West Africa hard-hit by climate crisis as deadly floods decimate lives and livelihoods - WFP

17 october 2022 - 19:01:49
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Above-average rainfall and devastating flooding across West and Central Africa has affected five million people in [...] Full text...

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Concerns over growing xenophobic threat in South Africa

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

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Kenyan Deputy President dares Kenyatta in nasty pre-election rivalry

29 july 2022 - 22:38:28
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan Deputy President William Ruto has dared President Uhuru Kenyatta to stop threats against his family [...] Full text...

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US slams Eritrean minister, urges freedom of speech

28 may 2022 - 19:01:25
Asmara, Eritrea (PANA) - The United States has urged Eritrea to allow citizens to exercise freedom of speech and urged [...] Full text...

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Libya's presidential election, a premiere with all the risks

25 november 2021 - 20:16:36
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Despite controversy over the law and criteria for candidates, the presidential election scheduled for 24 December [...] Full text...

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Libyan newspapers highlight Conference on Stability

24 october 2021 - 13:31:15
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The ministerial conference on stability in Libya dominated newspapers in the North African country last week, [...] Full text...

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Côte d'Ivoire: Guillaume Soro sentenced to life imprisonment for 'undermining state security'

23 june 2021 - 18:31:16
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Guillaume Soro, former speaker of the Ivorian National Assembly, was sentenced on Wednesday to life [...] Full text...

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Nigeria bans Twitter operations in Nigeria in protest against deleting of President's tweet

04 june 2021 - 17:20:07
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Federal Government on Friday banned the microblogging and social networking service, Twitter, from operating [...] Full text...

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Nigerian president Buhari laments ''madness' in parts of the country

09 may 2021 - 15:53:51
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday lamented the "madness" going on in parts of the country [...] Full text...

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Ten African presidents show solidarity with Ghana's Akufo-Addo at inaugural ceremony

08 january 2021 - 00:01:27
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ten African leaders Thursday showed solidarity with their Ghanaian counterpart, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and [...] Full text...

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Ghana’s police boss warns public against fomenting trouble during 7 December election.

28 october 2020 - 23:21:42
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana’s Inspector General of Police(IGP) James Oppong-Boanuh Wednesday sent a stern warning to persons intending to [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso signs tripartite agreements on the Fomek project amounting to 1 billion CFAF

15 july 2020 - 15:56:45
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Two draft tripartite agreements between the body of Water and Forests, the Army and a [...] Full text...

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Attacks on civilians, arbitrary arrests, top list of abuses in Libya, says ICC Prosecutor

06 may 2020 - 05:34:48
New York, US (PANA) - Unabated violence, particularly in and around the Libyan capital, has now been raging for more [...] 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's secret Police accuse unnamed groups of plotting disorder across the country

03 december 2019 - 14:10:09
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s political and security environment is going to heat up as the secret Police, the Department [...] Full text...

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Kagame sends strong warning to "negative forces" fomenting instability in Rwanda

14 november 2019 - 20:37:24
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan President Paul Kagame, on Thursday issued his strongest warning to 'negative forces' attempting to destabilize [...] Full text...

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125 protesters arrested as Nigerian govt warns against reprisal attacks

05 september 2019 - 14:41:55
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian government on Thursday warned against reprisal attacks against foreigners, malls and business complexes in [...] Full text...

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Controversy rages over the arrest of a presidential candidate in Tunisia

24 august 2019 - 17:59:02
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The arrest on Friday of one of the main candidates in the presidential election is provoking [...] Full text...

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Nigerian protest leader arrested ahead of planned demonstration

05 august 2019 - 06:49:24
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Organisers of Monday's demonstration in Nigeria against an alleged bad political system and mal-governance say the [...] Full text...

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Buhari says his administration plans new measures to stem spate of insecurity in Nigeria

31 july 2019 - 18:06:33
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday spoke on the steps his administration is taking to address [...] Full text...

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Former Egyptian President, Mohamed Morsi, dies

17 june 2019 - 18:04:10
Cairo Egypt (PANA) - Former Egyptian President, Mohamed Morsi, died on Monday following a malaise during a court appearance in [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe MDC splinter leader Khupe declares herself overall party chief

11 may 2019 - 18:22:04
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) – President of Zimbabwe's main opposition party, Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) splinter faction Thokozani Khupe has [...] Full text...

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Ex-Islamist leader rejects charges raised by Libya's Attorney General

04 january 2019 - 14:59:18
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A former Islamist leader opposed to the former regime of Muammar Gadhafi and and leader of [...] Full text...

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President Buhari calls for calm as dozens killed in communal clash is Cross River State

04 december 2018 - 16:32:53
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Dozens of people have been killed and many more injured as violence broke out in four [...] Full text...

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Security Council imposes arms embargo on South Sudan

14 july 2018 - 06:37:40
New York, US (PANA) - The Security Council on Friday narrowly passed a measure aimed at stopping the flow of [...] Full text...

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Buhari calls for calm and respect of constitution in Zimbabwe

15 november 2017 - 16:28:56
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday called for calm, peace and respect for the constitution in [...] Full text...

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Switzerland: UN rights office unearths DRC gov't complicity in ethnic-based massacres in Kasai

04 august 2017 - 11:37:14
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – A report by the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) has warned that violence in the Kasai [...] Full text...

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US: UN forum highlights stronger partnerships for financing sustainable development

19 april 2017 - 07:57:44
New York, US (PANA) – Underlining the importance of sustainable finance for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Complaints by three parties on elections reported in Ghana

26 november 2016 - 05:19:27
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – A complaint by three parties against the Electoral Commission (EC) claiming that the 7 December presidential [...] Full text...

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Gambia: President Jammeh calls for violence-free campaign ahead of 1 Dec. poll

16 november 2016 - 15:23:10
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian president Yahya Jammeh has called on his supporters and rivals to conduct violence-free electioneering campaigns [...] Full text...

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US: 'Assault on one minority community is attack on all,' Ban says on Day to eliminate racism

22 march 2016 - 08:47:36
New York, US (PANA) - Observing the world's day set aside to bolster efforts on eliminating racial discrimination, United Nations [...] Full text...

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Senegal: AMI to train African media on data literacy

06 june 2015 - 12:21:02
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The African Media Initiative (AMI) has teamed up with the Local Development Research Institute (LDRI) to [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia: AUC chief congratulates new PM of Lesotho

17 march 2015 - 16:45:20
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, has congratulated Lesotho's newly [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Gang violence leaves 4 dead

18 november 2014 - 12:46:57
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Four persons have been hacked to death in an apparent revenge attack hours after police raided [...] Full text...

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UN: UN rights chief says funding gap looms for Ebola, ISIL

17 october 2014 - 18:50:50
New York, US (PANA) - Combating the "twin plagues" of Ebola and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant [...] Full text...

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Rwanda: African Media Leaders launch campaign against hate speech

23 july 2014 - 12:43:02
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The African Media Leaders’ Forum (AMLF) Wednesday launched an advocacy campaign for media leaders and operators [...] Full text...

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Libya: Trial of ex-Khadafi regime officials adjourned to 25 May

11 may 2014 - 16:09:16
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The trial of the 37 dignitaries of the defunct Khadafi regime has been adjourned to 25 [...] Full text...

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Libya: Trial of pro-Khadafi officials reopens in Tripoli

11 may 2014 - 10:44:08
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The trial of some former top officials of the defunct Khadafi regime reopened in the Libyan [...] Full text...

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Zambia: Opposition chieftain bemoans Zambia’s declining press freedom record

03 may 2014 - 08:25:15
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) president, Hakainde Hichilema, has bemoaned Zambia’s deteriorating press freedom [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Zimbabwean defence college students on study tour of Nigeria

18 march 2014 - 18:33:15
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Zimbabwean National Defence College students arrived here Monday on a study tour of the nation’s food [...] Full text...

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Libya : GNC gives armed groups two weeks to lift oil port blockade

12 march 2014 - 19:14:57
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Nouri Abushamein, President of Libya's General National Congress (CGN-Parliament), the country's highest legislative and political authority, [...] Full text...

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Ban reiterates call for end to inter-communal violence in CAR

27 december 2013 - 16:58:11
New York, US (PANA) - Amid reports of bodies found on the streets of the Central African Republic (CAR) capital [...] Full text...

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UN rights official calls for int'l efforts to avert disaster in CAR

21 december 2013 - 15:41:51
New York, US (PANA) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay has called for international efforts to help [...] Full text...

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UN alarmed at worsening violence in CAR

08 december 2013 - 05:02:18
New York, US (PANA) – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and several UN agencies have voiced alarm at the escalating inter-communal [...] Full text...

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Ghana media highlight proceedings at Supreme Court on election petition

17 august 2013 - 08:14:04
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – Ghana’s media this week focused on proceedings at the Supreme Court where the opposition New Patriotic [...] Full text...

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Challenges of new salary structure, Eid-el-Fitr, election petition played up in Ghana

10 august 2013 - 09:48:56
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – A challenging new salary structure which government says is gobbling about two-thirds of state revenue, the [...] Full text...

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Mahama celebrates eid, calls for peace after election petition verdict

08 august 2013 - 14:54:37
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama on Thursday joined Muslims in the country to celebrate Eid-el-Fitr with [...] Full text...

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Ghana police rearrest former Gbagbo ally

29 september 2012 - 10:56:56
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – Police in Ghana on Friday rearrested Justin Kone Katinan, a former cabinet minister and ally of [...] Full text...

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Ghana-Ivorian ties, battle to win Rawlings’ "heart" played up in Ghana’s media

29 september 2012 - 08:40:51
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – Relations between Ghana and its western neighbor, Cote d’Ivoire, especially after armed men attacked positions in [...] Full text...

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Ghana media awash with MP's declaration of war, ethnocentric language

21 april 2012 - 08:15:56
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The media in Ghana this week spent nearly all their air and inch space on an [...] Full text...

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South Sudan President's visit to Tel Aviv worries Sudan

22 december 2011 - 16:27:48
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA ) - A row is fomenting in Sudan over a recent visit by the President of South [...] Full text...

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'Police ready to crush pro-subsidy demonstrators in Nigeria'

18 december 2011 - 09:25:53
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Local media reports on Sunday indicated that the Nigeria Police Force has launched a massive plan [...] Full text...

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Kadhafi: Ghana rights activist calls death 'assassination'

21 october 2011 - 12:07:40
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghanaian human rights activist and journalist Kwesi Pratt Jnr has condemned the killing of former Libyan [...] Full text...

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'Peace education alone won't prevent conflicts in Africa'

05 august 2011 - 05:26:44
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Peace education alone will not prevent or resolve conflicts and other forms of violence [...] Full text...

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Registration of SIM cards, debate on homosexuality dominate Ghanaian media

25 june 2011 - 08:03:16
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The 30 June deadline for all users of mobile phones in Ghana to register their numbers [...] Full text...

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CPJ demands release of Cameroonian journalist

02 april 2011 - 08:07:16
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - US-based media watchdog, Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), has condemned the detention of a Cameroonian journalist [...] Full text...

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Historic meeting of Mills, Kufuor; CAF elections lead Ghana media

26 february 2011 - 09:32:36
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The historic meeting between Ghana’s President John Evans Atta Mills on Tuesday and the election of [...] Full text...

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Ugandan opposition leader warns protests against Museveni are ripe

04 february 2011 - 14:52:09
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – Leading Ugandan opposition leader, Dr. Kizza Besigye, has likened the political situation in the landlocked East [...] Full text...

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Kadhafi to western powers: Stop meddling in African affairs

17 january 2011 - 16:55:11
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The Libyan leader, Mouammar Kadhafi, has warned western powers to refrain from interfering in African affairs [...] Full text...

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Group claims responsibility for Nigeria attacks

28 december 2010 - 08:48:13
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A previously unknown group, Jama'atu Ahlus-Sunnah Lidda'Awati Wal Jihad, has claimed responsibility for the Christmas Eve [...] Full text...

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Scores feared dead as multiple explosions rock Nigerian city

25 december 2010 - 10:30:19
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Scores of people were feared dead or injured when multiple explosions rocked Nigeria's northern city of [...] Full text...

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Rwandan press condemns Ivorian political crisis

08 december 2010 - 18:18:13
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan newspapers on Wednesday blasted Ivorian politicians, saying outgoing President Laurent Gbagbo was about to plunge [...] Full text...

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Prominent Burundi lawyer arrested

27 september 2010 - 23:06:00
Bujumbura- Burundi (PANA) -- Mr Francois Nyamoya of the Burundan Bar Association was arrested on Monday and jailed at the [...] Full text...

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Togo media report factional fighting in main Opposition party

14 august 2010 - 08:08:00
Lome- Togo (PANA) -- The congresses organized by Togo's main opposition Union of Forces for Change (UFC) which lead to [...] Full text...

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HRW says violence, rights violations marred Burundi elections

02 july 2010 - 10:38:00
Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- Increasing human rights violations could undermine Burundi's electoral process unless the government takes immediate [...] Full text...

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World Cup, floods, arrival of oil vessel highlighted in Ghana media

26 june 2010 - 10:36:00
Accra- Ghana (PANA) – The FIFA 2010 World Cup, esp-ecially Ghana's run at the tournament, severe floods that have claimed [...] Full text...

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Ex-Rwandan army officer jailed 25 years for genocide crimes

26 february 2010 - 07:09:00
Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) has sentenced a former senior officer in [...] Full text...

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Major rebellion in Ethiopia crumbles, says its senior leaders

23 january 2010 - 11:50:00
Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) â" Senior leaders of -the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF), a major rebellion in Ethiopia, said the [...] Full text...

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Curfew imposed on Nigerian city after sectarian violence

17 january 2010 - 16:55:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The government of Nigeria's northern Plateau state has i mposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew on the state [...] Full text...

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Police take stock of victims, calm returns to Nigerian state

01 august 2009 - 11:12:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Calm was gradually returning to Maiduguri, the besieged capital of Nigeria's northern Borno state, Saturday as [...] Full text...

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Cameroon's national junior football team to train in Germany

29 june 2009 - 15:20:00
Yaoundé- Cameroon (PANA) -- Cameroon's national junior football team will undergo a training course in Frankfurt, Germany, from 6 to [...] Full text...

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Nigerian media awash with stories on Ekiti governor's re-run in Nigeria

25 april 2009 - 11:42:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Stories on the re-run for the governorship position in S outh West Ekiti State virtually stayed [...] Full text...

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The Kpatcha Gnassingbé affair makes headlines in Togolese press

18 april 2009 - 16:11:00
Lomé- Togo (PANA) -- The alleged coup plot in which Kpatcha Gnassingbé, a parliam entarian and half-brother of Togolese president [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian court to rule on treason case against opposition chief

04 february 2009 - 14:27:00
Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Ethiopia's High Court will on Thursday rule in a case in which opposition leader Birtukan [...] Full text...

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