BREAKING NEWS: Liberia's presidential inauguration suspended after Boakai falls ill at podium (By Paul Ejime)

22 january 2024 - 15:28:54
Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) - The swearing in ceremony of Liberia's new President Joseph Boakai came to an abrupt end after [...] Full text...

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DRC opposition leader Katumbi decries home siege after disputed poll results

09 january 2024 - 09:15:58
Goma, DRC (PANA) – Security forces laid a siege on the residence of DRC presidential candidate Moise Katumbi on Monday, [...] Full text...

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Kenyan anti-government protests continue, killings reported

19 july 2023 - 18:31:06
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Police have shot dead one person and wounded scores during the first day of three days [...] Full text...

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Russian president Putin will not attend BRICS Summit, says South African presidency

19 july 2023 - 12:04:36
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - The President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, will not attend the forthcoming 15th Summit of BRICS [...] Full text...

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Ramaphosa releases confidential Putin affidavit

19 july 2023 - 08:47:51
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa says he is concerned by “nuclear war talk” from a top [...] Full text...

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Former South African Cabinet Minister dead at 83

06 july 2023 - 08:29:37
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former Cabinet Minister and anti-apartheid veteran Essop Pahad died after a long battle with [...] Full text...

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Sudan conflict: New vice president says he is not for any side in the fighting

20 may 2023 - 16:11:30
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – Sudan’s new civilian Vice President, Malik Aggar, on Saturday stressed he accepted the job only to [...] Full text...

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Malian govt denies French newspaper's story on alleged shooting of soldier at Presidential Palace

12 november 2022 - 14:05:00
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian transition government has denied a story published on Friday in the French newspaper, Libération, which [...] Full text...

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Sudan movves towards interim period

19 october 2022 - 16:24:59
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Conflicting political utterances that go against the events on the ground have become the norm in [...] Full text...

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Former Guinean PM Kabinet Komara welcomes return of two former presidents of Transition

20 december 2021 - 12:49:20
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The former Guinean prime minister under the Transition in 2009, Kabinet Komara, Monday welcomed the return [...] Full text...

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Former heads of state Dadis Camara and Sékouba Konaté allowed to return to Guinea

01 december 2021 - 13:59:48
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Twenty-four hours after easing the detention of former President Alpha Conde (83), the president of the [...] Full text...

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Former Guinean transitional president throws weight behind military junta

17 september 2021 - 11:16:58
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The president of the 2009-2010 transition in Guinea, General Sékouba Konaté, on Thursday welcomed the overthrow [...] Full text...

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South African president's top aide dies

17 september 2021 - 05:46:56
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Deputy Minister in the Presidency Hlengiwe Mkhize died on Thursday. She was 69 years [...] Full text...

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UNSMIL notes release of Saadi Gaddafi, seven other former regime officials

06 september 2021 - 20:43:58
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) says it has noted the release on Sunday [...] Full text...

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25 years on, world remembers Nigeria’s Atlanta’96 Olympics heroes

03 august 2021 - 17:09:19
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - August 3, 1996, would be etched forever in the memory of African football custodian and even [...] Full text...

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Gambia: Truth commission uncovered ex-President’s alleged crimes

24 may 2021 - 18:21:22
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Testimony before the Gambian truth Reconciliation, and Reparations Commission (TRRC), linking former President Yahya Jammeh to numerous grave [...] Full text...

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Former Ghanaian President Mahama withdraws acceptance as AU special envoy to Somalia

20 may 2021 - 21:11:37
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's former President John Dramani Mahama Thursday withdrew his acceptance as African Union (AU) Special Envoy [...] Full text...

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South African former President Zuma condemned for defying top court

19 march 2021 - 10:42:51
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) –  A large group of former prominent anti-Apartheid activists and leaders from religious, civil society, [...] Full text...

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DR Congo engages to tighten security in high risk zones

23 february 2021 - 23:41:53
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The Security Council, at a meeting here Tuesday presided by President Felix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo, [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Buhari addresses National Assembly Thursday on Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorism, banditry, other crimes

07 december 2020 - 20:16:03
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - President Muhammadu Buhari will address a joint session of the National Assembly on Thursday, 10 December, [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Outrage as Boko Haram kills 43 farmers

29 november 2020 - 20:02:46
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The horrific killing of at least 43 rice farmers at Zabarmari in the Jere Local Government [...] Full text...

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Rights groups demand justice for victims of 28 September massacre in Guinea

28 september 2020 - 10:07:46
Conakry, Guinea (PANA)  - Six human rights groups on Monday reminded the Guinean authorities that victims and their family members [...] Full text...

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Nigerian, Ghanaian leaders meet over alleged ill-treatment of Nigerian traders in Ghana

21 september 2020 - 07:43:53
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday met with his Ghanaian counterpart Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Sixth Nigerian governor tests positive

04 july 2020 - 16:13:24
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Coronavirus (COVID-19) invaded two further government houses Friday with the Governor of Ebonyi State, Engineer [...] 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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Niger holds seminar on coronavirus

04 march 2020 - 21:46:17
Niamey, Niger (PANA) – The Nigerien government on Wednesday launched an information seminar on the COVID 19 to further sensitize [...] Full text...

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Kenya deputy president walks tightrope as land fraud case re-opens

22 january 2020 - 12:44:36
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The re-opening  of investigations in a land fraud case, in which Kenyan Deputy President William Ruto [...] Full text...

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Nigeria begins regulation of web and onlineTV/radios for hate speech, others

09 january 2020 - 17:47:20
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian federal government has ordered its National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to regulate the web and [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Buhari gives directive for completion of Nigeria's Ajaokuta steel complex

24 november 2019 - 19:26:23
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Mr Olamilekan Adegbite, on Sunday said President Muhammadu Buhari [...] Full text...

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Ramaphosa inaugurated at spectacular ceremony

25 may 2019 - 11:55:57
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA)   -   President Cyril Ramaphosa was inaugurated as the sixth democratically-elected president at a spectacular ceremony at [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's president 'shocked' over continued killings in his home State

23 may 2019 - 06:29:49
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday expressed shock over the continued killings by armed bandits of [...] Full text...

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DR Congo, Belgium discuss resumption of cooperation

15 may 2019 - 05:54:27
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) – The resumption of cooperation, especially in the military domain, between Democratic Republic of Congo (DR [...] Full text...

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Buhari again meets with security chiefs over worsening security situation

09 may 2019 - 18:09:26
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – For the second time this week, President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday met with heads of Nigeria’s [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's major opposition party charge Buhari to end his London "private visit" over deteriorating security situation

02 may 2019 - 19:35:37
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's major opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Thursday charged President Muhammadu Buhari to [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Police officer injured in shoot out with abductors of President Buhari hometown chief

02 may 2019 - 18:16:13
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Katsina Police Command, Northwest Nigeria, on Thursday said its patrol teams at Kusada Division intercepted [...] Full text...

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Armed bandits kidnap Nigerian President Buhari's hometown chief

02 may 2019 - 07:29:08
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The wave of kidnappings and violence in northwest Nigeria continued on Wednesday evening with the kidnap [...] Full text...

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Former Sudanese Prime Minister, hundred officials arrested

12 april 2019 - 19:47:22
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The prime minister under president Bashir, Mohamed Tahir Aila, and over a hundred other senior officials [...] Full text...

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Sniper kills four people in Egypt - police

19 march 2019 - 20:10:52
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Egyptian police forces on Tuesday shot dead a young man who fired at several members of [...] Full text...

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Widespread violence, other issues, mar elections in Nigeria's presidential, national assembly elections

23 february 2019 - 15:01:34
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria’s presidential and national assembly elections are being marred by widespread late arrival of electoral materials, [...] Full text...

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Nigerian Presidential aide says deportation of 723 Nigerians by Ghana "disturbing"

21 february 2019 - 21:36:40
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – President Muhammadu Buhari’s senior aide on Nigerians in Diaspora, Ms Abike Dabiri-Erewa, on Thursday described as [...] Full text...

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Rwanda fosters high-quality teaching to tackle challenges in basic education system (A feature by Aimable Twahirwa, PANA Correspondent)

20 february 2019 - 22:12:44
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) – Margaret Mukarutabana, a female resident of Gikondo, one of the suburbs of Kigali, began her teaching [...] Full text...

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Nigerian govt, opposition parties laud US, UK on demand for credible polls in Nigeria

25 january 2019 - 15:55:55
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Federal Government on Friday said it welcomed the statements from the United States and [...] Full text...

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Nigeria demands "full investigation" into killing of Nigerian by Kenyan Police

22 october 2018 - 14:39:17
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria on Monday demanded for full autopsy and investigation from Kenya Government into the killing of [...] Full text...

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Kagame shuffles Rwares three in a slight cabinet reshuffle

18 october 2018 - 18:22:17
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan President Paul Kagame on Thursday shuffled his cabinet and appointed former Senator Richard Sezibera as [...] Full text...

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Nigeria condemns killing of another aid worker by Boko Haram

16 october 2018 - 08:20:04
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian government has said it is shocked and saddened at the killing of another aid [...] Full text...

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Nigerian govt worries about continued closure of Nigerian businesses in Ghana

11 october 2018 - 16:43:03
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Federal Government on Thursday expressed reservations over the continued closure of Nigerian-owned businesses in [...] Full text...

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Nigeria military investigates fighter jets collision

29 september 2018 - 11:26:39
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has set up a board of inquiry into the collision and [...] Full text...

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'9,438 Nigerians so far repatriated from Libya'

06 august 2018 - 15:51:16
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Some 9,438 Nigerian migrants have so far been repatriated by the Federal Government and the International [...] Full text...

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Ghana's former vice president Amissah-Arthur dies

29 june 2018 - 07:36:33
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's former Vice President, Kwesi Amissah-Arthur is dead, the local media reported on Friday. Accra-based Citi FM [...] Full text...

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Nigerian president Buhari begins 2-day visit to Morocco

10 june 2018 - 14:37:33
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, left Abuja on Sunday for Morocco for a two-day visit. The President’s Senior [...] Full text...

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Political detainees released in Sudan

10 april 2018 - 17:20:52
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - An unspecified number of political detainees have been set free in various locations in the Sudan, [...] Full text...

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Nigerian president Buhari to contest for second term

09 april 2018 - 14:12:40
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday made the long-expected announcement that he will seek a second [...] Full text...

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President Buhari to attend Counter-terrorism Summit in Jordan

01 december 2017 - 08:37:57
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari will join other Heads of State in Aqaba, Jordan, on Saturday, to [...] Full text...

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Kenyan opposition says five wounded in fierce shooting of its supporters

28 november 2017 - 17:42:11
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga said Tuesday that five people were shot and wounded among [...] Full text...

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Guinea: Rights groups demand justice for 2009 Conakry stadium massacre victims

27 september 2017 - 06:56:09
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) – Human rights groups on Wednesday the Guinean government to move ahead to deliver justice, truth, and [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Nigerian govt condemns killing of another Nigerian in South Africa

02 september 2017 - 15:01:37
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria on Saturday condemned what it tagged “the incessant extrajudicial killings of Nigerians in South Africa,” [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Nigeria donates US$2m to Sierra Leonean victims of mudslides

24 august 2017 - 17:33:02
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian government has donated US$2 million to Sierra Leone to ameliorate the sufferings of the [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia: Libyan crisis dominates AU Summit agenda on ending conflicts

02 july 2017 - 16:07:08
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – African leaders arrived in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, on Sunday for the 29th session [...] Full text...

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Sudan: President Bashir sacks his close aide

14 june 2017 - 19:01:37
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese President Omar Bashir on Wednesday sacked his close aide, Taha Al Hussein, who was director [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: President Muhammadu Buhari's return dominates front pages in Nigeria

11 march 2017 - 05:43:44
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The return of President Muhammadu Buhari after 51 days in London was the main story [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Nigeria warns citizens travelling to US

06 march 2017 - 14:23:39
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – President Muhammadu Buhari’s Senior Assistant on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Ms Abike Dabiri-Erewa, on Monday advised [...] Full text...

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Sudan: Bashir names First Vice President as Prime Minister

02 march 2017 - 10:33:59
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese First Vice President Bakri Hassan Salih has been named to fill the new post of [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Fresh wave of xenophobic violence in Pretoria

21 february 2017 - 11:07:54
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A fresh wave of xenophobic violence has swept through Atteridgeville outside Pretoria, coinciding with [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia: US banks target opportunities in Sudan after sanctions lifting

27 january 2017 - 19:34:33
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - A significant number of American banks have indicated their interest to invest in Sudan as [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Kenya Security agents detain South Sudanese rebel leader aides

25 january 2017 - 05:33:12
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Two prominent aides of South Sudanese rebel leader Riek Machar have been detained in Nairobi pending [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: 'No formal declaration of victory over Boko Haram without Chibok girls'

12 january 2017 - 19:42:52
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – President Muhammadu Buhari says any formal declaration of victory over the Boko Haram terrorists would be [...] Full text...

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Kenya: South Sudanese rebel fears deportation to 'enemy territory'

03 november 2016 - 16:27:22
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - South Sudanese rebels expressed fears on Thursday that a senior aide to their leader, Riek Machar, [...] Full text...

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Zambia: Amnesty Int'l demands immediate release of newspaper owner, staff

29 june 2016 - 04:34:32
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Authorities must immediately and unconditionally release the owner of The Post newspaper, Fred M’membe, his wife [...] Full text...

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Zambia: Rights group slams Zambian authorities for newspaper closure

22 june 2016 - 16:48:01
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Human rights group Amnesty International says the decision by the Zambian authorities to shut down the [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Anti-graft body arrests ex-President Jonathan's private Secretary

17 may 2016 - 15:36:18
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s leading anti-graft body, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Monday evening arrested former [...] Full text...

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Senegal: MFWA urges Ghanaian President to fulfill promise

06 february 2016 - 14:44:21
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) -The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has written to Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama urging him [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Buhari's first 100 days in office, raging war against boko haram, corruption reported in Nigeria

12 september 2015 - 08:11:32
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - President Muhammadu Buhari's first 100 days in office, the raging war against Boko Haram and Corruption [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Buhari's key appointments reported in Nigeria

29 august 2015 - 07:32:25
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - President Muhammadu Buhari's appointment of key officials who will assist him in the complex task of [...] Full text...

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Cote d'Ivoire: Ivorian publisher charged with defamation, insult

06 august 2015 - 09:02:03
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on the Ivorian authorities to immediately drop [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Former Robben Island prisoner, Sexwale, eyes FIFA presidency

03 august 2015 - 10:39:39
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Former South African political prisoner and government minister Tokyo Sexwale has confirmed that he [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia: Obama touches down in Addis Ababa

26 july 2015 - 16:31:21
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - US President Barack Obama touched down at the Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, the [...] Full text...

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Zambia: Police question Post Newspaper boss

12 may 2015 - 13:50:07
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Police in the Zambian capital, Lusaka, on Tuesday questioned the Editor-in-Chief of the independent Post Newspaper, [...] Full text...

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Kenya: State prosecutor orders probe on missing Kenyan presidential aide

29 april 2015 - 17:35:42
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA)- Kenya’s Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Keriako Tobiko, has ordered the police to begin investigation into the [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: President Jonathan mourns close Aide

09 april 2015 - 14:55:10
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Outgoing Nigerian President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, is deeply saddened by the death, on Thursday, of his [...] Full text...

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Ghana: World Cup fiasco report, Nigeria election highlighted in Ghana

04 april 2015 - 08:11:46
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The presentation of a report by a commission set up by the government to probe the [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Obasanjo accuses President Jonathan of planning to rig election

15 february 2015 - 08:25:28
Abeokuta, Nigeria (PANA) - Former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo, on Saturday accused President Goodluck Jonathan, who is the candidate of [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Violent, mudslinging electioneering campaign reported in Nigeria

24 january 2015 - 08:10:44
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian media are awash, this week, with stories on the campaign for the 14 February [...] Full text...

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Senegal: CPJ condemns Congo over local journalist's expulsion

26 september 2014 - 17:16:14
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has condemned Congolese authorities in Brazzaville for expelling [...] Full text...

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Zambia: Opposition casts doubts on President Sata’s latest pictures released to media

15 july 2014 - 12:56:34
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambia's opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) has questioned the authenticity of the still pictures [...] Full text...

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Sao Tome and Principe: Journalists demand better wages

20 june 2014 - 16:36:33
Sao Tomé, Sao Tomé and Principe (PANA) – The Radio, Television and news agency workers union on Thursday addressed a [...] Full text...

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South Africa: New book lifts lid on Mandela family feuds

15 june 2014 - 09:50:48
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – An extraordinary new book about Nelson Mandela has lifted the lid on deep family [...] Full text...

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Zambia: President Sata testifies in defamation case against Daily Nation

21 may 2014 - 15:06:01
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambian President Michael Sata on Wednesday narrated, in the Lusaka High Court, how aggrieved he was [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Police, First Lady deny role in arrest of protest leader of abducted girls

05 may 2014 - 20:55:51
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Police on Monday denied ever arresting one of the leaders of the women protesting [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia/AU: AU responds to outrage over South Sudan massacre

23 april 2014 - 16:56:25
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has responded directly to a social media campaign launched in Kenya [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Jonathan's verdict on the "real" cause of insurgency reported in Nigeria

30 march 2014 - 08:55:35
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - President Goodluck Jonathan's categorical statement that the failure in governance by the governors of the 12 [...] Full text...

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Libya: Libyan forces besiege North Korea-flagged tanker

09 march 2014 - 19:10:35
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan government forces and loyal militia fighters have besieged a North Korea-flagged tanker that a rival [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: War drums, changes at the Central Bank, anti-smoking law highlighted in Nigeria

22 february 2014 - 11:22:13
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A State governor's "war drums", sudden changes at the apex bank and the anti-smoking law in [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: I have no regrets, says Sanusi

21 february 2014 - 13:52:12
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) – The suspended Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has said he has [...] Full text...

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Nigerian military 'kills 50 Boko Haram suspects'

07 september 2013 - 12:37:41
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigerian army troops have killed 50 suspected Boko Haram insurgents in a counter-attack after the sect [...] Full text...

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Ex-Nigerian dictator's aide released from prison after murder acquittal

12 july 2013 - 23:11:42
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The two men who were set free by a Nigerian Court of Appeal on Friday for [...] Full text...

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Ex-aide of Nigerian dictator freed over killing of late politician's wife

12 july 2013 - 16:30:04
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Maj. Hamza Al-Mustapha, former aide to Nigeria's late military dictator Sani Abacha, had his death sentence [...] Full text...

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SA opposition wants ex-Gaddafi aide arrested over stolen Libyan funds

03 june 2013 - 11:22:31
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa’s official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) on Monday expressed concern over the failure [...] Full text...

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Nigerian aviation workers suspend strike

20 may 2013 - 20:56:13
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Staffers of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) have suspended the strike they embarked upon on [...] Full text...

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Henry Okah's jail term, oil theft, subsidy highlighted in Nigeria

30 march 2013 - 15:37:28
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The sentencing of Henry Okah to 24 years in jail, oil theft, government's latest stand on [...] Full text...

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Former Nigerian State governor re-arraigned for money laundering

08 march 2013 - 07:42:23
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A former Nigerian State Governor, Chimaroke Nnamani of Enugu, was on Thursday re-arraigned before a Federal [...] Full text...

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Nigerian state governor injured in car crash

28 december 2012 - 23:06:35
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Gov. Idris Wada of Nigeria's central Kogi State was seriously injured on Friday when his official [...] Full text...

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Remains of all 6 victims of Nigeria military chopper crash recovered

16 december 2012 - 15:46:42
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The remains of all six people, including a state governor, who died in Saturday's crash of [...] Full text...

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Nigerian presidency confirms death of state gov. former NSA in military chopper crash

15 december 2012 - 22:29:19
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian Presidency has confirmed the death of Gov. Patrick Yakowa of northern Kaduna State, former [...] Full text...

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Nigerian state governor, former National Security Adviser feared dead in chopper crash

15 december 2012 - 19:06:13
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Governor Patrick Yakowa of Nigeria's northern Kaduna state and former National Security Adviser (NSA) Owoye Azazi [...] Full text...

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Abducted mother of Nigeria's Finance Minister freed (1st Update)

14 december 2012 - 12:07:19
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has confirmed the release of her kidnapped mother, five days after [...] Full text...

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Malawi President threatens to expel refugees

30 november 2012 - 12:20:37
Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Malawi President Joyce Banda has said the southern African country should re-consider the future of refugees [...] Full text...

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Ex-Malawi President's son quits Banda administration

12 november 2012 - 12:23:21
Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Austin Atupele Muluzi, son of former Malawi President Bakili Muluzi, has quit the Joyce Banda administration, [...] Full text...

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Nigerian state governor survives plane crash

26 october 2012 - 09:31:29
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Governor Danbaba Suntai of Nigeria's northern Taraba state and five of his aides survived a plane [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's presidency 'probes' inaccuracy in independence anniversary speech

03 october 2012 - 11:14:23
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan has ordered a probe into the inaccuracy contained in his 52nd independence [...] Full text...

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Ghana-Ivorian ties, battle to win Rawlings’ "heart" played up in Ghana’s media

29 september 2012 - 08:40:51
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – Relations between Ghana and its western neighbor, Cote d’Ivoire, especially after armed men attacked positions in [...] Full text...

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Ghana's new President Mahama holds crucial meetings

26 july 2012 - 11:57:19
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama, after spending the first day in office holding an emergency cabinet [...] Full text...

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'Secret' meetings between Mills and Rawlings, more judgement debts dominate Ghana’s media

21 july 2012 - 07:46:19
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – “Secret” meetings between Ghana’s President John Evans Atta Mills and former President Jerry John Rawlings, and [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Odinga's former aide sneaks out to Canada after controversial book launch

17 july 2012 - 15:18:33
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan Prime Minister's former legal advisor, Miguna Miguna, Tuesday flew out to Canada two days after [...] Full text...

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Rights watchdog urges Sudan to end crackdown on protesters, journalists

26 june 2012 - 15:25:46
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Sudanese authorities must end its ruthless crackdown on protests and stop the harassment of journalists [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's President sacks National Security Adviser, Defence Minister

22 june 2012 - 22:07:32
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan has sacked National Security Adviser Andrew Azazi and Defence Minister Bello Haliru, [...] Full text...

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Rawlings dominates Ghanaian media with another controversial “boom”

19 may 2012 - 08:52:36
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana’s former president Jerry John Rawlings, one of the biggest crowd pullers in the country, dominated [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's President orders investigation into killing of governor's aide

08 may 2012 - 13:48:27
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan has ordered acting Inspector-General of Police Mohammed Abubakar to find and arrest [...] Full text...

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Stray bullets kill 14 as pro- and anti-Toure soldiers clash in Mali

02 may 2012 - 15:49:23
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Fourteen persons, half of them civilians, died Tuesday in Mali when they were hit by stray [...] Full text...

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Bombers' attack on media houses dominates front pages in Nigeria

28 april 2012 - 10:11:35
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Suicide bombers' attack on media houses was the main story in Nigeria this week. "Nigerian Press comes [...] Full text...

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Venezuela, ECOWAS to implement MoU on ECOWAS Malaria elimination programme

27 april 2012 - 15:36:56
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - ECOWAS and Venezuela have agreed to take measures to implement their 2009 Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) [...] Full text...

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Obama calls on Sudanese rivals to ceasefire

21 april 2012 - 19:17:00
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - US President Barack Obama has urged Sudan to halt all military activities against South Sudan and [...] Full text...

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Nkrumah’s ‘lost son’, reconciling Mills and Rawlings reported in Ghana

07 april 2012 - 06:31:42
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The sudden emergence of a 55-year-old man claiming to be a son of Ghana’s first president [...] Full text...

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Ghana media report rumours of Rawlings’ new party, running mate of opposition candidate

31 march 2012 - 08:13:03
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – Rumours of the formation of a new party by Ghana’s former President Jerry John Rawlings, the [...] Full text...

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Power outage, suspension of Rawlings’s aide played up in Ghana media

24 march 2012 - 08:57:22
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – A nationwide power outage last Wednesday night, the suspension of Kofi Adams, an aide of former [...] Full text...

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Sudan shrugs off ICC decision to arrest Sudan’s Defense Minister

02 march 2012 - 13:16:45
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan has shrugged off the decision by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to issue a warrant [...] Full text...

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ICC issues arrest warrant against Sudan’s defence minister

01 march 2012 - 19:39:42
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued an arrest warrant against Sudan’s defence minister, Abdel Raheem [...] Full text...

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Minister orders probe of airport blackout in Nigeria

10 february 2012 - 08:58:11
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's Minister of Power Barth Nnaji has ordered an investigation into the blackout which occurred at [...] Full text...

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Domestic issues dominate Nigerian media

04 february 2012 - 08:40:57
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Domestic issues and violence, including the Boko Haram menace and the mass burial of its victims, [...] Full text...

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Ex-aide to late Nigerian dictator, co-conspirator to die for killing business mogul's wife

30 january 2012 - 21:09:05
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A High Court judge in Nigeria's economic capital city of Lagos on Monday sentenced to death [...] Full text...

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Nigerian govt seeks US$5m from China for light rail

02 december 2011 - 09:56:33
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian government has concluded arrangement to access a soft loan of about US$5 million from [...] Full text...

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Kadhafi's demise gets big play in Nigeria

22 october 2011 - 08:07:53
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Thursday's death of former Libyan leader Mouammar Kadhafi overshadowed all other stories in Nigeria this week. After [...] Full text...

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Former president's son eyes Malawi 2014 polls

29 september 2011 - 15:25:46
Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Austin Atupele Muluzi, former president Bakili Muluzi's 33-year-old son, has announced he will seek nomination to [...] Full text...

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Kibaki aide begins defence at war crimes court

24 september 2011 - 10:36:16
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya’s top-ranking presidential aide and Cabinet Secretary, Francis Muthaura kicked off his defence at the International [...] Full text...

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Kenya's Finance Minister, two others appear before ICC

21 september 2011 - 21:19:04
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's Finance Minister Uhuru Kenyatta, President Mwai Kibaki’s top aide Francis Muthaura and former Police Chief [...] Full text...

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Nigerian authorities 'will not charge' arrested ex-minister

05 july 2011 - 09:03:34
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Indications have emerged that Nigeria's State Security Service (SSS) may not charge a former government minister, [...] Full text...

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Babangida to President Jonathan: "All is not well in Nigeria"

03 july 2011 - 17:44:57
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Declaring that "All is not well with the country", former Nigerian military president, General Ibrahim Babangida, [...] Full text...

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Nigerian president submits list of ministers to National Asembly next week

20 june 2011 - 19:22:53
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Despite the pressure on President Goodluck Jonathan to immediately constitute the Federal Executive Council (FEC) and [...] Full text...

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History student wins 2nd griot festival in Togo

29 april 2011 - 17:37:22
Lome, Togo (PANA) - Togolese Kanan Maleki, a 25-year-old history student, has won the second annual Griot National Festival held [...] Full text...

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Ex-First Lady's presidential ambition, Gbagbo's “capture”highlighted by Ghana media

16 april 2011 - 08:50:16
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Former First Lady Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings' decision to vie against President John Evans Atta Mills [...] Full text...

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UN human rights team discovers hundreds of corpses in Cote d'Ivoire

08 april 2011 - 18:41:27
New York, US (PANA) - The UN human rights office said Friday its investigators have found more than 100 corpses [...] Full text...

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Mutharika orders ex-president's medical referral

02 april 2011 - 18:34:00
Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Malawi's President Bingu wa Mutharika has directed that former president Bakili Muluzi's be permitted to seek [...] Full text...

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Nigeria 2011: Violence threatens Nigeria's elections

28 march 2011 - 10:40:41
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A governorship candidate's aide has one of his ears chopped off! An opposition party supporter was [...] Full text...

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'33 die in convoy accidents in Nigeria'

28 march 2011 - 08:14:43
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Road crashes involving the vehicular convoys of top government officials in Nigeria have killed 33 and [...] Full text...

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Aide of Nigerian state governor, four others die in road crash

16 march 2011 - 09:53:52
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - An accident involving the official motorcade of Gov. Ibrahim Shema of Nigeria's northern Katsina state left [...] Full text...

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Zim minister appears in court for corruption

11 march 2011 - 14:15:29
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe's Minister of Energy Elton Mangoma appeared in court Friday, accused of involvement in a US$6 [...] Full text...

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Mutharika's daughter says "most hurt" to be linked to escape of fugitive

08 march 2011 - 21:27:07
Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - The daughter of Malawi president Bingu wa Mutharika, Duwa Mutharika-Mubaira, has said she was "most hurt" [...] Full text...

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Ailing Malawi ex-president's graft case finally begins

08 march 2011 - 20:00:26
Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - The long-awaited corruption case of Malawi's former president Bakili Muluzi finally commenced at the High Court [...] Full text...

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Court orders Malawi ex-President's case to resume Tuesday

07 march 2011 - 19:22:35
Blantyre, Malawi (PANAI) - The Malawi High Court in the commercial capital, Blantyre, has ordered that the long-awaited corruption trial [...] Full text...

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Islamic cleric arrested in Nigeria for defacing President's campaign posters

02 march 2011 - 13:39:00
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigeria police have arrested and detained an Islamic cleric, Sheikh Abubakar Jubril, for allegedly defacing [...] Full text...

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Politics, new anti-terrorism law, Halliburton bribery scandal reported in Nigeria

19 february 2011 - 08:42:15
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The emergence of 18 presidential and 345 governorship candidates for the April general elections, President Goodluck [...] Full text...

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Court orders Government to fund Malawi ex-president's foreign medical trip

10 february 2011 - 21:46:01
Blantyre , Malawi (PANA) - The High Court in the northern city of Mzuzu has ordered the Malawi government to [...] Full text...

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Convicted Malawi ex-minister to fight for freedom on Friday

01 february 2011 - 22:05:48
Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Lawyers for Zililo Chibambo, the convicted Malawian former minister and former diplomat to neighbouring Mozambique, will [...] Full text...

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Kenya gets AU's ministerial backing to delay ICC trials

29 january 2011 - 12:56:26
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has agreed to offer its total support to Kenya’s efforts to [...] Full text...

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Court convicts Malawian ex-minister

28 january 2011 - 22:54:01
Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - The Blantyre Chief Magistrate's Court on Friday convicted a former Malawian senior minister and diplomat of [...] Full text...

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Guinea's ex-junta leader to assume African Standby Force command

21 january 2011 - 15:08:12
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Guinea's former President, General Sékouba Konaté, is expected in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Monday to take [...] Full text...

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Kenyan VP says ICC complementing Nairobi post-election violence efforts

20 january 2011 - 19:07:46
Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Kenyan Vice-President, Stephen Karonzo Musyoka, on a two-day official visit to Malawi, Wednesday said the International [...] Full text...

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4 die, 13 injured in Abuja blast - Police

01 january 2011 - 10:26:15
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian police said only 4 persons died while 13 others were injured in the blast [...] Full text...

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Uneasy calm in Nigerian city after Sunday's violence

27 december 2010 - 10:10:38
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Uneasy calm prevailed in Nigeria's northern city of Jos Monday, a day after angry youths carried [...] Full text...

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Catholics miss out as Mutharika appoints Integrity Committee

16 december 2010 - 22:06:57
Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika has appointed a body to be called the National Integrity Committee [...] Full text...

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Mixed reaction to Wikileaks cables on Ghana's drug menace

15 december 2010 - 20:18:07
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – Alleged leaked diplomatic cables on Ghana's fight against drugs released by the controversial Wikileaks website has [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's President appoints new DG for Drug Enforcement Agency

13 december 2010 - 13:55:52
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the appointment of Mr. Femi Ajayi as the new Director-General/Executive [...] Full text...

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Gunmen attack home of Nigerian President's aide, kill policeman

12 november 2010 - 14:49:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Unknown gunmen have attacked the country home, in oil-ri ch Bayelsa state, of Mr. Timi [...] Full text...

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France wants Abdou Diouf re-elected OIF chief

21 october 2010 - 14:16:00
Montreux- Switzerland (PANA) -- France has thrown its weight behind Abdou Diouf, who is seeking re-election as the Secretary-General of [...] Full text...

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Rescued Chile miners, Halliburton bribe scandal reported in Nigeria

16 october 2010 - 08:12:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The rescue of 33 Chilean miners, trapped underground, the trial of former president Olusegun Obasanjo's aide [...] Full text...

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Opposition slams Nigeria's ruling party over bomb blasts fallout

10 october 2010 - 14:04:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's opposition Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) ha s slammed the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) [...] Full text...

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Nigeria blast: Militant leader's allegation rocks Nigeria

06 october 2010 - 13:25:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- An allegation by MEND leader Henry Okah, that President Goodluck Jonathan wanted him to compel the [...] Full text...

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DEVELOPING STORY: Nigerian Presidency denies ex-militant leader's claims

05 october 2010 - 17:36:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The Nigerian Presidency Tuesday described as "outright l ie", a statement by incarcerated former leader of [...] Full text...

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Ex-militants meet President Jonathan, deny role in blast (adding quotes)

05 october 2010 - 16:02:00
Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- Former militants Tuesday met with Nigeria's President Go odluck Jonathan in Abuja, telling him the Movement [...] Full text...

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DEVELOPING STORY: Ex-militants meet President Jonathan, deny role in blast

05 october 2010 - 15:46:00
Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- Former militants Tuesday met with Nigeria's President Go odluck Jonathan in Abuja, telling him the Movement [...] Full text...

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'British intelligence alerted Nigeria of anniversary bomb blasts'

02 october 2010 - 08:51:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- British intelligence got wind of the bomb blasts that ma rred Nigeria's 50th independence anniversary celebrations [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian PM to name new cabinet Monday

01 october 2010 - 18:30:00
Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, whose ruling party won a landslide victory in the 23 [...] Full text...

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UN chief stresses need to meet global sustainability challenge

20 september 2010 - 15:35:00
New York- US (PANA) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has issued a challenge to the newly-created High-Level Panel on Global [...] Full text...

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Guinea, Sierra Leone presidents arrive in Tripoli

31 august 2010 - 23:38:00
Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- The interim president of Guinea, general Sekouba Konate, and the president of Sierra Leone, Ernest Bai [...] Full text...

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Guinean President to attend Libyan Revolution anniversary

31 august 2010 - 12:17:00
Conakry- Guinea (PANA) -- Guinean President Sekouba Konate was billed to leave Co nakry Tuesday for Tripoli to attend the [...] Full text...

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Guinean transition President in Burkina Faso

26 august 2010 - 21:21:00
Conakry- Guinea (PANA) -- The Guinean transition President, General Sekouba Konate, on Thursday began a "friendship and working visit" to [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's VP for Nkurunziza's inauguration

26 august 2010 - 07:44:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's Vice President Namadi Sambo was billed to join other African leaders Thursday (26Aug) at the [...] Full text...

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Former Guinea Junta leader loses son

18 august 2010 - 15:36:00
Conakry- Guinea (PANA) -- The eldest child and only son of former Guinea Military leader, Captain Moussa Dadis Camara, Moriba [...] Full text...

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Strange gunmen kill seven in Nigeria's oil-rich state

01 august 2010 - 11:25:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The capital of Nigeria's oil-rich south south Bayelsa state, Yenagoa, was jolted by drive-by shootings which [...] Full text...

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Civil society, parties claim Guinea poll irregularities

29 june 2010 - 23:09:00
Conakry- Guinea (PANA) -- The National Council of Civil Society Organizations (CN OSC) in Guinea on Tuesday denounced what it [...] Full text...

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Campaign for Guinea's presidential election ends

26 june 2010 - 14:03:00
Conakry- Guinea (PANA) -- The campaign for Sunday's presidential election in Guin ea ended at midnight on Friday in the [...] Full text...

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Campaign for Guinea's presidential election ends

26 june 2010 - 14:03:00
Conakry- Guinea (PANA) -- The campaign for Sunday's presidential election in Guin ea ended at midnight on Friday in the [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia offers amnesty to eastern rebel movement for peace

26 june 2010 - 13:33:00
Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Ethiopian officials announced an amnesty for lead ers of the rebel Ogaden National Liberation Front [...] Full text...

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UN chief urges peaceful, credible Guinea polls

26 june 2010 - 08:04:00
New York- US (PANA) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday urged the people and institutions in Guinea to ensure [...] Full text...

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Guineans ready for historic presidential election

25 june 2010 - 23:55:00
Conakry- Guinea (PANA) â" Guineans go to the polls- on Sunday in historic presid ential election that observers see as [...] Full text...

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World Cup, bitter power struggle in ruling party dominate the media

12 june 2010 - 08:22:00
Accra- Ghana (PANA) – The first FIFA World Cup tou-rnament to be staged in Africa and a bitter power struggle [...] Full text...

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WC 2010: Ghana ministers, government appointees barred from World Cup unless...

31 may 2010 - 21:24:00
Accra- Ghana (PANA)- – Ghana's President John Evans Atta Mills has directed his ministers, government appointees and Members of Parliament [...] Full text...

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Malawi court jails gay couple 14 years

20 may 2010 - 11:42:00
Blantyre- Malawi (PANA) -- The Blantyre Chief Resident Magistrate Court Thursday handed Malawi's first openly gay couple the maximum sentence [...] Full text...

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Former Nigerian oil militants 'support' Jonathan's administration

20 may 2010 - 09:08:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The Nigerian oil militants who embraced the government's amnesty programme last year have declared their support [...] Full text...

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Nigeria President should run in 2011 - Survey

18 may 2010 - 09:01:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- An opinion poll by one of Nigeria's leading papers has s hown that most Nigerians want [...] Full text...

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Nigerian leader appoints new Aide de Camp

13 may 2010 - 19:11:00
Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, on Thursday appoin ted Lt. -Col. Ojogbane Adegbe as his new [...] Full text...

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Presidential aide denies saying 'Jonathan will run for 2011 presidency'

12 may 2010 - 16:32:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters, Dr. Cairo Ojougboh, has denied [...] Full text...

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Guinea army on red alert in the south against Dadis Camara's 'supporters'

28 april 2010 - 21:16:00
Conakry- Guinea (PANA) -- Guinean Prime minister, Jean Marie Doré, said on Wednesday that the army was on red alert [...] Full text...

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Guinean PM accuses CNDD of embezzlement

28 april 2010 - 19:27:00
Conakry- Guinea (PANA) -- In his first press conference since being appointed in February, Guinean Prime Minister, Jean Marie Dore, [...] Full text...

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Zuma's closest aide resigns in South Africa

28 april 2010 - 19:01:00
Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- South Africa's President Jacob Zuma's closest aide, Jessie Duarte, on Wednesday resigned from the [...] Full text...

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'Jailed journalist dies in Cameroon prison'

23 april 2010 - 09:11:00
New York- US (PANA) -- The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has expressed outraged by Thursday's death of newspaper editor [...] Full text...

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Sudanese opposition leader to work with ruling party

18 april 2010 - 09:50:00
Khartoum- Sudan (PANA) -- Sudan's opposition leader, Dr Elsadiq Elshadi el-Mahdi, who contested last week's presidential election on the ticket [...] 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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Nigerian state loses 2 Senators to death in a week

03 april 2010 - 12:57:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's northern Gombe state has lost two Senators to the cold hands of death within a [...] Full text...

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Madonna gets govt. backing over Malawi academy land row

09 february 2010 - 18:52:00
Blantyre- Malawi (PANA) -- American pop diva Madonna, whose US$ 15 million girl a cademy project in Malawi was embroiled [...] Full text...

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Guinean rights group criticises report on 28 September killings

03 february 2010 - 16:20:00
Conakry- Guinea (PANA) -- The chairman of the Guinean Human Rights Organisation ( OGDH), Thierno Maadjou Sow, described as cynical, [...] Full text...

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