DR Congo becomes seventh member of East African Community
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Arusha, Tanzania (PANA) - The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has finally become a member of the East African Community [...] Full text...
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Titanium mining firm attacks poverty in Kenya’s coastal region (By Kennedy Abwao, PANA correspondent)
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CODESRIA marks 40th anniversary with seminar
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3 African countries banned from AU summit
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Dlamini-Zuma assumes office as first woman AUC Chairperson
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Congolese EC chairman rejects calls to resign
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Kenyan parliament endorses new anti-graft chief
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Congolese actor Dieudonnné Kabongo dies on stage
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Patrice Lumumba’s family lodges complaint against Belgium
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Nzola announces candidature for DRC presidential election
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DRC nationals Brussels march to commemorate Lumumba's assassination
17 january 2011 - 21:05:13Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – Hundreds of nationals from DR Congo on Sunday attended a march in Brussels to demand the [...] Full text...
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DRC pays tribute Lumumba and Kabila
15 january 2010 - 21:37:00Kinshasa- DR Congo (PANA) -- The Congolese people will this weekend honour two of the country's heroes, Patrice Emery Lumumba [...] Full text...
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G77 + China urge US to join the Kyoto Protocol
09 december 2009 - 14:11:00Copenhagen- Denmark (PANA) -- As the climate change negotiations become intense h ere, the G77 nations and China on Wednesday [...] Full text...
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G77, China accuse rich nations of discarding Kyoto Protocol
08 october 2009 - 09:32:00Bangkok- Thailand (PANA) -- As the two-week long United Nations climate talks in Bangkok, Thailand, draws to a conclusion, the [...] Full text...
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Senegalese national theatre pays tribute to Patrice Lumumba
14 july 2009 - 00:25:00Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The Senegal's national theatre, “Daniel Sorano”, on Sund ay evening staged a brilliant performance ”A season [...] Full text...
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Poems published in tribute to African heroes
14 may 2009 - 15:15:00Paris- France (PANA) -- A collection of poems, entitled “L'éloge de lévidence”, h as just been published in Paris, France, [...] Full text...
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Kenyans angry over Kibaki’s soft approach to island dispute
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Media watch group protests closure of DRC radio stations
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Great Lakes Region seeks to wipe out Congo militias
01 february 2009 - 13:33:00Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The next phase of the Democratic Republic of Congo peace process will focus on mopping [...] Full text...
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Kadhafi visits memorial of AU founders in Bamako
05 january 2009 - 08:04:00Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- Libyan leader Mouammar Kadhafi has visited the site of the memorial built in the Malian capital, [...] Full text...
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