Sudan: UN warns of 'another El Fasher' in Kordofan
15 november 2025 - 05:35:23Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Kordofan must not become the new Darfur, the UN human rights chief warned on Friday. Volker Türk [...] Full text...
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Three years ago, Finance & Development devoted a full issue to anticipating “The Money Revolution,” driven by innovations in finance, such as crypto assets. That revolution, writes F&D editor-in-chief Gita Bhatt, is now unfolding
08 september 2025 - 10:48:33Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - The September issue of F&D looks at the new frontiers of finance, where technology, [...] Full text...
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Sudan's paramilitary RSF 'seizes new ground' in besieged city
02 september 2025 - 07:07:40El Fasher, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) said on Monday they have “seized new ground” in [...] Full text...
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A different type of mistreatment of a journalist held by militias in Sudan’s war By Mohamed Osman Adam
08 july 2025 - 17:52:27Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - For almost eleven months, I fought to restore self-esteem so that I could resume writing and [...] Full text...
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Stigmatized for being deaf: Zénabou's story - A UN Feature
08 june 2025 - 15:40:17Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In the Central African Republic, disability carries a deep-rooted stigma, and persons with disabilities often find [...] Full text...
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Women, girls bear brunt of cyberbullying against persons with disabilities
11 march 2025 - 15:54:15New York, US (PANA) - States must do more to prevent cyberbullying and overcome unequal access to assistive technology which [...] Full text...
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UN appeals for calm in Darfur as parties prepare for major clash
23 january 2025 - 23:04:50Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The United Nations on Thursday appealed for the parties to the conflict in the Sudan [...] Full text...
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Intolerable conditions in northern Gaza ‘beyond imagination’
06 november 2024 - 05:56:06Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - The UN Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory appealed on Tuesday for an end [...] Full text...
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Niger coup: Thousands march in Niamey to demand departure of French troops
03 september 2023 - 07:36:27Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Thousands of people on Saturday staged a demonstration in Niamey to demand the withdrawal of French [...] Full text...
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The start of the 2023 school year Iin Libya is set for 3 September
04 july 2023 - 16:09:42Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Minister of Education in the government of national unity, Moussa Al-Mageryef, has announced that [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Calls for Parliamentary Inquiry into Tottenham sponsorship deal
03 april 2023 - 12:49:21Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The chairperson of South African Tourism (SAT) Board, Dr Thozamile Botha, has written to [...] Full text...
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New Councillors to Supreme Court in Libya sworn in before Parliament
22 august 2022 - 18:26:18Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 36 of the 45 Supreme Court Advisors recently appointed by Libya's House of [...] Full text...
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Butane gas prices soar in Togo
19 august 2022 - 18:39:24Lomé, Togo (PANA) - The price of domestic gas in Togo has risen significantly despite the maintenance of the state [...] Full text...
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Ghana teacher unions embark on strike to demand cost of living allowance
04 july 2022 - 13:11:31Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Four Ghanaian teacher unions on Monday began an indefinite nationwide strike over demands for the payment [...] Full text...
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Sign Language set to become recognised in South Africa
31 may 2022 - 13:00:05Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African Cabinet has approved a Constitutional Amendment Bill, which when signed into [...] Full text...
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Lawyers of Guinea pressure group accuse junta of planning to repress demonstrations
27 may 2022 - 12:54:22Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The French lawyers of pressure group, the National Front for the Defence of the Constitution (FNDC) [...] Full text...
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55 graduates of Libyan schools for the deaf sent abroad for studies
17 february 2022 - 12:58:13Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 55 deaf high school graduates will be sent to pursue university studies abroad, [...] Full text...
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EU critical of disproportionate use of force against demonstrators in Sudan
18 january 2022 - 11:31:18Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The European Union on Tuesday warned that violence against civilians and the continued detention of activists [...] Full text...
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Teachers trained on digital learning aides to support disabled pupils in Kenya
05 october 2021 - 18:32:19Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Educationists from Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda have kicked off the training of teachers handling learners with [...] Full text...
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'Restoration of Algeria-Morocco relations vital to Africa’s free trade ambition'
30 september 2021 - 12:15:37Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – As the diplomatic spat between Algeria and Morocco widened last week with the banning of [...] Full text...
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Ethiopia crisis: Premier Abiy responds to US sanctions over Tigray situation
17 september 2021 - 20:33:33Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Friday wrote an open letter to US President Joseph [...] Full text...
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Increase of differences in Libya jeopardise December elections (Analysis by BA Youssef, PANA Correspondent)
05 august 2021 - 21:43:21Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The opening last Friday of the coastal road linking the east to the west of Libya, [...] Full text...
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Sudan FM tours African states to rally support for Khartoum's stands on the Renaissance Dam
03 may 2021 - 19:47:46Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – Sudan on Monday quoted the current chair of the African Union, President Félix Tshisekedi of the [...] Full text...
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Rights experts condemn UK report attempting to ‘normalise white supremacy’
19 april 2021 - 13:40:24Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN independent human rights experts on Monday denounced a government-backed report into racism in the United [...] Full text...
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South African golfing legend Gary Player under fire for receiving award from Trump
08 january 2021 - 06:41:45Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African golfing legend Gary Player has come under fire for receiving the Medal [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: UN marks International Day of Sign Languages in midst of pandemic
23 september 2020 - 06:21:26New York, US (PANA) - This year’s International Day of Sign Languages is being commemorated in the midst of a [...] Full text...
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AfDB grants CFAF 155.3 billion for Congo-Cameroon interconnection works
10 august 2020 - 16:32:53Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese Minister of Posts, Telecommunications and the Digital Economy, Léon Juste Ibombo, on Saturday launched [...] Full text...
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Guinea opposition leader slams president Alpha Condé's candidacy in next election 'a dangerous adventure'
07 august 2020 - 13:18:57Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The leader of Guinea's opposition Union of Democrats for the Rebirth of Guinea (UDRG), Amadou Oury [...] Full text...
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Mali: Malian press saddened by occupation of national television by demonstrators
12 july 2020 - 11:52:39Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian press organizations said Sunday they were saddened by the “anarchic” occupation of the offices the [...] Full text...
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Malian president regrets violence during Friday's demonstration against his regime in Bamako
11 july 2020 - 10:14:11Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Kéita has regretted the violence and ransacking, as well as attempts to [...] Full text...
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America’s steadfast support for Gambian democracy unshakable - envoy
02 july 2020 - 18:13:55Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The United States ambassador to The Gambia, Carl Paschall, Thursday pledged his country’s steadfast support for [...] Full text...
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Humanitarian charity says Africa is home to nine of ten of the world’s most neglected crises
10 june 2020 - 06:23:58Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Humanitarian charity Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) has said Africa is home to nine of 10 of [...] Full text...
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2019: Rwanda’s year of diplomatic offensive in SADC region, political standoff with Uganda
29 december 2019 - 13:53:50Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - For Rwanda, 2019 has been an active year in diplomacy that extended not only to many [...] Full text...
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Longest UN mediation in Burundi crisis ends
01 november 2019 - 17:38:03Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The latest UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Burundi, Michel Kafando, offered his resignation in mid-week to [...] Full text...
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Rights bodies say AU states frustrating their efforts to uphold human rights
21 october 2019 - 06:04:51Accra, Ghana (PANA) - African rights bodies are complaining that they are being frustrated at every turn by the lack [...] Full text...
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Mali wins the 9th edition of the ECOWAS football tournament for deaf mutes
07 october 2019 - 18:47:04Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali has won the 9th edition of the West African Economic Community (ECOWAS) football tournament for [...] Full text...
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Will hardening of positions of the main protagonists undermine Conference between Libyans? (News analysis by BA Youssef, PANA Correspondent)
30 september 2019 - 10:53:08Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The conference of the various factions in Libya, which is intended, as part of the UN-sponsored [...] Full text...
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Somalia’s President spotlights country’s progress, but cautions eradicating terrorism ‘will not be easy’
27 september 2019 - 06:06:53New York, US (PANA) - Somalia is “the perfect example of the success of the multilateral system”, President Mohamed Abdullahi [...] Full text...
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Rwandan military prosecutor seeks jail terms for former Presidential guard commander
13 september 2019 - 19:47:25Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - A Rwandan military prosecutor on Friday charged for the second time the former commander of the [...] Full text...
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Burundi gov't, opposition size themselves up in political landscape (A news analysis by Ferdinand Bigumandondera, PANA correspondent)
18 august 2019 - 19:39:17Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) – Last week was marked by an offer of "safe" return for exiled opposition leaders to take [...] Full text...
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Increasing casualties indicate the end to fighting around Tripoli is far-off
26 june 2019 - 12:50:48Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The increasing number of casualties as a resullt of clashes in the outskirts of the Libyan [...] Full text...
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Can the UN Envoy in Libya succeed in reconciling opposing factions to end the bloodshed? (News analysis by Youssef Ba, PANA correspondent)
24 june 2019 - 11:00:23Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN secretary-General's Special Representative in Libya, Ghassan Salamé, went to the eastern city of Benghazi [...] Full text...
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Libyan media highlight efforts to get out of crisis
23 june 2019 - 17:20:29Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The political initiative of the chairman of the presidential council, Fayez al-Sarraj, to end the Libyan [...] Full text...
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'Inclusive SDGs, the only guarantee for Africa’s development'
16 june 2019 - 15:17:41Cotonou, Benin (PANA) – Africa’s development is hinged on the implementation of inclusive sustainable development goals, according to Oumarou Mahamadou [...] Full text...
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Dozens of African migrants roam at Brussels North Station
09 may 2019 - 18:03:13Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - African migrants, mainly teenagers wandering in the northern station of Brussels, have transformed the vast concrete [...] Full text...
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Damage-causing floods hit headlines in Mauritius
13 april 2019 - 08:06:28Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Floods, caused by heavy showers that fell for several days across the island, causing considerable [...] Full text...
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More crisis in Mali as opposition leader demands PM's resignation
26 march 2019 - 17:39:15Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The President of the Front for the Safeguarding of Democracy (FSD), Mr.Soumaïla Cissé, has demanded the [...] Full text...
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Gambia: Media watchdog condemns Ghanaian chief for molesting journalist
14 october 2017 - 13:32:26Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) on Saturday condemned unequivocally the molestation of a journalist [...] Full text...
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Ghana: 'Ailing boxing hero, Prince Amartey, dying slowly'
19 july 2017 - 07:32:31Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's local media reports say that boxing hero Prince Amartey, ailing and neglected, is virtually dying [...] Full text...
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Gambia: Guinea, Mauritanian presidents in Banjul for talks with Jammeh
20 january 2017 - 13:42:40Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Guinean and Mauritanian presidents have arrived in the Gambian capital, Banjul, in a last-minute effort to [...] Full text...
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Gambia: Guinea's Alpha Conde expected in Banjul for 'final' Jammeh talks
20 january 2017 - 07:49:05Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Guinea president Alpha Conde is expected in the Gambian capital, Banjul, on Friday morning in another [...] Full text...
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Gambia: Rights group tells Adama Barrow not to forget his 'big promises'
19 january 2017 - 15:38:45Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Human rights watchdog, Amnesty International, is asking Gambian president-elect Adama Barrow, who is due to be [...] Full text...
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Gambia: Gambia president-elect Adama Barrow to be inaugurated in Dakar
19 january 2017 - 10:29:00Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Adama Barrow, the president-elect of Gambia, says he will be inaugurated at the Gambian Embassy in [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Senate rejects President Buhari's request for US$29.96 billion external loan
01 november 2016 - 12:59:42Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Senate Tuesday rejected President Muhammadu Buhari’s request for authorisation to borrow about US$30 billion. When [...] Full text...
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Gambia: Gambia's withdrawal from ICC is "shocking", says Amnesty International
26 october 2016 - 14:16:42Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Human rights watchdog Amnesty International has described Gambia's announcement to withdraw from the International Criminal Court [...] Full text...
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Gambia: Gambia pulls out of ICC
26 october 2016 - 10:12:39Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambia has announced it is withdrawing from the International Criminal Court (ICC), the Point newspaper [...] Full text...
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Ethiopia: AU panel worried about impasse on Sudanese peace Roadmap Agreement
17 august 2016 - 11:15:15Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Expressing extreme concern about the failure of the Sudanese parties to reach consensus on implementation [...] Full text...
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Rwanda: Burundi will benefit from deployment of AU peacekeepers (A News analysis by Aimable Twahirwa, PANA Correspondent in Kigali)
11 january 2016 - 11:07:54Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - After Ugandan Minister of Defence Crispus Kiyonga stressed that there is goodwill in Burundi to accept [...] Full text...
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Ghana: Energy woes, voters’ register brouhaha, opposition crisis reported in Ghana
24 october 2015 - 07:20:29Accra, Ghana (PANA) – A relapse of the energy woes, brouhaha over the voters’ register and further opening of deep [...] Full text...
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Zambia: Civil society group refuses to make submission on Constitution amendment
22 october 2015 - 12:31:39Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - The Civil Society Constitution Coalition (CSSC) has rejected an invitation to appear before the Parliamentary Legal [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Tourism in South Africa plummets over new visa regulations
08 september 2015 - 13:50:40Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) – a global organisation which aims to drive [...] Full text...
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Mali: Namibian president visits Mali
29 may 2015 - 20:29:21Bamako, Mali (PANA) – The Namibian president, Hage Geingob, is expected on Saturday in Bamako for a two-day official visit [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Main opposition party holds rally to press for free, fair elections in 2015
19 november 2014 - 13:48:27Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - With the ban on electioneering campaign for next year's general elections now lifted, Nigeria's main opposition [...] Full text...
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UN: UNICEF doubles staff in Ebola-affected countries, WHO deplores lagging vaccine research
04 november 2014 - 04:47:23New York, US (PANA) - The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has announced plans to boost its staff in countries on [...] Full text...
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UN: CAR leader appeals for support to tackle peace, reconciliation challenges
27 september 2014 - 18:34:52New York, US (PANA) - Ms. Catherine Samba-Panza, Interim President of the Central African Republic (CAR), says while the country [...] Full text...
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US: UN provides US$1.4 million to vaccinate Somali children
15 july 2014 - 19:51:29New York, US (PANA) - The UN on Tuesday announced the allocation of US$1.4 million from an emergency account to [...] Full text...
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Ghana: One confirmed dead in Accra floods
06 june 2014 - 12:51:35Accra, Ghana (PANA) - One person was confirmed dead on Friday after heavy rains caused havoc in the Ghanaian [...] Full text...
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Guinea: Ebola scare ruins business for butchers
08 april 2014 - 12:45:05Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Business has nosedived for Guinean butchers following wild rumours that beef consumers risk contacting the Ebola [...] Full text...
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Zambia: NGOs accuse PF govt. of being arrogance on constitution
02 april 2014 - 17:25:08Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – The Open Society Foundation (OSF) has expressed concern that the Zambia's ruling Patriotic Front (PF) government [...] Full text...
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Human Rights Day: UN pays tribute to activists
10 december 2013 - 22:53:57New York US (PANA) – Honouring human rights activism, including the legacy of Nelson Mandela, senior UN officials on Tuesday [...] Full text...
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'ICC should be stopped from treating Africans in condescending manner'
11 october 2013 - 14:13:53Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The International Criminal Court (ICC) should not be allowed to continue treating Africa and Africans [...] Full text...
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Safaricom rewards Kenya's triumphant Deaflympics team
12 august 2013 - 16:08:47Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Leading integrated communications service provider, Safaricom, Monday awarded Kenya's Deaflympics medalists a Shs.12.8 million award, following [...] Full text...
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Rights group says sexual violence rife in Uganda
13 november 2012 - 13:26:47Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Sexual violence is widespread in Uganda and disabled women and girls are particularly vulnerable, [...] Full text...
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Kenyan papers warn over anarchy in governance
08 september 2012 - 10:34:53Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan newspapers were awash with stories on the failure of government to tackle insecurity and reckless [...] Full text...
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Senegalese civil societies protest execution of 2 compatriots in Gambia
30 august 2012 - 15:47:56Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegalese civil societies and human rights organizations, including the African meeting for the defence of human [...] Full text...
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WOZA hails Amnesty International’s new report on "leading from the streets"
24 may 2012 - 16:32:05Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The pressure group, Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA), Thursday hailed Amnesty International (AI) for the launch [...] Full text...
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WHO says childhood TB neglected, despite available remedies
21 march 2012 - 12:38:20Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) and Stop TB Partnership said Wednesday that Tuberculosis (TB) often goes [...] Full text...
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Institute seeks recognition for sign language in SA
19 january 2012 - 09:16:59Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The National Institute for the Deaf (NID) has called for sign language to be [...] Full text...
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Unions rally Nigerians to show resolve, as fuel protests enter day 2
10 january 2012 - 09:43:46Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - As the fuel protests in Nigeria enter the second day Tuesday, the country's two main workers' [...] Full text...
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French MPs support RFI striking staff
09 december 2011 - 17:02:17Paris, France (PANA) - Several French Socialist and Communist elected representatives have declared support for the strike action that was [...] Full text...
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UNICEF commends Sudan for taking good care of children with disabilities
01 december 2011 - 13:25:44Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – UNICEF has commended Sudan for promulgating a law in 2009 which gives children with disabilities special [...] Full text...
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Nigeria's health minister warns hospitals on gunshot victims
19 october 2011 - 10:25:22Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's Health Minister Onyebuchi Chukwu has directed that no hospital in the country should henceforth reject [...] Full text...
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Foundation promotes sign language for socio-economic development
01 october 2011 - 18:47:21Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) – A leading Johannesburg-based foundation, Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA), which also advocates for [...] Full text...
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Boko Haram, MEND bombing threats, ASUU strike get big play in Nigeria
01 october 2011 - 08:12:24Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The twin threats by the dreaded Boko Haram religious sect and the Movement for the Emancipation [...] Full text...
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ICC prosecutors: Kenyan suspects created 'mass killing machine'
02 september 2011 - 17:24:33Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutors said Friday that three Kenyan suspects created a criminal network, [...] Full text...
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President Mills wins landslide victory in ruling party's primaries
09 july 2011 - 19:10:25Sunyani, Ghana (PANA) – The party of Ghana's former president Jerry John Rawlings, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), on Saturday [...] Full text...
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Deepening power struggle in Ghana's ruling party, gay issues dominate media
11 june 2011 - 07:38:17Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The deepening power struggle in the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), which its leaders fear could [...] Full text...
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Ghanian police manhandle journalist for taking suspect's photograph
04 may 2011 - 15:57:10Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Police at Mampong-Akuapem in Ghana manhandled and arrested Takyi Boateng, a photo journalist working for [...] Full text...
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Magistrates' strike paralyses justice system in Burundi
18 february 2011 - 13:32:39Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - A strike by magistrates, who are demanding improved welfare, has paralyzed Burundi's justice system since [...] Full text...
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48-hour strike paralyses transport sector in Niger
20 january 2011 - 17:21:49Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The national union of taxis and mini-buses in Niger Thursday embarked on a 48-hour strike that [...] Full text...
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Kikwete announces review of Tanzania constitution
01 january 2011 - 12:22:44Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Responding to a popular demand for a new constitution, Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete has [...] Full text...
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Ghana has “contingency plan” to evacuate nationals from Cote d'Ivoire
23 december 2010 - 22:49:43Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Ghana government says it has contingency plans to evacuate its nationals from Cot d'Ivoire, its [...] Full text...
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Libya oil firm to recruit 157 deaf and dumb people
19 april 2010 - 07:34:00Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- The Libyan National Oil Company (NOC) has announced plan s to recruit 157 deaf and dumb [...] Full text...
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President Tandja's extended rule ends abruptly
19 february 2010 - 23:10:00Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- Thursday's military coup in Niamey abruptly ended the rule of Niger's President Mamadou Tandja, who enjoyed [...] Full text...
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Niger enters another era of political turbulence
19 february 2010 - 20:58:00Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Niger has again entered an era of political turbulence a fter the umpteenth military coup which [...] Full text...
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Burundi officer killed in Mogadishu
27 january 2010 - 18:17:00Bujumbura- Burundi (PANA) -- A Burundian officer taking part in the African Union Peacekeeping Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) was killed [...] Full text...
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Nigeria opposition condemns killing of police officers in fracas
08 december 2009 - 14:27:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's main opposition Action Congress (AC) party Tue sday condemned what it called the 'bestial killing' [...] Full text...
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Anti-gay bill puts Uganda in spotlight
22 november 2009 - 13:58:00Kampala- Uganda (PANA) -- A draft "Anti-Homosexuality Bill", seeking to punish perpetrators of the act, labeled evil and foreign, with [...] Full text...
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Opposition charges Nigerian govt on electoral reform
07 october 2009 - 11:00:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's most vocal opposition party, the Action Congre ss (AC), has called on the Federal Government [...] Full text...
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Namibia's banking sector opens up (Analysis)
28 august 2009 - 12:58:00Windhoek- Namibia (PANA) -- Namibian authorities' move to licence two banking institutions to operate in the country over the past [...] Full text...
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Nairobi Mayor retains seat
03 august 2009 - 20:27:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The Orange Democratic Movementa?s (ODM) Geoffrey Majiwa Monday retained his seat as Nairobi Mayor, after beating [...] Full text...
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Nigerian public media workers adamant on strike
14 july 2009 - 08:17:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The strike embarked upon by workers of the Nigerian gove rnment-owned media organisations entered its second [...] Full text...
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Ivorian club owners angry over Elephants' elimination from CHAN
03 march 2009 - 17:32:00Abidjan- Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) -- Ivorian football clubs owners, under the aegis o f the Conference of Presidents of Clubs, [...] Full text...
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