US: ‘No alternative to political settlement of the Burundian crisis,’ Ban tells Security Council

19 march 2016 - 12:52:21
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, has said that "there cannot be any alternative to the [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian PM attends G20 Summit in South Korea

11 november 2010 - 15:01:00
Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi and his Ind ian counterpart, Manmohan Singh, who are in [...] Full text...

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Angola's FM highlights military exercise 'Kwanza2010'

06 june 2010 - 08:49:00
Cabo Ledo- Angola (PANA) -- Angolan Foreign Minister Assunأ§أ£o dos Anjos said th e promotion of peace and stability in [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian electoral body warns against poll mischief

22 may 2010 - 17:38:00
Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Ethiopiaâ?s electoral officials warned on Saturd ay they would prosecute any political party that flouts [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's opposition wants management of late President's health probed

18 may 2010 - 13:35:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's opposition Action Congress (AC) party has urge d the federal government to institute a probe [...] Full text...

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Guinea Bissau gets WB, EU grants to alleviate food crisis

16 april 2010 - 07:46:00
Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The World Bank (WB) and the European Union (EU) have mad e a grant of about [...] Full text...

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IMF Managing Director to visit Africa

05 march 2010 - 10:13:00
Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- The Managing Director of the International Mone tary Fund (IMF), Dominique Strauss-Kahn, will visit [...] Full text...

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Donors worry over declining education budgets in Africa

23 february 2010 - 17:29:00
Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- A high-level meeting on financing education in Af rica opened here Tuesday, amid worries over [...] Full text...

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SERAP wants ICC to probe crimes against humanity in Nigeria city

31 january 2010 - 09:10:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- A civil society group, the Socio-Economic Rights and Acc ountability Project (SERAP), has petitioned Luis Moreno-Ocampo, [...] Full text...

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Choi, Zoellick discuss Ivorian electoral process

29 january 2010 - 18:51:00
Abidjan- Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) -- The Chairman of the World Bank, Robert Zoellick , and the special representative of the [...] Full text...

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China claims credit for higher African earnings on oil, others

12 january 2010 - 12:57:00
Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- China is responsible for the increased prices Afr ican producers of oil and gas are [...] Full text...

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Gbagbo: Let's not rush to hold election

06 january 2010 - 23:58:00
Abidjan- Cأ´te d'Ivoire (PANA) -- The Ivorian president, Laurent Gbagbo, on Wedne sday cautioned against rushing go conduct elections when [...] Full text...

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2009 in Retrospect: Tunisia's current economic deficit continues to slide

30 december 2009 - 13:46:00
Tunis- Tunisia (PANA) -- Tunisia's current economic deficit stood at 2. 6 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) [...] Full text...

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New moves to address climate change concerns in South Africa

16 december 2009 - 07:16:00
Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- South Africa joined other African nations, as w ell as India and China and [...] Full text...

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Madagascar crisis talks end, parties to form joint govt

07 november 2009 - 13:42:00
Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The Madagascar crisis talks, that had been on at the AU headquarters in Ethiopiaâ?s capital, [...] Full text...

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West Africa, EU to strengthen consultation

17 october 2009 - 14:15:00
Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) â" West African countries an-d the European Commission hav e agreed to strengthen their partnership by reiterating [...] Full text...

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Global financial crisis: European MPs want EU, G-20 to help Africa

10 october 2009 - 18:17:00
Brussels- Belgium (PANA) -- The European Parliament on Friday called on the G-20 and European Union countries to join efforts [...] Full text...

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MEND 'to resume Niger Delta attacks' next week

08 october 2009 - 09:00:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (ME ND) has vowed to resume attacks [...] Full text...

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Nigerian opposition links banking sector crisis to non-passage of FOI bill

14 september 2009 - 09:32:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's opposition Action Congress (AC) parry Monday c alled for an ''urgent passage'' of the Freedom [...] Full text...

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Rwanda tops WB report "Doing Business 2010"

10 september 2009 - 15:36:00
Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- "For the first time, a sub-Saharan African economy, Rwan da, is the world's top reformer of [...] Full text...

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IMF to reinforce governance reform

05 august 2009 - 18:01:00
New York- US (PANA) -- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is in the process of reinforcing its governance reform, according [...] Full text...

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Yar'Adua orders investigation into Boko Haram violence

04 august 2009 - 14:57:00
Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's President Umaru Yara?Adua has ordered an inve stigation into the Boko Haram violence to determine [...] Full text...

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Kenya gets new hydro-power plant amid energy crisis

24 july 2009 - 15:49:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki on Friday launched a US$ 25 0 million hydro-electric power plant in [...] Full text...

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Paris charges Mauritanians to ensure success of Dakar talks

23 june 2009 - 19:09:00
Paris- France (PANA) -- The deputy spokesman of the French Foreign Affairs Minist ry, Frédéric Desagneaux, on Tuesday urged the [...] Full text...

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UN chief welcomes global employment agreement

21 june 2009 - 16:55:00
New York- US (PANA) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has paid tribute to parti cipants at a UN-backed labour conference [...] Full text...

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UN downgrades global economic forecast for 2009

28 may 2009 - 17:05:00
New York- US (PANA) -- The United Nations (UN) has downgraded its world economic forecast for 2009 with a shrinkage [...] Full text...

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IMF says sub-Sahara Africa seriously hit by economic crisis

24 april 2009 - 19:45:00
Washington DC- US (PANA) -- The IMF on Friday said that sub-Sahara Africa was ser iously affected by the current [...] Full text...

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Int'l group says crisis threatening Chad

17 april 2009 - 15:47:00
New York- US (PANA) -- The crisis in eastern Chad from ethic violence and regiona l strife could escalate and [...] Full text...

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Islamic Development Bank grants Mali 789 million CFA F

08 april 2009 - 23:03:00
Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- Mali and the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) have signed a grant agreement of 789 million CFA [...] Full text...

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UN panel wants global financial structures overhauled

27 march 2009 - 13:24:00
New York- US (PANA) -- A UN panel of experts on Thursday called for an overhaul o f the international [...] Full text...

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Global economic crisis hits Africa hard

27 february 2009 - 13:19:00
Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Africa’s economic woes have deepened sharply over the past few months as a result of [...] Full text...

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WB pledges US$100 billion to shield poor countries from economic slump

02 february 2009 - 17:14:00
Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The World Bank plans to raise its Innovative Brid ge Research and Deployment (IBRD) lending [...] Full text...

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WB pledges US$100 billion to shield poor countries from economic slump

02 february 2009 - 16:28:00
Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The World Bank plans to raise its Innovative Brid ge Research and Deployment (IBRD) lending [...] Full text...

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Civil society to monitor future elections in Cote d'Ivoire

24 january 2009 - 15:26:00
Abidjan- Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) -- Worried by the constant political crisis in Cote d'Ivoire, the nation's civil society convention (CSCI), [...] Full text...

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Mercenaries' arrest dominate Nigerian newspapers

03 january 2009 - 19:33:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The apprehension of a 26-man gang of suspected mercenari es in Nigeria's north central Plateau State [...] Full text...

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