WHO launches first Investment Round to sustainably finance its Health for All mandate

27 may 2024 - 06:57:37
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) launched its first-ever Investment Round on Sunday as part of a [...] Full text...

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‘All for Health, Health for All’ sets the stage for 77th World Health Assembly

23 may 2024 - 13:03:53
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As the world continues to grapple with the aftermath of the most severe pandemic in a [...] Full text...

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Sudan conflict: Rights groups flag poor response from international community to end war

12 april 2024 - 11:08:26
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - One year since the conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support [...] Full text...

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UN chief urges disarmament now as nuclear risk reaches ‘highest point in decades’

19 march 2024 - 04:56:24
New York, US (PANA) - Almost 80 years after the incineration of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, nuclear [...] Full text...

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‘Widespread’ sexual abuse of children in entertainment business revealed

05 march 2024 - 20:35:11
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Widespread sexual abuse of children in the entertainment industry must be urgently stamped out, an independent [...] Full text...

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Gambia launches ‘think equal’ early years education programme and awards Gambia teacher prize

16 february 2024 - 19:03:22
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambia celebrates the launch of Think Equal Gambia and awards The Gambia Teacher Prize in [...] Full text...

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South African threatre producer Mbongeni Ngema killed in car crash

28 december 2023 - 08:43:56
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Leading South theatre producer and musician Mbongeni Ngema was killed in a vehicle accident [...] Full text...

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Legendary South African actor awarded an OBE

09 november 2023 - 09:15:50
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Leading South African actor Dr John Kani has been honoured as the honorary officer [...] Full text...

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Lessons of Hamas operation against Israel, - Libyan newspaper,

13 october 2023 - 19:19:00
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The "Flood of Al-Aqsa", the military operation led by Hamas against the Israeli entity destroyed the [...] Full text...

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Angola: Unlocking the potential of creative industries (UNCTAD Feature)

15 september 2023 - 18:30:22
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Angola's  nascent creative industries hold vast potential to help diversify its oil-dependent economy. To do so, [...] Full text...

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Mauritius to promote African arts and culture

26 may 2023 - 08:05:21
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius on Thursday launched the Africa Consortium 2023 aimed at promoting African arts and culture in [...] Full text...

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UN agencies call for protection of children on the move from violence

25 may 2023 - 05:20:59
New York, US (PANA) - The UN’s top advocate on ending violence against children joined UN agencies on Wednesday in [...] Full text...

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2023 U-17 AFCON: Entertaining party draws curtains tournament

20 may 2023 - 08:35:06
Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - After three weeks of competitive action on the pitch, the curtains of the TotalEnergies Under-17 Africa [...] Full text...

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Libyan Prime Minister opens Ramadan cultural season in Medina

27 march 2023 - 14:56:52
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity Abdelhamid Al-Dbaiba kicked off activities of the [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso and Mali 'move towards federation'

25 february 2023 - 13:52:25
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso and Mali are committed to moving towards a federation between the two states, [...] Full text...

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Meeting of Directors of Civil Protection of African countries begins in Rabat

14 september 2022 - 21:25:47
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The Sixth session of Directors General and Directors of Civil Protection of African countries opened here [...] Full text...

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Blinken raises human rights, jailing of Hotel Rwanda hero Rusesabagina with Rwandan president Kagame

11 august 2022 - 13:35:00
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who is in Rwanda on the final leg of his [...] Full text...

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WFP Goodwill Ambassador Hend Sabry visits climate change adaptation projects in Egypt

20 april 2022 - 05:33:26
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) – Arab film star, Hend Sabry, has visited a climate change adaptation programme run by the Government [...] Full text...

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Senegambian Queen embarks on cultural tour

24 february 2022 - 21:21:48
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Queen Binta T.E. Goudiaby, the US-based Senegambian cultural missionary, Thursday arrived here for a four-day tour [...] Full text...

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Nigeria to launch Sensitization Campaign Against Money Rituals

21 february 2022 - 20:14:25
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian Government is to launch a Sensitization Campaign Against Money Rituals, according to a statement [...] Full text...

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The 8th FAAPA Executive Council opens in Dakar

26 november 2021 - 17:54:17
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The 8th meeting of the Executive Council of the Federation of African Press Agencies (FAAPA) opened [...] Full text...

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COP26: World leaders, corporations take major step to restore and protect forests

02 november 2021 - 19:59:15
Glasgow, Scotland (PANA) - A pivotal pledge to save and restore the planet’s forests was officially announced on the second [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Mauritius reports 35 new positive cases

13 october 2021 - 09:35:08
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities said on Wednesday that 35 new positive cases of COVID-19, of which 28 [...] Full text...

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Landmark report highlights untapped potential of Africa’s film industry

06 october 2021 - 04:56:38
Paris, France (PANA) - Africa’s film and audiovisual industries could create over 20 million jobs and contribute $20 billion to the continent’s [...] Full text...

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25 years on, world remembers Nigeria’s Atlanta’96 Olympics heroes

03 august 2021 - 17:09:19
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - August 3, 1996, would be etched forever in the memory of African football custodian and even [...] Full text...

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Angola videogames market to create hundreds of jobs

22 july 2021 - 22:24:23
Luanda, Angola (PANA) - Home appliances maker, LG, plans to expand video gaming and film-making industries in Angola, which is [...] Full text...

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Goodwill Ambassador Hend Sabry receives WFP Nobel pin and certificate

24 june 2021 - 15:27:18
Cairo, Egypt(PANA) - United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Goodwill Ambassador and film star Hend Sabry received on Thursday her [...] Full text...

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Malian actress, Maimouna Hélène Diarra, dies

12 june 2021 - 18:05:05
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The renowned Malian actress, Maimouna Hélène Diarra, died on Thursday in Bamako at the age of [...] Full text...

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Queen calls for decolonization of African minds

27 may 2021 - 19:18:48
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – The US-based Senegambian Queen, Binta T.E. Goudiaby Sarr, on Thursday urged African Presidents to display leadership [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Mauritius sets up Artists Support Plan for cultural, creative sectors

25 april 2021 - 09:35:36
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritius government will implement a COVID-19 Artists Support Plan 2021 for the cultural and creative [...] Full text...

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South Africa's famous library damaged by fire

19 april 2021 - 16:02:49
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) –  The famous African Studies Library at the University of Cape Town has been ravaged [...] Full text...

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27th edition of FESPACO set for 16 - 23 October 2021 in Ouagadougou

07 april 2021 - 15:59:37
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The 27th edition of the Pan-African Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO) will be [...] Full text...

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Second edition of Ag'na Festival holds Feb. 25-27 in Koulikoro, Mali

17 february 2021 - 15:27:16
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The second edition of the Ag'na Festival (or Culture in Tuareg), a fusion of the Festival [...] Full text...

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UN Ozone Secretariat launches animation film, mobile game on ozone layer protection

22 january 2021 - 14:38:46
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The United Nations Ozone Secretariat on Friday announced the launch of ‘Reset Earth’, an innovative educational [...] Full text...

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UN Ozone Secretariat launches animation film, mobile game on ozone layer protection

22 january 2021 - 13:34:52
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The United Nations Ozone Secretariat on Friday announced the launch of ‘Reset Earth’, an innovative educational [...] Full text...

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Mauritius, South Africa to cooperate in fields of arts, culture and heritage

16 january 2021 - 09:54:02
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius and South Africa will sign an Implementation Framework on cooperation in the fields of arts, [...] Full text...

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Malian media protest suppression of media freedom

21 december 2020 - 12:12:11
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian journalists are protesting orders by the transitional administration that they see as suppressing freedom of [...] Full text...

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The 11th environmental film festival kicks off this Friday in Kairouan

18 december 2020 - 23:55:36
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The 11th International Environmental Film Festival began here Friday in Kairouan after several years of inactivity, [...] Full text...

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Gabonese star Aubameyang says he was held 'hostage' at Banjul International Airport

16 november 2020 - 12:10:41
Banjul, Gambia(PANA) - Arsenal's Gabonese star, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, says he was held hostage at the Banjul International Airport in Gambia [...] Full text...

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Tunisian film wins 2 awards at international festivals in Belgium and Morocco

03 november 2020 - 17:38:43
Tunis Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian short film, "In the land of Uncle Salem", by director Slim Belhiba, has won [...] Full text...

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Pan African body holds conference on food

26 october 2020 - 19:37:36
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) will organize a conference, running from October 27 [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso: Thomas Sankara's widow seeks justice for late husband

15 october 2020 - 17:56:25
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Mariam Sankara, the widow of Captain Thomas Sankara, assassinated on October 15, 1987, on Thursday [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso commemorates 33 years of the assassination of Thomas Sankara

14 october 2020 - 18:16:59
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - On October 15, 1987, Captain Thomas Sankara, President of Burkina Faso, was assassinated along with [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Apartheid-era policeman seeks acquittal in 1972 murder case

05 october 2020 - 13:46:32
Cape 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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Tunisian film 'No Yes' picked for 16th edition of Montreal competition

15 september 2020 - 14:34:42
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia will be represented by the No Yes film of Tunisian director Mahmoud Jemni in the [...] Full text...

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Paul Rusesabagina, controversial hero of "Hotel Rwanda" movie, indicted for terrorism

14 september 2020 - 22:27:50
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) -  Paul Rusesabagina, whose story on the genocide of Tutsis in 1994 inspired the film "Hotel Rwanda", [...] Full text...

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Amnesty International calls for fair trial of Hotel Rwanda hero Rusesabagina

14 september 2020 - 11:35:53
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Amnesty International on Monday called on the Rwandan authorities to guarantee a fair trial of Paul [...] Full text...

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The 'alleged kidnapping' of controversial hero of famous 'Hotel' Rwanda' film highlighted in Rwandan media

12 september 2020 - 16:55:02
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) -  The alleged 'kidnapping' in Dubai of Paul Rusesabagina, a controversial hero in the famous 'Hotel Rwanda' [...] Full text...

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27th edition of FESPACO scheduled for February 27 to March 6, 2021

10 september 2020 - 19:21:07
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The 27th edition of the Pan-African Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO) has been [...] Full text...

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Botswana innovator launches online store for artists

24 august 2020 - 13:08:15
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Exclusive online shop for Botswana’s creative industry entrepreneurs to sell their music, film, fashion, crafts and [...] Full text...

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Two Tunisian films feature at first Amman Film Festival in Jordan

23 august 2020 - 14:54:37
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia is taking part in the first edition of the Amman International Film Festival (Jordan) with [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe Magistrate court removes incarcerated journalist's renowned human rights lawyer, Beatrice Mtetwa

18 august 2020 - 14:07:38
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Harare's Magistrate Court on Tuesday removed and banned respected human rights lawyer, Beatrice Mtetwa, from representing [...] Full text...

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Tunisia: Environmental Film Festival kicks off in Monastir

14 august 2020 - 15:52:28
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A new edition of the Environmental Film Festival (ENVIROFEST) kicked off on Thursday evening at the [...] Full text...

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Rwandan media highlight COVID-19 response and economic recovery plan

25 july 2020 - 16:44:45
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan newspapers this week gave wide coverage to the country's response to COVID-19 and the new [...] Full text...

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31st edition of Carthage Film Days set for November 2020

24 july 2020 - 15:40:06
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The 31st edition of Carthage Cinematographic Days is scheduled for November 7-12, an official of the [...] Full text...

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RSF denounces arrest of investigation journalist in Zimbabwe

22 july 2020 - 22:27:43
Paris, France (PANA) - Reporters sans Frontières (RSF) Wednesday denounced the arrest Monday in Harare of Hopewell Chin'ono, a Zimbabwean [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Legendary South Africa actress dead at 80

04 july 2020 - 16:46:37
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Legendary South African actress Mary Twala died in Johannesburg Saturday after a lengthy illness [...] Full text...

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Protesters prevented from handing to president IBK letter calling him to resign

20 june 2020 - 00:10:03
 Bamako, Mali (PANA) – The security forces here Friday prevented representatives of the 5 June Movement from getting access to [...] Full text...

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ECOWAS envoys in Mali to ease heated political tension

19 june 2020 - 00:06:43
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A delegation of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) arrived here Thursday to help [...] Full text...

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Pretoria cleared of role in Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme's assassination

10 june 2020 - 10:47:46
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A high-level Swedish investigation into the 1986 assassination of Prime Minister Olof Palme on [...] Full text...

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Tunisia: 3rd DocuMed will be a digital edition because of Covid-19

07 june 2020 - 10:52:49
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The 3rd edition of the Mediterranean Documentary Film Festival in Tunisia (DocuMed), scheduled to hold from [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: WHO calls on all young people to join the fight to become a tobacco-free generation

29 may 2020 - 16:00:50
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Tobacco products continue to kill eight million people a year who get hooked via a $9 [...] Full text...

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France bemoans the death in prison of young Egyptian for having caricatured President Al-Sissi in a video clip

04 may 2020 - 18:43:02
Paris, France (PANA) - The spokeswoman for the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Agnès von der Mühll, said that the [...] Full text...

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Togo opposition leader Agbeyomé Kodjo still being held by the gendarmerie

25 april 2020 - 07:26:50
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Former Togolese Prime Minister Gabriel Messan Agbéyomé Kodjo is still in the hands of investigators of [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus kills popular Cameroonian musician, Manu Dibango

25 march 2020 - 19:36:45
Paris, France (PANA) - Several radio stations broadcasting in France, including RFI, FIP and France Musique, as well as the [...] Full text...

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5oth anniversary of Francophonie: Celebrations reduced due to coronavirus

20 march 2020 - 18:15:38
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Festivities marking the 50th anniversary of the Francophonie in Niamey on Friday have been curtailed due [...] Full text...

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Two suicide bombs explode in front of U.S. Embassy in Tunis.

06 march 2020 - 13:42:42
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Two suicide bombers blew themselves up on early Friday in front of the United States embassy [...] Full text...

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Tunisia to host 3rd edition of the int'l festival, ''Les Francophonies''

04 march 2020 - 19:13:23
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Friends of La Francophonie in the Tunisian city of Sousse (140 km south of Tunis) are [...] Full text...

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Tunisia takes part in Luxor African film festival in Egypt

29 february 2020 - 16:20:55
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia is taking part in the 9th edition of the African Film Festival, scheduled for 6-12 [...] Full text...

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Tunisian new Prime Minister announces his cabinet

20 february 2020 - 12:52:31
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - After intense negotiations with political parties, twists and turns and a suspense worthy of a Hitchcock [...] Full text...

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UNESCO announces 10 young African directors for film residency in Japan

14 february 2020 - 21:44:58
Paris, France (PANA)  -  UNESCO Director General Audrey Azoulay and Japanese filmmaker Naomi Kawase Friday released the names of ten [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Famous African mercenary dead at 100

03 february 2020 - 19:34:10
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s most notorious mercenary has died at the age of 100. “Mad” Mike Hoare [...] Full text...

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Tunis residential cinema festival pays tribute to Algerian Djamila Bouhired

22 january 2020 - 18:53:06
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA)  - The Algerian fighter, Djamila Bouhired, human rights defenders, lawyers, politicians, trade unionists and artists are expected [...] Full text...

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Kenya approves commercial production of genetically modified cotton seeds

19 december 2019 - 18:40:31
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenya's Cabinet has approved the commercial farming of Biotechnologically modified (BT) cotton hybrids, the office of [...] Full text...

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Cote d’Ivoire regional administrators and civil registry officials discuss status of national register

13 december 2019 - 18:01:27
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - All principal administrators of Côte d'Ivoire met on Friday with the Minister of Territorial Administration [...] Full text...

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Gambian journalists react to assault on colleagues covering president’s tour

21 november 2019 - 20:26:38
Banjul, Gambia (PANA)   - The Gambia Press Union (GPU) Thursday expressed serious concern over the manhandling of three journalists covering [...] Full text...

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Tunisia to participate in the Mediterranean Film Festival in Brussels

18 november 2019 - 17:26:57
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian cinema will be represented at the official competition of the 19th edition of the Brussels [...] Full text...

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Film professionals attend the International Film Festival in Abidjan

12 november 2019 - 15:45:27
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The 8th edition of the International Film Festival of Lakes and Lagoons opened on Tuesday [...] Full text...

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Tunisia to participate in the 10th Algiers International Film Festival

11 november 2019 - 17:29:25
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia will participate in the 10th edition of the International Film Festival of Algiers (FICA) in [...] Full text...

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List of winners of the Carthage Film Days

03 november 2019 - 12:45:32
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - This is the full list of winners of the Carthage Film Days (CFD) that took place [...] Full text...

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37th edition of Carthage Film Days opens

27 october 2019 - 14:35:34
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The 37th edition of  Carthage Film Days (CFD 2019) began on Saturday with the launch ceremony [...] Full text...

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Jury selected for 2019 Carthage Film Days (CFD)

26 october 2019 - 12:57:04
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA)  -  Some 15 filmmakers, producers, directors, scriptwriters and actors will constitute the official juries for the 2019 [...] Full text...

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14th edition of Nouakchott Film Festival opens

24 october 2019 - 15:48:06
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The 14th edition of the Nouakchott Film Festival opened on Wednesday at the Palais des Congrès [...] Full text...

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Tunisia: 170 films to feature at 2019 Carthage cinema days

20 october 2019 - 19:16:12
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Some 170 films, including 44 vying for honours, will feature at the Carthage cinematographic days (JCC), [...] Full text...

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Sixth 'Musical Days of Carthage' ends in Tunis

19 october 2019 - 14:46:29
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Carthage Film Festival's highest award, the Golden Tanit, has been won by a Cameroon's "100% [...] Full text...

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Two Batswana youth to benefit from Steve Harvey and Botswana president's job creation initiative

15 october 2019 - 12:25:11
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Two Batswana youth are set to benefit from a joint Steve Harvey and the President of [...] Full text...

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Mexican actress, Yalitza Aparicio, named UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for Indigenous Peoples

05 october 2019 - 06:23:22
Paris, France (PANA) - The Director-General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay, has named Mexican actress Yalitza Aparicio as a UNESCO Goodwill [...] Full text...

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DR Congo: France involved in community sensitization on Ebola

29 september 2019 - 14:18:53
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA)  -  France, with the Club RFI, has begun actions to sensitize communities on the Ebola virus [...] Full text...

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Tunisian film to open International Cairo Cinema Festival

26 september 2019 - 15:18:52
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – The film of Tunisian film director, Mehdi Barsaoui, Un fils (Bik Naich), with its main actor [...] Full text...

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South African court sets trial date for Apartheid-era policeman

26 september 2019 - 13:38:16
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Gauteng High Court has set 12 December as trial date for retired policeman [...] Full text...

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Africa-led movement calls for urgent action to grow 8,000 km 'natural wonder' across the continent

23 september 2019 - 08:18:06
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – As the UN Climate Action Summit starts in New York on Monday, global leaders from government, [...] Full text...

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Double blow for apartheid-era South African policeman

19 september 2019 - 18:47:43
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Gauteng High Court in South Africa has dismissed former Apartheid-era policeman, Joao Rodrigues' leave [...] Full text...

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Tunisian film wins special human rights prize at Venice festival

09 september 2019 - 06:21:51
Tunis Tunisia (PANA) – A Tunisian film, "The Scarecrows" produced by Nouri Bouzid, won the special prize for human rights [...] Full text...

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Côte d'Ivoire: Documentary film on management of faecal sludges in three African countries produced

29 august 2019 - 23:42:52
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA)   -  The international firm, NIYEL, specialized in influence communication, has produced a documentary film titled "In [...] Full text...

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UNESCO sponsors event on the future of African cinema at TICAD VII

27 august 2019 - 14:47:53
Paris, France (PANA) - UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay will on Wednesday lead an event on the future of African cinema [...] Full text...

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Tunisian film producer Nejib Ayed dies

16 august 2019 - 14:43:56
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian film producer Nejib Ayed died on Friday at the age of 66 following a heart [...] Full text...

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Côte d'Ivoire Release of the trailer of the film "Milkmaid"

13 august 2019 - 21:44:20
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA)   -   Directors Desmond Ovbiagele and Danono Media announced here Tuesday the release of the feature film [...] Full text...

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4 Zimbabwean film makers charged over film 'Lord Kush' depicting harm to a fictional Zimbabwean envoy

30 july 2019 - 13:28:05
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers have charged four prominent film artists with contravening the draconian Censorship [...] Full text...

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War on HIV/AIDS intensifies in Botswana

29 july 2019 - 12:38:40
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The Botswana government with the aid of the US government has raised the stakes in the [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Prominent journalist takes aim at Zuma

23 july 2019 - 16:52:29
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Prominent South African journalist, Redi Tlhabi, says she has received death threats after former [...] Full text...

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Legendary South African singer Johnny Clegg dies

16 july 2019 - 18:47:40
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Legendary South African singer, Johnny Clegg (OBE), died on Tuesday at the age of [...] Full text...

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2nd edition of Mediterranean Film Festival ends in Tunis

08 july 2019 - 15:16:10
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The second edition of the Mediterranean Film Festival, Manarat, ended Sunday night in Tunis at which [...] Full text...

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Sudanese Director wins gold medal in Tunisia

07 july 2019 - 19:06:34
Khartoum, Sudan  (PANA)   -   Sudanese Film Director Saifeddin Hassan has won a gold medal for his documentary film “Saleel Alfaradeses” [...] Full text...

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Special edition of International African Fashion Festival opens in Niamey

05 july 2019 - 10:56:55
Niamey, Niger (PANA)  -  Ahead of the 33rd African Union Summit scheduled for 7 - 8 July in Niamey, a [...] Full text...

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Mali raises awareness of Kadiana populations on dangers of irregular migration

02 july 2019 - 23:19:19
Bamako, Mali (PANA)   -   A Malian association, the Voice and Music Association for Cultural Integration (AVMIC), has launched a project [...] Full text...

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Boko Haram kill 30 persons at tea, football viewing centre in northeast Nigeria

17 june 2019 - 13:59:45
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Thirty persons were killed on Sunday when Boko Haram terrorists attacked a football viewing centre in [...] Full text...

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Cairo to host first African forum on fight against corruption 12-13 June

10 june 2019 - 19:14:02
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) – Egypt will host the first African forum on the fight against corruption on 12-13 June, which [...] Full text...

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Amnesty International pays tribute to human rights defenders in West, Central Africa

09 june 2019 - 09:10:32
Paris, France (PANA) – Amnesty International (AI) has produced a film that pays tribute to the courage of human rights [...] Full text...

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Morocco: Oujda Maghreb Film Festival scheduled for June 11-15

08 june 2019 - 19:15:21
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The eighth edition of the Oujda Maghreb film is scheduled to take place from June 11 [...] Full text...

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9th Edition of Luxor African Film Festival, Egypt, planned for March 13-19, 2020

25 may 2019 - 19:32:03
Paris, France (PANA)   -   The Top management of the Luxor African Film Festival announced Friday that the ninth edition of [...] Full text...

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Tunisia prime minister chairs symposium on Jewish pilgrimage to Djerba

23 may 2019 - 23:18:39
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA)    -    Prime Minister Youssef Chahed said here Wednesday Tunisia was one of the leading countries in the [...] Full text...

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Niger launches National Water Week activities in Maradi

06 may 2019 - 21:37:58
Maradi, Niger (PANA)   -   Nigerien Minister of Water and Sanitation Professor Issoufou Katambé on Sunday launched activities marking this year’s [...] Full text...

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Tunisian film 'Camera d'Afrique' featured at Cannes Festival

05 may 2019 - 16:54:02
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – A documentary film "Caméra d’Afrique" directed by Tunisian Ferid Boughedir, has been selected in "Cannes Classics [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Top Nigerian singer, UMG, seals recording deal

03 may 2019 - 13:23:23
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Universal Music Group (UMG), the world leader in music-based entertainment, Friday announced an exclusive global recording [...] Full text...

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Mandela treason trial film to be screened in South Africa

25 april 2019 - 11:45:27
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A film covering Nelson Mandela’s historic Treason Trial will be screened around South Africa [...] Full text...

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First edition of 'Gabés Cinema Fen festival begins in Tunisia

14 april 2019 - 08:20:43
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – The first edition of the ''Gabès Cinéma Fen'' film festival began on Saturday in Tunisia under [...] Full text...

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Kenyan conservationist honoured for epic elephant conservation effort

12 april 2019 - 19:52:02
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – A Kenyan elephant conservationist, Jim Justus Nyamu, has been honoured in a film depicting his illustrious [...] Full text...

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Mandela amnesty key to apartheid-era murder case in South Africa

29 march 2019 - 12:27:28
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Apartheid-era policeman Joao Jan Rodrigues is seeking to use an amnesty clause introduced by [...] Full text...

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8th edition of the Luxor African Film Festival begins in Egypt

16 march 2019 - 16:26:06
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The eighth edition of the African Luxor Film Festival in South Egypt, began on Friday, with [...] Full text...

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2nd Tunisian environment film Festival to be held 19 to 23 March

14 march 2019 - 09:22:16
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The 2nd Tunisian environment film festival "Envirofest Tunisia" will take place from 19 to 23 March, [...] Full text...

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Francophonie Secretary General expected to make first visit to Mali

04 march 2019 - 19:32:27
Bamako, Mali (PANA) – The new Secretary General of the International francophonie organisation (OIF), Louise Mushikiwabo, who took office in [...] Full text...

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Rwandan Joel Karekezi wins prestigious Yennega Gold Standard at 26th FESPACO

03 march 2019 - 05:44:20
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Rwandan film director Joel Karekezi won the prestigious Golden Standard of Yennega prize at the [...] Full text...

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Med Hondo, winner of FESPACO Gold Standard in 1987, dies

02 march 2019 - 20:36:27
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA)- Mauritanian film director, Med Hondo, who directed the film, Sarraounia, and winner in 1987 of the Yenenega [...] Full text...

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. Rwandan, Malian presidents due in Ouagadougou for closure of FESPACO

01 march 2019 - 15:19:39
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Rwandan President Paul Kagame and Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita are due to arrive in [...] Full text...

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UNESCO DG to visit Burkina Faso and Côte d'Ivoire

24 february 2019 - 20:14:28
Paris, France (PANA) - The Director-General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay, began a 48-hour visit to Burkina Faso and Cote [...] Full text...

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The Ouagadougou Pan-African Film and Television Festival in figures

23 february 2019 - 15:28:18
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Pan-African Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO), one of Africa’s film festivals, opened [...] Full text...

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Malian Cheick Oumar Sissoko re-elected head of Pan-African Federation of Filmmakers

23 february 2019 - 12:15:20
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) -  Malian Cheick Oumar Sissoko was Friday re-elected head of the Pan-African Federation of Filmmakers (FEPACI) [...] Full text...

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Two Tunisian films on showcase Saturday at FESPACO

22 february 2019 - 20:19:00
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Two Tunisian films, Nejib Belkadhi's ''Watch Me'' and Mahmoud Ben Mahmoud's ''Fatwa'' will be screened as [...] Full text...

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26th edition of FESPACO opens on Saturday in Burkina Faso

21 february 2019 - 20:58:38
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Pan-African Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO), one of the largest African film [...] Full text...

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Malian delegation to FESPACO received by PM Soumeylou Boubèye Maiga

20 february 2019 - 15:42:10
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's delegation to the 26th Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO), led by the [...] Full text...

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Mali to present 5 films at FESPACO

30 january 2019 - 20:54:53
Bamako, Mali (PANA) – Mali will present five films at the 26th edition of the Pan-African cinema and television festival [...] Full text...

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South African students send Mandela photograph into space

29 january 2019 - 14:19:08
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A group of University of Cape Town students have sent a framed photograph of [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Kenya taps on film locations to boost Indian tourist arrivals

23 january 2019 - 16:53:24
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya is banking on local film locations as one of the incentives to increase the number [...] Full text...

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Malian actor Michel Sangaré passes on

22 january 2019 - 14:32:27
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian actor and artist Michel Sangaré died on Monday at Gabriel Touré Hospital in Bamako after [...] Full text...

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Malian film maker laments Africa's leaders' dislike for African Cinema

19 january 2019 - 14:45:45
Paris, France (PANA) - Malian film maker, Souleymane Cissé, has slammed African leaders' dislike for Cinema, saying they regard the [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso assures security for all at FESPACO festival

18 january 2019 - 15:44:47
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - Burkinabe Minister of Culture Abdoul Karim Sango has reassured security at the 26th edition of [...] Full text...

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Algeria to sponsor Miriam Makeba Prize at Fespaco 2019

17 january 2019 - 19:20:30
Paris, France (PANA) - A Miriam Makeba Prize, sponsored by Algeria, will be awarded for the first time at the [...] Full text...

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Burkinabe gov't solicits economic model for African cinema at FESPACO 2019

17 january 2019 - 18:55:08
Paris, France (PANA) - Burkina Faso's Minister of Culture, Abdoum Karim Sango, has called on African film professionals and their [...] Full text...

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Fespaco selects films for screening at Ouagadougou festival

16 january 2019 - 19:58:22
Paris, France (PANA) - The management of the Pan-African Film, Television and Audiovisual Festival (Fespaco), on Wednesday announced the official [...] Full text...

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Burkinabè Culture Minister in Brussels to whip up interest in Fespaco 2019

15 january 2019 - 18:30:02
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The Burkinabe Minister of Culture, Arts and Tourism, Abdoul Karim Sango, is due in Brussels for [...] Full text...

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South African film producer to marry rock star's daughter

04 january 2019 - 10:01:37
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former Cape Town model Jacques Naude has found fame by getting engaged to the [...] Full text...

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Senegalese President begins two-day visit to Tunisia

19 december 2018 - 10:48:12
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia and Senegal on Tuesday signed several cooperation agreements on the first day of a 2-day [...] Full text...

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South Africa Govt moves to proceed with apartheid-era murder trial

07 december 2018 - 07:47:27
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former police officer Joao Rodrigues could be setting a precedent for victims of apartheid [...] Full text...

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About 200 films expected to be screened at 26th FESPACO

30 november 2018 - 12:11:18
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – About 200 films will be shown at the 26th Pan-African film and television festival of [...] Full text...

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Thirty films to be shown at the 5th edition Tunisia film festival

27 november 2018 - 10:49:53
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Thirty films will be shown on 7-9 December in Médenine, southern Tunisia, at the 5th edition [...] Full text...

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Dutch athlete blames Kenyan drug cheats on greed

24 november 2018 - 12:37:26
Nairobi, 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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Kenya urges use of film to spur economic growth, social cohesion in Africa

22 november 2018 - 17:06:45
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The world is increasingly becoming aware of the increasing power of film to spur economic [...] Full text...

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Kenya to host inaugural international sports film festival

21 november 2018 - 12:00:24
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya is hosting a three-day inaugural Kenya International Sports Film Festival (KISSF) in Nairobi from Thursday. Festival [...] Full text...

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13th edition of Creole International Festival opens in Mauritius

17 november 2018 - 19:32:30
Labourdonnais, Mauritius (PANA) - The 13th edition of the Creole International Film Festival was launched on Friday night at Labourdonnais [...] Full text...

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6th Nairobi edition of Human Rights Watch Film Festival opens on Tuesday

29 october 2018 - 05:29:02
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The 6th Nairobi Edition of the Human Rights Watch Film Festival will showcase four films from [...] Full text...

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Trial date set for suspect in liberation heroes' death

22 october 2018 - 14:50:53
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's Gauteng High Court on Monday set a trial date of 28 January, [...] Full text...

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2018 FIFA Football Awards: Egyptian Salah, Croat Modric win awards

25 september 2018 - 06:15:02
London, UK (PANA) - Real Madrid and Croatia's Luka Modric scooped the ultimate gong at the 2018 FIFA Football Awards [...] Full text...

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Textile, Clothing industries can drive Africa’s industrialization, benefit women (By Vanessa Moungar, Emanuela Gregorio, AfDB)

23 august 2018 - 13:44:16
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - As the African Development Bank (AfDB) celebrates World Fashion Day, we take this opportunity to [...] Full text...

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Ghana to discontinue with winding up Ghana Football Association

16 august 2018 - 18:08:35
Zurich, Switzerland (PANA) - The government of Ghana is to take steps to discontinue the process for the winding up [...] Full text...

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Ghana talks tough ahead of FIFA meeting as ban looms

16 august 2018 - 11:35:50
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Ghana government is talking tough ahead of its meeting with officials of football's governing body, [...] Full text...

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Ghana asks FIFA for 'further engagements' following threats of ban

15 august 2018 - 11:44:58
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's Ministry of Youth and Sports is asking for further engagements with football's governing body, FIFA, [...] Full text...

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Young Somali making inroads in digital space to transform the youth (Feature by UNSOM)

12 august 2018 - 10:01:25
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - By his own account, Salad Yusuf Adow had an epiphany in 2015 that convinced him to [...] Full text...

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Mauritius, Kenya to sign MOUs l

28 july 2018 - 09:06:38
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius and Kenya will sign a series of Memorandums of Understanding (MOU) with Kenya in several [...] Full text...

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Mandela, ‘true symbol of human greatness’, celebrated on centenary of his birth

19 july 2018 - 06:47:44
New York, US (PANA) - Paying tribute to the first democratically-elected President of South Africa and iconic civil rights leader, [...] Full text...

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Week-long presentation of films on ECOWAS holds in Cote d’Ivoire

04 july 2018 - 14:59:46
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Office of the Representative of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in [...] Full text...

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South Africa hard-hitting court ruling over Xhosa initiation film

29 june 2018 - 10:27:08
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – There has been widespread reaction to Thursday’s North Gauteng High Court ruling which found [...] Full text...

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Some 30 million children forcibly displaced by conflict

20 june 2018 - 08:24:31
New York, US (PANA) – There are now more children forcibly displaced by conflict – an estimated 30 million – [...] Full text...

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Mauritius, South Africa deepen ties

13 june 2018 - 11:11:09
Flic-en-Flac, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Foreign Affairs Minister Vishnu Lutchmeenaraidoo on Tuesday night called for the deepening of relations [...] Full text...

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Students gather at UN to ‘Remember Slavery,’ honour those who suffered

28 april 2018 - 14:05:57
New York, US (PANA) - Students from around the world joined United Nations and Government officials in New York on [...] Full text...

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3 Nigerian women artists unite at UN to change perceptions of women and Africa

10 march 2018 - 12:29:45
New York, US (PANA) - Three Nigerian women will spotlight themes such as human trafficking, suicide bombing, and sexism and [...] Full text...

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South Africa's Xhosa initiation film hits a nerve

22 february 2018 - 08:44:34
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The producers of a film about a Xhosa initiation ceremony, which has hit a [...] Full text...

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OIF Secretary General pays tribute to late Burkina film director

20 february 2018 - 16:26:54
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Secretary General of the International Francophonie Organisation (OIF), Michaëlle Jean, has on Tuesday paid [...] Full text...

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Kenyan football legend Kadenge lands Man United invite

31 january 2018 - 16:14:47
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's football legend, Joe Kadenge, has landed an invitation from English Premier League side, Manchester United. According [...] Full text...

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Rights group launches film on Gambian human rights defenders

17 january 2018 - 11:59:20
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Ahead of the first anniversary of President Adama Barrow’s inauguration this week, Amnesty International (AI) is [...] Full text...

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Amnesty screens activists’ role in toppling Jammeh

10 january 2018 - 13:51:12
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Rights group, Amnesty International, has screened a documentary on the roles played by human rights groups [...] Full text...

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Kenyan film official salutes world movie industry

21 december 2017 - 10:14:55
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A Kenyan film official on Thursday hailed the United States, Indian and Nigerian movie industry for [...] Full text...

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Number of families separated by conflict, natural disasters at all time high - ICRC

11 december 2017 - 20:35:33
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The number of families being separated by conflict, violence and natural disaster is at a five-year [...] Full text...

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ICRC to launch new video, online game in campaign against war

07 november 2017 - 10:34:12
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says it will this week launch a new [...] Full text...

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Uganda's Surrogates voted best African production at Slum Film Festival

17 october 2017 - 11:32:46
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Ugandan film, Surrogate, was on Monday night voted the Best African production at the ongoing 7th [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Rights groups accuse Kenyan police of killing at least 33 post-election protesters

16 october 2017 - 07:09:56
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan police killed at least 33 people, possibly as many as 50, and injured hundreds more [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Outrage over Oscar Pistorius movie

04 october 2017 - 13:33:38
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The family of jailed paralympian, Oscar Pistorius, has expressed outrage over a film released [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Xhosa initiation film nominated for Academy Awards

02 october 2017 - 15:23:52
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A 2017 drama film about a Xhosa initiation has been selected as South [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Renowned Ghanaian Sculptor, El Anatsui, adds more int'l awards to his long list

30 september 2017 - 06:32:16
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Globally-celebrated Ghanaian Sculptor, Prof. El Anatsui, has been honoured with the most internationally-prestigious award in art [...] Full text...

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Rwanda: Popular mountain gorilla dies in Rwanda

29 september 2017 - 15:50:45
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Vuba, a famous mountain gorilla in Rwanda, which was of the "silverback" family, has died, according [...] Full text...

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Cote d'Ivoire: AfDB joins international community in supporting sustainable tourism development in Africa

28 september 2017 - 12:33:22
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - To mark the World Tourism Day on September 27, 2017, the African Development Bank (AfDB) [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Nairobi set for global Slum Film Festival

28 september 2017 - 11:12:47
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Organizers of the annual Slum Film Festival (SFF) have received 2,600 entries from 120 countries for [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Former cop testifies about South African activist's death in custody

31 july 2017 - 16:46:31
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – An apartheid-era policeman who witnessed the death of Ahmed Timol in 1972 on Monday [...] Full text...

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Switzerland: IOM calls for entries for 2017 Global Migration Film Festival

03 july 2017 - 10:41:06
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN Migration Agency (IOM) is inviting professional and emerging filmmakers to submit perception-changing films about [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Inquest into death of anti-Apartheid activist begins

26 june 2017 - 12:34:53
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The inquest into the death of South African anti-apartheid activist, Ahmed Timol, 45 years [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Kenyan film body bans several TV programmes for agitating homosexuality

15 june 2017 - 12:26:54
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A Kenyan film classification body has banned several cartoon programmes aired by a South African pay [...] Full text...

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Cote d'Ivoire: Poll ranks AfDB chief Adesina 3rd 'most reputable person on earth'

14 june 2017 - 06:37:15
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, has been rated the third [...] Full text...

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France: 144 Countries, EU set guidelines to protect, promote diversity of cultural expressions

10 june 2017 - 06:03:26
Paris, France (PANA) - Representatives of countries that have ratified UNESCO’s Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity [...] Full text...

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US: UN Children's Fund mourns Sir Roger Moore

23 may 2017 - 19:44:49
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Tuesday mourned the passing of Sir Roger Moore, one [...] Full text...

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South Africa: South African film scoops major awards

22 may 2017 - 14:07:54
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Nigerian-born South African filmmaker, Akin Omotoso, has expressed disbelief after his latest film, Vaya, [...] Full text...

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France: UNESCO's Africa Week to showcase Africa through cultural, artistic heritage

21 may 2017 - 14:36:19
Paris, France (PANA) - On the occasion of Africa Day, celebrated every year on 25 May, the African Member States [...] Full text...

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Kenya: UNESCO's Africa Week in Paris to focus on youth

17 may 2017 - 12:08:54
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Investing in the youth of Africa will be the theme of the 2017 edition of UNESCO’s [...] Full text...

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Cote d'Ivoire: AfDB partners African, Indian movie industries to stimulate interest in agriculture

12 may 2017 - 14:39:27
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Key practitioners in the movie industries in Nigeria and India will meet during the 2017 [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Youth driven cultural incubation programme targets African multinationals

18 april 2017 - 07:24:26
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Global E-Schools and Communities Initiative (GESCI), created by the UN to champion a global Information [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Amnesty International condemns journos torture in Sudan

05 april 2017 - 16:28:10
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The torture of two journalists abducted en route to Jebel Marra, in Sudan’s Darfur region, is [...] Full text...

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UN: UN, Smurfs team up to celebrate International Day of Happiness

18 march 2017 - 17:26:42
New York, US (PANA) - Voice actors from the upcoming animated movie Smurfs: "The Lost Village" on Saturday joined officials [...] Full text...

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UN: UN launches network to end global gender pay gap

14 march 2017 - 20:03:21
New York, US (PANA) - With women being paid an average of 23 per cent less than men, the UN [...] Full text...

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UN: UNEP urges efforts to eliminate microplastics to save world's seas, oceans

23 february 2017 - 20:36:09
New York, US (PANA) - Launching an unprecedented global campaign, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) on Thursday urged everyone to [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe: African tech start-up using robots to produce news stories

15 february 2017 - 07:59:25
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Controvert Media, an African tech start-up, has created and is using artificial intelligence robots to automatically [...] Full text...

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Gambia: Gambia’s aquaculture on path of sustainable development, says AfDB

04 february 2017 - 11:33:29
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) says The Food and Agriculture Sector [...] Full text...

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Botswana: Botswana suspends research, film and photography permits

01 february 2017 - 08:56:49
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana has suspended issuing of environmental research, filming and photography permits. The Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources [...] Full text...

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