Humans can't survive without a healthy Ocean: UN envoy

06 june 2025 - 18:17:04
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Ocean is in deep crisis. Factors such as acidification, declining fish stocks, rising temperatures and [...] Full text...

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Four bodies of illegal migrants found off the Tunisian coast

15 november 2022 - 18:53:42
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian coast guard on Tuesday found a body of an illegal migrant, bringing to four [...] Full text...

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Three women, three children die as migrant boat sinks off Tunisian coast

09 august 2022 - 21:10:15
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian navy recovered on Tuesday the bodies of six illegal migrants, three women and three [...] Full text...

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The tanker that ran aground off the Tunisian coast did not contain diesel

22 april 2022 - 19:16:03
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A week after its sinking off the Tunisian coast, it turned out that the tanker, Xelo, [...] Full text...

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Four dead, seven missing as illegal migrant boat sinks off the Tunisian coast

21 january 2022 - 16:42:38
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Four people died and seven others were reported missing after a boat carrying illegal migrants sank [...] Full text...

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49 bodies recovered, 78 illegal migrants rescued in one week off Tunisian coast

05 july 2021 - 18:38:03
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian coast guard recovered the bodies of 49 sub-Saharan migrants and rescued 78 others between [...] Full text...

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Another body retrieved in migrant boat disaster off Tunisian coast

17 april 2021 - 13:27:58
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian Navy and Civil Protection divers recovered the body of another sub-Saharan migrant on Saturday, bringing [...] Full text...

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Tunisian Navy recovers 21 bodies of drowned sub-Saharan migrants

16 april 2021 - 15:58:04
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian Navy units on Friday recovered 21 bodies of sub-Saharan clandestine migrants, including nine women and [...] Full text...

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24 people killed in floodwater at a textile mill in Morocco

08 february 2021 - 14:43:44
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - At least 24 workers drowned on Monday when rainwater flooded a textile mill located at  Hay [...] Full text...

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Tunisian authorities arrest a takfiri described as very dangerous by the police

05 january 2021 - 17:47:28
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian security forces arrested a takfiri element in Tunis described as "very dangerous" and who was [...] Full text...

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Tunisia: Death of three fishermen in the wreck of a boat

08 december 2020 - 21:34:30
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Three Tunisian fishermen perished when their boat sank Monday off the city of Mahrès while en [...] Full text...

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Road accident leaves 47 people injured in Tunisian capital

22 november 2020 - 12:00:07
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A road accident following a collision between two buses Sunday morning here left 47 people injured, [...] Full text...

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Man beheaded by unknown attackers in Malian town of Fana

06 november 2020 - 16:03:53
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A man, who worked as a lumberjack and radio repairman, was beheaded on Wednesday night by [...] Full text...

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12 bodies of sub-Saharan migrants recovered off Tunisian coast

12 october 2020 - 17:13:28
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Divers from the Tunisian National Guard recovered 12 corpses of sub-Saharan migrants on Sunday and rescued [...] Full text...

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Bodies of 11 sub-Saharan migrants recovered off Tunisian coast

12 october 2020 - 11:15:42
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Units of the Tunisian Navy have recovered 11 bodies of migrants whose boat capsized early on [...] Full text...

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Tunisia: Foreigner with 3 nationalities arrested in possession of 30 bank cards

24 september 2020 - 18:00:33
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A foreigner of three nationalities (American, Canadian and Algerian) in possession of 30 bank cards was [...] Full text...

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Buhari sad over death of 14 travellers whose vehicle plunged into a river

19 september 2020 - 19:23:15
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria on Saturday night said he is “saddened and aggrieved” over the [...] Full text...

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Road crash kills 11 women in Guinea

18 september 2020 - 15:36:16
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Twelve people including 11 women, who were returning from a weekly market in southern Guinea, died [...] Full text...

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Panama-flagged bulk carrier grounded south of Mauritius

06 august 2020 - 05:45:32
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – A Panama-flagged bulk carrier, MV Wakashio, is grounded 11.5 nautical miles in the common sea route near Pointe D’Esny, [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Fight against plastic pollution being hit by 'extraordinary increase' in disposable masks: UN

30 july 2020 - 05:02:12
New York, US (PANA) - The fight against plastic pollution is being hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, as the use [...] Full text...

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An illegal migrant drowns, two missing, 13 rescued after boat sinks off Tunisian coast

26 july 2020 - 19:49:59
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian coastal guards on Sunday recovered the body of an illegal migrant and rescued 13 others [...] Full text...

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Six failed attempts at illegal migration in Tunisia

12 july 2020 - 14:32:03
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian naval units thwarted six attempts at illegal migration to Italy Friday night, a security source [...] Full text...

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Nearly 140 illegal migrants rescued off the Tunisian coast

30 june 2020 - 18:29:25
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian Navy units rescued 139 illegal migrants, ranging in age from 18 to 51 years old, [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: 11 sub-Saharan Africans arrested and placed in sanitary quarantine in Tunisia

22 june 2020 - 17:53:23
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Border guards in the Tunisian city of Thala, in the Kasserine region (Centre-West), on Monday arrested [...] Full text...

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Policeman killed by armed man in San, central Mali

16 june 2020 - 18:29:25
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A police officer posted at the entrance of the National Agricultural Development Bank (BNDA) agency in [...] Full text...

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Tunisia: 61 bodies recovered after sinking of a boat of illegal migrants

13 june 2020 - 20:29:56
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A week after the sinking of a boat of illegal migrants off the Tunisian coast, the [...] Full text...

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Tunisia: 54 bodies recovered after shipwreck of boat of illegal migrants

11 june 2020 - 21:55:44
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The latest death toll of the shipwreck of a boat carrying illegal migrants off the Tunisian [...] Full text...

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Tunisia: One dies, six missing as boat of illegal migrants sinks

23 may 2020 - 18:30:29
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - An illegal migrant perished and six others were reportedly missing after their boat sank on Friday [...] Full text...

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President Kenyatta fires Kenya Ferry Services board

18 october 2019 - 12:22:55
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - President Uhuru Kenyatta's decision to sack the entire Kenya Ferry Services board following the ferry incident [...] Full text...

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Migrants' boat sinks off Southern Tunisia

18 september 2019 - 19:34:07
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A boat ferrying illegal immigrants sank on Wednesday off the island of Jerba in southern Tunisia, [...] Full text...

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Guinea: Body of second crew member of crashed helicopter found

10 august 2019 - 13:34:19
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The body of the second crew member of the Guinean Air Force helicopter, which was damaged [...] Full text...

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Birds globally threatened by plastic waste - UNEP

10 may 2019 - 15:24:04
Bonn, Germany (PANA) - Plastic pollution poses serious health risks to wildlife globally, affecting a wide range of species including [...] Full text...

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French investigators help probe Ethiopian Airlines plane crash

14 march 2019 - 12:34:28
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) -  French investigators have been selected to assist the investigation over the crash of Boeing 737 Max [...] Full text...

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Ferryboat capsizes on Lake Victoria in Tanzania

20 september 2018 - 18:58:46
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Several people are feared to have drowned after a ferryboat on which they were [...] Full text...

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Kenya police chief calls for 'mystery witness' probe

09 november 2017 - 10:26:33
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan authorities have called for an investigation after a man posing as a "state agent" [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Four soldiers die as their gunboat capsizes in Niger Delta

06 september 2016 - 09:17:13
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Army said on Tuesday that four of its soldiers taking part in the military [...] Full text...

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South Africa: SA military to assist Mozambique's flood victims

15 january 2015 - 11:27:38
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has confirmed that it will send troops [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: 10 die in Nigeria boat tragedy

29 august 2014 - 12:10:20
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - At least 10 persons died Friday when a passenger boat capsized during a trip between Bonny [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Six feared dead in Lagos boat mishap

03 april 2014 - 08:24:22
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - At least six passengers are missing and feared dead while 22 others were rescued when a [...] Full text...

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Over 100 may have perished in Nigeria boat tragedy

29 september 2013 - 10:06:38
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The death toll from Friday's boat tragedy in Nigeria's northern Niger State, put at 42, may [...] Full text...

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42 drown in Nigeria boat mishap

28 september 2013 - 20:48:18
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - At least 42 people died while 100 others were missing Friday when the boat in [...] Full text...

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Bodies of 10 drowned sailors recovered in Nigeria

31 may 2013 - 18:00:01
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Divers have recovered the bodies of 10 sailors who drowned when their anchor handling tugboat sank [...] Full text...

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Death toll in SA, Mozambique flood rises to 69

29 january 2013 - 10:53:40
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The death toll in the flooding that has ravaged South Africa's Limpopo and Mpumalanga [...] Full text...

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UNESCO to protect Titanic wreckage

05 april 2012 - 14:23:22
Paris, France (PANA) - On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic, UNESCO says [...] Full text...

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Power shutdown, security concerns, deportation saga reported in Nigeria

17 march 2012 - 10:25:02
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The shutdown of the Kainji Power Station, the pledge by northern political leaders to deal with [...] Full text...

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Eight killed in Kenyan boat tragedy

02 january 2012 - 13:56:51
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Eight bodies have been pulled out of the Indian Ocean and dozens of people have been [...] Full text...

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'26 die in Nigeria boat tragedy'

15 december 2011 - 08:29:22
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The bodies of 26 persons have so far been recovered after a passenger boat carrying 40 [...] Full text...

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Germany to participate in 19 power projects in Nigeria

12 july 2010 - 19:26:00
Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- The German government has said it will intervene in the power situation in Nigeria through a [...] Full text...

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Ban calls for more action to check desertification

18 june 2010 - 17:02:00
New York- US (PANA) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon has called for more acti on to combat desertification and [...] Full text...

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UN official wants end to discrimination

11 december 2009 - 15:35:00
New York- US (PANA) -- The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Navi Pi llay, Thursday called for an [...] Full text...

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COMESA central bank governors meet in Mauritius

29 october 2009 - 17:57:00
Port Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Regional integration is the solution to economic problems facing the "Common Market for Eastern and [...] Full text...

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'Africa needs cross-border markets to stem food insecurity'

28 june 2009 - 19:20:00
Sirte- Libya (PANA) -- Africa’s food insecurity is likely to continue to manifest itself unless the continent’s leaders address the [...] Full text...

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South Africa hosts NATO-sanctioned meeting

25 may 2009 - 13:18:00
Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- History was made on Monday when the South Afric an Navy began hosting, for [...] Full text...

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Jailed British national gets another jail term

26 march 2009 - 18:27:00
Banjul- Gambia (PANA) -- David Fulton, a British national currently serving a one -year jail term with his wife for [...] Full text...

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