New African Doping Control Officers in first-ever Regional Workshop
30 may 2024 - 12:55:17Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The Confederation of African Football (CAF) on Wednesday kicked off the first regional workshop for the [...] Full text...
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Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The Confederation of African Football (CAF) on Wednesday kicked off the first regional workshop for the [...] Full text...
Tunisia sanctioned by World Anti-Doping Agency
01 may 2024 - 13:11:39Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) on Tuesday announced sanctions against Tunisia and its athletes following the [...] Full text...
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South Africa: South Africa to play key role at sport doping conference
25 october 2023 - 15:00:49Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Sports Minister Zizi Kodwa is leading the South African delegation at the Conference of [...] Full text...
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WHO, WADA sign MOU to collaborate on clean, drug-free sport
02 october 2023 - 19:30:58Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have signed a four-year memorandum [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Police arrest 4 suspects as thugs burn 2 people alive
27 february 2023 - 19:16:41Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Political thugs have burnt alive two persons in the wave of violence that hit the ancient [...] Full text...
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Nigerian President Buhari launches ‘War Against Drug Abuse’
26 june 2021 - 17:06:26Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday launched a "War Against Drug Abuse" (WADA) sounding an alarm [...] Full text...
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CAF Disciplinary Committee sanctions erring players, clubs
02 june 2021 - 19:55:16Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The Disciplinary Committee of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has delivered verdictS on three matters Below [...] Full text...
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Armed bandits attack villages in Nigeria's Sokoto State, residents flee to Niger
23 may 2021 - 19:22:09Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Bandits have killed three persons at Garin Zogo village and sacked eight villages in Sabon Birni [...] Full text...
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Elite Kenyan athlete runs away from anti-doping testers
17 january 2020 - 11:29:07Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A top Kenyan athlete ran away from anti-doping testers who had visited their training camp unannounced [...] Full text...
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World Anti-Doping Agency bans Russia for four years
09 december 2019 - 12:47:21Lausanne, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) on Monday banned Russia for four years from participating in major [...] Full text...
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Ruling party candidate re-elected Governor of Kogi State in north-central Nigeria
18 november 2019 - 13:14:24Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, [...] Full text...
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Voting begins for governors in two Nigerian States
16 november 2019 - 11:15:19Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Voting has begun to elect governors in Bayelsa and Kogi States in Nigeria. In Kogi State, a [...] Full text...
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Kenya to extend anti-doping war beyond athletes
06 november 2019 - 18:33:38Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Kenyan government will adopt a holistic approach in dealing with doping in the country which [...] Full text...
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14th meeting of the African Regional Anti-Doping in Sports opens in Bamako
08 october 2019 - 18:21:10Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The 14th Meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Regional Anti-Doping Organization (RADO), Africa Zones [...] Full text...
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Burkinabe Séré elected Secretary-General of Regional Anti-Doping Organization
08 october 2019 - 11:31:14Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkinabe Ibrahim Séré was elected on Monday as Secretary-General of the Regional Anti-Doping Organization Zone [...] Full text...
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AIU slams 8-year ban on Kenyan athlete
18 july 2019 - 14:58:22Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has slapped an 8-year ban on Kenyan long-distance runner ,Salome Biwott, [...] 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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ECOWAS single currency: 'One of the biggest issues'
21 december 2018 - 13:03:25Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The accomplishment of a single currency for the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is [...] Full text...
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IOC athletes' body to organize 'biggest ever' forum
28 november 2018 - 10:43:22Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The IOC Athletes’ Commission is set to invite the largest ever contingent of international athlete representatives [...] Full text...
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Dutch athlete blames Kenyan drug cheats on greed
24 november 2018 - 12:37:26Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Long distance runner Lornah Kiplagat, a Kenyan-turned Dutch, has attributed the rising doping cases among Kenyan [...] Full text...
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Individual athletes, not institutions to blame for doping in Kenya - WADA
28 september 2018 - 16:55:30Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) -The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has said individual athletes and not institutions are to blame for sports [...] Full text...
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WADA: No 'institutionalised' doping in Kenyan athletics
28 september 2018 - 12:12:49Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) says there is no evidence of an institutionalised doping system in [...] Full text...
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Eight Russian athletes get IAAF nod to compete as neutrals
04 july 2018 - 14:17:13Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The IAAF Doping Review Board has given eight Russian athletes the nod to compete in [...] Full text...
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Global sports press urged to bolster anti-corruption fight
17 december 2017 - 14:55:47Nairobi,Kenya (PANA) The media must be at the forefront of fighting corruption because the collapse of the sports industry could [...] Full text...
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Kenya athletics body launches anti-doping day
24 october 2017 - 17:14:48Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - In a bid to curb cheating and doping in athletics, Athletics Kenya (AK) has launched its [...] Full text...
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Russia: 'All FIFA Confederations Cup drug tests negative' - FIFA
24 july 2017 - 13:29:51Moscow, Russia (PANA) - FIFA has announced that the analyses of all doping tests conducted for the 2017 FIFA Confederations [...] Full text...
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France: Criminal intelligence initiative targets performance-enhancing drugs - INTERPOL
04 october 2016 - 11:22:48Lyons, France (PANA) – An initiative has been developed by INTERPOL aimed at helping member countries understand and combat the [...] Full text...
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Kenya: WADA removes Kenya from non-compliant list
05 august 2016 - 15:15:36Nairobi, Kenya (PAAN) - The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has removed Kenya from its list of non-compliant countries after the [...] Full text...
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Kenya: CAS rejects Russian appeals against weightlifting, rowing sanctions
04 august 2016 - 11:59:51Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (PANA) - The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has rejected appeals filed by the Russian [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Brazil allays Zika Virus fears during Olympic games
28 july 2016 - 13:59:58Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Sportsmen heading to Brazil for the forthcoming 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro should not [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Wada wants Russian athletes to Rio Olympics banned
19 july 2016 - 13:19:09Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) has recommended that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) considers banning all [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Kenyan, Russian athletes face stringent doping tests ahead of Rio Olympics
21 june 2016 - 18:11:19Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan and Russian athletes will face more stringent anti-doping tests to qualify for the Rio de [...] Full text...
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Switzerland: 23 athletes face IOC bans for infringing anti-doping rules in 2012
27 may 2016 - 11:56:33Lausanne, Switzerland (PANA) - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced on Friday that reanalysis of the “A” samples from 23 [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Kenya says WADA to lift non-compliance declaration following new roadmap
18 may 2016 - 14:25:27Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Kenyan government said a new roadmap allowing the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) to lift a [...] Full text...
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Switzerland: 31 athletes face IOC bans for infringing anti-doping rules
17 may 2016 - 17:46:19Lausanne, Switzerland (PANA) - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board at a special session on Tuesday announced that up [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Kenya vows doping crackdown after WADA non-compliance shocker
13 may 2016 - 16:46:23Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Kenyan government has vowed to crack down on organisations and individuals suspected of involving in [...] Full text...
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Canada: WADA Board declares Kenyan Anti-Doping Organization non-compliant
13 may 2016 - 07:09:19Montreal, Canada (PANA) - The Foundation Board of the Montreal-based World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has declared the Kenyan Anti-Doping Organisation [...] Full text...
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South Africa: WADA suspends accreditation of South African doping control laboratory
04 may 2016 - 15:41:00Montreal, Canada (PANA) - The Montreal-based World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has suspended the accreditation of the South African Doping Control [...] Full text...
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France: INTERPOL issues Red Notice against Papa Massata Diack
15 january 2016 - 10:50:00Lyon, France (PANA) - INTERPOL has issued an internationally wanted persons Red Notice for Papa Massata Diack at the request [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Candidate on the cusp of election victory dies
22 november 2015 - 19:24:45Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria ruling party's governorship candidate for central Kogi State, Abubakar Audu, has died suddenly, a day [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: State election declared inconclusive
22 november 2015 - 16:59:46Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Saturday's governorship election in the central state of [...] Full text...
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South Africa: SA athlete could get 2012 Olympic gold medal
10 november 2015 - 14:59:46Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Leading South African athlete Caster Semenya could be crowned 2011 world champion and 2012 [...] Full text...
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UN: UNESCO moves against doping in sport
30 october 2015 - 13:20:09New York, US (PANA) - UNESCO is hosting the fifth session of the International Convention against Doping in Sport at [...] Full text...
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France: Interpol issues global alert for potentially-lethal illicit diet drug
05 may 2015 - 12:12:25Lyon, France (PANA) - The international criminal organization, Interpol, has issued a global alert for 2.4-dinitrophenol (DNP), an illicit and [...] Full text...
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Sudan: Darfur Internal dialogue, consultation process launched in Fashir
26 january 2015 - 08:07:39Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) has facilitated the launch of the Darfur [...] Full text...
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UN: New list of prohibited substances to fight doping in sport takes effect
02 january 2015 - 16:39:02New York, US (PANA) - A new list of prohibited substances has come into force on 1 January across the [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Athletics facing difficult times, say Bubka, Coe
09 december 2014 - 14:17:00Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Lord Sebastian Coe and Sergey Bubka, presidents-elect of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), have [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Security forces arrest three Boko Haram suspects
30 july 2014 - 20:12:52Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian security forces on Wednesday arrested three suspects including two women believed to be members [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: World Bank launches new partnership strategy to help drive Nigeria's development
07 july 2014 - 17:37:22Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The World Bank Group Monday launched the new Country Partnership Strategy (CPS), aimed at helping the [...] Full text...
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Sudan: Darfur Internal Dialogue and Consultation Implementation Committee launched
26 may 2014 - 20:40:25Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Darfur Internal Dialogue and Consultation (DIDC) Implementation Committee was launched on Monday at a ceremony [...] Full text...
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Kenya: China's Zaiqing succeeds Bach as IOC VP
10 february 2014 - 08:36:51Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - China's Zaiqing Yu was elected Vice President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) over the weekend, [...] Full text...
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Federal govt.-ASUU 'altercation' dominates headlines in Nigeria
30 november 2013 - 10:12:03Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The lingering strike by lecturers in public universities, under the umbrella Academic Staff Union of Universities [...] Full text...
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FIFA Confed. Cup: All Confederations Cup players are dope-free
15 june 2013 - 20:15:03Belo Horizonte, Brazil (PANA) - World soccer's governing body FIFA on Saturday gave all the 184 players registered for the [...] Full text...
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Fifa to step up anti-doping fight at 2014 World Cup
18 february 2013 - 14:16:09Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Determined to enhance its anti-doping measures, football's World Governing body, FIFA, said it plans to introduce [...] Full text...
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Nigerian state governor injured in car crash
28 december 2012 - 23:06:35Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Gov. Idris Wada of Nigeria's central Kogi State was seriously injured on Friday when his official [...] Full text...
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Kenya raises marathon winners' purse
12 september 2012 - 16:08:41Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Athletics Kenya (AK) has increased the prize money for its marathon race next year with the [...] Full text...
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Nigerian authorities vow to fish out killers of 19 Christians
07 august 2012 - 19:17:27Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigerian authorities Tuesday vowed to fish out the perpetrators of Monday night's attack on a pentecostal [...] Full text...
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Police confirm 5 dead in attack on Nigeria village
25 april 2012 - 15:44:24Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigeria police have confirmed that five persons were killed in an overnight attack Tuesday in [...] Full text...
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IED planted on motorbike caused Nigeria blast - Police
09 april 2012 - 14:10:53Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Sunday's night's explosion in Nigeria's central city of Jos was caused by an Improvised Explosive Device [...] Full text...
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Explosion rocks another Nigerian city
09 april 2012 - 07:29:11Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's central city of Jos was rocked by an explosion on Sunday night, hours after another [...] Full text...
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Nigeria Police pensions scam: 6 top civil servants remanded for embezzlement
30 march 2012 - 10:34:22Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A Nigerian High Court sitting in Abuja, the federal capital city, on Thursday remanded six top [...] Full text...
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Nigeria attacks: Police confirm 185 deaths
24 january 2012 - 08:43:13Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigeria Police Force has put the death toll from Friday's coordinated attacks in the northern [...] Full text...
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Nigeria's President congratulates victorious governorship candidate
04 december 2011 - 19:28:04Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday congratulated Capt. Idris Wada of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party [...] Full text...
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New moves to clamp down on steroid syndicates in SA
12 may 2011 - 08:22:04Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The South African Institute for Drug Free Sport on Thursday announced it will implement [...] Full text...
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Protests against presidential results spread in northern Nigeria
18 april 2011 - 13:50:28Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The protests which broke out in several parts of the north Sunday, after news filtered in [...] Full text...
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Third Nigerian athlete at New Delhi 2010 banned for using drugs
15 october 2010 - 17:39:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- A third Nigerian athlete, Folashade Abugan, who returned "an adverse analytical finding" from a drug test [...] Full text...
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Nigerian athlete suspended from Commonwealth Games over drug
11 october 2010 - 14:13:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's gold medallist in the women's 100 metres event at the ongoing Commonwealth Games in India, [...] Full text...
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Niger moves to get new constitution
12 august 2010 - 19:18:00Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- Niger's National Advisory Council, a legislative organ ov erseeing the country's transition, is reviewing a draft [...] Full text...
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Nigerian state loses 2 Senators to death in a week
03 april 2010 - 12:57:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's northern Gombe state has lost two Senators to the cold hands of death within a [...] Full text...
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Japan to send observers to Sudan elections
01 april 2010 - 09:38:00Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- Japan’s newly appointed Ambassador to Sudan, Akinori Wada, said Thursday his country would send [...] Full text...
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Gambiaâ?s former parliamentary speaker dies at 79
01 february 2010 - 18:47:00Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Gambiaâ?s former parliamentary speaker Mustapha Wada di ed at the Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital in Banjul, [...] Full text...
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Anti-corruption leader arrested in Niger
24 august 2009 - 17:09:00Berlin- Germany (PANA) -- Transparency International (TI) has expressed serious c oncern about the arrest in Niger, of Wada Maman, [...] Full text...
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Nigerian Sports minister says doping hurts sports
17 april 2009 - 13:39:00Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's Sports Minister, Sani Ndanusa, has described t he use of drugs by athletes as a [...] Full text...
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UN happy with peace moves in Darfur
18 february 2009 - 20:15:00New York- US (PANA) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed an agreement signed on Tuesday in Doha, Qatar, between [...] Full text...
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UN happy with peace moves in Darfur
18 february 2009 - 19:27:00New York- US (PANA) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed an agreement signed on Tuesday in Doha, Qatar, between [...] Full text...
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