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 | At least a dozen newspapers dragged to court in Togo | | Lome, Togo (PANA) - At least a dozen newspapers in Togo will face justice in the
next few days to answer charges of libel and publication of false information b
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ought against them, sources close to the Togolese journalists association told P
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27/08/2010 full text... |
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| Some 5,850 families rehoused in Niamey after floods | | Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Some 5,850 families have been rehoused in the urban
district of Niamey following devastating floods when the Niger river
overflowed its banks on 5 August, the governor of the city, Colonel Soumana
Djibo said on Friday.
27/08/2010 full text... |
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| Church leader arrested at ex-minister's controversial funeral | | Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Police in the northern city of Mzuzu on Friday night arrested the Rev. Levi Nyondo, the outspoken General Secretary of the Livingstonia Synod of the Church of Central African Presbyterian (CCAP), following scathing remarks against President Bingu wa Mutharika at the funeral ceremony of former Health Minister Prof. Moses Chirambo.
21/08/2010 full text... |
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| AG appeals against discharge of two former government officials | | Accra, Ghana (PANA) â" The Office of the Attorney General on Friday filed an ap
peal to overturn the decision of an Accra High Court, which discharged two forme
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government officials who had been charged with wilfully causing financial loss
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o the state in the management of funds during Ghana's 50th independence annivers
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ry in 2007.
20/08/2010 full text... |
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| Situation at Libya-Tunisian border returns to normal | | Ras-Jedir, Libya (PANA) - The movement of goods and people at the Libyan border
cross-point of Ras-Jedir with Tunisia has returned to normal after Tunisians pro
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ested in south-eastern city of Ben-Guerdane against measures taken by Libyan cus
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oms officers to check those involved in informal trade.
18/08/2010 full text... |
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| Lawyers "concerned" about criticisms of judiciary | | Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Lawyers have lashed out at the public for “unguarded comments” after a judge freed two former government officials who had been charged for wilfully causing financial loss to the state during the celebration of Ghana's 50th independence anniversary in 2007.
18/08/2010 full text... |
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| Founding member of Osibisa dies | | Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Mac Tontoh, a founding member of Osibisa, the music group
that was famous in the 1970s and 1980s for its fusion of African music with west
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rn pop and rock, has died in Accra, his close friend, Carlos Sekyi, announced on
Tuesday.
17/08/2010 full text... |
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| Al Qaeda frees two Malian soldiers | | Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Members of Al Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb (AQMI) on Monday fr
eed two Malian soldiers abducted at the same time as the customs officer of the
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ouareg ethnic group, Lieutenant Sidi Mohamed Ag Acherif, whom they executed last
Thursday a few kilometres from Tessalit in the far north of Mali.
16/08/2010 full text... |
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| Media watchdog calls for release of Puntland journalist | | New York, US (PANA) - The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on authorities in the semi-autonomous region of Puntland to immediately release jailed radio journalist Abdifatah Jama, who was sentenced on Saturday to six years in prison on charges related to an interview with Islamic rebel leader Sheikh Mohamed Said Atom.
16/08/2010 full text... |
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| Angola spends 17 billion kwanzas on demining | | Luanda, Angola (PANA) - The Angolan government has spent about 17 billion Angola
n Kwanzas (US$1=92.57 Angolan Kwanzas) on demining, according to the Coordinator
of the Executive Demining
Commission, Joao Baptista Kussumua.
08/08/2010 full text... |
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| WFP executive director visits Niger | | Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The executive director of the World Food Programme
(WFP), Josette Sheeran, arrived in Niger on Tuesday at the start of a
tour of three African countries where the agency is carrying out
humanitarian programmes.
20/07/2010 full text... |
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| DRC receives US$82 million US donation to fight hunger | | Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The United States of America has granted US$82 million to the World Food Programme (WFP) to tackle hunger, malnutrition and conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a statement from the US Agency for International Aid (USAID) said on Thursday.
08/07/2010 full text... |
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| UN launches local transition Fund in Cote d'Ivoire | | Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The deputy spokesperson of the United
Nations Operations in Cote d'Ivoire (ONUCI), Kenneth Blackman, on
Thursday announced the launch of a local transition fund aimed at
consolidating the gains of humanitarian action and financing community
rehabilitation.
08/07/2010 full text... |
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| Expert calls for use of local languages in early school learning | | Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - A United Nations education expert on Thursday
told a conference of top African education officials in Brazzaville that
countries on the continent need to switch from foreign to local languages
as a medium of instruction in elementary school to stimulate learning
interest in first-time learners and to enable them to easily grasp
concepts being taught.
08/07/2010 full text... |
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| Police arrest owner of collapsed Ghana gold pit | | Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The police have arrested the owner of a pit at Dunkwa Akyempim, an area within Dunkwa-On-Offin in the Central Region of Ghana, where dozens of illegal gold miners are trapped, as hopes fade for finding them alive.
29/06/2010 full text... |
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| Rwanda news web site blocked | | New York, US (PANA) - The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Friday calle
d on the Rwandan authorities to provide information as to why the web site of ne
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spaper Umuvugizi is inaccessible in the run-up to August presidential elections.
12/06/2010 full text... |
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| Cameroonian writer Ferdinand Oyono dies | | Yaounde, Camero0n (PANA) - Cameroonian writer, diplomat and civil servant, Ferdi
nand Leopold Oyono, died on Thursday in Yaounde, the Cameroonian capital, at the
age of 81, sources from his family told PANA.
10/06/2010 full text... |
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| African Union for Mutual Insurance to meet in Rabat | | Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The African Union for Mutual Insurance (UAM) will hold a
two-day meeting in Rabat from 10 June during which the 18 member countries and
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epresentatives of African governments will sign the status agreement of the unio
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07/06/2010 full text... |
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| Ghana says number 'refugees' crossing to Togo 'exaggerated' | | Accra, Ghana (PANA) â" Ghana on Tuesday confirmed that a number of people had c
rossed to neighbouring Togo in recent days to escape ethnic unrest in a communit
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in the north of the country, but said the numbers quoted by the Togolese author
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ties were â?exaggeratedâ? and â?alarmingâ?.
25/05/2010 full text... |
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