Guinea-Bissau endorses Proliferation Security Initiative

26 august 2024 - 20:38:22
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States has welcomed Guinea-Bissau’s endorsement and participation in the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI).A [...] Full text...

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US top diplomat reiterates commitment to deepening, strengthening partnerships across Africa

22 january 2024 - 16:55:38
Praia, Cabo Verde (PANA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has reiterated his country's commitment to deepening, strengthening, and [...] Full text...

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Nigerian Navy, Turkish shipyard sign contract for procurement of 2 brand new Offshore Patrol Vessels

03 november 2021 - 16:41:37
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian Navy on Wednesday signed a contract with a Turkish company, Messrs Dearsan Shipyard Limited, [...] Full text...

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Nigerian Air Force sets up board of inquiry on aircraft bombing of civilians

16 september 2021 - 18:13:22
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigerian Air Force (NAF) headquarters has set up a board of inquiry to investigate the circumstances [...] Full text...

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Nigeria to eradicate maritime crimes in Gulf of Guinea waters - Maritime Chief

13 may 2021 - 18:57:04
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria is to eradicate maritime crimes with the receipt of a special mission aircraft on Wednesday [...] Full text...

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UN report says Libya arms embargo 'remains totally ineffective'

17 march 2021 - 07:46:41
New York, US (PANA) - A report by a UN-appointed Panel of Experts on Libya has identified multiple acts that threatened [...] Full text...

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Nigerian military 'kills' several bandits, destroys camps in Katsina State

15 october 2020 - 11:11:53
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Armed Forces of Nigeria says that its airstrikes have killed “several” bandits and destroyed their [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Bandits kill three soldiers, injure two in Northcentral Nigeria

17 august 2020 - 19:50:26
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian Armed Forces Monday announced the execution of an operation code-named “HAIL STORM” aimed at [...] Full text...

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Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists kill 23 Nigerian soldiers in ambush reprisal attack

08 july 2020 - 18:15:10
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – After celebrating the killing of 17 Boko Haram/Islamic State's West African Province terrorists “and their collaborators” [...] Full text...

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Nigeria Military says airstrikes destroy Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists' meeting venue, killing several

03 july 2020 - 12:45:11
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigerian Armed Forces on Friday said the Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation LAFIYA DOLE has [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Military destroys two bandits' camps, kills "scores" in Northwest Nigeria

07 june 2020 - 15:25:29
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Armed Forces on Sunday said that “scores” of armed bandits were killed and their [...] Full text...

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Nigerian troops kill 70 bandits in Kaduna State

06 june 2020 - 11:58:16
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Armed Forces said on Saturday that its troops on an operation in the northwest [...] Full text...

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Nigeria Air Chief meets fighter pilots as airstrikes kill 30 bandits in the northwest

28 may 2020 - 08:43:15
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, on Wednesday warned bandits operating in the [...] Full text...

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Nigerian military kills 135 bandits in northwest states

23 may 2020 - 11:41:38
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Armed Forces said on Saturday that Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has killed “no fewer [...] 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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Sudan takes initiative in the detection and interdiction of foreign terrorist fighters

06 december 2019 - 19:27:03
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The United Nations said it has helped the Sudan put in place systems that could detect [...] Full text...

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Nigerian Army begins new operation in Northeast Nigeria to catch fleeing Boko Haram, ISWAP terrorists

22 september 2019 - 10:34:42
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Army on Sunday announced the launch of “Operation Positive Identification”, aimed at catching Boko [...] Full text...

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Multinational Joint Task Force 'killed several ISWAP terrorists' in northeast Nigeria

02 september 2019 - 11:02:43
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Multi National Joint Task Force (MNJTF) mandated to end insurgency and cross-border security issues in [...] Full text...

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Nigerian Air Force jets kill Boko Haram terrorists

29 june 2019 - 14:39:32
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Saturday said that its aircraft destroyed Boko Haram and Islamic [...] Full text...

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Nigerian Air Force says its fighter jets "neutralised" ISWAP leaders, fighters in Lake Chad region

02 april 2019 - 17:32:18
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says that its fighter jets, under Air Task Force (ATF) of [...] Full text...

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Nigerian, Nigerien Air Forces kill 33 Boko Haram terrorists in Lake Chad Basin area

13 march 2019 - 14:33:42
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Wednesday said t its fighter jets and that of the [...] Full text...

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Multinational Joint Task Force says air component destroys Boko Haram assets along Niger Republic, Nigeria border

23 february 2019 - 19:19:16
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) on Saturday said that its Air Component destroyed Boko Haram [...] Full text...

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Nigerian Air Force destroys Boko Haram logistics base in Northeast region

22 november 2018 - 14:48:29
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Thursday said that its fighter jets destroyed Boko Haram Terrorist [...] Full text...

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Nigerian Air Force destroys Boko Haram bases, workshops

19 november 2018 - 13:48:18
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Monday said that its fighter jets destroyed Boko Haram Terrorist [...] Full text...

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Nigerian Air Force launches new operation against Boko Haram

15 november 2018 - 16:33:18
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Thursday announced a new operation against Boko Haram terrorists in the [...] Full text...

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Nigerian Air Force begins fresh offensive against Boko Haram terrorists in Lake Chad Basin

06 september 2018 - 13:16:28
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Thursday said its Air Task Force (ATF) has commenced ‘Operation [...] Full text...

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In crisis-torn Sahel, UN anti-drugs and crime agency helps bolster justice system

02 march 2018 - 06:06:00
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Africa’s vast Sahel – plagued by humanitarian crises, armed conflict and terrorism – is now witnessing [...] Full text...

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UN Security Council further tightens sanctions against DPR Korea

23 december 2017 - 10:26:17
New York, USA (PANA) – The United Nations Security Council on Friday imposed new sanctions on the Democratic People’s Republic [...] Full text...

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Nigerian Air Force helicopters, jets commence fresh wave of bombings on Boko Haram hideouts

16 december 2017 - 09:12:13
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Saturday said its fighter jets have commenced “intensive bombardment of the [...] Full text...

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Nigerian fighter jets destroy Boko Haram IED manufacturing facility

22 november 2017 - 16:41:43
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigerian Air Force (NAF) fighter jets have successfully destroyed a Boko Haram terrorists' facility for manufacturing [...] Full text...

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UN Security Council maintains partial lifting of arms embargo on Somalia for one year

15 november 2017 - 07:00:54
New York, USA (PANA) – The Security Council on Tuesday renewed until 15 November 2018 the partial lifting of the [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Nigerian Air Force strikes Boko Haram terrorists' buildings in Lake Chad axis

11 september 2017 - 18:08:51
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Boko Haram terrorists, meeting at a location in northeast Nigeria in the Lake Chad border axis, [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: 'Air Force jets kill scores of Boko Haram terrorists in northeast Nigeria'

02 september 2017 - 18:33:01
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Saturday said that its fighter jets successfully killed scores of [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Nigerian Air Force jets destroy budding Boko Haram facility in Sambisa forest

05 july 2017 - 17:53:58
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria Air Force said on Wednesday three of its fighter jets bombed a budding Boko Haram [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Brouhaha over contaminated fuel, Eid celebrations highlighted in Ghana

01 july 2017 - 11:38:07
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – A huge controversy over some five million litres of contaminated fuel and last Monday’s Muslim Eid-ul-Fitr [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Navy flags off 30-nation multinational maritime exercise

23 march 2017 - 13:52:31
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Navy on Thursday flagged off the multinational maritime operation exercise, christened ‘Obangame Express’. ‘Obangame Express’ [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: One soldier dead as Nigerian Army kills 13 Boko Haram terrorists

08 november 2016 - 08:06:50
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Army says it killed a total of 13 Boko Haram terrorists during a counter-attack [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Military says 3 top Boko Haram commanders killed, leader Shekau wounded

23 august 2016 - 07:08:57
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Army on Tuesday announced that the Nigerian Air Force has killed three top commanders [...] Full text...

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Mauritius: Mauritius, Seychelles police, customs officers trained to combat terrorism, drug trafficking

14 september 2015 - 12:02:57
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Police and Customs Officers from Mauritius and Seychelles Monday started an international seaport interdiction training to [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Air force attack helicopter crashes, 3 crew members dead

14 november 2014 - 13:58:17
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - A Nigerian Air Force (NAF) ground attack helicopter crashed Thursday in Yola, capital of North-east Adamawa [...] Full text...

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UN: 'Vessels off coast of Somalia to be searched for arms, illicit charcoal'

27 october 2014 - 18:01:34
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Security Council said ships off the coast of Somalia suspected of carrying illicit [...] Full text...

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Belgium: EU commits 3 million euros to fight counterfeit products in Africa

09 august 2014 - 14:40:03
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Union (EU) has added 3 million euros to finance a programme designed to fight [...] Full text...

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Ghana: State of the Nation address, missing babies from hospital reported in Ghana

01 march 2014 - 07:40:34
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The State of the Nation address delivered to Parliament by President John Damani Mahama on Tuesday [...] Full text...

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3 privately-owned media houses banned in Congo

06 december 2013 - 13:32:43
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Congo's Supreme Council for Freedom of Communications (CSLC) on Friday banned three privately-owned newspapers – La [...] Full text...

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3 African women, seven others to receive US award

05 march 2013 - 11:25:04
New York, US (PANA) - US Secretary of State John Kerry will on Friday in Washington, DC, US, honour 10 [...] Full text...

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Nigeria hosts international maritime military exercise

20 february 2012 - 12:43:27
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - A four-day international maritime military exercise, code named Obangame Express 2012, began in the Gulf of [...] Full text...

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Firing of AG, judgement debt, ‘Nana Konadu for president’ posters played up in Ghana media

21 january 2012 - 08:02:36
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The dismissal of Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Mr Martin Amidu, the never-ending crises of a [...] Full text...

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Nigerian anti-drugs agency seized drugs worth US$ 4 million in 21 months

23 october 2011 - 16:45:59
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian anti-drugs agency seized drugs worth 6.1 billion naira (US$ 4.06 million) from 291 suspected [...] Full text...

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Seychelles convicts 11 pirates over Spanish fish vessel attack

05 november 2010 - 10:15:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- A court in the Indian Ocean state of Seychelles has conv icted 11 Somali pirates to [...] Full text...

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IFJ condemns 6-year-jail term for Somali journalist

17 august 2010 - 15:36:00
Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) Tuesda y condemned the six-year-jail term handed down to Abdifatah [...] Full text...

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Mauritius to sign Djibouti Code of Conduct to fight piracy

01 march 2010 - 16:58:00
Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritius will sign the Djibouti Code of Conduct with a view to combating piracy and armed [...] Full text...

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Havoc from rain, death of Micheal Jackson dominate Ghana media

27 june 2009 - 09:29:00
Accra- Ghana (PANA) – Havoc caused in the Ghanaian- capital, Accra, following hea vy rains, the resignation of beleaguered Youth [...] Full text...

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Ghana security agencies in cocaine seizure

20 may 2009 - 17:48:00
Tema- Ghana (PANA) -- A total of 61 parcels of cocaine were seized at Tema Port, some 25 kilometres east [...] Full text...

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