Nigeria receives $52.88 million forfeited fund, signs agreement with U.S. on asset return

10 january 2025 - 17:28:46
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria has received a total of $52.88 million arising from the forfeiture of the Galactica assets [...] Full text...

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Egypt’s cane sugar production drops

23 august 2024 - 07:14:37
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Egypt’s sugar production in marketing year 2024/25 (October to September) is forecast to reach 2.6 million [...] Full text...

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Eswatini looks forward to increased sugar exports from improved cane production

18 april 2024 - 13:07:24
Mbabane, Eswatini (PANA) – Eswatini’s sugar production in marketing year (MY) 2024/25 is forecast to rise on improved cane deliveries [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: Rights group says Israel using starvation as weapon of war in Gaza

18 december 2023 - 07:21:56
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) – The Israeli government is using starvation of civilians as a method of warfare in the occupied Gaza [...] Full text...

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AfDB Group commits $87 million to prop cereal production in Tunisia

21 july 2023 - 13:59:36
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia will receive an $87.1 million loan from the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group to scale [...] Full text...

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World Bank board approves additional us$ 4.5 financing grant to strengthen essential health services in the Gambia

14 july 2023 - 16:48:19
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The World Bank Board has approved $4.5 million in additional financing from the International Development Association [...] Full text...

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World Bank Board approves additional grant to essential health services in The Gambia

14 july 2023 - 06:14:21
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The World Bank Board on Thursday approved $4.5 million additional financing from the International Development Association [...] Full text...

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President of Transition in Mali calls on Malians to vote yes in constitutional referendum

13 june 2023 - 16:20:27
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The President of the Transition in Mali, Colonel Assimi Goïta, has invited his compatriots to go [...] Full text...

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Former Ghana President Mahama wins landslide victory to lead main opposition party in 2024 elections

14 may 2023 - 10:52:06
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Former Ghana President John Dramani Mahama was on Sunday declared the winner of Saturday's primaries of [...] Full text...

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High crop prices prompt Kenya farmers to increase maize, wheat production

23 march 2023 - 11:28:19
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenya expects a rise in maize and wheat production in marketing year (MY) 2023/24 to 3.18 [...] Full text...

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Top UN official in Libya faces complicated road to organise electons with differeces in Security Council

17 november 2022 - 17:41:20
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The task of the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Libya, Abdoulaye Bathily, to hold [...] Full text...

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US opposes idea of forming new government in Libya; calls for elections

16 november 2022 - 11:26:23
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - US Representative to the United Nations, Richard M. Mills, on Tuesday called on Libyan leaders to [...] Full text...

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US says former senior officials of Gaddafi regime must be brought to justice

10 november 2022 - 11:34:05
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The US delegate to the UN Security Council, Richard M. Mills JR., has said senior officials [...] Full text...

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More than 63,000 false registration numbers found in Libya, says Prosecutor General

17 august 2022 - 19:56:36
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 63,986 fake national registration numbers were discovered in Libya by commissions of the [...] Full text...

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World Bank approves $135 million for Gambia's health sector

16 june 2022 - 12:59:06
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The World Bank has approved $135 million for the improvement and management of The Gambian health [...] Full text...

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Libyan minister calls for food security strategy

12 may 2022 - 10:47:59
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Minister of Economy and Trade of the Government of National Unity (GNU), Mohamed al-Haweij, [...] Full text...

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Libyan Oil Minister discusses with Russian counterpart activation of agreements between the two countries

22 february 2022 - 16:18:19
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan minister of Oil and Gas in the National Unity Government, Mohamed Aoun, discussed with [...] Full text...

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Gambia secures World Bank funds to improve health care

21 november 2021 - 15:32:52
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The World Bank Board has approved $50 million financing from the International Development Association (IDA) to [...] Full text...

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Libyan president, Trade Minister discuss plans to revive Libyan economy

29 august 2021 - 18:52:29
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed Al-Manfi, and the Minister of Economy and Trade [...] Full text...

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Civil unrest turns South Africa’s food and agricultural sector upside down

21 july 2021 - 13:51:32
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - While specific costs and implications of the recent South African civil unrest to the food [...] Full text...

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Nigeria struggles to attain self-sufficiency in sugar production

11 may 2021 - 10:41:32
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria’s sugar industry is facing serious challenges despite efforts by the government to create self-sufficiency in [...] Full text...

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Improved agronomic practices, favourable weather raise Kenya’s sugar output

07 may 2021 - 06:37:21
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya’s sugar production is expected to increase in marketing year 2021/22 due to good weather, better [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Gambia secures more funds for vaccines

18 april 2021 - 11:03:55
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambia has secured financing for its COVID-19 Vaccine Preparedness and Response Project to strengthen immunisation [...] Full text...

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Kenya plans to empower youth into light manufacturing proceeding

12 november 2020 - 22:56:53
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – President Uhuru Kenyatta has said his administration has been working to empower the youth to become [...] Full text...

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Kenyan textile industry growth stifled by ageing technology, imports, warns British Council

23 september 2020 - 22:09:49
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The biggest constraint to the growth of the fashion industry in Kenya is the importation of [...] Full text...

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'Let's cooperate and invite everyone to fight for climate action', says UN Chief

05 july 2020 - 07:57:29
New York, US (PANA) - "The COVID-19 pandemic and climate emergency have both revealed the fragility of our societies and [...] Full text...

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America’s steadfast support for Gambian democracy unshakable - envoy

02 july 2020 - 18:13:55
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The United States ambassador to The Gambia, Carl Paschall, Thursday pledged his country’s steadfast support for [...] Full text...

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India moves to increase bilateral trade with Kenya

22 february 2020 - 13:17:13
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – India plans to build a stronger bilateral partnership with Kenya through the promotion of trade and [...] Full text...

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Morocco loses bid to curb Turkish steel imports

08 january 2020 - 23:43:07
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Morocco will be expected to allow the importation of hot-rolled steel products from Turkey after its [...] Full text...

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Senegal: Sonacos finally starts collecting peanuts in the south of the country

05 january 2020 - 12:18:05
Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA)  -  The first truckloads of peanuts have begun arriving at the Intermediate Reception Centre (CRI) in Kolda, [...] Full text...

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Rights group says four European dev't banks linked to palm oil abuses in DRC

25 november 2019 - 11:32:06
London, UK (PANA) – Four European development banks are financing a palm oil company in the Democratic Republic of Coengo (DRC) that [...] Full text...

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Senegal: DER to finance production of river rice on more than 10,000 ha in the south

20 august 2019 - 22:48:36
Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA)   -   The Delegation for Rapid Entrepreneurship (DER) of President Macky Sall's government will finance rain-fed rice production [...] Full text...

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Another notch for Botswana’s coal mining industry

27 july 2019 - 12:40:41
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana is poised to be the supplier of choice to coal consumers across southern Africa in [...] Full text...

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AfDB Board approves recommendations of the first monitoring report on Modern Mills of Mali

13 july 2019 - 07:53:25
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has approved recommendations of the [...] Full text...

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Côte d'Ivoire releases list of nominees for African Banker 2019 trophies

13 may 2019 - 19:23:45
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) – The list of banking and financial institutions for the African Banker Trophies, at the 13th [...] Full text...

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Ghana's main opposition stre-elects former leader as candidate for 2020 vote

24 february 2019 - 08:27:08
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) overwhelmingly reelected former president John Dramanai Mahama as its [...] Full text...

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Burkinabe firm gets 65 million euros for cotton production

24 january 2019 - 19:18:18
Paris, France (PANA) - The Burkinabe Textile Fibre Company (Sofitex), on Thursday signed an agreement with a consortium of international [...] Full text...

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Africa agribusiness projected to reach US$1 trillion business by 2030

10 november 2018 - 10:58:40
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - As project sponsors, borrowers, lenders and investors gathered at the Africa Investment Forum (AIF) in [...] Full text...

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First time in 10 years Madagascar eyes above 5 percent growth in 2018

27 september 2018 - 11:22:32
Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) – Driven by a rebound in agricultural production as well as increased public investment, Madagascar’s economic growth [...] Full text...

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Mauritius set to invest in Tanzania’s sugar industry

15 august 2018 - 10:19:43
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – A Mauritian government mission is visiting Tanzania to complete investment procedures for sugar production, [...] Full text...

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Ghana's former vice president Amissah-Arthur dies

29 june 2018 - 07:36:33
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's former Vice President, Kwesi Amissah-Arthur is dead, the local media reported on Friday. Accra-based Citi FM [...] Full text...

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Former Ghana president Mahama poised to stage comeback in 2020

20 may 2018 - 14:51:54
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's former president John Dramani Mahama, has dropped the clearest hint yet that he will contest [...] Full text...

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FAO offers advice on management of solar-powered irrigation systems

12 april 2018 - 11:38:19
Rome, Italy (PANA) - Solar powered irrigation systems are now an affordable and climate-friendly technology for both large and small-scale [...] Full text...

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IMF staff review progress of Madagascar’s economic programme

28 march 2018 - 20:43:52
Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) – Despite the effects of a major cyclone early this year and drought on agriculture and hydro [...] Full text...

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Ghana president names Special Prosecutor to fight corruption

11 january 2018 - 19:46:05
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Thursday nominated Mr. Martin Alamisi Amidu, a former Attorney-General [...] Full text...

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Madagascar: Prudent fiscal policy helps Madagascar keep rein on inflation

22 september 2017 - 07:10:16
Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) – Prudent monetary policy has enabled Madagascar to contain inflation which ticked up earlier this year due [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Opposition party marches to honour Nkrumah as Ghana's Founder

21 september 2017 - 12:24:34
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Supporters of Ghana's main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) on Thursday held a march in the [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Ghana marks Nkrumah's birthday, but gov't says he's not the sole Founder of the country

21 september 2017 - 08:23:47
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The West African Ghana is on Thursday celebrating the 108th birthday of its first president and [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Storm at Electoral Commission, late President Mills’ anniversary reported in Ghana

29 july 2017 - 06:45:27
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The explosive disagreements among the top management personnel of the Electoral Commission (EC) and the fifth [...] Full text...

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Ghana: ‘Bugging’ of minister’s office highlighted by media

15 july 2017 - 05:41:49
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The twists and turns in the story of the "bugging" of the office of the Minister [...] Full text...

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Madagascar: IMF says public investment props up Madagascar's growth

23 march 2017 - 17:52:22
Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) - Though the impact of a drought in the central plateau and the cyclone that hit the [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Unprecedented number of ministers dominates Ghanaian media

18 march 2017 - 08:40:22
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The large number of ministers submitted to Parliament for approval by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo [...] 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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Ghana: Former Ghana President Mahama will not contest 2020 election - Family

10 january 2017 - 09:40:33
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Former president John Dramani Mahama will not contest for the presidency again in Ghana, his younger [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Ghana's president Mahama bows out, extols high points of his term

05 january 2017 - 12:06:17
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President John Mahama on Thursday delivered his last State of the Nation address to Parliament, [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Buhari congratulates Akufo-Addo on Ghana election victory

10 december 2016 - 10:13:28
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has “warmly” congratulated Ghana's opposition leader Nana Akufo-Addo on his victory in [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Ghana's president elect - A politician, lawyer, human rights activist

10 december 2016 - 00:10:58
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, who will become Ghana's fifth president of the Fourth Republic when he [...] Full text...

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Ghana: 'I've done my bit...I leave my work to history to judge' - Mahama

10 december 2016 - 00:06:25
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's outgoing president John Dramani Mahama on Friday night said he would leave the work that [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Nana Akufo-Addo declared winner of Ghana's presidential election

09 december 2016 - 21:28:13
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The main opposition leader in Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo, was on Friday night declared winner of the [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Breaking news: Ghana president Mahama concedes defeat

09 december 2016 - 20:40:34
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama on Friday conceded defeat in the country's presidential election, sending supporters [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Ghanaians vote in general elections on Wednesday

06 december 2016 - 12:02:44
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghanaians go to the polls on Wednesday to elect a president and 275 parliamentarians, the seventh [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Will John continue to rule Ghana?

02 december 2016 - 07:58:20
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – As Ghanaians vote on 7 December in presidential and parliamentary elections, one question is whether John [...] Full text...

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Ghana: 'Special voting' kicks off Ghana's 2016 general election

30 november 2016 - 18:43:26
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's 2016 presidential and parliamentary elections kick off on Thursday with security personnel, journalists and staff [...] Full text...

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US: US urges leaders of Ghana's main political parties to ensure peaceful elections

30 november 2016 - 06:31:31
Washington DC, US (PANA) - US Secretary of State John Kerry has urged leaders of Ghana's two main political parties [...] Full text...

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US: Ban urges Ghana President, opposition leader to defuse tensions ahead of elections

30 november 2016 - 06:08:23
New York, US (PANA) - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday urged Ghana’s President and the main opposition leader [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: US Embassy grants Nigerian NGOs US$172,000 for community-based projects

28 november 2016 - 19:04:50
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The United States Embassy in Nigeria on Monday doled out a US$172,000 grant to 30 Nigerian [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Concerns of post-election violence kick security bodies, others into action

24 november 2016 - 11:39:49
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – Concerns of election violence in Ghana have kicked the security agencies and several governance institutions, traditional [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Political parties in Ghana hit home stretch as elections draw near

23 november 2016 - 06:29:57
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – Political parties in Ghana have stepped up their activities in the home stretch to the 7 [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Sustainanble mechanization key to bolstering sub-Saharan Africa agric

29 september 2016 - 10:52:24
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Feeding the burgeoning world population will require significant improvements in agricultural productivity, above all in Africa, [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Ghana media report ruling party's campaign launch, commissioning of new oil field

20 august 2016 - 07:54:20
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The campaign launch of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) last Sunday, and the commissioning of [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Ghana's second largest oil and gas project begins production

18 august 2016 - 18:04:28
Takoradi, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama on Thursday commissioned the country's second largest commercial oil and gas [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Debate on Ghana’s new poll date reported by the media

21 may 2016 - 05:24:55
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – As Ghana prepares for presidential and parliamentary elections later this year, voters are still not sure [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Ghana's former first lady to contest presidential race against husband's party

30 april 2016 - 21:44:24
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's former first lady, Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings, was on Saturday declared the presidential candidate of [...] Full text...

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Madagascar: IMF staff underline prudent fiscal stance in Madagascar

12 march 2016 - 07:41:52
Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) - Successful implementation of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff-monitored programme (SMP) with Madagascar will strengthen the [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Ghana to celebrate 59th independence anniversary on Sunday

04 march 2016 - 10:01:08
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana marks its 59th independence anniversary on Sunday but top on the minds of citizens is [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Ghana's second floating production storage offloading vessel arrives

02 march 2016 - 19:41:11
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's second Floating Production Storage Offloading (FPSO) vessel, which will produce and store oil from the [...] Full text...

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Ghana: President Mahama keeps Amissah-Arthur as running mate

07 december 2015 - 21:02:32
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President John Mahama has decided to keep Vice President Kwesi Amissah-Arthur as his running mate [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Politics continues to dominate Ghana media

28 november 2015 - 08:37:08
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – Politics continued to dominate the front pages of the newspapers in Ghana and for the second [...] Full text...

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Ghana: President Mahama wins ruling party's nod as candidate for 2016 election

23 november 2015 - 00:07:31
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's president John Dramani Mahama on Sunday night won an overwhelming endorsement by his ruling National [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Media report clash of anti-corruption crusaders, crises in opposition party

14 november 2015 - 07:30:02
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – Nasty exchanges between two prominent anti-corruption campaigners, the ongoing crises in the main opposition New Patriotic [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: IMF says despite Ebola defeat, Liberia still in challenging situation

04 november 2015 - 07:03:42
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - “Ebola has been defeated, but Liberia’s economic situation remains challenging," remarked Mr. Carlo Sdralevich [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: Madagascar faces challenges to reverse worsening development indicators

22 september 2015 - 19:50:04
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Affirming that Madagascar's economic environment remains challenging, an International Monetary Fund (IMF) team concluded [...] Full text...

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2015 IAAF World Championships: South African wins bronze as Usain Bolt beats Justin Gatlin again

27 august 2015 - 15:33:25
Beijing, China (PANA) - South African sprinter Anaso Jobodwana won the bronze medal in the men's 200 metres final here [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Jailing of gunman who confessed he wanted to kill President Mahama reported in Ghana

01 august 2015 - 07:54:16
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The jailing of a gunman who confessed he wanted to kill President John Dramani Mahama and [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Economic issues, anniversary of President Mills’ death reported in Ghana media

25 july 2015 - 06:36:47
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The Ghanaian media this week highlighted economic issues, particularly the mid-year budget review by Finance Minister [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Former Electoral Commissioner given highest national honour

01 july 2015 - 17:06:04
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama on Wednesday conferred the country's highest honour, the Companion of the [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Appointment of new EC boss, IMF advice reported in Ghana

18 april 2015 - 06:44:52
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – Discussions on who becomes the new chairman of the Electoral Commission (EC) and implementation of a [...] Full text...

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Mauritius: Sugar cane cultivation on the decline in Mauritius

08 april 2015 - 09:33:38
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Agro-industry Minister Mahen Seeruttun Wednesday told Parliament that the fall in the price of sugar [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: IMF encourages reforms to safeguard progress in Seychelles

26 march 2015 - 19:29:52
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - An International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff mission Thursday concluded a two-week visit to Seychelles [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Main opposition party demonstrates against electricity shortage in Ghana

18 february 2015 - 16:10:17
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – Thousands of supporters of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) poured into the streets of the [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Jonathan promises to build cargo airport in Nigeria

12 january 2015 - 23:06:49
Abeokuta, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has promised to invest more in agriculture through the construction of the [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Mahama's second year in office, jailing of drug queen reported in Ghana

10 january 2015 - 07:53:11
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The second anniversary of President John Dramani Mahama's inauguration on 7 January and the jailing of [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Ruling party's congress, Rawlings' call to wife to 'return home' reported in Ghana

27 december 2014 - 09:25:26
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Last Saturday's national delegates' congress of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Kumasi, central Ghana, [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Congress of ruling party, court order on labour strikes reported in Ghana

20 december 2014 - 09:34:54
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The National delegates’ congress of Ghana’s ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) taking place on Saturday, 20 [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia: Kenya's Ogiek community fights for right to indigenous lifestyle

28 november 2014 - 17:52:11
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Kenya’s forest dwelling community, the Ogiek, have kicked off a court case before the African [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Togolese President Gnassingbé begins Ghana visit

24 november 2014 - 18:30:33
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Togolese President Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé began a three-day visit to Ghana on Monday during which he [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Ghana President Mahama mourns President Sata

30 october 2014 - 14:48:17
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama has expressed sadness and shock over the death of President Michael [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Politics, public sector workers’ strike reported in Ghana

25 october 2014 - 09:11:04
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The election of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo by the opposition centre-right New Patriotic Party (NPP) for [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Main opposition party retains Akufo-Addo as presidential candidate

19 october 2014 - 08:05:04
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) has, for the third successive time, elected Nana Addo [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: IMF mission notes Seychelles’ commitment to continued strong policies

01 october 2014 - 11:32:51
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Highlighting the risks that public enterprises can pose to the public finances and development [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Maritime dispute, Nkrumah’s birthday reported in Ghana

27 september 2014 - 08:53:19
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – Ghana’s decision to send a long-running maritime dispute with its western neighbour, Cote d’Ivoire, to the [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Dangote, Nigerian govt sign MOU on US$1 billion rice investment

01 august 2014 - 19:03:37
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Africa’s richest man and chairman of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, on Friday signed a Memorandum [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Media report workers’ demonstrations, anniversary of late president Mills

26 july 2014 - 09:26:15
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The Ghanaian media this week reported a series of demonstrations to protest against the never-ending economic [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Workers protest rising cost of living

24 july 2014 - 15:43:14
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Workers in Ghana on Thursday demonstrated across the country to protest against the rising cost of [...] Full text...

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Ghana: President Mahama reshuffles cabinet

16 july 2014 - 09:31:33
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President John Mahama has reshuffled his cabinet, scrapping the Ministry of Information and Media Relations [...] Full text...

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Ghana: President Mahama replaces National Security Coordinator

29 april 2014 - 18:11:22
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghanaian President, John Dramani Mahama, has named Mr. Yaw Donkor, Director of the Bureau of National [...] Full text...

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Cote d'Ivoire: CV of new ECOWAS chairman, Ghana's President Mahama

28 march 2014 - 22:18:31
Yamoussoukro , Cote D'Ivoire (PANA) - Ghana's President John Dramani, who was elected on Friday as Chairman of the Economic [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Media report two public apologies by government, opposition leader’s declaration

22 march 2014 - 07:08:46
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – Two public apologies by the government in one week and the declaration of the main opposition [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Opposition politician Akufo-Addo to contest party's primaries again

20 march 2014 - 20:42:03
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – Opposition leader Nana Addo Akufo-Addo on Thursday declared his intention to contest the primaries of the [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Collapsed building, hullabaloo over MP’s bribery claim highlighted in the media

15 march 2014 - 09:42:52
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The collapse on Thursday of a hotel under construction in Accra, hullabaloo over claims by a [...] Full text...

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Ghana: New economic measures, 'bitter pill' for sweeter days - President

13 february 2014 - 12:02:15
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - As the year-old government of President John Dramani Mahama battles to save the ailing Ghanaian economy, [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Mahama’s first year in office, Rawlings’ take on corruption make headlines

11 january 2014 - 07:07:22
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The first anniversary of the inauguration of John Dramani Mahama as president of Ghana, which fell [...] Full text...

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President Mahama names new National Security Adviser

30 november 2013 - 19:57:06
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama has appointed former Minister for the Interior, William Aboah, as his [...] Full text...

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Ghana media highlight disagreements in ruling party, deputy minister's sack

09 november 2013 - 09:31:54
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The Ghanaian media this week feasted on loud disagreements in the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), [...] Full text...

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Kenya mall shooting: Remains of slain Ghanaian poet, academic flown home

25 september 2013 - 18:08:42
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The body celebrated Ghanaian academic, poet and politician, Prof. Kofi Awoonor, who was killed last [...] Full text...

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Kenyan mall shooting: Ghanaian academic, politician killed

22 september 2013 - 07:50:03
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Saturday's terror attack on a shopping mall in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, by the Somalia-based pro-al [...] Full text...

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Nigeria to ban rice importation in 2014

30 august 2013 - 08:06:20
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria will stop the importation of rice next year to enhance local production, the local Guardian [...] Full text...

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Ghana election dispute: Opposition leader Akufo-Addo finally concedes defeat

29 august 2013 - 16:31:26
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's main opposition party leader, Nana Akufo-Addo, on Thursday conceded defeat at the December 2012 election [...] Full text...

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Ghana's Supreme Court upholds election of President Mahama

29 august 2013 - 13:34:25
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed the petition filed by the main opposition New Patriotic Party [...] Full text...

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Ghana media highlight proceedings at Supreme Court on election petition

17 august 2013 - 08:14:04
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – Ghana’s media this week focused on proceedings at the Supreme Court where the opposition New Patriotic [...] Full text...

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Ghana presidential polls petition: Supreme Court to pronounce judgement 29 Aug.

14 august 2013 - 15:55:32
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana Supreme Court in Accra will on 29 August give judgement in the petition filed by [...] Full text...

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Anniversary of President Mills’ death, taxing of private universities reported in Ghana

27 july 2013 - 09:13:08
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – Ghanaian newspapers were this week dominated by activities marking the first anniversary of the death of [...] Full text...

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Ghana mourns late President Mills on first anniversary of his death

24 july 2013 - 15:58:35
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – Ghana’s president John Dramani Mahama, on Wednesday urged his countrymen to rededicate themselves to the many [...] Full text...

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Nigerian Prophet T.B. Joshua’s church service brings Accra traffic to standstill

07 may 2013 - 19:10:24
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – Tens of thousands of people on Tuesday swarmed the church of a Nigerian prophet in Accra, [...] Full text...

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President Mahama names central bank Governor

02 april 2013 - 20:30:56
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - President John Mahama has confirmed Dr. Henry Kofi Wampah as Governor of the central bank, Bank [...] Full text...

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Relocation of seat of government, AFCON blues reported in Ghana media

09 february 2013 - 05:55:25
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The relocation of the seat of government from the Castle, Osu, to Flagstaff House on Thursday [...] Full text...

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Mystery gold cargo, gays and lesbians fill Ghanaian media

02 february 2013 - 08:05:23
Accra, Ghana (PANA) –Ghanaian newspapers were this week dominated by a mystery gold cargo that was seized in Turkey and [...] Full text...

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'Nigeria will attain self sufficiency in rice production by 2015'

16 january 2013 - 12:07:39
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian minister of state for Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Bukar Tijani, has said that [...] Full text...

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Ghana's Supreme Court adjourns election protest case

10 january 2013 - 15:21:29
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Supreme Court in Accra on Thursday adjourned indefinitely hearing of an application filed by the [...] Full text...

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Mahama promises to place Ghana on 'enormous development path' (Update)

07 january 2013 - 15:34:29
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President John Mahama on Monday took office for his first four-year term with a promise [...] Full text...

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Ghana's President Mahama sworn in

07 january 2013 - 13:22:44
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President John Mahama was Monday sworn in for his first four-year term, with tens of [...] Full text...

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Zambia's ex-president to attend Ghana President's inauguration

07 january 2013 - 08:08:54
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Zambia’s former president Rupiah Banda will be among several high-profile dignitaries who will attend Monday’s inauguration [...] Full text...

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Ghanaian media highlight President Mahama’s State of Nation address, New Year message

05 january 2013 - 08:03:53
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The State of the Nation address and New Year message of President John Dramani Mahama and [...] Full text...

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Ghana's president Mahama hails government's performance

04 january 2013 - 16:20:54
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana’s president John Dramani Mahama on Friday gave his government a thumbs-up its performance over the [...] Full text...

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Ghana's President Mahama urges countrymen to take 'active part in nation building'

31 december 2012 - 21:37:14
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – Ghana’s President John Mahama on Monday urged his countrymen, especially the youth, to be an active [...] Full text...

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Ghana opposition party challenges polls results in court

28 december 2012 - 16:15:29
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana’s opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) is seeking the annulment of the 7 December presidential election [...] Full text...

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Ghana's President Mahama spikes kidney transplant rumours

25 december 2012 - 18:05:05
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama Tuesday dismissed rumours on social media platforms that he has undergone [...] Full text...

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BREAKING NEWS: Suicide bombers attack telecom facilities in Nigeria

22 december 2012 - 11:13:23
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Suicide bombers have carried out two separate attacks against telecommunication facilities in Kano, in what seems [...] Full text...

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Zambia's former president receives democracy award

16 december 2012 - 17:35:01
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambia’s former president, Rupiah Banda, has been honoured with the Honorary Prize for African Democracy at [...] Full text...

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Polls victory in Ghana: Jonathan assures Mahama of Nigeria's support

10 december 2012 - 19:27:28
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's president Goodluck Jonathan has assured newly-elected Ghanaian President, John Mahama, of the continued support, cooperation [...] Full text...

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Ghana's president Mahama: An affable, humble leader

09 december 2012 - 22:33:54
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - President John Dramani Mahama, who has been declared winner of last Friday’s election, faces a daunting [...] Full text...

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Ghana's President Mahama "is likely president-elect'

09 december 2012 - 08:20:09
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's president John Dramani Mahama is close to a first round victory in Friday's election, according [...] Full text...

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Ghana EC suspends voting in areas with faulty biometric verification machines

07 december 2012 - 19:32:26
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The Electoral Commission (EC) has decided to allow voting to continue in polling centres where [...] Full text...

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Ghanaians vote to consolidate democracy (News analysis)

05 december 2012 - 16:56:45
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghanaians go to the polls on Friday in the sixth parliamentary and presidential elections since the [...] Full text...

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Head of ECOWAS Observers, Obasanjo, hails Ghana's democratic tradition

05 december 2012 - 12:53:40
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Head of the 250-member ECOWAS Observation Mission for Friday's general elections in Ghana, former Nigeria's President [...] Full text...

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Rawlings endorses President Mahama, gives ruling party major boost

02 december 2012 - 17:39:44
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana’s former President Jerry John Rawlings has endorsed President John Dramani Mahama giving the incumbent and [...] Full text...

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Peace pact by all 8 presidential candidates dominates Ghana media

01 december 2012 - 08:25:57
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – A peace pact signed by the eight candidates contesting the 7 December election in Ghana to [...] Full text...

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Final presidential debate, burial of ex-vice president highlighted by Ghana media

24 november 2012 - 08:24:48
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The final presidential debate featuring the four candidates whose parties have representation in parliament and the [...] Full text...

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Ghana's former Vice President laid to rest

18 november 2012 - 18:43:21
Tamale, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's late former Vice President Aliu Mahama was on Sunday laid to rest in the Northern [...] Full text...

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Late Ghana VP 'died from stroke'

17 november 2012 - 12:22:15
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's former President John Kufuor has said his Vice President, Alhaji Aliu Mahama, who died in [...] Full text...

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Ghana media highlight goof on health, death of former VP

17 november 2012 - 10:17:23
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - News of the health and death of Ghana’s former Vice President Aliu Mahama filled the country's [...] Full text...

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Nigerian VP’s chopper 'renders 78-yr-old woman, 4 others homeless'

05 november 2012 - 11:08:04
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Wind generated when a helicopter ferrying Nigeria's Vice President Namadi Sambo was about to land, during [...] Full text...

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Disqualification of former first lady from Ghana presidential race fills newspapers

20 october 2012 - 08:16:33
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – As the deadline for presidential aspirants to file their nomination papers to contest Ghana’s 7 December [...] Full text...

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Eight to contest Ghana presidential election

19 october 2012 - 09:09:43
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Eight candidates, including an independent candidate, filed their papers to contest Ghana’s presidential election scheduled for [...] Full text...

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Rawlings' wife endorsed as presidential candidate to rival husband's party

14 october 2012 - 09:06:57
Kumasi, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana’s former first lady, Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings, was on Saturday endorsed as the presidential candidate [...] Full text...

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Politics dominates Ghana media

13 october 2012 - 09:01:55
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – With the presidential and parliamentary elections only a few weeks away, political stories dominated the media [...] Full text...

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Rawlings’ wife quits husband’s party to pursue presidential ambition

12 october 2012 - 08:16:27
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings, the wife of Ghana’s former president Jerry John Rawlings, has quit the [...] Full text...

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'Nigeria to stop rice import by 2015'

09 october 2012 - 21:48:04
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's Agricultural Transformation Implementation Council held its maiden meeting in Abuja on Tuesday with President Goodluck [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian firm signs deal to construct steel mill

03 october 2012 - 19:28:20
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - An Ethiopian firm has entered into an agreement with Italy’s biggest steel plant manufacturing firm, [...] Full text...

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ECOWAS charges member states to implement decisions of Community Court

29 september 2012 - 11:28:50
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The President of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission, Kadre Desire Ouedraogo, has [...] Full text...

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Rawlings' apparent U-turn, Mahama’s running mate played up in Ghana's media

22 september 2012 - 07:39:44
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – An apparent U-turn of former President Jerry John Rawlings on the chances of his ruling National [...] Full text...

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Mahama names vice-president Amissah-Arthur as running mate for December polls

18 september 2012 - 20:25:02
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama on Tuesday introduced vice president Papa Kwesi Amissah-Arthur as his running [...] Full text...

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Sanitation programme, creation of new constituencies dominate Ghana media

15 september 2012 - 09:08:04
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The launch of a sanitation programme by President John Dramani Mahama and the raging debate on [...] Full text...

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Mahama’s policy statement, proposed new constituencies dominate Ghana media

08 september 2012 - 08:13:30
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – President John Dramani Mahama’s policy statement and the unending tug-of-war on the decision of the Electoral [...] Full text...

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Jonathan, Mahama discuss security, economic cooperation

06 september 2012 - 21:58:29
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Visiting Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama and host Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday discussed security and economic [...] Full text...

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Ghanaian President in Nigeria, meets with Jonathan

06 september 2012 - 17:52:13
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - President John Dramani Mahama of Ghana arrived here Thursday for a two-day visit to Nigeria. PANA reports [...] Full text...

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Ghanaian president expected in Benin on Friday

05 september 2012 - 22:08:07
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Ghana's president, John Dramani Mahama, is expected on Friday in Cotonou as part of a five-nation [...] Full text...

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Nigeria, GEF launch US$18.5m joint project to dispose toxic waste

03 september 2012 - 19:44:57
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - To effectively tackle the release of chemicals into the marine, vegetations and underground through contaminated equipment-related [...] Full text...

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Mahama’s endorsement, launch of NPP’s manifesto highlighted in Ghana media

01 september 2012 - 09:40:48
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The overwhelming endorsement of President John Dramani Mahama as presidential candidate of the ruling National Democratic [...] Full text...

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Ghana's ruling party endorses Mahama as presidential candidate

30 august 2012 - 18:53:36
Kumasi, Ghana (PANA) – Ghana’s ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) on Thursday gave an overwhelming endorsement to President John Dramani [...] Full text...

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Mahama’s maiden broadcast, bill on new constituencies reported in Ghana

18 august 2012 - 08:28:52
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Last Wednesday’s maiden radio and television broadcast by President John Dramani Mahama, a controversial legislative instrument [...] Full text...

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Ghana's president Mahama calls for peace, unity

15 august 2012 - 22:07:14
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's president John Dramani Mahama on Wednesday night stressed the need to maintain peace and unity [...] Full text...

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Late Pres. Mills grave opens to public on Sunday, Monday

12 august 2012 - 09:03:53
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The grave of late President John Evans Atta Mills has been scheduled to open to the [...] Full text...

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Ghana’s president Mills died from “massive stroke”, says brother

11 august 2012 - 12:46:31
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – Ghana’s president John Evans Atta Mills, who was buried on Friday, died from “massive stroke”, his [...] Full text...

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Funeral of Ghana’s late president, swearing in of vice president fill the media

11 august 2012 - 08:09:01
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The funeral of Ghana’s late president John Evans Atta Mills that brought the country to a [...] Full text...

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ECOWAS wants late Ghana president Mills' legacy immortalized

10 august 2012 - 18:14:57
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The President of the ECOWAS Commission, Kadré Désiré Ouedraogo, has said that the greatest tribute to [...] Full text...

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Ghana’s late president Mills laid to rest

10 august 2012 - 16:00:20
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – Ghana’s late President John Atta Mills, who was the Commander-in -Chief of the Ghana Armed Forces [...] Full text...

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Ghana: President Mahama pays tribute to predecessor

10 august 2012 - 14:29:36
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President John Mahama on Friday appealed to Ghanaians to bury their differences and get united [...] Full text...

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Funeral service for Ghana's late President starts (1st Update)

10 august 2012 - 12:43:57
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The funeral service for Ghana's late President John Evan Atta Mills has started at the Independence [...] Full text...

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Huge crowd for Ghana's late President Mills' burial service

10 august 2012 - 08:44:55
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Thousands of people are filling the Independence Square in Accra for the burial service of Ghana’s [...] Full text...

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US Secretary of State Clinton in Ghana for Mills' burial

09 august 2012 - 21:22:07
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Accra on Thursday night to attend the burial [...] Full text...

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Ghana’s late president Mills to be laid to rest with full military honours

09 august 2012 - 20:27:35
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) will give the late President John Evans Atta Mills, who was [...] Full text...

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Clinton urges Nigeria reforms to create more opportunities for citizens

09 august 2012 - 20:03:21
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton Thursday met with Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan at the [...] Full text...

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US Secretary of State, Clinton, arrives Nigeria

09 august 2012 - 16:44:30
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton arrived in Nigeria Thursday in continuation of a swing [...] Full text...

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All now set for burial of Ghana’s late president Mills

09 august 2012 - 16:42:03
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - All is now set for the burial of Ghana’s late president John Evans Atta Mills on [...] Full text...

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Funeral of Ghana's late president enters second day

09 august 2012 - 08:30:13
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The three-day state funeral for Ghana’s late President John Evans Atta Mills entered its [...] Full text...

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Clinton tasks SA to build on Mandela's legacy

09 august 2012 - 08:14:27
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has urged South Africa to build on [...] Full text...

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Jonathan leads Nigeria's delegation to John Atta Mills' burial

08 august 2012 - 18:26:09
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan will travel to Accra, Ghana, on Thursday at the head of [...] Full text...

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President Mahama pays last respects to late predecessor (First Update)

08 august 2012 - 12:19:06
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama Wednesday paid his last respects to late President John Evans Atta [...] Full text...

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Funeral of Ghana's late president Mills begins

08 august 2012 - 08:12:32
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The three-day state funeral for Ghana’s late President John Evans Atta Mills began on Wednesday with [...] Full text...

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Amissah-Arthur sworn in as Ghana's new vice president

06 august 2012 - 20:56:16
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur, former Central Bank governor, was on Monday night sworn in as vice president [...] Full text...

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Mills’ death, nomination of vice president played up in Ghana media

04 august 2012 - 10:30:49
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The one-week customary activities in honour of the late president John Evans Atta Mills, determination of [...] Full text...

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President Mahama nominates central bank governor as vice president

31 july 2012 - 20:09:50
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Central bank governor, Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur has been nominated by president John Mahama as vice president [...] Full text...

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Ghana marks first week of President Mills' death

31 july 2012 - 14:24:48
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana on Tuesday observed the traditional and customary activities marking the first week of the death [...] 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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Ghana's late president to be buried 10 August

27 july 2012 - 19:02:29
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Late Ghanaian president John Evans Atta Mills will be buried on 10 August, according to a [...] Full text...

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Nigeria to buy cassava, rice processing machines from China

27 july 2012 - 12:15:39
Lagos, Nigeria(PANA) - The Nigerian government is to import 18 cassava and 100 integrated rice processing plants worth US$1.2 billion [...] Full text...

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Ghana ruling party to endorse Mahama as presidential candidate

26 july 2012 - 17:35:24
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The National Executive Committee (NEC) of Ghana's ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) on Thursday proposed a [...] Full text...

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Ghana's new President Mahama holds crucial meetings

26 july 2012 - 11:57:19
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama, after spending the first day in office holding an emergency cabinet [...] Full text...

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Hollande pays tribute to late Ghanaian leader

25 july 2012 - 21:25:51
Paris, France (PANA) – French president François Hollande has paid tribute to his Ghanaian counterpart, John Evans Atta Mills, who [...] Full text...

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