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- Obama calls on Sudanese rivals to ceasefire
21 april 2012 19:17:00Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - US President Barack Obama has urged Sudan to halt all military activities against South Sudan and called for unfettered access to aid workers to reach thousands of civilians caught up in the fighting near the oil-rich Heglig region, a White House assistant said Saturday. Full text...©-Panapress-21 april 2012 19:17:00-thread Politics (427words) - UN Security Council demands restoration of constitutional order in Guinea-Bissau
21 april 2012 19:16:22New York, US (PANA) - The UN Security Council on Saturday demanded the 'immediate' restoration of constitutional order in Guinea-Bissau, as well as the reinstatement of the country's legitimate government. Full text...©-Panapress-21 april 2012 19:16:22-thread Politics (264words) - 4 UNAMID peacekeepers injured in ambush attacks in Darfur
21 april 2012 17:05:40Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – Four peacekeepers from the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) were shot and injured while on patrol in Darfur, UNAMID said in a statement issued on Saturday.Full text...©-Panapress-21 april 2012 17:05:40-thread Society (223words) - African Civil Society prepares common position towards FAO conference
21 april 2012 16:29:59Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – African Civil Society officials began two days of consultation to take a common position during the 27th regional conference of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) for Africa, scheduled for 23-27 April in the Congolese capital, Brazzaville. Full text...©-Panapress-21 april 2012 16:29:59-thread Agriculture (135words) - Gambian takes over WAICA presidency
21 april 2012 16:29:07Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Mr. Dawda Sarge, a leading Gambian businessman, has taken over the presidency of West African Insurance Companies Association (WAICA), PANA confirmed Saturday. Full text...©-Panapress-21 april 2012 16:29:07-thread Economy (102words) - Libyan transition government takes control of Tripoli airport
21 april 2012 16:20:54Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The Libyan transition government on Friday formally took over control of the Tripoli airport from a brigade of revolutionaries in Zentan, PANA reported here.Full text...©-Panapress-21 april 2012 16:20:54-thread Economy (161words) - Abducted Spanish doctor freed in Nigeria
21 april 2012 14:59:53Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A Spanish medical doctor who was kidnapped in Nigeria's South-eastern city of Enugu 4 April by unknown gunmen has been freed unharmed, the police said Saturday. Full text...©-Panapress-21 april 2012 14:59:53-thread Society (150words) - Water, sanitation pledges to deliver life-saving services to 85 millions in Africa
21 april 2012 13:02:47Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) -- International development agency, WaterAid, on Saturday welcomed pledges from African ministers that if delivered would provide 85.4 million Africans with access to essential life-saving services across the continent.Full text...©-Panapress-21 april 2012 13:02:47-thread Environment (622words) - ICRC visits detained political leaders in Guinea Bissau
21 april 2012 12:48:47Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has visited Guinea Bissau's interim President, Raimundo Pereira, and Prime Minister Carlos Gomes Júnior, who have been in detention since the military coup there on 12 April, PANA reports Saturday.Full text...©-Panapress-21 april 2012 12:48:47-thread Politics (196words) - Tanzania moves to ensure tax payment by cell phone networks
21 april 2012 12:27:41Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The rapid penetration of mobile telephony in Tanzania has prompted government's probe into earnings of all cell phone networks in the country for unpaid taxes, Deputy Communication, Science and Technology minister Charles Muhangwa Kutwanga, told parliament on Saturday.Full text...©-Panapress-21 april 2012 12:27:41-thread Economy (246words) - Rot in Nigeria's oil sector, Ibori's imprisonment dominate front pages
21 april 2012 10:44:33Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The mind-boggling revelation of the rot in the oil sector and the jailing of former Delta State governor, James Ibori, dominated media spaces this week in Nigeria. Full text...©-Panapress-21 april 2012 10:44:33-thread Press Review (1557words) - Africa's Education ministers meet in Abuja
21 april 2012 08:53:36Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - African ministers of Education, under the umbrella Conference of Ministers of Education of the African Union (COMEDAF), will meet in Abuja, the Nigerian capital city, for five days, starting Monday, the local Vanguard newspaper reported Saturday. Full text...©-Panapress-21 april 2012 08:53:36-thread Society (277words) - Ghana media awash with MP's declaration of war, ethnocentric language
21 april 2012 08:15:56Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The media in Ghana this week spent nearly all their air and inch space on an extremely volatile statement by an outspoken opposition MP, who claimed he had declared war in Ghana following alleged violence against some of his party members in the ongoing voter registration exercise. Full text...©-Panapress-21 april 2012 08:15:56-thread Press Review (1152words)
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