South Africa's former Speaker Mapisa-Nqakula charged with corruption, money laundering

04 april 2024 - 16:47:11
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - The former Speaker of South  Africa's National Assembly, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, on Thursday appeared in a Pretoria [...] Full text...

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New Senegalese president Faye pledges to uphold good governance

04 april 2024 - 06:22:22
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The President of Senegal, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, on Wednesday pledged to uphold good governance based on [...] Full text...

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More work is needed to make big banks resolvable: IMF Blog By Tobias Adrian and Marc Dobler

18 march 2024 - 19:24:45
Washington DC, USA (PANA) - Almost a year ago, Credit Suisse, a globally systemic bank with $540 billion in assets [...] Full text...

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Ghana's president will take decision on LGBTQ+ bill after top court ruling

05 march 2024 - 05:52:58
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo said on Monday that he would await the Supreme Court’s [...] Full text...

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Ghana's Finance ministry urges President to pause assent to anti-LGBTQ bill

04 march 2024 - 14:29:54
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - As the controversial the controversial anti-LGBTQI+ bill passed by Ghana's Parliament, which criminalises the promotion, advocacy, and funding [...] Full text...

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Gambian ex-minister Sonko faces crimes against humanity charges

05 january 2024 - 11:14:49
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – The trial of former Gambian Interior Minister Ousman Sonko will open 8 January in Switzerland for [...] Full text...

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2023 AFCON: Draw Reactions

13 october 2023 - 07:25:30
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - With the battle lines officially drawn, the 24-strong African nations now know who they will [...] Full text...

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2023 CAF Women's Champions League: West African football clubs in Benin for qualifiers

19 august 2023 - 10:01:46
Benin, Nigeria (PANA) - Football clubs from West Africa are in Benin, Nigeria, for the 2023 Confederation of African Football [...] Full text...

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Rwandan genocide fugitive faces more charges in South Africa

09 june 2023 - 10:48:36
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Fulgence Kayishema, the Rwandan national accused of genocide on Friday appeared before the Cape Town [...] Full text...

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Rwandan genocide suspect arrested in South Africa appears in court

02 june 2023 - 12:35:29
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) –  Rwandan genocide suspect Fulgence Kayishemaappeared in a Cape Town court on Friday where he [...] Full text...

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Ghana's inflation for January inches down marginally

15 february 2023 - 11:26:03
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's inflation fell marginally to 53.6% in January 2023, from 54.1% recorded in December 2023, according [...] Full text...

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IMF assigns resident financial adviser to Ghana's central bank

15 february 2023 - 10:54:20
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has appointed a financial adviser to Ghana's central bank, which the [...] Full text...

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Ghana finance minister urges govt bondholders to sign up to debt exchange programme

07 february 2023 - 06:54:25
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - As Ghana struggles to meet conditions for a bailout from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to [...] Full text...

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Kenya to end US$300 million bailouto Kenya Airways in 2023

20 january 2023 - 18:07:04
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya will end the US$300 million annual bailout of its national airline, Kenya Airways (KQ) in [...] Full text...

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Alleged Gambian “Death Squad” Driver’s Trial Progresses

19 january 2023 - 14:14:31
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - A Ghanaian citizen who survived the massacre of approximately 59 West African migrants in July 2005 [...] Full text...

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Right group demands release of activists documenting forced evictions

11 january 2023 - 09:30:49
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Amnesty International has asked the Ethiopian authorities to "immediately and unconditionally" release four human rights [...] Full text...

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Ghanaians welcome New Year with hope of better economy

01 january 2023 - 13:11:48
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghanaians on Sunday joined the rest of the world to welcome the New Year with church [...] Full text...

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Ghana government exempts pension funds from Debt Exchange Programme

22 december 2022 - 18:56:25
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Government of Ghana on Thursday granted exemption to all pension funds in its Domestic Debt [...] Full text...

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IMF reaches Staff-Level Agreement on $3 billion, three-year Extended Credit Facility with Ghana

13 december 2022 - 09:58:59
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team led by Mr. Stéphane Roudet, Mission Chief for Ghana, has [...] Full text...

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Ghana's finance minister survives motion to remove him from office

08 december 2022 - 19:35:16
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's beleaguered Minister of Finance, Mr. Ken Ofori-Atta, on Thursday survived a censure motion by opposition [...] Full text...

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Ghana's debt exchange programme encounters roadblock

07 december 2022 - 10:19:45
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The clock is ticking to the end of the year, a deadline set by the Ghanaian [...] Full text...

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Sudan’s military release two detainees just before signing of political agreement

05 december 2022 - 08:58:02
Khartoum, Sudsan (PANA) - The Sudanese authorities on Sunday released a prominent member of the suspended Empowerment Removal Committee (ERC), [...] Full text...

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Ghana to launch domestic debt swap to tackle economic crisis

05 december 2022 - 06:11:33
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, says the government will launch a domestic debt swap on Monday [...] Full text...

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Ghana's finance minister announces raft of measures to resuscitate economy

24 november 2022 - 15:24:06
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, on Thursday presented the 2023 budget to Parliament which is seen [...] Full text...

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Ghana President fires Minister of State at the Ministry of Finance

14 november 2022 - 11:10:41
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Monday terminated the appointment of the Minister of State [...] Full text...

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Ghana's Parliament sets up committee to probe censure motion against finance minister

10 november 2022 - 18:25:50
Accra, Ghana (PAMA) - Ghana's Parliament on Thursday set up an eight-member ad-hoc committee to probe the Minority's motion of [...] Full text...

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US sanctions four ISIS cell members, eight companies in South Africa

07 november 2022 - 16:39:17
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Monday sanctioned four [...] Full text...

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Thousands hit the sreets in Acca to denounce economic hadships

05 november 2022 - 17:57:33
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Thousands of Ghanaians early Saturday took to the streets of the capital in a demonstration dubbed [...] Full text...

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Ghana's president Akufo-Addo rallies country to face economic crisis

31 october 2022 - 05:40:34
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo  on Sunday rallied his country in the midst of a [...] Full text...

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Ghana's ruling party MPs soften position on demands for immediate removal of finance minister

27 october 2022 - 08:34:40
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Members of Parliament of Ghana's ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) have agreed to an appeal by [...] Full text...

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UPDATE 1: Ghana opposition MPs file motion of censure to remove finance minister

25 october 2022 - 17:27:57
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Minority in Ghana's Parliament has filed a motion of censure against Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta, [...] Full text...

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Ghana's ruling party MPs demand dismissal of finance minister as economic hardships bite

25 october 2022 - 12:46:35
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The majority of Members of Parliament of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo's party on Tuesday asked [...] Full text...

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Ghana traders suspend strike after intervention of President Akufo-Addo and traditional ruler of Accra

21 october 2022 - 07:08:02
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Traders in the Ghanaian capital, Accra, have suspended their action to close their shops following the [...] Full text...

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Traders in Accra shut their shops to protest high cost of doing business

19 october 2022 - 11:23:57
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Traders in the Ghanaian capital, Accra, closed their shops on Wednesday on the first day of [...] Full text...

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Ghana's Central Bank hikes policy rate to 24.5%

06 october 2022 - 14:25:25
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Bank of Ghana (BoG) on Thursday increased the policy [...] Full text...

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Rights group slams conviction of Zimbabwean author, protester

01 october 2022 - 12:34:16
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Amnesty International has slammed the conviction of Zimbabwean author and activist Tsitsi Dangarembga and fellow protester [...] Full text...

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Rights group demands release of Zimbabwean opposition MPs unjustly held for 100 days

21 september 2022 - 06:36:05
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The continued arbitrary detention of opposition leader and Member of Parliament Job Sikhala and MP Godfrey [...] Full text...

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Suspected instigators of South Africa riots appear in court

12 august 2022 - 12:26:56
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Twenty-two people alleged to have instigated the violent rioting in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal and [...] Full text...

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Ghana's Inflation rises 31.7% in July

10 august 2022 - 14:40:36
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's inflation rose to 31.7 per cent year-on-year in July, the highest since 2003, the Ghana [...] Full text...

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Ghana teacher unions embark on strike to demand cost of living allowance

04 july 2022 - 13:11:31
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Four Ghanaian teacher unions on Monday began an indefinite nationwide strike over demands for the payment [...] Full text...

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IMF team to begin talks with Ghana government officials on economic programme

04 july 2022 - 06:06:31
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - A delegation from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is expected in Ghana this week as the [...] Full text...

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Uganda slammed for activists arrests

07 june 2022 - 00:17:25
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Ugandan authorities must release the six politicians and activists arrested solely for protesting the high cost [...] Full text...

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Top South African sportsman gets bail

17 may 2022 - 08:33:08
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Top South African sportsman Elton Jantjies has been released on bail and ordered to [...] Full text...

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Tripartite process kicks off to end Sudanese political impasse

12 may 2022 - 21:03:24
Khartoum, Sudan  (PANA) - A much awaited process to end the Sudanese political stalemate finally kicked off in Khartoum on [...] Full text...

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Former governor of Central Bank of Guinea released on bail

05 may 2022 - 13:46:56
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The former governor of the Central Bank of Guinea (BCRG), Loucény Nabé, jailed for nearly one [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Investors in big pharma must ensure fair vaccine access for all countries - Amnesty International

26 april 2022 - 06:54:01
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Investors in companies manufacturing COVID-19 vaccines must use  their influence to ensure that supplies of urgently needed life-saving  vaccines reach low- and lower-middle-income  countries, [...] Full text...

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Two former Guinean ministers placed under arrest

22 april 2022 - 12:55:16
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Two former Guinean ministers of the government deposed last September have been placed under arrest, after [...] Full text...

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Gambian women raise concern about access to maternity health facilities

31 march 2022 - 10:00:17
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia’s National Human Right Commission (NHRC) has said dozens of women in the West African nation [...] Full text...

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Ghanaian political activist charged with treason for coup post

14 february 2022 - 12:43:01
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - A prominent Ghanaian political activist has been charged with treason after posting on social media that [...] Full text...

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UN concerned over arrest of former government officials in Sudan

11 february 2022 - 15:58:29
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Friday expressed concern over the arrest of a Sudanese [...] Full text...

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Sudan: leaders arrested were not detained on political grounds, but rather criminal procedures

10 february 2022 - 16:03:21
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese Army on Thursday reiterated that the group of politicians currently being interrogated by police [...] Full text...

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2021 AFCON: Egypt beat Cote d"ivoire 5-4 on penalties to reach quarter-finals

26 january 2022 - 19:02:20
Douala, Cameroon (PANA) - Egypt on Wednesday beat Cote d'Ivoire 5-4 on penalties to reach the quarter-finals of the 2021 [...] Full text...

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COVID-19 pandemic stalls global economic recovery: UN report

14 january 2022 - 07:31:07
New York, US (PANA) - The UN’s key report on the global economy released on Thursday shows that the rapid [...] Full text...

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2021 AFCON: Lists of some squads for tournament

24 december 2021 - 16:29:35
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The following are the squads of some of the countries for the delayed TotalEnergies Africa Cup [...] Full text...

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‘Wake-up call’ to assist DR Congo battle food insecurity

11 november 2021 - 06:54:14
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - UN agencies raised the alarm on Wednesday over the growing food crisis in the Democratic Republic of [...] Full text...

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Two arrested over former football star's murder in South Africa

18 october 2021 - 14:10:16
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Two men have been arrested for the murder of former football star Lucky Maselesele [...] Full text...

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EBRD, EU and GCF support climate mitigation and adaptation in Morocco

24 september 2021 - 13:37:40
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) – supported by the Green Climate Fund (GCF) [...] Full text...

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Malawian prophet faces new South African lawsuit

30 august 2021 - 16:56:26
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A South African businessman has filed an application in the North Gauteng High Court [...] Full text...

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Rights groups task automobile companies to drive up standards in aluminium supply chains

22 july 2021 - 12:08:40
Washington, DC, US (PANA) – Human rights groups have tasked automobile companies to do more to address abuses in their [...] Full text...

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Secessionist leader, Nnamdi Kanu, extradited back to Nigeria, arrainged in court

29 june 2021 - 16:56:09
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has been extradited back to [...] Full text...

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ECOWAS Court dismisses application for removal of parliamentary immunity on MP

25 june 2021 - 17:06:19
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - ECOWAS Court has dismissed all reliefs sought by a Malian, Kandioura Gakou, alleging the violation of [...] Full text...

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ECOWAS court fixes judgement for June 29 on alleged unlawful detention of Nigerian journalist

28 april 2021 - 18:52:57
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Court of Justice has scheduled 29th of June, 2021, for judgement in a suit [...] Full text...

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ECOWAS Court dismisses suit against Nigeria over killings since 2001

27 april 2021 - 15:08:13
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Court of Justice on Monday dismissed a suit filed by a Nigerian non-governmental organisation [...] Full text...

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Kenya detains marathoner for falsifying athletics doping scandal

26 april 2021 - 21:31:34
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A Kenyan marathoner, Elias Kiptum, has been arrested and charged to court with forgery and conspiracy [...] Full text...

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Ghanaian actress jailed over nude photo granted bail

22 april 2021 - 05:56:44
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The High Court in Accra on Thursday granted jailed Ghanaian actress, Rosemond Brown, popularly called Akuapem [...] Full text...

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Rights group calls for investigation into deaths in Senegal's protests

09 march 2021 - 06:01:31
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - As Senegal continues to be rocked by bloody protests following the arrest last week of opposition [...] Full text...

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Nigeria Police bows to pressure, says 40 Lekki ENDSARS protesters gets bail

14 february 2021 - 07:39:26
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Forty persons including ace comedian, Debo Adebayo popularly known as Mr Macaroni, arrested at Saturday’s #OccupyLekki [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian rights body seeks improved prison conditions, rights to opposition parties

26 january 2021 - 10:20:35
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission has called for humane treatment of prisoners and guaranteed freedoms [...] Full text...

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Ugandan military urged to end arbitrary detaintion of opposition leader, family

21 january 2021 - 10:31:13
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - The Ugandan authorities must immediately lift the police and military siege of opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi’s [...] Full text...

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UN flags ‘deteriorating’ rights situation in run-up to Uganda's elections next week

09 january 2021 - 04:19:19
Geneva, Swtizerland (PANA) - The UN human rights office, OHCHR, is urging authorities in Uganda to ensure elections next week are free and peaceful, [...] Full text...

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Provisional release of Malian artist Sidiki Diabaté

30 december 2020 - 13:42:02
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Internationally renowned Malian artist Sidiki Diabaté was granted a provisional release on Tuesday after payment of [...] Full text...

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EBRD and GCF boost green economy, value chains in Morocco

18 december 2020 - 14:49:09
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) – supported by the Green Climate Fund (GCF) [...] Full text...

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M-pesa Foundation to improve 30,000 girls' menstrual health

07 december 2020 - 20:25:20
Kilifi, Kenya (PANA)  - M-PESA Foundation Monday  committed $202,303  to improve menstrual hygiene among teenage girls as part of Safaricom’s [...] Full text...

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Malawi fugitive pastor detained

18 november 2020 - 10:52:08
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Self-proclaimed Malawian prophet Shepherd Bushiri and his wife Mary on Wednesday handed themselves over [...] Full text...

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South Africa and Malawi clash over fugitive evangelist

16 november 2020 - 12:19:21
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A South African court has issued an arrest warrant for Malawian evangelist Shepherd Bushiri [...] Full text...

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‘Gambia continues to remain vigilant to prevent, contain and manage spread of virus’- Jallow

13 november 2020 - 20:19:09
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – Gambia’s Attorney General and Minister of Justice Dawda A. Jallow said here Friday that the West [...] Full text...

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South Africa ruling party's top official in court

13 november 2020 - 15:15:22
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Tensions ran high in Bloemfontein on Friday when thousands of supporters cheered Ace Magushule, [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe High Court orders immediate release of incarcerated MDC Youth leader, Joana Mamombe

07 october 2020 - 17:51:35
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe High Court Judge, Esther Muremba, has ordered the immediate release of the Movement for Democratic [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Opposition urges IMF to sanction Pretoria

04 october 2020 - 08:36:22
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) on Sunday said it has contacted the [...] Full text...

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Rwandan court upholds pre-trial detention of controversial hero of "Hotel Rwanda" movie

02 october 2020 - 20:49:20
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - A Rwandan court on Friday maintained the 30-day pre-trial detention of Paul Rusesabagina, a Rwandan who [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe anger grows over detention of one of three female opposition members sexually assaulted in May

26 september 2020 - 00:12:38
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Civil society groups, women’s rights organizations, opposition parties, and diplomats Friday expressed their anger over the [...] Full text...

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Gambia calls for normalisation of Cuba and US, endorses one-China policy - Barrow

24 september 2020 - 22:27:17
Banjul, Gambia(PANA) - President Adama Barrow said here Thursday his country had called for the normalization of relations between Cuba [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe MDC Alliance opposition official Job Sikhala released from jail

23 september 2020 - 13:30:47
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zengeza West Member of Parliament Job Sikhala finally left prison Wednesday after his bail of ZWL50,000 [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: UN chief warns pandemic is ‘dress rehearsal’ for challenges ahead

23 september 2020 - 05:45:47
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday appealed for global solidarity to overcome the COVID-19, and [...] Full text...

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Freed MDC Alliance official, Job Sikhala, to spend Tuesday night in jail

22 september 2020 - 17:57:08
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Freed Zengeza West Member of Parliament, Job Sikhala, who was granted bail of ZWL50,000 (US$610) by [...] Full text...

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MDC Alliance official released on US$610 bail in Zimbabwe

22 september 2020 - 17:50:27
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zengeza West Member of Parliament, Job Sikhala, has been granted ZWL50,000 (US$610) bail by the High [...] Full text...

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Controversial hero of 'Hotel Rwanda' movie, Paul Rusesabagina, remanded for 30 days

17 september 2020 - 19:41:45
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - A Rwandan court ruled on Thursday to remand the controversial hero of the famous 'Hotel Rwanda' [...] Full text...

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Top Kenyan human rights defender hunted down, arrested over land grab tussle

15 september 2020 - 22:25:27
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – One of Kenya’s top-most human rights defenders has been hunted down and arbitrarily arrested after leading [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe Opposition leader, Chamisa, visits recently-released political leader, Jacob Ngarivhume

14 september 2020 - 17:28:27
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) – Zimbabwe’s main opposition leader, Nelson Chamisa, on Monday paid a courtesy call on recently-incarcerated opposition leader, [...] Full text...

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Kenya media faces backlash over anti-corruption reporting

12 september 2020 - 15:12:31
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Kenyan media is facing a backlash over its reporting on corruption from wealthy citizens and [...] Full text...

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Science, solidarity and solutions needed against climate change: Guterres

10 september 2020 - 04:43:32
New York, US (PANA) - Concentrations of greenhouse gases in the Earth’s atmosphere are at record levels, and emissions that [...] Full text...

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Jailed Zimbabwe investigative journalist Hopewell Chin’ono finally set free

02 september 2020 - 22:19:56
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Jailed investigative journalist Hopewell Chin’ono was Wednesday finally granted bail in the sum of ZWL10,000 (US$120.01) [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe opposition leader Jacob Ngarivhume granted bail

02 september 2020 - 13:28:07
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA)  - Jailed Zimbabwe opposition leader, Jacob Ngarivhume, of the Transform Zimbabwe party has finally been granted ZWL50,000 [...] Full text...

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Prominent Journalist Hopewell Chin’ono's health deteriorates in Zimbabwean prison

01 september 2020 - 17:35:05
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe's jailed prominent journalist, Hopewell Chin’ono, is now unwell at the country's notorious Chikurubi Maximam Security [...] Full text...

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Guinean President Alpha Condé agrees to seek third term

01 september 2020 - 13:27:46
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guinean President Alpha Condé will stand for election in the first round scheduled for 18 October, [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Kenyan Health minister distances self from pandemic supplies rip off

31 august 2020 - 13:11:44
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe, on Monday denied having a hand in a US$70,260 coronavirus medical [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Rugby Afrique bails out Kenya Rugby Union

30 august 2020 - 17:21:08
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Kenya Rugby Union has received 5,000 Euros from Rugby Afrique Solidarity Fund to help vulnerable [...] Full text...

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Apex trade union calls for resignation of Kenya airways Board, CEO

30 august 2020 - 16:32:19
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Kenya umbrella workers body, the Confederation of Trade Unions (COTU), and two civil aviation workers’ [...] Full text...

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Corruption clampdown dominates newspaper headlines in Kenya

29 august 2020 - 09:00:20
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan media headlines have been dominated this week by an anti-corruption clampdown in the corridors of [...] Full text...

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Kenyan Governor, four children in court over graft

28 august 2020 - 08:34:54
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's Migori County Governor Okoth Obado and his four children were on Thursday arraigned in court [...] Full text...

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Kenyan county governor, children to face $697,440 graft charges

25 august 2020 - 23:29:52
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Migori County Governor Okoth Obado and his four children are to face a $679,440 graft charge, [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Kenya to bail out pandemic-hit hotels

21 august 2020 - 10:44:43
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's Tourism Finance Corporation (TFC) will disburse a $27.7 million stimulus package to hotels hit by [...] Full text...

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Hillary Clinton calls for release of all political prisoners in Zimbabwe

20 august 2020 - 16:24:06
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Former United States Secretary of State and 2016 Presidential Candidate, Hillary Clinton, has called on the [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe Govt introduces punitive new law to force companies to pay taxes in foreign currency

20 august 2020 - 14:56:49
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) says a new law will shortly be introduced, forcing firms that [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe Magistrate court removes incarcerated journalist's renowned human rights lawyer, Beatrice Mtetwa

18 august 2020 - 14:07:38
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Harare's Magistrate Court on Tuesday removed and banned respected human rights lawyer, Beatrice Mtetwa, from representing [...] Full text...

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How the #Zimbabwelivesmatter sparked a global awareness on human rights abuses in Zimbabwe (Analysis)

10 august 2020 - 17:03:46
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - “Mnangagwa (Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa) has become a pig and he is eating his own children [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe opposition leader, Jacob Ngarivhume, and acclaimed investigative journalist Hopewell Chin’ono denied bail

07 august 2020 - 18:35:53
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe opposition leader, Jacob Ngarivhume, of the political party Transform Zimbabwe, and respected investigative journalist, Hopewell [...] Full text...

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Rights advocate asks SADC, AU to denounce crackdown in Zimbabwe

06 august 2020 - 05:07:27
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – Human Rights Watch is asking the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the African Union [...] Full text...

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Bail hearing for prominent Zim journalist, Hopewell Chin’ono, Opposition leader, Jacob Ngarivhume, delayed again

03 august 2020 - 17:45:08
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe High Court Justice, Tawanda Chitapi, has postponed bail applications for acclaimed investigative journalist, Hopewell Chin’ono, and [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe's planned demos turn to nationwide stay away due to increased armed security forces

31 july 2020 - 20:56:09
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe’s planned nationwide protests against the President Emmerson Mnangagwa-led government turned into a stay away due [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: UN rights office says pandemic must not be used to stifle freedoms in Zimbabwe

25 july 2020 - 05:18:52
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic should not be used as an excuse to clamp down on fundamental [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Gambian Lawmakers approve US$ 289,463.52 bailout fund for media

24 july 2020 - 16:48:30
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian awmakers have unanimously approved the payment of 15 million Dalasis (US$ 289,463.52) as bailout funds [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: UNOHCR concerned at clamp down on freedom of expression in Zimbabwe

24 july 2020 - 12:56:56
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Friday said it is [...] Full text...

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Former Rwandan PM remanded for 30 days over issuing rubber cheques

22 july 2020 - 15:12:05
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA)  - A primary court in Kigali on Wednesday remanded former Prime Minister  Pierre Damien Habumuremyi for 30 [...] Full text...

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Rights group says G20 states must ensure COVID-19 recovery measures tackle global poverty, inequality, climate crisis

18 july 2020 - 13:53:18
London, UK (PANA) - Human rights advocate Amnesty International is calling on G20 leaders holding a virtual meeting this weekend [...] Full text...

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NGO, Article 19, wants charges against Gambian activist dropped

10 july 2020 - 16:08:17
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – The London-based International free expression body, Article 19 on Friday called on Gambian authorities “to immediately [...] Full text...

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Rwanda's major independent newspaper, 'The Chronicles', suspends operations

10 july 2020 - 15:47:14
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) -  The owners of one of major independent newspapers in Rwanda, 'The Chronicles', on Friday announced the [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe President Mnangagwa fires Health minister as civil unrest grows

07 july 2020 - 19:00:27
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa has fired the Health and Childcare Minister, Obadiah Moyo, for awarding contracts, [...] Full text...

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Prosecutors seek 5 years in jail for Rwanda Media manager over "drunken behavior" at airport

05 july 2020 - 15:24:44
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) -  Rwandan prosecutors are seeking s five-year jail sentence for the Managing Director of 'The Chronicles', an [...] Full text...

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Trial of Malian activist, Clément Dembélé, postponed to September 2

01 july 2020 - 14:48:54
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The trial the Malian activist and president of the organization fighting against corruption and unemployment (PCC), [...] Full text...

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Gambian police charge activist with false publication, broadcasting

30 june 2020 - 20:46:38
Banjul, The Gambia (PANA) -  The Gambia Tuesday invited Madi Jobarteh, a leading human rights activist,  for questioning and later [...] Full text...

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Three incarcerated female opposition youth leaders freed on bail in Zimbabwe

26 june 2020 - 17:02:00
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) -  Zimbabwe's three incarcerated female opposition youth leaders, Joana Mamombe, Cecilia Chimbiri and Netsai Marova from the [...] Full text...

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Zambian Health Minister arrested for suspected corruption

24 june 2020 - 17:02:00
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambia’s Health Minister, Chitalu Chilufya, has been arrested for alleged corrupt practices. Dr. Chilufya, aged 47, has [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe's Health minister released on ZWL50,000 (US$2,000) bail

20 june 2020 - 17:31:47
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) – Zimbabwe’s Health minister, Obadiah Moyo, has been released on a ZWL50,000 (US$2,000) bail despite being charged [...] Full text...

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Kenya hotel workers charged with leaking President Kenyatta footage

17 june 2020 - 15:58:51
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Two hotel workers charged with leaking closed circuit camera footage of President Uhuru Kenyatta driving into [...] Full text...

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Gambia’s govt. dismisses claims of coup plot on social media

08 june 2020 - 23:56:06
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The government of The Gambia Monday dismissed rumours on social media of a coup plot to [...] Full text...

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Six recently-arrested Zimbabwean opposition leaders granted bail

08 june 2020 - 17:14:34
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The six Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Alliance leaders who were arrested on Friday and charged [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwean arrested for cybercrime in Botswana

02 june 2020 - 18:15:18
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana Police Service (BPS) has arrested a Zimbabwean for committing cybercrime through publishing false information on [...] Full text...

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Western nations urge Zimbabwe to investigate alleged abduction of opposition female youth leaders

21 may 2020 - 14:32:40
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Western heads of mission have issued a joint statement calling on the Zimbabwe government to quickly [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Swiss Gov't, IOC bail out cash-strapped global sports federations

14 may 2020 - 12:06:17
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - International federations based in Switzerland will be able to access repayable loans part-covered by the International [...] Full text...

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Nigeria confirms receipt of US$ 311.7 million Abacha looted funds from U.S.

04 may 2020 - 18:19:19
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria has received a total of US$ 311.7 million of the looted assets of the late [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: UN chief calls for ‘solidarity, unity and hope’ in battling pandemic

01 may 2020 - 05:47:41
New York, US (PANA) - Amidst the destruction of the COVID-19 pandemic, the United Nations chief has expressed concern over [...] Full text...

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Threats to lift parliamentary immunity of Togolese MP Agbeyomé Kodjo

11 march 2020 - 11:23:13
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togolese opposition leader Gabriel Messan Agbéyomé Kodjo, who is also an MP, has been summoned to [...] Full text...

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Former Ghana Football Association president Nyantakyi charged with fraud

04 march 2020 - 11:12:18
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Former president of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) Kwesi Nyantakyi appeared before the Accra High Court on [...] Full text...

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Gambia’s High Court grants bail to pressure group presses for President Barrow to go executive

24 february 2020 - 23:20:28
Banjul, Gambia (PANA)   - The High Court here Monday granted bail to eight members of the troubled local pressure group- [...] Full text...

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Uganda court frees President Museveni critic over cyber-bullying charges

20 february 2020 - 16:32:03
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – Ugandan civil rights activist and university don, Dr Stella Nyanzi, has successfully defended herself to freedom, [...] Full text...

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Rwanda media organization bemoans delay in its manager's drunk-driving case

19 february 2020 - 15:16:06
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The Kagarama Primary court in Kigali city is yet to decide on the case of the [...] Full text...

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Chinese hotel workers deported after publicly flogging Kenyan worker

13 february 2020 - 20:58:19
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Four Chinese hotel workers have been marked for deportation after images emerged of one of the [...] Full text...

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CPJ calls on Gambian authorities to immediately drop charges against two journalists

31 january 2020 - 19:44:09
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Media rights group, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has urged the Gambian authorities to immediately [...] Full text...

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Amnesty International urges state to free rights lawyer in Tanzania

21 january 2020 - 23:28:23
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA)  -  Amnesty International Tuesday urged authorities in Tanzania to unconditionally free a human rights lawyer [...] Full text...

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Kenyan MP who shot DJ remanded in prison custody

20 january 2020 - 11:54:50
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Babu Owino, a Kenyan legislator who shot a Nairobi club Disc Jockey in the neck in [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe: VP's wife files for return of her children

10 january 2020 - 18:51:29
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Marry Mubaiwa, the newly released estranged traditional wife of Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, has filed for an [...] Full text...

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Kenyan man charged with strangling dog

09 january 2020 - 19:34:02
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A man has been granted bail by a magistrate's court in the Eastern Kenya town of [...] Full text...

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Police play down brutality charge after mass arrests in Uganda

09 january 2020 - 00:19:07
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – The Ugandan police said here Wednesday they used proportionate force to arrest supporters of opposition politician [...] Full text...

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Marry Mubaiwa, estranged wife of Zimbabwe VP, granted bail

06 january 2020 - 19:42:29
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - High Court of Zimbabwe Judge, Justice Pisirai Kwenda, has released Vice President Constantino Chiwenga’s wife, Mary [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe's 'second lady', Marry Chiwenga, to spend more time in remand

31 december 2019 - 16:30:20
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Marry Mubaiwa, the estranged wife of Zimbabwe's Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, will spend more time in remand [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe's 'second lady' Marry Mubaiwa, remanded to January 14, 2020

30 december 2019 - 15:57:52
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The estranged wife to Zimbabwe Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, Marry Mubaiwa, has been further remanded to [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe's Vice President Chiwenga back to China for medical review

30 december 2019 - 10:48:29
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa says that Vice President Constantino Chiwenga is currently in China for a medical [...] Full text...

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Nigerian govt releases former National Security adviser and online newspaper publisher

24 december 2019 - 18:22:25
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, on Tuesday announced the release by Nigeria’s [...] Full text...

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Year-end analysis: Kenya steps up anti-graft war as 'big fish' hauled to court (News Analysis by David Jagongo, PANA correspondent)

22 december 2019 - 16:05:57
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The year 2019 is approaching the end with high profile Kenyan public and state officials arraigned [...] Full text...

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Estranged wife of Zimbabwe VP asks high court for bail on alleged murder attempt

18 december 2019 - 19:18:25
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA)  -  Marry Mubaiwa, the estranged wife of Zimbabwean Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, has filed an application in [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Buhari decries slow pace of justice under democracy

17 december 2019 - 20:06:29
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday expressed unhappiness about democracy’s ‘slow’ method of dispensation of justice, expressing [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe's second lady, Marry Mubaiwa, remanded in custody

16 december 2019 - 19:41:57
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA)  -  The Harare magistrate's court Monday remanded Mary Mubaiwa, estranged wife of Zimbabwe’s Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga, in [...] Full text...

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Kenya Police grill 11 officials over $373 million dam scandal

16 december 2019 - 13:30:23
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Eleven officials of the Rift Valley Water Works Development Agency (RVWWDA) in Kenya on Monday recorded [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Nigeria, US disagree over re-arrest of US-based publisher and activist

08 december 2019 - 20:55:28
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian presidency and the United States of America (USA) Sunday disagreed over the re-arrest of [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Nigeria's secret Police says activist, US-based publisher Sowore re-arrested over plan to "forceful takeover of government"

08 december 2019 - 15:46:36
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA)  - Stung with widespread outrage over the dramatic re-arrest of Nigerian activist and journalist Omoyele Sowore inside [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Nigeria's secret Police says activist, US-based publisher Sowore re-arrested over plan to "forceful takeover of government"

08 december 2019 - 08:16:58
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA)  - Stung with widespread outrage over the dramatic re-arrest of Nigerian activist and journalist Omoyele Sowore inside [...] Full text...

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Rights groups urge IMF to delay vote on Equatorial Guinea loan

22 november 2019 - 06:50:48
Washington, DC, US (PANA) – Human rights groups, good governance organisations and experts are urging the International Monetary Fund (IMF)’s [...] Full text...

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Amnesty International categorises 3 Nigerian detainees as "prisoners of conscience"

20 november 2019 - 19:27:37
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Global human rights group, Amnesty International, on Wednesday categorised three Nigerians as prisoners of conscience, declaring [...] Full text...

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'Politics and economics inextricably linked in Zimbabwe'

19 november 2019 - 06:02:20
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa's minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Naledi Pandor, says political and economic dynamics in Zimbabwe [...] Full text...

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Nigerian police deny flouting court orders to release 3 people on bail

16 november 2019 - 08:04:58
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s secret police, the Department of State Services (DSS), on Friday denied claims by sections of [...] Full text...

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Nigerian secret police, activists feud over use of force to disperse Tuesday's protests Nigerian secret police, activists feud over use of force to disperse Tuesday's protests

14 november 2019 - 07:25:35
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s secret police, the Department of State Services (DSS), says its operatives did not open fire [...] Full text...

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Nigeria police arraign two journalists over conspiracy against firm of a presidential adviser

13 november 2019 - 14:50:15
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigeria Police Force has arraigned the young Editor of NewsDigest, Abuja-based online newspaper, Mr Gidado [...] Full text...

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Rwandan media highlight trial of terrorist suspects captured in Eastern DR Congo

02 november 2019 - 13:36:56
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan newspapers this week continued coverage of the trial of 25 individuals suspected of being rebels [...] Full text...

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Botswana terrorism ‘financier’ suspect denied bail

29 october 2019 - 21:22:51
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Welheminah Maswabi, a Botswana Directorate of Intelligence and Security Services (DIS) employee, who is charged with [...] Full text...

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Mauritania hotel chain celebrates 25th anniversary

25 october 2019 - 15:05:41
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian hotel chain Azalai has marked its 25th anniversary with a series of activities in Nouakchott, [...] Full text...

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Tunisia's new president sues for respect for law

23 october 2019 - 22:04:06
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - In his first address to the nation, Tunisia's new president, Kais Saied, on Wednesday focused on [...] Full text...

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Mauritania to implement sectoral justice policy for 2019/2029

23 october 2019 - 12:09:11
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian government is committed to implementing a sectoral policy aimed at a series of justice [...] Full text...

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Death of vendor sheds light on police brutality in Zimbabwe

22 october 2019 - 22:05:59
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA)  -  Zimbabwe police brutality has resurfaced in public debates following the death of a vendor while in [...] Full text...

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Rwandan prosecutor seeks arrest warrant for media boss who ‘assaulted’ female employee

22 october 2019 - 15:10:57
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan prosecutor has sought an arrest warrant for a local media manager over his alleged involvement [...] Full text...

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Community-led enforcement shows the way to end child marriage in Ethiopia (A UNFPA feature)

11 october 2019 - 19:39:21
Kola, Tembein, Ethiopia (PANA) – Earlier this year, Haderu Gebray, 15, and her parents were arrested for planning her wedding [...] Full text...

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Mauritanian opposition coalition denounces arbitrary detention of militants

09 october 2019 - 22:33:48
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA)  -  The opposition ’Coalition Vivre Ensemble’(CVE) which backed the candidature of Kane Hamidou Baba in the Mauritanian [...] Full text...

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Rwanda court orders rearrest of media boss accused of assaulting female employee

08 october 2019 - 20:39:04
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - A week after he was released on bail, one of the senior managers of a media [...] Full text...

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Former tourism minister, Prisca Mupfumira, granted bail

27 september 2019 - 21:31:12
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA)  -  The High Court of Zimbabwe Friday granted bail to former Environment, Tourism and Hospitality Industry Minister [...] Full text...

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Joola orphans present list of grievances to Senegalese government

26 september 2019 - 21:28:15
Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA)  -  The novelty of the 17th commemoration of the Joola tragedy was the arrival of orphans of [...] Full text...

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Rwandan media boss accused of assaulting female employee released on bail

23 september 2019 - 20:02:32
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The primary Court of Nyarugenge, in Kigali City, on Monday ordered the release on bail of [...] Full text...

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Botswana health ministry warns of diarrhoea season

20 september 2019 - 17:56:27
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana's Ministry of Health and Wellness has cautioned the public about the September-November diarrhoeal season which [...] Full text...

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Rwanda court denies bail to senior official accused of assaulting spouse

12 september 2019 - 13:12:02
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The primary court of Muhoza in Musanze, a district in northern Rwanda, has remanded the former [...] Full text...

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Sudanese court refuses to release Bashir on bail

31 august 2019 - 16:30:43
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)- A Khartoum court trying deposed Sudanese president Omar Bashir has turned down a request by the Defence [...] Full text...

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37 remanded in Gambia for alleged involvement in protests over death of market vendor

28 august 2019 - 11:19:16
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Thirty-seven people, including outspoken rapper activist Ali “Killa Ace” Cham, have been remanded on prison custody [...] Full text...

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"Respect the right to assemble," Heads of Mission in Zimbabwe tell government

20 august 2019 - 17:47:53
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Western Heads of Missions in Zimbabwe have called on government to respect the constitutional rights to [...] Full text...

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Ugandan academic cuts defiant posture as she is convicted for cyber harassment against Museveni

01 august 2019 - 21:26:30
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – A lower court in Uganda on Thursday convicted an academic and critic of President Yoweri Museveni [...] Full text...

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Prominent human rights lawyer urges ICC to open investigation into ex-president Jammeh's gov't

01 august 2019 - 16:56:00
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Prominent human rights lawyer, Femi Falana of Nigeria, has called on the Chief Prosecutor of the [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Amnesty International condemn proscription of Shiite Islamic movement

31 july 2019 - 18:35:49
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Global human rights body, Amnesty International, on Wednesday condemned the Nigerian government’s proscription of the Shiite [...] Full text...

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4 Zimbabwean film makers charged over film 'Lord Kush' depicting harm to a fictional Zimbabwean envoy

30 july 2019 - 13:28:05
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers have charged four prominent film artists with contravening the draconian Censorship [...] Full text...

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Moroccan King pardons 4,764 prisoners

30 july 2019 - 09:30:01
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Morocco King Mohammed VI granted pardon to 4,764 people, some in prison and others on bail [...] Full text...

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Opposition leaders in Zimbabwe leap to defence of detained Tourism minister Mupfumira

28 july 2019 - 13:33:10
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA)   -   Opposition leaders have come to the defence of detained Environment, Tourism and Hospitality Minister Prisca Mupfumira, [...] Full text...

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Gambia’s vows to investigate Police torture, brutality

27 july 2019 - 17:41:20
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The government the Gambia has vowed to investigate alleged police torture and brutality through the Ministry [...] Full text...

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Two Gambian cities hit by strikes

24 july 2019 - 15:34:59
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambian commercial city of Serrekunda and the regional city of Brikama have been hit by [...] Full text...

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Kenyan finance minister pleads not guilty to conspiracy to defraud state

23 july 2019 - 15:14:11
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's finance Ministry Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to a charge of [...] Full text...

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Gambia’s ex-junta bail application rejected

15 july 2019 - 18:45:04
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia’s High Court judge, Justice Ebrima Jaiteh, has rejected the bail application of ex-Gambian junta member [...] Full text...

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MDC National Vice-Chairperson Job Sikhala granted bail in subversion charge

15 july 2019 - 15:43:45
Masvingo,  Zimbabwe (PANA) - Masvingo High Court Judge, Justice Neville Wamambo, on Monday granted MDC National Vice-Chairperson, Job Sikhala, ZWL(Zimbabwe [...] Full text...

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Harrowing details emerge following arrest of prominent Zimbabwe opposition member

12 july 2019 - 11:35:29
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Local human rights lawyer, Doug Coltart, has narrated a harrowing experience of the detention of Movement [...] Full text...

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Gambia’s ex-junta forced by High Court to take plea of ‘not guilty’

08 july 2019 - 20:01:50
Banjul, Gambia (PANA)  -  A high court here presided over by justice Ebrima Jaiteh Monday forced ex-Gambian junta member and [...] Full text...

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Detained former Rwandan presidential guard commander asks for provisional release

28 june 2019 - 17:39:31
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan former commander of the elite Presidential Guard, Col. Tom Byabagamba on Friday asked the Appeals [...] Full text...

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UPDATE: Rescued Canadian women 'fine', says Ghana's Information Minister

12 june 2019 - 18:20:15
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The two kidnapped Canadian women who were freed in Ghana's second biggest city, Kumasi, on Wednesday [...] Full text...

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Two Canadian women kidnapped in Ghana released

12 june 2019 - 11:44:36
Kumasi, Ghana (PANA) - The two Canadian women who were kidnapped on 4 June in Kumasi, Ghana's second biggest city, [...] Full text...

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Two remaining incarcerated civil society leaders freed in Zimbabwe

10 june 2019 - 13:53:04
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Women’s rights activist, Stabile Dewa, and director of the Female Prisoners Support Trust, Dr. Rita Nyampinga, [...] Full text...

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Five civil society leaders released on bail in Zimbabwe

09 june 2019 - 17:16:08
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Five of the seven civil society activists detained on charges of plotting to overthrow Zimbabwe President [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe's state security increases persecution of workers, civic organizations

04 june 2019 - 18:01:18
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe’s state security has increased its persecution of workers and civic organizations as it prepares to [...] Full text...

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