UN launches global campaign to enhance road safety
02 july 2024 - 06:04:16New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations on Monday launched a new global road safety campaign to improve traffic [...] Full text...
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New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations on Monday launched a new global road safety campaign to improve traffic [...] Full text...
UN agencies flag menstrual health education as world marks menstrual hygiene day
29 may 2024 - 05:36:59Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As World Menstrual Hygiene Day was marked on Tuesday, a joint report from the World Health Organization [...] Full text...
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World Economic Forum announces 2024 Crystal Award winners
08 january 2024 - 12:32:07Geneva, Switzerland, (PANA) - Architect and educator Diébédo Francis Kéré, Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and [...] Full text...
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UN marks halftime for the SDGs
14 september 2023 - 20:33:04New York, US (PANA) - The SDG Summit, taking place at the start of the UN General Assembly High Level [...] Full text...
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Sudanese theater vanguard killed in shelling
04 may 2023 - 15:33:43Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese theatre vanguard Asia Abdul Majid, 80, was killed when she was hit by an explosive [...] Full text...
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Goodwill Ambassador Hend Sabry receives WFP Nobel pin and certificate
24 june 2021 - 15:27:18Cairo, Egypt(PANA) - United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Goodwill Ambassador and film star Hend Sabry received on Thursday her [...] Full text...
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Malian actress, Maimouna Hélène Diarra, dies
12 june 2021 - 18:05:05Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The renowned Malian actress, Maimouna Hélène Diarra, died on Thursday in Bamako at the age of [...] Full text...
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Ghanaian actress jailed over nude photo granted bail
22 april 2021 - 05:56:44Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The High Court in Accra on Thursday granted jailed Ghanaian actress, Rosemond Brown, popularly called Akuapem [...] Full text...
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Ghanaian actress jailed 90 days for indecent exposure
16 april 2021 - 23:24:56Accra, Ghana (PANA) - An Accra circuit court Friday sentenced a popular Ghanaian actress, Rosemond Brown, to 90 days in [...] Full text...
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American actress Ashley Judd hospitalised in South Africa
14 february 2021 - 11:18:44Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Leading American actress Ashley Judd is in intensive care in a Johannesburg hospital after [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Germany avails €27.3 million to IFAD to help avert a pandemic food crisis
07 december 2020 - 13:16:24Rome, Italy (PANA)- In view of a looming food crisis due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Germany has committed €27.3 million [...] Full text...
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How the #Zimbabwelivesmatter sparked a global awareness on human rights abuses in Zimbabwe (Analysis)
10 august 2020 - 17:03:46Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - “Mnangagwa (Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa) has become a pig and he is eating his own children [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Legendary South Africa actress dead at 80
04 july 2020 - 16:46:37Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Legendary South African actress Mary Twala died in Johannesburg Saturday after a lengthy illness [...] Full text...
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Gambian artists, cultural players to participate in UNESCO resiliart teleconference
04 may 2020 - 21:47:48Banjul, Gambia(PANA) - The Gambian artists and cultural troupes will join other counterparts to participate in the UNESCO Resiliart Teleconference [...] Full text...
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List of winners of the Carthage Film Days
03 november 2019 - 12:45:32Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - This is the full list of winners of the Carthage Film Days (CFD) that took place [...] Full text...
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CAR's First Lady to attend the Int'l conference of Women Leaders in Bujumbura
23 october 2019 - 22:53:40Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Mrs. Tina Marguerite Touadéra, wife of the head of the Central African Republic, Faustin-Archange Touadéra, arrived [...] Full text...
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Mexican actress, Yalitza Aparicio, named UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for Indigenous Peoples
05 october 2019 - 06:23:22Paris, France (PANA) - The Director-General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay, has named Mexican actress Yalitza Aparicio as a UNESCO Goodwill [...] Full text...
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Morocco: Oujda Maghreb Film Festival scheduled for June 11-15
08 june 2019 - 19:15:21Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The eighth edition of the Oujda Maghreb film is scheduled to take place from June 11 [...] Full text...
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Burkinabe actress Roukiata Ouédraogo, named godmother of OIF project
16 march 2019 - 16:21:34Paris, France (PANA) - The International Organization of La Francophonie (OIF) has chosen Roukiata Ouédraogo, the Burkinabe actress and comedian, [...] Full text...
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American actress Bellamy Young concludes visit to Rwanda
04 february 2019 - 13:43:20Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - American actress Bellamy Young on Monday called on Rwandan President Paul Kagame shortly before concluding a [...] Full text...
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Famous American actress Bellamy Young arrives in Rwanda on girls empowerment campaign
31 january 2019 - 22:25:54Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Renowned American actress Bellamy Young arrived in Rwanda Thursday for a week’s visit [...] Full text...
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Zambian named Africa’s Best Female Philanthropist
02 january 2019 - 07:38:12Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambian Justina Mutale has been named Africa’s Best Female Philanthropist in the ChangeMakers Powerlist's latest release [...] Full text...
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UNHCR honours South Sudanese surgeon with 2018 UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award
02 october 2018 - 07:03:26Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, on Monday honoured Dr. Evan Atar Adaha, a surgeon from South [...] Full text...
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British actress Mbatha-Raw meets refugees in Rwanda
14 august 2018 - 10:23:37Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - British Hollywood actress Gugu Mbatha-Raw has met with refugees in Rwanda’s Mahama and Gihembe refugee camps, [...] Full text...
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Obama visits Kogelo ancestral home
16 july 2018 - 13:37:28Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Former US president Barrack Obama, is in Kenya to launch, among other projects, the Sauti Kuu [...] Full text...
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3 Nigerian women artists unite at UN to change perceptions of women and Africa
10 march 2018 - 12:29:45New York, US (PANA) - Three Nigerian women will spotlight themes such as human trafficking, suicide bombing, and sexism and [...] Full text...
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#MeToo movement stems from impunity and culture of silence, senior UN official says
20 october 2017 - 11:46:42New York, USA (PANA) – Casual indifference to sexual harassment is unacceptable, the head of the United Nations entity mandated [...] Full text...
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Uganda's Surrogates voted best African production at Slum Film Festival
17 october 2017 - 11:32:46Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Ugandan film, Surrogate, was on Monday night voted the Best African production at the ongoing 7th [...] Full text...
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Cote d'Ivoire: Poll ranks AfDB chief Adesina 3rd 'most reputable person on earth'
14 june 2017 - 06:37:15Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, has been rated the third [...] Full text...
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India: AfDB announces winners of Africa Development Impact Awards
25 may 2017 - 19:56:07Ahmedabad, india (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) on Wednesday unveiled winners of the Africa Development Impact during its [...] Full text...
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Tanzania: UNDP Goodwill envoy pleads for starving families on Mother's Day
14 may 2017 - 13:40:58Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Celebrating Mother’s Day this weekend, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Goodwill Ambassador Connie Britton [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe: UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador says child victims of sexual violence need protection
09 may 2017 - 05:45:30Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) – Drawing attention to the harrowing traumas of child victims of sexual violence, a Goodwill Ambassador for [...] Full text...
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UN: UN reports slow women's political parity
15 march 2017 - 21:43:45New York, US (PANA) - Women’s voices are still missing from the executive branches of governments and parliaments worldwide, slowing [...] Full text...
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UN: UN launches network to end global gender pay gap
14 march 2017 - 20:03:21New York, US (PANA) - With women being paid an average of 23 per cent less than men, the UN [...] Full text...
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US: New Yorkers protest against Donald Trump
20 january 2017 - 16:04:57New York, US (PANA) - Thousands of New Yorkers, including Mayor Bill de Blasio and a number of other celebrities [...] Full text...
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UN: American actress to promote workplace gender equality
15 june 2016 - 21:25:34New York, US (PANA) - The UN entity tasked with promoting gender equality (UN-Women) on Wednesday appointed American Academy Award-winning [...] Full text...
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US: UNHCR appoints Cate Blanchett as global Goodwill Ambassador
03 may 2016 - 06:36:17New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) on Monday announced the appointment of Academy Award-winning actress [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Oscar-winning actress joins Kenya's anti-poaching 'hearts and minds' campaign
27 april 2016 - 10:22:41Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - In the run-up to the world's largest ever ivory bonfire, to be conducted by the Kenya [...] Full text...
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UN: Youths stress need for inclusive society
25 april 2016 - 14:57:27New York, US (PANA) - Youths from around the world, participating in a UN Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) Global Forum [...] Full text...
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Ghana: Meningitis deaths, reduction in power tariff reported in Ghana
30 january 2016 - 07:23:33Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The Ghanaian media this week reported the rising deaths from the outbreak of pneumococcal meningitis and [...] Full text...
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China: Wildlife ambassadors, Chinese celebrities say consuming rhino horn no better than fingernails
13 january 2016 - 08:54:11Beijing, China (PANA) - With rampant poaching threatening the survival of Africa’s rhinos, an all-star team of Chinese celebrities and [...] Full text...
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Ghana: Suspected killer of British actress arrested in Ghana
10 january 2016 - 06:47:51Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Government of Ghana has confirmed that Arthur Simpson-Kent, the suspected killer of a British actress [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Rave reviews after SA comedian debut as host of major US show
29 september 2015 - 07:58:19Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Tributes are pouring in from around the world for South African comedian Trevor Noah, [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Jolie calls for united campaign against gender violence
13 june 2015 - 09:18:55Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – Actress and humanitarian Angelina Jolie has urged African leaders to join a global campaign to [...] Full text...
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Tanzania: Classical Chinese pianist joins campaign to save Africa’s elephants
01 june 2015 - 12:02:56Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - World-famous classical pianist Lang Lang on Monday took a stand against ivory consumption, with [...] Full text...
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Tanzania: New survey says Hong Kong public supports elephant ivory sales ban
26 may 2015 - 16:41:52Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) — As elephant poaching crisis continues, over three quarters of citizens living in key [...] Full text...
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UN: 'Women remain underrepresented in media'
12 march 2015 - 18:03:14New York, US (PANA) - The UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) says women continue [...] Full text...
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Ghana: Rotary gives Nigeria US$8.1 for polio eradication (Refiling to add clarify amount in the lead)
20 january 2015 - 21:41:30Accra, Ghana (PANA) - As Nigeria marks six months without a new case of polio, Rotary has announced US$8.1 million [...] Full text...
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Ghana: Rotary gives Nigeria US$8.1m for polio eradication
20 january 2015 - 21:36:22Accra, Ghana (PANA) - As Nigeria marks six months without a new case of polio, Rotary has announced US$8.1 in [...] Full text...
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UN: UN stresses need to end violence against women globally
25 november 2014 - 20:18:44New York, US (PANA) - Violence against women and girls is a global pandemic that destroys lives, fractures communities and [...] Full text...
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UN: UN kicks up campaign to end violence against women
24 november 2014 - 20:23:56New York, US (PANA) - On Monday night, for the first time ever, both the iconic Empire State building and [...] Full text...
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UN: UN urges 'fast-track' approach to end AIDS epidemic by 2030
18 november 2014 - 22:31:04New York, US (PANA) - Taking a fast-track approach in the battle against AIDS over the next five years will [...] Full text...
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Kenya: UNHCR moves to end statelessness
05 november 2014 - 12:41:07Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The UN refugee agency, with endorsement from high-profile supporters, has launched a global campaign to end [...] Full text...
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UN: UN refugee agency launches campaign to eliminate statelessness within 10 years
05 november 2014 - 05:05:14New York, US(PANA) - The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, has launched a global campaign aimed at ending, within a decade, [...] Full text...
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2014 FIFA WC: It's Germany for fourth time!
13 july 2014 - 23:02:50Rio de Janerio, Brazil (PANA) - For the third time in a row and for the fifth time overall, the [...] Full text...
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UN: Escalating violence in Central African Republic threatens aid delivery
08 july 2014 - 22:36:30New York, US (PANA) - The UN World Food Programme (WFP) on Tuesday warned that the violence in Central African [...] Full text...
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UN: US actress Angelina Jolie calls for end to sexual violence in conflict
10 june 2014 - 19:54:25New York, US (PANA) - Hollywood actress, activist and Special Envoy for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Ms. [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Pistorius trial to take three-week break
16 april 2014 - 10:00:48Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - The Oscar Pistorius murder trial in South Africa, which has captivated the attention of the [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Actress Lupita makes history, wins Oscar award
03 march 2014 - 10:13:42Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan actress Lupita Amondi Nyong’o on Sunday night won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar at the [...] Full text...
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UN: UNAIDS appeals for tolerance, dignity for all
27 february 2014 - 21:59:43New York, US (PANA) - Ahead of "Zero Discrimination Day" to be marked on 1 March worldwide, the Joint UN [...] Full text...
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Gambia: Entertainment industry growing (By Sheriff Musa, PANA Correspondent)
30 december 2013 - 15:39:29Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The launch of a US$ 60 million project by the Manding Morry Academy of Music (MAM) [...] Full text...
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American film critics rate '12 Years a Slave' best film in 2013
09 december 2013 - 18:33:05New York, US (PANA) - The Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA) in the US capital city, on Monday [...] Full text...
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WHO urges redoubled efforts to eradicate polio
25 october 2013 - 06:52:55New York, US (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said while the world is closer than ever to [...] Full text...
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UN Security Council strengthens efforts to fight sexual violence in conflicts
24 june 2013 - 21:40:13New York, US (PANA) - The UN Security Council on Monday sent a strong signal to perpetrators of sexual violence [...] Full text...
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ECA chief to be honoured for visionary, exemplary leadership
07 june 2013 - 12:11:39Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Carlos Lopes, is among the [...] Full text...
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National budget, mass failure in WAEC, kidnapping dominate headlines in Nigeria
22 december 2012 - 10:09:27Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The national budget, passed on Thursday by the National Assembly, and the mass failure in the [...] Full text...
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Magazine names 100 most influential Africans
30 november 2012 - 14:11:23Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The New African magazine, a pan-African current affairs magazine, has unveiled its annual list of 100 [...] Full text...
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Americans react to Obama’s re-election
07 november 2012 - 08:25:42New York, US (PANA) - A cross section of Americans on Wednesday morning expressed varying reactions to the re-election of [...] Full text...
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FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup: Nigeria's star striker eyes acting career
29 august 2012 - 10:16:52Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Francisca Ordega, the star striker who has been largely instrumental to Nigeria's quarter-final berth at the [...] Full text...
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UN launches initiative to help end new HIV infections among children
08 may 2012 - 17:55:23New York, US (PANA) - The Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), on Tuesday launched a campaign to help bring [...] Full text...
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UN officials task countries on ending human trafficking
04 april 2012 - 08:51:53New York, US (PANA) - Top UN officials have urged member states to increase their collaborative efforts to prevent human [...] Full text...
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Global recording artist, Sarah Brightman, designated UNESCO Artist for Peace
06 february 2012 - 15:20:15Paris, France (PANA) - British performer Sarah Brightman, one of the world’s few artists to top both pop and classical [...] Full text...
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WHO enlists celebrities to fight tuberculosis
06 december 2011 - 15:23:17New York, US (PANA) - A new initiative to combat tuberculosis (TB), an illness which claims the lives of over [...] Full text...
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UN report calls for adequate justice for terrorism victims, families
23 november 2011 - 16:08:43New York, US (PANA) - A UN policy guide released Wednesday offers advice on how to reform and improve criminal [...] Full text...
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UN chief calls for more donations to end violence against women
22 november 2011 - 21:17:38New York, US (PANA) - Marking the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon [...] Full text...
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Migiro tasks youth on sustainable development
17 november 2011 - 16:16:15New York, US (PANA) - UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha Rose-Migiro on Thursday exhorted young people to use their skills and [...] Full text...
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Marrakech International Film Festival to be held in December
13 october 2011 - 14:38:40Rabat, Morocco (PANA) – The 11th edition of the Marrakech International Film Festival (FIFM) will be held 2-10 December, organizers [...] Full text...
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Mandela is world's 'most visible leader'
22 september 2011 - 09:11:57Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - Former South African President Nelson Mandela was Wednesday ranked first in a perception assessment of [...] Full text...
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UNESCO, partners to promote education for young women
08 september 2011 - 15:45:35Paris, France (PANA) - UNESCO and the multinational consumer product company, Procter and Gamble’s Always brand, have launched a partnership [...] Full text...
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US film directors expected at Rwanda Hillywood
15 july 2011 - 17:01:42Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Nine American film directors are expected at the sixth annual film festival in Rwanda, which starts [...] Full text...
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Global charity urges Kenya to open refugee camp for drought victims
13 july 2011 - 21:54:45Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – International charity Christian Aid on Wednesday called on the Kenyan government to open a [...] Full text...
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Boko Haram, labour's impending strike, ministers' list get big play in Nigeria
02 july 2011 - 08:34:17Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Army's notice of "extinction" to the dreaded Boko Haram religious sect, labour's two-week notice of a [...] Full text...
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Chadian film maker to serve as jury member for Cannes cinema festival
11 may 2011 - 14:26:32Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Chadian filmmaker, Mahamat Saleh Haroun is the only African member of the jury of the [...] Full text...
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Fresh violence in Darfur claims one, injures 10 others
18 march 2011 - 16:13:28New York, US (PANA) - The UN/AU Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) said one person was killed and 10 others were [...] Full text...
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Drogba explains how free, fair elections can stop poverty
28 october 2010 - 19:10:00Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- Ivorian football superstar Didier Drogba on Thursday kicked off, in Kinshasa, the capital of [...] Full text...
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UN calls for united action against hunger
15 october 2010 - 18:59:00New York- US (PANA) -- The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday called for a united stand against hunger, saying [...] Full text...
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FAO appoints Celine Dion, others as Goodwill Ambassadors
15 october 2010 - 09:31:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) was Friday d ue to appoint Italian actor Raoul Bova, [...] Full text...
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SA police investigate ''blood diamonds''
11 august 2010 - 09:27:00Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- South African police are trying to establish th e origins of uncut diamonds handed [...] Full text...
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Cameroonian wins 1st Prize at Abidjan Film Festival
27 april 2010 - 18:21:00Abidjan- Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) -- The film, "La metaphore du Manioc", produced by Lionel Meta, earned the Cameroonian the first [...] Full text...
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2009: Final Draw for 2010 World Cup puts Africa on the map
30 december 2009 - 12:19:00Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- The spectacular Final Draw for the 2010 World C up in Cape Town, South [...] Full text...
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Tutu, 15 others bag U.S. Medal of Freedom
13 august 2009 - 09:13:00Washington DC- US (PANA) -- U. S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday bestowed the Presidential Medal of Freedom on [...] Full text...
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