Update: Voting progressing 'smoothly', say EC officials

07 december 2024 - 14:19:46
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Voting is progressing smoothly in Ghana's presidential and parliamentary elections on Saturday, the Electoral Commission said.In [...] Full text...

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Polls open in Ghana's presidential, parliamentary elections

07 december 2024 - 07:03:18
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Voting started in Ghana on Saturday to elect a president and 276 parliamentarians as the West [...] Full text...

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Gambia sets up panel to investigate foiled coup plot

28 december 2022 - 12:00:42
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambia Government on Tuesday inaugurated a panel to investigate the foiled coup plot against the [...] Full text...

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Gambia confirms coup plot, soldiers apprehended

21 december 2022 - 15:33:32
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Ebrima G. Sankareh, Government Spokesperson and Presidential Diaspora Adviser, Wednesday confirmed the arrest of four soldiers linked to [...] Full text...

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Troops destroy 127 excavators, other mining equipment in fight against illegal mining

30 april 2021 - 23:05:16
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The contingent of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) deployed to stop illegal mining in forest reserves [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Military not intimidating residents in Volta Region - GAF

22 july 2020 - 21:17:32
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) said here Wednesday military personnel deployed in the Volta Region were [...] Full text...

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Gambia’s football body gets FIFA US$1.5 million Covid-19 relief fund

29 june 2020 - 17:15:12
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambia Football Federation (GFF) will receive US$ 1.5 million from the World football governing body, [...] Full text...

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President Barrow vows to transform Gambian army into professional force

15 june 2019 - 16:06:42
Banjul, Gambia (PANA)   -   President Adama Barrow Saturday renewed his pledge to transform The Gambia Armed Forces (GAF) into a [...] Full text...

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Gambian army investigates civilian shooting

27 may 2019 - 21:42:19
Banjul, Gambia (PANA)   -   The Gambia Armed Forces (GAF) Monday said it had launched an investigation into a shooting incident [...] Full text...

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ECOMIG assures Gambians of safety, security

23 may 2019 - 17:34:42
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The ECOWAS mission in the Gambia (ECOMIG) on Thursday assured Gambians of their safety and security [...] Full text...

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President Barrow thumbs up Gambia army's major food security drive

08 april 2019 - 21:24:50
Banjul, Gambia (PANA)  -  President Adama Barrow Monday lauded The Gambia Armed Forces for initiating a major food security drive [...] Full text...

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ECOMIG Commander, Colonel Ndiaye end tour of duty in Gambia

01 march 2018 - 10:02:47
Banjul, Gambia (PANA)- ECOWAS military intervention in the Gambia ECOMIG Commander, Colonel Magette Ndiaye took leave of President Adama Barrow [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's Akwa United, Zambia's Zanaco FC arrive in Gambia for CAF cup ties

20 february 2018 - 18:26:26
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Nigerian football club Akwa United and Zanaco FC of Zambia have arrived in Gambia for the [...] Full text...

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'Remain loyal to Gambia' – Barrow tells soldiers

11 february 2018 - 14:41:10
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – Gambian President Adama Barrow has urged the country’s army to remain loyal to Gambians and “the [...] Full text...

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2 Gambian clubs leave for CAF cup ties in Nigeria, Zambia

07 february 2018 - 16:50:18
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia FA Cup and Super Cup winners Hawks FC left Banjul on Wedneaday for Nigeria where [...] Full text...

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Gambia’s army chief says 2 pro-Jammeh generals have abandoned him

05 february 2018 - 15:20:45
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – Two former army generals who fled with former dictator Yahya Jammeh, returned to the country from [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Mid-year fiscal review, war against illegal mining highlighted in Ghana

05 august 2017 - 09:12:37
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The mid-year fiscal policy review of the 2017 budget, presented to Parliament on Monday by finance [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Political activities dominate Ghanaian media

02 july 2016 - 07:10:46
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – Political activities dominated the Ghanaian media this week as the political atmosphere continues to heat up [...] Full text...

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Gambia: Opposition leader urges release of Gambian coup plotters’ parents

11 january 2015 - 19:18:03
Banjul,Gambia (PANA) - A Gambian opposition leader said Sunday that coup plotters’ parents detained two weeks ago should be immediately [...] Full text...

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Gambia: Govt. gives detailed account of failed coup attempt

08 january 2015 - 15:02:33
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambian Foreign Affairs Minister, Nenneh Macdoual Gaye, giving a detailed account of the 30 December, [...] Full text...

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Ghana’s late president Mills laid to rest

10 august 2012 - 16:00:20
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – Ghana’s late President John Atta Mills, who was the Commander-in -Chief of the Ghana Armed Forces [...] Full text...

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Ghana’s late president Mills to be laid to rest with full military honours

09 august 2012 - 20:27:35
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) will give the late President John Evans Atta Mills, who was [...] Full text...

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Ghana Air Force jet loses fuel tanks in flight but lands safely

17 july 2012 - 15:03:09
Accra , Ghana (PANA) - A Ghana Air Force (GAF) jet on Tuesday lost two fuel tanks over the capital, [...] Full text...

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Mills’ US visit, independence celebrations captured by Ghanaian media

10 march 2012 - 07:40:39
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – President John Evans Atta Mills’ official visit to the US and the 55th independence anniversary celebrations [...] Full text...

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US organizes training for 70 Gambian security personnel

27 september 2011 - 16:51:37
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The US ambassador to the Gambia, Mrs. Pamela White, has said that her country does not [...] Full text...

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Cote d'Ivoire, accidents, sports dominate Ghanaian media

15 january 2011 - 08:28:39
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The defence of Ghana's position not to send troops to force out Ivorian incumbent President Laurent [...] Full text...

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Gambia sacks, detains 2 military officers

05 november 2010 - 19:32:00
Banjul- Gambia (PANA) -- Two officers of the Gambia Armed Force (GAF), Pa Yusupha Jatta and Sanna Sanyang, have been [...] Full text...

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Honour for teachers played up in Ghana's media

09 october 2010 - 09:30:00
Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- Ghanaian media during the week highlighted the celebration of World Teachers' Day and the arrival of [...] Full text...

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Gambia's ex-chief of defence staff, 7 others sentenced to death

16 july 2010 - 10:56:00
Banjul- Gambia (PANA) -- The former chief of defence staff of the Gambia Armed Fo rces (GAF), Lt. -General Langtombong [...] Full text...

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102 military officers decorated in Gambia

13 august 2009 - 19:22:00
Banjul- Gambia (PANA) -- The Gambian Armed Forces (GAF) Wednesday decorated 102 n ewly-promoted officers at the President Yahya Jammeh's [...] Full text...

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Media highlight solutions to carnage on Ghana roads

28 march 2009 - 08:24:00
Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- With the government and public continuing to express conce rn about the carnage on Ghana roads, [...] Full text...

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Gambia begins recruitment of soldiers

16 january 2009 - 16:47:00
Dakar- Senegal (PANA)- – The Gambian Armed Forces (GAF) have started the recruiti ng of soldiers as part of the [...] Full text...

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