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<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 08:01:34 +0200</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[Ghana media highlight action against illegal mining, rising criminal activities in Kumasi]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The declaration of war against illegal miners, whose activities degrade the environment, pollute water bodies, cause deaths and trigger violence, was one of the main stories highlighted in the Ghanaian media this week.<a href="http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-REV-index.html">Press Review</a>]]>
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<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 07:48:54 +0200</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[Emergency rule, war against terrorists highlighted in Nigeria]]></title>
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<link>http://www.panapress.com/Emergency-rule,-war-against-terrorists-highlighted-in-Nigeria--12-871398-42-lang2-index.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The declaration of emergency rule in three States worst hit by violence - Adamawa, Borno, Yobe - which has now developed into a "war situation" in those areas, was the major story in Nigeria this week.<a href="http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-REV-index.html">Press Review</a>]]>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 18:00:39 +0200</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[CPJ writes US Secretary of State, Kerry, on press freedom in Africa]]></title>
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<link>http://www.panapress.com/CPJ-writes-US-Secretary-of-State,-Kerry,-on-press-freedom-in-Africa--12-871382-42-lang2-index.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The global press freedom watchdog, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Thursday wrote  to US Secretary of State John Kerry, asking him to include in his discussions at the African Union (AU) Summit the issue of press freedom in Africa.<a href="http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-SOC-index.html">Society</a>]]>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 17:58:47 +0200</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[Libya media protest Benghazi car bomb attack with news "blackout" Thursday]]></title>
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<link>http://www.panapress.com/Libya-media-protest-Benghazi-car-bomb-attack-with-news--blackout--Thursday--12-871211-42-lang2-index.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – In protest against Monday's car bomb attack in Benghazi which killed three persons and injured scores of others, media houses in Libya will not function Thursday, PANA reports from here.<a href="http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-SOC-index.html">Society</a>]]>
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<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 10:08:26 +0200</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[Unbridled orgy of killings dominates Nigerian media]]></title>
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<link>http://www.panapress.com/Unbridled-orgy-of-killings-dominates-Nigerian-media--12-870819-42-lang2-index.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The recent breakdown of law and order, resulting in the mass killing of persons, including security operatives, women and children, was the major story in Nigeria this week.<a href="http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2--index.html"></a>]]>
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<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 07:25:32 +0200</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[Market fire, end of doctors' strike highlighted in Ghana media]]></title>
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<link>http://www.panapress.com/Market-fire,-end-of-doctors--strike-highlighted-in-Ghana-media--12-870811-42-lang2-index.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Accra, Ghana (PANA) – A huge market fire on Sunday at a popular market in Accra, known for second hand clothing, shoes and building materials, and the end of a crippling doctors’ strike were some of the stories reported in the Ghana media this week.<a href="http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-REV-index.html">Press Review</a>]]>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 18:46:19 +0200</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[MFWA condemns attack on two Ghanaian journalists ]]></title>
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<link>http://www.panapress.com/MFWA-condemns-attack-on-two-Ghanaian-journalists---12-870613-42-lang2-index.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Accra-based sub-regional rights body, the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), Wednesday strongly condemned the violent attack against two Ghanaian journalists, Frank Worlanyo and Thomas Attram, reporter and cameraman respectively from Metropolitan Television (Metro TV), an Accra-based privately-owned TV station.<a href="http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-SOC-index.html">Society</a>]]>
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 15:59:28 +0200</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[Malawi president refuses to sign 'Table Mountain Declaration']]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Malawi President Joyce Banda has said she will not be stampeded into signing the 'Table Mountain Declaration' that urges governments in Africa to abolish “insult laws” and set free press high on the agenda.<a href="http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-SOC-index.html">Society</a>]]>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2013 17:27:07 +0200</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[2 new TV stations licensed to broadcast in Mauritania]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Authorities in Mauritania have granted broadcast licences to two new Television stations -- Dava and ‘Al Mourabitounes, official sources told PANA here Saturday.<a href="http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-SOC-index.html">Society</a>]]>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2013 15:08:20 +0200</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[Jonathan-labour tirade, joblessness, new Boko Haram strategy highlighted in Nigeria]]></title>
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<link>http://www.panapress.com/Jonathan-labour-tirade,-joblessness,-new-Boko-Haram-strategy-highlighted-in-Nigeria--12-870252-42-lang2-index.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Jonathan-Labour tirade against each other over corruption, the growing number of jobless people and Boko Haram's new strategy of violence were the main stories in Nigeria this week.<a href="http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-REV-index.html">Press Review</a>]]>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2013 07:03:16 +0200</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[Landmark judgement, never-ending strikes dominate Ghanaian media]]></title>
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<link>http://www.panapress.com/Landmark-judgement,-never-ending-strikes-dominate-Ghanaian-media--12-870244-42-lang2-index.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Accra, Ghana (PANA) – A ruling by the Supreme Court that its own verdict on a petition challenging the election of a president could be reviewed and the continuing strikes by doctors and pharmacists dominated the media in Ghana this week.<a href="http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-REV-index.html">Press Review</a>]]>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 20:14:58 +0200</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[Gambian government urged to stop harassing journalists]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian journalists on Friday asked the government to stop harassing them, saying this does not only tarnish the image of he country but also retards professionalism and overall development of the media.<a href="http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-SOC-index.html">Society</a>]]>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 17:53:50 +0200</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[Rwanda not gagging the media, says Media Council ]]></title>
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<link>http://www.panapress.com/Rwanda-not-gagging-the-media,-says-Media-Council---12-870213-42-lang2-index.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) – The Executive Secretary of Rwanda High Council of the Media (HCM), Emmanuel Mugisha, on Friday denounced a recent report by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) which named Rwanda among the countries that gag the press.<a href="http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-SOC-index.html">Society</a>]]>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 13:03:03 +0200</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[CPJ tasks African Union on press freedom]]></title>
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<link>http://www.panapress.com/CPJ-tasks-African-Union-on-press-freedom--12-870174-42-lang2-index.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on the African Union (AU) to champion the call for the release of all journalists imprisoned in Africa and appeal for justice in the murders of journalists killed in  the line of duty.<a href="http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-SOC-index.html">Society</a>]]>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 07:55:13 +0200</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[Press Freedom Day: Nigerian editors seek correction of misconception against media ]]></title>
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<link>http://www.panapress.com/Press-Freedom-Day--Nigerian-editors-seek-correction-of-misconception-against-media---12-870138-42-lang2-index.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - As the World Press Freedom Day is observed Friday, the umbrella<a href="http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-LAS-index.html">Social</a>]]>
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