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Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The president of Senegal, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, Wednesday received a Moroccan delegation in Diamniadio, a new [...] Full text...
China's Special Representative for Africa received by the President of the Transition in Mali
25 march 2024 - 16:51:01Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Last Friday, the president of the Transition, Colonel Assimi Goïta, received at Koulouba Palace the Special [...] Full text...
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Experts prepare high-level meeting of the Alliance of Sahel States in Ouagadougou
12 february 2024 - 18:22:03Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Experts from Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger met on Monday in Ouagadougou to prepare for [...] Full text...
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AfDB approves 180 billion CFA francs for Mali-Mauritania electricity interconnection
28 december 2023 - 14:20:11Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF) Thursday approved financing of USD 302.9 [...] Full text...
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France cancels decree extraditing François Compaoré to Burkina Faso
22 december 2023 - 16:52:48Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - France has cancelled the extradition decree of François Compaoré to Burkina Faso, where he is [...] Full text...
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Gambian journalists welcome sentencing of Bai Lowe for murder of Deyda Hydara
30 november 2023 - 15:41:17Banjul, Gambia(PANA) - The Gambia Press Union (GPU) has welcomed the verdict and sentencing of Bai Lowe, a former death [...] Full text...
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Mali's Minister of Foreign Affairs addresses 78th UN General Assembly
25 september 2023 - 14:45:40Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Last Saturday, Mali's Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Abdoulaye Diop addressed the 78th session [...] Full text...
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Mali's draft Constitution in line with Peace and Reconciliation Agreement - UN Secretary-General
15 june 2023 - 16:30:32Bamako, Mali (PANA) - In his latest quarterly report on Mali, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres noted that the Draft Constitution, [...] Full text...
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AFP's treatment of political situation in Morocco and Algeria as seen by a Moroccan newspaper
16 may 2023 - 19:23:22Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The difference in the treatment of the political situation in Morocco and Algeria by the Agence [...] Full text...
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Police officer, civilian killed in IED attack on police station in Nara, northwest Mali
21 february 2023 - 17:11:31Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A police officer and a mayor's officer were killed in an improvised explosive device (IED) attack [...] Full text...
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Foreign ministers of Mali, Guinea and Burkina Faso call for return to the African Union
17 february 2023 - 17:15:40Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The foreign ministers of Mali, Burkina Faso and Guinea are in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on the [...] Full text...
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Algerian Foreign Minister reaffirms his country's commitment to Mali
11 january 2023 - 18:49:35Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ramtane Lamamra, reaffirmed here Tuesday Algeria's commitment to Mali after [...] Full text...
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Fight against armed groups in Togo and Benin must not justify human rights violations, says rights group
28 july 2022 - 06:08:13Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Amnesty International, has cautioned that the authorities in Benin and Togo must ensure that the fight [...] Full text...
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Côte d'Ivoire calls for the 'immediate' release of 49 soldiers arrested by Mali
13 july 2022 - 11:41:16Dakar, Senegal (PANA) — With fears of a possible diplomatic row between Côte d'Ivoire and Mali over the "arrest" last Sunday at [...] Full text...
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The Maison de la presse du Mali urges national and foreign media to be 'responsible'
18 march 2022 - 15:40:56Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Maison de la presse du Mali (Press House) on Friday urged national and foreign media to [...] Full text...
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100 Tunisian students still stranded in Ukraine
07 march 2022 - 15:35:03Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - About 100 Tunisian students are still stranded in Ukraine and are living in difficult conditions due [...] Full text...
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Mali's transitional authorities expel journalist from Jeune Afrique
08 february 2022 - 15:33:00Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The International Press Centre (Maison de la presse) of Mali Tuesday condemned the expulsion of Benjamin [...] Full text...
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Libyan presidential election: Self al-Islam Gaddafi supporters to hold a press conference Wednesday in Dakar
07 december 2021 - 19:44:59Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Support Committee for the candidacy of Seif al-Islam Gaddafi, Muammar Gaddafi's youngest son, will hold [...] Full text...
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The 8th FAAPA Executive Council opens in Dakar
26 november 2021 - 17:54:17Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The 8th meeting of the Executive Council of the Federation of African Press Agencies (FAAPA) opened [...] Full text...
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Workshop on review of legal framework of Malian media opens
12 october 2021 - 11:50:57Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A four-day workshop on the review of the legal framework of the Malian media opened in [...] Full text...
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Employees of a Beninese press group ordered to be vaccinated against COVID-19
17 august 2021 - 19:39:09Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Employees of the "Groupe de presse le Matinal" have until August 20 to be vaccinated against [...] Full text...
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Five TunisAir managers, two engineers banned from travelling
03 august 2021 - 09:36:45Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The examining magistrate of the economic and financial judiciary unit in Tunisia has issued a travel [...] Full text...
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Malian general in prison for complicity in the kidnapping of a journalist
30 july 2021 - 19:19:50Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Gen. Moussa Diawara, former head of Mali's State Security under President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, who was [...] Full text...
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Monitoring Committee of Mali’s Transition demands release of President and Prime Minister
25 may 2021 - 12:58:32Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Local Committee for the monitoring of the Transition in Mali "demands the immediate and unconditional [...] Full text...
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New Tunisia News Agency CEO uses police access his office
14 april 2021 - 09:47:40Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The new Chief Executive Officer of the Tunisia News Agency, Tunis Afrique Presse (TAP), Kamel Ben [...] Full text...
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WHO launches 'Viral Facts Africa' initiative to combat dangerous health misinformation
31 march 2021 - 12:18:50Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – Viral Facts Africa, a first of its kind African initiative to combat health misinformation online, was launched [...] Full text...
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One seriously injured, 4 tons of cotton burnt in a fire incident in northeast Benin
07 january 2021 - 17:44:56Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - A child was seriously injured and four tons of cotton consumed following a fire incident that [...] Full text...
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More than 600 minors became mothers in northwestern Bénin in first half of year
08 december 2020 - 21:11:06Cotonou, Bénin (PANA) - A total of 655 minors became mothers from January to June in the department of Donga, [...] Full text...
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Workshop on Misahel project launched in Bamako
23 september 2020 - 16:00:50Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The president of the High Authority for Communication (HAC), Fodié Touré, Wednesday opened a workshop on [...] Full text...
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Tunisian Islamist party, Ennahdha, frowns at 3rd-term bid by Chairman Ghannouchi
16 september 2020 - 17:46:16Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A total of 100 leaders within the Islamist-inspired Tunisian party, Ennahdha (the majority in parliament), have [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Two to three cases detected per day in north-western Benin
19 july 2020 - 11:29:46Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Two to three confirmed cases of COVID-19 are detected every day in Atacora, a department in [...] Full text...
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Nigeriens prepare to celebrate Aid El Fitr despite Covid-19
22 may 2020 - 18:15:47Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Muslims in Niger are getting ready to celebrate Aid El Fitr, to mark the end of the [...] Full text...
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First COVID-19 patient in Tunisia discharged from hospital
19 march 2020 - 15:58:19Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia's first patient of coronavirus was discharged on Thursday from from the University Hospital in the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Relatives of the driver of the person with Covid in Benin test negative
18 march 2020 - 20:41:49Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Burkinabe driver (the only case of coronavirus infection detected in Benin) and his family members [...] Full text...
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Benin: Armed robbers strip businessman of 4 million CFA francs
16 february 2020 - 13:52:05Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Robbers stripped a seller of more than 4,040,000 CFA francs during an operation on Tuesday in [...] Full text...
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Fire consumes several tons of cotton in northeast Benin
19 january 2020 - 14:57:15Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Fire has consumed several tons of cotton in a market at Nallou, commune of Nikki, in [...] Full text...
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Southwestern Benin still flooded
24 october 2019 - 17:22:11Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Since the beginning of the torrential rains that caused several rivers to overflow, southwest Benin remains [...] Full text...
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BBC, others in joint effort to fight fake news
09 september 2019 - 16:27:11Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - A new joint effort to deal with fake news has been put in place by [...] Full text...
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Mosque collapses on worshiper in Benin
17 august 2019 - 19:38:52Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - A mosque which collapsed in Yamoussagah, a district of Djougou (northwest), left one person dead and two others [...] 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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Bank and insurance unions win battle against NSIA-Togo
28 june 2019 - 15:22:14Lome, Togo (PANA) - The Union of Employees and Executives of Banks, Financial Institutions and Insurance of Togo (SYNBANK), in [...] Full text...
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Algeria condemns terrorist attack on village in Nigeria
26 december 2018 - 17:59:36Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - Algeria on Wednesday "strongly" condemned the terrorist attack that on Monday targeted Sulima Kalama village in [...] Full text...
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MFWA, partners train Senegalese journalists on anti-corruption coverage
19 april 2018 - 13:32:12Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – A three-day training programme on effective anti-corruption reporting for Senegalese journalists got underway on Thursday [...] Full text...
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Gambia: CPJ wants charges against DRC journalist dropped
02 september 2017 - 20:30:20Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo should drop all charges against journalist Jeef Mwingamb [...] Full text...
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Senegal: CPJ denounces Gambian authorities for denying entry to seven journalists
20 january 2017 - 13:35:52Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has denounced Gambian authorities for denying entry to seven international [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Kenya, Tanzania post mixed results at World Sports Journalists Day
11 july 2016 - 13:38:41Nairobi, Kenya(PANA) - Kenya and Tanzania posted mixed results in a football tournament to mark the World Sports Journalists Day [...] Full text...
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Senegal: CPJ says 3 journalists assaulted in Congo Brazzaville
25 march 2016 - 15:10:01Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has said that three international journalists who were covering the [...] Full text...
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US: US calls for calm in Congo pending definitive presidential election results
25 march 2016 - 06:30:36Washington, US (PANA) - The United States says it has taken note of the presidential election results announced by the [...] Full text...
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Senegal: MFWA signs agreements with sub-regional press freedom bodies
24 march 2016 - 15:44:39Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has signed partnership agreements with the leading press freedom [...] Full text...
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Senegal: MFWA says journalist goes missing in Mali
22 february 2016 - 13:15:06Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has said its national partner in Mali, la Maison [...] Full text...
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Kenya: ACP states call for 'development-centred outcome' at WTO meeting
16 december 2015 - 11:18:09Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Ministers responsible for Trade of the African, Caribbean, Pacific (ACP) Group of States have emphasized the [...] Full text...
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Senegal: MFWA expresses concern over suspensions of journalists, newspapers in Cote d'Ivoire
12 november 2015 - 16:11:31Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) Thursday reiterated deep concern over the spate of suspensions [...] Full text...
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Senegal: Rights groups demand investigation into attacks against journalists in Burundi
08 august 2015 - 16:51:17Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Several human rights organizations have called on authorities in Burundi to investigate attacks on journalists and [...] Full text...
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Senegal: CPJ condemns attack on Burundian journalist in Bujumbura
04 august 2015 - 16:24:26Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has condemned an attack against Burundian journalist Esdras Ndikumana by [...] Full text...
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Senegal: MFWA says authorities slam 6-month suspension on journalist in Cote d'Ivoire
21 july 2015 - 13:44:38Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has disclosed that authorities in Cote d'Ivoire have suspended [...] Full text...
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Senegal: MFWA decries rise in unprofessionalism, sanctions in the media
28 april 2015 - 15:41:00Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Accra-based Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has decried a rise in cases of unprofessional [...] Full text...
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South Africa: South African Press Association shuts down
01 april 2015 - 07:54:15Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – At midnight on Tuesday, after 77 years of uninterrupted service, the South African Press [...] Full text...
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Senegal: Journalist assaulted, others detained in DR Congo
18 march 2015 - 13:54:03Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has said that a freelance Belgian reporter, Alexis Bouvy, [...] Full text...
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Senegal: MFWA says newspaper fined 1 million CFA in Cote d'Ivoire
06 february 2015 - 15:46:45Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Ivorian authorities have imposed a fine of one million CFA francs on La Refondation SA, [...] Full text...
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South Africa: South Africa's oldest press agency winds up
05 february 2015 - 15:09:26Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African Press Association (SAPA) on Thursday announced that it would close down [...] Full text...
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Togo: Preparations for 2015 elections dominate Togo media
31 august 2014 - 18:21:36Lomé, Togo (PANA) - The preparations for the 2015 elections in Togo elicited strong criticisms, controversies and antagonism in the [...] Full text...
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South Africa: SA media group plans major news expansion
26 august 2014 - 13:43:00Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Sekunjalo Investment Holdings, which now holds the controlling stake in Independent Media, the largest [...] Full text...
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Tanzania: East African Court allows NGOs to take part in Burundi Journalists Association case
18 august 2014 - 20:35:23Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The First Instance Division of the East African Court of Justice on Monday allowed [...] Full text...
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Senegal: MFWA concerned over constant fines against Ivorian Journalists
14 august 2014 - 15:37:21Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The sub-regional press freedom watchdog, the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), on Thursday expressed concern [...] Full text...
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Tunisia: Media highlight terrorism
05 july 2014 - 12:07:32Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – Terrorism, marked by land mine explosions at the Ouergha mountain, near the Tunisian-Algerian border, that killed [...] Full text...
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Tunisia: Tunisian media highlight terrorism
07 june 2014 - 12:40:44Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – Terrorism, which has hit Tunisia and the Maghreb region, and the difficulties faced by the new [...] Full text...
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Tunisia: Tunisian media dominated by politics, economy
19 april 2014 - 06:55:04Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – The Tunisian press was this week dominated by the decision of the military court of Appeal [...] Full text...
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Tunisia: Tunisian press dominated by country’s economic crisis
12 april 2014 - 06:41:21Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – Tunisian newspapers this week were dominated by the country’s difficult economic and financial situation, which continues [...] Full text...
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Togo: Togo to reduce unemployment and underemployment
26 march 2014 - 16:23:49Lomé, Togo ( PANA) - Togo has set itself the goal of reducing by at least 8% the combined rate [...] Full text...
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Morocco: Authorities dismantle terror-prone Jihadist unit
26 january 2014 - 08:40:54Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Authorities in Morocco on Saturday announced that they have dismantled a Jihadist unit recruiting people in [...] Full text...
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Togo media observe blackout to protest tough media law
12 march 2013 - 21:02:03Lomé,Togo (PANA) - The overwhelming majority of the Togolese media on Tuesday observed a blackout to protest against the law [...] Full text...
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2013 AFCON: Togo media lauds team's historic quarter final qualification
31 january 2013 - 20:59:44Lomé, Togo (PANA) – The Togolese media on Thursday heaped praises on the country's football team, the Hawks, for its [...] Full text...
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Benin media focus on alleged mastermind of attempted poisoning of Yayi
08 december 2012 - 07:43:41Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The media in Benin this week focus attention of the brief arrest, in Paris, France, of [...] Full text...
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Benin media focus on arrest of alleged mastermind of the attempt to poison Yayi
07 december 2012 - 20:28:14Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The media in Benin this week focus attention on the brief arrest, in Paris, France, of [...] Full text...
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RSF raises concern over fate of Gambian journalist
15 november 2012 - 17:49:14Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The press freedom watchdog, Reporters Without Borders, with the french acronym (RSF), Thursday raised concern over [...] Full text...
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Moroccan News Agency gets new Director-General
29 june 2011 - 16:21:48Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Moroccan King Mohammed VI has named Khalil Hachimi Idrissi, the new Director-General of the Moroccan news [...] Full text...
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Tunis hosts 2011 Albert Londres Prize awards
15 may 2011 - 18:01:39Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunis Municipal Theater on Saturday hosted the 2011 Albert Londres awards ceremony in tribute to [...] Full text...
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CPJ tasks Swaziland authorities on coverage of protests
13 april 2011 - 10:16:45New York, US (PANA) - The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has urged the authorities in the kingdom of Swaziland [...] Full text...
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Benin media highlight Laurent Gbagbo's arrest
12 april 2011 - 13:34:43Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin newspapers Tuesday highlighted the arrest on Monday of former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo by forces [...] Full text...
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Togo parties opt for 'moderate presidential regime'
09 november 2010 - 07:56:00Lome- Togo (PANA) -- Former bitter political opponents, the ruling Togolese Peopl e's Rally (RPT) and opposition Union for the [...] Full text...
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Togo media report factional fighting in main Opposition party
14 august 2010 - 08:08:00Lome- Togo (PANA) -- The congresses organized by Togo's main opposition Union of Forces for Change (UFC) which lead to [...] Full text...
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CPJ honours journalists
19 november 2009 - 21:06:00Washington- US (PANA) -- The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is honouring four journalists for their courageous work under very [...] 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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Gabon election marred by media censorship, says CPJ
02 september 2009 - 09:33:00New York- US (PANA) -- The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has condemned w hat it called "Gabonese government censorship [...] Full text...
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Algerian town to host Pan-African cultural festival
07 july 2009 - 14:41:00Blida- Algeria (PANA) -- The Algerian town of Blida, otherwise called "the town o f the roses", will host the [...] Full text...
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Gabon targets media over Bongo’s health coverage
27 may 2009 - 20:10:00New York- US (PANA) -- The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is alarmed by t he Gabonese government's crackdown on [...] Full text...
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CPJ concerned about kidnapped journalists in Somalia
27 may 2009 - 08:17:00New York- US (PANA) -- The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is deeply conce rned about the well-being of two [...] Full text...
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Over 300 reporters train ahead of 2010 World Cup
18 may 2009 - 13:12:00Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- A training programme for over 300 reporters and photographers across Africa kicked off on [...] Full text...
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PANAPRESS, Algérie Presse Service strengthen collaboration
12 may 2009 - 22:26:00Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- L'Algérie Presse Service (APS) and the Pan African News Agency (PANAPRESS) on Tuesday signed a cooperation [...] Full text...
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Togo's electoral reform dominates newpaper front pages
04 april 2009 - 18:55:00Lomé- Togo (PANA) -- The modification of two articles of the electoral law and th e reinstatement of members of [...] Full text...
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Togolese newspapers hail “political maturity” of Ghanaians
05 january 2009 - 23:59:00Lomé- Togo (PANA) -- Togolese newspapers on Monday hailed the "maturity of the Gh anaian people" following the presidential and [...] Full text...
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