Rights groups say reparations yet to be paid to ex-Chadian dictator Habré’s victims

29 may 2020 - 05:38:05
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The victims of the former Chadian dictator Hissene Habre have yet to receive any reparations four years after [...] Full text...

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Abidjan stock market closes Monday trading down

04 november 2019 - 22:40:08
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA)  -  The Abidjan-based stock market (BRVM) closed Monday trading down, compared with the previous session, as [...] Full text...

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Senegal: 300,000 farmers in West Africa to get financial boost

08 september 2016 - 16:23:10
Dakar, Senega (PANA) – A new partnership towards increasing incomes for 300,000 farmers in West Africa was announced on Thursday [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Security concerns blight WEF Forum on Africa, News feature by Abudu Babalola, PANA Correspondent, Lagos

07 may 2014 - 09:38:17
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - After several months of planning, the 24th World Economic Forum on Africa (WEFA) finally got underway [...] Full text...

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Senegal: Senegal celebrates World Malaria Day

25 april 2014 - 15:08:47
Richard Toll, Senegal (PANA) – Senegalese health authorities, celebrating this year's World Malaria Day on Friday, moved the party to [...] Full text...

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Third Bamako International Tourism Fair opens

16 october 2010 - 14:04:00
Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- The Third Bamako International Tourism Fair opened on Frid ay in the Malian capital, Bamako, with [...] Full text...

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37 illegal migrants arrested in Angola

13 september 2010 - 15:23:00
Mbanza Kongo- Angola (PANA) -- Thirty-seven foreigners, including 19 West African s, were arrested by the police for illegal migration [...] Full text...

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Lome hosts 3rd African music festival

26 july 2010 - 16:25:00
Lome- Togo (PANA) -- The third edition of the international African music festiva l, dubbed "Africarythmes", will begin 5 August [...] Full text...

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Senegalese battalion advance party arrives in Darfur

18 may 2010 - 08:32:00
Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- A 200-member advance party of a Senegalese mili tary battalion has arrived in El [...] Full text...

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Sub-regional women parliamentarians launch association

25 march 2010 - 22:02:00
Banjul- Gambia (PANA) -- Female parliamentarians from across the Economic Communi ty of West African States (ECOWAS) on Thursday launched [...] Full text...

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Oxfam UK opens local products shops in Senegal

16 february 2010 - 19:06:00
Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The West Africa Regional Director of Oxfam Great Britain , Mamadou Biteye, on Tuesday announced the [...] Full text...

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Health official bemoans vitamin A deficiency in black Africa

19 january 2010 - 22:26:00
Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The National Director of Micronutrient Initiative Senega l, Mr. Banda Ndiaye, on Tuesday said the [...] Full text...

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Jammeh accuses Senegalese president of aiding Gambian dissidents

10 december 2009 - 11:04:00
Banjul- Gambia (PANA) -- Gambian President, Yahya Jammeh, has accused Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade and his government of aiding and [...] Full text...

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Mauritania political movement lauds new government

16 november 2009 - 23:25:00
Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritania's African Liberation Forces (FLAM) ha s lauded the new government saying it has noted several [...] Full text...

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Senegal hosts sub-regional w/shop on maritime security

02 november 2009 - 18:14:00
Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- A five-day workshop at which participants are expected t o develop and adopt a common regulation [...] Full text...

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Senegalese military for anniversary celebration of Libyan revolution

20 august 2009 - 17:23:00
Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- A detachment of the Senegalese Armed Forces will partici pate in the parade marking the 40th [...] Full text...

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NGO organizes seminar on governance in Senegal

29 july 2009 - 19:23:00
Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The NGO, Open Society Initiative For West Africa (OSIWA) , Wednesday began a two-day consultative conference [...] Full text...

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Youssou Ndour laments death of Michael Jackson

26 june 2009 - 22:45:00
Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Senegalese singer Youssou Ndour on Friday expressed regr et at the death of US pop star [...] Full text...

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Wade calls for building of quality infrastructure in Africa

24 june 2009 - 23:13:00
Brussels- Belgium (PANA) -- Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade Wednesday called on Europeans to build quality infrastructure in Africa. Addressing [...] Full text...

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'Joola': French court quashes arrest warrants against Senegalese officials

17 june 2009 - 07:15:00
Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The Court of Appeal in Paris Tuesday quashed the interna tional arrest warrants issued against some [...] Full text...

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Euro-African cinema festival ends in N'Djamena

07 june 2009 - 13:43:00
N'Djaména- Chad (PANA) -- The third edition of the Euro-African festival cinema e nded here on Saturday, befittingly with a [...] Full text...

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'Attempted' coup in Guinea Bissau: 2 ministers killed

06 june 2009 - 09:25:00
Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Guinea Bissau's Minister of Internal Administration Baci ro Dabo, and former defence minister Hélder Proença were [...] Full text...

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Morocco, Senegal agree to set up new airline

29 may 2009 - 21:35:00
Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Senegal and the state-owned Moroccan airline, Royal Air Maroc (RAM), on Friday signed a memorandum of [...] Full text...

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Japan gives Mali CFA F 7 billion for development

27 may 2009 - 12:02:00
Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- Japan has given Mali CFA F 7 billion geared towards financ ing Bamako's balance of payment [...] Full text...

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Africans urged to find quick solutions to financial crisis

12 may 2009 - 18:14:00
Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The director of research and deputy chief economist of t he African Development Bank (AfDB), Léonce [...] Full text...

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Gadio commends Kadhafi's commitment to African unity

21 april 2009 - 18:34:00
Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- Senegalese Minister of State, Ministry of Foreign Affair s, Cheikh Tidiane Gadio, commended the commitment of [...] Full text...

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Mauritanian presidential election might be postponed

06 april 2009 - 12:32:00
Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Presidential elections in Mauritania, scheduled for 6 June by the Junta, might be postponed at the [...] Full text...

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Trinidadian wins "haïku" poetry contest in Dakar

12 march 2009 - 12:30:00
Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Keith Simmonds from Trinidad and Tobago won the first pr ize at the 23rd edition of [...] Full text...

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Experts strategize on elimination of river blindness transmission in Africa

26 february 2009 - 12:36:00
Ouagadougou- Burkina Faso (PANA) -- Experts from across the world began a three-d ay scientific consultation here Wednesday on the [...] Full text...

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Chinese President visits 4 African countries, S/Arabia 10-17 February

05 february 2009 - 20:13:00
Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The Chinese President, Hu Jintao, will from 10 to 17 Feb ruary, visit Tanzania, Senegal, Mali, [...] Full text...

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Police question former Senegalese PM over money laundering allegations

27 january 2009 - 23:49:00
Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Former Senegalese prime minister Macky Sall, who is alle ged to be involved in a money [...] Full text...

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Côte d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso to play pre-CHAN soccer friendly

26 january 2009 - 15:41:00
Abidjan- Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) -- The Ivorian national football squad will play a friendly tie on 31 January in Abidjan [...] Full text...

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