African cities strive to make roads less perilous for pedestrians and cyclists: UNEP Feature Article

12 november 2024 - 07:10:38
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) -  For Patience Ataliba, who lives in the Ugandan capital of Kampala, commuting was once a harrowing [...] Full text...

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Top UN aid official deplores latest wave of Russian attacks across Ukraine

26 august 2024 - 17:14:04
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Ukraine has condemned deadly Russian missile and drone strikes that began [...] Full text...

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Cape Town hosts word's largest time cycle race

10 march 2024 - 10:59:40
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's Kent Main on Sunday won the men's Cape Town Cycle Tour, crossing [...] Full text...

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South African music legend Zahara dead at 35

12 december 2023 - 08:14:46
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Multi-award winning South African musician Zahara has died after a long illness. She was [...] Full text...

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South African music legend fighting for her life

11 december 2023 - 11:16:55
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Singer Zahara is currently unresponsive and fighting for her life in a Johannesburg hospital. Sources close [...] Full text...

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Mauritius to introduce cycling network project

28 march 2023 - 10:14:56
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius will introduce soon a Cycling Network Project, aimed at promoting cycling as an ecological mode [...] Full text...

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Motor accident in Ghana claims 22 lives

06 march 2023 - 19:58:42
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - A fatal motor acciddent Sunday claimed 22 lives in Ghana on the Kintampo-Yendi Highway between Babatokuma [...] Full text...

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Abidjan launches Metro project

20 december 2022 - 13:36:00
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The French Minister of Economy, Finance and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty, Bruno Le Maire, on [...] Full text...

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Mauritius records 91 fatalities due to road traffic crashes

22 november 2022 - 07:40:00
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - There has been around 91 fatalities due to road traffic crashes in Mauritius, since the beginning of the year, down [...] Full text...

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Mauritius distributes one cent coins with effigy of Queen Elizabeth II to Metro passengers

20 september 2022 - 09:27:45
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - One cent coins with the effigy of Queen Elizabeth II was distributed to passengers on Monday [...] Full text...

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EBRD boosts youth skills for maintenance of rolling stock in Egypt

12 august 2022 - 17:52:44
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has teamed up with Hyundai Rotem to enhance [...] Full text...

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Mauritius launches its first electric bus

04 february 2022 - 08:27:44
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth on Thursday launched the first electric bus of the National [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Mauritius records 97 positive cases

23 november 2021 - 07:00:22
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities announced on Tuesday that they detected 97 COVID-19 cases on Monday, bringing to [...] Full text...

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EBRD boosts youth participation in Egyptian economy

12 october 2021 - 13:39:24
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is increasing economic opportunities in Egypt by collaborating [...] Full text...

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Liverpool Loses Its UNESCO World Heritage Status

21 july 2021 - 19:10:10
London, England (PANA) - Liverpool suffered the rare indignity on Wednesday of being removed from the list of UNESCO World [...] Full text...

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Africa Road Builders: Buhari wins 2021 Super Builder Award - Babacar Ndiaye Trophy

29 may 2021 - 07:28:47
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, has been named winner of the 2021 Great Builder Super Prize, [...] Full text...

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EBRD Green Cities welcomes Egypt’s 6th of October City to its programme

22 april 2021 - 13:16:05
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Egypt is signing up to a vision of green and sustainable cities. Under the guidance of [...] Full text...

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Mauritius gets $ 30 million from India to build New Supreme Court complex

01 august 2020 - 08:40:00
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – India has donated US$ 30 million to Mauritius towards the funding of a 4,770 m2 building [...] Full text...

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Egyptian president, Al-Sisi, wins the Babacar Ndiaye Great Road Builder Award

14 july 2020 - 14:29:05
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Egyptian president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi was awarded the Babacar Ndiaye Great Road Builder Award, a [...] Full text...

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2026 FIFA World Cup: Washington DC launches bid to host some matches

01 july 2020 - 12:42:48
Washington DC, US (PANA) - Although it is still six years away, Washington, D.C. is making a push to bring [...] Full text...

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Mauritius sees 0.3% higher trade deficit this year

04 june 2020 - 09:51:48
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Statistics Mauritius said on Thursday that based on trends and information from various sources, it sees [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Mauritius gradually opens economy after 14 days without a new case

11 may 2020 - 08:15:53
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The spokesperson of the Mauritian National Communication Committee on COVID-19, Dr Zouberr Joomaye, on Sunday said the government [...] Full text...

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Mauritius to introduce Covid-19 bill to provide legal impetus to post-lockdown measures

02 may 2020 - 10:24:38
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Attorney General and Agro-Industry and Food Security Minister Maneesh Gobin said here Friday a Covid-19 [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: First death recorded in Mauritius

21 march 2020 - 08:29:19
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Health and Wellness Minister of Mauritius, Dr Kailesh Jagutpaul, on Saturday confirmed the death of [...] Full text...

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Tunisian Health minister concerned with possible increase in cases of coronavirus in Tunisia

12 march 2020 - 21:52:05
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – The Tunisian minister of Health, Abdelatif Mekki, has expressed deep concern with the possible increase in [...] Full text...

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More than 30 perish in gory road crash in Ghana

09 march 2020 - 15:07:51
Accra, Ghana (PANA)  -  A ghastly road crash in Ghana involving a metro mass bus and a sprinter mini bus [...] Full text...

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Motorcyclist crashed at Mauritius tramway/road junction

24 february 2020 - 13:42:18
Beau-Bassin, Mauritius (PANA) – A 28-year-old motorcyclist was killed instantly at a  tramway junction as he ignored the red light [...] Full text...

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Metro Express train service kicks off in Mauritius

10 january 2020 - 15:58:38
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius first Metro Express train started  commercial service on Friday plying the Rose Hill-Port Louis [...] Full text...

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Last Belgian woman to run a shop in African district in Brussels bows out

01 january 2020 - 08:21:02
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The last Belgian woman to operate a shop in the gallery of Ixelles, in Matonge, the [...] Full text...

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Mauritius entering new cycle of development, says Minister

10 october 2019 - 17:40:31
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International Trade, Mr Nandcoomar Bodha, on Thursday [...] Full text...

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'We told her to resign,' close associates to sacked Zimbabwe Tourism minister say

09 august 2019 - 18:51:58
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Close associates of fired Environment, Tourism and Hospitality Industry minister, Prisca Mupfumira, told PANA here that [...] Full text...

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Libya planning to build 10 billion-euro subway - Minister

05 august 2019 - 10:14:04
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya is planning to build a 10 billion-euro subway, the Minister of Economy and Industry of [...] Full text...

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US Embassy in Gambia alerts citizens amid protests

24 july 2019 - 18:30:54
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The US embassy in Banjul has issued a travel alert to its citizens following the public [...] Full text...

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First Light Rail Vehicles arrives in Mauritius

04 july 2019 - 15:19:38
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth, on Thursday said that the arrival of the very first Light [...] Full text...

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Traffic congestion prevails in Botswana despite roads infrastructure developments (Feature by Meekaeel Siphambili, PANA correspondent)

07 may 2019 - 12:10:45
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana’s road networks have come of age since the early 1970s when the country had only [...] Full text...

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Belgian economic mission visits Morocco

26 november 2018 - 15:56:26
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - A major Belgian economic mission, led by Foreign Minister Didier Reynders, arrived on Sunday in Morocco, [...] Full text...

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Rights group says Egypt under president al-Sisi is an 'open-air prison'

20 september 2018 - 06:22:37
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The crackdown on freedom of expression under Egyptian President Abdelfattah al-Sisi has reached alarming new levels [...] Full text...

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South Africa hard-hitting court ruling over Xhosa initiation film

29 june 2018 - 10:27:08
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – There has been widespread reaction to Thursday’s North Gauteng High Court ruling which found [...] Full text...

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South Africa's Xhosa initiation film hits a nerve

22 february 2018 - 08:44:34
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The producers of a film about a Xhosa initiation ceremony, which has hit a [...] Full text...

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Egypt: Egypt to launch bicycle-sharing system

25 july 2017 - 14:06:19
Cairo, Eghypt (PANA) - In an attempt to encourage cycling culture in Egypt, Cairo’s Governor, Atef Abdel Hamid, has signed [...] Full text...

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Botswana: Mobile network operator continues to support artiste in Botswana

13 march 2017 - 09:06:29
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) – Botswana’s most successful musician, Vee Mampeezy, has inked a deal with the country’s mobile operator, Orange [...] Full text...

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South Africa: MTN records massive loss following Nigerian fine

02 march 2017 - 11:37:29
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Mobile phone giant MTN on Thursday announced it recorded a massive US$108 million annual [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Pretoria tense as South Africans and foreigners clash with police

24 february 2017 - 13:12:14
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The situation remains tense in Pretoria, South Africa's capital, where locals have clashed with [...] Full text...

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Mauritius: PM says Mauritian economy threatened by resurgence of protectionism

14 february 2017 - 14:12:19
Ebene, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Prime Minister, Pravind Jugnauth, on Monday night told private sector operators that there is [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Glittering line-up for Africa's biggest jazz festival

26 january 2017 - 14:13:10
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Organisers of Africa’s biggest jazz festival on Thursday announced several new artists who will [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Opposition makes significant gains in local govt. elections

04 august 2016 - 13:55:31
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Vote counting in South Africa’s fiercely contested local government elections is underway with early [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: China trip yields over US$ 6 billion foreign investments for Nigeria, says Buhari

16 april 2016 - 10:00:11
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday expressed satisfaction that his just-concluded one-week official trip to China [...] Full text...

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Ghana: President Mahama condemns Brussels attacks

22 march 2016 - 17:29:58
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama has joined world leaders in condemning Tuesday's terrorist attacks in Brussels [...] Full text...

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Belgium: EU president reacts to terrorist attacks in Brussels

22 march 2016 - 11:15:41
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - European Union (EY) President Donald Tusk said on Tuesday the EU will fulfill its role to [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Gory road accident, President’s Iran visit reported in Ghana

20 february 2016 - 06:36:41
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – A gory accident on Wednesday night that claimed the lives of 61 passengers, President John Dramani [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Police say 61 passengers died in bus crash

18 february 2016 - 18:35:03
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The police in Ghana say the death toll in Wednesday's road accident in the north of [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Death toll in Ghana road accident goes up to 71

18 february 2016 - 15:59:31
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The death toll in the road accident in northern Ghana on Wednesday night has risen to [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Death toll in Ghana road crash rises to 53

18 february 2016 - 10:38:54
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The death toll in the road accident in northern Ghana on Wednesday night has risen to [...] Full text...

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Ghana: At least 45 passengers perish to Ghana road accident

18 february 2016 - 06:51:47
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - At least 45 passengers are feared dead when a bus collided with a truck on Wednesday [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Energy issues, politics, messy branding of buses reported in Ghana

26 december 2015 - 05:40:59
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The media in Ghana this week reported on energy issues, as the self-imposed deadline of 31 [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Transport minister resigns over cost of branding intra-city buses

24 december 2015 - 05:29:12
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's Minister of Transport, Dzifa Aku Attivor, has resigned following public outcry over the the cost [...] Full text...

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Senegal: MFWA says four media outlets fined in Sierra Leone

05 june 2015 - 15:56:46
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has said that Sierra Leone's media regulatory body, the [...] Full text...

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South Africa: SA rocked by FIFA corruption scandal

28 may 2015 - 10:21:38
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South African football has been thrown into turmoil amid allegations that local officials paid [...] Full text...

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Senegal: Sierra Leonean authorities fine six media houses

11 march 2015 - 16:32:05
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) on Wednesday said that Sierra Leone’s media regulatory body, [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Family squabbles mar Mandela's legacy (Feature by Craig Urquhart, PANA Correspondent)

17 january 2015 - 06:00:42
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – More than a year after global statesman Nelson Mandela was laid to rest in [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Opposition romps to victory in national by-elections

14 august 2014 - 09:31:23
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa’s official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) swept to victory in 17 of the [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Johannesburg township rocked by election-related protests

10 may 2014 - 06:22:30
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) –Tensions are sky-high in Johannesburg’s Alexandra township following a night of carnage as election-related protests [...] Full text...

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WHO, partners reach survivors of typhoon Haiyan in Philippines

15 november 2013 - 15:25:41
Manila, Philippines (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) says it is working with the government of the Philippines and [...] Full text...

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Apartheid-era bomber nominated for senior police position in SA

13 november 2013 - 12:04:33
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The South African Cabinet has sparked a national outcry by recommending that former Ekurhuleni [...] Full text...

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Abuja killings, lingering ASUU strike, the nation at 53 highlighted in Nigeria

28 september 2013 - 09:25:56
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The killing, on 20 September in Abuja, of young men purported to be members of the [...] Full text...

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MFWA condemns attack on two Ghanaian journalists

08 may 2013 - 18:46:19
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Accra-based sub-regional rights body, the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), Wednesday strongly condemned the [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian breaks course record at Metro Group Marathon Duesseldorf

28 april 2013 - 16:19:38
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Ethiopian runners won the men's and women's titles at Sunday's METRO GROUP Marathon Duesseldorf in Germany. According [...] Full text...

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Ghana journalists protest attacks by opposition party supporters

13 december 2012 - 12:35:34
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has strongly condemned the attacks on its members by unruly supporters [...] Full text...

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SA's firebrand youth leader, Malema, accused of incitement

13 september 2012 - 08:14:13
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa's Trade Union Solidarity has accused the country's firebrand youth leader Julius Malema [...] Full text...

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BREAKING NEWS: Many feared dead in Nigeria fuel tanker accident

18 february 2012 - 10:32:17
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Many people are feared dead with about 32 vehicles burnt in an accident involving an fuel [...] Full text...

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SA announces squad for Mandela Challenge

03 november 2011 - 10:47:45
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa head coach Pitso Mosimane Thursday announced a 28-man squad to face Cote [...] Full text...

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Africans dominate Duesseldorf Marathon

08 may 2011 - 18:56:28
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nahashon Kimaiyo of Kenya and Merima Mohammed of Ethiopia have emerged winners of Sunday's METRO Group [...] Full text...

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Africans, German debutant are favourites at METRO Group Marathon in Duesseldorf

06 may 2011 - 17:24:37
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Strong Africans, European hopes plus a much anticipated debut by Germany’s Jan Fitschen – are the [...] Full text...

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Africans favoured to win Germany marathon

26 april 2011 - 09:55:33
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Three Africans, two in the men's race and one in the women's event, are among the [...] Full text...

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CPJ condemns post-election violence against six journalists in Uganda

25 february 2011 - 14:53:50
New York, US (PANA) - The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on the Ugandan police to conduct a [...] Full text...

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40 die as heavy rains lash South Africa

18 january 2011 - 10:19:22
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - About 40 people have lost their lives while 6,000 others have been displaced as [...] Full text...

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Ghana vice president urges journalists to be credible, accurate

22 august 2010 - 08:31:00
Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- Ghana's vice president John Dramani Mahama, on Saturday ni ght urged journalists to be credible and [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia, Malawi invited to G-20 summit in Canada

10 may 2010 - 16:21:00
New Yok- US (PANA) -- The leaders of Ethiopia and Malawi have been invited to attend the Group of 20 [...] Full text...

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Ghana to hold trial census in November

04 october 2009 - 08:05:00
Accra- Ghana (PANA) â" Ghana will hold a trial cen-sus on 8 November to precede the 2010 Population and Housing [...] Full text...

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13 firms bid for Nigerian govt shares in telecoms firm

02 september 2009 - 07:17:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Thirteen telecommunications firms have indicated their i nterest in acquiring the Nigerian government shares in the [...] Full text...

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Havoc from rain, death of Micheal Jackson dominate Ghana media

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

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Nigeria business group tasks minister on reviving industries

20 april 2009 - 08:21:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Indust ry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA)has asked the country's [...] Full text...

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