South Sudan fighting displaces nearly 280,000; UN warns of ‘perfect storm’

24 february 2026 - 07:14:24
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Renewed fighting in South Sudan’s Jonglei state has displaced hundreds of thousands of civilians in [...] Full text...

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UN Alliance of Civilizations urges youth to reaffirm peace as a global priority (By UN News)

14 december 2025 - 07:37:54
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (PANA) - In a world shaped by conflict and digital noise, the High Representative for the UN [...] Full text...

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Better economic measurement is about wiser use, not just more data (IMF Blog by Gita Bhatt)

04 december 2025 - 10:22:48
Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - We live in a galaxy of data. From satellites and smartwatches to social media and [...] Full text...

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The Stablecoin Balancing Act (IMF article by Darrell, Odunayo Olowookere, Andreas Veneris)

09 october 2025 - 12:12:40
Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - Legend has it that gangster Al Capone hid the illicit origins of his wealth by [...] Full text...

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‘We don’t believe in giving up’ deputy UN chief tells New York festival crowd

28 september 2025 - 17:30:55
New York, US (PANA) - Deputy UN Secretary-General Amina Mohammed thanked the crowd at New York’s Global Citizen Festival on [...] Full text...

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2024 CHAN: Morocco edge Tanzania to reach semi-finals

22 august 2025 - 19:28:58
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Morocco ended Tanzania’s fairytale run at the 2024  TotalEnergies African Nations Championship (CHAN) with [...] Full text...

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2024 CHAN: Uganda beat Niger to go top of Group C as Okello stars

11 august 2025 - 19:37:14
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Uganda climbed to the top of Group C with a controlled 2–0 victory over Niger at [...] Full text...

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UN chief ‘deeply saddened’ as Air India crash claims lives of over 200 on board

14 june 2025 - 18:14:57
New York, US (PANA) - A London-bound Air India jet carrying 242 people crashed moments after take-off from Ahmedabad on [...] Full text...

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UN ocean summit in Nice closes with wave of commitments

14 june 2025 - 08:13:21
Nice, France (PANA) - Ships in the port of Nice sounded their fog-horns on Friday, a brassy crescendo to a [...] Full text...

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A historic course correction: how the world’s shipping sector is setting sail for net zero (Feature by UN News)

15 may 2025 - 07:45:39
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Long overlooked as a major contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions, the shipping industry is now [...] Full text...

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Packed with promise: Wisam’s journey back to school in Sudan

27 february 2025 - 19:45:45
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Wisam sits in her classroom, absorbed in her work, her fingers gripping a blue-coloured pencil, [...] Full text...

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Reusable rockets, air taxis and ‘autonomous autos’ are the future: WIPO

06 february 2025 - 05:45:56
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Air taxis, “autonomous autos” and reusable rockets are just some of the future transport solutions that [...] Full text...

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Ford South Africa celebrates assembly of one million Rangers

26 june 2024 - 10:17:20
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - Ford South Africa has celebrated the assembly of the one-millionth Ranger at its Silverton plant [...] Full text...

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Crimes against nature: UN agency puts environmental legislation under scrutiny

18 may 2024 - 07:10:34
Vienna, Austria (PANA) - Global efforts to prevent crimes against nature and bring offenders to justice are being hampered by [...] Full text...

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Gaza’s healthcare workers grapple with mental health impact of unyielding war, says health charity

29 april 2024 - 07:21:13
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - After over six months of relentless war, Gaza’s healthcare workers have had to face unprecedented challenges [...] Full text...

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First-ever UN report reveals complex threats to migratory species

13 february 2024 - 05:56:56
New York, US (PANA) - Migratory species globally are facing critical challenges, with nearly half in decline and over 20 [...] Full text...

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COP28: UN says staggering $7 trillion spent every year on investments that fuel climate change

09 december 2023 - 17:18:10
Dubai, UAE (PANA) - Nearly $7 trillion of public and private finance each year supports activities that directly harm nature [...] Full text...

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Gabon coup: Military junta releases ousted President Bongo from house arrest on medical grounds

07 september 2023 - 08:37:23
Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - Gabon's military junta on Wednesday announced that ousted President Ali Bongo has been released from house [...] Full text...

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Coasts, sea life facing major threat due to massive sand removal

06 september 2023 - 11:52:35
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Startling findings from a new UN data platform reveal that the marine dredging industry is extracting [...] Full text...

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Gabon coup: Military junta announces reopening of borders

02 september 2023 - 18:41:40
Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - Gabon military junta announced on Saturday that the country's borders closed following the coup that ousted [...] Full text...

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Gabon coup: AU suspends Gabon with immediate effect after overthrow of President Bongo

01 september 2023 - 08:51:48
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has suspended Gabon from all its activities with immediate effect following [...] Full text...

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Gabon coup: Gabon coup makers name Gen. Oligui Nguema as country's new leader

31 august 2023 - 06:23:11
Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - Senior military officers who ousted Gabonese President Ali Bongo from power on Wednesday have named General Brice [...] Full text...

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3RD LEAD: Gabon coup: UN chief ‘firmly condemns’ Gabon coup, notes reports of election abuses (Eds: Adds UN chief's reaction)

30 august 2023 - 19:55:35
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General on Wednesday "firmly condemned" the coup in Gabon, while acknowledging that “serious infringements of [...] Full text...

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2ND LEAD: Ousted Gabonese President Bongo urges 'friends' to 'make noise' (Eds: Adds reaction of AU para 8-11)

30 august 2023 - 15:36:53
Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - Gabon's President Ali Bongo  Ondimba, who senior military officers said they ousted from power on Wednesdsay, [...] Full text...

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LEAD: Ousted Gabonese President Bongo urges 'friends' to 'make noise'

30 august 2023 - 13:56:40
Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - Gabon's President Ali Bongo Ondimba, who senior military officers said they ousted from power on Wednesdsay, has [...] Full text...

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2022/23 CAF Champions League: Casablanca buzzing as old rivals Wydad, Ahly prepare for epic clash

09 june 2023 - 08:42:33
Casablanca, Morocco (PANA) - The Moroccan city of Casablanca is experiencing an exceptional atmosphere, only a few days before the [...] Full text...

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2022/23 CAF Confed. Cup: Young Africans count on homeground support

28 may 2023 - 11:51:14
Dar Es Salam, Tanzania (PANA) - With just a few hours to Sunday’s epic showdown against Algeria’s USM Alger in [...] Full text...

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UN chief calls for ‘immediate’ ceasefire in Sudan, as death toll mounts

18 april 2023 - 07:44:06
New York, US (PANA) - Top UN officials on Monday urged rival military factions in Sudan to protect civilians and [...] Full text...

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Fury, sadness in Indonesia after FIFA pulls Under-20 World Cup

30 march 2023 - 08:36:15
Jakarta, Indonesia (PANA) - Indonesian football players, fans and pundits reacted with anger and sadness on Thursday after FIFA pulled [...] Full text...

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Pope to end DR Congo visit on Friday

03 february 2023 - 08:34:10
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Pope Francis ends his four-day visit to DR Congo on Friday during which he decried [...] Full text...

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Pope lauds work of charities in DR Congo, Africa

01 february 2023 - 19:31:51
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Pope Francis on Wednesday praised the work of charities in DR Congo and the African continent [...] Full text...

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President Barrow extols Gambia-Senegal relations as he receives Senegalese ministerial delegation

06 january 2023 - 18:36:38
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia’s President Adama Barrow Friday renewed his commitment to strengthening the bilateral ties between The Gambia [...] Full text...

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2022 FIFA WC: Groundbreaking facts and figures as Qatar 2022 group stage wraps up

04 december 2022 - 10:40:20
Doha Qatar (PANA) - As the group stage of the 2022 FIFA World Cup wrapped up on Friday night, the [...] Full text...

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Innovation key to a fairer world for persons with disabilities: UN Chief

03 december 2022 - 11:18:39
New York, US (PANA) - Marking this year’s International Day of Persons with Disabilities, which falls on Saturday, António Guterres, [...] Full text...

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Libyans begin festivities to commemorate Maouloud, birthday of the Prophet Mohamed

07 october 2022 - 20:03:33
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The festivities commemorating Maouloud, the birthday of the Prophet of Islam, Mohamed (pbuh), started on Friday [...] Full text...

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Mauritius to seriously tackle noise pollution

18 august 2022 - 08:45:29
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Government is to promulgate a new law in a bid to seriously tackle noise [...] Full text...

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Africa at heart of military clash in Ukraine (Analysis)

15 march 2022 - 15:07:46
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Russian-Ukrainian war, which has entered its third week, actually began ten years ago when former [...] Full text...

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Over one billion people at risk of hearing loss: WHO

03 march 2022 - 05:23:44
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Alerting that over one billion people aged 12 to 35, risking losing their hearing due to [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian Crisis: Troops and militia rape, abduct women and girls in Tigray – new report

11 august 2021 - 12:53:27
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Women and girls in Tigray region were targeted for rape and other sexual violence by [...] Full text...

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Uche: First among Super Falcons’ peers (A PANA portrait)

03 august 2021 - 17:17:30
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Despite her modest personality, former Nigerian international Ngozi Eucharia Uche is a foremost achiever among her [...] Full text...

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Mauritian govt. to impose penalties for littering in public areas

30 july 2021 - 05:46:19
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Minister of Environment, Solid Waste Management and Climate Change, Mr Kavy Ramano, on Thursday, [...] Full text...

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Libya violated rights of ‘targeted’ woman activist, says anti-discrimination committee

08 april 2021 - 06:22:30
New York, US (PANA) - The failure of Libya to investigate the unlawful arrest and torture of a women’s rights [...] Full text...

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WHO launches 'Viral Facts Africa' initiative to combat dangerous health misinformation

31 march 2021 - 12:18:50
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – Viral Facts Africa, a first of its kind African initiative to combat health misinformation online, was launched [...] Full text...

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Libya's UN delegate urges AU to support national reconciliation

29 january 2021 - 10:49:12
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Taher al-Sunni, has called on the African Union (AU) [...] Full text...

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AU Commission chief warns against arms boom in Africa

07 december 2020 - 15:55:30
Addis Ababa Ethiopia (PANA) - African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat has warned against the profusion of weapons [...] Full text...

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Road accidents claim 118 lives in Mauritius this year

05 december 2020 - 07:15:24
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Land Transport and Light Rail Minister, Alan Ganoo, on Saturday announced increases of penalties for [...] Full text...

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Human wildlife conflict unrelenting in Botswana

28 september 2020 - 15:58:15
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - More human wildlife conflict is reported in Botswana as elephants continue to be spotted roaming in [...] Full text...

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Elephants continue to roam around in Botswana villages

17 august 2020 - 15:04:29
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Sighting of elephants within villages continues to be noticed in Botswana, despite authorities’ efforts to curb [...] Full text...

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Tension mounts in Libya with persistence of electricity supply crisis (News analysis by Youssef BA, PANA correspondent)

13 august 2020 - 23:10:13
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The problem of electricity in Libya is a recurring issue, particularly during the summer period when [...] Full text...

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Greening transport sector in post COVID-19 recovery can create 15 million jobs globally

19 may 2020 - 12:59:37
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The recovery from the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic cannot be a return to business as usual. It [...] Full text...

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Renewed tension in Libya, Al-Sarraj's call for political dialogue and ICC report highlighted in the news

09 may 2020 - 16:55:05
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan newspapers this week focused on renewed tension on the fighting in Libya after Presidential Council [...] Full text...

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Libyan newspapers highlight failure to comply with humanitarian truce to fight COVID-19

28 march 2020 - 19:47:45
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan newspapers this week focused on the coronavirus, the first case of which was recorded in [...] Full text...

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Elephants spotted near Botswana’s capital

17 february 2020 - 11:29:59
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana’s Department of Wildlife and National Parks has issued a warning that elephants have been spotted [...] Full text...

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Gabon's first solar power plant to be commissioned next month

03 february 2020 - 11:06:16
Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - Gabon's first photovoltaic solar power plant will be commissioned at the end of March in Ndjolé, [...] Full text...

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The effect of capture of Sirte by Haftar on the continuation of the Tripoli war (A news analysis by BA Youssef, PANA correspondent)

09 january 2020 - 23:56:51
Tripoli, Libya (PANA)  -  Four days following the capture of the city of Sirte, 450 km east of Tripoli, by [...] Full text...

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2019 FIFA-World Club: Fixtures for semi-final matches

16 december 2019 - 11:45:12
Doha, Qatar (PANA) - Saudi Arabia's Al-Hilal and Brazil's Flamengo will clash on 17 December in the semi-finals of the [...] Full text...

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Gold panning in North Niger: A growth lever but also source of problems - study

18 october 2019 - 22:27:50
Agadez, Niger (PANA)  -  The boom in gold panning in the desert north of Niger, former home of armed rebellions, [...] Full text...

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Rwanda top diplomat welcomes deportation of American pastor over public order offence

08 october 2019 - 22:43:54
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan Minister of State in charge of the East African Community Olivier Nduhungirehe Tuesday welcomed the [...] Full text...

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Rwanda deports American pastor for overstaying his visa

08 october 2019 - 16:03:44
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda's Directorate-General of Immigration and Emigration on Tuesday confirmed that American Pastor Gregory Ryan Schoof, who [...] Full text...

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UN official Salamé again denounces 'destructive war' in Libya

06 october 2019 - 14:54:32
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary General in Libya, Ghassan Salamé, has reiterated that "the [...] Full text...

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Former Tanzanian football coach Amunike takes football body to FIFA over non-payment of entitlements

12 september 2019 - 12:48:11
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Former Tanzania national football team coach, Emmanuel Amunike, has lodged a complaint with FIFA [...] Full text...

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Aid el-Adha disrupted by the military escalation near Tripoli (A news analysis)

05 august 2019 - 22:46:48
Tripoli, Libya (PANA)   -   In defiance of a deleterious atmosphere marked by the continuation of armed fighting near southern Tripoli, [...] Full text...

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World faces ‘climate apartheid’ risk - UN expert

26 june 2019 - 02:18:59
New York, US (PANA) - Climate change “threatens to undo the last 50 years” of development, global health and poverty [...] Full text...

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NOC helps contain fire in forest near Tripoli

09 june 2019 - 17:03:47
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan National Oil Corporation (NOC) announced on Sunday that its civil protection teams have helped [...] Full text...

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Bloody Tripoli war leaves bitter taste in celebration of Eid al Fitr (News analysis by Youssef Ba, PANA Correspondent)

03 june 2019 - 05:48:44
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The ongoing fighting in Tripoli is affecting preparations of Libyans to celebrate Eid al Fitr, marking [...] Full text...

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Ugandan opposition leader, Bobi Wine, calls on youth to fight against dictatorship

26 may 2019 - 13:10:07
Gweru, Zimbabwe (PANA) – Visiting Ugandan politician and firebrand opposition leader, Bobi Wine, says Africa has a united common enemy [...] Full text...

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New death toll 254 killed and 1,228 injured in clashes near Tripoli - WHO

22 april 2019 - 14:40:21
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - At least 254 people have been killed and 1,228 others wounded during fighting that has been [...] Full text...

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Guterres leaves Libya without succeeding in silencing the noise of the guns, but determined to facilitate a political solution

06 april 2019 - 11:50:45
  Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres left Libya on Friday with a sense of failure at the end [...] Full text...

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Titanium mining firm attacks poverty in Kenya’s coastal region (By Kennedy Abwao, PANA correspondent)

28 february 2019 - 12:55:21
Kwale, Kenya (PANA) – The sign-post is hard to miss on the narrow highway linking Ukunda, a small resort town [...] Full text...

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UN guidelines unveiled to prevent rising hearing loss among young smartphone listeners

13 february 2019 - 05:41:56
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More than one billion 12 to 35-year-olds, risk irreversible hearing loss from exposure to loud sounds [...] Full text...

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Presidential election campaign raises no excitement in south Senegal

06 february 2019 - 14:32:42
Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - Though Senegal's presidential election campaign for the February 24 poll kicked off on Sunday, it has [...] Full text...

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Fire engulfs armoury of military base in Ghana

16 january 2019 - 05:19:32
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - An armoury of a military base near the industrial city of Tema, about 25 km east [...] Full text...

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Better housing means better health and well-being, stress new WHO guidelines

28 november 2018 - 03:04:39
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued new guidelines highlighting that better homes, invariably lead to [...] Full text...

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Top UNHCR official calls for end to assaults aimed at refugees

05 october 2018 - 05:50:21
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - “Noise, chatter, shrillness, lack of civility, and harsh language,” surround the public debate over refugees, who [...] Full text...

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Blocking of proposed South Atlantic Whale Sanctuary angers environmental groups

14 september 2018 - 16:17:29
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Environmental groups around the world expressed deep concern as a proposal to create a whale sanctuary [...] Full text...

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Some 17 million people live in areas affected by conflict areas in Lake Chad region - MSF

05 august 2018 - 03:29:10
N'Djamena, Chad (PANA) - Around 17 million people live in areas affected by the violent conflict between non-state armed groups [...] Full text...

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Without young people, Global Goals will not be achieved, UN forum told

31 january 2018 - 07:00:57
New York, UN (PANA) – Today's young people are more connected, dynamic and engaged than ever and the Global Goals [...] Full text...

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Switzerland: US$45 million allocated to tackle neglected emergencies in 4 countries

29 august 2017 - 20:13:19
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The United Nations aid chief on Tuesday released US$45 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund [...] Full text...

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Switzerland: WHO warns excessive speed contributes to high traffic fatalities

05 may 2017 - 17:52:54
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) is urging drivers to kill the speed as speeding on the [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Three South African cities’ ‘green canopy’ added to global database

05 may 2017 - 10:38:08
Durban, South Africa (PANA) - Treepedia, an interactive website that measures the “green canopy”, or trees and vegetation of cities [...] Full text...

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UN: UNAIDS urges zero discrimination in healthcare delivery

01 march 2017 - 15:14:16
New York, US (PANA) - The Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) on Wednesday urged everyone to 'make some noise' [...] Full text...

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US: Ethiopian Airlines to commence flights to Indonesia

30 december 2016 - 15:21:59
New York, US (PANA) - One of Africa's leading airline, Ethiopian Airlines, says it will start services to Jakarta, Indonesia, [...] Full text...

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Côte d'Ivoire: AfDB approves 769.78 million euros to improve urban transport in Abidjan

17 december 2016 - 06:37:56
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has approved a loan [...] Full text...

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FIFA Club WC: African Champions league winners fail to reach semi-finals

12 december 2016 - 13:07:53
Osaka, Japan (PANA) - Japanese side Kashima Antlers this weekend booked their place in the FIFA Club World Cup semi-finals [...] Full text...

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2016 Olympic Games: Rio Olympics open in spectacular fashion

06 august 2016 - 08:53:01
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (PANA) - The 31st Olympic Games (Rio 2016) opened on Friday night at the Macarana Stadium [...] Full text...

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UN: UN chief tasks youth on rallying support for SDGs

30 may 2016 - 21:31:06
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday urged youth around the world to continue to raise [...] Full text...

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US: Ivorian national airline orders 4 new Airbus A320 series

06 may 2016 - 15:17:19
New York, US (PANA) - Ivorian national airline, Air Cote d’Ivoire, has signed a purchase agreement with one of the [...] Full text...

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UN: UN chief welcomes first-ever refugee team to compete in Olympic Games

30 april 2016 - 15:22:42
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the first-ever Olympic refugee team to compete in the [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Mbeki addresses his AIDS stance

07 march 2016 - 11:38:35
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former president Thabo Mbeki on Monday sparked another storm of controversy by addressing his [...] Full text...

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Gambia: Information Minister rebuts false reports on Gambia

13 january 2016 - 19:39:36
Banjul, Gambia (PANA)- Gambia’s Minister of Information, Sheriff Bojang, has condemned foreign media outfits “that have been filling their newspaper [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Kangemi slum residents excitedly wait for Pope Francis visit

20 november 2015 - 18:23:56
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA)- Residents of Kangemi slums in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, set to host Pope Francis on his maiden [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Army chief dismisses Boko Haram leader as 'noise maker'

21 september 2015 - 19:58:02
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's army chief Monday blasted Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau, dismissing him as nothing but a [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Six survive chopper crash, 4 dead

12 august 2015 - 21:34:19
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Six persons survived Wednesday's horrific helicopter crash in Nigeria's commercial city of Lagos while four bodies [...] Full text...

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Sudan: Sudan media 'relived' at Bashir's safe arrival in South Africa

14 june 2015 - 09:45:09
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese newspapers on Sunday expressed relief that President Omar Bashir landed peacefully in South Africa for [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Appointment of new EC boss, IMF advice reported in Ghana

18 april 2015 - 06:44:52
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – Discussions on who becomes the new chairman of the Electoral Commission (EC) and implementation of a [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Parliament reeling as opposition parties defy ruling ANC

27 september 2014 - 09:00:43
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Tension between South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) and the country’s leading opposition [...] Full text...

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Zambia: Coalition to embark on nationwide campaign to press for new constitution

23 april 2014 - 14:06:46
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - The Grand Coalition on the Constitution has reacted with dismay over the laxity on the part [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Opposition downplays Nigeria's emergence as Africa's largest economy

10 april 2014 - 13:15:48
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's main opposition party All Progressives Congress (APC) has downplayed the country's emergence as Africa's largest [...] Full text...

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South Sudan: Govt. tasked to protect journalists, media houses

08 april 2014 - 13:56:29
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The South Sudanese government should urgently put measures to enhance the safety and security for [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: President pledges credible 2015 elections

07 april 2014 - 20:00:20
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Ahead of Nigeria's general elections in 2015, President Goodluck Jonathan has said he is “more committed [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Pistorius to testify at resumed own murder trial Friday

26 march 2014 - 07:45:36
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) – Oscar Pistorius’s defence team has confirmed that the paralympian could testify in his own defence [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Witness breaks down at Pistorius trial

04 march 2014 - 12:57:35
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - The second witness in the high-profile Oscar Pistorius murder trial Tuesday told the North Gauteng [...] Full text...

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Plane crash, national dialogue, doctors' strike reported in Nigeria

05 october 2013 - 09:40:51
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Thursday's plane crash in Lagos, President Goodluck Jonathan's response to calls for a Sovereign National Conference, [...] Full text...

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Tunisie Telecom. Alcatel-Lucent set superfast broadband speed throughout Tunisia

09 april 2013 - 09:27:25
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Global telecommunications equipment company Alcatel-Lucent and Tunisie Telecom, Tunisia’s leading telecommunications provider, have successfully [...] Full text...

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Over 360m people have hearing loss - WHO

27 february 2013 - 16:44:30
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More than 360 million people in the world have disabling hearing loss, according to new global [...] Full text...

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Election result challenge, Bishops’ concern about Christmas reported in Ghana

29 december 2012 - 12:35:11
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The 7 December election result challenge in court by the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) and [...] Full text...

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Nigerian govt to MPs: You are distracting us with your budget implementation noise

02 august 2012 - 09:57:41
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's federal government has described as a ''distraction'' the current face-off between it and the House [...] Full text...

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Magistrate metes out corporal punishment to erring lawyer, others in Nigeria

20 july 2012 - 09:18:13
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A Chief Magistrate irked by the distraction caused by a noisy lawyer in his court in [...] Full text...

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AU seeks neutral peacekeeping force in DRC

15 july 2012 - 09:22:46
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The AU Peace and Security Council (PSC) has recommended the deployment of a neutral force [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Anxiety mounts as repair work on Africa's longest bridge begins

29 june 2012 - 18:32:11
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Anxiety is growing among motorists and residents of the commercial city of Lagos, ahead of [...] Full text...

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Security forces break up big Togo opposition demonstration

12 june 2012 - 20:22:45
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togolese security forces on Tuesday used teargas to disperse a huge demonstration staged by civil society [...] Full text...

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153 feared dead in Nigeria plane crash (1st update)

03 june 2012 - 17:22:01
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - All the 153 passengers and crew aboard a passenger jet operated by Nigeria's local DANA Air [...] Full text...

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WOZA resumes street protest in Zimbabwe

03 june 2012 - 17:19:14
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The pressure group, Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA), on Saturday resumed street protests in Bulawayo on [...] Full text...

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BREAKING NEWS: Passenger plane feared to have crashed in Lagos

03 june 2012 - 17:01:16
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A passenger plane operated by local airline DANA Air, on a scheduled flight from Nigeria's capital [...] Full text...

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Nigeria reels from Nations Cup flop

12 october 2011 - 08:43:49
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - As Nigeria continues to reel from the failure of its national football team to qualify for [...] Full text...

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Francophonie pledges support for DR Congo

06 july 2011 - 21:32:30
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The International Francophonie Organization (OIF) on Wednesday reiterated its "total readiness" to support DR Congo's [...] Full text...

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First Moroccan tramway goes into operation in Rabat and Salé

18 may 2011 - 22:08:41
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) – The Moroccan monarch, King Mohammed VI, on Wednesday commissioned the north African's first tramway for the [...] Full text...

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Media thrill intensifies as ICC gears up to host ‘Kenya six’

02 april 2011 - 15:11:46
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The impending trial of six prominent Kenyans at the International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague, [...] Full text...

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Two men killed by own explosives in Nigerian city

21 march 2011 - 08:46:56
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Two men were killed by the explosives they had planned to detonate in a church Sunday [...] Full text...

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Two senior journalists to stand trial in Comoros

14 march 2011 - 22:51:46
Moroni, Comoros (PANA) – The trial of two senior Comoran journalists charged with "disseminating false news" begins on 11 April, [...] Full text...

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Two Comorian editors get April court date over alleged false news

14 march 2011 - 19:12:24
Moroni, Comoros (PANA) - Al Moindjie, editor of the Comorian daily AlBalad, who has been accused of "disseminating false news," [...] Full text...

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Many feared dead in Nigeria bomb blast

03 march 2011 - 18:02:59
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - About a dozen people are feared dead and many more were injured in an explosion that [...] Full text...

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Kenya President, PM, Speaker tussle over Judiciary nominees

19 february 2011 - 15:18:02
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya President Mwai Kibaki, Prime Minister Raila Odinga and Parliament have differed sharply on the nominations [...] Full text...

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Minister contradicts Solicitor-General over Malawi's controversial "anti-farting" bill

03 february 2011 - 20:31:41
Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Malawi's Justice Minister George Chaponda said the country's controversial "anti-farting" bill would go before parliament next [...] Full text...

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Christmas shopping, more Wikileaks reported by Ghanaian media

25 december 2010 - 09:31:45
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – Ghana’s media this week reported the hassle of last minute Christmas shoppers which brought the business [...] Full text...

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Mauritius worried by proliferation of gecko of Madagascar

20 september 2010 - 17:24:00
Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The director of the Reptile Conservation of Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust and of the Mauritian Wildlife [...] Full text...

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No vuvuzela at world basketball championships

03 august 2010 - 13:41:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Players of the three teams representing Africa at the wo rld basketball championship in Turkey 28 [...] Full text...

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More illegal miners in Ghana trapped to death

17 july 2010 - 09:44:00
Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- No fewer than 12 illegal miners have been trapped to death in Ghana less than one [...] Full text...

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WC 2010: Prices shoot up in Johannesburg ahead of World Cup final

10 july 2010 - 12:25:00
Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) – As Johannesbur-g prepares to host the final match of the 2010 FIFA World Cup at [...] Full text...

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WC 2010: Beckenbauer lauds South Africa

09 july 2010 - 21:01:00
Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- Since the kick-off of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, German legend Franz Beckenbauer, undoubtedly one [...] Full text...

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WC 2010: Call for caution as Ghana celebrates historical feat

27 june 2010 - 08:03:00
Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- Ghana celebrated the quarter final berth of the Black Star s till the early hours of [...] Full text...

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WC 2010: Vuvuzela - to ban or not to ban, controversy rages on

17 june 2010 - 20:59:00
Pretoria- South Africa (PANA) -- One instrument that has generated a lot of contr oversy before and during the 2010 [...] Full text...

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Kadhafi justifies Arab hatred for US

16 april 2010 - 23:16:00
Sirte- Libya (PANA) -- The Libyan leader, Mouamar Kadhafi, has said the Arabs are hostile to the United States because [...] Full text...

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Car runs into stationary plane in Nigeria

31 march 2010 - 18:14:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- A taxi driver on Wednesday rammed his vehicle into a commercial jetliner just before the plane [...] Full text...

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Niger coup occupies front pages in Benin

20 february 2010 - 13:40:00
Cotonou- Benin (PANA) -- Thursday's coup in Niger that toppled President Mamado u Tandja was the main story that occupied [...] Full text...

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Kenyaâ?s noise polluters gang up against â~offensiveâ? law

25 january 2010 - 11:13:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The Kenya n Association of Manufacturers (KAM) announced here Monday that it was in the process [...] Full text...

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Kenyan church leaders urge humane approach to forest evictions

28 november 2009 - 16:39:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenyan Anglican clerics have called for a "humane approach" to Kenya's controversial forest evictions, calling for [...] Full text...

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FIFA U-17 WC: Nigeria 2009 titbits after round-of-16 matches

06 november 2009 - 17:55:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Following are the titbits from the ongoing FIFA under-17 World Cup finals taking place in Nigeria, [...] Full text...

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Fuel scarcity: Opposition accuses FG of inflicting pain on Nigerians

02 november 2009 - 17:51:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's vocal opposition party, the Action Congress (A C), has accused the federal government of inflicting [...] Full text...

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FIFA U-17 WC: Enugu fans copy S/Africans, embrace Vuvuzela

27 october 2009 - 13:00:00
Enugu- Nigeria (PANA) -- A new comer to the Enugu centre of current FIFA under-17 World cup in Nigeria will [...] Full text...

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FIFA U-17 WC: Hosting a legacy project - Sports Minister

22 october 2009 - 18:09:00
Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's Sports Minister Sani Ndanusa has described as a 'legacy project' the process of putting in [...] Full text...

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Ghanaian newspapers hail Black Stars World Cup berth

07 september 2009 - 14:35:00
Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- Ghanaian newspapers Monday hailed the second successive qu alification of the national football team, the Black [...] Full text...

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Havoc from rain, death of Micheal Jackson dominate Ghana media

27 june 2009 - 09:29:00
Accra- Ghana (PANA) – Havoc caused in the Ghanaian- capital, Accra, following hea vy rains, the resignation of beleaguered Youth [...] Full text...

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African trumpet hits nerve at Confederations Cup 2009

19 june 2009 - 18:16:00
Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- With the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup reaching the halfway point, the tournament has already [...] Full text...

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Nigerian military confirms Chevron facility fire, denies it is sabotage

10 june 2009 - 09:16:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The Nigerian military Wednesday confirmed that a facilit y of US oil giant Chevron in Delta [...] Full text...

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