

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Honour for U-20 women's team, politics dominate Nigerian papers

07 august 2010 - 09:36:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Rewards for the silver-medal winning Nigeria's national U-20 women's team, the Falconets, following the recent FIFA [...] Full text...

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Arrest of lawyers threaten ICTR, ICB warns

08 june 2010 - 17:38:00
Munyonyo- Uganda (PANA) -- The continued arrest and illegal detention of lawyers by the President Paul Kagame-led government in Rwanda [...] Full text...

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Bashir's party says no to government of national unity in Sudan

15 april 2010 - 15:05:00
Khartoum- Sudan (PANA) -- President Omar Hassan el-Bashir, who is expected to win the ongoing elections in the Sudan, scoffed [...] Full text...

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US reacts fiercely to Ethiopiaâ?s preparations to jam VOA

20 march 2010 - 19:58:00
Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA)- â" The US government has deplored Ethiopiaâ?s pre parations to jam the Voice of America Amharic [...] Full text...

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Nigerian Army raps state governor over accusation

10 march 2010 - 20:25:00
Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- The Nigerian Army has accused the Governor of north cent ral Plateau State, Air Commodore Jonah [...] Full text...

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Chairman of CEI rejects calls to resign

15 january 2010 - 22:12:00
Abidjan- Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) -- The chairman of Côte d'Ivoire's independent electoral commission (CEI), Robert Beugré Mambé, declared on Friday [...] Full text...

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Wade for two-round voting in presidential polls

01 january 2010 - 11:22:00
Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Despite accusation by the opposition, Senegalese Preside nt Abdoulaye Wade has said he supports two rounds [...] Full text...

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Nigeria opposition slams govt over lingering fuel scarcity

22 december 2009 - 14:47:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- As Nigerians continue to face harrowing times over the l ingering fuel scarcity across the nation,the [...] Full text...

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Ugandan opposition leader accuses govt of assassination plot

22 december 2009 - 11:34:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- A Ugandan opposition leader, Dr Olara Otunnu, Tuesday ac cused President Yoweri Museveni's government of attempting [...] Full text...

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Prominent Ethiopian weekly closed after founders, editors flee

04 december 2009 - 16:20:00
Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Editors and founders of one the prominent private newspapers in Ethiopia on Friday disclosed, from [...] Full text...

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UN troops refute reports of vote-related killings in Darfur

01 december 2009 - 17:10:00
Khartoum- Sudan (PANA) -- The Joint UN-AU Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) Tuesday denied reports that its troops failed to protect [...] Full text...

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Politics dominate media, public talks in Ethiopia

08 november 2009 - 18:58:00
Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- With the May 2010 federal and regional elections in Ethiopia approaching, politics has begun to [...] Full text...

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Ugandan troops kill unarmed people following tribal riots

03 october 2009 - 12:41:00
Kampala- Uganda (PANA) â" American--based International Human Rights Watch (HRW) , citing a total of 13 cases, has accused the [...] Full text...

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Uncertainty as MEND's ceasefire expires

15 september 2009 - 07:35:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The unilateral, 60-day ceasefire declared by Nigeria's m ain oil militants was due to expire Tuesday [...] Full text...

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Nigeria opposition dismisses govt's amnesty deal for militants

06 september 2009 - 13:59:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's opposition Action Congress (AC) party Sunday d ismissed as a 'charade' and an 'agenda' by [...] Full text...

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Nigeria opposition party blames police for election rigging

09 august 2009 - 14:08:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's opposition Action Congress (AC) party has blam ed the police for the string of election [...] Full text...

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Rwandan Minister of Education dismissed

22 july 2009 - 14:22:00
Kigali- Rwanda (PANA) -- Rwandan Secretary of state for primary and secondary education, Théoneste Mutsindashyaka, has been dismissed from the [...] Full text...

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Nigeria fears weapons on impounded plane could be for militants

19 june 2009 - 08:50:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Fears that the assorted sophisticated weapons contained in the impounded Ukrainian plane could be linked to [...] Full text...

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Nigerian militants vow reprisals as Niger Delta fighting continues

21 may 2009 - 09:14:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's oil militants, routed from some of their key b ases in the oil producing Niger [...] Full text...

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UN Security Council condemns renewed military incursion in Chad

09 may 2009 - 17:33:00
New York- US (PANA) -- The UN Security Council Friday adopted a presidential stat ement condemning the renewed military incursions [...] Full text...

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MEND accuses Nigerian navy soldiers of piracy

04 may 2009 - 08:17:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (ME ND) has accused Nigerian navy soldiers [...] Full text...

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Gambian Parliamentary Speaker denies suspending opposition MP

27 april 2009 - 13:59:00
Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Fatoumatta J Ceesay, Gambia's parliamentary speaker, has denied suspending opposition MP Babanding K. Daffeh from [...] Full text...

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Court sets Thursday for Malawi ex-leader's corruption trial

07 april 2009 - 17:22:00
Blantyre- Malawi (PANA) -- The High Court in the Malawi commercial capital of Bla ntyre has set Thursday for the [...] Full text...

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Egypt bars Iranian aid ship from unloading to Gaza

01 february 2009 - 08:23:00
Cairo- Egypt (PANA) -- The Egyptian government refused to allow an Iranian ship c arrying aid supplies intended for Gaza [...] Full text...

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Renamo leader wants Mozambican municipal election annulled

07 january 2009 - 17:29:00
Maputo- Mozambique (PANA) -- Afonso Dhlakama, leader of Mozambique's former rebel movement Renamo, has threatened a campaign of civil disobedience [...] Full text...

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IFJ condemns arrest of Somaliland journalist

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) Thursday condemned the arrest of Abdullahi Hussein Darwish, a Somaliland [...] Full text...

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