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 | 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
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8, were on Thursday released on the occasion of the 22nd anniversary of the "7 N
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vember 1987 change", the date marking the coming to power of Tunisian president
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ine El Abidine Ben Ali.
05/11/2009 full text... |
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| 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
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Centre for Democracy and Human Right Studies (ACDHRS).
03/11/2009 full text... |
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| 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
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ctober in Abuja, the Nigerian capital city, according to a statement on Sunday f
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om the Embassy.
04/10/2009 full text... |
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| 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... |
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| 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
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s, in a press release issued here on the occasion of the celebration of the Worl
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Refugee Day.
20/06/2009 full text... |
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| 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
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a Press Union (GPU) and the editor of Banjul-based Point Newspaper, Pap Saine, s
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urces confirmed to PANA.
15/06/2009 full text... |
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| 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
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e menace of the illegal migration of youths to Europe through North Africa.
06/05/2009 full text... |
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| 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... |
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| 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... |
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| 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
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ral/Justice Minister's recent claims over a disappeared journalist - dismissing
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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... |
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| 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
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talk shows on radio and television stations", IFJ said in a communiqué receive
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in Dakar by PANA on Thursday).
24/04/2009 full text... |
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| 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
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ou, Benin's capital.
12/04/2009 full text... |
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| 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
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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... |
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| 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... |
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| 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,
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he UN refugee agency UNHCR says.
10/03/2009 full text... |
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| 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
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Supreme Court on the merit of their charges, WOZA said in a statement received
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n Dakar by PANA.
09/03/2009 full text... |
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| 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... |
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| '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... |
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| 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... |
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| 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... |
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| 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... |
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| 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
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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... |
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| 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
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men of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA), the group said in a statement received in Dakar by
PANA.
28/01/2009 full text... |
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| 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
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National Council for Democracy and Development (CNDD) for allegedly "working ag
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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
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Dakar by PANA.
14/01/2009 full text... |
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| 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... |
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| 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
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ase of detained executives are not addressed by the Freetown City Council in 48
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ours.
10/01/2009 full text... |
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| 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... |
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| 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... |
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| 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
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e death a student during initiation into a club.
09/01/2009 full text... |
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