Burkina Faso's military leader begins new five-year term as transition president

02 july 2024 - 15:40:43
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The President of the transition in Burkina Faso, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, on Tuesday began a [...] Full text...

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Senegal's President Faye receives Moroccan delegation

03 april 2024 - 14:47:14
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The president of Senegal, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, Wednesday received a Moroccan delegation in Diamniadio, a new [...] Full text...

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Tunisian President Kaïs Saied celebrates 'victory', opposition denounces "despotic constitution"

26 july 2022 - 14:11:49
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Preliminary results of the referendum held on Monday in Tunisia on the new Constitution proposed by [...] Full text...

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Meetings to validate Charter of transition in Burkina Faso open

28 february 2022 - 13:27:37
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - A meeting began in Ouagadougou on Monday to examine the texts of the constitutional charter [...] Full text...

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Mali adopts draft law to revise Transitional Charter

05 february 2022 - 14:39:12
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian government adopted here Friday at an extraordinary Council of Ministers a draft law revising [...] Full text...

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GNA ministers to take oath of office in Tobruk, Eastern Libya

12 march 2021 - 17:34:27
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The formal investiture of members (Ministers) of the new government of national accord in Libya will [...] Full text...

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Significant involvement of Guinean opponents in inauguration of President Alpha Condé

15 december 2020 - 22:04:26
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Dr Ousmane Kaba, leader of the Party of Democrats for Hope (PADES) Tuesday urged President Alpha [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Guinea records one new death, 26 new cases

15 december 2020 - 09:48:03
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guinea on Monday recorded one coronavirus-related death sending the death toll to 80. It also recorded 26 [...] Full text...

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AfDB chief, three others win Academy of Public Health 2020 Distinguished Fellowship Award

14 december 2020 - 13:35:21
Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA) - The Academy of Public Health, the flagship body of the West African Institute of Public [...] Full text...

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Faso president in Abidjan for investiture of President Alassane Ouattara

13 december 2020 - 18:41:54
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The president of Burkina Faso, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, left Ouagadougou Sunday afternoon for Abidjan, [...] Full text...

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Malian transitional president begins first trip to West African sub-region

11 november 2020 - 21:50:24
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The president of the Malian transition, Bah N’DAW, will on 12-17 November 2020 undertake a [...] Full text...

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Lifting of ECOWAS sanctions on Mali linked to nomination of civilian PM

25 september 2020 - 22:20:51
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Mission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on the Malian crisis, chaired [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso: Government denies preventing Yacouba Isaac Zida, former Prime Minister of the Transition from returning home

25 september 2020 - 15:35:01
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkinabe government Friday denied preventing former transitional Prime Minister Yacouba Isaac Zida from returning [...] Full text...

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AUC inaugurates AfCFTA permanent secretariat as launchpad for Africa’s economic transformation

18 august 2020 - 15:46:14
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - At a ceremony on Monday in Accra to commission the permanent secretariat of the African Continental [...] Full text...

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Mauritanian popular opposition leader returns from exile

09 august 2020 - 18:26:57
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Popular opposition leader, Abdel Ghoudous ould Abeidna, is back from exile, reliable sources told PANA on Sunday. Apart [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Burundi records 40 new confirmed cases bringing total to 144

21 june 2020 - 12:27:51
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi has recorded 40 new positive cases of coronavirus taking the total number of infected persons [...] Full text...

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President Felix Tshisekedi describes election as AU vice-president as DRC’s return to African scene

10 february 2020 - 20:45:14
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - DR Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi said here Monday that his election as vice-president of the [...] Full text...

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Tunisia's new president sues for respect for law

23 october 2019 - 22:04:06
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - In his first address to the nation, Tunisia's new president, Kais Saied, on Wednesday focused on [...] Full text...

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President Macky Sall to attend investiture of Mauritanian president-elect Ghazouani

22 july 2019 - 22:05:14
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA)   -   Senegalese President Macky Sall will attend the inauguration of Mauritanian president-elect Mohamed Cheikh Ahmed Mohamed Ghazouani [...] Full text...

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Cape Verdean elected permanent member of the International Olympic Committee

28 june 2019 - 15:29:06
Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - The President of  Cape Verde Olympic Committee (COC), Filomena Fortes, was sworn in Lausanne, Switzerland [...] Full text...

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Speaker of Beninese Parliament hails memory of victims of electoral violence

27 june 2019 - 22:52:26
Cotonou, Benin (PANA)   -   The new speaker of the Beninese parliament, Louis Vlavonou, Thursday hailed the memory of victims of [...] Full text...

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French FM attends Nigeria's Day of Democracy Celebration

12 june 2019 - 19:56:23
Paris, France (PANA) - Jean-Yves Le Drian, the French Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs, is visiting Nigeria's capital, Abuja, [...] Full text...

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Bissau-Guineans living in Cape Verde demand country's new government take office

20 may 2019 - 22:22:06
Praia, Cape Verde (PANA)   -   Citizens of Guinea-Bissau living in Praia Sunday took to the streets here calling on President [...] Full text...

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About 20 leaders attend president Macky Sall’s investiture

02 april 2019 - 14:11:43
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Many African heads of State and government arrived on Tuesday in Diamniadio, about 40 kilometers east [...] Full text...

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US says willing to work in partnership with Congolese leader Tshisekedi

15 march 2019 - 22:16:16
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) – United States Under -secretary of State for African Affairs Tibor Peter Nagy said here Friday [...] Full text...

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Mauritania’s opposition party backs defence minister’s presidential bid

14 march 2019 - 22:40:20
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The National Pact for Democracy and Development (PNDD-ADIL), an opposition political party in Mauritania, Thursday declared [...] Full text...

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Burundi says investiture speech of DRC President 'reassuring'

26 january 2019 - 17:24:28
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi's second vice-president in charge of economic and social affairs, Joseph Burutore, has lauded the investiture [...] Full text...

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Ghanaian President Akufo-Addo asks Dagbon State to rally behind new Ya-Na

25 january 2019 - 22:27:47
Accra, Ghana ( PANA) Ghana’s President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Friday appealed to all sons and daughters of Dagbon [...] Full text...

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Outgone DR Congo President, Kabila, urges Congolese to support his successor

24 january 2019 - 16:33:54
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The outgone President of the DRC, Joseph Kabila Kabange, has called on the Congolese people to [...] Full text...

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Burundian VP to attend investiture of DR Congo president-elect

23 january 2019 - 18:25:03
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Joseph Butore, the Second Vice-President of the Republic of Burund (Economic and Social Affairs), flew to [...] Full text...

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French gov't will be represented at investiture of president-elect Felix Tshesekedi

22 january 2019 - 17:58:15
Paris, France (PANA) - The French government says it will be fully represented at the inauguration of Félix Tshisekedi, the [...] Full text...

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Guinean president to attend investiture of Malagasy president-elect

16 january 2019 - 21:29:58
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The head of state of Guinea, Alpha Condé, will travel to Madagascar on Saturday to [...] Full text...

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Reviving Lake Chad vital to basin countries' environment, conservation

09 november 2018 - 18:20:20
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday said his administration will continue to keep the issue of [...] Full text...

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AfDB Chief receives Liberia's highest honour

17 january 2018 - 06:49:24
Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) - Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), has been honoured with the [...] Full text...

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Liberian health worker receives Florence Nightingale Award

30 november 2017 - 19:16:14
Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) - A professional nurse and former staff of the Liberia National Red Cross Society (LNRCS), Mrs. Roselyn [...] Full text...

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Gambia: British foreign secretary, EU congratulate new Gambian president

20 january 2017 - 08:58:34
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – British foreign secretary Boris Johnson says former president Yahya Jammeh must now stand aside to [...] Full text...

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Ghana: President’s inauguration, transition challenges, cabinet highlighted in Ghana media

14 january 2017 - 07:39:32
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The Ghanaian media this week had a huge feast of stories with the inauguration of President [...] Full text...

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Senegal: UNESCO chief visits West, Central Africa

04 august 2016 - 17:32:25
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova will next week undertake a four-day official visit to West and Central [...] Full text...

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Sudan: President Bashir to attend Arab summit

19 may 2016 - 10:31:29
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese President Omar Bashir has promised to take part in the forthcoming Arab summit to be [...] Full text...

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Congo: Clement Mouamba appointed Congo Prime Minister

25 april 2016 - 10:24:10
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Congolese president Denis Sassou Nguesso has appointed Clement Mouamba as the new Prime Minister, one week [...] Full text...

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Sudan: Bashir lauds peaceful polls in Niger, accepts invitation to attend investiture

24 march 2016 - 15:25:20
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - President Omar Bashir of Sudan on Thursday said he would attend the inauguration ceremony of Niger’s [...] Full text...

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US: African-American rower gets house, nationality from Equatorial Guinea President

04 february 2016 - 14:31:14
New York, US (PANA) - African-American AIDS activist, Victor Mooney, has received the Medalla de Caballero from Equatorial Guinea President [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso: Five Heads of State to attend inauguration of Burkina president-elect Kaboré

21 december 2015 - 18:16:52
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – At least five Heads of State will attend the inauguration of Burkina Faso's President-elect Roch [...] Full text...

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Egypt: Afreximbank's new President to assume office, headquarters building for inauguration

11 september 2015 - 08:23:03
Cairo, Egypt ([PANA) - The investiture of the African Export-Import Bank's (Afreximbank's) new President and the inauguration of the Bank's [...] Full text...

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Cote d'Ivoire: Nigerian VP urges Africans to rethink time-worn economic ideas

01 september 2015 - 18:53:19
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Time has come for Africans to re-think some of the time-worn economic ideas and myths [...] Full text...

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Côte d’Ivoire: New boss takes over at AfDB in Abidjan

31 august 2015 - 18:57:38
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The newly elected 8th President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, Akinwumi A. Adesina [...] Full text...

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Côte d'Ivoire: French FM to attend investiture of Buhari

28 may 2015 - 20:12:11
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) – The French Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Development, Laurent Fabius, will on Friday attend [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso: Acting authorities praise memory of martyrs of popular uprising

02 december 2014 - 21:50:07
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – Burkina Faso's acting president, Michel Kafando, on Tuesday praised the memories of the martyrs who [...] Full text...

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Mauritania: Media highlight the long wait for new government

16 august 2014 - 15:04:29
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The media in Mauritania this week highlighted the long wait by Mauritanians for a new government, [...] Full text...

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Mauritania: Media highlight investiture of re-elected president

12 july 2014 - 17:50:33
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The investiture in Mauritania of re-elected president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, scheduled for 2 August, and [...] Full text...

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Mauritania: Media dominated by expectations from presidential elections

05 july 2014 - 15:30:26
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Newspapers in Mauritania this week highlighted the post-presidential election perspectives in the country, particularly the investiture [...] Full text...

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Mali: Guinea Bissau president visits Mali

13 june 2014 - 16:21:35
Bamako, Mali (PANA) – Guinea Bissau president, José Mario Vaz, Thursday began a visit to Bamako, Mali, the first stage [...] Full text...

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Togo: President Gnassingbé invited to investiture of new Guinea Bissau president

10 june 2014 - 21:09:12
Lomé, Togo (PANA) – Togolese president Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé has been invited to attend the investiture on 23 June of [...] Full text...

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Cape Verde: Senegal president to visit to Cape Verde in March

25 february 2014 - 20:23:39
Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) – Senegalese president Macky Sall will pay an official visit to Cape Verde in the first [...] Full text...

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Mali: Moroccan King Mohamed VI arrives in Bamako

18 february 2014 - 21:22:37
Bamako, Mali (PANA) – King Mohamed VI of Morocco arrived in Bamako on Tuesday at the head of a [...] Full text...

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CAR: French FM Fabius to attend investiture of CAR interim president

22 january 2014 - 20:18:00
Paris, France (PANA) – The French Foreign Affairs minister, Laurent Fabius, will attend the investiture of the interim president of [...] Full text...

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French President Hollande confirms Mali troop withdrawal

28 august 2013 - 21:26:45
Paris, France (PANA) – France will henceforth reduce its military presence in Mali but will continue assisting the country in [...] Full text...

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About 20 presidents expected in Bamako for Keïta investiture

27 august 2013 - 21:23:03
Bamako, Mali (PANA) – About 20 heads of state, including President Francois Hollande of France, are expected on 19 September [...] Full text...

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AU backs Djiboutian Rachad Farah for UNESCO D-G post

28 january 2013 - 20:19:21
Addis Abeba, Ethiopia (PANA) – African leaders on Monday threw their weight behind the candidature of Djiboutian Rachad Farah for [...] Full text...

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Ghana’s media report swearing in of President Mahama, petition against election results

12 january 2013 - 08:09:35
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The inauguration of President John Dramani Mahama, commencement of hearing of a petition against the results [...] Full text...

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French Deputy minister to attend investiture of Ghana's president

05 january 2013 - 14:22:26
Paris, France (PANA) – The French deputy minister for Francophonie, Yamina Benguigui, will represent France at the investiture ceremony of [...] Full text...

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President Mills' sudden death dominates Ghana newspapers

28 july 2012 - 08:26:47
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Tuesday's sudden death of Ghana’s President John Evans Atta Mills dominated newspapers in the West African [...] Full text...

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Stockbroker wants tax incentives for quoted firms

18 june 2012 - 08:30:01
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A top stockbroker has urged the Nigerian government to give tax incentives to companies quoted on [...] Full text...

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Education entrepreneur Sunny Varkey named UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador

24 april 2012 - 17:29:15
Paris, France (PANA) - The UNESCO Director-General, Ms Irina Bokova, will name philanthropist, educator and entrepreneur Sunny Varkey as the [...] Full text...

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Senegalese FM delivers special message from Macky Sall to Aziz

23 april 2012 - 18:41:43
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The Senegalese Foreign Minister, Mr. Alioune Badara Cissé, on Monday delivered a message here from his [...] Full text...

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Mali's acting president to be inaugurated on Thursday

11 april 2012 - 20:49:36
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The President of the Mali's national assembly, Professor Dioncounda Traoré, will be inaugurated on Thursday as [...] Full text...

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Belgian Foreign minister to visit DR Congo from 26 to 28 March

09 march 2012 - 22:33:08
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The Belgian minister of Foreign Affairs, Didier Reynders will visit DR Congo from 26 to 28 [...] Full text...

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Moroccan FM to visit Spain

01 february 2012 - 17:41:14
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) – The Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Saad Dine Otmani, will this week visit Spain, [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's President doubles value of National Merit Award to US$64,000

01 december 2011 - 14:04:18
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan Thursday announced an increase in the monetary value of the Nigerian National [...] Full text...

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Jonathan says Nigerians capable of prevailing over daunting challenges

11 october 2011 - 19:44:59
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Predicting that Nigerians could prevail over the daunting challenges facing them and leave a better country [...] Full text...

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Amnesty official pleads for 'impartial' security force in Cote d'Ivoire

29 july 2011 - 15:41:54
Paris, France (PANA) - An official of Amnesty International (AI), Salvatore Saguès, on Friday suggested the establishment of an "impartial" [...] Full text...

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France backs reconciliation in Cote d'Ivoire

13 july 2011 - 22:21:14
Paris, France (PANA) – France backs the national reconciliation policy initiated by Ivorian president Alassane Ouattara, as well as its [...] Full text...

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American film star to be named UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador

16 june 2011 - 19:26:08
Paris, France (PANA) - UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova will designate American actor, director and producer, Forest Whitaker, as UNESCO [...] Full text...

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Nigeria tightens security ahead of presidential inauguration

28 may 2011 - 14:23:23
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigerian authorities have tightened security in the capital city of Abuja ahead of Sunday's inauguration of [...] Full text...

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Ghanaian media play up Cote d'Ivoire, corruption in the judiciary

28 may 2011 - 08:14:28
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The role of Ghana's president John Evans Atta Mills in the investiture of Ivorian president Alassane [...] Full text...

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New president of the Union of Comoros sworn in

26 may 2011 - 20:50:52
Moroni, Comoros (PANA) – The new president of the Union of Comoros, Ikililou Dhoinine, was on Thursday sworn in by [...] Full text...

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Tight security for Nigerian President's inauguration

26 may 2011 - 08:05:09
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - To prevent the kind of incident that marred Nigeria's 50th independence anniversary last year, the authorities [...] Full text...

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Nigeria to spend 1b naira on presidential inauguration

24 may 2011 - 08:31:15
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria is to spend 1 billion naira for the 29 May inauguration of President Goodluck Jonathan, [...] Full text...

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Chinese opera star Zhang Jun named UNESCO Artist for Peace

23 may 2011 - 16:15:26
Paris, France (PANA) - UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova, will designate Chinese opera performer Zhang Jun as the UNESCO Artist for [...] Full text...

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Sarkozy, Compaore, Ban, Bedie applauded at Ouattara's investiture

21 may 2011 - 17:05:24
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Four prominent personalities, the men who helped Alassane Ouattara to the Ivorian presidency, were strongly [...] Full text...

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Ouattara's investiture ends Ivorian post-election crisis

21 may 2011 - 14:40:05
Yamoussoukro, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Alassane Ouattara's investiture Saturday as President of Cote d'Ivoire, is seen as the end of [...] Full text...

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French President Sarkozy arrives in Yamoussoukro for Ouattara's investiture

21 may 2011 - 12:52:35
Yamoussoukro, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) – The French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, arrived on Saturday in Yamoussoukro, the Ivorian political capital, where [...] Full text...

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Ban lauds Mills on resolution of Ivorian crisis

21 may 2011 - 12:47:05
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Secretary General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, on Saturday commended Ghana's president John Evans [...] Full text...

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Malian president to attend Ouattara’s investiture

20 may 2011 - 20:34:53
Bamako, Mali (PANA) – The Malian president, Amadou Toumani Touré, will attend the investiture of the Ivorian president, Alassane Ouattara, [...] Full text...

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Mauritanian President to attend Ouattara's Inauguration

20 may 2011 - 16:13:10
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The President of Mauritania, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, will attend the inauguration of President Alassane Ouattara [...] Full text...

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UN peacekeepers mobilize for Ouattara’s investiture

19 may 2011 - 21:24:00
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) – The UN operations in Côte d’Ivoire (ONUCI) has mobilised human, security, material and logistic resources [...] Full text...

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'Ghana will help restore normalcy to Cote d'Ivoire'

02 may 2011 - 20:29:22
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – Ghana on Monday pledged to help Cote d'Ivoire in efforts to restore normalcy to its western [...] Full text...

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Nigerien president yet to form government

16 april 2011 - 15:47:42
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Ten days after his inauguration, Niger's President Mahamadou Issoufou is yet to form his cabinet. The delay [...] Full text...

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African leaders storm Niamey for Nigerean president's investiture

07 april 2011 - 14:13:13
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Several African heads of state arrived Niamey on Thursday to attend the investiture of the President [...] Full text...

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Mali president to attend investiture of Niger's Issoufou

06 april 2011 - 21:43:19
Bamako, Mali (PANA) – The Malian president, Amadou Toumani Touré, will on Thursday attend the investiture of the new president [...] Full text...

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Outgoing Niger leader renovates office 24 hours to hand-over

06 april 2011 - 15:20:14
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Less than 24 hours before the investiture of the newly-elected President of Niger, Mr. Mahamadou Issoufou, [...] Full text...

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Malian President to attend investiture of re-elected President of Benin

05 april 2011 - 17:15:42
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian President Amadou Toumani Touré will Wednesday attend the investiture ceremony of the re-elected President of [...] Full text...

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140 corruption cases handled in Burundi in 4 months

25 february 2011 - 16:28:28
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Some 140 corruption, economic and financial mismanagement cases, through which the Burundi government had lost funds [...] Full text...

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Kadhafi sympathises with Brazil on devastating floods

20 january 2011 - 22:16:37
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The Libyan leader, Mouamar Kadhafi, on Thursday held talks on phone with the president of Brazil, [...] Full text...

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Rousseff says prepared to work with Kadhafi for success of Africa-Latin America summit

05 january 2011 - 22:22:08
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The new president of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, has expressed her willingness to work with the Libyan [...] Full text...

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Eleven African presidents, dignitaries attend inauguration of Condé

21 december 2010 - 22:54:00
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) – Eleven African presidents, dignitaries across the world, local politicians and important personalities on Tuesday attended the [...] Full text...

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Mali's President Touré to attend investiture of Guinea's President Condé

18 december 2010 - 14:22:35
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian President Amadou Toumani Touré will Tuesday attend the investiture ceremony of Guinea’s re-elected President, Alpha [...] Full text...

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AU names Mbeki Ivorian crisis mediator, hints at sanctions

04 december 2010 - 15:27:47
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) on Saturday announced the appointment of former South African President Thabo [...] Full text...

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Gbagbo sworn in; ECOWAS thratens sanctions

04 december 2010 - 15:02:14
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - President Laurent Gbagbo of Cote d'Ivoire was on Saturday sworn in for another term in [...] Full text...

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ECOWAS to hold extraordinary summit on Ivorian crisis

04 december 2010 - 12:22:25
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) – Leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will hold an extraordinary summit in [...] Full text...

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Nigeria will support appeal fund for Jos, Haiti, says Jonathan

29 july 2010 - 16:50:00
Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- President Goodluck Jonathan said Thursday in Abuja that Nigeria would continue to work with the Red [...] Full text...

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Gbeho sworn in as ECOWAS Commission President as 38th summit opens

02 july 2010 - 15:53:00
Sal- Cape Verde (PANA) -- Veteran Ghanaian diplomat James Victor Gbeho was sworn in as the President of the ECOWAS [...] Full text...

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Niger to revise electoral filing system

14 june 2010 - 22:53:00
Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- The chairman of Niger's national independent electoral commission (CENI), Ghousmane Abdourahamane, on Monday placed the revision [...] Full text...

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Nigerian media highlight Jonathan's political future, corruption cases

22 may 2010 - 12:51:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The Nigerian media this week entertained readers with a mixed grill of stories which included attempts [...] Full text...

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Togolese President reappoints Hougbo as Prime Minister

07 may 2010 - 20:12:00
Lome- Togo, (PANA) -- Togolese President Faure Gnassingbe on Friday reappointed G ilbert Fossoun Hougbo as Prime Minister to lead [...] Full text...

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Togo's PM resigns

05 may 2010 - 22:07:00
Lomأ©- Togo (PANA) -- The Togolese Prime Minister, Gilbert Fossoun Houngbo, has p resented his resignation and that of his [...] Full text...

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SADC restates support for Malawi AU presidency

15 january 2010 - 17:34:00
Maputo- Mozambique (PANA) -- The Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) on Thursday reaffirmed the candidacy of Malawi for the presidency [...] Full text...

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Angolan Premier to attend Mozambican President's investiture

13 january 2010 - 18:25:00
Luanda- Angola (PANA) -- Angolan Prime Minister Antأ³nio Paulo Kassoma is to atte nd the inauguration on Thursday of the [...] Full text...

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Nkurunziza hails Equatorial Guinea's 'democratic' experience

10 december 2009 - 22:15:00
Bujumbura- Burundi (PANA) -- Burundi's president Pierre Nkurunziza has hailed the â?democraticâ? election in Equatorial Guinea that returned President Theodoro [...] Full text...

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Burundi president to attend investiture of E/Guinea president

07 december 2009 - 14:56:00
Bujumbura- Burundi (PANA) -- Burundi Head of State, Pierre Nkurunziza is expecte d in Malabo where he will witness the [...] Full text...

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Tunisia accuses France of "interfering" in its internal affairs

12 november 2009 - 22:47:00
Tunis- Tunisia (PANA) -- The Tunisian president, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, on Thur sday accused France of â?breach of [...] Full text...

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UNESCO ends 35th general conference

23 october 2009 - 19:50:00
Paris- France (PANA) -- The 35th session of UNESCOâ?s General Conference ended h ere on Friday marked, among other issues, [...] Full text...

thread Culture

Pires to attend investiture of Guinea-Bissau president (Corrected)

07 september 2009 - 19:39:00
Praia- Cape Verde (PANA) -- The Cape Verdean President, Pedro Pires, will Tuesday attend the investiture ceremony of Guinea-Bissau president-elect, [...] Full text...

thread Politics

Mauritania's new president takes the oath

05 august 2009 - 22:43:00
Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, who was elected in the first ballot of Mauritania's 18 July presidential [...] Full text...

thread Politics

Multi-million dollar slavery memorial underway in New York

21 may 2009 - 15:48:00
New York- US (PANA) -- A multi-million dollar memorial for victims of slavery wil l be erected in New York [...] Full text...

thread Society

Malian press highlight Obama's investiture

21 january 2009 - 18:42:00
Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- The Malian press Wednesday devoted most of their pages to Tuesday's investiture in Washington, of the [...] Full text...

thread Press Review

"Obama night" to be held Monday in Bamako

19 january 2009 - 17:22:00
Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- An "Obama night" will be celebrated Monday from 8 o'clock at the National Museum of Mali, [...] Full text...

thread Politics