Gaza death toll passes 45,000 as UN school suffers new deadly strike
17 december 2024 - 05:13:09Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - The authorities in Gaza reported on Monday that more than 45,000 people have been killed [...] Full text...
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Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - The authorities in Gaza reported on Monday that more than 45,000 people have been killed [...] Full text...
Attack on Sudan city kills at least five, injures more: UNICEF
16 august 2024 - 05:30:07Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Bombing which devastated a school and market in the Sudanese city of El Obeid on [...] Full text...
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At least 12 killed as M23 rebels shell internally displaced people's camp in DRC
04 may 2024 - 07:32:34Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - Internally displaced people account for at least 12 of those killed and a further 31 injured [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: Mass graves in Gaza show victims’ hands were tied, says UN rights office
23 april 2024 - 13:34:05Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Disturbing reports continue to emerge about mass graves in Gaza in which Palestinian victims were reportedly stripped [...] Full text...
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ICJ begins proceedings brought by Nicaragua to halt Germany’s military aid to Israel
08 april 2024 - 16:10:33The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - The UN’s top court, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), on Monday began proceedings brought [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: ‘Systematic dismantling of healthcare must end’ says WHO
07 april 2024 - 06:14:50Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - With the largest hospital in Gaza largely destroyed and out of action, access to healthcare has [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Nigerian troops on “highest state of alert” in Niger Delta as militants kill 4 soldiers, 2 drivers, kidnap 2 South Koreans
13 december 2023 - 15:44:15Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Militants in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region began a renewed offensive in Rivers State, ambushing and killing four [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: Lack of fuel threatening to shut down entire humanitarian operation
17 november 2023 - 06:24:09Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Lack of fuel is jeopardising “the entire architecture of the humanitarian response” in Gaza, where raw [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Sudanese Army accuses rival paramilitary RSF of committing ethnic cleansing
11 november 2023 - 09:18:23Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese government on Friday accused its rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of committing war [...] Full text...
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Fears of Sudan slipping into civil war grow with new tribal killings (News analysis by Mohamed Osman Adam, PANA Correspondent )
07 july 2023 - 06:34:11Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A bomb shell was thrown at the already boiling Sudanese war scene as a group of [...] Full text...
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Sudan Conflict: Khartoum engulfed in most intensive fighting since the outbreak of war
11 june 2023 - 15:54:00Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Intensive and ceaseless shelling and bombardment that continued for almost six hours, midday, Khartoum local time, [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Quotes and notes by people caught in fighting (Compiled by Mohamed Osman Adam, PANA Correspondent)
25 may 2023 - 17:06:17Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Civilians in the, war situation in the Sudan publish different stories and comments about their ordeal. [...] 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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Two dead in armed clashes west of Tripoli
24 april 2023 - 12:52:35Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Two people were killed by a shell that hit their house in Zawiya, 45 km west [...] Full text...
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US to return nearly $1 million embezzled money to Nigeria
17 february 2023 - 11:07:53Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US Department of Justice announced on Thursday that it is to repatriate approximately $954,807 to [...] Full text...
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Malian soldiers neutralise 'more than 80 terrorists', arrest 35 suspects
13 february 2023 - 12:16:55Bamako, Mali (PANA) - More than 80 terrorists were neutralised between 31 January and 7 February by the Malian armed [...] Full text...
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5 dead, 13 injured in armed clashes in Zawiya in western Libya
26 september 2022 - 13:40:17Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - At least five people, including a child, were killed and 13 others wounded in armed clashes [...] Full text...
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Five dead, 13 injured in armed clashes in Libyan town near capital
26 september 2022 - 13:25:44Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - At least five people, including a child, were killed and 13 others wounded in armed clashes [...] Full text...
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77th UNGA: As global economic crises ‘pile up’, Ghanaian leader says it's time for urgent attention
22 september 2022 - 06:20:01New York, US (PANA) - It was doubtful that any generation of Earth’s inhabitants has ever witnessed “such a perfect [...] Full text...
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Court bars oil giant from surveying South African waters
02 september 2022 - 12:27:42Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Eastern Cape High Court on Thursday ruled that the exploration rights granted by [...] Full text...
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US Justice Department confiscates Jammeh's $3.5 million mansion
27 may 2022 - 07:26:38Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US Department of Justice has confiscated a $3.5-million mansion acquired from alleged corruption proceeds by [...] Full text...
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2nd Lead: Police officer shot, property damaged in Tripoli clashes between supporters of rival PMs (Eds: Adds reactions of officials, countries )
17 may 2022 - 13:17:17Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A Libyan police officer was shot and wounded during armed clashes between supporters of Libya's rival [...] Full text...
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Pump attendants at three major petrol stations in Mali observe 72-hour strike
07 april 2022 - 16:16:11Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Pump attendants of Total Energies, Shell Energie and Oryx Energie, the three biggest petrol stations in [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Major oil refinery suspends operations
10 february 2022 - 16:51:48Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Oil giants BP and Shell on Thursday announced that they would halt operations at [...] Full text...
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Bamako to host sub-regional forum on security in the Sahel
14 january 2022 - 13:19:09Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The High Islamic Council of Mali (HCIM), the most important Muslim organisation in the country, will [...] Full text...
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Shell returns to Libyan oil and gas sector
03 december 2021 - 15:44:23Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Multinational oil company, Shell, has announced its return to the oil and gas sector in Libya [...] Full text...
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Shell returns to oil and gas sector in Libya
03 december 2021 - 15:40:29Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Multinational oil company, Shell, has announced its return to the oil and gas sector in Libya [...] 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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Senegal seeks Nigeria's support in development of its oil and gas sector
02 august 2021 - 19:38:17Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria's Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, has commended the efforts of the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Pandemic affects, challenges South Africa’s retail industry
20 july 2021 - 15:34:27Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, South African retail food sales totalled US$ [...] Full text...
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Italian energy giant Eni to give up exploration in Tunisia
01 april 2021 - 15:34:50Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Italian energy giant, Eni, is to end exploration and production operations in Tunisia because of weak [...] Full text...
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US signs MOU with natural gas giant, NLNG, to control malaria on Bonny Island, Nigeria
23 march 2021 - 19:53:49Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG), a global producer of liquefied natural gas, on Tuesday signed a five-year Memorandum of Understanding [...] Full text...
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Burkinabe army seize shell, war materials from an individual's home in eastern region
01 september 2020 - 18:13:56Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkinabe army seized a shell and various war materials from an individual's home in [...] Full text...
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US govt. seeks recovery of US$3.5 million in corruption proceeds linked to ex-President Jammeh
16 july 2020 - 16:46:25Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The US Department of Justice has filed a civil forfeiture complaint, seeking the forfeiture of a [...] Full text...
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Rights group, NGOs step up pressure on oil companies to clean up polluted Nigeria's Niger Delta
18 june 2020 - 06:05:18Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Human rights group Amnesty International and NGOs are stepping up pressure on oil companies to clean [...] Full text...
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Loss of Tripoli war by Haftar redesigns new outlines of the Libyan conflict (New analysis by Youssef BA, PANA correspondent)
04 june 2020 - 23:03:42Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Tripoli residents Thursday morning woke up to news of the total liberation of the city of [...] Full text...
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Five killed, 12 wounded in shelling of Tripoli residential district
01 june 2020 - 05:53:03Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – At least five people were killed and 12 others wounded on Sunday when shells hit some [...] Full text...
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Libya to celebrate Eid el-Fitr Sunday
22 may 2020 - 23:32:13Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Eid el Fitr, commemorating the end of Ramadan, month of fasting for Muslims, will be [...] Full text...
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Ramadan without respite for Libyans, victims of military escalation (News analysis by Youssef BA, PANA correspondent)
17 may 2020 - 20:48:37Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyans will have lived in 2020 the Ramadan, month of fasting for Muslims, the most difficult [...] Full text...
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Six killed, six wounded in bombing of university hostel in Tripoli
17 may 2020 - 08:47:10Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - At least six people were killed and six others wounded in new rocket attacks Saturday targeting [...] Full text...
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Old man wounded, warehouse of electoral commission destroyed in bombardments in Tripoli
15 may 2020 - 23:33:14Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - An old man was wounded and a warehouse containing electoral material was damaged by rockets fired [...] Full text...
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Four Niger nationals, one Libyan wounded in Tripoli shelling
25 april 2020 - 12:46:26Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Four Nigerien nationals and one Libyan citizen were injured when shells fell in the districts of [...] Full text...
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Fayez Al-Sarraj confirms recapture of cities Sabratha and Sorman, will to defeat "aggression"
13 april 2020 - 20:54:15Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chairman of the presidential council of the Libyan government of national accord (GNA), Fayez Al-Sarraj, [...] Full text...
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Two killed, four injured in shelling of districts south of Tripoli
13 april 2020 - 15:10:23Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A woman was killed and a child have been killed in shelling targeting districts in southern [...] Full text...
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The US calls Libyan parties for emergency to concentrate efforts on Covid-19
03 april 2020 - 22:06:23Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The US embassy in Libya Friday called on the Libyan belligerent parties to concentrate on efforts [...] Full text...
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One killed, 3 wounded in new bombardment of Tripoli residential districts
31 march 2020 - 22:20:34Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – At least one person was killed and three others wounded on Tuesday in a new bombardment [...] Full text...
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GNA VP, Italian ambassador to Libya discuss the war in Tripoli
30 march 2020 - 16:06:14Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Vice President of the Presidential Council of the Government of National Accord (GNA), Ahmed Maitig [...] Full text...
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Libyan newspapers highlight failure to comply with humanitarian truce to fight COVID-19
28 march 2020 - 19:47:45Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan newspapers this week focused on the coronavirus, the first case of which was recorded in [...] Full text...
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Libyan FM reaffirms appeal to the UN Security Council to protect civilians against Haftar’s attacks
26 march 2020 - 22:33:14Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The Libyan ministry of foreign affairs has reaffirmed its appeal to the UN Security Council, calling [...] Full text...
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Four wounded as attacks on Tripoli continue
25 march 2020 - 20:41:16Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Four people, including two Tunisian nationals, were wounded after the bombing on the zone of al-Sbia, [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Fayez al-Sarraj expresses Libya's solidarity with Italy in the face of coronavirus
24 march 2020 - 20:40:59Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The President of the Presidential Council of the Government of National Accord (GNA), Fayez al-Sarraj, informed Italian [...] Full text...
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3 killed, including two foreign workers, in Tripoli bombardments
23 march 2020 - 22:52:33Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Three persons, two of them members of the foreign workforce in Libya, were killed as the [...] Full text...
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Two killed as shells hit their home south of Tripoli
23 march 2020 - 16:09:26Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Two people were killed on Monday when shells hit Ain Zara area, south of Tripoli, which [...] Full text...
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Three injured in new shell attack on the outskirts of Tripoli
13 march 2020 - 20:00:16Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Three people were injured in a new shell attack in the area of "Tarik al-Chowk", on [...] Full text...
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Libyan Interior minister to visit France this month
05 march 2020 - 07:34:25Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The Libyan Interior minister of the Government of National Accord (GNA), Fathi Bachaga, on Wednesday announced [...] Full text...
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One child died, 4 other members of his family injured in rocket attack on their home in Tripoli
02 march 2020 - 20:55:04Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A child died and four other members of his family were injured in a new rocket [...] Full text...
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Seven civilians, including two children, wounded, when shell fell on their Tripoli house
01 march 2020 - 15:23:42Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A new shell attack on the Ain Zara area, south of Tripoli, has left seven civilians, [...] Full text...
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Libyan FM briefs Senior Russian govt. official on the continued violation of the ceasefire
01 march 2020 - 11:39:45Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - In a telephone conversation on Saturday with the Russian President's Personal Envoy for the Middle East [...] Full text...
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Three members of same family injured by shelling on their home in Tripoli
22 february 2020 - 11:48:29Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Three members of the same family were injured, two of them seriously, when a shell fell [...] Full text...
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Liquefied gas tank in Tripoli hit by shell fire, says NOC
21 february 2020 - 11:07:12Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A liquefied oil gas tank in the Brega Oil Products Marketing Company's warehouse on the airport [...] Full text...
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Repeated Libya truce violations show incapacity of international community to impose ceasefire (News analysis by BA Youssef, PANA correspondent)
21 february 2020 - 06:44:14Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Against the background of the almost daily violations of the Libyan truce by forces of Marshal [...] Full text...
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NOC announces evacuation of oil tankers at Tripoli maritime port
18 february 2020 - 23:54:43Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan National Oil Company (NOC) Tuesday announced “the urgent evacuation of all oil tankers from [...] Full text...
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Libyan GNA announces suspension of participation in Geneva talks
18 february 2020 - 22:52:03Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The presidential council of the Libyan Government of national accord (GNA)Tuesday announced it had suspended its [...] Full text...
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Supporters of two warring parties in Libya hold demonstrations in different cities
14 february 2020 - 23:34:36Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Demonstrations were held in Tripoli and Benghazi, as well as in other Libyan cities by supporters [...] Full text...
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Is the UN Security Council resolution in Libya progress towards peace or simple media buzz? (News analysis by BA Youssef, PANA correspondent)
13 february 2020 - 22:21:35Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN Security Council resolution adopted Wednesday, which aroused hopes for ceasefire in Libya, was hardly [...] Full text...
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Tripoli bombing leaves one dead, 3 injured
13 february 2020 - 20:00:06Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A woman died and three others were injured following the bombing of some areas of the [...] Full text...
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Bombing forces Maitigua Airport to suspend flights
13 february 2020 - 14:02:47Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Flights from Maitigua Airport in the eastern suburb of Tripoli were once again suspended on Thursday [...] Full text...
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One killed, nine others wounded in fall of shell on café near Tripoli
12 february 2020 - 23:13:37Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - At least one person was killed and nine others wounded here Wednesday evening by a shell [...] Full text...
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New shells fired in southeast Tripoli kill 2 , injure several residents
06 february 2020 - 14:56:36Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - At least two people were killed and several others injured after shells were randomly dropped Wednesday [...] Full text...
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Boy, young girl of same family killed after shell drops in southern Tripoli
04 february 2020 - 23:01:51Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A boy and a young girl of the same family died after a shell was dropped [...] Full text...
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Foreign ministers of countries affected by Libyan crisis set to meet in March
03 february 2020 - 13:04:33Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas has announced a new meeting mid-March of foreign ministers from countries [...] Full text...
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Death toll after shelling of southeast Tripoli rises to 4 children
29 january 2020 - 16:53:35Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Malek al-Ghaziwi, a child injured when the Hadhbat al-Badri area, southeast of Tripoli, was shelled on, [...] Full text...
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Three children die from shell wounds in Libya
28 january 2020 - 16:56:36Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Three children have died after being injured from the random shelling on Tuesday in the Hadhbat [...] Full text...
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UN denounces bombardment of Libya's Maitigua airport
27 january 2020 - 07:24:04Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has "strongly condemned" the attack against Maitigua airport at [...] Full text...
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One killed, five wounded in shelling of southern Tripoli
26 january 2020 - 14:48:15Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - One person died and five others were wounded on Saturday night in random shelling of southern, [...] Full text...
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Libya ceasefire holds despite minimal violations
15 january 2020 - 15:19:38Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Marshal Khalifa Haftar's refusal to sign the Ceasefire Agreement in Moscow on Monday has not affected [...] Full text...
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Several dead and wounded in bombings near Tripoli
05 january 2020 - 10:23:19Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Five people have been killed and three others wounded by "random gunfire" on the road from [...] Full text...
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Woman dies after fall of shell in al-Fournaj in Tripoli
02 january 2020 - 23:03:10Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A woman died here Thursday after she was hit by a randomly fired shell in the [...] Full text...
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Pierre Nkurunziza is proud to be first elected president of Burundi to hold office for so long
26 december 2019 - 22:38:06Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The Burundian head of state, Pierre Nkurunziza, said here Thursday that among the best memories of [...] Full text...
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Armed Clashes deprive 4,000 children of education in Greater Tripoli, says UNICEF
23 december 2019 - 13:04:40Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - At least 4,000 children are without education in Greater Tripoli due to escalating violence in the [...] Full text...
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Nigeria LNG, partners, sign Train 7 gas supply agreements
13 december 2019 - 16:19:32Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) and its joint venture partners, including the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation [...] Full text...
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NOC calls for halt of military operations near oilfield in southwestern Libya
27 november 2019 - 13:11:40Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan National Oil Company (NOC) on Wednesday called for "a halt to military operations near the [...] Full text...
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NOC calls for cessation of clashes in Tripoli after shell falls on gas warehouse
19 november 2019 - 13:57:13Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan National Oil Company (NOC) has called for immediate cessation of clashes and for all [...] Full text...
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Five family members injured in another shell strike in Ain Zara, south of Tripoli
13 november 2019 - 16:54:34Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A further shell strike on Wednesday injured five family members - three children, their father and [...] Full text...
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Shell acquires rights in joint oil exploration in Sao Tome and Principe
09 november 2019 - 11:42:08Sao Tome, Sao Tome and Principe (PANA) - Multinational oil company Shell has acquired joint exploration rights in Sao Tome [...] Full text...
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Toll of civilian casualties in Tripoli war rises
05 november 2019 - 14:24:29Tripoli Libya (PANA) - The toll on Libyan civilians, including children, rose higher on Monday with the resurgence of fighting [...] Full text...
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Child succumbs to injuries following shrapnels near Tripoli
04 november 2019 - 23:41:21Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A child was killed here Monday by shrapnels that fell near the health center of al-Nokhba, [...] Full text...
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Armed clashes target drug warehouses in Ain Zara, south of Tripoli
04 november 2019 - 17:55:14Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Armed clashes continued on Monday on the outskirts of Tripoli at a faster pace, illustrating the [...] Full text...
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Nigeria's oil giant announces discovery of crude oil, gas for the first time in Northern Nigeria
11 october 2019 - 19:56:39Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Friday announced that it has for the first time [...] Full text...
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Two people killed in rocket attack in southern Tripoli
04 october 2019 - 12:44:46Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Two people were killed on Thursday following the shelling of Abu Slim area south of Tripoli, [...] Full text...
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Woman ,daughter killed after rocket falls on their home south of Tripoli
03 october 2019 - 13:07:29Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A woman was killed late Wednesday as a rocket fell on her home at Sidi Slim, [...] Full text...
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Six killed in fuel tanker explosion in Bamako district
25 september 2019 - 12:10:38Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Six people were killed and 46 others seriously injured when a 15,000-litre tanker exploded, followed by [...] Full text...
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AfDB’s Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa approves US$500,000 grant for clean energy in Nigeria
21 september 2019 - 06:36:05Abidjan,Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA), managed by the African Development Bank (AfDB), has approved [...] Full text...
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Power relay station hit by shell in Tripoli War damaged by fire
02 september 2019 - 12:04:15Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan General Electricity Company (GECOL) announced on Monday that fire caused by a shell that [...] Full text...
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Flights resume at Tripoli's Maitigua airport after brief suspension
24 august 2019 - 14:17:08Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The management of Maitigua International Airport in Tripoli on Saturday announced the resumption flights to and [...] Full text...
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Libyan aviation authorities suspend flights at Tripoli's Maitigua airport
24 august 2019 - 11:27:08Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Flights to and from Maitigua airport in the eastern suburb of Tripoli have been suspended until [...] Full text...
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Aid el-Adha disrupted by the military escalation near Tripoli (A news analysis)
05 august 2019 - 22:46:48Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - In defiance of a deleterious atmosphere marked by the continuation of armed fighting near southern Tripoli, [...] Full text...
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UN Security Council urged to take responsibility for attack on Tripoli
19 july 2019 - 14:40:09Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Foreign Minister, Mohamed Siala, has called on the UN Security Council to assume its responsibilities [...] Full text...
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Plane diverted after shell hits Tripoli's Maitigua airport
24 june 2019 - 10:15:39Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A Libyan Airlines plane from Tunis was diverted after a shell hit the plane at Maitigua [...] Full text...
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South African Good Samaritan finds fame and fortune
04 june 2019 - 11:59:07Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – An act of kindness by a Cape Town petrol attendant may have changed his [...] Full text...
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Royal Dutch Shell eyes South Africa's oil fields
31 may 2019 - 10:29:36Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Just months after oil giant Total announced the discovery of a massive multi-billion dollar [...] Full text...
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2019 AFCON: CAF unveils official AFCON 2019 ball
30 may 2019 - 10:33:19Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has unveiled the official football of the 2019 Africa Cup [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Shell ruling “a vital step towards justice” - Amnesty International
02 may 2019 - 13:58:31The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - The District Court of The Hague on Wednesday issued an interim ruling in the case [...] Full text...
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Armed bandits kidnap Nigerian President Buhari's hometown chief
02 may 2019 - 07:29:08Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The wave of kidnappings and violence in northwest Nigeria continued on Wednesday evening with the kidnap [...] Full text...
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Rights group says Shell ruling 'a vital step towards justice'
01 may 2019 - 11:52:01The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - The District Court of The Hague on Wednesday issued an interim ruling in the case [...] Full text...
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Dutch court to rule on Wednesday on Shell's alleged involvement in the execution of the "nine Ogonis"
30 april 2019 - 17:36:35Paris, France (PANA) - The Hague District Court in the Netherlands will rule on Wednesday in a case involving oil [...] Full text...
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Kidnappings, violence heighten security concerns across Nigeria
30 april 2019 - 07:17:22Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Across Nigeria, a spate of violence and kidnappings has heightened in the last few days with [...] Full text...
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Kenyan authorities suspend demolition of 'illegally acquired' properties
20 december 2018 - 17:58:07Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Kenyan Government on Thursday suspended the ongoing demolition of property across the country until further [...] Full text...
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Kenyan wildlife body probes death of ageing black rhinos
22 november 2018 - 18:12:14Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - One of Kenya's oldest black rhinos named Sairowua, 37 years old, is among three carcasses of [...] Full text...
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President Lungu orders probe into misappropriation of donor aid funds
18 september 2018 - 17:49:24Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambian President Edgar Lungu has given Secretary to the Cabinet Roland Msiska one week to take [...] Full text...
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Earliest known drawing found on rock in South African cave
13 september 2018 - 15:48:14Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The earliest known drawing in history – a red, cross-hatched pattern – has been [...] Full text...
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AfDB, Nordic Development Fund and Partners launch Off-Grid Energy Access Fund with US$58 million
27 august 2018 - 15:11:45Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB), the Nordic Development Fund and other partners have committed US$ [...] Full text...
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Ogonis demand unconditional implementation of Ogoni Bill of Rights
27 july 2018 - 16:52:00Houston, US (PANA) - Ogoni People, also known as the Ogonis, in Nigeria's Rivers State, have called for an unconditional [...] Full text...
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Nigerian President Buhari begins official visit to Britain Monday
09 april 2018 - 11:06:20Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari leaves Abuja on Monday for an official visit to Britain during which [...] Full text...
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UK court deals a blow to Nigeria oil spill victims
14 february 2018 - 15:47:16London, UK (PANA) - A UK Court of Appeals has ruled that two Niger Delta communities cannot have their case [...] Full text...
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Nigeria Navy vows to protect oil, gas facilities in Niger Delta
06 november 2017 - 19:33:54Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Following recent threats by the militant group in Nigeria, the Niger Delta Avengers, to resume hostilities [...] Full text...
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Kenya: ICC staff linked to former Prosecutor face probe over indecent contact
06 october 2017 - 19:34:15Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The International Criminal Court (ICC) has denied having formal relations with the immediate former Chief [...] Full text...
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The Netherlands: Nigerian widows sue Shell for alleged complicity in husbands' hanging
29 june 2017 - 06:23:18Amsterdam, The Netherlands (PANA) - Oil giant Shell stands accused of complicity in the unlawful arrest, detention and execution of [...] Full text...
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UK: Rights group slams UK court ruling on Nigeria oil spills
26 january 2017 - 15:37:06London, UK (PANA) - Human rights watchdog Amnesty International has slammed the UK High Court's ruling on Thursday that that [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Nigeria awards 2017 crude oil lifting contracts to 39 companies
04 january 2017 - 08:34:28Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s oil and gas conglomerate, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), says it has awarded 1.31 million [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Nigeria's Niger Delta Avengers 'blows up pipelines'
16 november 2016 - 07:55:50Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The main militant group in Nigeria's restive Niger Delta, Niger Delta Avengers, has claimed responsibility for [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Niger Delta militant group blows up crude oil export pipeline
09 november 2016 - 19:08:30Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Niger Delta Avengers militant group has said it has blown up the Forcados Export trunk line [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Niger Delta militants attack another major oil pipeline.
19 september 2016 - 20:15:43Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The turbulence in Nigeria's oil production continues as unrepentant Niger Delta militants attacked another major oil [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Nigeria's secret service arrests leading Niger Delta militant
23 july 2016 - 18:27:05Abuja, Nigeria - (PANA) - Nigeria's Department of State Security (DSS) on Saturday announced the arrest of a leading [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Niger Delta militants blow up two major oil trunk lines
18 july 2016 - 18:03:33Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Niger Delta militants on Monday continued sabotaging oil and gas installations in Nigeria’s oil rich region, [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Nigerian Navy arrests top Niger Delta Avenger militant, two others
07 june 2016 - 19:05:54Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Navy on Tuesday announced the arrest of a suspected top leader of the militant [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Police chief urges Nigerians to ignore threat of militants
06 june 2016 - 22:17:46Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria’s Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase on Monday urged Nigerians not to lose sleep over the threats [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Rights group says Shell must clean up oil pollution in Niger Delta
02 june 2016 - 05:32:02Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The multinational oil giant Shell must not be allowed to palm off its responsibility to clean [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Tanzania: Tax havens 'serve no useful economic purpose' - Economists
09 may 2016 - 06:56:41Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - More than 300 leading economists from 30 countries have on Monday written to [...] Full text...
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UN: UN expert calls for end of financial secrecy to halt illicit fund flows
08 april 2016 - 20:27:53New York, US (PANA) - In the wake of last week’s leak of a trove of confidential financial documents from [...] Full text...
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UK: 'Shell faces further lawsuits for Nigeria oil spills'
02 march 2016 - 07:50:51London, UK (PANA) - Shell’s failure to maintain and protect pipelines may leave it liable to a raft of compensation [...] Full text...
thread Environment
COP21: Bid to end routine gas flaring gets boost at COP21
07 december 2015 - 14:13:36Paris, France (PANA) - A global initiative to end routine gas flaring (burning) at oil production sites around the world [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Group seeks to 'unlock' over US$100bn potential in Nigerian mineral resources
17 november 2015 - 10:24:48Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - CSR-in-Action, Nigeria's premier business and ethical networking platform and consultancy for sustainability, has announced plans to [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Libya: 8 killed in missile attack on residential area in Benghazi
15 may 2015 - 17:41:48Benghazi, Libya (PANA) – Seven children and one adult were killed Friday following an artillery shelling that left ten people [...] Full text...
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Tanzania: Conservationists undertake trek through Cameroon’s Dja Faunal Reserve
22 april 2015 - 10:36:42Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Conservationists from Central and West Africa will Saturday embark on a week-long trek through [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Presidential Adviser Oronto Douglas dies at 49
09 april 2015 - 08:55:36Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Mr. Oronto Douglas, the Special Adviser to outgoing Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan on Research, Documentation and [...] Full text...
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Libya: Eight killed, five injured in ethnic clashes in southern Libya
21 march 2015 - 13:30:21Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Eight people have been killed and five others injured in ethnic clashes between Touareg and Toubou [...] Full text...
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UN: 'Fighting in South Sudan's Unity States breaches protection of civilian sites'
18 march 2015 - 18:59:56New York, US (PANA) - The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has condemned fighting in South Sudan near the [...] Full text...
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UK: Shell pays out US$84m over Niger Delta oil spills
07 january 2015 - 08:16:39London, UK (PANA) - Oil giant Shell’s long-overdue compensation pay out to a community devastated by oil spills in the [...] Full text...
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Kenya: 'Shell downplays Nigeria oil spills impact'
13 november 2014 - 11:52:08Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Court documents revealed by Amnesty International Thursday have exposed the fact that Shell has repeatedly made [...] Full text...
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Libya: 10 killed in Benghazi fighting
29 october 2014 - 20:54:08Benghazi, Libya (PANA) – Ten people have been killed as fighting between armed groups continues in the eastern Libyan city [...] Full text...
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Tanzania: World trapped by ‘Toxic Triangle’ that puts profit for few ahead of future for all - Oxfam
17 october 2014 - 09:37:31Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - People around the world are trapped in a ‘toxic triangle’ made up of short-term [...] Full text...
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Cameroon: 40 Boko Haram members killed in Cameroon
03 september 2014 - 13:04:47Yaoundé, Cameroon (PANA) – Forty members of the Islamist sect, Boko Haram, were killed on Monday by Cameroonian soldiers in [...] Full text...
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UN: Mission condemns clashes in South Sudan town
15 august 2014 - 20:27:44New York, US (PANA) - The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has condemned Friday's outbreak of violence in Bentiu [...] Full text...
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Ethiopia: Fighting escalates in South Sudan, 400 displaced in early fighting Friday
15 august 2014 - 13:53:30Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Fresh military hostilities erupted Friday in Bentiu and Ayod in the Jonglei state between the [...] Full text...
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Sudan: Eleven Sudanese "accidentally" killed in Libya
10 august 2014 - 12:00:17Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Eleven Sudanese have been accidentally killed and five injured in the ongoing fighting in Libya since [...] Full text...
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Libya: Fuel depot hit by rockets
23 july 2014 - 11:31:43Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A fuel depot in Tripoli was Wednesday hit by a rocket after the resumption of indiscriminate [...] Full text...
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Tanzania: Middle East bank under investigation for financing terrorism
21 july 2014 - 12:16:36Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Operations of the Federal Bank of the Middle East (FBME) in Tanzania are under [...] Full text...
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Libya: 5 die in fresh fighting at Tripoli airport
20 july 2014 - 12:18:34Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - At least five persons were killed on Sunday in Gasr Ben Ghashir district in Libya's capital [...] Full text...
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South Africa: South African killed in Malaysia Airlines tragedy
18 july 2014 - 11:07:56Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South African helicopter pilot Cameron Dalziel was one of the victims of the horrific [...] Full text...
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UN: Report says illegal trade in wildlife, timber products funding armed groups
24 june 2014 - 21:55:02New York, US (PANA) - A new joint UN-INTERPOL report says global environmental crime, worth more than US$200 billion annually, [...] Full text...
thread Environment
UN: UNESCO applauds decision by oil firm to halt exploration in DRC national park
12 june 2014 - 22:51:50New York, US (PANA) - The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has welcomed as a step in the [...] Full text...
thread Culture
Nigeria: Plunder of timber, fisheries holding Africa back - Report
08 may 2014 - 09:15:21Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Africa’s rich natural resources offer a unique opportunity for a breakthrough in improving the lives of [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Shell pays US$44b royalties, taxes to govt
10 april 2014 - 14:03:15Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian subsidiary of Royal Dutch oil firm Shell has paid US$44 billion as royalties and [...] Full text...
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Zambia: NGOs accuse PF govt. of being arrogance on constitution
02 april 2014 - 17:25:08Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – The Open Society Foundation (OSF) has expressed concern that the Zambia's ruling Patriotic Front (PF) government [...] Full text...
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Ethiopia: UN aid official says children wounded in Mogadishu camp shelling
27 march 2014 - 22:27:45Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - At least 10 people have been wounded, six of them children, after mortar shelling of [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Govt. moves to curb crude oil theft
23 march 2014 - 17:38:09Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigerian leader, President Goodluck Jonathan, said Sunday at The Hague that the Federal Government had [...] Full text...
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Ghana: Media report two public apologies by government, opposition leader’s declaration
22 march 2014 - 07:08:46Accra, Ghana (PANA) – Two public apologies by the government in one week and the declaration of the main opposition [...] Full text...
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Ghana: Nigeria agrees to give Ghana 'continuous supply of gas'
20 march 2014 - 19:46:28Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Nigeria says it will give Ghana continuous supply of gas to power its thermal power plants [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Pres. Jonathan to meet Pope Francis
19 march 2014 - 18:55:00Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan is due to meet Pope Francis at the Vatican on Saturday as [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Jonathan to visit Namibia, Italy, Netherlands
19 march 2014 - 18:43:20Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigerian President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, leaves Abuja Thursday for a six-day visit to Namibia, Italy and [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Nigeria to build two new refineries
13 march 2014 - 20:16:05Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria will soon become a petroleum products refining hub as its national oil and gas state-owned [...] Full text...
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UN: Official laments 'shocking' scenes in South Sudan hospital
27 february 2014 - 21:15:23New York, US (PANA) - UN Humanitarian Coordinator in South Sudan, Mr. Toby Lanzer has described as "shocking" what he [...] Full text...
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Gabon: French firm gets oil licence
25 february 2014 - 13:04:59Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - Gabon has granted oil prospecting licence to the France-based firm Maurel & Prom for the [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Shell fined US$5b for oil spill
05 february 2014 - 14:38:19Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) has fined the Nigerian subsidiary of Royal [...] Full text...
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Jonathan meets with Nigeria's Honourary Int'l Investors' Council in London
19 november 2013 - 17:29:59Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, leaves Abuja Wednesday for London where he is scheduled to preside [...] Full text...
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Public financing not enough to bankroll climate challenges, says IETA report
12 november 2013 - 11:44:42Warsaw, Poland (PANA) - As nations grapple with how to mobilise sufficient financing for the climate challenges, the International Emissions [...] Full text...
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UN mission in DRC on 'high alert' following clashes
26 october 2013 - 16:21:12New York, US (PANA) - The UN mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is on "high alert" following [...] Full text...
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Nigeria strives to regain lost pace in oil, gas production
08 october 2013 - 07:14:33Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Nigeria's hydrocarbon sector is struggling to revive the dynamism and interest it lost over [...] Full text...
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East, Southern Africa consult on stopping illicit cash outflows
17 september 2013 - 07:48:26Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - A two-day high-level meeting on illicit financial flows from Africa opens Thursday in Maputo, [...] Full text...
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Zambian President halts calls for his endorsement as sole presidential candidate
16 september 2013 - 16:02:29Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – President Michael Sata of Zambia has ordered a stop to calls for his endorsement as the [...] Full text...
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Compensation talks between Shell, Nigerian oil community deadlocked
14 september 2013 - 10:52:55Port Harcourt, Nigeria (PANA) - Compensation talks between Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell and the Bodo community in Nigeria's oil-rich Rivers [...] Full text...
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International oil firms set eyes on Somalia for hydrocarbon development
06 september 2013 - 12:27:36Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Somalia, slowly recovering from over two decades of anarchy, has continued to face substantial [...] Full text...
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Industry report says Gabon oil production declining
03 september 2013 - 13:11:34Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - While some near-term gains are expected in Gabon’s oil production, the long-term trend is [...] Full text...
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UN agency assists newly-displaced Congolese
27 august 2013 - 20:00:34New York, US (PANA) – The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Tuesday said it is [...] Full text...
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Study shows increasing oil, gas demand in South Africa
12 august 2013 - 14:50:19Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – South Africa’s crude oil consumption over a 10-year period, starting 2012, will rise steadily, [...] Full text...
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Gunmen shell Benghazi army barracks
26 july 2013 - 18:51:14Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Gunmen late Thursday shelled a Libyan army barracks in Benghazi, Libya's second largest city, before ransacking [...] Full text...
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Africa’s high-level panel on illicit financial flows meets in Lusaka
17 june 2013 - 07:47:09Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Over 60 delegates comprising key stakeholders from East and Southern Africa are meeting in the [...] Full text...
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Nigerian oil workers threaten strike over "anti-labour moves" in multinationals
07 june 2013 - 07:41:52Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The powerful Nigerian oil workers' union, the Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), [...] Full text...
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Ex-Nigerian state governor 'forfeits' house in US
02 june 2013 - 11:28:02Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Former Governor Diepreye Alamieyeseigha of Nigeria's oil-rich Bayelsa state has forfeited a US$700,000 residential property at [...] Full text...
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Report: ‘Africa a net creditor to the rest of the world’
29 may 2013 - 19:59:17Marrakesh, Morocco (PANA) - A new joint report by the African Development Bank (AfDB) and Global Financial Integrity (GFI) reveals [...] Full text...
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AU-ECA report urges commodity-based industrialisation to boost economic growth
25 april 2013 - 12:50:55Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - There is a real opportunity for African countries to create jobs and promote economic transformation [...] Full text...
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'Nigeria lost US$ 1.23 billion to oil theft in first quarter of 2013'
18 april 2013 - 07:21:25Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria lost 191 billion Naira (about US$ 1.23 billion) to oil theft and vandalism in the [...] Full text...
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Nigerian military dismisses MEND's threat to bomb mosques
15 april 2013 - 18:10:03Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian military on Monday dismissed the threat by the Movement for the Emancipation of the [...] Full text...
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MEND threatens to attack mosques, kill clerics in Nigeria
14 april 2013 - 20:31:55Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's umbrella group for oil militants has threatened to attack mosques, hajj camps, Islamic institutions, large [...] Full text...
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Nigeria's opposition warns against rising oil theft
14 april 2013 - 13:29:08Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The main opposition Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has warned that the rising cases of crude [...] Full text...
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Amnesty for Boko Haram, labour's looming strike, oil deals highlighted in Nigeria
06 april 2013 - 08:31:46Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Plans to grant amnesty to members of the violent Islamic sect Boko Haram group, labour's threat [...] Full text...
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Shell's threat to close shop, cash-for-job scam highlighted in Nigeria
09 march 2013 - 09:56:17Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The threat by Oil giants Shell to shut down operations and the cash-for-job scam in federal [...] Full text...
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Shell threatens to shut down Nigeria operations over rising oil theft
04 march 2013 - 08:57:35Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - With oil theft and sabotage leading to lost production and costing Nigeria some US$6 billion annually, [...] Full text...
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French company gets two new oil blocks in Gabon
24 december 2012 - 20:06:13Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - The Gabonese Minister of Oil, Energy and Hydraulic resources on Monday announced the signing between Perenco-Gabon [...] Full text...
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AI, SERAP laud ECOWAS court judgment on oil pollution in Nigeria
16 december 2012 - 10:59:22Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Non-governmental Organizations Amnesty International (AI) and Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), have hailed Friday’s ECOWAS [...] Full text...
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Nigeria among top 20 money laundering nations - Report
14 december 2012 - 11:48:14Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A new study by the US-based research and advocacy organisation, Global Financial Integrity (GFI), has placed [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS Court to deliver judgment in Nigeria oil pollution case Friday
13 december 2012 - 10:13:00Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Community Court of Justice sitting in Nigeria's South-west city of Ibadan will deliver judgment [...] Full text...
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Campaigners at UN climate talks in Doha protest, reject draft text
07 december 2012 - 13:13:01Doha, Qatar (PANA) – With only a few hours remaining before the UN climate negotiations concludes in Doha, Qatar, some [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Sudanese Army launches preemptive strike in Darfur, kills 2 rebels
06 december 2012 - 11:44:24Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Two Darfur rebels were killed in a preemptive attack by the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) while [...] Full text...
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African CSOs want African ministers to demand action from COP18 in Doha
04 december 2012 - 16:06:14Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Expressing concern that Africa is on the frontline of a planetary emergency, representatives of [...] Full text...
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Sudanese military clashes with rebels in North Darfur
18 november 2012 - 20:53:46Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) clashed with rebel fighters and drove them away from North Darfur [...] Full text...
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Shell Petroleum donates US$ 1m to Nigeria's Flood Relief Fund
27 october 2012 - 15:05:15Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) has donated US$ 1 million towards relief efforts [...] Full text...
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Missing oil money, floods and famine dominate headlines in Nigeria
27 october 2012 - 08:56:35Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The 86.65 billion Naira (about US$ 578 million) oil money, earned in 10 years and part [...] Full text...
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Africa steps up preparations for Doha Climate Change negotiations (Feature)
22 october 2012 - 08:58:12Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ahead of the next round of the UN negotiations on climate change in Doha, Qatar, [...] Full text...
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