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Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Leading South African judge Willem Heath has died in Cape Town after a brief [...] Full text...
Prominent South African activist James Mathews dies
09 september 2024 - 10:49:34Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African President Cyril Ramaphoa has saluted prominent activist and writer James Matthews, who died [...] Full text...
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South African President Ramaphosa salutes heritage expert Muxe Nkondo
19 august 2024 - 12:08:50Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has paid tribute to well-known academic and heritage expert [...] Full text...
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President of Burkina Faso pays tribute to Iranian President killed in helicopter crash
20 may 2024 - 14:19:28Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The President of the Transition in Burkina Faso, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, Monday paid tribute to [...] Full text...
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South Africa's legal fraternity mourns passing of prominent judge
10 may 2024 - 10:24:38Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Tributes are pouring in following the death of former Constitutional Court Judge Yvonne Mokgoro [...] Full text...
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South African president mourns passing of prominent activist
03 may 2024 - 13:26:25Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Anti-Apartheid activist, prominent businessman and politician Samuel Motsuenyane has died peacefully in Johannesburg. He [...] Full text...
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Kenyans mourn Tanzania's second President Hassan Mwinyi
01 march 2024 - 12:36:50Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan leaders, including President William Ruto and former President Uhuru Kenyatta, have mourned Tanzania's second President, [...] Full text...
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Namibia begins period of national mourning for late President Geingob
05 february 2024 - 15:59:04Windhoek, Namibia (PANA) - Namibia on Monday began a national period of mourning following the death of President Hage Geingob on [...] Full text...
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UN chief mourns 'respected, principled' late Namibian president Geingob
05 february 2024 - 06:14:16New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed deep sadness at the passing of Dr. Hage Gottfried [...] Full text...
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Namibian President Hage Geingob dies at 82
04 february 2024 - 05:42:26Windhoek, Namibia (PANA) - Namibian President Hage Geingob died in Windhoek on Sunday, the Namibia Press Agency reported quoting Vice [...] Full text...
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South African liberation hero Aziz Pahad dead at 82
28 september 2023 - 09:29:04Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Anti-apartheid activist Aziz Pahad, who played an important role in the liberation of South [...] Full text...
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Mandela’s granddaughter dead at 43
26 september 2023 - 08:08:01Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Zoleka Mandela, the granddaughter of liberation heroes Nelson Mandela and Winnie Madikizela Mandela, died [...] Full text...
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South African retail giant Raymond Ackerman dies
07 september 2023 - 08:40:59Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Retail giant Raymond Ackerman died at his Cape Town home on Thursday morning. He [...] Full text...
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Former Ivorian President Bédié dies at 89
02 august 2023 - 10:59:18Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Former Ivorian President Henri Konan Bédié died on Tuesday evening in Abidjan, aged 89, his [...] Full text...
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Former South African Cabinet Minister dead at 83
06 july 2023 - 08:29:37Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former Cabinet Minister and anti-apartheid veteran Essop Pahad died after a long battle with [...] Full text...
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CAF President conveys condolences to late Clive Barker's family
12 june 2023 - 06:40:29Durban, South Africa (PANA) - CAF President Dr Patrice Motsepe has conveyed his deep personal condolences and the condolences of [...] Full text...
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South African President Ramaphosa salutes fallen liberation hero Moosa Moolla
27 march 2023 - 10:17:51Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African liberation hero Moosa Moolla died on Sunday after a long illness. He [...] Full text...
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Burial service held for Ghanaian footballer Christian Atsu
17 march 2023 - 12:11:57Accra, Ghana (PANA) - A burial service was held in Accra on Friday for former Ghanaian international footballer, Christian Atsu [...] Full text...
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South African jazz legend Gloria Bosman dies
15 march 2023 - 09:46:21Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Tributes are pouring is for legendary South African jazz singer Gloria Bosman who died [...] Full text...
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Tributes pour in for popular South African rapper Costa Titch
13 march 2023 - 12:08:20Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Tributes are pouring in for South Africa’s award winning rapper Costa Titch who died [...] Full text...
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South African liberation hero Steve Biko's former cellmate dead at 72
16 february 2023 - 11:06:25Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Prominent South African activist Peter Cyril Jones, who was with liberation hero Steve Biko, [...] Full text...
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BREAKING NEWS: Gambia's Vice President Joof dies
18 january 2023 - 10:21:21Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia's Vice President Badara Alieu Joof has paased away, President Adama Barrow annouced on Wednesday. The local [...] Full text...
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South African Apartheid-era Minister dead at 85
09 january 2023 - 08:03:57Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Notorious former Apartheid-era Law and Order Minister, Adriaan Vlok, died on Sunday after a [...] Full text...
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Former Pope Benedict passes away
31 december 2022 - 11:02:25Vatican City (PANA) - Former Pope Benedict XVI has passed away, the Vatican announced on Saturday. He was 95. It said [...] Full text...
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Ghanaian Catholic Cardinal Richard Baawobr dies
28 november 2022 - 05:56:17Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghanaian Cardinal Richard Kuuia Baawobr of the Catholic Church is dead, the Church has announced in [...] Full text...
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Former Ghana finance minister Kwesi Botchwey passes away
19 november 2022 - 14:43:48Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana’s former Minister of Finance, Professor Kwesi Botchwey, has passed away, according to media reports in [...] Full text...
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Former Malian Prime Minister Younoussi Touré dies in France
17 october 2022 - 18:52:48Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The former president of the National Assembly of Mali and prime minister under the regime of [...] Full text...
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Former Speaker of Guinean National Assembly Claude Kory Kondiano dies
27 september 2022 - 13:07:24Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The former Speaker of the Guinean National Assembly, Claude Kory Kondiano, died on Tuesday, aged 80, in a [...] Full text...
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Libyan Deputy chairman signs Queen Elizabeth II's book of condolences in London
19 september 2022 - 14:46:19Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Deputy Chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Moussa Al-Kouni, Monday delivered a memorial speech on [...] Full text...
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Libyan leaders mourn Queen Elizabeth
09 september 2022 - 11:38:12Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan leaders have expressed their condolences to the British royal family, government and people on the [...] Full text...
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South African, Kenyan presidents mourn Queen Elizabeth
09 september 2022 - 07:44:08Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The presidents of South Africa and Kenya have expressed their condolences to King Charles [...] Full text...
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Queen Elizabeth II of Britain is dead
08 september 2022 - 18:46:40London, UK (PANA) - Queen Elizabeth II of Britain died on Thursday, Buckingham Palace has announced. She was 96. In a [...] Full text...
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Prominent South African musician Tokollo Tshabalala dies
15 august 2022 - 12:32:07Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Prominent South African musician Tokollo Tshabalala died in the early hours of Monday. The founding [...] Full text...
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South Africa's President Ramaphosa salutes fallen liberation hero Jessie Duarte
17 july 2022 - 12:05:42Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday visited the Johannesburg home of liberation hero Jessie Duarte, [...] Full text...
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Former Angolan president dos Santos dies
08 july 2022 - 12:58:36Luanda, Angola (PANA) - Former Angolan president José Eduardo dos Santo has died in Barcelona, Spain, aged 79. A statement by [...] Full text...
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OPEC Secretary-General Mohammad Barkindo dies
06 july 2022 - 09:50:00Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Secretary-General of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Mohammad Barkindo from Nigeria, is dead. The [...] Full text...
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Cote d'Ivoire's National Assembly Speaker dies
09 may 2022 - 05:54:09Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Speaker of the National Assembly of Côte d'Ivoire, Amadou Soumahoro, died on Saturday, the [...] Full text...
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BREAKING NEWS: Former Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki dies
22 april 2022 - 09:52:16Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Former Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki is dead, aged 90. President Uhuru Kenyatta made the announcement on Friday [...] Full text...
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Former Malian Prime Minister Diango Cissoko passes on
05 april 2022 - 13:30:19Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The former Malian Prime Minister of the Transition from December 2012 to September 2013, Diango Cissoko, [...] Full text...
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UN chief mourns late Zambian president Banda
16 march 2022 - 09:20:43New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has described the late Zambian President Rupiah Bwezani Banda as "a visionary [...] Full text...
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Former Mauritius president Karl Offmann dies
12 march 2022 - 06:04:15Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The former President of the Republic of Mauritius, Karl Offmann, has died, aged 81. Mr. Offmann, who [...] Full text...
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Zambia’s former president Rupiah Banda dies
11 march 2022 - 19:35:11Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambia’s former president Rupiah Banda has died at the age of 85. Banda, who was Zambia’s fourth [...] Full text...
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CAF President sympathises with Sudan FA over death of 5 players of same club
06 march 2022 - 07:33:25Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - CAF President, Dr Patrice Motsepe, has sent a condolence letter to Sudan FA and the families [...] Full text...
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Oldest Mauritian dies
01 march 2022 - 09:26:52Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The doyenne of Mauritians, Irène Ramsamy, has died, aged 108 years. Her passing was announced by her [...] Full text...
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President of the Constitutional Council of Burkina Faso dies
19 february 2022 - 19:11:21Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The President of the Constitutional Council of Burkina Faso, Kassoum Kambou, died on Saturday in [...] Full text...
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Mali declares three-day national mourning for late former president Ibrahim Boubacar Kéita
21 january 2022 - 11:43:48Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The President of Mali's Transition, Colonel Assimi Goita, has declared a three-day national mourning period, starting [...] Full text...
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Guinea junta leader mourns former Malian head of state Keita
17 january 2022 - 13:05:04Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The President of the Transition in Guinea, Colonel Mamadi Doumbouya, has expressed his condolences to the [...] Full text...
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Malian government mourns death of former president Kéita
17 january 2022 - 12:14:22Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian government has expressed "deep sorrow" following the death of former Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar [...] Full text...
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Libya mourns its great writer, Ali Mustapha al-Misrati
30 december 2021 - 19:48:05Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya on Thursday bid farewell to one of its prominent men of letters, writer Ali Mustapha [...] Full text...
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Lamine Dieng, former coach of the Senegalese national football team, dies
07 december 2021 - 19:48:49Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The former coach of the Senegalese national football team, Lamine Dieng, died on Monday night at [...] Full text...
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Senegalese top sports figure, Lamine Diack, dies at 88
03 december 2021 - 15:57:28Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegalese President Macky Sall, paying tribute to the former president of the International Association of Athletics [...] Full text...
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Vice president of the Libyan Council Moussa al-Kouni pays tribute to former Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika
18 september 2021 - 20:04:12Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Vice President of the Libyan Presidential Council, Moussa al-Kouni, Saturday paid tribute to former Algerian [...] Full text...
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South African president's top aide dies
17 september 2021 - 05:46:56Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Deputy Minister in the Presidency Hlengiwe Mkhize died on Thursday. She was 69 years [...] Full text...
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Former First Lady of Benin, Rosine Soglo, to be buried on 11 September in Cotonou
01 september 2021 - 11:53:17Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The former First Lady of Benin, Honorine Marie Rose Vieyra Soglo, wife of former President Nicephore [...] Full text...
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Senegalese justice minister confirms death of former Chadian president Hissein Habré
24 august 2021 - 17:42:46Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Senegalese Minister of Justice, Me Malick Sall, has officially confirmed the death of former Chadian [...] Full text...
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CAF President mourns late Zambian former president, Kenneth Kaunda
19 june 2021 - 05:25:36Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - "It was with great sadness that I learned of our former President Kenneth Kaunda’s passing. He [...] Full text...
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BREAKING News: Zambia's first president Kaunda is dead
17 june 2021 - 14:43:25Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Zambia's founding father, Kenneth Kaunda, has died aged 97, it was officially announced in the country's [...] Full text...
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Malian actress, Maimouna Hélène Diarra, dies
12 june 2021 - 18:05:05Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The renowned Malian actress, Maimouna Hélène Diarra, died on Thursday in Bamako at the age of [...] Full text...
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Popular Nigerian preacher T.B. Joshua dies
06 june 2021 - 12:51:17Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Influential Nigerian preacher and televangelist, Temitope Balogun Joshua, is dead, the Premium Times newspaper reported on [...] Full text...
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Former Mauritian PM, President Sir Anerood Jugnauth passes away
04 june 2021 - 05:47:38Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Former Prime Minister and President of the Republic of Mauritius, Sir Anerood Jugnauth, died at the [...] Full text...
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Togo: Komla Gblokpo, women's football pioneer, dies
26 may 2021 - 16:26:20Lomé, Togo (PANA) - The football family in Togo is in mourning after Komla Dzoboku Gblokpo passed away on Monday, [...] Full text...
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"Jeune Afrique" founder, Béchir Ben Yahmed, dies in Paris
03 may 2021 - 20:26:33Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - French-Tunisian journalist founder of "Jeune Afrique", Bechir Ben Ahmed, died Monday of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Paris [...] Full text...
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South African president Ramaphosa mourns death of Zulu monarch
30 april 2021 - 12:05:15Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa on Friday offered his condolences to the Zulu royal family after [...] Full text...
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Libyan President condoles with Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain over husband's passing
10 april 2021 - 12:33:43Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The President of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed al-Manfi, has sent a message of condolence to [...] Full text...
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Obama family matriarch, Sarah Obama, dies at 99
29 march 2021 - 09:22:45Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Sarah Obama, grandmother of former US President Barack Obama, has died at a hospital in the [...] Full text...
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Congolese presidential candidate succumbs to COVID-19 on voting day
22 march 2021 - 06:27:16Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Congolese opposition leader and candidate in Sunday's presidential election, Guy Brice Parfait Kolelas, has died of [...] Full text...
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Fallen Tanzania's president Magufuli: An obituary
18 march 2021 - 09:09:55Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Dr John Pombe Magufuli, who served as Tanzania’s president since November 2015, died on [...] Full text...
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South African Zulu monarch Goodwill Zwelithini dies
12 march 2021 - 10:20:32Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Zulu king Goodwill Zwelithini died on Friday after a long illness. He was 72. The [...] Full text...
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Zanzibar first vice-president dies
17 february 2021 - 14:53:58Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Zanzibar’s vice president, Seif Sharif Hamad, 77, died on Wednesday at the Muhimbili National [...] Full text...
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Russian Ambassador to Zambia dies
21 january 2021 - 16:04:09Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – The Embassy of Russia in Zambia has announced "with deep regret" Russian Ambassador Alexander Vilovich Boldyrev, In [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe's foreign minister Moyo succumbs to COVID-19
20 january 2021 - 09:52:05Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe's Foreign Affairs and International Trade Minister, Dr Sibusiso Moyo, has died, Presidential spokesperson, Mr George [...] Full text...
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Former Malian PM Modibo Keita laid to rest
08 january 2021 - 09:45:42Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The late former Malian Prime Minister, Modibo Kéita, was buried on Thursday in the capital, Bamako, [...] Full text...
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Malian opposition leader Soumaila Cissé, buried in Bamako
01 january 2021 - 20:47:02Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The funeral of Malian opposition leader Soumaïla Cissé, who died of coronavirus on 25 December in [...] Full text...
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Former Burundian President Pierre Buyoya buried in Bamako
30 december 2020 - 23:48:47Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Former Burundian President Pierre Buyoya, who died 17 October in Paris of coronavirus (COVID-19), was buried [...] Full text...
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Malian opposition leader Soumaila Cissé dies of coronavirus on Friday in France.
25 december 2020 - 13:37:30Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian opposition leader Soumaïla Cissé died of coronavirus on Friday in Paris, France, his family and [...] Full text...
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Malian president condoles with Burundian counterpart on death of Pierre Buyoya
18 december 2020 - 23:05:55Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian Acting President Bah N'Daw Friday sent a message of condolences to Burundi, following the death [...] Full text...
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Eswatini PM Dlamini passes away
14 december 2020 - 10:58:31Mbabane, Eswatini (PANA) - The Prime Minister of Eswatini, Ambrose Dlamini, has passed away, the government has announced. An official government [...] Full text...
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Sudan's veteran PM al Mahdi passes away at 85
26 november 2020 - 10:41:09Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - For the first time in years, Sudan has announced a three-day national mourning and ordered its [...] Full text...
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Mauritanians pay glowing tribute to late President Abdallahi
23 november 2020 - 21:44:56Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanians Monday paid glowing tribute to Sidi Mohamed ould Cheikh Abdallahi, former president of the Republic [...] Full text...
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Former Mauritanian president, Cheikh Abdallahi dies
23 november 2020 - 11:44:05Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The former Mauritanian president (2007-2008), Sidi Mohamed ould Cheikh Abdallahi, died on Sunday night at the [...] Full text...
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Fayez Al-Sarraj pays tribute to great Libyan poet, Abdelmawla Al-Baghdadi, who died on Friday
20 november 2020 - 23:19:11Tripoli, Libya (PANA) -The chairman of the presidential council of the Government of National Accord, Fayez Al-Sarraj, Friday paid glowing [...] Full text...
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Mali declares three days of national mourning for former President Amadou Touré
16 november 2020 - 10:28:56Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali will observe three days of national mourning from Monday, following the death of former President [...] Full text...
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Third Vice-President of Togo's National Assembly passes away
15 november 2020 - 11:30:13Lomé, Togo (PANA) - The 3rd Vice-President of the National Assembly of Togo, André Ablom Johnson, died on Saturday in [...] Full text...
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Remains of former Malian President Amadou Toumani Touré arrives in Bamako
14 november 2020 - 10:45:07Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The remains of the former Malian president, General Amadou Toumani Touré, arrived here Saturday at 6 [...] Full text...
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Funeral for former Malian President scheduled for Nov. 20
12 november 2020 - 17:52:42Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The remains of former Malian President, Amadou Toumani Touré, will arrive in Bamako on Friday and [...] Full text...
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Burkinabe president loses father
27 october 2020 - 17:26:28Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Bila Charles Kaboré, father of the Burkinabe president, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, died on Tuesday, [...] Full text...
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Former head of ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development passes on
21 october 2020 - 15:29:17Lomé, Togo (PANA) - The immediate past President of the ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID), Mr. Bashir Mamman [...] Full text...
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GNA Chairman expresses condolences on the passing of the Emir of Kuwait
29 september 2020 - 18:38:33Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Chairman of the Presidential Council of the Government of National Accord (GNA), Fayez Al-Sarraj, has [...] Full text...
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Kenyatta mourns Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad
29 september 2020 - 18:09:35Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - President Uhuru Kenyatta on Tuesday joined other world leaders mourning the Emir of Kuwait, His Highness [...] Full text...
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Former Cameroon defender M’Bom dies
22 september 2020 - 14:10:05Douala, Cameroon (PANA) - Former Cameroon defender, Ephrem M’Bom, died on Sunday (20 September 2020) in Douala after a long [...] Full text...
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Mali to observe three days of mourning for former President Moussa Traoré
17 september 2020 - 10:35:10Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali will from midnight on Thursday observe three days of national mourning for former President Moussa [...] Full text...
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Mali's junta sends condoles bereaved family of former President Moussa Traoré
16 september 2020 - 13:52:30Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's ruling military junta has sent its "deepest condolences to the bereaved family and to the [...] Full text...
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Mandela's lawyer dead at 92
10 september 2020 - 05:41:45Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Tributes are flooding in from around the world for acclaimed South African human rights [...] Full text...
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Football: Former Nigerian defender, Babalade, dies
06 september 2020 - 16:26:49Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Former Nigeria defender, Ajibade Babalade, passed away on Friday (4 September 2020) after suffering a cardiac [...] Full text...
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Former Gambia FA president, Gomez, and ex-team captain die
04 september 2020 - 16:11:30Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambian football family is in a state of grief following the deaths of former president [...] Full text...
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Mandela's personal physician dead at 62
28 august 2020 - 05:05:19Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Dr Vejay Ramlakan, Nelson Mandela's personal physician and South Africa’s former military surgeon-general on, [...] Full text...
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Tunisian football icon, Hammadi Agrebi, passes on
23 august 2020 - 05:37:09Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia football legend, Hammadi Agrebi, died on Friday (21 August 2020) after a long battle with [...] Full text...
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Togo pays tribute to 'national hero, statesman' Edem Kodjo as he is laid to rest
20 august 2020 - 18:50:38Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togolese and foreign dignitaries have paid tribute to the former Secretary-General of the Organization of African [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso: First archaeologist, Jean-Baptiste Kiethega, dies at 73
06 august 2020 - 14:39:39Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso's first professor of archaeology and history, Jean-Baptiste Kiethega, died on Wednesday at the [...] Full text...
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A former Senegalese Minister of Education dies in Dakar
04 august 2020 - 14:46:26Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - A former Senegalese Minister of National Education, Prof. Moustapha Sourang, died in Dakar on Monday, aged [...] Full text...
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Cameroon legend, Tataw, passes away
31 july 2020 - 16:40:57Yaounde, Cameroon (PANA) - Cameroon legend, Stephen Tataw, died on Friday, 31 July 2020, in Yaounde after a brief illness, [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Mbeki salutes fallen liberation hero
29 july 2020 - 18:53:20Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former South African President, Thabo Mbeki, on Wednesday paid tribute to the Soweto funeral [...] Full text...
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Former CAF Executive Committee member, Abu Shweisha, dies
29 july 2020 - 16:18:11Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Former Libyan Football Federation (LFF) General Secretary, Abdul Majid Abu Shweisha, has died. Aged 80, Abu Shweisha [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Zimbabwe Agriculture minister, Perence Shiri, succumbs to virus
29 july 2020 - 11:28:21Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe’s Agriculture minister, Perence Shiri, has died at the age of 65 from complications associated with [...] Full text...
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Top Senegalese journalist dies in Dakar
27 july 2020 - 18:09:32Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The former president of Senegal's National Broadcasting Regulatory Council (CNRA), from 2012 to 2018, Babacar Touré, [...] Full text...
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Mauritanians pay tribute to Senegalese journalist, Babacar Touré, who died in Dakar on Sunday
27 july 2020 - 18:03:45Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanians are paying tribute to Senegalese journalist, CEO of Groupe Sud, founder of SUD-FM, Senegal's first [...] Full text...
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Former Tanzanian president Mkapa passes on
23 july 2020 - 23:39:38Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Tanzania’s third president, Benjamin William Mkapa, has passed on, President John Joseph Magufuli announced [...] Full text...
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South Africa's last surviving treason trialist dead at 95
22 july 2020 - 07:08:30Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Liberation hero and the last surviving Rivonia Treason Trialist Andrew Mlangeni died on Tuesday [...] Full text...
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President Barrow, football fraternity mourn soccer legend, Biri Biri
20 july 2020 - 17:23:41Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - President Adama Barrow has joined Gambia’s football fraternity in mourning the late football legend, Alhaji Momodou [...] Full text...
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Gambia’s football legend, Biri Biri, dies, aged 72
19 july 2020 - 19:55:51Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia's football legend, Alhaji Momodou Njie, popularly known as Biri Biri, died on Sunday in Dakar, [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Malawi football legend, Munde, dies of COVID-19
15 july 2020 - 16:05:28Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Former midfielder, Kannock Munde, has become the first high-profile figure to succumb to COVID-19 in Malawian [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Buhari, Air Chief mourn death of nation's first female combat helicopter pilot
15 july 2020 - 14:10:59Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday said that he received with “deep pain”, the passing of Flying [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS saddened by death of Ivorian prime minister Coulibaly
12 july 2020 - 10:26:04Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) said here Sunday it was saddened by [...] Full text...
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Côte d'Ivoire: Govt. declares 8 days of national mourning for late PM, Amadou Gon Coulibaly
10 july 2020 - 13:52:23Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Cote d'Ivoire will observe an eight-day national mourning in honour of the late Prime Minister, [...] Full text...
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President Alpha Condé "seriously affected'' by death of Ivorian PM
08 july 2020 - 22:40:11Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guinean President Alpha Condé Wednesday sent a message of condolence to his Ivorian counterpart, Alassane Ouattara, [...] Full text...
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Sierra Leone mourns soccer legend, Strasser
08 july 2020 - 14:55:20Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - The football family in Sierra Leone is mourning the death of iconic footballer, James Strasser, [...] Full text...
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Former DR Congo forward Emeka Essanga passes on
26 june 2020 - 18:57:58Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Former DR Congo forward, Emeka Essanga, passed away on Thursday (25 June 2020) at a [...] Full text...
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Board Chairman of PANA, Dr. Ibrahim Dagash, passes on (Re-issued)
23 june 2020 - 18:33:30Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese journalist, Pan-Africanist and Board Chairman of the Pan-African News Agency (PANA), Dr Ibrahim Dagash, has [...] Full text...
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Leading South African football administrator dead at 68
17 june 2020 - 16:21:38Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Leading South African football administrator Mike, Mokoena, has died after a short illness. He [...] Full text...
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Sudan's late former FM Mansour Khalid remembered as one of the country's most influential personalities
05 june 2020 - 13:50:31Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan's former foreign minister Dr. Mansour Khalid who passed away recently in Khartoum continues to be [...] Full text...
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Ugandan soccer legend, Kirunda, passes on
26 may 2020 - 16:42:48Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Uganda's football legend, Jimmy Kirunda, died on Monday (25 May, 2020), the Federation of Uganda Football [...] Full text...
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Guinean musician Mory Kanté to be buried Tuesday in Conakry
25 may 2020 - 15:43:57Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Famous Guinean musician Mory Kanté, who died on Friday at the age of 70 after a [...] Full text...
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Burkinabe Culture Minister saddened by death of Mori Kanté, a musician from Guinea-Conakry
22 may 2020 - 16:43:50Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso's Minister of Culture, Abdoul Karim Sango, said he is saddened by the death [...] Full text...
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Famous Guinean musician Mory Kanté dies in Conakry
22 may 2020 - 13:42:49Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guinean music virtuoso Mory Kanté passed away on Friday at the Sino-Guinean hospital in Conakry where [...] Full text...
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Former Rwandan Information minister Laurent Nkusi laid to rest
21 may 2020 - 15:41:12Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) -- Former Rwandan Information minister, Professor Laurent Nkusi, who also served different positions in the government before [...] Full text...
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Former Rwandan Information minister Laurent Nkusi dies aged 70
18 may 2020 - 16:39:43Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Former Rwandan Information minister, Professor Laurent Nkusi, has died at the age of 70 due to [...] Full text...
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Top Tanzanian diplomat and cabinet minister Ambassador Mahiga dies at 75
01 may 2020 - 11:14:59Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Tanzanian seasoned diplomat and cabinet minister, Ambassador Augustine Philip Mahiga, died at dawn on [...] Full text...
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South African liberation hero Dennis Goldberg dead at 87
30 april 2020 - 10:39:06Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Liberation hero Dennis Goldberg died at his Cape Town home after a long illness [...] Full text...
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Former Libyan prime minister Abderrahim al-Kib dies
21 april 2020 - 10:46:18Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A former Libyan prime minister of the first post-Gaddafi transitional government in 2011, Abderrahim al-Kib, died [...] Full text...
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Guinea election body chairman dies
17 april 2020 - 20:37:57Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The chairman of the national independent electoral commission (CENI) in Guinea, Amadou Salif Kébé, died Friday [...] Full text...
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South African billionaire dead at 84
22 march 2020 - 10:59:20Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African tycoon, Sol Kerzner, who developed some of the world’s most spectacular hotels, [...] Full text...
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Guinean govt. pays tribute to 8 footballers killed in road accident
09 march 2020 - 22:27:03Conakry, Guinea (PANA) – ‘’We reaffirm our condolences to the families of the victims. Death is inevitable, but that of [...] Full text...
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Zambian President mourns former Egyptian President
26 february 2020 - 17:26:07Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambian President Edgar Lungu has expressed a great sense of sadness on the death of former [...] Full text...
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PANA Correspondent dies in Botswana
29 january 2020 - 17:37:31Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Zimbabwean-born freelance journalist living in Botswana, Meekaeel Siphambili, has passed away after a short illness. According to [...] Full text...
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Ivorian traditional music singer Baoule Allah Thérèse passes on
20 january 2020 - 14:36:41Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Allah Thérèse, an emblematic figure of traditional Baoule music, an ethnic group from central Côte [...] Full text...
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Malian Education Minister Témoré Tioulenta passes on
10 january 2020 - 15:15:07Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian Minister of Education, Témoré Tioulenta, died on Friday in Bamako at the age of 66, [...] Full text...
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Key military figure in Ivorian rebellion dies in the US
06 january 2020 - 11:39:57Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - A key military figure in the Ivorian rebellion in 2002, Colonel Issiaka Ouattara, also known as [...] Full text...
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Mauritanian president Ghazouani condoles with Algerian counterpart after death of Saleh
23 december 2019 - 22:24:28Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian president, Mohamed ould Cheikh El Ghazouani, Monday sent a message of condolences to his [...] Full text...
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Popular South African broadcaster dies at 44
01 november 2019 - 10:40:28Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Tributes are flooding in for veteran South African broadcaster Xolani Gwala has succumbed to [...] Full text...
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Veteran Rwandan broadcast journalist passes away
25 october 2019 - 13:02:59Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The director of Radio Isangano, a community broadcasting in Western Rwanda, Jerome Rwasa, who also served [...] Full text...
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Tanzania’s multiparty pioneer dies aged 83
24 october 2019 - 11:42:28Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - A seasoned politician and one of the pioneers of multiparty politics in Tanzania, James [...] Full text...
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President Faure Gnassingbé hails memory of Jacques Chirac, ‘loyal friend for Togo’
26 september 2019 - 22:06:59Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togolese President Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé in a tweet on Thursday following the death of former French [...] Full text...
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Former Tunisian leader Ben Ali dies in Saudi Arabia
19 september 2019 - 15:50:56Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – Former Tunisian president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali died on Thursday in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, where [...] Full text...
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Former Chadian leader Lol Mahamat Choua dies
15 september 2019 - 18:00:38Paris, France (PANA) – Former Chadian president Lol Mahamat Choua died on Sunday in the Chadian capital, Ndjamena, following a [...] Full text...
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Senegal: Former rebel chief, Ousmane Niantang Diatta, dies
13 september 2019 - 18:15:23Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - Ousmane Niantang Diatta, one of the ancient war leaders of the Movement of Casamance democratic forces [...] Full text...
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'President Mugabe was maligned', says Zambian ex-president Kaunda
06 september 2019 - 19:14:33Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambia’s first president, Kenneth Kaunda, has said that it is regrettable that the late Zimbabwean former [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe gov't announces death of prominent journalist allegedly paralyzed by President Mnangagwa
20 august 2019 - 18:35:35Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Zimbabwe government has announced the passing of a veteran state broadcaster in the 1980s, called Godfrey Majonga, [...] Full text...
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Malian President condoles Senegal following death of Jacques Diouf
19 august 2019 - 12:40:28Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Kéita has expressed deep sadness following the death of Jacques Diouf, former [...] Full text...
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Togolese singer, painter Jimi Hope, dies
06 august 2019 - 06:01:16Lome, Togo (PANA) – Togolese singer and painter, Jimi Hope, died on Monday in Paris after a short illness, cultural [...] Full text...
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Former president of Constitutional Court of Guinea passes on
28 july 2019 - 11:25:13Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Kelefa Sall, a 61-year-old magistrate and former president of the Constitutional Court of Guinea, passed away [...] Full text...
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Libya declares 3 days of mourning for late Tunisian President
26 july 2019 - 15:19:44Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Presidential Council of the Government of National Unity has announced a three-day mourning in memory [...] Full text...
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Three-day national mourning in several Arab countries for late Tunisian President
26 july 2019 - 08:29:04Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - Algerian President Abdelkader Bensalah declared a three-day national mourning on Thursday following the death of Tunisian [...] Full text...
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Béji Caïd Essebsi, a disciple of Bourguiba and an experienced politician (Analysis by Bouazza Ben Bouazza, PANA correspondent)
25 july 2019 - 13:30:28Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian President Béji Caïd Essebsi, who died on Thursday at the age of 93, is the [...] Full text...
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Guinean musician Kerfala Kanté passes away
19 july 2019 - 09:31:37Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guinean musician Kerfala Kanté passed away on Friday at a clinic in the Guinean capital, Conakry, [...] Full text...
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ECONEC mourns passing of ECOWAS Commission president de Souza
18 july 2019 - 08:07:25Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Network of Electoral Commissions (ECONEC) has expressed shock and sadness at the passing of [...] Full text...
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The first secretary of Socialist Party of Senegal buried in native village
17 july 2019 - 22:10:08Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The First Secretary of the Senegalese Socialist Party (PS), Ousmane Tanor Dieng, who died Monday in [...] Full text...
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Legendary South African singer Johnny Clegg dies
16 july 2019 - 18:47:40Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Legendary South African singer, Johnny Clegg (OBE), died on Tuesday at the age of [...] Full text...
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Senegalese President Sall pays tribute to First Secretary of Socialist Party
15 july 2019 - 13:13:58Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegalese President Macky Sall has paid tribute to the memory of the first secretary of Senegal's [...] Full text...
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First secretary of Senegal's Socialist Party dies in France
15 july 2019 - 12:32:08Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The first secretary of Senegal's Socialist Party, Ousmane Tanor Dieng, died on Monday in France at [...] Full text...
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South African Rugby Legend dead at 50
10 july 2019 - 14:43:28Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former South African Rugby Great, James Small, died on Wednesday at the age of [...] Full text...
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Morsi’s death a ‘shock’ for the Islamist movement - Ennahdha
17 june 2019 - 23:27:42Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian Islamist Movement, Ennahdha, Monday expressed its ‘great sadness’ following the death of former Egyptian [...] Full text...
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Tens of thousand mourners pay their last respect Saturday to Etienne Tshisekedi
01 june 2019 - 18:21:41Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - After a two-year delay, the body of the father of Democratic Republic of Congo's president [...] Full text...
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PANAPRESS correspondent in Cameroon dies
25 april 2019 - 10:48:10Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The correspondent of Pan-African News Agency (PANAPRESS) in Cameroon, Elisabeth Benkam, died on Wednesday at Gyneco [...] Full text...
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Burkinabe filmmaker, Saint Pierre Yaméogo, dies
01 april 2019 - 17:40:30Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso filmmaker, Saint Pierre Yaméogo, died Monday in Ouagadougou, following a long illness, according [...] Full text...
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Former Mauritanian military leader dies
17 march 2019 - 12:34:43Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Retired Col. Mohamed Mahmoud ould Louly, former head of state of Mauritania under the military regime [...] Full text...
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Moroccan actor Aziz Maouhoub dies at 80
04 march 2019 - 10:29:39Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Moroccan actor Aziz Maouhoub died on Sunday at the age of 80, a communiqué from the Moroccan [...] Full text...
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Med Hondo, winner of FESPACO Gold Standard in 1987, dies
02 march 2019 - 20:36:27Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA)- Mauritanian film director, Med Hondo, who directed the film, Sarraounia, and winner in 1987 of the Yenenega [...] Full text...
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South Africa Media forum salutes fallen journalists
13 february 2019 - 16:21:35Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African National Editors’ Forum (SANEF) Wednesday mourned two veteran journalists who have [...] Full text...
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Former Guinean international footballer Mohamed Sylla passes on
05 february 2019 - 15:58:26Conakry, Guinea (PANA) – Former national Guinean football player Mohamed Sylla passed away on Monday at a clinic in Conakry, [...] Full text...
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Algerian Constitutional Council president passes on
28 january 2019 - 13:11:52Algiers, Algeria (PANA) – Algerian Constitutional Council president Mourad Medelci died on Monday in Algiers, aged 76 years, following [...] Full text...
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Chadian Ambassador Delegate to UNESCO dies in Paris
27 january 2019 - 13:59:43Paris, France (PANA) - Chad's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and Permanent Delegate to UNESCO, Mahamat Saleh Adoum Djerou, died on [...] Full text...
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Malian actor Michel Sangaré passes on
22 january 2019 - 14:32:27Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian actor and artist Michel Sangaré died on Monday at Gabriel Touré Hospital in Bamako after [...] Full text...
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Zambia’s former vice president Lupando Mwape dies
21 january 2019 - 12:21:01Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambia’s former vicepresident, Lupando Mwape, has passed away in South Africa where he was evacuated for [...] Full text...
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UNESCO chief calls for safety of media workers in Somalia
04 january 2019 - 19:23:44Paris, France (PANA) - UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay has condemned the car bomb attack in the Somali capital that killed [...] Full text...
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Mali mourns late writer, politician Kouyaté
03 january 2019 - 12:07:34Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Flags are flying at half-mast in Mali on Thursday as the West African country pays tribute [...] Full text...
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Malian politician and writer Seydou Badian Kouyaté is dead
29 december 2018 - 15:39:50Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian politician and writer Seydou Badian Kouyaté died on Friday in Bamako at the age of [...] Full text...
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Daughter of Africa’s first Nobel Laureate dead at 79
17 december 2018 - 07:33:49Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The youngest daughter of the Chief Albert Luthuli – Africa’s first Nobel Laureate – [...] Full text...
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Founder of South Africa's Truth, Reconciliation Commission dies at 87
05 december 2018 - 19:42:48Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Alex Boraine, who played a key role in South Africa’s transition from Apartheid to [...] Full text...
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Founder of WalFadjri press group dies in Dakar
04 december 2018 - 13:47:42Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The founder and director general of WalFadjri press group, Sidi Lamine Niasse, died on Tuesday in [...] Full text...
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Former Gambian editor-in-chief of PANA passes on
29 november 2018 - 16:42:34Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - A former Editor-in-Chief of PANA, Suwaebou Conateh, passed away Thursday at his residence in Serrekunda, about [...] Full text...
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South African rap legend's former lover dies
27 november 2018 - 11:55:20Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Exactly one month after South African music legend Jabulani Hip Hop Pantsula took his [...] Full text...
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Former Senegalese Minister of Foreign Affairs, Baudin, dies in Dakar
26 november 2018 - 15:44:27Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Former Senegalese Foreign Minister Jacques Baudin passed away in Dakar on Sunday night after a long [...] Full text...
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Senior Tuareg separatist movement official dies in Bamako
24 october 2018 - 11:23:22Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The vice president of the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) and member of [...] Full text...
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South African legendary long distance swimmer dead at 60
18 october 2018 - 14:52:45Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Tributes are pouring in for South African Theodore Yach, one of the world’s leading [...] Full text...
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Passing away of PANAPRESS Editor-in-Chief
15 october 2018 - 18:17:21Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Biava Seshi, PANAPRESS Editor-in-Chief, passed away Monday afternoon in Lome, Togo, his native country following a [...] Full text...
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Nelson Mandela Foundation salutes struggle hero
10 october 2018 - 10:39:59Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Nelson Mandela Foundation on Wednesday paid tribute to anti-apartheid activist Barbara Harmel who [...] Full text...
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AfDB mourns passing of former UN Secretary-General, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Kofi Annan
19 august 2018 - 04:20:52Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has learned with deep sadness the news of the death [...] Full text...
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Former Somali goalkeeper, Mohamed, passes on
30 july 2018 - 16:44:29Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - Former Somali national football team goalkeeper, Ahmed Abdalla Moalim Mohamed, has died after a protracted illness, [...] Full text...
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Algerian soccer legend, Hacène Lalmas, dies
10 july 2018 - 15:21:09Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - Footballer Hacène Lalmas, considered a legend in Algeria, died on Saturday at his home in Algiers [...] Full text...
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UNICEF mourns aid worker shot dead in South Sudan
05 july 2018 - 19:26:32New York, US (PANA) - The UN Children's fund on Thursday expressed deeply sadness at the death of an aid [...] Full text...
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Ghana's former vice president Amissah-Arthur dies
29 june 2018 - 07:36:33Accra, 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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Amnesty International's West Africa Researcher Gaëtan Mootoo passes on
28 may 2018 - 02:42:00Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Amnesty International on Sunday announced the death of Gaëtan Mootoo, Researcher for West Africa, who [...] Full text...
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Malawi football legend Chamangwana dies
09 may 2018 - 15:04:05Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Former Malawi football coach and captain, Jack Chamangwana, died in the commercial capital Blantyre on Sunday. Chamangwana, [...] Full text...
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Malawi youth striker Mwakilama dies in Portugal
21 april 2018 - 14:01:15Lilongwe, Malawi (PANA) - Malawian youth international footballer, Abel Mwakilama, died on Friday in Portugal of suspected cerebral malaria. The General [...] Full text...
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Former South African diplomat dies
07 april 2018 - 14:57:29Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African government has confirmed the death on Friday of former top diplomat [...] Full text...
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OIF Secretary General pays tribute to late Burkina film director
20 february 2018 - 16:26:54Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Secretary General of the International Francophonie Organisation (OIF), Michaëlle Jean, has on Tuesday paid [...] Full text...
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South African anti-apartheid activist dead at 79
04 january 2018 - 06:11:58Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Anti-apartheid activist and poet Keorapetse Kgositsile died in Johannesburg on Wednesday after suffering from [...] Full text...
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South Africa musician dead at 47
26 december 2017 - 07:06:06Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Tributes are pouring in for top South African musician Robbie Malinga who died in [...] Full text...
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Kenyan Governor dies in road crash
07 november 2017 - 09:09:27Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Governor of Nyeri County, Dr Wahome Gakuru, died in a tragic road accident at [...] Full text...
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Ghanaian mathematician, nuclear physicist passes on
03 november 2017 - 16:01:21Accra, Ghana (PANA) - A renowned Ghanaian mathematician and nuclear physicist, Prof. Francis Kofi Ampenyin Allotey, is dead. He died at [...] Full text...
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