Harvard to host South African musician Thandiswa Mazwai
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Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African musician Thandiswa Mazwai’s will be honoured at the Harvard University Centre for [...] Full text...
Reports of ground offensive in Sudan while international community expresses concern
26 september 2024 - 19:57:24Port Sudan Sudan(PANA) - To the exception of the shy main stream media, internet and Sudanese social interaction outlets [...] Full text...
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UNICEF steps up support to protect DRC children from mpox
13 september 2024 - 05:17:49Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is stepping up lifesaving support to the Democratic Republic of the Congo [...] Full text...
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03 september 2024 - 10:59:26Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African billionaire Johann Rupert is officially the richest man in Africa.His estimated net [...] Full text...
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DR Congo: Little Justice for Goma Massacre Victims
31 august 2024 - 07:53:41Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) – Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday urged Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) authorities to expand their [...] Full text...
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Disinformation still rampant in DR Congo’s North Kivu, stoking violence: UN
21 august 2024 - 05:18:22Goma, DRC (PANA) - The UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) MONUSCO said on Tuesday [...] Full text...
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Cape Town hosts major astronomy conference
13 august 2024 - 11:07:24Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – More than 2,000 international astronomers are attending the 32nd General Assembly of the International Astronomical [...] Full text...
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Malian army neutralises six terrorists in far north
24 june 2024 - 11:39:27Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian army on Friday announced that it had neutralised six terrorists in the Abéibara sector [...] Full text...
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Amid ongoing Israeli incursions into Gaza, aid facilities shut ‘one after another’
31 may 2024 - 06:38:11New York, US (PANA) - With no let-up in reported street battles and Israeli bombardment across Gaza on Thursday, UN [...] Full text...
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Landmines killed 17 people in Libya in 2023, according to UNMAS
29 april 2024 - 10:45:46Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) says 17 people, including 14 children, died in incidents [...] Full text...
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UNICEF: Nine children killed in 2023 by landmines in Libya
15 april 2024 - 11:09:11Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Nine Libyan children lost their lives to mines and explosive devices during 2023, the United Nations [...] Full text...
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30 years on, justice for genocide crimes in Rwanda more urgent than ever, says rights group
05 april 2024 - 13:12:18Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - As the 30th commemoration begins this Sunday, 7 April of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi [...] Full text...
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Ghana opposition slams govt, communication industry regulator for Internet havoc
19 march 2024 - 06:05:43Accra, Ghana (PANA) - As Ghana continues to reel under a debilitating disruption of Internet services following a massive disruption to [...] Full text...
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AUC adds voice for new date for Senegalese presidential poll
05 february 2024 - 11:52:01Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The President of the African Union Commission (AUC), Moussa Faki Mahamat, has urged the Senegalese [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS Commission 'concerned' about postponement of Senegalese presidential poll
04 february 2024 - 14:39:54Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Commission of the West African sub-regional bloc, ECOWAS, says it has taken note of the [...] Full text...
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UPDATE: Electoral process suspended, presidential election postponed indefinitely in Senegal
03 february 2024 - 16:34:52Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegalese President Macky Sall announced on Saturday that he has repealed the decree calling for presidential [...] Full text...
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Burundi's Vice-President to attend the Italy-Africa Summit in Rome
26 january 2024 - 16:30:26Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi's Vice-President Prosper Bazombanza left Bujumbura on Thursday evening for Rome to take part in the [...] Full text...
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Burundi swears in seven-member new Electoral Commission
17 january 2024 - 15:47:18Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - A seven-member Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) for Burundi has been sworn into office. They comprise Prospère [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: WHO and partners deliver aid to two Gaza hospitals in high-risk missions
28 december 2023 - 09:00:58Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) and partners delivered fuel and other essential supplies to two hospitals [...] Full text...
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Four French nationals arrested in Ouagadougou
20 december 2023 - 13:51:07Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Four French officials suspected of espionage have been arrested by the police here, the capital [...] Full text...
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South African music legend Zahara dead at 35
12 december 2023 - 08:14:46Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Multi-award winning South African musician Zahara has died after a long illness. She was [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso suspends distribution of French newspaper Le Monde
03 december 2023 - 11:46:19Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The transitional government of Burkina Faso on Saturday announced the suspension of the distribution of [...] Full text...
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Rights group calls out Burkina Faso government for crackdown on dissent
09 november 2023 - 09:11:58Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Burkina Faso's military junta is using a sweeping emergency law against perceived dissidents to expand its [...] Full text...
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PANAPRESS has a new chairman of the board of directors
03 november 2023 - 16:33:31Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Director General of the Libyan News Agency (LANA), Ibrahim Hadeia Magbri, has been appointed to [...] Full text...
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Nigeria to vaccinate 7.7 million girls against leading cause of cervical cancer
25 october 2023 - 06:05:41Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria introduced the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine into its routine immunisation system on Tuesday, aiming to [...] Full text...
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Burundi's Head of State receives special envoy from Ugandan counterpart
24 october 2023 - 16:00:28Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi's Head of State Evariste Ndayishimiye Tuesday received the Ugandan Minister of State for Foreign Affairs [...] Full text...
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FIFA 2030 World Cup: Co-hosts Morocco, Spain on collision course over venue for final match
23 october 2023 - 07:28:51Zurich, Switzerland (PANA) - Morocco, confirmed earlier this month by FIFA as a joint-host of the 2030 World Cup finals [...] Full text...
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Over 6,000 schools still closed in Burkina Faso: UNICEF
03 october 2023 - 05:42:47New York, US (PANA) - The UN Children's Fund, UNICEF, on Monday said that with the new school year starting, [...] Full text...
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Rights groups call for release of jailed Burundian journalist
30 august 2023 - 06:15:14Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Human rights organisations are calling on the Burundian authorities to "immediately and unconditionally" release and quash the [...] Full text...
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Madagascar Stadium stampede: CAF president condoles with victims' families
28 august 2023 - 06:33:46Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) - CAF President, Dr Patrice Motsepe, has conveyed his condolences to the families of victims who lost their [...] Full text...
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2023 FIFA WWC: Spanish FA chief slammed over final kiss
21 august 2023 - 10:20:13Madrid, Spain (PANA) - Spanish football federation chief, Luis Rubiales, has drawn heavy criticism at home for kissing footballer Jennifer [...] Full text...
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UN peacekeepers fight deadly disinformation
19 august 2023 - 16:41:45New York, US (PANA) - With smartphones, editing apps, and innovative approaches, some UN peacekeeping operations across the world are [...] Full text...
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LEAD: Niger coup: ECOWAS delegation fails to meet junta leader
04 august 2023 - 12:45:50Niamey, Niger (PANA) - A delegation of the Economic West Community of West African States (ECOWAS) sent to Niger to [...] Full text...
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Niger coup: Junta ends military pacts with France
04 august 2023 - 06:56:15Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Soldiers who seized power in the West African state of Niger on 26 July announced on [...] Full text...
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Relief in Senegal after President Sall rules out third term bid
04 july 2023 - 12:23:37Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Relief was the most widespread feeling in Senegal on Tuesday, following the announcement by President Macky [...] Full text...
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Senegalese President promises to 'shed full light' on last month's violent demonstrations
04 july 2023 - 11:52:54Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The President of Senegal, Macky Sall, has promised that investigations will continue to shed "all possible [...] Full text...
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Seven terrorists neutralised in northern Burkina Faso
23 june 2023 - 14:20:29Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkina Faso Army has announced that it neutralised seven terrorists on Thursday when it [...] Full text...
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Famous Tunisian journalist Zied El Heni arrested
21 june 2023 - 19:22:38Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A leading figure on the Tunisian media scene, Zied El Heni, was kept in detention on [...] Full text...
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Ghana football legend Asamoah Gyan retires
21 june 2023 - 08:30:50Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghanaian football legend, Asamoah Gyan, on Tuesday announced his retirement from professional football at the age [...] Full text...
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Security guard stabbed near Brazilian embassy in Tunis
19 june 2023 - 16:48:41Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A security guard was attacked on Monday by an unidentified individual near the Brazilian embassy in [...] Full text...
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Libyan newspaper identifies foreign military presence as threat to organisation of elections in Libya
16 june 2023 - 19:01:44Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The commemoration, on Sunday 11 June, of the 53rd anniversary of the evacuation of American forces [...] Full text...
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Some forty Malian journalists receive training in election coverage
09 june 2023 - 14:29:54Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Some 40 Malian journalists Wednesday began a training workshop on election coverage and strategies for preventing [...] Full text...
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UN tribunal declares Rwanda genocide suspect unfit for trial
07 june 2023 - 12:34:22The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - The International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals has ruled that Félicien Kabuga, a Rwandan genocide [...] Full text...
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Russian FM Lavrov arrives in Burundi
30 may 2023 - 13:55:37Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, arrived in Bujumbura on Tuesday for a visit to Burundi, state [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Reading into the Jeddah Declaration to Protect Civilians (Feature by Mohamed Osman Adam, PANA correspondent)
13 may 2023 - 13:59:01Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - To political Sudanese, who support the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) in their campaign to uproot the [...] Full text...
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Reflection by Sudanese journalists about ongoing fighting in the country (Feature by Mohamed Osman Adam, PANA Correspondent)
10 may 2023 - 20:38:45Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – In more than one interview with foreign news media outlets they persistently asked me, as an [...] Full text...
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Sudanese theater vanguard killed in shelling
04 may 2023 - 15:33:43Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese theatre vanguard Asia Abdul Majid, 80, was killed when she was hit by an explosive [...] Full text...
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2023 U-17 AFCON: Cameroon keen to defend their title in Algeria
01 may 2023 - 08:38:21Annaba, Algeria (PANA) - Cameroon coach, Serge Mimpo-Tsintsémé, says the team’s ambition heading into the 2023 TotalEnergies Under-17 Africa Cup [...] Full text...
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On second thought: What is really going on here? A reflection by Sudanese journalists about ongoing fighting in the country (A Feature by Mohamed Osman Adam, PANA, correspondent)
30 april 2023 - 16:35:32Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - It all started with a comment from a South African radio station presenter: “How come you [...] Full text...
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Libyan gov't celebrates "Night of Destiny" with tribute to Qur'anic memorizers
18 april 2023 - 12:38:36Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity, Abdelhamid al-Dbaiba, presided over the commemoration [...] Full text...
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Sudan says current conflict an internal question requiring no foreign mediatory intervention
17 april 2023 - 21:55:58Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)- Sudan on Monday described the ongoing fighting between the Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces as [...] Full text...
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Military planes used in fighting in Khartoum, US appeals for calm
15 april 2023 - 14:00:21Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Fighting continued Saturday in Khartoum as military planes hovered over residential areas, reportedly bombarding Rapid Support [...] Full text...
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Heavy fighting inside Sudanese national capital
15 april 2023 - 09:58:54Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Heavy fighting erupted between units belonging to the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces, [...] Full text...
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UN concerned about new media restrictions in Burkina Faso
07 april 2023 - 16:48:57Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, said here Thursday that he [...] Full text...
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DR Congo gets new Police Chief
03 april 2023 - 09:26:50Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Gen. Benjamin Alongaboni has been appointed Commissioner General of the Congolese National Police (PNC), replacing [...] Full text...
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Plan for elections in 2023 in Libya, Abdoulaye Bathily, determined to carry out his initiative
30 march 2023 - 19:33:58Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Methodically but with all the necessary application and seriousness, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary [...] Full text...
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Top UN official in Libya urges 'minority' not to block elections
25 march 2023 - 19:29:41Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary General in Libya, Abdoulaye Bathily, has urged the "minority" [...] 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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Libyan newspaper reveals new act of France's decline embodied in ''Donquichottesque' battle with Morocco
24 february 2023 - 19:47:25Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan newspaper - Alsabaah - considers that many French diplomats and high ranking politicians, as [...] Full text...
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Wave of arrests in Tunisia targets critics, opposition figures - HRW
24 february 2023 - 10:31:17Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – The Tunisian authorities arrested two critics of President Kais Saied on 22 February, bringing the number of [...] Full text...
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Rights group asks Tunisian President Saied to immediately stop his political ‘witch hunt’
20 february 2023 - 10:50:08Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian authorities are escalating efforts to crack down on high-profile critics and perceived opponents of President [...] Full text...
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US 'deeply concerned' about arrests of opposition figures in Tunisia
16 february 2023 - 06:21:54Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US has expressed dee[ concern about the wave of arrests of opposition leaders in [...] Full text...
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UN rights chief concerned over crackdown on opposition in Tunisia
15 february 2023 - 05:13:10Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has voiced concern over the deepening crackdown [...] Full text...
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Wave of arrests of opponents over "plot against state security" in Tunisia
14 february 2023 - 15:12:02Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian authorities are proceeding, for several days, with a series of arrests of political opposition [...] Full text...
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World Radio Day celebrates a ‘unique instrument of peace’
14 february 2023 - 06:03:22Paris, France (PANA) - From supporting forthcoming elections in South Sudan, to getting war-weary people to buy into peace processes; [...] Full text...
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UNDP: 'Extremist groups exploiting devt failures to recruit new members'
07 february 2023 - 07:23:35Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The UN Development Programme has in a report released on Tuesday stated that extremist groups exploit [...] Full text...
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Former FIFA chief Sepp Blatter reflects on Africa's only World Cup
02 february 2023 - 12:49:00Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former FIFA President, Sepp Blatter, does not believe there will be another World Cup [...] Full text...
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Killer of several people in Mali arrested in August 2021 confesses to his crimes
30 january 2023 - 16:24:54Bamako, Mali (PANA) -Aldjouma Touré, killer of eleven people, including one in Bamako and ten others in the town of [...] Full text...
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UN chief calls for worldwide commitment to transforming education
24 january 2023 - 19:11:11New York, US (PANA) - Commitments made last year at a landmark UN conference to transform education globally must be [...] 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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Alleged Gambian “Death Squad” Driver’s Trial Progresses
19 january 2023 - 14:14:31Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - A Ghanaian citizen who survived the massacre of approximately 59 West African migrants in July 2005 [...] Full text...
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UN System Resident Coordinator in Burkina Faso declared "persona non grata"
23 december 2022 - 16:16:28Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Mrs Barbara Manzi, Resident Coordinator of the United Nations System in Burkina Faso, has been [...] Full text...
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Reporters Without Borders calls for charges to be dropped against Cameroonian journalist
23 december 2022 - 16:10:42Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called for the charges against Amadou Vamoulké, a journalist and [...] Full text...
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Two alleged French spies expelled from Burkina Faso
22 december 2022 - 16:46:53Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Two French citizens arrested for spying activities were expelled from Burkina Faso during the night [...] Full text...
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The Pros and cons of Sudan’s new Political Framework Agreement (News analysis by Mohamed Osman, PANA correspondent)
08 december 2022 - 13:33:17Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - While regional and international support and encouragement are being heaped on the most recent agreement signed [...] Full text...
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Media watchdog denounces suspension of Radio France Internationale in Burkina Faso
06 december 2022 - 13:41:43Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Media watchdog, Reporters Without Borders (RSF), on Tuesday condemned the suspension of Radio France Internationale [...] Full text...
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Radio France Internationale deplores its suspension in Burkina Faso
04 december 2022 - 13:39:24Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The France Media Monde group deplored the suspension of Radio France Internationale (RFI) programmes by [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso suspends broadcasting of Radio France Internationale
03 december 2022 - 17:50:45Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkinabe authorities announced on Saturday the suspension of the broadcasting of Radio France Internationale [...] Full text...
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Malian govt denies French newspaper's story on alleged shooting of soldier at Presidential Palace
12 november 2022 - 14:05:00Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian transition government has denied a story published on Friday in the French newspaper, Libération, which [...] Full text...
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Mass displacements in eastern DR Congo threaten young lives: UNICEF
08 november 2022 - 04:39:56Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The lives of thousands of children in overcrowded, unsanitary camps for internally displaced people (IDPs) in [...] Full text...
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Burundian Head of State receives World Bank envoy
03 november 2022 - 16:40:21Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The Burundian Head of State, Evariste Ndayishimiye, received on Thursday Albert G. Zeufack, Country Director of [...] Full text...
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Ghana's president Akufo-Addo rallies country to face economic crisis
31 october 2022 - 05:40:34Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Sunday rallied his country in the midst of a [...] Full text...
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Communal fighting: the Achilles' heel in Sudan’s national unity (News analysis by Mohamed Osman, PANA correspondent)
24 october 2022 - 14:09:31Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – Spurred by intensification of ethnic conflict in the Blue Nile, adjacent to the Border with Ethiopia, [...] Full text...
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AU Commission Chairperson condemns repression of demonstrations in Chad
20 october 2022 - 17:20:56Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, on Thursday condemned the [...] Full text...
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Guinean government accuses political leaders of sabotaging political dialogue
13 october 2022 - 16:17:48Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The Guinean government believes that the delay in the start of the political dialogue is due [...] Full text...
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Witness in murder of Gambian journalist Hydara to testify in trial in Germany
06 october 2022 - 10:03:17Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - A woman who survived the murder of a renowned Gambian journalist, Deyda Hydara, will testify on Thursday [...] Full text...
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Guinea determined to build sports infrastructure to required standards
02 october 2022 - 13:12:49Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The president of the Normalization Committee (CONOR), Mrs. Mariam Satina Sy, said here Saturday the decision [...] Full text...
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UN Special Adviser welcomes start of trial against top Rwanda genocide suspect
29 september 2022 - 06:07:00The Hague, The Netherlands (PANA) - A senior UN official has welcomed the start of the trial against an alleged [...] Full text...
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Guinean government says ready for ECOWAS Extraordinary Summit
20 september 2022 - 14:14:32Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guinea is not afraid of the extraordinary summit of the Economic Community of West African States [...] Full text...
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Guinean opposition leader urges junta to shed light on condition of former president Condé
14 september 2022 - 11:41:39Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The Coordinator of the Union of Democratic Forces of Guinea (UFDG) federations in the interior of [...] Full text...
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Kenya's President Kenyatta ends duty
13 september 2022 - 12:24:13Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - President Uhuru Kenyatta has ended his two-term era as the Head of State and Government in [...] Full text...
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Cancer is the third leading cause of death in Mauritius: Minister
13 september 2022 - 06:27:27Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Cancer is the third leading cause of death in Mauritius, accounting for 12.8% of deaths in [...] Full text...
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Eight illegal migrants die off Tunisian coast
08 september 2022 - 19:33:49Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian coast guard recovered on Thursday the bodies of eight illegal migrants who died after [...] 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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Ghana aviation body cautions Delta Airlines against temporarily using aircraft number N-195DN for Accra flights
23 august 2022 - 08:48:23Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Ghana Civil Association Authority (GCAA) has cautioned Delta Airlines against temporarily using its aircraft with [...] Full text...
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Ghana Government signs $3.2bn agreement to upgrade railway line in the west
23 august 2022 - 08:22:00Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Government on Monday signed a $3.2 billion agreement with South African firm, Thelo DB, to [...] Full text...
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Ghana's foreign ministry investigates allegations passports being issued to foreigners
14 august 2022 - 13:08:54Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration says it is investigating allegations that Ghanaian passports [...] Full text...
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Three women, three children die as migrant boat sinks off Tunisian coast
09 august 2022 - 21:10:15Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian navy recovered on Tuesday the bodies of six illegal migrants, three women and three [...] Full text...
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Rights watchdog says reforms crucial for civilian rule in Mali
09 august 2022 - 10:13:44Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A human rghts advocate on Tuesday urged Mali's authorities to act to uphold fundamental freedoms and the [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso government denies signing truce with armed terrorist groups
06 august 2022 - 16:02:33Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The transitional government of Burkina Faso on Saturday denied that it has signed a two-year [...] Full text...
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IOM identifies 1,735 victims of human trafficking in Burundi
30 july 2022 - 14:30:34Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The local office of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) announced on Saturday, on the occasion [...] Full text...
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Women increasingly joining armed terrorist groups in Burkina Faso - Minister
29 july 2022 - 20:23:46Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkinabe Minister of Gender and Family, Salimata Nebié Conombo, noted on Friday that more [...] Full text...
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Overall situation in Libya 'highly volatile', says senior UN official
26 july 2022 - 05:35:38New York, US (PANA) - The overall situation in Libya remains “highly volatile”, Martha Pobee, UN Assistant Secretary-General for political [...] Full text...
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No immediate changes despite pressure on policymakers in Libya ( Analysis by BA Youssef, PANA correspondent)
06 july 2022 - 21:32:10Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The angry demonstrations by Libyan youth that continued in several Libyan cities last Friday were in [...] Full text...
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Guinean Professional Football League threatens not to hold championship
23 june 2022 - 20:49:42Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The Guinean League of Professional Football (LGFP) will prevent players of the national championship from participating [...] Full text...
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Guinea soldiers confined to garrisons until further notice
22 june 2022 - 11:19:46Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guinea's army's chief of staff on Tuesday announced that all air force, army and navy personnel are consigned [...] Full text...
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UN calls on militants in eastern DR Congo to ‘immediately cease’ civilian attacks
12 june 2022 - 05:20:14New York, US (PANA) - The UN on Saturday calling for attacks on civilians by multiple armed groups in eastern Democratic [...] Full text...
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First edition of Mali Media Fair scheduled for 30 June - 2 July 2022
07 june 2022 - 15:45:54Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The first edition of the Mali Media Fair will be held from 30 June to 2 [...] Full text...
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Guinea junta allows ousted president Alpha Conde to travel abroad for medical check-up
21 may 2022 - 11:07:16Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guinea's military junta, the National Committee of the Rally for Development (CNRD), has agreed to permit ousted president [...] Full text...
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Gambia to play int’l friendly football match with UAE
11 may 2022 - 12:21:52Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia's senior national football team, the Scorpions, has been invited by UAE for a friendly match [...] Full text...
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Guinean government explains transition timetable to international community
06 may 2022 - 14:27:32Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The Guinean minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Morissanda Kouyate, received on Thursday several ambassadors accredited in [...] Full text...
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Guinean government expresses concern for national press freedom
04 may 2022 - 14:43:00Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The Guinean government has taken important measures in favour of the press with a view to [...] Full text...
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Guinea: Junta proposes 39-month transition period
01 may 2022 - 15:09:59Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The head of the junta in Guinea, Col. Mamadi Doumbouya, who took power on September 5, [...] Full text...
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Mali’s press ban reflects growing regional intolerance, says UN rights office
29 april 2022 - 15:26:53Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Mali’s ban on two major international broadcasters operating inside the country is "a worrying development" in [...] Full text...
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Burkinabe army denies allegations of killing of more than 100 civilians
24 april 2022 - 16:59:47Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkinabe army on Sunday denied allegations of the death of more than 100 civilians [...] Full text...
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Burkinabe customs officers, gendarmes arrested for alleged fuel smuggling
20 april 2022 - 13:19:35Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - A number of customs officers and a gendarme were arrested and placed in custody on [...] Full text...
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New management of CNC meet media managers in Burundi
15 april 2022 - 15:38:59Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The new chairperson of the National Communication Council (CNC), a state media regulatory body, Ms. Vestine [...] Full text...
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Gambians vote in legislative election
09 april 2022 - 12:41:38Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambians are voting on Saturday in an election for 53 parliamentarians for a five-year term. Under the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Ghana reopens land, sea borders as it eases pandemic restrictions
27 march 2022 - 21:56:55Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Sunday announced the reopening of the country's land and [...] Full text...
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Malian government suspends RFI and France 24 broadcasts until further notice
17 march 2022 - 15:37:56Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian government announced on Wednesday a procedure to suspend until further notice the broadcasting of [...] Full text...
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France Médias Monde deplores procedure of Mali to suspend RFI and France 24
17 march 2022 - 15:30:42Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - French Médias Monde group, which owns Radio France Internationale (RFI) and France 24 television, had [...] Full text...
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Mali initiates measures to suspend French media RFI and France 24
17 march 2022 - 15:22:04Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Mali's transitional government on Thursday rejected allegations of abuses by its army against civilians and [...] Full text...
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Burundi president launches women only bank
03 march 2022 - 21:28:17Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The Head of State, Evariste Ndayishimiye, on Thursday launched an investment and development bank dedicated to [...] Full text...
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Gambia: Germany indicts death squad member under Yahya Jammeh
03 march 2022 - 14:30:12Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Germany has indicted Bai Lowe, an alleged former Gambian “death squad” member under ex-President Yahya Yammeh, [...] Full text...
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Cameroonian journalist to lead New York-based investment banker's Africa expansion
26 february 2022 - 00:04:21New York, US (PANA) – Cameroonian broadcast journalist, Michel Lobé Ewané, has been named a Board member of the New [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Tunisian president deplores start of military operations in Ukraine
25 february 2022 - 14:48:38Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian President Kais Saied deplored on Thursday "the launching of military operations in Ukraine" following the [...] Full text...
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Gambia’s Independence Stadium manager calls for investment to improve standard of facility
22 february 2022 - 10:44:08Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia will need a lot of money to bring the Independence Stadium in Banjul to the [...] Full text...
thread Sports
Nigerian govt. charges Radio Stations to shun fake news
14 february 2022 - 21:20:47Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Federal Government has charged radio stations in the country to uphold the trust of their [...] Full text...
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UN agency steps up efforts to end female genital mutilation (A UNFPA feature)
06 february 2022 - 05:43:55Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - In Somalia, over 90 per cent or more of girls and women, have been subjected to [...] Full text...
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Heavy shooting heard in Guinea Bissau State House
01 february 2022 - 17:00:00Bissau, Guinea Bissau (PANA) - There was heavy gunfire around Guinea Bissau's State House (Presidential Palace) on Tuesday afternoon with [...] Full text...
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Malian armed forces neutralise some 40 terrorists in several regions
01 february 2022 - 13:02:51Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian Armed Forces (FAMAs) neutralised 43 terrorists on 25 January, as part of the "Operation [...] Full text...
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Ghana sacks Serbian Milovan Rajevac as head coach of national football team
22 january 2022 - 11:16:11Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has sacked the head coach of the Black Stars, the senior [...] Full text...
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Detained leader of Malian political party provisionally released
05 january 2022 - 12:37:05Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Detained Malian politician, Dr. Oumar Mariko, was provisionally released on Tuesday by the High Court of [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Ghana sees sharp rise in cases
29 december 2021 - 07:46:07Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana is seeing a sharp increase in infections of coronavirus (COVID-19) as fears grow this could [...] Full text...
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Senegal launches regional express train (TER)
28 december 2021 - 19:29:58Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal on Monday launched a regional express train (TER), which connects the capital, Dakar, to the [...] Full text...
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Democratic Republic of Congo declares Ebola outbreak over
16 december 2021 - 16:30:00Brazzaville, Kinshasa (PANA) - The Ebola outbreak that erupted in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s North Kivu Province in October [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Ghana's land borders to remain closed to reduce importation of virus
16 december 2021 - 04:58:21Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's lands borders, which were closed in March last year following the outbreak of COVID-19, are [...] Full text...
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Mauritius : 60 killed in road crashes this year
15 december 2021 - 08:50:10Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Sixty persons, comprising 53 motorcyclists and seven vehicle passengers, have so far lost their lives in [...] Full text...
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New HIV-AIDS infections on the decline throughout Senegal
01 december 2021 - 14:53:55Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The executive secretary of the National AIDS Control Council (CNLS), Dr. Safiatou Thiam, has noted a [...] Full text...
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Tunisian Police shoot individual who attacked security patrol with a cleaver in Tunis
26 november 2021 - 18:51:37Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian police opened fire on Friday afternoon on an individual armed with a cleaver who [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: Public asked to re-register communication equipment
20 november 2021 - 06:57:28Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The Ethiopian authorities have asked the public to re-register all information and communication equipment in [...] Full text...
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Ghana: 23 persons die in two road crashes in two days
05 november 2021 - 22:01:38Accra, Ghana (PANA) - A total of 23 persons were killed within two days this week along the Kumasi-Techiman Highway [...] Full text...
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Start of government retreat focused on popular aspirations in Burundi
03 november 2021 - 18:40:15Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The President of the Republic, Evariste Ndayishimiye, opened on Wednesday a governmental retreat in Gitega, the [...] Full text...
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Three new ministers appointed in Guinea
30 october 2021 - 13:29:03Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The Guinean head of state and chairman of the National Rally Committee for Development (CNRD), Colonel [...] Full text...
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Television, radio stations closed down in Tunisia
27 october 2021 - 20:41:33Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Three weeks after the television channel "Zitouna", close to the Islamist movement Ennahdha, two other stations, [...] Full text...
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Vice President of Mali's National Transitional Council arrested by Malian judiciary
27 october 2021 - 20:02:31Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The fourth vice-president of the National Transitional Council (CNT), in Mali, Issa Kaou N'Djim, was arrested [...] Full text...
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Four new ministers appointed in Guinea
26 october 2021 - 12:23:22Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guinea's military ruler, Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, on Monday appointed four new ministers in the government 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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Sudan coup: UN chief condemns ‘ongoing military coup’ in Sudan (Eds: Changing dateline)
25 october 2021 - 18:10:15New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday condemned the “ongoing military coup” in Sudan, saying Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdouk and all other [...] Full text...
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Sudan Coup: Soldiers fire live bullets at demonstrators - Ministry of Culture and Media
25 october 2021 - 13:15:11Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Soldiers have fired live bullets at demonstrators protesting against Monday's coup in Sudan. The Ministry of Culture [...] Full text...
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3RD LEAD: Sudan's military declares state of emergency (Eds: New lead)
25 october 2021 - 11:34:33Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese military on Monday declared a state of emergency and seized control of the government [...] Full text...
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2ND LEAD: Coup attempt under way in Sudan (Eds: Adds reactions, new developments)
25 october 2021 - 09:47:36Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Arab League has expressed concern about political developments in Sudan where a military coup is [...] Full text...
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LEAD: Senior US envoy: US 'deeply alarmed' at Sudan attempted coup reports
25 october 2021 - 08:01:17Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - US Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa, Jeffery Feltman, says the US is "deeply alarmed" [...] Full text...
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UN-backed show highlights lifesaving benefit of ‘edutainment’ in South Africa
20 october 2021 - 06:00:46Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - Young people in South Africa changed their attitudes significantly and adopted safer sexual behaviour, after watching a TV show called Down South – [...] Full text...
thread Health
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...
thread Culture
Nine soldiers killed in suspected terrorist attack in Burkina Faso - report
04 october 2021 - 16:12:33Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The death toll from the attack on Monday against the military detachment of Yirgou in [...] Full text...
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PM Hamdouk promises action to ensure transition to democracy after foiled coup attempt in Sudan
21 september 2021 - 15:13:09Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)- Sudanese Prime Minister Abdullah Hamdouk appeared on national television and official media on Tuesday to announced that [...] Full text...
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African rural voices reach UN Food Systems Summit
20 september 2021 - 13:00:06New York, US (PANA) - Small-scale farmers and other rural people are development actors in their own right, with a [...] Full text...
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Former Guinean transitional president throws weight behind military junta
17 september 2021 - 11:16:58Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The president of the 2009-2010 transition in Guinea, General Sékouba Konaté, on Thursday welcomed the overthrow [...] Full text...
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Cash shortage triggers food suspensions for 100,000 displaced in South Sudan
13 september 2021 - 18:11:35Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Monday that beginning next month, funding shortages [...] Full text...
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AfDB appoints Kenyan journalist as Director of Communication and External Relations
08 september 2021 - 13:45:48Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank Group on Wednesday announced the appointment of Mr. Solomon Mugera as [...] 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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South Sudan pressed to end crackdown against activists seeking political accountability
03 september 2021 - 18:40:45Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - South Sudanese authorities have arrested civil society activists and a politician, besides closing down a [...] Full text...
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Botswana’s first youth radio station celebrates 22 years
01 september 2021 - 14:51:04Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana’s youth radio station – Yarona FM - has announced massive plans to celebrate its 22 [...] Full text...
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Libyan civil society organisations denounce government's "move to control the media"
23 august 2021 - 17:08:34Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Civil society organisations (CSOs) in Libya on Monday called on the Libyan government to reverse its [...] Full text...
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Zambian President-elect Hichilema’s inauguration set for Tuesday
20 august 2021 - 12:58:56Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – The Zambian government has confirmed the inauguration of President-elect Hakainde Hichilema will be held on Tuesday, [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso detects one case of cholera
17 august 2021 - 11:43:59Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - One case of cholera was detected last Sunday at the Tanwalbougou health centre in eastern [...] Full text...
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UK, Kano State in Nigeria, sign framework to reduce poverty, improve citizens’ quality of life
12 august 2021 - 18:47:40Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The government of the United Kingdom (UK) and the Kano State government in Northwest Nigeria have [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Urgency for vaccination grows in Burundi
10 august 2021 - 15:56:58Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - After months of procrastination, the Burundian government on Tuesday said it was considering the possibility of [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: Ethiopia suspends three humanitarian NGOs for three months
04 august 2021 - 11:29:35Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Ethiopian government on Wednesday announced the suspension for three months of three humanitarian NGOs [...] Full text...
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Nigeria troops kill 11 Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists in Northeast region
05 july 2021 - 21:22:51Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Troops of Operation Hadin Kai OPHK) in Northeast Nigeria Monday killed 11 Boko Haram/Islamic State in [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso's president announces new measures against terrorism
28 june 2021 - 10:43:17Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) Burkina Faso's President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré on Sunday announced a series of measures to strengthen [...] Full text...
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Late Zambia’s first President Kaunda to be put to rest on 7 July
21 june 2021 - 13:19:40Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambia’s first President Kenneth Kaunda will be buried on 7 July, 2021 in the capital Lusaka [...] Full text...
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Libya sets up Press Reform Committee
18 june 2021 - 17:21:29Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Prime Minister, Abdelhamid Al-Dbaiba, has announced the setting up of a Press Reform Committee, [...] Full text...
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Islamic State element for Greater Sahara arrested in joint Barkane-Nigerien army operation
18 june 2021 - 15:21:01Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A senior member of the Islamic State in the Great Sahara (EIGS), Dadi ould Chouaib, known [...] Full text...
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Libyan Media Authority dissolved
16 june 2021 - 19:19:32Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan government on Tuesday announced the dissolution of the Libyan Media Authority, according to a [...] Full text...
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Malian actress, Maimouna Hélène Diarra, dies
12 june 2021 - 18:05:05Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The renowned Malian actress, Maimouna Hélène Diarra, died on Thursday in Bamako at the age of [...] Full text...
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US condemns Nigeria's Twitter suspension
11 june 2021 - 05:43:49Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States has condemned the ongoing suspension of Twitter by the Nigerian government and [...] Full text...
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Nigeria summons U.S., U.K., Canada, EU envoys, orders all broadcast stations off Twitter
07 june 2021 - 16:21:27Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian government on Monday summoned the envoys of the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and [...] Full text...
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Ghana: President Akufo-Addo says critiques by citizens, officialdom not attack on media freedom
01 june 2021 - 23:37:53Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Tuesday asserted here that subjecting the work of the media [...] Full text...
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ICC prosecutor warmly welcomed by marginalised IDPs in Darfur
01 june 2021 - 15:46:16Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)-In an unprecedented visit of its kind, the Prosecutor General of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Fatou Bensouda, [...] Full text...
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Amnesty International Nigeria launches campaign to protect freedom of expression
01 june 2021 - 05:55:58Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Human rights watchdog, Amnesty International Nigeria, said it launched a campaign to protect freedom of expression [...] Full text...
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Botswana urged to license community radio stations
11 may 2021 - 17:34:32Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) – Editors in Botswana have implored authorities to consider the establishment of community radio stations. Speaking at the [...] Full text...
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Earthquake again hits Guinea
05 may 2021 - 15:33:53Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The earth shook again on Tuesday, very early in the morning, in the sub-prefecture of Bangouya, [...] Full text...
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Guinean government pledges to strengthen press freedom
03 may 2021 - 13:05:59Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Establishment of democracy in Guinea has favoured plural expression through multiparty politics, said the Minister of [...] Full text...
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US condemns use of Internet shutdowns to prevent freedom of expression online
03 may 2021 - 06:47:38Washington, DC US (PANA) - The United States has condemned the use of partial or complete government-imposed Internet shutdowns, among [...] Full text...
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3 foreign journalists missing in eastern Burkina Faso found dead
27 april 2021 - 15:16:35Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Three journalists, two Spanish and an Irishman, reported missing on Monday during an alleged terrorist [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Mauritius Govt. exempts vulnerable electricity consumers from paying bills for March and April
17 april 2021 - 08:13:05Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth on Friday announced that the most vulnerable 60,000 subscribers of the [...] Full text...
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Malian soldier killed in terrorist attack
06 april 2021 - 12:14:59Bamako, Mali ( PANA) - A Malian soldier was killed and four others were slightly wounded in a terrorist attack [...] Full text...
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Guinea authorities investigate canoe accident that claimed 15 lives
31 march 2021 - 11:33:25Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The Guinean government on Tuesday opened an investigation into the capsizing of a dugout canoe on [...] Full text...
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Three terrorists shot, 3 soldiers killed in two attacks in Côte d'Ivoire
29 march 2021 - 15:49:20Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Ivorian Army announced on Monday that three soldiers were killed and three terrorists shot [...] Full text...
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Six young villagers killed in northern Mali in suspected French Barkane force airstrike
27 march 2021 - 15:40:36Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Six young people from the village of Talataye, located between Gao and Ménaka, in northern Mali, [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: UK Special Envoy for Girls’ Education meets Nigerian education youth activists
22 march 2021 - 19:34:25Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – As part of the activities to commemorate the International Women’s Day, the UK Prime Minister’s Special [...] Full text...
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Burundi: 5,255 pardoned prisoners yet to be released
20 march 2021 - 17:33:14Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Some 5,255 beneficiaries of a presidential pardon since March 5, have not yet been released from [...] Full text...
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Gambia: Major advance for victims of abuses during Yahya Jammeh rule
17 march 2021 - 17:22:27Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The arrest in Germany on March 16, 2021, of an alleged former Gambian “death squad” member suspected [...] Full text...
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Senegal: RWB denounces attacks on press freedom
05 march 2021 - 18:42:39Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - While Senegal is rocked by clashes and protests following the arrest of the main opponent [...] Full text...
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'Post-election period in Niger marred by violence, mass arrests, internet disruption'
05 march 2021 - 06:53:00Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Human rights advocate, Amnesty International, said urged he Niger authorities to launch an investigation into the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Ghana begins mass vaccination
02 march 2021 - 15:46:15Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana on Tuesday began mass vaccination of the population under its National Vaccine Deployment Plan after [...] Full text...
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(UPDATE) Death toll in road crash in Ghana rises to 19
26 february 2021 - 20:50:25Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The death toll in the Friday morning road accident involving two luxurious buses on the Accra-Kumasi [...] Full text...
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RFI condemns burning of correspondent's home in Niamey
26 february 2021 - 18:15:31Niamey, Chad (PANA) - Radio France International (RFI) on Friday condemned the burning of the home of its correspondent in [...] Full text...
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