Libya, international partners work to fight organised crime
18 april 2024 - 11:08:50Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A meeting of Libyan officials from the Ministry of the Interior with international officials has agreed [...] Full text...
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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A meeting of Libyan officials from the Ministry of the Interior with international officials has agreed [...] Full text...
Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices up in Benin
17 march 2024 - 15:44:54Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin's Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices for February 2024 rose to 112.1 from 110.5 a month [...] Full text...
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Malian government dissolves governing body of students
15 march 2024 - 08:31:59Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian government has dissolved the Association des élèves et étudiants du Mali (AEEM -Association of [...] Full text...
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Drugs online: UN-backed body offers solutions to counter narcotics surge
06 march 2024 - 07:01:52Vienna, Austria (PANA) - Drug dealers have continued to use cutting-edge digital technology, social media platforms and disinformation to sell [...] Full text...
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Morocco elected to head International Narcotics Control Board
11 may 2023 - 15:08:45Vienna, Austria (PANA) - Morocco was elected Wednesday at the headquarters of the United Nations Office in Vienna to the [...] Full text...
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Kenyan woman arrested for attempting to smuggle cocaine worth US$300,000
18 april 2023 - 13:06:00Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) annouced here Monday the arrest of a 35-year-old Kenyan woman who [...] Full text...
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AU chairperson links rise of terrorism in Africa to Libyan crisis in 2011
30 march 2023 - 15:48:59Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Comorian President and current Chairman of the African Union (AU), Azali Assoumani, said here Thursday [...] Full text...
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Legalising cannabis fails to address health risks: UN drugs control board
10 march 2023 - 05:22:54Vienna, Austria (PANA) - Moves by a small number of governments to legalise the non-medical use of cannabis have led [...] Full text...
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Libyan Prime Minister speaks out after Libyan man handed over to US
16 december 2022 - 19:32:47Tripoli Libya (PANA) - Libyan Prime Minister Abdelhamid Dbaiba on Thursday broke his government's silence on the delivery to the [...] Full text...
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Libyan delegation attends workshop in Spain on Arab counternarcotics strategy
19 october 2022 - 19:12:29Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A delegation from the Libyan Ministry of Interior of the Government of National Unity participated in [...] Full text...
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US,Togo to implement "Strategy for Conflict Prevention and Stability Promotion".
19 october 2022 - 18:47:00Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togo and the United States have expressed their willingness to implement the "Strategy for Conflict Prevention [...] Full text...
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Mali burns drugs worth 140 million CFA francs
28 june 2022 - 20:04:32Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Mali Central Narcotics Office (OCS) on Monday burned drugs valued at 140 million CFA francs [...] Full text...
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Libyan Interior Ministry delegation discusses cybercrime in Algiers
21 march 2022 - 13:09:43Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A delegation from the Libyan Ministry of the Interior of the Government of National Unity (GNA) [...] Full text...
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Newspaper sheds light on extent of drug trafficking in Libya
26 february 2022 - 17:12:20Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya has since the revolution of 17 February 2011, become a breeding ground for drug trafficking. It [...] Full text...
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Malian National Police seize 4.3kg of cocaine at Bamako-Sénou airport
25 february 2022 - 14:35:26Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian police seized during the night of 22 - 23 February at Bamako airport a [...] Full text...
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Mauritius Customs staff arrest passenger carrying 1.4 kg heroin from Dubai
20 january 2022 - 13:01:09Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Customs Anti-Narcotics Section (CANS) of the Mauritius Revenue Authority (MRA) at the SSR International Airport [...] Full text...
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Over 1.5 kg of cocaine seized in Bamako
09 october 2021 - 18:19:42Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Officers of the Anti-Trafficking Airport Unit (CAAT) of the Central Narcotics Office (OCS) on Wednesday seized [...] Full text...
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U.S. donates $6.8 million to UN’s human trafficking fights and improved law enforcement capabilities in Nigeria
15 september 2021 - 21:08:02Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The United States Department of State’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) has [...] Full text...
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Mauritian customs seizes 1.884 kg of hashish at office of courier service
28 july 2021 - 09:44:23Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Customs Anti-Narcotics Section (CANS) of the Mauritius Revenue Authority (MRA) on Monday seized 1.884 kg [...] Full text...
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Interior minister urges security services to counter new drug trafficking methods in Libya
01 july 2021 - 14:38:14Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Interior Minister Khaled Mazen has called on security services to counter new methods of drug [...] Full text...
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Drug trafficker arrested in Burkina Faso with 12kg of cannabis
14 june 2021 - 18:51:04Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkinabe National Police announced on Monday that they had arrested a 34-year-old drug trafficker [...] Full text...
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Malian narcotics office seizes 1.4 kg of cocaine from French-Malian
13 june 2021 - 11:27:21Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's Central Narcotics Office on Saturday announced that it has seized 1.4 kg of cocaine with [...] Full text...
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Dozens of policemen killed in an ambush by drug dealers in western Sudan
15 may 2021 - 16:24:58Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Twelve policemen, including an officer, were killed and 14 other injured when narcotics dealers ambushed a [...] Full text...
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Ugandan national arrested with heroin at Mauritius airport
25 january 2021 - 20:15:28Plaisance, Mauritius (PANA) - A Ugandan national was arrested with 2.41 kg of heroin on her Saturday, 16 January, 2021, [...] Full text...
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Drug menace discussed at Tripoli symposium
21 december 2020 - 10:44:00Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Officials from the Libyan Ministry of the Interior of the Government of National Accord (GNA) and [...] Full text...
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Mali destroys tons of illicit drugs and counterfeit pharmaceuticals
19 november 2020 - 15:47:49Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's Central Office of Narcotics (OCS) in Dio, some 40 km from Bamako, on Wednesday incinerated [...] Full text...
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Rwanda's CPI up 8.9 pct in Sept.2020
11 october 2020 - 10:48:25Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, rose 8.9 per cent year on [...] Full text...
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Mali Customs seize fake tax stamps
11 august 2020 - 16:01:01Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian Customs last week discovered packages of tax stamps fraudulently printed abroad, worth more than 200 [...] Full text...
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Large quantity of counterfeit medicines seized in Sikasso, southern Mali
11 june 2020 - 17:35:36Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian Central Narcotics Office (OCS), the body in charge of the fight against drug trafficking [...] Full text...
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Rwanda's CPI up 9.2 per cent in May
10 june 2020 - 13:31:52Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda’s Consumer Price Index (CPI), main gauge of inflation, increased by 9.2 per cent year-on-year in [...] Full text...
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More than 5 tons of cannabis and other illicit drugs seized in 2019 in Mali
27 may 2020 - 14:20:43Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Intervention units of the Central Narcotics Office (OCS) in charge of the fight against illicit drugs [...] Full text...
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South African police confirm major drug bust
18 may 2020 - 15:50:50Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's elite Hawks crime-fighting unit on Monday announced that they have made a [...] Full text...
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Nigerian arrested with heroin at Mauritius airport
16 march 2020 - 13:50:55Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - A 33-year-old Nigerian was intercepted on Friday at the SSR International Airport of Mauritius by [...] Full text...
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Rwanda's CPI goes up by 8.7% in February 2020
10 march 2020 - 12:13:04Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, rose by 8.7 percent year on [...] Full text...
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Nigerien pastoralists again allowed to graze their cattle in Benin
20 february 2020 - 17:53:17Cotonou, Benin(PANA) - Benin is once again allowing Nigerien pastoralists to graze their livestock on its territory, according to a [...] Full text...
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Ugandan, Nigerian nationals arrested for drug trafficking in Mauritius
10 february 2020 - 17:10:55Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – A Ugandan and a Nigerian were arrested in Mauritius on Saturday by the Customs Anti-Narcotics [...] Full text...
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Two Air Mauritius ramp attendants arrested attempting to remove drugs from airport
10 january 2020 - 14:11:03Plaisance, Mauritius (PANA) - Two ramp attendants of Air Mauritius were arrested on Thursday by the Customs Anti-Narcotics Section (CANS) [...] Full text...
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Burundi's President paints 'largely positive' picture of 2019
01 january 2020 - 12:24:57Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi's head of state, Pierre Nkurunziza, has painted a "largely positive" assessment of the achievements of [...] Full text...
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South African woman nabbed with heroin at Mauritius airport
04 december 2019 - 13:43:03Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - A South African woman, Maria Margaritha Wilhelmina Van Wyk, aged 46 years, was intercepted on [...] Full text...
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Burundi police carry out nationwide operation to combat cross-border crime
22 november 2019 - 15:16:22Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi's national police reported on Friday an operation to fight cross-border crimes (Usalama, Peace), carried out [...] Full text...
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South African arrested with heroin at Mauritius airport
18 november 2019 - 07:36:07Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Officers of the Anti-Narcotics Section of the Mauritius Revenue Customs Authority have arrested a South African, [...] Full text...
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Tunisia hands over 4 Libyan security agents to Tripoli
16 november 2019 - 17:46:39Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has handed over to the Libyan authorities four Libyan security agents arrested at the Rass [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwean and Mozambican nationals arrested with drugs at Mauritius airport
05 november 2019 - 13:07:26Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Officers of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Section of the Mauritius Revenue Authority on 27 October 2019 [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: US Embassy organises seminar for young people on cyber safety awareness
29 october 2019 - 19:33:46Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The US Embassy, Abuja offices of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) and the Information [...] Full text...
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Beninese arrested with 5kg cannabis at Mauritius airport
22 october 2019 - 12:35:41Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - A Beninese national aged 27 was arrested on Monday at Sir Seewoosagur International Airport in [...] Full text...
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Two Europeans killed, one soldier wounded in Tunisia
14 october 2019 - 16:56:53Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Two Europeans, a German and a Frenchman, were killed on Sunday and Monday respectively, and a [...] Full text...
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Burundian police launch major offensive against crime, terrorism
12 october 2019 - 15:15:26Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The Burundi Ministry of Public Security and Disaster Management says the police carried out 4,131 search [...] Full text...
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Africa: A fertile ground for trafficking of illicit drugs
07 october 2019 - 11:47:38Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Street drugs, counterfeit drugs, fake drugs or medical products of lower or falsified quality. All these [...] Full text...
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Sub-regional workshop on drugs ends in Bamako
05 october 2019 - 13:56:55Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The fight against drugs and the repression of the phenomenon in the West African sub-region requires [...] Full text...
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Burundi ministers ratify cooperation agreements with Turkey, Russia
03 october 2019 - 16:46:40Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The Burundi Council of Ministers on Tuesday and Wednesday adopted two draft laws to ratify a [...] Full text...
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Two Malawians nabbed with 884g of heroin in Mauritius
02 october 2019 - 14:53:44Plaisance, Mauritius (PANA) - Two Malawians who had swallowed 884 grams of heroin in pellets, were arrested on 23 September [...] Full text...
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Botswana facing social media illegal drugs sales and trafficking (Feature by Meekaeel Siphambili, PANA correspondent)
16 september 2019 - 11:07:21Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The geographical location of Botswana has a huge influence on the country as an illegal drug [...] Full text...
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South Africa addresses scourge of illicit drug trafficking (By Craig Urquhart, PANA Correspondent)
13 september 2019 - 13:52:19Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – In 1967, young Cape Town surgeon Dr Chris Barnard carried out the world’s first [...] Full text...
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Botswana facing social media illegal drugs sales and trafficking (Feature by Meekaeel Siphambili, PANA correspondent)
13 september 2019 - 13:50:24Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The geographical location of Botswana has a huge influence on the country as an illegal drug [...] Full text...
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19-year-old South African nabbed with heroin at Mauritius airport
06 september 2019 - 14:31:15Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - A 19-year-old South African was on Tuesday nabbed at Mauritius international airport with 1.67 kg [...] Full text...
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South Africa addresses scourge of illicit drug trafficking (By Craig Urquhart, PANA Correspondent)
06 september 2019 - 14:15:29Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – In 1967, young Cape Town surgeon Dr Chris Barnard carried out the world’s first [...] Full text...
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Congo: 4 alleged wildlife offenders brought before prosecutor's office for poaching
27 august 2019 - 18:54:20Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The National Liaison Office Afripol, a criminal police agency, in collaboration with the World Fund for [...] Full text...
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Malian Customs Directorate destroys narcotics, fake medicines
13 august 2019 - 12:22:50Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian Customs Directorate has destroyed pharmaceuticals and narcotics seized at various customs points in Dio, [...] Full text...
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Cape Verdean Police seize more than 2,000 tons of cocaine
05 august 2019 - 18:11:35Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - The Cape Verdean judicial police announced on Sunday the seizure of 2256.27 kg of cocaine [...] Full text...
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Kenyan finance minister pleads not guilty to conspiracy to defraud state
23 july 2019 - 15:14:11Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's finance Ministry Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to a charge of [...] Full text...
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Nine people arrested in possession drugs in Praia
06 july 2019 - 16:08:44Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - Nine people were arrested on Wednesday in the Eugénio Lima neighborhood of Praia in possession [...] Full text...
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Several tons of drugs worth CFAF 1.5 billion burnt near Bamako
02 july 2019 - 23:58:39Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Central Narcotics Control Office (OCS), dedicated to the fight against drugs and other narcotics, Tuesday [...] Full text...
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Niger now transit country for drugs - Minister
26 june 2019 - 11:38:39Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Niger is a non-drug-producing country that has become a major transit area where large quantities of [...] Full text...
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Eleven wounded in double car explosions near military camp in Derna in eastern Libya
02 june 2019 - 15:16:03Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Eleven people were wounded Sunday morning in a double car bomb explosion near the headquarters of [...] Full text...
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South African woman arrested with drugs at Mauritius airport
09 may 2019 - 13:09:08Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – A South African lady hairdresser, who was arrested last Friday at Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam international [...] Full text...
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Transitional Military Council says will tolerate no more breaches by sit-ins
30 april 2019 - 21:34:52Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese Transitional Military Council Tuesday warned it would no longer tolerate breaches of peace by [...] Full text...
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Rights body fingers Botswana as global executions fall
11 april 2019 - 21:04:03Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Botswana is one of the countries that is still executing suspects handed the death sentence as [...] Full text...
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Perpetrators of terrorist attacks on Museum of Bardo and Sousse sentenced to life imprisonment
09 february 2019 - 11:42:16Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A Tunisian high court on Saturday sentenced to life imprisonment seven out of 44 persons involved [...] Full text...
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Cape Verdian police seize 9.5 tonnes of cocaine
02 february 2019 - 13:32:13Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) – Cape Verdian judicial police has seized 9.5 tonnes of cocaine, the largest quantity ever seized [...] Full text...
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Malagasy national nabbed with heroin at Mauritius airport
25 january 2019 - 18:38:03Plaisance, Mauritius (PANA) – A Malagasy female national, aged 25, was arrested on Thursday with 158g of heroin she was [...] Full text...
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Rwanda's minister vows to combat drug abuse, prostitution among youth
23 october 2018 - 16:17:06Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda's newly appointed Minister of Gender and Family Promotion, Solina Nyirahabimana, on Tuesday vowed to support [...] Full text...
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Global spotlight on world drug problem ‘is personal’ for many families, says UN chief
25 september 2018 - 06:50:51New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations focused a global spotlight on the world-wide drug problem during a high-level [...] Full text...
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Zambian woman arrested with heroin pellets in Mauritius
25 july 2018 - 16:09:46Plaisance, Mauritius (PANA) - The Customs Anti-Narcotics Section of the Mauritius Revenue Authority (MRA) on Saturday arrested a 26-year-old Zambian [...] Full text...
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UN chief hails UN anti-drug conference
12 march 2018 - 19:51:52New York, US (PANA) - Inclusive partnerships are essential to addressing drug challenges and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), [...] Full text...
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Gov'ts urged to place more emphasis on drug treatment and rehabilitation
01 march 2018 - 19:56:02New York, US (PANA) - Governments are being urged to invest more in drug treatment and rehabilitation rather than just [...] Full text...
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Gambia, a corridor of illicit financial activities - Report
07 february 2018 - 15:16:34Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambia is one of the leading tax havens in Africa, the Tax Justice Network has [...] Full text...
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Joint force to maintain security in two Sudanese states
01 january 2018 - 14:59:04Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Following the 6-month state of emergency imposed by President Omar al-Bashir in the states of [...] Full text...
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UN chief urges cooperation to tackle security challenges in Mediterranean
18 november 2017 - 05:06:32New York, USA (PANA) – The Mediterranean – a confluence of civilizations, cultures, religions, trade and migration – is facing [...] Full text...
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US: Global narcotics market 'thriving' – UN
22 june 2017 - 19:40:50New York, US (PANA) – Of the quarter of a billion people who used drugs in 2015, about 29.5 million [...] Full text...
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Sudan: Bashir orders RSF soldiers to end tribal conflict, lawlessness in Sudan
13 may 2017 - 13:39:49Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese President Omar Bashir on Saturday praised the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) for its contribution to [...] Full text...
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UN: UN panel on narcotics discusses peace, security
14 march 2017 - 19:36:04New York, US (PANA) - The UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs opened its 60th session in Vienna, Austria, on Tuesday [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: US trains Nigerian police officers on human rights
06 march 2017 - 19:55:55Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The United States has trained 28 Nigeria police officers on human rights and special protection to [...] Full text...
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UN: UN-backed narcotics control body urges gender-sensitive drug policies
02 march 2017 - 19:23:53New York, US (PANA) - Citing a significant rise over the past year in the number of women dying from [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Disgraced rapper released from prison
05 january 2017 - 09:37:08Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Jailed South African rapper Molemo “Jub Jub” Maarohanye was released on parole on Thursday, [...] Full text...
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Botswana: Inflation rising in Botswana
15 december 2016 - 12:41:13Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana’s annual inflation rate for November was up, although the country's central bank believes it will [...] Full text...
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Sudan: Eleven young Somalis freed from human traffickers
29 november 2016 - 09:15:53Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese police have freed 11 young Somali nationals, comprising eight young women and three boys, from [...] Full text...
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UN: UN member states tasked on transnational organized crime convention
18 october 2016 - 14:25:56New York, US (PANA) - The Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Yury Fedotov, has [...] Full text...
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France: Criminal intelligence initiative targets performance-enhancing drugs - INTERPOL
04 october 2016 - 11:22:48Lyons, France (PANA) – An initiative has been developed by INTERPOL aimed at helping member countries understand and combat the [...] Full text...
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UN: 19 African, Asian countries gets US$40 million for wildlife protection programme
10 june 2016 - 16:39:45New York, US (PANA) - A UN-backed partnership fund has approved an additional US$40 million to expand its support of [...] Full text...
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Sudan: Govt. protests denial of US visa to UN-bound Sudanese senior officials
26 april 2016 - 13:10:23Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – The Sudanese government on Tuesday summoned the US Charge D’Affairs to Sudan, Benjamin Moeling, to officially [...] Full text...
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UN: Business leaders urge UN to decriminalize all drugs
22 april 2016 - 16:20:25New York, US (PANA) - Business leaders under the auspices of Leaders of Global Commission on Drug Policy have condemned [...] Full text...
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Botswana: Cocaine, marijuana abuse worries Botswana law enforcers
14 april 2016 - 16:46:45Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana’s law enforcement officers have bemoaned the increase in drug abuse by young people in the [...] Full text...
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Rwanda: Five arrested with 170kg of cannabis in Eastern Rwanda
05 april 2016 - 10:48:15Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan police have launched a series of raids in several parts of Eastern province near the [...] Full text...
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Austria: UN urges focus on ‘shared responsibility’ to combat illicit drugs
15 march 2016 - 06:45:38Vienna, Austria (PANA) - Ahead of a special session on drugs at the United Nations General Assembly, senior United Nations [...] Full text...
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UN: UN-backed report says drug treaties are for health, wellbeing of mankind
02 march 2016 - 18:04:40New York, US (PANA) - The ultimate goal of the international drug control treaties is to ensure the health and welfare [...] Full text...
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Benin: Drugs, criminals, guns and gold intercepted in INTERPOL border operations in West Africa
15 february 2016 - 14:34:49Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - An operation to strengthen border controls along the Abidjan-Lagos corridor has resulted in major seizures of [...] Full text...
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US: US says actively supporting counter Boko Haram efforts
12 february 2016 - 10:57:15Washington, US (PANA) - The United States says it supports the establishment of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) and [...] Full text...
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Botswana - Botswana police stay the pace to fight marijuana trade
26 january 2016 - 17:35:04Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana Police Service’s (BPS) narcotics division has revealed that marijuana continues to lead as the most [...] Full text...
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Switzerland: WHO outlines global trends and looks ahead to 2030 targets
09 december 2015 - 05:32:00Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday issued a comprehensive analysis of global health trends since [...] Full text...
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Ethiopia: Strengthening criminal justice to fight wildlife crime in Ethiopia
06 october 2015 - 07:59:01Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Law enforcement officials, wildlife protection managers, prosecutors and judicial officers from around Ethiopia Tuesday began [...] Full text...
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Mauritius: Mauritius, Seychelles police, customs officers trained to combat terrorism, drug trafficking
14 september 2015 - 12:02:57Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Police and Customs Officers from Mauritius and Seychelles Monday started an international seaport interdiction training to [...] Full text...
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Rwanda: Rwanda's inflation maintains upward swing in August
10 september 2015 - 09:39:28Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda's Consumer Price Index (CPI), the main gauge of inflation, grew 3.0 percent year-on-year in August [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Anti-narcotics agency probes Nigerian airline crew member caught with cocaine in London
26 august 2015 - 09:13:25Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) is probing the crew member of Nigerian carrier Arik [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Major cocaine find at OR Tambo Airport
07 july 2015 - 14:56:28Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Police and customs officials have confiscated a bag of pure cocaine, weighing about an [...] Full text...
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Tanzania: Kenyan tycoon, sons arrested in connection to ivory seizures in Asia
05 june 2015 - 18:21:14Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Police in Kenya have arrested several people in connection with two caches of illegal ivory seized [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Nigeria summons Indonesian envoy over executions, Nigerians on death row
09 march 2015 - 18:18:11Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday intervened in the case of three Nigerian prisoners, [...] Full text...
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UN: 'Over 5b people worldwide lack access to essential medicines'
04 march 2015 - 07:21:26New York, US (PANA) - A report by the Vienna-based International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) has said three quarters of [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Threat of species' extinction real as World Wildlife Day is marked
02 march 2015 - 10:37:12Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Ahead of this year's World Wildlife Day to be marked 3 March by governments, conservation groups [...] Full text...
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Ghana: Opposition march against energy crisis, changes at presidency reported in Ghana
21 february 2015 - 05:05:10Accra, Ghana (PANA) – A huge demonstration called by the main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) to protest against the [...] Full text...
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Ghana: Mahama's second year in office, jailing of drug queen reported in Ghana
10 january 2015 - 07:53:11Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The second anniversary of President John Dramani Mahama's inauguration on 7 January and the jailing of [...] Full text...
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Ghana: Budget, media goof on arrest of cocaine courier reported in Ghana
22 november 2014 - 07:55:25Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The 2015 budget presented to Parliament by Minister of Finance Seth Terkper and the media’s handling [...] Full text...
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Ethiopia: AU wants drug possession offences lifted to lessen health risks
09 october 2014 - 15:37:44Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has proposed the lifting of offences associated with the possession of [...] Full text...
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UN: UNODC urges prosecution to end impunity for drug trafficking on high seas
10 september 2014 - 08:32:50New York, US (PANA) - The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is hosting a special event in Vienna, [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Abuja, Washington sign MOU on enhanced training for Nigeria Police
23 july 2014 - 16:33:31Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria and the United States of America Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on the [...] Full text...
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Senegal: Senegal makes higher drugs seizure
27 june 2014 - 09:07:38Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The volume of drugs seized and incinerated in Senegal this year has increased four fold, according [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Jonathan, Pakistani leader hold bilateral talks, sign agreements
10 june 2014 - 15:50:52Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigerian leader, Goodluck Jonathan, and his Pakistani counterpart, Mahmoon Hussain, led their different countries to bilateral [...] Full text...
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Ethiopia: AU prepared to lift Guinea Bissau sanctions
17 april 2014 - 16:24:19Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has declared its readiness to lift the sanctions against Guinea Bissau [...] Full text...
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Senegal: 1,724 kg of illegal narcotics seized under COCAIR IV operation
11 april 2014 - 18:30:22Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The COCAIR IV operation, targeting cocaine trafficking from South America and Africa into Europe, led in [...] Full text...
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Senegal: 'Drug use increases in Africa'
04 march 2014 - 22:53:19Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The International Narcotics Control Board (INCB ) says there has been an increase in drug trafficking [...] Full text...
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UN: Report urges greater prevention, treatment of drug abuse
04 march 2014 - 20:10:52New York, US (PANA) - A UN report says investment in prevention and treatment of drug abuse can lead to [...] Full text...
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Tanzania: War on narcotics, cancer dominate dailies this week
08 february 2014 - 08:55:44Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – A drug haul from a vessel sailing off the Tanzanian coast and the increasing [...] Full text...
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UN: 'Global efforts needed to address illicit financial flows from Africa'
07 february 2014 - 18:20:27New York, US (PANA) - UN Deputy Secretary-General, Mr. Jan Eliasson, and former South African President Thabo Mbeki, have stressed [...] Full text...
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Botswana: Annual inflation remains stable
15 january 2014 - 18:27:27Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana’s annual inflation rate for December 2013 stood at 4.1 percent, same as in the previous [...] Full text...
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Botswana’s inflation continues to plummet
13 december 2013 - 12:48:15Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana’s inflation rate has continued to drop amid fears by the central bank that unanticipated increase [...] Full text...
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Football, budget, cocaine haul highlighted by Ghanaian media
23 november 2013 - 08:04:30Accra, Ghana (PANA) – Ghana’s qualification to its third straight FIFA World Cup finals, government’s 2014 budget and financial statement [...] Full text...
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Ghana security impounds ship laden with cocaine
20 november 2013 - 13:33:55Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's security agencies have impounded a fishing vessel carrying 21 bags of substances suspected to be [...] Full text...
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German in court over attempt to smuggle US$650,000 out of Ghana
01 november 2013 - 12:04:03Accra, Ghana (PANA) - A 42-year-old German has appeared in a court in Accra, Ghana's capital, charged with attempting to [...] Full text...
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Libyan PM urges neighbours to support Tripoli's democratization
26 september 2013 - 14:24:50New York, US (PANA) – Libya's Prime Minister Ali Zeidan has called for continued international support, particularly from neighbouring countries, [...] Full text...
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UNODC chief calls for more action against drug abuse, trafficking
10 september 2013 - 07:35:07New York, US (PANA) - With demand soaring for untested concoctions of psychoactive substances, the Executive Director of the UN [...] Full text...
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US gives Tanzanian Police Force communications system to fight drug trafficking
30 august 2013 - 12:51:31Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The US Government on Friday handed over a maritime VHF communications system worth US$ [...] Full text...
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Anti-drugs agency discovers another abandoned cocaine shipment in Lagos
01 august 2013 - 19:04:22Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's anti-drugs agency, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has discovered a cocaine shipment, abandoned [...] Full text...
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Cocaine worth US$460,000 abandoned at Lagos airport
11 july 2013 - 09:20:39Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Cocaine weighing 5.9kg and worth 74 million naira (US$460,000) has been abandoned by a suspected drug [...] Full text...
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AU official says Africa’s anti-trafficking initiatives benefit Europe
11 june 2013 - 13:50:22Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Initiatives being taken by the African Union (AU) in countering terrorism and the trafficking of [...] Full text...
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Market fires, arrest of drug baron reported in Ghana
08 june 2013 - 08:01:17Accra, Ghana (PANA) – Increasing spate of fire outbreaks, especially in markets across Ghana, and the arrest in the US [...] Full text...
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Ghanaian, Colombian, Nigerians arrested in US for drug trafficking
04 june 2013 - 19:05:48Accra, Ghana (PANA) – Two Nigerians, a Ghanaian and a Colombian have been arrested in the US for drugs offences, [...] Full text...
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Nigeria's anti-drug agency intercepts 3.9 kg of cocaine in Lagos
04 may 2013 - 15:45:39Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted 3.9 kilogrammes of cocaine stashed in female [...] Full text...
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Presidents Mahama, Ahmadinejad meet in Accra
17 april 2013 - 16:08:47Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama and his visiting Iranian counterpart, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, on Wednesday held bilateral [...] Full text...
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Botswana’s inflation rises to 7.6%
16 april 2013 - 14:48:21Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana’s inflationary pressures continue to build up in the economy as reflected by the March inflation [...] Full text...
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Mauritius launches campaign against drug abuse
28 march 2013 - 14:58:25Ste-Croix, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Health and Quality of Life Minister, Lormus Bundhoo, Thursday launched the 2013 Substance Abuse Campaign [...] Full text...
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Burkinabe journalists demand release of detained Malian journalist Daou
13 march 2013 - 21:46:41Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Association of journalists in Burkina Faso (AJB) on Wednesday condemned the arrest of Malian [...] Full text...
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2 Nigerians arrested in Ghana for attempted importation of cocaine
25 february 2013 - 15:05:35Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Two Nigerians have been arrested in Ghana for their alleged involvement in the importation of 200 [...] Full text...
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Quality of education, cancer take limelight in Tanzanian media
09 february 2013 - 08:54:16Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The issue of education struck a chord with one of Tanzania’s dailies this week, [...] Full text...
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Tanzania police nab fellow officers with narcotic load
11 january 2013 - 09:25:12Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The Tanzania Police Force has arrested two of its members who were escorting marijuana [...] Full text...
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Veteran guitarist arrested with cocaine in Nigeria
06 january 2013 - 11:38:25Lagos, Lagos (PANA) - A veteran guitarist who played with one of Nigeria's top musicians for about 30 years has [...] Full text...
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Jonathan's media chat, EFCC's frustration, nation's low rating highlighted in Nigeria
24 november 2012 - 08:47:36Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - President Goodluck Jonathan's media chat comments and the attendant criticisms, his 2015 political ambition, inability of [...] Full text...
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Botswana’s inflation stable
15 november 2012 - 14:31:59Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana’s October year-on-year inflation remained stable at 7.1%, Statistics Botswana (SB), the country’s data agency, said [...] Full text...
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US hosts discussion on 'combating narcotics trafficking in West Africa'
26 october 2012 - 09:53:08Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The US Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs and the Woodrow Wilson Centre will [...] Full text...
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Nigerian drug agency seizes 297.957 kg of drugs at Lagos airport
11 october 2012 - 09:52:39Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) seized over 297.957 kilogrammes of narcotic substances from [...] Full text...
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3 Ghana airport officials in court over drug export to UK
08 october 2012 - 16:24:48Accra, Ghana (PANA) – Three workers at the Kotoka International Airport in Accra, Ghana, were on Monday brought to a [...] Full text...
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Nigerian Army gets dog centre to fight terrorism
25 september 2012 - 10:23:03Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - To keep track on global trend against terrorism and insecurity, the Nigerian Army has established a [...] Full text...
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Nigerian allegedly caught with 2 kg of drug at Cotonou airport
04 september 2012 - 17:29:00Cotonou, Benin (PANA) – Benin's Central Office for Repression of Illicit Drug Trafficking (OCERTID), last weekend said it seized 2.3 [...] Full text...
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Mauritius to tackle counterfeit medicines
29 august 2012 - 14:45:37Ebène, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Health and Quality of Life Minister, Lormus Bundhoo, has said that the authorities are determined [...] Full text...
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Alarm over illegal drug problem in SA
02 july 2012 - 10:12:33Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - A new UN report shows that South Africa has emerged as a key producer [...] Full text...
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US donates body scanner to Nigeria
01 june 2012 - 10:05:05Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The US has donated a set of body scanner to Nigeria's National Drug Law Enforcement Agency [...] Full text...
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Libya denies abducting Tunisians
19 april 2012 - 14:53:29Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's Deputy Minister of Interior, Omar Khadraoui, has denied the kidnapping, by Libyan armed revolutionalists, of [...] Full text...
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HIV prevalence rate rises in Burundi schools
09 april 2012 - 19:45:05Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The prevalence rate of the HIV infection in Burundi schools has grown at an alarming rate, [...] Full text...
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CPJ urges Gabon to drop legal proceedings against journos over critical articles
21 march 2012 - 09:43:41Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on Gabonese authorities to drop legal [...] Full text...
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Mills’ State of the Nation address, arrest of drug barons reported in Ghana
18 february 2012 - 08:15:27Accra, Ghana (PANA) – Ghana’s President John Evans Atta Mills’ State of the Nation address to Parliament on Thursday and [...] Full text...
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Fugitive Ghanaian drug baron nabbed for exporting cocaine to Gambia
14 february 2012 - 16:11:44Accra, Ghana (PANA) - A Ghanaian drug baron who connived with three foreigners to import more than two tonnes of [...] Full text...
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UN envoy, Interpol chief meet on organized crime in West Africa
13 february 2012 - 22:51:28New York, US (PANA) - Said Djinnit, head of the UN Office for West Africa (UNOWA), and Ronald Noble, Interpol’s [...] Full text...
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Arrests over cocaine disappearance, Chinese loan reported in Ghana
07 january 2012 - 08:05:26Accra, Ghana (PANA) – A seeming breakthrough on how cocaine seized from a suspect turned into baking powder at an [...] Full text...
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Nigerian anti-drugs agency intercepts drugs from Brazil, Pakistan
30 december 2011 - 18:27:15Ikeja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's anti-drugs agency, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has stopped two major attempts by [...] Full text...
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Disappearance of cocaine highlighted in Ghana media
17 december 2011 - 08:19:20Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Ghanaian media this week feasted on the incredible story of cocaine that was tendered as [...] Full text...
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Nigerian media report justice for comedian, rumble at anti-graft agency, Boko Haram
26 november 2011 - 08:06:03Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian media were this week filled with stories of the popular comedian who deservedly got [...] Full text...
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Nigeria's anti-drugs agency impounds 6 kg of narcotics on Sallah Day
07 november 2011 - 16:37:45Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's anti-drugs agency, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has intercepted 6.390 kilogrammes of narcotics, [...] Full text...
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Nigerian anti-drugs agency seized drugs worth US$ 4 million in 21 months
23 october 2011 - 16:45:59Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian anti-drugs agency seized drugs worth 6.1 billion naira (US$ 4.06 million) from 291 suspected [...] Full text...
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Gambia: Anti-narcotics agency discovers cannabis near President Jammeh's home town
26 september 2011 - 16:12:07Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - An official of Gambia's National Drug Enforcement Agency (NDEA), Abdoulie Ceesay, has confirmed the discovery of [...] Full text...
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Dying housing project, see-saw of huge Chinese loan highlighted by Ghana media
27 august 2011 - 11:11:07Accra, Ghana (PANA) – Signs of the last kicks of a dying flagship housing project that had been heavily criticised [...] Full text...
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UN Security Council tasks UN Office in Central Africa on regional stability
19 august 2011 - 14:26:44New York, US (PANA) - The UN Security Council on Friday urged the UN Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA) [...] Full text...
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Niger records 2% consumer price increases in June
26 july 2011 - 13:41:25Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Niger's level of consumer prices, measured by the Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices (HICP), was up [...] Full text...
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Drugs, debt, public flogging of teacher played up in Ghana media
02 july 2011 - 09:15:20Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Claims of drug money funding political campaigns, the real debt figures and public flogging of a [...] Full text...
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Tanzanian dailies call for intensified war on illicit drugs
02 july 2011 - 08:51:49Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Illicit drugs are dreadful in Tanzania as reported by some dailies in the East [...] Full text...
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Kenya's annual inflation edged up 14.49% in June
01 july 2011 - 15:45:08Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Wildcat hikes in the prices of maize and other foodstuffs pushed the annual inflation by a [...] Full text...
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Kikwete appreciates US support to beef up Tanzanian security
13 june 2011 - 13:44:41Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Tanzania has become a difficult place for terrorism perpetrators, narcotics traffickers and pirates to [...] Full text...
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US praise Tanzania police for arresting Interpol-wanted narcotics trafficker
09 june 2011 - 17:14:47Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The US Thursday congratulated the Tanzanian government and its police force on their successful [...] Full text...
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Anti-drugs agency seizes container of narcotics in Cotonou
08 june 2011 - 14:55:12Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - A large amount of drugs, concealed in a container which landed from Brazil, has been seized [...] Full text...
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Gambia's narcotic officials say court overburdened with drug cases
01 june 2011 - 17:02:53Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia's anti-drugs agency has said that the country's narcotics court in the capital, Banjul, is overburdened [...] Full text...
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Top US official visits Ghana, Liberia
16 may 2011 - 13:21:08New York, US (PANA) - During the week of 16-20 May, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and [...] Full text...
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Malian parliament ratifies convention against illegal narcotics
26 april 2011 - 14:44:52Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian parliament has authorized the ratification of the Convention for the Fight against Illicit Traffic [...] Full text...
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Police seize 200 kg drugs in Cotonou
19 april 2011 - 15:13:14Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Beninese police said on Monday that they seized over 200 kg of drugs imported from Pakistan, [...] Full text...
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Nigerian media report passage of anti-money laundering bill, labour's threat over minimum wage, politics
05 march 2011 - 10:39:00Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Tuesday's passage of the anti-money laundering Bill by the Senate, labour's no-minimum-wage, no-election threat, fascinating political [...] Full text...
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UN peacekeepers, UNODC forge partnership to combat drugs, crimes
03 march 2011 - 17:05:13New York, US (PANA) - The UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) [...] Full text...
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Mali becomes hub of drug trafficking - Study
18 january 2011 - 11:56:39Paris, France (PANA) - About 10 per cent of the drugs intercepted from Africa over the past three years in [...] Full text...
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Nigeria's drug law enforcement agency seizes 1.1b naira cocaine
14 january 2011 - 08:29:50Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Acting on a tip-off from its US counterpart, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Thursday [...] Full text...
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Gambia to use sniffer dogs in war against drugs
07 january 2011 - 14:16:49Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Benedict Jammeh, the head of Gambia's anti-narcotics body, the National Drug Enforcement Agency (NDEA), has disclosed [...] Full text...
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Gambia’s anti-narcotics agency arrests 17 suspects
06 january 2011 - 17:37:29Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Gambia's anti-narcotics body, the National Drug Enforcement Agency (NDEA), has arrested 17 suspected drug traffickers in [...] Full text...
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Ghanaian media highlight oil, Wikileaks
18 december 2010 - 09:59:00Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The historic commencement of oil production on Wednesday from the Jubilee Oil field offshore, the west [...] Full text...
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UN, Int'l partners to combat drug trade in West Africa
17 december 2010 - 16:24:00New York, US (PANA) - The UN and its international partner organizations have launched a comprehensive and integrated programme to [...] Full text...
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Ghana government reiterates commitment to drug war
15 december 2010 - 22:34:41Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Ghana Government on Wednesday reiterated that it remains “committed and unwavering” in the fight against [...] Full text...
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Mixed reaction to Wikileaks cables on Ghana's drug menace
15 december 2010 - 20:18:07Accra, Ghana (PANA) – Alleged leaked diplomatic cables on Ghana's fight against drugs released by the controversial Wikileaks website has [...] Full text...
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Gambia sacks, detains 2 military officers
05 november 2010 - 19:32:00Banjul- Gambia (PANA) -- Two officers of the Gambia Armed Force (GAF), Pa Yusupha Jatta and Sanna Sanyang, have been [...] Full text...
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Libya partners Tunisia in fight against organized crime
21 october 2010 - 17:10:00Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- Libya and Tunisia have agreed to jointly fight organized crimes in the two countries, according to [...] Full text...
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African ministers meet to tighten drug trafficking loopholes
01 october 2010 - 12:49:00Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- African ministers in charge of domestic security and social affairs kicked off a meeting here [...] Full text...
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UN moves to stabilise W/Africa
01 october 2010 - 07:55:00New York- US (PANA) -- The UN peacekeeping missions in West Africa have drawn up joint plans to strengthen stability [...] Full text...
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US delists Nigeria from major drug nations' list
19 september 2010 - 08:49:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Satisfied with the anti-drug campaign efforts of the Nat ional Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), the [...] Full text...
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UK minister meets Gambia's Foreign minister
17 september 2010 - 20:34:00Banjul- Gambia (PANA) -- Henry Bellingham, the United Kingdom minister for Africa, on Friday met Momodou Tangara, Gambia's minister of [...] Full text...
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US sues Gambia over rights records
31 august 2010 - 13:59:00Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The American Congress has received a bill calling for th e suspension of financial help to [...] Full text...
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Libya anti-drug unit seizes 4 kg of heroin, 400 kg of hashish
21 august 2010 - 18:09:00Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- The Libyan brigade in the fight against narcotics has se ized 4 kg of heroin and [...] Full text...
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DRC intensifies fight against Ivory trafficking
18 july 2010 - 13:10:00Kinshasa- DR Congo (PANA) -- Since being fingered as one of the countries promoting illegal trade in Ivory, the Democratic [...] Full text...
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Nigeria President leaves for G-8 summit Wednesday
22 june 2010 - 13:01:00Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan is billed to leave Abuja Wednesday to participate in the 2010 Summit [...] Full text...
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