Harvard to host South African musician Thandiswa Mazwai
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In Sudan, once more sports transcend all tragedies, bring hope to people
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Afcon wins bring 'pride and joy' to war-torn Sudan
20 october 2024 - 15:25:15Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan's victory over Ghana in qualification for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) will have [...] Full text...
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Gambia appoint McKinstry as Scorpions coach
22 may 2024 - 16:29:04Banjul, Gambia (PANA) The Ministry of Youth & Sports, through the National Sports Council, has annoned the appointment of Johnathan [...] Full text...
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UN rights office deeply alarmed at reported killing of 220 villagers in Burkina Faso
27 april 2024 - 05:21:16Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN human rights office, OHCHR, on Friday raised alarm over the situation in northern Burkina [...] Full text...
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South African music legend Zahara dead at 35
12 december 2023 - 08:14:46Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Multi-award winning South African musician Zahara has died after a long illness. She was [...] Full text...
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South African music legend fighting for her life
11 december 2023 - 11:16:55Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Singer Zahara is currently unresponsive and fighting for her life in a Johannesburg hospital. Sources close [...] Full text...
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FIFA, PSG, CAF, fans celebrate magical Jay Jay Okocha at 50
15 august 2023 - 07:17:53Zurich, Switzerland (PANA) - World football governing body, FIFA, Confederation of African Football (CAF) and Paris Saint-Germain, have sent birthday [...] Full text...
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2023 FIFA Women's WC: Barcelona and Nigeria striker, Asisat Oshoala, welcomes money boost
14 june 2023 - 07:22:22Barcelona, Spain (PANA) - Barcelona and Nigeria striker, Asisat Oshoala, believes players will be inspired by the financial rewards FIFA [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Media forgotten in truce agreement; how journalists are faring in war situation (By Mohamed Osman Adam, PANA correspondent)
29 may 2023 - 12:35:56Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – Over 500 journalists have lost their jobs since the outbreak of the fighting in Sudan on [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Use of social media in the fighting: building on pros and rebuffing cons (News analysis by Mohamed Osman Adam, PANA correspondent)
12 may 2023 - 10:36:00Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - With all Sudan's official mainstream media eclipsed, to the exception of the Sudan News Agency, the [...] Full text...
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Blinken raises human rights, jailing of Hotel Rwanda hero Rusesabagina with Rwandan president Kagame
11 august 2022 - 13:35:00Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who is in Rwanda on the final leg of his [...] Full text...
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No immediate changes despite pressure on policymakers in Libya ( Analysis by BA Youssef, PANA correspondent)
06 july 2022 - 21:32:10Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The angry demonstrations by Libyan youth that continued in several Libyan cities last Friday were in [...] Full text...
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Russia’s Wagner group set landmines near Libyan capital - Human Rights Watch
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AU strongly condemns attack in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula
09 may 2022 - 07:26:02Addis Ababa, Ehiopi a(PANA) - The African Union (AU) has strongly condemned the terrorist attack in the Sinai Peninsla that [...] Full text...
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New management of CNC meet media managers in Burundi
15 april 2022 - 15:38:59Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The new chairperson of the National Communication Council (CNC), a state media regulatory body, Ms. Vestine [...] Full text...
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Libyan MPs form 12-member committee to review draft Constitution
08 april 2022 - 21:57:21Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The House of Representatives in Libya (Parliament) has formed a 12-member committee to review the points [...] Full text...
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Top UN official in Libya remains optimistic about meeting between Parliament and High State Council on elections
08 april 2022 - 12:28:48Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General's Special Adviser on Libya, Mrs. Stephanie Williams, remains optimistic that Parliament and the [...] Full text...
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Cameroonian journalist to lead New York-based investment banker's Africa expansion
26 february 2022 - 00:04:21New York, US (PANA) – Cameroonian broadcast journalist, Michel Lobé Ewané, has been named a Board member of the New [...] Full text...
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Ethiopia closes schools to boost civil war effort
04 december 2021 - 09:30:17Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopian authorities have closed all secondary schools so pupils can harvest crops for those on [...] Full text...
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The Gambia: Truth Commission calls for prosecution of ex-officials
25 november 2021 - 15:59:17Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambian Truth Commission’s call for the prosecution of former officials who committed the worst human rights abuses during the 1994-2017 rule of [...] Full text...
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Libyan PM says his decision to contest the presidential poll rests with 'the people'
16 november 2021 - 13:28:58Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Prime Minister Abdelhamid al-Dbaiba says that the decision to contest in the 24 December presidential [...] Full text...
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Libyan gov't rejects suspension of Foreign Minister by the Presidential Council
07 november 2021 - 14:19:51Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Government of National Unity on Saturday rejected the decision of the Presidential Council to [...] Full text...
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AfDB appoints Kenyan journalist as Director of Communication and External Relations
08 september 2021 - 13:45:48Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank Group on Wednesday announced the appointment of Mr. Solomon Mugera as [...] Full text...
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25 years on, world remembers Nigeria’s Atlanta’96 Olympics heroes
03 august 2021 - 17:09:19Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - August 3, 1996, would be etched forever in the memory of African football custodian and even [...] Full text...
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Ramaphosa says deadly riots have helped unite South Africa
19 july 2021 - 15:17:15Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday saluted South Africans for uniting in the wake of [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO chief calls on wealthier nations to donate vaccines to poorer nations
15 may 2021 - 00:04:11Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - World Health Organization (WHO) Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, against the vastly uneven international distribution of coronavirus [...] Full text...
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EBRD, UN Women host high-level virtual round-table on gender approaches for inclusive recovery
12 february 2021 - 13:00:37London, UK (PANA) – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and UN Women are holding a high-level virtual [...] Full text...
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Rwanda basketball league resumes in empty stands because of COVID-19 restrictions
19 october 2020 - 13:33:49Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda National Basketball League resumed on Sunday with all matches played without spectators to check further [...] Full text...
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Rwanda’s National Basketball League set to resume on 18 October
12 september 2020 - 18:18:51Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda’s National Basketball League is poised to resume on Wednesday, 18 October after almost a six-month [...] Full text...
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UNSMIL reiterates its call for accountability for crimes targeting women in Libya
26 june 2020 - 14:16:39Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Full and effective participation of women in public life, including all political processes and peace building [...] Full text...
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RSF denounces general blackout of independent information during Burundi's presidential election
21 may 2020 - 18:07:00Paris, France (PANA) - Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has denounced a general blackout of independent information with social networks in [...] Full text...
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Burundian election campaigns kick off amid harassment
27 april 2020 - 15:44:06Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Political campaigning for the 20 May presidential election has officially kicked off in Burundi against the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO, Global Citizen support healthcare workers in fight against the pandemic
06 april 2020 - 18:40:45Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - International advocacy organization, Global Citizen, and the World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday announced the "One [...] Full text...
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UNSMIL hails achievements of Libyan women despite the inequalities they face
08 march 2020 - 12:58:15Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has paid tribute to Libyan women on the [...] Full text...
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Burundi celebrates international radio day
13 february 2020 - 21:10:16Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA - International Radio Day was celebrated here Thursday with different speakers acknowledging the increasing role of new [...] Full text...
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Several associations denounce dismissal of a Congolese BBC journalist
13 february 2020 - 17:05:31Paris, France (PANA) - Several associations have strongly denounced the dismissal, for alleged "serious misconduct", of the Congolese journalist, Jacques [...] Full text...
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Cape Verde: Amilcar Cabral on the list of world's top 20 leaders
08 january 2020 - 23:23:24Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - The former president of Cape Verde, Pedro Pires, Monday stressed the need for Cape Verde [...] Full text...
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Kipchoge to defend London Marathon title
16 december 2019 - 12:58:13Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Eliud Kipchoge has confirmed that he will defend his London Marathon title in April 2019. This ends [...] Full text...
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South Africa’s rugby captain nominated for top award
11 december 2019 - 12:55:51Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – There could be a cherry on top of South Africa’s rugby captain Siya Kolisi’s [...] Full text...
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UAE ‘responsible’ for deaths of dozens of migrants in Libya - confidential report
07 november 2019 - 14:27:05Tripoli Libya (PANA) - A foreign country is reportedly involved in the missile attack on the reception centre for illegal [...] Full text...
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Mali to host the 2nd round of play-offs for the African Cup of champions clubs
16 october 2019 - 14:01:28Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali will host, from October 22-27 in Bamako, the second round of qualifiers for the African [...] Full text...
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BBC, others in joint effort to fight fake news
09 september 2019 - 16:27:11Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - A new joint effort to deal with fake news has been put in place by [...] Full text...
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Dozens of NGOs call for renewal of mandate of Commission of Inquiry on Burundi
08 august 2019 - 20:12:44Paris, France (PANA) - Forty-one national, regional and international civil society organizations have sent a letter to members of the [...] Full text...
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Senegalese president's younger brother questioned by investigators over bribery case
10 july 2019 - 20:30:21Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Aliou Sall, the young brother of Senegalese president Macky Sall was heard Wednesday by investigators from [...] Full text...
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Brother of Senegalese president resigns gov't job over alleged corruption
25 june 2019 - 05:55:23Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Aliou Sall, younger brother of the Senegalese president, on resigned Monday from his position as director [...] Full text...
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Senegalese judiciary launches inquiry into alleged bribes paid to president's brother
12 june 2019 - 21:39:33Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Attorney General at the Dakar Court of Appeal, Serigne Bassirou Guèye, said here Wednesday he [...] Full text...
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Senegalese justice to investigate BBC revelations incriminating President Sall's brother
10 june 2019 - 21:23:32Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Senegalese ministry of justice has appealed to the Attorney General of the Dakar Court of [...] Full text...
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Demos held against French media "who roll for the enemies of Burundi"
08 june 2019 - 16:50:03Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Radio France Internationale (RFI), TV5 Monde and the newspaper Le Monde were on Saturday the targets [...] Full text...
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Senegalese gov't prepares bill on the distribution of oil revenues
07 june 2019 - 17:47:01Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegalese President Macky Sall has asked the government to prepare a bill on the distribution of [...] Full text...
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Authorities warn media outlets against tarnishing Burundi's image
03 may 2019 - 17:10:28Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) – The celebration of the international press freedom day in Burundi was marked on Friday by the [...] Full text...
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Military escalation in Libya, what if the keys for solutions were abroad? (Asks Youssef Ba, PANA correspondent)
16 april 2019 - 15:57:32Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The armed clashes in Libya continued on Tuesday, the tenth day of the offensive launched by [...] Full text...
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Only withdrawal of Haftar's troops, ceasefire will usher peace in Libya - says Ghassan Salamé
15 april 2019 - 19:54:48Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Only the withdrawal of the Libyan national army, led by led by Marshall Khalifa Haftar, from the [...] Full text...
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Burundi authorities withdraw BBC's operating licence
29 march 2019 - 17:20:58Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi's National Council for Communication (CNC) on Friday announced the withdrawal of the operating licence of [...] Full text...
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Review of elephants without borders 2018 dry season aerial survey of elephants and wildlife in northern Botswana report
24 february 2019 - 23:26:37Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The Botswana Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources Conservation and Tourism says it has has [...] Full text...
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Kenya BBC director, other investigative journalists arrested in Uganda, says RSF
09 february 2019 - 16:58:39Paris, France (PANA) - Kenyan BBC director Mohamed Kassim and Godfrey Badebye, cameraman for the local NBS channel, as well [...] Full text...
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Rwandan court to deliver verdict on journalist facing terrorism charge
18 december 2018 - 14:35:36Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda's intermediate court at Nyarugenge in the capital, Kigali, has set Friday to deliver [...] Full text...
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Egyptian Salah retains BBC African Footballer-of-the-Year award
16 december 2018 - 13:43:53Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Liverpool and Egypt striker, Mohamed Salah, ended a sparkling 2018 performance for club and country by [...] Full text...
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US Senators urge Gambian Truth Commission to investigate journalist Manneh case
20 november 2018 - 18:36:29Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Six US Senators have urged Gambia’s Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission to investigate the case of [...] Full text...
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Fare thee well, Biava Seshie (Tribute to the late Biava Seshie, Editor-in-Chief of PANAPRESS, by Kennedy Abwao)
17 november 2018 - 07:27:17Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The saying adversity is the mother of invention applied best for Biava Seshie, who was the [...] Full text...
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Best FIFA Football Award winners to be announced on Monday
24 september 2018 - 13:08:20London, UK (PANA) - The world's best male and female footballers will be named at the Best FIFA Football Awards [...] Full text...
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Opponents of constitutional change in Burundi face torture and execution: UN investigators
27 june 2018 - 22:27:13New York, US (PANA) - In Burundi, opponents of constitutional reform supported by the Government have faced torture and execution [...] Full text...
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Rights group says run-up to Burundi's referendum 'tainted by violence'
17 may 2018 - 06:57:12Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - As the polls open on Thursday in a constitutional referendum in Burundi that could extend the [...] Full text...
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'Attacks on journalists reach alarming levels in West and Central Africa'
03 may 2018 - 07:44:36Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Journalists across West and Central Africa are facing intimidation and harassment and being targeted with arrest [...] Full text...
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Rwanda's new Basketball coach, Maxime Mwiseneza, pledges reforms
11 april 2018 - 16:16:35Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda's newly-appointed head coach of the national Basketball team, Maxime Mwiseneza, on Wednesday pledged to improve [...] Full text...
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Liberia's media union confirms BBC correspondent seeks safety in US
05 april 2018 - 17:35:23Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) – The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Liberia correspondent, Jonathan Paye-Layleh, has confirmed he is in the United [...] Full text...
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MFWA hails Gambia’s decision to comply with ECOWAS court ruling on journalists
06 november 2017 - 19:25:56Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – The Accra-based Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) on Monday hailed the Gambia government’s decision to [...] Full text...
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Rwanda: Two Rwandan clubs for Zone 5 basketball club championship in Uganda
29 september 2017 - 19:19:54Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Two Rwandan clubs will leave Kigali on Saturday for Kampala, Uganda, to participate in the 2017 [...] Full text...
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Gambia: The Gambia, Jammeh and the proverbial bull in a China shop (By Paul Ejime, PANA Guest Writer)
01 january 2017 - 12:57:08Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambia, a small West African country with some 1.9 million people is an agriculturally fertile [...] Full text...
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Senegal: CPJ decries mounting press freedom crisis in Burundi
26 october 2016 - 15:50:23Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has expressed alarm about the ''deteriorating situation for the media'' [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Amnesty International calls for speedy probe of ex-Burundi minister's murder
14 july 2016 - 17:21:19Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Global human rights body Amnesty International on Thursday called for a thorough and speedy probe of [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Nigerian artist, Victor Ehikhamenor, inches closer to 2016 Emerging Voices Global Art Prize
11 july 2016 - 13:29:16Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Victor Ehikhamenor is the only Nigerian artist to make the top 10 list in this year's [...] Full text...
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Senegal: CPJ condemns Djibouti for expelling BBC journalists ahead of elections
07 april 2016 - 13:08:25Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Djibouti should ensure that journalists can report on presidential elections without harassment or fear of expulsion, [...] Full text...
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Botswana: Khama endorses new FIFA president
01 march 2016 - 16:05:23Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) – Botswana’s president Ian Khama endorsed the newly-elected president for the world football governing body, FIFA. “I welcome [...] Full text...
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Gambia: Gambian Press Union launches memorial lecture series for slain journalist
16 december 2015 - 14:25:36Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambia Press Union (GPU) on Wednesday launched a memorial lecture series in honour of the [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Pres. Buhari tasks Africa's broadcasters as continental broadcast meeting opens
26 november 2015 - 12:43:49Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has challenged public broadcasters in Africa to pay attention to the creation [...] Full text...
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Senegal: CPJ urges Gambia to disclose whereabouts of radio manager
10 july 2015 - 17:43:52Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on Gambian authorities to disclose the whereabouts, health, [...] Full text...
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Rwanda: Rwanda Media Commission boss quits
12 may 2015 - 21:46:02Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The Chairman of Rwanda Media Commission (RMC), Fred Muvunyi, on Tuesday announced his resignation citing personal [...] Full text...
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Senegal: Journalist assaulted, others detained in DR Congo
18 march 2015 - 13:54:03Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has said that a freelance Belgian reporter, Alexis Bouvy, [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: CPJ tasks Nigerian authorities over denial of visas to journos seeking to cover elections
04 february 2015 - 09:50:46Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - With over 40 journalists yet to secure their visas to Nigeria for the 14 and 28 [...] Full text...
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Senegal: CPJ says DRC stops internet access, cellphone services amid protests
23 january 2015 - 15:25:14Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has revealed that authorities in the Democratic Republic [...] Full text...
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Kenya: US supports Kenya's Livestock sector
04 november 2014 - 12:55:04Machakos, Kenya (PANA) - United States Ambassador to Kenya, Robert F. Godec, and Kenyan Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries [...] Full text...
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Rwanda: Rwanda suspends BBC broadcasts over controversial documentary
24 october 2014 - 20:24:59Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) – The Rwandan Utilities Regulatory Agency (RURA) has suspended the broadcasts of BBC Radio programmes in national [...] Full text...
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Rwanda: Rwandans demonstrate against BBC documentary on Rwandan genocide
23 october 2014 - 08:26:50Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Thousands of Rwandans, mainly university students, Wednesday demonstrated on the streets of Kigali against a British [...] Full text...
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Zambia: Washington must stop encouraging abuses by Zambia’s ruling party, says CDDR
06 august 2014 - 14:52:18Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - The Coalition for the Defence of Democratic Rights (CDDR) in Zambia has called on the US [...] Full text...
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UN: WHO mourns spokesman killed in Malaysia plane disaster
18 july 2014 - 19:29:02New York, US (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday mourned one of its staff, Mr. Glenn Thomas, [...] Full text...
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US: CPJ seeks probe of French journalist's death in CAR
14 may 2014 - 10:31:44New York, US (PANA) - The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called for an immediate investigation into the death [...] Full text...
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Zambia: Media mourn legendary football commentator Dennis Liwewe
26 april 2014 - 08:54:35Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambian newspapers this week expressed sympathy at the passing of football commentator, Dennis Liwewe, noting with [...] Full text...
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Ghana: Mahama leads Ghana to say farewell for broadcaster Komla Dumor
22 february 2014 - 14:50:35Accra, Ghana (PANA) –Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama on Saturday led the country to say farewell to broadcaster, Komla Afeke [...] Full text...
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Ghana: Media report strike over missing stillborn baby, challenges in water, power supply
22 february 2014 - 07:42:12Accra, Ghana (PANA) – A week-long strike by the doctors and nurses at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), Ghana’s [...] Full text...
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Senegal: Africa Progress Panel gets new deputy director
28 january 2014 - 16:30:32Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Africa Progress Panel (APP) Tuesday named Max Bankole Jarrett as its new Deputy Executive Director, [...] Full text...
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Ghana: Media highlight advice of medics on cardiac ailments after death of popular broadcaster
25 january 2014 - 08:43:59Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Ghanaian media this week highlighted the advice of medical doctors on avoiding heart attacks following [...] Full text...
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Senegal: MFWA mourns BBC's Komla Dumor
21 january 2014 - 13:01:06Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Accra-based Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has expressed sadness at the sudden death of [...] Full text...
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Ethiopia/AU: AUC Chairperson underscores strong relationship with PRC
21 january 2014 - 12:51:14Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson Dlamini Nkosazana Zuma has stressed the need for a strong [...] Full text...
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Ghana: Newspapers mourn broadcaster Komla Dumor
20 january 2014 - 08:57:18Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghanaian newspapers on Monday mourned broadcaster Komla Dumor, who passed away last Saturday in London from [...] Full text...
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Ethiopia/AU: AU Commission Chairperson mourns Ghanaian broadcaster
20 january 2014 - 08:32:08Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma has received with “shock and disbelief” news [...] Full text...
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Ghana: President Mahama leads broadcaster Komla Dumor tributes
19 january 2014 - 08:01:22Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President John Mahama has led the country in paying tribute to broadcaster Komla Dumor who [...] Full text...
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Ghana: Ghanaian broadcaster Komla Dumor dies
18 january 2014 - 19:10:47Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghanaian broadcaster Komla Dumor has died, Joy FM, the Accra-based radio station he worked for before [...] Full text...
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Unveiling Malawi’s child literary prodigy; writing her way to the future (By Raphael Tenthani, PANA Correspondent)
02 november 2013 - 13:32:53Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - She’s is only 19 but she has just published a book. OK, several years ago Nigerian [...] Full text...
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Malawi FA officially complains to FIFA over Nigerian coach's racist remarks
27 august 2013 - 16:37:09Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - The Football Association of Malawi (FAM) has officially lodged a complaint with the football world governing [...] Full text...
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Malawi Institute honours journalists, slain girl
23 july 2013 - 15:56:03Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - The Free Expression Institute (FEI), a Malawian non-profit making organisation which seeks to promote freedom of [...] Full text...
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Gambian government urged to stop harassing journalists
03 may 2013 - 20:14:58Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian journalists on Friday asked the government to stop harassing them, saying this does not only [...] Full text...
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Emirates launches as-it-happens on board tv viewing
18 february 2013 - 12:19:34Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Emirates, one of the world’s fastest growing airlines, has launched live television viewing as part of [...] Full text...
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CPJ seeks release of BBC journalist in Somalia
27 november 2012 - 13:15:07Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Somali authorities must immediately release Ibrahim Mohamed Adan, a correspondent for the Somali service of the [...] Full text...
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Correspondent of BBC and AP in Togo passes away
26 november 2012 - 22:12:27Lomé,Togo (PANA) – The correspondent of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and of Associated Press(AP) in Togo, Ebow Godwin, is [...] Full text...
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Bob Marley's wife, Rita, to be honoured in Malawi
15 november 2012 - 17:56:20Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Legendary Jamaican reggae heroine, Rita Marley, wife of the legend himself, Bob Marley, will be in [...] Full text...
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Tanzanian Breweries boosts TFF
26 may 2012 - 14:35:10Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Tanzanian football will receive Sh170 million a year, for five years, from the Tanzanian Breweries Limited [...] Full text...
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Fired Malawi police Chief 'not bitter'
03 may 2012 - 19:45:49Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - In a first media interview since he was sacked 9 April, Malawi Inspector General of Police [...] Full text...
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Ghana media play up controversies on funding of education, gas plant location
17 march 2012 - 10:22:44Accra, Ghana (PANA) – Two controversial subjects – claims of the main opposition party’s presidential candidate that he would make [...] Full text...
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Nigeria opposition claims member's arrest over fuel price
10 january 2012 - 19:32:29Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's main opposition Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) claimed on Tuesday that its former National Secretary. [...] Full text...
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Nigeria police dismiss Boko Haram ultimatum to southerners
03 january 2012 - 09:43:07Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigeria police has described as 'empty and baseless' the purported ultimatum issued to southerners residing [...] Full text...
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Ghanaian midfielder 'Dede' Ayew wins BBC African Footballer of the year 2011
16 december 2011 - 17:36:49Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghanaian midfielder Andre 'Dede' Ayew was Friday voted the BBC African Footballer of the Year after [...] Full text...
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Gay rights, ‘whites only’ restaurant highlighted in Ghanaian media
05 november 2011 - 08:02:09Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Gays wriggled their way back to the front pages of Ghana’s newspapers again this week as [...] Full text...
thread Press Review
Mubarak trial bad for Africa's image, says Obasanjo (Corrected)
04 august 2011 - 14:59:24Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, Thursday called for dignified treatment of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, [...] Full text...
thread Society
Mubarak trial bad for Africa's image, says Obasanjo
04 august 2011 - 14:38:05Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, Thursday called for dignified treatment of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubak, [...] Full text...
thread Society
Ban calls for global support for UN's work
14 july 2011 - 15:05:20New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday urged people and professionals around the world to support [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Abuja bomb explosion dominates Nigeria media
18 june 2011 - 07:50:08Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Thursday's fatal bombing of the Police headquarters in Abuja, the Nigerian Federal capital city, MKO Abiola [...] Full text...
thread Press Review
World champ Chebet skips Bupa Great Edinburgh
29 december 2010 - 19:39:58Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's world champion Emily Chebet will contest two races on Spanish soil next month as she [...] Full text...
thread Sports
Ghanaian striker Asamoah Gyan wins BBC African Footballer
17 december 2010 - 22:07:05Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana striker Asamoah Gyan was on Friday voted by fans as BBC African Footballer of the [...] Full text...
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Ethiopia laments BBC's partial apology over aid diversion
05 november 2010 - 13:24:00Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The Ethiopian government has regretted the failure by the British Broadcaster Corporation (BBC), to offer [...] Full text...
thread Politics
(Corrected) Commonwealth Writers' Prize 2011 competition judges named
05 october 2010 - 20:41:00Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- The Commonwealth Foundation has named a three-member team of experts as the Africa regional judging panel [...] Full text...
thread Society
Commonwealth Writers' Prize 2011 competition judgesd named
05 october 2010 - 20:36:00Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- The Commonwealth Foundation has named a three-member team of experts as the Africa regional judging panel [...] Full text...
thread Society
Nigeria opposition slams BBC over Lagos documentary
26 april 2010 - 08:10:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's main opposition party, the Action Congress (AC ), has condemned the â~Welcome to Lagosâ? documentary, [...] Full text...
thread Society
AI demands release of human rights activist held by Somali Al-Shabaab group
21 april 2010 - 07:30:00Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- Somali armed opposition group Al-Shabab must im mediately free a human rights defender it [...] Full text...
thread Society
Somalia journalists condemn rebels’ shutdown of radio station in Mogadishu
15 april 2010 - 12:33:00Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) Thursday condemned the order issued by an [...] Full text...
thread Society
Harassment, threats against journalists increase in South Africa
13 april 2010 - 08:19:00Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- Press freedom is becoming a matter of concern i n South Africa ahead of [...] Full text...
thread Society
BBC journalist expelled from ANC press conference in S/Africa
10 april 2010 - 10:02:00New York- US (PANA) -- A British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) journalist, Jonah Fisher was Thursday expelled from a press conference [...] Full text...
thread Society
Somali insurgents ban BBC
10 april 2010 - 09:38:00New York- US (PANA) â" Al--Shabaab insurgents in Somalia have banned all BBC bro adcasts from the areas they control [...] Full text...
thread Society
Nigeria opposition warns Acting President against abridging rights
18 february 2010 - 10:09:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's main opposition Action Congress (AC) party Thu rsday warned Acting President Goodluck Jonathan against any [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Nigerian Senate passes resolution to end leadership crisis
09 february 2010 - 14:57:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The Nigerian Senate Tuesday passed a resolution empowering Vice President Goodluck Jonathan to act as President, [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Earthquake rumours, fire at oil refinery dominate Ghanaian newspapers
23 january 2010 - 08:42:00Accra- Ghana (PANA) â" Wild rumours of an imminent- earthquake in Ghana on Sunda y night which drove millions of [...] Full text...
thread Press Review
Yar'Adua's continued absence still making front pages in Nigeria
16 january 2010 - 15:00:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The story of President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua's absence fro m Nigeria, 55 days this Saturday, continued [...] Full text...
thread Press Review
Nigerians want Yar'Adua to transfer power to deputy - poll
14 january 2010 - 10:56:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Majority of Nigerians who participated in a recent surve y by NOI Polls have asked President [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Nigerian court rules VP can act as President
13 january 2010 - 14:26:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- A federal court in the capital city of Abuja ruled Wedne sday that Vice President Goodluck [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Nigerian parliament to send delegation to ailing President
12 january 2010 - 18:26:00Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's lower House of Representatives Tuesday resolve d to send a delegation to Saudi Arabia to [...] Full text...
thread Politics
No respite for Nigerian leader despite breaking 50-day silence
12 january 2010 - 14:27:00Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- The clamour for Nigeria's ailing leader to step down or transfer power to his deputy intensified [...] Full text...
thread Politics
2010 World Cup: Tanzania eyes tourist advantage
31 december 2009 - 13:21:00Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- Tanzania is preparing to cash in on the 2010 FI FA World Cup finals [...] Full text...
thread Sports
Niger to review state of media in February
30 december 2009 - 19:52:00Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- The general state of Niger's press will be reviewed in Fe bruary, Communication Minister and government [...] Full text...
thread Society
Kenya police nab man with 80,000 bullets
08 december 2009 - 18:30:00Nairobi (Kenya) PANA -- Police in Kenya have arrested a man who was armed with a bout 80,000 bullets and [...] Full text...
thread Society
Ethiopia’s Great Run to feature famous athletes
20 november 2009 - 16:50:00Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- About 33,000 people, 200 of them from overseas, have registered to take part in Ethiopia’s [...] Full text...
thread Sports
Usain Bolt in Kenya on environmental conservation mission
30 october 2009 - 16:31:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- World's track super-star Usain Bolt of Jamaica has arr ived in Kenya on his first African [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Senegal holds â?Africa Talks Climateâ? round table
24 october 2009 - 11:57:00Dakar- Senegal (PANA)- â" British Broadcasting Cooperation (BBC) World Service T rust has released research findings on â?Africa Talks Climateâ? [...] Full text...
thread Environment
MFWA decries "mayhem" in Conakry
01 october 2009 - 16:28:00Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The Accra-based rights body, Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), on Thursday decried "the mayhem on [...] Full text...
thread Society
MFWA decries â?mayhemâ? in Conakry
01 october 2009 - 15:06:00Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The Accra-based rights body, Media Foundation for West A frica (MFWA), on Thursday decried â?the mayhem [...] Full text...
thread Society
Ghana celebrates Nkrumah
19 september 2009 - 12:53:00Accra- Ghana (PANA) â" In life and in death one Af-rican has stood tall for his vision, nationalism and Pan-Africanism [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Museveni, Mugabe lash out at the media
28 july 2009 - 23:24:00Kampala- Uganda (PANA) -- Stung by what they described as negative publicity, Uga nda leader Yoweri Museveni and his Zimbabwe [...] Full text...
thread Society
Another Gambian journalist arrested
18 june 2009 - 16:50:00Bamjul- Gambia (PANA) -- The news editor of The Point newspaper, Abba Gibba, was arrested Thursday in his office by [...] Full text...
thread Society
Sudanese President puts death toll from Darfur crisis at 10,000
14 may 2009 - 21:32:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir has put the total deat h toll from six years of fighting [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Island Dispute: Kenya MPs enraged by Museveni
13 may 2009 - 18:49:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Angry Kenyan legislators on Wednesday demanded explanati on and answers from the government following remarks they [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Museveni complicates Kenya-Uganda island dispute
12 may 2009 - 19:00:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni added a new dimension to the disputed Migingo Island Tuesday when he [...] Full text...
thread Politics
6 US Senators want missing Gambian journalist released immediately
23 april 2009 - 18:32:00New York- US (PANA) -- Senator Richard Durbin, leading a group of six American Se nators, has called for the [...] Full text...
thread Society
Halliburton bribe-for-contract scandal dominates Nigerian media
19 april 2009 - 10:19:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The unfolding saga in the Halliburton bribe-for-contract scandal dominated the pages of Nigerian newspapers during the [...] Full text...
thread Press Review
Obasanjo's volte face on probe readiness fill Nigerian press
21 march 2009 - 10:42:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The volte face of Nigeria's erstwhile President Olusegun Obasanjo of his readiness to make himself available [...] Full text...
thread Press Review