Libya welcomes UN Security Council resolution calling for ceasefire in Gaza

12 june 2024 - 10:47:36
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Government of National Unity has welcomed [...] Full text...

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Fighting in DR Congo threatens stability of entire region, envoy warns

21 february 2024 - 06:42:42
New York, US (PANA) - In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo), fighting between the M23 armed group [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Nigerian troops on “highest state of alert” in Niger Delta as militants kill 4 soldiers, 2 drivers, kidnap 2 South Koreans

13 december 2023 - 15:44:15
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Militants in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region began a renewed offensive in Rivers State, ambushing and killing four [...] Full text...

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Rights group accuses Malian armed forces, Islamist armed groups of killing, abusing civilians

02 november 2023 - 08:01:03
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Malian armed forces and Islamist armed groups have killed and otherwise abused numerous civilians in central [...] Full text...

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Army accuses foreign forces of backing “rebels”

30 april 2023 - 12:05:07
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese Army has for the first time accused foreign quarters of being part of a [...] Full text...

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New RSF report warns of threats to journalists in the Sahel

03 april 2023 - 14:31:48
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - In a new report entitled "In the Skin of a Journalist in the Sahel", Reporters [...] Full text...

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Two ICRC workers kidnapped in Mali

06 march 2023 - 13:48:58
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The International Committee of the Red Cross  (ICRC) has announced that two of its workers have [...] Full text...

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'Insecurity grips Nigeria's capital, as attacks, threats by multiple groups raise serious concerns'

09 august 2022 - 10:55:41
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - A series of attacks and threats within close proximity of Nigeris's seat of government in Abuja by [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: 11 Niger Republic Illegal migrants, 10 kidnappers busted in Edo State

14 february 2022 - 16:09:49
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Edo State Command, Niger Delta region of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), [...] Full text...

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LPDF members call on UN SG to fix the political process in Libya

08 december 2021 - 19:01:46
Tripoli, Libya (PANA)- Members of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF) have called on the UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, "to [...] Full text...

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Unidentified gunmen wreak havoc in central Mali

23 november 2021 - 12:48:54
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Unidentified gunmen have wreaked havoc on citizens in central Mali killing some peple. Sources said on Tuesday [...] Full text...

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Libya Press Authority condemns kidnap of journalist in Benghazi

23 november 2021 - 12:06:43
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The General Press Authority in Libya has condemned "in the strongest terms" the kidnapping of journalist [...] Full text...

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Hooded men kidnap former Guinean government spokesperson

19 september 2021 - 14:25:17
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guinea's former spokesperson and Minister of State in the ousted government, Tibou Kamara, was arrested on [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Gunmen invade Nigeria's federal capital home, kidnap father, son

03 september 2021 - 22:00:19
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has confirmed the early Friday morning abduction of a [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Terrorists abduct 73 students in Governor Matawalle’s hometown

01 september 2021 - 21:44:19
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Insecurity gripped the North West State of Zamfara when terrorists Wednesday abducted students of Government Day [...] Full text...

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Gunmen kill kidnapped retired Nigerian navy officer in Jos

23 july 2021 - 21:05:05
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Unknown gunmen on Thursday kidnapped and killed Navy Captain Yakubu Agwom, a retired officer of the [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: 222 killed, thousands kidnapped in 3 months in Kaduna State

13 july 2021 - 20:43:39
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Kaduna State Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Northwest Nigeria, said Tuesday in its [...] Full text...

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Bandits kidnap 30 college students, 3 teachers in Northwest Nigeria

17 june 2021 - 18:35:31
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Bandits continued their rampage against schools in Northern Nigeria with the invasion of the Federal Government [...] Full text...

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Unidentified gunmen attack school in Malian village on the border with Burkina Faso

11 june 2021 - 18:13:50
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - About 40 unidentified armed men burst into a school in Zon, a Malian village located on [...] Full text...

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Gunmen invade estate in Bwari near Abuja, kidnap two persons

23 may 2021 - 19:32:08
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The spate of insecurity in northern region Nigeria is creeping into the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) [...] Full text...

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U.S. raises concerns of religious abuse, discrimination, rising tensions in Nigeria

14 may 2021 - 15:05:40
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The U.S. has voiced concerns over abuses and discrimination against individuals based on religion and religious [...] Full text...

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ECOWAS Court dismisses suit against Nigeria over killings since 2001

27 april 2021 - 15:08:13
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Court of Justice on Monday dismissed a suit filed by a Nigerian non-governmental organisation [...] Full text...

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Nigerian Army 'kills' 48 Boko Haram terrorists, rescues 11 kidnap victims

27 march 2021 - 18:55:27
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Army on Saturday said that its troops killed 48 Boko Haram terrorists and rescued [...] Full text...

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Nigerian Army, Air Force foil bid by bandits to kidnap 307 Kaduna students

14 march 2021 - 19:56:58
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Troops of the Nigerian Army have foiled bid by bandits to kidnap 307 students of the [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Declare state of emergency on insecurity, Senate tells FG as Buhari orders immediate rescue of abducted schoolboys

17 february 2021 - 21:32:06
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday ordered a military operation to rescue hundreds of students and teachers of Government [...] Full text...

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Bandits, kidnappers in Nigeria kill 19, abduct 75 persons

29 january 2021 - 09:52:54
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Bandits and kidnappers launched multiple attacks in Katsina, Niger and Taraba States between Wednesday night and [...] Full text...

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UNHCR calls for more action to save lives of refugees on routes towards the Mediterranean

28 january 2021 - 11:30:51
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has urged the international community do more to save lives of [...] Full text...

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Suspected Jihadists kidnap city mayor in Mali

13 january 2021 - 17:35:00
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The mayor of the rural municipality of Doukouria, in the Timbuktu region of northeastern Mali, Aboubacrine [...] Full text...

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UN chief welcomes release of kidnapped Nigerian school boys

19 december 2020 - 08:43:45
New York, US (PANA) - The UN chief on Friday welcomed the release of the 344 schoolboys forcibly taken away [...] Full text...

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Nigerian troops eliminate 38 bandits, arrest 198, rescue 108 kidnap victims in North West Nigeria

26 october 2020 - 18:50:41
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Armed Forces of Nigeria on Monday said troops of Operation Sahel Sanity, one of the [...] Full text...

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Nigerian military kills 869 Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists, bandits in Nigeria, rescues 321 kidnap victims

02 october 2020 - 18:31:34
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Armed Forces on Friday reviewed its activities for the third quarter (1 July to [...] Full text...

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Amnesty International calls for fair trial of Hotel Rwanda hero Rusesabagina

14 september 2020 - 11:35:53
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Amnesty International on Monday called on the Rwandan authorities to guarantee a fair trial of Paul [...] Full text...

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The 'alleged kidnapping' of controversial hero of famous 'Hotel' Rwanda' film highlighted in Rwandan media

12 september 2020 - 16:55:02
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) -  The alleged 'kidnapping' in Dubai of Paul Rusesabagina, a controversial hero in the famous 'Hotel Rwanda' [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Military kills 100 bandits, arrests 148 in Northwest region

06 september 2020 - 09:58:58
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Armed Forces said on Saturday that at least 100 bandits were killed and 148 [...] Full text...

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Rights group says criminal gangs, kidnap, rape scores of women, girls in Virunga National Park

30 july 2020 - 07:33:03
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - Criminal gangs have kidnapped for ransom at least 170 people near the Virunga National Park in [...] Full text...

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Gambians to protest murder of Momodou Lamin Sisay, George Floyd and Breonna Tayler in the US

31 may 2020 - 15:57:22
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Leading human rights activist in The Gambia, Madi Jobarteh, has said that Civil society organizations (CSOs) [...] Full text...

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Nigerian president 'surprised' at spate of armed banditry attacks

29 january 2020 - 07:51:58
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday in Abuja said that his administration is surprised by the [...] Full text...

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'Thirty killed' as armed bandits ambush traditional ruler's convoy in northwest Nigeria

16 january 2020 - 09:54:37
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – About 30 people were killed while 100 were kidnapped after gunmen on Tuesday opened fire on [...] Full text...

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Over 100 armed bandits killed by joint security task force in northwest Nigeria

12 january 2020 - 15:21:25
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – More than 100 "unrepentant" armed bandits were killed by the Joint Task Force (JTF) of Operation Hadarin [...] Full text...

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Rwandan media highlight release of Rwandan nationals from Ugandan detention facilities

11 january 2020 - 21:33:57
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The latest release earlier this week of nine Rwandans from Ugandan detention facilities dominated headlines in [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's president condemns killing of four aid workers by ISWAP in northeast

14 december 2019 - 09:26:16
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Saturday condemned the alleged execution of four aid workers by terrorists [...] Full text...

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Leading civil society group urges Buhari to rescue Nigeria’s democracy from decline

19 november 2019 - 14:15:58
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s leading civil society group, Centre for Democracy and Development, (CDD), has said that 10 people [...] Full text...

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Nearly two million Cameroonians face humanitarian emergency: UNICEF

06 november 2019 - 05:01:24
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Ongoing violence in Cameroon’s northwest and southwest has created a fast-growing humanitarian emergency now affecting some [...] Full text...

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Gunmen kidnap Nigerian federal appeal court judge

30 october 2019 - 19:20:10
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The gale of kidnapping of Nigerian judicial officers continued Wednesday as gunmen kidnapped Ms Justice Chioma [...] Full text...

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South African kidnapping victim tells her story

15 august 2019 - 08:29:28
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A Cape Town woman at the centre of South Africa’s most dramatic kidnapping case [...] Full text...

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'Nigeria to deal final blow to bandits killing in God's name' - Buhari

14 august 2019 - 15:37:29
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday said that armed bandits who are killing and calling in [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Buhari orders probe into killing of 3 Policemen, one civilian by soldiers

08 august 2019 - 17:47:49
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday directed the country’s Defence Headquarters to commence immediate investigation of [...] Full text...

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37 killed by armed bandits in Northwest Nigeria as Buhari vows to respond "fiercely"

21 july 2019 - 07:49:38
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The violence in Nigeria’s Northwest region continues as President Muhammadu Buhari “strongly condemns” the killing of [...] Full text...

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Nigerian Army Chief says security agencies have 'successfully tackled' insecurity

16 july 2019 - 11:35:37
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Yukur Yusuf Buratai, says that despite continuing violence and [...] Full text...

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UK govt places travel ban on its citizens to 21 of 36 States of Nigeria

18 june 2019 - 18:05:35
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The United Kingdom Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has issued fresh warning advisory to its citizens [...] Full text...

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Two Canadian women kidnapped in Ghana released

12 june 2019 - 11:44:36
Kumasi, Ghana (PANA) - The two Canadian women who were kidnapped on 4 June in Kumasi, Ghana's second biggest city, [...] Full text...

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Man suspected of kidnapping relatives for money in 2017 arrested

28 may 2019 - 17:40:32
Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - A 26-year-old man, suspected of kidnapping relatives in Calheta, São Miguel, Santiago Island, in August [...] Full text...

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Five oil workers kidnapped in Nigeria's Niger Delta region

17 may 2019 - 07:24:42
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria Police in the Niger Delta regional capital, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Thursday confirmed the [...] Full text...

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Ransom negotiations over kidnapped Cuban doctors

16 may 2019 - 09:20:24
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Militants holding two Cuban doctors kidnapped in Kenya's northeastern region of Mandera more than a month [...] Full text...

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Gunmen kidnap two persons in Burkina Faso

15 may 2019 - 16:15:25
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Two people were kidnapped on Tuesday by unidentified armed individuals in the commune of Nasséré, [...] Full text...

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Nigeria Air Force says its forces have killed 12 armed bandits

15 may 2019 - 07:10:13
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigeria Air Force (NAF) on Wednesday said it killed 12 armed bandits in the northwest of [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's major opposition party charge Buhari to end his London "private visit" over deteriorating security situation

02 may 2019 - 19:35:37
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's major opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Thursday charged President Muhammadu Buhari to [...] Full text...

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Residents kill seven armed bandits in local chief's palace in northwest Nigeria

02 may 2019 - 09:30:25
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The violence and kidnappings in Northwest Nigeria has drawn the ire of the people to self-help [...] Full text...

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Armed bandits kidnap Nigerian President Buhari's hometown chief

02 may 2019 - 07:29:08
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The wave of kidnappings and violence in northwest Nigeria continued on Wednesday evening with the kidnap [...] Full text...

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Nigeria Police says armed bandits kill nine persons, rustle cattle in Katsina State

01 may 2019 - 15:42:55
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria Police on Wednesday confirmed that armed bandits who have been on a prowl in the [...] Full text...

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Kaduna, Northwest Nigerian State impose curfew over continued violence

26 april 2019 - 22:52:34
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA)  -   The government of Kaduna State, Northwest Nigeria, on Friday imposed a 24-hour curfew on crisis-ridden Kajuru [...] Full text...

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Medical charity calls for urgent evacuation of migrants, refugees from Libya

10 september 2018 - 06:08:25
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Thousands of refugees, migrants and asylum seekers arbitrarily held in Libyan detention centres must be immediately [...] Full text...

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AI says herdsmen, banditry violence killed 371 in Northwest Nigeria since January

31 july 2018 - 19:22:58
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – International human rights group, Amnesty International (AI), on Tuesday said that 371 people were killed in [...] Full text...

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Rights group demands release of Cameroonian school principal

30 may 2018 - 09:44:53
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Human Rights Watch on Wednesday asked kidnappers of a school principal in Cameroon’s Southwest province to [...] Full text...

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UK apologises to Libyan torture victims

10 may 2018 - 22:42:02
London, UK (PANA) - The British government on Thursday apologised unreservedly to Abdul-Hakim Belhaj and Fatima Boudchar for the UK’s [...] Full text...

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Army to bury 11 soldiers killed by bandits in northwest Nigeria

27 march 2018 - 18:20:00
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – A week after bandits killed 11 Nigerian soldiers in Kaduna, northwest of the country, the Nigerian [...] Full text...

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Buhari orders military, security agencies to rescue 94 schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram

21 february 2018 - 18:57:16
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – After two days of silence over the reported invasion of Government Girls Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe [...] Full text...

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'Boko Haram attacks, human trafficking threaten progress in West Africa, Sahel'

12 january 2018 - 05:07:28
New York, US (PANA) – The security situation in West Africa and the Sahel remains of grave concern, the United [...] Full text...

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RSF condemns attempt to kidnap press freedom defender in DR Congo

03 january 2018 - 18:33:28
Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) - Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned an attack by gunmen on the Kinshasa home of Tshivis [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: 9 soldiers, one civilian killed in Boko Haram ambush

27 july 2017 - 07:40:07
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Army on Wednesday said nine of its soldiers who were part of the team [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Arrest of kidnap kingpin makes headlines in Nigeria

17 june 2017 - 12:34:55
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The arrest of Mr. Chukwudi Onuamadike, known in crime circles as Evans, was the major story [...] Full text...

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Malawi: AI raises red flag on new wave of attacks on people with albinism in Malawi

13 june 2017 - 08:16:00
Lilongwe, Malawi (PANA) - A new wave of killings and attacks targeting people with albinism over the past six months [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: Kidnapped goldmine workers in eastern DRC freed after long ordeal

30 may 2017 - 07:55:07
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Four employees kidnapped in March while working at a Canadian gold mining company, [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Gunmen kidnap Turkish national, 7 others from Turkish school in Nigeria

15 january 2017 - 13:16:13
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The management of Nigerian-Turkish International School in Isheri, Ogun State, has confirmed that eight persons, including [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Secret police confirm arrest of 3rd most wanted terrorist in the world

29 december 2016 - 14:20:50
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's secret police, the Department of State Security Services, on Thursday confirmed that the factional leader [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Nigeria loses US$4.9 billion to 59 incidents of oil, gas vandalisation in 2016

15 december 2016 - 16:12:26
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Taking stock of the impact of the activities of militancy on oil and gas facilities in [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Gunmen kidnap former Nigerian foreign minister Hirse

20 november 2016 - 20:31:53
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Gunmen on Sunday abducted a former Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Bagudu Hirse, in the [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Man arrested for threatening Ukrainian Ambassador in Nigeria

05 september 2016 - 06:26:48
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Department of Security Services (DSS) on Sunday announced the arrest of a man in [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Nigerian security service arrests man for threatening diplomats

22 august 2016 - 18:50:58
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s Department of State Security (DSS) on Monday announced the arrest of a man who allegedly [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Kidnapper jailed for 10 years

15 august 2016 - 10:02:52
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The woman convicted of abducting a newborn baby in the country’s most dramatic kidnapping [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Kidnap victim testifies in camera at dramatic trial

02 august 2016 - 12:03:43
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – In the latest twist in South Africa’s most dramatic kidnapping case, the media was [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Niger Delta militant group threatens attack on Nigeria's oil blocs

12 may 2016 - 16:27:44
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – A leading militant group in Nigeria’s oil region, Niger Delta Avengers (NDA), on Thursday said their [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Nigerian military to deal with Niger Delta militants over destruction of oil infrastructure

10 may 2016 - 19:07:19
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian military on Tuesday signalled its determination to deal with militants in the Niger Delta [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: 3 kidnapped Lagos school girls rescued

06 march 2016 - 13:10:34
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Three students of a school in Lagos, kidnapped last Monday night, have been rescued, according to [...] Full text...

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UN: UN deputy chief tasks UN Security Council on civilians in armed conflicts

20 january 2016 - 16:04:50
New York, US (PANA) - With scores of civilians being killed in conflicts worldwide, tens of thousands facing starvation in [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Buhari orders fresh probe into school girls' abduction

14 january 2016 - 20:24:55
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered a fresh investigation into the abduction of the 276 gIrls [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Govt's latest Boko Haram alert dominates front pages in Nigeria

19 december 2015 - 07:23:36
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Government's warning on Friday that the dreaded Boko Haram insurgents were planning fresh abductions of pupils, [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Govt warns of plan by Boko Haram to make fresh abductions

18 december 2015 - 23:10:38
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian government Friday warned that Boko Haram terrorists are planning another sensational abduction of pupils/students [...] Full text...

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Sudan: UK assists unaccompanied refugee children in Sudan

05 december 2015 - 16:28:42
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The UN refugee agency has welcomed a contribution of over 21 million Sudanese pounds (about 238,000 [...] Full text...

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UPDATE: 'Rescued Nigerian girls not Chibok girls'

29 april 2015 - 09:20:26
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Chibok girls who were kidnapped over a year ago are not among the 293 women [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Chibok girls: one year after abduction, politics, xenophobic attacks reported

18 april 2015 - 07:46:31
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Chibok girls (276 in number), abducted 14 April 2014, from their school, the Government Secondary School [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: 'Over 2,000 women, girls abducted by Boko Haram, forced to join attacks'

14 april 2015 - 09:54:51
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - On the occasion of the first year anniversary of the abduction of the Chibok school girls, [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Amnesty International to release report on 1st anniversary of Chibok girls' kidnap

08 april 2015 - 11:54:52
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A new report that provides evidence of the scale and depravity of the Nigeria terror [...] Full text...

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UN: UN welcomes Malawi leader’s condemnation of attacks on people with albinism

28 march 2015 - 06:46:40
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has welcomed [...] Full text...

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UN: UN envoy says Libya latest peace talks making progress

27 march 2015 - 16:48:54
New York, US (PANA) - UN Special Representative and head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) Bernardino Leon said [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: African countries ‘backbone’ of UN, Ban tells AU Summit

30 january 2015 - 18:38:44
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – “African countries have been the backbone and leading Member States of the United [...] Full text...

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Cameroon: 27 Cameroonian, Chinese Boko Haram hostages set free in Cameroon

12 october 2014 - 12:04:56
Yaounde, Cameroon (PANA) - The wife of Cameroonian Deputy Prime Minister Amadou Ali was among 27 Chinese and Cameroonian hostages, [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Ex-head of Nigerian lawyers' body, OKey Wali, kidnapped

12 october 2014 - 11:34:07
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The immediate past president of the umbrella Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr. Okey Wali, was kidnapped [...] Full text...

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UN: Jonathan says Nigeria will triumph over terrorism

25 september 2014 - 07:28:12
New York, US (PANA) - Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan said Nigeria will triumph over terrorism to guarantee peace and security [...] Full text...

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UN: UN officials says children suffer indiscriminate, brutal killings in conflicts

08 september 2014 - 21:50:48
New York, US (PANA) - UN Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, Ms. Leila Zerrougui says the multiplication of [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Pres. Jonathan condemns terror attacks in 2 Nigerian states, Cameroon

28 july 2014 - 21:50:36
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan has ''wholeheartedly'' condemned the recent terrorist attacks in the northern states of [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Govt. launches Safe Schools Initiative

09 july 2014 - 18:31:37
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, on Wednesday decried the high percentage of school dropouts in Nigeria, saying [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Boko Haram, Chibok girls dominate headlines in Nigeria

21 june 2014 - 08:38:28
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Presidential Committee's findings on the fate of the abducted girls from Chibok and the "prize" placed [...] Full text...

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France: Interpol Chief condemns waves of violence in Nigeria

22 may 2014 - 14:05:07
Lyon, France (PANA) Interpol Secretary General, Ronald K. Noble, has condemned what he called the recent "callous" violence in Nigeria [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Teachers on 1-day strike over kidnap of Chibok schoolgirls

21 may 2014 - 17:40:15
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT), the umbrella body of all the nation’s teachers, has directed [...] Full text...

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UN: Committee on Women Rights urges release of abducted Nigerian school girls

14 may 2014 - 19:22:47
New York, US (PANA) - The UN expert committee tasked with monitoring discrimination against women on Wednesday added its voice [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Suspected mastermind of Nyanya bombing arrested by Interpol in Sudan

14 may 2014 - 18:13:39
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – One of the suspected Boko Haram members who was alleged to have masterminded the 14 April, [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: UN scribe phones Pres, Jonathan, expresses solidarity with Nigeria over girls' kidnap

08 may 2014 - 17:14:56
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon Thursday expressed deep concern and shared anguish over the abduction of [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: FEC weekly meeting mourns victims of bombings, kidnapping

16 april 2014 - 17:36:46
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Federal Executive Council (FEC) devoted Wednesday’s weekly meeting to the news of the bomb [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Military says some students abducted by Boko Haram have been rescued

16 april 2014 - 17:22:26
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigerian military Wednesday said some of the students abducted from the Government Girls’ Secondary School, Chibok [...] Full text...

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Libya: Jordan's PM urges Ambassador's kidnappers to ensure his safety

15 april 2014 - 12:06:25
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Jordanian Prime Minister Abdallah al-Nassour Tuesday urged the kidnappers of the country's Ambassador to Libya Faouaz [...] Full text...

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Libya: Jordanian Ambassador kidnapped in Tripoli

15 april 2014 - 11:26:45
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Jordanian Ambassador to Libya Faouaz al-Aytan was kidnapped Tuesday in Libya's capital, Tripoli, by masked persons [...] Full text...

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Libya: Gunmen kidnap Judge in Tripoli

11 april 2014 - 09:10:36
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Judge Kamel al-Bahri, Deputy Director of Libya's Higher Institute of the judiciary, was kidnapped from his [...] Full text...

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Libya: Judge, four soldiers escape assassination attempts in Benghazi

29 march 2014 - 19:53:23
Benghazi, Libya (PANA) – A Libyan judge and four soldiers on Saturday escaped assassination attempts in separate attacks in Benghazi, [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Journalist's kidnappers demand 10 million Naira

14 march 2014 - 11:33:24
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The gunmen who abducted a radio journalist in Nigeria's oil city of Port Harcourt Thursday have [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Police rescue Pres. Jonathan's kidnapped relation

13 march 2014 - 14:42:22
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigeria police have rescued the kidnapped relation of President Goodluck Jonathan, the online Nigerian newspaper, [...] Full text...

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Libya: Gunmen kidnap newspaper editor in Libya

11 february 2014 - 14:40:55
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Unidentified gunmen on Monday kidnapped Ali Younoss, the Chief Editor of the Libyan newspaper, ''Tripoli'', the [...] Full text...

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Kidnapped French priest released in Cameroon

31 december 2013 - 12:14:53
Yaoundé, Cameroon (PANA) - French priest Georges Vandenbeusch, kidnapped in November in Koza, northern Cameroon, was released Tuesday, the [...] Full text...

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Afro-Arab Summit adopts plan to combat terrorism, human trafficking

20 november 2013 - 23:01:47
Kuwait City, Kuwait (PANA) - African and Arab leaders adopted a wide-ranging plan to fight terrorism and illegal migration into [...] Full text...

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President Hollande condemns kidnapping of Libyan Prime minister

10 october 2013 - 21:03:32
Paris, France (PANA) – French president François Hollande has strongly condemned Thursday's kidnapping in Tripoli of the Libyan Prime minister, [...] Full text...

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No contact yet from abductors of Anglican cleric in Nigeria - Police

10 september 2013 - 09:27:41
Port Harcourt, Nigeria (PANA) - The police in Nigeria's oil rich Rivers state said the abductors of the dean of [...] Full text...

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JTF throws light on how Boko Haram leader, Shekau, died (re-issued)

19 august 2013 - 19:51:22
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Joint Task Force (JTF), under the code name Operation RESTORE ORDER, has thrown some light [...] Full text...

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JTF to Boko Haram members: Lay down arms, embrace dialogue

19 august 2013 - 17:58:08
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Joint Task Force (JTF), under the code name Operation RESTORE ORDER, has appealed to members [...] Full text...

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Gunmen kidnap four Thai nationals in Nigeria

10 august 2013 - 00:24:05
Port Harcourt, Nigeria (PANA) - Gunmen have kidnapped four Thai and two Nigerian staffers of a government-owned fish farm in [...] Full text...

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3 kidnapped National Youth Service Corps members freed in Nigeria

08 july 2013 - 10:32:33
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigeria police have rescued the three members of the country's National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) [...] Full text...

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UN officials condemn recent rapes of young girls in eastern DRC

28 june 2013 - 06:43:52
New York, US (PANA) - Two senior UN officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have condemned the recent [...] Full text...

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Jonathan's mid-term report, anti-gay bill, pirate attacks highlighted in Nigeria

01 june 2013 - 09:17:17
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The mid-term report (2011-2013) on President Goodluck Jonathan's achievements, the passage of the bill prohibiting same-sex [...] Full text...

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'Gunmen kidnap wife, daughter of Nigeria's Supreme Court Justice'

12 may 2013 - 07:36:26
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Gunmen have kidnapped the wife, daughter and driver of Nigeria's Supreme Court Justice Bode Rhodes-Vivour, according [...] Full text...

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Angry doctors down tools in Nigeria after colleague's kidnap

06 may 2013 - 17:25:29
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - As kidnapping for ransom continues unabated in Nigeria, doctors in the country's South-eastern state of Ebonyi [...] Full text...

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Six kidnapped foreign sailors freed in Nigeria

26 february 2013 - 20:45:31
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The six foreign sailors who were abducted by suspected pirates in Bayelsa State, in Nigeria's oil [...] Full text...

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Six foreigners kidnapped in Nigeria

20 february 2013 - 14:14:30
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - For the second time in a week, six foreign workers have been kidnapped from an oil [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's President orders security agencies to locate, free kidnapped expatriates

18 february 2013 - 16:49:53
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan Monday ordered the country's security agencies to ''take all necessary action to [...] Full text...

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'30m naira paid for release of kidnapped Koreans in Nigeria'

04 january 2013 - 11:19:14
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The four South Koreans who were kidnapped in Nigeria last month were released upon the payment [...] Full text...

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Gunmen kidnap 4 foreigners off Nigeria coast

24 december 2012 - 15:52:23
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Gunmen have kidnapped four foreigners after attacking a supply boat off the coast of Bayelsa state [...] Full text...

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National budget, mass failure in WAEC, kidnapping dominate headlines in Nigeria

22 december 2012 - 10:09:27
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The national budget, passed on Thursday by the National Assembly, and the mass failure in the [...] Full text...

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Gunmen kidnap Frenchman in Nigeria

20 december 2012 - 13:32:44
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Some 30 rampaging gunmen bombed a police station and kidnapped a French Engineer, Mr Francis Colump, [...] Full text...

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Money laundering, Bakassi, high-profile kidnapping reported in Nigeria

15 december 2012 - 08:39:09
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The mind-boggling sums of money being laundered by corrupt persons, the recurring problem in the Bakassi [...] Full text...

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Oxfam says Eastern DRC residents forced to fund life-destroying war

20 november 2012 - 10:25:30
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Communities in the eastern DR Congo are being preyed on mercilessly by rebel groups [...] Full text...

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Kenya reinforces security over Mombasa violence, policeman killed

28 august 2012 - 15:29:36
Mombasa, Kenya (PANA) - Violence escalated in Kenya’s coastal city of Mombasa a day after the killing of a controversial [...] Full text...

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Kenyan Muslim cleric killed in Mombasa, shops looted

27 august 2012 - 19:54:21
Mombasa, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya’s top Muslim cleric, Aboud Rogo, was killed on Monday in Mombasa after gunmen trailing him [...] Full text...

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Kidnapped Libya Olympic committee president released

22 july 2012 - 13:15:43
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The president of the Libyan Olympic Committee, Nabil Al-Taher Al-Alam, who was abducted a week ago [...] Full text...

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Abducted Nigerian football star 'rescued' by police

10 june 2012 - 22:47:53
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The police in Nigeria's oil-rich Delta state said on Sunday evening they have rescued kidnapped Nigerian [...] Full text...

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Kenyan police in manhunt for church grenade attacker

04 may 2012 - 14:40:27
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan Police Commissioner Mathew Iteere said on Friday the lone gunman who hurled a grenade at [...] Full text...

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Murder of British, Italian hostages, deportation row dominate front pages in Nigeria

10 march 2012 - 11:14:19
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The killing of two Europeans by their abductors as well as the deportation of 125 Nigerians [...] Full text...

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Prominent Malawi lawyer arrested after intercepting sponsored terrorists

13 february 2012 - 19:41:18
Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Ralph Kasambara, a former Malawi Attorney General and now a leading lawyer in private practice, was [...] Full text...

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Boko Haram menace, Jonathan's "olive branch" dominate front pages in Nigeria

28 january 2012 - 08:00:32
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian media were awash with stories of the renewed bombing of targets by the dreaded [...] Full text...

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AU condemns kidnapping of Europeans inSaharawi region

29 october 2011 - 10:59:39
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The African Union has reiterated its strong condemnation of the kidnapping of three European aid workers [...] Full text...

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Gunmen attack ExxonMobil vessel in Nigeria, kidnap one

18 october 2011 - 13:45:52
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Gunmen numbering about 16 have attacked an ExxonMobil supply ship in Nigeria and abducted the captain, [...] Full text...

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Nigerian security agents free kidnapped Filipino, 5 Nigerians

29 september 2011 - 18:38:11
Port Harcourt, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigerian security officials Thursday rescued a Filipino and five Nigerians from kidnappers in the early [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe police charge, remand women rights leaders

24 september 2011 - 17:31:53
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Zimbabwean authorities Friday pressed charges against Jenni Williams and Magodonga Mahlangu, leaders of the pressure group, [...] Full text...

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Nigerian military beefs up troops in two northern states over violence

22 september 2011 - 15:01:45
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - In an effort to restore peace and security in Nigeria's north central Plateau State and to [...] Full text...

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UN forum calls for greater protection for journalists

13 september 2011 - 20:27:58
New York, US (PANA) - An inter-agency forum on the safety of journalists hosted by the Paris-based UN Educational, Scientific [...] Full text...

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Bombing of UN building, battle for Tripoli dominate front pages in Nigeria

27 august 2011 - 04:21:37
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Friday's bombing of the imposing United Nations (UN) building in Abuja and the battle of Tripoli [...] Full text...

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Nigerian army angered by soldiers' involvement in kidnap of Mikel Obi's father

23 august 2011 - 18:51:38
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Angered by the involvement of soldiers in the kidnapping of football star John Mikel Obi's father, [...] Full text...

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Italian aid worker kidnapped in Darfur

15 august 2011 - 20:06:44
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Unidentified gunmen have kidnapped an Italian aid worker in the troubled Sudanese region of Darfur, the [...] Full text...

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Gunmen kidnap mother of Nigeria's ruling party chief

15 june 2011 - 09:09:18
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Gunmen have abducted the mother of the National Legal Adviser of Nigeria's ruling Peoples Democratic Party [...] Full text...

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Youths hijack oil firm's bus to protest community neglect in Nigeria

10 june 2011 - 13:07:39
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Angry youths from an oil-rich but impoverished community in Akwa Ibom state, in Nigeria's oil producing [...] Full text...

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Gunmen kidnap 5 NYSC members in Nigeria

09 june 2011 - 17:30:10
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Gunmen have kidnapped five members of Nigeria's National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), the compulsory one-year service [...] Full text...

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Two expatriates kidnapped in Nigeria (Corrected)

13 may 2011 - 18:38:01
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Two expatriates, working for a construction firm in Birni Kebbi, capital of Nigeria's northern Kebbi state, [...] Full text...

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Two expatriates kdnapped in Nigeria

13 may 2011 - 18:01:39
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Two expatriates, working for a construction firm in Birni Kebbi, capital of Nigeria's northern Kebbi state, [...] Full text...

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Togo police foil kidnap attempt on Swiss MP

23 february 2011 - 14:14:32
Lome, Togo (PANA) - A Swiss MP, Gabriel Poncet, lured into Togo before being kidnapped, was saved by Togolese Gendarmerie, [...] Full text...

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Nigerian man, with 86 wives, raises alarm over threat to his life

10 february 2011 - 09:25:43
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A few days after threatening a court action over the non-registration of his 86 wives and [...] Full text...

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Albinos demand security in eastern DRC

17 january 2011 - 22:31:35
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) – Albinos in eastern DR Congo have appealed to the authorities for security, which has been [...] Full text...

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ACHPR concerned over human rights violations in Cote d'Ivoire

24 december 2010 - 17:02:46
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Pan-African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) has expressed concern about the massive human [...] Full text...

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UN Security Council sets up new body to support Burundi

16 december 2010 - 19:47:32
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Security Council on Thursday set up a new office to support peace efforts [...] Full text...

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Respite looms for Nigerian state as kidnap kingpin is killed

13 december 2010 - 08:30:59
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's South-eastern state of Abia, which has become the epicentre of the kidnapping saga sweeping across [...] Full text...

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Nigeria media filled with stories on security breaches at Nigeria@50

02 october 2010 - 08:29:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Two bomb blasts, one of them planted in a car, near the Eagles Square, Abuja, venue [...] Full text...

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15 kidnapped school children freed in Nigeria

01 october 2010 - 09:04:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The 15 school children who were kidnapped by unknown gun men in Aba, in Nigeria's South-eastern [...] Full text...

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Danger signals ahead of Nigeria's 2011 general elections

12 september 2010 - 12:47:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The evolving spat between the camps of two presidential aspirants ahead of Nigeria's general elections next [...] Full text...

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Kidnapping, support for Jonathan presidency dominate front pages in Nigeria

17 july 2010 - 12:19:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The latest spate of kidnappings in the country and suppo rt from an unlikely quarter for [...] Full text...

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Mother of ex-NFF President Sani Lulu kidnapped

13 july 2010 - 07:34:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The mother of the immediate past President of the Nigeri a Football Federation (NFF), Sani Lulu [...] Full text...

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Nigeria bans sale of unregistered sim cards

25 june 2010 - 08:35:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's federal government has banned the sale of unre gistered Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) cards without [...] Full text...

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Britian to help W/Africa check online scams

06 june 2010 - 15:19:00
New York- US (PANA) -- Britain is sending detectives to West Africa to help thwar t organised gangs that use [...] Full text...

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Rogue driver kills 9 in Nigeria

26 may 2010 - 08:37:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- A suspected kidnapper rammed the Sport Utility Vehicle he was driving into a make-shift canteen, killing [...] Full text...

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Gunmen kidnap 2 Germans in Nigeria

19 april 2010 - 08:48:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Gunmen have kidnapped two male German citizens in Nigeri a's South-east Abia state, the local press [...] Full text...

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French couple escapes kidnap attempt in Nouakchott

08 april 2010 - 22:24:00
Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA)- â" A French couple on Wednesday night escaped a k idnap attempt by two unknown armed men [...] Full text...

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Top Nigerian Football official condemns kidnap of SuperSports journalists

02 march 2010 - 17:45:00
Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- Chairman of Nigeria Premier League, Chief Oyuki Obaseki, has condemned the kidnap of SuperSports journslists in [...] Full text...

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US terror list: Nigeria needs assistance, not sanctions, says opposition

05 january 2010 - 15:04:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's most vocal opposition party, the Action Congre ss (AC), reacting to the inclusion of the [...] Full text...

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US terror bombing: Nigeria VP says tough time awaits Nigerians

27 december 2009 - 17:56:00
Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's Vice President Goodluck Jonathan said Sunday t he arrest of a Nigerian over alleged terrorist [...] Full text...

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Nigeria opposition snipes at ruling party over kidnap saga

01 november 2009 - 14:31:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's opposition Action Congress (AC) has accused the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of overheating the [...] Full text...

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Nigerian police kill 3 kidnappers, rescue 2 victims

28 september 2009 - 11:09:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- After nearly 45 minutes of a hot exchange of fire along the Port Harcourt-Aba expressway, in [...] Full text...

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Gani's burial, kidnap attempt on 2 ministers capture Nigerian media headlines

19 september 2009 - 11:06:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The burial of Nigeria's most celebrated human rights law yer, Gani Fawehinmi, and the kidnap attempt [...] Full text...

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Gani's burial, kidnap attempt on 2 ministers capture Nigerian media headlines

19 september 2009 - 11:06:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The burial of Nigeria's most celebrated human rights law yer, Gani Fawehinmi, and the kidnap attempt [...] Full text...

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Kidnappers of Nigerian actor demand 10m naira, actors protest

18 august 2009 - 09:07:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The unknown gunmen who kidnapped one of Nigeria's top actors, Pete Edochie, Sunday have demanded a [...] Full text...

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US expresses concern about fate of Guinean journalist

06 june 2009 - 13:25:00
Conakry- Guinea (PANA) -- The United States has expressed concern about the fate of Moise Sidibé, a Guinean journalist detained [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's Rivers state to jail kidnappers for life

09 may 2009 - 14:21:00
Lagos- 9 May -- Governor Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers state in Nigeria's oil-producing Niger Delta region has signed into law [...] Full text...

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Gunmen kidnap brother of Nigerian airline owner

29 april 2009 - 09:05:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Gunmen numbering seven have kidnapped the elder brother of Sir Joseph Arumeni-Johnson, who owns Nigeria's fastest [...] Full text...

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Nigeria police arrest four over kidnapping of 2 Spaniards

31 march 2009 - 21:31:00
Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- The Nigerian Police have arrested four men for allegedly kidnapping two Spaniards, Jose Bufi Perez and [...] Full text...

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Lebanese construction worker kidnapped in Nigeria

05 march 2009 - 18:00:00
Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- Unknown gunmen have kidnapped a Lebanese in Sabagria, Ko loguma/Opokuma council area of Bayelsa state, the [...] Full text...

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Gunmen kidnap ex-commissioner in Nigeria

16 february 2009 - 07:33:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Unknown gunmen have abducted a former Commissioner for Justice and Attorney General of Rivers state in [...] Full text...

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UN report says children exploited in Central Africa

12 february 2009 - 11:24:00
New York- US (PANA) -- A new UN report has said children in Central African Republic (CAR) have been ``consistently'' [...] Full text...

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Militants kidnap pastor in Nigeria

11 february 2009 - 20:15:00
Port Harcourt- Nigeria (PANA) -- A church pastor has been kidnapped by unknown gunmen in Nigeria's main oil city of [...] Full text...

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Gunmen kidnap ex-minister's wife, electoral commissioner

04 february 2009 - 12:08:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Unknown gunmen have abducted the wife of former Nigeria petroleum resources minister Edmund Dakoru and a [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwean opposition officials nabbed for obstructing police probe

15 january 2009 - 12:32:00
Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- Two Zimbabwean opposition officials appeared in court Thursday, accused of obstructing a police investigation into an [...] Full text...

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