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Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The leader of the assailants who attempted a coup in Kinshasa on Sunday has been [...] Full text...
Burundian President again accuses Rwanda of supporting rebel group
01 january 2024 - 13:39:01Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi's Head of State, Evariste Ndayishimiye, has repeated his accusations of Rwandan military support for the [...] Full text...
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Rwanda accused of colluding with Burundian rebel movement
29 december 2023 - 16:49:34Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - On Friday, President Evariste Ndayishimye Friday accused Rwanda of providing multifaceted support to the Resistance for [...] Full text...
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France and the proverbial humble pie in Niger (By Paul Ejime)
28 september 2023 - 08:07:54Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - After weeks of condescending defiance, France has ultimately eaten a diplomatic humble pie served by a [...] Full text...
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Niger coup: Time to give strategic diplomacy a chance (By Paul Ejime)
21 august 2023 - 19:00:03Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - As expected, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has rejected the "unreasonable" three-year political [...] Full text...
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Niger coup: UN rights chief calls for immediate restoration of constitutional order
19 august 2023 - 05:23:43Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, called on Friday for Niger’s democratically elected [...] Full text...
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Niger coup: Using diplomacy and biting sanctions to beat Niger's coup leaders (Analysis by Paul Ejime)
17 august 2023 - 09:43:50Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - There is no doubt that the sanctions imposed on Niger by the Economic Community of West [...] Full text...
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Tunisia embarks on new arrests of opponents
24 february 2023 - 20:25:07Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Jawhar Ben M'Barek, a vocal critic of Tunisian President Kaïs Saied, was arrested Friday by a [...] Full text...
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Tunisian opposition figure arrested at his home
21 january 2023 - 18:31:00Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian police broke into the home of lawyer Seif Eddine Makhlouf, a fierce opponent of Tunisian [...] Full text...
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Presidential party to hold 'ordinary' congress in Burundi
20 january 2023 - 19:26:07Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The National Council for the Defence of Democracy/Forces for the Defence of Democracy (CNDD-FDD, party-state) has [...] Full text...
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Judge issues detention warrant for former Tunisian PM
20 december 2022 - 12:44:23Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - An investigating judge at the Tunis anti-terrorism centre on Monday issued a detention warrant against the [...] Full text...
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US Secretary of State meets Tunisian President
15 december 2022 - 07:34:08Washington, DC, US (PANA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday reiterated the US' "deep commitment" to Tunisian democracy [...] Full text...
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Tuniaians hold legislative elections on 17 December in climate of uncertainty
13 december 2022 - 14:23:47Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia is preparing to elect a new parliament on Saturday to replace the one dissolved about [...] Full text...
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Former Guinean minister says coup was ' a sad end' for President Alpha Condé
25 august 2022 - 16:12:14Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The former Guinean Minister of National Unity and Citizenship, Khalifa Gassama Diaby, said on Thursday that [...] Full text...
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Six months after putsch, Burkina Faso is even more scarred, according to the UAS union
27 july 2022 - 20:17:14Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Trade Union Action Unit (UAS) of Burkina Faso denounced on Wednesday the management of [...] Full text...
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Leader of Tunisian Islamist movement appeas before anti-terrorist unit
19 july 2022 - 16:54:19Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The leader of the Islamist movement - Ennahdha - Rached Ghannouchi, the main opposition party in [...] Full text...
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Mali's transitional government claims to have foiled coup on night of 11-12 May
17 may 2022 - 13:47:16Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A coup attempt "supported by a Western state" was foiled in Mali on the night of [...] Full text...
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Two people killed in 24 January putsch in Burkina Faso
21 february 2022 - 14:37:04Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The coup of 24 January, which toppled the Burkinabe president, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, left [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS delegation ends mission to Guinea
30 october 2021 - 13:02:27Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The working mission of the President of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission, [...] Full text...
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Eleven defendants granted provisional release in Sankara trial
26 october 2021 - 20:38:29Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - A high court here Tuesday released provisionally 11 defendants facing trial in the assassination of [...] Full text...
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Protests against Sudan coup continue as demands for return to transitional order grow louder
26 october 2021 - 08:16:16Khartoum Sudan (PANA) - Defiant Sudanese are on Tuesday pouring into the streets of the capital, Khartoum, for the second [...] Full text...
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Thomas Sankara trial suspended for fortnight
11 october 2021 - 18:25:19Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The trial of the assassination of former Burkinabe President Thomas Sankara and 12 of his [...] Full text...
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Thousands demonstrate against Saied in Tunis
10 october 2021 - 19:53:06Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Several thousand demonstrators took part Sunday here in a demonstration against the exceptional measures taken by [...] Full text...
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Thousands march for Tunisian President Saied
03 october 2021 - 17:43:36Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Thousands of people took to the streets of Tunis and several regions on Sunday to express [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS suspends Guinea after virtual over recent coup
08 september 2021 - 23:31:19Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) announced at a virtual meeting here Wednesday it [...] Full text...
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Guinea coup makers to meet political class
07 september 2021 - 22:09:34Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The National Committee for Rally and Development (CNRD), in power in Guinea since Sunday, will meet [...] Full text...
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AU chairman Tshisekedi expected in Guinea soon
07 september 2021 - 17:38:52Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The current chairman of the African Union (AU) and president of DR Congo, Felix Tshisekedi, is [...] Full text...
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Gambia, UN condemn coup d’etat in Guinea
06 september 2021 - 06:18:37Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia has condemned the overthrow of Guinean President Alpha Condé and the dissolution of government on [...] Full text...
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Colonel Mamadi Doumbouya, new strongman of Guinea
05 september 2021 - 18:37:59Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Colonel Mamadi Doumbouya, a former legionnaire of the French army, became early Sunday afternoon Guinea's new [...] Full text...
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FM appeals for understanding from Int'l community on Mali's political crisis
22 june 2021 - 18:04:33Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Abdoulaye Diop, has appealed to the international community to show [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso commemorates 55th anniversary of popular uprising
03 january 2021 - 19:38:04Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso on Sunday commemorated the 55th anniversary of the popular uprising that ousted its [...] 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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The many sides of J.J. Rawlings: A tribute (By Paul Ejime, PANA Guest Writer)
16 november 2020 - 08:46:39Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Not even his harshest critics would begrudge Flt. Lt. John Jerry Rawlings, the late Ghanaian President, [...] Full text...
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Haftar’s future called into question on eve of political solution in Libya (News analysis by Youssef BA, PANA correspondent)
29 october 2020 - 22:18:56Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The process to resolve the Libyan crisis through consensus raises no doubt following developments over the [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS and perennial political crises (By Paul Ejime, PANA Guest writer)
16 october 2020 - 11:49:51Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - All too soon, but as expected, World attention is shifting from Mali after a frenetic diplomatic [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS Region: Uneasy calm before preventable storms (By Paul Ejime, PANA Guest Writer)
05 october 2020 - 08:47:27Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - One of the useful lessons to be drawn from the unfolding political and security crises in [...] Full text...
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Senegalese Cheikh Tidiane Gadio appointed Francophie's special envoy on Malian crisis
23 september 2020 - 16:33:45Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The former Senegalese Foreign Minister, Cheikh Tidiane Gadio, was Wednesday appointed by the Secretary-General of La [...] Full text...
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Six killed, two wounded, one missing after attack and looting in Burundi
11 september 2020 - 14:00:38Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - At least six people were killed, two wounded, another went missing and property was looted by [...] Full text...
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Mauritanian opposition leader says Malian political crisis caused by "biased" electoral process
02 september 2020 - 16:54:55Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The leader of the Opposition Union des Forces de Progrès (UFP), Mohamed ould Maouloud says the [...] Full text...
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Second extraordinary ECOWAS summit on Mali opens Friday
28 august 2020 - 17:18:16Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS wants sanctions against 18 August coup makers in Mali
20 august 2020 - 21:30:36Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Thursday decided, in addition to the economic sanctions [...] Full text...
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Political parties condemn Mali coup d'état, demand the release of President Keita
20 august 2020 - 15:15:20Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The ruling party in Mali, the Rally for Mali (RPM), says it has "taken note of [...] Full text...
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Mauritanian popular opposition leader returns from exile
09 august 2020 - 18:26:57Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Popular opposition leader, Abdel Ghoudous ould Abeidna, is back from exile, reliable sources told PANA on Sunday. Apart [...] Full text...
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Mauritanian MPs to review decade of governance of former President Aziz
15 july 2020 - 17:48:39Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - A report prepared by a Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry (CEP) on the decade of governance of [...] Full text...
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Mauritania: Former president Mohamed ould Abdel Aziz refuses to appear before parliamentary investigation commission
07 july 2020 - 22:42:41Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Former President Mohamed ould Abdel Aziz (2008/2019) Tuesday refused to appear before a parliamentary investigation commission [...] Full text...
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Antonio Guterres worried over discovery of mass graves in Tarhouna, mine planting near Tripoli
01 july 2020 - 21:37:49Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Wednesday expressed extreme shock over the discovery of a certain number of [...] Full text...
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Oil interests in Libyan conflict resurface with presence of mercenaries in oil sites (News analysis by Youssef BA, PANA correspondent)
28 june 2020 - 20:30:14Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya’s huge oil resources which are at the origin of foreign interference have brought to the [...] Full text...
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The sacred combat route of Burundi's new strongman
18 june 2020 - 12:13:48Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The solemn inauguration of the new president, Evariste Ndayishimiye, 52, on Thursday in Gitega, Burundi's new [...] Full text...
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Burundi: Retired general soon to lead the country
26 may 2020 - 17:54:35Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Evariste Ndayishimiye (52), a retired general, will take command of the Burundian state on 26 August [...] Full text...
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Burundi's ruling party heads to overwhelming victory in 20 May triple polls
22 may 2020 - 16:00:24Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi's National Council for the Defence of Democracy/Forces for the Defence of Democracy (CNDD-FDD) ruling party [...] Full text...
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Voting ends without "major incidents" in Burundi
20 may 2020 - 18:01:52Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Incidents of widespread breakdown of social networks, some delays in the opening of polling stations and [...] Full text...
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Burundi in pre-electoral context that requires vigilance
26 february 2020 - 21:02:35Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The sociopolitical context on the eve of the new general election seems relatively peaceful, compared to [...] Full text...
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Burundi: Human bones of genocide victims unearthed
14 february 2020 - 16:54:15Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Human bones and materials of at least 6,000 victims of the 1972 inter-ethnic massacres have recently [...] Full text...
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Burundi celebrates international radio day
13 february 2020 - 21:10:16Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA - International Radio Day was celebrated here Thursday with different speakers acknowledging the increasing role of new [...] Full text...
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Former head of Mali military junta Aya Sanogo, others granted provisional release
29 january 2020 - 12:25:23Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The indictment chamber of the Bamako Court of Appeal on Tuesday granted provisional release to Captain [...] Full text...
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Anti-slavery activist criticises human rights situation in Mauritania
22 january 2020 - 08:16:43Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - A Mauritanian anti-slavery activist has presented a scathing report on the human rights situation in the [...] Full text...
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Excavations reveal possible mass graves on Bujumbura Public University campus
16 january 2020 - 13:44:46Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The campus of the only public university in Bujumbura, Burundi's economic capital, will be thoroughly searched [...] Full text...
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Mauritania: Election of a new president of the main majority party
29 december 2019 - 14:22:30Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Delegates to the extraordinary congress of the Union for the Republic (UPR-majority) Saturday elected Sidi Mohamed [...] Full text...
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Burundi appeals to international community following series of attacks attributed to Rwanda
28 november 2019 - 22:38:00Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The Burundian government Thursday totally condemned a series of assaults against the country attributed to Rwanda, [...] Full text...
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Terrorist attacks in Mali are consequences of Libyan conflict - Malian President
06 october 2019 - 16:39:26Bamako, Mali (PANA) – Malian president, Ibrahim Boubacar Kéita, on Saturday said terrorist attacks in Mali are the consequence of [...] Full text...
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Presidential election in Guinea-Bissau starts on bad note
12 september 2019 - 22:52:12Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - The first round of Guinea-Bissau's presidential election will be held on November 24th, subject to last-minute [...] Full text...
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Mauritania’s opposition alliance calls for mobilization for change
21 may 2019 - 11:13:17Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – An electoral opposition alliance in Mauritania, which includes political parties, civil society organisations and individuals, has [...] Full text...
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Authorities warn media outlets against tarnishing Burundi's image
03 may 2019 - 17:10:28Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) – The celebration of the international press freedom day in Burundi was marked on Friday by the [...] Full text...
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Burundi authorities withdraw BBC's operating licence
29 march 2019 - 17:20:58Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi's National Council for Communication (CNC) on Friday announced the withdrawal of the operating licence of [...] Full text...
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Mauritania’s opposition party backs defence minister’s presidential bid
14 march 2019 - 22:40:20Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The National Pact for Democracy and Development (PNDD-ADIL), an opposition political party in Mauritania, Thursday declared [...] Full text...
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General Bassole pleads 'not guilty' in failed coup trial in Burkina Faso
19 december 2018 - 14:38:41Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – Burkina Faso's former minister of foreign affairs, Gendarmerie General Djibrill Bassolé, pleaded 'not guilty' on [...] Full text...
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Burkinabes remember the fall of Blaise Compaoré
25 october 2018 - 15:33:10Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – The 4th anniversary of the popular uprising of 30-31 October 2014, which ousted Blaise Compaoré [...] Full text...
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Sierra Leone: Can the “Lion Mountain” Ever Roar Again? (By Paul Ejime, PANA Guest Writer)
26 february 2018 - 15:18:19Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - After the recent fiercely contested presidential election in Liberia, world attention has turned to neighbouring [...] Full text...
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Burkina military trial of failed coup leaders opens 27 February
29 january 2018 - 18:06:01Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The court trial of soldiers involved in the failed September 2015 coup against the former [...] Full text...
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Lead defendant in failed Burkina putsch claims support of military brass
27 october 2017 - 19:39:36Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - General Gilbert Diendéré, the main defendant of the failed coup d'etat of September 2015 in [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso: Hundreds demonstrate against Djibril Bassole's release on bail
11 october 2017 - 16:29:22Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Hundreds of youths on Wednesday took to the streets of the Burkina capital, Ouagadougou, to [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso: Burkina Faso abortive coup maker released on bail
11 october 2017 - 10:46:30Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - A Burkina Faso General who was involved in a failed coup against the transitional government [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso: Minister confirms 'failed' coup in Burkina Faso
21 october 2016 - 14:31:33Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – The Burkinabe Minister of Security, Simon Compaoré, on Friday confirmed the arrest of 19 soldiers [...] Full text...
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Ghana: Energy woes, voters’ register brouhaha, opposition crisis reported in Ghana
24 october 2015 - 07:20:29Accra, Ghana (PANA) – A relapse of the energy woes, brouhaha over the voters’ register and further opening of deep [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso: Several putschists linked to Thomas Sankara assassination
13 october 2015 - 19:11:48Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – Several soldiers in the presidential guard of ousted President Blaise Compaoré, who were behind last [...] Full text...
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Perpetrators of ''orchestrated'' Mali attack will be punished - ECOWAS
22 may 2012 - 09:20:40Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The West African regional bloc ECOWAS has described Monday's attack on Mali's Interim President Dioncounda Traore [...] Full text...
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Constitutional order key to peace in Guinea-Bissau - UN envoy
20 april 2012 - 08:53:48New York, US (PANA) - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Guinea Bissau, Mr. Joseph Mutaboba, has urged [...] Full text...
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Inauguration of Interim President dominates Malian press
15 april 2012 - 11:34:37Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Thursday's inauguration of Dioncounda Traore as the Interim President of Mali, as part of the deal [...] Full text...
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Somalia’s ex-President Abdullahi Yusuf dies in exile
23 march 2012 - 13:29:27Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Exiled former Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf, 77, has died in a hospital in the United Arabs [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS vows 'urgent action' to restore democracy in Mali
22 march 2012 - 19:27:18Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - In its second reaction to the military putsch in Mali Thursday, the Economic Community of West [...] Full text...
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Mali coup leader emerges
22 march 2012 - 18:40:04Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Captain Amadou Sanogo, who has been named chairman National Committee for the Restoration of Democracy and [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS Chief blasts Guinea Bissau coup plotters
28 december 2011 - 18:28:37Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Commission on Wednesday expressed disappointment at attempts by a section of the Armed Forces [...] Full text...
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Civil Society urges Burundi to educate citizens on African Democracy Charter
12 september 2011 - 17:57:52Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The Forum for Capacity Building of Civil Society (FORSC), a 146-member organization, on Monday urged the [...] Full text...
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Malian Prime Minister resigns
30 march 2011 - 17:40:34Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Prime Minister of Mali, Modibo Sidibé, on Wednesday handed his resignation and that of his [...] Full text...
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The inside story of Guinea's difficult transition
08 march 2011 - 22:50:11By Aly Coulibaly, PANA correspondent Conakry, Guinea (PANA) – Guinea's former president of the transition, General Sékouba Konaté, has [...] Full text...
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Ivorian crisis still dominates Congolese newspapers
22 december 2010 - 17:50:21Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The political crisis in Cote d’Ivoire, caused by the refusal of President Laurent Gbagbo to hand [...] Full text...
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UFDG rejects new Guinean interim electoral commission chairman
22 september 2010 - 23:02:00Conakry- Guinea (PANA) -- Lamine Diallo, the coordinator in Europe of the Union of Democratic Forces in Guinea (UFDG) led [...] Full text...
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Opposition parties condemn France for meddling in Mauritania affairs
08 july 2010 - 14:48:00Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The Coordination of the Democratic Opposition (DOC), which consists of a dozen Mauritanian political parties, has [...] Full text...
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Ex-Minister Nyangoma to run for president in Burundi
15 march 2010 - 12:01:00Bujumbura- Burundi (PANA) -- Leonard Nyangoma, Burundi's former Minister of Civil Service, Labour and Social Security, announced Sunday evening that [...] Full text...
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Burundi army arrests officer, others for alleged coup plot
30 january 2010 - 16:39:00Bujumbura- Burundi (PANA) -- An officer and a dozen low-rank officers were Friday evening arrested at the seaside of the [...] Full text...
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Close associate of Dadis takes control of security battalion
08 december 2009 - 23:37:00Conakry- Guinea (PANA) -- The Autonomous Presidential Security Battalion (BASP) is now under the control of General Moussa Dadis Camara's [...] Full text...
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Burundi commemorates 16th anniversary Ndadaye's assassination
21 october 2009 - 23:22:00Bujumbura- Burundi (PANA) -- Burundians on Wednesday commemorated in reverential silence the 16th anniversary of the assassination of President Melchior [...] Full text...
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Burundi commemorates 16th anniversary Ndadaye's assassination
21 october 2009 - 22:56:00Bujumbura- Burundi (PANA) -- Burundians on Wednesday commemorated in reverential silence the 16th anniversary of the assassination of President Melchior [...] Full text...
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Burundi commemorates 16th anniversary Ndadaye's assassination
21 october 2009 - 22:43:00Bujumbura- Burundi (PANA) -- Burundians on Wednesday commemorated in reverential silence the 16th anniversary of the assassination of President Melchior [...] Full text...
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Tunisian Journalists change leadership
18 august 2009 - 15:09:00Tunis- Tunisia (PANA) -- A new management emerged at the weekend to head the Nati onal Tunisian Journalists' Union (SNJT). [...] Full text...
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Mauritanians elect new president Saturday
18 july 2009 - 13:11:00Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritanians Saturday trooped to the polling sta tions to elect a new president, following the 6 [...] Full text...
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Mauritanian factions clear crucial hurdle in resolution of crisis
27 june 2009 - 13:41:00Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) – Ousted Mauritanian- President Sidi Mohamed Ould C heikh Abdallahi briefly returned to power on Friday, this [...] Full text...
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Senegalese President meets Mauritanian parties to break stalemate
26 june 2009 - 12:59:00Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade Friday conti nued consultations with the Mauritanian parties in a bid to [...] Full text...
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Paris charges Mauritanians to ensure success of Dakar talks
23 june 2009 - 19:09:00Paris- France (PANA) -- The deputy spokesman of the French Foreign Affairs Minist ry, Frédéric Desagneaux, on Tuesday urged the [...] Full text...
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Bissau presents evidence on failed 5 June coup
19 june 2009 - 22:38:00Bissau- Guinea-Bissau (PANA) -- Guinea-Bissau's Natural Resources Minister, Oscar Barbosa, on Friday presented some sound recordings as evidence of the [...] Full text...
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Senegalese foreign minister arrives in Nouakchott
12 june 2009 - 23:02:00Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Senegalese Foreign Affairs Minister Cheikh Tidia ne Gadio, who is a special envoy of President Abdoulaye [...] Full text...
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Mauritania expectant of transitional government
06 june 2009 - 12:59:00Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Some intense negotiations are on-going in Maurit ania within the various stakeholders in the crisis to [...] Full text...
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Wade arrives in Nouakchott to firm up Mauritania deal
04 june 2009 - 20:52:00Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade, who brokere d the political agreement between Mauritanian factions that led to [...] Full text...
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Aziz suspends electioneering campaign in Mauritania
03 june 2009 - 15:34:00Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritanian former junta leader and now presiden tial candidate for the 18 July elections, General Mohamed [...] Full text...
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Stormy tension between Mauritanian ruling party, anti-putsch forces
29 may 2009 - 14:39:00Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- A series of demonstrations involving Mauritania' s ruling party members and those of the anti-putsch forces [...] Full text...
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Stakeholders in Mauritanian crisis to meet in Dakar Tuesday
24 may 2009 - 18:53:00Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Key stakeholders in the Mauritanian crisis have been invited to Dakar, Senegal's capital, Tuesday for a [...] Full text...
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Ex-junta leader promises to reform Mauritania
23 may 2009 - 14:11:00Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritanian former junta leader, General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, Friday promised several reforms in the country [...] Full text...
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'Kpatcha Gnassingbé's coup speech found in his residence'
18 may 2009 - 21:09:00Paris- France (PANA) -- An alleged speech prepared for delivery by Kpatcha Gnassi ngbé, half brother of the Togolese President [...] Full text...
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Joint Senegal/AU mission expected in Nouakchott
13 may 2009 - 22:55:00Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- A joint mission from Senegal and the African Union (AU) made up of President Abdoulaye Wade [...] Full text...
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Senegalese Foreign Minister arrives in Nouakchott
07 may 2009 - 18:15:00Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Senegal's Minister of State, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cheikh Tidiane Gadio, also special emissary of Senegalese [...] Full text...
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Joint FNDD-RFD march against the Mauritanian junta
04 may 2009 - 23:18:00Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Several thousand people marched on Monday aftern oon in Nouakchott to register their rejection of the [...] Full text...
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Anti-putsch coalition protests public media usurpation in Mauritania
04 may 2009 - 18:17:00Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Several dozens of Mauritanians demonstrated Sund ay in front of the headquarters of the National Television [...] Full text...
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Mauritanian political crisis: Internal mediation attempt fails
26 april 2009 - 16:06:00Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Prominent Mauritanians, bent on finding an inter nal solution to the Mauritanian political crisis following the [...] Full text...
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Anti-putsch MPs protest police suppression of protest
22 april 2009 - 23:05:00Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Several dozen MPs affiliated to the National Fro nt for the Defence of Democracy (FNDD) and [...] Full text...
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Sarr Ibrahima to contest Mauritania’s presidential election
21 april 2009 - 22:30:00Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Sarr Ibrahima Moctar, chairperson of the Allianc e for Justice and Democracy/Movement for Reconciliation (AJD/MR), on [...] Full text...
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Hutu General to head Burundian army
17 april 2009 - 22:12:00Bujumbura- Burundi (PANA) -- The appointment of Major General Godefroid Niyombare of the majority Hutu ethnic group as the new [...] Full text...
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African Union Mission visits General Aziz in Mauritania
13 april 2009 - 20:09:00Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritanian head of state, General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, on Monday received an African Union (AU) [...] Full text...
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France will not object to Mauritanian election featuring Aziz
09 april 2009 - 20:06:00Paris- France (PANA) -- The assistant spokesperson of the French Foreign Affairs ministry, Frédéric Desagneaux, said here Thursday that the [...] Full text...
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Senegal defends mediation role in Mauritanian political crisis
06 april 2009 - 17:05:00Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Senegal on Monday defended its mediation in the political crisis in Mauritania, saying "Our role is [...] Full text...
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Senegalese FM in Nouakchott on mediation mission
06 april 2009 - 10:33:00Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Senegalese Foreign Minister, Cheikh Tidiane Gadi o, arrived here on Sunday, his second trip to Mauritania [...] Full text...
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Mauritania's FNDD condemns Kadhafi's declarations
12 march 2009 - 16:38:00Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The National Front for the Defence of Democracy (FNDD), a coalition of political parties opposed to [...] Full text...
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Mauritanian junta leader off to Tripoli
25 february 2009 - 20:13:00Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritanian junta leader, Gen. Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, is due in Tripoli, Libya, Wednesday at [...] Full text...
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UN SG appoints Rwandan diplomat special envoy to Guinea Bissau
17 february 2009 - 13:21:00Kigali- Rwanda (PANA) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Rwandan Ambassador Joseph Mutaboba as the UN's new special envoy [...] Full text...
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Kadhafi mediates in Mauritania's political crisis
15 february 2009 - 12:36:00Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- An 11-member team, constituted by the Chairman o f the African Unity (AU) and Libyan leader, [...] Full text...
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Mauritanian junta leader in Doha for Gaza talks
15 january 2009 - 18:12:00Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- President of the High Council of State (HCE), th e leading authority of Mauritania since the [...] Full text...
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Mauritanian women protest against return of ousted president
14 january 2009 - 14:04:00Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Several dozen demonstrators, mostly women, gathe red Tuesday afternoon outside the house of ousted Mauritanian President [...] Full text...
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Guinean strongman sacks customs deputy head
12 january 2009 - 12:42:00Conakry- Guinea (PANA) -- The leader of the ruling military junta in Guinea, Captain Moussa Dadis Camara, has sacked the [...] Full text...
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Francophonie delegation to visit Conakry
08 january 2009 - 12:43:00Conakry- Guinea (PANA) -- A delegation from the International Organisation of the Francophonie (OIF) was due here on Thursday for [...] Full text...
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Mauritania may hold presidential election 30 May
07 january 2009 - 14:12:00Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Participants at the National Dialogue which ended here Tuesday afternoon have recommended that presidential election be [...] Full text...
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