Nigeria's new coach must reignite Super Eagles' World Cup charge

02 may 2024 - 11:47:13
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - In a move that has sent waves of nostalgia and optimism across Nigerian football, legendary winger [...] Full text...

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2023/24 CAF Confederation Cup: Zamalek thrash Dreams FC 3-0 to reach final

28 april 2024 - 18:03:07
Kumasi, Ghana (PANA) - Egyptian club Zamalek on Sunday reached the final of the 2023/24 TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup competition when [...] Full text...

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2023/24 CAF Conf Cup: CAF sanctions Algerian club USM Alger 3-0 over failed first-leg semi-final match

25 april 2024 - 11:52:34
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Africa's football governing body, the Confederation of African Football (CAF), has awarded Moroccan football club, RS [...] Full text...

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FIFA officially hands over renovated David Kaunda Stadium to government

26 september 2023 - 05:31:33
Chipata, Zambia (PANA) - The Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) has formally handed over the fully refurbished David Kaunda [...] Full text...

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2023 FIFA WWC: FIFA SG commends Nigeria for reaching knockout stage

01 august 2023 - 10:27:14
Brisbane, Australia (PANA) - FIFA Secretary-General Ms. Fatma Samoura has commended the Nigeria's women football team, the Super Falcons, for [...] Full text...

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CAF Disciplinary Board sanctions Sudanese club, Al Hila

08 march 2023 - 06:52:33
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The Disciplinary Board of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), has taken a number of decisions [...] Full text...

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Gambia’s Independence Stadium manager calls for investment to improve standard of facility

22 february 2022 - 10:44:08
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia will need a lot of money to bring the Independence Stadium in Banjul to the [...] Full text...

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CAF bans 23 stadiums from hosting international matches

20 february 2022 - 15:30:09
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has banned 23 stadiums across the continent "for not meeting [...] Full text...

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2020/21 CAF Champions League: Giants Zamalek eliminated despite scoring four goals in 25 minutes

11 april 2021 - 13:19:52
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - African giants Zamalek of Egypt failed to reach the Total CAF Champions League quarter-finals on Saturday, [...] Full text...

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U-20 AFCON: Gambia coach M’Boge urges Young Scorpions to go all out in 3rd-place match

03 march 2021 - 07:12:09
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Gambia head coach, Mattar M’Boge, has urged his team to go all out on Friday and [...] Full text...

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Industrial production in Tunisia drops by 5.3 pct

30 december 2020 - 23:34:09
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Industrial production in Tunisia dropped by 5.3 per cent during the first ten months of this [...] Full text...

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Tunisia’s trade volume abroad drops

20 november 2020 - 21:55:06
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The trade between Tunisia and the outside world in late October dropped in constant prices by [...] Full text...

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Hundreds injured by burns, sharp objects in Tripoli and Misrata during Eid al-Adha

02 august 2020 - 13:37:08
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - At least 639 people were admitted during the first and second days of the celebration of [...] Full text...

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Africa CDC handles shortage of medical supplies threatening coronavirus response

04 april 2020 - 18:58:36
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - A global shortage of key medical supplies required to sustain the onslaught on the coronavirus [...] Full text...

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Congo: Alphonse-Massamba-Débat Stadium no longer offers the best possible environmental conditions

11 february 2020 - 17:55:36
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The president of the Congolese Football Federation (Fecofoot), Jean Guy Blaise Mayolas, has lamented the poor [...] Full text...

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ICRC distributes household items to civilians affected by recent violence in Darfur

08 january 2020 - 11:26:43
 Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says thousands of civilians affected by the recent [...] Full text...

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Gor Mahia back on top of Kenyan Premier League

04 january 2020 - 17:21:42
Machakos, Kenya (PANA) - Gor Mahia returned to the summit of the Kenyan Premier League table following their 1-0 victory [...] Full text...

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Year-end Analysis: Sudanese women breathe air of freedom as infamous public order laws are repealed (News Analysis by Mohamed Osman, PANA correspondent)

23 december 2019 - 11:54:00
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – Believe it or not, some ladies are nowadays seen in Khartoum dressed in pants, tight pants [...] Full text...

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Malawi pips Kenya in Olympic football qualifier

29 august 2019 - 17:13:03
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - After losing 3-2 to Malawi in their Tokyo 2020 Olympic qualifier first-leg tie in Blantyre, Malawi, [...] Full text...

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Widows of Malian soldiers who died in conflicts soon to have multifunctional center

21 august 2019 - 18:25:51
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Widows of Malian soldiers and paramilitaries who died in theaters of operations will be equipped with [...] Full text...

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Nigeria, Netherlands to partner on capacity building to tackle unemployment

11 july 2019 - 16:33:19
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria is to partner the Kingdom of the Netherlands in capacity-building towards tackling the challenges of [...] Full text...

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Sports has impact on economy, says Brand Botswana manager

26 april 2019 - 18:10:33
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA)   -   Thuso Palai, Brand Botswana manager with The Botswana Investment and Trade Centre (BITC), says the use [...] Full text...

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At least 17% of natural water sources threatened with extinction in Burundi

09 april 2019 - 21:52:46
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - At least 17 percent of natural water sources in Burundi are at an advanced stage of [...] Full text...

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Libyan MPs urge EU to help avoid military confrontation in the south

12 february 2019 - 12:03:44
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - MPs of the city of Misrata, 220 km in east of Tripoli, on Monday urged [...] Full text...

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2018/19 CAF Champions League: Egyptian club Ismaily reinstated on appeal

10 february 2019 - 20:24:45
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The Appeal Board of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has upheld an appeal by Egyptian [...] Full text...

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Kenyan hospital chief suspended after mistaken brain surgery

02 march 2018 - 19:40:37
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenya’s health ministry Cabinet Secretary, Sicily Kariuki, said the chief executive officer of the state-run hospital [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Rights body demands release of prisoners of conscience in DRC

28 july 2016 - 13:38:17
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The release on Wednesday of six youth activists in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) under [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Nigerian Army arrests two Boko Haram terrorists in newly styled uniform

26 april 2016 - 18:46:06
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – As a subtle means of easily identifying themselves in its grinding war against Nigerian Army ground [...] Full text...

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Switzerland: Rights chief urges EU to adopt more ‘humane’ migration measures

11 march 2016 - 06:35:06
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The United Nations human rights chief has reiterated his profound concern about the situation faced by [...] Full text...

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South Africa: South African killers of Mozambican vendor jailed

01 february 2016 - 12:35:22
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Two South African men convicted of killing a Mozambican informal trader in a Johannesburg [...] Full text...

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Sudan: Over 100 killed, dozens wounded in South Sudan blast

18 september 2015 - 18:26:58
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - At least 170 civilians have been killed and many others wounded Thursday in South Sudan following [...] Full text...

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2017 AFCON Qualifier: Hosts Harambee Stars fall 1-2 against Chipolopolo

06 september 2015 - 16:10:56
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Hosts Harambee Stars of Kenya fell 1-2 to a resurgent Zambian national team, the Chipolopolo, in [...] Full text...

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UN: UN experts urge Sudan to overturn 'outrageous conviction' for indecent dressing

29 august 2015 - 15:38:27
New York, US (PANA) - A group of UN human rights experts have expressed concern after a female Sudanese student [...] Full text...

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UN: New UN report presents recommendations on protecting LGBT rights

02 june 2015 - 07:36:51
New York, US (PANA) - A new UN report says although some progress has been made since the first study [...] Full text...

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Equatorial Guinea: National team captain retires from international football

18 february 2015 - 11:18:41
Malabo, Equatorial Guinea (PANA) - The captain of the Equatorial Guinea national football team, Juvenal Edjogo Owono Montalban, on Tuesday [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Ghana Football Association confirms Avram Grant as Black Stars coach

27 november 2014 - 15:13:08
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Ghana Football Association (GFA) on Thursday confirmed Israeli Avram Grant as the new head coach [...] Full text...

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South Africa: National football team back with a bang (Sports Feature by Craig Urquhart, PANA Correspondent, Cape Town)

22 november 2014 - 12:35:08
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - What a difference a year makes. When the South African Football Association (SAFA) axed [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Police arrest 10 men for stripping woman

18 november 2014 - 15:16:03
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Police in Nairobi arrested 10 men Tuesday after an incident in which a woman was beaten [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Former Chelsea boss Avram Grant named new Black Stars coach

07 november 2014 - 20:26:31
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Avram Grant, former coach of English premiership side Chelsea, has been given the nod to be [...] Full text...

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Ghana: German coach Schuster to replace Dutchman Kluivert for Black Stars coach shortlist

13 october 2014 - 19:26:55
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - German football coach Bernd Schuster has been included in the five-man shortlist to be considered for [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Five coaches shortlisted for Black Stars job

07 october 2014 - 20:50:55
nAccra, Ghana (PANA) - The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has shortlisted five coaches to be considered for the vacant position [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Media report raging power struggle in opposition party, sacking of Black Stars coach

13 september 2014 - 08:26:25
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The deepening power struggle in Ghana’s main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the sacking of [...] Full text...

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2015 AFCON qualifiers: I knew Super Eagles would lose to Congo, says Coach Stephen Keshi

07 september 2014 - 11:23:45
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Super Eagles Coach Stephen Keshi, has said he saw Nigeria's 2-3 defeat to Congo, in their [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Greenpeace calls Eskom’s pollution reduction measures 'window dressing'

21 august 2014 - 12:20:19
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - The non-governmental environmental organization Greenpeace has described as a mere window dressing the pollution reducing [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Why sexual predators view Africa as hunting ground (News analysis by by Craig Urquhart, PANA correspondent)

02 august 2014 - 18:32:28
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – This week’s extradition of a German Catholic priest accused of sexual abuse of children [...] Full text...

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2014 FIFA WC: Ahmed Musa, first Nigerian to score brace at World Cup

25 june 2014 - 22:22:32
Porto Alegre, Brazil (PANA) - With his two goals against Argentina on Wednesday in their final group match at the [...] Full text...

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Sudan: Insecurity forces MSF doctors to treat patients in the bush

31 january 2014 - 14:53:28
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Doctors without Borders (MSF) on Friday said ongoing insecurity in Unity State has forced thousands of [...] Full text...

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2013 FIFA U-17 WC: Tit-bits, notebooks from a fitting finale

09 november 2013 - 09:49:50
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The following are tit-bits and notebooks from the 2013 FIFA Under-17 World Cup finals which ended [...] Full text...

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Sudan urged to stop threatening women with flogging

07 november 2013 - 07:35:26
New York, US (PANA) - Two UN independent experts on Thursday called on Sudan to desist from threatening women with [...] Full text...

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Abuja gun battle, "fighting" parliamentarians highlighted in Nigeria

21 september 2013 - 09:44:21
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Friday's fierce gun battle between the State Security Service (SSS) and elements, suspected to be members [...] Full text...

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Elima int'l fashion festival to be hosted in Lome 2-5 May

25 april 2013 - 16:04:14
Lome, Togo (PANA) – The Togolese capital, Lome, will 2-5 May host the third edition of the international fashion festival, [...] Full text...

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Opposition berates Nigeria's military over extra-judicial killings

23 april 2013 - 14:53:51
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's main opposition party, the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), has strongly condemned the reported killing [...] Full text...

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Togo media observe blackout to protest tough media law

12 march 2013 - 21:02:03
Lomé,Togo (PANA) - The overwhelming majority of the Togolese media on Tuesday observed a blackout to protest against the law [...] Full text...

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2013 AFCON: Super Eagles emerge new favourites for the cup

05 february 2013 - 14:52:40
Durban, South Africa (PANA) - The Super Eagles of Nigeria, winner of their quarter-final match against Cote d'Ivoire at the [...] Full text...

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Nigeria premier league club fined US$20,000 for hooliganism

02 may 2012 - 13:08:07
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigeria Premier League (NPL) board has fined Sharks football club of the oil city of [...] Full text...

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Violence forces abandonment of league match in Nigeria

29 april 2012 - 17:22:15
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A Nigerian premier league match between home-team Sharks of Port Harcourt and the visiting Ocean Boys [...] Full text...

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AU suspends Guinea Bissau, threatens further sanctions

17 april 2012 - 11:46:27
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) Tuesday suspended Guinea Bissau from the 54-member bloc with immediate effect, [...] Full text...

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AU slams Guinea Bissau junta's coup 'window-dressing' plan

17 april 2012 - 10:20:14
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - As the African Union’s (AU) Peace and Security Council kicked off a crisis meeting to [...] Full text...

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Nigeria optimistic on early return to constitutional rule in Mali

04 april 2012 - 10:12:01
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria has expressed optimism that constitutional rule will be speedily restored to Mali, following a meeting [...] Full text...

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Protest in Malawi against harassment of women over trousers

20 january 2012 - 17:19:16
Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Hundreds of women, joined by politicians and men, held a protest in the commercial capital, Blantyre, [...] Full text...

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Malawi women free to wear what they like - President

19 january 2012 - 20:23:12
Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika Thursday told women in the country to be free to wear [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's Super Eagles Coach, Samson Siasia, fired

28 october 2011 - 16:50:24
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's Super Eagles coach, Samson Siasia, has been relieved of his job by the Nigeria Football [...] Full text...

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CAN 2012 qualifier: Nigerian fans rampage as Super Eagles flop

09 october 2011 - 14:14:42
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigerian fans vented their anger and disappointment after the country's national team, the Super Eagles, drew [...] Full text...

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AAG qualifiers: Nigeria's team captain apologises for defeat by Ghana

14 july 2011 - 09:15:08
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - After running out of excuses for Nigeria's loss to Ghana in the last Sunday's return leg, [...] Full text...

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AAG: Ghana charmed us with 'juju'- Nigeria's U-23 captain

13 july 2011 - 12:25:13
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Captain of Nigeria's national Under-23 team Kingsley Udoh has alleged that Ghana used tradition charms, known [...] Full text...

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Tit-for-tat as UK expels Malawian High Commissioner

27 april 2011 - 20:13:56
Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - In a typical tit-for-tat action, the United Kingdom on Wednesday expelled Malawi's acting High Commissioner [...] Full text...

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Malawi insists British High Commissioner must leave

26 april 2011 - 22:05:21
Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - The Malawi Government has finally informed the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London that High [...] Full text...

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Mauritian women protest French law banning veil

22 april 2011 - 14:02:34
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - About 50 members of the Islamic organization "Hizb-ut-Tahrir", including many women wearing veils, on Friday [...] Full text...

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ICRC steps up support for medical facilities in Côte d'Ivoire

20 april 2011 - 17:01:36
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and Red Cross of Côte d'Ivoire have [...] Full text...

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Malawi expels British envoy over scathing leaked document

18 april 2011 - 18:38:56
Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Malawi has given a top British envoy 48 hours to leave the country only days after [...] Full text...

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Lecturers stand-off continue to dominate Malawi Media

16 april 2011 - 13:03:21
Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - The on-going stand-off between University of Malawi lecturers and Inspector General of Police Peter Mukhito continue [...] Full text...

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Malawi sends battalion for UN peacekeeping assignment in Cote d'Ivoire

12 april 2011 - 14:15:30
Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Malawi has dispatched a contingent of 850 soldiers on a United Nations peacekeeping mission to Cote [...] Full text...

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CHAN 2011: Algeria tames Uganda 2-0

05 february 2011 - 18:37:01
Khartoum,Sudan (PANA) - Algeria on Saturday tamed Uganda 2-0 in their Group A clash of the African Nations Championship (CHAN) [...] Full text...

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FAJ, WAJA explain roles on safety, protection of African journalists

12 november 2010 - 19:40:00
Banjul- Gambia (PANA) -- Two media groups, the West African Journalists Associati on (WAJA), and the Federation of African Journalists [...] Full text...

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Fatigue blamed for USA failure against Nigeria at Germany 2010

26 july 2010 - 13:37:00
Augsburg- Germany (PANA) -- The statistics are still highly impressive -- just tw o defeats in 28 matches at the [...] Full text...

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Family of Malawi's founding father disclaims 'son'

14 july 2010 - 14:01:00
Blantyre- Malawi (PANA) -- The family of Malawi's founding father, Hastings Kamuz u Banda, has dismissed claims by a 37-year-old [...] Full text...

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WC 2010: Quotes from Brazil/Netherlands quarter-final match

05 july 2010 - 07:10:00
Port Elizabeth- South Africa (PANA) -- Here are quotes following Brazil' 2-1 defeat by Netherlands in the ongoing World Cup [...] Full text...

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WC 2010: Ghana newspapers hail Black Stars for quarter-final berth

28 june 2010 - 12:13:00
Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- Ghanaian newspapers, which were off the stands on Sunday, have hailed the sterling performance of the [...] Full text...

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WC 2010: Eagles' Yakubu wins worst miss of World Cup award

23 june 2010 - 19:39:00
Durban- South Africa (PANA) -- Nigeria's ouster from the World Cup in South Africa by Korea Republic in Durban was [...] Full text...

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Amokachi tells Eagles not to 'drop your heads'

18 june 2010 - 21:29:00
Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- Assistant Coach of Nigeria's Super Eagles, Daniel Amokachi, played the psychologist all through Thursday night [...] Full text...

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WC 2010: Deflated Super Eagles shun Nigerian press

17 june 2010 - 19:25:00
Bloemfontein- South Africa (PANA) -- The camp of the Super Eagles may be in disarray with players wearing long looks [...] Full text...

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Ex-governor lifts Eaglesâ? hearts with cash, kind words

13 june 2010 - 18:11:00
Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- Former Executive Governor of Nigeria's nort h central Bauchi State, Alhaji Ahmadu Muazu, Saturday evening [...] Full text...

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Sudan not abridging women's rights (feature)

26 april 2010 - 14:07:00
Khartoum- Sudan (PANA) -- Journalist Lubna Hussein elicited unprecedented interna tional attention when she allegedly challenged traditional African and Islamic [...] Full text...

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'ECOWAS economy to experience growth recovery in 2010'

16 february 2010 - 14:20:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The ECOWAS region will experience a recovery from the 4. 4 per cent growth rate [...] Full text...

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Ban wants more partnership to boost Africa's development

09 february 2010 - 15:42:00
New York- US (PANA) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for a stronger partnership for Africa's development amid the [...] Full text...

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Super Eagles captain says to quit after 2010 World Cup

14 november 2009 - 19:40:00
Nairobi- Kenys (PANA) -- Nigeria's Super Eagles' Captain Nwankwo Kanu, declared a fter his teamâ?s hard earned 3-2 victory over [...] Full text...

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Soccer fans assault journalist in Ghana

10 november 2009 - 15:00:00
Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Scores of supporters of â?Real Tamale United (RTU)â?, a football club in Tamale, Ghana, manhandled Kwabena [...] Full text...

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Zambians protest acquittal of ex-president Chiluba

02 october 2009 - 19:45:00
Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- Hundreds of thousands of workers across Zambia Friday re ported for work dressed in black attires [...] Full text...

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Nigeria coach, Siasia, sad despite Tahiti win

01 october 2009 - 20:20:00
Cairo- Egypt (PANA) -- Despite a 5-nil Nigeria win over group B whipping boy Tahi ti in their last match [...] Full text...

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UN chief frowns at Sudanese indecency trial

01 august 2009 - 16:44:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- A member of staff of the United Nations (UN) facing 40 l ashes of the cane [...] Full text...

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Somalia: Decline in humanitarian situation worries ICRC

29 may 2009 - 15:00:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Dozens of people have been killed in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, since the intensification of armed [...] Full text...

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Int'l Red Cross sends emergency aid to Madagascar

14 february 2009 - 09:47:00
New York- US (PANA) -- The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) airlif ted emergency aid to Madagascar on [...] Full text...

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Kenya to host IRB global junior tourney

04 february 2009 - 17:47:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The Kenya Rugby Football Union (KRFU) Wednesday got a cl ean bill of health from the [...] Full text...

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Idrisa Seck's return to ruling party hit headlines in Senegal

17 january 2009 - 13:51:00
Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The much heralded return of former Senegalese Prime Mini ster Idrissa Seck to his party of [...] Full text...

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Somali peacemakers killed in new wave of assassinations

02 january 2009 - 16:44:00
Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Somalia's armed groups have killed an assistant m inister in charge of reconciliation, a respected [...] Full text...

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Law on crash helmet comes into effect in Nigeria

01 january 2009 - 08:41:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) --A new law that makes it compulsory for commercial motorcycle riders and their passengers to wear safety [...] Full text...

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