Rights group urges 3 African countries to abolish death penalty 'once and for all'

10 october 2024 - 12:03:06
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Three sub-Saharan African countries on the cusp of abolition must act now and abolish the death [...] Full text...

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Strong regional demand to drive South Africa’s maize exports to neighbours

26 july 2024 - 11:18:26
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA)   South Africa’s maize area is forecast to expand in marketing year 2024/25 after an 18 percent [...] Full text...

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Rainfall gives South African maize growers hope of bumper crop

29 january 2024 - 07:12:59
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) – Maize production in South Africa is off to a reasonable start in marketing year 2023/24 [...] Full text...

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After COVID-19, world faces threat of nuclear terror -Libyan newspaper

12 may 2023 - 16:03:16
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) -The Libyan newspaper "Alsabaah" avers that the world's population has just breathed a deep and unprecedented "Phew" [...] Full text...

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2023 World Beach Games to go ahead in Bali despite Israel’s participation - Official

30 march 2023 - 08:44:12
Jakarta, Indonesia (PANA) - Bali is set to host the second edition of the 2023 World Beach Games (official name: [...] Full text...

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South Africa on promising start of grain marketing this year: Report

26 january 2023 - 11:05:27
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s grain production is off to a decent start in marketing year 2022/23, said [...] Full text...

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South African lawmaker denies animal trafficking claims

20 september 2022 - 11:36:49
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A Johannesburg lawmaker has denied media reports that he has been involved in an [...] Full text...

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Wildfire, floods don’t need to turn into disasters: UN risk report

31 august 2022 - 05:55:25
New York, US (PANA) - Hazards such as earthquakes, floods, heatwaves, and wildfires, can be prevented from becoming life-threatening disasters, [...] Full text...

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South Africa: US Secretary of State holds high level talks in Pretoria

08 august 2022 - 18:37:33
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who is visiting South Africa as part of [...] Full text...

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South Africa maintains status as net maize exporter

20 july 2022 - 09:00:41
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) – Expecting to maintain its status as a net exporter of maize in marketing year 2022/23, [...] Full text...

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South Africa expects bumper maize harvest of 16.0 million tons in 2021/22

04 november 2021 - 13:54:19
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa’s maize crop for the 2021/22 marketing year, under normal climatic conditions, could once [...] Full text...

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EBRD supports youth entrepreneurship, skills development in Egypt

08 july 2021 - 10:15:44
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) on Thursday announced the launch of a US$120 [...] Full text...

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Chadian diplomat appointed head of Organization for the Islamic Conference

28 november 2020 - 20:49:53
Paris, France (PANA) - Chadian career diplomat Hissein Brahim Taha was Saturday appointed by consensus as the secretary general of [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: ‘Women Rise for All’ to shape leadership in pandemic response and recovery

15 july 2020 - 06:34:28
New York, US (PANA) - Although the COVID-19 pandemic has generated an unprecedented global health, humanitarian and development crisis, it has [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: DR Congo people advised to draw lessons from pandemic

18 june 2020 - 23:42:02
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Ambassador André-Alain Atundu Liongo, communicator of the political platform, Common front for Congo (FCC), Thursday [...] Full text...

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'Tanzania is first African country to restart league amid Coronavirus'

15 june 2020 - 09:07:55
Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Tanzania at the weekend became the first African country to resume a national football [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus outbreak has cost global value chains $50 billion in exports: UNCTAD

05 march 2020 - 18:46:00
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The impacts of the coronavirus (COVID-19) are being felt along global value chains as manufacturing [...] Full text...

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Tunisian Ministry of Health announces preventive measures against Chinese coronavirus

27 january 2020 - 17:12:12
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian Ministry of Health has unveiled measures taken by the Tunisian state to prevent the [...] Full text...

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South Africa on high alert over coronavirus

25 january 2020 - 12:03:19
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African authorities say there have been no cases of coronavirus identified in the [...] Full text...

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Africa Finance Corporation gets credit line for 140 million dollars

20 november 2019 - 23:38:40
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA)  - The multilateral institution for the funding of infrastructure development in Africa, Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), [...] Full text...

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Bloody Tripoli war leaves bitter taste in celebration of Eid al Fitr (News analysis by Youssef Ba, PANA Correspondent)

03 june 2019 - 05:48:44
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The ongoing fighting in Tripoli is affecting preparations of Libyans to celebrate Eid al Fitr, marking [...] Full text...

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Ex-Emperor Bokassa's daughter publishes a story about her childhood

26 february 2019 - 23:02:06
Paris, France (PANA) - Marie-France Bokassa, daughter of the former emperor of Central Africa, Jean Bedel Bokassa, has publishedba book [...] Full text...

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US Rock giants to perform in Soweto

06 june 2018 - 14:24:17
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Rock giants Guns N’ Roses have confirmed that they will perform one concert at [...] Full text...

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Rights group says state-sponsored hate spurs new era of social activism

22 february 2018 - 07:12:06
Washington, D.C., (PANA) - The world is reaping the terrifying consequences of hate-filled rhetoric that threatens to normalise massive discrimination [...] Full text...

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30th anniversary of SA air disaster commemorated

29 november 2017 - 14:42:57
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa on Wednesday commemorated the 30th anniversary of the country’s worst air disaster, [...] Full text...

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US: ‘Our economic advice proven accurate, applicable for sustainable dev't’ - UN

14 july 2017 - 11:39:08
New York. US (PANA) – Economic analysis by the United Nations over the past 70 years has proven to be [...] Full text...

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Germany: Nigeria, Egypt, 14 others to represent Africa at Int'l Table Tennis championships

29 may 2017 - 06:15:10
Dusseldorf, Germany (PANA) - Africa’s top-ranked table tennis nations, Nigeria and Egypt, are part of an army of 16 countries [...] Full text...

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Botswana: Botswana improves on MacDonald’s beef audit

19 may 2017 - 14:59:49
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana Meat Commission’s (BMC) abattoirs have performed exceptionally well, according to auditors SAI Global, who were [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: China lobbies Nigeria's ruling party on One China policy

22 march 2017 - 18:05:17
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Peoples Republic of China Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Zhou Pingjian, on Wednesday requested Nigeria's ruling All [...] Full text...

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Mauritius: AirAsia suspends services to Mauritius

13 february 2017 - 14:42:57
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - AirAsia, X Berhad, on Monday announced the suspension of its three times weekly services from Kuala [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Nigeria severs diplomatic ties with Taiwan

12 january 2017 - 09:27:09
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian Federal Government says it will no longer recognise Taiwan as a country and rather [...] Full text...

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UN: UNEP report says climate change will lead to annual coral bleaching

05 january 2017 - 17:18:48
New York, US (PANA) - If current trends continue and the world fails to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, nearly all [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Amnesty Int'l urges Kenya not to deport Taiwanese nationals to China

07 august 2016 - 05:40:19
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Human rights group Amnesty International has urged the Kenyan authorities not to deport five Taiwanese nationals [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Buhari begins 5-day visit to China

07 april 2016 - 18:28:56
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari will on 11 April start a five-day state visit to China, Foreign [...] Full text...

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US: Obama to host world leaders for nuclear security summit

28 march 2016 - 13:50:09
New York, US (PANA) - US President Barack Obama will host world leaders for the 2016 Nuclear Security Summit from [...] Full text...

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Ghana: TI calls on people everywhere to speak out against corruption

28 january 2016 - 10:27:47
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Although corruption is still rife globally, more countries improved their scores in the 2015 edition of [...] Full text...

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Zambia: Zambia exports banned arsenic copper concentrates to Taiwan

03 december 2015 - 15:21:46
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Copper concentrates containing elevated levels of arsenic imported by Konkola Copper Mine (KCM) into Zambia has [...] Full text...

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Sudan: ICRC says South Sudan crisis must not be forgotten

14 december 2014 - 09:52:26
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - International humanitarian organizations on Sunday warned that, with concerns over South Sudan across the world, the [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Trade volume between Nigeria, Japan hits US$4.2 billion

14 november 2014 - 14:13:58
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The total volume of trade between Nigeria and Japan, including imports and exports in 2013, hit [...] Full text...

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US: Protests herald UN General Assembly in New York

21 september 2014 - 22:29:11
New York, US (PANA) - Protesters have besieged the UN headquarters in New York, as businesses and New Yorkers brace [...] Full text...

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Sao Tome and Principe: EU provides 110,000 Euros for elections in Sao Tome and Principe

18 september 2014 - 17:42:19
Sao Tomé, Sao Tome and Principe (PANA) – The government of Sao Tome and Principe confirmed Thursday that the country's [...] Full text...

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Gambia opposition group launches new campaign to unseat President Jammeh

16 december 2013 - 16:46:17
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Opposition parties in Gambia have launched a new campaign aimed at unseating President Yahya Jammeh in [...] Full text...

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FAO lowers global rice forecast for 2012

07 august 2012 - 18:26:54
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Below normal monsoon rains in India are the chief causes of a 7.8 million tonnes downward [...] Full text...

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FAO lowers global rice forecast for 2012

06 august 2012 - 11:21:20
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has revised downward the forecast for global rice paddy production [...] Full text...

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Tripoli hosts exhibition for small, medium industrial projects

06 june 2012 - 12:34:58
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - An exhibition of small and medium projects, to showcase the opportunities in different industrial fields in [...] Full text...

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Taiwanese President visits Gambia

11 april 2012 - 18:00:31
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Taiwan’s President Ma Ying-jeou, accompanied by a powerful delegation, was expected to arrive in Banjul Wednesday [...] Full text...

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Int'l observers arrive Gambia for 24 November presidential polls

21 november 2011 - 15:20:08
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Mr. Joseph Colley, the Communications director of the Gambian Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), has confirmed the [...] Full text...

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Mutharika orders ex-president's medical referral

02 april 2011 - 18:34:00
Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Malawi's President Bingu wa Mutharika has directed that former president Bakili Muluzi's be permitted to seek [...] Full text...

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Court allows ex-Malawi President's graft case to continue in absentia

09 march 2011 - 18:51:04
Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - The High Court in Malawi's commercial capital, Blantyre, has ordered that the US$ 12 million corruption [...] Full text...

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Ailing Malawi ex-president's graft case finally begins

08 march 2011 - 20:00:26
Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - The long-awaited corruption case of Malawi's former president Bakili Muluzi finally commenced at the High Court [...] Full text...

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Skirmishes in Malawian eastern city as Chinese businessman assaults shoplifter

01 february 2011 - 21:17:21
Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Business came to a standstill in Malawi's eastern city of Zomba on Tuesday when a group [...] Full text...

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UNESCO invites students to global Chemistry experiment

18 january 2011 - 16:45:49
Paris, France (PANA) - UNESCO, in partnership with the International Union for Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC), has invited Primary [...] Full text...

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UN, AU report tasks African govts on economic transformation

29 december 2010 - 20:42:42
New York, US (PANA) - A joint UN and AU report on Wednesday said that governments in Africa [...] Full text...

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UN report on Africa suggests greater state role in economic development

28 december 2010 - 18:56:11
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (EFE) - The upcoming Economic Report by the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) will highlight the [...] Full text...

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China pumps US$ 200m in Mutharika's constituency

21 december 2010 - 20:36:43
Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - The Chinese government will construct a secondary school in Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika's southern tea-growing [...] Full text...

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Malawi ex-president appears in court Tuesday

13 september 2010 - 19:04:00
Blantyre- Malawi (PANA) -- Malawi's former president Bakili Muluzi is expected in the High Court of Blantyre Tuesday, where he [...] Full text...

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Libya's Oil and Gas Forum opens

08 march 2010 - 21:44:00
Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- The Secretary of the Libyan National Oil Company (NOC), Dr Choukri Ghanem, on Monday opened the [...] Full text...

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Madagascar wins African Bowling (Petanque)Championship

23 november 2009 - 15:00:00
Tunis- Tunisia (PANA) -- Madagascar has won the second edition of the African Bow ling Championship, also known in French [...] Full text...

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Banjul holds 4th international trade fair

17 november 2009 - 15:33:00
Banjul- Gambia (PANA) -- The 4th Edition of the Gambia Trade Fair, organised by t he Gambia Chamber of Commerce, [...] Full text...

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Ouagadougou appeals for FCFA 70 billion to repair flood damage

04 september 2009 - 22:41:00
Ouagadougou- Burkina Faso (PANA) -- Burkina Faso on Friday appealed for FCFA 70 bi llion to repair damage done by [...] Full text...

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Malawi softens on bail bond for ex-leader Muluzi

08 july 2009 - 19:10:00
Blantyre- Malawi (PANA) -- The High Court in Malawi Wednesday soft pedalled on th e bail bond of former president [...] Full text...

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Obama tops poll on global leaders

30 june 2009 - 07:43:00
New York- US (PANA) -- US President Barack Obama has the confidence of many peopl e around the world, inspiring [...] Full text...

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Malawi's former president to fight passport seizure

20 june 2009 - 20:13:00
Lilongwe- Malawi (PANA) -- Lawyers for Malawi's former president Bakili Muluzi ar e challenging government decision to seize his travel [...] Full text...

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Muluzi to take plea in corruption case 2 April

13 march 2009 - 11:27:00
Blantyre- Malawi (PANA) -- A High Court judge in Blantyre has ruled that Malawi's former president Bakili Muluzi should take [...] Full text...

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Muluzi appears in court, seeks more time to take plea

12 march 2009 - 13:11:00
Blantyre- Malawi (PANA) -- Former Malawi President Bakili Muluzi appeared in the High Court in Blantyre on Thursday, but his [...] Full text...

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China offers Mauritius US$260m loan

17 february 2009 - 13:02:00
Vacoas- Mauritius (PANA) -- China and Mauritius have signed a loan agreement worth US$260 million to be used for the [...] Full text...

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Chinese president Hu begins Senegal visit

14 february 2009 - 00:03:00
Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao arrived in Dakar on Friday for a two-day official visit as part [...] Full text...

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China won't abandon Africa in global credit crunch, says FA minister

15 january 2009 - 18:34:00
Blantyre- Malawi (PANA) -- Chinese Foreign Affairs Minister Yang Jiechi has said Beijing will not abandon its commitment to Africa [...] Full text...

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Chinese Foreign Affairs Minister visits Malawi to strengthen ties

12 january 2009 - 15:04:00
Blantyre- Malawi (PANA) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi will from Thursda y pay a two-day official visit to Malawi, [...] Full text...

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