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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Libya: Civil society calls for UN-organised dialogue to include non-political bodies

14 september 2020 - 14:51:54
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A group of civil society organisations in Tripoli has called for the UN Commission's consultations in [...] Full text...

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Death toll in Rwanda's road crash rises to 4

12 september 2020 - 20:22:19
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The number of people who died in Rwanda's road accident involving a truck on the main [...] Full text...

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Three killed, 8 injured in road accident in Western Rwanda

12 september 2020 - 17:05:27
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - At least three people were killed and eight others injured in a road accident in the [...] Full text...

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Two killed, several wounded as truck hits crowd in Kigali

08 september 2020 - 21:54:15
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA)  - A truck with faulty brakes on Tuesday slammed into a group of people at a busy [...] Full text...

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Mali: AfDB improves regional integration, local economy and employment

08 september 2020 - 17:54:28
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Carrefour de la Paix-Pont Woyowayanko-Point Y road widening project, carried out between 2010 and 2013 [...] Full text...

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Death toll in Mauritius road accidents decline

01 september 2020 - 08:31:38
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Statistics Mauritius on Tuesday said that 52 people died as a result of road accidents [...] Full text...

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Seven perish in Kenya road crash

24 august 2020 - 22:10:21
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Seven persons died in a freak road accident in Kenya late Monday. The accident along the Eldoret-Malaba [...] Full text...

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Five killed in North Western Rwanda road accident

21 august 2020 - 00:34:15
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - At least five people were killed in a road crash involving a car and a lorry [...] Full text...

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45 illegal migrants die off Libyan southwestern coasts, say UN organisations

19 august 2020 - 21:54:04
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Organisation for International Migration (OIM) and the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) said here [...] Full text...

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Beninese Interior ministry warns against rise in water levels

19 august 2020 - 21:03:16
Cotonou, Benin(PANA) - The Beninese ministry of Interior and Public Safety Wednesday called for vigilance against frequent accidents following the [...] Full text...

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DR Congo initiates inquiry into deadly plane crash in South Kivu

17 august 2020 - 14:23:21
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - An inquiry has been launched into last week's plane crash that left four people dead in [...] Full text...

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Mauritania: Sadness and disappointment in Mauritania after Beirut explosions

05 august 2020 - 19:24:00
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian President Mohamed Cheikh El Ghazouani Wednesday sent his condolences to his Lebanese counterpart, Michel Aoun, [...] Full text...

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Mali: Three people killed in a traffic accident at Baguinéda

04 august 2020 - 17:08:44
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Three people died and seven others were seriously injured Tuesday morning in an accident involving two [...] Full text...

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UN Mission opens investigation into accidental landing of aircraft at Mali airport

04 august 2020 - 00:02:01
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The UN multidimensional integrated mission for Mali stabilization (MINUSMA) announced ''the opening of immediate investigation after [...] Full text...

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Six people killed in traffic accident 40 kilometers away from Bamako

03 august 2020 - 16:25:48
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Six people died following a traffic accident on Sunday in Kassela on the road to Ségou, [...] Full text...

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Hundreds injured by burns, sharp objects in Tripoli and Misrata during Eid al-Adha

02 august 2020 - 13:37:08
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - At least 639 people were admitted during the first and second days of the celebration of [...] Full text...

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French soldier killed in operation in Chad

31 july 2020 - 22:29:40
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - A French soldier was killed Friday as he was carrying out a maintenance intervention on [...] Full text...

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One dead, 11 survivors in capsizing migrant boat off Tunisian coast

28 july 2020 - 09:35:57
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A boat carrying illegal migrants capsized on Monday off the coast of Zarzis, in southeastern Tunisia, [...] Full text...

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WB gives Sierra Leone $30 million to boost market access, agricultural productivity for smallholder farmers

22 july 2020 - 10:36:21
Washington, DC, US (PANA) – The World Bank Board of Executive Directors has approved a $30-million International Development Association (IDA) grant [...] Full text...

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Six killed in road accident in Tunisia

19 july 2020 - 19:08:17
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – A road accident, which occurred on Sunday in the outskirts of the city of Menzel Temim [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's first female combat helicopter pilot dies in road accident

15 july 2020 - 07:36:20
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) is mourning the death of its first female combat helicopter pilot [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: ‘Women Rise for All’ to shape leadership in pandemic response and recovery

15 july 2020 - 06:34:28
New York, US (PANA) - Although the COVID-19 pandemic has generated an unprecedented global health, humanitarian and development crisis, it has [...] Full text...

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Tunisian navy rescues migrants in difficulties at sea

14 july 2020 - 23:55:40
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian navy units Tuesday rescued a group of illegal migrants off the Mediterranean Sea,30 km off [...] Full text...

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Kenya loses two military pilots in helicopter crash

13 july 2020 - 12:32:44
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Two Kenyan military pilots died on Monday after the helicopter they were flying crashed at Kithyoko, [...] Full text...

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UNEP supports global food systems providing net positive impacts on nutrition, environment

13 july 2020 - 11:17:41
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – While progress on reducing hunger has stagnated in the last five years, evidence suggests [...] Full text...

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Seven people killed in collapsed wells at a gold panning site in western Mali

10 july 2020 - 15:02:25
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - At least seven people died on Wednesday when four gold pits at a traditional gold panning [...] Full text...

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Death of a third Senegalese soldier following Monday's mine accident in Casamance

17 june 2020 - 18:45:47
Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - The number of Senegalese soldiers killed in the explosion of an anti-tank mine in the south [...] Full text...

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Congo: Exponential increase in requests for relief and assistance during the lockdown

16 june 2020 - 18:44:07
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The head of the Congolese Department of Rescue Studies and Training at the Directorate General of [...] Full text...

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Senegalese army shelling the Bissine forest in the south of the country

16 june 2020 - 18:10:41
Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - Heavy gunfire has been reported since 6 a.m. on Tuesday in the Bissine area, about 50 [...] Full text...

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Two Senegalese soldiers killed in mine explosion in south of country

15 june 2020 - 21:16:14
Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - Two Senegalese soldiers were killed and two others slightly wounded Monday around 14h GMT when an [...] Full text...

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Mauritius records 488 deaths in road accidents since 2017

10 june 2020 - 07:12:25
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister, Mr Pravind Jugnauth, on Tuesday, told Parliament that a total of 456 fatal [...] Full text...

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Botswana Football Association supports ex-Zebra defender, Ramohibidu, now crippled

09 june 2020 - 16:37:53
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - To mark the 8th-year anniversary of the Zebras' qualification for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations [...] Full text...

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Five killed in Mali gold mine collapse

09 june 2020 - 13:06:49
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Five people were killed and at least seven others seriously injured on Sunday after a gold [...] Full text...

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Twenty people killed in traffic accident at Mali-Guinea border

21 may 2020 - 13:51:50
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Twenty people were killed  in a road accident on Tuesday on the Solabougouda-Naréna section, close to [...] Full text...

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Ouagadougou recorded 12,499 traffic accidents in 2019 - Police

20 may 2020 - 11:14:03
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkina Faso police in 2019 reported 12,499 accidents in the capital, Ouagadougou, resulting in [...] 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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Three persons perish in auto accident in Burkina Faso

15 may 2020 - 16:43:11
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Three persons were killed and one injured on Friday morning in an accident involving two [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Nurses deserve praise, thanks, protection amid COVID-19

11 may 2020 - 13:36:45
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA)  –  Nurses and other health care workers on the frontlines of the fight against COVID-19 deserve recognition [...] Full text...

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Libyan oil company 'regrets' burning of four aviation fuel tanks in Maitigua airport bombing

10 may 2020 - 14:32:53
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan National Oil Company (NOC) announced on Saturday evening that four aviation fuel tanks were [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Zambia records 13 new COVID-19 cases

04 may 2020 - 17:09:43
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Zambia has recorded 13 new cases of COVID-19 from 811 tests conducted in the last 24 [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Mauritius to set up Preparedness Plan for Hospital Services

01 may 2020 - 07:41:14
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius will introduce a Preparedness Plan for its hospital services in a bid to render its [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Protect workers during and after lockdowns, urges ILO

28 april 2020 - 05:44:21
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Marking the World Day for Ssfety and Health at Work on Tuesday, the International Labour Organization [...] Full text...

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France welcomes legal proceedings on massacre of Cameroonian villagers

24 april 2020 - 15:01:08
Paris, France (PANA) - France has welcomed the opening by Cameroonian authorities of legal proceedings against the alleged perpetrators of [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: South African president, Ramaphosa, refuses to lift ban on alcohol sales

17 april 2020 - 16:57:09
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa on Friday rejected a legal application by business [...] Full text...

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One killed in road accident in Burkina Faso

15 april 2020 - 23:54:47
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA)  - A road accident Wednesday left one person dead on the Kaya Main-Road 3, some 45 [...] Full text...

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Two Malian soldiers killed in plane crash

08 april 2020 - 11:29:33
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A Malian Air Force plane crashed on Tuesday in Sévaré, in the central Mopti region, killing [...] Full text...

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UN chief slams 'horrifying surge' in domestic violence

06 april 2020 - 08:48:30
New York, US (PANA) - UN chief António Guterres is calling for measures to address a “horrifying global surge in [...] Full text...

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Congo sets aside CFAF 35.6 million for burial of bodies abandoned in Brazzaville morgues

26 march 2020 - 14:24:04
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese government has released FCFA 35,675,000 for the burial of 570 bodies abandoned in three [...] Full text...

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Libyan Interior Minister, French officials discuss security and civil protection

17 march 2020 - 18:51:26
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's Interior minister in the Government of National Accord (GNA), Fathi Bachagha, on Tuesday spoke with [...] Full text...

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Guinean govt. pays tribute to 8 footballers killed in road accident

09 march 2020 - 22:27:03
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) – ‘’We reaffirm our condolences to the families of the victims. Death is inevitable, but that of [...] Full text...

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More than 30 perish in gory road crash in Ghana

09 march 2020 - 15:07:51
Accra, Ghana (PANA)  -  A ghastly road crash in Ghana involving a metro mass bus and a sprinter mini bus [...] Full text...

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More than 20 passengers feared dead in Ghana road accident

09 march 2020 - 10:45:24
Tamale, Ghana (PANA) - More than 20 passengers are feared dead on Monday morning when a two buses collided head [...] Full text...

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Road crash claims 3 lives on Saturday in Bamako

08 march 2020 - 12:07:05
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Three people were killed and seven seriously injured in a traffic accident involving two public transport [...] Full text...

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Niger sets up national early warning and security risk response mechanism

07 march 2020 - 18:50:52
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The Nigerien government decided on Friday to create a national early warning and security risk response [...] Full text...

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The resignation of UN envoy to Libya, AU intentions to appoint a joint envoy highlighted in the news

07 march 2020 - 17:57:42
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The surprise resignation of the UN Secretary-General's Special Representative in Libya, Ghassan Salamé, in the midst [...] Full text...

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Guinea to hold national funeral for 9 footballers killed in an accident

07 march 2020 - 17:38:55
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The Guinean government will organize a national funeral on Monday for the nine young footballers, members [...] Full text...

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Guinea: Seven footballers from the same team die in an accident

05 march 2020 - 20:34:00
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Eight people, including seven footballers, all members of the second division L'Etoile de Guinée were killed [...] Full text...

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Congo: Social security fund pays CFAF 58 billion in social benefits in 2019

04 march 2020 - 14:42:42
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Congo's Director-General of the National Social Security Fund (CNSS), Evariste Ondongo, announced on Tuesday that the [...] Full text...

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Mauritius introduces Road Crash Data Management System to reduce road crashes

03 march 2020 - 13:53:50
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) –  Mauritian Land Transport and Light Rail minister, Mr. Alan Ganoo, on Tuesday said that road [...] Full text...

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11 people killed in Zambia as car plunges into river

02 march 2020 - 15:33:48
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Eleven people have died following a fatal accident which occurred when a car hit four people [...] Full text...

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UN human rights chief warns of women’s rights complacency

26 february 2020 - 05:58:40
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Michelle Bachelet, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, has warned against complacency on women’s rights [...] Full text...

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Tunisia: Five teachers of same school die in road accident

26 february 2020 - 01:12:11
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Five female teachers were killed Tuesday in a road accident near Kasserine, a region of the [...] Full text...

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Two Burkinabè soldiers killed in a road accident

23 february 2020 - 14:07:19
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Two Burkinabe soldiers were killed on Sunday in a road accident that also left two [...] Full text...

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Famous Rwandan gospel musician who police said committed suicide laid to rest

22 february 2020 - 21:21:06
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The famous Rwandan gospel musician, Kizito Mihigo, who police said committed suicide while in their custody, [...] Full text...

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France condemns massacre of villagers in Cameroun

19 february 2020 - 22:15:18
Paris, France (PANA)  - The spokesperson for the French ministry of foreign affairs, Agnès von der Mühll, Wednesday condemned the [...] Full text...

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Mauritius to set up a road safety observatory

18 february 2020 - 13:23:35
  Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Ministry of Land Transport and Light Rail will, in collaboration with the University of [...] Full text...

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Amnesty calls for independent investigation of 'suicide' in police custody of Rwandan singer

18 february 2020 - 07:43:19
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Amnesty International has expressed shock at the alleged suicide of Rwandan gospel singer Kizito Mihigo in [...] Full text...

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DRC’s president orders government to follow up victims of road accident

17 february 2020 - 22:31:20
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - DR Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi Monday ordered the payment of all fees related to the [...] Full text...

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Senegalese leader calls for better training of drivers

16 february 2020 - 16:38:06
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Senegalese Head of State, Macky Sall, on Saturday in Dakar, stressed the need to better [...] Full text...

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7 killed in Rwanda bus collision with truck

13 february 2020 - 18:42:49
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - At least 7 persons were killed at dawn on Thursday while several others were seriously wounded [...] Full text...

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One person injured after truck plunges into Lake Kivu in Rwanda

13 february 2020 - 18:38:44
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - At least one person was seriously injured when a fuel truck fell into Lake Kivu in [...] Full text...

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More than 32,000 people arrested by police in 2019 in Mali

13 february 2020 - 11:22:14
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - In 2019, some 32,653 people were arrested by the Malian National Police and 15,772 brought before [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe legislators call for uranium exploration to address power deficit

12 february 2020 - 12:50:31
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Parliamentarians have called for the exploration of Zimbabwe’s nuclear energy potential, through uranium, as a fix [...] Full text...

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Garage fire kills one, seriously injures another in Ouagadougou

06 february 2020 - 14:44:04
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - One person was killed while another was seriously injured on Wednesday in a fire that [...] Full text...

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Tanker truck explosion leaves 6 dead in Togo

05 february 2020 - 21:57:12
Lomé, Togo (PANA)   -  The explosion of a fuel tanker in the city of Anié, about 190 km north of [...] Full text...

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Kagame seeks African continent to design and manufacture own drones

05 february 2020 - 21:54:26
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA)   -   Rwandan President Paul Kagame Wednesday said there was so much that could be done with drone [...] Full text...

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More than 8,000 cases of cancer reported every year in Benin

04 february 2020 - 21:47:06
Cotonou, Benin (PANA)  - Benin records more than 8,000 cases of cancer every year, Health Minister Professor Benjamin Hounkpatin said [...] Full text...

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Rights group says mining companies must confront human rights violations

03 february 2020 - 10:59:25
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - As the world’s biggest mining investment conference begins in Cape Town, Amnesty International is asking [...] Full text...

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The Gambia, US discuss critical issues of mutual concern to govts., peoples

31 january 2020 - 19:26:04
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian President Adama Barrow and US Ambassador to The Gambia, Richard Carlton Paschall, discussed critical issues [...] Full text...

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Gas cylinder blast injures dozens of people in Kigali restaurant

31 january 2020 - 14:51:12
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - A dozen people  were seriously wounded when a cooking gas cylinder exploded in a building during [...] Full text...

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Five Algerians killed in road accident in Tunisia

28 january 2020 - 22:51:23
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA)  - Five Algerians were killed Tuesday evening in a road accident in the Tunisian central western region [...] Full text...

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Ten people killed in road accident in Mali

25 january 2020 - 11:48:55
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Ten people were killed on Friday and several others seriously injured in a road accident at [...] Full text...

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GNA announces resumption of air traffic from Maitigua airport

23 january 2020 - 18:29:39
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Council of Ministers of the National Accord Government on Thursday announced the resumption of air [...] Full text...

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Activities resume in the Guinean capital

22 january 2020 - 12:26:10
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Activities resumed on Wednesday in Conakry, the Guinean capital, where the call for two days of [...] Full text...

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Road accident in western Burkina Faso claims 9 lives

17 january 2020 - 18:04:36
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Nine people died on Friday in a road accident in the village of Diarrabakôkô, western [...] Full text...

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Tunisia: 9 years after the Revolution, key forces still calling for national unity

14 january 2020 - 18:13:55
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Several political parties and trade union organizations have, on the occasion of the celebration of the [...] Full text...

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Thirty-four passengers perish in Ghana road accident

14 january 2020 - 11:57:10
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Thirty-four passengers have died with many others injured in an accident involving two buses on Tuesday, on [...] Full text...

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Beninese bishops concerned about juvenile alcoholism

13 january 2020 - 22:04:25
Cotonou, Benin(PANA)   -  The Episcopal Conference of Benin (CEB) at the end of its second ordinary plenary session of the [...] Full text...

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Germany to intensify political, economic and cultural relation with The Gambia

10 january 2020 - 18:44:05
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The German Ambassador to The Gambia, Stephen Roken, says “We want to increase our diplomatic presence. [...] Full text...

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At least 12 dead in auto crash in northwest Nigeria

09 january 2020 - 07:23:53
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s road safety agency, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), says that “no fewer than 12 [...] Full text...

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Mali: 1,266 people died in 2019 due to accidents, bad weather

06 january 2020 - 16:55:59
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - In 2019, Mali recorded 1,266 deaths and 24,463 injuries due to accidents, floods, malaise at home, house [...] Full text...

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Road accidents claimed 18 lives in Lomé during holiday season

04 january 2020 - 18:54:03
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - The holiday season was deadly in Lomé, which 74 road accidents that left 18 people dead [...] Full text...

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UNAMID concerned by reports of inter-communal violence in West Darfur

03 january 2020 - 18:55:20
Zalingei, Sudan (PANA) - The African Union – United Nations Hybrid Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) on Friday said it was [...] Full text...

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Sudan military plane crashes in West Darfur killing all 18 on board

03 january 2020 - 13:09:07
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A Sudanese military Antonov An-12 plane has crashed in Western Sudan killing all 18 people on [...] Full text...

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Two Guinea League 1 football players die in road accident

31 december 2019 - 11:50:27
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Hours after the announcement on Monday evening of the death of Antonio Dumas, the Brazilian coach [...] Full text...

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Tunisia: Number of traffic accidents declines in 2019

30 december 2019 - 18:03:34
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA)  - The year 2019 recorded a decrease in the number of traffic accidents in Tunisia, an official [...] Full text...

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2019: Rwanda’s year of diplomatic offensive in SADC region, political standoff with Uganda

29 december 2019 - 13:53:50
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA)   -   For Rwanda, 2019 has been an active year in diplomacy that extended not only to many [...] Full text...

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Road crashes claim 21 lives during Christmas holiday in Zambia

26 december 2019 - 18:42:07
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Twenty-one people died in separate road accidents during the Christmas holiday in Zambia, police here have [...] Full text...

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President Ghazouani promises measures to end death on Mauritanian roads

26 december 2019 - 00:16:21
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian President Mohamed ould Cheikh Ghazouani said here Wednesday all measures would be taken to ensure [...] Full text...

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Mauritania: 6 killed in road crash on Nouakchott-Nouadhibou road

25 december 2019 - 17:24:45
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - A collision between a public transport bus from Nouakchott and a truck from Nouadhibou left 6 [...] Full text...

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Mauritian PM warns police

18 december 2019 - 16:37:07
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Prime Minister of Mauritius, Pravind Jugnauth, on Wednesday severely warned the police, who, he [...] Full text...

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Five killed in north-central Burkina Faso as artisanal gold mine caves in

18 december 2019 - 15:31:14
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - At least five people were killed on Tuesday in a landslide at an artisanal mining [...] Full text...

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Strong presidential majority support for allied countries in fight against terrorism in the Sahel

17 december 2019 - 21:34:10
Niamey, Niger (PANA)  -  Member parties of the presidential majority in Niger Tuesday gave "firm support" to the allied forces [...] Full text...

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Botswana train accident investigation starts

16 december 2019 - 20:51:13
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana's Ministry of Transport and Communications has instituted an investigation into circumstances leading to the derailment [...] Full text...

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Togolese drivers to take blood alcohol test on road from Monday

12 december 2019 - 23:30:21
Lomé, Togo (PANA)   -  Togolese drivers will from Monday 16 December take blood alcohol test, the minister in charge of [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: 28 people burnt to death in auto crash in Bauchi State, Northeast Nigeria (Update)

12 december 2019 - 20:07:53
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA)  - Twenty-eight persons said to be members of the same family were burnt beyond recognition in a [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: 28 people burnt to death in auto crash in Bauchi State, Northeast Nigeria

12 december 2019 - 19:51:04
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA)   -  About 29 persons said to be members of the same family were burnt beyond recognition in [...] Full text...

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Togolese cargo runs aground the Tunisian coasts

11 december 2019 - 21:39:33
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A boat flying the Togolese flag on Wednesday ran aground the coasts of Bizerte in northern [...] Full text...

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Two Botswana Railways crew members die in train accident

10 december 2019 - 18:33:29
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana Railways has confirmed the death of its crew members died in a train accident between [...] Full text...

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Niger ratifies African Charter on Road Safety

10 december 2019 - 05:16:32
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The Niger government has ratified the African Charter on Road Safety, which is a strategic framework [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: 12 killed in road accident in Niger State

09 december 2019 - 15:37:58
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Monday confirmed that 12 people died in a road [...] Full text...

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Gambian President Barrow describes boat accident that claimed 60 lives as 'national tragedy'

07 december 2019 - 19:07:25
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian president Adama Barrow has bemoaned the boat accident involving scores of its citizens off the [...] Full text...

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Opposition, gov’t mourns Gambians migrants drown off Mauritania

06 december 2019 - 10:39:14
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia's Opposition United  Democratic Party (UDP) has joined the government to mourn more than 50 citizens [...] Full text...

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Gambia saddened by 52 deaths of its nationals

06 december 2019 - 09:15:14
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – The Gambian government Friday expressed sadness following the deaths of 52 of its nationals along the [...] Full text...

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Death toll rises from Tunisia traffic accident

04 december 2019 - 16:53:19
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A girl succumbed on Wednesday to her injuries, bringing to the death toll to 28 from [...] Full text...

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Bulldozer driver dies in explosion of oil pipeline in western Libya

03 december 2019 - 21:32:26
Tripoli, Libya (PANA)  - The driver of a bulldozer died in a fire that broke out while digging near an [...] Full text...

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Libya condoles Tunisia after bus crash killed 27 persons

03 december 2019 - 16:43:52
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The President of the Presidential Council of the Government of National Unity, Fayez al-Sarraj, has expressed [...] Full text...

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Sunday bus accident in Tunisia killed 27 people, says new report

03 december 2019 - 13:51:17
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The bus accident that occurred on Sunday in northwestern Tunisia has so far claimed 27 lives, [...] Full text...

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Another deadly accident occurs in northwest Tunisia

02 december 2019 - 12:37:28
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Still in shock from the tragedy that shook Tunisia on Sunday, killing 26 young people on [...] Full text...

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Tunisian President denounces 'road terrorism' after accident kills 26 people

02 december 2019 - 11:37:13
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian President Kais Saied on Sunday evening denounced "road terrorism" following the tragic accident that occurred [...] Full text...

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Five persons dead, nine others injured in vehicle accident on Nigeria's Lagos-Ibadan highway

02 december 2019 - 07:54:04
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun State in the southwest on Sunday confirmed the [...] Full text...

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Tunisia: 22 killed, 21 wounded after a bus crashes into a ravine

01 december 2019 - 14:51:11
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – Twenty two people were killed and 21 others wounded in a bus accident on Sunday in [...] Full text...

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Late President Senghor's widow buried in Dakar

29 november 2019 - 13:46:35
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Colette Hubert Senghor, widow of Senegal's first president, Léopold Sédar Senghor, was buried on  Thursday in [...] Full text...

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Four killed in road accident in southern Mali

29 november 2019 - 12:57:43
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Four persons, including a woman, were killed and 28 others  injured in a road accident on [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Buhari expresses grieve over death of 13 French soldiers in helicopter crash in Mali

27 november 2019 - 21:08:37
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA)  - Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday expressed grieve over the death of 13 French soldiers in Mali [...] Full text...

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France starts investigation over the death of 13 French soldiers in a helicopter crash in Mali

26 november 2019 - 15:55:19
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - French Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly announced on Tuesday that an investigation has been opened [...] Full text...

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Malian President IBK expresses condolences to his French counterpart

26 november 2019 - 15:44:41
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has sent a message of condolences to his French counterpart, Emmanuel [...] Full text...

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Burkinabe President salutes French soldiers killed in a helicopter crash in Mali

26 november 2019 - 14:18:57
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso President Marc Christian Kaboré on Tuesday saluted the memory of 13 soldiers killed [...] Full text...

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BREAKING NEWS: Thirteen French soldiers killed in helicopter accident in Mali

26 november 2019 - 10:51:51
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The collision of two helicopters during an operation against jihadists in Mali has claimed the lives [...] Full text...

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Global actors meet to improve gender inclusion

25 november 2019 - 12:06:24
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Hundreds of prominent leaders from around the world including heads of state, development partners, NGOs and [...] Full text...

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One-in-three women, experience physical, sexual abuse: UN

25 november 2019 - 06:24:35
New York, US (PANA) - Violence against women and girls is among the most widespread, and devastating human rights violations [...] Full text...

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AFRICOM loses surveillance UAV over Tripoli

23 november 2019 - 19:39:39
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The US Military Command for Africa (AFRICOM) announced on Friday night that it "lost on Thursday, [...] Full text...

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Libyan newspapers report US call on Haftar to end Tripoli offensive

23 november 2019 - 18:36:33
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The US State Department's appeal to the head of the Libyan National Army, Marshal Khalifa Haftar, [...] Full text...

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Seven people killed in two traffic accidents in Mali

23 november 2019 - 16:42:35
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Seven people were killed and 37 wounded in two traffic accidents that occurred Thursday and Friday [...] Full text...

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Rwandan newspapers highlight Kigali-Kampala "diplomatic row"

23 november 2019 - 15:17:05
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) -  Rwandan newspapers this week highlighted disputes that created a renewed strain on bilateral ties between Kigali and [...] Full text...

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ICRC rehabilitates 608 amputees of terrorist attacks from northeast Nigeria

20 november 2019 - 12:52:36
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Nigeria delegation, has rehabilitated 608 amputees of bomb [...] Full text...

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Amnesty International launches campaign to save young South Sudanese sentenced to death

19 november 2019 - 17:44:42
Paris, France (PANA) - Amnesty International (AI) on Tuesday launched its global campaign for human rights for people whose rights [...] Full text...

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13 wounded in air strike on Libyan city of Misrata

19 november 2019 - 13:39:29
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Thirteen people were wounded on Monday in renewed airstrike targeting neighbourhoods of Misrata city, 220 km [...] Full text...

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UN calls for action to tackle ‘ubiquitous but invisible’ global road safety crisis

17 november 2019 - 10:54:25
New York, US (PANA) - Saving lives by improving road safety is “one of the many objectives of the 2013 [...] Full text...

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Benin hosts workshop on investigations on air accidents in Africa and Indian Ocean

14 november 2019 - 23:54:32
Cotonou, Benin (PANA)   -   A compliance workshop with the Standard Aircraft Accident and Incident Investigation Documents in the African and [...] Full text...

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13 die in road accident along Nigeria's Lagos-Ibadan expressway

14 november 2019 - 07:05:19
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Thirteen persons died on Wednesday in a road accident involving three vehicles at Sapade-Ogere axis of Lagos-Ibadan [...] Full text...

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85 wounded at Maouloud celebrations in Libya, says Ministry of Health

12 november 2019 - 17:51:52
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Eighty-five wounded persons were hospitalised last Friday and Saturday because of the use of firecrackers and [...] Full text...

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Libya: 450 deaths in road accidents over three months

11 november 2019 - 18:20:48
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 450 people died in 368 accidents in July, August and September this year, [...] Full text...

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Tunisia to participate in the 10th Algiers International Film Festival

11 november 2019 - 17:29:25
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia will participate in the 10th edition of the International Film Festival of Algiers (FICA) in [...] Full text...

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Some 50 traffic accidents recorded in Senegal over the weekend

11 november 2019 - 13:45:09
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Two persons were killed and several others injured in about 50 road accidents which occurred over [...] Full text...

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Firecrackers during Maouloud celebration injure 15 in Tripoli

09 november 2019 - 13:06:41
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Fifteen persons burnt by firecrackers and fireworks during celebration of the birth of Prophet Mohammed (PSL) [...] Full text...

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Festivities commemorating Mawlid, anniversary of Prophet Mahomet’s birth, begin in Libya

08 november 2019 - 22:36:52
Tripoli, Libya (PANA)   -  Festivities marking the anniversary of the birth of Prophet Mohamet (Peace Upon Him) began here Friday [...] Full text...

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Senegalese president wants 2020 to be year of road safety

07 november 2019 - 12:48:55
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Senegalese President Macky Sall has expressed his desire to make 2020 the year of road safety [...] Full text...

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Senegal creates institution for road and rail safety

06 november 2019 - 14:17:16
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal will create a public institution responsible for road and rail safety, the Director of the [...] Full text...

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One killed, five injured in accidental grenade blast at steel plant in eastern Rwanda

04 november 2019 - 13:48:03
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - One worker was killed and five others injured when a grenade mistaken as a metal exploded [...] Full text...

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WHO report offers tools to tackle deaths through non-communicable diseases, road traffic injuries.

31 october 2019 - 22:21:42
New York (PANA)  -  A new report by the World Health Organization (WHO) launched here Thursday offers guidance and tools [...] Full text...

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Two dead, two injured in Burkina Faso road accident

29 october 2019 - 09:51:04
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Two people were killed and two others injured in a road accident about 20 kilometres [...] Full text...

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Road accident claims 4 lives, injures more than 51 in Congo

21 october 2019 - 13:37:26
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Four persons were killed when overturned on Sunday at Moukondo village in Niari department of the [...] Full text...

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Thirty people killed in DR Congo road accident

21 october 2019 - 08:55:56
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Thirty people were killed and 16 others seriously injured in a road accident on Sunday [...] Full text...

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President Kenyatta fires Kenya Ferry Services board

18 october 2019 - 12:22:55
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - President Uhuru Kenyatta's decision to sack the entire Kenya Ferry Services board following the ferry incident [...] Full text...

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Leaders of rebel movements return to negotiating table

18 october 2019 - 00:09:30
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)  -  Direct negotiations between Khartoum government and rebel movement leaders will finally kick off in Juba on [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Buhari, others, sad as 15 die in oil tanker fire in Southeast Nigeria

17 october 2019 - 17:18:12
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Following the anger by citizens of Anambra State, Southeast Nigeria, over the oil tanker fire in [...] Full text...

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3 drown while taking bath in major river in Western Rwanda

16 october 2019 - 16:36:12
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) -  At least three people were drowned while taking bath in Nyabarongo river in Western district of [...] Full text...

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Guinea: Slow resumption of activities in Conakry 24 hours after violence

15 october 2019 - 13:05:28
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Activities resumed slowly on Tuesday in Guinea, especially in the capital, which in some places returned [...] Full text...

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Six die in road accident in Mauritius

13 october 2019 - 10:19:11
Rose-Belle, Mauritius (PANA)   -   Six people, aged between 14 and 46, died here Sunday morning in a motor accident after [...] Full text...

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Tunisians elect new president on Sunday

13 october 2019 - 10:09:20
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA)   -   Tunisians, for the third time in less than a month, Sunday go to the polls for [...] Full text...

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Burundian police launch major offensive against crime, terrorism

12 october 2019 - 15:15:26
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The Burundi Ministry of Public Security and Disaster Management says the police carried out 4,131 search [...] Full text...

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Three killed in Mali road accident

09 october 2019 - 11:24:05
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Three people were killed on Tuesday morning when a bus and a dump truck collided in [...] Full text...

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13 dead following a boat accident off the Italian coast

08 october 2019 - 13:33:04
Rome Italy (PANA) - At least 13 bodies of illegal migrants, all women, were recovered by the Italian coastguard following [...] Full text...

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Guterres renews call for answers in tragic death of former UN chief Hammarskjöld

08 october 2019 - 05:03:43
New Yirk, US (PANA) - UN chief Antonio Guterres has said he is “deeply committed” to continuing the investigation searching [...] Full text...

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Mauritian newspapers highlight relations between India and Mauritius this week

05 october 2019 - 13:30:23
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) –  Mauritian papers this week highlight relations between India and Mauritius, as India provided financial assistance worth [...] Full text...

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Malian Ministry urges drivers of articulated lorries to comply with Highway Code

30 september 2019 - 17:09:41
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's Ministry of Transport and Urban Mobility has called on owners of tractor-trailers and motor tricycles [...] Full text...

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Three UN peacekeepers in CAR killed, fourth injured following helicopter crash

28 september 2019 - 07:22:39
N'Djamena, CAR (PANA) - Three peacekeepers were killed and a fourth was severely injured after a helicopter crashed on Friday morning in the [...] Full text...

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Malian PM receives delegation of Saudi Fund for Development

26 september 2019 - 14:25:53
Bamako, Mali (PANA) – A delegation from the regional management, Africa zone of the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD), led [...] Full text...

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Senegal commemorates 17th anniversary of 'Le Joola' shipwreck

26 september 2019 - 10:12:11
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal is on Thursday commemorating the 17th anniversary of the shipwreck of the "Le Joola" during [...] Full text...

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Six killed in fuel tanker explosion in Bamako district

25 september 2019 - 12:10:38
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Six people were killed and 46 others seriously injured when a 15,000-litre tanker exploded, followed by [...] Full text...

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Nine killed in road accident in northwestern Senegal

25 september 2019 - 09:53:25
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) –  Nine people were killed and two others seriously wounded in a collision between two cars on [...] Full text...

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Boeing Financial Assistance Fund to reach affected families of Ethiopian crash

24 september 2019 - 15:39:45
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA)  – The two administrators of the Boeing Financial Assistance Fund, Kenneth R. Feinberg and Camille S. [...] Full text...

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Seven passengers killed in road crash in western Burkina Faso

23 september 2019 - 15:39:08
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Seven people were killed late Sunday in a traffic accident involving a minibus and a [...] Full text...

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Senegalese govt suspends tourist visits to Madeleine island

21 september 2019 - 06:30:23
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Senegalese minister of Environment and Sustainable Development, Abdoul Karim Sall, on Friday announced the suspension, [...] Full text...

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Senegalese president calls for more efficient disaster prevention measures

19 september 2019 - 09:15:37
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegalese President Macky Sall on Wednesday called for the improvement of the national early warning system, [...] Full text...

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Four killed in boat mishap in Mali

17 september 2019 - 17:44:59
Bamako, Mali (PANA) – Four people were killed when their boat capsized in a lake on Monday in the commune [...] Full text...

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Four people killed in canoe accident off Dakar

17 september 2019 - 11:54:41
Dakar, Senegal  (PANA) – A canoe capsized on Monday off the coast of Dakar, killing four people out of about [...] Full text...

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Senegal: 3 killed, about 20 wounded in road accident

16 september 2019 - 19:50:38
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – A collision between a van and a public transport vehicle on Monday morning has claimed the [...] Full text...

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Tunisians to elect new president on Sunday

14 september 2019 - 14:37:30
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - More than seven million Tunisians are expected to go to the polls on Sunday to elect [...] Full text...

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Youth drivers called on to take charge of their lives

14 september 2019 - 12:16:24
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA)  -   Botswana’s Divisional Commander South Central, Senior Assistant Commissioner of Police, Matthews Letsholo Saturday called on youth [...] Full text...

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Bus crash claims 10 lives in Niger

04 september 2019 - 14:47:23
Maradi, Niger (PANA) - Ten people were killed and 44 wounded in a road accident involving a bus on Tuesday [...] Full text...

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Road accidents claim 430 lives in Senegal since January 2019

04 september 2019 - 14:05:38
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal has recorded 11,082 road accidents which claimed 430 lives and left 18,390 injured  since the [...] Full text...

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Bus accident kills four in western Burkina Faso

03 september 2019 - 14:08:56
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - At least four persons were killed early Tuesday when a public bus overturned at Siniéna [...] Full text...

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Five killed in road accident in east Burkina Faso

02 september 2019 - 18:30:28
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Five people were killed and 18 others injured in Mogtédo, a commune in eastern Burkina [...] Full text...

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Twelve people arrested in Côte d'Ivoire following the desecration of DJ Arafat's grave

02 september 2019 - 17:48:59
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Twelve people have been detained following the desecration of the grave of the artist, Houon [...] Full text...

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People perish in Bamako building collapse

02 september 2019 - 14:14:04
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A dozen people were killed in the collapse of an unfinished building on Saturday night in [...] Full text...

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Mauritius deaths due to road crashes drop by 21.6%

30 august 2019 - 16:01:16
  Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – A total of 69 persons died in Mauritius as a result of road accidents during [...] Full text...

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