UPDATE: President Fall pledges to make Senegal country of hope, independent justice

02 april 2024 - 15:19:03
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Senegal's new president, Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye, on Tuesday pledged to make his West African country [...] Full text...

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BREAKING NEWS: Bassirou Faye sworn in as Senegal's president

02 april 2024 - 12:25:13
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Bassirou Diomaye Faye was on Tuesday sworn in as the fifth president of Senegal and the [...] Full text...

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Senegal's Constitutional Council validates Faye's first round victory

30 march 2024 - 07:37:32
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal's Constitutional Council on Friday published the final official results of the 24 March presidential election [...] Full text...

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Senegalese president Sall, president-elect Faye meet to discuss 'major state issues'

29 march 2024 - 05:43:56
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Senegalese President Macky Sall on Thursday received the in-coming President, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, with their discussions [...] Full text...

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Senegal's presidential candidates given Thursday deadline to file appeals against results

28 march 2024 - 05:44:36
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal's Constitutional Council on Wednesday asked candidates who contested last Sunday's presidential election wishing to contest [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Bring coup mongers To justice, Defence Minister orders Defence Intelligence Agency

08 march 2024 - 18:11:15
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria’s Minister of State for Defence, Dr. Bello Matawalle, has directed the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) [...] Full text...

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2ND UPDATE: Senegalese President Sall pledges to respect constitutional Council's verdict on election

16 february 2024 - 18:51:21
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegalese President Macky Sall on Friday pledged “to fully implement” the verdict of the Constitutional Council [...] Full text...

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2023 AFCON: Senegal coach Aliou Cisse names 27 players for title defence

31 december 2023 - 18:15:51
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Aliou Cisse, the coach of Senegal, has named the 27 players who could represent the Teranga [...] Full text...

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2023 U-17 AFCON: Senegal's dominance shows in Best XI

22 may 2023 - 05:55:04
Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - Four players from Senegal's victorious team secured spots in the Best XI of the TotalEnergies Under-17 [...] Full text...

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2023 U-17 AFCON: Our title followed long-term investment, says Senegal coach Dia

21 may 2023 - 07:46:06
Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - Senegal head coach Saliou Dia says their conquest at the TotalEnergies Under-17 Africa Cup of Nations [...] Full text...

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2023 U-17 AFCON: Coach Dia delighted to guide Senegal to first-ever final

15 may 2023 - 07:44:10
Annaba, Algeria (PANA) - Senegal’s head coach, Salio Dia, was an elated man after guiding the team to their first-ever [...] Full text...

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CAF announces Best XI of the TotalEnergies U-17 AFCON group phase

14 may 2023 - 06:53:09
Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - The Technical Study Group (TSG) of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has named its Best [...] Full text...

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2023 U-17 AFCON: Our secret is finding happiness in playing, Senegal coach

06 may 2023 - 08:43:07
Constantine, Algeria (PANA) - With a perfect group stage outing and a first ever qualification to the quarter finals of [...] Full text...

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Senegalese Cubs want to continue African dominance

16 april 2023 - 08:17:34
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - It will be an understatement to say that the Senegalese team will be one to watch [...] Full text...

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Thirty terrorists neutralized by army in central Mali

12 january 2023 - 14:58:39
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian army announced in a statement Thursday that it neutralized 31 terrorists on Tuesday following [...] Full text...

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2022 FIFA WC: England thump jaded Senegal 3-0 to reach the quater-finals

04 december 2022 - 21:31:33
Doha, Qatar (PANA) - England thumped a jaded Senegal side 3-0 in their Round of 16 match of the 2022 [...] Full text...

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2022 FIFA WC: Senegal beat Qatar 3-1 to revive hopes of next stage

25 november 2022 - 15:15:51
Doha, Qatar (PANA) - Senegal revived their chances of reaching the next stage of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in [...] Full text...

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2022 FIFA WC: Senegal names final team, including injured Sadio Mané

11 november 2022 - 14:48:12
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Sadio Mané, the star player of the Senegalese national football team, has been included in the [...] Full text...

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Aliou Cissé calls up 26 players for Senegal's next two matches in the AFCON 2023 Qualifiers

27 may 2022 - 21:50:15
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - In view of the first two days of the Qualifiers for the Africa Cup of Nations [...] Full text...

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Qatar 2022 World Cup play-offs: Senegalese coach Cissé calls up 26 players against Egypt

18 march 2022 - 16:48:03
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Aliou Cisse, the national coach of Senegal, released Friday a list of 26 players for the [...] Full text...

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2021 AFCON: Senegal coach coach Aliou Cissé releases final squad

24 december 2021 - 17:26:15
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Senegalese national football team coach Aliou Cissé on Friday releaed the list of 27 players [...] Full text...

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2021 AFCON: Lists of some squads for tournament

24 december 2021 - 16:29:35
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The following are the squads of some of the countries for the delayed TotalEnergies Africa Cup [...] Full text...

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Senegalese Mohamed Mbougar Sarr wins the Goncourt Prize 2021

04 november 2021 - 20:23:15
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegalese President Macky Sall congratulated in a tweet the Senegalese writer Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, who won [...] Full text...

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Consensus reached on candidacy of outgoing Senegalese Football Federation president Augustin Senghor

23 july 2021 - 15:13:22
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Unless there is a major turnaround, Augustin Senghor, president of the Senegalese Football Federation (FSF), should [...] Full text...

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In Niger, Covid-19 wards remain empty, as agriculture and business benefit from support programmes

11 may 2021 - 19:35:14
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - After achieving outstanding results in its management of the COVID-19 pandemic, Niger, which is expected to [...] Full text...

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Marc-Vivien Foé Prize 2021: Senegalese Idrissa Gana Guèye and Boulaye Dia among the 11 nominees

07 april 2021 - 17:08:44
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Two Senegalese are on the list of 11 players selected for the Marc-Vivien Foé Prize, named [...] Full text...

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AFCON 2022 qualifiers: Senegalese coach invites 26 players for Congo, eSwatini matches

17 march 2021 - 20:40:31
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The coach of the Senegalese ‘’Lions’’, Aliou Cissé, on Wednesday released a list of players called up [...] Full text...

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Three marine meteorological stations to collect data on marine environment in Togo

22 february 2021 - 20:48:44
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togo has since last Thursday established three new marine meteorological stations to boost its data collection [...] Full text...

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The aftermath of armed conflict in Libya compromises resolution

26 november 2020 - 23:51:50
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Nearly a decade of continued armed conflict in Libya has left visible scars on the Libyan [...] Full text...

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Senegal and two opponents release list of players

01 october 2020 - 23:46:30
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal and its next two opponents in the next FIFA matches, Morocco on 9 October in [...] Full text...

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Three UN special rapporteurs to investigate disappearance of Cameroonian journalist, Samuel Wazizi

13 august 2020 - 14:55:38
Paris, France (PANA) - Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said it has asked three United Nations (UN) special rapporteurs to investigate [...] Full text...

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1,300 civilians killed in DRC in past eight months – UN rights chief

05 june 2020 - 12:29:20
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Around 1,300 civilians have been killed in a number of separate conflicts involving armed groups and [...] Full text...

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Mauritius: The best journalists of 2019 rewarded

01 march 2020 - 12:08:41
Ebène, Mauritius (PANA) - The Media Trust, an umbrella organization of the Mauritian government, honoured the best journalists of the [...] Full text...

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Course for all-female intelligence personnel from six West African countries ends

24 december 2019 - 08:31:30
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The US Africa Command has ended a month-long training for about 20 West African female intelligence officers, [...] Full text...

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Fighting intensifies near Tripoli despite efforts to ease tension in Libya

17 december 2019 - 17:12:24
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Fighting on the outskirts of Tripoli has become more intense in the past 24 hours, increasing [...] Full text...

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Exiled former minister reveals intelligence plan to derail a human rights workshop in Zimbabwe

24 november 2019 - 15:56:24
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Exiled former Zimbabwe cabinet minister, Jonathan Moyo, shared an intelligence document written by State Security minister [...] Full text...

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Senegalese judoka Mbagnick Ndiaye named Best Senegalese Sportsman of the Year, Sadio Mané Ballon d'Or for the 6th time

05 november 2019 - 18:53:56
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Judoka Mbagnick Ndiaye, African champion and gold medalist at the African Games in Rabat in the [...] Full text...

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Senegal to manufacture organic sanitary napkins to treat infections affecting women

31 october 2019 - 17:58:47
Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - The non-governmental organization (NGO), "Cause Première", based in Ziguinchor, in partnership with the French Association "PC [...] Full text...

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ASPT committed to promoting tourism in southern Senegal

24 october 2019 - 17:42:44
Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - The Senegalese Agency for Tourism Promotion (ASPT), in partnership with the International Agreement of Ziguinchor and [...] Full text...

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WAFU tournament final: Senegal aims to dethrone Ghana this Sunday

13 october 2019 - 13:03:37
Thiès, Senegal (PANA)   -   Ghana, titleholders, and Senegal, host country, will compete Sunday for the Union of West African Football [...] Full text...

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Senegal joins Ghana in UFOA tournament final

10 october 2019 - 14:52:26
Thiès, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal has won the right to play next Sunday, the final game of the second edition [...] Full text...

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Senegal in semi-finals of UFOA tournament, Ghana in danger against Burkina

04 october 2019 - 00:02:14
Thiès, Senegal (PANA)  -  Senegal has qualified for the semi-finals of the second edition of the Fox Sports Nations Tournament [...] Full text...

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CHAN qualifiers 2020: Senegal to meet Guinea again

20 september 2019 - 18:35:19
Dakar, Senegal (PANA)   -  The Senegalese national football team meets this Saturday at 5pm at Lat Dior stadium in Thiès, [...] Full text...

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Niger plans to reform the fertilizer sector

09 august 2019 - 14:01:21
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Niger's Minister of Agriculture, Albadé Abouba, on Friday urged the Nigerien Association of Fertilizer Importers and [...] Full text...

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Senegal: Teungueth FC says will not participate in CAF Cup

25 july 2019 - 23:37:50
Dakar, Senegal (PANA)   -  Teungueth FC, the flagship club of the city of Rufisque (24 km from Dakar), winner of [...] Full text...

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AfDB grants 7.3 billion CFA Francs to Niger over effects of climate change

07 june 2019 - 17:25:30
Niamey, Niger (PANA) – The African Development Bank (AfDB), on Friday granted a 7.3 billion CFA Francs funding to Niger [...] Full text...

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Senegalese El Hadj Amadou Dia Bâ joins IOC athletes commission

15 may 2019 - 21:35:45
Dakar, Senegal (PANA)   -   Senegalese El Hadj Amadou Dia Bâ has joined the International Olympic Committee (OIC) athletes’ commission, an [...] Full text...

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Generation wins Senegal's League 1 football championship

29 april 2019 - 09:19:05
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - With three days left to the final game in Senegal's League 1 football championship, Generation Foot claims [...] Full text...

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Senegalese appointed UNDP Resident Representative in Togo

03 april 2019 - 11:01:08
Lomé, Togo (PANA) – Senegalese Aliou Dia has been appointed new Resident Representative of the UN Development Programme (UNDP) in [...] Full text...

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Presidential election campaign raises no excitement in south Senegal

06 february 2019 - 14:32:42
Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - Though Senegal's presidential election campaign for the February 24 poll kicked off on Sunday, it has [...] Full text...

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2019 U-20 AFCON: Senegal target U-20 trophy in Niger

29 january 2019 - 21:04:54
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal's national junior football team, "Les Lionceaux", leaving on Wednesday for Niger for the 2019 Under-20 [...] Full text...

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Congolese author denounces Lari people genocide in Congo

11 january 2019 - 18:10:17
Paris, France (PANA) - Successive regimes in the Republic of Congo have been carrying out a deliberate policy targeting the [...] 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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Rights group demands legal reforms as teenager's death sentence overturned

27 june 2018 - 05:34:25
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Human rights group Amnesty International says Tuesday’s decision by a Sudanese court to quash a teenager's [...] Full text...

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Generation Foot claim 2nd Senegal FA Cup

23 may 2018 - 10:58:25
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Generation Foot FC were crowned champions of the Coupe du Senegal (Senegal FA Cup) for the [...] Full text...

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Global rights body reports increased repression of peaceful dissent in Southern Africa

18 january 2018 - 18:02:05
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - Southern African governments clamped down on vocal journalists, activists, and opposition politicians in 2017, Human [...] Full text...

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2018 CHAN Qualifiers: Senegal beat Guinea 3-1 in 1st-leg, final qualifier on Tuesday

16 august 2017 - 13:50:59
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Hosts Senegal defeated Guinea 3-1 on Tuesday in the first-leg, final qualifier in West Zone A [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Nigerian Navy redeploys 21 top officers in major reorganisation

16 june 2017 - 06:40:33
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria's Chief of the Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas, has approved a major re-organisation in [...] Full text...

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Senegal: ECOWAS expresses commitment towards women's participation in democratic process

23 june 2016 - 17:21:31
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The ECOWAS Commission Thursday reiterated its commitment to the promotion of the participation of women and [...] Full text...

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Ghana: ECOWAS experts move for stronger disaster management infrastructure and policy framework

26 october 2015 - 12:19:14
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Disaster management and risk control experts of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have [...] Full text...

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Togo: Togolese women unite for peaceful polls

16 april 2015 - 11:21:41
Lome, Togo (PANA) - Participants at the just-ended national training workshop on Gender and Elections in Lomé, Togo, have committed [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: Development of ECOWAS policy on women and energy kicks off

25 february 2015 - 16:43:07
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) is spearheading the development of a policy that [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: ECOWAS Commission chief meets UN Africa's special envoy on deepening cooperation with RECs

29 january 2015 - 13:45:12
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - ECOWAS Commission President Kadré Désiré Ouédraogo and other Chief Executives of Regional Economic Communities (RECs) in [...] Full text...

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Senegal: ECOWAS commended for gender equality initiatives

14 january 2015 - 10:53:12
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal’s Minister of Women, Family and Child Protection Mariama Sarr has commended the ECOWAS Commission for [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: ECOWAS moves to correct imbalance in women participation in politics

16 december 2014 - 10:19:15
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Determined to correct the imbalance in women participation in democratic elections and good governance, the ECOWAS [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: ECOWAS to churn out new set of young entrepreneurs

11 december 2014 - 08:58:03
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Another batch of young people from ECOWAS Member States will receive their certificates on 16 December, [...] Full text...

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Congo: African Shippers meet in Brazzaville

11 november 2014 - 11:23:07
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Congolese Transport Minister Rodolphe Adada has listed the modernisation of ports and facilities, the reduction of [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Minister urges cautious optimism on Ebola response

06 november 2014 - 18:10:55
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana’s Minister of Health Kwaku Agyemang-Mensah has lauded the progress in regional and international responses to [...] Full text...

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Nigeria/ECOWAS: Gender training workshop opens in Abuja

29 april 2014 - 12:46:06
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - A three-day National Gender Training Workshop opened in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, Tuesday with a consensus by [...] Full text...

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Mali: ECOWAS assures of continued assistance to Mali

14 february 2014 - 00:05:00
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - ECOWAS will continue to offer assistance to Malians affected by the multidimensional crisis faced by the [...] Full text...

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Nigeria/ECOWAS: New ECOWAS Commissioners assume duty

05 february 2014 - 14:15:52
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The seven new Commissioners of the ECOWAS Commission have assumed duty, the Commission said in a [...] Full text...

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Cote d'Ivoire: 7 new commissioners approved for ECOWAS Commission

24 january 2014 - 13:09:57
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The ECOWAS Council of Ministers has approved the appointment of seven new Commissioners into the [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's President appoints new head for National Intelligency Agency

07 november 2013 - 14:56:35
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan has appointed Ambassador Ayo Oke as the new Director-General of the country's [...] Full text...

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3rd African decentralisation and local development conference opens in Dakar

13 september 2013 - 22:03:00
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The third extraordinary session of the African Decentralisation and Local Development Conference (ADLDC) opened in Dakar, [...] Full text...

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Togo polls: ECOWAS Observer Mission head meets stakeholders

23 july 2013 - 10:57:26
Lome, Togo (PANA) - Head of ECOWAS Election Observation Mission to Togo Leopold Ouédraogo on Monday met in Lome with [...] Full text...

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Senegal woos investors to its infrastructure projects

21 june 2013 - 14:17:20
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Senegal has urged international investors to take advantage of the various investment opportunities available in major [...] Full text...

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ECOWAS member nations highlight investment potentials in Lagos

07 june 2013 - 19:13:17
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - West African nations took their turns in Lagos to showcase available investment opportunities and incentives for [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Jonathan orders crackdown on killers of police officers

11 may 2013 - 15:21:32
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan, has ordered the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA), the police and the State [...] Full text...

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Minor cabinet reshuffle in Mauritania

03 may 2013 - 14:29:09
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian government on Thursday announced a minor cabinet reshuffle, appointing a new minister for the [...] Full text...

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BADEA, Senegal sign US$12 million pact

04 november 2012 - 14:13:29
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA) and Senegal have signed a loan [...] Full text...

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FIFA U-20 WWC: African trio to officiate at competition

14 august 2012 - 22:08:54
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – An African referee trio, led by Senegalese international referee Fadouma Dia, has been selected to officiate [...] Full text...

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Senegal's constitutional council confirms presidential runoff vote

06 march 2012 - 21:07:03
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Senegal's constitutional council on Tuesday published the final results of the first round of the presidential [...] Full text...

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Presidential election campaign starts in Senegal

06 february 2012 - 10:58:54
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The campaign for Senegal's presidential election, slated for 26 February, started off on Sunday with the [...] Full text...

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List of candidates for 26 Feb. presidential election in Senegal

30 january 2012 - 14:56:29
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Following is the list of candidates confirmed Sunday evening by the Constitutional Council to contest the [...] Full text...

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President Wade asks opposition to accept verdict of constitutional council

28 january 2012 - 13:34:58
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Senegalese president Abdoulaye Wade on Friday evening asked the opposition, which is challenging the verdict of [...] Full text...

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Senegalese demonstrate against validation of Wade's candidature

28 january 2012 - 11:50:07
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Clashes broke out in several localities of Senegal on Friday evening after the country’s constitutional council [...] Full text...

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Senegal off to good start at WAEMU football tourney

31 october 2011 - 15:57:57
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal on Sunday "soared away" on the first day of the fifth edition of the West [...] Full text...

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CAF rectifies error on Senegalese player Souleymane Diawara

11 august 2011 - 22:28:08
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has confirmed Senegalese player Souleymane Diawara was mistakenly suspended during [...] Full text...

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Forum on private sector, projects financing begins in Mauritania

24 may 2011 - 15:17:52
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Worried that poverty rate in Mauritania still remains high (42 percent), despite the 50 years of [...] Full text...

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Senegal names 24-man squad for CAN qualifier against Cameroon

20 may 2011 - 15:06:49
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Senegalese national football coach, Amara Traoré, Friday unveiled a list of 24 players for Senegal's CAN [...] Full text...

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CAN 2012 Qualifier: Traoré invites 24 players for Senegal-Cameroon clash

10 march 2011 - 19:32:02
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The coach of the Senegalese national football team, Amara Traoré, on Thursday released a list of [...] Full text...

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Senegal’s U-17 national football team beat Brazilian counterpart 2-0

12 december 2010 - 18:52:23
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal’s under 17 national football squad beat its Brazilian counterpart 2-0 Saturday evening at the [...] Full text...

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Malawi Catholic bishops fault Mutharika administration

31 october 2010 - 12:59:00
Blantyre- Malawi (PANA) -- Nine Catholic bishops in Malawi Sunday issued a stingi ng criticism of the administration of President [...] Full text...

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Exercise to test readiness of African Standby Force ends

29 october 2010 - 16:42:00
Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- African military commanders Friday rounded off a 10-day war drill to test the readiness of [...] Full text...

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Guinea govt reiterates warning against violence during run-off

19 october 2010 - 11:58:00
Conakry- Guinea (PANA) -- Guinean Prime Minister Jean Marie Dore has again warned supporters of the two political parties involved [...] Full text...

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African editors honour Gambian journalists

16 october 2010 - 15:18:00
Banjul- Gambia (PANA) -- The African Editors Forum on Friday honoured two Gambian journalists, one of who was murdered and [...] Full text...

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FAO, WFP urge long-term solutions to check food crises

08 october 2010 - 15:57:00
New York- US (PANA) -- A report by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Programme [...] Full text...

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France, Africa discuss cooperation

02 october 2010 - 18:04:00
(By Sileye Dia- PANA special correspondent ) Paris, France (PANA) -- Some 800 people from several African countries and other [...] Full text...

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Sub-regional outsourcing summit ends

21 september 2010 - 21:41:00
Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- A West African Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) leadersh ip summit, which deliberated on opportunities to attract [...] Full text...

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India's Bharti Airtel to expand to more African markets

17 september 2010 - 12:07:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Indian telecommunications firm Bharti Airtel has announc ed plans to expand to more African countries following [...] Full text...

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Guinean President calls for calm, discipline

16 september 2010 - 11:57:00
Conakry- Guinea (PANA) -- Guinean President General Sekouba Konate has urged his compatriots to ensure peace and order ahead of [...] Full text...

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Senegalese choreographer Ndeye Khady Niang dies

30 august 2010 - 09:50:00
Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The Senegalese dancer and choreographer Ndeye Khady Niang died after an accident at her home in [...] Full text...

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Ghana media play up journalists' awards, Mills' declaration on judiciary

28 august 2010 - 08:48:00
Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- The 15th Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) Awards night and the declaration by President John Evans Atta [...] Full text...

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Panel clears Ivorian Interior minister of allegations of fraud

20 july 2010 - 13:53:00
Abidjan- Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) -- An Ivorian panel of investigation in Abidjan, th e capital, has cleared the Ivorian Interior [...] Full text...

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Fire ravages Nigerian Newspaper premises, another opens new complex

30 june 2010 - 13:54:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- In what looked like a twist of faith for the Nigerian me dia, fire on Tuesday [...] Full text...

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Angolan province records 100 cases of malaria in seven days

06 june 2010 - 08:31:00
Caxito- Angola (PANA) -- No fewer than 105 cases of malaria were recorded in the last seven days in Caxito, [...] Full text...

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Nigerian experts identify ingredients for Africa's capital market growth

02 june 2010 - 15:38:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Experts from different sectors of the Nigerian economy h ave identified key ingredients such as efficient [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe licences five new newspapers

27 may 2010 - 15:57:00
Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- Zimbabwe, often accused of stifling the independent me dia, Thursday licenced five new privately-owned newspapers to [...] Full text...

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Harassment, threats against journalists increase in South Africa

13 april 2010 - 08:19:00
Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- Press freedom is becoming a matter of concern i n South Africa ahead of [...] Full text...

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Niger launches polio vaccination campaign Friday

24 march 2010 - 19:39:00
Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- Niger will Friday launch nationwide and anti-polio vaccin ation campaign meant for children aged under five [...] Full text...

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African governance architecture meeting ends

17 march 2010 - 23:08:00
Banjul- Gambia (PANA) -- A technical meeting of the African Governance Architecture (AGA) ended in Banjul on Wednesday with participants [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's Information Minister under fire over Yar'Adua comments

03 march 2010 - 20:41:00
Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's Information and Communications Minister Dora A kunyili is under fire over her comments on the [...] Full text...

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US ambassador lauds journalist as 'Tanzanian Woman of Courage'

02 march 2010 - 12:55:00
Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- A Tanzanian journalist, Ananilea Nkya, was Tues day presented by US Ambassador Alfonso E. [...] Full text...

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Nigeria opposition warns Acting President against abridging rights

18 february 2010 - 10:09:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's main opposition Action Congress (AC) party Thu rsday warned Acting President Goodluck Jonathan against any [...] Full text...

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Media experts recommend Freedom of Information Laws for West African countries

07 february 2010 - 08:12:00
Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- Media experts have recommended that ECOWAS member states e nact Freedom of Information (FOI) laws as [...] Full text...

thread Society

Rescue team identifies 16 bodies from crashed Ethiopian plane

26 january 2010 - 08:04:00
Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The rescue team involved in the search for surviv ors and bodies from the Ethiopian [...] Full text...

thread Economy

Results of Mauritania's Premier League matches

24 january 2010 - 17:19:00
Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Following are the results of the matches played week-end in Mauritania's first day Premier League champioships: [...] Full text...

thread Sports

Senegalese musician, Mauritanian partner to build recording studio

24 january 2010 - 13:01:00
Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The Senegalese musician, Demba Dia, popularly ca lled Rock M'balakh, and his Mauritanian partner, Dey Ould [...] Full text...

thread Culture

Four fishermen drown off Nouadhibou coast in Mauritania

22 january 2010 - 14:28:00
Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- All four members of a group of Mauritanian and S enegalese fishermen drowned early Thursday off [...] Full text...

thread Society

IMF chief says economic recovery fragile, stimulus should continue

19 january 2010 - 15:54:00
Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- With emerging Asia leading the way - China and In dia in the front - [...] Full text...

thread Economy

Guineans top list of Africans granted asylum in Belgium

06 january 2010 - 20:27:00
Brussels- Belgium (PANA) â" Guineans topped the li-st of Africans granted asylum in Belgium last year, according to statistics released [...] Full text...

thread Social

Nigeriens urged to make concessions in politics

22 december 2009 - 16:45:00
Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) me diator in the Nigerien crisis, Abdulsalam Abubakar, [...] Full text...

thread Politics

Senegal records decline in Malaria morbidity rate

16 november 2009 - 10:23:00
Kaolack- Senegal (PANA) -- The morbidity rate from malaria in Senegal has gone do wn from 22. 25% in 2007 [...] Full text...

thread Health

African National Human Rights Institutions meet in Banjul

09 november 2009 - 12:32:00
Banjul- Gambia (PANA) -- The Third Conference of African National Human Rights In stitutions (NHRIs) got underway here Sunday. [...] Full text...

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Gambia-based NGO denies knowledge of Jammeh's death threat

08 november 2009 - 08:26:00
Banjul- Gambia (PANA) -- The Executive Director of Gambia-based African Centre fo r Democracy and Human Rights Studies (ACDHRS), Mrs. [...] Full text...

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Okah urges MEND to halt Niger Delta attacks

22 october 2009 - 09:33:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND) lead er Henry Okah may have prevailed on [...] Full text...

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Kadhafi renews call on Patassأ© to help restore peace in CAR

16 october 2009 - 18:33:00
Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- Libyan leader and current Chairman of the African Union (AU), Mouammar Kadhafi, has renewed his call [...] Full text...

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MEND names Nobel Laureate, others to negotiate peace

29 september 2009 - 07:50:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- In perhaps the strongest indication yet that they are wi lling to embrace peace, Nigeria's main [...] Full text...

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Kadhafi wants ex-CAR president back home

11 september 2009 - 16:14:00
Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- Former Central African President, Ange-Fأ©lix Patassأ©, has said that he responded positively to the call by [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia's Meles talks tough on new climate change treaty

04 september 2009 - 11:07:00
Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- African nations will not rubber-stamp a new clima te change treaty to replace the Kyoto [...] Full text...

thread Environment

Africa on right track in malaria control, says Senegalese official

18 august 2009 - 21:51:00
Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The Director of the Health and Development Institute (IS ED) in Senegal, Professor Anta Tall Dia, [...] Full text...

thread Health

UN official disturbed by civilian deaths in Nigerian sectarian clashes

04 august 2009 - 18:36:00
New York- US (PANA) -- The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, on Tuesday in Geneva, Switzerland, expressed [...] Full text...

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Somali journalists discus media practice at home

24 july 2009 - 14:57:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Journalists and stakeholders in the media industry in So malia Friday began a three-day conference in [...] Full text...

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Kufuor is Global Ambassador against hunger

20 july 2009 - 10:34:00
Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- Former Ghanaian president John Kofi Agyekum Kufuor was M onday named Global Ambassador against Hunger for [...] Full text...

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Senegal gets US$69.85m AfDB loan for Dakar highway

17 july 2009 - 09:06:00
Tunis- Tunisia (PANA) -- The African Development Bank (AfDB) is lending Senegal F CFA 32. 4 billion (US$69. 85 million) [...] Full text...

thread Economy

Dozens protest planned Congolese presidential election in Paris

11 july 2009 - 19:36:00
Paris- France (PANA) -- Dozens of people Saturday took part in a peaceful march i n Paris, France, to protest [...] Full text...

thread Politics

Niger moves to 'gag' media ahead of referendum

09 july 2009 - 18:11:00
Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- In a move seen by political analysts as efforts to gag th e press ahead of [...] Full text...

thread Society

Nigeria's defence intelligence agency graduates 30 officers

28 june 2009 - 17:17:00
Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's Defence Intelligence School (DIS) in Karu, nea r the capital city of Abuja, this weekend [...] Full text...

thread Society

Junta head denounces resumption of political activities in Guinea

26 june 2009 - 19:46:00
Conakry- Guinea (PANA) -- The head of the ruling junta in Guinea, Captain Moussa Dadis Camara, on Friday condemned a [...] Full text...

thread Politics

Namibia diamond output falls to 800,000 carats

18 june 2009 - 11:51:00
Windhoek- Namibia (PANA) -- Namibia will produce just under 800,000 carats of dia monds in 2009, a massive 63 percent [...] Full text...

thread Economy

Pretoria expresses concern over discord in Sri Lanka

21 may 2009 - 18:31:00
Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- The South African government Thursday expressed deep concern over development in Sri Lanka, following [...] Full text...

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Paris to hold tribute in memory of Mamadou Dia

20 may 2009 - 22:52:00
Paris- France (PANA) – A day of tributes will be h-eld in Paris on 13 June in mem ory of [...] Full text...

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Report absolves Gambian govt. of Ghanaians' death

19 may 2009 - 18:03:00
Banjul- Gambia (PANA) -- The Gambian government has absolved itself of complicity in the death of eights Ghanaians in the [...] Full text...

thread Society

Poems published in tribute to African heroes

14 may 2009 - 15:15:00
Paris- France (PANA) -- A collection of poems, entitled “L'éloge de lévidence”, h as just been published in Paris, France, [...] Full text...

thread Culture

Mauritius opens Child Cancer Unit

08 may 2009 - 15:58:00
Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The Mauritian Health Ministry has opened a new u nit dedicated to the care of children [...] Full text...

thread Health

UNESCO DG in Doha for World Press Freedom Day celebration

03 may 2009 - 20:25:00
Doha- Qatar (PANA) -- UNESCO Director general Koïchiro Matsuura, on Sunday took part in Doha, Qatar, in celebrations marking the [...] Full text...

thread Society

Egypt accuses Lebanon of complicity with Hezbollah

21 april 2009 - 18:45:00
Cairo- Egypt (PANA) -- Egypt accused the Lebanese government of collaboration wit h Hezbollah in the alleged attempt to destabilise [...] Full text...

thread Politics

Senegalese, Guinea-Bissau artists to participate in Europ'art09 exhibition

18 april 2009 - 11:16:00
Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Senegalese and Guinea-Bissau artists will participate in Europ'art09, Geneva's International Art Exhibition, due to open on [...] Full text...

thread Culture

African countries dominate 38th Tripoli Int'l Trade Fair

06 april 2009 - 09:09:00
Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- Visitors to the 38th International Trade Fair in Tripoli , Libya's capital, were attracted to the [...] Full text...

thread Economy

Regional journalists seek role in ECOWARN

26 march 2009 - 12:52:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Regional journalists who participated in a sensitization programme on the ECOWAS Early Warning Network (ECOWARN)have urged [...] Full text...

thread Society

Symposium on the Great Green Wall opens

11 february 2009 - 23:56:00
Dakar- Senegal (PANA) – A two--day international symposium on the Great Green Wall (GGW), a green belt that would be [...] Full text...

thread Environment

Benin to host int'l journalism forum

05 february 2009 - 10:20:00
Cotonou- Benin (PANA) -- An international forum on journalism will hold 19-22 Feb ruary here at the initiative of the [...] Full text...

thread Society

Veteran Senegalese politician Mamadou Dia is dead

25 january 2009 - 12:23:00
Dakar- Senegal (PANA) – Veteran Senegalese politic-ian Mamadou Dia died on Sunday in Dakar aged 99. Mamadou Dia, who [...] Full text...

thread Politics

Kenyan cabinet appeals to teachers to call off strike

23 january 2009 - 15:23:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The Kenyan cabinet Thursday appealed to teachers to call off their strike and re-affirmed its commitment [...] Full text...

thread Society