Kenyan starve to death church declared organized criminal group
31 january 2024 - 23:33:11Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A Kenyan church whose members starved to death in the belief that they would meet their [...] Full text...
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Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A Kenyan church whose members starved to death in the belief that they would meet their [...] Full text...
South Africa marks 30th anniversary of church massacre
26 july 2023 - 12:09:17Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa is marking the 30th anniversary of the St James Church Massacre which [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Police dig out mass graves in probe over endtimes preacher
22 april 2023 - 10:35:14Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A police probe into the activities of a religious cult in Kenya's coastal region of Kilifi [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso's ousted military leader offers to resign, says religious, community leaders
02 october 2022 - 20:07:11Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Ousted Burkina Faso military leader, Lt. Col. Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, has offered to resign "to [...] Full text...
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Ethiopia marks New Year accenting peace, stability and work
11 september 2021 - 12:46:11Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Ethiopia is celebrating its New Year on Saturday and Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is marking [...] Full text...
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Malawian prophet faces new South African lawsuit
30 august 2021 - 16:56:26Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A South African businessman has filed an application in the North Gauteng High Court [...] Full text...
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25 years on, world remembers Nigeria’s Atlanta’96 Olympics heroes
03 august 2021 - 17:09:19Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - August 3, 1996, would be etched forever in the memory of African football custodian and even [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS Court declares its judgment ;not prejudicial' to a third party application filed
26 february 2021 - 15:32:12Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Court of Justice has dismissed the application of a third-party applicant, representing 6,500 parties, [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: South Africa Chief Justice under fire over COVID-19 comments
11 december 2020 - 13:33:59Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng has come under fire for claiming the “devil” [...] Full text...
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Malawi fugitive pastor detained
18 november 2020 - 10:52:08Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Self-proclaimed Malawian prophet Shepherd Bushiri and his wife Mary on Wednesday handed themselves over [...] Full text...
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Politicians and Nigeria's recent elections (By Paul Ejime, PANA Guest writer)
28 september 2020 - 17:01:25Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - After consistent bashing, castigation and blame for disputed elections, sometimes unjustifiably, the Prof. Mahmood Yakubu-led Nigeria’s [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Buhari says opposition victory in Edo State proves his commitment to fair polls
20 september 2020 - 16:47:31Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Reactions are trialing the declaration of Mr Godwin Obaseki of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Presidency rejects UK All-Party parliamentary group report on religious freedom
19 june 2020 - 19:56:42Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Presidency on Friday labelled as “misrepresentation” the report of the United Kingdom (UK) All-Party [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe Govt dismisses coup d’etat rumours
11 june 2020 - 06:01:50Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Zimbabwe government has dismissed rumours of an imminent military coup d’etat in the country as the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Curfew breakers in Rwanda arrested
06 april 2020 - 07:25:23Kigali Rwanda (PANA) – A number of people including a pastor in Kigali were arrested on Sunday for violating the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: First Burkinabè patients discharged from hospital
20 march 2020 - 17:27:28Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Pastor Mamadou Karambiri and his wife, who were the first cases of coronavirus disease in [...] Full text...
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Nigerien pastoralists again allowed to graze their cattle in Benin
20 february 2020 - 17:53:17Cotonou, Benin(PANA) - Benin is once again allowing Nigerien pastoralists to graze their livestock on its territory, according to a [...] Full text...
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24 killed in suspected terrorist attack in Burkina Faso Sahel
17 february 2020 - 12:48:12Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA)- At least 24 people were killed on Sunday in Pansi village of Yagha province in Burkina [...] Full text...
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Burundi's main opposition party hold extraordinary congress on Sunday
15 february 2020 - 14:59:03Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - All eyes will be turned on Sunday towards Mont Sillon, on the north-eastern outskirts of Bujumbura [...] Full text...
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Pastor and three children killed in Burkina Faso Sahel
14 february 2020 - 13:46:36Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - A pastor and his three children kidnapped on Tuesday were found dead on Thursday in [...] Full text...
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Burundian Mediator urges presidential candidates to go for fair play
11 february 2020 - 17:04:12Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The Burundian Ombudsman (Mediator of the Republic), Edouard Nduwimana, on Tuesday congratulated the dozen candidates cleared for [...] Full text...
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One person killed, 6 others abducted in Burkinabe Sahel
11 february 2020 - 14:58:00Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - One person was killed and six others abducted on Monday night in Sebba, Yagha province [...] Full text...
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Nigerian governmet, Christian body bicker over release of abducted Chibok schoolgirls
05 february 2020 - 13:24:27Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Almost six years since 276 schoolgirls were abducted from their dormitories at Government Girls Secondary School, [...] Full text...
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Zambia police detain ‘prophet’ over resurrection claims
04 february 2020 - 11:09:15Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Police in the Zambian capital, Lusaka, have arrested and detained a purported man of God in [...] Full text...
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Burundi: CENI publishes final list of voters for next general elections
03 february 2020 - 16:38:57Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The Burundi Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) on Monday published a final list of 5,126,351 voters [...] Full text...
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Africa joins the world to usher in New Year
01 january 2020 - 11:11:41Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Africa joined the world to usher in the New Year on Tuesday with various activities in [...] Full text...
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Niger officially launches national campaign for free vaccination of livestock
30 december 2019 - 23:25:31Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Nigerien minister in charge of Livestock, Mohamed Boucha Monday launched the national campaign of free vaccination [...] Full text...
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Gambian Christians frown on omission of ‘secular’ in draft constitution
04 december 2019 - 21:23:19Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Christian community in The Gambia Wednesday expressed concern over the omission of the word ‘SECULAR’ [...] Full text...
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Former São Toméan pastor arrested in Côte d'Ivoire returns home
04 december 2019 - 17:54:05Sao Tome, Sao Tome and Principe (PANA) - A former pastor from Sao Tome and Principe, Iudmilo Veloso, of the [...] Full text...
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Rwandan dailies highlight wave of arrests, deportations of Rwandan nationals from Uganda
30 november 2019 - 11:38:06Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan newspapers this week focused on the latest wave of arrests of Rwandans inside Uganda and [...] Full text...
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Rwandan newspapers highlight Kigali-Kampala "diplomatic row"
23 november 2019 - 15:17:05Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan newspapers this week highlighted disputes that created a renewed strain on bilateral ties between Kigali and [...] Full text...
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Santomean pastor detained in Côte d'Ivoire released
02 november 2019 - 14:20:56Sao Tome, Sao Tome and Principe (PANA) - The government of Sao Tome and Principe on Thursday announced the release [...] Full text...
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Former Santomean pastor arrested in Côte d'Ivoire to be released soon
28 october 2019 - 11:06:59Sao Tome, Sao Tome and Principe (PANA) - A former Santomean pastor of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of [...] Full text...
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CAR's First Lady to attend the Int'l conference of Women Leaders in Bujumbura
23 october 2019 - 22:53:40Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Mrs. Tina Marguerite Touadéra, wife of the head of the Central African Republic, Faustin-Archange Touadéra, arrived [...] Full text...
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One dead in street protest in São Tomé
18 october 2019 - 15:48:56Sao Tome, Sao Tome and Principe (PANA) - One person died on Thursday in a popular demonstration on the streets [...] Full text...
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President Kaboré sends message to nation following attack on mosque
14 october 2019 - 21:30:32Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkinabé President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré Monday called on the citizenry to take action and [...] Full text...
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US Embassy in Kigali notified about deportation of American Pastor accused of "public order offence"
08 october 2019 - 23:10:49Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The US Embassy in Kigali was Tuesday notified about the deportation of the American Pastor Gregory [...] Full text...
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Rwanda top diplomat welcomes deportation of American pastor over public order offence
08 october 2019 - 22:43:54Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan Minister of State in charge of the East African Community Olivier Nduhungirehe Tuesday welcomed the [...] Full text...
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Rwanda deports American pastor for overstaying his visa
08 october 2019 - 16:03:44Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda's Directorate-General of Immigration and Emigration on Tuesday confirmed that American Pastor Gregory Ryan Schoof, who [...] Full text...
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Congo: Alleged wildlife traffickers in court
03 october 2019 - 15:51:31Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Two hearings on wildlife crime are scheduled for October 8 and 10 at the Brazzaville and [...] Full text...
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Abuja demands probe of death of Nigerian pastor killed in pursuit by Chinese security operatives
15 august 2019 - 15:09:43Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria's federal government on Thursday demanded an immediate probe by the government of China regrading the [...] Full text...
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Rwanda, DR Congo health officials observe minute's silence to honor victims of Ebola
06 august 2019 - 19:21:22Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Health officials from Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) observed a minute's silence on [...] Full text...
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Rwanda, DRC health ministers discuss collective response to Ebola Disease outbreak
06 august 2019 - 17:18:37Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Health ministers of Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Tuesday met at La Corniche [...] Full text...
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Rwanda denies closing border with DR Congo over Ebola outbreak
01 august 2019 - 20:01:14Rubavu, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan Health officials on Thursday refuted reports that the country had closed its common border with [...] Full text...
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UN working ‘intensively’ to stop Ebola in eastern DR Congo
31 july 2019 - 19:34:47Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Senior UN officials tasked with controlling the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) [...] Full text...
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Rwanda warns the public after detection of 2nd Ebola case Goma, DR Congo
31 july 2019 - 16:30:53Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan health officials on Wednesday issued a warning following the detection of the second Ebola case [...] Full text...
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Women's rights group call for an inquiry into prominent Zimbabwe pastor Walter Magaya over sexual assault allegations
19 july 2019 - 18:40:17Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Local women's rights groups have called on government to set up a commission of inquiry to [...] Full text...
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'Swift response needed to prevent transmission of Ebola from DRC to Rwanda'
16 july 2019 - 13:12:06Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - A warning earlier this week by Rwandan health officials against unnecessary travel to Goma in eastern [...] Full text...
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Top UN official calls for big scale-up in funding to tackle Ebola; first case confirmed in Goma
16 july 2019 - 05:46:16Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Deadly attacks on health workers in Ebola-hit areas of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), including one at [...] Full text...
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DR Congo: One case of Ebola disease confirmed in Goma
15 july 2019 - 22:48:07Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - One case of the deadly Ebola disease has been confirmed in the city of Goma, [...] Full text...
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President Mnangagwa critic, Pastor Chiwenga, alleges assassination attempt on his life
21 june 2019 - 18:40:41Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Outspoken cleric, Pastor Talent Chiwenga, has gone viral on social media alleging that his recent horrific [...] Full text...
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Rights group demands release of Zimbabwe activists
31 may 2019 - 05:15:43Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – Human Rights Watch is calling on the Zimbabwe authorities to immediately release seven activists and drop [...] Full text...
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Human Rights Watch joins calls for release of recently arrested civic leaders in Zimbabwe
30 may 2019 - 14:45:08Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Human Rights Watch (HRW) has joined growing calls to release seven recently incarcerated civic leaders and [...] Full text...
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Rwanda appeal court rejects case for suspended community radio
28 may 2019 - 22:23:45Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The appeal court in Kigali on Tuesday rejected a request by one of the Christian community [...] Full text...
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Senior Adventist Church leader condemns systematic "religious liberty" abuse in Burundi
14 may 2019 - 20:08:20Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The Seventh-day Adventist World Church President, Dr. Ted N.C Wilson, has condemned systematic religious liberty abuse [...] Full text...
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4 killed in northern Burkina Faso
13 may 2019 - 21:34:02Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Gunmen Monday abducted and killed four people in Zimtenga, 25 km from Kongoussi, as they [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso Army rejects claim of discontent among soldiers
13 may 2019 - 13:35:59Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – The Burkinabe Army has rejected claims of discontent among soldiers as the country is persistently [...] Full text...
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Burkinabè govt condemns attack on Catholic church that killed six persons
12 may 2019 - 19:25:58Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkinabè government on Sunday condemned the attack on a Catholic Church and health center [...] Full text...
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Six killed in attack against church in northern Burkina Faso
12 may 2019 - 14:35:21Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - A priest and five of his followers were killed on Sunday in an attack on [...] Full text...
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Congo announces 10 pct reduction in cost of transporting goods
08 may 2019 - 22:36:12Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The General Manager of the Congo Ocean Railway (CFCO), Jean Claude Tchibassa Loubongou, announced on Wednesday [...] Full text...
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Nigerian pastor nabbed in Tanzania over illicit drug business
24 april 2019 - 13:37:18Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Three foreigners, including a Nigerian preacher, have been arrested by the anti-drugs unit of [...] Full text...
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Crowd sourcing yields relief funds for victims of Cyclone Idai in Zimbabwe
18 march 2019 - 05:19:51Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) – An online crowd sourcing campaign has yielded US$6,275 in 23 hours and counting towards disaster relief [...] Full text...
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Rwandan court upholds suspension of community radio station
11 october 2018 - 11:23:31Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - A Rwandan court has upheld the suspension slapped on a community radio station for broadcasting hate [...] Full text...
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Burundi arrests another Rwandan woman over alleged 'spying'
10 october 2018 - 10:56:37Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - A Rwandan woman, Florence Uwimana, has been detained in Burundi's Central Province of Gitega for the [...] Full text...
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Catholic priest returns home after surviving Ebola in DR Congo (Feature by WHO)
14 june 2018 - 06:42:02Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Rev. Father Lucien Ambunga, Catholic Priest and Pastor for the remote rural community of Itipo [...] Full text...
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Rwanda's media regulatory body sued over suspension of community radio station
18 may 2018 - 15:38:12Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - One of the Christian community Radio Stations, Amazing Grace FM, has dragged the Rwanda Media [...] Full text...
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UN chief condemns violence in Bangui
04 may 2018 - 05:19:52New York, US (PANA) - Voicing concern over inflammatory rhetoric in the wake of widespread violence in Bangui, the capital [...] Full text...
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UN urges calm in wake of violence in Bangui
03 may 2018 - 06:26:09Bangui, CAR (PANA) - The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic (CAR) has appealed for calm following [...] Full text...
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Rwandan pastor in Burundi declared persona non grata
19 april 2018 - 08:49:03Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - A Rwandese female pastor, Christine Nkomeza living in Burundi has been declared persona non grata for [...] Full text...
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Rwanda suspends community radio over hate broadcast
13 february 2018 - 14:18:11Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda's media regulatory body has suspended a Christian community radio station's operating licence for three months, [...] Full text...
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EU says committed to peace in Congo's Pool region
30 january 2018 - 11:34:01Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The representative of the European Union (EU) in Congo, Saskia de Lang, has expressed the commitment [...] Full text...
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Gambian Bishop returns to take over Catholic Diocese
04 january 2018 - 14:14:05Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The newly-appointed Bishop of Banjul, Rev Gabriel Mendy, returned home Wednesday to take over as the [...] Full text...
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UN chief welcomes ceasefire between Congo, Pastor Ntumi
27 december 2017 - 06:54:26New York, USA (PANA) – United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday welcomed the signing of a ceasefire agreement between [...] Full text...
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LEAD: Tens of thousands march to demand end of President Mugabe's rule
18 november 2017 - 16:31:47Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Tens of thousands of Zimbabweans on Saturday poured into the streets of cities across the country [...] Full text...
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Papal gift helps hungry families in South Sudan - FAO
13 november 2017 - 10:14:59Yei, South Sudan (PANA) - Hungry families in South Sudan will be able to make ends meet thanks to vegetable-growing [...] Full text...
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Sierra Leone Minister orders opposition party to shut office
24 october 2017 - 11:26:07Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - The Sierra Leonean Minister of Information and Communication, Mohamed Bangura, has asked the police to [...] Full text...
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Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone releases Nigerian preacher from protective custody
04 october 2017 - 17:38:35Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - Sierra Leonean police on Wednesday released Nigerian evangelist Victor Ajesafe who has been under protective [...] Full text...
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Sierra Leone: Christian preacher apologizes to Muslims over hate speech
03 october 2017 - 13:53:55Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - Evangelist Victor Ajisafe on Monday apologized to Muslims and all Sierra Leoneans following his hate [...] Full text...
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Sierra Leone: Christian leaders plead for Nigerian preacher arrested for hate speech
29 september 2017 - 10:52:17Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - Christian leaders in Sierre Leone have called on the Muslim community to forgive Nigerian Pastor [...] Full text...
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Sierra Leone: Christian preacher arrested over hate speech against Muslims
27 september 2017 - 15:04:01Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - Nigerian-born Evangelist, Victor Ajisafe, was arrested on Tuesday by the police after he verbally attacked [...] Full text...
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Zambia: Police in Zambia arrest Baptist Church pastor for incest
25 september 2017 - 13:20:40Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Police have arrested a Baptist Church pastor in Petauke, Eastern Zambia, for defiling a minor who [...] Full text...
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Congo: Media watchdogs appeal to Congo to free detained Editor
19 september 2017 - 11:19:44Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Two media watchdogs, Committee to Protect Journalists and Reporters Sans Frontières, have appealed to Congolese President [...] Full text...
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Sierra Leone: Gov't breaks silence over discovered 709 carat diamond
06 september 2017 - 16:08:14Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - The Sierra Leonean National Minerals Agency (NMA) have broken weeks-long silence over the current status [...] Full text...
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Zambia: Police allow prayer service for Zambian opposition leader Hichilema
25 august 2017 - 16:29:09Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambian Police on Friday gave a go-ahead for a thanksgiving prayer service being organised by church [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe: Rights group calls for release of Zimbabwean Pastor Mawarire
27 june 2017 - 19:33:43Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Human rights group, Amnesty International, on Tuesday called for the immediate and unconditional release of Zimbabwean [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Zimbabwe authorities slammed for intimidating civil rights activist
20 april 2017 - 11:54:02Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The continued persecution of human rights activist Pastor Evan Mawarire is a deliberate ploy by the [...] Full text...
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Harare: Rights groups ask Zimbabwe to drop 'politically motivated' charges against Pastor Mawarire
08 february 2017 - 17:43:45Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Two human rights groups on Wednesday asked the Zimbabwean authorities to drop all politically motivated charges [...] Full text...
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Gambia: Gambians start exodus from towns fearing imminent violence
17 january 2017 - 16:37:55Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - With a breakout of violence becoming imminent, thousands of Gambian Christians, particularly followers of the Redeemed [...] Full text...
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Rwanda: No state funeral for Rwanda's last monarch
14 january 2017 - 18:49:50Kigali,Rwanda (PANA) - The last monarch of Rwanda, Kigeli V Ndahindurwa, who died in October last year, will not be [...] Full text...
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Senegal: CPJ urges Congolese authorities to release journalist
14 january 2017 - 09:29:12Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Congolese authorities should immediately release Ghys Fortuné Dombé Bemba, the editor of the privately-owned newspaper, Talassa, [...] Full text...
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Ethiopia: Ethiopian Christians celebrate Christmas
06 january 2017 - 17:59:50Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Heads of Christian churches in Ethiopia have underlined national peace and supporting the needy as [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Anti-gay US pastor barred from entering South Africa
13 september 2016 - 11:54:21Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba on Tuesday announced that anti-gay American pastor Steven Anderson [...] Full text...
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South Africa: South Africa braces for visit by controversial US pastor
08 september 2016 - 16:40:53Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – There are deep divisions over next week’s planned visit to South Africa by racist [...] Full text...
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Ghana: Caution of elections boss to journalists, pastor’s alleged US$100,000 bribe reported in Ghana
03 september 2016 - 06:47:31Accra, Ghana (PANA) – Criticisms of journalists by the chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC) during the 21st awards night [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Second Chibok school girl rescued
20 may 2016 - 09:07:35Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian military and civilian vigilantes have rescued another of the 219 Chibok school girls who [...] Full text...
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Congo: Air strikes 'hit residential areas' in Congo - Amnesty International
18 april 2016 - 11:25:14Brazzaville, Republic of Congo (PANA) - Human rights watchdog, Amnesty International, said on Monday that air strikes on residential areas [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Kenyan preacher Deya embroiled in another scam
25 january 2016 - 15:39:55Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - UK-based controversial Kenyan preacher, Gilbert Deya, whose extradition Kenya sought unsuccessfully over the alleged 'miracle baby' [...] Full text...
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South Africa: On wedding anniversary, Tutu salutes wife of 60 years
02 july 2015 - 11:51:44Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa’s world renowned cleric Desmond Tutu has fallen head-over-heels in love – again. [...] Full text...
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Tunisia: Catholic priest warns of extremists' plan to isolate Tunisia
01 july 2015 - 22:24:08Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - An official of the Vatican has warned that extremists want to punish Tunisia for its progress [...] Full text...
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Nigeria Decides 2015: Will Jonathan beat Buhari again? (Election Preview by Vincent Obi, PANA Editor)
27 march 2015 - 08:15:46Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - When Nigerians go to the polls on Saturday, 28 March, 2015, to elect a new president, [...] Full text...
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Nigeria Decides 2015: Muhammadu Buhari, opposition candidate, takes one last shot at Nigeria's presidency (A profile by Segun Adeyemi, PANA Correspondent, Nigeria)
27 march 2015 - 07:52:20Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigerian politician Muhammadu Buhari has apparently imbibed the dictum that if at first you don't succeed, [...] Full text...
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UK: Shell pays out US$84m over Niger Delta oil spills
07 january 2015 - 08:16:39London, UK (PANA) - Oil giant Shell’s long-overdue compensation pay out to a community devastated by oil spills in the [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Boko Haram increasingly treads ISIL path (News Analysis By Segun Adeyemi, PANA Correspondent, Lagos)
06 october 2014 - 11:42:03Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Boko Haram's recent video showing the beheading of an apparently-captured pilot of a missing Nigerian warplane [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: School girl freed by Boko Haram 'pregnant'
26 september 2014 - 09:43:07Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A school girl believed to have been set free by the insurgent group Boko Haram, which [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Death toll from church building collapse put at 80
19 september 2014 - 11:45:30Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Rescue workers in Nigeria have ended their efforts to rescue survivors and retrieve the bodies of [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Rescue workers put death toll from building collapse at 63, contradict South Africa's figures
17 september 2014 - 08:44:41Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigerian rescue officials have put the death toll from the building collapse within the premises of [...] Full text...
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Malawi: President Mutharika weds in colourful ceremony
21 june 2014 - 14:09:05Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Scores of ululating and cheering Malawians Saturday thronged Blantyre's historic Henry Henderson Institute (HHI) of the [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Boko Haram insurgency, abducted girls highlighted in Nigeria
07 june 2014 - 09:31:23Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The continuing efforts at tackling the Boko Haram insurgency continued to dominate newspaper headlines in Nigeria [...] Full text...
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Malawi: Voting opens
20 may 2014 - 11:41:52Malemia, Malawi (PANA) - Voting has opened in Malawi's fifth elections since the advent of multi-party politics in the country [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Christians to fast, pray against Boko Haram
23 april 2014 - 17:20:19Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s umbrella Christian group, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Wednesday declared Friday, 25 April 2014, [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: 100 killed by suspected Fulani herdsmen in Nigerian state
16 march 2014 - 11:26:03Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Some 100 people were massacred in the early hours of Saturday by suspected Fulani herdsmen in [...] Full text...
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Gabon: Composition of new Gabonese government
28 january 2014 - 21:31:40Libreville, Gabon (PANA) – Gabon's president, Ali Bongo Ondimba, on Tuesday announced the composition of a 32-member government led by [...] Full text...
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DR Congo: Authorities ban self-proclaimed revivalist churches
02 january 2014 - 14:49:36Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) – Some revivalist churches in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are to be banned following [...] Full text...
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UN rights official calls for int'l efforts to avert disaster in CAR
21 december 2013 - 15:41:51New York, US (PANA) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay has called for international efforts to help [...] Full text...
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Nigeria agrees with US, Boko Haram, Ansaru are foreign terrorist organizations
16 november 2013 - 08:37:07Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria has accepted the designation, by the US, of Boko Haram and Ansaru as Foreign Terrorist [...] Full text...
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Nigeria buries own victims of Boko Haram, Darfur
25 july 2013 - 19:13:13Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, on Thursday urged the nation's military to re-strategise and urgently end the [...] Full text...
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Church stampede, clampdown on criminals highlighted in Ghana media
25 may 2013 - 08:32:23Accra, Ghana (PANA) – A stampede last Sunday at the church of popular Nigerian preacher, Prophet T.B. Joshua, in Accra [...] Full text...
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Christian Association of Nigeria says Pope's resignation "shocking"
11 february 2013 - 18:50:55Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The President of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, Monday said the resignation of [...] Full text...
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Pope Benedict to resign 28 Feb
11 february 2013 - 12:57:27Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Pope Benedict has announced that he will resign on 28 Feb. due to his deteriorating health, [...] Full text...
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Amnesty faults 'trigger happy' Nigeria Police
05 february 2013 - 10:06:26Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Hundreds of fatal police shootings which each year leave families anguished and bereaved are not being [...] Full text...
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Mali war, bribe-for-job scandal, 2013 AFCON dominate front pages in Nigeria
19 january 2013 - 08:13:41Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The war in Mali, to which other West African countries have contributed troops to assist Bamako, the [...] Full text...
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Spanish FM visits Angola
12 december 2012 - 14:04:44Luanda, Angola (PANA) - The Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel García-Margallo, arrived here Tuesday for a three-day official [...] Full text...
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Obasanjo's revolution, security, fuel and health concerns reported in Nigeria
01 december 2012 - 09:17:03Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Former President Olusegun Obasanjo's call for a revolution, knocks for CBN Governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, government's [...] Full text...
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Fuel subsidy, unemployment, private jets' proliferation reported in Nigeria
17 november 2012 - 11:15:14Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - President Goodluck Jonathan's declaration that fuel subsidy must go, rising unemployment figures and the growing number [...] Full text...
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Head of Nigerian Christians gets private jet as birthday gift
11 november 2012 - 09:13:52Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The President of the umbrella Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and founder of the Word of [...] Full text...
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Nigeria marks 52nd independence anniversary with presidential change of guard
01 october 2012 - 12:58:28Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria marked its 52nd independence anniversary Monday with a presidential change of guards parade at the [...] Full text...
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Boko Haram denies negotiations with Nigerian govt.
23 august 2012 - 11:20:39Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Islamic sect Boko Haram has denied entering into fresh negotiations with the Nigerian government to [...] Full text...
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Nigerian authorities vow to fish out killers of 19 Christians
07 august 2012 - 19:17:27Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigerian authorities Tuesday vowed to fish out the perpetrators of Monday night's attack on a pentecostal [...] Full text...
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Death toll in Nigeria attack rises to over 100
09 july 2012 - 09:03:18Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - At least 104 people, including two serving MPs and three security agents, have been killed since [...] Full text...
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Terror attacks: Nigeria's umbrella Christian body alleges 'systematic religious cleansing'
20 june 2012 - 07:39:40Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The umbrella Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has alleged that the escalating attacks on churches in [...] Full text...
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5 die in Nigeria church attack
10 june 2012 - 19:28:40Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Five persons have been confirmed dead in Sunday's suicide bombing of the Christ Chosen Church in [...] Full text...
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At least 2 die as gunmen attack church in Nigeria
10 june 2012 - 15:53:23Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Unknown gunmen on Sunday opened fire on worshippers at a church in Biu in the southern [...] Full text...
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Boko Haram: Nigerian Christians issue 'final warning' to govt
03 may 2012 - 08:53:45Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - As the Islamic sect Boko Haram continues to target Christians, the umbrella Christian Association of Nigeria [...] Full text...
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Group gives Nigerian govt 2 wks to prosecute officials indicted by fuel subsidy probe
01 may 2012 - 11:17:35Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The 'Save Nigeria Group (SNG) has issued a two-week ultimatum to the federal government to prosecute [...] Full text...
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Easter Tragedy: 10 killed as church building collapses in Nigeria
08 april 2012 - 09:42:48Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Ten worshipers were killed on Saturday when their catholic church building collapsed on celebrants of the [...] Full text...
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Angola marks International Women's Day with church service
09 march 2012 - 09:51:46Luanda, Angola (PANA) - The International Women's Day was marked in Angola on Thursday with a special church service, among [...] Full text...
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International Women’s Day: Nigerians urged to protect rights of women
08 march 2012 - 20:16:51Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - As activities marking the 2012 International Women’s Day is gradually drawing to a close in Nigeria, [...] Full text...
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UN Tribunal transfers genocide case to Rwandan authorities
29 february 2012 - 09:52:14New York, US (PANA) - The UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), which is trying key suspects implicated in [...] Full text...
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Nigeria's State Security Service re-arrests escaped Xmas Day suspect-bomber
10 february 2012 - 14:33:35Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's State Security Service (SSS) has re-arrested a member of the Islamic sect Boko Haram, who [...] Full text...
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Boko Haram kills 935 in Nigeria - HRW
24 january 2012 - 14:46:05Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Islamic sect Boko Haram has killed a total of 935 people in 164 attacks since [...] Full text...
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50m naira reward offered for re-arrest of escaped Boko Haram suspect
20 january 2012 - 08:44:51Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigeria police Force (NPF) has formally declared wanted a suspected Bokom Haram leader, Kabiru Umar, [...] Full text...
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Nigerians outraged over Boko Haram suspect's escape
18 january 2012 - 11:21:30Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Widespread anger has greeted Tuesday's dramatic escape of a suspected Boko Haram member, who allegedly masterminded [...] Full text...
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Massive fuel strike reported in Nigeria
14 january 2012 - 04:53:20Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The massive strike, called by two main workers' unions and their civil society counterparts, following government's [...] Full text...
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Nigerian civil society coalition wants President Jonathan removed
12 january 2012 - 10:32:14Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Pastor Tunde Bakare, Convener of the civil society coalition Save Nigeria Group (SNG), Wednesday urged the [...] Full text...
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Civil war imminent in Nigeria if... - Christian body
08 january 2012 - 08:01:44Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - After a series of attacks on Friday targeting churches and southerners in the north by the [...] Full text...
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Fears of reprisals rise in Nigeria following attacks on Christians
07 january 2012 - 09:50:37Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Fears that the incessant attacks on Christians in Nigeria's predominantly-Muslim north could trigger reprisal attacks in [...] Full text...
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Another church attack kills 6 in Nigeria
06 january 2012 - 09:53:59Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Gunmen on Thursday evening stormed a church in Nigeria's northern Gombe state, killing six church members, [...] Full text...
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Ghanaians welcome New Year with prayers, fireworks
01 january 2012 - 10:54:54Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghanaians, led by President John Evans Mills, poured into churches while others made merry in night [...] Full text...
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We are losing confidence in govt's ability to protect us - Nigerian Christians
29 december 2011 - 08:55:05Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigerian Christians have said they can no longer depend on the government to protect them against [...] Full text...
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Seminar on Islamic banking ends in Nigeria
06 october 2011 - 18:18:35Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Participants drawn from the academic, banking, foreign policy and business group have stressed the need to [...] Full text...
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'Wealthy Nigerians acquire US$225m private jets in one year'
16 may 2011 - 09:32:22Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Wealthy Nigerians acquired at least six private jets worth a total of US$225 million between March [...] Full text...
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Politics, moves to check money laundering dominate Nigerian media
14 may 2011 - 07:48:56Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Developments from the April general elections, moves to check money laundering, the rising external reserves and [...] Full text...
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Politics dominates Nigeria media
30 april 2011 - 06:30:33Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The last of the three-phase general elections, held 26 and 28 April, dominated newspaper headlines in [...] Full text...
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Gambia wants American pastor prosecuted for burning quran
13 april 2011 - 14:15:06Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Gambian government has called on the US government to quickly prosecute Terry Jones, the Florida-based [...] Full text...
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Nigerian opposition slams ruling party for celebrating corruption
27 february 2011 - 11:53:32Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Opposition Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has slammed the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for celebrating [...] Full text...
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Nigerian presidential candidate, Buhari, names Pastor Tunde Bakare running mate
31 january 2011 - 19:49:49Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The presidential candidate of Nigeria's Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), retired General Muhamadu Buhari, has named [...] Full text...
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Malawi promoters arrested for duping South African gospel songstress
01 december 2010 - 18:58:49Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Police in Malawi's commercial capital, Blantyre, Wednesday arrested three officials of a cultural arts group for [...] Full text...
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ICCR prosecutor seeks transfer of 3 new genocide files to Rwanda
05 november 2010 - 17:20:00Kigali- Rwanda (PANA) -- The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court for R wanda (ICCR), Gambia's Hassan Bubacar Jallow, has [...] Full text...
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Gambia leader condemns Quran burning proposal
14 september 2010 - 17:50:00Banjul- Gambia (PANA) -- Gambian President Yahya Jammeh, has condemned the prop osal by a small American Evangelical Church and [...] Full text...
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UN to host meeting on religious tolerance
14 september 2010 - 16:03:00New York- US (PANA) -- The UN will next week convene a high-level meeting to prom ote inter-cultural understanding and [...] Full text...
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Libyan Imams condemn US pastor's plan to burn Koran
12 september 2010 - 14:09:00Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- Imams in Libya have strongly condemned the plan, now she lved, by an American Pastor to [...] Full text...
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Nigerian leader condemns plan to burn copies of Quran
10 september 2010 - 08:32:00Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan has condemned ''in strong terms'' alleged plans by a US Pastor, Terry [...] Full text...
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Macabre suicides dominate Malawi headlines
04 september 2010 - 10:26:00Blantyre- Malawi (PANA) -- The usual everyday politics took the back seat in the Malawi media this week as macabre [...] Full text...
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One more persons dies in Malawi's religious suicide bid
03 september 2010 - 12:26:00Blantyre- Malawi (PANA) -- One of the two survivors of Tuesday's macabre religiou s mass suicide bid by a family [...] Full text...
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Clergyman's faux pas, gaffe by ruling party chairman hit front pages
21 august 2010 - 09:03:00Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- A senior clergyman's open endorsement of the presidential candidate of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) [...] Full text...
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Notable cleric warns Nigerian politicians against rigging
15 august 2010 - 19:08:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Notable Nigerian cleric Pastor Enoch Adeboye, General Ov erseer of one of the country's biggest churches [...] Full text...
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Notable cleric warns Nigerian politicians against rigging
15 august 2010 - 10:05:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Notable Nigerian cleric Pastor Enoch Adeboye, General Ov erseer of one of the country's biggest churches [...] Full text...
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Kenyan 'bomb' pastor freed on bond
19 july 2010 - 18:43:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- A Kenyan pastor, who police said had planned to attack a church rally, in protest against [...] Full text...
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Malawi president warns religious sects who deny followers medicine
14 july 2010 - 15:39:00Blantyre- Malawi (PANA) -- Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika has warned religio us sects who prevent their followers from accessing [...] Full text...
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Uganda hands over top Rwanda genocide suspect to ICTR
02 july 2010 - 18:03:00Kampala- Uganda (PANA) -- Uganda on Friday handed over Jean-Bosco Uwinkindi, a to p suspect of the 1994 Rwanda genocide, [...] Full text...
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World Cup battles politics, economy for dominance in Malawi media
19 june 2010 - 12:25:00Blantyre- Malawi (PANA) -- With 'Africa's' football World Cup happening only two hours' flight away, it is difficult for the [...] Full text...
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4,000 children sexually exploited in Cameroon annually
02 june 2010 - 20:00:00Yaounde- Cameroon (PANA) -- Four thousand children are exploited sexually every day in Cameroon, according to an investigation by the [...] Full text...
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Malawi ex-president off to South Africa for another medical review
22 may 2010 - 14:53:00Blantyre- Malawi (PANA) -- Malawi's former president Bakili Muluzi departed Malaw i for Cape Town, South Africa on Saturday for [...] Full text...
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Int'l investigators due in Rwanda over genocide probe
12 may 2010 - 17:37:00Kigali- Rwanda (PANA) -- A team of international investigators from France, Norway, Germany, Holland and the US are due in [...] Full text...
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Visiting gay Christians speak of harassment at Malawi church meet
20 march 2010 - 16:13:00Blantyre- Malawi (PANA) -- Three gay Christians, who were invited to attend a consultative meeting on contemporary issues - including [...] Full text...
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Nigerians again protest Yarâ?Aduaâ?s prolonged absence from governance
22 january 2010 - 09:34:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- For more than three hours Thursday, thousands of Nigeria ns took to the streets of Lagos, [...] Full text...
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Yar'Adua's continued absence still making front pages in Nigeria
16 january 2010 - 15:00:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The story of President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua's absence fro m Nigeria, 55 days this Saturday, continued [...] Full text...
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Third Celestial Music Festival opens on Friday in Benin
16 december 2009 - 22:37:00Cotonou- Benin (PANA) -- The third edition of the International Christian Celestial Music Festival starts on Friday in Cotonou, sources [...] Full text...
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UNDP salutes heroes of environment
18 november 2009 - 18:22:00New York- US (PANA) -- The winning photographs of an eco-themed photo contest sho wed pro-environmental activities in Africa, featuring [...] Full text...
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Satellites' victory, fire at foreign ministry dominate Ghanaian media
24 october 2009 - 09:14:00Accra- Ghana (PANA) â" The dramatic victory of Ghana's U--20 side, the Black Sat ellites, over Brazil in the finals [...] Full text...
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Satellites' victory, huge fire at foreign ministry dominate media
23 october 2009 - 21:20:00Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- The dramatic victory of Ghana's U-20 side, the Black Satellites, over Brazil in the finals of [...] Full text...
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Nigerian amnesty nets highest number of surrendered arms, ammunition to date
22 august 2009 - 18:53:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The 60-day amnesty programme initiated by the Nigerian government Saturday recorded the highest number of arms [...] Full text...
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Yar'Adua reconstitutes Niger Delta Development Commission Board
03 july 2009 - 15:06:00Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- In a move to re-engineer and reposition the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) for greater efficiency [...] Full text...
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Ex-Burundi rebels reintegrated
05 june 2009 - 18:53:00Bujumbura- Burundi (PANA) -- About 10 executive members of the National Liberatio n Forces (FNL, ex-rebels of Burundi) were Friday [...] Full text...
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Churches pray for peace in Niger
01 june 2009 - 12:10:00Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- Amid a tense political atmosphere in Niger, caused by the decision of President Mamadou Tandja to [...] Full text...
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Malawians go to polls Tuesday in closest-ever polls
17 may 2009 - 16:49:00Blantyre- Malawi (PANA) -- Malawi's registered 5. 9 million voters go to the polls Tuesday in the southern African country's [...] Full text...
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Six perish in Ghana Good Friday accident
10 april 2009 - 21:17:00Accra- Ghana (PANA) – Six members of a popular cha-rismatic church in Ghana, the Fountain Gate Chapel, died on Friday [...] Full text...
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Gunmen abduct another pastor in Nigeria
12 february 2009 - 21:14:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- For the second time in as many days, gunmen have abducted a pastor in Nigeria's restive [...] Full text...
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Militants kidnap pastor in Nigeria
11 february 2009 - 20:15:00Port Harcourt- Nigeria (PANA) -- A church pastor has been kidnapped by unknown gunmen in Nigeria's main oil city of [...] Full text...
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Obama fever grips South Africa
20 january 2009 - 10:31:00Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- The 'Obama fever' which has gripped South Africa was expected to come to a [...] Full text...
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