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- 27th FAO Africa conference opens on Monday in Congo
20 april 2012 20:09:47Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – The 27th regional conference of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) for Africa will be held from 23-27 April in the Congolese capital, Brazzaville, the Congolese minister of Agriculture and Livestock Farming, Rigobert Maboundou, said on Friday. Full text...©-Panapress-20 april 2012 20:09:47-thread Agriculture (220words) - Mali military junta releases detained civilians, soldiers
20 april 2012 19:17:12Bamako, Mali (PANA) – Bowing to mounting international pressure, the Mali military junta on Thursday released 22 civilian and military personnel they arrested 16 April, according to a statement issued here by military commander, Colonel Diamou Keïta.Full text...©-Panapress-20 april 2012 19:17:12-thread Politics (130words) - Recent developments in Southern Darfur worry UNAMID chief
20 april 2012 16:57:27New York, US (PANA) - The Joint Special Representative for the UN/AU Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) and Joint Chief Mediator, Ibrahim Gambari, on Friday expressed serious concern over developments in the Southern Darfur, following attacks by armed movements on three towns earlier this week. Full text...©-Panapress-20 april 2012 16:57:27-thread Society (322words) - 'Sudanese army recaptures Heglig'
20 april 2012 16:54:30Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan on Friday said its army has retaken oil rich Heglig from South Sudanese forces who overran it almost a fortnight ago. Full text...©-Panapress-20 april 2012 16:54:30-thread Society (168words) - Petro of Angola begins African handball title defence Saturday
20 april 2012 14:56:29Luanda, Angola (PANA) - Fresh from their Babacar Fall Super Cup triumph, Angola's Petro de Luanda will start the defence of their African handball champions league title on Saturday when they face hosts E.S Regiche in Tunis. Full text...©-Panapress-20 april 2012 14:56:29-thread Sports (118words) - High-level meeting on AIDS underlines strategic innovations to halt infections
20 april 2012 14:36:38Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – HIV experts, business leaders, aid agencies and ambassadors of 22 priority countries -- home to 90 percent of new HIV infections among children -- on Friday agreed in Washington, DC, that the surest way to halt the spread of the deadly virus from mother to child was through strategic innovations. Full text...©-Panapress-20 april 2012 14:36:38-thread Health (763words) - Angolan coach calls 18 handballers to camp for pre-Olympic tournament
20 april 2012 14:25:03Luanda, Angola (PANA) - Angolan handball coach, Vivaldo Eduardo, has invited 18 members of the Angolan senior female team to camp in preparation for an international tournament in Vienna, Austria, from 18-25 May. Full text...©-Panapress-20 april 2012 14:25:03-thread Sports (110words) - Angolan mobile phone company launches 4th generation network
20 april 2012 14:23:48Cabinda, Angola (PANA) – Angola’s mobile phone company, Movicel, Friday launched its fourth generation LTE/4G network that enables rapid access to the internet up to a speed of 120 Mbps (megabits per second), PANA reported, quoting the Angolan News Agency (ANGOP). Full text...©-Panapress-20 april 2012 14:23:48-thread (103words) - 42-year-old man caught raping dog in Angola
20 april 2012 14:12:16Luanda, Angola (PANA) - It took the intervention of police officers on Friday to save the life of a 42-year-old man who was caught raping a dog in Luanda’s Malanjino ward, according to the Angolan News Agency (ANGOP).Full text...©-Panapress-20 april 2012 14:12:16-thread Society (77words) - MPs urge rebel groups to withdraw from northern Mali
20 april 2012 14:01:08Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian parliamentarians on Thursday called on rebel groups occupying northern Mali to withdraw immediately from the area, condemning "in the strongest terms", the declaration, by the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), of "their new state of Azawad".Full text...©-Panapress-20 april 2012 14:01:08-thread Politics (138words) - Ivorian govt. delegation visits Luanda
20 april 2012 13:47:16Luanda, Angola (PANA) - A government delegation from Cote d'Ivoire, led by the Foreign Affairs Minister, Daniel Kaban Duncan, arrived here Friday for a 24-hour official visit to Angola, PANA reported, quoting the Angolan News Agency (ANGOP). Full text...©-Panapress-20 april 2012 13:47:16-thread Politics (77words) - Latest forex rates for Mauritian rupee
20 april 2012 13:37:02Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Following are the latest exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee as published here Friday by the Mauritian commercial bank: Full text...©-Panapress-20 april 2012 13:37:02-thread Economy (238words) - Nigerian military chopper 'mistakenly' drops bomb on residential area
20 april 2012 13:01:00Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - An armed Nigerian Air Force (NAF) helicopter on a routine patrol of the creeks in the country's oil producing Niger Delta region 'mistakenly' dropped a bomb on an uncompleted building in the main oil city of Port Harcourt Friday, destroying the building. Full text...©-Panapress-20 april 2012 13:01:00-thread (116words) - Journalists challenged on small arms, light weapons proliferation in W. Africa
20 april 2012 11:22:27Sogakope, Ghana (PANA) - A three-day sensitization and capacity building workshop for journalists on Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALWs) control opened Thursday at Sogakope in the Volta Region, with a call on journalists to help redice the proliferation of such weapons. Full text...©-Panapress-20 april 2012 11:22:27-thread Society (446words) - 2013 Nations Cup: Setback as SA cabinet postpones naming host cities
20 april 2012 11:03:31Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The announcement of the successful host cities for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations has been deferred from Friday (20 April) to 3 May by the South African cabinet, according to CAF. Full text...©-Panapress-20 april 2012 11:03:31-thread Sports (290words) - South African movie in line for Africa's top award
20 april 2012 10:27:05Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The South African film “Otelo Burning”, which tells the story of three young township boys who escape their lives by discovering the joys of surfing, is one of the nominations for this weekend’s 2012 Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA). Full text...©-Panapress-20 april 2012 10:27:05-thread Culture (265words) - Nigeria to get first female chief justice
20 april 2012 10:24:39Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria may get its first ever female Chief Justice, if the nomination of Supreme Court Justice Mariam Aloma for the top judicial post is ratified. Full text...©-Panapress-20 april 2012 10:24:39-thread Gender (106words) - American musicians in Tanzania for Annual Dar Jazz Event
20 april 2012 10:18:16Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Promoting cultural exchanges among nations is essential to strengthening partnerships, American jazz musician Bobby Rickets said here Friday as he and his group began a four-day Annual Dar Jazz event that includes workshops for local artistes and performances. Full text...©-Panapress-20 april 2012 10:18:16-thread Culture (280words) - Friday's forex rates for Central African CFA
20 april 2012 10:06:28Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - Following are the latest exchange rates for the CFA franc issued by the Bank of Central African States (BEAC): Full text...©-Panapress-20 april 2012 10:06:28-thread Economy (74words) - Nigeria denies building secret Boko Haram detention centre
20 april 2012 09:33:37Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's federal government has denied media reports that it is building a secret detention centre in the economic capital city of Lagos to hold and interrogate top members of the Islamic sect Boko Haram. Full text...©-Panapress-20 april 2012 09:33:37-thread Society (193words) - IMF-WB report says developing world lags on food, nutrition targets
20 april 2012 08:59:31Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The developing world’s progress is seriously lagging on global targets related to food and nutrition, with rates of child and maternal mortality still unacceptably high, according to the Global Monitoring Report (GMR) 2012, released Friday by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Full text...©-Panapress-20 april 2012 08:59:31-thread Economy (613words) - Constitutional order key to peace in Guinea-Bissau - UN envoy
20 april 2012 08:53:48New York, US (PANA) - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Guinea Bissau, Mr. Joseph Mutaboba, has urged the international community to ensure that any solution to the current political crisis in the West African country is based on a process that reflects the will of the people and a commitment to the restoration of constitutional order. Full text...©-Panapress-20 april 2012 08:53:48-thread Politics (473words) - Friday's forex rates in Tanzania
20 april 2012 08:34:42Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The Bank of Tanzania on Friday issued the following exchange rates for the shilling: Full text...©-Panapress-20 april 2012 08:34:42-thread Economy (163words) - UNAIDS tasks nations on new guidelines for couples' HIV tests
20 april 2012 08:19:40New York, US (PANA) - The Executive Director of the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), Mr. Michel Sidibe, has called on all countries to implement new guidelines that encourage couples to go together for HIV testing to ascertain their status. Full text...©-Panapress-20 april 2012 08:19:40-thread Health (338words) - Ban calls for peace along Sudan, South Sudan border areas
20 april 2012 08:14:25New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has again urged Sudan and South Sudan to end their hostilities, saying they must avoid a return to conflict, which has already cost them millions of lives over two decades. Full text...©-Panapress-20 april 2012 08:14:25-thread Politics (338words)
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