Diplomatic stakes ‘could not be higher’, warns senior UN official

21 october 2023 - 06:18:38
New York, US (PANA) - As the possible transition to a new global order heightens security risks, more effective multilateral [...] Full text...

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Court bars oil giant from surveying South African waters

02 september 2022 - 12:27:42
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Eastern Cape High Court on Thursday ruled that the exploration rights granted by [...] Full text...

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Moroccan governing Islamist party humiliated in legislative election

09 september 2021 - 12:30:33
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The Islamist Justice and Development Party (PJD), the governing party in Morocco for the past 10 [...] Full text...

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Tributes pour in for late former Ghana President Rawlings

12 november 2020 - 18:28:35
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Tributes have been pouring in for Ghana's former president Jerry Rawlings, who died in Accra on [...] Full text...

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Nigerien police seize 82.5 kg of cannabis, 4,000 tramadol tablets in Niamey

23 june 2020 - 19:57:02
Niamey, Niger (PANA) – The central office for the Repression of illegal drug trafficking (OCTRIS), seized huge quantities of drugs [...] Full text...

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Skhirat Agreement is 'single framework' to end Libya's political crisis, says Mediterranean states

21 february 2020 - 11:27:29
Athens, Greece (PANA) - The importance of the political process in Libya through the full implementation of the Skhirat Political [...] Full text...

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EXXON Mobile opens office in Nouakchott

03 may 2019 - 22:53:51
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA)   -   EXXON Mobile has opened an office in Mauritania to improve its offshore exploration programme, a statement [...] Full text...

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EU mobilises 12 million euros for microfinance loans in West Africa

02 april 2019 - 17:01:50
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Investment Bank (EIB) has mobilised 12 million euros, which will be managed by the [...] Full text...

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UN: UN officials task governments on Paris climate change agreement

23 march 2017 - 21:12:10
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday in New York said climate change is an unprecedented [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Zambia's Kennedy to seek slot in FIH board

03 november 2016 - 09:23:29
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Zambia's Hazel Kennedy is the only African who will seek a slot in the International Hockey [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: WHO kicks off registry of vetted medical emergency teams

08 april 2015 - 18:57:28
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – With global crises on the rise, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) on [...] Full text...

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UN: UN chief stresses need to mitigate climate change patterns

23 march 2015 - 18:26:28
New York, US (PANA) – With extreme weather and changing climatic patterns taking a heavier toll on the planet, mitigating [...] Full text...

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WB: Climate action brings big benefits to human health

04 november 2013 - 00:10:58
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Fast action to cut common pollutants like soot (also known as black carbon) and [...] Full text...

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Italy gives food aid to Malian refugees in Mauritania

12 april 2013 - 13:05:43
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Italian government is to provide food aid worth 200,000 euros to Malian refugees at the [...] Full text...

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Death toll in Nigeria attack rises to over 100

09 july 2012 - 09:03:18
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - At least 104 people, including two serving MPs and three security agents, have been killed since [...] Full text...

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Death toll from Nigeria church bombing, aftermath rises to 19

13 march 2012 - 09:09:39
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The death toll from Sunday's suicide bombing of a Catholic church in Nigeria's restive northern city [...] Full text...

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(2ND UPDATE)'Death toll from Nigeria church bombing rises to 11'

11 march 2012 - 20:36:09
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Eleven people died and 22 were injured in Sunday's suicide bombing of a Catholic Church in [...] Full text...

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(UPDATE) At least 31 die in attacks targeting Churches on Xmas day in Nigeria

25 december 2011 - 18:43:25
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Five bomb and gun attacks in four towns across three northern Nigeria states, most of them [...] Full text...

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Nigerian media report justice for comedian, rumble at anti-graft agency, Boko Haram

26 november 2011 - 08:06:03
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian media were this week filled with stories of the popular comedian who deservedly got [...] Full text...

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12 killed in fresh violence in troubled Nigerian city

25 november 2011 - 08:38:28
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A resurgence of the lingering ethno-religious violence in Nigeria's northern city of Jos Thursday left 12 [...] Full text...

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Nigerians hail former Zambian president's action on defeat

24 september 2011 - 18:01:02
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigerian politicians and analysts have commended the outgone President of Zambia, Rupiah Banda on the just [...] Full text...

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2 investment firms invite entries for "Africa entrepreneurship awards 2011"

03 june 2011 - 19:46:25
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Two international investment organizations on Thursday launched the 2011 Africa Awards for Entrepreneurship, one of the [...] Full text...

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2011 Africa Awards for Entrepreneurship launched

02 june 2011 - 10:38:25
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - A private international investment group, Legatum, and a philanthropic investment firm, Omidyar Network, Thursday [...] Full text...

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Mediterranean region will be threatened by climate change 2080-2099

28 may 2010 - 16:18:00
Tunis- Tunisia (PANA) -- Severe climate change will threaten the Mediterranean re gion during the 2080-2099 period with possibilities of [...] Full text...

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Nigerian media feast on terrorism story involving Nigerian man

09 january 2010 - 08:32:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The attempt to blow up an American plane by 23-year-old Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab on Christmas [...] Full text...

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2010 World Cup offers hotel industry some respite

09 november 2009 - 07:59:00
Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- The 2010 World Cup is expected to offer some re spite to South Africa's [...] Full text...

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EU releases 394 million euros for food in developing countries

01 may 2009 - 18:12:00
Brussels- Belgium (PANA) -- The European Union (EU) has released 394 million euro s on the funds of the “Food [...] Full text...

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Nigeria president's convoy 'attacked'

10 march 2009 - 09:42:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- A motorcade bearing Nigeria's President Umaru Yar'Adua a nd host northern Plateau Governor Jonah Jang was [...] Full text...

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Traditional ruler, Gbong Gwom Jos, dies in Nigeria

09 march 2009 - 09:49:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- One of Nigeria's reverred traditional rulers, the Gbong Gwon Jos, Victor Pan Dung Pam, has died [...] Full text...

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New Moroccan party holds congress

21 february 2009 - 17:28:00
Rabat- Morocco (PANA)- – A new political party in Morocco, Party for Authenticity and Modernity (PAM), on Friday began its [...] Full text...

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Mining coy abandons Mozambican gold mine

06 january 2009 - 20:08:00
Maputo- Mozambique (PANA) -- Canada-based company, African Queen Mines Ltd, has a bandoned its involvement in the Braganza gold mine [...] Full text...

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