Results of matches played across Africa in group stage of 2024/24 CAF Champions League.

16 december 2024 - 18:13:30
Le Caire, Egypte (PANA)-Voici les résultats des matches joués à travers l'Afrique dans le cadre de la phase de groupes [...] Full text...

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Global Fund provides nearly $10 million for DRC mpox response

19 september 2024 - 06:00:45
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the Global Fund) is supporting the Government [...] Full text...

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Over 200,000 need humanitarian aid following Madagascar cyclone

10 april 2024 - 05:47:15
Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) - About 220,000 people require immediate humanitarian assistance due to the catastrophic impact of Tuesday’s tropical cyclone [...] Full text...

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Senegalese newspapers play up major issues awaiting president-elect Faye's attention

27 march 2024 - 13:23:47
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegalese newspapers are highlighting the major issues that will confront the country's new administration to be [...] Full text...

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Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko given six months suspended jail sentence for defamation

09 may 2023 - 06:18:05
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Dakar Court of Appeal on Monday handed Senegalese opposition leader, Ousmane Sonko, a six-month suspended jail [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso 'neuralises' 21 suspected terrorists in one month; 6 soldiers killed

18 november 2022 - 12:31:42
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkinabe army said on Friday that it neutralised 21 suspected terrorists in several anti-terrorist [...] Full text...

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Japan steps up support to drought-stricken southern Madagascar

17 july 2022 - 05:40:18
Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) - The United Nations World Food Programme has welcomed a US$ 1.6 million contribution from the Government [...] Full text...

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Armed Islamists, security forces in Burkina Faso committing abuses against civilians - Human Rights Watch

18 may 2022 - 05:22:16
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Armed Islamist groups and government security forces and militia in Burkina Faso are committing increased abuses against [...] Full text...

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Madagascar braces for 4th tropical cyclone in a month

23 february 2022 - 05:26:17
Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) - The island nation of Madagascar is shoring up for its fourth tropical cyclone in a month, UN [...] Full text...

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‘World cannot look away’ as 1.3 million face severe hunger in Madagascar

19 november 2021 - 05:13:31
Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) - The international community must step up support to Madagascar, where more than one million people in [...] Full text...

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Poorer nations to face up to $75 billion six-year shortfall in climate finance: Oxfam

20 september 2021 - 13:43:28
New York, US (PANA) - Wealthy nations are expected to fall up to $75 billion short of fulfilling their long-standing [...] Full text...

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OCHA reports worsening humanitarian situation in Madagascar’s Grand Sud region

27 august 2021 - 16:32:06
Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) - The humanitarian situation in the Grand Sud of Madagascar continues to deteriorate, as people endure the [...] Full text...

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EU helps WFP provide emergency food assistance to people in southern Madagascar

30 june 2021 - 11:38:00
Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a contribution of €2.5 million from the [...] Full text...

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Tens of thousands of displaced live in appalling conditions in CAR - UNHCR

29 january 2021 - 14:00:25
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA)- As insecurity in the Central African Republic (CAR) has uprooted, in less than two months, more [...] Full text...

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Benin to build 'ministerial city' in Cotonou

18 january 2021 - 11:39:16
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Benin government will soon build a "ministerial city" in Cotonou, the economic capital, to house [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Pandemic has already killed 630 in DR Congo

16 january 2021 - 17:56:27
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - DR Congo has recorded 630 coronavirus (COVID-19)-related deaths since the declaration of the pandemic on [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: 20,556 cases recorded since last March in DR Congo

15 january 2021 - 17:06:08
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - A total of 20,556 confirmed cases of coronavirus have been recorded in DR Congo since [...] Full text...

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Humanitarian crisis looms in Madagascar amid drought and pandemic,warns WFP

13 january 2021 - 05:38:27
Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) - In southern Madagascar, “famine-like conditions” have doubled the number of people in need of humanitarian assistance [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Madagascar faces severe food security and nutrition crisis

23 december 2020 - 18:46:38
Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) - Following three consecutive years of drought, the Grand Sud of Madagascar is facing a severe food [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: DR Congo records 329 deaths, 11,386 recoveries since March 2020

23 november 2020 - 15:26:51
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - DR Congo has recorded 329 deaths and 11,386 recoveries from COVID-19 since the pandemic hit [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: DR Congo records more than 12,000 cases to date

19 november 2020 - 18:36:17
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - DR Congo recorded 12,008 cases, including 12,007 laboratory-confirmed cases and one probable case, since the [...] Full text...

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Malian jihadist leader Souleymane Kéita sentenced to death

15 november 2020 - 12:22:59
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A Malian jihadist leader of the Katiba of Ansar dine du Sud, Souleymane Keita, and two [...] Full text...

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CAF Presidency: Senegalese Augustin Senghor enters the race

13 november 2020 - 20:46:18
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Augustin Senghor, the president of the Senegalese Football Federation (FSF), has joined the race for the [...] Full text...

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UN welcomes election of municipal councilors in four Libyan cities

19 october 2020 - 20:44:53
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) Monday congratulated the citizens of Zawiya South, Al-Harraba, Jadou [...] Full text...

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Mauritius to rethink its tourism and its future: Deputy PM

18 august 2020 - 13:21:41
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Deputy Prime Minister and Tourism Minister, Steven Obeegadoo, on Tuesday, told Parliament that there is [...] Full text...

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Oil Spill: Mauritius Govt. says the worst is behind; NGO expects a 2nd spill

17 august 2020 - 12:52:50
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Deputy Prime Minister, Mr Steven Obeegadoo, has said that with more than 3,300 of [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: DR Congo records 9,589 cases from 10 March to 12 August 2020

13 august 2020 - 23:41:05
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - A total of 9,589 cases of coronavirus(COVID-19), comprising 9,588 confirmed cases and one probable were [...] Full text...

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Top Senegalese journalist dies in Dakar

27 july 2020 - 18:09:32
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The former president of Senegal's National Broadcasting Regulatory Council (CNRA), from 2012 to 2018, Babacar Touré, [...] Full text...

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Mauritanians pay tribute to Senegalese journalist, Babacar Touré, who died in Dakar on Sunday

27 july 2020 - 18:03:45
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanians are paying tribute to Senegalese journalist, CEO of Groupe Sud, founder of SUD-FM, Senegal's first [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: DR Congo registers 169 new cases

03 june 2020 - 17:45:43
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - One hundred and sixty-nine (169) new cases of COVID-19 were registered on Tuesday in the [...] Full text...

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Rights body raises red flag on insecurity, impunity in DR Congo

24 january 2020 - 13:32:26
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA)-Amnesty International has called on DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi to move with speed and bring to justice [...] Full text...

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AfDB contributes to funding agro-industrial project in southern Senegal

09 january 2020 - 22:24:07
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Senegalese minister of economy, plan and cooperation, Amadou Hott, and the deputy governor for West [...] Full text...

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Senegal, IDB sign € 27.85 million financing agreement

25 december 2019 - 14:24:36
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal and the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) signed on Tuesday in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, a financing [...] Full text...

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Togo’s supreme court confirms results of partial municipal elections

30 august 2019 - 23:57:48
Lomé, Togo (PANA)    -   The Togolese Supreme Court Friday proclaimed the definitive results of the partial municipal elections, confirming the [...] Full text...

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Final results of Togo's partial municipal elections due Friday

29 august 2019 - 14:36:38
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togo's Supreme Court will on Friday announce the final results of the partial municipal elections held [...] Full text...

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Togo's ruling party wins more seats in local by-elections

21 august 2019 - 14:24:59
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - The ruling Union for the Republic (UNIR) has won 42 of the 63 municipal council seats [...] Full text...

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Nominations for municipal elections in 14 Libyan cities open

01 march 2019 - 12:08:27
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Central Committee for municipal council elections in Libya has announced the opening of nominations for [...] Full text...

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Nine trafficked Burkinabe children in Côte d'Ivoire returned to their country

29 december 2018 - 16:24:01
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Nine young Burkinabes aged between 14 and 18 years, who were trafficked to Cote d'Ivoire, [...] Full text...

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2018/19 CAF Conf. Cup: Pairings for the play-offs

29 december 2018 - 08:15:25
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The following are the pairings of the 2018/2019 CAF Confederation Cup after Friday's play-offs draw carried [...] Full text...

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Pamplemousses win Mauritius Charity Shield

17 november 2018 - 19:21:51
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Defending champions Pamplemousses SC won Mauritius' traditional football Charity Shield on Saturday after beating Grande Rivière [...] Full text...

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Severe food insecurity stalks two Madagascar regions

09 august 2018 - 09:30:06
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - About 1.26 million people are expected to be severely food insecure in the Grand [...] Full text...

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UN: 'More support needed for millions in southern Africa hit by El Nino'

22 july 2016 - 19:58:30
New York, US (PANA) - Wrapping up a visit to southern Africa, UN deputy humanitarian chief, Ms. Kyung-wha Kang, on [...] Full text...

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2016 Champions league: All 1st-leg, 1st-round results

14 march 2016 - 09:07:54
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The following are the results of the first-leg, first-round matches played across Africa at the weekend [...] Full text...

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Côte d’Ivoire: Six terrorists in Ivorian hotel attack 'neutralised' - Interior Minister

13 march 2016 - 19:49:02
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - Six terrorists who were involved in Sunday's attack on the Ivorian town of Grand-Bassam, 40 [...] Full text...

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Côte d’Ivoire: Gunmen attack Ivorian town; several people reported killed

13 march 2016 - 18:10:52
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - Gunmen on Sunday attacked a hotel in the Ivorian town of Grand-Bassam, some 40 km [...] Full text...

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2016 CAF Champions League: First-leg, first-round match results

13 march 2016 - 08:53:09
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The following are results of the first-leg, first-round matches played across Africa on Saturday in the [...] Full text...

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2016 CAF Champions League: Young Africans of Tanzania in Kigali to play against Rwanda's APR

10 march 2016 - 15:56:34
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Tanzanian football league champions, Yanga Africans, arrived in Kigali early Thursday, two days before its match [...] Full text...

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Kenya: ACP states call for 'development-centred outcome' at WTO meeting

16 december 2015 - 11:18:09
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Ministers responsible for Trade of the African, Caribbean, Pacific (ACP) Group of States have emphasized the [...] Full text...

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Gabon: Tuesday's forex rates for Central African franc CFA

06 january 2015 - 12:37:51
Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - The following are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the Central African franc CFA, as released by [...] Full text...

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2014 CAF Champions league: Group phase final matches this weekend

22 august 2014 - 10:58:38
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Action resumes Friday through Sunday in the final group games (Day 6) of the 2014 CAF [...] Full text...

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Senegal: MFWA says editor attacked in Guinea

24 july 2014 - 18:42:30
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Accra-based sub-regional press freedom watchdog, the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), Thursday disclosed that [...] Full text...

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Tunisia: President Marzouki declares state of emergency in Douze-sud

09 may 2014 - 19:51:18
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – Tunisian president Moncef Marzouki has declared a state of emergency in the town of Douze-sud, located [...] Full text...

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2014 CAF Confederation Cup: Results of matches of the CAF Confederation Cup

09 march 2014 - 06:42:27
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The following are the results of the 2014 Orange CAF Confederation Cup matches played on Friday [...] Full text...

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Senegalese dailies honour departed Nelson Mandela

06 december 2013 - 15:58:09
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Senegalese dailies devoted their first pages and pictures to the memory of the former South African [...] Full text...

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Despite high above-ground risks, oil explorers keen to tap into Africa’s new fields

04 october 2013 - 12:09:29
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - As oil production from the established sub-Saharan producers increases, areas less known for their [...] Full text...

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Senegalese newspaper editor Madior Fall dies

16 july 2012 - 20:21:30
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Senegalese journalist Madior Fall, editor of "Sud Quotidien", died in Dakar on Sunday, the private radio [...] Full text...

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Senegalese journo, Seye, buried

22 june 2012 - 11:22:54
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegalese journalist Cherif Elvalide Seye, who died of stroke Monday in Nairobi, Kenya, was buried Thursday [...] Full text...

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Senegalese journalist Chérif Elvalide Sèye passes away

18 june 2012 - 21:21:41
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Senegalese journalist Chérif Elvalide Sèye died on Monday in Nairobi, Kenya, after a short illness, the [...] Full text...

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Ivorian papers hail Abdoulaye Wade’s ''fair play''

26 march 2012 - 13:54:31
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Ivorian newspapers on Monday hailed the ''fair play'' exhibited by outgoing Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade, [...] Full text...

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Senegalese authorities release protesters against Abdoulaye Wade's 3rd-term bid

30 january 2012 - 15:11:46
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Leaders and members of the June 23 Movement (M23) in St. Louis, northern Senegal, arrested Saturday, [...] Full text...

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Uruguayan football manager named UNESCO Champion for Sport

27 january 2012 - 17:16:50
Paris, France (PANA) - Óscar Washington Tabárez, the Uruguayan national football team manager, will be named UNESCO Champion for Sport [...] Full text...

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Report: EU's policies undermining people’s rights

21 november 2011 - 22:57:59
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - European Union (EU) policies are continuing to seriously undermine people’s rights, because they are not coherent [...] Full text...

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Tunisia to attract more Japanese tourists

15 november 2011 - 11:16:31
Hammamet Sud, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia will intensify efforts to attract more Japanese tourists to Tunisia, the Managing Director of [...] Full text...

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Gambia denies Guinean President's accusations on murder plot

13 september 2011 - 21:27:58
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Gambian government has swiftly reacted to Guinean President Alpha Conde's accusations denying "any involvement or [...] Full text...

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Gambian intelligence agency threatens to close radio station

13 august 2011 - 09:13:08
New York, US (PANA) - Gambian state security agency forced radio station Taranga FM to drop its popular news and [...] Full text...

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UNESCO deplores killing of journalists in DRC, Iraq, Mexico

01 july 2011 - 18:44:32
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on Friday condemned the recent killing of [...] Full text...

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CPJ: Journalist murdered in eastern DR Congo

23 june 2011 - 20:35:00
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Media watchdog, Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Thursday asked the authorities in the eastern Democratic [...] Full text...

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New director for Dakar journalism school

31 may 2011 - 11:50:20
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Mr. Ibrahima Sarr has been appointed as head of the Centre for Information Science and Technology [...] Full text...

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Ivorian press devote headlines to inauguration of President Ouattara

21 may 2011 - 16:53:04
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Ivorian newspapers this Saturday devoted their headlines to the inauguration of president Alassane Ouattara, Saturday [...] Full text...

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CPJ slams Gbagbo, Ouattara camps for attacks on journalist

29 march 2011 - 13:40:04
New York, US (PANA) - The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has condemned ongoing attacks, threats and intimidation of journalists [...] Full text...

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Ivorian papers to suspend publication for 72 hours

22 march 2011 - 22:25:44
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) – Ivorian newspapers are to suspend publication for three days as from Thursday in protest against [...] Full text...

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Eight Ivorian dailies resume publication Monday

06 march 2011 - 11:08:11
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Eight Ivorian newspapers that suspended their publications recently to protest continued harassment by the authorities [...] Full text...

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Ivorian Crisis: Gbabgo, Ouattara camps target rival media outlets

02 march 2011 - 14:24:27
New York, US (PANA) - Supporters behind outgoing Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo and president-elect Alassane Ouattara are targeting rival partisan [...] Full text...

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Eight Ivorian private newspapers suspend publication

28 february 2011 - 10:05:05
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Eight private newspapers in Cote d'Ivoire will suspend publication from Tuesday (1March) in protest against [...] Full text...

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Gbagbo, Quattara declare 2 separate public holidays in Cote d'Ivoire

16 february 2011 - 15:18:10
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Laurent Gbagbo and Alassane Ouattara, locked in a bitter battle for the Ivorian presidency, declared [...] Full text...

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Journalists receive death threats in Abidjan

15 february 2011 - 17:05:37
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Accra-based rights body, Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), has decried the death threats against [...] Full text...

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High profile personalities exptected at Dakar World Social Forum

05 february 2011 - 12:20:57
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Several high profile personalities are expected at the 11th edition of the World Social Forum (WSF) [...] Full text...

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CPJ says Gambia is Africa’s most censored country

16 january 2011 - 18:30:32
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The New York-based press freedom watchdog, the Committe to Protect Journalist (CPJ), has condemned Gambian [...] Full text...

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MFWA decries ban on Ivorian newspapers over political crisis

27 december 2010 - 14:08:28
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Accra-based rights body, Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), has decried the ban slammed on [...] Full text...

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Arab League Sec-Gen discusses Sudan with Kadhafi

09 november 2010 - 17:53:00
Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- The Secretary General of the Arab League, Amr Moussa, Tu esday held talks with the Libyan [...] Full text...

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UN Security Council extends mandate of panel on Darfur sanctions

15 october 2010 - 14:55:00
New York- US (PANA) -- The UN Security Council has extended, by one year, the man date of the panel [...] Full text...

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NGOs, agencies task world leaders on Sudan referendum

24 september 2010 - 17:07:00
New York- US (PANA) -- A group of NGOs and aid agencies on Friday urged world lea ders to take [...] Full text...

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UNICEF hails Sudan's moves to end use of child soldiers

31 august 2010 - 18:24:00
New York- US (PANA) -- The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) Tuesday welcomed measures by the Sudanese government to end the [...] Full text...

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'Why El Bashir attended Kenyan constitution ceremony'

31 august 2010 - 07:15:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The Sudanese government decided that President Omer El B ashir should represent Khartoum at the 27 [...] Full text...

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Senegalese choreographer Ndeye Khady Niang dies

30 august 2010 - 09:50:00
Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The Senegalese dancer and choreographer Ndeye Khady Niang died after an accident at her home in [...] Full text...

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UN agency assists Central African refugees

28 august 2010 - 18:35:00
New York- US (PANA) -- The UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) said it is ass isting about 1,500 Central [...] Full text...

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Nigerian becomes UN force commander in Sudan

11 june 2010 - 14:40:00
New York- US (PANA) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has named a Nigerian majo r-general, Moses Bisong Obi, as the [...] Full text...

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Sudan's political tension to spark return to violence, says Bishop

27 may 2010 - 15:05:00
Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- Political tension in Sudan could easily spark a return to violence, Catholic Bishop Macram [...] Full text...

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Bashir's expected re-election 'assisted' by ICC

26 april 2010 - 13:57:00
Khartoum- Sudan (PANA) -- The International Criminal Court (ICC) may have inadver tently played a critical role in the widely [...] Full text...

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Champions League: Algerian referee for Djoliba-TP Mazembe tie

23 april 2010 - 14:39:00
Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- Algerian Mohamed Benouza will be the referee for the CAF Champions League third round match between [...] Full text...

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Sudanese in Ethiopia vote in Sudan's 1st election in 25 years

11 april 2010 - 12:35:00
Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- In the first elections in the largest country in Africa in decades, Sudanese in Ethiopia [...] Full text...

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Sudan marks International Day for Mine Awareness

31 march 2010 - 11:11:00
Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- More than 39,914 km of roads have been opened a nd 57,886,940 square metres [...] Full text...

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Nigeria media focus on power play since Yar'Adua's return

27 february 2010 - 10:56:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The big power play since Wednesday's sudden but surprise return to Nigeria of ailing President Umaru [...] Full text...

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Dissolution of cabinet, CEI lead Abidjan papers

13 february 2010 - 19:47:00
Abidjan- Cأ´te d'Ivoire (PANA) -- The dissolution of the state cabinet and the In dependent Electoral Commission (CEI) by Ivorian [...] Full text...

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AU chief says Sudan peace prospects appear unpredictable

27 january 2010 - 14:25:00
Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The peace prospects in Sudan appear unpredictable ahead of the decisive Presidential and parliamentary elections [...] Full text...

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Council for Secretaries of Gaddafi Foundation meet

14 december 2009 - 23:54:00
Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- The first meeting of the council for secretaries of the Gaddafi Development Foundation (FKD) opened on [...] Full text...

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Rights groups call for Sudanese President's trial

04 december 2009 - 18:32:00
Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Rights groups, under the banner of "Coalition for Intern ational Criminal Court" (CICC), Friday called on [...] Full text...

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UN troops refute reports of vote-related killings in Darfur

01 december 2009 - 17:10:00
Khartoum- Sudan (PANA) -- The Joint UN-AU Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) Tuesday denied reports that its troops failed to protect [...] Full text...

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Belgium cancels licences for arms exportation to Libya

30 october 2009 - 18:34:00
Brussels- Belgium (PANA) -- The Belgium Council of State has cancelled licences f or the exportation of arms to Libya, [...] Full text...

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US welcomes Chad-Sudan talks

19 october 2009 - 07:41:00
Washington DC- US (PANA) -- The US has welcomed the steps being taken by the gove rnments of Chad and [...] Full text...

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Ivorian press urged to exercise restraint in reporting

10 october 2009 - 17:27:00
Abidjan- Cأ´te d'Ivoire (PANA) -- The Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) of C أ´te d'Ivoire has urged "the press to be [...] Full text...

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CAF Champions League: Al Hilal, T.P. Mazembe lead groups

17 august 2009 - 10:18:00
Cairo- Egypt (PANA) -- The group phase of the prestigious CAF Champions League r eached the halfway mark at the [...] Full text...

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Champions League: Nigeria's Kano Pillars lead group A

02 august 2009 - 10:06:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Kano Pillars of Nigeria beat visiting Al-Merreikh of Sud an 3-1 on Saturday to leap to [...] Full text...

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UN chief frowns at Sudanese indecency trial

01 august 2009 - 16:44:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- A member of staff of the United Nations (UN) facing 40 l ashes of the cane [...] Full text...

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Rwandan succeeds Nigerian general as UNAMID Commander

24 july 2009 - 19:43:00
New York- US (PANA) -- The UN and AU Friday confirmed the appointment of Lt. -Gen. Patrick Nyamvumba of [...] Full text...

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Upsurge in violent conflicts dominates AU summit opening

01 july 2009 - 14:11:00
Sirte- Libya (PANA) -- The upsurge in violent conflicts in Africa over the last s ix months, culminating in the [...] Full text...

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IGAD ministers pave way for military intervention in Somalia

30 june 2009 - 16:15:00
Sirte- Libya (PANA) -- East African foreign ministers have agreed on a series of new resolutions, paving the way for [...] Full text...

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IGAD ministers pave way for military intervention in Somalia

30 june 2009 - 16:03:00
Sirte- Libya (PANA) -- East African foreign ministers have agreed on a series of new resolutions, paving the way for [...] Full text...

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ICRISAT makes 'destroyed' lands fertile in West Africa

24 june 2009 - 20:02:00
Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- The International Centre for Research in the Semi-Arid Tr opics (ICRISAT) has made over-exploited farm lands [...] Full text...

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UN/AU mission says Darfur is now calm

13 april 2009 - 21:35:00
New York- US (PANA) -- The UN/AU Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) on Monday said the security situation in Sudan's Darfur [...] Full text...

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Int'l Red Cross launches appeal for polio-affected African countries

10 april 2009 - 19:59:00
New York- US (PANA) -- Geneva-based International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has launched an [...] Full text...

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Kenyan president woos foreign investors

24 march 2009 - 17:10:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki Monday called on investors to take advantage of the existing investment opportunities [...] Full text...

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Mali's first republic information minister dies

23 march 2009 - 16:58:00
Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- Dr. Mamadou El Béchir Gologo, Mali's first republic inform ation minister (1957-1968) and honorary president [...] Full text...

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'Journalists will no longer be jailed in Senegal'

13 march 2009 - 11:41:00
Dakar- Sengal (PANA) -- In a rare move to guarantee press freedom and free journa lists from legal constraints, Senegalese [...] Full text...

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AU alarmed over Sudan military offensive in Darfur

03 february 2009 - 19:46:00
Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA)-- The UN peace force in Darfur said Tuesday Sudan re stricted access to Muhajeria, where the [...] Full text...

thread Politics

UN chief insists Sudanese leader must face war crime charges

02 february 2009 - 18:56:00
Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has asked the Sudanese President Omar El-Bashir to cooperate fully [...] Full text...

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Obama's inauguration makes headlines in Senegal

24 january 2009 - 19:12:00
Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The inauguration of the 44th president of the United States, Mr. Barack Obama, dominated Senegalese [...] Full text...

thread Press Review

Idrisa Seck's return to ruling party hit headlines in Senegal

17 january 2009 - 13:51:00
Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The much heralded return of former Senegalese Prime Mini ster Idrissa Seck to his party of [...] Full text...

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LRA attacks, displacement in eastern DRC worry UNHCR

14 january 2009 - 16:13:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The UN refugee agency Tuesday expressed mounting concern about the plight of more than 100,000 Congolese [...] Full text...

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Mali/Angola soccer friendly holds 11 February in Paris

13 january 2009 - 13:57:00
Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- Mali's national football squad will face Angola in a frien dly match 11 February in Paris, [...] Full text...

thread Sports

Senegalese newspapers analyse Wade's New Year address

03 january 2009 - 15:23:00
Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Senegalese newspapers variously analysed the New Year ad dress of President Abdoulaye Wade to the nation [...] Full text...

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