AfDB inaugurates new regional office in Yaoundé

16 april 2024 - 07:02:15
Yaounde, Cameroon (PANA) - In a move that reaffirms its commitment to Central Africa’s development course, the African Development Bank [...] Full text...

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Six detained for murder of South African football star

10 april 2024 - 09:54:41
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) –  Six people have been arrested in connection with last week’s murder and hijacking of [...] Full text...

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South African football star Luke Fleurs shot dead

04 april 2024 - 08:07:32
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Kaizer Chiefs football star Luke Fleurs was shot dead in a hijacking on the [...] Full text...

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World's largest residential yacht docks in Durban

11 march 2024 - 10:58:39
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The largest private residential yacht on the planet has docked in Durban after making [...] Full text...

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Posh Miami enclave to become US football hub with FIFA, Messi set to move in

14 june 2023 - 05:54:36
Miami, US (PANA) - Lionel Messi isn’t the only football powerhouse heading to Miami – FIFA, the organisers of the [...] Full text...

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South African golf legend in bitter dispute with his son

10 august 2022 - 12:30:00
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African golfing legend Gary Player has slammed his own son over a bitter [...] Full text...

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156 golfers set for Magical Kenya Open Championship

03 march 2021 - 19:49:00
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The forthcoming Magical Kenya Open Golf Championship in Nairobi has attracted 156 participants. The organizers of the [...] Full text...

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Postponed Magical Kenya Open set for March 18-21

06 february 2021 - 09:44:16
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The postponed Magical Kenya Open (MKO) Golf Championship is now scheduled to take place on between [...] Full text...

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British supermodel Naomi Campbell to promote Kenya tourist destination

12 january 2021 - 11:36:27
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - British super model, Naomi Campbell, has agreed to become the top model to promote destination Kenya [...] Full text...

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Libyan media discuss expectations on effects of reconciliation between Arab Gulf countries and White House on Libyan crisis

10 january 2021 - 14:53:41
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The expectations of Libyans regarding the impact of the recent reconciliation among Arab Gulf countries and [...] Full text...

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South African golfing legend Gary Player under fire for receiving award from Trump

08 january 2021 - 06:41:45
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African golfing legend Gary Player has come under fire for receiving the Medal [...] Full text...

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Kenya named Africa's best golfing destination

04 november 2020 - 06:44:02
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya has been named Africa’s leading golfing destination. The Kenya Tourism Board (KTB) on Wednesday said the  announcement [...] Full text...

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Outdoor sports activities resume in Rwanda

21 september 2020 - 07:34:08
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Some individual sports have been authorised to resume in Rwanda effective Sunday but in compliance with [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Kenya begins gradual return to sports events

18 september 2020 - 13:17:38
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - All contact sports including football and rugby remain suspended as Kenya announced a gradual resumption of [...] Full text...

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South Africa's biggest home goes on sale

01 september 2020 - 15:41:32
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s largest house has gone on sale and is expected to fetch up [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Top South African golfer is COVID-19 positive

29 june 2020 - 14:17:38
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Leading South African golfer Dylan Frittelli has tested positive for COVID-19 while competing in [...] Full text...

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South Africa: South African legend wins lawsuit against own son

13 june 2020 - 14:19:57
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South African golfing legend Gary Player Saturday won a US$5-million lawsuit against his own [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: Kenya sports firm to cushion golfers against coronavirus pandemic impact

11 june 2020 - 14:47:31
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya Open Golf tournament owners will offer financial assistance to 54 Safari Tour members to protect [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Rwanda football Federation to distribute food to club members amid COVID-19 lockdown

05 june 2020 - 17:00:44
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda Football Federation on Friday said it will start distributing basic food commodities to its member [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Zambia records eight additional cases

25 april 2020 - 05:41:36
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambia has recorded eight additional cases of COVID-19, of which four are medical officers, President Edgar [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Kenya to prospectively test 200,000 health workers

08 april 2020 - 11:14:24
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Healthcare workers in all hospitals in Kenya, both state-owned and privately-owned, currently estimated at about 200,000 [...] Full text...

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All set for 2020 Magical Kenya Open Golf championship

02 march 2020 - 13:15:30
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The  winner of the  2020 Magical Kenya Open Golf championship in Nairobi will take home Euros [...] Full text...

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Kenya's Safari Golf Tour to spread wings to Tanzania, Rwanda

26 february 2020 - 12:30:19
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Safari Tour owners and organizers of the Safari Golf Tour Series will spread wings of the [...] Full text...

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Kenya Safari Tour Karen leg attracts record field

21 february 2020 - 13:53:55
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's Karen Country Club leg of the 2019/2020 Safari Golf Tour Series has attracted a field [...] Full text...

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Mauritius honours best sportsmen for 2019

16 february 2020 - 14:35:29
Mapou, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritius Sports Council honoured its best athletes for the year 2019 at a ceremony held [...] Full text...

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Golf: Nigeria's Odoh wins 2020 Kitante Open title

16 february 2020 - 09:57:43
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Nigeria's Andrew Odoh continued with his steady form to emerge the winner of the the Safari [...] Full text...

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Vipingo Ridge to host 2020 Magical Kenya Ladies Open in November

03 february 2020 - 22:40:15
Vipingo Ridge, Kenya (PANA)  -  The 2020 Magical Kenya Ladies Open golf tournament will be held in November at Vipingo [...] Full text...

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Snow clinches Safari Tour series Sigona leg title

29 january 2020 - 17:17:15
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Greg Snow on Wednesday posted a 2-under par 70 score on the final day of the [...] Full text...

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Golf: Snow remains on course for Safari Tour Sigona title

28 january 2020 - 15:13:20
Kiambu, Kenya (PANA) - Muthaiga Golf club's Greg Snow on Tuesday carded an impressive score of 4-under par, 68 in [...] Full text...

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Golf: Snow maintains lead in Safari Tour Sigona leg

27 january 2020 - 14:43:51
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Muthaiga Golf Club's Greg Snow returned a round score of par, 72, to see him maintain [...] Full text...

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Ngige, Snow take joint lead in Safari Tour Seties Sigona leg

26 january 2020 - 15:45:30
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Simon Ngige and Greg Snow on Sunday braved difficult conditions on course to shoot a round [...] Full text...

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South Africa’s rugby captain nominated for top award

11 december 2019 - 12:55:51
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – There could be a cherry on top of South Africa’s rugby captain Siya Kolisi’s [...] Full text...

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Magigal Kenya Ladies Open Pro-Am attracts 120 golfers

03 december 2019 - 23:44:26
 Vipingo Ridge, Kenya (PANA) - The Magical Kenya Ladies Open Pro-Am tournament to be held Wednesday at the  PGA Baobab [...] Full text...

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Kenyan golfers geared up for 2019 Magical Kenya Ladies Open

30 november 2019 - 18:44:45
Kilifi, Kenya (PANA)  -   Kenya will be represented by five golfers at December's 2019 Magical Kenya Ladies Open. The organisers said [...] Full text...

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Golfer Indiza wins Great Rift leg of Safari Tour

27 november 2019 - 14:15:07
Naivasha, Kenya (PANA) - Dismas Indiza on Wednesday played a round of 1-under par, 70, to take his overall score [...] Full text...

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108 golfers set for Magical Kenya Ladies Open tournament

25 november 2019 - 14:03:11
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - By close of entries on Sunday, 108 golfers from 28 countries had confirmed participation in the [...] Full text...

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Magical Kenya Ladies Open golf winner to take home 45,000 euros

22 november 2019 - 11:52:38
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The winner of the 2019 Magical Kenya Ladies Open, a Ladies European Tour event, will take [...] Full text...

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Qatar finances new tourist complex in southern Tunisia

17 november 2019 - 19:41:04
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – A new high standard tourist complex, financed by Qatar, will be operational in early December in [...] Full text...

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Indiza maintains Lake Victoria Resort Open lead as Kenyans dominate

07 november 2019 - 19:34:29
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's Dismas Indiza followed up his round one showing with a 2-under par score in the [...] Full text...

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Tiger Woods' niece, Cheyenne, for Magical Kenya Open event

07 november 2019 - 17:52:56
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - American golfing star, Cheyenne Woods, the niece of golfing legend, Tiger Woods, is among the 107 [...] Full text...

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Kenya's Indiza takes lead at Lake Victoria Resort Golf Resort Open

06 november 2019 - 17:33:10
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's Dismas Indiza Wednedsadya shot an impressive score of 4-under par, 68 to storm to the [...] Full text...

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Kenyan golfer, Madoya, wins 2019 Entebbe Open

02 november 2019 - 15:53:39
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan golfer, Justus Madoya, on Saturday shot a decent round of 68 on the last round [...] Full text...

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Rwanda introduces electric vehicles to reduce air pollution, spur private-sector investments

30 october 2019 - 12:46:49
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The introduction of electric vehicles early this week in Rwanda aims to modernise Rwanda’s automobile sector [...] Full text...

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Togo: New Mayors assume office amid fears they cannot exercise their full responsibilities

16 october 2019 - 17:22:22
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Political stakeholders said on Wednesday in the Togolese capital that although the new mayors, elected last [...] Full text...

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2019–20 CAF Champions League: Draw for group stage out

09 october 2019 - 19:35:58
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The draw for the group stage of the 2019-20 CAF Champions league was held on Wednesday, [...] Full text...

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2019-20 CAF Confed. Cup: Draw for play-off stage made

09 october 2019 - 19:20:11
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Following the draw for the play-off round of the 2019-20 CAF Confederation cup, held on Wednesday, [...] Full text...

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Kenya's Madoya shines at 2019 Uganda Golf Open first round

11 september 2019 - 18:44:30
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's Justus Madoya, returned a score of 2-under par 70, to see finish as the best-placed [...] Full text...

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Gambia Olympic Committee names Anthony Tabbal as Chef de Mission for Tokyo 2020

28 august 2019 - 11:38:11
Banjul,Gambia (PANA) - The Gambia National Olympic Committee (GNOC) has appointed one of its Executive Committee Members, Anthony Tabbal, as [...] Full text...

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Over 40 East African golfers set for Safari Tour series

22 august 2019 - 20:41:30
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The first leg of the 2019/20 Safari Tour Golf series, set to tee off on Saturday [...] Full text...

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Botswana cement company to sponsor golf tournament

29 july 2019 - 13:47:22
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - PPC Cement, manufacturers of cement in Botswana, have officially announced their willingness to sponsor one of [...] Full text...

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Kenyans seek tickets to Windhoek Lager International Finals

18 july 2019 - 05:32:11
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Kenya Golf Union has partnered with Namibia Breweries Ltd to participate in the 2019 Windhoek [...] Full text...

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Benin grants 655 million CFAF to sports disciplines

17 june 2019 - 21:37:32
Cotonou, Benin (PANA)   -   The Beninese government Monday granted sporting disciplines a subsidy of 655 million CFA francs for the [...] Full text...

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Muslim religious leader draws attention of Ivorian political actors to verbal abuses

04 june 2019 - 13:05:34
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The main Imam of the great mosque of the Rivière Golf in Cocody commune (district [...] Full text...

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Kenya picks team to Region IV golf tournament

27 may 2019 - 14:14:16
Nairobi, Kenya(PANA) - Senior players Simon Njogu and Samuel Njoroge are among the four players Kenya Golf Union picked for [...] Full text...

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Armed bandits kill 3,526; injure 8,219 in three States of northwest Nigeria in five years

10 april 2019 - 08:01:39
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Zamfara State government in northwest Nigeria said on Tuesday said that 3,526 persons were killed by [...] Full text...

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Snow struggles in Magical Open Kenya Championship second round

15 march 2019 - 14:08:26
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's Greg Snow  continued to struggle with form on the second round of the 2019 Magical [...] Full text...

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Indiza in good start at Kenya Open

14 march 2019 - 13:13:12
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's Dismas Indiza started off his 2019 Magical Kenya Open Golf Championship campaign on Thursday to [...] Full text...

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Professionals Nandwa, Odhiambo secure Kenya Open slots

13 march 2019 - 14:15:48
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Professional golfers Alfred Nandwa and David Odhiambo have secured spots to play at the 2019 Magical [...] Full text...

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Kenya Open Golf winner to take home Euros 183,330

08 march 2019 - 14:22:15
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The winner of the professional category of the 2019 Magical Kenya Open Golf Championship in Nairobi [...] Full text...

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Korean golf sensation Choi for Kenya Open

05 march 2019 - 14:07:10
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - South Korean internet sensation and golfer Ho-sung Choi will feature in this year's Magical Kenya Open [...] Full text...

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Ryder Cup bigwig Bjorn set for Kenya Open

26 february 2019 - 12:04:05
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Ryder Cup winning skipper Thomas Bjorn is among high-riding European golfers geared up for this year's [...] Full text...

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Nine golfers picked for Kenya Open Championship

21 february 2019 - 12:35:51
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya has picked nine professional golfers to feature in the forthcoming Magical Kenya Open Golf Championship [...] Full text...

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Kenyan amateur golfers to sharpen skills in South Africa, Europe

05 february 2019 - 10:41:46
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Kenya Golf Union is getting into an arrangement with Golf South Africa and some of [...] Full text...

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Government fully backs Kenya Open Golf Championship

29 january 2019 - 13:03:55
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya Government is among key sponsors of this year's Kenya Open Golf Championship in Nairobi because [...] Full text...

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Kenya Open elevated to European Tour status

23 january 2019 - 11:46:42
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - This year's Kenya Open Golf Championship, set for 14-17 March at Nairobi's Karen Country Club, will [...] Full text...

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Kenya Open Golf attains European Tour status

13 august 2018 - 18:28:35
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Kenya Open Golf Championship has attained a European Tour status, effective from 2019. This means the [...] Full text...

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Kenya pick golfers to face Uganda in Victoria Cup

05 july 2018 - 12:09:37
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Kenya Golf Union (KGU) on Thursday named the national team to face Uganda in this [...] Full text...

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South African bigwigs for KCB Karen Masters

14 june 2018 - 09:38:25
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Over 150 golfers drawn from Africa and beyond will participate in this year's KCB Karen Masters [...] Full text...

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South African celebrities raise funds to support cancer victims

26 may 2018 - 08:21:46
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s golf champion Gary Player and Irish pop star Ronan Keating have teamed [...] Full text...

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Tourism Board bankrolls Kenya Open Golf Championship

15 march 2018 - 13:51:04
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Kenya Tourism Board (KTB) on Thursday announced a Sh50 million sponsorship of the forthcoming 50th [...] Full text...

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Kenya Open Golf tourney gets US$ 0.5m gov't boost

14 march 2018 - 12:57:24
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Kenyan Government, through the National Sports Fund, on Wednesday announced a Kenya Shillings 50 million [...] Full text...

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Boyd, Soderberg lead foreign golfers at Kenya Open

12 march 2018 - 15:02:14
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Gary Boyd (in 2009), Rober Dinwiddle (2010) and Sebastian Soderberg (2016), all of them previous Kenya [...] Full text...

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South African trainers to prepare Kenyans for Barclays Kenya Open Championships

06 february 2018 - 11:57:42
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Two South African professional golfers will train their Kenyan counterparts ahead of this year's 50th Barclays [...] Full text...

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Golfers gear up for Kenya Open Championship

26 january 2018 - 13:42:22
Nairobi Kenya (PANA) - The Kenya Open 2018 Golf Championship is set for 22-25 March at the Muthaiga Golf Club, [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: EU says Nigeria has enough resources to fund its own budget

30 june 2017 - 18:03:48
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The European Union (EU) has announced it would not increase its financial assistance to Nigeria any [...] Full text...

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South Africa: SA golf legend nominated for Muhammad Ali Sports Humanitarian Award

19 june 2017 - 14:38:37
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African golfing legend, Ernie Els, has been nominated for the Muhammad Ali Sports [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Golfing legend Tshabalala dead at 75

05 june 2017 - 10:32:15
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African golfing legend Vincent Tshabalala has died at his Johannesburg home after suffering [...] Full text...

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Kenya: European Challenge pros for Kenya Karen Masters tourney

02 february 2017 - 11:29:51
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Forty European Challenge Tour professionals are among golfers who will participate in the inaugural Karen Masters [...] Full text...

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South Africa: South African golfing legend commits suicide

04 january 2017 - 19:09:46
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African golfing legend Wayne Westner died following a self-inflicted gunshot wound on Wednesday [...] Full text...

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Zambia: Anti-Corruption Commission probes Ex-Information Minister

14 november 2016 - 14:44:06
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Zambia's Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Monday confirmed that it has instituted investigations against former Information Minister [...] Full text...

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2016 Olympic Games: 31st Olympiad, the world's biggest sports party, officially begins

05 august 2016 - 08:01:40
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (PANA) - The 2016 Olympic Games, the world's biggest sports party, officially begins on Friday in [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Man in court for gruesome family murder

14 june 2016 - 15:44:25
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A 21-year-old man on Tuesday appeared in the Stellenbosch Magistrate's Court in South Africa [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Apartheid-era golf tournament strikes gold in South Africa (Feature by Craig Urquhart, PANA Correspondent)

12 december 2015 - 06:06:56
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - During the darkest days of isolation, when the United Nations had labelled Apartheid a [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Plight of South African golfing legend addressed in new book (Feature by Craig Urquhart, PANA Correspondent)

20 september 2015 - 07:25:41
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Fifty years after a young South African golfer defied the apartheid authorities to win [...] Full text...

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Botswana: Sponsor us or we die, Golf Union cries out

18 september 2015 - 10:34:32
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana Golf Union (BGU) has bemoaned the lack of sponsorship for the sport in the country, [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Female suicide bomber kills 6 in Nigerian state

25 august 2015 - 10:08:47
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Six people were killed while many more were wounded on Tuesday when a female suicide bomber [...] Full text...

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Cote d'Ivoire: ECOWAS to partner with urban music organizers to deepen regional integration

04 may 2015 - 14:50:34
Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA) - The ECOWAS Commission has pledged to strengthen partnership with the organizers of the Urban Music [...] Full text...

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Mauritius: Minister declares Mauritius yearlong tourism destination

23 april 2015 - 18:13:49
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Tourism minister Xavier-Luc Duval Thursday announced a programme of activities to make the island-nation [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Cricket captain's appointment ends painful chapter for SA sport (Sports Feature by Craig Urquhart, PANA Correspondent, Cape Town)

06 june 2014 - 13:06:11
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Cricket South Africa (CSA) this week made history by appointing Hashim Amla as captain [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Kenya set to launch global golf festival in 2015

05 june 2014 - 09:53:35
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya is hosting top golf agents from 14 countries on a familiarisation trip to golf courses [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Death toll in Abuja bombing now 19

02 may 2014 - 14:51:26
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The death toll in Thursday evening's bombing at a bus station in Nigeria's capital city of [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Death toll in Abuja bombing rises to 12

02 may 2014 - 09:10:32
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The death toll in Thursday evening's bombing at a bus station in Nigeria's capital city of [...] Full text...

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Libya: Libya to resume crude oil export

16 april 2014 - 11:49:06
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan National Oil Company (NOC) is poised to resume crude oil export with a cargo [...] Full text...

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Libya: Al-Harriga oil terminal reopened

09 april 2014 - 15:21:40
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The oil port of al-Harriga (East), handed back to the Libyan government following an agreement signed [...] Full text...

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Sports takes backseat to Mandela’s burial

11 december 2013 - 09:57:31
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - The South African Football Association (SAFA) has postponed all football fixtures at all levels across [...] Full text...

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Sporting heroes pay tribute to Mandela

06 december 2013 - 09:47:53
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) – Speaking for the international sporting community, the South African golfing icon, Gary Player, Friday paid [...] Full text...

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IOC votes to add wrestling to 2020 Olympics

08 september 2013 - 19:06:26
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Sunday voted to add wrestling to the 25 core sports for [...] Full text...

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SA golf champion salutes Mandela

17 july 2013 - 09:38:27
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa's Ernie Els, defending British Open golf champion who will attempt to retain [...] Full text...

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Nigerian military arrests 55 Boko Haram insurgents

05 june 2013 - 17:43:38
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian military Wednesday announced the arrest of a total of 55 suspected Boko Haram terrorists [...] Full text...

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War against Boko Haram, Chinua Achebe's burial highlighted in Nigeria

25 may 2013 - 08:50:52
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The State of Emergency declared on three north eastern States and the following war against insurgency [...] Full text...

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Boko Haram strikes in top opposition leader's hometown, 2 soldiers killed

17 may 2013 - 20:17:50
Abuja, Nigeria (Abuja) - For the first time since the beginning of the insurgency in Nigeria of Boko Haram, the [...] Full text...

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Kenyan court hands 2 Iranians life sentence over terror plot

06 may 2013 - 17:41:28
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A Kenyan court on Monday jailed two Iranians for life after finding them guilty of plotting [...] Full text...

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Togo to temporarily close schools

15 april 2013 - 11:19:04
Lome, Togo (PANA) - The Togolese government has announced the temporary closure of schools starting from Monday (15 April) due [...] Full text...

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Nigeria police say 22 die, 65 injured in Kano bombing

19 march 2013 - 18:23:25
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The police in Nigeria's northern state of Kano said Tuesday that 22 people died while 65 [...] Full text...

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Nigerian papers put death toll from bus park bombing at 60

19 march 2013 - 08:40:47
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - With no official casualty figure from the authorities yet, Nigerian newspapers on Tuesday put the death [...] Full text...

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SuperSport teams up with Barclays for 2013 Kenya Golf Open

13 february 2013 - 15:04:02
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - SuperSport has announced a lucrative partnership with the 2013 Barclays Kenya golf Open, worth Sh 56 [...] Full text...

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IOC to drop one sport from Olympic programme

31 january 2013 - 13:01:47
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - One Olympic sport will be dropped next month when the International Olympic Committee (IOC) executives meet [...] Full text...

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German wins SA Golf Challenge

03 december 2012 - 06:57:37
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Germany completed a rare double when Martin Kaymer won the Nedbank Million Dollar Golf [...] Full text...

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Civil servants strikes reflect middle class pains in Kenya (News analysis)

15 september 2012 - 08:56:00
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The strike by Kenyan teachers, university lecturers and doctors is a signal that the middle-class in [...] Full text...

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Nelson Mandela golf championship launched in SA

28 august 2012 - 11:32:56
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Golf administrators in South Africa Tuesday announced the launch of the Nelson Mandela Championship, [...] Full text...

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South Africa celebrates Olympic gold medals

02 august 2012 - 12:26:50
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa is celebrating its spectacular start to the 2012 London Olympics, after securing [...] Full text...

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SA golfer hails Mandela after British Open win

23 july 2012 - 09:34:31
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Shortly after winning the British Open on Sunday night, South Africa's champion golfer Ernie [...] Full text...

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First-ever UN inter-agency games in Africa begin in Rwanda

14 march 2012 - 18:02:57
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The African Union/United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) said on Wednesday that 700 athletes from [...] Full text...

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Angolan family of 4 perish in fire disaster

23 january 2012 - 11:41:56
Luanda, Angola (PANA) ) – Four members of the same family died early Monday following a fire incident in their [...] Full text...

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Angolan women's team set for All-Africa golf challenge in Zimbabwe

24 june 2011 - 16:43:44
Luanda, Angola (PANA) - The Angolan national women golf team will participate, from 28 June to 3 July, in the [...] Full text...

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Gambian journalists to celebrate World Press Freedom Day

02 may 2011 - 21:41:09
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambia Press Union (GPU) will on Tuesday observe the 2011 World Press Freedom Day against [...] Full text...

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'Gbagbo dug own grave in fight to cling to power'

13 april 2011 - 16:40:06
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Captured former Ivorian leader, Laurent Gbagbo, declined a university job or a quiet surrender in exchange [...] Full text...

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BREAKING NEWS: Outgoing President of Cote d'Ivoire, Gbagbo, arrested

11 april 2011 - 14:45:05
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Outgoing President Laurent Gbagbo of Cote d'Ivoire, who lost the country's presidential runoff to Alassane [...] Full text...

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Ouattara in Addis on first overseas mission since election

10 march 2011 - 11:56:23
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The presumed winner of the Ivorian presidential election, Alassane Ouattara, has arrived in Addis Ababa, [...] Full text...

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Tension still high in Cote d'Ivoire

01 march 2011 - 16:57:47
Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA) - Tension is still very high in Cote d’Ivoire since weekend's bloody clashes in Abidjan and [...] Full text...

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Gambian President sponsors golf competition

14 february 2011 - 19:35:14
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Professional golfers Monday began putting the ball at the Fajara Golf Course in the Gambia in [...] Full text...

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2 Ivorian journalists detained without charge, says CPJ

08 february 2011 - 13:18:15
New York, US (PANA) - The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has expressed concern about the well-being of two Ivorian [...] Full text...

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AU sets up panel to resolve Ivorian crisis (Corrected)

29 january 2011 - 09:26:40
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Reaffirming its previous decisions on the post-election crisis in Cote d'Ivoire, the Peace and Security [...] Full text...

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UEMOA asks Gbagbo to hand over to Ouattara

23 january 2011 - 14:49:28
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Heads of State of the eight-member countries of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) [...] Full text...

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AU mediator briefs Ghana President on Ivorian crisis

19 january 2011 - 20:34:34
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - African Union (AU) mediator and Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga Wednesday briefed Ghana's President John Evans Atta [...] Full text...

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UN Security Council beef-up peacekeepers in Cote d'Ivoire

19 january 2011 - 19:59:02
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Security Council on Wednesday authorized the immediate reinforcement of the 9,000-strong peacekeeping mission [...] Full text...

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Cote d'Ivoire: 'There is no change to status quo'

19 january 2011 - 17:22:36
Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA) - Raïla Odinga, the Kenyan Prime Minister and African Union (AU) mediator in the Laurent Gbagbo-Alassane [...] Full text...

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AU envoy resumes mediation in Ivorian crisis

18 january 2011 - 11:49:50
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - African Union (AU) special envoy Raila Odinga Monday met incumbent Ivorian leader Laurent Gbagbo and [...] Full text...

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UN deplores ambush of peacekeepers in Cote d'Ivoire

13 january 2011 - 15:35:34
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Mission in Cote d’Ivoire has condemned the ambush of its peacekeepers by armed [...] Full text...

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UN to send more peacekeepers to Cote d'Ivoire

07 january 2011 - 06:31:02
New York, US (PANA) - The UN is to boost the number of its peacekeepers in Cote d'Ivoire with an [...] Full text...

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Ivorian crisis: Odinga insists Gbagbo must step down

05 january 2011 - 18:57:53
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga insists Ivorian strongman, Laurent Gbagbo, has no option but to negotiate [...] Full text...

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Gbagbo agrees to negotiate peaceful end to crisis

04 january 2011 - 17:12:55
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Incumbent Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo has agreed to negotiate a peaceful end to the crisis in [...] Full text...

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2010 - Chaotic year in Côte d'Ivoire with two presidents

30 december 2010 - 22:47:41
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) – Ivorians had hoped that the holding of the presidential election after several postponements would put [...] Full text...

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Ivorian rights group denounces restrictions on movement Ouattara's supporters

28 december 2010 - 21:02:16
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) – The Ivorian human rights organisation, Civil Society Convention (CSCI), on Tuesday denounced violations of freedom [...] Full text...

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UN peacekeeping boss begins Ivorian visit

27 december 2010 - 22:06:48
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) – The Head of the UN peacekeeping operations Unit, Alain Le Roy, on Monday began a [...] Full text...

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Cote d'Ivoire: UN confirms reports of killing, torture, arrests

23 december 2010 - 20:05:31
New York, US (PANA) - UN human rights officers in Cote d’Ivoire have confirmed allegations of more than 170 killings, [...] Full text...

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Laurent Gbagbo calls for dialogue with rival Alassane Ouattara

22 december 2010 - 13:45:29
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Laurent Gbagbo, who has refused to relinquish power to the man who defeated him in [...] Full text...

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Cote d'Ivoire: Ban warns Gbagbo against violent attack

17 december 2010 - 19:39:24
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday warned outgoing Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo against using violence [...] Full text...

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Gambia hosts international golf competition

09 december 2010 - 14:17:22
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Gambia is to play host to an international golf tournament due to hold 8-13 December [...] Full text...

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We will continue to invest in Nigeria, says Shell

18 october 2010 - 17:13:00
Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- Shell will continue to invest in Nigeria "under the right conditions", the Chairman of Shell Companies [...] Full text...

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Libya's 2010-2011 football season begins 9 August

04 august 2010 - 14:47:00
Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- Six matches will be played on 9 August to usher in the 2 010-2011 football season [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's top golfer dies in car crash

20 may 2010 - 08:01:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's top professional golfer, Ali Abdullahi, has di ed in a car crash as he was [...] Full text...

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Kenyan President fetes gallant athletes

01 april 2010 - 18:03:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The Kenyan team to the World Cross Country Championships in Poland was Thursday rewarded by President [...] Full text...

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Libya discovered seven new oil deposits in 2009

21 january 2010 - 20:45:00
Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- The Libyan National Oil company (NOC) announced on Thursday that seven new oil and gas deposits [...] Full text...

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Tunisia to double golf courses by 2010

09 january 2010 - 13:22:00
Tunis- Tunisia (PANA) -- Tunisia plans to double its golf â?heritageâ?, a secto r with strong added value, to double [...] Full text...

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First offshore port of Maghreb to be built in Tunis

24 december 2009 - 17:58:00
Tunis- Tunisia (PANA) -- The President of the "Gulf Finance House" (GFH), Issam Y oussef Jihani, announced here that the [...] Full text...

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Ex-Namibian President, Nujoma, escapes road crash

25 november 2009 - 09:14:00
Windhoek- Namibia (PANA) -- Namibian police have arrested a 25-year-old man whose vehicle almost crashed into the motorcade of former [...] Full text...

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0ver 200 Golfers in Abuja for six-nation tournament

21 september 2009 - 18:29:00
Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- Golfers from Ghana, Senegal, Togo, Cameroon and Benin Re public have been invited to the maiden [...] Full text...

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Anger in Nigeria over oil state governor's CNN appearance

20 september 2009 - 13:55:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- There is a growing anger in Nigeria over the decision by Gov. Timpre Sylva of [...] Full text...

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Englishman Boyd lifts Kenya Open golf title

20 april 2009 - 16:33:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- It was a clean sweep for England as Gary Boyd led fellow countrymen in winning the [...] Full text...

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Kenya's Wanjiru for London marathon

15 january 2009 - 17:08:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Olympic marathon champion, Kenyan Samuel Kamau Wanjiru, Thursday confirmed his participation in the 28th edition of [...] Full text...

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