November 21, 2009
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Accra, Ghana (PANA)CAN 2010: Ghana FA boss says â?Group of Deathâ? will be tough * Accra, Ghana (PANA) â" Ghana's Central Bank on FriGhana cuts prime rate to 18 per cent * Accra, Ghana (PANA)Ghana records major swine flu outbreak school * Moroni, Comoros (PANA) -Government provides more money for Comoros elections * Dakar, Senegal (PANA) -CAN 2010: Group B seen as â?Group of Deathâ? *
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Social Last Updated     16/11/2009    22:45:00
Senegal labour inspectors and controllers end strike
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - A three-day general strike called by Senegal's labour in spectors and controllers trade union ended on Monday, union sources told PANA in Dakar.    16/11/2009   full text...
Tunisia releases 16 union activists of Gafsa mining region
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Sixteen union activists of the Gafsa mining region in so uth-west Tunisia, who were jailed after disturbances that shook the region in 20 0 8, were on Thursday released on the occasion of the 22nd anniversary of the "7 N o vember 1987 change", the date marking the coming to power of Tunisian president Z ine El Abidine Ben Ali.    05/11/2009   full text...
Rights defenders to meet in Banjul
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Defenders of human rights in Africa will hold a two-da y conference in Banjul from 7-9 November, according to a statement by the Africa n Centre for Democracy and Human Right Studies (ACDHRS).    03/11/2009   full text...
Ivorian universities and research centres paralysed by strike
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Public universities and research centres in Côte d'Ivoire are paralysed by a strike which started on Monday to press for better working conditions.    02/11/2009   full text...
Three dead, seven injured in Ghana communal clashes
Accra, Ghana (PANA) â" Three people are confirmed dead and seven others are inj ured following communal clashes in Ghana's north-eastern town of Bawku, Upper Ea s t Regional Minister, Mark Woyongo, announced on Monday.    02/11/2009   full text...
Chad expels Cameroonian-born journalist after Nobel Peace Prize story
New York, US (PANA) - Chadian authorities summarily expelled a Cameroonian-born journalist from the country on Wednesday, a day after he wrote an op-ed in respo n se to a government officialâ?s suggestion that the Nobel Peace Prize should have been awarded to Chad President Idriss Deby.    17/10/2009   full text...
Chad expels Cameroonian-born journalist after Nobel Peace Prize story
New York, US (PANA) - Chadian authorities summarily expelled a Cameroonian-born journalist from the country on Wednesday, a day after he wrote an op-ed in respo n se to a government officialâ?s suggestion that the Nobel Peace Prize should have been awarded to Chad President Idriss Deby.    17/10/2009   full text...
US Embassy to hold college fair for Nigerian students
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) â" The United States Embassyâ?s Educational Advising Cen ter (EAC) in Nigeria will hold its 11th annual College and Career fair from 6-7 O ctober in Abuja, the Nigerian capital city, according to a statement on Sunday f r om the Embassy.    04/10/2009   full text...
Chad road transport union threatens strike
N'Djamena, Chad (PANA) - The Chadian road transport trade union is threatening t o go on strike to denounce â?the anarchic tariffsâ? in the sector.    05/09/2009   full text...
At least two killed in communal clashes in Accra
Accra, Ghana (PANA) â" At least two men were killed on Tuesday in bloody clashe s between two feuding groups at a sprawling slum in Accra inhabited mainly by pe o ple from northern Ghana, police said.    25/08/2009   full text...
Chadian traders set to go on strike
N’Djamena, Chad (PANA) - The chair of the Chadian traders' union, Mahamat Abakar , said Friday that the union would go on strike soon to demand the government's payment of a d ebt, amounting to CFA F20b, owed to the union.    24/07/2009   full text...
African ministers told to “shelve” diplomacy when discussing crisis
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - World Bank (WB) Africa Region Vice President Obiageli Ez ekwesili has urged African ministers to put diplomacy aside and engage in a fran k dialogue on efforts to counter the global economic slowdown.    16/07/2009   full text...
UNHCR hails Burundi's role in refugees' repatriation
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The UN Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) Saturday hail ed the progress achieved by Burundi in the repatriation of the country's refuge e s, in a press release issued here on the occasion of the celebration of the Worl d Refugee Day.    20/06/2009   full text...
Gambia’s intelligence agency arrests 3 more journalists
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Gambia’s National Intelligence Agency (NIA) has arrested three more journalists, bringing the number of arrests to seven, competent sour c es in Banjul informed PANA Tuesday.    16/06/2009   full text...
Gambian intelligence agency arrests editor, 3 journalists
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Personnel of Gambia’s National Intelligence Agency (NIA) on Monday arrested and commenced the interrogation of three leaders of the Gamb i a Press Union (GPU) and the editor of Banjul-based Point Newspaper, Pap Saine, s o urces confirmed to PANA.    15/06/2009   full text...
Gambians pay last respects to Dr Lenrie Peters
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambians on Wednesday paid their last respects to Dr. Le nrie Peters, who was regarded as a great Gambian Pan-Africanist, surgeon and poe t , as he was laid to rest at the Banjul cemetery.    03/06/2009   full text...
Niger investigates fire in Niamey's Grand Marché
Niamey, Niger (PANA) – The Niger government on Friday announced an enquiry into a fire that gutted Niamey’s Grand Marché (Big Market) destroying goods and more t han 1,500 shops.    29/05/2009   full text...
Mali gets US$14 million for road projects
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The West African Development Bank (BOAD) has loaned Mali a bout US$14 million for the partial financing of road projects in the capital, Ba m ako.    28/05/2009   full text...
Gambia, Morocco to jointly fight illegal migration
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Speaker of the Gambian Parliament, Fatoumatta Jahump a Ceesay, said on Wednesday that the Gambia and Morocco have agreed to curtail t h e menace of the illegal migration of youths to Europe through North Africa.    06/05/2009   full text...
Japan grants DR Congo US$7 million food aid
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) – The Japanese government has granted about USD$7 mill ion to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as food aid, according to a communiqué issued by the Japanese Embassy in Kinshasa.    05/05/2009   full text...
Nigerian journalists want speedy passage of information bill
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Journalists in Nigeria have called on lawmakers to pass the freedom of information bill before the House as a way of deepening democracy and providing greater access to information for the practitioners, as activities marking World Press Freedom Day in the country reached a climax on Monday.    04/05/2009   full text...
Gambian minister’s claim baseless, lie, says MFWA
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Prof. Kwame Karikari, the Executive Director of Accra-ba sed Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has reacted to Gambia's Attorney Gen e ral/Justice Minister's recent claims over a disappeared journalist - dismissing i t as "a lie and baseless" meant "to throw dust in the eyes of people" who do not know much about the sub-regional bloc, Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS) and its mechanism.    25/04/2009   full text...
IFJ wants suspension of talk shows lifted in Togo
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The global media rights body, International Federation o f Journalists (IFJ), has called on authorities in Togo to "lift the suspension o f talk shows on radio and television stations", IFJ said in a communiqué receive d in Dakar by PANA on Thursday).    24/04/2009   full text...
African Fund to sack 34% of its staff
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The African Fund for Guarantee and Economic Cooperation (FAGACE) in the forhtcoming days will lay off 19 workers, about 34.5 per cent of its staff, according to a statement by the continental institution based in Coto n ou, Benin's capital.    12/04/2009   full text...
Six perish in Ghana Good Friday accident
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – Six members of a popular charismatic church in Ghana, the Fountain Gate Chapel, died on Friday when the vehicle in which they were travell i ng was involved in an accident in the north of the country They included two daughters of the head pastor, the Reverend Eastwood Anaba, acc ording to eyewitnesses.    10/04/2009   full text...
World Vision pledges US$50 million for Zimbabwe
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - World Vision, an international aid agency, Thursday pl edged to give Zimbabwe US$ 50 million to tackle a range of humanitarian difficul t ies.    09/04/2009   full text...
WOZA intensifies campaign for “affordable education” in Zim
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – A leading pressure group in Zimbabwe, Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA), on Wednesday intensified its campaign for “affordable education for all children” in the southern African country by visiting some 12 more schools across Harare and Chitungwiza, as part of its “community-based demonstrations”, WOZA said in a statement received ion Dakar by PANA.    04/04/2009   full text...
Madonna to maintain 'cultural' links of adopted Malawian son
Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Pop diva Madonna has spoken of her desire to "maintain [the] cultural heritage" of her three-year-old adopted son David Banda.    17/03/2009   full text...
Zimbabwe man, 80, files for divorce over conjugal rights
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - An 80-year old man in northern Zimbabwe has filed for divorce in court over the reluctance of his wife to have sex.    16/03/2009   full text...
Malian leader inaugurates Bamako's 2nd orphanage
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian President Amadou Toumani Toure has inaugurated Bama ko's second orphanage at a cost of over FCFA450 million, provided by the Maltese Ecumenical Order.    11/03/2009   full text...
UNHCR helps repatriate thousands of Rwandan refugees
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Thousands of Rwandan refugees like widow Marie have been registering for repatriation since the launch of a joint Rwandan-Congo lese offensive in January against a rebel militia group in North Kivu province, t he UN refugee agency UNHCR says.    10/03/2009   full text...
Zimbabwe Court says WOZA leaders’ trial must proceed
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Magistrate Msipa sitting at Bulawayo Magistrate’s Court on Monday ruled that the trial of Jenni Williams and Magodonga Mahlangu, leaders of Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA) must “proceed” despite a pending appeal at th e Supreme Court on the merit of their charges, WOZA said in a statement received i n Dakar by PANA.    09/03/2009   full text...
Zimbabwe PM's statement on accident 'calms tension'
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The statement by Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsva ngirai on Monday, in which he ruled out any foul play in a car crash that killed his wife and left him injured, is sure to calm the growing anger among his supporters who had suspected the accident was an attempt to kill him, analysts said.    09/03/2009   full text...
Backlog of court cases shrink in Mozambique
Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - The backlog of cases awaiting trial in Mozambican co urts is gradually declining, according to statistics announced by the President o f the Supreme Court, Mario Mangaze.    03/03/2009   full text...
'Investigate attacks on media in Gaza'
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Media workers under the banner of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and Federation of Arab Journalists (FAJ) have called for investigations into the "premeditated and precise" attacks on the media by Israeli military during last month's offensive in the Gaza Strip, the two bodies said in a report issued on Friday.    21/02/2009   full text...
Zimbabwean court frees four WOZA members
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Bulawayo Magistrate's Court has unconditionally released four members of the pressure group, Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA), after the prosecutor refused to entertain the charge of "criminal nuisance" against them by the police, WOZA said in a statement received in Dakar by PANA Saturday.    21/02/2009   full text...
Media watchdog condemns attack on Sierra Leone’s female journalists
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Accra-based sub-regional media watchdog, Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), on Friday condemned at attack on four female journalists by pro-Female Genital Mutilation activists in Sierra Leone as “barbaric” saying it “defies all civility”.    13/02/2009   full text...
Zimbabwe Court grants bail to protesting WOZA members
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Harare Magistrate's Court on Thursday granted bail to 10 detained members of a Zimbabwe pressure group, Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA), who had staged “Valentine’s demonstration”, the pressure group said in a communiqué’ received in Dakar by PANA.    12/02/2009   full text...
Zim police arrest "Valentine demonstrators"
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Ten members of Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA) were arrested on Tuesday after taking to the streets of Harare as part of their "Valentine demonstration" the pressure group said in a statement received in Dakar by PANA.    10/02/2009   full text...
IFJ decries press freedom violations in Sierra Leone
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has ur ged Sierra Leonean government to urgently address press freedom violations in th e West African country, while condemning a violent attack on a female journalist, Sylvia Olayinka Blyden, the global media freedom watchdog said in a statement to PANA Saturday.    01/02/2009   full text...
Zimbabwean Court remands WOZA leaders
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Bulawayo Magistrate's Court on Wednesday remanded Je nni Williams and Magodonga Mahlangu, the embattled leaders of a pressure group W o men of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA), the group said in a statement received in Dakar by PANA.    28/01/2009   full text...
Libya donates two generator sets to Guinea
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) – Libya has donated two generator sets to Guinea, which h as been struggling to meet its electricity demands.    25/01/2009   full text...
Dr Congo financial sector workers launch strike
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) – A number of financial sector workers in the Democrat ic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Wednesday launched an indefinite strike action to p ress demands for payment of their bonuses for 2009.    21/01/2009   full text...
Authorities close down newspaper in Togo
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Togo's High Authority for Broadcasting and Communication (HAAC), has revoked the licence and closed down "Focus Info", a monthly privatel y -owned newspaper.    17/01/2009   full text...
Soldier detains cameraman in Conakry
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Alpha Bah, a Guinean freelance cameraman, was recently a rrested and detained by a member of the country's military government, the rulin g National Council for Democracy and Development (CNDD) for allegedly "working ag a inst the interest of the regime," the sub-regional media freedom watchdog, Medi a Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), said on Wednesday in a communiqué received i n Dakar by PANA.    14/01/2009   full text...
Gabonese health workers on strike
Libreville, Gabon (PANA)- Gabon's National Union of Health Workers (SYNAPS) embarked on a general strike on Monday to press for a better welfare for its member, PANA reported.    12/01/2009   full text...
Sierra Leone Labour Congress threatens strike action
Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) – The Sierra Leone Labour Congress has threatened a nationwide strike action if its demands for a reduction of market dues and rel e ase of detained executives are not addressed by the Freetown City Council in 48 h ours.    10/01/2009   full text...
Slain Gambian journalist gets international award
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Deyda Hydara, the slain Gambian journalist has been name d as one of the winners of the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award for 2009 b y African People's Intercontinental Awards (APIA), sources in Banjul confirmed to PANA on Friday.    09/01/2009   full text...
Slain Gambian journalist gets international award
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Deyda Hydara, the slain Gambian journalist has been name d as one of the winners of the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award for 2009 b y African People's Intercontinental Awards (APIA), sources in Banjul confirmed to PANA on Friday.    09/01/2009   full text...
Government bans social clubs in colleges
Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) – The Government of Sierra Leone has slammed a tot al ban on all social clubs and cults in all educational institutions following t h e death a student during initiation into a club.    09/01/2009   full text...
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