2024 was the hottest year on record, says UN weather agency

11 january 2025 - 09:08:26
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN weather experts from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO)  confirmed on Friday that 2024 was the [...] Full text...

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WMO says warmest January is hottest month on record

16 february 2024 - 06:52:54
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In the battle to slow global warming, January was the hottest month on record, according to [...] Full text...

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China, South Africa to co-operate with space venture

12 september 2023 - 12:17:27
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Representatives of the space agencies of China and South Africa have signed a Memorandum [...] Full text...

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Rights group reports new attacks in Sudan's Darfur region

04 august 2023 - 05:59:49
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Satellite data shows massive fire destruction in the town of Sirba in Sudan's West Darfur state, in [...] Full text...

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NASA delegation visits South Africa

31 july 2023 - 09:33:41
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A delegation of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) representatives has arrived in South [...] Full text...

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Tropical Cyclone Freddy on track to become record-breaking storm

08 march 2023 - 05:33:40
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Tropical Cyclone Freddy - which is threatening communities in Madagascar and Mozambique for a second time [...] Full text...

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Kenyan opposition veteran Odinga nominated presidential flag bearer

12 march 2022 - 17:06:34
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Four-time presidential election challenger, Raila Odinga, was formally nominated to fly the presidential flag of more [...] Full text...

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2020 closes hottest decade on record – UN weather agency

25 december 2020 - 06:19:39
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As 2020 draws to a close, it leaves in its wake the warmest decade on record [...] Full text...

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Kenya Chief Justice blames President for courts clog up

08 june 2020 - 12:19:31
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's Chief Justice David Maraga on Monday blamed President Uhuru Kenyatta for the backlog of cases [...] Full text...

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'How a South African product played a role in the moon landing'

21 july 2019 - 07:38:57
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – As the world commemorates the 50th anniversary of the landing in moon by American [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe's Environmental Management Agency becomes UN's Adaption Fund's 'National Implementing Entity'

17 july 2019 - 16:20:04
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Environmental Management Agency (EMA) is set to become Zimbabwe's ‘National Implementing Entity’ of the Adaptation [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe Gov't not prepared for climate change (A PANA feature)

12 july 2019 - 10:26:00
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - “I don’t think as government we fully understood the impact the weather would have on the [...] Full text...

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First Tunisian satellite to be launched

03 april 2019 - 14:00:49
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian group, ''TELNET'', and the Russian group, GK Launch Services, on Monday signed a contract [...] Full text...

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South African-born billionaire reaches for the stars

04 march 2019 - 15:49:31
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African-born billionaire Elon Musk has made history again. His Falcon9 rocket, which is carrying [...] Full text...

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Guterres highlights 'vital' need for more women, girls in sciences

08 february 2019 - 04:55:31
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has described the participation of women and girls in science as [...] Full text...

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Kenya's 'overborrowing' a ticking time bomb - warns opposition politician

31 december 2018 - 14:25:15
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Opposition politician Musalia Mudavadi said on Monday Kenya's rising public debt will chock the country to [...] Full text...

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Obama visits Kogelo ancestral home

16 july 2018 - 13:37:28
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Former US president Barrack Obama, is in Kenya to launch, among other projects, the Sauti Kuu [...] Full text...

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Kenya electoral body defends CEO's suspension

11 april 2018 - 08:14:04
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has defended its decision to send Chief Executive Officer [...] Full text...

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Kenyan opposition scales down rhetoric after Odinga-Kenyatta accord

12 march 2018 - 18:45:19
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenyan opposition has scaled down on its political rhetoric after the meeting between its leader Raila [...] Full text...

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Kenyan President, opposition leader meet for landmark talks

09 march 2018 - 11:24:19
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and opposition leader Raila Odinga agreed on Friday to end deep political [...] Full text...

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Kenyan advocate seeks removal of Chief Justice, six others

26 february 2018 - 16:34:52
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A Kenyan lawyer has petitioned the National Assembly to remove Chief Justice David Maraga and five [...] Full text...

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Rights group reports fresh evidence of election-period abuses

26 february 2018 - 06:29:01
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Police and armed gangs killed at least 37 people in Nairobi between September and November 2017, [...] Full text...

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Perform or quit, Kenyatta tells new cabinet

16 february 2018 - 17:56:14
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday warned his new cabinet that there will be no room for [...] Full text...

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Kenyan Attorney-General resigns

13 february 2018 - 20:08:50
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's Attorney-General Prof. Githu Muigai, who valiantly defended President Uhuru Kenyatta at the International Criminal Court [...] Full text...

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Trump salutes South African-born billionaire

08 february 2018 - 08:55:23
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – US President Donald Trump has saluted South African-born billionaire Elon Musk, who this week [...] Full text...

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Kenyan opposition crackdown intensifies, protests erupt over lawyer's detention

06 february 2018 - 11:40:23
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan authorities have intensified a crackdown against opposition leaders days after the "swearing-in" of opposition leader [...] Full text...

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Activist arrested as Kenya police crackdown on opposition intensifies

02 february 2018 - 15:38:39
Nairobi,Kenya (PANA) - Police Friday arrested outspoken human rights lawyer-cum-poilitician, Miguna Miguna, who was one of the two advocates who [...] Full text...

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US expresses 'grave' concern about Odinga's self-'inauguration'

02 february 2018 - 09:57:32
Washington, DC., US (PANA) - The United States says it is "gravely concerned" by Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga’s self-“inauguration” [...] Full text...

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AU rejects Odinga as 'People's president of Kenya'

02 february 2018 - 06:08:56
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has rejected the "swearing-in" of Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga as [...] Full text...

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Kenyan opposition leaders disarmed after controversial oath ceremony

01 february 2018 - 15:13:35
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan authorities withdrew the fire-arm licences to opposition leader Kalonzo Musyoka and the armed guards to [...] Full text...

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Kenyan authorities accuse media of subversion

31 january 2018 - 18:05:40
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan authorities shut down three privately-owned TV stations on Tuesday because they colluded with a criminal [...] Full text...

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Kenyan gov't begins crackdown on key opposition allies after Odinga oath

31 january 2018 - 17:35:49
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan authorities arrested opposition Member of Parliament Tom Kajwang, the lawyer who led opposition leader Raila [...] Full text...

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Kenya declares opposition pressure group a criminal gang

30 january 2018 - 18:16:44
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiangi on Tuesday gazetted the National Resistance Movement, wing of the [...] Full text...

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Kenyan television stations shut down over opposition swearing-in ceremony standoff

30 january 2018 - 10:25:28
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan government shut down several private television stations on Tuesday to prevent the airing of [...] Full text...

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Kenya gears up for second president as opposition spins new political narrative (News Analysis by Kennedy Abwao)

28 january 2018 - 16:00:17
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenya is gearing up for a second president on Tuesday, days after the opposition National Super [...] Full text...

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Kenyan opposition promises pursuit of major political reforms in 2018

01 january 2018 - 10:05:22
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The main opposition alliance in Kenya has promised to pursue major political reforms in the New [...] Full text...

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Kenya football legend ready to reconcile president, opposition chief

11 december 2017 - 20:29:37
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan football legend Joe Kadenge says he is ready to reconcile President Uhuru Kenyatta and opposition [...] Full text...

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Parallel presidential 'inauguration' of Kenya's opposition leader postponed

11 december 2017 - 13:58:53
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Kenya's opposition National Super Alliance (NASA) has postponed a ceremony to swear in its leader Raila [...] Full text...

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Kenya opposition chief's planned swearing-in an 'act of treason', warns AG

07 december 2017 - 11:42:29
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Plans by opposition leader Raila Odinga and his supporters to have him sworn in as Kenya's [...] Full text...

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Kenyan opposition says five wounded in fierce shooting of its supporters

28 november 2017 - 17:42:11
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga said Tuesday that five people were shot and wounded among [...] Full text...

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LEAD: Kenyan Supreme Court upholds Kenyatta victory in controversial repeat elections

20 november 2017 - 10:00:04
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The Supreme Court in Kenya on Monday dismissed two election petitions seeking to block the election [...] Full text...

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Kenyan opposition calls for international response after deadly round of violence

19 november 2017 - 19:04:04
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan opposition alliance said 14 people were killed by men riding motorbikes on Sunday and its [...] Full text...

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Three shot dead in Kenyan opposition march in Nairobi

17 november 2017 - 20:46:01
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Three people were shot dead and scores of others wounded when police used live ammunition against [...] Full text...

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Kenyan Supreme Court retreats to write ruling on election annulment

16 november 2017 - 18:03:54
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's Chief Justice and President of the Supreme Court, David Maraga on Thursday announced the finalization [...] Full text...

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Kenyan Supreme Court to begin full hearing of presidential election petition

15 november 2017 - 07:21:17
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Supreme Court in Kenya is set on Wednesday to begin the full hearing a [...] Full text...

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Kenyan Supreme Court hears arguments in new bid to nullify presidential petition

14 november 2017 - 17:54:56
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenya's Supreme Court on Tuesday kicked off a marathon hearing of applications seeking to nullify the [...] Full text...

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Opposition targets Kenyatta family business, other firms in 'economic boycott'

03 november 2017 - 12:12:30
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The opposition coalition in Kenya has named a milk firm owned by President Uhuru Kenyatta's family [...] Full text...

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Kenya opposition rules out seeking redress in court

02 november 2017 - 18:28:09
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - National Assembly Minority Leader John Mbadi has said there are no plans by the National Super [...] Full text...

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AU observers give mixed signal on Kenyan Presidential elections outcome

31 october 2017 - 15:47:37
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The African Union (AU) is not in a position to determine whether the Kenyan Presidential [...] Full text...

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Kenyatta declared Presidential election winner

30 october 2017 - 16:24:07
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's electoral body declared Uhuru Kenyatta re-elected on Monday, with 98.26% of the vote, at the [...] Full text...

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BREAKING NEWS: Kenyatta to be declared winner of Presidency with 98%

30 october 2017 - 12:23:15
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - President Uhuru Kenyatta was set to be declared winner of the 26 Oct presidential [...] Full text...

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Kenya faces political uncertainty after vote count ends

30 october 2017 - 10:49:57
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyans brace for an uncertain week on Monday after the end of vote counting and [...] Full text...

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Kenyan poll body postpones voting in 27 constituencies after violence

27 october 2017 - 19:52:04
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The repeat presidential election planned to take place in four counties in Western Kenya on [...] Full text...

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Kenya's violence-riddled repeat presidential election leaves nation divided

27 october 2017 - 10:41:57
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Deep political divisions emerged in Kenya on Friday, a day after a crucial vote, which recorded [...] Full text...

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Kenyans residing in Rwanda vote in rerun presidential poll

26 october 2017 - 11:08:58
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Kenyan nationals living in Rwanda are on Thursday voting in the controversial rerun presidential election as [...] Full text...

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LEAD: Polls open in Kenya's rerun presidential election; early turnout low

26 october 2017 - 07:07:13
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Voting in Kenya's repeat presidential election kicked off on Thursday with low voter turnout and pockets [...] Full text...

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Kenyatta vows to stop Kenya's slide to anarchy

25 october 2017 - 17:56:50
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta said Wednesday the repeat presidential election scheduled for Thursday would continue on [...] Full text...

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Kenyan opposition transforms into national resistance movement

25 october 2017 - 15:50:23
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's main opposition alliance said Wednesday it was transforming into a national resistance movement and embarking [...] Full text...

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2ND LEAD: Kenya Supreme Court fails to hear case to postpone rerun presidential election

25 october 2017 - 10:43:36
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Supreme Court in Nairobi failed to hold its scheduled sitting on Wednesday to hear a [...] Full text...

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LEAD: Kenya Supreme Court fails to hear case to postpone rerun presidential election

25 october 2017 - 09:59:23
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's Supreme Court on Wednesday failed to hear a case filed by three voters seeking to [...] Full text...

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Kenyan Supreme Court to hear case for presidential election postponement

24 october 2017 - 17:07:00
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's Supreme Court has certified a case seeking the postponement of Thursday's presidential election urgent [...] Full text...

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Voters in court seeking to halt Kenya presidential poll re-run

24 october 2017 - 15:13:16
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Kenyan Supreme Court will Wednesday hear a petition filed by three voters seeking to [...] Full text...

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Kenyan elections chief meets President Kenyatta on re-run poll impasse

23 october 2017 - 17:00:57
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) chairman, Wafula Chebukati, tried a last ditch [...] Full text...

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Kenyan main opposition stresses decision to boycott repeat election

23 october 2017 - 16:24:32
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan opposition coalition leaders met foreign diplomats to discuss the pending presidential election on Thursday [...] Full text...

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AU, UN call for peaceful repeat presidential poll in Kenya

23 october 2017 - 11:19:07
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The African Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat and the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres [...] Full text...

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Recovery efforts continue after Kenyan chopper crash

22 october 2017 - 14:50:03
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Recovery efforts have continued on Sunday, at the site of a helicopter crash on Lake Nakuru, [...] Full text...

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Kenyan electoral commission unable to guarantee credible Presidential poll - Chairman

18 october 2017 - 15:10:29
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The Chairman of Kenya's Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), Wafula Chebukati, has hinted [...] Full text...

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Kenyan opposition cancels Eastern Kenya campaign rally

17 october 2017 - 15:40:23
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan opposition leader, Raila Odinga, and his campaign manager, Musalia Mudavadi, Tuesday cancelled a visit to [...] Full text...

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Court lifts ban on Kenya polls demos

17 october 2017 - 13:27:31
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The High Court Tuesday temporarily lifted the ban slapped on demonstrations within the Central Business [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Kenyan mass opposition protests leave bloody deaths, injuries

13 october 2017 - 18:33:54
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Three people were shot dead in the opposition stronghold township of Bondo, the rural home of [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia: AU chief stands ready to initiate measures to resolve Kenyan poll stalemate

11 october 2017 - 22:30:24
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) is prepared to take initiative to assist Kenya to complete [...] Full text...

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Kenya: New twist as fringe candidate enters Kenya poll imbroglio (A news analysis by David Jagongo, PANA correspondent)

11 october 2017 - 16:04:25
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The High Court's decision on Tuesday to allow a fringe Kenyan presidential election candidate to participate [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Kenyan electoral board in crisis meeting after Odinga drops out of presidential race

10 october 2017 - 17:41:04
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA)- Kenya's electoral body summoned its commissioners and lawyers to an emergency meeting Tuesday after the opposition leader, [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Kenyan police kill 35 people in violent reprisals

09 october 2017 - 19:53:08
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenyan security forces killed 35 people, including a six-month old baby, out of the 37 people [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Unidentified gunmen ram into street demonstrators

09 october 2017 - 14:27:55
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Unidentified gunmen shot and wounded a man before ramming through a crowd of demonstrators in Nairobi [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Demonstrators, led by lawmakers, storm Nairobi streets in free election protests

06 october 2017 - 12:42:02
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenyan lawmakers led dozens of peaceful protestors in Nairobi, Kisumu and Mombasa, all opposition strongholds, [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Kenyan poll chief meets with presidential candidates over deadlock

03 october 2017 - 17:53:54
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The deadlock over the holding of a fresh presidential election on 26 Oct. appeared to deepen [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Rights body faults Kenyans for unauthorised use of logo in demo

03 october 2017 - 15:15:45
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Global human rights organization, Amnesty International, has faulted Kenyans in the Diaspora for the unauthorised use [...] Full text...

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Kenya: EU envoys threaten sanctions against Kenyan officials over poll tension

02 october 2017 - 19:37:32
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Western envoys particularly the British, threatened to impose targeted sanctions against key Kenyan politicians on [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Kenyan ruling party seeks major election law amendment

28 september 2017 - 18:20:06
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenya’s ruling Jubilee Alliance Party (JAP) introduced a new bill in Parliament on Thursday watering down [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Opposition leaders decry travel ban in Kenya

28 september 2017 - 17:47:44
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenyan opposition leaders Kalonzo Musyoka and Moses Wetangula were temporarily barred from leaving Nairobi on a [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Lawmaker alleges torture in detention, govt accused of persecution

28 september 2017 - 14:48:56
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan opposition lawmaker, Babu Owino, was freed Thursday after spending four days in detention, where he [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Kenya FA blames CHAN hosting rights withdrawal on polls imbroglio

27 september 2017 - 10:45:13
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Football Kenya Federation (FKF) has blamed the current political impasse in the country as the reason [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Kenyan opposition leaders skip mass protest against poll officials

26 september 2017 - 17:16:20
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga skipped the street demonstrations against the independent electoral commission on Tuesday [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Kenyan election chief pleads with opposition to drop mass protest

25 september 2017 - 18:53:07
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) chairman, Wafula Chebukati, has pleaded with the main opposition [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Kenyatta maintains 'Presidential powers remain intact'

25 september 2017 - 18:44:32
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta said Monday he has not been reduced to a lame duck President [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Reckless, sharp rhetorics in Kenya Presidential Poll stalemate worries IGAD

25 september 2017 - 15:39:58
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) is disturbed by sharp statements made by Kenyan politicians ahead [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Kenyan opposition supporters mobilise for mass eviction of election chief

24 september 2017 - 18:50:33
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The main opposition coalition, the National Super Alliance (NASA), on Sunday called on its supporters to [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Witch-hunt tricks, tit-for-tat probe target top Kenyan officials after poll fallout

22 september 2017 - 18:54:34
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenya's main opposition group, National Super Alliance (NASA), on Friday issued an alert about pending private [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Kenyatta blasts Supreme Court over poll nullification

21 september 2017 - 15:40:05
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A few hours after the Supreme Court outlined its reasons for nullifying the August 8 [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Polls body, parties' fallout complicate matters ahead of fresh elections (News analysis by David Jagongo, PANA Correspondent, Kenya)

15 september 2017 - 14:24:31
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The fallout in Kenyan elections took a new dimension Thursday when an MP, allied to President [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Kenyan Supreme Court ruling and democratic consolidation in Africa (News Analysis by Paul Ejime, PANA Guest Writer)

11 september 2017 - 10:49:26
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - As expected, the Supreme Court’s annulment of Kenya’s August 8 presidential election over “irregularities and illegalities” [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Kenya election chief in quagmire ahead of fresh poll

07 september 2017 - 09:45:31
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) chairman Wafula Chebukati is finding himself in a tight spot [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Kenya's Supreme Court ruling rattles President Kenyatta (A PANA News Analysis by Kennedy Abwao)

03 september 2017 - 15:19:29
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, whose election was nullified on Friday, is still in shock over [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Opposition leader Odinga protests presidential poll result in the Supreme Court

19 august 2017 - 00:19:07
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga beat a midnight deadline to file an election petition against incumbent [...] Full text...

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Gambia: CPJ wants investigation into harassment of Kenyan journalists

18 august 2017 - 16:46:03
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Authorities in Kenya should credibly investigate incidents of harassment against journalists covering the aftermath of disputed [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Election official denies fleeing to US after airport delay

16 august 2017 - 19:07:12
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A Kenyan electoral commission briefly barred from flying to the US on Wednesday has denied reports [...] Full text...

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Kenya: AU observers endorse Kenyan polls conduct

16 august 2017 - 18:47:29
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - African Union (AU) election observers said Wednesday they reserved the right to make further comments on [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Opposition leaders to challenge Kenyatta poll victory in court

16 august 2017 - 16:03:06
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan opposition leader, Raila Odinga, said Wednesday he would challenge President Uhuru Kenyatta's victory at the [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Kenya deregisters prominent right, pro-democracy groups

15 august 2017 - 16:41:44
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) -Two prominent Kenyan human rights organisations, which planned to challenge the this month's Presidential election result in [...] Full text...

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Kenya: US hails Kenya's successful elections

15 august 2017 - 08:39:42
Nairobi ,Kenya (PANA) - The United States on Monday congratulated the people of Kenya on the successful conclusion of elections [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Kenyatta extends friendship to opposition leader after poll victory

12 august 2017 - 11:13:13
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta romped to Presidential victory on Friday, immediately extending a hand of friendship [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Kenyan opposition walks out before presidential poll result announcement

11 august 2017 - 17:17:43
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan opposition leaders have walked out of the national tallying centre for the presidential poll and [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Kenyan opposition gives final list of demands before concession

11 august 2017 - 14:18:55
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya’s main opposition, the National Super Alliance (NASA), said it was prepared to concede defeat if [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Kenyan presidential election results expected to be declared shortly

11 august 2017 - 09:59:58
Nairobi,Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's elections body is undertaking its final tally of the presidential vote on Friday from 17 constituencies [...] Full text...

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BREAKING NEWS: Kenyan opposition declares victory in Kenyan polls

10 august 2017 - 14:11:39
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga's National Super Alliance (NASA) on Thursday declared victory in the [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Amnesty cautions Kenyan police against use of 'unnecessary force'

10 august 2017 - 09:08:49
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Amnesty International has urged Kenyan police not to use unnecessary force in their handling of any [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Elections body continues vote validation after opposition complaints

10 august 2017 - 07:34:00
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's elections body confirmed receipt of final election result tallied from 30 constituencies on Thursday, which [...] Full text...

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Kenya: President Kenyatta maintains healthy lead in Kenya election

09 august 2017 - 07:13:55
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has a healthy lead over his main rival, Raila Odinga, in Tuesday's [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Kenyan opposition leader rejects election results

09 august 2017 - 02:51:53
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan main opposition leader Raila Odinga has rejected the results of the Presidential vote, which showed [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Vote counting begins after close of polling centres

08 august 2017 - 15:59:03
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The counting of the votes in Kenya's general elections kicked off after polling centres closed on [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Kenyan poll centres open for general elections

08 august 2017 - 07:57:03
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenyans went to the polls on Tuesday to elect a President and members of parliament in [...] Full text...

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Kenya: 2 Ghanaians among foreigners deported after opposition party offices raid

05 august 2017 - 17:07:36
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Four foreigners, including two Ghanaian information technology specialists, an American and a Canadian working with an [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Kenyan Presidential candidates make final pitch for votes before polls open

05 august 2017 - 08:51:53
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The final campaigns for the Kenyan Presidential elections took place on Saturday before a 48-hour official [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Kenyan chief elections technologist murder jolts poll plans

31 july 2017 - 19:34:48
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Police have intensified investigations into the murder of the chief technology officer at Kenya's Independent Electoral [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Diplomats urge free, peaceful presidential election in Kenya

26 july 2017 - 13:50:34
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Members of the diplomatic corps in Kenya Wednesday called on Kenyans to ensure that the forthcoming [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Opposition presidential candidate issues assurance over poll violence

25 july 2017 - 05:31:34
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenyan opposition presidential candidate Raila Odinga appealed to his supporters on Monday not to flee their [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Kenyatta encounters violence on campaign trail in northeastern region

22 july 2017 - 19:41:06
Mandera, Kenya (PANA) – Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta's campaigns in Mandera, northeastern Kenya, turned violent on Saturday, when supporters of [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Kenyatta vows peaceful transition ahead of major poll

14 july 2017 - 05:53:41
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta said on Thursday he would respect the decision of voters and leave [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Kenyan journalists injured in aircraft crash on campaign trail

12 july 2017 - 17:43:36
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A light aircraft carrying reporters of private television station, Citizen TV, crashed on Wednesday, injuring three [...] Full text...

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Kenya: EU deploys 30 observers for Kenya elections

28 june 2017 - 09:38:43
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) -The European Union (EU) has deployed 30 election observers to follow the campaigns and meet all stakeholders [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Kenya's electoral commission faces disquiet over ballot printing deal

15 june 2017 - 08:55:49
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Chairman Wafula Chebukati said a tender row over [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Kenyatta kicks off re-election campaign

29 may 2017 - 14:26:37
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Monday presented his nomination papers a day after the official campaigns [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Kenyan presidential campaigns begin ahead of August polls

28 may 2017 - 13:49:10
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya’s presidential campaigns officially kicked off on Sunday with the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Kenyans begin big push for August Presidential polls

10 may 2017 - 16:06:10
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan Presidential candidates will formally present nomination papers on 28 and 29 May to mark the [...] Full text...

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Breaking News: Kenyan opposition coalition names Raila Odinga Presidential candidate

27 april 2017 - 13:50:40
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan opposition alliance has named Raila Odinga, former Prime Minister, its Presidential candidate. The announcement was made [...] Full text...

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US: UN celebrates historic event that opened doors to outer space

13 april 2017 - 07:07:09
New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations on Wednesday commemorated the International Day of Human Space Flight to celebrate [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Opposition leaders cry foul over flawed election preparations

03 march 2017 - 06:08:22
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenyan opposition leaders have voiced concern over the poor state of preparedness by the Electoral and [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Kenya's main opposition agree to field single presidential candidate

22 february 2017 - 16:14:57
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan opposition politicians signed an agreement on Wednesday to form a coalition government but did not [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Opposition names team to 'craft winning formula'

31 january 2017 - 17:32:47
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - In a major step forward Kenya's opposition leaders on Tuesday put together an 11-member national co-ordinating [...] Full text...

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Switzerland: WMO confirms 2016 as 'hottest year on record'

18 january 2017 - 18:25:10
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The year 2016 has been confirmed as the hottest year on record, surpassing the exceptionally high [...] Full text...

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UN: WMO says 2016 on track to record hottest year

21 july 2016 - 18:08:55
New York, US (PANA) - Global temperatures for the first six months of this year reached new highs, setting 2016 [...] Full text...

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UN: UN Security Council condemns Al-Shabaab attack on Mogadishu hotel

27 june 2016 - 21:33:33
New York, US (PANA) - UN Security Council late Monday condemned in the strongest terms a recent deadly attack by [...] Full text...

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Switzerland: UN calls for urgent measures to cut carbon emissions

22 march 2016 - 07:48:15
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Earth is already one degree Celsius hotter than at the start of the 20th century, [...] Full text...

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South Africa: African pioneers reach for the stars (Feature by Craig Urquhart, PANA Correspondent)

30 august 2015 - 07:58:32
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A young Durban man has become the latest in the long line of Africans [...] Full text...

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AU unhappy with forced exit of Malian PM

12 december 2012 - 21:37:04
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has expressed its dissatisfaction with the forced resignation of Malian Prime [...] Full text...

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World leaders urged to set human development on more sustainable path

20 february 2012 - 06:33:54
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Top scientists are urging governments to replace GDP as a measure of wealth, end [...] Full text...

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UNESCO to launch "Satellite Image Atlas of World Heritage Sites"

08 november 2011 - 17:13:01
Paris, France (PANA) - "From Space to Place", an Image Atlas of World Heritage Sites on the “In Danger” list [...] Full text...

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Malian nominated chair of George Arthur Forest Foundation

01 july 2011 - 13:05:50
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Former astrophysicist with the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Cheikh Modibo Diarra of Mali, [...] Full text...

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Top opposition figure, Diarra, unsure of running for Mali presidency

03 march 2011 - 13:52:49
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The secretary general of the opposition Rally for Mali's Development (RPDM), Cheikh Modibo Diarra, said Wednesday [...] Full text...

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Scientists arrive in Senegal for World Cowpea confab

27 september 2010 - 12:18:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Scientists drawn from various nations are converging on Dakar, Senegal, this week to attend the Fifth [...] Full text...

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Forum on future of Lake Chad holds 28 October

27 august 2010 - 12:43:00
Yaounde- Cameroon (PANA)-- A world forum will be held 28-31 October in N'Djamena, the Chadian capital, on the shrinking of [...] Full text...

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FAO launches NASA developed fire monitoring system

12 august 2010 - 16:55:00
Nairobi- kenya (PANA) -- The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FA O) has launched a new online portal on [...] Full text...

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Earthquake rumours, fire at oil refinery dominate Ghanaian newspapers

23 january 2010 - 08:42:00
Accra- Ghana (PANA) â" Wild rumours of an imminent- earthquake in Ghana on Sunda y night which drove millions of [...] Full text...

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Earthquake rumour rattles Ghana

18 january 2010 - 07:37:00
Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- Rumours of an imminent earthquake in Ghana sent hundreds o f thousands of people pouring into [...] Full text...

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FAO plans 'save Lake Chad' event

15 october 2009 - 17:52:00
Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has warne d that a real humanitarian disaster looms [...] Full text...

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FAO, agencies move to curb bushfire problem

27 july 2009 - 19:11:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Every year, fire affects an estimated 350 million hectar es of land, with damage to property, [...] Full text...

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Ban constitutes advisory group on climate change

18 june 2009 - 16:17:00
New York- US (PANA) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has constituted a high-le vel advisory group consisting of business leaders [...] Full text...

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Red Cross says flooding in Namibia to worsen

06 april 2009 - 13:07:00
Windhoek- Namibia (PANA) -- International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescen t (IFRC) has said that flooding in north [...] Full text...

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Malian Cheick Modibo Diarra named godfather of FESPACO 2009

28 january 2009 - 15:01:00
Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- The Malian Astrophysicist and President of the African sec tion of Microsoft, Cheick Modibo Diarra, was [...] Full text...

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UNESCO launches International Year of Astronomy

09 january 2009 - 17:49:00
Paris- France (PANA) -- The International Year of Astronomy will be launched at U NESCO headquarters here between 15 and [...] Full text...

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