“I had to be there”: The doctor who healed Goma’s wounds (By Fabrice Robinet, UN News)
20 august 2025 - 08:29:04Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - In late January, when Goma fell to the M23 rebels, Dr. Thierno Baldé was one of [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: UNRWA funding cuts threaten Palestinian lives in Gaza and region, say NGOs
30 january 2024 - 06:11:13New York, US (PANA) - Dozens of major aid organisations have expressed deep concern and outrage that some of the [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: More than a dozen leading human rights groups call for halt to arms transfers to Israel, Palestinian armed groups
25 january 2024 - 08:29:51Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - More than a dozen leading humanitarian and human rights organisations have called on all States to [...] Full text...
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3rd exhibition of innovative farming technologies in Mali opens
09 january 2024 - 16:11:11Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The 3rd farmers' technology innovation exhibition opened on Monday in the southeast Mali town of Dioila [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso suspends distribution of French newspaper Le Monde
03 december 2023 - 11:46:19Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The transitional government of Burkina Faso on Saturday announced the suspension of the distribution of [...] Full text...
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Rights group calls out Burkina Faso government for crackdown on dissent
09 november 2023 - 09:11:58Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Burkina Faso's military junta is using a sweeping emergency law against perceived dissidents to expand its [...] Full text...
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2023 CAF WCL: Ampem Darkoa carry weight of Ghana's hopes on their debut
27 october 2023 - 08:40:57Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - When the 2023 CAF Women's Champions League kicks off in Cote d'Ivoire next month, Ghanaian [...] Full text...
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2023 CAF Women’s Champions League: Team Facts
10 october 2023 - 08:39:05Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Here are the team facts of the clubs taking part in the 2023 CAF Women’s [...] Full text...
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CAF Women's Champions League: WAFU B qualifiers: Athletico d'Abidjan off to winning start
24 august 2023 - 07:41:14Benin, Nigeria (PANA) - Ivorian club, Athletico d'Abidjan, made a strong start to the CAF Women's Champions League WAFU Zone [...] Full text...
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UN concerned about new media restrictions in Burkina Faso
07 april 2023 - 16:48:57Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, said here Thursday that he [...] Full text...
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France rejects expulsion of two French journalists from Burkina Faso
03 april 2023 - 16:08:30Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - France said Monday it deeply regretted the expulsion of Le Monde and Libération correspondents from [...] Full text...
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Radio France Internationale deplores its suspension in Burkina Faso
04 december 2022 - 13:39:24Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The France Media Monde group deplored the suspension of Radio France Internationale (RFI) programmes by [...] Full text...
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Rabat denies allegations in HRW report on Morocco
29 july 2022 - 20:46:58Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Moroccan government has categorically denied "false and unfounded allegations" contained in the Human Rights Watch [...] Full text...
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France Médias Monde deplores procedure of Mali to suspend RFI and France 24
17 march 2022 - 15:30:42Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - French Médias Monde group, which owns Radio France Internationale (RFI) and France 24 television, had [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso counted a record 160,000 newly displaced people in January: NGOs
10 march 2022 - 18:25:03Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The registration in January of more than 160,000 newly displaced people, a near-record figure, marks [...] Full text...
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ENDA Tiers Monde wants greater gender involvement in implementation of Africa's 2030 and 2063 agendas
01 march 2022 - 20:47:57Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The international network, Environment and Development in the Third World (ENDA Tiers Monde), has called for [...] Full text...
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Cameroonian journalist to lead New York-based investment banker's Africa expansion
26 february 2022 - 00:04:21New York, US (PANA) – Cameroonian broadcast journalist, Michel Lobé Ewané, has been named a Board member of the New [...] Full text...
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Baratelli: Accusations against Morocco in Pegasus case are false and unfounded
27 january 2022 - 19:33:04Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - French lawyer Olivier Baratelli said here Thursday an investigation conducted in France has shown that the [...] Full text...
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Senegalese Mohamed Mbougar Sarr wins the Goncourt Prize 2021
04 november 2021 - 20:23:15Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegalese President Macky Sall congratulated in a tweet the Senegalese writer Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, who won [...] Full text...
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CAF Women's Champions League: Rivers Angels, Hasaacas secure qualification
03 august 2021 - 17:26:49Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Nigeria’s Rivers Angels and Ghanaian side, Hasaacas Ladies, secured their slots at the maiden TotalEnergies CAF [...] Full text...
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CAF Women’s Champions League: WAFU B draw kicks-off new era
06 july 2021 - 18:22:46Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The first draw of the novel TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Champions League Zonal Qualifiers took place [...] Full text...
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Cote d'Ivoire to host draws for WAFU Women’s Champions League qualifiers
04 july 2021 - 19:33:09Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The newly-formed CAF Women’s Champions League will take one giant leap towards realization on Monday, 5 [...] Full text...
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Togo: Komla Gblokpo, women's football pioneer, dies
26 may 2021 - 16:26:20Lomé, Togo (PANA) - The football family in Togo is in mourning after Komla Dzoboku Gblokpo passed away on Monday, [...] Full text...
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Côte d'Ivoire: Former president Gbagbo plans to return home in December
04 december 2020 - 14:30:49Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA - Former president of Côte d'Ivoire, Laurent Gbagbo on Friday received two passports, one ordinary and [...] Full text...
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Algerian journalist Khaled Drareni sentenced on appeal to two years in prison
16 september 2020 - 14:28:30Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - Algiers Court of Appeal on Tuesday sentenced local journalist Khaled Drareni to two years in prison, [...] Full text...
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Int'l solidarity campaign mounting for the release of Algerian journalist, Khaled Drareni
18 august 2020 - 14:37:50Paris, France (PANA) - The international support committee for Algerian journalist, Khaled Drareni, who was sentenced on Monday 10 August [...] Full text...
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France: Doctor Denis Mukwege calls on Africa not to drop arms against Covid-19
14 may 2020 - 22:47:35Paris, France (PANA) - The 2018 Nobel Peace Laureate, Congolese Doctor Denis Mukwege, Thursday commended the African continent for resisting [...] Full text...
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NGOs denounce France’s anti-corona plan for Africa
11 april 2020 - 00:02:34Paris, France (PANA) - Several associations and health non-governmental organizations (NGOs) Friday denounced the weak French anti-coronavirus (COVID-19) plan in [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Tunisia launches mobile clinic to follow patients in isolation
27 march 2020 - 18:00:06Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - In its efforts to combat the coronavirus pandemic, Tunisia has launched a mobile clinic to follow [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus kills popular Cameroonian musician, Manu Dibango
25 march 2020 - 19:36:45Paris, France (PANA) - Several radio stations broadcasting in France, including RFI, FIP and France Musique, as well as the [...] Full text...
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Tunisia: Training sessions on migration and public health
14 february 2020 - 22:42:02Tunis Tunisia (PANA) - Medecins du Monde (Doctors of the World), in collaboration with the Tunisian national institute for health [...] Full text...
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WHO calls for more funding to stop the spread of measles in DR Congo
07 january 2020 - 19:24:21Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - With the death toll from the world’s worst measles epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the [...] Full text...
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Salamé regrets worsening foreign interference in Libya
30 december 2019 - 18:19:38Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - UN Secretary-General's Special Representative in Libya, Ghassan Salamé, has expressed concern about the increasing foreign interference [...] Full text...
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French Senators want more broadcasts in Mandinka, Fulani to combat terrorism in the Sahel
17 december 2019 - 15:46:17Paris, France (PANA) - The Foreign Affairs Committee of the French Senate on Wednesday requested that France Médias Monde be [...] Full text...
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Côte d'Ivoire, Benin and Burkina Faso fight fake news
27 november 2019 - 10:45:28Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - A three-day forum on the fight against fake news opens on Wednesday in Abidjan with the [...] Full text...
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List of winners of the Carthage Film Days
03 november 2019 - 12:45:32Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - This is the full list of winners of the Carthage Film Days (CFD) that took place [...] Full text...
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Jury selected for 2019 Carthage Film Days (CFD)
26 october 2019 - 12:57:04Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Some 15 filmmakers, producers, directors, scriptwriters and actors will constitute the official juries for the 2019 [...] Full text...
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Béji Caïd Essebsi, a disciple of Bourguiba and an experienced politician (Analysis by Bouazza Ben Bouazza, PANA correspondent)
25 july 2019 - 13:30:28Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian President Béji Caïd Essebsi, who died on Thursday at the age of 93, is the [...] Full text...
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EU Ambassador to Tunisia summoned by Tunisian Foreign Affairs Ministry over press comments
13 july 2019 - 10:36:59Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian Foreign Affairs Ministry has summoned the European Union's ambassador to Tunisia, Patrice Bergamini, to [...] Full text...
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Demos held against French media "who roll for the enemies of Burundi"
08 june 2019 - 16:50:03Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Radio France Internationale (RFI), TV5 Monde and the newspaper Le Monde were on Saturday the targets [...] Full text...
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France -Two Africans awarded at Paris international eloquence competition
24 may 2019 - 21:57:09Paris, France (PANA) - Two African university students Friday received awards at the second edition of the international eloquence competition [...] Full text...
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Rwandan media highlights the 25th Commemoration of Genocide against Tutsis
13 april 2019 - 14:52:44Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan newspapers this week covered the 25th Commemoration of the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi with [...] Full text...
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French media highlight Ogossagou massacre
31 march 2019 - 18:32:20Paris, France (PANA) - The massacre of some 160 people in the Malian village of Ogosssagou on 23 March by [...] Full text...
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France charters plane to deliver humanitarian aid to Mozambique
28 march 2019 - 15:33:21Paris, France (PANA) - France has chartered a plane to allow non-governmental organisations to deliver humanitarian cargo to the Mozambican [...] Full text...
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French media highlight postponement of Nigerian elections
18 february 2019 - 12:31:26Paris, France (PANA) - French newspapers on Monday highlihted the postponement of the general elections in Nigeria, touching on the [...] Full text...
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French media highlight acquittal of Gbagbo and Blé Goudé by the ICC
20 january 2019 - 19:13:54Paris, France (PANA) - The French media this week highlighted the acquittal of former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo and former [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Namibian Fredricks quits IAAF task force
07 march 2017 - 13:52:14Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - IAAF President Sebastian Coe has appointed IAAF Athletes' Commission Chairperson Rozle Prezelj to replace IAAF Council [...] Full text...
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Senegal: CPJ says 3 journalists assaulted in Congo Brazzaville
25 march 2016 - 15:10:01Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has said that three international journalists who were covering the [...] Full text...
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US: US calls for calm in Congo pending definitive presidential election results
25 march 2016 - 06:30:36Washington, US (PANA) - The United States says it has taken note of the presidential election results announced by the [...] Full text...
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Senegal: CPJ says Burundi arrests 2 foreign correspondents in wider crackdown
30 january 2016 - 11:30:41Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on authorities in Burundi to stop harassing journalists [...] Full text...
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US: Sao Tome and Príncipe to host World Travel Awards Africa 2017
10 november 2015 - 17:59:11New York, US (PANA) - Realtours and the Associacao Empresarial de Sao Tome e Príncipe said Tuesday they have reached [...] Full text...
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Zambia: Zambian Vice-President to serve as National Planning Minister
07 october 2015 - 16:24:40Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambian President Edgar Lungu has carried out a reshuffle of his cabinet in which he appointed [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Honeymoon murder accused leaves South Africa
09 december 2014 - 14:06:36Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Just 24 hours after being acquitted of murdering his wife, Anni, on their honeymoon [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Key witness grilled by defence in honeymoon murder trial
04 november 2014 - 12:06:26Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Lawyers representing British businessman Shrien Dewani on Tuesday questioned whether there was another person [...] Full text...
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South Africa: A tale of three trials (Feature by Craig Urquhart, PANA Correspondent, Johannesburg)
19 october 2014 - 08:19:00Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Three dramatic criminal trials in two continents have this week cast the international spotlight [...] Full text...
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South Africa: More dramatic testimony at trial of UK businessman
09 october 2014 - 15:46:46Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Western Cape High Court on Thursday postponed the murder trial of British businessman, [...] Full text...
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Senegal: MFWA concerned over constant fines against Ivorian Journalists
14 august 2014 - 15:37:21Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The sub-regional press freedom watchdog, the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), on Thursday expressed concern [...] Full text...
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US: UNESCO condemns murder of French photojournalist in CAR
15 may 2014 - 17:06:03New York, US (PANA) - The UNESCO Director-General, Ms. Irina Bokova, has condemned the murder of well-known French photojournalist, Ms. [...] Full text...
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US: CPJ seeks probe of French journalist's death in CAR
14 may 2014 - 10:31:44New York, US (PANA) - The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called for an immediate investigation into the death [...] Full text...
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France: French media highlight President Bouteflika’s re-election
20 april 2014 - 14:03:41Paris, France (PANA) – The re-election of the Algerian President, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, for a fourth term, dominated the media in [...] Full text...
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France: French media highlight sending of UN troops to CAR
12 april 2014 - 11:27:04Paris, France (PANA) – A UN Security Council resolution on Thursday to send peacekeeping soldiers to restore order and security [...] Full text...
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Mauritania: Japan grants US$100,000 to Mauritania to reduce maternal and child mortality
22 february 2014 - 12:00:32Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The Japanese government has given Mauritania a grant of US$100,000 (about 27.5 million Ouguiya) to help [...] Full text...
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7th Francophone games begin Saturday in France
05 september 2013 - 14:31:52Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA) – The seventh Francophone Games, holding from 7-15 September in Nice, France, will be declared open [...] Full text...
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French President discusses CAR crisis with NGOs
23 august 2013 - 22:47:18Paris, France (PANA) - French President François Hollande Friday held talks in Paris with the representatives of several French and [...] Full text...
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French President Hollande calls for support for Libya to ensure its security
31 may 2013 - 21:10:33Paris, France (PANA) – French president François Hollande has called for support for Libya to ensure its security and borders. “We [...] Full text...
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French MPs support RFI striking staff
09 december 2011 - 17:02:17Paris, France (PANA) - Several French Socialist and Communist elected representatives have declared support for the strike action that was [...] Full text...
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Survey shows high rate of illegal electricity connections in Senegal
18 october 2011 - 16:58:36Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - A study on energy access in peri-urban Senegal, coordinated by the Energy Programme of the international [...] Full text...
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Paul Kagame’s official visit to France dominates French media
12 september 2011 - 13:16:38Paris, France (PANA) – Sunday’s arrival in France of Rwandan President Paul Kagame for a three-day official visit dominated the [...] Full text...
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Paris gives 200,000-euro aid to assist famine victims in Horn of Africa
28 july 2011 - 12:02:18Paris, France (PANA) - Paris, the French capital, is to give an emergency aid of 200,000 euros to assist the [...] Full text...
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French Agric Minister, in Kenya, to discuss famine in Horn of Africa
21 july 2011 - 14:04:53Paris, France (PANA) - The French Minister of Agriculture, Bruno Le Maire, will Saturday pay a two-day visit to Kenya, [...] Full text...
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OIF scribe to visit DRC Tuesday
04 july 2011 - 14:24:12Paris, France (PANA) - The Secretary General of the International Organisation of Francophony (OIF), Abdou Diouf, will be in Kinshasa, [...] Full text...
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President of Malian Basketball Federation buried in Bamako
31 may 2011 - 17:00:27Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The president of the Malian Basketball Federation (FMBB) and technical commissioner of FIBA-Monde, Abdallah Mahamane Haïdara, [...] Full text...
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History student wins 2nd griot festival in Togo
29 april 2011 - 17:37:22Lome, Togo (PANA) - Togolese Kanan Maleki, a 25-year-old history student, has won the second annual Griot National Festival held [...] Full text...
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Sudanese actor to receive 2010 UNESCO-Sharjah Prize for Arab Culture
07 april 2011 - 15:43:57Paris, France (PANA) - Sudanese actor and theatre director, Ali Mahdi Nouri, and French professor, Cherif Khaznadar, have been awarded [...] Full text...
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Sudan expels Doctors of the World from Darfur
15 february 2011 - 07:53:27Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan on Monday ordered French NGO Doctors of the World – Medicins Du Monde (MDM) - [...] Full text...
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South wants a more united francophone
23 october 2010 - 19:06:00Montreux- Switzerland (PANA) -- African heads of state, at the opening ceremony o f the 13th Summit of the International [...] Full text...
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UN releases report on 'war atrocities' in DR Congo
01 october 2010 - 22:47:00New York- US (PANA) -- The UN on Friday released a new report on "indescribable atrocities" committed in war-torn Democratic [...] Full text...
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UN releases report on 'war atrocities' in DR Congo
01 october 2010 - 22:14:00New York- US (PANA) -- The UN on Friday released a new report on “indescribable atrocities” committed in war-torn Democratic [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian film makers seek global audience
01 june 2010 - 15:08:00Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Ethiopia’s leading film makers have urged the international film industry to look into more filming [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian film makers seek global audience
01 june 2010 - 13:51:00Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Ethiopiaâ?s leading film makers have urged the i nternational film industry to look into more [...] Full text...
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Int'l NGO to open bank account to raise fund for Haiti
18 january 2010 - 16:01:00Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- International NGO, Enda Tiers-Monde, Monday announced th at it would soon open a bank account into [...] Full text...
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French media comments on Kouchner's visit to Rwanda
09 january 2010 - 13:04:00Paris- France (PANA) -- The visit of French Foreign Affairs minister, Bernard Kouchner, to Rwanda and the restoration of the [...] Full text...
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Egyptians kick against compatriot in bid for UNESCO job
30 july 2009 - 19:35:00Cairo- Egypt (PANA) -- Fifteen Egyptian intellectuals have openly kicked against their compatriot, Culture Minister Farouk Honsi, who is bidding [...] Full text...
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Obama's visit to Ghana makes headlines in French newspapers
11 july 2009 - 14:13:00Paris- France (PANA) -- The visit of US President Barack Obama to Ghana, his firs t to sub-Saharan Africa since [...] Full text...
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Omar Bongo's death makes newspaper headlines in France
09 june 2009 - 13:27:00Paris- France (PANA) -- The death on Monday of Gabon's President Omar Bongo Ondim ba at a Barcelona's hospital, where [...] Full text...
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Benin organises int'l female football to mark Women's Day
04 march 2009 - 12:20:00Cotonou- Benin (PANA) -- The Association of Women for the Development of Female Football (AFEDEFF) is organising an international female [...] Full text...
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7th 'Fuuta' initiative on AIDS awareness to kick off
03 march 2009 - 07:31:00Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Musician Abou Thiam on Wednesday begins the 7th edition of his annual caravan called 'Initiative Fuuta' [...] Full text...
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7th 'Fuuta' initiative on AIDS awareness to kicks off
03 march 2009 - 07:22:00Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Musician Abou Thiam will on Wednesday begins the 7th edition of his annual caravan, called 'Initiative [...] Full text...
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Global Digital Solidarity Fund meets in Bamako
27 january 2009 - 13:45:00Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- An extraordinary meeting of the council of the Global Digi tal Solidarity Fund (DSF) will begin [...] Full text...
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Sarkozy postpones African tour (corrected)
17 january 2009 - 19:52:00Paris- France (PANA) -- The visit of French President Nicolas Sarcozy to three Af rican countries, Niger, Congo and the [...] Full text...
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Sarkozy's postpones African tour
17 january 2009 - 19:15:00Paris- France (PANA) -- A visit by French President Nicolas Sarcozy, to three Afr ican countries, Niger, Congo and the [...] Full text...
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