Approval for the Central Bank of Libya to join the Bank for International Settlements

28 june 2024 - 17:29:47
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Governor of the Central Bank of Libya (BCL), al-Siddik Omar al-Kebir, Thursday discussed with the [...] Full text...

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UN-backed project aims to eliminate mercury from skin lightening products

15 february 2023 - 06:04:56
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Governments of Gabon, Jamaica and Sri Lanka have united in a $14 million project to [...] Full text...

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China offers comprehensive support to kick-start African Free Trade

06 december 2020 - 18:01:38
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - China is prepared to assist countries in Africa launch a continental free trade and investment platform [...] Full text...

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China's Belt and Road Initiative leaving developing countries with a mountain of debt-Human Rights Watch

14 january 2020 - 18:17:18
New York, USA (PANA) – Human Rights Watch (HRW) has raised several red flags about China’s Belt and Road Initiative [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe President Mnangagwa meets visiting Chinese Foreign Minister

13 january 2020 - 15:08:58
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa took another break from his holiday to meet visiting Chinese Foreign minister, [...] Full text...

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Chinese top foreign policy official emphasises Beijing's resolve to promote infrastructure, trade with Kenya

04 september 2019 - 20:44:52
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Visiting Chinese Special Envoy, Yang Jiechi, Beijing's top foreign policy architect, has emphasised steps to improve [...] Full text...

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Chinese President Xi meets Kenyatta for trade deal signatures in Beijing

25 april 2019 - 22:59:00
Beijing, China (PANA) – Visiting Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta held bilateral talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday, signing [...] Full text...

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China backs AU goal to silence guns in Africa by 2020

05 september 2018 - 18:31:25
Beijing, PR China (PANA) – President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China on Wednesday reaffirmed his country’s support [...] Full text...

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China backs AU goal to silence guns in Africa by 2020

05 september 2018 - 18:28:05
Beijing, PR China (PANA) – President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China on Wednesday reaffirmed his country’s support [...] Full text...

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Switzerland: China gives IOM US$1 million for Somalia work

16 may 2017 - 11:58:22
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - William Lacy Swing, Director General of the United Nations Migration Agency (IOM) has signed an agreement [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Nigeria, Cameroon in two-day joint operations against Boko Haram

08 march 2017 - 17:28:29
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria and Cameroon successfully conducted a joint operation against Boko Haram terrorists in their common remote [...] Full text...

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Anti-corruption groups tell G20 to 'walk the talk'

13 november 2010 - 10:41:00
Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- The â?G20 Anti-Corruption Action Planâ? agreed in Seoul represents a major advance in the global fight [...] Full text...

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Japan boosts Uganda's key trade route

04 november 2010 - 14:38:00
Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- Uganda has signed a US$ 100,000 loan agreement with the Japan International Cooperation Agency [...] Full text...

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Foreign oil companies in Libya employ 4,900 (Corrected)

24 october 2010 - 14:28:00
Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- Foreign oil companies in Libya employed 4,900 workers be tween 2007 and 2009 and are training [...] Full text...

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Foreign oil companies in Libya employs 4,900

24 october 2010 - 14:26:00
Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- Foreign oil companies in Libya employed 4,900 workers be tween 2007 and 2009 and are training [...] Full text...

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Measles kill 70 in Zimbabwe

23 september 2010 - 07:48:00
Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- Seventy people, mostly children under five years, have died of measles in a fresh outbreak of [...] Full text...

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EgyptAir boosts fleet with new Airbus aircraft

30 august 2010 - 10:00:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- EGYPTAIR has received its first Airbus A330-300 aircraft from the Airbus facility in Toulouse, France, the [...] Full text...

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Stakeholders to discuss sustainable forest management

18 august 2010 - 20:05:00
Kinshasa- DR Congo (PANA)- â" An initiative by DR Congo for the Alleviation of C arbon Emission, Deforestation and Forest [...] Full text...

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Malaria outbreak stalks IDPs camp in South Darfur

13 august 2010 - 12:37:00
Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- Heavy rains, stagnant water and the lack of she lters and mosquito nets have [...] Full text...

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UEMOA to launch sub-regional telecoms network

03 august 2010 - 19:06:00
Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- The West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) will in 2011, launch a sub-regional broadband 180 [...] Full text...

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Uganda LRA rebels displace 20,000 people in CAR

01 june 2010 - 22:46:00
New York- US (PANA) -- The UN said numerous attacks by insurgents of Uganda's Lor d Resistance Army (LRA) in [...] Full text...

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FIFA addresses WC 2010 terrorism concerns

20 may 2010 - 18:18:00
Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- FIFA on Thursday addressed 2010 World Cup secur ity concerns, saying no terror threats [...] Full text...

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Senegalese battalion advance party arrives in Darfur

18 may 2010 - 08:32:00
Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- A 200-member advance party of a Senegalese mili tary battalion has arrived in El [...] Full text...

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Comorian franc depreciates against some major foreign currencies

11 may 2010 - 11:23:00
Moroni- Comoros (PANA) -- The Comorian franc is down against several foreign curr encies like the yen, the US dollar [...] Full text...

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Tripoli hosts meeting on African Diaspora in Europe

09 may 2010 - 08:02:00
Tripoli- Libya (PANA) â" A two--day meeting began in the Libyan capital, Tripoli , on Saturday to review the condition [...] Full text...

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Paris to host meeting on food crisis in Sahel in April

24 march 2010 - 19:02:00
Paris- France (PANA) -- A meeting on the food and nutritional situation in the Sa hel will be held from [...] Full text...

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3-day fasting, prayer begin for Nigeria violence victims

11 march 2010 - 07:54:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- A three-day fasting and prayer period started Thursday f or the hundreds of people who were [...] Full text...

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Kenyan govt assists Uganda landslide victims

07 march 2010 - 16:00:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The Kenya government has extended humanitarian support t o the landslide victims in the neighbouring Uganda. [...] Full text...

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UN Secretary General arrives for AU summit

29 january 2010 - 16:56:00
Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Friday for the 31 Jan-2 Feb. [...] Full text...

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Burundi registers 44th political party

27 january 2010 - 17:47:00
Bujumbura- Burundi (PANA) -- The National Liberation Front/Iragi rya Gahutu (FNL, legacy of Gahutu, in the Kirundi national language) was [...] Full text...

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Malian President announces plan to create new regions in 2010

31 december 2009 - 18:56:00
Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- Malian President Amadou Toumani Toure announced Thursday that new regions would be created in the country [...] Full text...

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Burundi considers membership of EAC Customs Union, major achievement

28 december 2009 - 18:11:00
Bujumbura- Burundi (PANA) -- Burundi has said it considers joining the East Afric an Community Customs Union on 1 July, [...] Full text...

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Cameroon detains 2 Chinese fishing boats for illegal fishing

11 december 2009 - 12:49:00
Douala- Cameroon (PANA) -- Officers from Cameroon's National Maritime Control Bri gade Thursday night boarded two Chinese-registered fishing boats, both [...] Full text...

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MEND 'to resume Niger Delta attacks' next week

08 october 2009 - 09:00:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (ME ND) has vowed to resume attacks [...] Full text...

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Libya deports more Nigerians

02 october 2009 - 07:30:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Libya deported an additional 740 Nigerians Thursday, bri nging the total number of Nigerians repatriated from [...] Full text...

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Ghanaian newspapers hail Black Stars World Cup berth

07 september 2009 - 14:35:00
Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- Ghanaian newspapers Monday hailed the second successive qu alification of the national football team, the Black [...] Full text...

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Petroleum-laden train crushes truck, spreads fire near Yaounde

28 august 2009 - 17:53:00
Douala- Cameroon (PANA) -- A train transporting petroleum products Friday morning hit a truck in a level crossing in the [...] Full text...

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FAJ protests “acts of violence” against Gambian journalists

16 june 2009 - 22:43:00
Banjul- Gambia (PANA) -- The Federation of African Journalists (FAJ), the African Regional Organization of the International Federation of Journalists [...] Full text...

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Ghana govt defends questioning former Chief of Staff (Corrected)

03 june 2009 - 16:07:00
Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- The Ghana government on Wednesday spiked claims by the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) that the [...] Full text...

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Ghana govt defends questioning of former Chief of Staff arrest

03 june 2009 - 16:05:00
Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- The Ghana government on Wednesday spiked claims by the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) that the [...] Full text...

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South Africa opposition slams govt over swine flu

29 april 2009 - 07:39:00
Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- South Africa's official opposition Democratic A lliance (DA) has slammed the government's "non-response" to [...] Full text...

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Nigerian military hails release of kidnapped Briton

20 april 2009 - 14:39:00
Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- The military Joint Task Force (JTF) deployed to keep the peace in Nigeria's restive Niger Delta [...] Full text...

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Halliburton bribe-for-contract scandal dominates Nigerian media

19 april 2009 - 10:19:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The unfolding saga in the Halliburton bribe-for-contract scandal dominated the pages of Nigerian newspapers during the [...] Full text...

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Nigerian bourse ends week in downturn trading

10 april 2009 - 17:50:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Trading on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE ) closed this week on a [...] Full text...

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Al-Ahli Tripoli qualifies for 3rd round of African champions league

06 april 2009 - 08:14:00
Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- Al-Ahli Tripoli qualified for the third round of the Afr ican Football Champions League, thanks to [...] Full text...

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Art academy to open in Dakar

17 march 2009 - 23:22:00
Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- A private Academy of Arts to be named after the first Se negalese President will open [...] Full text...

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Gambian police investigate death of British national

28 january 2009 - 22:04:00
Banjul- Gambia, (PANA)- – The Gambian police are investigating the death of a Bri tish national, Mr. Jonathan David [...] Full text...

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President Koroma leaves for ECOWAS Summit

09 january 2009 - 21:28:00
Freetown- Sierra Leone (PANA) -- President Ernest Bai Koroma on Friday flew to Ab uja, Nigeria, where he will attend [...] Full text...

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Uganda, Tanzania move closer to CECAFA semis

07 january 2009 - 18:35:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Uganda and Tanzania reaffirmed their positions in the CE CAFA Senior Challenge Cup tournament Wednesday when [...] Full text...

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