FIFA and WHO extend collaboration to promote health through football
24 may 2023 - 19:04:26Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - FIFA and WHO have agreed to extend their collaboration and to continue to use the power [...] Full text...
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Switzerland: Malaria control improves for vulnerable in Africa, but global progress off-track - WHO
13 december 2016 - 11:50:44Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Malaria Report 2016 has revealed that children and pregnant women in sub-Saharan Africa have [...] Full text...
thread Health
Tunis hosts headquarters of railway union
13 november 2010 - 08:15:00Tunis- Tunisia (PANA) -- The Tunisian Minister of Transport, Abderrahim Zouari, o n Friday inaugurated in Tunis the headquarters of [...] Full text...
thread Society
UN agrees to back AU peace efforts in Sudan
11 november 2010 - 14:05:00Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The African Union (AU) and the United Nations hav e agreed to jointly back the [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Pamplemousses consolidates top position in Mauritius football league
08 november 2010 - 19:01:00Port Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The team Pamplemousses SC has consolidated its le ad on the first division of Mauritius [...] Full text...
thread Sports
Floods, alleged mass rape capture front pages in Ghana
06 november 2010 - 08:38:00Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- The havoc caused by torrential rains and the hullabaloo fo llowing an alleged forced mass rape [...] Full text...
thread Press Review
UN members back plans to boost peacebuilding work
30 october 2010 - 14:55:00New York- US (PANA) -- UN member states have reaffirmed the importance of activit ies by the organisation to help [...] Full text...
thread Politics
South wants a more united francophone
23 october 2010 - 19:06:00Montreux- Switzerland (PANA) -- African heads of state, at the opening ceremony o f the 13th Summit of the International [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Mauritania sentences 3 to death for terrorism
21 october 2010 - 11:11:00Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Three Mauritanians were Wednesday sentenced to d eath by the criminal court of Nouakchott, which found [...] Full text...
thread Society
Global fight against hunger: European football leagues to join forces
20 october 2010 - 14:40:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Sixteen European football leagues will dedicate their ma tches to the fight against hunger and poverty [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
Mali to promote cotton trade
11 october 2010 - 16:56:00Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- The Malian government has adopted a policy to support the cotton sector, defining the guidelines for [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Euro down, pound, dollar up against Mauritian rupee
05 october 2010 - 09:58:00Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Euro depreciated against the Mauritian rupee, whi le the British pound and the US dollar appreciated [...] Full text...
thread Economy
9 suspects arrested over Abuja bomb attacks
04 october 2010 - 17:33:00Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- The State Security Service (SSS) in Nigeria has confirme d the arrest of nine suspects linked [...] Full text...
thread Society
Nigeria's Nobel Laureate forms political party
26 september 2010 - 08:58:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Ahead of the 2011 general elections, Nigerian Nobel Laur eate Wole Soyinka has launched a new [...] Full text...
thread Politics
AU hails renewed African interest in climate change pact
08 september 2010 - 11:50:00Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The African Union (AU) has expressed its happines s with the level of interest in [...] Full text...
thread Environment
First Under-23 ECOWAS Games begin
06 september 2010 - 07:05:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Host Nigeria started off on a winning note in the handba ll event as the first [...] Full text...
thread Sports
African leaders meet in Rwanda to review progress on MDGs
05 september 2010 - 16:40:00Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- Zambian President Ruphia Banda Sunday departed the count ry to attend a one-day Heads of State [...] Full text...
thread Society
Nigeria media report fuel subsidy removal, bid for power generation
04 september 2010 - 10:26:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The announcement by the Minister of Finance, Olusegun Ag anga, that government's fuel subsidy on petroleum [...] Full text...
thread Press Review
African teams in poor start at world basketball tourney
29 august 2010 - 11:15:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The three teams flying the African flag at the 2010 Inte rnational Basketball Federation (FIBA) championship [...] Full text...
thread Sports
Kenya sweeps athletics titles at regional schools Games
26 august 2010 - 17:08:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Hosts Kenya won the overall athletics title at the Brook side East African Schools Games at [...] Full text...
thread Sports
Market capitalization down on Nigerian bourse
09 august 2010 - 21:21:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Monday appeared to be reacting to last week's shake-up at [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Inflation rate in WAEMU zone rises
03 august 2010 - 14:42:00Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Consumer prices are still on the rise in the the West Af rican Economic and Monetary [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Inflation rate in WAEMU zone rises
03 august 2010 - 14:39:00Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Consumer prices are still on the rise in the the West Af rican Economic and Monetary [...] Full text...
thread Economy
UN declares: Access to clean water, sanitation is a human right
29 july 2010 - 21:00:00New York- US (PANA) -- Safe and clean drinking water and sanitation is a human ri ght essential to the [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Ghanaian workers protest electricity, water tariff hikes
29 july 2010 - 18:43:00Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- Hundreds of workers of the Industrial and Commercial Worke rs Union of the Ghana Trades Union [...] Full text...
thread Economy
African Railways Union to meet in Tripoli
26 july 2010 - 23:52:00Tripoli- Libya (PANA) â" The African Railways Uni-on will hold two meetings in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, this week, organisers [...] Full text...
thread Society
Lome hosts 3rd African music festival
26 july 2010 - 16:25:00Lome- Togo (PANA) -- The third edition of the international African music festiva l, dubbed "Africarythmes", will begin 5 August [...] Full text...
thread Culture
CEN-SAD hails normalization of ties between Chad and Sudan
24 july 2010 - 16:38:00N'Djamena- Chad (PANA) -- The 12th summit of the Community of Sahelian-Saharan St ates (CEN-SAD) has hailed the normalization of [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Washington boosts security of Guinean Presidency
11 july 2010 - 17:41:00Conakry- Guinea (PANA) -- US President Barack Obama offered his Guinean counterpa rt, General Sأ©kouba Konate an armoured car to [...] Full text...
thread Politics
MEND says will not attack Ghana
11 july 2010 - 08:26:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's oil militants have denied speculations that th ey are planning to attack Ghana, describing the [...] Full text...
thread Society
Agrodealers seek more support for private farm entrepreneurs in Africa
09 july 2010 - 12:50:00Kampala- Uganda (PANA) -- Participants at the first ever Strategic Planning Works hop on Agrodealer Development here have called for [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
African education ministers' conference opens
06 july 2010 - 13:38:00Brazzaville- Congo (PANA) -- African education ministers Tuesday opened a confere nce here on school curricular reforms, stressing the need [...] Full text...
thread Society
IGAD leaders authorise Somali troop surge in new offensive
05 july 2010 - 14:12:00Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- East African leaders Monday ordered the urgent deployment of 2,000 peacekeepers to Somalia, to be [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Uganda hands over top Rwanda genocide suspect to ICTR
02 july 2010 - 18:03:00Kampala- Uganda (PANA) -- Uganda on Friday handed over Jean-Bosco Uwinkindi, a to p suspect of the 1994 Rwanda genocide, [...] Full text...
thread Society
Nigerian fans support two-year ban of Super Eagles
30 june 2010 - 21:12:00Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- Fans of Super Eagles, Nigeria's senior national football team, are happy with the decision of the [...] Full text...
thread Sports
WC 2010: Ghana newspapers hail Black Stars for quarter-final berth
28 june 2010 - 12:13:00Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- Ghanaian newspapers, which were off the stands on Sunday, have hailed the sterling performance of the [...] Full text...
thread Sports
UN chief lauds public sector workers
23 june 2010 - 17:51:00New York- US (PANA) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday paid tribute to public servants around the world for [...] Full text...
thread Politics
WFP, KfW plan to cut carbon emission in Ethiopia
04 june 2010 - 15:00:00Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The World Food Programme (WFP) and Germany's lead ing promotional bank, Bankengruppe (KfW), agreed Friday [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Uganda LRA rebels displace 20,000 people in CAR
01 june 2010 - 22:46:00New York- US (PANA) -- The UN said numerous attacks by insurgents of Uganda's Lor d Resistance Army (LRA) in [...] Full text...
thread Society
Somali journalist to serve on IFJ executive board
31 may 2010 - 13:42:00Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- The International Federation of Journalists (IF J) has elected National Union of Somali Journalists [...] Full text...
thread Society
Kenya shilling continues slide against US dollar
31 may 2010 - 11:10:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The Kenyan Shilling continued to weaken against the US d ollar in early trade Monday, reversing [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Nigeria media focus on 29 May, Nigeria's democracy day
29 may 2010 - 08:28:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigerian newspapers this week devoted their front pages to a lot of political stories, culminating Saturday [...] Full text...
thread Press Review
Nairobi bourse ends week low on Euro woes
28 may 2010 - 15:04:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE) ended the week low on F riday, with the indicative 20-share [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Hisbul Islam insurgents arrest radio journalists in Somalia
26 may 2010 - 09:05:00Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- Insurgent group Hisbul Islam has arrested three broadcast journalists working for Mogadishu-based radio stations [...] Full text...
thread Society
Nigerian media highlight Jonathan's political future, corruption cases
22 may 2010 - 12:51:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The Nigerian media this week entertained readers with a mixed grill of stories which included attempts [...] Full text...
thread Press Review
Britain, US 'dismayed' with jailing of Malawi gay couple
20 may 2010 - 12:37:00Blantyre- Malawi (PANA) -- Malawi's major aid donors, the United Kingdom and the United States of America, have expressed their [...] Full text...
thread Society
Tanzania prepares ground for US$6b oil refinery
12 may 2010 - 09:23:00Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- Tanzania has teamed up with Russian, German and Qatari firms to build a US$6 [...] Full text...
thread Economy
UNHCR plans integration exercise for Liberian refugees
09 may 2010 - 08:46:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR ) and the National Commission for Refugees (NCFR) [...] Full text...
thread Society
Nigeria's Acting President assures anti-graft agencies freedom of operation
01 may 2010 - 09:44:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's Acting President Goodluck Jonathan said on Fri day he would not interfere with the activities [...] Full text...
thread Society
Mugabe backs Iran's nuclear ambitions
23 april 2010 - 07:12:00Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has expressed suppo rt for Iran's controversial nuclear programme and criticised Western [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Mauritania party laments controversy over national identity
13 april 2010 - 21:39:00Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- A Mauritanian party, National Rally for Reform a nd Development (RNRD-Tawassoul), has cautioned that the controversy [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Gunmen abduct 4 expats in Nigeria
09 april 2010 - 16:53:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Unknown gunmen Friday abducted three Syrians and 1 Leban ese at Etche, located some 30 kilometres [...] Full text...
thread Society
Germany, NGO to raise contraceptive prevalence in Tanzania
08 april 2010 - 15:10:00Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- German Development Cooperation Minister Dirk Ni ebel Thursday announced a commitment of 8. 5 [...] Full text...
thread Health
Fans await CAS verdict on Kenyan football factional rivalry
08 april 2010 - 14:35:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The delay in the verdict of the Swiss-based Court of Arb itration on Sports (CAS) is [...] Full text...
thread Sports
Mugabe says African leaders bribed by West
05 april 2010 - 20:27:00آ Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe said Monday some Af rican leaders were bribed by Western [...] Full text...
thread Society
La Francophonie Day celebrated in Paris
19 march 2010 - 21:21:00Paris- France (PANA) -- About 500 people on Friday attended events in the Town Co uncil of Paris marking the [...] Full text...
thread Culture
UN Security Council extends UN force in CAR, Chad
13 march 2010 - 15:38:00New York- US (PANA) -- The UN Security Council has extended the mandate of the UN peacekeeping mission in the [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Political situation in Comoros worries OIF
10 march 2010 - 20:48:00Paris- France (PANA) -- The secretary-general of the International Organization o f the Francophonie, Abdou Diouf, has expressed strong concern [...] Full text...
thread Politics
UNESCO D-G pays solidarity visit to Haiti
10 march 2010 - 17:53:00Paris- France (PANA) -- On the first day of her 48-hour official visit to Haiti, Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, [...] Full text...
thread Environment
AfDB impressed over Malawiâ?s economic performance
10 march 2010 - 15:52:00Blantyre- Malawi (PANA) -- A seven-member African Development Bank (AfDB) team, o n a five-day business appraisal mission to Malawi, [...] Full text...
thread Economy
AU report says insecurity, poor roads affect Sudan polls
10 march 2010 - 14:07:00Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- African Union (AU) diplomats met to discuss an as sessment report for the elections in [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Assets belonging to ex-Bank CEO sealed by Nigeria's anti-corruption agency
09 march 2010 - 18:08:00Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC ) on Tuesday placed restraining seals on at least [...] Full text...
thread Society
Mauritania rules out prisoner swap with Al-Qaida
05 march 2010 - 18:23:00Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritanian Prime minister, Moulaye Ould Mohamed Lagdaf, has ruled out any idea of prisoner swap with [...] Full text...
thread Society
IPI condemns journalist beating by court security guards in Somalia
02 march 2010 - 10:43:00Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- The International Press Institute (IPI) Tuesday reported that a Somali correspondent has been allegedly [...] Full text...
thread Society
EAC finance experts consider road-map to monetary union
25 february 2010 - 07:48:00Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- Finance experts in the East African Community (EAC) will start a five-day meeting in [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Ex-Nigerian state gov. in graft arrest
23 february 2010 - 09:24:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's anti-graft Economic and Financial Crimes Commi ssion (EFCC) has arrested a former state governor, Abdullahi [...] Full text...
thread Society
Fire at Rawlings' house, bomb scare occupy media's attention
20 february 2010 - 10:31:00Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- A devastating fire at the official residence of former P resident Jerry John Rawlings on 14 [...] Full text...
thread Press Review
AU slams economic sanctions against Madagascar, may ban Rajoelina from polls
18 february 2010 - 16:21:00Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The African Union (AU) has approved further econo mic sanctions against Madagascar and the Peace [...] Full text...
thread Politics
British PM pledges total support for AU chair's programmes
15 february 2010 - 19:07:00Blantyre- Malawi (PANA) -- British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has reaffirmed UKâ ?s commitment to support and partner the African [...] Full text...
thread Politics
UN official sees hope for peace in Darfur
12 february 2010 - 16:05:00New York- US (PANA) -- UN Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations , Dmitry Titov, said there was hope and opportunity [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Sanctions against Zimbabwe extended
11 february 2010 - 20:40:00Brussels- Belgium (PANA)-- The Committee of permanent representatives from Europe an Union member countries has decided to extend the targeted [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Opposition Party insists process that produced Acting President unconstitutional
11 february 2010 - 19:33:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's most vocal opposition political party, the Act ion Congress (AC), has insisted that the National [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Documentary recounts dark side of Kenyan local politics
04 february 2010 - 07:39:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- A documentary on post-election violence in custody of th e International Criminal Court (ICC) that exposes [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Nigeria's opposition condemns politician's killing
26 january 2010 - 10:40:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's opposition Action Congress (AC) party Tuesday condemned the killing of one of its prominent members, [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Nigerians again protest Yarâ?Aduaâ?s prolonged absence from governance
22 january 2010 - 09:34:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- For more than three hours Thursday, thousands of Nigeria ns took to the streets of Lagos, [...] Full text...
thread Politics
IMF chief calls for new 'Marshall Plan' to rebuild Haiti
20 january 2010 - 17:47:00New York- US (PANA) -- The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund ( IMF), Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Wednesday called for [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Group A remains open ahead of final group tie at CAN
18 january 2010 - 09:25:00Cabinda- Angola (PANA) -- Going into the last round of group A matches Monday, al l the teams in the [...] Full text...
thread Sports
Ethiopian papers discuss govt's new policy
16 january 2010 - 16:10:00Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Ethiopian newspapers wrote extensively on the gov ernmentâ™s decision to grant agricultural land to Egyptian [...] Full text...
thread Press Review
UFC replaces Olympio's presidential candidature for Togo's election
16 january 2010 - 11:25:00Lomأ©- Togo (PANA) -- The Union of Forces for Change (UFC) has replaced the much touted presidential candidature of its [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Nigerians ring in New Year without their President
01 january 2010 - 09:50:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Exhibiting their characteristic resilience and optimism, Nigerians rang in the New Year with prayers, celebrations and [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Kenyaa?s tea production inches 4% up in good weather
24 december 2009 - 20:13:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenyaa?s tea production for the month of November, 2009 , recorded improved performance with output rising [...] Full text...
thread Economy
World leaders criticised for squandering chance to avert climate disaster
20 december 2009 - 14:06:00Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) â" World leaders who met for- the United Nations Climate C hange Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, have [...] Full text...
thread Environment
World leaders criticised for squandering chance to avert climate disaster
20 december 2009 - 13:58:00Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) â" World leaders who met for- the United Nations Climate C hange Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, have [...] Full text...
thread Environment
UNICEF goodwill ambassador to visit Benin
16 december 2009 - 16:44:00Cotonou- Benin (PANA) -- UNICEF's goodwill ambassador, musician Angأ©lique Kidjo, is expected shortly in Cotonou for a two-day working visit [...] Full text...
thread Society
Hockey: Telkom Kenya holds Nigeria's Heartland to a draw
15 december 2009 - 14:03:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenyan team Telkom Orange scored late Monday to escape d efeat from defending champions, Imo Heartland [...] Full text...
thread Sports
Guinea to build 2,000 houses for displaced families
14 december 2009 - 20:10:00Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The Senegalese government is to build 2,000 housing unit s for the families displaced from their [...] Full text...
thread Society
Benin holds 5th "stoutest lady" contest Friday
10 december 2009 - 19:54:00Cotonou- Benin (PANA) -- The fifth edition of the contest for the Beninese "stout est lady" will be held Friday [...] Full text...
thread Culture
Benin holds 5th "stoutest lady" contest Friday
10 december 2009 - 16:40:00Cotonou- Benin (PANA) -- The fifth edition of the contest for the Beninese "stout est lady" will be held Friday [...] Full text...
thread Culture
UNESCO to set up high level panel on peace, culture
08 december 2009 - 19:04:00Cairo- Egypt (PANA) -- The Director General of the United Nations Educational, Cu ltural and Scientific Organisation (UNESCO), Irina Bokova, [...] Full text...
thread Culture
Climate-vulnerable countries send SOS over climate change
14 november 2009 - 14:39:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Ahead of the forthcoming climate change conference in Co penhagen, Denmark, the world's most climate-vulnerable countries [...] Full text...
thread Environment
African first ladies call for special AU summit on childhood development
14 november 2009 - 00:44:00Dakar- Senegal (PANA)- â" African first ladies have called for an African Union summit on childhood development, given the importance [...] Full text...
thread Politics
18 die in Zambia road crash
11 november 2009 - 09:03:00Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- A tanker in the fleet of several others ferrying fuel fr om the port of Dar-es-Salaam, [...] Full text...
thread Society
African National Human Rights Institutions meet in Banjul
09 november 2009 - 12:32:00Banjul- Gambia (PANA) -- The Third Conference of African National Human Rights In stitutions (NHRIs) got underway here Sunday. [...] Full text...
thread Society
Vodafone deal, Gbagbo's visit, reward for Satellites on Ghana front pages
07 november 2009 - 08:25:00Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- The Ghana government's position on the controversial sale of 70 per cent shares of state-owned Ghana [...] Full text...
thread Press Review
Energy crisis, local printing of fabric for free school uniforms capture front p
31 october 2009 - 10:56:00ages Accra- Ghana (PANA) أ¢â? An energy crisis th-at threatened to dry up fuel pumps in Ghana and a contract [...] Full text...
thread Press Review
Energy crisis, local printing of fabric for free school uniforms capture front p
31 october 2009 - 10:36:00ages Accra- Ghana (PANA) â" An energy crisis that- threatened to dry up fuel pumps in Ghana and a contract [...] Full text...
thread Press Review
Mugabe party threatens to replace striking ministers
28 october 2009 - 07:12:00Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- In a sign of a deepening political crisis in Zimbabwe, an ally of President Robert Mugabe [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Minister represents SA at AU special summit
19 october 2009 - 07:41:00Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- South African Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, Malusi Gigaba, is leading the country's delegation [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Zimbabwe PM, Mugabe at odds over power-sharing deal
16 october 2009 - 14:07:00Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said here Friday he would no longer engage President Robert Mugabe, [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Kenya committed to environmental conservation, management - Kibaki
13 october 2009 - 17:10:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki Tuesday affirmed his govern mentâ?s commitment to environmental conservation and management, saying [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Comoros parliamentary vote postponed to 29 November
12 october 2009 - 22:49:00Moroni- Comoros (PANA)- â" Elections for parliamentarians and councillors for th e Union of the Comoros have been postponed to [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Iran tops international futsal tournament
11 october 2009 - 16:45:00Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- Iranian national futsal squad beat Salomon Islands 6-0 i n a match in the fourth round [...] Full text...
thread Sports
FIFA 2010 CAN/WC: Cote d'Ivoire qualifies for South Africa
10 october 2009 - 17:40:00Accra- Ghana (PANA) â" Cote d'Ivoire became the se-cond country in Africa after Ghana to qualify for the 2010 World [...] Full text...
thread Sports
ECOWAS wants African environment properly monitored
08 october 2009 - 19:09:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) h as called on the financial and technical [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Somali minister's arrest blunder puts Uganda in tight situation
07 october 2009 - 11:39:00Kampala- Uganda (PANA) -- Tuesday's â~mistakenâ? arrest of Somali Junior Defenc e Minister Youssuf Mohamed Siad by Uganda's supreme intelligence [...] Full text...
thread Politics
MEND "appoints new commanders" after amnesty deal
04 october 2009 - 10:59:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- As the Nigerian government's amnesty deal ends at midnig ht on Sunday (4 Oct), the oil [...] Full text...
thread Society
EU condemns massacre in Conakry
29 september 2009 - 20:05:00Brussels- Belgium (PANA) -- The European Union (EU) Tuesday condemned the killing of civilians by security forces in Guinea during [...] Full text...
thread Politics
DRC-bound UN arms shipment disappears in Kenya
15 september 2009 - 11:01:00Mombasa- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenyan Police and Customs have launched an investigation into the disappearance of arms and other ammunition [...] Full text...
thread Society
'Commission stops Libya from executing Nigerians on death row'
13 september 2009 - 08:46:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The African Commission on Human and Peoplesâ? Rights in Banjul, The Gambia, has ordered the government [...] Full text...
thread Politics
NEWS FLASH: ECOWAS, Israel sign cooperation pact
09 september 2009 - 10:56:00Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- ECOWAS and Israel Wednesday in Abuja, the Nigerian capit al and seat of the ECOWAS Commission, [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Ban wants more commitment to global literacy
08 september 2009 - 17:09:00New York- US (PANA) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Tuesday urged the interna tional community to step up efforts to [...] Full text...
thread Society
16 perish in Ghana road crash
08 september 2009 - 08:39:00Cape Coast- Ghana (PANA) -- Sixteen people died when the bus on which they were t ravelling collided with an [...] Full text...
thread Society
2010 FIFA World Cup: Cote d'Ivoire close to SA (Corrected)
06 september 2009 - 12:25:00Cairo- Egypt (PANA) -- The Elephants of Cote d'Ivoire romped close to South Afric a on Saturday after beating Burkina [...] Full text...
thread Sports
SADC countries fail to meet customs union, currency targets (Analysis)
04 september 2009 - 08:58:00Windhoek- Namibia (PANA) -- Southern African countries are behind the targets whi ch will allow them to implement a customs [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Ethiopia, Eritrea do not want AU to discuss their border dispute
28 august 2009 - 18:50:00Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- Eritrea and Ethiopia have expressed opposition to the in clusion of their border dispute on the [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Tanzania face Uganda in Cecafa semi-final clash
27 august 2009 - 16:43:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Tanzania and Uganda will meet in Fridayâ?s first semi-f inal match of the Cecafa Under-17 football [...] Full text...
thread Sports
Nigerian media highlight crackdown on banks, debtors
22 august 2009 - 10:16:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The crackdown on the banking sector by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the hunt, [...] Full text...
thread Press Review
Clinton expected in Nigeria
11 august 2009 - 09:08:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- US Secretary of States Hillary Clinton is due to arrive in Nigeria Tuesday evening on the [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Ghana media highlight swine flu, flouting of political parties law
08 august 2009 - 08:34:00Accra- Ghana (PANA) â" The Ghanaian media this wee-k highlighted the first case of swine flu in the country and [...] Full text...
thread Press Review
UN refugee chief draws attention to Somali crisis
05 august 2009 - 19:19:00Dadaab- Kenya (PANA) -- UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Antأ³nio Guterres, whi le visiting a sprawling, overcrowded camp complex in [...] Full text...
thread Society
Zimbabwe power utility gets US$80m SA loan
04 august 2009 - 12:43:00Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- Zimbabwe said Tuesday it had secured a US$80 million l oan from a South African bank [...] Full text...
thread Economy
All-Share Index at Nigerian bourse ends week higher
01 august 2009 - 13:20:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Trading on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange(NSE) ended the week on a higher note, [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Bacai Sanha elected president of Guinea Bissau
29 july 2009 - 19:08:00Bissau- Guinea Bissau (PANA) -- Malam Bacai Sanha was Wednesday declared presiden t of Guinea Bissau by the country's National [...] Full text...
thread Politics
12,000 Somali IDPs await chance to cross Aden Gulf
29 july 2009 - 17:17:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The fighting in Mogadishu and central Somalia is pushing thousands of Somali civilians to risk their [...] Full text...
thread Society
Kenya Airways workers issue notice of strike
27 july 2009 - 16:16:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenya Airways management said it was working to avert a workers' strike following the issuance of [...] Full text...
thread Economy
UNICEF launches Kit to help children in emergencies
25 july 2009 - 19:06:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) – The United Nations Childre-n's Fund (UNICEF) says it has launched a new kit to help meet [...] Full text...
thread Society
CDD decries rights violations in The Gambia
25 july 2009 - 11:14:00Dakar- Senegal (PANA) – The Centre for Democracy a-nd Development (CDD), a govern ance NGO, has expressed concern over the [...] Full text...
thread Society
Kenya's fibre optic goes 'live'
23 july 2009 - 17:11:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenya's private sector-backed SEACOM fibre optic cable w ent ‘live’ on Thursday in five of the [...] Full text...
thread Economy
UN members debate peace-building strategies
23 july 2009 - 15:37:00New York- US (PANA) -- The UN Security Council on Wednesday staged an open debate on peace-building strategies in an [...] Full text...
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Poll violence: Kenya establishes truth commission
22 july 2009 - 19:21:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Renowned diplomat and peace maker, Ambassador Bethuel Ki plagat, has been selected to chair Kenya's Truth, [...] Full text...
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Kenyan cabinet meets to pre-empt ICC poll violence trial
19 july 2009 - 19:23:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The Kenyan Cabinet is scheduled to hold a special meetin g here on Monday to discuss [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Zimbabwe gold miner re-opens mines
24 june 2009 - 09:11:00Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- Zimbabwe's biggest gold miner has re-opened two of its mines which it closed down due to [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Nigerian media highlight Nigeria/Tunisia World Cup qualifier
20 june 2009 - 08:46:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The 2010 World Cup/African Nations Cup qualifier between Nigeria and Tunisia, scheduled to take place Saturday [...] Full text...
thread Press Review
Govts achieve progress at UN climate talks in Bonn
12 june 2009 - 15:01:00Bonn- Germany (PANA) -- The two-week long UN Climate Change talks ended here Frid ay with progress made on the [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Climate Change: African agriculture at risk due to hotter weather conditions
08 june 2009 - 14:01:00Bonn- Germany (PANA) -- A new study has found that by 2050, hotter conditions, co upled with shifting rainfall patterns [...] Full text...
thread Environment
British hostage to be freed Monday night - MEND
01 june 2009 - 09:40:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- After about nine months in captivity, British hostage Ma thew Maguire is to be freed Monday [...] Full text...
thread Society
Namibian court orders ministry to grant US fugitive work permit
27 may 2009 - 16:39:00Windhoek- Namibia (PANA) -- A Namibia High Court judge Wednesday ordered the Mini stry of Home Affairs and Immigration to [...] Full text...
thread Politics
AU seeks peaceful end to dispute over Sudan’s oil-rich region
23 may 2009 - 18:07:00Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The Sudanese must respect the final ruling in the Abyei ownership dispute which has been [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Kenya revokes Coca-Cola stadium re-branding rights
21 may 2009 - 18:09:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The Kenya government Thursday revoked a national stadium naming rights granted to international soft drinks firm, [...] Full text...
thread Sports
2 opposition politicians arrested in Cameroon
20 may 2009 - 14:21:00Douala- Cameroon (PANA) -- Two Cameroonian opposition politicians, Camille Mboua Massock ma Batalong and Madoche Ekwe, were arrested Tuesday and [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Right to Information Bill before Ghana cabinet
16 may 2009 - 10:40:00Accra- Ghana (PANA) – Ghana’s Right to Information- (RTI) Bill took another step to being a reality, as it has [...] Full text...
thread Society
Mauritania opposition decries repression of protests
14 may 2009 - 12:42:00Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The Mauritanian opposition has decried the repre ssion tactics being used by the country's caretaker government [...] Full text...
thread Politics
UN worried over inter-ethnic clashes in Southern Sudan
13 may 2009 - 15:11:00New York- US (PANA) -- The United Nations (UN) on Wednesday expressed concern ove r the killing of more than [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Zuma backs stronger AU action against coup plotters
11 may 2009 - 11:45:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- South African President Jacob Zuma has called for the ur gent strengthening of the African Union [...] Full text...
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CPJ seeks investigation into attack on DRC journalist
08 may 2009 - 09:17:00New York- US (PANA) -- The media rights group Committee to Protect Journalists (C PJ) has called for a 'thorough [...] Full text...
thread Society
Gabonese President suspends duties to mourn wife
07 may 2009 - 15:30:00Libreville- Gabon (PANA) -- Gabonese President Omar Bongo Ondimba has officially suspended his duties to "rest and mourn his wife, [...] Full text...
thread Society
Governorship re-run in Nigerian state dominates papers for 2nd week
02 may 2009 - 07:56:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- For the second week running, the governorship re-run in South West Ekiti State dominated the Nigerian [...] Full text...
thread Press Review
UN Millennium Campaign petitions African govts to tackle poverty
01 may 2009 - 16:44:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The United Nations Millennium Campaign here on Friday ca lled on African governments to use human [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Israeli Prime Minister to visit Egypt in May
01 may 2009 - 14:02:00Cairo- Egypt (PANA) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is planning to v isit Egypt during the first part of [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Animated film festival opens in Chad
27 april 2009 - 19:02:00N'Djamena- Chad (PANA) -- Baba Moussa House of Culture (MCBM) of N'Djamena on Mon day began its animated film festival, [...] Full text...
thread Culture
Gambia's poverty level is 58% - Report
21 april 2009 - 18:19:00Banjul- Gambia (PANA) -- The level of poverty in the Gambia, based on per capita consumption, the head counts index [...] Full text...
thread Society
Dutch pleads guilty to allegations against Gambian President
17 april 2009 - 16:18:00Banjul- Gambia (PANA) -- Rene Beulen of Holland, facing sedition charges for clai ming that Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has [...] Full text...
thread Society
Exhibition on Timbuktu manuscripts launched in Bamako
15 april 2009 - 19:25:00Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- Malian Minister of Culture Mohamed El Moctar on Wednesday at the National Museum of Mali, launched [...] Full text...
thread Culture
Bank of Mauritius issues scam alert
13 april 2009 - 13:54:00Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA)- – The Bank of Mauritius, the central body that gove rns financial institutions in the island, has [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Libya arrests illegal immigrants
09 april 2009 - 00:03:00Tripoli- Libya (PANA)- – Libya on Wednesday announced the arrest of a number of i llegal immigrants on two farms [...] Full text...
thread Society
TI welcomes G-20's moves to curb corruption
02 april 2009 - 19:07:00Berlin- Germany (PANA) -- Transparency international (TI) says it welcomes the de cision by the Group of 20 to prioritise [...] Full text...
thread Society
Ivorian govt to punish authors of Sunday stadium tragedy
31 march 2009 - 14:44:00Abidjan- Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) -- The Ivorian government has promised to apply har sh measures following the tragedy at the [...] Full text...
thread Sports
Obasanjo's volte face on probe readiness fill Nigerian press
21 march 2009 - 10:42:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The volte face of Nigeria's erstwhile President Olusegun Obasanjo of his readiness to make himself available [...] Full text...
thread Press Review
AU chairman calls for referendum in Madagascar
18 march 2009 - 23:33:00Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- The chairman of the African Union (AU), Libyan leader Mo uammar Gaddafi, has called for a [...] Full text...
thread Politics
PM's accident dominates press coverage in Zimbabwe
14 march 2009 - 17:56:00Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- A road accident in which Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangi rai narrowly escaped death dominated press coverage [...] Full text...
thread Press Review
Mugabe consoles Tsvangirai, urges unity in Zimbabwe
10 march 2009 - 13:43:00Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe said Tuesday he was committed to a power-sharing deal with Prime Minister [...] Full text...
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World Bank pleads for 'vulnerability fund'' for developing nations
09 march 2009 - 18:38:00Washington DC- US (PANA) -- The Word Bank has asked wealthier countries to set as ide 0. 7 per cent [...] Full text...
thread Economy
231 Nigerian women to get N89m loan facility - official
05 march 2009 - 19:52:00New York- US (PANA) -- Nigeria's Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development , Mrs. Salamatu Suleiman, says 231 [...] Full text...
thread Gender
DRC relies on partners to cushion effects of financial crisis
03 march 2009 - 17:24:00Kinshasa- DR Congo (PANA) -- The DR Congo has received donations from its develop ment partners -- the World Bank, [...] Full text...
thread Economy
ECOWAS sends delegation to Guinea Bissau
02 march 2009 - 16:48:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- ECOWAS announced on Monday that it is sending a foreign ministerial delegation delegation to Bissau, in [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Maroc Telecom acquires 51% capital of SOTELMA
01 march 2009 - 14:24:00Rabat- Morocco (PANA) -- The government of Mali has declared Maroc Telecom, a sub sidiary of Vivendi Universal, 'provisional contractor', [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Zimbabwe parliament amends constitution, coalition govt now legal
05 february 2009 - 16:15:00Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- Zimbabwe's lower house of parliament Thursday overwhel mingly amended the constitution to create the post of [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Mozambique Renamo claims 9 of its members arrested
05 february 2009 - 14:50:00Maputo- Mozambique (PANA) -- Mozambique's main opposition party, the former rebel movement Renamo, has claimed that nine of its members, [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Ghana Media discuss reversal to 3-year Senior High School course
31 january 2009 - 08:59:00Accra- Ghana (PANA) – A statement by the minister--designate for education, Mr. A lex Tetteh-Enyo, that the government would [...] Full text...
thread Press Review
Algerian employers decide who to support for presidency
28 january 2009 - 15:56:00Algiers- Algeria (PANA) -- The Forum of the Heads of Firms/Companies (FCE), a pow erful Algerian employers' association, will Thursday [...] Full text...
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Senegalese FM seeks decisive AU summit on African federal government
28 january 2009 - 14:56:00Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- Senegalese Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Cheikh Tidiane Gadio, declared here Tuesday that his country [...] Full text...
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Aeronautics in Morocco will generate 1 billion euros in 2012
28 january 2009 - 14:42:00Rabat- Morocco (PANA) -- The aeronautics sector in Morocco, which is made up of a bout 50 companies employing more [...] Full text...
thread Sciences
Regional bourse still rising
26 january 2009 - 18:30:00Abidjan- Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) -- The regional bourse for French West Africa (BRVM ) here closed trading Monday slightly higher [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Nigeria, South Africa reach semi-finals in Africa Youth football championship
25 january 2009 - 17:59:00Kigali- Rwanda (PANA) -- Nigeria and South Africa reached the semi-finals of the African Youth Football championship after Sunday's last [...] Full text...
thread Sports
Democratic governance improves in Africa, UNDP expert says
21 january 2009 - 23:18:00Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Democratic governance in Africa has improved during the last two decades, with the number of armed [...] Full text...
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IFC to fund iron ore exploration
16 january 2009 - 22:25:00Maputo- Mozambique (PANA) -- The International Finance Corporation, the private s ector funding arm of the World Bank, has announced [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Tourism: Kenya to use Hollywood celebrities to market couuntry
16 january 2009 - 17:03:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- American celebrities may be the next front for marketing Kenya's tourism in America. This follows [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Ethiopian rights groups could escape repressive new law
12 january 2009 - 15:22:00Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Foreign donors financing Ethiopia's democracy and governance will be forced to drop independent projects following [...] Full text...
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Libya offers free telephone calls to Palestine territories
09 january 2009 - 14:40:00Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- The Libyan General Office of Communications here Thursda y issued a decree stipulating that telephone calls [...] Full text...
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Mauritanian journalists protest Israeli attacks on Gaza
07 january 2009 - 18:43:00Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The Mauritanian Press Association (RPM), Wednesd ay organised a sit-in, in front of the United Nations' [...] Full text...
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Congolese MPs investigate mining sector
06 january 2009 - 17:50:00Kinshasa- DR Congo (PANA) -- The Congolese National Assembly (Lower Chamber of Parliament), Monday debated mining contracts revision, PANA reports [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Egypt trying to muscle ceasefire in Gaza
06 january 2009 - 16:30:00Cairo- Egypt (PANA) -- Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak met with French President Nicolas Sarkozy Monday evening in the Red Sea [...] Full text...
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Tunis hosts seminar on water cycle in Africa
05 january 2009 - 23:41:00Tunis- Tunisia (PANA) -- A four-day symposium on "The water cycle in Africa", whi ch is part of a coordinated, [...] Full text...
thread Environment
France to help hold elections in Guinea in 2009
04 january 2009 - 20:11:00Conakry- Guinea (PANA) -- The French Secretary for Cooperation and Francophonie, Alain Joyandet, revealed here Sunday, in a news conference, [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Opposition urges govt to rekindle hope for Nigerians in 2009
04 january 2009 - 15:07:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's most vocal opposition party, the Action Congre ss (AC), has urged the federal government to [...] Full text...
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4 die in Gambian GSM musical concert stampede
03 january 2009 - 16:52:00Banjul- Gambia (PANA) -- The Gambia’s Police Public Relations Officer, Assistant Superintendent Sulayman Secka, Saturday confirmed to PANA that investigation [...] Full text...
thread Society
Kenyan President under fire over controversial media law
03 january 2009 - 16:21:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Reactions to Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki's Friday decis ion to assent to a draconian media law [...] Full text...
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