ECOWAS Observation Mission meets stakeholders of Ghana polls ahead of 7 December vote

21 november 2024 - 05:59:48
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Core Team of the ECOWAS Long-Term Observation Mission has stepped up consultation meetings with stakeholders [...] 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: Cameroonian captain Vincent Aboubakar emerges top scorer

07 february 2022 - 10:25:23
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Cameroonian Vincent Aboubakar has emerged as the top scorer of 2021 AFCON in Cameroon with eight [...] 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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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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Coach fills gaps in Senegal's Lions squad for AFCON 2021 qualifiers vs Guinea-Bissau

09 november 2020 - 14:10:42
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Aliou Cissé, coach of Senegal's 'Lions' has released a list of 25 players for the forthcoming [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: 700 family members of terrorist group surrender to Army troops – Defence Spokesperson

03 september 2020 - 18:34:53
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Armed Forces of Nigeria on Thursday said 700 family members of the Darul Salam Terrorists [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Military says its airstrikes destroy Boko Haram terrorists' logistics base, kill "several of their fighters"

12 august 2020 - 19:47:35
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian Armed Forces Wednesday said its Air Task Force of Operation LAFIYA DOLE had “destroyed [...] Full text...

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Nigerian president Buhari 'shocked' at string of Boko Haram/ISWAP attacks, massacre of civilians

11 june 2020 - 09:36:01
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed shock at the unprecedented massacre of civilians by Boko Haram/Islamic [...] Full text...

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Nigerian Air Force launches new offensive against Boko Haram terrorists

06 march 2020 - 18:27:31
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has launched a new air interdiction, Operation DECISIVE EDGE,  aimed at [...] Full text...

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Senegalese Sadio Mané crowned African Footballer of the Year 2019

08 january 2020 - 07:19:46
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Senegalese international Sadio Mané was on Tuesday night crowned the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Player of [...] 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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CAN Cameroon 2021: Coach picks 24 Senegalese players to battle Congo, Eswatini

31 october 2019 - 15:55:05
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal national football team A coach Aliou Cisse on Thursday released a list of 24 players [...] Full text...

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Senegal hold Brazil with 1-1 draw in friendly

10 october 2019 - 14:44:03
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Africa's runners-up Senegal held five-time world and current South American champions Brazil to a draw in [...] Full text...

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Senegal’s coach names 23 'Lions' for Brazil-Senegal friendly in Singapore

30 september 2019 - 13:17:42
Thies, Senegal (PANA) - Aliou Cissé, coach of Senegal's national football team, on Monday released a list of 23 players selected to [...] Full text...

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Nigerian Army confirms killing of one, abduction of six aid workers in Northeast Nigeria

21 july 2019 - 18:52:05
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Army on Sunday confirmed the abduction on Thursday of humanitarian aid workers of Action [...] Full text...

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2019 AFCON: Nigeria striker Ighalo crowned top scorer

20 july 2019 - 10:20:52
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Nigerian Odion Ighalo was crowned top scorer of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in [...] Full text...

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2019 AFCON: Nigerian Odion Ighalo leads goalscorers' list (Eds correcting number of goals scored)

15 july 2019 - 04:53:20
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) – Nigerian striker Odion Ighalo has jumped to the top of the goalscorers' list at the 2019 [...] Full text...

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2019 AFCON: List of scorers after quarter-finals

11 july 2019 - 22:32:56
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Following is the list of scorers at the 32nd edition of the Africa Cup of Nations [...] Full text...

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2019 AFCON Senegal in semi-finals after 13 years, Nigeria knock out South Africa

10 july 2019 - 23:10:09
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Senegal on Wednesday qualified for the first time since 2006 for the semi-finals of the Africa [...] Full text...

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2019 AFCON: List of scorers so far

10 july 2019 - 22:07:59
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Following is list of scorers so far at the 32nd edition of the Africa Cup of [...] Full text...

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2019 AFCON:Morocco-Benin, Senegal-Uganda to open Round of 16

04 july 2019 - 21:24:52
Cairo, Egypt (PANA)   -   The round of 16 in the 32nd edition of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON 2019), [...] Full text...

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2019 AFCON: Senegal name final list of 23 players

12 june 2019 - 15:46:30
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal's national coach, Aliou Cissé, has released a list of 23 players he wants to take [...] Full text...

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Diambars wins second Senegalese Football League Cup

03 june 2019 - 23:41:51
Dakar, Senegal (PANA)   -   The Diambars de Saly team at the seaside resort on the Senegalese Petite Côte, about 60 [...] Full text...

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25 Senegalese players picked for Egypt 2019 AFCON

31 may 2019 - 13:50:24
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The national coach of Senegal's 'Lions' on Friday announced at a press conference in Dakar a [...] Full text...

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Africa about to win the battle against polio

08 april 2019 - 15:58:58
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Africa is about to win the battle to eradicate polio, the president of the Regional Commission [...] Full text...

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Senegal's coach names 25 players for Madagascar match

27 february 2019 - 15:19:21
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Senegalese national football team coach Aliou Cissé on Wednesday released the list of 25 players ahead [...] Full text...

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Nigerian Air Force fighter jets destroy Boko Haram camp in Northeast Nigeria

06 november 2018 - 15:43:12
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Tuesday said that its fighter jets destroyed a Boko Haram [...] Full text...

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Army kill 4 Boko Haram terrorists in Northeast Nigeria

29 august 2018 - 15:26:19
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Army on Wednesday said its troops killed four Boko Haram terrorists in Northeast Nigeria. The [...] Full text...

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25 Senegalese players named to play South Africa in FIFA 2018 World Cup qualifiers

18 october 2017 - 18:06:44
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal's national football team coach, Aliou Cissé,on Wednesda released a list of 25 players selected to [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Army kills 10 Boko Haram terrorists

17 august 2017 - 09:09:02
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Army says its troops have killed 10 Boko Haram terrorists in northeast Nigeria in [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Two soldiers, 13 Boko Haram terrorists killed in Nigeria

07 august 2017 - 11:25:43
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Army on Monday confirmed that two of its soldiers serving in the northeast of [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: FAO distributes emergency seeds to combat hunger in north-east Nigeria

22 june 2017 - 11:37:51
Maiduguri, Nigeria (PANA) - Seeds and fertilizer for more than one million people are being distributed by the UN Food [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: Ghana to host awards ceremony for 2017 African innovators

16 june 2017 - 07:54:46
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Winners of the 2017 Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA) will be announced in Accra, [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Nigerian Army arrest 3,332 Boko Haram suspects, 26 foreigners

02 february 2017 - 18:58:21
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – A total of 3,332 suspected Boko Haram terrorists and 26 foreigners have been arrested by the [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Pres. Buhari appoints new Commander for Civil Defence Corp

17 july 2015 - 12:43:59
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari Friday appointed Mr. Abdullahi Gana Muhammadu as the new Commandant-General of the [...] Full text...

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Senegal: Coach names Senegal's players for Egypt, Botswana AFCON qualifiers

05 november 2014 - 17:57:33
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The coach of Senegalese national football team, Frenchman Alain Giresse, on Wednesday issued a list of [...] Full text...

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UN: Ban appoints Irish national as new deputy envoy for Guinea-Bissau

14 august 2014 - 07:42:22
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has announced the appointment of Ms. Maria do Valle Ribeiro of [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Ruling party Chairman resigns

15 january 2014 - 18:04:27
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Embattled Chairman of the ruling party in Nigeria, the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, [...] Full text...

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FIFA 2014 WC Playoff: Senegal names 23 players for Ivorian clash

01 october 2013 - 14:01:43
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Senegalese football Coach, Frenchman Alain Giresse, has named 23 players for the first leg of [...] Full text...

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Boko Haram kills 27 in continuing onslaught on Nigerian state

29 september 2013 - 09:34:13
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - At least 27 people were killed and many others injured in two separate attacks by suspected [...] Full text...

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Gunmen kill Nigerian state commissioner

18 september 2012 - 12:54:22
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Yet-to-be-identified gunmen on Monday evening killed Alhaji Zanna Mallam-Gana, the Commissioner of Justice in Nigeria's northern [...] Full text...

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Niger honours ECOWAS mediation team

10 august 2012 - 11:49:13
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Niger Republic has honoured members of the ECOWAS Mediation Team, led by former Nigerian Head of [...] Full text...

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Power shutdown, security concerns, deportation saga reported in Nigeria

17 march 2012 - 10:25:02
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The shutdown of the Kainji Power Station, the pledge by northern political leaders to deal with [...] Full text...

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Senegal invites 22 for South Africa football friendly

15 february 2012 - 10:45:11
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal's interim coaching team has invited 22 players, including only nine members of the country's team [...] Full text...

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Pan African University: Education for renaissance (News feature)

18 december 2011 - 14:20:54
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Nearly half a century ago, when the founding fathers of the Organization of African Union [...] Full text...

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Jonathan asserts ban on rice importation to Nigeria imminent

17 november 2011 - 16:50:06
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - President Goodluck Jonathan Thursday said his government would soon ban the importation of rice into Nigeria, [...] Full text...

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Jonathan inaugurates 21-member panel to review Nigerian constitution

17 november 2011 - 16:09:14
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan Thursday inaugurated a 21-member constitution review committee, and charged them to work [...] Full text...

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Nigeria 2011: arms, munitions, military uniforms seized ahead of Saturday's poll

07 april 2011 - 11:11:56
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Fears that violence could mar Saturday's rescheduled National Assembly (parliamentary) poll in Nigeria have been heightened [...] Full text...

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Nigeria 2011: Violence threatens Nigeria's elections

28 march 2011 - 10:40:41
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A governorship candidate's aide has one of his ears chopped off! An opposition party supporter was [...] Full text...

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Suspected Islamic fundamentalist group kills party chief in Nigeria

28 march 2011 - 08:27:22
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Four gunmen suspected to be members of the Islamic fundamentalist group Boko Haram Sunday shot dead [...] Full text...

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Cameroonian appointed UN deputy envoy to Guinea Bissau

20 january 2011 - 16:08:42
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday named Gana Fofang of Cameroon as the new deputy [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's ruling party chief resigns, faces intra-party investigations

18 january 2011 - 15:41:23
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Chairman of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Nigeria, Dr. Okwesilieze Nwodo, who suffered [...] Full text...

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DEVELOPING STORY: Nigeria's ruling party chief quits

18 january 2011 - 14:03:44
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Chairman of Nigeria's ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Okwesilieze Nwodo, has resigned, according to [...] Full text...

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