Niger coup: Amnesty International calls for release of ousted President, members of gov't

01 august 2023 - 12:38:34
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Amnesty International on Tuesday asked the Niger military junta to urgently protect and respect human rights [...] Full text...

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LEAD: Niger coup: France to evacuate nationals (Eds: Adds details, Writethrough)

01 august 2023 - 10:19:48
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - France is to start evacuating its nationals from the West African state of Niger, where it [...] Full text...

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Niger coup: UN to continue efforts to restore constitutional order as Mali, Burkina Faso warn against military action

01 august 2023 - 06:25:43
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The United Nations says it will continue consultations with its partners to restore constitutional order in [...] Full text...

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Niger coup: Ousted President Bazoum's party flags arrests of senior members

31 july 2023 - 16:52:56
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The political party of ousted Niger president Mohamed Bazoum has flagged the detention of several of [...] Full text...

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Senegalese Abdoulaye Diop appointed President of West African Monetary Union Commission

15 april 2021 - 10:47:06
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Senegalese national, Aboulaye Diop, was appointed on Wednesday as the President of the West African [...] Full text...

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Nigerien president names 33 government members

07 april 2021 - 22:26:21
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Nigerien president, Mohamed Bazoum, acting on the proposal of the prime minister and head [...] Full text...

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Food security in West Africa at the centre of a high-level meeting in Niamey

18 february 2020 - 13:15:55
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - A high-level meeting on the food and nutrition situation of in the Sahel and West Africa [...] Full text...

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ECOWAS Mining and Petroleum Forum to be held in Niger in 2020

05 november 2019 - 17:43:04
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Niger will organize a Mining and Petroleum Forum in 2020 to provide a unique platform for [...] Full text...

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President Issoufou flags off work on Niger-Benin pipeline

17 september 2019 - 17:38:25
Niamey, Niger (PANA) – Niger’s president, Issoufou Mahamadou, on Tuesday in Koulele, Diffa region (more than 1,500 km east of [...] Full text...

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Niger, Chinese company sign deal to build pipeline for crude oil transport from Niger to Benin

16 september 2019 - 20:08:14
Niamey, Niger (PANA) – An agreement for the building and exploitation of the Niger-Benin oil pipeline was signed on Sunday [...] Full text...

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President Issoufou lays foundation stone for Oil Tower in Niamey

16 april 2019 - 16:44:22
Niamey, Niger (PANA) – Nigerien president, Issoufou Mahamadou, on Monday laid the foundation stone for the building of the Pipeline [...] Full text...

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President of African Parliamentary Union visits Doha

31 march 2019 - 17:27:33
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The President of the African Parliamentary Union (UPA), Alassane Bala Sakande, arrived on Sunday in [...] Full text...

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Niger bagged CFAF 612 billion in oil revenues between 2012 and 2018 - oil minister

06 february 2019 - 22:58:14
Zinder, Niger (PANA) - Niger’s oil industry bagged 621 billion CFA francs in revenue for its public treasury between [...] Full text...

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Niger, Benin sign deal on construction of oil pipeline

24 january 2019 - 13:03:54
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Niger and Benin have signed an agreement to construct a US$4 billion pipeline for exporting Niger’s [...] Full text...

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Niger adopts national oil policy

12 january 2019 - 17:36:48
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Eight years after Niger began producing oil, the government on Friday adopted a National Oil Policy [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Nigeria, Niger collaborate on crude exploration in the North

04 november 2016 - 06:54:01
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) is to collaborate with the Republic of Niger on sharing [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: Niger making solid progress in structural reforms - IMF mission

29 september 2015 - 08:44:50
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Despite weak revenue collections, unanticipated security expenditure and a shortfall in external budget assistance, [...] Full text...

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UN: 'Beef up civilian protection in Central African region'

17 february 2015 - 21:07:00
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Ms. Kyung-wha Kang, on Tuesday stressed the need [...] Full text...

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Cote d'Ivoire: Mother of ex-Ivorian president Gbagbo dies

16 october 2014 - 12:00:59
Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA) - The mother of former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo died Wednesday while returning from exile in [...] Full text...

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Togo: "False alert" raised on suspected Ebola carrier from Benin

29 july 2014 - 15:43:53
Lomé, Togo (PANA) – The Togolese health authorities have described as "false alert", the case of a passenger from Benin [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Military shows leadership in ECOWAS anti-Malaria war

31 may 2014 - 14:34:48
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Military personnel from Ghana and Togo recently carried out an environmental sanitation exercise at the border [...] Full text...

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Togo: No case of Ebola reported in Togo, says Health ministry

08 april 2014 - 22:01:58
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togo's health ministry said on Tuesday that the country has not recorded any case of the [...] Full text...

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Sudan, Niger agree to cooperate in petroleum, other domains

13 september 2013 - 12:00:38
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan and Niger have agreed to cooperate in the petroleum, bilateral and regional sectors, the official [...] Full text...

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First rector of University of Niamey dies in Paris

22 april 2013 - 11:44:55
Paris, France (PANA) - Boubacar Ba, the first president of the University of Niamey (1971-1979) and an Associate Professor [...] Full text...

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Suspected killers of Boko Haram sect leader arraigned

20 july 2011 - 08:30:46
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The five policemen accused of killing Islamic sect Boko Haram leader Mohammed Yusuf in 2009 were [...] Full text...

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5 policemen arraigned for killing Boko Haram leader in Nigeria

14 july 2011 - 08:50:02
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Five of the seven Nigeria policemen charged with killing the leader of the Islamic sect Boko [...] Full text...

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Niger's list of new ministers

21 april 2011 - 16:50:37
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The following is the list of Niger's new ministers, including five women, as unveiled by president [...] Full text...

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Niger president appoints 24-member cabinet

21 april 2011 - 16:16:13
Niamey, Niger (PANA) – The President of Niger, Mahamadou Issoufou, on Thursday named a 24-member cabinet following a decree he [...] Full text...

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Egypt wins seventh, third straight Nations Cup, beats Ghana 1-0

31 january 2010 - 18:11:00
Luanda- Angola (PANA) -- Egypt engraved its name in the African Football history books by winning its seventh Nations Cup [...] Full text...

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Monaco's Prince Albert to visit Mozambique 11 Nov

04 november 2009 - 19:08:00
Paris- France (PANA) -- Prince Albert II of Monaco will visit Mozambique from 11 to 13 November, as part of [...] Full text...

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Flooding in Mozambican province

11 february 2009 - 18:34:00
Maputo- Mozambique (PANA) -- Much of the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Del gado has been experiencing heavy rains, leading [...] Full text...

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Demining in Mozambique to continue till 2014

12 january 2009 - 19:05:00
Maputo- Mozambique (PANA) -- It is no longer possible to finish clearing land min es from Mozambican soil this year, [...] Full text...

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Demining in Mozambique to continue till 2014tnews

12 january 2009 - 18:49:00
Maputo- Mozambique (PANA) -- It is no longer possible to finish clearing land min es from Mozambican soil this year, [...] Full text...

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