UN chief urges disarmament now as nuclear risk reaches ‘highest point in decades’

19 march 2024 - 04:56:24
New York, US (PANA) - Almost 80 years after the incineration of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, nuclear [...] Full text...

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UN chief calls for global action to defend women’s rights amid disturbing trends

11 march 2024 - 17:40:49
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General on Monday highlighted the urgent need to defend women's rights which are [...] Full text...

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IOM: Last year was deadliest on record for migrants worldwide

06 march 2024 - 18:52:41
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN migration agency (IOM) announced on Wednesday that last year was the deadliest on record [...] Full text...

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'South Africa’s commercial airlines sector has zero fatal accident rate for four decades'

06 march 2024 - 09:15:24
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's Transport Minister Sindisiwe Chikunga says the country's commercial airlines sector has maintained a [...] Full text...

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Two killed in mid-air collision at Nairobi's Wilson airport

05 march 2024 - 13:59:14
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Two people were killed in a mid-air collision involving a training and passenger aircraft after take [...] Full text...

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Backlash over impeachment of prominent judges in South Africa

23 february 2024 - 12:05:29
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The opposition Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has slammed the impeachment of two prominent senior [...] Full text...

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At least 15 people killed in road accident in central Mali

20 february 2024 - 12:46:28
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - At least fifteen people were killed and 46 others injured, some seriously, in a traffic accident [...] Full text...

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Remembering Holocaust victims, Guterres urges a stand against division

28 january 2024 - 06:04:11
New York, US (PANA) - In remembrance of the victims of the Holocaust, UN Secretary-General António Guterres issued a call [...] Full text...

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Several dead in the brazen excavation of an artisanal mine in Mali

24 january 2024 - 17:35:59
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Several people were killed last Friday when a gallery in a small-scale mine collapsed in [...] Full text...

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Ten die in Abidjan road accident

19 january 2024 - 11:42:28
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - At least 10 people have died and 10 others are injured in a road accident [...] Full text...

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WHO appeals for $1.5 billion to deliver healthcare in crises

16 january 2024 - 05:06:15
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday launched a $1.5 billion emergency appeal to provide care [...] Full text...

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South African artist injured in flying incident

11 january 2024 - 06:04:11
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s Grammy award-winning DJ Nkosinathi “Black Coffee” Maphumulo is recovering in an Argentina [...] Full text...

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South African threatre producer Mbongeni Ngema killed in car crash

28 december 2023 - 08:43:56
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Leading South theatre producer and musician Mbongeni Ngema was killed in a vehicle accident [...] Full text...

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UN rights office demands investigation into 'a string of deadly airstrikes' killing civilians in Nigeria

07 december 2023 - 05:47:02
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Authorities in Nigeria must investigate a string of deadly airstrikes over the past six years and [...] Full text...

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Eleven miners killed in South Africa shaft tragedy

28 november 2023 - 10:15:37
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Eleven miners have been killed and another 82 were injured following an underground mining [...] Full text...

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More than thousand people killed in road accidents in Libya in first half of 2023

23 november 2023 - 17:25:13
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 1,279 people died in 4,184 road traffic accidents in Libya during the first [...] Full text...

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CAF mourns with family of diseased Wydad player

04 november 2023 - 07:43:44
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The Confederation African Football (CAF) is saddened by the news of the sudden passing of Wydad [...] Full text...

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International support critical to forge lasting peace in Central African Republic

26 october 2023 - 17:53:38
New York, US (PANA) - Progress has been made in advancing a 2019 peace agreement in the Central African Republic [...] Full text...

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World Bank, Islamic Development Bank partnering to drive impact

25 october 2023 - 07:01:49
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (PANA) - The World Bank unveiled a new partnership with the Islamic Development Bank on Tuesday to [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Ramaphosa hails SA musician after New York concerts

10 october 2023 - 14:41:52
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - President Cyril Ramaphosa and Culture Minister Zizi Kodwa on Tuesday saluted South African musician [...] Full text...

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South African surgeon implants world's smallest pacemaker

04 october 2023 - 09:24:40
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A South African cardiologist has successfully implanted the world’s smallest pacemaker into a patient [...] Full text...

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South African artist gears for Madison Square Garden gig

03 october 2023 - 11:29:13
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African musician, Black Coffee, is preparing for the gig of his life – [...] Full text...

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Mandela’s granddaughter dead at 43

26 september 2023 - 08:08:01
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Zoleka Mandela, the granddaughter of liberation heroes Nelson Mandela and Winnie Madikizela Mandela, died [...] Full text...

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Storm Daniel tragedy gives Libya an international dimension

21 september 2023 - 19:31:55
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The damage and losses caused by the Mediterranean storm Daniel that hit eastern Libya on 10 [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Three dead in Cape Town submarine tragedy

21 september 2023 - 09:03:22
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Three South African Navy personnel have been confirmed dead after a massive wave hit [...] Full text...

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Mauritius records 71 deaths in road accidents

06 september 2023 - 08:09:02
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius recorded 71 deaths in road accidents as a result of road accidents during the first [...] Full text...

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How an ad-hoc team transformed emergency operations in Tanzania’s commercial capital (A World Bank Blog)

16 august 2023 - 10:20:33
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - It was early March of 2023 in Dar es Salaam, and the Tanzania Meteorological [...] Full text...

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Former Scotland rugby great dies tragically in Cape Town

04 july 2023 - 08:04:14
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former Scotland rugby international Greig Oliver has died after a freak paragliding crash in [...] Full text...

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45 people killed in Western Kenya road accident

30 june 2023 - 22:07:44
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - At least 45 people have been killed and 60 others hospitalized after a roadside crash which [...] Full text...

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Tunisia road accident kills 10 people

24 june 2023 - 14:22:24
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A total of 10 people were killed in a road accident on Friday in the region [...] Full text...

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Two seriously injured in peacekeepers' helicopter incident in northern Mali

16 june 2023 - 13:35:37
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Two passengers were seriously injured when a helicopter belonging to the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation [...] Full text...

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20123 CAF Confed. Cup title: Algerian President honours USM Alger

13 june 2023 - 06:04:55
Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - USM Alger were honoured with a state banquet by Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune at the Presidential [...] Full text...

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South Africa's President Ramaphosa mourns Indian train tragedy

04 june 2023 - 13:04:20
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday expressed his condolences to the government and [...] Full text...

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At least 15 dead, 40 injured in Ghana road accident

30 may 2023 - 10:30:09
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - At least 15 people are reported killed  and some 40 others are injured in a road [...] Full text...

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Sudan conflict: Media forgotten in truce agreement; how journalists are faring in war situation (By Mohamed Osman Adam, PANA correspondent)

29 may 2023 - 12:35:56
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – Over 500 journalists have lost their jobs since the outbreak of the fighting in Sudan on [...] Full text...

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Libyan newspaper sums up G7 Declaration as "constant nuclear terror and false peace".

26 may 2023 - 19:36:27
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The  Libyan newspaper "Alsabaaah" said here Friday the Declaration of the Summit of the Group of [...] Full text...

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About 1,150 people killed in road accidents in 2022 in Burkina Faso

18 may 2023 - 13:49:34
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso recorded 26,686 accidents in 2022 that resulted in about 1,150 deaths and 15,384 [...] Full text...

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Seven illegal gold miners killed when pit collapses on them

16 may 2023 - 11:01:55
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Seven illegal gold miners have died when a pit in which they were mining collapsed on [...] Full text...

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Death toll in boat disaster involving school children rises to nine

11 may 2023 - 15:31:25
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The death toll in the boat disaster involving schoolchildren at an island community west of the [...] Full text...

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At least seven school children drown in boat disaster in Ghanaian capital

11 may 2023 - 06:34:20
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - At least seven school children drowned on Wednesday when a boat carrying them from school capsized [...] Full text...

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Toy gun accidents land 400 in Tripoli Eye Hospital

24 april 2023 - 20:04:27
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 400 cases of eye injuries, mainly to children, which occurred during the Eid-al-Adha [...] Full text...

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One injured in freight train derailment in Côte d'Ivoire

09 april 2023 - 15:52:44
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - A freight train bound for Côte d'Ivoire and Burkina Faso derailed on Saturday in the [...] Full text...

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108 killed on Mauritian roads in 2022

01 april 2023 - 08:15:16
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – One hundred and eight people were killed on the Mauritian roads in 2022, same number as [...] Full text...

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Scores killed or missing in collapse of traditional gold mining area

31 march 2023 - 08:39:32
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - At least ten people were killed and dozens feared missing when a traditional gold mining mountain [...] Full text...

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About 30 sub-Saharan migrants reported missing off Tunisian coast

25 march 2023 - 14:38:22
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A Tunisian judicial source said on Friday that about 30 sub-Saharan migrants were missing off the [...] Full text...

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South Sudan: Humanitarians call for justice after latest deadly attack

20 march 2023 - 16:15:58
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Humanitarians have strongly condemned the latest deadly assault on aid workers in South Sudan, urging [...] Full text...

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'Diabetes, principal cause of deaths in Mauritius'

13 march 2023 - 08:15:00
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Statistics Mauritius said on Monday that diabetes mellitus was the leading cause of death in Mauritius in [...] Full text...

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Motor accident in Ghana claims 22 lives

06 march 2023 - 19:58:42
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - A fatal motor acciddent Sunday claimed 22 lives in Ghana on the Kintampo-Yendi Highway between Babatokuma [...] Full text...

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Libya offers condolences to Algeria after deadly road accident

25 february 2023 - 15:50:14
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs has expressed condolences to Algeria following a traffic accident on [...] Full text...

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Four African children, woman migrants die in boat accident

06 february 2023 - 14:59:07
Athens, Greece (PANA) - Four children and a woman died on Sunday when a dinghy carrying African migrants from the [...] Full text...

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Libyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs condoles with Chad following traffic accident

30 january 2023 - 19:36:48
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of National Unity has offered its sincere [...] Full text...

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20 die in oad traffic accident in Chad

27 january 2023 - 17:47:12
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - At least 20 people were killed on Friday in a road accident in Chad, Chadian [...] Full text...

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Benin to bolster capacity building in border areas

18 january 2023 - 16:32:54
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Beninese government has decided to strengthen the material capacities of agents on duty in border [...] Full text...

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19 die inroad accident in Senegal

16 january 2023 - 14:12:23
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - At least 19 people died in a traffic accident on Sunday night in Mbengour, a village [...] Full text...

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Libya sympathises with Senegal over tragic road accident that killed about 40 people

09 january 2023 - 12:47:48
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has expressed its "sympathy and total solidarity" [...] Full text...

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Senegalese President declares three days of national mourning after 40 perish in road accident

09 january 2023 - 05:09:54
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegalese President Macky Sall on Sunday declared three days of national mourning following a  tragic road accident [...] Full text...

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UN chief ‘deeply saddened’ at deaths from South Africa gas tanker explosion

03 january 2023 - 05:07:36
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General António Guterres has expressed his deep sadness over the reported death of at least [...] Full text...

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Seven workers die in accident at Burkina Faso airport construction site

02 january 2023 - 13:53:22
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Seven people were killed and six others injured on Friday when a building under construction [...] Full text...

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Mauritius to introduce Road Safety Education in primary school curriculum from 2023

15 december 2022 - 07:41:31
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius will from 2023 introduce Road Safety Education as a compulsory subject in the education curriculum [...] Full text...

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Mauritius records 91 fatalities due to road traffic crashes

22 november 2022 - 07:40:00
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - There has been around 91 fatalities due to road traffic crashes in Mauritius, since the beginning of the year, down [...] Full text...

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Honour traffic victims by making roads safer: Guterres

21 november 2022 - 18:49:01
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for greater global efforts to achieve the goal of [...] Full text...

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Mauritius, La Reunion to implement the 'White Grub Protocol'

19 november 2022 - 08:05:00
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius and La Reunion will implement the yearly White Grub Protocol in the respective islands during [...] Full text...

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Four bodies of illegal migrants found off the Tunisian coast

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

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Police discover 21 bodies at unused South African mine

03 november 2022 - 10:58:28
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Police on Thursday confirmed that they have discovered two more bodies at a closed [...] Full text...

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Libya denounces 'terrorist' attack on Shia shrine in Iranian city of Shiraz

27 october 2022 - 16:01:51
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Government of National Unity Thursday [...] Full text...

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Two children injured in mine explosion south of Tripoli

16 october 2022 - 12:37:24
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Two children were injured on Saturday by a mine explosion in the Ain Zara neighbourhood, south [...] Full text...

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Parade of religious Zawayas troops marks Mauloud celebrations in Libya

08 october 2022 - 19:28:12
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Religious Zawayas troops went out on Saturday in Tripoli and several other cities of Libya as [...] 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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11 people killed, 372 injured in 24 hours in several road accidents in Tunisia

04 october 2022 - 14:11:45
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A total of 11 people died and 372 others were injured in various road accidents during [...] Full text...

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Kenyan transport regulator, auto manufacturer to enhance highway safety

29 september 2022 - 17:22:33
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Isuzu East Africa, a motor vehicle manufacturer, said Wednesday it was working with Kenya's National Transport [...] Full text...

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WHO launches guide to safely unlock benefits of the life sciences

13 september 2022 - 14:30:02
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) Tuesday issued the Global guidance framework for the responsible use of [...] Full text...

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Concerns over growing xenophobic threat in South Africa

05 september 2022 - 12:31:12
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The High Commission of Nigeria has warned citizens living in South Africa to be [...] Full text...

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Road accidents kill 44 in six months in Mauritius

01 september 2022 - 07:24:50
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Statistics Mauritius said on Wednesday that 44 persons died as a result of road accidents between [...] Full text...

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One worker dies after fire at Libyan oil field

25 august 2022 - 15:37:30
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - One worker has died and another injured after a fire broke out at an oil field [...] Full text...

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Libya expresses solidarity with Turkey following two road accidents

21 august 2022 - 15:08:59
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Sunday expressed its sympathy and solidarity with [...] Full text...

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Plenary session of ibyan Parliament opens in Tobruk

15 august 2022 - 15:20:09
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The work of an official plenary session of the House of Representatives in Libya (Parliament) started [...] Full text...

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UN chief sympathises with families of victims of Egyptian church fire

15 august 2022 - 05:18:07
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed his condolences to the families of victims of Sunday's [...] Full text...

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Death toll from tanker explosion after injured evacuated abroad rises to 23

11 august 2022 - 18:48:22
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 23 people died in the fuel tanker explosion in Bint Baya in southern [...] Full text...

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Four more injured in Libyan fuel tanker explosion evacuated to Italy

06 august 2022 - 19:36:07
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Four more people injured in the explosion of a fuel tanker in Bint Baya, southern Libya, [...] Full text...

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MPs, activists from southern Libya request UNSMIL's support for region's involvement in decision-making

04 august 2022 - 11:17:05
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A delegation of members of Parliament and civil society representatives from southern Libya has requested the [...] Full text...

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Twelve persons killed in road accident on major Ghana highway

04 august 2022 - 10:37:41
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Twelve persons have been killed in a road accident on a major highway in western Ghana, [...] Full text...

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Libyan PM announces evacuation of injured from tanker explosion abroad

03 august 2022 - 18:57:59
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Prime Minister of the National Unity Government, Abdelhamid al-Dabaiba, has announced that arrangements had been [...] Full text...

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Four children drown in northern Burkina Faso

22 july 2022 - 18:45:39
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Four children drowned on Thursday in a river in Danaoua, a village located 5 kilometres [...] Full text...

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WHO calls for action to provide migrant and refugee healthcare

20 july 2022 - 17:05:36
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Millions of refugees and migrants face poorer health outcomes than their host communities, which could jeopardize [...] Full text...

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Nelson Mandela Day commemorated around the world

18 july 2022 - 12:52:25
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Millions of South Africans on Monday marked the former world statesman Nelson Mandela’s birthday, [...] Full text...

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Abandoned coal mines in South Africa put communities at risk - Human Rights Watch

05 july 2022 - 12:03:11
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – The South African government’s failure to ensure that abandoned coal mines are rehabilitated puts communities at [...] Full text...

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Senior UN official calls for safer roads in the world

01 july 2022 - 05:33:29
New York, US (PANA) - Road traffic accidents claim nearly 1.3 million lives each year, cost some countries up to [...] Full text...

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Safer roads, a global development challenge for all: Senior UN official

30 june 2022 - 06:31:33
New York, US (PANA) - Every 24 seconds someone is killed in traffic, making safety on the world’s roads a [...] Full text...

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Benin gets rid of obsolete ammunition

19 june 2022 - 13:44:21
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Beninese government destroyed obsolete ammunition or those in poor condition, official sources in Cotonou said [...] Full text...

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Traffic accident claims seven lives in Tunisia

13 june 2022 - 19:52:28
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Seven persons died and four others were injured in a traffic accident that occurred on Monday [...] Full text...

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Libya loses 220,000 barrels of crude oil a day after pipeline linking oil field to port leaks

31 may 2022 - 18:16:14
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 220,000 barrels of oil per day were lost after a leak on the [...] Full text...

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WHO calls for greater regulation of cross-border alcohol marketing

11 may 2022 - 05:39:23
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Alcohol is increasingly being marketed across borders, with young people and heavy drinkers particularly targeted, the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Pandemic death toll estimated at nearly 15 million

05 may 2022 - 13:58:16
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - New estimates from the World Health Organization (WHO) show that the full death toll associated directly [...] Full text...

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Kenyans mourn departed third President Kibaki

26 april 2022 - 14:37:42
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Grieving Kenyan citizens thronged Parliament buildings in Nairobi's Central Business District for the second day on [...] Full text...

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Eight people still missing after floods in Burkina Faso mine

20 april 2022 - 05:13:15
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkina Faso Ministry of Mines said on Tuesday that eight people are still missing [...] Full text...

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Seven drown in Ghana boat accident

16 april 2022 - 05:56:58
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Seven people have drowned after the boat in which they were travelling on the Volta lake [...] Full text...

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South African workers union blames cost-cutting for airline's suspension

15 march 2022 - 09:11:29
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) has blamed drastic cost-cutting measures implemented at [...] Full text...

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Some 30 people killed in road accident in Chad

28 february 2022 - 16:07:24
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Chadian government Monday expressed concern over a motor accident that claimed some 30 lives [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso: Six dead, 20 injured in a road accident in the West

24 february 2022 - 20:59:36
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Six people were killed and 20 others injured on Thursday in a road accident at [...] Full text...

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Uganda migrant labourers raise concern over organ trafficking in Arab states

15 february 2022 - 11:51:53
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – Ugandan authorities are contemplating preferring charges against the directors of a company involved in sending domestic [...] Full text...

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Explosives manufacturing company at centre of huge Ghana explosion fined $6 million

08 february 2022 - 17:48:42
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's Ministry of Lands and Natural resources has imposed a $6 million fine on the company [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian Airlines returns B737 fleet back to the skies

02 february 2022 - 09:52:27
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Ethiopian Airlines flew the B737 MAX aicraft back to the skies on Tuesday on [...] Full text...

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Greece expresses solidarity with Ghana after explosion of truck carrying explosives

21 january 2022 - 12:20:15
Athens, Greece (PANA) - Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs on Friday expressed solidarity with the government and people of Ghana [...] Full text...

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Number of casualties in Ghana explosion is 'at least 13': Vice President

21 january 2022 - 10:57:16
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The number of people who have died in Thursday's accident involving a truck conveying explosives to [...] Full text...

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At least 17 dead, 59 injured in Ghana explosion

21 january 2022 - 04:57:40
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - At least 17 people had been confirmed dead in Thursday's explosion at Appiatse, in the Bogoso [...] Full text...

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Helicopter crash kills one in Tunisia

03 january 2022 - 16:58:07
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A military helicopter crashed Monday in the locality of Hicher in Bizerte (North) during a routine [...] Full text...

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Road accidents claim 28 lives during Christmas festivities in Ghana

03 january 2022 - 11:54:23
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Road accidents claimed 28 lives during the Christmas festivities in Ghana, the Motor Traffic and Transport [...] Full text...

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Mali junta leader stresses peace, unity, stability in the country

01 january 2022 - 13:47:23
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The President of the Transition in Mali, Colonel Assimi Goita, has stressed the need for peace, [...] Full text...

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Mauritius : 60 killed in road crashes this year

15 december 2021 - 08:50:10
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Sixty persons, comprising 53 motorcyclists and seven vehicle passengers, have so far lost their lives in [...] Full text...

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Eritrean international cycling sensation killed in road crash

09 november 2021 - 20:21:07
Asmara, Eritrea (PANA) - Eritrean international cycling sensation, Desiet Kidane, has died in a road accident during a training session, [...] Full text...

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Gambia: UNICEF decries involvement of children in political campaign activities

08 november 2021 - 15:48:10
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - UNICEF Gambia office has noted with concern the involvement of children in large political gatherings in [...] Full text...

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UN mourns with Sierra Leone following deadly tanker crash

07 november 2021 - 17:04:52
New York, US (PANA) - The UN chief has joined the whole UN System in Sierra Leone in mourning the victims [...] Full text...

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Ghana: 23 persons die in two road crashes in two days

05 november 2021 - 22:01:38
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - A total of 23 persons were killed within two days this week along the Kumasi-Techiman Highway [...] Full text...

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Spare no effort in probe attack against blue helmets in CAR: Guterres

05 november 2021 - 15:51:44
New York, (US) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has urged authorities in the Central African Republic (CAR) to spare no [...] Full text...

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Algeria moving on dangerously slippery slope in relations with Morocco

04 november 2021 - 20:52:45
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Algeria is moving on a dangerously slippery slope in its relations with Morocco that could plunge [...] Full text...

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Ten blue helmets injured in attack in Central African Republic

02 november 2021 - 19:41:43
Bangui, CAR (PANA) - Ten unarmed Egyptian peacekeepers from the UN  Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) were shot and [...] Full text...

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Guterres: Sustainable transport key to green energy shift

15 october 2021 - 08:30:30
Beijing, China (PANA) - With global transport at a crossroads, government leaders, industry experts, and civil society groups are meeting [...] Full text...

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French Barkane soldier accidentally killed in Timbuktu, north-east Mali

13 october 2021 - 18:23:16
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Adrien Quélin, a 29-year-old mechanic with the Roc Noir desert battle group of the Barkhane force, [...] Full text...

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Mauritius PM calls for more vigorous actions to reduce road accidents

21 september 2021 - 07:43:13
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth on Monday described the rate of deaths in road accidents in [...] Full text...

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Seven Burkinabe girls killed as boat capsizes in Côte d'Ivoire

18 september 2021 - 18:49:59
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - A boat carrying fishmongers capsized Friday evening while crossing the Sassandra River in Greikro, killing [...] Full text...

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Nigeria’s Accident Investigation Bureau submits report on crash that killed late COAS, General Attahiru

15 september 2021 - 21:37:00
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria’s Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) has submitted an interim report on the Nigeria Air Force (NAF) [...] Full text...

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EBRD finances 6th of October Dry Port in Egypt under EBRD Green Cities programme

13 september 2021 - 13:33:42
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is supporting the construction of the first inland [...] Full text...

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Mauritius records 72 deaths in road accidents so far this year

13 september 2021 - 12:02:13
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - A total of 72 people have died in road accidents since January 2021 in Mauritius, [...] Full text...

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Pandemic increasing risk factors for suicide, UN health agency warns

11 september 2021 - 05:22:07
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Suicide prevention must be prioritised after 18 months of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Americas office of [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Increasing risk to migrant rights in Libya – UN report

06 september 2021 - 15:51:06
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - As the COVID-19 pandemic rolls on, so too does its devastating impact on those in the [...] Full text...

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Mauritius: Road accidents cause 53 deaths in first half of 2021

03 september 2021 - 07:54:41
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Statistics Mauritius has said that 53 people died in road accidents during the first semester of [...] Full text...

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End of leaded fuel use a ‘milestone for multilateralism’: Guterres

31 august 2021 - 05:10:49
New York, US (PANA) - The global phase-out of leaded fuel represents a “milestone for multilateralism”, UN Secretary-General António Guterres [...] Full text...

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Malian, Senegalese Transport ministers guarantee free movement between their countries

26 august 2021 - 13:14:33
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Ministers of Transport and Infrastructure of Mali and Senegal have announced their commitment free movement [...] Full text...

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25 years on, world remembers Nigeria’s Atlanta’96 Olympics heroes

03 august 2021 - 17:09:19
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - August 3, 1996, would be etched forever in the memory of African football custodian and even [...] Full text...

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UNHAS flight crash lands in eastern Ethiopia

28 july 2021 - 12:49:53
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – World Food Programme (WFP) and local aviation authorities were on Wednesday carrying out a verification [...] Full text...

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AfDB Group-financed road interchange opens in Ghana

12 july 2021 - 14:52:12
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – A modern road interchange financed by the African Development Bank Group has opened in the Ghanaian [...] Full text...

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Road crashes claim 622 lives in Mali in 2020

22 june 2021 - 13:22:51
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A total of 622 people were killed in traffic accidents in Mali in 2020 compared to [...] Full text...

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Makeshift boat capsizes killing 20 Malians on way to Spain

21 june 2021 - 16:06:00
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Twenty young Malians who were trying to reach Spain via the Mauritanian coast perished when their [...] Full text...

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Beninese urged to donate blood to save lives

19 june 2021 - 14:04:51
Cotonou Benin (PANA) - Benin's Minister of Health, Professor Benjamin Hounkpatin, has appealed to his compatriots to donate blood at [...] Full text...

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Libya: Widespread condemnation greets car bomb attack in southern region

07 june 2021 - 17:51:14
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A car bomb attack on Sunday night on a security post at the entrance to the [...] Full text...

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Nine illegal miners digging for gold in northeast Ghana drown in pit

03 june 2021 - 11:38:45
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Nine illegal miners digging for gold in northeast Ghana have drowned after the pit in which [...] Full text...

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UN salutes ‘dedication and bravery’ of peacekeepers

28 may 2021 - 06:22:18
New York, US (PANA) - With a focus for this year’s International Day if UN Peacekeepers on youth, peace and security, [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Three dead, 15 others trapped in mining pit

26 may 2021 - 23:56:25
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Three persons died while more than 15 others were still believed trapped following the collapse of [...] Full text...

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Blue helmets facing increasing number of attacks: UN peacekeeping chief

25 may 2021 - 05:41:12
New York, US (PANA) - UN blue helmets face an increasing number of attacks throughout the complex environments in which [...] Full text...

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WFP, Crisis Group partner to strengthen conflict prevention

24 may 2021 - 09:56:07
Rome, Italy (PANA) - The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has signed a Strategic Partnership with global conflict resolution organisation, [...] Full text...

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Nigerian Air Force mandates AIB-N to investigate Kaduna air crash

23 may 2021 - 19:45:06
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria's Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB -N) said it has been mandated by the Nigerian Air Force [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's Army chief dies in plane crash

22 may 2021 - 05:43:37
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru, died in an air crash on Friday [...] Full text...

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WHO chief calls for safety measures to reduce traffic accidents

18 may 2021 - 06:34:57
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has stressed the need [...] Full text...

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Two Malian police officers from special force killed in traffic accident

01 may 2021 - 19:09:35
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Two police officers of the Special Antiterrorist Force (FORSAT), an elite Malian unit engaged in the [...] Full text...

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UNHCR, IOM concerned about sinking of 130 migrants off Libya

24 april 2021 - 13:53:51
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) have [...] Full text...

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Tunisian Navy recovers 21 bodies of drowned sub-Saharan migrants

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

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At least 34 dead after smuggler's boat capsizes off the coast of Djibouti

13 april 2021 - 06:00:45
Obock, Djibouti (PANA) – At least 34 people have died after a boat operated by people smugglers, transporting approximately 60 migrants [...] Full text...

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21 die in Easter holiday road carnage in Zambia

06 april 2021 - 15:04:18
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - A total of 21 people died from 193 accidents recorded during the Easter holiday in Zambia. A [...] Full text...

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Guinea authorities investigate canoe accident that claimed 15 lives

31 march 2021 - 11:33:25
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The Guinean government on Tuesday opened an investigation into the capsizing of a dugout canoe on [...] Full text...

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Mauritius road accidents in 2020 claimed 131 lives

31 march 2021 - 08:19:46
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Statistics Mauritius says that the number of fatalities caused by road accidents in the island in [...] Full text...

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Libyan PM asks Interior Minister to follow up on death of child in mine explosion

19 march 2021 - 09:54:31
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity, Mr. Abdelhamid al-Dbaiba, has asked the Minister [...] Full text...

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(UPDATE) Death toll in road crash in Ghana rises to 19

26 february 2021 - 20:50:25
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The death toll in the Friday morning road accident involving two luxurious buses  on the Accra-Kumasi [...] Full text...

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Sixteen die in road crash in Ghana

26 february 2021 - 16:23:52
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Sixteen persons died on the spot and several others were left in critical condition in the [...] Full text...

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Seven Nigerian Air Force officers killed in plane crash buried

26 february 2021 - 10:02:36
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Thursday buried the remains of seven young officers who died [...] Full text...

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Black box, cockpit recorder of crashed Nigerian Air Force aircraft recovered, bodies of 7 victims evacuated

21 february 2021 - 17:07:01
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The black box and the cockpit recorder of the crashed Nigeria Air Force (NAF) Beachcraft aircraft [...] Full text...

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American actress Ashley Judd hospitalised in South Africa

14 february 2021 - 11:18:44
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Leading American actress Ashley Judd is in intensive care in a Johannesburg hospital after [...] Full text...

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Nine perish in horrific road accident in Kenya

12 february 2021 - 18:10:52
Nakuru, Kenya (PANA) - Nine people were killed on Friday morning in a grissly road accident, a head-on collision in [...] Full text...

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At least 18 passengers feared dead in Ghana road accident

03 february 2021 - 13:25:38
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - At last 18 passengers are feared dead after two buses on which they were travelling collided [...] Full text...

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2021 CHAN: It's hosts Cameroon vs holders Morocco, Mali vs Guinea for places in the final

03 february 2021 - 08:15:57
Limbe, Cameroon (PANA) - Hosts Cameroon will face a tough hurdle against defending champions Morocco when they lock horns in [...] Full text...

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French MPs parley with Mali Transition president

01 february 2021 - 17:25:56
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - In his meeting with two members of the French parliament, the president of the Transition in [...] Full text...

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Beninese bishops worried by increase in road accidents

31 january 2021 - 18:04:27
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) – The Beninese bishops said they are worried by the frequent occurrence of road accidents across the [...] Full text...

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Burkinabe president consoles Cameroonians after ghastly road accident

28 january 2021 - 10:39:13
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The President of Burkina Faso, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, on Wednesday extended his condolences to [...] Full text...

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Italy failed to rescue over 200 migrants in 2013 Mediterranean disaster, UN rights body finds

28 january 2021 - 05:59:40
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A UN rights committee said on Wednesday that Italy failed in its international obligations to protect [...] Full text...

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Ten feared dead, 30 in critical condition in Ghana road crash

27 january 2021 - 05:05:39
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ten people are feared dead and 30 others in critical condition following a road crash on [...] Full text...

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Road accidents claimed 1,743 lives in Libya during first 11months of 2020

25 january 2021 - 22:02:00
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 1,743 deaths were recorded in the first 11 months of 2020 in 4,131 [...] Full text...

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Deaths due to road accidents drop slightly in Benin

13 january 2021 - 23:27:35
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The death toll due to road accidents dropped slightly in Benin in 2020, according to statistics [...] Full text...

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Twenty-one people killed in two road accidents in two Nigerian States

13 january 2021 - 09:25:27
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Twenty-one persons lost their lives on Tuesday in two separate road accidents in Niger and Oyo [...] Full text...

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Libyan Government of National Accord offers solidarity with Indonesia after airplane’s crash

10 january 2021 - 20:07:31
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya Sunday offered its full condolences and solidarity to Indonesia following the crash of an airplane [...] Full text...

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28 killed in New Year holiday accidents in Zambia

04 january 2021 - 13:27:25
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Road crashes claimed 28 lives in the New Year holiday in Zambia, Police spokesperson Esther Katongo [...] Full text...

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Road accidents in Tunisia down in 2020

30 december 2020 - 09:18:25
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The North African state of Tunisia has recorded fewer road accidents and victims this year compared [...] Full text...

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Christmas holiday claims 28 lives in Zambia road crashes

28 december 2020 - 15:37:43
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambia recorded 234 road traffic accidents, 18 of them  leading to 28 deaths during this year's [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Kenyan doctors agree to return to work after four-day strike

25 december 2020 - 19:17:16
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A Kenyan dentist succumbed to the coronavirus disease on Friday, a day after a union of [...] Full text...

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Ten killed in central Mali road accident

25 december 2020 - 10:00:06
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Ten people were killed and 20 others injured in a road accident that occurred on Wednesday [...] Full text...

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Three security agents die in road accident in Tunisia

21 december 2020 - 12:16:16
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Three members of the Tunisian National Guard have been killed and two others injured, one of [...] Full text...

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South Africa: South African football star killed in car crash

13 december 2020 - 10:40:16
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Leading South African football player Motjeka Madisha was killed in a horrific vehicle accident [...] Full text...

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Six dead, five injured in Tunisia road accident

10 december 2020 - 11:48:10
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A road accident on Thursday morning in the department of Menzel Chaker, in the region of [...] Full text...

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Sackings in Health sector following accidental death of young doctor in Tunisia

06 december 2020 - 11:32:45
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian minister of Health, Faouzi Mehdi, Saturday dismissed several health sector officials two days after [...] 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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South African race official hailed after horrific Grand Prix crash

30 november 2020 - 12:29:23
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A South African medical assistant is being hailed for the role he played in [...] Full text...

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At least six die in road accident in Burkina Faso

28 november 2020 - 10:27:33
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - At least six passengers on board a 70-seater bus were killed and 14 others injured [...] Full text...

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Jewelry companies’ sourcing improves, but 'falls short', says Human Rights Watch

25 november 2020 - 06:55:54
London, UK (PANA) – Major jewelry companies are improving their sourcing of gold and diamonds, but most cannot assure consumers [...] Full text...

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South African football star dies in car crash

23 november 2020 - 13:42:05
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa's former football national defender Anele Ngcongca was killed in a car accident early Monday [...] Full text...

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Road accident leaves 47 people injured in Tunisian capital

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

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Mauritius road safety charter to halve number of road crashes by 2025

18 november 2020 - 15:08:03
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius has developed a Road Safety Charter in a bid to reduce the number and [...] Full text...

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Benin's cotton production stands at 675,000 tons in 2020

17 november 2020 - 16:07:51
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin has produced 675,000 tons of cotton this year compared to 714,000 tons during the last [...] Full text...

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Road accidents claim 114 lives in Mauritius this year

17 november 2020 - 07:00:43
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – A total of 114 people have lost their lives in road accidents in Mauritius this [...] Full text...

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Nine people killed in road accident in Mali

16 november 2020 - 11:37:07
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Nine people, including four brothers, were killed on Saturday around 6 p.m. local time (GMT), in [...] Full text...

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35 persons wounded while celebrating Maulud with fireworks and firecrackers

29 october 2020 - 18:59:59
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 35 persons who celebrated the Eid-el-Maulud with fireworks and firecrackers were admitted in [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Zambia sees 11% rise in road deaths during pandemic lockdown

22 october 2020 - 14:24:35
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - More people have died in road crashes in Zambia between July and September this year compared [...] Full text...

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Cote d'Ivoire: Road accident kills 18 Burkinabès

07 october 2020 - 17:43:51
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Eighteen Burkinabès were killed Wednesday morning in a road accident at the entrance to the [...] Full text...

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Mauritius bids to reduce the number of road accidents by 50% by 2025

06 october 2020 - 14:17:16
Bell Village, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius on Tuesday launched the “Zero Accident” campaign that forms part of a Road Safety [...] Full text...

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Congo: Mobile phone companies urged to improve their networks before next December

28 september 2020 - 16:48:28
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Congolese Postal and Electronic Communications Regulatory Agency (ARPCE) on Monday called on cell phone companies, MTN [...] Full text...

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Buhari mourns death of 23 in petrol tanker explosion in northeast Nigeria

24 september 2020 - 08:06:34
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has stated that the death of 23 people, as confirmed by the [...] Full text...

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Congo: Five killed, several wounded in road accident in center of country

21 september 2020 - 19:58:44
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Five people were killed and several others injured in a road accident Monday between the small [...] Full text...

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Six members of youth football team in Ghana die in road accident

20 september 2020 - 08:00:50
Kumasi, Ghana (PANA) - Six members of a youth football team in Ghana, aged between 12 and 16 years, died [...] Full text...

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

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

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Road crash kills 11 women in Guinea

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

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Nigerian president Buhari justifies hike in govt borrowing to fund infrastructure

16 september 2020 - 11:35:48
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday justified government borrowing to finance infrastructure, asserting that his government took loans [...] Full text...

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At least 10 killed in Ghana road accident

15 september 2020 - 09:38:06
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - At least 10 passengers are dead while over 80 others have sustained injuries in a road [...] Full text...

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United-States announces crash of two Russian MiG-29 jet fighters

14 september 2020 - 22:12:06
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Admiral Heidi Berg, chief of intelligence services at the US military commandment in Africa (AFRICOM) in [...] Full text...

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