Libya welcomes signing of 'Algiers Declaration' by Palestinian factions

14 october 2022 - 12:13:51
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Government of National Unity (GNU) [...] Full text...

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Five civilians injured in new clashes southwest of Tripoli

03 september 2022 - 15:14:20
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - At Least five civilians were injured in clashes overnight from Friday to Saturday morning in the [...] Full text...

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More than 24,500 Moroccans obtained Spanish nationality in 2019

05 june 2020 - 14:39:01
Rabat Morocco (PANA) - More than 24,500 Moroccans obtained Spanish nationality in 2019, ranking first among foreign nationals who have [...] Full text...

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Somalia clears arrears to World Bank Group with Norway’s support

05 march 2020 - 19:34:14
  Washington, US (PANA) –The Federal Government of Somalia on Thursday cleared its arrears to the International Development Association (IDA), completing [...] Full text...

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Cape Verde economy doing well despite slip in Fitch rating from B+ to B, says Gov't

30 january 2020 - 11:28:05
Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - The Cape Verde authorities say the country's economy has a positive long-term outlook despite a [...] Full text...

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Poverty up by 4 per cent in Angola over the last 11 years

07 december 2019 - 13:27:24
Luanda, Angola (PANA) - Angola's poverty rate has increased by four per cent over the past 11 years, with 41 [...] Full text...

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Foreign tourists flood Cape Verde hotels

04 december 2019 - 17:43:48
Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - The number of hotel guests in the third quarter of 2019 in Cape Verde exceeded [...] Full text...

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Cape verde records turnover rise of 7.9 pct

02 december 2019 - 20:42:49
Praia, Cape Verde (PANA)   -  The Cape Verdean national statistics institute (INE) said here Monday the island’s turnover index over [...] Full text...

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World Toilet Day: 83% of households have access to sanitary facilities in Cape Verde

21 november 2019 - 19:29:58
Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - Eighty-three per cent of households in Cape Verde have access to sanitation facilities, PANA learned [...] Full text...

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World Bank provides US$15 million for Cape Verde's statistical system

05 november 2019 - 16:56:55
Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - The World Bank (WB) announced on Monday in Praia that it will provide US$ 15 [...] Full text...

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Thomas Cook bankruptcy raises concerns over tourism industry in Cape Verde

25 september 2019 - 17:33:49
Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - Tour operators on the island of Sal, Cape Verde's main tourist center, are worried about [...] Full text...

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Cape Verde disconnects analogue TV signal transmission

27 august 2019 - 19:20:33
Praia, Cape Verde (PANA)   -   Cape Verde intends this year to do away with the analogue system and introduce digital [...] Full text...

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Cape Verde records 5.5 percent economic growth

04 july 2019 - 15:13:02
Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - The Cape Verdean economy recorded a 5.5% volume growth in 2018, after a slowdown in [...] Full text...

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1st-ever crises conference on Gender-Based Violence holds in Oslo

26 may 2019 - 10:32:53
  Oslo, Norway (PANA) - One-in-three girls or women will experience physical or sexual violence in her lifetime, and “the risk [...] Full text...

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Prices of imported products drop in Cape Verde

23 april 2019 - 16:14:26
Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - Prices of imported goods fell by 1.7 percent, some 0.4 percentage points (pp) lower than [...] Full text...

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Cape Verde: Cape Verde tipped to be among top ten tourist destinations in the world

26 june 2014 - 16:40:49
Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) – Cape Verde is tipped to be one of the 10 best tourist destinations in the [...] Full text...

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Cape Verde: '12,000 Cape Verdians left their country over the past 5 years'

01 may 2014 - 17:53:55
Praia, Cap Verde (PANA) – Some 11,931 Cape Verdians, 49.3% of them men and 50.7% women, have migrated over the [...] Full text...

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Cape Verde records 4.5% inflation in Dec. 2011

18 january 2012 - 18:39:55
Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - Inflation in Cape Verde in December 2011 stood at 4.5%, double the rate at the [...] Full text...

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HIV/AIDS awareness in Angola put at 80%

08 september 2011 - 14:36:31
Luanda, Angola (PANA) - At least 79.9 percent of people living in Angola have heard about HIV/AIDS, though only 23 [...] Full text...

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Kenya will deal firmly with corrupt officials, says Kibaki

02 november 2010 - 15:00:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The Kenyan Government will severely deal with government officials who collude with contractors to overprice infrastructure [...] Full text...

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Mauritanian press highlights national dialogue on terrorism

30 october 2010 - 13:13:00
Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritania newspapers this week devoted a large part of their analysis and comments to the forum [...] Full text...

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NGOs seeks greater respect for human rights in Francophonie

22 october 2010 - 12:39:00
Montreux- Switzerland (PANA) -- Human rights organisations, including Amnesty Int ernational and the Fondation Hirondelle, Thursday called for greater respect [...] Full text...

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Afro-Arab summit highlighted by Mauritanian media

16 october 2010 - 18:00:00
Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The Mauritanian media this week highlighted the Second Afro-Arab summit which was held last weekend in [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's National Assembly to shift 2011 elections

28 september 2010 - 08:11:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's National Assembly (parliament) has agreed to s hift the 2011 general elections from January to [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's electoral body to meet party chiefs Tuesday

20 september 2010 - 12:39:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's Independent National Electoral Commission (INE C) has called a meeting of all heads of the [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's electoral body seeks change in election date

20 september 2010 - 07:06:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's Independent National Electoral Commission (INE C) is seeking to push forward the 2011 general elections, [...] Full text...

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CAR seeks Cameroonian expertise in health

07 september 2010 - 23:03:00
Yaounde- Cameroon (PANA) â" The Central African Re-public (CAR) is seeking Camer oon's assistance for the strengthening of the technical [...] Full text...

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Nigeria releases 2011 election timetable

07 september 2010 - 22:40:00
Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's Independent National Electoral Commission (INE C) on Tuesday released the timetable for the 2011 general [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's voter registration fixed for Oct

07 september 2010 - 08:24:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's Independent National Electoral Commission (INE C) announced Monday that the much-awaited registration of voters will [...] Full text...

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British NGO tests new demining technology in Angola

03 september 2010 - 15:33:00
Kuito- Angola (PANA) -- A British NGO, Hallo Trust, is testing a new demining tec hnology to fast track the [...] Full text...

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Kenya Airways mulls cancelling order for 9 Boeing planes

29 august 2010 - 09:17:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Disturbed by Boeing's delay in the delivery of nine "Boe ing Dreamliners", Kenya Airways is contemplating [...] Full text...

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Congo press focus on security in Eastern DRC, poll calendar

28 august 2010 - 12:24:00
Kinshasa- DR Congo (PANA) -- The concern over violence in Eastern Democratic Repu blic of Congo and the release of [...] Full text...

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Angolan Government working to clear landmines - Official

09 august 2010 - 20:58:00
Luanda- Angola (PANA) -- Angolan Government has been paying special attention to the landmine issue in the country, especially in [...] Full text...

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Angola creates debt management unit

30 july 2010 - 20:32:00
Luanda- Angola (PANA) â" Angola has created a Stat-e Public Debt Management Unit tasked with coordinating, controlling and supervising internal [...] Full text...

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World Bank funds marine conservation efforts in Kenya

28 july 2010 - 16:36:00
Kisumu- Kenya (PANA) -- The World Bank has approved a credit of US$ 35 million to help Kenya promote environmentally-sustainable [...] Full text...

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Famine threatens 300,000 people in Mauritania

21 july 2010 - 18:48:00
Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- No fewer than 300,000 people living in desert re gions of central-eastern and south-eastern Mauritania are [...] Full text...

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WC 2010: Ghana to petition FIFA on 'declaration of goal'

06 july 2010 - 17:36:00
Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- Ghana hinted Tuesday it would petition FIFA, the world foo tball governing body, to take a [...] Full text...

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Ambassador highlights NEPAD's achievements

15 june 2010 - 22:50:00
Luanda- Angola (PANA) -- The construction of the Trans-Saharan highway and installation of a gas pipeline in the Sahara region [...] Full text...

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Fans worldwide rate Enyeama best World Cup goalie so far

14 june 2010 - 17:38:00
Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- Football fans around the world have rated Ni geria goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama as the goalkeeper [...] Full text...

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Foreign investors eye Nigeria's power sector

10 june 2010 - 12:38:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Determined to improve the current power supply situation in Nigeria, the country's administration has invited some [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia, Zimbabwe join UN biosphere reserves list

02 june 2010 - 23:54:00
New York- US (PANA) -- For the first time, biosphere reserves in Ethiopia and Zim babwe are joining the United [...] Full text...

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Gay rights, opposition squables lead Malawi papers

22 may 2010 - 14:32:00
Blantyre- Malawi (PANA) -- The newspapers were dominated this week by the "after- shock" of the conviction and sentencing of [...] Full text...

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3 million insecticide-treated mosquito nets distributed in Rwanda

26 april 2010 - 17:56:00
Kigali- Rwanda (PANA) -- About three million insecticide-treated nets have been d istributed since 2005 in Rwanda to children under [...] Full text...

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Fifth Global Ocean Conference holds at UNESCO building

26 april 2010 - 16:29:00
Paris- France (PANA) -- The fifth Global Conference on Oceans, Coasts and Islands will take place at the UNESCO Headquarters [...] Full text...

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Prosecution over Ghana's golden jubilee, erratic power supply get media play

24 april 2010 - 20:20:00
Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- The Ghanaian media during the week made a big meal out of the White Paper on [...] Full text...

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Mauritania connected to submarine cable linking Europe to Africa

08 april 2010 - 14:53:00
Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritania was Wednesday connected to the submar ine optical fiber between Europe and Africa, the Mauritanian [...] Full text...

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EU lifts ban on Angolan Airlines flights

31 march 2010 - 20:56:00
Luanda- Angola (PANA) -- Angolan Airlines (TAAG) is now free to fly to any destin ation in the European Union [...] Full text...

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Nigeria gets date for 2011 general elections

16 march 2010 - 15:09:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's Independent National Electoral Commission (INE C) Tuesday announced that the 2011 general elections would start [...] Full text...

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Tanzanian sexagenarian warms up for trek across Africa, Europe

01 march 2010 - 08:48:00
Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- A sexagenarian is currently warming up with sev en other Tanzanian athletes for an [...] Full text...

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Presidential sub-committee on Nigeria's aviation submits report

18 february 2010 - 18:54:00
Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- The Presidential Sub-committee on proffering solutions t o challenges facing the airline industry in Nigeria Thursday [...] Full text...

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Burundi political parties sign code of good conduct

17 february 2010 - 23:18:00
Bujumbura- Burundi (PANA) -- About 44 approved political parties on Wednesday sig ned a new code of good conduct during [...] Full text...

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US embassy announces new on-line visa application process

16 february 2010 - 22:31:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The United States Embassy in Nigeria has introduced a ne w online visa application process for [...] Full text...

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Report says new investments in agriculture likely to fail

13 february 2010 - 14:29:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- A new paper published in Science, an international magaz ine, warned that billions of dollars promised [...] Full text...

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Senegal records 14 Swine Flu cases

08 february 2010 - 19:37:00
Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The Senegalese Minister of Health and Prevention, Modou Diagne Fada, on Monday announced that the country [...] Full text...

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Over 400,000 Libyans vaccinated against swine flu

01 february 2010 - 08:14:00
Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- Some 403,000 Libyans have been vaccinated against the Sw ine Flu since 4 January under the [...] Full text...

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Tripoli holds swine flu awareness workshop

19 january 2010 - 16:15:00
Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- An awareness-raising workshop on combating the swine flu opened here on Tuesday with opinion leaders, journalists [...] Full text...

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Korea, IMF to co host high level international conference

15 january 2010 - 12:51:00
Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The South Korean government and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have announced they will jointly [...] Full text...

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Pretoria condemns Gaza attack

12 january 2010 - 07:21:00
Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- The South African government said it had noted with concern the latest rounds of [...] Full text...

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Cape Verdian airline to fly to ECOWAS capitals

06 january 2010 - 07:10:00
Praia- Cape Verde(PANA) -- The privately-owned Cape Verdian airline, Halcyonair, has announced plans to fly to several West African capitals. [...] Full text...

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Kigali to track down Rwandan genocide fugitives in Mozambique

24 december 2009 - 20:19:00
Kigali- Rwanda (PANA) -- The Rwandan judiciary announced its willingness to coope rate with Maputo to track down the nine [...] Full text...

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Kigali to track down Rwandan genocide fugitives in Mozambique

24 december 2009 - 01:37:00
Kigali- Rwanda (PANA) -- The Rwandan judiciary announced its willingness to coope rate with Maputo to track down the nine [...] Full text...

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'Angola is 85% ready for African Nations Cup tournament'

13 december 2009 - 11:57:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- With less than one month to the 10-31 January African Na tions Cup Football Championship, tagged [...] Full text...

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Tunisia releases 16 union activists of Gafsa mining region

05 november 2009 - 22:14:00
Tunis- Tunisia (PANA) -- Sixteen union activists of the Gafsa mining region in so uth-west Tunisia, who were jailed after [...] Full text...

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FIFA U-17 WC: Coach says trophy is Nigeria's target

05 november 2009 - 22:08:00
Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- John Obuh, coach of Nigeria's Under-17 national football team, the Golden Eaglets, said Thursday his team [...] Full text...

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Rally against oil deregulation, kidnapping fill Nigerian media

31 october 2009 - 08:06:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Thursday's rally against government's move to deregulate the oil sector, the kidnapping of the father of [...] Full text...

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U-17 World Cup, suspension of lecturers' strike fill Nigerian media

24 october 2009 - 08:20:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's hosting of the FIFA Under-17 World Cup and the suspension of the strike by university [...] Full text...

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Eastern, Southern Africa Customs meet in Mauritius

20 october 2009 - 14:36:00
Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The eighth National Contact Point (NCP) for Custo ms departments in Eastern and Southern Africa, organised [...] Full text...

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South Africa sacks coach, Santana

19 october 2009 - 17:47:00
Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- World Cup host South Africa Monday sacked natio nal football coach Joel Santana. [...] Full text...

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MEND "appoints new commanders" after amnesty deal

04 october 2009 - 10:59:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- As the Nigerian government's amnesty deal ends at midnig ht on Sunday (4 Oct), the oil [...] Full text...

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Key oil militant beats amnesty deadline in Nigeria

04 october 2009 - 09:21:00
Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- Ahead of Sunday's (4 October) expiration of the 60-day d eadline for Nigeria's oil militants to [...] Full text...

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3 journalists report death threats in DRC

11 september 2009 - 19:12:00
New York- US (PANA) -- Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo must aggre ssively investigate threats made against three [...] Full text...

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AU Special Summit: African leaders agree on stronger steps to end conflicts

01 september 2009 - 07:30:00
Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- African leaders have pledged more sanctions against spoi lers of peace initiatives and agreed to take [...] Full text...

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Regional bourse dips further

27 august 2009 - 17:30:00
Abidjan- Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) -- The regional bourse for the French West Africa ( BRVM) in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, ended [...] Full text...

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Kenya Airways workers end strike after 20% payhike

16 august 2009 - 19:12:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Striking Kenya Airways workers called off their three-da y old strike and agreed to return to [...] Full text...

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Wade expresses concerns about Guinea-Bissau

07 july 2009 - 22:05:00
Paris- France (PANA) -- Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade on Tuesday expressed deep concern about the political situation in Guinea-Bissau, saying [...] Full text...

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Gambian court remands seven journalists

03 july 2009 - 19:52:00
Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Gambia’s High Court, sitting in Banjul and presided by J ustice Joseph Wowo, on Friday remanded [...] Full text...

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Kenya, Senegal in World Volleyball Championships qualifying match

29 june 2009 - 13:35:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenya will face Senegal in the forthcoming FIVB 2010 Afr ica Zone C World Volleyball Championships [...] Full text...

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AU: Foreign ministers to finalise AU transformation plan

27 june 2009 - 17:25:00
Sirte- Libya (PANA) -- African foreign ministers due to begin their meeting in Si rte on Sunday would finalise plans [...] Full text...

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CPJ seeks release of Gambian journalist arrested at sedition hearing

24 june 2009 - 10:36:00
New York- US (PANA) -- The media rights group Committee to Protect Journalist (CP J) has demanded the release of [...] Full text...

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French Socialist Party calls for democratic succession in Gabon

10 june 2009 - 09:40:00
Paris- France (PANA) -- The French socialist party has urged the French governmen t to "do its best" to ensure [...] Full text...

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8 Angolans arrested with cocaine at Kinshasa airport

01 june 2009 - 15:07:00
Kinshasa- DR of Congo (PANA) -- The anti-drugs commission in the Democratic Repub lic of Congo (DRC) has arrested eight [...] Full text...

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Ping outlines ambitious 4-year African integration plan

25 may 2009 - 14:33:00
Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Africa’s elaborate economic and political unity g oals are expected to turn into reality within [...] Full text...

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Ghana observing swine fever, preventive measures to be announced soon

27 april 2009 - 21:23:00
Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- Health authorities in Ghana are taking a close look at the outbreak of swine fever in [...] Full text...

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Suspect who swallowed record quantity of drugs arrested in Nigeria

14 april 2009 - 09:02:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) s aid it had arrested nine suspected drug traffickers, [...] Full text...

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Senegal prepares for FESMAN III

08 april 2009 - 00:09:00
Dakar- Sénégal (PANA) --Senegal will from next week enter the practical stage in the preparation for the Third World Festival [...] Full text...

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Meningitis, lassa fever kill 338 in Nigeria

05 march 2009 - 08:42:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The total death toll from the outbreak of cerebro-spinal meningitis and lassa fever in Nigeria has [...] Full text...

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UN Scribe solicits efforts to combat drug trade in West Africa

05 february 2009 - 16:58:00
New York- US (PANA) -- The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on the int ernational community to support efforts [...] Full text...

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Cameroon to launch telemedicine programme in February

04 february 2009 - 15:23:00
Paris- France (PANA) -- A telemedicine programme will start in Cameroon this mont h in partnership with several international institutions, [...] Full text...

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Senegalese FM seeks decisive AU summit on African federal government

28 january 2009 - 14:56:00
Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- Senegalese Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Cheikh Tidiane Gadio, declared here Tuesday that his country [...] Full text...

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President Mills' first week in office highlighted by Ghana media

17 january 2009 - 08:59:00
Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- As the euphoria of the election victory and swearing in of Ghana's new President John Evans [...] Full text...

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ECOWAS launches study on planned agricultural development programme

15 january 2009 - 19:06:00
Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) T hursday launched a study aimed at formulating [...] Full text...

thread Agriculture

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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Inflation under control in Mozambique

13 january 2009 - 17:44:00
Maputo- Mozambique (PANA) -- The Mozambican government is winning its battle agai nst inflation, according to the latest data from [...] Full text...

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Mozambican tax body seeks rise in fiscal revenue

08 january 2009 - 17:16:00
Maputo- Mozambique (PANA) -- The Mozambican Tax Authority (AT) intends to gradual ly raise the amount of taxes collected until [...] Full text...

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