CAF looking into airport incident involving Nigeria and Libya
18 october 2024 - 19:22:43Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has reportedly set up a panel to probe the [...] Full text...
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Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has reportedly set up a panel to probe the [...] Full text...
Senior UN officials welcome verdict in Guinea 2009 stadium massacre trial
01 august 2024 - 17:09:17Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The fight against impunity must continue in Guinea, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said [...] Full text...
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Guinean ex-president, ministers found guilty for stadium mass killings
01 august 2024 - 05:21:00Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – A court in Guinea on Wednesday, 31 July, convicted the country's former self-declared president Moussa Dadis [...] Full text...
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Judgement in Conakry Stadium massacre trial due on 31 July
26 july 2024 - 11:46:12Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – A court in Guinea is scheduled to deliver a verdict, including on reparations claims, on 31 [...] Full text...
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ICC convicts key member of al-Qaida group in Mali of war crimes
26 june 2024 - 17:59:52The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday convicted a leader of Ansar Dine and Al-Qaida [...] Full text...
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Former Gambia’s Interior minister jailed 20 years by Swiss court for crimes against humanity
15 may 2024 - 13:07:05Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Ousman Sonko, former interior minister of Gambia, was convicted by Switzerland's top criminal court on Wednesday for crimes [...] Full text...
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Conflicts drive new record of 75.9 million people living in internal displacement
14 may 2024 - 14:21:01Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Conflict and violence in Sudan, Palestine and elsewhere drove the number of internally displaced people (IDPs) [...] Full text...
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More work is needed to make big banks resolvable: IMF Blog By Tobias Adrian and Marc Dobler
18 march 2024 - 19:24:45Washington DC, USA (PANA) - Almost a year ago, Credit Suisse, a globally systemic bank with $540 billion in assets [...] Full text...
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Nigeria's former FM Gambari to lead ECOWAS election monitors to Senegal
12 march 2024 - 13:58:29Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Former Nigerian Foreign Minister and UN Under-Secretary-General, Professor Ibrahim Gambari, will lead a 120-member ECOWAS Election Observation Mission [...] Full text...
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Campaign for Senegal's delayed presidential vote fixed for 9-22 March
08 march 2024 - 10:08:37Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Campaign for Senegal's 24 March presidential election would be from 9-22 March, according to a decree [...] Full text...
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Senegalese President Sall announces election for 24 March
07 march 2024 - 06:18:15Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Senegal's President Macky Sall announced on Wednesday that the West African country would hold the postponed [...] Full text...
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Senegal national dialogue proposes 2 June for presidential election
28 february 2024 - 06:42:42Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – A national dialogue convened by Senegalese President Macky Sall has proposed 2 June to hold the [...] Full text...
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Senegalese President Sall pledges to leave office on 2 April
23 february 2024 - 07:13:52Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegalese President Macky Sall pledged on Thursday to leave office at the end of his mandate [...] Full text...
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Thousands march in Senegalese capital to demand compliance with electoral calendar
17 february 2024 - 18:09:12Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Thousands of people on Saturday marched in the Senegalese capital, Dakar, to demand compliance with the electoral [...] Full text...
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US welcomes restoration of Senegal's presidential electoral calendar
17 february 2024 - 06:05:52Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States has welcomed the decision by Senegal’s Constitutional Council to restore the presidential [...] Full text...
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2ND UPDATE: Senegalese President Sall pledges to respect constitutional Council's verdict on election
16 february 2024 - 18:51:21Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegalese President Macky Sall on Friday pledged “to fully implement” the verdict of the Constitutional Council [...] Full text...
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World confronts an ‘ugly and inescapable truth’ in Darfur, says ICC Prosecutor
30 january 2024 - 06:23:48New York, US (PANA) - The international community’s failure to execute warrants issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) and [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Ramaphosa hails South Africa's genocide victory at The Hague
26 january 2024 - 16:18:37Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa has hailed South Africa’s extraordinary victory at the International Court of [...] Full text...
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Gambian journalists welcome sentencing of Bai Lowe for murder of Deyda Hydara
30 november 2023 - 15:41:17Banjul, Gambia(PANA) - The Gambia Press Union (GPU) has welcomed the verdict and sentencing of Bai Lowe, a former death [...] Full text...
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Germany Court Verdict: Former Gambian leader death squad member sentenced to Life Imprisonment
30 november 2023 - 14:00:09Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - A German Court in the city of Celle on Thursday found former Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh [...] Full text...
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Germany: Verdict on extrajudicial killings in The Gambia
28 november 2023 - 19:03:05Berlin, Germany (PANA) - A German court in the city of Celle is expected to deliver a verdict on 30 [...] Full text...
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Nigeria Supreme Court upholds President Tinubu's electoral victory
26 october 2023 - 12:03:39Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian Supreme Court on Thursday affirmed President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) [...] Full text...
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Libya's electoral laws still await consensus before leading to elections
12 october 2023 - 20:48:37Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Following reservations of the High Council of State regarding the draft laws for the election of [...] Full text...
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2023 CAF AFCON: Lots to play for in final round of qualifiers, says CAF
04 september 2023 - 15:53:04Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - At the end of the qualifying round to be played this week, the 24 nations qualified [...] Full text...
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FIFA approves nationality switch of German-born defender to represent Nigeria
08 august 2023 - 07:27:10Zurich, Switzerland (PANA) - FIFA has granted official approval to KAA Gent defender, Jordan Torunarigha, on his change of nationality. The [...] Full text...
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France says "extremely concerned" by the violence in Senegal
03 june 2023 - 18:55:00Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - France said Saturday it was "extremely concerned" by the violence that broke out in Senegal [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS condemns violence in Senegal
02 june 2023 - 18:31:51Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) announced on Friday that it was following [...] Full text...
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Senegal: Amnesty International calls on authorities to immediately stop police violence and restore social media
02 june 2023 - 18:24:18Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Reacting to the violence that broke out Thursday in Dakar and other cities following the [...] Full text...
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Nine dead in demonstrations after Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko's conviction
02 june 2023 - 11:50:32Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Nine people were killed in the demonstrations that followed the sentencing on Thursday by the criminal [...] Full text...
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New victory for Libyan state in arbitration case against South Korean construction company
28 april 2023 - 14:01:50Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Business Department of the Libyan Supreme Judicial Council has announced victory in the arbitration case [...] Full text...
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CAF disciplines Togo's ASKO de Kara and player Kangnivi Ama Tchoutchoui
31 march 2023 - 08:30:11Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The Disciplinary Board of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has unveiled its verdict on the [...] Full text...
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Intense diplomatic activity begins to revive the electoral process in Libya
09 february 2023 - 19:44:15Tripoli, (PANA) - Diplomatic efforts have intensified in recent weeks around the search for a solution to the Libyan crisis [...] Full text...
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Tunisian opposition figure arrested at his home
21 january 2023 - 18:31:00Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian police broke into the home of lawyer Seif Eddine Makhlouf, a fierce opponent of Tunisian [...] Full text...
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Amnesty International calls out Algeria for mass death sentences
10 january 2023 - 11:22:49Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - The trials of 54 individuals who were sentenced to death over the events that happened in [...] Full text...
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Reporters Without Borders calls for charges to be dropped against Cameroonian journalist
23 december 2022 - 16:10:42Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called for the charges against Amadou Vamoulké, a journalist and [...] Full text...
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US welcomes ICC judgement affirming conviction of Ugandan warlord Dominic Ongwen
16 december 2022 - 04:56:50Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States has welcomed the International Criminal Court (ICC) judgment on Thursday affirming the [...] Full text...
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Rights groups say 19 Sahrawi activists continue t languish in Moroccan jail
08 november 2022 - 08:39:32RightsTunis, Tunisia (PANA) – Nineteen Sahrawi activists languish in prison years after Moroccan courts convicted them in unfair proceedings, Human Rights [...] Full text...
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French court jails former Liberian warlord for life
03 november 2022 - 06:05:44Paris, France (PANA) - Human rights organisations have welcomed Wednesday's life sentence a court in Paris handed a former Liberian rebel [...] Full text...
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Special Criminal Court in CAR to issue first verdict on Monday
28 october 2022 - 06:36:22Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The Special Criminal Court in the Central African Republic (CAR) will issue its first verdict on Monday, [...] Full text...
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Kenyan Supreme Court retreats to deliver judgement on presidential election
03 september 2022 - 08:27:57Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's top court on Friday finalised hearing a case challenging the election of Deputy President William [...] Full text...
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African Union, regional election observers withhold verdict on Kenyan elections
11 august 2022 - 18:03:39Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The African Union Observation Mission to Kenyan elections and other groups withheld comment on whether the [...] Full text...
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Kenyan politician ordered to forfeit US$2 million over corruption
28 july 2022 - 12:39:47Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The High Court in Nairobi has ordered a senior Kenyan politician to forfeit nearly US$2 million [...] Full text...
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Mauritius gradually recovering from COVID-19 pandemic, but inflation 'substantially' up, says IMF
10 may 2022 - 09:38:43Washington, DC, US (PANA) - Mauritius is gradually recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic but while most sectors have returned to pre-pandemic [...] Full text...
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Human Rights Watch urges Morocco to drop charges against activist
19 april 2022 - 11:40:52Washington, DC, US (PANA) – Human Rights Watch on Tuesday asked the Moroccan authorities to drop charges against a social media commentator [...] Full text...
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Verdict of life imprisonment for Blaise Compaoré over Thomas Sankara assassibation trial "heavy and disproportionate" - CDP
10 april 2022 - 14:02:57Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Congress for Democracy and Progress (CDP), the party of former Burkinabe President Blaise Compaoré, [...] Full text...
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Liberian opposition talks of political persecution ahead of 2023 Presidential elections
24 february 2022 - 23:48:40Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) - The political and judicial persecution of the leadership of opposition parties in Liberia is a threat [...] Full text...
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Libyan PM kicks against new transition or parallel government
09 february 2022 - 12:57:23Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Prime Minister Abdelhamid al-Dbaiba has said he will not allow any new transitional stages or [...] Full text...
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UN calls for death penalty moratorium to remain following DR Congo murder trial
02 february 2022 - 06:08:18New York, US (PANA) - Following a verdict in the case of the brutal murder of two its experts in [...] Full text...
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Difficult mission for Stephanie Williams to save Libya's elections ( Analysis by BA Youssef, PANA correspondent)
09 december 2021 - 23:52:07Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The recall by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres of American diplomat Stephanie Williams, who in November [...] Full text...
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2022 FIFA WC Qualifier: FIFA dismisses South Africa's protest against Ghana's victory
03 december 2021 - 17:54:48Accra, Ghana (PANA) - World football governing body, FIFA, has dismissed South Africa’s protest against Ghana's 1-0 victory in their [...] Full text...
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Libyan PM returns to presidential race on court order
01 december 2021 - 21:50:34Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Tripoli Court of Appeal has rejected the appeals against the candidacy of Libyan Prime Minister [...] Full text...
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US ambassador urges de-escalation as Libyan elections could be delayed
01 december 2021 - 15:18:31Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The US ambassador to Libya, Richard Norland, has expressed concern about threats to the holding of [...] Full text...
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Libyan EC disqualifies Gaddafi's son, 24 others from presidential election
25 november 2021 - 12:28:05Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Twenty-five out of the 98 contenders for the 24 December presidential election in Libya, including Seif [...] Full text...
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Libyan newspapers highlight Conference on Stability
24 october 2021 - 13:31:15Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The ministerial conference on stability in Libya dominated newspapers in the North African country last week, [...] Full text...
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US slams conviction of Hotel Rwanda hero Rusesabagina
21 september 2021 - 05:32:53Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States has expressed concern at the conviction by Rwanda on Monday of US [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Nigeria’s Federal Executive Council approves immediate deployment of 5G network
08 september 2021 - 20:19:44Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) Wednesday approved the National Policy on Fifth Generation (5G) Networks, effectively giving [...] Full text...
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Senegalese justice minister confirms death of former Chadian president Hissein Habré
24 august 2021 - 17:42:46Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Senegalese Minister of Justice, Me Malick Sall, has officially confirmed the death of former Chadian [...] Full text...
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Burundian Head of State congratulates Zambia’s president-elect
18 august 2021 - 15:23:38Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundian President Evariste Ndayishimiye has congratulated Zambian opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema following his victory in the [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Federal Court sentences 10 pirates to 12 years' imprisonment each
23 july 2021 - 19:55:06Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - In a major victory for Nigeria’s new anti-piracy law, a Nigerian Federal High Court Friday sentenced [...] Full text...
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Gambia: Ex-Junta member sentenced to death by hanging
14 july 2021 - 21:08:36Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - A High Court presided over by Justice Ebrima Jaiteh Wednesday sentenced Yankuba Touray, former member of [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Widespread reaction to Zuma's conviction
30 june 2021 - 12:48:47Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – There has been widespread reaction to the Constitutional Court decision to sentence former President [...] Full text...
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Côte d'Ivoire: Guillaume Soro sentenced to life imprisonment for 'undermining state security'
23 june 2021 - 18:31:16Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Guillaume Soro, former speaker of the Ivorian National Assembly, was sentenced on Wednesday to life [...] Full text...
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FIFA hands Zamalek ultimatum to pay Acheampong $1 million fine
09 april 2021 - 14:09:32Zurich, Switzerland (PANA0 - FIFA has on Thursday ordered Zamalek football of Egypt to pay US$1 million within 30 days [...] Full text...
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Cote d'Ivoire: Gbagbo, Blé Goudé, walk to freedom after ICC trial
31 march 2021 - 20:38:51The Hague, Nertherlands (PANA) - Former President of Cote d'Ivoire, Laurent Gbagbo and an ally, Blé Goudé, have finally walked [...] Full text...
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ICC Appeals Chamber confirms conviction, sentencing of DR Congo warlord Ntaganda
30 march 2021 - 17:05:00The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court on Tuesday confirmed the 30 years jail [...] Full text...
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CAF president Ahmad's suspension partially lifted; verdict paves way for Motsepe to become new CAF president
08 march 2021 - 15:11:48Lausanne, Switzerland (PANA) - The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has partially upheld the appeal by Mr Ahmad Ahmad, President [...] Full text...
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UPDATE: Ghana opposition leader says he is bound by court's verdict upholding victory of President Akufo-Addo
04 march 2021 - 20:08:45Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's opposition leader and former President John Dramani Mahama, says he is legally bound by Thursday's [...] Full text...
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CAF President candidate Ivorian Jacques Anouma in Dakar
22 february 2021 - 22:00:00Thiès, Senegal (PANA) - Ivorian Jacques Anouma, candidate for the presidency of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), whose election [...] Full text...
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Breaking News: ICC finds Uganda rebel leader guilty of war crimes, crimes against humanity
04 february 2021 - 16:29:51The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - Dominic Ongwen, deputy leader of the Ugandan rebel group Lords Resistance Army (LRA) has been [...] Full text...
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ICC convicts former Uganda LRA leader Ongwen
04 february 2021 - 13:26:42The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday found a former Uganda rebel Lord's Resistance Army [...] Full text...
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Ghana's former president Jerry Rawlings laid to rest
27 january 2021 - 15:58:53Accra, Ghana (PANA) – Ghanaians said good bye to their longest serving leader, Flight Lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings (Rtd), on [...] Full text...
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Gambia Supreme Court dismisses ex-junta member's immunity claim
27 january 2021 - 14:15:55Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - A panel of Supreme Court judges led by Chief Justice Hassan B. Jallow has dismissed the [...] Full text...
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CAF declares Al Hilal winners of game against Ghana’s Asante Kotoko
06 january 2021 - 23:32:43Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Confederation of African Football (CAF) Wednesday declared Sudanese giants, Al Hilal Omdurman, winners of their [...] Full text...
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Congolese opposition leader Martin Fayulu promises to name cabinet in January
30 december 2020 - 23:22:57Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - LAMUKA, Martin Fayulu, coordinator of the opposition coalition, Wednesday promised to name a cabinet in [...] Full text...
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Ghana's former president Mahama challenges election result at Supreme Court
30 december 2020 - 14:50:23Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's former President John Dramani Mahama on Wednesday filed a petition at the Supreme Court in [...] Full text...
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Ghana opposition party to petition against election results this week
27 december 2020 - 10:00:55Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), which has been crying foul about the results of [...] Full text...
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Nairobi Governor loses political battle with President Kenyatta
18 december 2020 - 17:04:37Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Kenyan Senate has impeached the Governor of Nairobi, Gideon Mbuvi, alias Mike Sonko, after an [...] Full text...
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Ghana opposition leader rejects 'fictionalised, flawed' election results
11 december 2020 - 06:03:17Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Former President John Dramani Mahama has rejected the results of last Monday's general elections saying he [...] Full text...
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Ghana continues to wait for results of presidential and parliamentary elections
09 december 2020 - 07:05:06Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana continues to wait for the results of Monday's presidential and parliamentary elections as the Electoral [...] Full text...
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Ghana's two main candidates in Monday's presidential election sign peace pact
04 december 2020 - 19:02:13Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The two main candidates in Ghana's 7 December presidential election have committed to a peaceful vote [...] Full text...
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DR Congo: War crimes conviction ‘an important victory’ for justice – UN envoy
25 november 2020 - 05:51:12Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Two senior UN officials on Tuesday welcomes the war crimes conviction and life sentencing of [...] Full text...
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Minor flaws do not make Sunday’s polls in Burkina Faso dubious – Presidential Majority
24 november 2020 - 13:57:48Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Alliance of Political Parties and Political Organisations of the Presidential Majority (APMP) considers shortcomings [...] Full text...
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Morocco: Rights bodies hail top court’s review of key Western Sahara case
08 november 2020 - 16:32:55Tunis,Tunisia (PANA) - Human rights groups have hailed Morocco's highest court for examining the case of 19 Sahrawi men imprisoned [...] Full text...
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Former Burundian President Pierre Buyoya denounces political trial and sentence to life in peison
24 october 2020 - 12:33:20Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Former Burundian President Pierre Buyoya, current High Representative of the African Union Mission for Mali and [...] Full text...
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Rights group says wanted DRC warlord preys on civilians
20 october 2020 - 06:50:47Goma, DR Congo (PANA) – A human rights advocate said on Tuesday that the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) authorities [...] Full text...
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Congo: Six wildlife traffickers arraigned in court
06 october 2020 - 16:54:37Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Six alleged traffickers of wildlife products, accused of wildlife crime, will be arraigned in court on [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Apartheid-era policeman seeks acquittal in 1972 murder case
05 october 2020 - 13:46:32Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – An apartheid-era policeman, who is facing prosecution over the 1971 death of political activist [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS Region: Uneasy calm before preventable storms (By Paul Ejime, PANA Guest Writer)
05 october 2020 - 08:47:27Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - One of the useful lessons to be drawn from the unfolding political and security crises in [...] Full text...
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Kenya court ruling called a milestone in environmental justice
08 september 2020 - 13:40:55Mombasa, Kenya (PANA) - In what is being called a positive milestone for environmental justice, a settlement in Kenya has [...] Full text...
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Int'l solidarity campaign mounting for the release of Algerian journalist, Khaled Drareni
18 august 2020 - 14:37:50Paris, France (PANA) - The international support committee for Algerian journalist, Khaled Drareni, who was sentenced on Monday 10 August [...] Full text...
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Humanitarian charity calls for more flexible, multi-year funding
03 august 2020 - 05:42:11London, UK (PANA) - A humanitarian charity is warning that less than one- quarter of this year’s $40 billion humanitarian [...] Full text...
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Rwandan media manager jailed one year for 'causing disturbance' at airport
30 july 2020 - 12:24:48Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The Managing Director of 'The Chronicles', an independent daily newspaper published in Kigali, Dr Christopher Kayumba, [...] Full text...
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FIFA slams Guinea-Bissau FA President with 10-year ban
26 july 2020 - 06:20:42Bissau, Guinea Bissau (PANA) - The World football governing body, FIFA, has handed a 10-year ban to Guinea-Bissau Football Association [...] Full text...
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Nigerian Military Court Martial demotes, dismisses serving Army General found guilty of corruption, other offences
16 june 2020 - 17:05:47Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The world of Maj.-Gen. Hakeem Oladapo Otiki, who is due for retirement on account of years [...] Full text...
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Burundi president-elect to be sworn in on 26 August
06 june 2020 - 15:17:00Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi's president-elect, General Evariste Ndayishimiye, 52, from the pro-government party, will be sworn in on 26 [...] Full text...
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Voting ends without "major incidents" in Burundi
20 may 2020 - 18:01:52Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Incidents of widespread breakdown of social networks, some delays in the opening of polling stations and [...] Full text...
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Burundi Catholic Church urges citizens to respect ballot box verdict
12 may 2020 - 17:58:44Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The Conference of Catholic Churches in Burundi (CECAB) on Tuesday called on the people to respect [...] Full text...
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Nigeria to repatriate 60 of 73 Nigerians in Tanzanian prisons
23 april 2020 - 13:20:03Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Federal government has secured the release of 60 out of 73 Nigerians jailed in [...] Full text...
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Lifting of Agbéyomé Kodjo’s immunity, coronavirus dominate Togo media
22 march 2020 - 18:53:28Lomé, Togo (PANA) – The lifting of the parliamentary immunity of former Prime Minister, Agbéyomé Kodjo, following his challenge of [...] Full text...
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The judiciary: A facilitator or hindrance to democracy in Africa? (By Paul Ejime, PANA Guest Writer)
26 february 2020 - 09:08:17Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - In political science, the ‘trias politica’ model for the governance of the state, popularised in modern [...] Full text...
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Gambia’s High Court grants bail to pressure group presses for President Barrow to go executive
24 february 2020 - 23:20:28Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The High Court here Monday granted bail to eight members of the troubled local pressure group- [...] Full text...
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Zambia’s football icon Kalusha appeals decision to bar him from contesting FAZ presidency
18 february 2020 - 15:48:51Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambia’s football icon Kalusha Bwalya has appealed against the decision of the Ethics Committee at Football [...] Full text...
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Human rights organizations welcome the conviction of five anti-balaka leaders by CAR justice system
08 february 2020 - 18:31:07Paris, France (PANA) - The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the Central African League for Human Rights (LCDH) [...] Full text...
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28 militiamen sentenced in Central African Republic for murder of civilians, UN peacekeepers
08 february 2020 - 08:35:38Bangui, CAR (PANA) - The UN Mission in CAR (MINUSCA) Friday hailed the sentencing of 28 militia members in the [...] Full text...
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Overturning of Malawi presidential election historic - Zimbabwe Opposition leader
04 february 2020 - 16:19:24Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe’s main opposition leader, Nelson Chamisa, has called the overturning of Malawi's Presidential election a historic [...] Full text...
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Gambian court overrules Barrows executive decision
28 january 2020 - 23:52:01Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia’s Supreme Court Tuesday overruled an executive decision by President Adama Barrow which led to the [...] Full text...
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The Gambia Supreme Court declares revocation of expelled MP nomination null and void
28 january 2020 - 22:25:58Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Supreme Court of The Gambia comprising three judges led by the Chief Justice Hassan Bubacar [...] Full text...
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Gambian Ministry of Justice says ICJ verdict on Rohingya will take place Jan. 23
15 january 2020 - 17:22:19Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambian Ministry of Justice announced on Twitter on Wednesday that the International Court of Justice [...] Full text...
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Amnesty calls for investigation into conditions under which Chadian journalist was detained
10 january 2020 - 18:58:49Paris, France (PANA) - Amnesty International has asked the Chadian authorities to investigate allegations of ill-treatment of Ali Hamata Achène, [...] Full text...
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Burundi's political class commits to 'peaceful' 2020 elections
25 december 2019 - 11:08:48Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - As Burundi heads to crucial elections in 2020, a new code of conduct has been announced [...] Full text...
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Burundian president expresses last wishes to defense and security forces
23 december 2019 - 23:17:26Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - This past week witnessed the traditional ceremonies for exchange of end-of-year wishes between the defense and [...] Full text...
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Several Mauritanians initiate action against long detention of ENER former CEO
23 december 2019 - 22:08:51Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Several prominent individuals from various backgrounds said here Monday they had set up an "Initiative for [...] Full text...
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Libyan media focus on intensifying war vis-a-vis regional events
21 december 2019 - 17:58:15Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Memoranda of understanding signed on November 27 between Libya's Government of National Accord (GNA) and Turkey [...] Full text...
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'Senegalese authorities for failing to end abuses in Quranic schools'
16 december 2019 - 12:42:43Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Senegalese government has not gone far enough to combat the chronic and widespread abuse of [...] Full text...
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Tripoli Court drops charges against Kaddafi supporter in Abou Slim prison massacres
15 december 2019 - 17:17:12Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The criminal chamber of the Tripoli Court of Appeal on Sunday dropped the charges against Abdallah Senoussi, [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Buhari congratulates Anthony Joshua on reclaiming world heavyweight boxing titles
08 december 2019 - 11:45:21Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari Sunday congratulated world heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua for regaining his belts [...] Full text...
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Man executed in Botswana for murder
02 december 2019 - 10:58:28Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The Botswana Prison Service on Monday announced the execution of a man for murdering his employer [...] Full text...
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Mauritanian slave owner sentenced to 15 years in prison
26 november 2019 - 18:21:23Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The criminal division responsible for the repression of crimes related to human trafficking has sentenced in [...] Full text...
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Mauritania releases 10 persons arrested for disturbing the peace after June 2019 presidential elections
07 november 2019 - 18:10:10Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian justice has acquitted about ten individuals, cadres and activists of the Coalition Living Together [...] Full text...
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Nigeria president Buhari welcomes Supreme Court verdict upholding his re-election
31 october 2019 - 07:05:53Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday welcomed the verdict of the Supreme Court upholding his victory [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Mixed reactions trail Supreme Court judgment upholding re-election of President Buhari
30 october 2019 - 19:35:13Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Mixed reactions trailed Wednesday’s Supreme Court judgment upholding the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari for a [...] Full text...
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Nigeria's Supreme Court dismisses appeal by opposition presidential candidate against re-election of Buhari
30 october 2019 - 15:13:25Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Hours after commencement of sitting, Nigeria’s Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed the appeal filed in respect [...] Full text...
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Former minister calls for release of civil society actors imprisoned in Guinea
24 october 2019 - 12:52:41Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Former Guinean Minister of National Reconciliation Amadou Oury Bah on Thursday pleaded for easing of the [...] Full text...
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Former Guinean minister sentenced to one-year imprisonment
22 october 2019 - 21:27:41Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Abdourahamane Sanoh, former Guinean minister under the transition government in 2009, was Tuesday sentenced to one-year [...] Full text...
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French top court upholds life sentence for former Rwandan mayors convicted of genocide
17 october 2019 - 19:25:54Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The French top Court on Thursday upheld the decision of a lower court to sentence two [...] Full text...
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AfDB, partners gear up for new heights at 2019 Africa Investment Forum
17 october 2019 - 15:49:06Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - In just a few weeks, the second edition of the annual Africa Investment Forum will [...] Full text...
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2019 Africa Investment Forum: AfDB, partners gear up for new heights
17 october 2019 - 15:43:50Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - In just a few weeks, the second edition of the annual Africa Investment Forum will [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe's medical practitioners reject Labour Court ruling ordering doctors back to work
14 october 2019 - 16:53:17Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Doctors have defied a court order to go back to work after the Zimbabwean government had [...] Full text...
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Karoui congratulates Saied, winner of Tunisia's presidential results
14 october 2019 - 16:42:19Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Almost 24 hours after the announcement of the results of Tunisia's presidential election, the runner up, [...] Full text...
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Mauritanian opposition coalition denounces arbitrary detention of militants
09 october 2019 - 22:33:48Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The opposition ’Coalition Vivre Ensemble’(CVE) which backed the candidature of Kane Hamidou Baba in the Mauritanian [...] Full text...
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Rwanda court orders rearrest of media boss accused of assaulting female employee
08 october 2019 - 20:39:04Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - A week after he was released on bail, one of the senior managers of a media [...] Full text...
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Rights group says South Sudan's crippled justice system, blanket amnesties fuelling impunity for war crimes
07 october 2019 - 10:05:40Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The South Sudanese authorities have allowed impunity to flourish over serious human rights violations, war [...] Full text...
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South African court sets trial date for Apartheid-era policeman
26 september 2019 - 13:38:16Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Gauteng High Court has set 12 December as trial date for retired policeman [...] Full text...
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Libyan state organ wants withdrawal of Libyan investments from Egypt
23 september 2019 - 17:50:48Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The Libyan audit office, equivalent to the Court of Accounts, has called on the chairman of [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Presidential tribunal upholds election of Buhari as President
11 september 2019 - 17:42:06Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s Presidential Election Petition Tribunal on Wednesday upheld the declaration of President Muhammadu Buhari as winner [...] Full text...
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'Cameroon separatist leaders appeal conviction'
04 september 2019 - 08:34:44Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Ten leaders of the separatist Ambazonia Interim Government in Cameroon have lodged an appeal against their 20 [...] Full text...
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Burkinabe military court to announce its verdict on the 2015 coup
26 august 2019 - 17:09:40Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The verdict on the September 2015 failed coup in Burkina Faso will be unveiled on [...] Full text...
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Uganda police hold six men for pelting magistrate with plastic bottle
02 august 2019 - 21:08:22Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – The police in Kampala are holding six men on allegations of hitting a magistrate with a [...] Full text...
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Museveni's critic gets 18 months in jail, strips before court
02 august 2019 - 17:21:52Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – An acerbic critic of President Yoweri Museveni was on Friday sentenced to 18 months in jail [...] Full text...
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Amnesty International slams guilty verdict on Ugandan academic
02 august 2019 - 09:35:05Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Amnesty International has slammed the guilty verdict for slapped on Ugandan academic Stella Nyanzi on the [...] Full text...
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Nine members of Senegalese MFDC separatist movement released
23 july 2019 - 12:22:48Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - Nine of the 12 members of the separatist Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance (MFDC) in [...] Full text...
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Kenya: AIU hands Biwott eight-year ban for doping
18 july 2019 - 14:03:57Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) on Thursday handed Kenyan athlete Salome Biwott an eight-year ban for [...] Full text...
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Amnesty International hails conviction of former DRC rebel leader Ntaganda
08 july 2019 - 11:03:39Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - Human rights watchdog Amnesty International has hailed Monday's conviction by the International Criminal Court (ICC) of [...] Full text...
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Greek centre-right party wins general elections
08 july 2019 - 07:27:33Athens, Greece (PANA) - Greek centre-right New Democracy (ND) won the general elections on Sunday, paving the way for its [...] Full text...
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Gambia sentenced seven soldiers to 9 years in Whatsapp trial
27 may 2019 - 19:33:22Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - A Court Martial at Yundum Barracks, about 15km outside Banjul, on Monday sentenced seven soldiers of [...] Full text...
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Ugandan opposition leader, Bobi Wine, calls on youth to fight against dictatorship
26 may 2019 - 13:10:07Gweru, Zimbabwe (PANA) – Visiting Ugandan politician and firebrand opposition leader, Bobi Wine, says Africa has a united common enemy [...] Full text...
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Human rights group says unlawful attacks in Tripoli could amount to war crimes
16 may 2019 - 05:54:15Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Six weeks after Khalifa Haftar, leader of the Libyan National Army (LNA), launched his attack to [...] Full text...
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Top court allows Uganda's long-serving leader to run for office beyond 2021
18 april 2019 - 23:54:00Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Uganda’s apex court, by a verdict of 4-3, Thursday ruled that the country’s parliament had legally [...] Full text...
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Top court allows Uganda’s long-serving leader to run for office beyond 2021
18 april 2019 - 19:03:34Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Uganda’s topmost court has, by a verdict of 4 to 3, ruled that the country’s parliament [...] Full text...
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Congolese diaspora considers Koffi Olomide's 2-year suspended prison sentence as 'a release'
19 march 2019 - 12:12:51Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The two-year suspended sentence handed down Congolese artist-musician Koffi Olomide on Monday by the criminal court [...] Full text...
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Former Congo minister Salissa jailed for 20 years
07 march 2019 - 08:44:17Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Former Congolese minister André Okombi Salissa was on Wednesday jailed for 20 years in hard labour [...] Full text...
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FIFA extends Mali football normalisation committee mandate by six months
04 march 2019 - 12:18:08Bamako, Mali (PANA) – World football governing body (FIFA) has extended by six months, until 31 August this year, the [...] Full text...
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Nigeria's ruling party warns US, EU, France against 'interference' in country's polls
25 february 2019 - 07:51:11Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Sunday night accused the international community of “mounting [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS observers appeal for 'tolerance, restraint' in Nigeria as results are due to be released
25 february 2019 - 06:25:52Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Observation Mission has appealed to leaders of Nigeria's political parties, candidates, their supporters and [...] Full text...
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Leading opposition candidate, party, call for calm over postponement of elections
16 february 2019 - 05:35:37Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The candidate of Nigeria's major opposition party, the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), former Vice President, Atiku [...] Full text...
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2020 polls a crucial test for Ghana’s fiscal discipline - IMF
12 february 2019 - 09:34:56Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) sees Ghana’s 2020 elections as a crucial test for the country’s [...] Full text...
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Buhari suspends Chief Justice of Nigeria, appoints replacement
25 january 2019 - 18:14:51Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria may be on the brink of a constitutional anarchy as President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday [...] Full text...
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French media highlight acquittal of Gbagbo and Blé Goudé by the ICC
20 january 2019 - 19:13:54Paris, France (PANA) - The French media this week highlighted the acquittal of former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo and former [...] Full text...
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Egyptian court slammed for upholding sentence on woman for sexual harassment video post
31 december 2018 - 06:38:58cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Human rights group Amnesty International has slammed an Egyptian court for upholding a two-year prison sentence [...] Full text...
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Malian journalist jailed six months for defaming constitutional court
27 december 2018 - 17:59:43Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian journalist Boubacar Yalcouyé, editor of the private newspaper 'Le Pays', was on Thursday sentenced to [...] Full text...
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Rwandan court to deliver verdict on journalist facing terrorism charge
18 december 2018 - 14:35:36Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda's intermediate court at Nyarugenge in the capital, Kigali, has set Friday to deliver [...] Full text...
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Africa Investment Forum 2018: a new bold vision tilts capital flows into Africa
15 november 2018 - 13:30:06Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - “Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others,” according to a popular [...] Full text...
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UN experts condemn “systematic targeting” of human rights defenders in Egypt
28 september 2018 - 18:31:33Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN human rights experts have urged Egyptian authorities to ensure all detained human rights defenders [...] Full text...
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UN rights chief says Egyptian death sentences I ‘gross miscarriage of justice'
10 september 2018 - 05:21:35Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - An Egyptian court’s confirmation of 75 death sentences on Saturday has been condemned by Michelle Bachelet, [...] Full text...
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Rights group slams Egyptian court's harsh sentences
08 september 2018 - 19:29:01Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Human rights watchdog, Amnesty International, has strongly condemned the harsh sentences handed down on hundreds of [...] Full text...
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Verdict against South Sudan soldiers ‘finally delivers justice’ – UN Mission
07 september 2018 - 06:30:19Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has applauded the verdict by a military [...] Full text...
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3RD UPDATE: Zimbabwe opposition leader Chamisa accepts court's verdict dismissing his petition
24 august 2018 - 17:26:45Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The losing candidate in Zimbabwe's 30 July presidential election, Nelson Chamisa, has accepted the verdict of [...] Full text...
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2ND UPDATE: Mnangagwa reiterates peace, unity appeal
24 august 2018 - 16:19:46Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe's president-elect, Emmerson Mnangagwa, whose victory in the 30 July elections was upheld by the Constitutional [...] Full text...
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Zimbabweans await election petition judgement
24 august 2018 - 07:16:02Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabweans are on Friday awaiting the verdict of the Constitutional Court in the election petition case [...] Full text...
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Rights group laments no Justice for Egypt's Rab’a victims 5 years on
14 august 2018 - 10:47:09Cairo, Egypt (PANA) – Egyptian authorities have failed to investigate or prosecute a single member of the security forces five [...] Full text...
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HRW criticises Congolese court for lenient sentences handed down to peacekeepers for murders
07 august 2018 - 11:43:14Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – A human rights group has criticised the three-year prison sentences handed down to three Congolese peacekeepers [...] Full text...
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Release of Nigerien activists should signal end to repression, says rights body
25 july 2018 - 09:48:52Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Amnesty International says it is encouraged to learn that five Nigerien activists detained on what it [...] Full text...
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Legal battle mars Mandela anniversary celebrations
16 july 2018 - 14:00:08Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Just days before the world commemorates the 100th anniversary of Nelson Mandela's birth, the [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe crooner calls for release of jailed Zambian musician
21 may 2018 - 14:59:36Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Legendary and revolutionary Zimbabwean musician, Thomas Mapfumo, has joined global calls to demand freedom and justice [...] Full text...
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Morocco 2026 unveil FIFA World Cup winner Lothar Matthäus as new bid ambassador
20 may 2018 - 17:44:16Casablanca, Morocco (PANA) - FIFA World Cup winner, Lothar Matthäus, has been unveiled as an ambassador of Morocco’s bid for [...] Full text...
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EU envoys raise concern over Sudanese teenager sentenced to death for killing rapist husband
16 may 2018 - 08:48:10Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – European diplomats in Khartoum have expressed concern over the case of a Sudanese girl sentenced to [...] Full text...
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Racist estate agent denied right to appeal conviction
18 april 2018 - 22:13:14Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A Johannesburg court on Wednesday turned down an appeal by a former estate agent [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS observers give thumbs-up to Sierra Leone's presidential run-off poll
02 april 2018 - 05:00:43Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - The ECOWAS Observation Mission has expressed satisfaction with the conduct of Sierra Leone’s 31 March rescheduled [...] Full text...
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ICC judges order fresh sentencing for former Congolese Vice President
08 march 2018 - 17:45:33Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The International Criminal Court (ICC) Appeals Chamber has ordered a review of the 18-year sentence handed [...] Full text...
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Rights group says Mauritania human rights defenders at risk
12 february 2018 - 15:32:43Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritania’s human rights defenders face repression when they raise the country’s most sensitive social issues, Human [...] Full text...
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'Remain loyal to Gambia' – Barrow tells soldiers
11 february 2018 - 14:41:10Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – Gambian President Adama Barrow has urged the country’s army to remain loyal to Gambians and “the [...] Full text...
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Rights groups hail AU's trust fund for Habre's victims
08 february 2018 - 06:20:03Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The African Union’s adoption of the Trust Fund Statute for victims of Hissène Habré’s crimes [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS urges fairness, openness, transparency in final stage of Liberia’s runoff poll
27 december 2017 - 19:58:44Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) – The ECOWAS Election Observation Mission (EOM) on Wednesday urged Liberia’s National Elections Commission (NEC) to approach [...] Full text...
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FIFA to recover all financial losses from corrupt officials following New York trial
25 december 2017 - 14:57:25New York, US (PANA) - FIFA has vowed to "seek restitution and recover all losses" resulting from the conduct of [...] Full text...
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Two soccer officials convicted in FIFA bribery case
23 december 2017 - 11:29:17Zurich, Switzerland (PANA) - Juan Angel Napout of Paraguay, former head of South American football governing body, CONMEBOL, and former [...] Full text...
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Pistorius takes murder sentence to Constitutional Court
19 december 2017 - 15:15:22Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former Paralympian Oscar Pistorius has filed papers at the Constitutional Court - South Africa's [...] Full text...
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Oscar Pistorius involved in prison brawl
12 december 2017 - 14:01:14Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former Paralympic Oscar Pistorius has been injured in a prison fight over the use [...] Full text...
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Protesting Liberian parties react to high court ruling on run-off polls
08 december 2017 - 15:49:58Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) – The two parties that protested the 10 October Liberian presidential and representative polls have reacted differently [...] Full text...
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Rwandan court stops nepotism proceedings against former minister of mining
07 december 2017 - 16:25:21Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - A Rwandan court on Thursday decided to stop tribunal proceedings against the country's former Mining [...] Full text...
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Rights group criticises Mauritania on new ‘Apostasy’ Draft Law
05 december 2017 - 07:12:05Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday asked Mauritanian parliamentarians to reject a new draft law that [...] Full text...
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South Africa court increases Pistorius's jail sentence
24 november 2017 - 08:19:50Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) in Bloemfontein on Friday sentenced former Paralympian Oscar [...] Full text...
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Buhari says current political challenge in Liberia will be resolved constitutionally
21 november 2017 - 18:48:59Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Liberia's current political challenge will be resolved constitutionally, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari said on Tuesday when [...] Full text...
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LEAD: Kenyan Supreme Court upholds Kenyatta victory in controversial repeat elections
20 november 2017 - 10:00:04Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The Supreme Court in Kenya on Monday dismissed two election petitions seeking to block the election [...] Full text...
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Cameroonian military court frees 3 journalists
30 october 2017 - 20:42:49Yaoundé, Cameroon (PANA) - Yaoundé's military court on Monday found three Cameroonian journalists, charged with non-reporting of terrorist acts to [...] Full text...
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Zambia ordered to pay US$ 380 million to Libya for Zamtel nationalization
29 october 2017 - 12:22:26Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The London Supreme Court in Britain has ordered Zambia to compensate Libya to the tune of [...] Full text...
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Ghana: Verdict in Ghana-Cote d’Ivoire maritime dispute highlighted in Ghana
01 october 2017 - 06:39:38Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The Ghanaian media last week highlighted the verdict by the International Tribunal for the Law of [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Supreme Court sets date for Oscar Pistorius hearing
19 september 2017 - 10:08:32Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s Supreme Court has set 2 November to hear the state's appeal of [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Polls body, parties' fallout complicate matters ahead of fresh elections (News analysis by David Jagongo, PANA Correspondent, Kenya)
15 september 2017 - 14:24:31Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The fallout in Kenyan elections took a new dimension Thursday when an MP, allied to President [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Kenyan Supreme Court ruling and democratic consolidation in Africa (News Analysis by Paul Ejime, PANA Guest Writer)
11 september 2017 - 10:49:26Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - As expected, the Supreme Court’s annulment of Kenya’s August 8 presidential election over “irregularities and illegalities” [...] Full text...
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Senegal: Anti-CFA franc activist re-arrested in Dakar
06 september 2017 - 20:22:44Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - French-Beninese activist Stéllio Gilles Robert Capo-Chichi, who has been waging a campaign against the use of [...] Full text...
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